SHIPPING.

PORT OP LYTTELTON. Arrived. To-day. Hinemoa. O.Q.s.a, from Wellington. Sailed. Yesterday. . Ocean Ranger, barquentine, for Cape town. Te Anau, s.s., for Northern Ports. Benvenae, ship, for London. ’ ' Auckland, Yesterday. ' * B H9Ktled iac ßototßahaßa,- for the Sooth. -r Wellington, Yesterday. "Sailed—Penguin, for- the North ; G. Ahetwlind, barques, ; fw ewcaatle; P. W—XJarlow, barque, \ijt ' lUpmAq.- ■ ; j, •< T; r i ; . Timaru, Yesterday. AiriVedJ-rßichard and - Mary from XpEeltomh r £ ship, for-London with a idll cargo .of woolj grain etc.,; . Poet Chalmers, Yesterday. '(•>: Arrivad—Wteatah,. from Hobart; Go- Ahead, from > tho' North; ■ London, Juno 29. Arrived —Ships Gasman and Orari from’ Lyttelton 1 ; >Loch. Ure, from Auckland ; Oamaru, fronji Port? Chalmers. j

COMMERCIAL.

[fQViiSr'ituTtfP// Ashburton Guardian‘Office, j (( i :-1 . - ; , Friday aftenioon. < j There has been a noticeable activity in •■'the'grain market 'since 'our last report, owing to tho favorable telegraphic advices fiSm the Glcf Wdu&tity* ;; (and 4n> regard to wheat, prices are very much .firmer than ' last wen? * s A;lhig6 ! q&dntity bf this cereal has been sent aw<*y. from Ashburton during the week, and if prices continue to improve, a large clearance will be made shortly in aH ' probability. Good sound wheat is worth about from 3s 7d to 4s, f.0.b.; for further spring varieties of good Color and of best quality, 2d more per bn,jObtained. , Seed wheat, is ' atm being freely operated with, a|hd prices are still;, very < good for prime samples, which range from 4s 3d to 4s 9cL The jspcp, of oats still Remains about the same, and we 1 anticipate that better prices are shortly-coming for this cereal Barley is still in fair demand, and fob good malting samples from 3s to 3s 3d can be ohtaihedV'inferior "kinds bringing aboutifrom la fid to 2a fid. Grass seed still >? conthmea about the same price, but there - is not much; doing. ;■ Hay sells at about 55s'ta 60s per ton, But the latter figure is only’‘for * the best quality. We have ' j; experienced some : very frosty weather during tfie week, and towards the hills some quantity of ano w has fallen. The weathermow, however, is still fine, arid ’ far riie'vririter has been the mildest known for a number of years. Large '’""SS'lf'limd are still being ploughed up, and the demand fdrgood farming land - appears to be unprecedented. - , j V 1 J 1 -■" ✓* L Hetail JLiat- Sutler, interior to best, per lb, pd to is; eggs, .per,dozen, is pd; cheese, prime quality, ' * ';:!b;rs; hami, in cloth, per lb, iod to is; *‘ 5 fidurpin bugs, per : loolbs, ias; oatmeal, per ajlbs, 4s; lard;‘per lb, yd. ■ The Christchnrch’Obrn Exohange. .Com Exchange report for, the week ending Friday evening, tlje ist July The market -.during thewcek is without alteration, and no jdrcutnstarice has arisen which calls for’any ’ ‘ ’ Icommeritl' ‘ Wheat. —Recent telegraph advices ‘ ' 'from 'England; reporting a rise in price, have imprirted k' firmer tone to our local markets, although without' a quotable advance. Good sound milling; is worth from. 3s 8d to 3s nod •:iper. .bushel *: v exceptionally, fine parcels of Tuscan vjotddicommatud . id, to 2d per bushel. m<Hqar!ifih}°d aecondaare worth from as fid to as 8d cgick wheat from is fid to as S(L per,, bushel; seed wheats, 4s 3d to 4s 6d , per bushel, ; Clats.—The market is without’ ' ’'',“altet4tion , ,‘,hiit prices firm at last week’s quo-.; ,' talking'- vibl gcod stout milling, 2s id tola*; ' ’ Cbub..; 1 fe& samples, 7 is 8d to is iod per ; burijfet*'" l Th<ire is.still a moderately ftir detnarid' for good molting samples, the ->> rtnqorityorioffer are, .however, hardly up to r; the i consumers’ standard.; last week’s prices -■npastbe repeated.- * First-class malting from as . ■ Dct-to-Sa-W-* -fait to inedUun, zs3<l toas'fitT ’ ~ncr,,bushel,; feed quality, is, iod to as id. A --good, many saleshave taken * l ', plaqejmringlhe week, and prices in sympathy ! r wit-fi the;depiand have increased, 33s to 35s per ’' ’tOn at suWhairi’ stations,being the pnee at which business has been for im-’ 7 'Y sSediate : .deKvery ; r for delivery in August, 40s ■- to 42s per ton; in' all cases sacks extra. Grass Seea.— not much' to • rejaort F -regard'fo this: article of ptoduce, and. -. zpoeeslarei withontialteraticn ; for well cleaned ..-.farmers’ lots, .45 fid, to ss. per bushel is the. ~ ■ ..quotation; not much .business doing. Cocks i;;ipot,-. 3#d to per lb. Cheese and .’1 Butter,—Values are unaltered—the former 3d the latter. 8d to per lb. Hay— Li jSs -prs -ton,delivered in Christchurch.. Auctioneers’, Reports. ;; 1; Messrs iH. J Matson and Co. report on. the Live Stock Market, etc., for the week ending Thursday, Jupe 30^1.1881, as follows terday’s sale at Addington again brought for ward a large supply of sheep, in fact the mar . ket’.was, full from beggming to. end. .In fat V shpep there yvere several specially good lines, ‘ ' notably those sent to' hand by Messrs Gould arid Cameron, L. White, Campbell, and R. , ' Wright, prices for which ruled from 14s fid to tys 3d per-head. - The sale opened sluggishly, - buyers holding back in face of the full supply, .'-/■I and several lines of medium weight sheep were .■; 'passed unsold.' For .this class of mutton there i .dragging trade throughout the day, and . iprices were fid to,, is per head “ down.’ The ■ ; few;’good lots of qrossbred wethers were, how .ever,, in fair request, and sold readily at prices, in some instances, in excess of last week’s quo , tntipns. At the close of the sale there was a * ' 'Cfirisiderable inquiry' for the early unsold lots, ’ ' ’ most of which were placed, at prices equal in ‘ proportion to auction rates'. Prime crossbred wethers brought from'' 16s to rys fid; mixed ' ' weights'and 'sexes,- (3s fid to 15s; merino ‘ - - wethers, for butchers’ purposes, 9s fid to 10s fid. -In stores there was a larger entry than usual, and we.think we are right in saying there was J a line -unsold. Amongst others we placed,3socrossbreds at 12s 9d, rao merino ~ weth«s at 8s fid, 500 merino wethers at ys, 350 do atj>s Bd, and 280 mixed crossbreds, ex Is. g 'flnil'ijly, from the Chatham Islands, at ros -The cattle sale, as a whole, was the most dragging and protracted faffair we have seen lv months. With beef the market was f simply glutted, and. not more than half the eh ' tty coufibe placed,' 1 Prices were mostunsatis i'/ many lines of indifferent quality -vj..-ikWßS,almdctimpoßSible.toelicit abid. A few ■j.\- spedallyheayy,and well grazed steers from the _ : 3outh were, sold at Ll2 to Lra 10s, but the r, t Average, prices oft he .day for good steers ranged L 8 10$, light weights and heifers '* ios to L 6 ros. _ln store cattle there is no improyfflment in price or demand, and business ' ri J al l "a comparative standstill. Pigs are un ■'cliariged in value, a large entry being penned, and 'all.sold at yesterday’s market. The totals yutdCd' for the day comprised—S,4yß sheep, 34T t head/of cattle, and 200 pigs, of which our -r< - of cattle, and 6y pigs. In sheep our principal sales were ■> , ,v— at 17s, 100 at ifis gd, 80 at jd, 70 at 17s, 50 at 16s fid, 40 at 143 fid, 80 at 14s 3d, 50 at Ma. SdtjieOiSU 91 ap 15s 3d, 120 at 14s fid , orjCssbreds at ras gd, 70 at 12s fid, . ’Sorit las merino.wethers at 7s, rao. V A ’ «rossbr<?ds; at ios fid, &c. Fat caKlfc-3 »t L 6 ios, 4at L 5 Js, * a V5'L^-i 6d a r-2/s t . l ! B W s » * rit L 6 ios, 3 at & iosj O atrlA, 4 at L 6 12s ’ t - or * s n o f n iuai.. Dairy ■ HoSp, Market—For our last Mitiy ttldri Tfenal, sixty-five horses udgwd! We edimot encourage icdpStOJany marked diripravcment v .but thisiis certain! that El I ' tirieof*good : sound useful stoskj either,.heavy '/■£ flight*-would find buyers at rate* above* the Hi ‘J - -■

average of the past two years. Young active four or five years old plough horses are worth LlB to : L2S; ‘rf extn good sorts, with plenty of quality, to L 33. Unbroken cart colts, Ll sto L 22; well-bred hacks and light harness horses, Li4to Lao; ordinary do, L 8 to Lia; weeds, £4. to LB, Messrs J. T. Ford and Co. report on the live stock market for the week ending Thurs day, the 30th inst., as follows :—The yards on Wednesday were plentifully supplied with both fat sheep and fat cattle. Fat sheep sold at much about the same value per lb as on the previous week. Perhaps the demand all round was slightly more active for all classes. Fat sheep are coming forward just now in greater numbers'-than we expected, consequent, we presume, partly on account of the wet weather, and partly also that farmers have cleared out their turnip land intended for wheat. We are ol opinion that fat sheep sheep aiea good pro perty to hold on to till toward the spring months, if feed will allow this to be done, and that*the present prices at per lb are the lowest we shill see till next December. Sufficient fat cattle find their way into the Addington market every week to keep the trade satisfied, 1 and prices down at from 20s to 25s per roolbs. j Mr Bristol’s Lincoln wethers were again the theme of the yards, and topped the market at Sis each—a grand line of sheep, possessing site, symmetry, and wool. Mr Gunn’s cross breds brought 14s fid each. Crossbreds on account Mr Evans brought 15s fid each. Two lines of fresh conditioned sheep on account of Messrs T. Sutton and Patterson (940) sold at ras fid and 12s gd. Mr Bristol’s sheep sold at ars each. We sold merino ewes on account of Messrs, Vallance and Mason at 9s each. We sold fat pigs on account of the Pareora estate at from £.3 5s to L 3 15s each; also fat pigs on account of the Lowcliff estate at from Li 7 s t 0 Li 15s each. We sold fat cattle on account of Messrs Haydon, S. Garforth, J. Smith, and others, .at from L 6 Ss to L 6 12s, L 7, and L 7 19s each. During the week we have placed -privately several lines of store sheep, merino wethers, at from 7s pd to 8s fid each, and store crossbreds at from ns fid to 12s 3d each. Wool, Skins, Hides, Rough Fat and Tallow. —At our stores on Thursday, the 30th, we catalogued a very choice supply of butchers’ crossbred and merino skins, which sold at prices as under : —Best merino from 3s fid to 3s ‘pd, 4s, and 4s ad each ; best crossbreds, from 4s pd to 53 fid, 6s, 6s 3d, and 6s fid each; medium do., at from 3s pd, to 4s fid and Ss for crossbreds, arid medium merino at from as pd to 3s and 3s fid each ; country skins, according to condition, etc. The English Markets. Messrs Miles Bros, and Co.’s colonial pro duce report, dated London, May 19th, is to hand, from-which we extract the following:— Wool.—The available supplies, including old stock, at the commencement of the last sale were as follows : —Sydney and Queens land, 75,000 bates; Port Phillip, 116,000 bales ; Adelaide, 40,000 bales ; Swan River, ro.ooo bales ; Tasmania, 7,000 bales; New Zealand, 76,060 bales; Cape and Natal, 46,000 bales ; total, 370,000 bales.. Of the new arrivals, 16,000 Australians and 12,000 Capes have been sent forward to the manu facturing districts. The sates opened with a large attendance of buyers, and competition was brisk, but prices were a shade below those ruling at the previous sates. Since the first night the market has hardened to some extent. Merinos are now quite as high as they were in March, weakness being chiefly marked in middling scoured Capes and coarse crossbreds, which are to id per lb cheaper, the finer descriptions of crossbreds being in good de mand. Lambs’ wool is well competed for, and • is worth id per lb more money,- Up to the present time about 2,900 bales have been with drawn, but considering the discoutaging ac counts that have been received from the woollen districts, the result of the sale is so far satis factory. The fresh arrivals for the August series to date amount to 170,504 bales, in cluding 47,505 bales Sydney, 47,592 bales Port Phillip, and 40,775 bates from New Zealand. 'Wheat and Flour.—Trade on our wheat . market has been sluggish during the past fort night, there being a total absence of specula tion, our millers merely supplying their im mediate wants, but prices show little altera tion. Importations of Australian wheat have been heavy, and prices have given way to the extent of about is per qr. Parcels on spot have-been sold at 47s fid to 48s, ex ship, per ; 4pfilbs, and cargoes on passage, to London have been sold at 45s fid to 465, c. f. andi. New Zealand cargoes ate still offered at about 44s fid per,4Solbs, U.K. Samples of New Zea lana;wheat of the new crop lately to hand are excellent both in quality and condition, and as EngKsh wheats are scarce, the earlier ship ments of this grain should, we think, command attention. In oats, good New Zealand feed ing, qualities are scarce and bring good prices. We quote, ex granary, Australian wheat, 47s fid to 495; New Zealand, Jong berried, 483 to -50 s •, New Zealand, good ordinary 46s to 495, all per 49filbs ; Australian flour, superfine, 32s to 345; households, 30s to 31s per aSolb; New Zealand flour, 29s to 32s per aSolbs; New Zealand malting barley, 30s to 38s per 4481 b ; New'Zealand beans, 44s to 46s per 4481 b; fine New Zealand oats, 27s to 31s, and com mon feed 245110-275,. both for imp. qrs. ; New Zealand peas, 46s to 48s, and Australian 33s to 36s both for 5041 b; New Zealand oatmeal, 190 s to 21 os per ton. : Tallow and Hides.-—The demand for Aus tralian tallow has been good, and we now quote good to fine mutton, 35s fid to 36s ; and fair to fine beef, 33s fid and 34s fid. Superior de scriptions.are still in request, and bring high comparative prices.

DAILY MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALES. To-morrow, Saturday, July 2. Mr T. Bullock, at the Bazaar, Burnett street—Horses, Implements, &c.; 1 o’clock. Tuesday, July 5. Mr Alfred Harrison, on the premises of . Mr Clark (near Masonic Hall) —Furni- ture and Effects ; 12 o’clock. Saturday, July 9. Mr. T. Bullock, at his Rooms, East street —Valuable Town and Suburban Pro perties. MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS, &o Monday, July 4. Newland School Commit.ue Monthly meeting. Tuesday, July 5. Ashburton Permanent Building and In vestment Society, Monthly Meeting, from 6.30 to 8.30 p.m. Monday, July 4. Borough Council, at Borough Council Chambers, at 7 o’clock. Wednesday, July 6. County Council, at the County Council Chambers, at 11 o’clock. Thursday, July 7. Ashburton Library—Committee Meeting. Tuesday, July 12. L.O.L. Dinner, Somerset Hotel, 8 p.m. Ashburton School Committee.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit. FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1881.

TOWN EDITION.

Vital Statistics. —The vital statistics of the town of Ashburton are showing up well. For the last month (June) they were as follows :—Births, 33 ; deaths, 4 ; marriages, 4. Burglary. —At the Resident Magis trate’s Court, Christchurch, this morn ing, George Gustave Schmidt was com mitted for trial for committing a burglary at the Riccarton Hotel. Resident Magistrate’s Court. —This morning nearly an hour was taken up in the Resident Magistrate’s Court over a case of disputed identity of a dog, which appears (if it was indeed one and the same dog) to have passed through the hands of seven or eight owners in a short time. The dog was not produced in Court, though it would have been more satisfactory, under the circumstances, i£ he had been brought there.

The Bible in Schools. —The result of the plebiscite taken by the South Canter bury Bible in Schools Association shows that 903 parents, representing 2314 child ren. were in favour of, and 87 parents, representing 239 children, against. All but seven small schools sent in returns. Mammoth Gift Show Company at Rakaia. —Yesterday evening the Mam moth Company gave a performance to a good house at the Rakaia Town Hall. Some clever tricks of legerdemain were shown, and Messrs Manning and Leyoi astonished the spectators by describing concealed articles and reading concealed statements whilst they were in the mesmeric state. At the end of the per formance there was a distribution of gifts to those who had drawn prizes. During the evenin?, Mr Hosea Easton, of the Georgia Minstrels, played some good music on the harmonium.

Ball. —Mr Thomas Quill, the pro prietor of the Commercial Hotel, gives a ball-to a large number of his friends this evening, on the occasion of opening his new and capacious billiard room, adjoin ing the hotel. Fire Brigade. —We have to acknow ledge the receipt from the Secretary of the local Fire Brigade of a copy of all the correspondence which has recently taken place respecting the sump. We propose to publish tho last letter, which has not yet appeared elsewhere, to-mornw.

N ew Railway Station. —Some _ men are now at work by the side of the railway line, about half-way between Quill’s hotel and the gas works, in beginning the erection of a new engine-shed for the railway authorities. It is said that before long the station will also be removed to about the same spot. Chess. —There has been some talk lately among the local Chess Club players about getting up a little excitement in the winter evenings by a chess tournament, to be followed by a challenge to the county of Ashburton to play a match, or every, a reckless defiance of the Christ church Clubs. The latter, we fear, would be premature for some time yet to coins. Mr Savage’s Concert. —The compli mentary concert to Mr J. S. Savage, bandmaster of the Ashburton Brass Band, on his leaving the district, was given last night in the Town Hall, and proved in every respect a great success. The Hall was well filled in every part, and the number of musicians who took part in the performance, as well as the excellence of their rendering the music allotted to them, not merely pleased the audience but must have been most gratifying to Mr Savage, as showing the estimation in which he is held' by those competent to appreciate music. The only drawback was one un fortunately too common in some parts of the British colonial world, namely, the noise and disturbance created by a small lot of ill-bred boys at the back of the Hall—larrikins, apparently, who could not even refrain from their idiotic excla mations at the time when ladies, who had given their services gratuitously, were singing. We trust that in future any such juvenile offenders will be promptly ejected and sent home to their parents for suitable correction. The concert con sisted of choruses, glees, solos, duetts, and instrumental music, Mr Savage wielding the baton as conductor with ex cellent effect, ,arid Miss Gates playing the accompaniments with her usual good taste and correctness. The gems of the evening, in our opinion, were “ Now the day is slowly waning,” sung with much expression by Mrs Gray, a lady possessing a fine smooth contralto voice of consider able compass, and the duett given by the same lady and Miss Kent, with flute obligato accompaniment, very well exe cuted, by Mr Kerr. The latter of these pieces was enthusiastically encored. Two little ladies, Miss E. Savage and Miss A. Permain, gave the “ Convent Bells ” as a duett in a very pleasing manner, and there were several other pieces which evi dently took well with the audinnee, and the rather dirge-like music of Hogg’s “ Bird of the Wilderness,” one of tho brightest and cheerfullest pieces of lyric poetry we have, was rendered by the ladies and gentlemen of the chorus. We understand that the gross proceeds of the concert will be about L 26.

The Timaru Breakwater Wharf.— We ledrn from Tuesday’s Timaru Herald that a gang of men were busily employed on Monday in laying the railway siding on to the wharf, and it is expected the work will be completed to-day. Messrs Jones and Peters, contractors for the extension of the wharf, have only ten more piles to drive, and in a very short time over 600 feet of Wharfage will be available. Local Government. —The North Otago Times, in commenting on Local Govern ment as it is, adduces the following illustrations of the way in which harbor board appointments are sometime made ; “We know one harbor board that had a secretary who was so disgustingly dili gent in the performance of his duties that no fault could be found with him. He had, however, one unpardonable fault— he had nd friends in the place. But the board’s own chairman had, and so a brotherly majority of the board’s members got rid of their obnoxious officer, and, after all due formalities had been gone through, elected their whilom chairman to his place. Then we know another harbor board where the same religion is practised, only in a different way. In this case, the board’s officer has plenty of friends, so an assistant is well paid for discharging the duties of the secretary, the secretary is handsomely remunerated for doing the work of the engineer, and the engineer receives a large salary, for— the honor he dots the board by accepting it.”

The Licensing Bill. —The Wellington correspondent of the Timaru Herald writes as follows respecting the progress of the Licensing Bill in Parliament:—“Every body is heartily sick of the Bill, too, and for sheer weariness, the contending fac tions may be expected to be reasonably quiet over what yet remains to be done in it. The discussion as a whole has been one of the mosc tedious and irritating that it has ever been my fate to listen to. The publicans’ advocates, the temperance ad vocates, and the bottle license advocates, practically monopolised the debates, to the exclusion of the representatives of the public, and fought for their separate in terests with a violence and pertinacity that sometimes altogether overstepped the limits of decency. Of the three factions, I am bound to say the publicans’ friends behaved by far the best. They did not pretend to defend drunkenness, or to deny the evil consequences of the liquor traffic, but went on the common-sense ground that since tjiere must be public houses it was wiser to make them as good as pos sible, by making it to the interest of the owners to keep them respectably, than to harrass and damage the owners till no respectable man would keep a public house. Where they showed the cloven hoof was in trying to stamp out all other sorts of licenses, shut up clubs, and gene rally throw the whole trade entirely into the hands of the licensed victuallers. Tho “ teetotal bench,” as Sir William Fox and his disciples came to be called, were in tremendous form, and the stuff they talked was enough to give one dropsy. Sir William himself, though very excit able and of course riding his hobby at full gallop, was on the whole clear, reasonable, and fairly courteous. If he is a fanatic, he is also a gentleman, and that makes all the difference in the world. ” Jews Coming to the Front. —lt is a significant fact that out of hundred lads who were picked out of the public schools of New York as the best scholars of the year, thirty were the sons of German Jews. In the New York Colleges, one prize in three is carried off by Jewish students, who only form numerically two per cant, ol tha students.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT

ASHBURTON.— To-Day. (Before Mr J. N. Wood, R. M.) The following cases were heard : Mooreahead v. Primmer—Claim, L 3 10s, price of a dog.—Mr Branson for plaintiff, Mr O’Reilly for defendant.— Judgment for amount, with L 3 10s costs. Stevens v. Bradbury—Claim, L 5 10s 6d. Judgment by default, with costs, 15s. Stevens v. Matthews—Claim, L 3 13s. Judgment by default, with 8s costs. Branson and Boileau v. Innis—Claim, L 44 2s.—Mr Purnell for plaintiff, Mr Wilding for defendant.—Lll had been paid into Court.—Judgment for L2l 14s 3d, with costs, L 4 17s. The Court then adjourned.

CABLE NEWS.

LATEST FROM EUROPE. [per beuter’s agency.] H.M.S. Nelson. London, June 29. H.M.S. Nelson, an ironclad carrying 12 guns, is being commissioned for the Australian squadron, and will be the flagship of Captain Erskine, who suc ceeds Commodore Wilson in command of the station. Monetary and Commercial. Consols are unchanged at New Zealand securities remain firm, at last quotations. Adelaide and New Zealand breadstuff's and Australian tallow are without quotable change in price. At wool sales to-day 4,200 bales were catalogued, and a firm demand was again experienced. Oxford and Cambridge Cricket Match. The inter-University cricket match between elevens of Oxford and Cam bridge was played and resulted in a easy victory for the former in one innings, with 135 runs to spare. The Irish Land Bill. London, June 30. In the House of Commons last night consideration of the Irish Land Bill in committee was resumed. The fifth and sixth clauses were passed, and pro gress was reported. French Interests in North Africa. Paris, June 30. It has transpired that the French Government has communicated with Ahemet Izzel Pasha, Governor-General of Tripoli, complaining of intrigues that are being carried on in that province to the detriment of French interests in North Africa, and protesting against hostile military pre parations which, it is alleged, are being made at the present time. The Empress of Germany. Berlin, June 28. Her Majesty the Empress of Ger many is indisposed, but her illness is not of a nature to cause alarm. The Murder of Abdul Aziz. Constantinople, June 29. Midhat Pasha, Mahomed Damad Pasha, and seven others, who were yesterday found guilty of the murder of the Sultan Abdul Aziz, on June 4th, 1876, have been sentenced to death. Two of their accomplices have received sentences of penal servitude for life. AUSTRALIAN. [per rbdter’s agency.] Defeat of the Berry Government. Melbourne, To-day. On a division in the Legislative As sembly last night, a vote of want of confidence in the Ministry was carried by 41 to 38, excluding pairs. Messrs Merains and Longmore voted with the Government. D. Gaunson voted against them. A Cabinet Council is summoned for to-day to consider the position, and it is expected that Ministers will recommend the Governor to dissolve Parliament/but it is con sidered unlikely that his Excellency will accede to their request. Destructive Fire in Melbourne. A destructive fire occurred last night in Queen street, in the premises of Messrs Feldheim, Jacobs, and Co., tobacco importers. It raged for some time, and completely gutted the building. A Princely Ball. A grand ball was given by the Mayor last night, in the Town Hall, to the Royal Princes. Fully 2,000 persons were present, and the affair was most successful. Further Massacres in the South Seas. Brisbane, To-day. The schooner May Queen, in addi tion to the news of the massacre of some of her crew at the islands, re ports that Mr McDonald, recruiting agent there, was killed by the natives. The attack was, it is stated, entirely unprovoked.

TELEGRAMS.

[per press association.] The Rotomahana. Auckland, Yesterday. The Rotomahana brought neither pas sengers nor mails, owing to doubts of being quarantined. Case’s Body Found. The Tangihua picked up a boat, drift ing near Mangowhere, this morning, con taining the lifeless body of John Case. Deceased had been working at Downing’s Orchard. Motuihihi Quarantine Station. Mr Hales, District Engineer, visited the Quarantine Station at Motuihihi, in the Customs launch, for the purpose of seeing personally the real requirements of the place. Criminal Calendar. The criminal calendar comprises seven teen prisoners, five for offences against property, one for horse-stealing, one for unlawfully wounding, one for stabbing, one for perjury, two for rape, two for criminal libel, one for perjury, and two for arson. Vital Statistics. Napier, To-day. The vital statistics for the month of June are as follows: —Births, 26} marriages, 6 ; deaths, 6. Customs’ Revenue. The Customs’ revenue for the quarter has been L 9,892 14s lOd, out of which beer paid L 417 6s. Skeletons Found.. On removing a cottage in town, two skeletons were found. They are sup posed, by the age of the bones, to be the remains of natives. Publicans' Licenses. Wellington, Yesterday. The number of publicans’ licenses taken out to-day for Wellington city and country district was ninety - eight. The fees amounted to L 4,200. Intercolonial Weather. Intercolonial weather exchange —“ Syd ney, Thursday evening: The north-west

gale reported yesterday at Booda, t of Adelaide, has now extended across the j continent to Brisbane, and has changed to a south-west gale at Booda. The highest , lavometer, 30.4, is in the interior at Alice Springs, and the lowest at Hobart, 29.4. At, Sydney it is 30. There is evidently \ anfextensive disturbance coining rapidly i eastward. ! The Unemployed. I About a dozen of the unemployed were sent to Patea this afternoon, where em ployment has been found for them by the Government. The Hinemoa- The Hinemoa left for Lyttelton at 3.30 this afternoon, taking several members of Parliament who intend visiting the Dun edin Exhibition. Vital Statistics. During the month ninety-eight births and twenty-nine deaths were registered in Wellington district ; eleven marriage certificates were issued during the same period. Waste Lands Board. At a meeting of the Waste Lands Board, the chief surveyor reported that surveys of the following blocks were in progress for settlement purposes ; —5,000 acres near Otaki; 5,000 acres, Tokomaru block; 5,000 acres, Oakanga; 10,000 acres east and south of Mauriceville, and 1,500 acres west of Carterton. The survey of the Wanganui harbor endow ment block of 25,000 acres was reported to be well advanced, and a large portion will shortly be ready for sale. Committed. Wellington, To-day. Henry Ferris, charged with the larceny as a bailee of a piano, was committed for trial. He was arrested on the eve of his departure for Newcastle. A Miserable End. Ellen Flowers, an old offender, died in the gaol yesterday. An inquest will be held this afternoon. Sale of a Brewery. Dunedin, Yesterday. Messrs Keast and McCarthy’s brewery business has been sold to Messrs Neill Bros, for LIB,OOO. Customs Revenue. The Customs revenue for the six months ended to-day at Dunedin, was L 207,348 6s 6d, against L 182,929 18s 9d for the same period last year. Small-Pox. Bacon, a seaman on board the Charles Wcrsley, whose father resides at Port Chalmers, was the first seized. He was unvaccinated, and is very badly marked. The carpenter and another seaman, who were vaccinated, were only very slightly marked. Half a dozen passengers on board were kept aft, and escaped. The name of. the mate who died was Pere grine, and he was 41 years of age. Customs Revenue. Dunedin, To-day. The Customs revenue for the past six month? has been L 207,384, against L 182,929 for the corresponding half year in 1880. The Unemployed. Mr Stout, at the request of the unem ployed, having telegraphed to the Premier suggesting the desirability of work being . found for them, Mr Hall replies—“ lam very sorry to learn from your telegram that employment is scarce ; the Govern ment have no works on which they could offer employment, but will be ready to as i sist benevolent committees if necessary.” Sporting. F Mr Driver has been offered L 3,000 for , his three horses. The Wheel of Life, i . Invercargill, Tc-day. There were 46 births, 10 marriages, aiid eight deaths registered for the month of June.

OUR SYDNEY LETTER

(from our own correspondent.) Sydney, June 18.

During the past week there has nbt been much of a stir in political circles. The one event of importance during the last fortnight (and which I men tioned briefly in ray previous letter) in the political world has been the great success in floating the last New South Wales loan of 2,000,000' in the London market. The Treasurer fixed the mini mum at 102, and he has obtained the highest price that has yet been paid -for a Colonial 4 per cent, loan, unguaran teed by the Imperial Government. There is no doubt he approached the market at a favorable time, and he was able to telegraph to the Agent-General that the financial prospects of the colony are much more favorable than there was reason to suppose they would be. Of course the inference from this will be, that he will not have to pro pose fresh taxation during the ensuing session, which, it is understood, will commence in July. All this will tend to make things easy for the Govern ment. Of course very much will be made of the prosperity of the colony, the high price at which our securities have been proved to be valued in the money market of the world, and the utter absence of motives for a change of the “ pilots ” who are at the helm of our State ship. All that will be de manded at their hands will be progress. Two of the Ministers, Sir John Robert son and Hon. John Lackey, have gone to Grafton this week, but as our worthy Premier is conspicuous by his absence from the party, it is not likely any Cabinet secrets will leak out, although many speeches will necessarily have to be made. It has also been rendered still more clear and unmistakeable that legislation for the restriction of the Chinese must take place as soon as Parliament meets. On account of the overcrowdingofChinese in the lower part of our principal thoroughfare, George street, it is intended to urge Parlia ment to pass a Lodging House Act. Such a measure would drive the whole of the aliens who set sanitary laws at defiance from the city, as they would not be able to pay rent if they had to conduct themselves like other men.

Another question for Parliament to decide will be the immediate removal of the large quantities of gunpowder stored at the magazine, Goat Island, near Balmain. The City Council pro pose that the explosives be placed at Middle Harbor, because, were an ex plosion to take place at the present depot, it would lay half the city in ruins.

Her Majesty’s Opposition in the colony is as yet but a figure of speech. Mr Foster, who is the accredited leader, may have a hand to play, but he is much too wary to expose it. ,

Just as we were congratulating our selves on the fast disappearance of the only case of small-pox known ih the city, and the almost immediate pros pect of the disease being eradicated from our midst, several —-and what would appear to be still more serious— cases have broken out in two suburbs, and at different parts of the city; in' all fifteen instances of undoubted cases of small-pox have been reported. The case of a laboring man living in; Surrey Hills, is a very severe one,, and the man can only live a few days. The

all over His body, and men say it is a fully de veloped 'base of confluent small-pox. The patient has for the past month been working in Lower George street, near On Chong’s establishment, where, it will be remembered, small-pox first, made its appearance in Sydney. Yes-

terday afternoon quite an unusual stir took place in the city when two omni buses went dashing through the streets laden with the unfortunate victims of the now fast-spreading disease. Mounted

police escorted the vehicles. to prevent any communication with thf occupants, who were en rente to the Quarantine

Ground, where the yellow flies. At an early hour this morning (Saturday) a couple of Chinamen*were noticed to be prowling about- the pre mises of Sum Kum Ling, at. Waterlpo, and a strict watch being kept, : they rjfere at last detected in passing in through a window what appeared .to be a large parcel. The parcel being bf somewhat suspicious appearance, the police hfade a raid on the house. Upon entering the store it was found empty, with ,the exception of two rooms. In'One, on the first floor, lay a Chinaman shamming to be asleep. He was aroused and examined, but no signs of small-ppx were found. Upon arousing the other, who was wrapped in blankets, Dr Caffyn found him to be covered from head to foot with the disease in its suppurating strge. Several other Mongols being found in the house they were immediately vaccinated,. and placed under strict quarantine regula tions. This being done, the house was left guarded by an efficient body .of police, to prevent communication with the outer world. Now that there is a spread of the infection, Sydney VdU be treated as an infected port, and serious interruption, if not permanent injury, may be done to the export trade and general business of the city. It would have been wiser if those in authority had listened to reason before, and pre vented this outbreak of loathsome dis ease, which has inspired our inhabitants with terror. Two cases brdea’th lvSre ■ reported this morning. ' ■ . The French transport steamship Finistere arrived on Thursday morning, and anchored off Lady Macquarrie’s Chair, the battery firing a Salute. The Finistere is a fine high wooden vessel, .. of about 3,000 tons, carrying nine guns. She will remain in this port about a . fortnight, and will then leave for France, . via Torres Straits. It will be remembered that I men- < tioned in one of my previous letters that Mr Mason resigned his position-under the New South Wales Railway Depart ment, in consequence of a disagreement as to the length and terms ofGiis holiday. Mr Cowderpy, who has been for many years in the service,of the . department, was appointed to act in a his stead. He has now beenpcr- -I manently -appointed to-, the office at a - salary of Li,ooo per annum. The arrival of the Royal Princes in Sydney is being impatiently' looked forward to, and there is no douhtthat ; they will be made heartily -welcome when they come. In. all. .probability, if the present epidemic continues,!, to - rage, we may be destined -tp..the.dis appointment of not seeing, the young . midshipmen. According to -'latest advice, they have reached Adelaide, • where they have visited several mines and objects of interest. 1; The Mayor has invited themrto a" banquet, and a ball will be given at Govemirient Ho&se.

Another very old colonist has passed away. I allude to Mr John Hawdon, late of Kyla Park, who dieda few days ago. Mr Hawdon was, inyears gone by, well known andf universally... re spected, both in this and theneighbor ing colony of Victoria. -He arrived in this colony as far back-as r rß:zß| J Settling on the Momya river, then scarcely known to white men. - "With l him, we believe, passes away - the last of the brave men who did so much to open up the-' pastoral interests..oLAuslral ia, and to give her The.. .name of the first grazing country'in the world.

The ladies of Sydney have risen en masse against our Mayor, because he has instructed the Town Clerk not to put their names down on the roll He has only acted on the opinions of Mr Dailey, Q.C., and Mr Salomons, Q.C., they having advised him that ladies have no right to .vote. A grand ball may have the effect of pacifying the fair sex. ; I | . The ill-fated barque "Queen of Nations still lies on the rocks near Wollongong, where she is 'likely to remain till she goes to pieces. Several of her planks have given way, and her back is all but broken. The weather for the past few days being very favor able for discharging, the agents have had a great number of hands discharg ing all cargojthat can be got at, princi pally from ’tween decks. • Wire ropes have been run from the mizzen mist to the shore, and in this way the egrgo has been partly landed, The appli ances at present in . use are not at all expeditious, as the goods are strung on a single rope and get wet-befoie ; reach ing shore. No inquiry has yet been held as to the cause of the mishap, the captain being too ill to attend. ~ Mr M'Carthy, who for a number of years has been associated with-the well known firm of solicitors, Messrs M'Carthy, Robertson, and Co., died suddenly at his residence on Thursday

morning. The funeral was attended by an immense concourse of people. The value of land in the chief parts of Sydney is steadily on an increase. Moore’s Labor Bazaar, in Pitt, street, was sold by auction a few. days ago -for L 27,000, this being equivalent to L 450 per foof The purchassers were Messrs

Wright, Heaton, and Co., a large firm of carriers.

The Buckley alcoholic poisoning case still continues to create great excite ment, and. the coroner’s. investigations has not finally ended. Buclcley was a native of Victoria, and from all accounts very strongly addicted to drink*. _He arrived here some weeks ago, ’'having with him a draft for Laoo, which he asked the landlord pf the hotel he was staying at, to bank for hint After

being only ten days in Sydney, Buckley was found one evening‘:i]nhg£db?m In the gutter, suffering, great agony. . He was removed to; thp infirmary, yfyepe he died in a few hours. Two days prior to bis death, he made a Statement ito In spector Anderson, that he, could not get his money, back frorri 'Cocks; his ■landlord.; The unfortunate.. vietpp to drink, it’ is.' adduced .in eyjiierice,' was supplied.in the . hotel' ‘with’ :.r op . (drinks per diem, and is understood that books 'kept by Cock, show that in three weeks

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1881.



Late Advertisements. H U N T CLUB. A MEETING of Gentlemen interested in the formation of a Hunt Club will be held at the Somerset Hotel on TUESDAY, OHN FOWLER, GROCER, DRAPER, & GENERAL MERCHANT, Ta.ncred street, Ashburton. JOHN FOWLER bags to announce to his bid friends and customers that he has again RESUMED BUSINESS, at the old site, Tanored street, and trusts by Moderate Charges and every attention to customers to merit a share of support. Also, TO LET— , . SHOP DWELLING-HOUSE, Lately occupied by J> R. Chapman. 1760 "VTITANTED KNOWN—-Every descrip. tion of. Plain and Raney Printing executed' oh thd shortest notice, at the Guardian Office, nearly opposite the Rail way Station. sth inst., at 2 p.m. 174 c



Wanted. WANTED at once, General SER VANT. Applyi Guardian Office. : 175 c WANTED— A SITUATION as General Servant, in a small private family. Apply, Office of this Paper. 172 c TIT ANTED immediately CHICORY W DIGGERS. Apply at Works, Moore street. E. B. Pearce. 162 c ANTED-A good BOOTMAKER. Apply, G. Thicket, Mount Somers. 131 c WANTED, To Let, one or two Un furnished Rooms in a central posi tion. Apply Office of this Paper. 158 c WANTED KNOWN—For Sale, 300 Acres good Sheep Feed. Apply to H. Beckett, Wakanui. 173 c WANTED EYERBODY to know that HORSE COVERS can be bought for 17s 6d (former price, 255), at S. Stephens’, Saddler, Tinwald. 726 a TTTANTED KNOWN—That A. Farqu » » har has leased BUTLER’S BIL- i LIARD SALOON, and requests a visit. Pool every evening at 9 o’clock. 93c 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 the Town Hall will receive prompt attention. 810 WANTED KNOWN. Ashburton REGISTRY OFFICE for Male and Female Servants. —L. F. Andrewes begs to inform the public of Ashburton and surrounding districts that he has opened the above. Male and Female Servants of all classes provided. Em ployers requiring servants and all persons with good recommendations, who are in want of situations, are requested to apply to L. F. Andrewes, Labor Agent, Book seller and Stationer, East street South. 102 c WANTED KNOWN,—Young Ladies’ Journal, Is 7d ; Bow Bells, Is 7d; Family Reader (Monthly), Is 2d ; (Quarterly) do., 2s 2d ; Family Herald, Is ; London Journal, 1s 4d ; &c., &c. A large assortment of School Books and Stationery of every description. Hymn and Prayer Books, &c., &c. Subscribers wanted for every Newspaper and Periodical published. Books, Piece Music, &c., not in stock can be supplied to order, at lowest prices. L. F. Andrewes, Bookseller, Stationer, and General Newspaper Agent, East street South. 953 a WANTED KNOWN—That Miss Verrall is now showing her Winter Stock of Millinery, Drapery &c. Stay and Corset Manufacturer. Dressmaking done on Premises, Colombo street, opposite Cookham House. 630 a WANTED KNOWN— Promissory Note Forms on Sale, at the Guardian Office. WANTED KNOWN—That the “ Crown Lands Guide ” (No. 3), New Zealand Gazette, Parliamentary Papers, and all other Government Publi cations can be obtained by applying at Office of this Paper. WET NURSE—WANTED to LET, a GOAT, just kidded ; splendid milker. Apply, by letter, by Saturday noon, to A.P. , Office of this Paper. 1660 Special Advertisements.



The best value for ready MONEY is the MEN’S AND BOYS’ CLOTHING Manufactured by THE NEW ZEALAND Clothing Factory, Which can be purchased at their Retail Branches all over New Zealand. A SINGLE GARMENT AT THE WHOLESALE PRICE. THOUSANDS OF DISCERNING CUSTOMERS Testify that the New Zealand Clothing Factory’s Garments are the Very Best Value for Ready Money. Ashburton Branch : EAST STREET. WM. SPARROW. 75c Manager. THE Undersigned has ON SALE several parcels of choice SEED WHEAT. FREDK. PAVITT, 169 c East street. Hayes’ (J| IMB E E YARDS. Balance of Short Firewood unsold at auction sale will be SOLD CHEAP, for cash, in order to clear it, ALPHEUS HAYES. FRESH SUPPLIES of TIMBER, &c., to hand. 608 a Dr James Murdoch, JJAVING taken the House in Bur nett street, at present occupied by Mr Cambridge, Chemist, will COMMENCE PRACTICE in Ashburton, on MONDAY, 6th June, 1881. -951 a 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 Organa, and Toys of every description, direct from Home. Haircuttiug, Shaving and Shampooing. EAST STREET ASHBURTON. 752a* jy|- U S I 0 TUITION. NEXT TERM commences July Ist. Lessons on the Piano, Harmonium, Violin and Flute. Pianofortes and Organs on sale. Terms to puit purchasers. Pianos and Harmoniums tuned. 931» H. J. WEEKS, Cameron street West. OQU iuooj jnjaopuoAV, 'Uo:pmqqßy B.tmojg —moor SutjltißQOQ 'jfxepsipaut •on pejno umpsuineq'Jl pus ssoujceQ; i ‘NOXNaOHI AT HOSStMOHJ— *l«Aiojy 'HOLLO iX "VrURSE.—-Mrs Paulino begs to in -1 v form the Ladies of Ashburton and neighborhood that she receives Ladies to Nurse who require medical attention. Address—Moore street, near Presbyterian Manse. 104 c



Special Advertisements. gPECIAL NOTICE. We have JUST OPENED TWO BALES of WHITE and COLORED BLANKETS, Bought at a great discount, and which we have marked at MARVELLOUSLY LOW PRICES. Diecount of 2s allowed in every pound. EVERETT BROS., Havelock street. 822 a R. G. Euxton, Merchant tailor, Wishes to inform his numerous friends and customers that he has taken the premises of Mb Hicks, Baker, Baring Square, adjoining the Court House, where ho will RECOMMENCE BUSI NESS as usual, on MONDAY", July 4th. R. G. RUXTON wishes to apologise to his numerous customers for the unavoid able delay in their orders caused by the late calamitous fire, and at the same time, begs to inform any gentleman who may have lost by any order entrusted to him, that he will re place the same, or will compensate them in full by calling on R. G. RUXTON, at the premises of Mr Hicks, Baker, Baring Square, adjoining the Court House. • 634 a George St. Hill, B UILDER AND CONTRACTOR, Bubnett street, Ashburton. Plans prepared and Estimates given at the lowest rates. Terms as may be arranged. 409 a Pianos. Pianos. PIANOS, HARMONIUMS, and AMERICAN ORGANS For Sale on deferred payments. Also, on Hire, as may be required. (Anyone hiring an instrument and subsequently wishing to Purchase within six months, the amount paid for hire may be applied to purchase of same. H. M. JONES, Stationer and Bookseller, East street and Baring Square, 365 a 11 A LL work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,” consequently, bear ing the truth of this adage in mind, Frederick Clark, OF EAST STREET, HAIRDRESSER, Has just imported a quantity of NOVEL AND AMUSING GAMES wherewith to while away the dragging hours of winter nights. They meet the requirements of both old and young, and include playing cards, “ squeezero,” &c.; chess and draught men and boards, back gammon, dominoes, go-bang, race game, lotto, &c., &a. Those having favorite Authors should, to prevent disappointment, make their selections from his large stock of NEWEST NOVELS at their earliest convenience. THE SMOKER’S FRIEND is F.C., and to preserve the right to this title he has just imported the following Brands of TOB ACCO : —Nail Rod, Vanity Fair, Ruby Twist, Twist, &c., &c. CIGARS and CIGARETTES: Havanna and Cuban, Vanity Fair Cigarettes, &c., &c., and a large selection of novelties in PIPE WARE. Haircutting, Shaving, and Shampooing Saloon, Montgom< l ' , »’« Buildings. 720 a John Meech, fIRACTICAL CABINETMAKER, JT UPHOLSTERER, &c., BURNETT STREET, Opposite the Mail Office. Cheapest House in Town for New and Secondhand Furniture. All kinds of Furniture repaired or ex changed. GOOD PRICE GIVEN FOR SECOND HAND FURNITURE. 819



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