Local and General.

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume X, Issue 966, 5 December 1891, Page 2

Local and General.

The Liverpool Git, y Coanoil hvas resolved to open the picture g ttllery to ihe public on Sundays. It is reported that when Prince George of Wales is conyalei went, Prince Albert Victor's engagement to Princess jVictqiia of Teck will be anno unced. The b mk at Mont a Carlo is winning a wonderful amount of' money, there having been a great increa cc ia- gambling sinoe Wells brohe the baiik. The Soutbbridge Schoo,l will break op for the mio'summer- hojida ys on Thursday next. The *holiday will en d/°n the 18th of January. •. Intending fcbmpetitors a\t lha Ellesmera Caledonian Society's Sports ara reminded that to-day is the date fcsed for receiving entries. They should bo .given to the secretary, Mr E. Cowan; . ■ ■ . The Rev W. West will condnot a Mission at Lakeside next w eek. The services which will be held on 1 tfonday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, commenoe each evening at half-pa at seven. Mk C Rhodes report! i that the ancients have, to a largo extent , worked out the alluvial deposits of gold m Mashonaland, but that the reefi i show good proßpects. The Times supports the petition from New Zealand asking th» Q Cambridge University to grant some d egree for women which can be taken up m New Zealand. , The New South Wait >s Budget has been brought down. The ex penditure for the past year was £1O 1 547,« 000, or £590,000 more than the reoeipts.. The estimated revenue for the next t welve months ia £10,960,000, and tl ie expenditure £10,602,000. A teleGbam has been received by Mr P. G. Rees of Auckland, announcing his appointment by the Dukt > of Abercorn, Grand Master of the Preei tiasons of Ireland, to the position of ProV rinoial Deputy Grand Master of New Zeala nd under the Irish constitution, m sucoessi on to the late Mr G. P. Pierce. Mk Mather, an Adelaide reft Wen^» state" that at an interwiew with Mr Q. ladstone a Hawarden, the latter expreased war that the present spirit would simply be the prelude to separation. .He hop ad that every effort would be made to m amtaia the nnity of the Empire. It has bees ascertained that Field! asked Cyrus Field for assistance prior to the failure of the bank. Cyrus" gave hku the keys of a safe containing securities^ telling his con to take enough to secure himself. The son took everything, and then attempted to commit suicide. Oyrua Field is sinking. With regard to the question of preoedence raised by Rear-Admiral Lord Charles-. Scott, on the Australian station some time ago, the Admiralty has advised Lord Knutsford, Secretary of State for the Colonies, that it is open to objection to give local naval officers relative rank with ibe officers engaged m the Colonial navy and army, and urges that their status should remain unchanged by local ranks. Yesterday Mr Maddison and Mr Bird on behalf of the Fire Insurance Asaooiationj visited Southbridge and inspected the fire engine end appliances, and thesumphß, etc., erected by the Town Board. They expressed the mselves as entirely satisfied with the steps taken by the Board, and we may expect m a, few daya to hear that the twenty-five per cent, reduction has been made m insurance premiums. The Chinese Government denies that the priests, were murdered at Taku. Tha rebels were not Mongols, but are members of Chinese Secret Societies. The Government alleges that the atrooitieß at Taka were committed by a band of some fifteen hundred marauders, who were prompted by a desire of plunder, aud declares that the accounts of the outrage have been greatly exaggerated. Private telegrams received m Brussels state that the priest* connected with the Caku missions wera .massacred, but escaped to the mountain*

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Tan Premier received a aabl«#rtm oft Thursday trotn Mr Pi a> ford, Premier of South Australia, asking if any bonus haH been offered m this Colony for the promotion of the froz> n meat industry. Mr Ballanoe wired m reply that the "nly bonut; ever offered was one of £500 m 1882, which conld not have dorm much m developing the industry, as it was secured by OHB firm. The London Field, quoting the Weekly P«wa, saya that theN.Z.A.A A has p««««d Maopherson's (of Sydney) records of 9 4-5 eeos for lOOyarda, and 24 3-5 sees for 250 yards, made at Auokland last February. The Field is inclined to doubt the accuracy o£ the timekeeping, and p )ints out that if the times are correct at lease one beaten man must have been running much above bis usual form. A BBRIKB of debates on theological sub jeots, between Mr W. W. Collins, Freethought Lecturer and Mr Gilmour, Chris tian Evidence Lecturer, was brought to a «lose last evening, at the Tuam Street Theatre, Christchurch, and from the very large number who attended each of the five nights of the debate, a considerable amount of interest seems to have been taken m it. The proceeds after paying ex pi nses of the Hall and advertising, &c, are to be handed over to the Christchurob Hospital. Amongst the articles to be taxed m future m New South Wales are the following .-—Batter and bacon 2d per /b ; fish Id ; coffee ; 6d ; tea until March. 1892 3d, after that free ; timber up to 3s per 300 ft, according to its nature ; sngar 6s fid pei cwt ; oatmeal £2 per ton ; barley, beana, oats, peas and wheat lOd per 1001 b; flour, bran and pollard la per 10001 b ; hay, chuff, straw and potatoes 10s per ton ; onions £ 1 per ton. Fresh fish, New Zealand flax, knuri gum, fresh frozen meat, and oysters will be admitted free of duty. Thb fortnightly meeting of the Star of JJgtJiel Goppol Teinperunce Society was held on Wednesday evening. Mr Burns V. P.jm the chair. Tho minutes of prevfoas cneetiDg were rood aud conflnued. A programme of songp, readings and recitations was taken m which Misses Bightm, Penfold, Hampton, Miln, West ond Messrs Hibbard, Simpson, Burns and Chandler took part. All did their parts well. During the evening twenty five pledges were" taken. The meeting terminated by Chairman pronouncing the Benediction. This is the way m which Crick, one of the menabßrs of the Now Sourh Wa'es Patliainent, relieved his feeling when dis--oawing the matter <f naming an electorate after Lord C&rriDgton m the Legislative isaembly the r»her nt^ht :— ' I object to the name of Carrington being attacned to this electorate just as I won d objeot to the name of any other Eng'i?h humbug being fastened to the colony. 1 ■uprose that somebody, m lickspittle f-as-hioß, will next propose that we would take the name of thnt drunken scoundrel Christie Murray who travelled free on our railways, who lay drunk at his club one night while the auiiance was waiting, and then went home and blackguarded Jus as a nation of drunkards.' Much is heard just now of Western Australia, and an idea is current (says the Wellington ' Post' that anybody who goes thither is quite safe to drop into a good 1 billet, 1 or at all events to find well-paid employment awaiting him to be had for asking, o> indeed to be pressed upon his scceptaiiue. To our knowledge, some journeymen m a certain sdlled trade were seriously considering only a day or two ago the wisdom of emigrating to Perth (W. A.), uiider the firm impression that they would make £2 or £3 a day there, working at their trade. Now a letter was received from a former resident m this city who vrent to W A., and that letter we have been permitted to quote It is dated from Perth on the 29th ult., and runs as follows : — As I said before my luck is 'dead our.' Western Australia will be all right who can afford to • watch and wait,' but m the meantime, to men of nay limited means and ability, it is a fraud. There ib more real poverty than I have ever seen m the colonies. Families who left New Zealand, Victoria, and N<jw South Wales, encouraged by the glowing reports contained m. telegrams from this colony, have been awfully deceived. As a matter of fact there is no employment for man, woman, or child. Tke labour market is completely overdone. The street corners here would remind you of Dunedin during tbe strike. I am sick of it any way, and shall return to Victoria, even if I have to 'do a perish.'