The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, AUGUST 6. 1891. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XII, Issue 2426, 6 August 1891, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, AUGUST 6. 1891. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Two acres of land adjoining the English Houses of Parliament "arc offered for sale at | £1,000,000." During the year 1890 no less than 1,260,5401bs of sugar, including glucose, was. used by brewers in "New' Zealand. The agency of the New Zealand Bible Tract;, and Book Society closes positively on j Saturday, the Bth instant, at ten p.m. A number of books at reduced prices. Come early and see.—[Advt.] Mr J. i\ Harper, whom Mr R. M'Owen succeeded in the management of the Bank of New Zealand at Invercargill, replaces the latter at Ashburton. Mr Harper, prior to being manager at Invereargill, was accountant at Duneilin, and some years ago was assistant accountant in tlie Christchurch branch. Applications closed on Wednesday for the new issue of 1000 shares, £s'each, in the New Zealand Fanners' Co-operative Association. The issue has beeii applied for more than five times over, some 340 applications for 5300 shares having been received. The Queen of Madagascar lately took her yearly bath, a function that was attended by the siuging of hymns, the firing of artillery, and the beating of drums. ,It is presumed j that she was still recognised upon emerging, for afterwards she was greeted by her subjects as she moved among them "gorgeously arrayed, wearing all the Crown jewels and i sprinkling the spectators with water taken from the bath." ; : How many persons know that, according to English law if anyone happens to die at a public-house the landlord is responsible for his or her burial ? A basket maker had been lodging on and off at the White Lion Inn, at Stowmarket, Suffolk and died suddenly there from inflammation of the lungs. He he had not done much work lately, and owed the landlord £1 or 30s. The guardians said if deceased had died in a private house the parish would have buried him. The coroner remarked that it was doubtless very hard on publicans, but that was the law. The public of Ashburton have a treat in store for them in tlie recitals announced to be given by Mr E. Tennyson Smith, " the Second Gough," who will' occupy the stage of the Oddfellows' Hall on the evenings of Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday next. Mr K. T. Smith's elocution lias a world-wide name, and his ability to memorise long pieces is well known. He delivers with extraordinary effect the orations of J.. B. Gough, a tempei'ance lecturer whose equal the world has not yet known, and the press of England and the colonies speak of Mr Smith as being just less than the great genius whose works he reproduces. At a meeting of the Ellesmere Agricultural and Pastoral Association on Tuesday, it was resolved that the Association did not think that the taxonstallions was a desirable one. A circular was read from the Oceanic Steamship Company, San D rancisco, stating that there were no duly recognised herd and stud books here for registering stock. Jt was resolved that the Government authorities be requested to accept as authentic -the Clydesdale and Thoroughbred Stud Books ami the Shorthorn Books already in existence in Canterbury. The " Herald " is informed that the shipping merchants of Timaru have sent a joini letter to the Canterbury Underwriters' Association, asking them to reconsider the ratf of insurance of cargoes shipped here,this rat< being 5s per cent higher than on cargoes from other chief ports ; though cargo from England is insured for Timaru at the samt rate as for Lyttelton, for instance. The Association promised to consider the making of the reduction when tlie harbor was enclosed, and again when a new tug should be procured. Both these provisions have been fulfilled, and the shippers now request that effect be given to the promise of the Association. Herbert Weston, a smartly dressed youns man, was charged at the Melbourne Court recently with having assaulted a woir.an named Martha Edwards. With an air of confidence he told t'.ie Bench he had paid the woman £5 to settle, the matter and to prevent his name getting into the papers, and he presumed that nothing more could be expected of him. Mr Panton, P.M. waited till tlie particulars of the case were given, and seeing that the offence had been a particularly cowardly one, lie imposed a fine of £10, or in default three months' imprisonment. Weston was astounded. "The £5 I paid po the woman will come out ot that, wont' they?" he piteouslyasked. "Certainly jiQ ( t," said Mr Panton, and Weston wai \vas removed, looking much cast down, The number of horses working at Riccartou \x\ view oi the New Zealand" 1 Grand Rational and Hunt Club Steeplechases has never Ibeeij so large at any period since their institution'j atjid mvev were so many North jfeland horses seen there at this season pf the year! Among those working are Waitaijgi. Clyde, Theorem, Irish. King, Statesman, ifanjera, Tauraekaitai, Sentinel, Kangaroo, The Druid, Fr-eeinan, Captain Ab,rain, Jet d'Eau, Don, Darnley, 'Qourantq, I£imberly, Qeo, Christmas, Lightning, Launcglqt, ErjUTgcjBragh, Regina, and Kuluine. Ahua did no work on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday morning, but i 3 on the track every morning and shows no signs of being amiss. The Idler \ \s reposed. Jo b,e very well. Among the *• distinguished Americans?' in Paris just now is a Mp JVJettepback, whose special claim to distinction ijes jn frig artistic manipulation of angling stories. JJ<j is generally admitted to be the greatest flsh.story artist on rfcprcj. Sone folks believe Mr Metterback?s Ujitle yarns-^-otljerg do not. It is the fate of all 4ng}ing recoiir tours' to be occasionally doubted, Here is his prize-medal story :—Fishing one day in the neighbourhood of Long Island, Mv Metterback's overcoat, in which was a paidup insurance policy for" a large amount, suddenly went overboard, JV'id defied all the efforts q£ ptylesf and baat hooks to recover" it. Sonje years la^er Mr Mefctorback, plying his rod somewljere o'f3f the £oas£ of 'fcJQuth America, caught a bjg fish,*and fQuiJd'in; side it-—what'do you think? —nothing loss than the missing insurance policy ( Thiere seems to have been something about fl'fs that impressed Mr Metterback with, tl*e notion that he was cut out for the insurance [ business. He went into it, and is now a very wealthy man with a penchant for cony^vijplifcy, material comforts, and—fish stories.' The best medicine kaow^ig &ANl)EEand SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRA^/ its eminent powerful effects in coughs, coldV, influenza, etc.—the relief is instantaneous. 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