LOCAL & GENERAL

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XVI, Issue 1640, 3 April 1895, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

Killinohy 80HOOL.— The entertainment on Friday evening next ai Killinchy m aid of the prize fund of the local school promises to be a treat, and we fully anticipate the seating accommodation of the building to be taxed to the utmost. Trotting Cl-b —We trust to see a j good attendance at the meeting on Friday evening m the Leeston Hotel of those nterested m the formation of an Amateur Trotting Club. School Cohobbts.— The North Canterbury branch of the Educational Institute passed a resolution on Friday night to the effect that the practice of holding school concerts materially interfered with the education of the children. Gon Cuj».— lt will be observed by advertisement «lac where that a meeting is to be held on ctatnriay eveuing m the Royal Sotel, South bridge, to take into consideration the desirability or otherwise of forming a Gun Club for the mutual protection of farmers and sportsmen. Thb Chmtehnrch Star says that it has been roughly estimated hat within a radius of ten miles from Cathedral Square ihere •ire something like 1500 oyoles m constant use. Dkbisnb fob Stamps.— Tn this issue the New Zealand Poat-officu Department :ff^r two prizes of £150 and £100 tor designs fer postage and revenue stamps. Specifications may be seen at any of the Chief Post offices. We trust to hear of seme of our fillesmere artuu competing. .

Another highly successful exhibition of the Massey-Harris Cultivator aid Seeder *vas given m a paddock at the back of the, Leeston Sale Yards on sale day last. There were a goodly number of persons present, who watched the work done by this highly useful implement. The soil it was tried upon has not been broken op for orer twenty years, and the way it scarified the soil about was, to use a STankeeism, "a oaotion to snakes."& The exhibition was under the supervision of Mr Maher, (the firm's expert), amd the machine seemed to do its work m a manner which fully satisfied all and sundry who saw it at work. Four of the machines i were sold at the exhibition. ANTI-CHINKBE DEMONBTBATION. — It 18 probable that an anti-Gbiaese demonstration wilt be held ia Ohriatqbarou shortly. I ( ha« been ascertained that aoma Gbinase ■>aye been endeavouring to establish retail buainMso* there ; and it ia feared thai «noutd they do so, they will obtain a hold t-uch »s thay have elaewhere m the colony, nod that aerioas injury will be done to the European abopkeepers and to buainee* generally. Ok Saturday a terrible aocideat occurred at Ulievedoo, Frank Brown, while letting off logs from a dam, waa oanght between tbe logs and killed. An Ahubiwg Ikcidhnt.— A good story ia told of Sir Keevon'a New Plyuoath | meeting. Some irreverent practical joker* prepared a huge placard bearing the wor^a i " The only true and original social peat," *nd while the Minister was speaking alowly lowered it down exaotljr behind him from the flies. As the speaker was under the impression that he waa discussing the politics of the country seriously, he conld not understand the outbursts of laughter vhioh continually interrupted him as more ♦ad more of the placard was revealed, and tti9 final convulsion aa hs orated m front of the fully-exposed plaoard. Finally lomoone on the platform took compassion •n the speaker, and asked him to tarn ! round, when the cause of all the mirth net | his antoniihed gass. His presence of i oind did not desert him, however. He [ was spoking at the m.Qnent of the drink I xafflo, and pointing dramatically to the placard, he aaid, " Yea, gentlemen, drink H the only true and original aooial ! »est," Sbttlbmknt a«okg the Nativej. —The 3on. Mr Carroll hi* been visiting the at Taunaarauui, up the Wanijanui river, chiefly to settle dispu^ea ns to the loundaries of reserves. , He told tbem th»t my attenpt to interfere with th^surveya • irouli be siprnl.v repressed, an i th« Nativcit eplied witn frienily asaurenoes. The i-}goti»tiooa were quite uucc^tsful, »ad irrangsments have b-eo bogun for la?fa< , •«t « towotbip *t Fipipi.i«i«

Attempt to Poibcwa tn»'-A ycvm man named John Charles Henry Borroefcs, a laborer, has been commuted fur 'ri*l a t Adelaide for attempting to pouon his wife by means o f spirita of salt.. Sensational evidence wa» pi v ,. n Moving 'hat repeat e d 4ttempte have been mad© by <h* prisoner to ind.,ce his wife 'o take tea and coffee containing poison, ! o? the Bowd of Governors of Canterbury College on Monday a letter was read from Professor J. MacmUlan Brown, resigning hi« position ai professor .of English lit©ra- | tu^e and history m consequence of failing yftaight. The resignation was accepted with regret and a motion expressive of the services rendered to the college by,Pro?Jn^ ? rOwn WM P B "**- A tender at 4wWO4 for the erection of a biological laboratory was accepted. Bubnt to Death— Mm Martin, wife of the Key. A. B. Martin, Oharoh or England cl-igyman at Gunnedah, New 8 >n»h Wale*. wa« burnt to death by her oloth a entente*: fire while passing a bonfire of rabbit it the new parsonage. ; ■ i ;j;t A cabqo of villas has bean despatched from 2rothenburg, m Sweden, to I Buenos > Ayres. They filled fifty railway w ig*ons. " Vb» bmlding of portable hoase* i* indeed bemoaning quite »n inaportan* inda?try both m Bweden and Norway T^* villas aro asefal and very cheap, and have already found buyers m a naraber of different countries. _ LiBKBTt of tee Pbibs.— The Argentine D^pufes hare not much reason to oonj?ratalate themselves on the result of their recent attempt to clip the wings ot the pr9i», (writes the Financial Nevis) They ordered the imprisonment of *n offending editor "till the en*» of tha se««oh ;" bdt as there were signs of popular feeling which o<;uld not. be ignored, they displayed the discretion which is the better part of volour, released the iaaptisoned journalist next day, and. thus did an uaezpeotod, anst probably unintentional service to the a-iranoing cause of a free press for Soiitb ■': - America.

Mb W. Beethain, of Wsirarapa, who has between four and five acre* m vineyard, producing from 300 to 400 gallons of wine per acre, nays m his opinion nearly the whole of Hawked Bay, especially the low ■lopea oE Makaretn, is eminently suitable for the production of good claret or Bordeaax wiae.— Herald. ! .., ; • WOMBN TO THIS FBONT.~At the firgt elections of parish council- in England, Lady Londonderry was anaoimoasly chosen to preside over the ; council *ot the parish of Grindon, m whioh her seat, Lyndon Park is situated. Her ootdj«tors on the council are a labourer, i mason, i^ publican, a gardener, two farmers, and m * land agent. Miss Anna Beatrice Evans, i who only came of age just m time to be qualified, was erected at the ton of the poll aa a guard'an of St. Ataph's. Bhs is the daughter of, the rural dean* and she ■■< polled more than two-thirds of the whole electorate. ••' ■ , f ; Evbby Japanese barrack* has agymnasiam and the Japanese soldiers rank amongst the best gymnasts m the world. In haff a minute they caa scale a 14ft wall by simply bounding on each other's •boulders, one man supporting twj or three others. An amusing indent came out m a divorce caaa m Melbourne recently, when the wife deposed that on one occasion her husband (who seeks a divorce), followed her, whistling and coughing after her. She did not know it waa her husband, as he wore aad old straw hat and was otherwise disguised. Thinking he was a strange maa she tamed round and gave him m charge to a constable. An Extbaobduuby Plant.— Mr 1. White, stationer, has shown the Poverty Bay Herald a remarkable plant, whioh be has reoeived by the last ,Ban Francisco mail from Mexico. It is called the Besurrectioo plant or moes, and among the many curious and wonderfal productions of the vegetable world few exoite more interss than this. Its native haunts a>e the arid mountains side, and daring dry weather the plant presents the appearance of at lifeless, tightly rolled np ball In this condition it is blown about the deserts, and m this state it came through the post to Mr White. As soon as the rains begin to fall, and the earth about the toots becomes saturated with moisture, the ball begins to rapidly unfoM, and is soon spread out into a rosette of beautiful green fronds, remaining so until the ground begins to dry ; then it slowly rolls op. and calmly sleeps until the next rainfall. But rhe most remarkable thing about this carious plant is that it may be dag np and kept dry—like a ball of yarn— for years, and whenever it is placed m a vase or taqoer of water it will m a few minutes unfold its beautiful green interior to view, laken out of the saucer it will roll np igaio, to all appearance* perfectly dead, * nd «o*yb» Pat away for any length of time till it is wished to repeat the experiment. Certainly the best medicine known U Sander and Sons' Eucalypti Extract Tes its eminently powerful effects m coughscolds, influenza— the relief is instant taneons. In serious cases, and accident* of all kinds, be they wounds, barns, scalding*, bruises, epn,ins, it is the safest, remedy—no swelling, no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced m croup, diphtheria, bronchitis, inflammation of the lungs, swellings, etc. ; diarrhoea, dysentry. diseases of the kidneys and urinary organs, i m use at hospitals and medjca.l olfaics ail over the globe j patronised by Qi* Majesty the King of Italy ; crowned with medal and diploma at international Exhibition Amsterdam. Trust m this approved srtiole. and reiect all «thers.-.A»>*-