Local and General.

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume X, Issue 955, 24 October 1891, Page 2

Local and General.

• •....! *" ,Tp^ '^ooibibridge Town Board iriyiteV- ] applications fof ihe post of clerk. V The Elleemere A. & P. Sotiety's annual Show takes, place on Tuesday. A Concert, followed by a ball, is advertised for Tuesday evening, at Leeston. .. ./"J :;: ' '■' ' ' " ■'■':' Owing : i6 the. inclement, weather, the meeting of the Blue Ribbon Society ' advertised for /^Wednesday last, lapsed. The noxi ; raeetipg will be held: on November 4.. ' AJLondon ' professor' advertises: ' Bed. noses '•> leached while you wait. Permanent and sure,' It wouldn't surprise us if s^ornebody were shortly called, away from Sotftfibndge to England on business. McLean easily defeated Hanlao at Of* tawa on Tuesday hist, says the^ cable. Probably, Me bean is the cattleman's error; McKay is much more likely to have b&ea the man, as McLean is m Sydney, Professor M. B. Lye advertises a Phrenological lecture m the Southbridge Town Hall on Monday evening. From the various press notices we have seen, those who patronise the entertainment may look for an amusing and instructive evening. . . >■> .' * ■-.'■" The death of Signor Majeroni, actor, is aonounced. He was by profession a civil engineer, but entered" the Italian army when that country, determined to ;r rjd itself of the Austrian yoke. 'H^'foaght' brilliantly under QaribaTdi,.- and "ion", thja. ; ":';, liberation ot Italy," tpok ito the :i sta*e >: on , c which he achieved no small measure 'of '" Biicceße. He married v niece of -Madame : Rißtori'e. ' , ' ' ' . The contractor forthe fire ongine ttroke^ ; Mr WiUie, is making good progress. ■> with ' the. work.,, Ooe tank, of concrete,; and, . about 300 gallons capacity,: opposite jMr ■„ ; 1 Wdbster's yard, is finished. , -Three. flimi-r.,j lar tanks are yet to bo constructed m High Street ; : ' one is to be opposite. ilia Library,, d'n'cj opposite Meaars Henlm >n's store, . : the third a?ittie.rail way crossing.i They will ; be pnished m. about a fortnight,; i. i ' ;; : Th-S Caria'dian Qo^ornmerit-has decided to, proceed aKtiinst \Cr- A.* ;; SBnecal, - late ' . : (ibyernment Printer, iV>r the 1 reobvery 06 lSjOOOdols which he is said, .to have; received m bribes. In "the 'meantime Sariacal's prQpe.rty has been attached.; The. Melanesiaa mission stoamer Southern Cross, .which sailed souia days «g » for Australian waters, encountered tl-e full force of the recent galos m ihoiChanael, and was forced to take shelter at Cowes m the Isle of Wight. Ie was then found .. that she had been strrtinod by the heavy. weather, necessitating her bi-ingdism n'led. Sho :e oxpecle 1 t<> bedeti<iae<J obuut ,hree weeks undergoing repairs.

In the South Australian House of Assembly tbe Landu Repurchase Bill lias oeen introduced. This is tin first atop of thfi Government policy to brenk up and p'event the re acoi mu'ulion of big estati s. It provides for their compulsory ropurchaso whether owner« aro wilting or not, whilo the valuation shall he not more than 20 per ernt, bo.\ ond iho Lund tax nssbssment plus the valua of improvements. According to tho lateat Theosophist, there »s only one cmise of death — wearing oat of the will-power. If the patient sits up resolutely even m his lust extremity, and swears with sufficient mental vi/our that he won't die, ho will remain alive indefinitely. Me must simply resolve that Death will have to climb over his dead body to get at him, nnd then th« thing is done. The individual who faces the Destroyer with iron resolution can \\v* for ever. In another column Messrs T. Durnnt and Son, Locston, call attention to a fiiecific for (lie orc'iarlist's cshiaf enotnv, Blight. Litllc'd Bli«lit Specific, which' in strongly. recommended hy eminentgurden tra as a remedy for all kinds of tho disease, has the further »d vantages of boing both easily applied and moderate m coat. Messrs Purant have a large stock of tho specific on hand, bo that there is no delay m filling orders.-— The linn also notifies the arrival of a large supply of popular brands of sheep shoarp, turkey BIOnOB, ftnd other theuring requisites. T/e map of the new electoral districts is just published. The Ellestnere District is bounded by a line Btarting from a point come five miles up the Nurth Bank of the Rakaia, thence running northward along the Railway Line to Lincoln where it turns eastward for sc mo four miles ; thence it goes northward again to Sydethatn and turns 6outh for ten miles. It then runs easterly to Lilt'e Akuroa, nnd thence follows Iho coast round to llie Rukaiu a gain. Thn new divisioi.-s are toruarkubly fair on the basis of population. Leaving the large cities cut of question, the districts m thia Inland vary r"ioin about 8000 to 9700. The Island" returns 39 members for 35 districts embracing a population of 345,000. ■■: A meeting of the Southbridge Cricket Club was held on Thursday evening m the Royal Hotel. Dr Withers presided, «nd some fifteen members were present. The chairman reported that tho Rev E. Whitehouse had kindly consented to allow the club the free uee of his paddock, and Mr Storry to lend a roller. It w«h unanimously decided to convey tho houtty thnnfeßof the club to these eentlemen. Dr Withers was elected captain of the club ;Mr Marquand, floh Secretary and Treasurer ; committee, Messrs Herdman, Maginnie, Thompson, Tracy and O. H. Willie. It was decided lo proceed at once with the preparation of the ground, and to procure three now batp. Wednesdays and Saturdays were fixed upon as the regular practice days. The Annual Social of the Royal Oak Lodge, No 174, Druids, took place on Friday last m the Southbridge Town Hall. About sixty couples, including visitors from the Oddfellows and Hibernian Lodges, Leeston and the Forestorp, Dunsandel,' were present. The Ball opened with the Grand March, tho Druids m their hoary beards, and the members of other lodges m their gay regalia, lending a very bright appearance to the scene, which was heightened by the mazy evolutions o£ the party under the leadership of Mr J.Tracy. The March finished, dancing commenced and was kept up with spirit till early next morning, to the capital music provided by Messrs Cooper Brothers aud Price. The refreshments, under the charge of Mr Dyce, gave great satisfaction, and were fully appreciated. The Japanese have no humour. For instance, the Governor of the province m which the Czarovitch was bo badly knocked about recently has. been sacked, and ' his friends unanimously advise him to commit suicide.' A gentleman living m the town where the incident took place felt so hurt about the disgrace to his locality that he was starting for St Petersburg to personally disembowel himself m th» presence OE the Czar, and scatter his en'rails over the carpet, and was restrained from his purpose with difficulty. The name of the town where the affair took place has been altered, and the judges who trud the assassin have resigned because they feel contaminated, and are also thinking of disembowelling themselves m public. And nobody even smiles at these proceedings. Fancy trying to run a humorous paper m a country like that. A Press Association telegram from Invercargill pays :— ln the case of Bowerman Bros. v. VV. Matheeon claim £9 10s, the Beach, consisting of three jUßtlceP, gave judgment for the defendant with c< sts under the equity and good conscience clause. The dofendant alleged th t he hod been induced to sign through tho misrepresentation of ilia canvasser. Mr Raweon R.M., nonsuited Bowerman'o claim (Picturesque Atlas,) against M'Master, who denied that the signature on the order was his, although that on fhe patrons' list waß. Numerous signattves by the defendant over a period of five years were produced, and m no case was there a signature like that on the order, m respect that ' James M'MastP.r' was there written conjoined ; residence ' Long Bush,' the invariable Btyle of the defendant, was written as one word on the order, the latter being the style of the railway, post and directory use. Tfce Magistrate impounded the order for a month on the application of defendant's counsel, who hinted that a charge of forgery mijht follow.