Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1893. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XIV, Issue 2960, 29 April 1893, Page 2

Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1893. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

D^tes of the quarterly meetings of the v.irious Licensing Committees in the county of Ashbnrton are advertise;). It will be seen by advertisement that the Trotting Club's annual meeting, postponed from last Wednesday, takes place next Wedntsday. Attention is directed to an alteration in the advertisement of Mr Gtorjje Jeaso >, watchmaker and jeweller having reference to sortie recently imported goods. The privileges in connection with the Ashburton Autumn race meeting, on May 10 and 11, will be sold by Messrs Friedlander Bros, in the Arcade next Wednesday. The Nelson Acclimatisation Society propose to introduce the Ohikor, an Indian hill bird, somewhat larger than the English partridge, and have voted a sum of money for the purpose. The Assets Company have decided to cut up the Carnarvon estate of 7000 icres, in the North Pdlmerston district, into small farms and form a special settlement upon it. Messrs Richardson and Rear don have been entrusted with the work. '1 he resignation of Mr J. C. Bell, Deputy Official Assignee at Ashburtou, has been accepted, and Mr John Davison appointed his successor, both taking effect from yesterday. Mr H. R. Wilkinson who recently gave a very interesting and successful exhibition of views in aid of St^Stephen's Sunday School, will give a series of exhibitions of scenes connected with the floods in Queensland and other views illustrated by the oxy-ether light at Wakanui, Willowby and Ashburton. Mr J. H. Bradford, father of the young man who died here last week under so sad circumstances, writes to this office asking us to express the deep felt gratitude of himself and the deceased's mother for the kindness and attention shown to the lad, and for the efforts made by all to do the best that could be done for him under the painful circumstances* Mr B. Stewart, couniy water ranger, on Friday brought in three remarkably wellgrown purple top turnips, measuring respectfully in circumference 38in, 40in, 4lin. They w ere grown on Messrs Capon Brothers' farm, at Winchmore, in a corner of a paddock where tha county water race had accidentally overflower 1, and given the land a good soaking during the dry weather. The turnips are on view at the County council office. The annual meeting of the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society was held in Melbourne on Thursday. A call grin states that the report pretested by tue Directors show very satisfactory results for last year. The number of new policies issued was 3576, assurmg the sum of a million and a half pounds, and the annual income is over £400,000. Unanimous and enthusiastic approval was expressed at the advance in the business of the Society. At Mayfield school, the committee have erected a six-stalled stable for the use of children who hava to ride or drive long distances to school. The right to use the stalls is conferred by the payment of ten shillings per stall, but as all arc occupied, the householders' meeting on Monday last decided that those who did not pay the ten shillings must on all occasions g.ve way to those who had p >id. When a stall was unoccupied, it could be used for a horse whose owner had not paid, but he must turn out when a paying tenant required the stall. The following paragraph, which appeared in a Berlin newspaper of March 27, will be read with interest:—"A line of Australian Irozenmeit was sold by auction last week at the Berlin Central Markers, and realised an average of 40 pfenu n»s per lb (about 6 J), showing that the meat must have been in first class condition and of first class quility. It is reported that a compiny is at the present time being formed in Hamburg with the object of introducing direct from Australia regular supplies of frozen meat into the Hamburg market." The following amended regilatiom relating to the inspection cf schto's and standards of examinations appear in the " Gazette " : — (I) Knowledge of the cause of the phenomena of seasons shall not be required for the fourth standard, but shall be required for the fifth. (2) The last five of the geometrical problems proscribed for the fourth standard may, at the option of the teacher, be reserved for the filth standard. (3) For first, second or third standards inspectors shall not insist on knowledge of the technical words of geometry, except that for the third standard the prescribed knowledge of degrpes. The Timaru police have under inquiry a serious and rather peculiar case. An elderly lady residing near Timaru, already in poor health, became seriously ill on Thursday morning, and a doctor being called in found •ymptons of arsenical poisoning and treated the patient accordingly. She is not yet out of danger. A youth who was employed about the house has been arrested on a charge of administering the poison. He at first denied that he was in any way concerned in it, but afterwards stated that while laying poison (Rough on Rats) foi rats he accidentally spilled some of it into a basin of food which had been prepared for his mistress, and he wai afraid to say anything about. He was remanded for a week, to be brought up sooner impossible. He is a wellgrown youth, but seems simple. When asked if he had any objection to being remanded in custody he said he had not, but he wanted to go home. The tea and concert at Eiffelton on Wednesday was a great success, and there was a crowded audience. Mr G. H. Bryant wa« a, satisfactory purveyor, and the tables were presided over by Mesdames Fechney, Cullen, and Heron. At the concert the room was packei with people, who had to be accommodated even on the stage, and many people did not get tneidp at all. The programme took three hours to get through, and the various items were given in a manner that won the hearty appreciation of the large audience. The chairman was Mr j J. C, N. Origg, who, at the commencement | of the proceedings welcomed the audience as well as the large number of performers, many of whom had come from a distance in anything but tempting weather. The following ladies and gentlemen took part ijn the programme :—Vocalists— Mrs Mower, Mrs Teppett; Misses Dal ton, E. Alcorn, M i Alcorn, McMeikin, Donalds n, Prothie-oe, Low ; Me&srs Broad, Jamieson, Jed kins, , Stephenson, Higgine, and Cow. Instru- ! mentalists— MiasesOrr, Standish, Protheroej Messrs Cullen and Owen, the latter playing the accompaniments. Elocutionists—Miss McMeiken, Mr Watson, Mr Sinclair. Mr H. Cullen gave an Irish jig in excellent style. At the close hearty votes of thanks w«re passed to and three cheers given for the ladies who had assisted at the tables, Miss Stoddmrd who had lent the piano, the performers bojfch jlqoai and from a distance, and the chairman for pces£d£ng. Holloway's Ojntmef ",— Soyw, Wounds Uloerations, and other diseases affecting the skin are capable of speedy amendment by this cooling and healing ointment, whiih has called forth the loudest praise from persons who have suffered for years from bad legs, ha 4 breasts, piles, abscesses, and chronic ulcers, «#*■•? every hope of cure had long passed away. $one but those who have experienced the s^Jaing effect of this ointment can form an idea, «f the comfort it bestow* by restraining inftaeM^atjon and allaying pain. Whenever Hbllo^a^Sjpintinent has 'beaa ftrice used it has establish^ its own worthy a*d has again been eagerly sought for as the easiest apd safest remedy for all such complaints, I» neuralgia, rheumatism, and gout, the sameappMcaJjjion, properly »wd.i give wonderful relj^.

Particalare of scholarships at the Ashburton High School are advertised. In connection'with the realising of the Colonial Investment and Agency Company's properties, Mr Doheon estimates that if the reserve fund, f 27,500, i 3 intact, there will be no call; and if the contingency fund, £12 272, also exists as a tangible asset, there will be a surplus to divide amongst 1 the shareholders. ' By the special train to-day from Dunedin to Lyttelton, carrying mourners to the funeral of Mr Ballance, only theHonMr Slirimski, M. L.C., and Messrs Hall-Jones, Dawson and Earnshaw, M.H. R., and a fev\ private individuals were travellers. Much complaint was made of the delay in making the train arrangements, notice tint the train would be run not beiug given till an early hour this morning.