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Per our Special Wire. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Friday, Oct. 17, 1879. The House met at 2.30. Replying to Mr Ireland, Mr Rolleston said the surveyed sections on Run 369, Bengler District, were in tended to be opened under the pastoral deferred payment system. They would be opened as soon as the Bill before Parliament dealing with the matter of these lands was disposed of. Replying to Mr Bowen, Mr Oliver said he would cause a report to be furnished as to the provision re quired for weighing grain and other farm produce at the railway stations where such goods are received for transit. Replying to Mr Andrews, Mr Rolleston said that he believed the present system of payment by stamps, at the several Police Courts, had caused some inconvenience, and that steps would be taken to remedy the same. Replying to Mr Murray,

Mr Oliver said it was the intention of the Government to introduce a Bill for the regulation and management of coal mines.

In reply to Mr White, Mr Oliver said the question of fencing railway lines was a large subject the Go vernment were not yet prepared to deal deal with.

In reply to Mr Johnson, The Premier said Mr Sheehan, while Native Minister, had power to charge against the colony his passage from Auck land to Napier to contest the Clive elec tion after his return for the Thames. He had not done so, but had paid the cost from his own pocket.

Mr Fisher moved to refer the Auckland petition against the return of Dr Wallis and Mr Hurst to a Select Committee to enquire if the forms of the House had been complied with, and the requirements of the Elections Petitions Act, and to re port to the House within seven days ; also, to postpone the appointment of an Election Committee until after such re port had been presented. He would nominate for the Committee of Inquiry Messrs Bowen, J. B. Fisher, Fulton, Pitt, Stewart, Tole, and the mover—three to form a quorum. A lengthy debate of a purely technical character followed, the objection raised being that the petition could not employ the names of two members against whom it was directed. It was ultimately agreed that the names of the committee should should be left for subsequent decision. The petition against Sir George Grey’s return was next taken.

The Speaker intimated that Mr Richard son, the petitioner, would be represented by Mr M orhouae, and Sir George Grey named Stewart, the Speaker appointing^!! - Fulton Chairman of Com mittee, the remainder to be struck to morrow. The House adjourned at 5.30.

EVENING SITTING. The Native Statement. On resuming, Mr Bryce said he thought the Opposition would give him credit for being a silent member— one who did not occupy the House with many remarks. He asked to be allowed to speak regard ing the position of the. Government. He claimed that‘the Government had been put there fairly, and under no false pre tences. Mr Sheehan had announced, during the late jNo-Confidence debate, that coalition was impossible, and it was in view of that fact that a Government had to be formed out of their own party, so it was unfair, to say anything to the contrary. ; The Opposition may have a majority; still, he would ask them to con cede what was evident, that as a Govern ment they represented a very considerable section of the House. He made these remarks as he did not intend to take any part in the proposed want of confidence debate. It had ; amused him to sec the alarm with which what is called by the Opposition the Detective Ministry was regarded. It reminded him of the Scrip ture passage, “ The wicked fleeth where no man pursueth; but the righteous is as bold as a lion.” He would now proceed to deal with the mode in which his de partment had been conducted—the system of personal government that had been pursued and he would afterwards deal with tables connected with the department itself. Most mem bers desired to see the personal gover ment of the. Native Minister done away with. That wds' the feeling of the couutry, and he quite agreed with it. He could remember the good old days when per sonal government in the Native Depart ment was in full bloom, but he was mis taken if latterly the late Sir Donald McLean was not of the same opinion. At one time a little outlay' went a long way with the Maori—a few blankets and some sugar and tea was all that was asked : now, however, the native demands had risen with the change in the administration of affairs, and the Maori talked about as much as a million of money. Under Sir D... M‘Lean : the department was being reduc6d/but under - the late Government it had returned to all its pristine glory. The late Native Minister had been waited on and corpmunicated with too much by the for him to receive 100 or 150 tele grams in a day, all of the same tenor — demands for money, or money’s worth. He had sanctioned a telegram in which a sum of £2OOO was demanded: that was only one of very many similar communi cations on the same subject. He had been absolutely astonished at the amount of money which had been taken out of ‘ the House’s control and appropriated by the Native Minister in this way. The Oppo sition had said that they knew all this before. Well, he could only say that not very long ago they were of a very differ ent opinion as to its policy. He gave another example of the mode of personal S uncut. In 1878-79 £20,000 were AAm tho. estimates for native rettreUw and-’ bridges,' and it was handed, practically speaking, over to his sole disposal. These disbursements ten ded- to. jjpdermine the prestige of the , House in the native mind. And the y dirsctioS,!ri which their pernicious effects ! ! hdV given sons a tolerable qducatiop apd then insisted upon

getting them into' the Civil Service. There was no proper employment for then, and they were kept going about Wellington, at a cost of £7OO per annum. At present the matter was trifling, but it was a thing that was rapidly growing, and unless properly checked all the young natives would be sent to Wellington to become a burden upon Government. Last year the appropriation in this department was £4,730, and the expenditure £54,498. In one of these items —“ contingences ” —the vote was £2,500, and the expendi ture £18,598. The Land purchase De partment had assumed great magnitude. A return showing the state of this depart ment was produced and laid on the table. It had been argued that this land might become useful for settlement, and yet not be a commercial success. He denied the correctness of this, and imagined that if the land was good as a commercial specu lation it must of necessity promote settle ment. He quoted figures in support of that theory, showing that where land obtained from the natives was good it was readily taken up, and poor land was left in the hands of the Government. Between 1878-79 the the total land purchase appro priation was £732,000, the amount ex pended £705,000. That left a small balance, which, however, had disappeared. Last quarter the purchases amounted to £124,000, and for the current year the estimated expenditure was £201,000. To complete transactions entered into a sum of £1,181,000 will be required. The salaries of officers in this department amounted to £10,255. That was voted in a lump sum, and the House had no con trol over the allocation of the money. Then, again, he thought the time had arrived to consider the policy of this land purchase system. In a recent report from a land agent on the West Coast it was stated that two or three years ago he could have got land for 2s 6d per acre, for which 7s 6d and 10s was now demanded. If it was worth that, then there could be no objection to the price asked, but he knew personally that a very great deal of it was practically useless for settlement. He instanced cases in which, speaking from his own knowledge, land being so dealt with was not worth more than 10s per acre. When the late Government took office native affairs were in a hopeful state. Were they so now 1 It only required a little patience, a little firmness, to make things beneficial to both races, but going amongst them, fondling them, making them believe we wanted something from them had been disastrous to the interests of all concerned. He could see no reason for keeping up a large defence force on the Waikato. If there was no probability of the late Native Minister coming back to office within the next few days he (Mr Bryce) would take goed care if he could do no good he would do no harm. It was right to enquire into the Waimate plains grievances, but their rectification would not heal the late troubles ; they lay much deeper. He passed a warm eulogium on the natives affected by these troubles for their for bearance, and it was painful to note the low estimation in which British law was apparently held by them. Had this personal Government not something to do to cure this state of affairs, he would be for doing away with this Native Depart ment, as a Department, and would rele gate the Native schools to the Educa tional Department. The native roads, &c., should be placed, not nominally, but actually under the Public Work’s Office and appropriations for them voted by the usual Parliamentary authority. Native pensions he would consign to the Colonial Secretary. Then again, he would have some plan of placing their lands before the public for sale, either by Waste Lands Boards or otherwise. The Boards could provide for the survey and subdivision of the land, together with a per centage for opening up the land by roads, the balance could be handed over to the Maori owners. Means for investment should also be pro vided, so that the Maori should have an opportunity of making permanent provi sion for himself. These, however, were his own sentiments, and had not as yet been fully considered in the Cabinet. If members approved of them good and well, if not, they knew what course to pursue. The report was cut short by the two o’clock telegraphic adjournment.

A Useful Wife.

We had been out to the grave-yard to bury Mrs Pidgeon, and we were riding home in the carriage with the bereaved widower. While he sopped his eyes with his handkerchief he told us about her :—“ In one respect I never saw her equal. She was a manager. I’ve knowed that woman that’s lying out there in the tomb to take an old pair of my trousers and cut them up for the boys. She’d make a splendid suit of clothes for both of them out of them old pants, and a cap for Johnny, and have some left over for a rag carpet, besides making handkerchiefs out of the pockets, and a bustle for herself out of the other linings. Give her any old gar ment and it was as good as a gold mine. Why, she’d take a worn-out sock and make a good overcoat out of it, I believe. She had a turn for that kind of economy. There’s one of my shirts that I bought in 1847 still going about making itself useful as window curtains and plenty of other things. Onsy last July our gridiron gave out, and she took it apart, and in two hours it was rigged on the side of the house as a splendid lightening rod, all except what she had made into a poker and an ice-pick. Ingenious ? Why, she kept our family in buttons and whistles out of the ham-bones she saved, and she made fifteen princely chicken coops out of her old hoop-skirts, and a pig pen out of used-up corset-bones. She never wasted a solitary thing. Let a cat die aroundthe house, and the first thing you knew Mary Jane’d have a muff and a set of furs, and I’d begin to find mince pies on the dinner table. She’d stuff a feather bed with the feathers she’d got off of one little bit of a rooster, and she’d even utilize the roaches in the kitchen so’s they’d run the churn —had a machine she invented for the pur pose. I’ve seen her cook potato paring bo’s you’d think they were canvas-back duck, and she had, a way of doctoring up shavings that the pig’d cat ’em and grow fat on ’em. I believe that woman could build a four-storey hotel if you’d give her a single pine board; or a steamboat out of a wash Idler ; and the last thing she said to me was to bury her in the garden, so’s she’d be useful down below there, helping to shove up the cabbages. I’ll ! never see her like again.”

Saturday October, 18, 1879.]

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General Merchants. ORR AND CO., ASHBURTON AND RAKAIA BANKRUPT ESTATE HOOPER, AITKEN & Co. ORR AND Co., JJAYING Purchased the Whole of the above Stock from the Trustees, will offer it for SALE on SATURDAY, At the Premises Lately occupied by J. H. PASS AND Co. THE GOODS ARE ALL QUITE NEW AND IN SPLENDID CONDI TION, AND WILL BE SOLD AT Less Than Half Price FOR CASH. COME AT ONCE, Secure Bargains COME EARLY, OF AND ON SATURDAY, 27 l Y ORR AND CO. IMPORTERS, ASHBURTON AND RAKAIA



Boarding Houses. PRINCE ALBERT PRIVATE HOTEL fyiHE undersigned having opened the Prince Albert Boarding House, in Wills Sti’eet, near the Railway Station, under the management of Mr. and Mrs. Luc vs, begs to say he is determined to keep GOOD TABLE, and afford Comfortable Accommodation to customers at 'MODERATE CHARGES. THOMAS CLARK, IVI RS. ScOTT’S IMPERIAL BOARDING HOUSE, Durham Street South, CHRISTCHURCH. Board and Lodging, 20s. Beds and Meals, Is. each. 509 a Booksellers, Stationers, &c. H. M. J ONES, Baring Square, LAW & COMMERCIAL STATIONER, BOOK AND MUSIC SELLER. Toys, Fancy Goods, Violins, Strings, Concertinas, Ac. Magazines, English Papers, & Periodicals, by each Mail. Bookbinding Executed with Despatch. 15 Business Notices. T. CHAMBERS, JgOOT AND SHOEMAKER, East Street, Ashburton. Boots and Shoes of all kinds Sewn or Pegged. Repairs Attended To. 48 FAMILY HOTEL, DURHAM STREET NORTH, CHRISTCHURCH. HITE PARSONS, (Late of the Royal Hotel, Lyttelton.) This Hotel is now Renovated and fitted up as a FIRST CLASS FAMILY HOTEL. 49 FINE Cream-Laid ENVELOPES, No. 6 ; extra secure shape, ONLY 9s. 6d. per 1000; s°°> ss-;5 s -; 2 5°. 3 s -. N E T T CASH. ALSO, BANK NOTE AND LETTER PAPER WEEKS & DIXON, DIRECT IMPORTERS, . WHOLESALE AND RETAIL STATIONERS, ASHBURTON “HERALD” OFFICE. EATING AND SEED POTATOES. JUST RECEIVED—A few Tons of Good Derwent POTATOES for Sale, Cheap. GEORGE JAMESON, 97 Ashburton. SPORTING. Messrs, saundbrs & walker have for Sale Two Greyhound Puppies, eight months’ old, by Mr. Chat teris’ Azamat out of owners’ L’Esprit. Azamat (imported) is by Tulloch gorum, out of Cyguet, and won a 43 and 22 dog stake in England. L’Esprit (imported) is by Pell Mell out of Scrap, and won the Nelson Gold Cup in 1878. She is sister to La Rapide, L’Encore, and other Australian celebri ties. Apply to MR. S. SAUNDERS, Ashburton, or, MR. W. G. WALKER, 98 Christchurch. NOTICE. IN THE ASSIGNED ESTATE OF SANDO AND OLSEN, PERSONS having Claims on the above Estate are requested to forward same, with proofs, to Messrs Saunders Bi others, Ashburton, not later than 25th instant, after which date no claim will be admitted. A first dividend will be payable at Messrs Saunders Brothers’ offices, on Fiiday, October 31st. I. DERS ’ } 99—562 a RACKETING Materials -Bats, Balls, Stumps, Knee Pads, &c., at H. M. JONES’, Staiionei, Baring Square CONCERTINAS, Gorman Accordians, Violins, etc Concertinas, 20 keys, from 10/6. H. M. JONES, Stationer.



Auction Sales. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18. ASHBURTON AUCTION ROOMS AND YARDS. JE. BUCHANAN & Co. have re , ceived instructions to sell by Public Auction at their Rooms, Havelock street, on the above date 8 Sacks Chick Wheat 3 ~ Rye Grass 9 ~ Potatoes Sale at 12.30 p. m. J. E. BUCHANAN & Co. 102 Auctioneers. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18. ASHBURTON AUCTION ROOMS AND YARDS. JE. BUCHANAN AND CO. have . received instructions to sell by public auction at their Yards on the above date— -3 Valuable Young Draught Horses A Few Head of Dairy Cows Sale at 12.30 sharp. J. E. BUCHANAN & CO., 103 Auctioneers. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18. ASHBURTON AUCTION ROOMS AND YARDS. WEEKLY SALE. JE. BUCHANAN & CO. have re . ceived instructions to sell by public auction at their Rooms, on the above date— Iron Bedsteads Wooden ~ Glassware Crockery Sewing Machine Harmonium Furniture (new) ~ (second hand) Sundries &c., &c., Ac. 104 J. E. BUCHANAN & CO., Auctioneers. J. E. Buchanan & Co., AUCTIONEERS, Land & Estate Agents, ASHBURTON. THE Proprietors wish to call attention to their LAND AND ESTATE DEPARTMENT. In this Department Farms can be Leased or Sold, and Stock, Plant, &c., valued for outgoing or incoming tenants. General Land Business carefully exe cuted. Sales of Stock, Merchandise, and Genera Effects are held every Saturday, at the Auctioneers’ Rooms, and Yards adjoining. MR. BUCHANAN Attends the Ashburton and Tinwald Yards on Sale days, for the Sale of every Description of Stock. WEEKLY SALES EVERY SATUR DAY, at 12.30. uction Rooms and Yards Havelock Street. 37 Business Announcements. FARMERS ! FARMERS ! FARMERS ! R. McKERROW & Co. ARE Cash Purchasers of Wool, Grain, and all kinds of Farm Produce, and are also prepared to make Liberal CASH ADVANCES on the. above placed, in their hands either for sale or shipment to the English or Colonial Markets. A Large Stock of Corn Sacks, Wool Packs, &c., for Sale, at lowest current prices. R. McKERROW & CO., GRAIN MERCHANTS, RAKAIA. 60 THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN' Advertisements received for the GUARDIAN up to 9 p.ra. at the scale charges, afterwards at double rates or insertion over the leader.



Auction Sales. SATURDAY, ißth OCTOBER, At 1 o’clock, AT THE HORSE BAZAAR. Bnrnett-street. A GLAND, CAMPBELL, & CO. hold their usual will WEEKLY SALE OP HORSES, &c. Sale at 1 o’clock. ACLAND, CAMPBELL, & CO., 101 ’ Auctioneers. A R R I S O N, AUCTIONEER, StOCK AND ESTATE AGENT, ASHBURTON. Farms, Town Sections, and House Pro perties on the Books for Sale or to Let. AGENT FOR THE TRANSATLANTIC FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Chief Office— Christchurch. The Stud. YOUNG IYANHOE. YOUNG IYANHOE, by Old Ivanhoe, by Sir Walter Scott, out of London Maggie—Sir Walter Scott, by Clydeboy, took first prize as best horse at Exhibition at London in 1862, gold medal at Sterling, and twice first at Glasgow, and several other first prizes. London took first prize as best three year old mare af Exhibition at London in 1862 and first prize wherever shown. Ivanhoe took first prize at Glasgow as a two year old, was bought for 1100 guineas, and imported to New Zealand. Young Ivanhoe, out of Grey Maggie (imported), out of Blossom, by Ruther glen —by Caledonian, and has taken first prize as a two year old at Timaru, and first prize when next shown as a five year old at Timaru. Young Ivanhoe will travel the South Rakaia, Chertsey, and Mount Hutt dis tricts. For further particulars see cards. ROBERT PATTON, 52 Methven. 1879. TO STAND THIS SEASON. THOROUGHBRED STALLION YOUNG TRADUCER. YOUNG TRADUCER, by Traducer, dam Kasper’s dam, imported. See “ Stud Book.” Young Traducer was bred by W. C. Webb, Esq., at Riccarton. He is a rich dark brown, standing 16 hands high, with immense bone and substance, and for make and shape has been pronounced by the best judges as hard to beat anywhere. Young Traducer is rising 5 years. Terms: £5 ss. per mare, payable Ist January, 1880 ; groomage fees 55., payable on first service. Also, the Grey Entire Pony, SYDNEY, Will travel, with the entire horse Young Traducer, the district of Ashburton during the season. Good paddocks 2s. per week. Every care taken, but no responsibility. ROBERT LITTLE, 39 Proprietor. STUD NOTICE. IHE THOROUGHBRED HORSE TRIBUNE, By Traducer, dam Azucena. Will Travel the Ashburton district as mal. ' ■ ■ Apply Groom in charge. 21 a IE IMPORTED DRAUGHT HORSE, BILLY FAIRPLAY, VTILL STAND at Edo’s Horse Bazaai, V Ashburton, and Travel Wakaxui d Longbeach Districts. Terms —£s 55., pable Ist January, 1880. Groomage— , payable first time of service. Particulars see cards.—Apply -63 B. EDE. lOROUGHBRED ENTIRE COLT Of the Traducer Blood. > Travel this Season the ASHBURTON AND WAKANUI Districts, :e future Advertisements for Particulars, S. H., FOWLER & CO„ Proprietors, 4a—2o Winslow



Wanlr. WANTED Known, an Elementary MNOTNG CLASS, on the Tonic Sol Fa principle, is to be established. First Lesson WEDNESDAY, October 25, at Quill s Commercial Sample Rooms, Saunders’ Buildings, at Half-past Seven o’clock. Ladies and Gentlemen wishing to join will please be in attendance on Wednesday October 22. Terms—los. 6<L per Quarter. —J. S. SAVAGE, Con ductor. 100—56 Ca TO PRINTERS. WANTED —A Smart Hand, to make up the “Ashburton Herald” and “ Ashburton Guardian.” Sobriety indis pensable. WEEKS & DIXON. WANTED KNOWN—That Money can be saved by purchasing your Sta tionery and Account Books, for cash, at the “Herald” and “Guardian” Whole sale Stationery Dep6t, Saunders’ Build ings, near Station. BO ANTED, a Married Couple, without ■ * incumbrance, for a Station ; also, a Single Woman, as Cook. Apply to W. R. Boyle, Moore Street. 91 XTTANTED Known, that TWENTY \ V Words are inserted in this Column f..r ONE SHILLING prepaid, and FORTY Words for TWO SHILLINGS prepaid. WASTE PAPER for Sale, 3d. per 10, at the Herald Office. Apply early. SUO WANTED KNOWN, that Envelopes and Note paper can be obtained, wholesale or retail, at unusually low rates at the “ Herald ” Office, East-street North. • 642 To Let. TO LET, STATIONERS’ SHOP, recently occu pied by Mr. J. Y. Ward. This Shop is fitted up in a very com plete manner, and four comfortable dwel ling rooms ai’e attached. 70 SAUNDERS BROS. For Sale. TO PRINTERS. MACHINE FOR SALE. FOR SALE, about the end of October, One Second-hand Double Demy Tape Printing MACHINE, in thorough working order, with rollers, moulds, &c., complete. We are replacing this machine by a Double Royal Wharfedale, which necessitates removal of the Double Demy Machine now used for printing the “ Herald ” and “ Guardian,” for hand or steampower. Can be'seen and all par ticulars obtained at our office. WEEKS & DIXON. ; Ashburton, October 14, 1879. 566 a Tenders. BRIDGE OVER SOUTH ASHBURTON RIVER—HOOD’S CROSSING, MOUNT SOMERS. TENDERS we invited for a BRIDGE, entirely of Timber, in 21 spans of 40 feet each; or alternativey for a BRIDGE of same dimensions, with tim ber superstructure on iron piles (the lat ter now lying at Winslow Station). Plans and specifications can he seen at the County Council’s Office, Moore street, Ashburton, ..'and- Tenders, with , marked cheque, equal’to -5 -per cent. : of amount, addressed to the Chairman, to be sent in not later than 10 o’clock, a.in., sth. Novcmher-next. . By Order — WILLIAM BAXTER, County Engineer. Ashburton, October 9, 1879. 545a—93 Public Notices. R. mHE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN I (County Agricultural and Sporting Recorder) is a-GAZETTE for-all Notices under The Debtors and Creditors Acts. October 6, 1879. , , mHE friends of Mr. McDonnell are ro- J spectfully informed that the funeral of his late daughter, Lizzie, will leave his residence at 2 p.m. this day (Saturday), Oct. 18 THOS. A. GATES. 105 Undertaker. TO SHEARERS. will Commence at Anama Station on tho Ist November. 87 W. S. PETER. REAPERS AND BINDERS. mHE Undersigned having been J, pointed agent for the sale o' M'Cormick’s and W. A. Wood’s Reapers and Binders, is now prepared to treat with those who will want them for the coming season. FREDK. PAVITT, 555a—83 East Street, Ashburton. NEW ZEALAND WESLEYAN , Published Monthly. JUST ARRIVED, the “ New Zealand Wesleyan ” 'for October. Price Cd Sold at tho Herald Office, East Street. WEEKS AND DIXON, Agents. JpiNVELOPES, NOTEPAPER, EN VELOPES, NOT E P APER. —The cheapest ever offered in "Ashburton, at th Herald Office, Wholesale Stationery Depot, SamVdera’ Buildings. " } FARMERS. —Do not neglect ! to-Read ? the Agricultural:Papers Appearing in the “Ashburton Guardian.” .