Killen was' finished on Wednesday , -.morning, the jury bringing in a verdict -.of murder against Booth, and against rthe three other men arrested guilty of aiding and abetting in the commission of the unlawful act. Mr George B. Dibbshas been check : mated, and there are many who - -sympathise with him under the present ■chargrin- He went to gaol for twelve 'months to avoid paying the 1*3,500 verdict recovered against him by Mr - John Shepherd for defamation of character, and now he finds that his high-spirited action has availed him nothing. He occupied himself in gaol in many useful ways, but it is hardly to be credited that he would have sub mitted himself to the sheriff if he knew at much last year as he does now. Their Honors of the Supreme Court decided yesterday that the imprison ment he had undergone did not wipe out his liability to Shepherd, and,

moreover, that failure to sequestrate his

estate would have meant incarceration at the will of his creditor. The Court therefore ruled that Mr Shepherd had a right to prove his debt in the in solvent estate of the champion litigant of New South Wales. Mr Thomas Craig, wool-broker, well known in Sydney, killed himself last Wednesday by jumping from the upper window of the Great Northern Hotel, while suffering from a long drinking “ bout.* fAccording to the evidence, the deceased gentleman had spent LSOO in drink alone in a few months. So many similar sad cases having occurred in Sydney during the past few months, it is to be hoped that a law will be found to punish publicans who ply men with liquor until they lose their senses, and the ultimate result is suicide.

The Tramway question is still an engrossing topic The Oxford street people finding that the Government would not widen the thoroughfare, exerted all their strength in opposition to the double line. There had been midnight meetings, and mid-day depu tations, but the only result was official equivocation. On’ Tuesday morning the shopkeepers awakened to the tune which the pick and shovel gang were making on the metal, and very soon the Colonial Secretary was interviewed once more. Sir Henry Parkes was ad , dressing his own constituents, therefore He had to be very careful. His words were chosen with masterly diplomacy, but they meant nothing, and before the result of further consideration was made known, another gang of men reinforced those at work in the roadway, and the street was in a few hours ripped from end to end. The work has proceeded with extraordinary rapidity, and this morning the trams are running upon a line which yesterday evening was upon the other side of the street The dupli cations of the metals will certainly afford a great convenience to those who live in the eastern suburbs.

The Marine Board’s enquiry into the charges made against Captain Bache, of the Queen of Nations, of having caused the loss of his vessel by care lessness and drunkenness, came to an end this week, after very lengthy evi dence had been taken, and in the Board suspending the captain’s certificate for twelve calendar months.

It is currently reported that Mr Duncan, Collector of Customs, will retire at the end of the present month, and that Mr G. W. Lloyd, M.P. for Newcastle, will be his successor. - .The sensation of the week, as far as legal circles are concerned, is the decision of the full Court of Appeal in the equity suit of Smith v. Kearney, involving the distribution of the pro perty of the late J. H. Linden, which is valued at L 50,000. The primary judge in Court below pronounced the infant defendant, Wilhelmina Eve Linden, to be the lawful issue of the deceased, and this decision was ap pealed against The full Court has ■now decided that inasmuch as Mrs Linden left her mother’s house and went to live with one Baldwin, at a time when she was enceinte, that this and other circumstances could be taken as evidence, of conduct Their Honors declared, themselves to be satisfied with the evidence of the plaintiffs that it was improbable, considering the feelings which Linden bore to his wife, that he ever met her at the critical period, and therefore upheld the appeal and de clared the infant defendant to be illegi timate. The plaintiffs here offered to give the girl Lxoo a year if an end is put to all litigation.

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold oorselres responsible for tbe ' Opinions expressed by our correspondents.

THE FORTHCOMING PLOUGHING MATCH.

To THK EdITOE.

Sib,—-Would you permit me, through the medium of your valuable paper, to explain more fully my reasons for pro posing a ball and supper to be given under the auspices of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association on the night of the ploughing match. I did not propose that the ball and supper should be got up solely for amuse ment on that night. I had another and more practical motive for bringing the motion before the Committee, namely, to secure a portion of the ticket money to aid the Society in getting up a respectable prise listj and a meeting creditable to this most important district. I have put the matter in this light before a good many people in the country, and they all seem overjoyed at the pros pect of being able to assist the Society in tbia way, and have a night’s amusement into the bargain. None of them, how ever;. see any reason why this night’s amusement should be monopolised by people engaged exclusively in agricultural pursuits. They say—and most of them truly—that, were it not for the plough and the hard-working plough boy, neither merchant, banker, professional men, news paper proprietor, nor indeed any other dam of men, could, to any extent, find a profitable field for* their opera tions in Ashburton. In fact it does seem quite , patent ,that the man who could stand forth-and declare that he is not directly interested in the success of the plough would bo a phenomenon worth going sen l * distance to see. The Ashburton A. and P.'Association, with support, will shortly hdsoine one.oftho peßt otita kind in the celqny, and MU, reralt in affgreat deal of practical good to the district. Our sole support in this district lies in its animal andl agricultural products. These pro dnctsfireour maipstay. Thefts products and cheapest by having the m best r implements and the best, men to wotk tbftm. ; 1 Therefore ' it must be good andbUneficud to have ploughing matches fofmyfoVe the men find test the relative vahifi'.of implements. In support of this X wiuqubte one sentence from a

speech of the late Mr Mechi, at a plough ing match dinner in the County of Essex, England, just ten years ago, when double furrows were first made use of at plough ing matches in that district. He said that “ The question of education was a most important one, because, in these days of intelligence, agriculture must be improved, and it could only bo improved by the ap plication of science, and in order to under stand science in its bearing upon agricul ture, both employer and employed must be educated in all matters relating to the proper cultivation of the field.” You are aware, Mr Editor, that, as a rule, my head goes wool gathering, but in the present instance I will conclude with wishing every success to the plough.— lam, &c., D. Oliver. Westerfield, July 7th, 1881.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, kON DAY, JULY 11, 1881.



Holloway’s Pills.—The changes of tem perature and weather frequently upset persons who are most careful of their health, and most particular in their diets. These corrective, purifying, and gentle aperient Pills arc the best remedy for all defective actions of the digestive organs; they augment the appetite, strengthen the stomach, correct biliousness, and carry off all that is noxious from the system. Holloway’s Pills are composed of rare balsams, uumixed with baser matter, and on that account are pe culiarly well adapted for the young, delicate, and aged. As this peerless medicine has gained fame in the past, so will it preserve it in the future by its renovatingand invigoratingqualities and its incapacity of doing harm.—[Advt.]



Meetings DRAM Full Rehearsal TO-] o’clock. All members quested to attend. Suj quired. Punctuality requ Local Industrie tion. The MONTHLY ME] above will be held on EVENING, July 13th, at Upper Room of the Town Important business. S. E. 232 c L. 0. L. The annual dinj: memorate the Festivj will be held at Shearman’s date. Dinner on the table i Tickets, 6s 6s eac Amusements Ashburton couni ING MATC THURSDAY, aisx JI A Farmer’s Will be held in the Town tbuve date, under the ai Ploughing Match Commit to commence at half-past t Refreshments provided. Gentlemen’s single tickets Ladies Double tickets May be obtained at She; >r from the Secretary. Lectures. Lecture at . .7T., A Lecture m aid of the will be delivered in the W* •oom on TUESDAY EVENING INSTANT, At 7.30 p,n By the Rev W. Subject— STABILITY AND INST OHARACTEI Illustrated by Scripture Tickets, Is each, may be ( number of the School Com G. W. LI 198 c To Let. TO LET—A Five Roo in Princes street, w Harden Ground. Rent 10 >ly, Office of thur Paper. O 1 Four-roomed HOUS 1 Two-roomed HOUS] Apply to L94c MATSON, C Pound. F U One Pound Bank of New Dan be had by giving the r olvine at the Office of this



Tenders. IJI O WIRE F TENDERS will be r« ERECTION of about 12 r ing, more or less, lab SATURDAY, the 16th tender not necessarily acc cations of work can be se< P. CnwMiNGHAM and Co., Public Noth O T 1 IMPORTAN The friends of Mr Mar RETURN the FLAGS their ball on Friday last fi 238 c R. W. S]



Ijl A L I N G IA Leaves Ealing f< WEDNESDAYS and SA arrival of Express Trail church, and returns to e Express on Wednesdays Fares, 3s (single) ; 5s (reti as per agreement, accor< The Coach calls at the i Rangitata Traffic Bridge coming down. 229 c ADAM Ashburton council Notice is hereby givei Holland has been RE POUNDKEEPER of Pound, until further notici By order. F. MAIN Ashburton, July 7,1881 COUN' SOUTH RAKAIA PLA SUPPLY. The Ashburton County the publication of the fo don, passed at its last nice sxtraordinary damages to ai races constructed by the C The Council draws the a and-owners, who have bei isked to sign the deed of i ihis Council—to this resol Resolved, that in the ordinary damage t water races consti Council, nothing coi deed of agreement s bind land-owners to extraordinary damag cost. By order. F. MAINI Ashburton, July Bth, 181 Ploughing 1 Jnder the auspices of tl and Pastoral Assoc THURSDAY, 21sx JE In the Paddoc ADJOINING THE COI YARDS. Class I—Three-furrow ] prize, £6 ; second, i. Class 2—Two-furrow p prize, £5 ; third, £3 Class 3—Two-furrow pic sons who have m prize. First prize, £2. Class 4—Single-furrow i prize, £4 ; second £ Class s—Single-furrow boys under 17. Fi second £2. SPECIAL PRI Friedlander Brothers—E the best team on the Reid and Gray—Set of £7, for the best w their two or three-fv W. Anderson —Pair of b best kept set of ban W. Patching—Horse cot groomed horses. T. Chambers—A pair boots, for the heal two-furrow class. Poyntz and Co.—Set o Beattie’s harrows, ploughing in the fiel D. Fitzpatrick—A pair boots, for the best boys’ class. P. and D. Duncan —Im £5, second prize in



Alfred Han Tree t WEDNESDAY, 1 12 o’clock. Alfred harriso: Public Auction, on his Rooms, a consignmen FRUIT & FORES Comprising 500 Cupressus, Maoroc 1,000 Pines,Tnsignus, ] culater, Torrej Pine, Norway Fir 500 Fruit Trees —Appl Cherry, Walnut, berry, Currant, 100 Flowering Shrubs A splendid lot, packed s market. ALFRED H. 214 e For Sale, O N SALE BY T SIGNED. Andrews and Beave Canterbury, Zealandia, lian Chaff Cut From £l3 upwards, from £lolos, simple stron 998 a POl F O R S A small FARM of 75 six miles of Ashburton, terms. POY O R S A FARM of 300 Acres, al wheat, well and securely dantly watered, and within a Railway Station. Also, 200 Acres of good LAI Cropping, or For Sale on clause. Two well-finished three TAGES, situated on a Q Land, on the East Town the High School. These cottages are now tenants, at a fair rental, an on easy terms of payment. 595 a POYNT/ O R S T.S. 907, 908, 909, 91 acre in a block; also, T. S sections will be sold on favc POYNTS W E have received ir SELL BY PRIVATE A SNUG Improved Now in fallow This Farm consists of the best land in the Wa and will be sold a barf terms of payment. For particulars, apply to Bo4a DAN HENDERS W- H. Gundy W. H. GUIs INSTATE AND STATI LICENSED LAND I (Under the Land Tra AND GENERAL MER( EAST ASHB U R T HAS ON 1 Fencing Wire, Nos. 6, Turnip, Clover, Grass, a Binding Wire (McCorn



T. JBttlloc JJAZAAR, BURNI WEEKLY S HORSE r EVERY SAT Commencing ai Money to lend interest, in sums \ wards. | Apply to 1 T. TO LET.—BOARDIIS East street, lately i of Mr C. Truckle. Apply to no PERSONS DI STARTING BACON CURING FOR SALE CH 4 Sections on the So Belt, containing 1 site for Bacon Or ment. Arrangemei for suitable buildin] on the site, Purcha required to pay < interest on the outl For further particulars^, T. Bullo Auctioneer, AND GENERAL COMMISSI EAST ST R AND AT THI BAZ A A BURNETT S H Ashbtjkton, PROPERTIES FOR £ LET with a purchassing ck FARMS. 207 Acres partly improved, Upper Ashburton road 542 Acre 1, 1 rood (in one bio situated about five mih ton, on Winchmore rur 514 Acres, 3 roods, about om Ashburton river, also run. 127 Acres fenced and cultiv; the Wakanui district. 25 Acres first-class land, all vated (very early selei miles from the town of S 3 Acres securely fenced situated near Watertor beach Estate. There four-roomed cottage on 66 Acres —a compact farm ; watered, and partly ii Improvements consist 5-roomcd cottage, st; etc., etc. Situated at 270 Acres, well cultivatec Wakanui, about six town of Ashburton, all divided into seven pad fences. Improvement house, seven-stalled st and other buildings, 220 Acres, all fenced, parti well watered, Longbea a capital dairy farm. 65 Acres, about 3 miles fi Ashburton ; fenced an< be sold cheap. 150 Acres, near the above, ar George Aston’s. Fenc improved. 84 Acres, subdivided into well watered with stream. Capital dwel rnnmn coach-house. St(



Matson, Cox, Matson, Co: LAND, STOCK, AND EST^ LOANS NEGOTIATED and on most favors GRAIN MERC: FORTNIGHTLY SALI Will be held ASHBURTON AND ALTERNAT] NEXT SALE at ASHBI On TUESDAY, J Agents for Royse, St Agents for Robey.’s Thre MATSON, COX J. T. Ford am TO STOCK OWNERS AND OTHE] IN THE COUNTY OF ASH We beg to announce t COMMENCED Bi AT ASHBURTO AS AUCTIONEERS & C AGENTS, For the Sale STATIONS, FARMS, LIV STOCK, PRODU( We have arranged Friedlander Bros, to i and to make arrangemen our account in the Ashburt Our experience in all c and Station Properties, Si &c., and our intimate knc markets in the chief ce Zealand, combined with quaihtance with the requi district of Messrs Freidlam will carry out the arrangen is a guarantee that the bus to our care will be well attended to. J. T. Ford a AUCTIONED] Christchurch, Timaru, an WITH reference to tl name is a sufficient any business entrusted to receive every possible atter FRIEDLANDE] May 23, 1881. Barristers, Solicit) W. F. Wil BARRISTER, SOLTC NOTARY PUB! Attendance at Ashed: Friday. OFFICE: NEXT THE M BURNETT STR] Branson &P B ADJUSTERS AND EAST STREI C. W. Irel JgARRISTER AND Saunders’ Build Ashburton. Hotels.'



Boarding How * REALLY GOOI HOUSE Directly opposite the Burnett Street, Good Breakfast, Good Dinner, Good Tea, and IV to suit the convenience o people from the country. The best place in the to for quiet and comfort. MRS MUT (Late of the Ashburi The A 1 Resi Phillip harper timate to his old I Public generally, that he Commodious Premises in 1 known as the A 1 Res SUPERIOR ACCOMMi be obtained by all who f visit. Board and Lodging, £1 Board only, 13s per wc Single Beds and Meals, Meals at all he Don’t forget the PHILLIP H A 1 RESTAXJ] Tancred sxri Ashburton PANAMA (late ansteb Tancred street, As The undersigned begs pubic that he has REMO Prince Albert Dining-rooi commodious Boarding-hou occupation of Mr Anstee, to merit the same patre upon him as heretofore. ROOM. S 945 a PRINCE ALBERT B HOUSE. In consequence of insu modation at the Echo Dini proprietor has taken ALBERT BOARDING H a good table will always be Is each. Good Accon Boarders and Travellers, ai £1 per week, to meet the t Rooms for families. Rem dress— Charles Truckle, Boarding House, next Stables, and close to the R JpOOD FOR THE THE A 1 RESTAURANT It Beats the Christchurch Hot Pies and Coffee Mince Meat and Coffei Meals It is close to the Railw don’t forget to run over w stops. A smart waitress in Business Noti JOHN F O GROCER, DRAPER, S MERCHANT Tancred street, As JOHN FOWLER begs i his old friends and custom' again RESUMED BUST old site, Tancred street, : Moderate Charges and evei customers to merit a share Also, TO LET SHOP & DWELLIN' Lately occupied by J. R. ( JJOUNT SOMER W. H. PUDDICOM Take this opportunity of customers for the very 1 accorded them since comme and now beg to notify that i encouraged to make extensi the store and largely incre; which will enable residents Somers and surroundini obtain every requisite wit make a long journey to Christchurch. Drapery, Ironmongery, of every i lowest rates. A cart gc



Business Notices. S. Lucas, PAINTER, GLAZIER, PAPER HANGER, &a, Adjoining Panama House, TANdtED STREET. S LUCAS, who is well known to be a , thorough practical workman in the various branches of the abovenamed business, intimates that he is now pre pared to receive orders, and solicits a share of public support. 111 c SAMUEL LUCAS. Family boot & shoe depot. Next Orr and Co. (late Trickett), East street, Ashburton. Daniel Fitzpatrick, Proprietor. D. F. will pay the same attention in future to his Order Trade, as hitherto. All descriptions of BOOTS and SHOES made to order, at reasonable prices. A good fit guaranteed. A well selected Stock of Boots and Shoes ef every kind always on hand. 686 a Chaff, Chaff, Chaff ASHBURTON CORN & CHAFF H STORE, AS ALWAYS ON HAND FLOUR STRAW sj HAY . a OATS 5 BRAN o SHARPS a CHAFF CRUSHED OATS POTATOES 2 BEANS g PEAS P CARROTS, Ac., &c., in Large or Small Quantities, at Lowest Prices. < w o B § m m H Note the Address— NEXT EVERETT BROS., 548 a Havelock street, Ashburton. EDICAL HALL, ASHBURTON. Established 1874 J. M. CAMBRIDGE, CHEMIST. PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAH) TO THE PURITY OP DRUGS. TEETH CAREFULLY EXTRACTED. PRESCRIPTIONS ACCURATELY PREPARED, Open on Sundays, 10 to 11 a. m., 2to 3 and 7 to 8 p.m. 93C ALFRED COOK, news runner for the Lyttelton Times, Canterbury Times, and Star, is prepared to undertake the distribution of circulars, hand-bills, Ac., and to do general light porter work, and odd jobs. 794 a George Trickett, B OOTMA K E R, begs leave to thank his customers and friends for the support he has hitherto received in Ashburton; also, to inform them he has REMOVED to MOUNT SOMERS, where he hopes to receive a share of public patronage. All bespoke Orders made on the premises. Repairs promptly attended to. Note the Address— G. TRICKETT, 939 a Mount Somers. J. Sherriff, Monumental mason, Manchester street south, and Bar badoes street (near the Cemetery), Christ church. A large stock of Head-Stones, Tombs, and Monuments always on hand. Designs forwarded on application. For further particvir s apply to A. Thiele, Ashburton. 323 a SPRINGFIELD COAL. THIS SPLENDID COAL may be ordered in large and small quan tities, and all orders will be promptly executed. C. A. ULRICH, Cobb & Co.’s Office, Cathedral Square Christchurch. Agent for Springfield Coal Co. [Limited.] GRATEFUL COMFORTING EPPS’S COCOA. BREAKFAST. BY a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctor’s bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every ten pency to disease. Hundreds of Subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with puis blood and a properly nourished frame, mm See article in the Civil Service Gazette. Made simply with boiling water or miHc) Sold only in packets, labelled : JAMES EPPS AND CO., HOMCKOPATHIC chemist, LONDON. ALSO, EPPS’ CHOCOLATE ESSENCE, FOR AFTERNOON USB. 793