Ashburton Guardian Manga est Veritas et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1895. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XVII, Issue 3677, 7 September 1895, Page 2

Ashburton Guardian Manga est Veritas et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1895. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The train arrangements for the Timaru Races are advertised in this issue.

The market reports of Messrs David Thomas and Friedlander Bros, appear on the fourth page.

At the Police Court this morning before' Mr Robert Alcorn J P., a first offender was fined 5a and police expenses Is for being drunk while in charge of two horses and a dray.

An omission occurred in our report of the Ashburton stock sales last Tuesday ; Mr David Thomas' pntry of 2258 sheep, 8 head of cattle and 16 pigs, out of the total for the day of 3882 sheep, 8 cattle and 16 pigs, not being mentioned.

Mr B. F. Healy, who has been carrying on a prosperous blacksmithing business in Graenstreet for the past four years, has disposed of his Interest in the same to Me Charles Walker, well known throoghoutthecounty. Anadverfcisementappears elsewhere-

A temperance sermon will be preached by the Rev. J. Olpherfc to.morrcw morning under the auspices of the W.O.T.CT., and the local lodge of Good Templars, who will attend with banner and full regalia. The subject for the evening Is * Thinking of home.'

The Ashburton County Council spent yesterday afternoon in committee on the Local Government Bill. On resuming, the following resolution was adopted—That in the opinion of this Council the Local Government Bill is not adapted to the present requirements of New Zealand, and if passed into law will prove both inconvenient and burdensome to the taxpayers.

The following figures may be interesting to our readers:—A timber firm in this town ordered timber from Invercargill to the value of £11 4s 5.3. Ie was loaded by the Invercargill firm, and unloaded by the Ashburton firm, so that the railway people had only to couple on and do the haulage, without handling the timber at all. But the freight ran to £14 3s 7d or £2 19s 2d more than the timber cost in Invercargill.

For the fishing season this year Messrs John Orr and Co. are fully prepared. The stock jusb opened by this firm, of all requisites of the angler, makes such a display as cannot fail to gladden the eyes of every Waltonian who looks at it ; and all wants can bo supplied, from the humblest sportsman who can scrape together enough to buy a license, to the biggest "toff " in the land—and the firm sell licenses, too.

Mr E. W. Hanmar has effected fhe sale of a large line of wheat for Mr Cameron of Springfield, amounting to about 36,000 bu&hels—sooo sacks of pearl and 4000 sacks of tnscan—being part of the crop which was grown on his estate. The reputation of this gentleman's wheat, which in other years have found its way to the Southern millers, has, we understand, had the effect of securing for him in this instance full market values.

The railway authorities draw attention to the rates for carriage of fresh fish, game, and dead rabbits. The maximum charge for any distance for 7ibs is 6d ; 141bs, Is ; 281ba, Is 6d,—with the addition in each case if for Christchurch, Dunedin, or Invercargill of 3i, to cover delivery. A quantity of fresh fish weighing scwt, and forming one consignment only, could be sent 100 miles for 69 8d— ■ equal to a seventh of a penny per lb, or 2J for every 141bs of 3uch consignment.

A meeting of the Mayfield Gospel Temperance Society was held on Friday evening in the scboolhouse, Mr Kellahan occupied the chair and a successful meeting was held, but the room was not quite full. Addresses were given by Mr Gk W. Andrews, and the Rev. A. Blake, on the various phases of the liquor traffic. Mrs Beckett, Miss Meyneil, and Master I) unbar took part in the programme with song and repitation. Mr Trethaway moved a vote of thanks to the speakers, and thirteen came forward to sign the pledge, seven adults and six juniors.

There was a large attendance at the Primitive Methodist Church on Thursday evening, when Rev James Cocker delivered an able lecture on "Life In an English village." Mr Cocker gave a fine description of the beautiful scenery to be found in Derbyshire, which, according to Byron and Ruskin, is amongst the finest in the world, and mentioned that the .scenes and incidents of David Grieve and of other nqvels were fcakeri from his native county. Streets, houses, occupations and characters were racily and humourously described. A bountiful supper was supplied by Mesdames Cooper, Crum, Hardley, Gee, Philips, Treaise, Addis, James, Davis, and Olpherb, The choir and orchestra contributed several pressing selections, an action song by Misses Palmer, Hik;hings, and Davis being much appreciated. A hearty y'pte of thanks was given to Ray Me oocker at tfopglosp,

•Asjh&WtW ppopje wijl probably re- ." - 'me name at least of the two cognise '-following telegram from mentioned in in*. J? £ ■ . Wellington :-For some t.-." pa9t ftw«[ named Knigge, who has had a qttari... with hie wife, a restaurant keeper, has been appearing in Court, accompanied by a friend named vom Schoeneberg, who posed as an interpreter. He desired to be both interpreter and solicitor. The Courts paid scanty attention to him. and on Friday the S,M. warned both Knigge and Schoeneberg that they would probably end by gefceing themselves into trouble for conspiracy. Following immediately upon this-, Mr Jellicoe, solicitor,announced that he had laid an information for criminal libel against Schopneberg, alleged to be contained in a letter written by him to Mrs Chemis.

In the front of Mr T. H. Undrill's show room in Tancred Street can be seen a really first class example of what can be done with New Zealand woods by a skilled and tasteful cabinetmaker. The article under notice is an extremely hand* some and complete ladies' work table, constructed by Mr Undrill entirely from New Zealand woods. As the table stands, when not in use it forma a remarkably handsome piece of furniture, the top beinu made of one of the finest specimens of knotted totari of unusually rich colour, with a centre star of many rays and varieties of wood, and a handsome border of honeysuckle. This top unfolds and expands to three feet square, and turns on a pivot, so that the fair worker need not drag or twist her material about. Immediately under the table is a drawer with numerous campirtments, lined with blue satin. Below this a well, with hand- i some totara panels, and nearer the ground I a tray. The frame throughout is of rimu and very strong, and tke whole work is of the most finished kind.