LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7243, 31 July 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr J. B. Christian reports the sale of Mr H. O. Amos' property in Cox Street, to Mrs Sutton; also Mr W. G. Pcarce's half acre and dwelling, at Allenton, to Mrs Collison; both at satisfactory figures.

The first lamb of the season was seen at the Ashburton saleyards. on Tuesday. It appeared to be well matured and in a healthy condition.

i The Manawatu Times says that there ; has been a slump in the value of properties in Pahr.crston North.

A _black and tan sheep dog, on being assailed as ail intruder, jumped clean through a glass window, valued at 12s 6d, in Mr Silcock's shop, yesterday afternoon. He dived under a dozen dressed sheep ready for sale, up a bench and through the window into the Arcade, scattering -the glass in all directions.

A musical programme will be given in the Salvation Army Barracks on Thursday evening.

The Cheshire County Council has resolved to cope with the dust nuisance by treating about 90 miles of road with calcium chloride. At the meeting at which this, was decided, one of the speakers said the cheaper remedy for dust was a solution of calcium chloride, the cost of which would average £16 a mile per annum on rural roads, and £30 on urban roads.

At Stivichall, near Coventry, may be seen a church that, among English churches, at all events, possesses the unique distinction of having been built by the unaided efforts of one man alone. The name of this persistent and assiduous workman was John Green, a stonemason of Coventry, who laid the first stone in 1810, and completed his selfimposed task seven years later.

Jive Rose, the husband of the famous dancer Saharet, has presented a petition for divorce in the German courts. Saharet also desires a divorce,- .which, so far as can bo foresoen,: will ensue in.due course. A curious feature of the suit is that the parties have concluded with each other , a formal written contract regulating their mutual business relations after the divorce has taken place. This provides that Rose shall act as Saharet's inipressario at a substantial salary.

It has been discovered that all the registers of births and deaths made at Brim, Victoria, between 1891 and 1905 are invalid, owing to the fact that all the certificates purporting to have been signed by George Paine, who was registrar during that period, were actually signed in his name by his wife. A short Bill has been cimilated declaring all the registers and certificates during that period to be as valid as it they had been actually signed by George Paine, unless it can be proved that they were not actually signed by either him or his wife.

Mr Way, of Auckland, would have the present Parliament wiped off the imp oi: affairs, and replaced by noble and virtuous Socialists. His remarks at an open-air meeting in Wellington, on Saturday night were certainly calculated to cause a breach of the peace if some stalwart and pugnacious policitian had chanced- along, says the Post. "These lazy, lackadaisical political squibs up in the House of Fossils yonder," was almost a term of endearment compared with some of his references to blie honourable members. " We must combine and form a Socialist-Labour party to take charge of the legislation of our country," he urged, and then went on to picture the millennium when "the man from the hold in the ship, the carpenter, from his bench, the navvy from his drain, and the clerk from his desk," shall sit in the cushioned seats of the j mighty, and, smoke the fat cigar of affluence, while the egregious capitalist swings a shovel or an axe. Gout is really a special form of rheu- ; matism caused by excess of uric acid in ; the blood. Whether your gout is acute | or chronic, lUIEUMO will euro you. All stores. 2

Messrs Friedlander Bros., Ltd., report having sold, on account of Mrs Digby, her 150-acre farm to Mr George Mcßae, and in conjunction, with Mr D. Thomas, Mr W> PrObblo's, jiin., homestead farm of 386 acres at Flemington, to Messrs Anderson Bros.

The secretary of the Band Contest Committee has received word that the contest selection music will arrive by to-night's express from Dunedin.

It is proposed to establish an Australasian College of Cookery, with headquarters in Melbourne, for "the purpose of furnishing competent male cooks for hotels, restaurants, steamers and stations. .

A new Roman Catholic Church is about to be erected in Waimate, at a cost of about £6000.

The United Government Workers' Federation of Great Britain is considering the question of representation in Parliament for Government workers.

The wages of the men in the Auckland City Waterworks Department have been increased to 8s per day.

Twenty minutes of rain in a year is sometimes all that Southern Egypt gets, and there is no dew in that country.

Colonel Davies, Inspector-General of Forces, will arrive in Ashburton on August 19, to inspect the local corps. He will leave on the following day for Timaru.

The card tournament between the various Friendly Society Lodges was continued last night at the Orange Hall-. The game-is now at a very interesting stage, which leaves the Hibernians and Foresters equal in the contest, and these will play off for the championship in about three weeks. The scores for,last niglrti were: Hibernian, 65, v.'Oddfellows, 50; Foresters, 48, v. Druids, 18.

The Minister for Lands lias given instructions to the Land and Survey Department that tho name "Middle Island" is not to be usejl in future, and "South Island" will" be adhered to in all casesi •

According to the National Hardware Afw^.ltioji oi America there is enough timber in the forests of the United States to last only 30 years.

The sheep in the Poverty Bay district, as shown by the sheep returns, number 1,712,961, an increase of 133,----364 on last year. The export of mutton last year totalled 364,694 carcases, and a good many sheep were driven overland to Auckland and other districts.

At the monthly meeting of the Oamaru Ministers' Association the following resolution was adopted: "That in view of the growing tendency to indulge in sports on Sundays, the ministers of North Otago have'been requested to bring the subject of 'The right use of Sunday' before their various congregations on Sunday, September

The annual election of managers of the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Ashburton, resulted in tho following •being elected: Messrs W. J. Moore, P. L. Orr. W. P. Watters, W. Lane, E. G. Craighead, C. Reid, D. Wilson, W. H. Alon, P. Walker, C, Wilson, J. Miller, S. Grant, H. Gresham, T. E. Watt and "H. C. Craighead. At the first meeting, of the committee, held last evening, Mr C. Reid was re-elected treasurer, and Mr W. H. Alen secretary.

A few days ago, a peculiar accident happened to Harold Carrick, son of Mr J. J. Carrick, manager of the Coalcliff Colliery, New South Wales. He was kicking a football, and had his pipe in his mouth. The ball struck liis pipe, driving the stem some distance into the roof of his mouth, where it broke off. . The pipe-stem was extracted by a surgeon.

There was a very fair attendance at the usual weekly meeting of the St, Andrew's Young Men's Social Club last evening. The second round of tho club's draught tournament was played off, and a number of other games were indulged in. During the evening recitations were given by Mr G. H. Clark, and songs by Messrs C. Wilson and H. Bowden.

sln the Kaponga district there is a good number of Swiss milkers working on wages. The labour of the new blood has been highly appreciated, and these employees seem to have quickly realised the fact that they are considered valuable milkers, for it is reported that they are combining to strike for 30s a week for the coming season.

A ball in aid of the Arundel Gun Club was held in the Howard Hall, Arundel, on J.'Vday evening. There was a large attendance, and the gathering was considered one of the most successful yet held in. the district. With good music, a splendid floor, and refreshments of the best, time passed very pleasantly, and the gathering broke up at an early hour in the morning. Mr W. Ashby was M.C., and Messrs Evans and McCormack supplied the music.

A farmer who had a laige area of land under lease-in-perpetuity and another in freehold (says the Eltham Argus) thinks that tho farmer with' lease iii-perpetuity land does not receive fair consideration compared with the freeholder when applying to the Government for loans. With 300 acres lease-in-perpetuity he failed to secure £I 0 whilst on 100 acres freehold he had no difficulty in securing £1500. Ho thinks, seeing there is very little difference in the two tenures, that the distinction should not bo so marked.

The international observatory on the summit of Monte Rosa, perched at a height of 15,200 ft, is completed, and will be shortly opened. The construction of the observatory, which is the highest in the world, is due to the generosity of • Queen Margherita of Italy.

To celebrate the centenary of the Primitive Methodist connexion, the local church members held a meeting last night. Tho Rev. R. J. Liddell presided, and the Rev. J. Guy, of Christchurch,; gave an interesting lecture on "The Pioneers of Primitive Methodism." It was decided at the meeting, that in order to fittingly celebrate the event, the church debt should be extinguished, and on an appeal being made, the sum of £305 was readily given. It is expected that within a tow days this amount will reach the sum aimed at— £350. During the evening the choir, under the leadership of Mr Jones, rendered several anthems, and Miss Claridge presided at the, organ.

Yesterday afternoon, in Dunedin, the Otago Rugby Football Union presented Colin M. , Gilray, the Rhodes scholar, who leaves for Oxford to-day, with _an inscribed sovereign case in recognition of his .sterling services to club football in Dunedin. He was entertained at a farewell dinner by the University students in the evening.

The usual meeting of the Baptist Young Men's Class was held, last evening, when there was a good attendance, and Mr A. Silcock occupied the chair. The subject for the evening was a debate on the question, "Should Ashburton he lit by gas or electricity?" Mr Meddins, supported by Mr Loy, spoke for gas-, anad Mr Ager, supported by Mr L. Greonslade, for electricity. Each speaker dealt very exhaustively with the' subject, _ and a ■'lively discussion followed, each member taking part. On a vote being taken, the meeting decided in favour of gas by a majority of two,.

Messrs Quibellj of England, the makers of Quibell's sheep dip, have presented to the North Otago A. and P. Association a large silver cup for competition for the most points in the Border Leicester class. The cup is to become the property of anyone winning it twice in succession or three times at intervals. .

A 'pamphlet issued by the Salvation Army shows that the cost of maintaining last year the; 63 army institutions throughout the Commonwealth and New, Zealand aggregated over £1300 per week, or nearly £70,000 for the year. Of this sum the homes raised, by means of industries, no less an amount than £53,373, or.an average of slightly over £1000 per week. From Government grants and capitation fee 1? tho army received £10,352, or an average per week of £200. This left only the comparatively small sum of £6300, or £120 per week, to be contributed directly by the public. Five hundred and ten children were born in the homes last year, .

Captain Edwin telegraphs as follows : Moderate to strong northerly winds; glass fall. Eleven degrees of frost were registered at tho Domain weather station this morning.

A Christchurch firm is likely to be charged with sending liquor into Ashburton without labelling it as such.

The postmaster, Mr Dansey, advises that a posting-box has been erected at the Allenton School, and will be cleared at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. daily, except that there will be no Thursday afternoon clearance.

Mr F. Ferriman reports the sale of P S 547, Cox Street, on account of Mrs Good, to Mr J. M. Ireland.

The Nairnshire and Corinthic hay. sailed from London for New Zealand ports. The criminal sessions of the Supreme Court will commence in Christchurch on August 22. The only case remitted from the Ashburton district is one of perjury, preferred against William Gillet. ' ■ Amongst the enforcement cases to be heard by the Arbitration Court on August 5. there will be one from Ashburton—namely, Inspector Hagger v Friedlander Bros., breach of drivers award.

In his sermon anent "The Problem of Pain," delivered at the Baring Square Church on Sunday night, the Rev. H. Bellhouse said that he was convinced that pain worked more effectually than any other agent in Dinctino- together the various sections of mankind. The fact received illustration in times of war. The loss and bereavement consequent on war operated more than any other factor in drawing into one the different classes of a nation. Was not that proved in the South African war ? Did not that war weld together the divergent sections of our Empire more than any other factor of recent years. War was devilish in its cruelty and horror; but one of its compensations is that it breaks down selfishness and exclusive feeling, and promotes sympathy, brotherhood and pityi