SHIPPING.

* PORT OF LYTTELTON. Arrived. Saturday. Star of the South, s.s , from Westport. Sarah and Mary, brigantine, from Bluff. Wave of Life, schooner, from Pelorus Sound. Yesterday. Omaha, brigantine, from Chatham Islands. Sailed. Saturday. Hawea, s.s., for Wellington, Picton, and Nelson. s.s., for Timarn. Chattanooga, barque for Newcastle. Iris, barque, for Newcastle. fc , Pet, barque, for Melbourne. Edith Eeidf schooner, for Greymouth. Mary Ellen, schooner, for Wellington. Clematis, ketch, for Kaiapoi. " SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. ’ Auckland, Saturday. " Arrived.—Edith, from Raratonga. •i ■ Hokitika, Saturday. ,v Sailed—Alhambra, for Melbourne. The cßankof New Zealand shipped by her ounces of gold. Port Chalmers, To-day. 1 Arrived—Dunedin, ship, Captain Whit son. All well

COMMERCIAL.

The Ashburton Guardian Office, Monday afternoon. Mr T. Bullock reports for Saturday, 26th inst.;—At the horse sale to-day there were fewer horses entered than at pre vious sales, the entries being twenty-two, most of which were medium draughts and light harness horses, but for which there is still 1 a very limited demand. The at -1 tendance of farmers and others was large, ‘and for anything like good draught horses there was a spirited bidding, but inferior horses are very difficult to get rid of, buy ers preferring to give higher prices for really good stock. Out of the number J entered nine changed hands at the follow ing prices:—Medium draughts, L 25, L2O, JL2O; light harness horses, Ll2 10s to Ll 3; hacks, from L 5 15s to L 8 10s.

Alfred Harrison reports of his weekly, sale as follows :—Draughts and hacks plentiful, of which a fair proportion were Bold. All entries in pigs were cleared. Cows found a good market; a number of csives brought high prices. Fowls, Is 9d to 2s 7d per pair; ducks, 4s per pair; rabbits, 2s per pair. Implements—-A few lines were sold, but the market in this direction is very dull. Produce.—Pota toes, 50s per ton; chick wheat, 2s per bushel; feed barley, 2s per bushel; oats, 2s per bushel; cheese, 4d qer lb; tea, 21s. A quantity of furniture and sundries, as usual, sold well. Town section No. 1203 brought LSO. The attendance was good, and bidding spirited throughout the whole sale.

MAIL NOTICES.

TMailH close at the Chief Post Office for the following places (subject to the neces sary alterations) as under : Saturday, December 3. For the United Kingdom, via San Fran cisco, Continents of Europe and America, Weist Indies, Sandwich Islands, Northern Ports of New Zealand, &c., as as follows :—Ordinary letters at 6.30 p.m. ; late fee letters, at 7 p.m. ; books and newspapers, at 6 p.m. ; money orders, at 3 p.m. ; registered letters at 5 p.m. ; guard’s van, 8.30 p.m. train.

DAILY MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALES. Tuesday, November 29,

J. T. Ford and Co., at their Rooms, Cashel street, Christchurch —Wool. Saturday, December 3. Mr T. Bullock, at the Bazaar—Horses ; 1.30 p.m. Tuesday, December 6. Matson, Cox and Co., at the Ashburton Yards —Stock. Saturday, December 10. Mr. T. Bullock, at his Rooms, East street —Valuable Suburban Properties; 2.30 o’clock. MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS, &c To-night, Monday, November 28.

Borough Council, at Borough Council Chambers, at 7 o’clock. To-morrow, Tuesday, November 29. Mr Purnell —Address to Wakanui Elect ors, Flemington School, 7.30 p.m. Wednesday, November 30.

Mr Wason—Address to Wakanui Elect ors, Flemington Schoolhouse, 8 p.m. Tuesday, December 6. Ashburton Permanent Building and In vestment Society, Monthly Meeting, from 6.30 to 8.30 p.m. Wednesday, December 7. County Council, at the County Council Chambers, at 11 o’clock. Thursday, December 8.

Meeting of Ratepayers, Road Board Office, Methven, 3 p.m. Wahanui Road Board—Monthly Meeting, Road Board Office, Moore street L.O.L. —MonthlpMeeting, Templar Hall. Friday, December 16. United Masonic Ball, Masonic Biall, 8.30 p.m. Monday, December 26. Caledonian Society’s Annual Gathering. Monday, January, 2. Winslow Annual Races.

TRAVELLERS' GUIDE.

Trains Leave Ashburton for Chbist , church and intermediate stations at 7.5 • .in, 11 a.m., and (Express)s.4B p.m. Trains Leave Ashburton for Timaru and South, at 6.55 a.ni., 10.36 a. in. (Express), 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), 440p.m., and 7.45 p.m. Trains Arrive at Ashburton from Timaru and South at 10.50 a.m., 5.34

TOWN EDITON

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas, et Prevalebit. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1881. Crotchets in Politics.

The ensuing election is not likely to furnish anything more than a very rough estimate of people’s sentiments regarding the larger number of the most important measures which will be brought forward in Parliament. In many places, especially those most remote from the seat of Govern ment, the contest is already being carried on entirely with reference to the capacity of the respective candidates to get Government money voted for works in the locality and not at all as a matter with which statesmanship could have anything to do. The candidate who can prove that he is the most likely, through his influence, to get a railway carried along a particular route, or who can procure a vote for a new Police Court, or obtain a bridge across the river so and so, is the hero of the hour, and is likely to head the poll, and will enter Parliatrient as the Representa tive of nothing in particular of any con sequence to the people at large. And then, again, in many places large numbers of electors have banded themselves together to get a member for their locality who will be sound on the one article which forms for the time their conception of the politician’s whole duty of man. In some places in Otago and Southland there is a triangular duel being carried on with regard to the education question. The Bible reading in schools people are determined that they at any rate will return a religious man, or what some people wotfld style a man who wears his religion in his coat sleeve. The Roman Catholics, with

some reason, complain that they are treated unfairly in the distribution of 1 the vote for educational purposes, and make the reform of the Education Act in this direction a test question of the fitness or unfitness of a candidate to be , returned. The secularists on their part are equally determined that come what may “ the Education and Act shall not be tampered with,” will vote against any man, no matter how suitable otherwise, who is unsound on this point; and as with the State aid to education question, so also with re gard to the liquor trade. Some of the teetotal societies have already fairly thrown down the gaunlet, and avow that the Licensing Act passed by the late Parliament is not half stringent enough, and that they will never be satisfied until they see the infamous liquor trade entirely prohibited, and an agreement come to that no compensa tion shall in any case be granted to publicans whose houses may be closed by the operation of a proper liquor law. The licensed victuallers, on the other hand, are equally determined that they will not be suppressed, and one Christchurch paper asserts that they have already chosen their nominees, and will give them a block vote on the election day. This is unfortunate. We quite ad mit that the reform of the Education Act, and the framing of the best pos sible liquor law are important measures, but they only form after all a mere frac tion of all that is important* and will come before Parliament. With regard to all matters except the one specially selected by the enthusiasts we have re ferred to, the respective districts of the members elected to represent one idea is often very useful as an agitator, sel dom of much account as a calm ad viser or judge, and those are the chief functions of members of Parliament. Besides this, also, there is always the danger that some hyprocritical rogue may be returned by the one-sided con stituencies. Nothing will be easier for an unprincipled candidate than to post himself in one particular subject, and profess unbounded devotion to one par ticular phase of opinion with regard to that. In fact, the more unscrupulous he is, the more wildly will he gush in his enthusiam until the day of his election. This has always been the case when there has been only one subject before the electors at a Parliamentary general election. At the end of 1875, in this colony, many candidates well known to be generally quite unfitted to discharge Parliamentary duties with any credit to themselves or the colony, were returned merely because they were vehement Provincialists or Abolitionists. The same thing held good for yearn in Vic toria. Any man who styled himself a Protectionist and a Liberal, no matter what his personal character or capacity, was sure to be the chosen of the electo rate. We trust, however, that on the present occasion, after all, it will be found that the electors will not lose their heads, but consider calmly who are, on the whole, the ablest and best men, with regard not to one particular subject but with reference to the majo rity of those likely to be placed before their members.

Arrival of the Dunedin. —It will be seen from our shipping telegrams that the ship Dunedin, from London, arrived at Port Chalmers to-day.

Drowned. —A dead body, believed to be that of a man named William Thomas, was found floating in the Avon this morn-

Borolgh Council. —The ordinary fort nightly meeting of the above takes place to-night when, in addition to the other business, the retrenchment question and the question of bathing in the Domain will be discussed.

Madame Lotti Wilmot. — On Saturday evening Madame Wilmot lectured to a fair house on “ Christchurch by day and by night,” and yesteiday evening to the best house of the season on “ Forbidden fruit.” The doors were not opened until 8 o’clock, and it was about 8.40 before the lecture commenced. It was listened to throughout with close attention. Madame Wilmot remains in Ashburton over to night, and will in all probability hold a sitting at her hotel this evening for the investigation of spiritualistic phenomena. The lecturess proceeds to Timaru to-mor row, where she is announced to deliver her lecture on “ Courtship and marriage ” at the Theatre Royal in the evening. Drunkenness. —At the R.M. Court this morning, before Mr Robert Alcorn, J. P., one individual was brought up for over-indulgenm in the flowing bowl. A long list of previous convictions handed in by the police against 8 offender for drunkenness, etc., but a UUa appeared that he had not been up at a u Court for something like two years an half, his Worship merely administered a sharp reprimand and discharged him. This was the only business before the Court.

Mr S. W. Alcorn’s New Premises.— A fine new shop adjoining Mr C. Neate’a premises, and occupying the site formerly occupied by Mr Bullock, and afterwards by Mr Gundry, was opened this morning by Mr. S. W. Alcorn as a drapery, cloth ing, and millinery store. No better site for business premises could have been selected than this, and the handsome shop with its big plate glass windows and at tractive display of drapery and other goods is decidedly an acquisition to the place. A few more shops of this kind would certainly largely add to the impor tance of Ashburton. Erratum. —ln our report of Mr Purnell’s meeting at Willowby, we erro neously stated that Mr T. Chapman occu pied the chair, whereas it was Mr S. Chapman who presided. Beer. —An account of a visit to Messrs Quinton Bros.’ Alford Brewery will be found on another page. To News Agents. —The railway de partment are calling for tenders for leas ing the Ashburton and Christchurch bookstalls for a term of two years, from January next. If that Skull Could Only Speak ! t—Some Danes employed felling bush near Stratford, New Plymouth, on Saturday, discovered the skeleton of a man, the back of the skull appearing to have been broken in with some blunt instrument. Dismal Relics. —Large quantities of wreckage have been -washed ashore at Timaru during the last few days. Tester' day the top of a deck house of American pine, twelve feet by ten feet, was picked up, together with some turned posts, quantity of light boards painted white and blue, and some cabin fittings. The odds and erds it is thought probable are from the wreck of the barque England’s Glory, which came to grief at the Bluff a short while ago. Mysterious Death at the Christ church Hospital. —Yesterday morning a one-legged patient at the Christchurch Hospital named John Steele was found dead in the bathroom of the institute. He was lying in a bath full of cold water, and was completely dressed. It is not known whether the occurrence was the result of accident or design.

The Crops.— The crops arc looking splendid throughout the district, but would be no doubt all the better for a little more rain. But there is every pro spect of a good harvest, and a real good harvest generally means “a good time coming.”

A Bathing Companion. —Two young men who visited Sumner last week had just enjoyed a sea-bath when, while dres sing, they perceived a huge shark cruising about on the very spot from which they had just emerged. An Admirer of Te Whiti. —By the brigantine Omaha, which arrived yester day from the Chatham Islands, there ar rived a Maori chief, a particular friend and admirer of Te Whiti, laden with presents for the Parihaka prophet. Amongst the savory things this rangatira had with him were twenty-three casks of preserved al batrosses, a delicacy much prized by the natives. The cost of capturing, prepar ing, and packing that quantity of birds was said to have been L2OO, a sum which the chief generously paid over, hoping to have the pleasure of surprising his pro phetic friend at Parihaka with substantial evidence of his allegiance and reverence. Upon the vessel’s arrival at port our re porter informed the passengers of the ar rest of the arch agitator, and his due lodgment in prison with Tohu and the others. The chief, however, utterly repu diated any belief in the story, remarking that even were such the fact and that Te Whiti was killed he would return to life again quite easily. Upon a newspaper being shown him with the particulars headed “ Trial of Te Whiti,” he laugh ingly observed that it was merely put in the papers to ensure a readier sale for them. Press.

From Yankee Land to Auckland Direct. —The Kangaroo line of vessels has commenced running direct from New York to Auckland. Two are on the way out, and a third will be placed on the berth in January.

Political. —Mr E. G, Wright invites the electors of Ashburton to meet him at Methven on Wednesday next.—Mr C. W. Purnell will meet the Wakanui electors on Saturday next at the school-room, Hindhope. —Mr J. 0. Wason also intends addressing the Wakanui electors at the Town Hall, the Tinwald and Wakanui schoolrooms on the sth, 6th, and 7th Dec. Found Dead. — A very mysterious affair is reported from Kaiapoi. On Saturday afternoon some boys while birds-nesting, came across the body of a respectably dressed young man lying on the sandhills near the old cemetery at the Maori pah, which is about a mile and a half from Kaiapoi. On proceeding to the spot the police found the body, which was dressed in a check tweed coat, dark vest, and light tweed trousers, colored linen shirt, new low shoes, and red web braces, lying partly on the face and left side, near some English broom which had recently been cut. The legs were crossed, and the face partly sunk in the loose sand. Deceased’s hat was near his feet. A handsome, plain, signet ring was found on the little finger of the left hand. In the pockets were 6s 3d in change, two crimson and one white silk hand kerchiefs as well as a tin box for fifty pin-fire cartridges, No. 17, and of which there were thirty-five cartridge remaining. The body appeared to have lain two or three days, as putrefaction had set in. There were no marks of injury visible, except a slight abrasion and a little clotted blood on the forehead, which might have been caused by deceased falling on the spikes of the broom from which the branches had been cut. The head was much swollen. As it was concluded from the finding of the cartridges that deceased might have had a revolver, a strict search was instituted, but up to yesterday evening without success. Sergeant Gilbert had the corpse removed to the Kaiapoi morgue, where it was identified by Mr Pattman, of the Pier Hotel, as that of a man named Colburn, said to have been a mate on the ship Port land, and subsequently having been on board the Examiner. He came to the hotel on Monday, the 21st, and stayed all night. On Tuesday morning he got, up late, and after finishing breakfast between ten and eleven o’clock, asked if there was any bush about, as lie was found of strolling in quiet spots. On being in formed in the negative he expressed an in tention of going out in the direction of the Maori pah.

Tenders. —The Mount Somers Road Board call for tenders for several works, and Messrs Jameson and Roberts for ploughing 225 acres of land, Upper Ash burton. Both notices appear elsewhere.

The Dbering Twine Binder. —These now popular machines which have under gone several alterations and improvements since last season, are being supplied by Messrs Jameson and Roberts. A sample machine will be shown next Tuesday week at the County saleyards, and our farmer friends are advised not to miss the oppor tunity of inspection here afforded them. As harvest is rapidly approaching, Messrs Jameson and Roberts should be consulted at an early date in order to get supplied this season.

Masonic. —The installation of R.W.M. and officers of the Thistle Lodge, No. 627, S.C., will take place on Wednesday next. The Rev. James Hill will be the installing officer.

Wakanui Election. —Those interested in Mi- Wason’s return as member for Wakanui, are referred to an advertisement from the clerk to the committee, which will be found in another column.

CABLE NEWS

LATEST FROM EUROPE [per reuter’s agency.] Monetary and the Markets. London, Nov. 24. Consols are at The Bank rate of discount is s per cent., and the market rate per cent. The total reserve in notes and bullion in the Bank of England is Li 0,750,000. New Zealand securities are unchanged. Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, is quoted at 57s j New Zealand do, 52s 6d; Adelaide flour, ex store, 425 ; Australian tallow—best beef, 39s ; best mutton, 41s 6d. There is only a limited demand for Australian hides, and prices are lower. At the wool sale to-day, 7,800 bales were catalogued. Prices were firm, and an active demand was ex perienced. London, Nov. 25. Consols are unchanged. New Zea land securities are without quotable change. Adelaide wheat, ex store, has declined is, and is quoted to-day at 565. New Zealand wheat remains at 52s 6d. The total quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain is 2,400,000 quarters. Adelaide flour, ex ware house, 425. Australian tallow—best beef, 395; best mutton, 41s 6d. At the wool sales to-day, 8,200 bales were offered, making a total of 29,900 bales catalogued since the opening. Active demand was experienced for all descriptions. The Land Leaguers Euchered. At the municipal elections which took place to-day at Cork, in Ireland, various candidates professing sympathy

with the Land League were defeated by considerable majorities.

A Handle to His Name. The London Gazette to-day contains the announcement that the dignity of Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George has been con ferred upon the Hon. Joshua Peter Bell, President of the Legislative Council of Queensland. Too Much Business. London, Nov. 26. Owing to the continued increase of business brought before the Land Courts, three additional commissions have been appointed in Ireland to deal with cases under the Land League Act. An Inauspicious Start. The barque Pampers, 588 ton, bound from Liverpool to Port Chalmers, ex perienced a severe gale off the English coast, during which she was dismasted; she has been towed into Penzance for repairs. Hartington on Irisn Affairs.

The Right Hon. Marquis of Harting ton, Secretary of State for India, ad dressed a crowded meeting at Black bnrn, Lancashire, this evning. In the course of his speech he alluded at length to the present state of affairs in Ireland; he regretted that the situation in that country caused the utmost anxiety, and was calculated to the greatest disappointment and disatisfaction. Agrarian outrages were alarming rife, and the exercise of rights of property were fraught with difficulty and danger. His Lordship added that the situation was receiving the earnest attention of Government, who would continue to act with unswerving firmness and inex haustible patience. The Bosnians Show Fight. Vienna, Nov. 26. The decision of the Government to place Bosnia under the Austrian system of military service has caused great dis content among the Bosnians, especially on the part of those resident in the dis trict of Cattaro, on the Montenegrin frontier. The inhabitants of that dis trict have risen in arms against the Austrian authorities and severe fighting has already taken place between the insurgents and the Austrian troops despatched to Cattaro. Peaceful Russia. St. Petersburg, Nov. 26. An attempt on the life of General Ignatiff, Minister of the Interior, was made in the city fo-day, by a youth who fired at the general with a revol ver. He was at once arrested, and has since confessed that he was instigated to commit the attempted crime. Bismarck’s Little Game. Berlin, Nov. 25. At a meeting of the Reichstag to day, Prince Bismarck made a statement in which he alluded to the situation of Government in view of the result of the elections. The Chancellor announced that in the case of the failure of the projects which he would lay before Parliament he would resign the con duct of Home affairs, entrusting the same to the Vice-President of the Council, while he would himself alone retain the control of the Foreign Affairs of the Empire. The Porte is Peremptory. Constantinople, Nov. 25.

A difficulty has arisen between the Turkish and Greek Governments re garding the existence of a Greek post office in this city. The matter has formed the subject of lengthy diplomatic communications, and, as no settlement could be arrived at, the Porte has now peremptorily ordered the closing of the office. • Paying the Piper. It has transpired that Mr Bourke, Turkish bondholders delegate, did his utmost during the progress of negotia tions with the Ottoman Financial Com mission, to support the Government in its refusal to agree to the demand of the Russian Ambassador, that the ques tion of payment of the war indemnity should be dealt with simultaneously with the claims of foreign bond holders.

Constantinople, Nov. 26. \ Negotiations are now proceeding b # 4i| tween the Russian Ambassador and Ot-' toman Financial Commission, with a view to arrive at an amicable arrange ment regarding the payment of the war indemnity due by Turkey to Russia. AUSTRALIAN [per reuter’s agency.] The Blow Up at Hohart. Melbourne, Saturday. Telegrams received this morning from Hobart in a measure confirm the reported volcanic outbreak near that town. It is believed that the occurrence is due to a coal seam being on fire, but nothing definite isy et known. The latest intelligence from Hobart regarding the reported outbreak, is to the effect that a brilliant illumination is visible from the town, but no authen tic news has yet been received regard ing the disturbance. Yet Another! The prospectus has been issued of a new bank, to be styled the Bank of Australia. The capital is to be one million. Mr Munro is the promoter.

The Mail. Melbourne, To-day. Arrived, last evening—P. and O. Co.’s steamship Rome, with the English mails, dated London, Oct. 12. “Licked.” Sydney, Saturday. A cricket match between the Eng lish team and twenty-two of-the Nor thern District, was commenced at New castle yesterday. The Englishmen in their first innings scored 112, and at close of the, day’s play the twenty-two had scored 34 for the loss of twelve wickets. The match was concluded at Newcastle to-day, and resulted in a draw in favor of the local team. The twenty-two in their first innings scored 79, and the Englishmen in their second 75.' In the second innings, Newcastle had lost ten wicktes for 79 runs, when time was called. The Milburn Creek Scandal | In the Legislative Assembly last night, the Attorney-General, in reply to a question, said that legal proceedings would he instituted without delay in connection with the Milburn Creek affair. Shipping. Sailed, yesterday afternoon —Waka- tipu, s.s„ for Wellington. Good Prospects. Adelaide, Saturday. Accounts of the South Australian wheat crop are favorable, and it is ex pected that there will be an average yield of seven bushels to the acre.

That Mysterious Fire. ITOB aim’, To-day. Hundreds of people yesterday visited the scene of the fire which has been raging in the vicinity of the Sung river since the extraordinary disturbance which occurred on Thursday last. The accounts which come to hand are most contradictory. The Mercury to-day expresses the belief that the fire is caused by burning peat moss.

TELEGRAMS.

} PEII PIIUS.S ASSOCIATION.] A Sad Accident. New Plymouth, To-day.

Yesterday morning a fatal accident occurred on the Waitara river, resulting in the death of William Ady and his wife. They, with their little child, about seven months old, were in a sailing boat on the river, the wife steering, when the boat “ jibbed ” and the mainsail knocked her overboard. Ady jumped into the river after his wife, who clnng to him, and after a struggle they were drowned. The man’s body was recovered three hours afterwards, and the body of Mrs Ady was picked up this morning on the Waitara river bank, a little below the old cattle wharf. The child was in the boat, and was recovered alive. Ady was from Grey mouth, and had for some time been trad ing to the West Coast from Lyttelton. The child has been adopted by a settler at Waitara.

Hiroki’s Trial. Hiroki was brought up at the Police Court this morning, when Dr O’Carroll gave evidence as to the prisoner having an old wound above the hip bone. Richard Birch corroborated Mr Fraser’s evidence, adding the prisoner wore a cap like the one produced. The case is pro ceeding. Arrested. Dunedin, To-day.

H. B. Mclntosh, the manager of the Walton Bank Coal Company, has been arrested for forgery. The defalcations amount to LI, 500.

CRICKET

TIMARU HIGH SCHOOL V. ASH BURTON HIGH SCHOOL. The above match was concluded after we went to press on Saturday. The fol lowing score represents the second innings of the Tiinaru boys : Campbell, b Hodder ... ... ... 7 Hassell, b Hodder ... ... ... 0 Wilson, b Hodder ... ... ••• 0 Barclay, c Chapman b Fish 9 Cole, run out ... ... ... ... '0 Jones, b Fish ... ... ••• ••• 2 Borrie, c Chapman b Hodder ... ... 0 Cook, b Fish 1 Chisholm, b Fish 2 Foster, b Fish 1 Tate, not out 0 Extras 1

Total - 23 The match therefore resulted in a victory for the local team bv 27 runs.

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.

PROTESTANTISM AND THE ELECTION.

To toe Editor. g IEj _I think the time has come when Protestants, as such, should be as wide awake to their own interests politically as are their very affectionate brethren of the Roman faith. Sooner or later a gigantic straggle will take place between the two parties for political supremacy,and already the Roman skirmishers are in the field. Here in Wakanui we have two videttes of St Peter feeling the political pulse— one of them the real Catholic representa tive, the other only allowed to go up so that a red herring may be drawn across the scent; but he, poor fellow, will get no support whatever from Catholic ballot papers. V ites are too valuable to be thrown away upon him. The real Catholic candidate (Mr Joseph Ivess) his, 1 with the customary liberality of the Jesuits when they have an end of their ■ own to serve, thrown a sop to the electors of Wakanui, in the shape of a promise to - vote for Bible reading in schools. This promise he made with a great show of liberality, and a casual visitor to Ashbur ton, listening to Mr Ivess making this premise and knowing him to be a Catholic, would have set him down as a man pre pared to defy his church, .and sacrifice himself on the alter of Liberalism, using || *the traditions of the church and the pre : judices of his training to raise the holy fire. But men v.ho have watched Mr Ivess’ career in Ashburton cannot be so gulled. A very casual glance down the Wakanui roll will show several hundreds of names upon it that bear a Milesian and Catholic stamp on every letter, and with Bishop Redwood’s manifesto before his mind’s eye, the reader of the roll cannot fail to come to the correct conclusion in regard to who will be the receivers of those votes. To Mr O'Reilly they cer tainy will not be given. If the Roman Church fails in any of her schemes, it is not usually for want of wit, zeal, energy, forethought, careful management, and judicious shepherding of her flock. Her whole history shows this, and we are now getting an evidence of her ability in this election. Not a Catholic who could by any chance be held to be entitled to a vote but has been placed upon the roll, and a study of the roll will show that by far the largest majority of the really working men who there appear are men professing the Catholic faith. I like to see this ; I like to see people in earnest in everything, and it speaks volumes for the Catholics that so many of their creed have recognised their political duty to their church, and have taken advantage of the opportunity recent legislation has given them to grasp political power. But it is different with the Protestant working men. Hundreds of them have stood idly by, and remain unregistered, thus stand ing powerless to aid their own cause when the time comes. Now, it may bo asked, -why should I raise this question just at this time, and try to introduce an element into the election that has no right to be there. Gladly would I have re frained from doing so, had T been satis fied that Mr Ivess did not seek to enter Parliament on the shoulders of his co religionists, and on the ticket of State aid for denominational schools, for to secure this is the be-all and end-all of Catholic political effort at this moment. If they nan secure a majority of votes in the House, and legalise the voting of money to aid Catholic or other denominational schools, then their end is gained, and so soon as that is done wo find a host, of Roman emissaries in the field in the shape of Catholic teachers and Catholic schools built and endowed by the State. The “ Godless ” education so howled down hy the Catholics may he a terrible crime against the souls of the children, but m this eve of reason wo are past the stage when one penny should be voted for the subsidising of any religion whatever. I have repeatedly asked myself “ Whore are the Orangemen at this juncture?” What have they boon about that s.o inanv of the Catholics have got upon the roll and so few Orangemen ? Have the fol lower’s of tho Prince of Orange dropped down to the sad position of fancying that they have only to contend against a horde of wild Irishmen armed with pick-handles, and planted in tiro line of an Orange pro cession ? If so, then the sooner they hand in the charter of their existence and burn their sashes the better. Any fool with a

good muscle can do that sort of fighting, but it wants men like the 'cute and far seeing leaders among the Catholics to look after strengthening their cause on the roll, to putting up an ambitious man for a can didate who makes a show of very unnatu ral Liberalism (for a Catholic) to win the votes of weak-kneed Protestants, and to further strive after popularity by bidding for it with speeches made out of leading articles from Reynolds’ Newspaper, boiled down to suit the palates of a gaping New Zealand crowd. The other Catholic can didate, put up in a joke, and carrying on a farcial candidature, just plays into the hands of the Catholic party, and serves to throw dust in the eyes of the electors. Depend upon it if the Catholic host is suc cessful in sending Joseph Ivess to Parlia ment, when the denominational question comes to be discussed the worthy man will be found voting with the side favorable to his Church. If he does not do so, then he is not loyal to his conscience as a Catholic, and is worse than a traitor.— Yours, etc., Lutheran.

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THE ASHBURTON GUARD! AN, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1881.



CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR’S CARDS. A beautiful assortment to hand in time for the mail, which arrives Home before Christmas. —L. F, Andeewes, Bookseller And Stationer, East street, Ashburton. 672c* -a* John Meech, T) RACTICAL CABINETMAKER, £ UPHOLSTERER, &c., BURN ET T STREET, Opposite the Mail Office. v Easy Chairs, . Couches, English and Chairs, Single and Double Iron ,gnd Wood Bedsteads. ... All kinds of Carpeting, Matting, and Oilcloth. A large assortment of Repps •nd Cretonnes at lowest prices. Suites of Furniture from Ll 3 and upwards. All ; kinds of furniture re-covered and repaired at the very lowest prices. All work guaranteed and completed at the shortest notice. Furniture exchanged, and highest prices given for second-hand -Forftitiire. f Note the address—Cheapest House in .Ashburton, opposite Mail Office, Burnett .street. 3160



Wanted. W TjyANTED —A good General SEE, VANT ’ V for a small private family. Apply, Office of this Paper. 185 d ANTED—-Everybody to see Eeady Money Richard’s advertisement. = 119 d WANTED to SELL for £lO., cbst £3O—A large Ameticah COOK ING RANGE, 4ft. Sin. by 3ft.,- suitable for a boardinghouse or station. Apply to James Baker, Havelock street. 154 c TXT"ANTED TENDERS for BREAK ING DP 225 Acres Land, near Clark’s, Thompson’s Track. Apply to Jameson and Roberts, Ashburton. 204 d WANTED—TENDERS for tho sup ply of One Hundred Tons of FLOUR. Best, guaranteed for cash on delivery and proof of quality. Tenders to close on the Ist December, 1881. R. Lancaster, Ashburton. WANTED to Rent—Twenty Acres of i English grass with water, near the township of Ashburton. Apply, Office of this Paper, 69d W~~ ANTEDKNOWN. —SPRING AND SUMMER MILLINERY. MISS YERRALL is now Showing her First Display of Spring Millinery. Co lombo street (opposite Cookham House.) W~ ANTED KNOWN Christmas Presents and New Year’s Gifts, Christmas Cards, Dolls, Humming Tops, Church Services Suitable for Presents, Revised New Testament. Albums ; Young Ladies Journal Is 4d ; Family Reader, division 42, Is 9d. F. Clark’s, Mont gomery’s Buildings. 16Id WANTED KNOWN—That Robert Elston, Burnett street, Ashburton, having procured the Newest Apparatus, is prepared to SWEEP CHIMNEYS at very low rates. Any orders left at tho Town Hall will receive prompt attention. ?60c WANTED KNOWN.—Just received a consignment of “ Novelties,” together with new, rare and generally esteemed varieties of Flower Seeds, annual and perennial, in addition to those cata logued. Those of my customers who have not had their orders for Garibaldi Bulba, Carnations, &c., will oblige by calling for he same. A very fine stock of bedding out Plants will be ready in September and October. W. Gimblett, Colombo street, Christchurch. 530 c



WANTED THE GUARDIAN tells your Wants for Is. ■ cash. Special Advertisements. NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY COM* PAN IT (LIMITED). AN AGENCY has this day been OPENED at Ashburton, with Mr Walter B. Moss in charge. TEMPORARY OFFICE — CORNER OF WEST AND HAVE LOCK STREETS. JOHN COOKE, Manager. Christchurch, October 1, 1881. 782 c O. Carstens & Co., (Late Weston’s), PROSPECT BUILDINGS, Tobacconist, fancy goods, AND STATIONERY. Meerschaum Pipes, G.B.D. Pipes Nailrod, Twist, and Vanity Fair Tobacco A nice assortment of Accordions, Con certinas, Flutes, Violins, Mouth Organs, and Toys of every description, direct from Home. ffaircutting, Shaving and Shampooing. EAST STREET ASHBURTON. 257a* Ashburton registry office, For Male and Female Servants. All orders for Servants by letter or otherwise receive prompt attention. L. F. ANDRE WES, Labor Agent, East Street, 765 c Ashburton. JJ D. M 0 N K’ S ORIENTAL BILLIARD AND REFRESHMENT SALOON is NOW OPEN DAILY. Tables by Alcock and Thurston of the highest quality. Carved in solid walnut. Come and see one of the FINEST BILLIARD SALOONS In the Colony, FLEMING’S BUILDINGS, TRIANGLE Next A, Wilson, Tobacconist, 825 c Christchurch.



gsß pii t ''v i JANTBRBURY MUSIC DEPOT. ASHBURTON BRANCH. Milner & Thompson Desire to inform the residents of Ash burton and surrounding districts that they have appointed Mr H. M. JONES their ao r e Agent for this district, and invite inspection of the Instruments, Music, &c., displayed in the SHOW ROOM, above Mr Jones’Shop. PIANOS by all the best makers— Broadwood, Collard and Collard, Erard, Pleyel, Bord, Challen and Sons, Ascher burg, Lipp and Sohn, Chappell, Ronisch, Bechstein, Kapp, and others. Sole Agent for John Brinsraead’s Gold Medal Pianos. Specialities Our Dresden Model Pianos, which took First Award of Merit at the Ashburton Exhibition, from £35 to £55. Harmoniums and Organs, from £7 10s to £SO. Concertinas, Accordians Violins, Flutes, and all other kinds of Brass and Stringed Instruments on hand. Any orders for Books, Music, or Instruments not in stock here can be supplied from our Christchurch establish ment by first train. The above Instruments can be pur chased on Deferred Patmbnt from 20s per month. Orders for Tuning executed by a first-class professional. Pianos on Hire. . . -4 77Qc



Special Advertisements. STATIONERY, BOOKS —MEMORAN DUM ' and ACCOUNT BOOKS, TOYS, FANCY GOODS, MUSIC, &e. JUSP RECEIVED— A large assortment of CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR Cards. LETTS’ AUSTRADIAN DIARIES FOR ifido H. M. JONES, Stationer and Bookseller, East street and Baring Square. 365 a THE undersigned will be prepaied, during the coming season, to supply the following articles at the lowest rates:— REAPERS and BINDERS EXTRAS for DO. BINDING WIRE CORN; SACKS fl . .. TURNIP and RAPE SEEDS Plough shares Ahd all kinds of Agricultural Imple ments. FREDK. PAVITT, Corn Merchant, &0., Ashburton. Agent for John AnderSOri; Canterbury Foundry, Christchurch; Geo. Booth and Sons, Importers of Agricultural Imple ments, Christchurch; and Agent for the United Insurance Company. 150 d rp H E NEW ZEALAND Clothing Eactory, noted throughout the Colony for the best fitting and Genuine Well-made CLOTHING Of Every Description, are the LARGEST PRIZE-TAKERS At tha Dunedin Industrial Exhibition, having been awarded FIRST ORDER OF MERIT, AND ALSO HIGHLY COMMENDED BT THE INTELLIGENT JURORS. One trial will prove the Superior Quality of all Products. A SINGLE GARMENT AT THE WHOLESALE PRICE.



Branches at all the principal Towns. HATS, HOSIERY, SHIRTS, • BLANKETS, RUGS, TWEEDS, At Wholesale Prices, NEW SEASON'S GOODS NOW SHOWING. AshbuetonSßetail Branch : Street. W. SPARROW, 692 c Branch Manager. H. MESSENGER HIS LORDSHIP’S LARDER, In thanking his numerous country patrons, and the public generally, for past favors, begs to intimate that, having com pleted extensive alterations and improve ments, he is now in a position to offer them unequalled accommodation. The increased accommodation for Ladies is a special feature in the improve ments. W. H. M. also begs to add that in addi tion to the above he lias made provision, from the First day of November next, to supply a want long felt in Christchurch, viz.:— A GRILLED CHOP OR STEAK, At any hour of the day, which will be ac companied with a Glass of Bass’s cele brated Bottled Ale. FOR ONE SHILLING. Dinners, Banquets, Ball Suppers, Wedding Breakfasts, and Picnics pro vided for, in the very best possible style. OP 987 c W. H. MESSENGER, Purveyor.



OTI 0 E . The SHOWROOM is NOW OPEN at Everett Bros.’, Havelock street, Ashbur ton, in which Mrs Everett will be pleased to execute all orders entrusted to her care with despatch and style. All the Millinery, Flowers, Feathers, etc., QUITE NEW. NOVELTIES IN NEW SUMMER DRAPERY EVERETT BRO;., HAVELOCK STREET. 20



Meetings. ELECTION. At the request of the Central Com mittee, Mr J. C. WASON will ADDRESS the Electors of Wakanui at the following places on the dates and hours as fol lows Ashburton Town Hall—December sth, at 8 p.m. Tinwald, Schoolroom—December 6tb, at 7.30 p.m. Wakanui, Schoolroom —December 7th, at 7.30 p.m. 209 d By order of the Committee. AKANUI ELECTION At the Request of the Central Com mittee, MR WASON will ADDRESS the Electors at Wakanui School-room, on WEDNESDAY, December 7th, at 7.30 p.m. 207 d AKANUI ELECTION. Requests the Electors of Wakanui to { FLEMINGTON SCHOOL, ON j WEDNESDAY, THE 30TH NOV., Mr Wason meet him at the At 8 p.m. 193 d



AKANUI ELECTION. Mr Wason Requests the Electors of Wakanui to meet him at the HINDHOPE SCHOOL, ON THURSDAY, THE isx DEC, At 8 p.m. 194 d



Mr J. 0. Wason’s Committees. MEETINGS or MR WASON’S COMMITTEES Will be held as follows: — ASHBURTON: Messrs Poyntz and Co.’s Office, East street, on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. Wednesdaysand Saturdays from 2 till 4 in the afternoon, and on the other days at 7.30 evening. RAKAIA: Mr Hartnell’s House, on Saturday first, at 7.30 evening. Future dates to be ar ranged. SEAFIELD: The Sohoolhouse, on Monday evening next, when future dates will be fixed. Gentlemen willing to act on Mr Wason’s Committees in the several districts are requested to attend on the dates men tioned above. 169 d



ELECTION. Mr C. W. Purnell Requests the Electors to Meet him at the SO EOOLHO USE, FLEMINGTON, ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, At 7.30 p.m. 201 d



ELECTION. MR. C. W. PURNELL Requests the ELECTORS to MEET him at the SCHOOLHOUSR, HINDHOPE, ON SATURDAY, 3rd DECEMBER, At 7.30 p. m. 210 d



Mr E. G. Wright IN Y I T E S THE ELECTORS OF I'HG ASHBURTON DISTRTCT TO MEET HIM At the ROAD BOARD OFFICE, METHYEN, ON WEDNESDAY, 30TH NOV., At half-past t,even. 203 d



Thistle lodge, 627, s.c., ash burton. An EMERGENCY MEETING of the above lodge will be held at the Masonic Hall on WEDNESDAY next, 30th mat., at 7.30 p. m., for the purpose of Installing Officers for the ensuing year. The Rev. James Hill «i!l act as installing officer. Visiting brethren invited. By order, GEORGE 6AUJKRODGER, Slid Secretary. ORANGE LODGE. The District Lodge No. 8 will hold their QUARTERLY MEETING at the Upper Room of the Town Hall- on FRI DAY EVENING, December 2nd, at 8 o’clock. 189 d By order. GEORGE ST HILL, Secretary pro tem. Late Advertisements. A CARD. LOTT! WILMOT will sit a Circle THIS EVENING, at 8 o’clock, jr the INVESTIGATION of SPIRIT JALISM. Positively the last day in Lshburtou. Six Tickets, £1 Is; Single Tickets, 6s. Quill’s Commercial Hotel