Local and General.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXI, Issue 5417, 12 July 1901, Page 2

Local and General.

Police Court—A& the Polioe Ooitrfc this snerning, before Mr B Alcorn, J P., two §rst offendert were aenvioted and diicharged for drankenneat

A Curiosity—A. framed copy of De Zmtpansberg Watcher la at present on view in the window of Messrs John Orr and Co.

Boroosh Abattoir—Tbe committee ap. pointed by the Abattoir Conference to obtain information etc, yesterday inspected cites (fared by Messrs Silcook Role and Barnard.

Cantwbjirt Asriovltcral C«hi#«—A vacancy having [occnrred on the Canterbury Agricultural College Board of Governors, through the resignation of Mr R Rainy (elected by the Canterbury member* of both Houses of the LegifiUfcure), an election wIH take place within twenty one days*

A Spartan Lady—An unmanly partnn who snowballed a lady at Chri*tohuroh on Saturday *fcernoon not rather more than he bargained for. The lady returned the fire vigorously, and, h»vioa given her aisailanta good snow bailing, rushed him, laid him in the i>now, and generally orumpled him up.

Cobukctiok—-la yesterday's report of the !oc*l Court bwsicifiis, the Magistrate stated that Shore appeared to tie evidence to justify an application being made to prohibit a cer taiu resident, but not sufficient to justify an order being itsoed, whereas the report con' vejed the impretition that the bench said there was no justification for making the application.

Aw Unlikbly Yark—A story is at presnnb goiDg the rounds lhat a oonntry visitor to Wellington during the duc&t celebrations was so maoh impresaad with the rnorits of a gas stove (hat he immediatoly west and purcbai«l one and proudly preseated it to his loving apou«e« They reside many miles from any gasworks, and the purchaser of the stove is cow wondering how il is that it will n«t work.

Ceicket—From a financial point of view last year's orieket season was » disastrous one for several counties. The Warwickshire Glub hare to face a deficit on tha years working of no !e»s than £900, mainly attri* bated to bid weather, which spoilt home matches, Leicestershire also ended the seAion with a loss of £160, Derbyshire £535, while Serrey's balance sheet showed a deficit of nearly £503. Essex had a lots last) season of £350

The Returning Tkoofirs—According to the official Hit of troopers wb« returned by the Tapus it) would appear thai only lour Athburtoa members of tha Fifth Contingent have returned in that v«taei, namely* Trooper Andrews, Knox, J Smith, tod Williams. There appears to have been an unusual number of Invalida amongst them, twenty eighb being in the hospital, eleven of the cam being iierioni.—Sergeant Baksr, tin old Ashburton boy, who joined the fifth at Dannevirke has wired that he has also returned, b<tt be in not inducted in the It«t of Canterbury men. It ie possible therefore that there may be one or two more similarly oisooUMtaaced.

A Royal Aoknowledokmjbnt—While the Royal party wm in Melbourne Marguerite Wraith, a little girl residing at Loogmore street, 8t Kilda, sent to Government Home a doll, asking the Puohees of Cornwall to accept jt for her daughter. The donor reaeived the following replyf—*»The lady in waiting is d«@ired fey H B B the Duobeei of Cornwall to tejl the little girl Marguerite Smith, that she gs very pleased with the pretty present sen): by her for little Princess Victoria, and that her Soyal Highness Bends her best wiphus and thanks to little Marguerite, and will give the doll to her little daughter when ah« return to England."

CoBNTiKiTgiT Com—At the Cbrlatchurch Police Court, on Thursday, James Correll, labourer, of Aabburton, was charged, on remsvud, with having on July lit, at Christchurch, uttered »counterfeit gold coin to Nigolt $idd, knowing suph ooin to be counterfeit, On the application of Sub Innpector Black, the Bench allowed the charge to be withdrawn, and accused to bs charged with (1) biaving on July Ist obtained from Nlaoll Kldd the sum of Si 9d in money and a tram tioket, the total Vilde being 10s, by maana of a ooin representing t> half sovereign, with intent to defraud ; and (2) that on June 24fcb, at> Ohrittohuroh, be obtained from Edward LlSlyahorb the sum of fa 9A by eimiiiai: fai«e prefcoßoes. Mr llo'Ootinall, for aocuted, applied for a remand for one week, which was g?*nted, bafl being allowad in two nuireties of £§0.

A Fjinb DAy in W«u,iflrOTQN—There Is an old »tory abanfc Wellington weathep and Royalty whiokjised to be told with great effect by Mr John Wliliarason. "ff.it Royal Highness the Puke of Edinburgh spent some tfme in Wellißgton, and knew it well. Afterwards he retnrned to Nelson, In the drawing?roopj of tfjt* hotel where hi «taj?ed An Nelson, was an ungraving of UUrtfn'n picture of 'The Deluge.' We all know it Tke rain |n corulnj down in torrents, and the miser* able people who woold not listen to Noah are being blown and washed away. His Boyal Highness looked at the engraving attentively for some time, and then re" marked: "It just reminds me of Wellington on a fine day." It is currently reported that tho JDake of Cornwall and York had heard the otory, and remarked in an aside to bin Btaff that hie uijcle was aafctorwieng,

WbAKBB RbTOWT Captain Edwin vcltet : Btroug aorifa to sm: ;»nd southeast wineis; glass fall; indications t»ln.

Tkmpkbakoß StJHM*—Temperwnoi Put* day was obaeivedln bo fewer tMr, ,c4l fiiiwws of worship in the London Di"t« at the Church of RBrylsdi*; .*p#(!i»l «• rnioi-B ht\A appropriate etrvi'oen were eonfliioii»d in the majority of emu*, while many pnlpits w»r» exohanged and offertories taken on behalf of thaOETS

. Virt Pon«toali Scholars—A remarkable record of unbroken school s'tflndarqe ««i reported at the priz*dfitr!bu-ion in oonneo* Hen with Aihford (Kent) National Schools. No l«n than 67 lohalari reoevnd «ilver med»lt for regular tohonl aSteDdanca. aod of the»e oa« bad Btb misted tobeot or been late onae dating flight year», tw i for seven years, two for iix years, levon (or fire yewri, ten for foar y»art, fourteen for three yean, «f«Vi^ for two y»n; and the reit for one i.w» ■■ ■ ■

Ebccation Boabd BwcTioK~An el ec tion of three members to the Board of feduc*tibn will fake place on Monday .Inly.-22. Nine candidates havn been nominated lor the vacancies as follows :— John Anderacn, Leesioo, Eev P J Cocks, Southbridge, M Daliiel, Amberiey, 0 A 0 Qardy.fiakaia, Bey D&vld MoNlool liyttellon* 0 HA T Opie, Darfield, W Itolllt, Samner, JL Scott, Christchnrch F W Smtth.Anated, Obrlstcharoh At the election individual members of School Oommltfcewt hare a vofce instead of the Ooßsmittee voting as a body und«r the "eld system \' ; ■ Voctball DiKKtm—At) the oocoluiion of festsrdafs interesting football matoh be* twesa the ABStioneeis and Banks and Pro* fesnoni, a dinner was held at Orange* Ooaunsnial HoleU Msmn Bodolph fried, lander and 8 Qotitrn aitiog as jointohairmsDi After fall jastiee had b«en dooe to the good tbiuga provided, the u^nat loyal to»tt« were hononred, and Mr Friedknfar proposed 'KootbtSl' -fQtid«ienthaßiasm, and ia »po loKifling for the *»b9anee of Mr Hugo FrisdUnder, h« iodm»tod that bis brot her wished htm to ask ibote preaent to consider ■thomielveii the goegti of the firm for that evßnin(?-{Load apßUmß«).'ilr Ori»p, Jonr., proposed th» «o«a*of 'The ABofctooeers,' fee, wh^oh Mr T V Oiksn rsßlied, and the lalUr geoi'.Biim.* »hes; jgavs toe.'Banks aod F»»- - on by boat of their 'Hbits/MsMirs Friedlanderftfos which was treated *n*hnMSitfeaily Mr D Sftiomas and also the Refers* and Uropirs, wen further toasts re«pond«d to by Mr Hnbbt, thsiall Hit being dealt with in champagne and other liquor*, ftariag the evening, its Was suggetted thai lbs match snculd become an annoal one, and it wan unn.imously deoldttd to adopt the rtfga^ion.

Ob ! what wonSflT'-mmy Atkins do

If we h»d not■'■pq'leii him through The colonies h*»o done their boat,

And showsd "great courage iv the test. We ail require a little afd. And dmicfr rntikos uh offc afraid ; & cough wont make your health eeoore, So buy tome Woon's Great' Fspperh vt Curi

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