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.xn., daily. For Chertsey Rakaia, &c., at 10a.m. and 5 p.m. daily. For Dunedin, Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine, at 10 a.m. daily. For ' Temuka, Timaru, and South at 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. daily. For Greeiistreet, Ashburton ’ Forks, Mount Somers,, and Ashburton, Gorge, on Tuesdays and Fridays, at 10.30 am. 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 at 10.25 a.m;, 435 p.m., and 7.50 p.m. From Chertsey, Rakaia, &c. at 10.25 a.m. daily. From Dunedin and intermediate places at 5.35 p.m. daily. From Temuka and Timaru at 10.15 a.m. and 5.35 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.m. daily. From Wakanui, Elgin, and Seafield on Tuesdays and Fridays at 2.30 p.m. W. St. G. Douglas, Postmaster, | ■

The Ashburton Guardian. COUNTY AGRICULTURAL & SPORTING RECORDER TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1880.

Perhaps there is no district in the colony that has become so well ac quainted, from familiar use, with the word “ depression” as has this district of Ashburton, for it has been in every man’s mouth for the past eighteen months, and in too many cases with good reason. The depression weighed upon this district with double force. The county was young, and though widely-settled the settlement was only of recent date. Every farmer was but, so to speak, breaking up new ground, and his capital was all laid out in the expenses that all new beginners must incur. Nor was this condition the case with farmers alone, traders aud trades men generally were similarly situated. The farmers are the backbone of this district, and upon their success depends that of the township, and of everybody in the neighborhood who does not fol low agriculture for ‘ a livelihood. In this matter all our eggs are in one basket, themore’s the pity. Let us hope the speedy introduction of manufactur ing industries will change this condition of things, and to some extent at least relieve our almost total dependence on the price of wheat and wool in the Lon don market. We said we felt the de pression ■ with double force. A com mercial crisis that affected the whole world touched New Zealand’s shores as it passed, and the colony, also young, suffered from the impact. Young Ash burton suffered in the general convul sion, but more intensely, for in addition to the depression that everywhere was being felt we encountered two bad sea sons in succession, and the general hard-times reached us when we were suf fering most from the effects of a harvest that yielded - scarcely anything. It was then that all over the colony our credit fell, as a district, and to mention Ash burton in any of our leading towns was to speak of a district that was in bad odor, and people ominously shook their heads, as though a place had been mentioned upon which a curse had alighted. It was, perhaps, after all, not an unmixed evil that th; county was so regarded, for the hungry name the place had got helped to keep away from it many people, who, driven out by the hard times from the reputedly more prosper ous places, would Lave made Ashburton a land-fall and a rendezvous. Had we maintained the name we possessed for being a sort of second Caanan, or Land of Promise, the place would very soon have become a second Cave of Adul lam, and the refugees to it would have been considerably less select than were those that flocked to the standard of the youthful future King of Israel. We have to a great extent got over all our troubles. The financial atmosphere has been greatly purified, and we are once more on the high road to pros perity. We are led into this strain by what we read and learn of other towns and districts. From the one end of the colony to the other we hear of rapid depopulation taking place—of emigration flowing in a steady stream of no small volume from this colony to the adjacent ones and to America, and of general slackness everywhere. A correspondent tells us that at this moment there are from three to four hundred empty houses in Wellington that even the sitting of Parliament failed to fill, and we know that were a Com missioner to visit every town in the colony with a view to reporting on this subject, his report would take a more or Jess dark color. The same corres pondent tells a sad tale of the state of the labor market —a tale that we fear could be too generally told over the co lony, and when we compare our own dis trict with others around us we certainly have reason to congratulate ourselves. True, we are not yet at the highest pinnacle of prosperity—very far from it; but, as compared with many other places with a better name, we are a good deal better off than we might have been, and there are few districts so well, all things considered. After all, it is perhaps better that we should have been set down as “ rotten” by our high-headed neighbors, for that character saved us from an influx of the halt, and the maimed, and the blind —financially speaking, of course, —and enabled us to pull through, bearing only the troubles that were our own. We can at least afford a living to our working men, if that living is none of the fattest, and the cry that arises from other towns shows that they cannot all do so much.

THE ASHBURTON MAGISTRACY.

There has been a rumor current in Ash burton that Mr. Joseph Beswick, R.M. at Lyttelton, is to be the successor of Mr. F. Guinness, who at present holds the position of Resident Magistrate here. We are in apositionto state that thereisnotruth whatever in the statement regarding Mr. Beswick, as we have received an authorita-: tive official statement to the contrary. Whoever, therefore, succeeds Mr. Guin ness, it will not be Mr. Beswick.

THE WAKANUI SCHOOL AFFAIR.

Last Sunday was the day on which the usual fortnightly service is held by the Presbyterians at the. Wakanui School. There was no treasurer of the church standing by with the needful three shillings, to mollify the outraged School Committee, and, consequently, there was no admission for the worshippers to the school, as the Chairman had taken away the key and locked out all and sundry. The congregation was unusually large, as was to be expected, and they therefore adjourned to a neighboring gully, and held service in the open air, the Rev. Mr. Beattie preaching. We hear that a meet ing of the local Church Committee will be held on Saturday evening to consider matters, and to take steps for having the building of a new church started at once. Meanwhile, services will be conducted a - .. Mr. David Wilson’s farmhouse. The key of the school having been carried off on Sunday and not returned on Monday morning, there was no getting in for the master and his scholars, so that the young ones enjoyed a holiday quite unexpectedly —no doubt to their great joy.

BY-LAWS PROSECUTIONS.

When the By-laws of the Borough of Ashburton were brought to light- as full grown laws—and they ought to have been born full grown, after such a terribly lengthy and costly incubation —they were intended to help in the maintenance of peace and good order in the township. All fines recovered under them go to the funds of the Borough, and this fact may induce Councillors and patriotic citizens to have a warm-hearted fondness for those local statutes, and to be anxious to have them in full working order ; possibly, also, their money value to the Borough may be a greater incentive to their energetic en forcement than the preservation of good order in the township, which is the great purpose for which the By-laws At all events, they are being enforced with a commendable degree of energy—an energy that, if it does anything, shows how very near to persecution many of the pro visions of the By-laws may come. When merchants block up the footpaths with boxes and bales of goods, merchandise, &c., and leave these impedimenta lying day and night on the public way, merchants are doing a culpable thing, but when they only hang a coat or a pair of boots, or a board with an announcement on their door-posts, we feel that the offence is of the most innocent character. Yet the by laws make this an offence, and for it a considerable number of citizens will have to answer, and may probably have to con tribute some silver to the municipal purse. We say that these prosecutions look very like from one point of view, and there are those that say they are an unwarrantable and suicidal interference with business. Wo would, perhaps, wish to sec the law’s on matters of this kind less stringent; but, at the same time, justice makes no allowance for ignorance of the law, and the By-laws have certainly obtained the fullest pub licity. The Borough Council have de cided what they consider to be offences, and have clearly laid down in their By laws what they will and what they will not permit to be done within the Borough. How’ever severely the By-laws may press upon residents, fair warning has been given of the coming into force of the local statutes, and if they are transgressed the transgressor has only himself to blame if he finds, even in the trifling matter of the Borough regulations, that the way of transgessore is hard.

Business Notice. —Messrs. Friedlander Bros, announce that their business pre mises will be closed to-morrow.

Insolvency. —Joseph Bryant, farmer, Longbeach, has filed. Mr. W. R. Boyle has been appointed creditors’ trustee in the estate of T, P. Gleeson, of the Hinds. Bakaia Church. Mr. Mountfort, architect, advertises for tenders for the building of additions to the Rakaia Church.

The War Paint. —Parties indebted to Mr. Gale, scavenger, for services rendered had better pay, unless they wish to do it “ through the nose” in the R.M. Court. §

In Bankrupcy. —David Stancombe, of Tinwald, laborer, lias filed a declaration of inability to meet the demands of his creditors. The first meeting of creditors is called for Saturday next. Bread.— At a meeting of the local bakers, held on Thursday evening last, it was unanimously decided that, owing to a late rise in the price of flour, theywould be compelled to make an advance in the price of bread of Id. per 41b. loaf.

New Communion Service.— A fine new communion service in silver has been procured for the Ashburton Presbyterian Church, comprising two flagons, two cups, two salvers, and also a baptismal font. The latter vessel has been twice in requisi tion since its arrival, and W® would he un gracious indeed if we did not express $ hope that its services will be ever in request. The communion service will be used for the first time on Sunday, the 10th October, when communion will be cele brated.

Whisker v. Archy. —Considerable in terest seems to attach to the facts con nected with a trotting match that took place eighteen or twenty years ago, near Geelong, between a horse named Whisker and another named Archy, Til® distance was a hundred miles, and the time taken was ten hours. The statement as to the time has been denied, and Mr. F. Gribben, of this town, has been at pains to write to almost every living man who had anything to do with the match. The consensus of evidence he has obtained is in favor of the statement that Archy did the distance in 9 hours 48 minutes, and was trotting gaily about Geelong next day. Thb Borough: Reserves.— From the Gazette of September 9, to hand, we learn that the following reserves within tfio Borough have been vested in the Corpo ration, viz.:—Reserves No. 762 (being sections 1210, 1211, and 1212) ; No. 764 (being section 657) ; reserve No. 765 (being section 630) ; reserve No. 766 (being sections 212, 213, 224, and 225) ; reserve No. 767 (being sections 210 and 211); reserve No. 771 (being sections 38, 39, 53, and 54) ; reserve No. 772 (being section 45, 46; and 47) j reserve No. 773 (being sections 73 d 74) ; reserves Nos. 775 and 776—in all, 5 geyes 1 rood 3 perches. The Camera Obscura.— This novel and entertaining exhibition is to be shown in Ashburton during the present week. The camera obscura haa been a source of much attraction in other parts of the Colony, and is very highly spoken of. A southern contemporary has described the wonderful optical instrument : —On a canvas surface being placed beneath the lense, which is in the dome of the building, the whole town, its surroundings, and the people moving about in the streets, can be seen with astonishing distinctness ; every change of the sky, on the face of the land scape, and in the streets, is accurately shown on the beneath the eyes of the spectators.

The Pound. —Tenders will be received (as per advertisement in another column) at the County Council offices up to ten a.m, on next meeting day of the County Council, for the position of poundkeeper.

Good Templary. —There is a move ment on foot just now towards a union of the two Ashburton Lodges of Good Temp lars, with a view to strengthening the Order generally in the township. Whether the movement will be successful or not is as yet problematical.

An Old Friend, With a New Face. —There is no resident iiy Ashburton who does not know genial Joshua Tucker, for so long manager to Montgomery and Co. Mr. Tucker has now started business as timber merchant on his own account, and as he is perhaps the best known man in the district, we augur that his success in his venture is a certainty. The San Francisco Mail. —The City of New York, with the London mails of 12th August, left San Francisco on the 28th, being two days before, the contract date. The Zealandia, with the August colonial mails arrived at San Francisco on the Bth inst.—one day in advance of con tract date. The Scotch Concert.— We understand that a “ foursome ” of really first-class Highland dancers have been secured for the forthcoming Scotch concert, which is expected to come off about the 30th of the month. The Caledonian Society’s piper, Mr. Murdoch Elder, aided by Piper Forbes, will supply the pipe music, which will thus be of the highest class, as is necessary when the Highland fling and Ghillie Callum (the sword dance) is under- - taken. Wo hear that amongst the-attrac tions of the concert to “ upper country ” Scotchmen will be a song in the native Gaelic by a member of the Caledonian Society. The Committee would be glad to hear of. good Scotch vocalists in the district .who might be persuaded to add their contributions to the attractions of the programme.

The Lyttelton Naval Brigade.— Government has accepted the services of the Lyttelton Naval Brigade, but will give no capitation money. Pedestrianism. —Young Willis, who has been attempting to walk at Auckland 108 miles in twenty-four hours, caved in on Saturday at eighty-five miles. A Squeak. —At the Pukarangi Hunt Club meet yesterday at Wynyard’s the horse Cocky broke bis neck, and his rider had a narrow escape. He was riden by Thorpe the celebrated steeplechase rider.

Sailing Her. —The mysteries of a baby’s toilet were altogether new to a little four-year-old, and ho carefully watched the bathing and dressing of a little cousin. When the little powder-box was opened and the fluffy brush was about to bo used underneath the baby chin, he exclaimed : “Ob, aunty, let me see you salt her.” The Rangatira. —The Lighter Com pany is diligently at work securing the cargo of the ill-fated Rangatira, and as the weather has so far proved favorable, a considerable quantity has been landed. Operations, however, can only be carried on for two hours each tide, and it will take some time before the cargo is landed. The Wellington Footballers. —After beating the Auckland players, which the Wellington team of football players suc ceeded in doing, they leave to-day by the West Coast, playing at Nelson on the route. The Press Association agent at Auckland considers it of sufficient import ance to telegraph the fact that ths players enjoyed themselves immensely, etc.

Good Templar Mrn-of-War’s Men. —There are several floating lodges of Good Templars in her Majesty’s navy, and nearly all the vessels on colonial stations have a lodge. The Sappho, and the Nyrnphe, had each a Templar organisation amongst their crews, and now we find that the Danae has also a lodge. The members of the latter are to be entertained by the Chrishchurch Templars on Thursday.

A Peculiar Incident. —A ewe was run into by the train the other day between Greatford and Marton. The poor animal was cut to pieces, and, of course, killed on the spot. Strange to relate, however, a lamb was seen to rise from the mangled remains, having, like Macduff, been “ripped untimely from its mother’s womb.” The lamb, which came into the world in so marvellous a manner, is still alive and healthy. The settler in whose charge it is has called it after the Scotch usurper. —Bangitikei Advocate.

The Home Meat Trade. —The Austra lasian learns, by telegram that the Sydney Government intend to test three refriger ating cars—English, American, and Colonial—on the railways during the ensu ing summer. As arrangements are being make for killing meat for shipment at more than one point far inland on the railways of New South Wales, a safe method of transmitting frozen meat to the seaboard becomes an essential condi tion. In Victoria the only place at which it is at present proposed to kill meat for shipment is at the Saltwater River, so that refrigeration cars aro not so imperatively required there.

The Glanders in Man or Beast.— In all European countries stringent sani tary and other measures are taken to prevent glandering horses from communi cating the disease to other equines or man. Notwithstanding this, instances aro not rare of the communication of this dread disease to man. When such is the case there is no help. The person is doomed, so far as human help is con cerned. Physicians may mitigate the suffering) hut cannot prevent death, and, as a rule, in the human subject the dis ease runs its course sooner than in horses affected. In the case of a horse suspected of glanders the animal should be imme diately isolated until the advice of a com petent veterinary surgeon can be had. If an individual suspects that he has re ceived the virus, and we have known it to be communicated simply by a person drinking out of a horse bucket previously Contaminated by a glandered horse, he should immediately seek til® best pro fessional advice possible. Glanders is absolutely incurable ; the animal or man contaminated with the disease must cer tainly die when, the disease runs its natural course. The disease may he tem porarily alleviated by proper treatment, but it surely, although sometimes slowly, undermines the constitution, and ulti mately ends in one of the most loathsome forms of death.

Taking the Oath, —lt geems the taking qf an path flag ffad its difficulties and its humors in a less imposing place than the British House of Commons. The other day a man, who is either a great simpleton or a wag, was to give evidence to character at one of the local courts in Berlin. Ho was told' that he must swear before giving his evidence, but he was so impervious to the arguments addressed to him by the council of the party in whose interests he -had been brought forward, that the President of the Court was obliged to take the conduct of the business into his own hands. “ Witness,” said the Ryesjdent, “I must now have yon sworn. Lift up yqur jffipnj. fffgh, as I do—l swear.” The witpegs vyas silent Thp President, raising hia voice, said again— “ I swear ! ” The witness was gtill gilent. The President grew a little angry, 1 ‘ Do you not hear me ? ” he aiskod ; “ Now —I swear!” “Yes, yes, Herr President,” replied the man, “I hear that you swear.” “My good man,” said the Judge, “it is you who must swear.” “ Oh, that is quite another thing,” said the placid witness. “ I thought you wanted to swear yourself; but if you demand mo to swear in the name of the law, it is of course my duty to comply— cl n it! ”i

“ Yicks Chicks” is the irreverent heading of an article in a Canadian paper on Priffco Leopold and the Princess Louise;,. - t

An Old Maori Chief. — A New Ply mouth'telegram says:—The remnant of Wi Kingi’s tribe, numbering about thirty men, women, and children, arrived in town on Saturday morning on their way to Parihaka,: where they 'intend to settje permanently. The aged chief, William King, who is infirm and bedridden, will be conveyed to Parihaka on a stretcher, where he will spend the remainder of his days under the • protection of the prophet. This is the end of the. brave warrior who twenty years ago defied the British flag at Waitara, and brought on the trouble between the two races. The settlement of the tribe at Ngatimaru will be abandoned. The Member for Northampton.— The Northern Whig describes the member for Northampton in a more favorable light than we have recently been accus tomed to see him —“'Mr. Charles Brad laugh is a remarkable man—one of those nien' whom you could not meet in the street without turning round to look after. With a splendidly built body, massive head, and well-cut face, he is every way fitted for the career he has chosen and led for thirty years. One thing must be said of him : whatever his speculative opinions on religious and'social subjects, he has been before the public constantly for half a generation, and in all the fierce attacks made upon him, I have never heard a single charge made against his private character. Anyone who has seen him at Hyde Park haranguing a multitude that could only be numbered by the ten thousand, is not likely to forget him. With his- trurape f -like voice and pexfect gesture, he can sway them at will, and yet a rnob of hia gathering has never done an illegal act, while they have swept away many greviances. . Mr. Bradlaugh is, beyond all comparison, the most powerful platform speaker in England—it remains to be seen what he can do in a House that has tamed and broken so many wild spirits. A Parson in Diffculties.—The Bangitihei Advocate is responsible for the following : —An appalling story, touching a member, of the clerical persuasion, reaches us from the eastern side of the is land, the precise locality in which the in cident took place is not stated, be we in cline to the belief that the scene of the fiasco was a fashionable watering-place, not many miles distant from the great metropolis, and famous for its esplanade, its charges, and its fair visitors. A cer tain curate (here again our contemporary exercises due caution with respect to pro-- per names) was possessed of a gallant steed, whose ohly fault was that it had an unconquerable aversion to water, a quality which, at the seaside, could not be tole rated for an instant. The reverend gentle man, fondly believing in the superiority of the human over the animal will, deter mined to cure his steed of his dislike, and one day rode him to a lonely part of the beach, where, having doffed his. habili ments, he insinuated himself into a pair of tight-fitting bathing drawers, and re mounted with the intention of carrying his purpose into effect. Unfortunately for the triumph of human intellect, the .animal’s strength wass too much for the divine’s will, and, despite the latter’s superhuman exertions —for he suddenly guessed the animal’s purpose —the horse took the bit in his teeth and bore him swiftly towards the stable. The curate tugged, and coaxed, and swore, and prayed alternately, as he neared the now thronged esplanade, where hundreds of the fair members of his congregation were assembled ; gazing in astonishment to see who this second Mazeppa might be ; but nought availed him, and he was borne like a whirlwind •. through the midst of them, a cold feeling " in that portion of his body which bounded upon the saddle, raising in his breast a horrible suspicion that bathing drawers after all were made of but perishable material. Panting and exhausted the curate at length reached the shelter of his own lodgings, together with the remnants of what had once figured in a clothier’s window as “ The gent’s silk net Loander costume, price 10s. Gd.,” and here our contemporary allows the curtain to fall over the story of his joys and sorrows, briefly concluding with the remark that the curate did not officiate on the ensuing Sunday. Two Good Wives. The following cutting is from an English country paper, and even if the story of the Countess of Beaconsfield is old, it will he read again with interest : —“ Much cheap chaff has been expended against Mr. Plimsoll’s earnest references to his wife ‘ Eliza,’ and against his belief in the advocacy of prayer. Neither wives—who are truly helpmates—nor family devotion are, we ! sincerely trust, becoming old fashioned or obsolete; and the public ought to be grateful to Mr. Plimsoll for importing private virtue into public life, and for his bold manliness in expressing his indebted ness to his wife, and his conviction in the value of prayer. The world does not know how much it is indebted to the words of worthy women—the quiet, un demonstrative heroines of firesides. Many of our greatest men would never have achieved greatness had it not been for the inspiration and encouragement of their wives. The knights of old rode to battle with the glove of their lady love in their helmet ; and history, both ancient and modern, contemporary and classical, is crowded with examples of influence of good women over great men. One instance occurs to us, and it relates to a statesman with whom we have nothing in Common, It rpfpra to the late wife of Lord Beaconsfield, whom he, in the dedi cation of “ Lothair,” describes as “a severe critic, but a perfect wife.” She was driving down to the House to hear an important speech of her husband at the time of a great political crisis. He, full of his subject, and pre-occupied, as he alighted from his carriage, shut one of her lingers in the door. Agonising as must have been the pain, she uttered no cry till he was out of gight, Then she brought her, footman to open the cruel door. “ My dear,” she said to one to whom she had told the incident, ‘‘ I would not have cried out for the whole world ; in think ing of my pain ho would have been so agitated that he would have forgotten all the chief points in his speech.” Such a woman deserved that coronet of a vis countess which her husband, refusing all honors himself, laid at the feet of hia wife. And in the ga|lp.fiy qf such noble women >ye would place “ Eliza ” Plimsoll.

WAKANUI SCHOOL.

(From our Own Correspondent ,) A, scene of rather an anti'-Ohristian-like nature took place at the schoolroom at Wakanui ou Sunday last. Shortly before the appointed time for divine service, Messrs. Earle, Brown, and Kilgour took charge of the school, locking themselves inside the building for the purpose of keeping out the people who came to worship. There, was a good attendance, as there generally is, but there was no way of gaining access to the rooms. The (lay being fine, however, it Yfas reso|vqd to lipid wof ship flujisjde,, and pcpordingly the people gathered in a corner of a pad dock, kindly lent by Mr. Edwin Thomas. The protectors of the building kept charge until after the service was over, when they locked the door and took the keys with them. These they did not return, so that when the children assembled on Monday morning there was no entrance other than through the window. This the master objected to do, thinking that possibly he might be had up with other culprits for trespass, so the children had to return home.

ALAMO RAILWAY' ACCIDENT.

A TRAIN BLOWN OVER A GULLY SEVENTY FEET DEEP. .

Several Passengers Killed, and Others Injured.

Wellington, Sept. 11,

News has just been received of an alarming, accident on the Wellington- Featberston line. A telegram received by Government states that the Feathers ton train was blown over at Liberia, and two carriages and a van wrecked. Some passengers were injured, but it is not known how many. Assistance has been sent up, and full particulars telegraphed for. , Later. The railway accident is causing great excitement in town, as generally the Saturday trains are more crowded than on other days. A special train, taking medi cal assistance, left here at noon. 3.56 p.m. - Later information from the scene of the train disaster shows that the carriages had a drop of 70 feet. The engine and tender remained on the line. A later telegram states that Miss Pharazyn, daughter of a well-known station-owner at Wairarapa, is killed ; also, two girls, named Nicholas and Quinri. A large number have been injured. It is feared more are killed than ai - e yet reported. The train was from Featherston. 3 p.m. A later telegram states that about six adults are badly injured, and have been taken to the hospital. Two other child ren, named Pharazyn and Nicholls, were taken on to Featherstone. They were severely injured, but are expected to re cover. Further Details. Wellington, Sept. 12. The special train returned from the scone of the accident late last night. It appears that the train left Featherston as usual, yesterday morning, their being two carriages, and a van in front of the engine, and two loaded goods waggons and a brake van behind it. The train reached half way up the Rimutaka incline in safety, but immediately after emerging from the deep cutting a terrific gust caught the first carriage, with the first and second class passengers, and threw it over the em bankment. The second carriage followed, and the weight of the two drew the van over. Fortunately the couplings of the carriages and van held, arid thus prevented the train from going to the bottom of the embankment, which is stated to be nearly 200 feet in depth. Immediately the accident was noticed the brake van in rear of the train ran down the incline, and across the creek for assistance. Almost. instan taneously after the first carriage left the line the body was carried away from the bed and literally smashed, the passengers being thrown to the bottom among the debris. It was at first feared that the whole of the passengers—about fifteen in number—were killed. Assistance being at hand, the work of rescuing passengei’s was commenced. In the second carriage, which had been thrown over on its side, it was found that out of twelve occupants, one lad named Quinn, aged three years, son of a publican at Greytown, was killed, it is supposed through suffocation. The other passengers, some of whom were rather severely injured, were got out of the wrecked carriage as soon as possible, and placed in safety. Among those who were thrown from the first carriage was Miss Pharazyn, aged eleven years, daughter of Captain Pharazyn, a well known station-holder at Featherston. She was killed instantaneously, and it is thought, as she bore no marks of injury, that her neck was broken. A lad named Nicholas, aged eight years, was also killed. The remaining passengers were all more or less injured, those not seri ously injured doing all in their power to alleviate, the sufferings of others. The injured passengers were removed on to the line, where a train was waiting to bring them on to Kaitoki. About an hour after this medical assistance arrived from Wellington, and the wounded were attended to. Hare and Jackson and a man, name unknown, were sent to the Greytown Hospital, their injuries being very serious. The o.hers came on to Wel lington. The force of the wind may be imagined when it is said that two loaded waggons in the rear of the engine were, subsequently to the carriages, capsized, but fortunately not thrown over the embankment. The line was cleared again at a late hour last night. The injured, so far as pan be ascertained, aro Mrs Philips, dislocated wrist and in ternal injuries ; Mesdames Hodge and Quinn, slightly bruised; Miss Pharazyn and Master Nicholas, injured about the ■ head, not serious ; Messrs. M‘Kenzie drover, left shoulder dislocated, right hand injured, besides injuries to the head ; James Crouch, badly cut about the head and legs ; Quinn, a publican at Grey t6wn, bruised about the body; Walter Dunn, two or three ribs broken : Mad den, blacksmith, bruised about the head ; Haro, runholder, Masterton, large wound on the forehead, from which it is feared erysipelas will sot in : Jackson, saddler, Greytown, concussion of the spine and partly paralysed ; a man, name unknown, and Donald, of Featherston, severely in jured about the head ; A. Blakely, clerk, of Wellington, contusion about the head and hips ; Roddrick, of Featherston, in jured about hea,d ; not serious ; Hickson, of Wellington, injured about the shoulders, not serious; Mrs Pye, aged 60, bruised and internally injured ; and four of Mr. Quinn’s children were slightly injured. The report that Mr, W. Rolleston’s daughter had been killed by the accident is incorrect, as she was .not in the train. An inquest will be held at Featherston to morrow.

Wellington, Sept. 13.

Bishop, a carpenter, was one of those injured by the railway accident, he having an ear cut off, and his face badly bruised. A telegram from Greytown this morning states that the wounded are progressing as favorably as could be expected. Mr. Lawson, Commissioner of Railways, held a private enquiry into the accident yester day, for the purpose of submitting a re port to the Minister for. Public Works. It is understood Mr. Lawson issued instruc tions that when \\jas any wind at all, trains going up the incline must have an engine in front and behind. Young Nicholas was.delirious last night, and it is doubtful if he will recover. Jackson is still in a critical condition.

OUT OF SESSION.

(Per Press Association.) Gisborne, Sept. ,13.

Allan M'Donald, M.H.R., addressed his constituents on Friday night in the Masonic Hall. The Mayor presided. Mr. M'Donald reviewed the work of the session at considerable length. He re gretted Government had dropped all'the native measures, but spoke in high terms of praise of his Honor Judge Fenton for pains he had taken and the assidifity he had shown in having really good measures for dealing with native lands. Had fudge Fenton's views been carried out Mr. M'Donald had no doubt but in a little while all land troubles and disputes along the East Coast would have ceased. He severely condemned the Land Sales Bill as introduced, and described the native policy of the Government as the worst yet enunciated. On the education question he wrs opposed to the present extravagant out lay incured by the countyy. He" believed that persons whq v?qv® able to pay for the education of the; icliildren should be com peted to do so. He would support income

and property taxes, but was against taxing local industries. He condemned Govern ment, especially the Attorney-General, Mr. Whitaker, for the proposed Repre sentation Bill, and believed that the ques tion of re-distribution of seats .'would have to be decided by a Commissioner appointed for the purpose. The Financial proposals of Major Atkinson were the best that could possibly be brought forward, as it was well known that local subsidies were to be abolished. After referring in flatter ing terms to the Premier and one or two members of Government, and dwelling on local matters, he concluded, and a unani mous vote of confidence was passed in Mr. M‘Donald as representative for the East Coast.

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(Per Reuter's Agency.') London, Sept. 7. i Consols, 97f. At the wool sales to-day 6,290 bales were offered, making a total of 164,300 catalogued since the opening. Prices were firmly maintained. Further particulars of the cricket match Australians v. Eleven of All-England state that the Australians continued their second innings, and made a splendid stand against the bowling of the English men. The innings closed for 327 runs, Murdoch being not out for 153. Alexan der scored 33, and was caught out. The Home team then requiring 57 runs to win the match, went in for their second innings, and obtained- the required Hurar ber with the loss of five wickets, and won the match by five wickets. There was again a large attendance, arid great interest was taken in the contest. The weather throughout the three days’ play was very fine. Sept. 8, A terrible explosion occurred to-day at the Seaham colliery, by which 150 miners have been killed or are entombed in the mine. The Duke of Bedford has been created a Knight of the Garter.

The Board of Trade returns of the ex ports for last month amount to L 19,125,000, being an increase of L 1,750,000 compared with last year. The imports amounted to L 31,187,500, being an increase of L 2,687,500.

Consols have further declined, and to day are quoted" at 97i. Hew Zealand se curities are unchanged at last quotations, viz., 5 per cent. 10.40 loan, 104 J ; 5 per cent. 1889 loan, 104 ; per cent. 1879- 1904 loan, 100. Hew Zealand wheat, ex ship, remains at 425. Adelaide bread stuffs have declined, Is., and are now at 465. Od. for wheat, and 335. for flour, ex warehouse. Australian tallow, best beef, 345. Od.; best mutton, 365. 6d. At the wool sale to-day 9,900 bales were offered, making a total of 174,200 catalogued since the opening. The tone of to-day’s auction was irregular. The Homeward mails, via Brindisi, which left Melbourne on July 23rd, were delivered in London to-day. Arrived —Assel, from Lyttelton. Sept. 9.

Trickett, the Australian oarsman, has gone to Newcastle to fetch a new boat. The betting at present is unrecorded. The latest advices from the Cape of Good Hope state that the Cape Rifles have entered Basuto Land. The total reserve in notes and bullion in the Bank of England is L 16,400,000. Five per Cent. Hew Zealand 10.40 Loan, 104 ; Five per Cent. Now Zealand Loan, 1889, 103. The market rate of discount is equal with the bank rate. At the wool sales to-day 9,600 bales were offered, making a total of 183,800 bales catalogued since the opening. The tone of the sale was steadier. 14,000 bales have been withdrawn since the opening.

London, Sept. 10. Information has been received that the combined fleet, under the command of Admiral Seymour, which sailed for the Austrian port of Ragusa, in the Adriatic, at the beginning of the month, has arrived at its destination. The squadron is com posed of vessels of the navies of all the Great Powers except France.

Further details have been received con cerning the explosion which took place in the Seatham colliery, Durham, yesterday. Over two hundred miners were in the pits at the time of the accident, and hundred and thirty seven have since perished. Of the remainder, sixty-six up to the present have been saved. Laycock and Trickett are now both at Newcastle. They rowed on the Tyne yesterday, and were watched by a number of spectators from the bank of the river, and by critics, who were present. Their pulling is considered faulty. The steam ship City of Richmond, of the Inman line, by which Hanlon is a passenger, from New York, has arrived in a disabled state.

The match between the Australians and Eighteen of Clydesdale, at Glasgow, was commenced to-day. The Home team went first to the wickets, and when the stumps were drawn for the day had lost eight wickets for 138 runs. On September 20 the Australians play against Bridport, and on the 27th against The Players of England at the Crystal Palace, which will be the final match in England. The total quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain is 1,490,000 qrs. Three per cent. Consols are 97J. Best Australian beef tallow, 335. 6d.; best mutton tallow, 365. Adelaide wheat, per 4961b5., 4Gs. ■! At the wool sale to-day, 4,800 bales were offered, making a total of 188,600 bales catalogued since the opening. The tone of the sale continues firm, and there is a firm demand for crossbreds.

London, Sept. 11.

Mr. Gladstone has caused a letter to be published expressing his thanks for the universal sympathy with him shown during his recent illness.

An interview has been held fbetween Prince Bismarck and Baron Yon Hay merle, Austro-Hungarian Minister for Foreign Affairs, which is expected to result in a closer alliance between Ger many and Austria. The question of the future of Boumaniawasdiscussed by Prince Bismarck and the Austrian Minister and they agreed to favor the formation of that principality into a neutral kingdom. Twenty-six thousand nailers in Stafford shire and surrounding districts have struck.

Constantinople, Sept. 11

An announcement was made' at the beginning of the week that the Albanians had agreed to the cession of Dulcigno to Montenegro. This is now proved to have been premature. The Albanians are still hostile, and frequent collisions occur with the Turks. The cession, therefore, is still further delayed,

Calcutta. Sept. 8.

The Viceroy has received a telegram from General Roberts reporting Ayoub’s loss in the recent engagement as very severe. Geiieral Phayre, with his rein forcements, has arrived at Candahar.

AUSTRALIAN.

(Per Reuter's Agency.) Melboukne, Sept. 10. There are excellent entries for the race meeting in honor of Sir H. Robinson. Hennessy’s brandy, case, 355. 3d.; bulk, quarters, 10s., 6d. to 11s. New Zea land wheat, per bushel, 3s. 9d.; oats, Is. 9d. per 401b5.; maize, per 601b5., 2s. 6d.

Melboukne, Sept. 11. Sailed—Rotorua for the Bluff. Sept. 12, The P. and O. Company’s steamer Assam, with the inward mail, dated London, July 30, arrived last nigjit.

Adelaide, Sept. 10. Adelaide wheat, per bushel, 4s. id. Market dull. Flour, L 9 15s. for town. Freights, 255. Gd

Adelaide, Sept. 11- In consequence of the heavy gale now blowing, fears are entertained for the safety of the Sorata. Communication with her is cut off.

Adelaide. Sept. 11. Pumping is proceeding with the utmost activity on the Sorata, and her officers are confident of being able to float her. The weather is, however, unfavorable for their operations.

Brisbane, Sept. 10.

An appeal is now being heard in the Supreme Court in the case of the New Zealand Insurance Company v. the South British Insurance Company, in which a verdict,was given for the plaintiffs. Brisbane, Sept. 13. The vote for the salary of the Agent- General in Loudon meets with consider able opposition in the Assembly, owing to the alleged inefficiency of the gentleman filling the position.

Sydney, Sept. 13. The Rotomahvna arrived this morning from Auckland. Sir Hercules Robinson was received by a guard of honor, and escorted to Government House, where he will be a guest of Lord Augustus Loftus during his stay in Sydney. INTERPROYINCIAL. (Per Press Association.) ■ ■ Auckland, Sept. 11. There is great interest in the football match Wellington v. Auckland. The weather is splendid. The game commenced at two. The Pacific Mail Company has reduced the fare through to England to L 67. Smith, of the Occidental Hotel, was fined LlO for allowing gambling in his hotel.

Wellington, Sept. 10. A the Drillshed this evening, O’Connor, of Timaru, walked one mile *in 6min, 58secs, This is said to be the fastest time on record in the Australian Colonies. The Twenty-four Hours’ Go-as-you-Please . Pedestrian Match commenced at the Drill shed at 10 o’clock this evening. The, course measured eighty yards. At- 12 o’clock the positions were :—Brooks, Dun edin, 15 miles 2 laps ; Smith, Wellington, 15 miles ; Crofts, Wellington, 14 miles 19 ' laps. The remaining competitors, six in number, ranged from 12 to 10 miles. Sept. 11. At nine o’clock this morning, only four out of nine competitors were left in the pedestrian match. Croft, of Wellington, has covered 64 miles ; Brooks, of Dunedin, 61 ; Swan, of Christchurch, 58; Hanson, of Wellington, 58.

Wellington, Sept. 10. A woman named Jane Burgess has been missing from the residence of Christopher Hobbs, Horokiwi "Valley, since the 7th inst. She left the house during the absence of Hobbs, who, on his return home found the following note :—“I am dead to this world. Don’t trouble about me.”

Wellington, Sept. 12. A woman named Jane Burgess, who has been missing since Sept. 7, was found yesterday afternoon wandering in the bush.

The twenty-four hours’ pedestrian match concluded at ten o’clock last night. Croft, of Wellington, won, having covered 118 miles ; Swan, of Christchurch, second, 109 ; Hanson, of Wellington, third, 100 miles. Brooks, of Dunedin, gave in after going 86 miles.

Wellington, Sept. 13. Mr. Conyers telegraphs to the Minister for Public Works, re railway employees, as follows ;—“ Except in a few isolated cases, the opposition to the scale of pay seems to have died out. The staff as a whole has tacitly agreed to accept the arrange ment, and all chance of a strike is at an end.”

Dr. Lemon has received the following cablegrams from the Superintendent of. Telegraphs, Adelaide, Port Pirie The brig Alexandra, from Melbourne,, is ashore about ten miles south of Mount •. Young, making water. , Cape America, :10 p.m. . j The Sbrata attempted to-day to get a ■ i line ashore, but there was too strong-a wind blowing. The captain’s idea was to communicate with the shore by sending and receiving telegrams. It is blowing hard from the south-west, and the spray is breaking over the Sorata, but nothing to cause any anxiety.

Dunedin, Sept. 13. The Immigration Department has re ceived intelligence of; the sailing of the Dunedin from Glasgow for this port, bn September 3, with 214 nominated immi grants. r

The celebrated Duck claim at Clyde was auctioned for L6l,

Invercargill, Sept. 1L Great inconvenience is caused to wit-

nesses at Courts through the, trains frbm beyond Winton not arriving . till -tea. . minutes to two, leaving at five minutes ’ past three, compelling them ,tq stop all night. The Court usually adjourns till their arrival. Owing to the inaction of , the Government regarding the reverting to the old time table, a memorial is about to. be set on foot. The Waimea Plains Railway Company are said to be violating the provisions of the District Railways Act, which provides for two trains each way daily, and only one is, running. Invercargill, Sept. 13. The Friendly Societies are arranging for an open air iete in aid of the hospital funds instead of the annualjevening enter tainment.

A correspondent of a local paper that the locomotive, cleaners’ .pay on the, railway is reduced from 7s. to ss. 6d. per day—about 20 instead of 10 per cent. Included in the cargo of the New Zea-, land Shipping Company’s Mataura, which sailed to-day, for London, are the follow ing 305 bales rabbit skins ; 100 bales wool; 1,245 sacks barley; 6,900 sacks oats; 270 do oatmeal; 1,500 do wheat; - 22 tanks oatmeal; 13 cases: shell, and Zea- -■ landia Exhibition. ‘ ; T ’ <

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1880.



Miscellaneous. NOTICE. OUR ESTABLISHMENT will be CLOSED on WEDNESDAY, 15th instant, on account of holiday. 875 c FRIEDLANDER BROS. TO BUILDERS. TENDERS are invited for the erection of a TIMBER COTTAGE at Clear well Farm, near the Hinds, for C. G. Hawdon, Esq. Plans and specifications may be .seen at our office, and sealed tenders endorsed “ Tender for Cottage, to be delivered on or before 10 a.m., MONDAY, September 20th. FOOKS & SON, 882c-219g Architects. TO BUILDERS. mENDERS are invited for ADDI JL TIONS to CHURCH at Rakaia. Plans and Specifications can be seen at Messrs. Fooks and Sons’ Office, Ashbur ton, up till Friday, September 17th. Tenders to be sent in on SATURDAY, September 18th. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. B. M. MOUNTFORT, Architect. Cathedral Square, “r Christchurch, September 10th, 1880. 216 g ASHBURTON COUNTS COUNCIL. ASHBURTON BOUND. the appointment .e said Ordinance, iore, requested to umum they are nVTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that TENDERS for ONE OR MORE YEARS are invited from persons willing to undertake the duties of POUND KEEPER of the Ashbufton Pound. The successful tenderer will receive as remuneration all, fees for impounded animals, as laid down Iw The Canterbury Trespass of Cattle Ordinance, 1872, and will also have to comply as to any other details connected witl with the provisions of ■ Tenderers are, ther ■tate how much per willing to pay to the Council for the privi lege of collecting these fees. A House of four room* is attached to the Pound, for the use of| which the suc cessful tenderer will hav«| to pay to the Council ten shillings pew week as rent during the terra of his Itenancy of the Pound. All payments to lie made monthly in advance. | The appointment to commence on the 20th October, 1880. | A copy of The Canterbury Trespass of Cattle Ordinance, 1872, is f pn view at the Council’s offices to intending applicants. The highest or any tender not neces rarily accepted. Tenders, with references, endorsed, (c Tender for Poundkeeperf Ashburton,” will be received up to 10 a.tn. on WED NESDAY, 6th October, 18fi0. By order, f. main Raring, Clerk. Ashburton, September 9, 1880. 215 g HE NATIONAL Mu/IUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION ON AUSTRAL ASIA (LIMITED)./ Established 1869. Actuary and Secretary —J. M. Templeton, F.I.A. The MOST LIBERAL and EQUIT ABLE OFFICE for Life Assurance in the Australasian Colonies. The best office for young men. Profits divided every three years. Offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Wellington, and Hobart Town. The New Zealand Branch—A LOCAL INSTITUTION, investing all moneys in the colony. Resident Secretary—Thomas Swain, Temple Chambers, Featherston street, Wellington. Agent for the County of Ashburton — S. SAUNDERS (of the firm of Saunders Bros.), Ashburton. Note the name—The National Mutual. 169g-821c Y. R. In the District Court of'Christchurcii, Holden at Ashburton. IN THE MATTER of the Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876, and the several Acts amending the same, and in the matter of the Bankruptcy of DAVID STANCOMBE, of Tmwald, in the County of Ashburton, laborer, a Debtor. Notice is hereby given that the abovenamed David Stancombe, of Tin wald, in the County of Ashburton, in the Pro vincial District of Canterbury, and colony of New Zealand, laborer, has this day filed, in theabove Court, a declaration that he is unable to meet his engagements with his Creditors. T.he first meeting of Creditors of the above-named Debtor will be held at the District Court, Ash burton, on SATURDAY, the 18th day of September, 1880, at eleven o’clock in the fore noon. Dated this 13th day of September, 1880. C. CAVENDISH HURRELL, Clerk of the Court. E. G. Crisp, Solicitor for debtor. Shoe HORSE CARDS. jjORSE CARDS of all sizes printed at the office of this paper.



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