Local and General.

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume X, Issue 897, 1 April 1891, Page 2

Local and General.

At the Aa'atralian Jockey Clnb's Antmn Mefctin^ on Saturday, that grandest f hbiteeß, Oarbinej added yet another lauel tp hia many- leaved crown. In the Lutuitin Stnkea only one horse, Highborn aced the herd, and even he, good horse , hough, he be, -could never get near the # hampion. Carbine started at the tremen- c lously long odds of 10 tp 1 on. t To-day, the Antipodean equivalent for he feast of St. Grouse honoured of the I British Sportsman, witnesses the opening I >f the shooting season. It also witnesses he small boyi With anoientt fusi^a'fmea 1 , allying forth intent on mighty slaughter j, >£ the toothsome duck and tbe dainty pn- , :akir"H^"Dffver' i hrtsranytbtngi ; buHhre-is- -5 iappy, for he can make a noise and scare hinge." „ ,/•.. «.yiy,-]. r-.-j-J S At Lancastei" PWk'dn Saturday,? ?tfae* c veil-known horse Batcher Boy, formerly j Wned by MrrJr-HrDoylejof -Boyieston f von easily the handicap Saddl* Trot. He , tarted the first fayoar.ite and paid £2. 6s. j Mrae,. two, miles, 3minß. 12 q,ecß. .^ , EASiriaii. ; L l4Qnday rwasCp^Jtyt^nirialJy U (bserved as, a holiday;, and advantage was aken 'df-the' fine <fay-^o ; spdnd'it AfrfaV-aW ' )ossibl© out of doors. .Picnic partieß were < mmerous, j;he beach being apparently, the < 'avpurito resort; ;/j ./ £1 ,r) »?, l'B4 Au ; cklon,d;bootm,akers,,are l on ! Bjrike., ; , Dh6 Ghrißtchurcn operatives p^pfn'tse J ak/ J stance,, but , as there are, plan tv pf jfujqds m ' land, a levy, will not.bejequirea,;,;'. '"'.,' J The Melbourne papers state that the j following note was found .m the pocket ■ jf the man whose body was;,.found...floating near Wendoureer^'J.You^fWijr.ftnd my t luggage at the, railw,ay >Btation.-fr-yoars { trujly, Hbnry Lusk, Timaru, N. Z." ; ( ChabußS Stephdnson/iGhampidtt'of New , Zealand, succeeded m beating. Mq\\- Mat- ' terkon on the Sydney championßhipcoursfe. ; ThJe New Zealand scalier- led from the btaVt, winning easily m 22^rojin; <59J eeoe. The G-iaborne crew beat the Auckland crew by two lengths ; the Timaru ;boat was beaten nine lengths by , the Dunedin Rowing Club. The lnterprovihcial Football Match between the Wellington Poneke and Christ-: church (East) Clubs, played; on -> Saturday at; Wellington, resulted ip a draw, neither side scoring. . This is the sixth match between these clubs, East Christchurcb won the first, Poneke the next f o«r. . ~ : "■, The Hon. W. P. Reeves, Minister for Education, delivered an address to ' the Educational Institute on Saturday [evening. Mr Montgomery {was elected Pxesiderit of the Institute, Messrs Hughes and Foster Vice-Presidents, Mr E. U. Just, Secretary, and Mr Speight, Treasurer. . Mb. T. B. How6onhaßa notice of interest to sportsmen possessing valuable dogs, m th ib issue. ■ Subscribers to the Public Library will be pleased to learn that a considerable addition to tho number" of books on the Bhelves will shortly be ma,de k ,^he committee have about £15 m hand, and 'the Bqb-coinmittee meet to-day to select books forpnrchaße. w. . n , ;.; ; Tenders are, invited for painting the Catholic Church at Southbridge. , Particulars appear m onr advertising columns. Thk English. church was exquisitely; de-; cotated on Sunday last, when ; special Ekßj[ ter services were held. Appropriate texts Were displayed m various parts of the walls, and the chancel, pulpit, 'lecterH,'f ont and organ were all lavishly covered with flowerß and ferns, -and other greenery, both native and exotic. The font especially, was most beautifully decorated, the flowers and ferns being ! not only lovely in' themeelves, bat arranged with the most perfect taste. The serviceß were conrfuoted by the Rev. E. Whitehbuße. ; A'tthemdrning service, the Rev. gentleman preach'od; an elpquent sermon from Acts'xvii, 18-321' : Tflß Lepston Church was beautifully 1 decorated on Snnday, tbe : special Ea'Btefservices being conducted by the Rev. Mr* Hainiltbn, tha Incumbent. "••;■■ / ' ; : Here is a hint to basbfdT sWai'ns. A" Modest' Auckland youth,— surely 'a rarity ; up there,— thoagh desperately enamoured never could muster courage to ttirhisibyd Boubtless cqncealraent preyed on his dkm"-' isk whisker, till Love found out the way. lie took the phonograph man into his confidence, and breathed the fateful query to the irresponsive machine. s -^TextVday SHE accompanied liim to hear the marvellous talking machine. When she had the wire at her ear he "winked; between Gladstone's; message and Little Annie Roonev the mystic cylinder went m. A seven by nine maiden blush bepainted her cheek, but she smiled ineffably. Na cards. No cake. The Cricket Match, Wellington v Canterbury, was.comraenced on Saturday ,last m Wellington and '.was concluded yeßterday. In the .first innings Canterbury made 50 runs and Wellington 7& -For Canterbury, 88 werfl put together m the "second inning^ and r .^ell^te,n scpred 63 for the loss of two wJpkjßtffj andwoh'th^ match. Wb suppose it isrhardly necessary to reruind our readers of the Caledonian Society's Social which takes place; m the Town Hall Sonthbridgej on Friday eyerifng. A capital ;rn.Ußic«l, programme l^aa ( . ; beea at-, ranged,,and ' tha f yot?ries ; of Terpsichdije; will find iliat their interests liave been t by, ; no means neglected. The gathering should be one of the most auccesßf nl of : the season. A Brisbane cable, dated March 28th,. aaye : —^The document which. , wag, taketr ; from the Unionists by -the 'troopers at' Barcaldine on Wednesday is of, .. a revolutionary"character, and shows thai the trouble ,. is \npt : to.'.-: b.e confined to Queensland, hut is to embrace all the southern Colcnie:. Murphy, a : prominent labour leader at Roma .hae b6en arre»ted ; on a charge of being concerned m the compilation! of the. document On the arrival of the troops und.er Colonel French j at Gympie, they, were rather rprighly jostled by a band .of about four' hundred men. Eventually the obstructidnisfsi were compelled to clear a way to . the drillbhed at the point of the bayonet. In tbe scuffle several (.persons were slightly inju'od by tlirusta from bayonets, On" Easter Monday, tho congregation of the Weeleyan church, Southbridge held n very pleaaunt informul picnic at the Beach Tha most pleasing feature of the day was the presentation of a s parse of sovflreigns to Mr. 8. Granr, who has for yearn past -voluntarily fulfilled the duties of organist to the church, and who is leaving shortly for th« North Island. "Mr Waby "on behalf of' the congregation, .made the presentation, which Whs appropriately acknowledged by tha raoipient. After a very pleasan day had been sptnt m varfona eto^ by the foumei ffMmkWf tbv &tiy gs^mm • . * .. . ■ - • f -