Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1890. SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 1890. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2365, 3 March 1890, Page 2

Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1890. SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 1890. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Wanganui "Herald" hears that a rnmoar is ourrent thst Sir Julias Vogel will contest one of the seats on this coast at next eleotion, and oppose Major Atkinson for preference!

Railway. excursion tickets to Dunedin (available for retnrn until the 20th inst.) will be issued on the 11th and 12 th inst. in connection with the Bind Contest at the Exhibition, Fares from ABbburton Ist olass 17s 6d; 2nd olaes 13s 6d.

Gore is getting, up a gas company, capital £5000, to supply the town with Watt's hydrocarbon gas. Tnis gaa oan be ;so cheaply made that the prospeotus states the oompany will be able to earn 12J ,par .cent on only a small consumption and charging only 7s 6d per 1000 feet.

Mr J. Oookburn, Wakanui, s has kindly forwarded to us No. 2 of the new departure in London illustrated journalism the "Daily Graphic." It is a marvel of cheapness, being a sixteen page paper of the size of the " Graphic," and containing^ numoer of exoelient engravings, all for a penny.

Mr George Aldridge (who it will be remembered has previously leotured in Ashburton —his subject on that oooasion being " Conditional Immortality ") is announced to deliver his powerful leotnre on "Earnest Sooial Topics," including Land Nationalisation this evening at the Oddfellows' Hall.

The "Daily Graphio"says:—"Of oourse a certain number of unfortunate children are destined to bear to their, dying days proofs that they were born in the Jubilee year. Two hundred male infants were named either " Victor " or " Jubilee " or " Viator Jubilee," while 269 girl infants were designated " Victoria," " Jubileei Victoria," or " Begina*"

Mr Edward Wakefield ib in Amerioa en! gaged in literary pursuits, A journalist is far better paid in the States than in !,New Zealand, says the " Napier Evening News," and although it is a pity to see a men of Mr Wakefield's literary oaliore deserting the oountry of his birth, he oonnot be blamed if he is making more money*

Referring to the recapture of Jonathan Roberta the "Daily Times " says the eeoaped oonviot is balieved to have msde his way to Bio de Janeiro, but deoided on returning to Australia when yellow. fever broke out. Hiß presenoe in Australia ia believed to have become known to the authorities through a letter written to a friend in Wellington.

No fewer than 105 applications have been received by the trustees of the Elam School of Art, Auokland, from persons who wish to become pupils. By the provisions of the will of the late Dr. Elam, the benefits of free in* struction in art are to be given by preference to those who are poor or crippled, so that they may earn a livelihood by the profession.

English is ooming increasingly into use, not only in the far West, but in the far East; and the faat that it was chosen as the tongue in wbioh to record treaty engagements of the highest importance between Russia and Ohina is remarkable, not only as testifying to the spread of the language, but beoause of ths disuse of French, which was long regarded as the only language of diplomacy.

Sir William Gull says that when fagged out by professional work he recruits.his strength by eating raisins, and not by drinking wine or brandy. Another good saying from the same source: A pint of warm water, taken on an empty stomach in the morning is the safest and surest of all remedies for habitual constipation. If the tongue is coated, squeeze a lemon into. the water and drink without sweetening.

An exchange says that at Beefton a fortn ght ago a man was sued for failing to satisfy a judgment for 9s Id obtained by a local butoher. The defendant eaid he only bad a few valueless ininiDg shares, and he was quite willing to hand them to the judgement creditor in aatief lotion of the claim, bat the creditor refused to accept them. To-day the market value of one lot alone is £900, the shares (Oumberiands) having in 10 days advanced from zero to 3a 3d, The debtor holds three thousand.

In Norfolk, between Weybourne and Sherringbam, the waves constantly undermine tbe low ohaik oliftd. In Sherringbam an ion was built in 1805, so far from the sea that it w&s noped thai seventy years would still see it safe io'and. But the sea was quicker than tbe calculation. Between 1824 and 1329 seventeen yards were swept away. There was in 1829, a depth of twenty feet (sufficient to float a frigate) at one point in the harbour where, only forty-eight yeare ago, there stood a cliff fifty feet high, with houses upon it. ,

The Ashburton Bifles and Cadets paraded j for Divine Service on Sunday morning. Tba fall-in took place at the Post Offioe as usual, the band, under Bandmaster Gates, taking up a poaiiion within the railway fence. The Bifles mustered 36 of all ranks and the Cadets over 20. All.the officers were present, and after the usual preliminary movements weie over the companies, headed |by the band, marched to St. Stephen's Churoh. The services were ol a special character, and the 1 sermon, preached by the Bey E. A. Soott, was particularly direoted to Volunteer, the snbjeoi being the appropriate one "Christian Manliness." There was a large congregation.

Miss Giant, who has just accepted the appointment of Infant Mistress at the Borough School, was the reoepient cm Friday at Waimate, where for some years she has held a similar position, of a presentation by-her late pupils of a oloak, inkstand, and pen and pencil case as a memento of their affeotion ; also of a pearl and ruby aing from the teaobers. At Knox (Presbyterian Church) on the evening of the same day Miss Grant was entertained at a sooial tea by the choir, of which she waß a member, and presented with a oopy of f Church Praise." The District Sohool Committee have aIBO forwarded to her a resolution of regret at the loss of her services. This is not to be wondered at Bering that the sohool has just passed the most successful examination in South Canterbury, registering 96 per cent, of passes pn a roll o| between 400 and 500 pupils. Mr D. Christie Murray hafl been interviewed in Ohristchuroh, and informed the " Presß "repreßentative that New Zealand, in its scenery of lake and mountain, possesses the playground of the world, J^ioh tourists of England seeking fresh fieldß oan here fpllow the sunshine, and, bo to ,speak, erijoy perpetual sum-: mer because, as he says, " after revelling in the delightß of your mountain and lake soenery, and your unrivalled olimate, they oan get back home for the English summer. All that is wanted is that your Government should establish some aocbrnodation houses in parts of the Lakes district, and pake roads, so as to render access to the various spots of interest easy. One of the grandest sights I have seen in the course of a long expirenoe of travelling is the view of Mount Earnslaw and the other mountains from the lake. _ Of the Sounds trip I can hardly speak in terms sufficiently high. It is with one exception, the most beautiful trip I ever took in my life." We have to acknowledge, with thanks, the reoeipt from the author of an interesting pamphlet, intituled "Thp Aggressive and Conservative Forces of Methodism tested by Fifty years of Colonial Experience, being the Conference Leoture in connection with the Jubilee of the New Zealand Wesfeyan Methodist Church, delivered on Jan. 27th by the Bey Henry Bull." Commencing with the rise of Methodism in the Mother Country, the author goes on to show how in the providence of God the discovery of gold became the means of spreading population in Australaaia, and opened a door for the spread of Methodism, and traces the history of the ohuroh in New Zealand from its beginnings until the present day- He gives very interesting particulars with regard to early missionary enterprise and the faithful work of ministers, lay preachers, and class leaders in the several provincial district?, ana shows that relatively I to other denominations the Wesleyan Church records tho largest oentenisimnl increase in re- "— to the population, as a whole. Conoise latio. ' noiicoa ara added of " the Cnphiou -*o« "Early Arivalsstil Saitl'S Dead " bi... —I*W >9 •" ol living," and altogether the y~ " *° O«ffl', great value, and of especial interest .» berg pi tfae Connexion,

" The Rimutaka has arrived at Rio all well i and with her cargo of meat in good condition, j

The latest arrangement in Paris for a weiding at home is a floral umbrella, under which the happy pair stand.

Good George Muller, who ia older than Mr Gladstone, has been since February last constantly engaged preaching in India.

Florida expects soon to be the greatest lemon-growing country in the world. Lemons weighing nearly a pound eaoh are common there.

" Stanley in Afrioa " is a spectacular piece which has bad a long run in Berlin* It is said to have been now acquired for some London stage.

Ths latest meteor story is of one that is alleged to have fallen near Kiev, Russia, and which, when broken open, is said to have been found full of small diamonds.

Fet dogs in Paris are now oladjwith mantles with pookete for holding lumps of sugar, braaelets on their paws, and a string of liltle silver bells around the neck.

Tho express train to-dey for Dunedin carrying exoursionist3 to the Friendly Societies' f&e, ooneisted of 17 carriages, and took over 120 passengers from Ashburton.

<s, Mr Enys, of Oastle Hill station, Canterbury, sent his wool to Ohriatohuroh by means of a traction engine. A saving of about 33 per oent is said to have been effected over horse and rail freight.

Mr Fred Fredo, one of Madame Fredo's troupe who are to give a performance in front of Daviea' Royal Hojel tbis evening, unfortunate iy severely injured his hand while some apparatus tnis morning, and will consequently be prevented from executing bis juggling feats.

The death of an old identity of Ohristohuroh is announced by the oity papers namely that of Mi' James W. Morton, formerly one of the proprietors ot the onoe well-known oafe of Morionjand Robertaon, and latterly proprietor of the Marine Hotel at Snmner. Mr Morton was a chef of no mean order, and was' pro-j fesaor of cookery in connection with the Qirl'a High Sohoo), Ohristohnrob. He was 60 yeari of age.

gfcThe ordinary meeting of the Hampstead Town Board waß held on Friday. Present'— Messrs Fawoett (chairman), Orr, Andrews,* and Elliot. The Chairman seated that, at, the request of the Borough Council, » meet-! ing had been held with (he Borough Works Committee, and a letter had been received from the Council stating that they were propared to spend £25 on improving che North. East Town Bait, provided ihe Board would' pay half. It was resolved that the Works Committee of ihe Board meet ihe Borough Engineer, and go over the ground with him, tt| reply 10 the Borough Council to be held ovttfguntii after the inpection.

A futher buoccbs |haa been scored at Onehunga in experiments with the iron-sand, and wnioh is thus reported upon by the Auckland " Herald ":—For coma lime.past the management of the Onehunga ironworks have been, experimenting with the treatment of ironsand without the introduction of any foreign iron, and are sati.fied that they bave Bucooeded in producing a marketable oommodity, which will enable it to compete with imported iron. Last week they made , a moat interesting experiment, a ball of raw iron-Eland, weighing 1411ba, waa put into the puddling furnace, and worked by the furnace* man, who produoed from it 102lba of iron. The iron was taken from the furnaoe direct and shingled and rolled into a bar 3 inches by one inch. It was then made into a pile and put into the guide mill, where it wat rolled into iron for horseshoes. We have been Bhowu a sample of the bars. The out is dean, and tho iron is evidently of firatolass quality, ths texture boing exceedingly olose and tough. , 1