LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8744, 18 December 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At the Magistrate's Court at Hastings yesterday, Edwnrd Lonevgan was iined tlio maximuni penalty _ot £20 for using obscene language in the. hearing of women.

Holiday excursion trains for the Christmas season commenced to run to-day, and a large number of passengers availed themselves of the cheap fares. The first express from the south was crowded, and on. arrival^ at Ashburton was 25 minutes behind schedule time. A fair number of Ashburton people journeyed north by it.

Some 12 months ago the Methven police wore eternally chasing Burnham boys, who used to escape from the home in dozens, but it is,a considerable time since a" Burnham escapee has come to this County, and the police have more time to devote to their multifarious duties. ■ ... * ■'.•

Though no further trace has been discovered oi the miscroant who assaulted Mrs Samuel Nelson at Winslow, tho. police are on tho gui vivo. It is .stated 1 that they have no doubt that Lho suspected man commitLod the crimt 1, and. that being the case, they consider That, as it is not likely ho luis got away from the Dominion, his arrest will ho only a matter of time.

With the approach of Ijkl freezing Reason, tho sliec-p ii>;irLot is brightening up and lines o{ lai.ib, continue to pas* north and by rail. This afternoon a nupnKM- of trucks of forward and poor conditioned lambs from Washdyke Saleyards.pa'sed tlirowgh Ashburton en route for Christchuivh. Soi.:e of the trucks were Lightly packed, and th© animals that had got down were unable to rise without assistance.

The weakly mooting of tlio Star of the East Lodge of Lhe 1.0. G.T. was held last evening, and wa* presided over by the C.T., liro, A. Moore. Two new iiK'mborr wore initiated into the order, and tho riob.soqnent timo was spent in playing parlour gamer.

At n mooting of the Wangauui V.M.C.A Board, hold last evening, the presi-lent announced ihnt tho efforts oi the past few woeks to .secure the sum necessary to open the buildings free of debt had been most successful, £400 having beeji secured. . The building will now be opened at an early date. Instructions were given to the Furnishing Committee to -proceed with the furnishings. The balance ..required'for furnishing is '£350. The building cost £7000.

The following sales were effected at the xVdding'ton live stock market yesterday on behalf, of Ashburton Coiiiity farmers: —Fat Cattle—For Hendei-son Bros. (Methyon), 3 steers at £10 to £12 15s. Fat Sheep—Wethers: For O. E l. Newton (Lauriston). 100at,2ls 9dto 23s 10d; CO. Prebble (Lyndhurst), 18 at 21s 6d; H:. DrumnVond .(Lyndhurst), 144 at 20s 4d to 21s 3d; Honderson Bros. (Methven). 13.4 at 20s. od to 21s 3d; Thompson Mitchell (Lauriston). 70 at 19s lid to 21s 3d: J. Withell (Ealing), 75 at 19s to. 20s. Shorn ewes: J. Corbett (Ashburton). 99 at 20s 6d to 23s 6d; T. Staunton (JMing), 68 at 19s 4d to 23s Id; G: Ross r(Baling), 66 at 18s Id to: 20s sd; Doig's Estate'(Chortsey), 60 at 16s 4d to 19s Id; C. G. Prebble (Lyndhurst), 12 at 18s Id; L. Ruddock (Chertsey), 25 at 16s 2d. • ■'.''■-.