SHIPPING.

POM OP LYTTELTON. Arrived. Yesterday. Aratapu, brigantine, from Kaipara. Falcon, ketch, from Anahau. To-day, Penguin, s.s., from Wellington Sailed. Yesterday. Jane Douglas, s. s., for Kaikoura and Wellington. City of Tanjore, barque, for London. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Auckland, Yesterday. Arrived —Bell Brandon, from Sunday ■lsland ; Policeman, from Noumea ; Speed well, from Norfolk Island. At the Manu kau—Atlantic, from Noumea ; Saxon, from-Lyttelton. Sailed/—Santa Cruz, for Melbourne ; Marion, for Noumea ; Mazeppa, for Raro tonga. - - Wellington, A ester day. Arrived—Ringarooma, from the South ; Penguin, from the North ; G. M. Tucker, from Newcastle. Sailed—Florinda, brigantine, for Grey mouth'; Eliza Mary, for Dunedin ; Ringa rooma, for Auckland, via East Coast. Port Chalmers, Yesterday.

Arrived—Wanaka, from the North. Sailed—Rocoiqahana, for Melbourne, via the,Bluff. ...

MAIL NOTICES.

Mails 'close at the Chief Post Office, Christchurch, ; for the following places (subject- to • necessary alterations) as under :—' - . January 29. Fof United Kingdom, via San Fran cisco, per Hawea. Mails close at the Ashburton Post Office, as follows: — For Christchurch and North at 5.30 a. m. 10 a.m., and 5 p.m., daily. For Ohertsey Rakaia, &c., at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily. For Dunedin, Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, and'Geraldine, at 10 a-m. daily. ■ Fpr Temuka, at 6 a.m. and 10 a.m., daily, . For Timaru and South, at 6 a.m., 10 Ami, and 420 p.m., daily. For ■ Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Somers, and Ashburton Gorge, on TWdays and Fridays, at J 0.30 am. For and Longbeach, at 4i30 p.m. daily. For Wakanui, Ev-10, Seafield, Netv land, and Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 a.m.

Mails. arrive. at the Ashburton Posi Office— ,

From Christchurch and Rakaia at 10.25 a.m., 4.35 p.m., and 7.50 p.m. FrpmChertsey, &o. at 10.25 a.m. daily. From Dunedin and intermediate places at 5.35 p.m. daily. Frem Temuka and Timaru at 10.15 a. m. 5.35 jlm., and 8.15 p.m. daily. From Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge on. Wednesdays and Saturdays at 3 p.m. From-Ashton, Waterton, and Long beach at 10 a.m. daily. From Elgin, Wakanui, Seafield, New and, and Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 4 p.ra.

DAILY MEMORANDA.

‘ AUCTION SALES. Saturday, January 29. Mr. Ti Bullpck, at his Rooms, East street Town, Suburban, and Cbpritry JPropert’es. Two o’clock. ApSETINGS, AMUSEMENTS, &c. uonncil CSpmbers, at .7 o’clock. Meeting of persons interested in the for mation of a Poultry, Pigeon, and Cananr, Society,, upper room. Town m. ' Wednesday, February 2. County Council, at the County Council Chambers, at 11 o’clock.

NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.

All orders for insertion of advertise ments must be written legibly on the face of the advertisement. When no order is given the advertisement will be inserted until countermanded, and charged accord ingly. All notices of Births, Marriages, or Deaths must be accompanied by the sig nature of the sender, as a guarantee of good faith. All advertisements and business letters to be addressed The Manager ; literary communications should he addressed to The Editor.

The Ashburton Guardian. SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1881.

TOWN EDITION. [lssued at 5 p.m.~\

Insolvent. —Mr. Robert J ohnston’s notice of insolvency appears to-day. Sunday Liquor Traffic. —The Dun edin police continue to prosecute the pulicans for Sunday trading. Land Sales. —Next Saturday will be a field-day with Mr. Bullock, who will put up to auction on that day six valuable landed properties. Details are given else where. Further Remanded. —Adolph Morit zon, charged with embezzling moneys from the Standard Insurance Com pany, Dunedin, has been further re manded. Borough Council. The Borough Council will meet .on Tuesday evening next, instead of on Monday, the Clerk’s presence being required at the Supreme Court, Christchurch, on Monday. Ivess v. Crisp. —The long-winded case, Ivess v. Crisp, comes off in the Supremo Court, Christchurch, on Monday, Judge Weston and Mr. Garrick appearing for defendant, and Mr. Button for the plaintiff. A Chase. —An Auckland telegram says that an insolvent debtor, named Purcell, was arrested on Thursday night by Detective Fry after an exciting chase through the town. Lsl in cash was found on him. School Committee Election. The annual School Committee elections take place in the several districts on Monday evening next. The present state of affairs in connection with the Ashburton school is calculated to induce a large meeting of householders, and more insercst is likely to be taken in the affair than has been hitherto displayed. A Levanter. —A man named Hislop, a clerk in the Union Sash and Door Com pany’s employ, levanted from Auckland by the Julia Price for New Caledonia, taking with him at least L6O of the com pany’s cash. Ho arrived at the former place from Christchurch three or four years ago, and leaves a wife and family in Auckland unprovided for.

The Late Discovery of Ammunition in the North.— The discovery of Enfield cartridges in a Maori wharo at Gisborne, recently telegraphed to us, has been satisfactorily explained. The ammuni tion was given to friendly natives during the trouble of 18G9. The police knew they had it, and only seized it because it was left in an old whare and there was a fear that the European youths in the dis trict might get at it and do somo damage.

Primitive Methodism. —The annual district meeting of the Primitive Metho dist Church of New Zealand commenced at Dunedin yesterday morning. There were present thirty-one delegates from the various stations. The Rev. Josiah Ward was unanimously elected president, a. -Poritins of Invercargill vice preslxYc.j -«=> confined to receiving returns of the respective stations.

His Excellency in the Waikato.— His Excellency left Auckland yesterday morning by special train, accompanied the Hon. F. Whitaker, Minister in attendance. The train arrived at Hamil ton at 11 ©‘clock. The Mayor proclaimed the day a public holiday. The volunteers and the whole population turned out. The Governor received an address from the Corporation, after which, accompanied by a. cavalry escort, he left for Cambridge, where he received an address from the town council, and laid the foundation stone of St. Andrew’s Episcopalian Church.

Mr, Saunders and the School Com mittee. —A special meeting of the School Committee was held last night, at which Mr. St. Hill presided. The meeting adopted the draft report and balance sheet, which will be submitted to the meeting of householders on Monday even ing. The following letter was read, after which the Committee nominated the writer for one of the vacancies on the Board of Education:—

Broomfield, West Melton, January 17th, 1881, Dear Sir, —In reply to your letter o[ 13 th hist, will you kindly convey to the Ash burton School Committee my thanks for the kind invitation they have requested you to convey to me, and my assurance that, if elected, I will diligently attend to the duties of the position. 1 have come to this decision after very considerable hesitation, as I feel that my necessary absence in Wellington for three months in the year is a very strong and legiti mate objection to me as a candidate for a seat on the Education Board, and one that no doubt was felt to be such by the Committee at the last general election. On the other hand . I have seen that the cause of education derives some advantages by having some of the members of the Board with seats in the House of Repre sentatives. After very carefully considering which I ought to do m the circumstances, I have come to the conclusion that I ought to submit to a second defeat rather than appear to at all voluntarily • resign any opportunity to serve a cause which I regard as the most im portant in connection with the Government and free institutions in the colony. It is with this conviction rather than with any sangrine ex pectation, or even desire for success, that I now comply with the wish of your Committee and consent to be again nominated for a posi tion for which I have so recently been rejected by the School Committees of North Canter bury.—Yours truly, Alfred Saunders.

“ Comin’ a’ Awa’ in Bits.” —Before the erection of the new pier at the Castle Rock, passengers from Dumbarton had to be conveyed down the Leven to the Clyde steamers by a ferryboat rowed by two sturdy and generally elderly ferrymen. On one occasion an English commercial traveller had seated himself on the gun wale, at the stern. One of the old ferry men, aware of the danger to anyone so placed, when the rope of the steamer should be attached to the bow of the boat, took occasion to warn the man of his danger. “ Noo, ma mon, come doun off that, or ye’ll coup ower.” The bagman only replied by telling him to “ mind his own business, and trust him to take care of himself. ” “ Weel,” said the ferryman “ mind I’ve telt ye ; as sure as ye’re sittin’ there, ye’ll coup ower.” Ro sooner had the rope been attached, and the boat got the ine vitable tug from the steamer, than the fel low went heels up over the stern. ‘ ‘ Gowk, I telt him that!” However, being in the water, it behoved that every effort should be made to rescue him. So the ferryman made a grab at what seemed the hair of his, head, when a big wig came away. Throwing this impatiently into the boat, he made a second grip at the collar of his shirt, when a front came away. Casting this from him with still greater scorn, he shouted to his companion, “Tummas, come here, and help to save as muckle o’ this man as ye can, for he’s coinin’, a’ awa’ jhbits.”

The New NativTe The Hon. Mr. Rolleston leaves Wellington for Napier on Wednesday for the purpose of accompanying his Excellency on his re turn overland for the West Coast. Suicide of a Celestial. —A China man, named Quam Yam, ten year’s imprisonment for rape, committed suicide in Lyttelton Gaol last night, by hanging himself from the window bar of his cell by a rope from his hammock. On the Tramp. —A telegram from Christchurch states that Edwards, at 8.30 this afternoon, had walked miles, leaving only 271 to complete the 180 miles at 10 o’clock to-night. He is going briskly, and in good form, the message says.

The Patriarchs Outdone in Oregon. —A herd of nearly 24,000 head of cattle were lately started from Oregon for Mon tana. It required 120 men, mounted'on horses, to do the driving. Provision wagons and outfits required 800 horeas to draw them, and for assistant guards and stirring up game on the route 40 dogs were taken into the cavalcade.

A Lovely , Hand. —They wore playing a game they call euchre the other even ing. She held both bowers and the king, and two aces of the other suits, but she was a novice at the game. A young man who was teaching her looked at her cards, and warmly exclaimed ; “ What a lovely hand !” She looked at him straight in the eyes and murmured, “ You may have it if you want it.” All the rest of the even ing he wondered if he was the victim of a leap-year proposal.

GABLE NEWS.

LATEST FROM EUROPE

(Per Reuter’s Agency.) Frozen Meat and Butter. London, Jan. 19. The steamer Protos, which lef> Mel bourne on November 18th with a cargo of fresh meat has arrived here. The meat is reported to be in excellent con dition, but there is a doubt as to whether a quantity of butter, which is on board, has arrived in a sound state. Summing Up. Jan. 20. The trial of the Land Leaguers at Dublin still proceeds. The case for the defence has closed, and the J udge’s summing up will now be gone on with. That Frontier. In the House of Commons to-day, Sir Charles Dilke, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, announced that the Powers had decided to abandon the proposal to arbitrate for the settlement of the Greek frontier question, but would still strive to bring about a com plete and peaceful settlement of the difficulty. The Address in Reply. The debate on the Address in Reply was resumed in the House of Com mons to-day, and other amendments proposed by Irish members were re jected by overwhelming majorities. The Address was finally carried by an almost unanimous vote of the House. Notes and Gold, The total reserve in notes and bullion in the Bank of England is Lx 2,875,000. New Zealand* Five per cent. New Zealand 10.40 loan, 103; Five per cent. 1889 loan, 108; Four-and-a-half per cent. 1879- 1904 loan, 99^. The Homeward Mails. . Tbo-ITnmeivarrl Australian mails, Via 'SlieZ and Brindiol, nciu UvliracU lO day.

AUSTRALIAN

{Pet Renter's Agency.) Commercial. Adelaide, Jan. 21. Wheat, 45.5 d. to 4s. 6d. with a good demand; town flour, Lio 10s. to Lio 155.; country brands, L 9 ss. to L 9 10s. Freights to London, sailing vessels, 425. 6d.; freights to the United King dom from Adelaide, 455.; from out ports, 475. 6d. Sydney. Jan. 12. Hennessy’s brandy, case, 375.; .kero sene, Diamond, is. Bd.; New Zealand wheat, 4s. 3d.; maize, 3s. 2d. The hay market is extremely depressed, owing to large supplies. The Conference. At to-day’s Conference, the question of the constitution of the Federal Council was discussed, but the debate on the subject was adjourned until Monday next. A telegram from Sir Arthur Gordon to Lord Augustus Loftus, relating to the decision of the Conference to appoint a committee to investigate the powers of the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific was considered and a reply was resolved upon.

NEW ZEALAND

(Per Press Association.) Scarlet Pever in the North. Grahamstown, To-day. A child two years old died this morn ing from scarlet fever. The authorities are taking acti re measures to prevent the spread of the disease. Te Aroha. News from Te Aroha is of little import ance. No rich finds have yet been made, but men are working steadily, anticipat ing a good average yield from the quartz. Wellington Anniversary Day. Wellington, To/day. To-day the weather is fine, but a strong breeze is blowing. To-day is generally observed as a holiday, being anniversary day. Rolling up.

The delegates from Dunedin, Caver sham, Mornington, Naseby, Waimate and Wanganui have arrived to attend the Fire Brigades’ Conference. The others are expected to-morrow. The Conference meets on Monday. The Government and the Education Act. Dunedin, To-day. At All Saints parish, meeting, last night, the Rev. Mr. Fitchett stated that Wo members of the Government had in formed him that they were favorable to an alteration in the Education Act, to give ministers an opportunity of impart ing religious instruction in the public schools during school hours, at least twice a week. The Benefit of a Good Character. At the City Police Court this morning, Thomas Richardson, for embezzling moneys belonging to his. employers, Messrs. Martin ■ and Watson/ was sentenced to only twenty-eight days’ hard labor,- in consideration of the good Cha racter given him by the prosecutors. Inquest. Invercargill, To-day, At the inquest bn the body* of .' the sailor Taylor, who fell from ' the Bluff wharf, a verdict of '‘ Accidental death ” was returned. A Disgorged Rent. The agent of Cole’s circus, before leav ing for Melbourne, was made pay over LlO

for a paddock he used here, and which he took possession of without leave. The amount was given to the hospital. J. T. Thomson, late Surveyor-General, w owner of the land.

CHILI AND PERU.

Capture of Lima by the Chilians,

7,000 Peruvians Killed,

Flight of the President. (By Cable.) - London, Jan. 21,

Intelligence has been received from' South America that the Chilians oc cupied the capital, Lima, on Monday last. ■ Two sanguinary battles were fought between the two forces, and it is said that 7,000 Peruvians were killed. The Chilian loss is not stated. ■

Owing to the defeat of his troops and the occupation of the capital, Pierola, President of Peru, has fled. ;

TERRIBLE EXPLOSION 1 IN A MINE.

Seven Men Injured.

[By Cable.] Melbourne, Tq-dajf.,. ■ Aterrible ekploSidn’ of litho-fraqteur occurred last evqning at the New Chuin mine at Sandhurst. Seven men were injured, five of them very severely.

THE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE.

[by telegraph.] Nelson, To-day.

The Wesleyan Conference assembled here for its eighth annual session last" night. Twenty-six members were ,pre : sent. The retiring president, Rev. R, Lee, delivered an address referring to the progress made during the past year and the business to be brought before the meeting. The election of officers was then proceeded with, and the Rev., 8.. Richardson, of St; Albans, elected, president by a large majority. At first a ballot for secretary was to . have been, taken between Revs, W. Morley and R. Bavin, but at the former’s request, the latter was elected., The Rev. W, J. Williams was appointed assistant; secretary, the Rev. T. G. Carr journal' secretary, and the Rev. G. Bond corresponding secretary. , The i|ewly- T elected president then delivered' an address. A cordial, vote of thanks was, passed to. the ; retiring president/ and', secreiary. The Revs. Messrs. Buddie,- Morley, and others addressed the meet-- ing, and the Rev. Mr. Buller, who recently returned from England, was . cordially welcomed, and gave an intg-; resting account of his Home experience.

The first draft of stations shows the following contemplated ministerial ap pointments for the year : —Auckland and Grafton Road, Revs.- Oliver and Isett; Upper Thames, Rev. Pinetoll ; Manuka, Rev. Bond; Pukekohe', Griffin'; Hamilton, Abernethyj Raglan, Smith; Papariui, Slade ; New Plymouth, M'Nicol and Rouse; Patea, Luxford ; Wanganui, Williams ; Maftoii, W:‘ Harper; Rahgitikei, Worker; Palmer ston North, L. Hudson; Wellington, Kirk and i—oL , Napier, Bunn ; Moioon, Lee ; Richmond, jdchj- Hokitika, S. Lawry; Timaru, Beck; Lyttelton,: Syrnonds ; Kaiapoi, W. B. Martin; Springston, Smalley and F. Martin; Leeston, Armitage; Temuka, Law; Mornington, F. Dewsbury ; Bal clutha, Gray; Milton, P. Wells; Rox burgh, Buttle; Invercargill, BavinJ; Tapanui, Murray. The circuits not named above are to have the same ministers as last year.

CHISPA’S LETTER.

** I am not yet €0 bald that you can see my brains.’* —Longfellow. I reckon that before next week has passed away we shall have witnessed —or lost a chance to witness, as the case may be—the play of the Australian cricketers in Christchurch. In every other New Zealand town A ustralia will have to play the best twenty-two that can be got to gether in the neighborhood, but Christ church—oh, dear no ! Christchurch is good enough to the best eleven in creation with fifteen, and why should the cricketers , of the great city care to put up more than fifteen wickets for the “ demon ” bowler to pound away at? He may reap down the Invercargill wickets like a barley field ; he may do the same w r ith those of Dunedin ; but when becomes here he has stiffer stuff to deal with. Wo shall see ; but yours very obediently has a bit of a notion that the petty conceit of the Christ church players will end in a terrible beat ing, and the laugh of the whole colony turned against them.

I had a parcel sent to me last night, per favor of a great big lump of .an Irish man, who came banging at my room door as if he meant to bowl it down. When he was admitted I thought from his ap T pearanoe that the end of old Chispa was near, and I began to see visions of all the Guardian staff at work with weeping eyes on a long obituary notice detailing the many good qualities that I never pos sessed, and paying the usual tributes to my memory that a dead man always re ceives, but which tributes he,could never raise even the ghost of while alive. Pat,

however, lit his pipe very quietly, and, after diving first into one pocket and then another, pulled, out ( a roll 6f dirty paper. Inside that roll were a few sticky of nailrod tobacco, and Pat handed the whole over to me with a request that I would be .kind enough to accept the nail rod for myself, and get what was written on the roll printed. I accepted the to bacco, and read the roll while Pat stood by. As I perused the document he ex plained that the man was no fool, but the smartest chap amongst his mates. The tobacco had been subscribed for by a crowd of unemployed as a present to me, and if I wouldn’t mind, he (Pat) would be glad of a stick. All right, I gave him all but one, as I was stumped myself. I promised to print the roll, and I ask your, liberty to do so. This is it: — TO “SQUARESEAT,” Mate, —As one of the unfortunate ones who at present—for lack of something better to do, and a more comfortable seat —are in the habit of finding a temporary resting place on the sharp-edged seat that protects the somewhat stunted trees in Baring square, let me, per favor of “ Chispa,” of the Guaidian, say a fevy words in reply to your effusion which appeared in the town edition of that journal yesterday, i Ypu begin by saying that you have lived ■ for ■thirty years—“ and some of them weary onqs— in this wicked world ”—sorry, by the 'way, Mr. “ Stjuarespat -that you have not a bet ter opinion' of the world in which we live. Perhaps it’s the most cool and comfortable, one. yoa will ever inhabit. You could never “understand the philosophy, l and from whence comes the comfort and consolation, of sifting on a rail.” With regard to philosophy, I do not know much, but I have : heard a, man in the play say that there,are more things in Heaven and earth than are dreamt pf in our philosophy, so perhaps, sitting on a ; rail , there, may bp philosophy undreamt of by you. As to the comlort and consolation, I would refer you to

some of our leading New Zealand s a solutfih of the difficulty, which seems likely, to adcLthis year to the number of Meaty ones ydifhave passed in this world. Then, as to yoprT opinion , tljat. me and my mates, spent sis-comfortable arid happy as if we in^aradise— I can ‘ tell you, “Square seat,” that nine-tenths of us would be far more ppm fort able if we had a good hard day's work to go to—a task, by the way; I fear you have never had put to you yet. I would tell you, sir, that many of us who so offend you by occupying that sharp edged rail have tramped many a weary mile in search of work, and now, to all appeal ance, compclled by dire necessity, we,- shall have to again take up,our swags and “move on,” without the intervention of “our worthy ser geant of police.” As to the tobacco fumes and bad-language which so offend your high and mightiness, all I have to say is, that a man with a liver in the condition in which, from your letter, I should judge yours to be, the tobacco —not “ Vanity Fair,” I admit—may he a source of annoyance. As to the had lan guage, J think, “ Squareseat, ” you have drawn upon your imagination for that. Perhaps'our ‘diction is not quite so polished as one might expect to find at Windsor Castle, nor our style so milk and watery as one would meet with at a “ greasy demonstration of Christianity”; but it is not our rude gaze, or coarse and vulgar expressions, that drive the fair ones to the middle.of the road. No, “Squareseat,” it is the quality of the footpath that causes the ladies to .give the rad a wide berth. But, mate, if you had not assured us at the outset of your epistle That you had lived “ thirty years,” I should have imagined that you had not yet done “sticking your thumbs,”or that you were in yoiir second dotage, llowever, I expect this is about as lengthy a reply as I dare ask the newspaper to print; and so, in conclusion, I would advise you to be a little more chari table in future to those less fortunately circum stanced than yourself.- - - r T One on the Rail.

The Rev. Fym is rather an uncommon sort of Anglican parson—uncommon in these parts, anyhow. At his meeting on Thursday evening there was a crowd of all sorts of persuasions present—from the Catholic, who has renounced all private judgment, to the Freethinker, who yields not an iota. The Presbyterian was there with his Methodist brethren, both Wesleyan and Primitive, and the Congre gational-Independent, who makes a home with sonic other body for the time being, was there too. In fact, there were more of what the Church calls Dissenters than there were of anything else. It was am using to hear the remarks passed by the repre sentatives of the non-Episcopalian bodies. One “hardshell” was prepared to lie down with Episcopacy if all its pulpits held men of the Pym stamp. A Presby terian was willing to be content with a prayer-book and a surplice in the service if the wearer of the latter were always a man like Pym. A Wesleyan thanked God for 1 Pym, and especially that the Church had at least one parson after John Wesley’s own heart ; and a Primitive believed that if the rev; gentleman were to remain in New Zealand and make a mission to every church very soon the milleniura would dawhjj “and the lion would eat straw with' the bullock, and the wolf lie down with the lamb.” Altogether, I should say—bar none-r-the Rev., Pym is the most popular preacher with the non- Episcopalian Christians of Ashburton that has ever been sent out by the Episco palian Church. - •i ■ J

The New Zealand Bank has taken a fit of economy. It don’t like the idea of building a brick house within which to transact its borrowing and lending, it wants a special Act of Ashburton Parlia ment passed to permit it to build a wooden lean-to to the, old shanty—that has done duty as ihe bank since the days of pre historic Ashburton. Since its early in fancy this building has seen many changes, and has been hacked about and-altered 1 so much that the original architect and first would jaavo difficulty in recognis ;ing their work. First, there wasn’t room ; enough—a re-arrangement of rooms sup nliod meuvj Thon tl>o strong nOr’-WOstcrS were a trouble—the front Up, and an entrance was cut in the side. Other alterations w r ere made, all more or leas ingenious ; but the latest is the re moval from the Totm: Hall of two old stage wings, cut and fitted to the outside of the bank windows, and secured with very primitive buttons. Those wings are intended to dam out the free light of the glorious sun from the hard-working clerks, and at the same time to conceal from the outward gaze the various acts of comedy and tragedy that go on inside. Ido hope the Council will permit the bank to build in wood, and so enable it to withdraw the signals of distress those stage wings are doing duty for. Chlspa.

CRICKET.

The Australians v. The Otago Twenty- Two. Yesterday the match was resumed. The gale our telegrams told us had been blow ing over night unroofed the Grand Stand, and gave a dreary appearance to the ground. It had not wholly ceased piay began, but the’weather ultimately improved and the match was continued in bright sunshine. Parker and Leith faced Spofforth .and Palmer at half-past twelve. Leith was bowled by Spofforth for 3, and Parker left for nothing to one of Palmer’s deadlies. Harris took Parker’s place, and Spring took Leith’s. The first over they were together yielded a well-played-for 7, but Harris’ career •closed with the first ball of the next over, and Macneil followed, who played well, but Spring got stumped by Blackham, and Crawshaw took the bat. The two put 10 together rapidly, but when 34 was the total Macneil was caught by Palmer, finishing a fine innings {dr 16. Paramor followed, and looked as if Macneil’s mantle had fallen on him, but when he had made 5 Spofforth bowled him. Collinson fell to Palmer’s bowling after a short innings with Crawshaw, who left for 11. Clarke was the next scorer of any note, and he played very carefully till lunch. At the resumption he opened *ut and hit 1 freely,, and gave the Australians much trouble till Palmer gave him his quietus Vhen be had reached 20. Fitzgerald, another player, got 6, but the remainder contributed only 4 amongst them—the total being 83 for 234 balls.

The Australians then took the bat at a quarter past 4 ; Jarvis and Spofforth opening the ball against Macneil’s bowl ing. The wind was pretty strong at this time, and Moore and Carr, both slight men, were not on to the duty of bowling against the wind. Macneil pluckily Changed at sorhe sacrifice to his side, as he is the beat trundler they have, and Spof forth soon showed that the wind told on .Macneil. However, Cooke, who had the wind on his quarter, got Jarvis pro Para mor in the slips, and Murdoch partnered Spofforth. Paramor was the first change, relieving Macneil, during whose term Spofforth had been scoring considerably. But the demon, when ho had tele graphed 24, was caught prettily by Clark in an out field, and the total stood af 34 for two wickets. M'Donnell reigned in his stead, and behaved royally till ho got 12, when Macneil who had again taken the ball, lifted his bails with a tasteful one ; but before this Murdoch had retired to thp.always unsatisfactory out'df • I b w.v Slight was get rid of, run out, for 8, and at 6 o’clock Groube and Boyle were just beginning to be busy when time was Called —five wickets down for 67.

THE CHIMNEY CORNER.

MY MEMORANDUM BOOK. PART I.— Continued. I must now pass over a space of five years. The child of 15 had grown into a beautiful girl of 20 —and a sweeter and kinder never breathed. Now, John, if you won’t laugh at an old man getting enthusiastic about a girl young enough to be his grandchild, I will describe her to you. She had a clear, frank, open face —a lace that, to look at once was sufficient to read truth and trust written upon it. Her fair golden hair sometimes seemed like a glory round it, as the rays of the sun danced on its luxuriant folds ; and the plea sant smiles that she greeted one with made you feel that, if the term angel could bef applied to ‘mortal it might be Ito her. Her nose was straight and small, and her eyes—l never saw such colored’ eyes 'on a fair person— they were dark violet, with long lashes. You’reiatighing;at me. I shalbtell you no more about her, except to say she was as good as she was beautiful. To do Gibdem justice, he dealt very fairly with her as far as education went. No expense was spared ; she had the best masters for everything. But she was never permitted to go into society. T 6' i< be ,s 'S i ulrei he vised to have some! female '■relatives’ of his own of df Mrs. Dibden’s from time..to time to stay in his little villa at Braxton; but as neither he nor his wife were very well connected, it is doubtful whether their society was any advantage to his ward. One of the few young men she ever saw was Dibden’s son, now about thirty years of age, and as ill-favored a fellow as one might meet between Charing Cross and the Bank, and as rude and coarse in manner as he was unplea sant in countenance; Nor had he even the cleverness of his father to riiake up for his moral and personal deficiencies. When T say he was about the only acquaintance of the male sex that she had, I mean he was the only one openly acknowledged; for she had — wonderful how nature asserts her

prerogative —another that no one knew of but herself and him, to, whom she had surrendered all the affection of a pure,and loving heart —and no shame to her, poor girl. As she grew from childhood to womanhood, she began to feel the irksomeness of her position, and she naturally enough attached her self to the first friend she met who had tastes and feelings in common with her. .

Year after year she felt a growing dislike to her guardian and his family, who continually reminded her of the legal authority he possessed. However, she remained very passive until 'the twenty-first anniversary of her birthday, when she surprised her guardian by demanding to hear the contents of her father’s will. At first

he refused, but she insisted. “I am of age. to-day, Mr. Dibden,” she said, “ and my own mistress. You are now only guardian of my money. I require to hear the contents of my father’s will. ,1 know you have a copy.” ’ Off hearing it she drily said, “ Four years more,” gnd walked out of the room. •

About this’time young Dibden com

'inem-ca ttiuiuyiv*s Lor -w*tL hlo ctu.cn tions, proving to her what she had already suspected, that to secure hei hand and fortune for Stephen had been the plot of the worthy pair. She did hot, however feel any uneasiness, but •from time to time she was subjected to much that was trying and vexatious, until at last matters were brought to a crisis by Stephen Dibden offering mar riage-telling her at the same time that he hoped to be able to get his father’s consent. She stared at him some seconds before she replied, and then said, “ Marry you ! Get, your father’s consent! Are you mad, Mr. Dibden ? You forget your place,” and she walked calmly out of the room. At this time, she had not actually engaged herself, but doubtless the cir cumstance precipitated matters, for the

first time after this that she met George Hamilton she told him of her annoy ance, and then burst into tears. Now, John, if a nice girl to whom you had paid a little regular attention, but of whose •mind, you were not quite certain, suddenly bursts into tears as she tells you of her troubles, and, so to speak, throws herself on your protec tion, what do you think you would do ? Why, ten to one, I’ll be bound, you would do exactly what George Hamil ton did—offer your hand and heart on the spot, and the same odds that, like him, you would be accepted. So George Hamilton went back to his lodgings that evening as happy as a king, the affianced husband of Clara Brierl}’, But I have not told you who George Hamilton was. Well, he was Dibden’s head clerk ; and a first-rate one he was. He had been bound as an articled pupil in another house, but just as his apr prenticeship was up his father died, and he had not the means to prosecute his profession, and was indeed thrown on his own resources. London is not, as you 'know, a place for an honest man to live without the means- of paying his way,! and so Hamilton found; and accordingly he took the first clerkship that offered, which was in the office of Dibden, Knollys & Dibden, at the munificent salary of L9O a-year. How ever, they soon found out that they had a man above the common, and in order that they might not lose him they gave him a progressive salary, which at this time had reached Lx 20 a-year. George Hamilton was a gentleman in every sense of the word—the son of a retired officer, who had nothing to leave him but gentle blood, an honor able name, and his blessing. At the time of his engagement he was about 25 years of age, and a fine, handsome young fellow. It was by the merest chance that he ever met Clara Brierly, as the Dibdens naturally took good care that such a formidable rival to Stephen should be kept out of the way. However, his introduction to the girl happened in this wise : One day old Dibden was unwell, and Stephen had gone‘out of the tovyn, when a. letter was, brought to tile office requiring immediate attention the contents of which Hamilton did not feel justified in dealing with, with out seeing his principal, and for this purpose he retired to Dibden’s private residence. He was about to ring the bell when the door was opened by Miss Brierly, who was just going out. Hamilton drew back to let her pass,

at first supposing she was a visitor: leaving the house, wondering at the, same time that the Dibdens should have an acquaintance of so elegant and aristocratic an appearance. He was not, therefore, a little surprised when he was asked by a soft sweet voice if he was being attended to, which was in no wise abated when she asked him in and said she would send a servant to attend to him. “ Charming girl!” he said to himself as she went away. And then a sudden thought struck him. The Ward ! (To he continued.)

THE ASHBUBTON GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1831.



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Commercial and fancy STATIONERY. The Undersigned has opened up a NEW ASSORTMENT of the above. Cream, Blue, and Hand - made Notepapers; Ruled, Plain, Fancy, and Repp ditto. Good Bnsinefes Envelopes, No. 7, Court, Albert, Queen, Tinted, Repp, and others. Pens Gillott’s, Mitchell’s, Brandauer and Co.’s. Inks —Stephen’s Blue Black, Walkden’s Black and Colored, Antonine, Copying, &c. Workboxes, Albums. Books, Ac. "Jones, STATIONERY AND FANCY GOODS DEPOT, East Street and Baking Square. 710



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a HARES! SHARES! FOR SALE, a number of Ashburton BUILDING SOCIETY SHARES. Must be disposed' of, and an immediate pur* chaser can secure a real bargain. 876 S. SAUNDERS. If is,published every J,. etetiing, ‘ ’giving 'every day’s news, up to the hour of going to press. This is btiying a sixpenny weekly. CARDS in witii Pencil* and ItibbCfis, the GtfAhDiAK Office, Rwtstreet, near Railway Station.'



Pat’s Reason. —An Irish porter, closing a shop one rainy, evening, took off his coat while putting r pp the . shutters. When ask.ed >yhy he went put ip his shirt, sleeves in all the rain—“ Shure,” said ho, “ don’t I want a dry coat to go home in 1”



Holloway’s Pills. —Let the Sick take heed.—The stomach is the commissariat of the physical system. It furnishes the material sus tenance of every organ. If disordered, the whole body languishes ; but however severely it may be affected, its tone and vigor may always be restored by a course of these irresis tible Pills; biliousness, indigestion, liver com plaints, and other disorders ol the stomach can easily be cured by the use of Holloway’s Pills. Thousands attest this assertion, and no sufferer who has ever tiled them will deny their su preme efficacy. In every case of stomach dis ease, from the mildest case of dispepsia to the disorder of both liver and stomach, from the 1. nausea of the free liver to the vomiting accom .panying ulcerated stomachs, these Pills imme diately relieve, and by perseverance effectually cure.—Advt.



Wanted. TTTTANTED, a Respectable GIRL as » » ■ General Srr.’ant. References re quired. Apply Office of this paper. WANTED, a MASTER for the Long beach Main School. Salary, ac cording to average attendance for the present quarter, £137 155., less 10 per cent, redaction. Applications to bo sent in on or before S \TURDAY, 20th inst. JOHN GRIGG, Chairman. j .Longbeach, 17th January, 1881. 952 WANTED, Two MEN accustomed to Horses. Good wages, and two months’ engagement. Apply, sharp, office of this paper. 978 WANTED, a Girl as General SER VANT ; must be able to milk. Apply office of this paper. 954 WANTED TO SELL Twenty-five five SECTIONS, Wakanui Road, j Apply to Patching, Tent-maker, East Street. 898 ANTED KNOWN, That HENRY’S PORTRAIT ROOMS, Saunders’ Buildings, East Street, Ashburton, are open DAILY, from 9 a. m. till 5 p. m. Portraits taken in any weather. Great Reduction in Price. 606 WANTED KNOWN—The Largest and Best Shock of Saddlery is to befound at the shop of S. STEFHE NS, Tinwfdd. Good strong Cart Collars from lSs.; Cart Winkers, Bs. 6d.; Plough Back-bands. 6s. cash ; Cart Saddles and Breechens, from 505.; Reaping Machine Pole Straps, 2a. Farmers will make a great saving by buying of S. Stephens, Saddles, Tinwald. TTT ANTED ENOWN. Ashburton V\ REGISTRY OFFICE for Male and Female Servantsr.— 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 ail persons with good recommendations, who are in want of situations, ai’e requested to apply to L. F. Andrewes, Labor Agent, Book seller, and Stationer, East street, South. ■ > ~ , ■ : ' 527, WANTED KNOWN —That a Church of Engliuul miniotcr’o rrifo writes that she saves Ten Shillings a Fortnight by using Harper Twelvetrees’ Villa Washer, Wringer, and Mangier, com bined ; and, although she permits no rubbing, the clothes are beautifully white, and much cleaner than when done by hand, while the saving in mending has been astonishing. Sold by J. HERN, Range Maker and Importer, corner of Manchester and Tuam streets, Christ church ; Price—£9 10s. 700



WANTED KNOWN. SOMERSET LIVERY AND BAIT STABLES. JW. M'RAE bogs to inform the , public that he has taken the above Stables from Mr. Bossenberg, and is making extensive repairs. Buggies and saddle horses on hire. Lowest prices and best attention. 852 All persons interested in the formation of a POULTRY, PIGEON, and CANARY SOCIETY are requested to MEET at Upper Room, Town Hall, on TUESDAY, January 25th, at 8 p.m. Meetings. O T I C E. S. E. POYNTZ, 90S Convener.



To Let. mO LET—To Lot, a 4-roomed COT- X TAGE, in Peter street. Apply to John Olsen, on the premises. 965 Lost and Found. £2 Reward. LOST, Four HORSES—two dark bay, one chestnut (white hind foot), one grey mare. Any person giving informa tion that will lead to recovery of same to undersigned will receive the above re ward. JOSEPH CLARK, 971 Tinwald. LOST, a Black DOG, with long hair, and answers to the name of “ Watch.” Anyone returning same to Mr. E. Corbett, Ashburton Forks, will be rewarded, and anyone keeping the dog after this date will be prosecuted. 975 FOUND, on the Wcsterfield Township road, on January 13th, a COAT, VEST, and WATCH. The Owner can have, the same by paying expenses. Arthur Paterson, Mayfield, Hinds. 956



Gazette in Bankruptcy. Y. R. In the District Court ok Christchurch, Holden at Ashburton. In the matter of the Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876, and the Acts amending the same, and of the bank ruptcy of ROBERT JOHNSTONE, of Ashburton, in the said district, Painter, a debtor. HIS IS TO NOTIFY, that Robert Johnstone, the above-name debtor, has this day filed a statement thathe is unable to meet his engagements with his credi tors. The first meeting of creditors to be held at the District Court House, Ash burton, on Thursday, the 27th clay of January, 1881, at eleven o’clock in the forenoon. Dated this 21st day of January, 1881. 977 ! Clerk of the District Court, W. MARTIN,



Lic'*'Notices. SHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. NOTIFICATION OF valuation. TAKE NOTICE, the Valuation List for the Borough of Ashburton for the Year 1881 is now open for inspection at the Borough Council’s Office, Burnett street. All OBJECTIONS thereto must bo left at the Resident Magistrate’s Court on or before the 15th day of February, addressed to the Assessment Court for the Borough of Ashburton, and a copy of every such objection must be left at the Town Clerk’s office not less than seven days before the next sitting of the said Court. CHARLES BRADDELL, Town Clerk. Borough Council Office, OUNT SOMERS ROAD BOARD. TAKE NOTICE that the VALUATION LIST for the Mount Somers Road Dis trict for the year 1881 is now open for inspection, at the Road Board Office, Mount Somers. All OBJECTIONS thereto must be left at the Office, on or before February 15th, 1881, addressed to the Assessment Court, and a copy of every such objection must be left at the. Road Board Office, Mount Somers, not less than seven days before the sitting of the said Court. C. J. WENTWORTH COOKSON, Jb., vuuuwis vmvv 14th January, 1881. 940 934 Clerk to the Mount Somers Road Board. - ...



Education board of the DISTRICT OF NORTH CANTER BURY. ELECTION OF COMMITTEES. The Board, in pursuance of power in that behalf conferred by the Education Act, 1877 (section G 4), hereby directs that a PUBLIC MEETING of the HOUSE HOLDERS in every School District , throughout the Education District of North Canterbury, be held on MON DAY, the twenty-fourth day of January, one thousand eight bundled and eigaty one, at seven o’clock in the evening, for the Election in each District of Seven Householders (section 04) to form the , Committee for such District for the year ending with the fourth Monday in Jan-’ uary next year. The place of meeting shall bo tire SCHOOLHOUSE in each District which is provided with a Schoolhouse, and this is understood to mean the Main-School house in any District which has. more, than one school. ! ' 1 In the Districts in which schools are not yet built, the places of meeting shall be as follows : '' Flemington—Wheatstone Hotel. .. ri , Hurunui —Hurunui Hotel. Kirwee—Kirwee Hotel. Mason’s Flat Horsley Downa Station. » The Board further directs that the first meeting of each School Committee be held in the place appointed for the electfdhpV. and immediately after the election upon the same evening. r - -K The Board requests the Chairman of each public meeting to make to the Board immediately after .the election, a return of the names of the several householders elected to form, the ~ Committee, and recommends that each Chairman of Com mittee, report his own election as soon as. possible. J. Y. COLBORNE VEEL, ~ 1 fS«fcfotAi*y ' 7th Jan.j TBBI. -018



a : ' 'in FARMERS ! FARMERS 1 FARMERS 1 R. McKERROW j- t*V ' RE Cash Purchasers of Wool, Grain, and all kinds of Farm Produce, and are a lso prepared to make Liberal CASH ADVANCES on the aboVc placed in their ,* hands either for sale or . shipment to the /o. English or Colonial Markets. ” ' A Large Stock of Cornsacks, WodU' 'I packs, &c., for sale at lowest current 'i prices. ' a McKERROW & CO., r r »R AIN MERCrf AN T?, 1 1 RAKAIA. 60



[card.] rjIHEODORE B. JACOBSEN, ARCHITECT. Note office— HEREFORD STREET, WEST, Christchurch 571 j JMPORTANT TO FARMERS. Osborne Harvesting Machinery. Osborne Harvester and Binder, to bind with both string and wire, price L7O. Ditto ditto, with iron road wheel, and patent lifting apparatus, price L 75. - i String attachments to fit on old wire' Binders, price L 6 10s. N.B.—No charge for fitting if sent to our store. Osborne No. 6 Side Delivery Reapers and Mowers. Osborne No. 6 Tilter or Back Delivery Reapers and Mowers. Osborne No. 5 Mowers. EXTRAS FOR ALL THE ABOVE MACHINES KEPT IN STOCK. Sole Agents in New Zealand— ROBERT WILKIN & CO., New Zealand Wool Stores, 624 Christchurch.



McDougalTs Carbolic Sheep Dip IS the Best and Safest in the Market, A true specific for Scab, instantly destroying Ticks, Lice, and all Bisects, effectually cleansing and stunplating the growth o! the Fleece. Sold in 101 b. and 201 b. tins, apd §olh,: kegs, by ROBERT WILKIN & CO-, New Zealand Wool Stores, • 627 Christchurch. ' METHVEN AGENCY. < ... MORGAN and HIBBS, General Store keepers, Methven, are authorisep agents for the Ashburton Guardian, Subscribers will please get their papers from the agents in future. Orders en« ; trusted to them will receiTe prompt attention.