LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XIV, Issue 2973, 15 May 1893, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Those liable to pay income tax must make their returns to the Commissioner of taxes on or before May HI. J. C. Wason, Esq., ot Corwar, has accepted the posibion of president of the Caledonian Society for the current year. The bay mare Teaze, imported by Mr Max Friedlander, is in foal to Boz, winner of the Caufield Cup—not "Boy," as by a typographical error the name appearod m ,our last wsue. • The public are reminded oj! the entertainment to be given in the Oddfellows' Hill tomorrow evening by Professor and his associates—" 120 laughß in 120 minutes." For the popular concert on Wednesday next, Mrs C. Edgar and Mr F. Corbetfc, of Ohristchurch, the latter a tenor of merit, have been engaged. The new local gingers will be Mrs Fawrit Dodds, Mr D^vid Miller, Mr L- Broad, and others. The annual general meeting of the parishioners in the subdistrict of Tinwald in the parochial district of Longbeach was held in St. Andrew's Church, Tinwald, on Thursday evening. The Rer T. Farley, who presided, read the minutes of the last annual metiiag, which were confirmed. The offer, tory collections and subscriptions from this portion of the cure amounted to £36 85,2c1, and the annual ba*aa* ©n Easter Monday realised £47 18s 4d—making a fcptal of £84 6* 8d for the year, which was considered very satisfactory. Mr William Lowe was unanimously elected churchwarden, and the following gentlemen a vestry for the present yfiar : — Messrs Haseltir^e, Hawkins, Legged, ft»d T^pnatt, After some discussion a« to the adoption of tho envelope system and the holding of a social evening at an early date, and votes of thanks to the organist, the Sunday Schoal teachep, and the young people who have voluntarily kept the church beautifully clean and attended to the lighting and the ringing of th« bell for the past year, the meeting closed with the benediction.

At a meeting of Directors of the Ashaurlon Industrial Building Society, held last week, Mr Joseph Scaly was appointed Chairman during the absence of Mr Zander on a visit to the Old Country. The Premier has ordered thei plans of Te Aro (Wellington) goods station to be proceeded with as originally designed. He sjya only this course was open, as to have taken land on' the town side would have cost £50,000. He also declines to give any compensation. Evidently it can rain in earnest in the Manawatu district. One writer states that with the exception of four days, they have had a continuous rain for a month, one singular result being that the sheep are quite green owing to the germination of the grasjß seed lodged in the wool. The ordinary sitting of the District Court takes place on Friday next, at which a claim for £100 for alleged slander, brought by Mr Thomas Rodf ord against Mr James W. Baker, will be taken, Mr Crisp will appear for the plaintiff and Mr Cuthbertson for defendant. There is also a considerable amount of bankruptcy business set down for hearing. > On Wednesday next, the Ash burton Primitive Methodist chair will give the service of song, entitled "For Mothers Sake" in the Seafitld schoolroom. The singing will be conducted by Mr D. Booth, and should the weather prove fine a good attendance may be expected to hear what is really a very interesting piece. At the regular monthly meeting of the Ashburton Lodge of Freemasons, 1811 B.C, held on Thursday evening, Bro. T. E. K.U worth, S.W., was elected worshipful Master for the ensuing year. The installawill take place on Monday, June 26, and will be followed by a conversazione, the lodge taking thin opportunity to make some recognition of its indebtedness to the ladiea for kindnesses on many occasions. The Ashburton Horticultural Society have decided to arrange for having a series of meetings during the winter at which papers will be read on various subjects connected with horticulture. The meetings will be open to the public who are invited to attend. Mr JaTies Porter, of Allenton, has kindly consented to give the first paper about 28th inst., his subject being "Chrysanthemum culture." The society will later on notify by advertisement the exact date and place of meeting. The Kennedy Company had an excellent house on Saturday night, all parts of the Oddfellows' Hall being well filled. The piece presented was " Our Boys," and it was played with that careful attention to detail which is characteristic of the company, every member of which has his part completely at his finger ends, as well as a clear conception of the character he represents. Need it be added then that the performance was successful in the highest degree and applause hearty and frequent. Mr Saville, in thanking the public of Ashburton for their patronage during the season, announced that the company wonld return in three weeks or a month; on their way south, after their short northern tour, and play for three nights, producing the promised " Eist Lynne," "Acrah-na-pogue," and '"Struck Oil." One of the performances will be for the benefit of the local charities. In a letter to |the Indian '• Daily News' of March 2, Mr A. H. Fawcett, who left Dunedin as advance agent for the Densem Company, makes a suggestion to the Indian Government to the effect that they should I take advantage of the depression in Australia to secure recruits for service in India. He writes:—"At the present moment in Melbourne and Sydney there would be no difficulty, whatever, in raising more than one battalion for Indian service. These latter remarks, however, do not apply in any sense to New Zealand—a country the most prosperous, most enterprising, and, above all, developed on a sound and healthy commercial and financial basis, under what is regarded as a I most enlightened form of Liberal Government. lam asked co frequently what sort of a chance there really is in Australia for employment, that I feel tempted to say: "On no account dream of going to Australia to look for work in any shape or form." Believe me, Sir,, hundreds of young men would be glad to be learning their drill on the parade grounds of India."