LOCAL AND GENERAL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2296, 23 January 1891, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Bank of England issues notes for A 5 £10 £20, £50, £100, £200, £300, £500, a..id, £1000. A trial ot the now " Mercer " reaper and binder, for which Messrs Reid and Gray are agents, will take place on Monday m a field, | fronting the Wakanui Foad, on Mr William Cochrane's farm. London has an area larger than New York, Paris, and Berlin all put together. Berlin has an area of 29 square miles ; Paris is only a trifle large. New York has an area of 42 square miles, and London has an area of 121. Breeders of horses for the Indian market will be pleased to hear that the Victorian Premier has received a CDmmnnication from the Indian Government notifying that 1374 horses suitable for army purposes will be purchased during tire year 1891-92. i The Biological section of the Advance- ' ment of Science Congress passed a resolution reoommending that Little Barrier Island aud Resolution Island, Dusky Sound, be set apart as reserves where the flora and fauna of New Zealand may be preserved from extinction. A glance at the following figures show how remarkable the annual death rate m England has diminished m the twenty years between 1870 and 1890:—England and Wales, death rate per 1000, 1870, 22-5; 1890, 179. twenty-eight largest towns, 1870,24"4; 1890, 19. London, 1870, 22-5; 1890, 17 3. At a meeting of householders m the Winchmore school district, held on Wednesday evening last, for the purpose of electing a School Committee, the following gentlemen were elected :—Messrs Robert Miller, George Robertson, James Johnston, William Greene, J. W. Wilson, Michael Rooney, and John McDowell. Mr Miller was elected chair- | man. Mr BaFour alone, probably, among members of the House of Commons—perhaps an exception ought to bo made m favor of Mr Goschen—is capable of making m public a speech containing not a sentence, not an assertion, not an argument which he would be ashamed to utter m private conversation with men socially and intellectually his equals.—"Scots Observer." How Rudyard Kipling came by his very unconventional Christian name has probably been the cause of wonderment to many. The story is rather romantic, having for its source the well-known English lake Rudyard, on whose shores the future parents of the brilliant delineator of Indian soldier life plighted their troth, commemorating the j occurrence m later life by the novel method | ot christening their son with the name of the j pine* i There is a good story told of the Duke of Northumberland, who, when he travels on the local railway, generally travels third class. The officials, not liking this, tried to make him give up this habit, so filled his ! compartment with chimney sweeps carrying I sacks of soot, but when the Duke arrived at his destination he took the sweeps to the booking office and bought them each a firstclass ticket back again, and put one m oach first-class carriage, sacks and all, After this they gave up trying to makejhim travel firstclass. The following is a list of the Prince of Wales' occupations, as rejiorted m the papers from January 1 to September 30, 1890, Twenty-eight race meetings were honoured with the Prince's presence. Thirty times he went to the theatre. Forty-three times he went to dinner parties, banquets, balls, garden-parties, and concerts. Eleven attendances at the House of Lords, and the official and charitable engagements, together amounting to forty-five occasions, practically complete the record of the public life of the Prince of Wales while m London this year. James Johnston, the auctioneer who killed his wife and children at Ballarat, after hovering so long between life and death seems now certain to recover. He is quite conscious, but has to be fed by the stomach pump ; and as he is unable to speak distinctly, communication has to be held with him by writing, He does not app.-ar to remember anything of his de&d, as he has written to the doctor, "Save me. Tell my wife and children. Get my wife and children to come and save me." When he does awake to complete consciousness, a violent shock is m store for him.

" Now my dear," said a candidate's wife, " I don't wish to throw the slighest. obstacle m the way of your election ; and if you choose to turn the house into a bear garden and have all the loafers m town trampling on my carpets, and filling my curtains with tobacco smoke, and drinking whisky out -of my tea cups, I sha'n't say a word. But I want you distinctly to understand that if another of those women's rights' delegations comes to know if you are going to take a manly stand for downtrodden womanhood—• well, that delegation has got to be 20 years older, and keep its veil down, or I will interview it myself. That's all dear."

In another column is a full report of the hearing of the charges of tampering with the water races, laid by the County Council against farmers m the district The charges were laid at the instance of the County Council with a view of putting a stop to the custom some farmers have of taking advantage of the races running through their property to irrigate their land m dry seasons, to the detriment of their neighbors lower down who, while upper proprietors are watering their crops and grass land, are deprived of water for manand beast. If irrigation is "no good " why do so many farmers wish to steal the water m dry seasons to " make experiments " with.

The Portuguese, according to an Englishman who has been for some time m Lisbon, are gradually being brought face to face to face with a somewhat serious difficulty. It seems that when a couple marry, the family may take the name cither of the father or>the mother. Now imagine a man having to choose between Smith a,nd De Vere. Naturally, evereone would choose the latter. The consequence is that the Portuguese Smiths, Browns, and Robinsons are dying out by degrees, and the whole population is mounting slowly up the scale of names, .and the difficulty is that the apex is being rapidly approached when every Portuguese will be.ar the same name!

R f M. Morrison, dispenser and secretary of the Invercargill Hospital, committed suicide on Tuesday evening by taking prussic acid. He was under notice to leave, and the chairman of the trust&jid jbhe house surgeonhad been going into matters connected with the institution and asked Morrison for a document, which he went to a room ostensibly to procure. As he did not return he was sent for and as the door was found locked it was forced and Morrison was found on the point of death. He had been fifteen years m the army |aervicc—in Malta, Cyprus, Afghanistan, South Africa, Straits Settlements, Hong Kong, Mauritius, and Egypt, and was present at the bombardment of Alexandria. He held the Afgan and Egyptian medals and the Khedive's Star. He had only been eight months at the Hospital. As it was suspected that his accounts were wrong, an informal inquiry was held on Tuesday night, and Moivison was sent to his cottage on the grounds to get a certain cheque. He did not reiwn ? but took prussic acid dying m half an hour, He was an excellent dispenser, but his habits were irregular,

1 On the subject of irrigation and its advantages, Mr W. J. Silcock contributes an interesting experience. His property ac Allenton adjoins the mill race, so that he has an occasional chance to irrigate when the race is very full. On Christmas Day a bed of French beans m his garden looked deathly blue and drooping, and showed not even a hint of bloom. He irrigated the same weok, by a small stream running into the bed. The water was on for three days and the result was astonishing. He brpught to our office on Thursday evening a bundle of pods taken from the bean crop at haphazard. From the bundle we took as they came two dozen pods and weighed them. The two dozen scaled a pound and a quarter, and a rough measurement gave an average length of pod of ten inches. Mr Silcock assures us that the grop is an exceptionally abundant one. The beneficial effect of the irrigation was alse very evident or* his crop of gooseberries, a quart or more of which, each as large as a walnut, he also showed ua. His cabbages, likewise, were benefited to a great degree, and have grown amazingly. He irrigated besides .a. paddock of four acres, and during all' the 'past }:ob weather the paddock has been carrying six head of cattle, and still .h.a,3 upon ib an abundant crop of rich clover, '

The wool sales at Christchurch yesterday were well attended and bidding was brisk, but prices showed no improvement, indeed inferior orossbreds were a shade weaker, compared with previous sales' rates.

The entire cost of the Armagh Railway accident (when, it will be remembered, a train carrying Sunday School children to a picnic was wrecked) to the Great Northern Railway Company of Ireland was Hi 50,000.

The cricket match, Canterbury v Otago, was begun to-day at Christchnrch Canterbury batted first and at the luncheon adjournment the last two men were m, with the score at 68 for 9 wickets. Do Maus scored 27.

Baron Nathaniel Rothschild has been undergoing the nerve cure of tiie famous Roman Catholic priest near Munich. It occupies three Aveeks, and during that time the patient has to walk barefoot, and every morning plunge into icy|cold water.

By a fire which occurred on Monday evening last the whole of Mr Lublow's flax mill, and machinery^etc, m the building, were destroyed. The fire was discovered at about five o'clock and within an hour the flax mill was a complete ruin. There was no insurance on either the mill or the plant, and Mr Lublow is thus a loser of about £220. How the fire originated no one knows. The first triennial nominations for the Licensing Committee of Upper Ashburton and Asuburton District (Suburban) were received to-day* . For the Upper Ashburton district the following gentlemen were nominated : —Messrs David Thomas, Thomas Scaly, Donald McLean, Rudolph Friedlander, and Thomas Bullock. As only five names were wanted, the above named gentlemen were declared elected. For Ashburton District 'Suburban) the following were nominated:—Messrs G. W. Andrews, „T. Bullock, S. S. Chapman, James Gudsell,' Donald McLean, David Thomas, Thomas Scaly, and James Wright Sawle. As five members are required, and eight candidates have been nominated a poll will be taken cm Feb. 3rd.

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