SHIPPING.

PORT OF LYTTELTON. Arrived. Yesterday. Spec, schooner, from Wellington. To-day. Tairoa, s.s., from Dunedin. Ringarooma, s.s., from Sydney, via Northern Ports. Sailed. Yesterday. Ester, brigantine, for Pelorous Sound. Ada C. Owen, brigantine, for Kaipara. Penguin, ■s.s.-, for Wellington, East Coast Ports, and Auckland. , To-day. Ringarooma, s.s., for Melbourne," via the South. Taiaroa, s.s., for Manukau and way •ports. ' SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. ■ i Auckland, Yesterday. Arrived--Olyde, 5.3., from Napier. . Wellington, Yesterday. Arrived—Kiwi and Go-Ahead, from Napier and Castle Point. Sailed—Wanaka,for Picton and Nelson; Oreti, for Wanganui, New Plymouth and Mahukau. . Timaru, Yesterday. Arrived—Aliza M‘Phce,from Dunedin; Enterprise, from Lyttelton. Port Chalmers, Yesterday. Arrived—Stella, C.G.s., from Welling ton. Sydney, Nov. 22. Arrived —Wakatipu, s.s., from Welling ton. Brisbane, Nov. 22. ■ The Norseman has been wrecked. She is insured in the National Insurance Com pany of New Zealand, the South British Company, and New Zealand Company, for LSOO in each.

MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close at the Ashburton Post Office, as follows : For Christchurch and North at 5.30 a. m. 10 a.m., and 5 p.m., daily. For Chertsey Rakaia, &c., at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily. For Dunedin, Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, •Doldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine, at 10 a. m. daily. For Temuka, at 6 a. m. and 10 a. m., daily. For Timaru and-South, at G a.m., 10 Am., and 420 p.m., daily. For Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge, on Tuesdays and Fridays, at 10.30 a m. For Ashton, Waterton and Longbeach, at 430 p.m. daily. For Wakanui, Elgin, and Seafield, on Tuesdays and Fridays, at 6 a.m.

Mails arrive at the Ashburton Post Office — : From Christchurch and Rakaia at 10.25 a.m., 435 p.m., and 7.50 p.m. From Chertsey, &c. at 10.25 a.m. daily. From Dunedin and intermediate places at 5.35 p.m. daily. Frem Temuka and Timaru at 10.15 a.m. 5.35 p.m., and 8.15 p.m. daily. From Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 3 p.m. From Ashton, Waterton, and Long beach at 10 a. in. daily. From Wakanui, Elgin, and Seafield on Tuesday's and Fridays at 2.30 p.m. W. St. G. Douglas, Postmaster.

DAILY MEMORANDA.

MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS, &c.

To-Night, Tuesday, November 23. Public meeting, re railway tariff, Town

Hall, 7.30 p.m. St. John’s Lodge, Emergency. Meeting, in the Somerset Hall at 7.30 Amateur Dramatic Club, Meeting of Members..

To-morrow, Wednesday, November 24. County Council, at the County Council Chambers, at 11 o’clock. Monday, November 29. Mount Somers Road Board, Monthly

Meeting. Borough Council, at Borough Council Chambers, at 7 o’clock. Tuesday, November 30. Masonic Ball, in the Town Hall, to com mence at 8.30.

Wednesday, December 8. Local Industries Association, Monthly Meeting. !

TRAVELLERS’ GUIDE.

Trains Leave Ashburton for Christ church and intermediate stations at 0 a.m., 10.30 a.m., and (Express) 5.48 p.m. Trains Leave Ashburton for Timaru and South, at 7 a.m., 10.3 G a.m. (Ex press), and 4.50 p.m. —the latter pro ceeding no farther than Timaru. Trains Arrive at Ashburton from Christchurch at 10 24 a. m. (Express), 4.35p.m., and 7.50 p.m. Trains Arrive at Ashburton from Timaru and South at 10.15 a. m., 5.34 p.m. (Express), and 8.15 p.m.

TOWN EDITION. [lssued at 5 p.m.] The Ashburton Guardian. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1880. The Tariff Meeting To-Night.

To-night there will be held in the Town Hall a meeting, which ought to be of the utmost importance to every resident in the township and settler in the country. The purpose of the meeting is to protest against the ano malies of the railway tariff as it now exists, and has existed for several weeks, and to take what steps may be con sidered necessary to urge at least a re-adjustment, if not a relaxation, upon the Government.. Iln a previous issue we published the correspondence on the subject of the tariff that had taken place between the Committee of the County Council appointed for the pur pose of considering and reporting on the tariff, and the general manager of ihe railways. The manager may be looked upon as simply the mouthpiece of the Government, and his letter, though it expresses the usual conven tional willingness to consider the matter generally, evinces an apparently firm hostility to any change in the rates as regards the carriage of grain. This is the article in which we in this dis trict are most deeply interested, and anything calculated to reduce the already small return the farmer receives from his grain ought to be firmly with stood. There is a possibility of riding a horse to death, and though we are perfectly willing to recognise the neces sity for saving money in every depart ment of the public' service, and of increasing the income of these depart ments with a view to make the the public estate of the colony remuner ative, we are equally alive to the possibility of the traffic on the railways being injured by an enormous and un equal traffic, and the settlers using the lines being subjected to the paying of rates that may reriously interfere with their prosperity. The matter of the tariff is already in the hands of the County Council, and will doubtless be ably handled; but the tariff is one which affects every man in the district, and ought to be made essentially a people’s question. ; We care not who the Government in office may be, nor to what party it may _ belong, there is nothing so powerful in its effect on the minds of Ministers as a unitedly hostile public opinion. So far as the County of Ashburton is concerned that opinion is united and hostile, and the same may be said of every district affected by the railways. The step taken by the Mayor in calling the public meeting to be held to-night, is a step in the right direction, and it is every man’s duty to attend, and by his

countenance of the proceedings and his vote for the resolutions, express his dissatisfaction witli the tariff that now regulates the carriage, charges by rail way. Already many large customers of the public lines in the colony have set about making arrangements for making use of Cartage instead of railway carriage, and have done so because they find that fro'm actual experience it will pay better to do without the luxury of the railway.

Fire at Kaiafoi.— A fire occurred at the Kaiapoi Woollen Factory last night, destroying a shed and about L3OO worth of, goods.

R. M. Court. —There were no police cases set down for hearing at the Court this morning, and the only civil case on the sheet —Nealas v. Struthers, claim, L 3 6s.—in which Mr. Ireland appeared for defendant, was adjourned, on the appli cation of Mr. Branson, until Friday next.

Window Smashing in Christchurch. —Dozens of cases of window smashing have recently occurred in Christchurch. Last night two young men, John Hobber field and William Smith, were caught in the act, and were this morning ordered to pay Lll 15s. A Warning. —Pulitere Ahuno'co, an intelligent Maori chief, in a letter to the Poverty Bay Herald, warns fie Euro peans that Te Kooti is inviting nitives to visit him under the pretence of curing their ailments, but the real object that Te Kooti has in view is to cause an insur rection among the natives against .the Europeans. County Council. —The usual meeting of the County Council will be held to morrow, in accordance with a resolution passed last month. A special meeting requires to be held annually to elect a 0 lairman, and it was decided to hold both ordinary andfspecial meetuigs on one day, to save summoning the Council twice. At this meeting the Chairman will he elected, and amongst the ordinary busi ness will be consideration of the Tariff Committee’s report. A Hint to Government. —Owing to the Albury line, which already extends twenty-five miles inland, not being ex tended to Fairlie Creek, thirteen miles further, the majority of the runholders and farmers in the Mackenzie country have decided to cart their wool direct into Timarn. The formation of the extension, with the exception of one cutting, was completed some time ago. It is estimated that 13,000 bales of wool will come from this district during the forthcoming season. The Albury line, so far, has been the best paying line in the colony.

A Growl from New Plymouth.—- If we can gather anything from this para graph, sent by the Press Association agent to the newspapers of the colony, it is that the Department is making the New Ply mouth line a sort of sick stable for the colony’s iron horses ; There was a regular mess with the trains on Saturday, through two out of the three engines breaking down. The passengers from Stratford did not get into town till mid night. The men were engaged all Sunday repairing engines. The continuous repairs to worn-out engines adds to the expense of the line considerably.

Ministers in Trouble. —The Hons. Bryce and Rolleston had a narrow escape from being killed on Sunday, whilst being driven from the camp co Opunaki in the A. C express. On descending the hill before coming to the Waitatu river the break gave way, and the express went down the Bill with a run into the river. Mr. Rolleston was thrown amongst the horses, and Mr. Bryce got somehow under the trap into the water Fortunately the gentlemen were not injured, and finding that the spokes of the wheels were broken Messrs. Rolleston and Bryce procured horses from the camp and proceeded on their journey.

A Modkl Farmer. — A certain mechanic in one of tlie up-country districts recently took it into his head that he was intended by nature for a farmer. He purchased some land and proceeded to stock it. One of the cows which he procured soon mani fested symptoms which were strange to this would-be feeder of beasts. Visions of pleuro-pneumonia passed through his mind, and rather than lose his herd he determined on extreme measures. Rush ing into the house he got his gun and deliberately shot the beast. His disgust may be imagined, when in its death-throes the cow brought forth a fine calf.

Rats. —Paris is terribly overrun with rats, and they are made use of to “ clean” the bones of dead horses, which are thrown for the purpose into a common pound, where thousands of rats arc kept. Every now and then there is a grand battue, and vast numbers of rats are killed, and a very considerable amount is realised by the dead bodies, which are a marketable commodity, the fur being used by hatters, whilst the skins are used in the making of thumbs for gloves—such thumbs being tougher and more elastic than kid. The black and brown rats live together in Paris, in perfect amity, their offspring being a parti-color. .

The Weather. —The continued dry weather is beginning to make itself felt a little on the crops in the lighter districts of the county, which bear evidence that a shower would be welcome. The crops, however, have not lost altogether that healthy green which is so pleasing to the farmer, and if rain comes soon everybody will be rejoicing. The hard sky docs not, to be sure, look very promising of moisture,-blit the tenacious vitality of our vegetation can afford to hold out for a good while yet, waiting the clerk of the weather’s pleasure to give us a few drops. The closing paragraph of each budget of telegrams from the south seems to be on the hot weather and want of rain, so that we are not alone in our desire for moisture.

Bush Fires at Alford Forest.—On Sunday last the Alford Forest district was visited with a bush fire, which has done a considerable lot of damage. There were three distinct fires burning, but the largest one was on the south side of Taylor s stream. It started near the Company’s bush and as a strong north-west wind was blowing, it made rapid head-way through Messrs. NY. and D. Clifton’s bush Messrs. Clifton’s houses were fortunately saved by the exertions of the neighbors and a plentiful supply of water. Adjoin ing this was a large block of green timber, which put a check on the fire for some time, but eventually the sparks were carried for several chains from the tops of the dead standing trees into an adjoining section of Mr. J. Bowe. A considerable lot of timber ready for market was on this section, and on account of there being a number of dry tops Tying about every stick was consumed. This will be a con siderable loss fo Mr. Bowe. His house also had a very narrow escape ; in fact, at ope time it seemed almost impossible to save it. All the furniture was removed to another house some distance away, and the roof of the building covered with sacks and completely drenched with with water. The fire is still burning, and there is no saying when or where it will end. Another fire spr.nng up near Mr. Tisch’s bush, between the North Ashbur ton and; Taylor’s stream, and this one has been burning several days. These fires not only destroy the bush timber, but also kill thegrowing trees; and as this is the only bush in the Ashburton County it will bo very much missed by generations in years to come.

CABLE NEWS.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

(Per Keider's Agency,] The Araby Maid. London, Noy. 21. The Araby Maid is badly strained. -It is expected that most of her cargo will be saved, but the extent of salvage will de pend on the weather. Healed Up. Nov. 22. Owing to the influence of the Right Hon. Mr. Gladstone, the. Cabinet is again reunited, and therefore it is not expected that a winter session of Parliament will be held. That Blessed Country. - Five arrests have been made at Lough rea, in Ireland, for attempts at reinstating a tenant. Dead- Obituary.—Field Marshal Sir Charles Yorke, Constable ofjhe Tower of London, and the Right Hon. Sir Alexander Cock burn, Lord Chief Justice of England. Worse Luck. Paris, Nov. 20. The port of Cherbourg, which suffered severely last month from heavy floods, has been again visited by a serious storm, which has done considerable damage to the town and the surrounding districts.

AUSTRALIAN.

(Per Reuter's Agency. ) The N-S.W. Elections. Sydney, Nov. 22,

At present the elections have resulted in a number, of new members being elected by small majorities; Sir’ H. Park.es, the Premier, has been elected for East Sydney by a small majority. . The Green Wallops the Orange- Sydney, To-day.

In the election for West Sydney,.which took place yesterday, David Buchanan, the well known politician, was rejected, and D. O’Connor was elected, despite the extreme measures adopted by the Grange men to secure the latter’s rejection, as a ip.easure of reprisal for Sir Henry Parkes’ low poll at East Sydney. The Tomahawks at Work Again. Brisbane, .To-day.

News has been received that the captain and crew of the Annie Brooks were mur dered in September by the Natives of New Stone Island, and that a party of French naturalists were also massacred last month by the natives of Moresby Island.

Death of a Judge from a Carbuncle. Melbourne, To-day;

The death is announced to-day of Sir Redmond Barry, one of the Puisne judges of Victoria, aged 62. Deceased had suffered for some time from a carbuncle, which was the cause of his death. Mr. Berry’s Reform Bill.

It is expected that the discussion ol Mr. Berry’s Reform Bill will be com menced in the Assembly to-night.

NEW ZEALAND

(Per Press Association.) No Sign of the Governor. ' Auckland, To-day. There is yet ho sign of the H.M. S. Danae.

Cole’s Circus

Hundreds were turned away from Cole’s circus last night. It leaves for Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, per the llotomahana, on Friday.

Must Keep Her.; Timaru, To-day.

Some astonishing revelations were made in a case, Bassett v. Bassett, heard before the Resident Magistrate to-day. The de fendant, who was formerly a boarding house-keeper, objected to contribute to the maintenance of his wife, from whom he now lives apart, on the ground th:.t early one morning he found a lodger named Hay totally undressed under his wife’s bed in her bedroom, The Mag's trate held that, even if a wife acts in an nnwifely manner, her husband.must assist in supporting.her, and made an order for 10s; per week. ,

The Annual Love Feast. Dunedin, To-day.

An amount of personal feeling is in dulged in in the present Mayoral confost, that has never been equalled in Dunedin before. The election promises to be a very close and exciting one. The Southland Jockey Club. Invercargill, To-day. A meeting of the committee of the Southland Jockey Club resolved to hold the annual'graces on the 3rd and 4th March next, the week after the Dunedin Autumn: Meeting. . The total stakes amount to about LGoo—a considerable in crease on Mst ytgr. .The Cup. will be 150 sovs. Blank Cartridge. • A Volunteer -Review, for the local forces only, is \/> be held on Boxing Day.

THE TE AROHA RUSH.

Fresh Discoveries of the Precious .. Metal.

The Fever Set iu Badly.

Lively Sbenes Expected. (by telegraph.) Tb Auoha, To-day

: Gold has been discovered in three other claims on the line of reef, and 900 miners’ rights have already been issued.

Gbaham.stown, To-day

There has been great excitement about the Te Aroha goldfields, and a large number of miners are leaving here to be present at the opening on Thursday. About 400 are now on the ground, and 120 went up by the steamer this morning.

A quarter share in the prospectors’ claim sold yesterday for LBO. At a meefc of the owners of the prospectors’ claim, held here last night, it was decided to form a company of 12,000 shares at LI each, and place 0000 shares in the market, at 7s. od. per share, 6s. to go to the pro moters and Is. Gd. to the credit of the company. 2000 shares were allotted to the Thames and 400 to Auckland and the Waikato. Immediately after the meeting the Thames shares went, off like wildfire, all being taken up last night, with the exception of 75. Lively scenes arc expected on the open ing day. . '

Ashburton Gas Company.

♦ : At the annual meeting, in the-Libravy, ■ yesterday, of the shareholders of -the Gas Company, Mr. T. Bullock, chairman, pre sided, and : the following- ■ report and balance-sheet were laid before the meet ing ; - ■‘ Your directors have pleasure in sub mitting their second annual report and balance-sheet of the Company, and are enabled to congratulate the shareholders on the satisfactory result of the opera tions during the past year. Your direc tors thought it advisable to reduce the price of gas, and this has had the effect of increasing the consumption, and. also the number of consumers. Three new re torts were required for the works, which have been obtained, and are now in use. A mile of three-inch mains and three retorts wore ordered from England, and are now in stock ; and your directors, trust these will be required during; the course of next winter. 'The profit and loss account shows a, credit, balance of L 448 14s. Id. Out of this your directors recommend that a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent, per annum be declared on all paid-up shares, which will absorb L 371 9s. 3d., leaving a balance to be carried forward of LC7 4s. lOd. Three of your directors retire by rotation, viz. ■ —Messrs. Bullock,' Fricdlandet, and Quill. _ They are eligible for re-election. It .will be necessary to elect auditors in place of Messrs. Jameson and Zoucb, who retire in terms of Articles of but are also eligible for re-election.. Thojias Bullock, Chairman. Ashburton, 20th November, 18S0. ” Balance -Sheet far . the year ending

balance brought down ...£448 14 I J. Ward, Secretary. Wc have examined the hooks and vouchers of the company, and certify that this balance sheet is correct. Georgk Jameson I Auditors. W. 11. Zouch 1 The Chairman moved the adoption of the report. He said that the hope he had expressed at the meeting in July that a dividend would be declared at this meet ing, and a favorable report presented, had borne fruit, and a dividend cf seven per cent, per annum was now recommended. He had no doubt this -would be pleasing to the shareholders, especially when there were considered the depressed times that had been experienced during the Com pany’s existence, and the, large first ex pense it had borne. Since last meeting an additional mile’s length of main pipes had been received from the old country, and the retorts at the works had been renewed. A reduction in the price of gas had also taken place with good results aS to increase of consumers and consump tion. The price was now 18s. 4d. per thousand feet, and 17s Od. for consumers of over ten thousand. Regarding the w'orks, everything was in a satisfactory state, thanks co an efficient manager, who had been careful to readily attend to every complaint by the public, and to be conservative of the Gas Company’s interest. Mr. Bullock passed a com pliment to the Secretary for the excellent state of his accounts and books, and then intimated that three directors : fell to be elected on that day, in place of Messrs. Friodlander, Quill, and himself, who were eligible for re-election. . Mr. E. G. Wright seconded the tion of the report. He thought the posi tion the Company occupied was eminently Satisfactory considering its and the times. The first dividend of the Christchurch Company was about the same as that now recommended by the directors of the Ashburton Company, and. if the success o f the Christchurch institution was any criterion, then the Ashburton Company had a good future before it. In reply to Mr. Wright, the. Chairman said that the Company began with 13 consumers, who increased to .45 in September of last year, but had now reached the number of 80. The, Secretary tendered the further information that the Company now supplied 20 public lamps. The Chairman went 011 to'say that Grey mouth coal was used, 30 tons of a con tract for 200 tons with Mr. Turner had yet to be delivered. Mr. Turner’s was the lowest tender.

Mr. Wright said Westport coal, the suitability of winch for gas purposes was being tested by many companies In the colony, was advertised in Lyttelton at 255. per ton. It would be well to watch the results of these tests, and keep the coal in view.

The report and balance sheet were then adopted, the retiring directors re-elected, as also the auditors. Mr. John Orr drew attention to the heavy interest paid on the Company’s overdraft—ten per cent. It appeared strange to him that the Company should pay a dividend, and yet keep on an over draft at ten per cent, interest. The Chairman was alive to the fact that the rate of interest was too heavy, but the directors intended either to reduce the overdraft or call up’more capital. It was not out of place to declare a dividend in their circumstances, as the same thing was done by other, companies, arid by the Banks,: but it was not the intention to continue an overdraft longer than they could help. . V Mr. Ward thought it would be better to call up more capital thaii to pay the high rate of interest they were now doing. The usual votes of thanks having been passed,-the meeting separated.

Resident Magistrate’s Court.

TEMUKA. —Monday, November 22.

(Before Mr. Nugent Wood, R. M.) ASSAULT. Emma- Dixon v. Mary Phelp.— Mr. Hammersley for defendant. This was one of those frequent neighbors’ quarrels, and arose out of a disagreement between the children of both families. Case dismissed, each party to pay her own costs. DRUNK. John Keenan, for this offence, was fined 10s. and costs. ~ CIVIL OASES. K.-F. Grey v. H. D. M‘Pherson. — Claiift, L 33 10s. Mr. Austin for plaintiff. Judgment was given for the amount--by - default with costs and solicitor’s fee. C. Storey v. D. Martin.—rL6 lUs. 4d. Judgment by default. Temuka Road Board v. D. Lynch.— Claim L 3. Judgment by, default/ ■ G. Rankin v. D. Young.—Claim Ll 4 2s. 3d. Mr, Hammersley for plaintiff, and Mr. White for defendant. Plaintiff nonsuited with costs. I. Liston v. Roberts (native). —Claim LI Os. 9d. on judgment summons. Amount to be paid in one month, or four teen days imprisonment. Same v. Hapi (native);—Claim L2 10s. . 4d. To. be paid in one month, or seven days’ imprisonment.; A. Russell v. Eagleston.—L9 9s. Dis missed. Same v. Carter. —LG -13 s. lOd. Dis missed. W. Gregory v. I. Morris. —Claim L 32 14s. 6d. Adjourned for two months. Jones u Hunt, a judgment'summons from Geraldine. Defendant, ordered to pay L2 per month, or in default of any one payment one month’s imprisonment. G. Fox v. same. In this case the same order was made as above. A number of cases brought by Temuka Road Board, for the recovery of rates, were settled out of Court., The Court adjourned until Monday next.

A Golden Newspaper.

' An American contemporary, the San Francisco Call, may justly be considered a “valuable medium” by its readers. For months past its subscribers have been gathering gold from its images—not meta phorically, or as the result of prudent adoption of wise counsel therein contained, but actual solid bullion! One correspon dent writes as follows :—“ I had observed previous to last February that the Call, often contained golden nuggets, but from the (Jth of that month to the end it was rare to have a number without its golden show. . From the paper of the Gth I took lifiy-six pieces of gold, the thickness of the Call, and varying in size from that of a small pin head to nearly the size of a three cent piece. I think I have. more than a hundred pieces of gold taken from the paper that month. All left a hole when removed, as the thin film of paper on the inside was rendered brittle by the hard pressure which the calender rolls, gave as they flattened out the golden de posits. In addition to the gold I got platinum, silver, iron, tin, and some lead. ” The editor was altogether unconscious of the presence of these mineral treasures in his journal, but found, after inquiry, that his papermaker was responsible for this introduction. In the manufacture of the paper pulp water was used that had been passed through a flume in which miners had washed dirt, containing all kinds of precious metals. The gold is what is known ns “float gold,” and escapes the miners, who still follow the primitive methods of washing. Some of the water used is taken from artesian wells. The manufacturers had often noticed a sub stance that glistened in the water, but they supposed it to be mica, as the wells were bored through mica deposits.

Dreadful Affair.

The Tasmanian Mail states : A horrible accident took place on October 4. at Risby’s saw mills, Hobart Town, by which a lad named Frank Munn, about 1G years of age, lost his life, under circum stances of so sudden and painful descrip tion as to cause a feeling of horror to spread through the whole of the com munity. The deceased was employed as carpenter’s assistant, and was, during the morning carrying boards for the planing and moulding machine, a work which he completed. , The carpenter had been called away, and it is supposed that the ■deceased then commenced to inspect a new grindstone, which had only been erected the Friday previous, and being novel, was an object of curiosity to those employed on the establishment. Being unused to it, he allowed the belt by which it was to be conne xted with the shaft below, to fall through. He was seen be low', by another boy, trying to restore the belt to its proper place,, and was w'arned that he was in a dangerous, position, and that the bolt : would flick his eye out. Shortly afterwards his body was seen by the foreman to be whirling round the main shaft, and on the engine being at once stopped, life was found to be extinct, the body being fearfully re angled. Both legs were found to have been roughly amputated about the knee by knocking alternately against the ceiling above and a fence below the shaft, the arms broken, and the body generally fearfully bruised and -crushed.. It is -supposed that, in trying to disentangle the belt, his hand got caught in the bite of the belt on the

shaft, and being unable to extricate it, the unfortunate lad was whirled aloft, death being, in all probability instantaneous from the shock and the dreadful character of the injuries. The boards on the fence were all torn away by the beating of the legs of the deceased against them, and are all blood-stained, as are also those in the ceiling. ; ‘

The Scot Abroad.

It is a ..Scotch proverb that “ A Scotsman, a crow, and a ; Newcastle grindstone travel a’ the world over,” The Scotch, very singularly, are far less insular than the English ; it . is said they differ less from the general type of Europeans; they adapt themselves more to the habits and modes of thought of other nations; it is said, and that,on the Continent, they mark themselves far less strongly, and. con form to foreign ways more easily and naturally than the English. It is far more usual to meet with a continental is'ed Scotchman than a contientalised Englishman. A story was told dur ing the Crimean war of the disap pointment of an Englishman who went out to the East as an interpreter, arid whose ruling passion was a hatred of everything Scotch ; but strolling through the camp with a Turkish officer, and abusing the Scotch:to. his heart’s con tent, to his astonishment Hassan Bey, the Turk, broke out, “111 tell ye what, ma ;mon,, gin ye daur lowsc. yere tongue upon my country like that, I’ll gie ye a cloot on the lug that’ll mak it lingle fra this till Holiowe’en !” The thunderstruck Englishman stammered out,- “Why, mylgood; Mian, I thought you were a Turic !” And sae I am a Turk the noo, ma braw chiel,” said the angry Glasgow : Mussulriian, ». “ but niy faither’s auid leather breeks ne’er tra velled farther than just fra Glasgow to Greenock and back again ; but when I gang imme—as I’ll do or it’s lang— I’ll just; be : Wully Forbes, son ,o? auid

Daddy Forbes o’ the Gorbalsp-'for ‘a , ' ! that’s come and gane!” Presently a splendidly-dressed came up and said to the Turk*, ‘‘.Wully, raon, there’s a truce the" ripo for two hours ; just come wi’, me and we’ll ha’e a glass o’ whusky ' thegither.” It was the same with a. Russian officer, until the Englishman exclaimed, “ Bless my heart! is everybody on earth a Scotchman ? Perhaps I am one my self without knowing it! ” But when the Russian... General Tarassoff ex claimed, “ Eh, Donald Cawmell! are ye here ?” : and Ibrahim Pasha burst forth, simultaneously, “ \Vhat,, Sandy, Robertson, can this be you.? ” the Eng lishman burst forth, “ It’s all over! Turks, Russians, Hungarians, English —all Scotchmen! It’s more than I can bear. I shall go home; there’s nothing left for me to do here. I came out . as an interpreter, but id all the nations of Europe talk nothing but Scotch, what use can I be?” This seems very droll, but it is not more droll than real.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1880.



30th September, 1880 : — d. £ s. DR. £ s - d To Capital ' ,, 2,000 shares... 10,000 o 0- ,, Less amount uncalled ... 4,361 IO 0 — 5.638 10 p ,, Debts due by : . company ••• •• ... 783 14 11 ,, Hills payable ... 409 4 10 ,; Bank overdraft ... 1,056 10 8 ,, Profit.and loss , balance, 1879... 0 15 1 ,, Profit and loss balance, 1880 447 *9 O —■ 448 14 1 8,'336.1:4 6 CR. £ s. d. £ s. d. By freehold land ... 796 14 0 ,, Plant and build- ings... 6,329 16. . I ,, Meters 543 11 3 ,, Office furni- ture... 11 10 6 M P r e 1 1 m i n a ry expenses .... 201 16 9 ,, Deb's due to company 16 g 11 ,, Gas consumers account ... 232 1 6 — 248 11 5 Coal in stock... 163 14 6 Tar and Coke... 41 0 0 8,336 14 6 ’Profit and Loss Account. To coal and cartage 7 8 ,, lime ... ... 34 12 3 ,, wages and salaries ... ... 496 10 1 ,, int rest ... 150 5 4 ,, N.Z. Railways ■ 45 i9 10 ,, office expenses 66 17 8 ., retorts, iyc. ... 30 I 7 ,, printing and advertising ... 41 13 11 ,, balance ... ... , :.. 448 14 1 ,.£1,691 2 5 By balance brought forward £0 15:1 ,, gas ... ..n,S27 5 8 ,, meter rents ... 36 0 6 , t tar ... .63 6 7 ,, coke ... 16 4 O „ lime (gas) I O 0 sundries ... ... ... 46 10 7 £1,691 2 5



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