Local and General.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XVIII, Issue 4220, 18 June 1897, Page 2

Local and General.

A Continental doctor reports that he has successfully sewn together wounds of a heart, which is regarded as a surgical triumph.

Of the 30,194 patents applied for in 12 months, 5000 had reference t<> t-'.o cycle industry. Women applied for 691 patents, 153 of these having reference to dreee.

Tuesday 22ad will beaclo^epostal holiday. There will be no delivery of letters. On Monday 21at and Wednesday 23rd one complete delivery by letter carriers will be made, commencing each day at 3 a.m.

Mr W. J. Silcook has ou view at his Bhop a prime steer, only 2Jt years old, and scaling 10£ cwt, grazed at Lagmhor 5 also a vealer, four months old, which was purchased from Mr George Grice, of Willowby. Aa far as quality goes, these would be hard to beat, and reflect great credit on the growers.

A gentleman who felll down in a n't in a London street was protected until he came to by his Newfoundland dog, who kept the crowd at a distance. The dog took possession of his master's hand-bag, which contained money and valuable papers. It wan afterwards explained that the deg on one occasion rescued his master from drowning,

An experiment in the cold storage of fruit has been made at Deptford by the Techuical Committee of the Kent County Council. The winter apples, after being stored one hundred days, were as hard aud of as good fltvour as when put in The summer appleß were not so good. This summer experiment will be made with the aofc fruits as they come in teason. A Bill has passed the Provincial Legislature to prevent Britiah Columbia being overrun by Chinese and Japanese. The measure forbids the employment, of Mongolian emigrants on mines, railroads or other undertakings The people are raid to be extremely anxious to maintain it as Britiah land, and fear lest its Anglo-Saxon origin should be lost sight of in the near future by the influx of Chinese and Japanese.

A good hockey practice match was played in the Domain yesterday afternoon by aides chosen by Mr L. F. Andrewes and Mr W. Potter—the latter's Bide winning by four goals to two. During the spell a meeting of the Club was held, Dr Leahy presiding, when Mr W, Mallor was elected captain, Mr F. Potter, sub-captain, and Mr t F. Clark official referee. A selection committee consisting of the captain, sub-captain and referee was also elected.

A deputation, including Major Steward and Mr J. Hutcheson, M,H.R.'s, waited upon the Minister of Defence, on Wednesday, asking for leave for Pauling to accompany the J\ew Zealand representative team .0 Australia, ihe Minister, while admitting Pauling's qualification, said that he could not establish a precedent by allowing members of the Defence Force to travel outside the colony on sporting pursuits. He therefore, decline! tc accede to the request. Pauling has sent his resignation to the i Dr.fence Department, and it is likely that he I will endeavour to enter the New South , Wales Permanent Force. A meeting of the Ashburton Forks School C -inmittee was held on Wednesday evening, June 9, iv the schoolroom. Present—Messrs <}. Good (chairman), C Rippingale, G. S ockdill, and S. Ryan. The Chairman reported all accounts paid up to date. Mrs Stoke&" tend&r for school cleaning was accepted. The Inspector's report was reai', am] found very satisfactory. .Great .credit 13 Unit t& ijp mistress for the way in whi^h she S* working lfre children up, and the satisfaction B.'.'* is &Yinß *0 ty j[W«Jt.. The Board of Education ':.'" aiti forward jog, names of persons nominated to v.. vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr Sawic. It was decided to vote for Mr Silcock. It was decided to sloes the Bchool on June 22 iv connection wi h the diamond Jubilee celebration, and to have a fortnight's holiday when the weather breaks. It w^s also decided to have gorae grubbed and some ahiDgling done ob thp playground, which was left in fcha haads of the Chairman.

The question of the holidays to be kept on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee, has been settled by the drapers and grocers deciding to cloße on the 22ud only, while some fifty of the other business people of Ashburton have got the Mayor to issue an invitation to all and sundry to close on Monday 21sb and Tuesday 22nd, The banka close on 21st and 22nd, and the offices of the Government and the local bodies on the 21st, 22nd, and 23rd, the telegraph and post offices being closed on Monday and Wednesday from 8 a.m. till noon, and from 7 till 9 p.m., Tuesday being treated as a close holiday, which means that these offices will bd open only as on Sundays, from 9 a.m. till 10 a.m., and from 7 till 8 p.m. The telephone exchange will be opea all three days. The office of the Ashburton Publishing Company will be closed all Tuesday, although the Mail will be published as usual ou Tuesday morning. The Guardian will be published at I p.m. on Monday, but will not appear on Tuesday. A meeting of householders of the Kyle school district was held on Monday evening, 14th inst. There was only a small attendance. '1 he old Committee were re-elected, viz. :—Messrs Mulligan, Watson, Kingsbury, McAnulty, and Lambie. Mr Lambie was elected chairman. The Inspector's report, which was read, waa very favorable as far as school management was concerned, but adverse comment waa made on the Board's delay in re-erecting the fences, out-build-ings, gates, etc., destroyed by fire in January last. In reply to a circular Irom the Board of Education in reference to celebrating the Record Reign at Kyle, the following resolution wa3 p*ssed and forwarded to the Board —"That the Board of Education be respectfully requested to assist the Kyle School Committee in celebrating the Rec ird Reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, in re-erecting the building*, gates, aud fences round the school ground, which were destroyed by fire on January 12 last, and also that the Board call for tenders for the work as soon as possible." The Committee supported Mr Hardy's candidature for the Board of Education. The Chairman reported that they were promised the vala-

able assistance of the Rakaia Nor'-West Minstrel Company in giving an entertainment in the schoolroom in aid of the piano fuud. The concert to be given on Tuesday next in the OJofeliows 5 Hall promises to be an attractive one. The programme will open wi(yh tjjo Rational Anthem to verses composed specially for the occasion by Hon. M;ijt Steward. This will be performed by a full orchestra and chorus. As the cbaoer'i is promoted by the Ashburton Harmonic arid Orchestral Societies, both those bodies will

take part in it, the one contributing part songs and the other overtures. The soloists

will be Mrs Denshire, Miss Barrabf, and Miss Birdie Butler on the ladies' side, while a bass in Mt Russell Halley, and a tenor in Mr Charles lioad have been imported from filuistehuroh. Neither of the two gentlemen have appeared jn Ashburton before, but

both have excellent yuioes—the one a rich basfj or baritone of good compass and fair volume, the other a sweet if light tenor, and both finished vocaliate, Mr Ryan, the

elocutionist and comedian from the same oily, has also been secured, and two step dancers in the persons of Miss Walsh and M r' S^lUyan will contribute jigs and hornpipes (double). TJaib Achburton Rifle Volunt( era will give an exhibition of mwajjal drill, Messrs Burgess and Gates wilf sing' the

" Army and navy " duut, and the tableau " Britannia," with Mrs Crisp the central .figure, will closo the concert. The above

indicates a very ablr olive programme thab ought to deaepve a, full house,

On Sunday next every child attending the Church of England Sunday schools at Ashburton, Hampstead, Tinwald, and Dromore will receive a neat medal, stamped on one a de with the Queen's bust and on the other wi h a design bearing the inscription—" A s >uvenir of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee."

It may be well to remind the public that the cookery classos recently arranged for commence ou Saturday, July 3, in the Borough School. Students must be between the ages of 15 and 20, and ihd classes will be continued every Saturday during the term. Arrangements have been m<*de for reduced railway faros for studen!s living at a distance from Ashburton. Intending students should not delay in handing in iheir names, as only a limited number can be admitted.

While Mr 0. B. Dowdiug and Mr Harry Ford were returning from the Maronan district yesterday afternoon, and on near;Dg the Tmwald Saleyards, Mr Dowding's horse began to buck badly. Mr Doweling was thiown out of the gig and sustained a fraeure of the right arm above the tlbow. Mr Ford, on jumping out to the assistance of his friend, had his knee raher badly injured and also suffered some abrasions of the hand. Mr Ford conveyed Mr Dowding to his resi dence in Ashburton, and Dr Maude was speedily in attendance.

Holloway'e Ointment and jPills.—Those who have given these ren.e iies a fair trial freely admit that they inherently possess every kroporty suitable for healing and removing erup'ions, ulcerations, piles, abcesses, sores, bad legs, gathered breasts, and all disorders of the glandular system. When carefully rubbed in the ointment relaxes the swollen muscles, diminishes inflatnation, assuages pain, and even alleviates dangerous maladies, which may have lasted for months, or even years. Holloway's excellent preparations are effective singly, resistless in combination, and have been recommended by grateful patients to be resorted to as alternatives when all other means of regaining health have failed. Their action is temperate, not violent or reducing.