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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XII, Issue 5057, 7 March 1900, Page 3

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Judicial, —It is expected the appoinmeat of an acting judge of the Supreme Court to sit ob the Bench during the absence of Jaatioe Deaniston will bo made in a few days. Firm Contingent / Camp at Christ OHUBCHt—A telegram from Wellington says : The camps for the fifth contingent will be »fc Wellington and Chrißtohurch. Two hundred and fifty men will ember the camp here next week, from whom 150 will be selected, und will be reinforced from Auckland. Cblonel Somerville will have cfaarg? of the camp i here. WABNINtt f 0 CIOLB OWNKRS.—-An impudenb theft w»a committed last night. Mr F. Makeig left his bicycle on nil verandah for the night, and this morning it was gone. Tha matter is now in the hands of the police. The bouse of a gentleman living two doors above Mr Makeig'n premise! was visited the game night by someone who tried to open a iitte window. The lady of the house, who was engaged in the adjicent room, hearing the noise, sobered the room and asked who was there. The marauded at once depimped, leaving well deficed foot prints on : the newly turned garden soil. Would Stand no Humbug.—The'Captain of the ship Hesperides, which arrived from Capetown, states that the berthijag there was at) a high premium and unless a vessel we c laden with produce or munition of war, or troops, Bhe had a poor chance to discharge her cargo. There were 170 vessels in port when he left. The captain of one of the vessels refused to move from the berth when he was ordered, and the commander of the forces ient a picket, who cub the lines, and fcha vessel drifted into the stream. - Press Association telegram from Wellington.

Dunhdin Races Postponed —A Press Association telegram from Dunedin says :— In consequence of the departure of the Fourth Contingent being fixed for Saturday the 24th, the Joofc^y Club have postponed the third day's racing of the autumn meeting ! till the 26th. A Wish Precaution. — A Wellington i telegram says :~lb is explained that Mr Ghair.ber lam's despatch was not made public tn the colony until the Government had completed its arrangements for the purchase of the Decennary mounts for the men. * Meeting of Creditors—A meeting of the creditors of W. d. Lmdeli's, engineer and cycle manuTac'urer, wus«eallttd for this morni'ig a- 11 o'clock. At that hoar no proved creditors were present, ami the meeting terminated. The debtors statement! showed a list) of unsecured creditors £291 18s 3d, the largest amount being T. DeVane for wages £117. The only secured creditor was Henry Zander, Ashburton, £67, secured by unregistered instrument over tools of trade and portion of stock estimated to produce £57 The assets consisted of book debts estimated to produce £30, and stock on hand in the shop, cay £10, also half share in an Invention known as a sq iare hole cutter, with Henry Zander, the present value of which it was impossible to estimate.

LONGBEAOH HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY—A a eetiug of the Committee of the Longbeaoh fcforti ulcural Society was held ia the Longbiiaoh school on Tuesday evening, March 6. There were present—Rev J» Skinner (chair' mai) and most of the members. The President reported that the recent flower show had been an unqualified success, exceeding the expectations of the most sanguine. Hearty votes of thanks were accorded to the judges —Messrs T. Pitt and W. W. Smith—for the satisfactory manner in which they had assisted the Society in the matter of judging ; the Secretary to forward the same to the gentlemen named ; also to Miss Grigg and Mrs Rich, who had judged the bread, j aconee, buns, and butter ; the ladies who had provided refreshments for the show, and the ladies who presided over the same ; to the Secretary and her assistant for their unutkg energy in connection with the show ; to the business men of Ashburton, wh> hud so liberally assisted the society ia giving prz;s; end also to Mr Grigg for granting the use of timber and sending a mv.i to fix up the stages for the show. The T' easim r reported that the receipts to the society oince its iniiiafcion amounted to a little over £40, and the expenses of the recent show, apart from przaa, £5. This aatisftic:i>ry state of the finances enabled the Committee to pay out the priz? money ia tull, and leave a substantial balance in hantfv A case of vaadalian at the recent show being reported, it was resolved that the President interview the culprit and state to him the intentions of the Society with reference to the same. The following persons were elected members of the Management Committee, vice those who had forfeited their seats through nonattendance, v z :—Messrs W. Pearae, W. Bushel!, W. Jaine, F. Kibbelwhite, R. Croy, and W. McLiuchlan, junr. Arrangements having been made for a meeting in connection with the forthcoming chrysanthemum show, the meeting was oloeed with a vote of thanks to the chairman.