SHIPPING.

PORT OF LYTTELTON. Arrived. Yesterday. Clematis, brig, from Port Esperance. T. B. Taylor, shooner, from Wanganui. Lois, barque, from Port Louis, Mauri tius. To-day. Hawea, s.s. } from Wellington. Sailed. To-day. _Grafton, s.s., for the West Coast ports, via Wellington. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. '***' Auckland, Yesterday. Sailed- -Botomahana, for the South. Napier, Yesterday. Shaw, Saville’s barque, Langstone, the second wool ship of the season from this port, .cleared to-day for London. Her caigoe is valued at L 66,455. _ Wellington, To-day. Arrived—Botomahana, s. s., from the North: i Timaru, Yesterday. Sailed—Eliza M'Phee, for Dunedin; Enterprise for Wellington. ; Port Chalmers, Y esterday. Arrived—Wanaka, s.s., from the North. Adelaide, Yesterday. Arrived—Orient Company’s s. a. Liguria, from Plymouth.

THE CHURCHES.

SUNDAY AND-WEEK NIGHT SEB -1 VICES AND MEETINGS.

EPISCOPALIAN CHURCH; — Tancred .., Sxree;t, West. Rev. A. W. Hands, Incumbent. Sunday. Morning, at 11, Mr. J,‘Ward. Evening, atG.3O, Mr. J. Ward. Sunday-school, at 3 p.m. Wednesday. Evening Service: at 7p. m., Rev. A. W. Hands. Choir Practice at 8. Thursday. Sunday School'Teachers’ Meeting, at 7.30 p.m. /: .Country Services —Sunday. Tinwald, 3 p.m., Mr, J. Ward. Longbeach, at 3p. m., Lay Reader. Mount Somers, 11 a.m.. Rev. A. W. Hands. Alford Forest, ■ 3 p.m.. Rev. A. W. Hands. . . ' _ . „ r Alford ;Station, 6 p.m., Rev. A- W, Hands. , ' RAKAIA PARISH. Rev. W. H. E'ton, Incumbent. Sunday. - St. Mart’s'Church; Rakaia.—Morning at 11, Lay Reader. Evening, at 7, Rev. W. H. Elton. St. rJohn’s, Barrhill, 3 p.m., Lay Reader. St. Barnabas, Methven, 11 a.m., Rev. W. JEL Elton. . Kyle. School, 3 p.m., Lay Reader. All Saints, Sherwood, 3p.m., I>ay Reader. Communion. —First Sunday in the month at St. Mark’s. Second Sunday at St. John’s. Fourth Sunday at St. Barna bas’. Fifth Sunday at St. James . Baptism in St. Mark’s; and Children s Service at 3 p.m., second Sunday in the month.

• Sunday School. St. Mark’s, . St. John’s, and Kyle, at 2.30 every Sunday. - ' r , 'EkiDAY.

Evensong and Choir Practice at 7.30. St. .Mark’s.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.—Have look Street, West. Rev. A. M Beattie, M.AI, Minister. Sunday Services. Morning at 11, and 'Evening at 6.30, in the Church.—Rev, A. M. Beattie. Wafcertbn Library Halil, at 3 p.m., Re r. A. M. Beattie. Sunday- School in the Church at 2.30 afternoon.—Mr. W. Gavin, Superinten dent. . Tuesday. Finance Committee—First Tuesday of every month, in the Church at 7.30. S. S._,Teachers’ Association—Second Tues of every- month, in the Church at Wednesday. Pastor’s; Bible Class in the Church Vestry—Weekly at 7. Week night. Service at .8 —Rev. A, M. Beattie. - Thursday. Tinwald School —Weekly service at 7.30. Friday. Choir Practice at 7.3o—Mr. Savage, con ductor Mr. A. Stott, organist. RAKAIA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. '—Town Hall, Rakaia. Rev. B. J. Westbrooke, Minister. ' ‘ Sunday. Rakaia Town Hall at 11 a.m. Kyle School, at 3 p.m. WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH. —Cameron Street, East. Rev. W. Keall, Pastor. Sunday. Morning, prayer meeting at 10 ; service at 11, Rev. W. Keall. Evening,- at 6.30, Rev. W. Keall; Fel lowship Meeting after Service. Sunday School —Afternoon, at 2.30. ; COUNTRY SERVICES, Old Men’s Home—Afternoon, at 3, Mr. G. W. Leadley. Tinwald Evening, at 6.30, Mr. G. W. Leadley' Willowby, at 3.p-m., Mr. J. Alison. Seafield Afternoon, at 2,30; Sunday School at 1.30. Wakanui, at 2.30 p.m., Rev. W, Keall. I. - ; Monday.' Cameron Street Church—Prayer meeting at 'eight o’clock. Tuesday. Class Meeting- at 7.30. Thursday. Preaching Service at 7.30, Mr. J. Buchanan ; Class at the conclusion of the service. , ... , - Friday. . Choir Practice; at. 7.30. PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH. —Wills Street, East. ReV. Arthur J. Smith, Pastor. - •:' . Sunday. , Morning School at 10 a. m. Morning Service at 11 a.m., Rev. A. J. Smith. Afternoon' School at 2.30 p.m. Evening S®m®® at 6.30 p.m., Rev. A. J. Srdith. : Monday. ladies’ Class—ln the Church at 7.30 p. m. Tuesday. . Divine Service,. at 7.30. Rev. A. J. Smith.’ . • . . . v ’ THtriISDAY. . Class Meeting at 7.30 p.ni.’ ; Friday, ■ Choir practice at 7.30 p.m. HEWLANDS PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH. i: •'Sunday.’ # Morning School, 9.30. Service at 11a.m. and 6.30 pi m. Mr. J, W. Maidens and ASHBURTON FORKS. Sunday Afternoon Service at 2.30 Rev. A. JV Smith; ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPEL. • 'Burnett StEbet West. : • Rev. Father Chervier. Mass at 11 a.m. on the second Sunday of eveiy month. Benediction service in the evening of the same day at 6.30.

DAILY MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALES. Monday;' November, 22. Quill and .Co,, at Hood’s. Mount Somers, at 12 o’clock—Land, Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Pigs, Poultry, &c. MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTSi &c. : To-Night, t t Saturday, November 27. , Ashburton Trotting Club, Committee Meeting, 7.30 p.m. Monday, November 29. Fire Brigade, Meeting of Committee, at at 7.30 p.m. Mount Somers Road Board, Monthly Meeting. Borough Council, at Borough Council Chambers, at 7 o’clock. Tuesday, November 30. Parade Ashburton Rifle Volunteers, at 6 45 p.m. sharp. Masonic Ball, in the Town Hall, to com mence at 8.30. Wednesday, December 1. Ashburton Town Hall Company, Meeting of Shareholders, Town Hall, at 8 p.m. Thursday, December 2. Public Meeting of Settlers in the Long ' beach" District, re Railway Tariff, in the Waterton Library, at 7 p.m, Wednesday, December 8. Local Industries Association, Monthly Meeting.

TOWN EDITION. [lssued at 5 p.m.] The Ashburton Guardian. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1880. The Borough Funds.

The Mayor’s financing has been suc cessful, and in, a short time, Ashburton Borough will have at its command some with which to do up the out fall drain with concrete, and available for other works. The control of the water-pipes which the County has handed over to the Borough with a light and easily fulfilled condition has brought about this pleasant state of affairs, and the result is that all the money we have mentioned above will be at 'the disposal of the Borough with out touching next year’s rates. Already the members of the Borough Council find their hearts expanding, and : ive expect that Councillor Harrison wiU be in a position to carry his asphalt motion without any opposition whatever. The asphalting of East street footpaths is a work that all the residents will be glad to see carried out, and the next desir able piece of work to be undertaken should be the completion of the con crete channelling. There are several side streets in the town 1 where water from the reservoir is flowing over the raw soil, and the primitive channel is not very pleasant, .being only too liable to obstruction, with a consequent spreading of the water over parts of the street. To the completion of the channels the Council stand committed, and we hope they will at once see to the redeeming of their pledge. The Mayor and Council leseryelhe congratulations of the residents on the satisfactory con dition in which the Borough fianance is now placed, and the return of Mr. Hugo Friedlander to the Mayoralty un opposed is a graceful acknowledgment of the services in the matter of finance he has rendered to the town.

The Petrified Kidneys. —One of the Council’s men started work to-day break ing into smaller pieces the large boulders that impede the way Bast street, and are such a terror to the owner# of horse flesh.

The San Mail. —Mails for the United Kingdom,Continent of Europe, and America, West-Indies, "China, and Japan {via San Francisco), Sandwich Islands, &c., will close at Ashburton on Saturday, 4th December, at 10 a.m., and •will be due in London on 18th January, 1881.

Frightened. into the Water. —A woman in Auckland, clearing out of the way of a caravan of wild beasts, belong ing to Coles’ Circus, fell over the wharf into the sea, and was rescued by a sailor.

The Te Aroha Goldfield. —The Go vernment regulations that all ground taken up on the Te Aroha goldfields must be immediately manned, and continuously worked, is very unpopular amongst miners and investors generally. Complaints were made to the Attorney-General, but that officer pointed out that the desire of Government was to secure the speedy and effective prospecting of the ground, which, of course, could not be done if protection was granted for any length of time.

< New Business.— We notice that Mr., C. W. Davis, has started business in Ash burton as a bricklayer, and as he is well known, and a pushing young man, he will no doubt secure a fair share of work in the district. Drunkenness. —William Smith was to day sent to prison for four days by the Magistrate for habitual drunkenness. He was arrested by the constable under the warrant for contempt issued by the B.M. yesterday in the case of Nealas v. Struthers, and to-day, having been three times con victed of drunkenness within twelve months, he was charged and convicted, under the Vagrancy Act, of habitual drunkenness.

The Railway Tariff. —At a meeting of the Committee of the Corn Exchange, held on Thursday e vening, it was resolved' “that the members of the Corn Exchange invite the co-operation of kindred associa tions and the farming community gene rally, to bring before the Government, through their representatives, the extreme dissatisfaction with which they regard the rates at present in existence on the Canter bury lines of railway. They consider it is unfair to the public that the Canterbury Railways should be made to pay for other lines that are unprofitable, and that it is the opinion of the Committee, if the pre sent rates continue to be levied, the revenue from this source will be sensibly diminished.” Petitions are now being forwarded for signature to the principal grain-growing districts in Canterbury.

CABLE NEWS.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

{Per Reuter's Agency.) Notes and Gold. London, Nov. 25, The total reserve of notes and bullion in the Bank of England is L 15,875,500. Five per cent. New Zealand 10.40 Loan, LlO2. Five per cent. New Zealand 1889 Loan, L 105.... Best Australian leather is an eighth lower. There is little inquiry for most descriptions of Australian hides. The Wool Sales. At the wool sales to-day, 8,200 bales were catalogued, making a total of 21,700 since the opening. A better demand was shown than on the cwo previous days for the various lots offered. Dying Game. Constantinople, Nov, 25. Since the entry of Dervish Pasha into Dulcigno, renewed fighting has taken place between the Turkish troops and the Albanians, the inhabitants of the town and surrounding districts. The en counters have been most severe, and have resulted in heavy losses on both sides.

AUSTRALIAN.

(Per Reuter's Agency.) His Last Resting Place. Melbourne, Not. 2G. The funeral of Sir Redmond Barry took place to-day, . and was of an imposing character. A lengthy procession followed the remains to the grave. The Law- Courts were closed during the day. New Zealand Oats. Fifteen hundred bags of New Zealand oats have bees sold at 2s. 7d. per bushel. The market is improving, owing to the new duties. The Border Duties and the Yellow- Agony. Melbourne, To-day._ A conference of the Australian colonies on the Border Duties and the Chinese question was opened yesterday with the usual formalities. Messrs. Graham Berry and Vale are the Victorian delegates. An Earthquake. Sydney, Nov. 20. There has been a slight shock of earth quake felt at Walcha. . The Markets. Hennessy’s brandy, case, 365. 6d ; bulk, quarters, 10s. 9d. Maize, per 601b5., 2s. Id.; tobacco, , Raven’s twist, Is. 7d. ; candles, D.R.J.S.. per lb., B£d.; candles, D.R.0.5., Bd. Adelaide, Nov. 26. Wheat, per bushel, 4s. Bd.; the tone of wheat generally is active. Town flour, LlO 155.; country, L 9 10s. to L 9 15s. Freights to London by sailing vessels 455.; to the United Kingdon 475. Gd, Freights to the United Kingdom from outports 505., firm. The Sorata. Adelaide, To-day. An inquiry into the stranding of the Sorata at Cape Jervis is now proceeding.

NEW ZEALAND

(Per Press Asoociation.) The Nelson Suburbs Seat. Nelson, To-day. We learn that a requisition is in course of signature, asking Mr. Arthur S. Collins to become a candidate for the vacant seat for Nelson Suburbs. Mr. Alfred Harley, of Stoke, states that he will be a candidate also. Good Crushing. Dunedin, To-day. The Cromwell Company have crushed 343 ounces of retorted gold from 405 tons of quartz. Horsestealing. At the City Police Court this morning, Theophilus Bates, aged 12, and Robert Hobson, aged 13, wore charged with horse-stealing. . They took the animal from South Dunedin to Grey town, where they offered it for sale for L2. The Magistrate committed them to the indus trial school for three and four years res-; pectively.

CHISPA’S LETTER.

"I am not yet so bald that you can see my brains. ” —Longfellow. A good horse is invaluable more -ways than one, but the animal that knows when his master is -not able to. take ctire him* s’elf and guide his own actions,l far less those of. his horse, has an extra value, especially if the animal has' the “ savvy ” to take his rider home, and thus save an expensive interview with Mr. Nugent Wood. I know a horse' of this kind. He's a splendid roan. His master was drinking prosperity to a way-going : friend with a number'of other friends who were not way-going. The ; horse's master drank too much’, prosperity, and his friends had trouble with him. They gave him more prosperity, and he became as quiet as a lamb. In fact he went dead asleep. The friends took him out to his horse, laid him on the bare back of .the animal, his head

facing the tail, and his legs hanging down on either side of the horse’s neck. In a certain sense, be was mounted like Mazeppa —he was on a bare-backed steed, and “ saw not where he hurried on. ” But the saddle could nbt be left be-, hind, so the rogues who had the case in hand, made a complete job of the thing, got the saddle, put it above the quie scent rider, extemporised an addition to to the girth, and securing the man be yond the possibility of falling off, sent the horse away. Dobbin came' home like a sensible animal—and, well the rider is best able to say whether he or the horse got, the higher cdmpliihent ■ fori* sa'gacity from the wife of the rider’s, bosom.

One stumbles upon a very, ’cute farmer how and again. But as a rule farmers are good and kindly neighbours to each other, and the ’cute one I refer to is an exception in , his exceedingly sharp practice. _ A neighbour of my ’cute friend meditated cutting up some straw into chaff, and had been offered the use of a chaffcutter by- a friend Jat some distance! ffom his farm. He-accepted, the‘offer; (and began pre parations for'starting.. While these were in progress; the ’cute one scented a chalice, offered the use of his, chaffcutter just.across the fence ; aridlhe .neighbour, full of : gratitude, 1 jumped 'at Rxe chance, sent off a rriesseriger to 1 liis first friend, thanking him for Iris kindness, and explan ing how a Christian farmer at liis own door been equally generous, and that the saving of cartage being a great saving, ho. had accepted bis .neighbour’s offer. The, straw was all emptied down beside the chaffcutter, and business was about to begin, when, enter the good Samaritan farmer. “L have , ..to';, pay , for ‘my machinery, yCn- know ;’Fib ’charge you .twopence a bag for cutting, bat I’ll lend you a hand.” , “'4.11 light,” jgaid the' will ing to pay' but‘srimfewhat astonished re cipient: ofrkiridneSs,, "The-wotk was done, and the chaff taken away. . I Then the bill was sent in, but it,included' in addition to that twopence" a , charge for “ work and labor done ” irilielping the man-to whom he was “doing a kindness.” ‘Yet there are men who wall roll their eyes skyward and thank the Lord they‘ are not as other men nro. >;■

Theihot'w;eather : has, much to. account for. It gives the butter a tendency to “ flow,” and good church-goers an inclina tion to fall asleep-in their pew. Well, the pew may. he a good place for a sleeper to nod in, and the surroundings may be conducive to sleep ; but the last place in the world I:should expect a mail to fall asleep would be on the top of a Cambridge roller. Yet it is a fact that ope day last week, an honest tiller‘of the; soil slept, soundly all the afternoon on the seat of his roller, while the horses went on all the same, and did the. work without his, guidance, and the honest fellow was only brought to himself by* finding the roller bumping against the stable door, at which the horses had entered at the usual time for knocking off.. It’s a stiff yarn, but it’s true. A neighbor’* of that fellow 'of Cambridge roller ? notoriety fell- asleep this week beside,- his plough while trying to light. his pipe,. ■■ •. Hp, lay five hours in the furrow, and when he woke up, ho found the team was asleep too. ' • - :

The Governmenthave evidently gpt their eyes open as to the value of publicity, and they have, with a view to increasing their business, written a sign on the Courthouse, giving the year in which business ptarted in the hew premises. Allow me to recom mend that as a further inducement to the public to patronise the new shop they ought to still further develop the new idea, and take' a leaf out of the circus peoples’ book, and go in . for some fpney colored posters, such as, “ Law adminisr tcred here, —wholesale and retail “We season our justice with mercy ” — u This is the only law shop,” and so on; Pro bably if a bell were purchased and Con stable Smart’s stentorian lungs used for the purpose of inviting litigants to step ■inside and see thej show, business would be materially increased The architect who designed the minor features in the fittings and furniture of the Courthouse must have been a genius with a religious regard to the universal fitness' of things. For instance, the buildings are constructed exactly similar to the Courthouses at Westport and Greyraouth, places where the ordinary traffic in wot weather is per-; formed by watermen, instead of by cabbies and expressmen. The grates sup plied for the fire-places of our Courthouse are about double the width they should be, and the grates will either have to be chopped in two or the chimneys pulled down and built on a more extended scale, so as to give Alford Forest firewood a chance. But the most extraordinary feature is the point of view from which the architect studied the propor tions of. criminals and witnesses. The former are provided with a, box of huge proportions, suggestive of the proba bility of the drunkard or thief, or what ever he might be, taking a siesta during the hearing of the charge against him ; whilst .the witness box, which might on the same occasion be occupied by Maria Ann, in, all the glory of extensive crinoline, is of such diminutive proportions that our re spected Sergeant has to undergo a ‘ ‘scrouge” when ho undertakes the kissing of the volume supposed to be a bible. Court house architecture is a science yet to be developed in this blooming country.

Items of interest are so scarce just now that I have had to resort to the following miserable makeshift with which to fill my Saturday’s, column. I trust I will not be fir rested as a lunatic over the business, : but unless a murder or a big fire comes off next week, I will be under the painful necessity of going for; the Borough Council : : Mr. Walker lives up at Valetta, As Chairman you can’t get a better, With his sound common sense, . ' His eyes watching the pence, The C.C. are surely his debtor. E. G. Wright is a hard nut to crack, ,: Pluck and courage, he- certainly don’t-lack ; To Conyers apd.Lawson He made it a caution, And put Blair and his mates on the rack. John Grigg lives down at Longbeach, Can finance,' farm, lecture, or preach ; He’s a terror to talk, ' r ■ - - i ■■ ■ Got'an eye like a hawk, Has this clever old boy from Longbeach. Little Coster lives at the-Rakaia ; : ; Than his farm I,don’t know a.drier .; _ n But he has sonic good sheep, And of sugar a heap, And at sales he’s a very good buyer. 1 Make way for old Alfred, the man Whose \Vord was enough for the clan ; Of parasites, loafers, and sich, " Johnny Hall is'agoing to pitch ,■ ! .; As far out of-the House as he can. - : - Then there’s Jackson/a quiet nice lad/ u--;'-- Re Mount,Hutt he always feels bad. ; ';; Methyen.claims him alone,; r , - \ Flesh,.sinew, -and ,bonc> .

And the water supply mak?s him, sad. Donald Cameron is like- all the rest — ■"

Talk sheep, and.you must give him best; ■ His wethers.so good , • ~, i Are looked on, , as'food, . . . i

As a guide by ; which .others to test,..;,. ■; . Tom-Bullock Was our city’s first Mayor,' 11 And 'it- gavc him a great : deal of care ' 51 To look-after.,the city, •: : <».!■■■ .< • . And sure ’tis a pity Tony and Hugo don’t go mates in.the chair.! ; ... fjHISPA.'

THE MURDER OF MISS DOBIE.

Further Particulars. Accounts to hand of rthe murder do not hp to this morning throw any more light on the; murder of Miss Dobie.- The: young lady was an artist of ho mean order, and the sketches of New Zealand scenery that have from time to time appeared in the Graphic were from her pencil. In company with another lady she- made a tour of the most picturesque portion, of the North Island, and sent an account of the tour to the Graphic, accompanied by several excellent sketches, which those of our readerswhosee the Graphic will no doubt remember having seen, and enjoyed. When she met her death, she is sup posed to have gone on a sketching, expedition to Te Ngamu Bay, where the Lord Worsley was wrecked, about a mile and a halffrom the township of Opunake. She was waylaid while on the road, by some ruffian, and brutally murdered, and there is only too much reason to fear that her murder was a necessary following to as great a crime : committed, against her. • Miss ' Dobie, with her-mother, were about to proceed to England, and had been on a visit to her sister, Mrs.'Goring* at the camp at Cape Egmont, where Major Goring is stationed. She had been sketching all parts of the country, and had then gone to-Parihaka, where she had been most kindly treated by Te Whiti and the natives. From telegrams received over ; night by our Christchurch morning con temporaries’we make the following ex tracts : SOME ACCOUNT’OF' MISS DOBIE. Her father was Major Herbert Mayne Dobie, of the 30th Native Infantry, Madras ; afmy. ■ He died in India, on active service. There were six childreh, three sons and three daughters, of whom she was the third and youngest. The eldest daughter is in England, and is married. The youngest brother is Herbert Dolpje, 411 officer .in the Auck land Railway Department; the eldest brother an officer in the Horse Artillery, and the second an army surgeon. All the sketches of New Zealand scenery in the London Graphic were the pro duct of Miss Dobie’s pencil. In that journal was published recently “A ride by two Auckland ladies, through the Northern district of the Colony,” illus-: trated by sketches. Miss Dobie was one of' these ladies: Miss Dobie’s mother is sister of Mr. -Frederick Locker, editor and proprietor of the. Graphic. '- Last year;; through a love of art/'' Miss ! Dobie ; arid her sister, , Mrs. Goring, took a trip to Fiji, accompanied by Herbert Dobie. 1 When in Fiji they were guests of Sir Arthur Gordon. His Excellency, when he heard the tidings of Miss Dobie’s murder, -was- much shocked and grieved, as he greatly ad mired the talent of the young lady. A few months ago a performance by some amateurs took place in the Choral Hall, Auckland, for a benevolent object, when Miss Dobie sustained the role of Lydia Languish, in Sheridan’s comedy of “The Rivals,’’.and her,.graceful imper sonation. of that difficult part .was much commended.at the time..

; . WHO DID IT? Opinion is : greatly divided in Wel lington,on the point as to whether the crime was committed by a European or a Maori. ' The township of Opunake consists of a. hotel, a ’ store,' billiard saloon,' post And telegraph office,, with one or two mere shanties; they are .situated- on either side; of the main road. : The'Opunake redoubt and camp are situated about six or seven hundred yards from the township on a bold bluff overlooking the sea. Jt is here that Miss Dobie must have been stay ing, probably as the guest of Captain Morrison, the officer in command. The telegram states that her body was found “ about two miles south of the Opunake camp.” The inference from this is that Miss Dobie did not walk'along the main road, to’ reach which she must have passed in close proximity to the township, but must have strolled along one of the numerous Maori tracks leading direct from the camp through the flax and between' the main road and the sea. If this inference is correct, then the murder rpust have taken place in close proximity to Maori whares, which are here scattered all about. If-she screamed- her cries must have been heard by the Maoris, while they could not have been heard at either the camp or the township. The question turns upon whether the murder was committed by an Armed Constabulary man, by one of the unemployed, or by a Maori. . TtyTajor Goring is, such an immense favorite with the Con stabulary, that it is: to Be feared, should the Maoris be suspected, it will be almost impossible to restrain the men from making reprisals that may pre cipitate a collision. Taking into con sideration the use ; of a knife, - and the fact that all Europeans in the district carry sheath knives, while comparatively few Maoris have them,' it would point to a European; while, on the other hand; considering the supposed locality of the crime, it would indicate a Maori. It has also to be remembered that some Maoris have obtained knives from the Constabulary, and others by way of, barter/ ! THE SCENE OF THE MURDER.

. The telegrams forwarded to the press -on the subject’’ of the murder are not sufficiently full to point to the exact locality of the scene of the murder.. A newspaper correspondent r ih ; Welling ton, well- acquainted with; the ground, ,says 'that 'much depends upon. where the crime was as the locality gives a clue ( to whether - it,-was- done by a, European'or by .He adds : From, a J personal; knowledge-of.the spot, -I f am strongly inclinedrto: believe -that if the body/'was found south of the camp,- the ! murder' wascommitted by a ; Maori; if north of the camp, by a European. My reason for arriving at this ’ conclusion is that, by going south of the camp Miss Dobie’-would get into the imrnedjuteyiciuityofscatteced;Maori jWliares-without having first to to pass through therrOpunttker - township;. Tf going! northtvafd oftlfe cam]s l’she would have to pass through the township, and -might have been observed and followed by" one or more of the blackguards flaunting that locality.?*¥he-Wellihgtdmi defectives have been communicated ■witty and they J)ave succeeded in lobtaining 'from'friends bf -the deceased a raiinute description of the watch she wore. Should this have been taken, from her (as I suspect is the case, although the police are very reticent) its discovery in the 'ffossOssidh"of-any

person will be an important'clue. It is not impossible that Detective Ben jamin, wvho, it is understood, obtained a description of the watch, will proceed to Opunake: Opinions here differ widely as to whether a. Maori or a European is the culprit, and-the excite ment in town is still very intense. WHAT WAS THE OBJECT OF THE CRIME ? A telegram from Wellington, dated noon to-day, says the body of Miss Dobie shows no signs of violation. It has to be borne in.mind, however, that there may be no thanks to the murderer for this, as the first telegram we published on the subject of the murder said the ground around where the body lay bore evidence of a des perate struggle having taken place. THE MAN STANNARD. The same Wellington telegram says, concerning - Stannard, who; has -been arrested on suspicion : —He has re sided in Hawera for the past twelve months, and. has been, engaged as a billiard-marker in one of the hotels there for some .time, and also was em ployed as a clerk to a butchering company. It is said that he arrived at Lyttelton, about, three years . ago, as m ate. of a sh i p.r ■

Agricultural and pastoral Association.

; A meeting of the Agricultural and Pas toral Association Committee was held in the Somerset Hotel yesterday afternoon. Mr. Carter occupied the chair, and there was a fair attendance of members. -

: TlieiCouhty Council wrote, making an offer of-the yards 1 -to the Association on. the terras recently agreed on <by the. County. Mr. Cox: moved: on the 'subject as follows That ; the Association should agree to pay LIOO per annum for the yards as they stand, mid. ten ■pevfcenp on any further outlay, required to be done. ”

Mr.’Passmpre seconded the -motion, which was carried, and Messrs. Carter arid Hugo Friedlarider were appointed a com mittee to complete the arrangements with the Council.

Tenders' for the ' situation Ofcaretaker were opened asjjf oil ows : —Joseph Hale, 15s. per week; John Cairncross, LI 10s.; A. Johnston,: 155.; It. A. Bean, LI 10s.; A. Cook, LI; James Foreman, 155.-; Norman, File, LI; E; Higgins, per annum, L 45; F. Thorn, L 75. Messrs.: Norman File and Hay T. Smith each offered to rent thd yards, the one Ll4spei’ 'annum and the other at L 125. The Association declined-to entertain the two latter offers, as their acceptance would be a breach of faith with the County Council.' The fol lowing motion on the; subject was finally passed: ‘.‘That all the offers for the ,office of caretaker to the yards beffeclined, and that the,.decision as to caretaker be relegated to the sub-comvnittee appointed to arrange with, the, Council : for the. rent of the yards, with the recommendation that, subject to the approval of the County, Council, this committee recom mends that the right of fees and entrance money to the yards be sold, provided it beat a profit to'.the Association, certain days to be retained, viz., the horse parade and the show days, and that -the Associa tion retain the privilege of using the ground for any show they may wish to hold, taking all gate money and fees that may accrue on those, days, with any other conditions the sub-committee may think necessary for the proper working and maintenance ofthe property.”•-• . Letters were read from.the following Mr. Harrison, on the subject of the meet ing night for treading papers,; Messrs. Shearman and Digby, regarding the award in the competition for • Mr. Shearman’s private prize for the best round, of corned beef; Mr, L. E. Oorsbie,makinga protest against the award made to ; Young Traducer, as he was not thoroughbred.. Mr. Corsbie was referred to the Society's regulations, and the ■ decisions of the judges in the other matters was upheld. . A rough balance sheet submitted by the Secretary showed a deficiency of LlO4 13s. 5d., if all prizes were claimed, but it was expected that this deficiency would ,be reduced tp a merely nominal figure. Mr. Passmore gave notice to, move to hold next Show before the Metropolitan Show.

THE STATE OF IRELAND.

• , (By Cable). i ■.London, Nov. <26. . It has transpired that at. a Cabinet Council held yesterday, fit was decided by Ministers that it is unnecessary to adopt* measures of-coercion for the suppression of the prevailing disorders in Ireland, as Government has sufficient power under existing laws to deal with the agitation. It was therefore, more over, decided That •: it. is dipti necessary: to call Parliament together in Decem ber. It is understood, however, that Ministers decided: That, ; when; Parlia ment meets in ordinary course, a Bill shall be introduced to deal with the Irish land: question;

THE IE AROHA GOLDFIELD.

(by telegraph.)

.... A' pigoorigram fronv Te ’A'roha says the township is desert ed. , There men are all out prospecting the ranges/ There are a num ber of applications to the Warden for pros pecting.areas, and claims are rapidly being taken up. There , -is a feeling, in favor of the district, and the men are satisfied with ...the prospects. Scrip shares in the Prospector^ 1 Claim are at a premium of Is. 6q.‘ Other companies are being formed. Ahl/amalgamated public meeting is to bo called to urge Government to make a road through Komata, or send a detacher) ent of ■the Armed Constabulary to protect the workmen-i bf the 'County : Gouhctli O'A. demand.has been made for a telegraph station at Te Aroha,

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1880.



An ;fri£e&ious 6b server has discovered hat theroia a remarkable resemblance be tween a baby and wheat,,, since, it is first cradled, then “thrashed,” and finally be comes th© “ flour ” of the. family.



Special Advertisements. TH E BEST VALUE FOR READY .J4ONEY IS THE MEN’S) CLOTHING (AND BOYS’) MANUFACTURED BY THE NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY, which can be purchased at their Retail Branches, now established all over New Zealand. The Garments are thoroughly shrunk. The Fit and Style are perfect. The Workmanship is equal to bespoke. The Trimmings are of superior quality and strength. The Tweeds are of the very best descrip tion. The Stock is the largest in the. Southern Hemisphere. ! The tall, short, lean, and stout can be equally well fitted. The Goods are all marked in plain figures. The ; system of business is to exchange every article that does not give satis faction. And, in addition to all these advantages, you can purchase A SINGLE GARMENT AT THE WHOLESALE PRICE’. pSr Mercery, Hats, Shirts, Ties, Scarfs, Bags, Portmanteaus, Rugs, and Blankets at Wholesale Prices. THOUSANDS OF DISCERNING. CUSTOMERS ‘ ? , Testify that the New 1 Zealand Clothing Factory’s Garments are the Very Best Value for Ready Money. Ashburton Branch : EAS T STREET. 910 WM. SPARROW, Manager.



O. Carstens & Co. (Li A.TB WESTON fij 9 PROSPECT BUILDINGS, OBACCONIST, FANCY GOODS, AND STATIONERY. Meerschaum Pipes, G.B.D. Pipes Nailrod, Twist, and Vanity Fair Tobacco i Musical Instruments, etc., etc. Haircutting, Shaving and Shampooing. EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. 520* DO you Want th,e News of the Day. Read the Ashburton Guardian Price, One Penny. MR. CAYGILL, of Walker street, Christchurch, is AUTHORISED to CANVASS for Advertisements for The Ashburton Guardian. METHVEN AGENCY. MORGAN and HIBBS, General Store keepers, Methven, are authorised agents for the Ashburton Guardian. Subscribers will please get their papers from the agents in future. Orders en trusted to them will receive prompt attention. ...



'Real Ijaziness.— The last r piece , ef rustic laziness encountered by out of town correspondents- |s; of the |nai\, ;w,ho being asked what ailed his eye, answered, *'* N'othih ? I shiit it cds I can'-see • well ■enough with onp.; Sometimes I shut Sohei, sometimes t’other,” ./r-j;: ;;i.



The Akrivat, op the Goveenoh,— Sunday hours will be observed, 'at;;the; Wellington, Telegraph Station on Monday next, the 29th instant, in honor of the arrival of his Excellency the Governor, A staff will be in attendance for ’trans 1 mitting through work.; . .<r , : , ;; ' ■* ' 1 ' iiiTwrMrirTiraßaaßßMiiiini mi in liiriii ;i /. Barristers,;,Solicitors, &c. , ;



jgARRISTER AND SOLICITOR, Saunders 1 - Buildings,. . 4-aliburton., 393



Branson &: Purnell; ; >^jjSb|ICITORS, EAST STREET. - . , 394 Tenders wanted for additions to HOUSE (labor only). Plan and ’specificated! L t;iV be seen at Mr. Hayes’ Office, East street, where tenders will be received, up., to noon ; .on THURSDAY NEXT/2iid C i Sli 6SS



Wanted. WANTED— A good strong YOUTH, as light laborer in a Brickyard. Apply, W. C. Davis, Bricklayer, East street. 635 WANTED, a 15 years generally useful, paper. respectable GIRL, 14 or of age, to make '•herself Apply, Office of’this 622 WANTED KNOWN, That HENRY’S PORTRAIT ROOMS, Saunders’ Buildings, ...East street, Ashburton, are open DAILY, from 9 a.m. till 5 p.m. Portraits taken in any weather. Great Reduction in Price. 606 WANTED KNOWN. SOMERSET LIVERY AND BAIT STABLES. JW. M‘RAE begs to inform the , public that he has taken the above Stables from Mr. . Bossenberg, and is making extensive repairs.' Buggies and saddle horses on hire. Lowest prices and best: attention. ; - ' " ' 908c—286g WANTED KNOWN —Just arrived from England—Christmas, New Year, and Birthday Cards. New Zealand Illustrated Annual, Young Ladies’Jour-: hal, and Bow Bells, Is. 6d. each. Family Herald and Family Reader, Is. each, and all other Magazines supplied at Christ church Prices. Colonial and European Newspapers, School Books, Stationery, &c. A visit solicited. L. F. Andrewes, East street, near Lancaster’s Butchery. 527 ANTED— KNOWN—Tliat Visiting- W Cards, plain or mourning, can be obtained printed in various: styles, >at the : “ Guardiah opposite the Railway Station; - V'T" ;: - r ; ■ ’ '



r :.,,; Lost 'l " A *: LOST. \ STRAWBERRY and WHITE COW. /\r; Binder will be rewarded on return- • in" same to- - •••' 629 SAUNDERS BROTHERS. LOST, Stolen, or Strayed, A Chestnut HORSE, three years old. Has a long scar on near hind leg ; had on a leather collar strap, with long tether rope attached. Last seen- in the direction of the. Reich r6ad.-^Any' person bringing him to the Office of this paper will be Rewarded; < ! £1 Reward. LOST' ’ frdth Wakanui, on Monday, November Ist, One' Chestnut HACK, branded HD on ; the left shoulder, with hollow back. . -Last' seen; in the direction Of Barrhill.—Anyone returning him .to FbiejoXiANder Bros.; will receive the above Reward. ~ 487



Found. FOUND— An UMBRELLA. Owner : can have the same on giving' de- and ipayihg- for 1 this advertise - ment. Apply Office of this Paper. - 637' Public Notices. MPORTANT TO FARMERS. Osborne Harvesting ' : Machinery. ■ .... Osborne .Harvester and Binder, to bind ‘ with both string and wire, price L7O. ■ i Ditto ditto, ‘ with iron road wheel, u • and; : patent lifting apparatus, ■ : price L7o. String attachments to fit on old wire Binders, price L 6 10s. N.B. —No charge for fitting if sent to pur store. ’ : T’-.-'i-: 1 : ='’- Osborne No. 6 Side Delivery Reapers , and Mowers. 7 < ■ j ; Osborne No. 6 Tilter or Back Delivery Reapers and Mowers. Osborne No. 5 Mowers. EXTRAS, FOR ALL THEi ABOVE ! - ; MACHINES KEPT IN STOCK. Sole Agents in New Zealand— . 7 .ROBERT "WILKIN & CO.; New Zealand Wool Stores, ‘<524 Christchurch. J



McDougalFs Carbolic Sheep Bip IS the Best and Safest: in : the Market. ; A true specific for Scab, instantly destroying Ticks, Lice, and all Insects, effectually cleansing and stimulating the growth of the Fleece. . . | Sold in' 101 b. and 20lb. tins, and 501 b. kegs, by - v :Pi, ,;'o r - ROBERT WILKIN & CO., .x New Zealand Wool Stores, 627 Christchurch. Agricultural Liens. THE Undersigned are open to receive applications for CASH ADVANCES on Growing Crops. ,610 P. CUNNINGHAM & GO. Wool Season, 1880-1881. THEUndersigned are prepared to make : LIBERAL CASH . ADVANCES (Free of Commission) oh all WOOL, placed in their hands for SALE in the London or; Continental Markets.- We are offering special inducements to shippers .of wool to our London Agents,■ having made arrangements whereby.. the. wool will receive such an amount of attention prior to sale that farmers can calculate upotu exceptionally good prices being procured.. ' . ; Insurances oh Clip can' be effectfed from Bpeep’s back to London. Woolpacka supplied at n\ost reasonable prices. ; ‘f'f. For further particulars Apply to ' P. CUNNINGHAM & CO. ’ ; 611 Christchurch. [card.] Theodore b. jacobsen and •U; peez, ■ { : AJRHiH PTHrt^iS,-’ -'1 • • Note office— HEREFORD STREET* WEST, Christchurch. 571



i; MALCOLM,, after Ist December next)'to SELL MILK at 3d. PER QUART till further notice. ‘ 673 GUARDIAN is on every Tea Table in Ashburton. ... ■\T7TASTE PAPER for Sale, 3d. per b W i - ;J at the Guardian Office



Por Sale. FOR SALE, BY TENDER. mHE GOODWILL and PLANT of a J. first-class LIYERY STABLE, to gether with a Line of Royal Mail Coaches in full running order. Tenders are invited for the purchase of a Coaching and Livery Business, carrying the Royal Mails between the Oraii Rail way and-the Waihi Bush, via Geraldine, together with all necessary plant, includ ing Two Coaches, capable , of , cairying riJ twehty-five passengers each ; Double and Single Buggies, Brake*/ Twelve Horses, Harness, &c. ' ‘ There is an opening for an- man, seldom to be met with. -Tlmbusir ness has been establish ed five years, .and has been, and is, steadily increasing. r , Satisfactory reasons given ifor disposal Tenders to close at NOON on DECEM-. BER 31st, 1880, to be endorsed “ Tenders for Coaching Business,” and forwarded to. _ the: undersigned, from whom all particu- ij lars may be obtained. .. POYNTZ & CO., Ashburton j_ ■■ ■ Or, KENNEDY & GARTER, ■=' 4 - Proprietors, G2B - : Geraldine. Poyntz & Co, H AYE FOR SALE, on advantageous i and easy terms of payment, the- 1 following TOWN AND SUBURBAN . ‘ ■ A good five-roomed House, on quarter acre of, land,, within tliree -or-four - chains of the East Town. Belt.-;, 1 A compact tqur-roomed with t cne here of land,* well fenced. Three - / -.quarters of/an acredaid^dowuiasr.a'g* 1 ■ paddock. ■ Jl. A nice; four-roomed House. ;on hals|sca:A of land, near the. Gas Works, well t finished throughout. r - - Town Sections, 742,- 743, '46», '466/ "467. ‘ Town Section 711, upon which is erected ■ a with every convenience.' A two-roomed with? ontbuild *( ; ings, on a quarter acre, well fenced and planted, on N. E,-. Belt.. MONEY for investment, on approved security, in sums of £SO and' upwards, at current rates : . ■■■ 595



FOR SALE OR HIRE—One chimney " .> Sweeping, Machine, with , extra*. < Rods 80£fc. : Quality ' Apply -‘‘ :for address A. 8., office of this paper. 605 ■ : i cbriiriiita&dns^ * * :: H, FRIEDLANDER’S COESULTA ■ TION, No. 1, , CHAMPION RACE, To be run for in Melbourne on January 1, 1881. • FORTYtNINE NOMINATION^. p 1000 SUBSCRIBERS, AT 10s. EACH. First Prize -/,v £l4O j Second Prize ... ... 105 [I : Third Prize . .75 V-All net.., „ StartersJ(diyided). J .65 ' . Non-starters (divided) ... Co j In forwarding cheques,, please add ex change. , , - Two stamps needed, one’fdr reply and } .. one for result. To be drawn as soon as filled., , Address— ; H. FRIEDLAND El, Tobacconist, , P.O. Box 117, Timabu. .548 - J. L. FLEMING’S GrRAND CoNSULriTION, No. 2, ON THE • . • . •, r LOWER 1 HEATHCOTE CUP, To be run Dec, 27, 1880. 1000 Subscribers at 10s. each. First horse , A '£l4o Second do. ... ... ... 90 Third do. ... ... ... 50 Starters and non-starters (divided) 220 It cheques , are sent,- exchange must bo added and stamps 1 for reply and result. J. L. FLEMING,. Auctioneer, See,., Christchurch. N.B.—Note the address. 612 J/. L. ; FLEMING’S , f.. Gtßand Consultation, No. 3, ON THE DUNEDIN CUP, 1881. 3,000 Subscribers, at £1 each. Firsthorae .... - ...-£760-- - Second do. . .„ .-500;,;'; Third do. ... ... . .V. '250 ’.- .... Other Starters (divided) ... 500 Non-starters (divided) ' n ’... 1000 * If cheques are sent,-exchange must be. r added aha stamps for reply and result. ' J. L. FLEMING, Auctioneer, &c.. High street. Triangle,. - T » Christchurch; N. B.—Note change of address/ * ■ : 613" '<' •• c O.N S U L T A T lON N o. I on DUNEDIN CUP, 1881,// STAR PROBLEM. . , 2,000 MEMBERS AT £l. ' First ... .... ..._£Boo Second ... '4OO Third .-20p-v.v.A 5 Starters .;. ... ... 250 Non-Starters _ 350 Total ... ...£2,000 39 Nominations. " ~ Address—STAß* PROBLEM'^— ™ Oar© of 0. J. HARRIS, , Star and-Gatler’Hoiel, . Or, 80x10,JP.0.,, Oamarm itv No.' 2 Consultation will - be opened ini- ” mediately after No. 1' closes... , ( . £SO PRIZE. 1. A Special. Prize of £SO .wiU! : bp awarded to any correspondent who Firjst ~ places the first three hoiraea in thext* : tive positionsin the'Cup. • : 11 J 1 'vv’’ ’ 2. Letters received each day wiU lih kept distinct, and opened after the/t&ce, 1 ' , in order of priority, as received,,rihiM win-:' i ner is found; ' ’ 41 !•! 3. If the horses he correctly placed By more than one person-oh’the same : such persons to divide prize.. Each letlerp,/,*’ must' have* a j 2d.stamp' enclosed,; 1 or - not" '.V eligible for competition. from November 22nd, - 1880/- td Febfuaty 1 * ; ; 23rd, 1881, inclusive. ... t t . ) 4. 'A' Committee of five to superintend'/ their decision to be final. .i'.- Address—D, O. PRIZE, - '*• ” Care of 0. J. HARRIS, 1 1 _ Star arid Garter Hotels : v J:’/' - ■602. ’ Or) BdxTO/p.U.) Camara. 1 /. ; ALL-DEBTS due’ to . AsHßpßi’oy ' t Herabp ahd' 6nARBiAN “ bhsinesa must be Paid to'Mr. r S/ E./P6’n^//on./ : ’ behalf of the Assignees/ at' the Office, East Street,' Ashburton, and‘his) 1 receipt alone wUlbp a sufficient - discharge.’ 0 ... - - - —. s: sAUNDEEsr ■=“ = ‘. -For Self and' Co-Assignees, - ; - CASH RECEIPTS .Printed ‘at ... Guardian” office. 1