SHIPPING.

PORT OF LYTTELTON. '■ N Axxired. Yesterday. Wanak»j b.h., from Nelson, Picton, and Wellington. Sailed. Yesterday. Awaroa, schooner, for- Wanganui. Star of the South, s.s., for Westport. Wanaka, s.s., if or Akaroa and Dunedin. Rotorua, s.s. , for Northern ports. Wakatipu, s.s., for Wellington and Sydney.

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Auckland, Yesterday. Sailed— Albion, for the South. Wellington, Yesterday. Sailed—Hawea, for Picton and Nelson. Timaru, Yesterday. H«ilnd —Go-Ahead, for Northern'ports.

COMMERCIAL.

Ashburton Guardian Office, Friday afternoon. Thu grain market during the week has been characterised by no great advance in and quotations remain at some thing like that of the previous week. Wheat is still being enquired for in small milling lines, and when good samples are offered, from 3s 8d to 3a lid and 4s are the prices obtainable here. Superior Irinda are a shade higher, but only seed wheat may he said to be in active de mand, and fetch more than the letter figure. The shipment of grain ami'll goes on, and large quantities are now weekly leaving our ports for foreign markets. In barley a decided improve ment is noticeable, and good malting - samples are being enquired after. The ■Victorian Government have permitted a trial in their sports to have N.Z. barley landed duty free, in order to allow of its being made into malt and exported as Such only. This has given a lot of work to the “unemployed” in our sister colony, and has caused prices for the cereal to be very much fii-mar hero for malting purposes. A few good lines of the latter have been placed at 3s lid f.o.b. Oats are still almost the same, and prices do not seem to increase to any extent. The market is, however, firm, and we believe that an in creased demand will be felt before the spring advances, and consequently better Eripftg will rule here. The weather has een exceedingly wet during the week, and although no damage to the crops is yet reported, we fear that in many cases the late-sown wheat will suffer if heavy ■ frosts follow. The plains land is in splen did order for ploughing, and has never been in such a condition for years past, owing to the rain we have had this season. The Christchurch Com Exchange. Com Exchange report for the week ending Friday evening, the 22nd July :—Business during the week has been extremely quiet; the bad weather which has prevailed for the last; few days having augmented the torpidity which has been the chief characteristic of the grain trade for some time back. Values in all fines of produce are unaltered, and there is no circumstance which admits of comment. — Wheat; Good to prime milling samples are worth from 3s pd to 4s per bushel in Christ church ; second class milling samples, 3s 6d to 3s 8d in Christchurch ; chick wheat ranges from 2s 3d to 2s pd, delivered in Christ church.—Oats : There is no alteration in the demand, and prices are stationary at from 2s Id *s 2d per bushel in Christchurch; feed quality are saleable at from is lod to is nd - Delivered in Christchurch. —Barley: There is hardly so much inquiry during the week, but prices are substantially the same. Prime malting may still be quoted at from 2s pd to - 3s 64 per bushel, delivered in Christchurch; second class malting, 2s 3d to 2s 6d per bushel; • feed quality, is lod to *s per bushel.— Grass Seed : The market does not yet exhibit any returning signs of animation, but there is no alteration to note in values. Good clean farmer’s samples are worth from 4s 6d to 5s per bushel, delivered in Christchurch ; indif ferently cleaned according to sample. Cocks foot, 3#d to 3#d.—Potatoes : The export of the tub er continues to assume tolerably large itimmrfnnn, and although prices have not ad vaaccd, the market appears to be more settled. ■ Sales have taken place during the week at 40s per ton, at suburban stations, a 1 radius of 8 1 miles from Christchurch ; this price Is for immediate delivery; for forward delivery, 45s per ton is about the maximum; in all cases gnrlfg are extra. —Cheese and Butter: The con dition of the market has not altered during the week, the fanner is worth from 3d to 3 Jfca per lb., the latter, yj£d to 8d per lb.—Hay : The demand does not appear to have realised the expectations, the price, is L2 10s to La iss in Christchurch. Auctioneers’ Reports. Messrs H. Matson and Co. report on the live Stock Market, etc., lor the week ending Thursday, July 21st 1881, as follows:—The rough boisterous weather of yesterday and the past few days had a marked effect on. Wed nesday’s Addington market, both on the supply of stock and the attendance of the public; Speaking for ourselves, not a third of the sheep of which we had received advices Came to hand, and luckily so, as the attendance was very small, and the few lots of mutton on , Offer proved more than sufficient for the re quirements of the trade, several lines being turned out unsold. Under the circumstances, it is difficult to give a quotation as to values, hut prices generally were a shade higher than last week, crossbreds ranging from 13s 6d to lßs, merinos 9s 6d to 13=, The cattle market was chiefly made up with beef, of which there was an average supply. In fact buyers could not be found for more than half the entry, and ■ where sales were made vendors had to submit to low and unsatisfactory prices. Medium ,*feight steers brought L 6 10s to L 7 10s and L 8 ; light weight do. and heifers, L 5 5s to L 6 1 ss. Of the few store cattle on offer, the bulk sold at unaltered rates. The totals yarded for the day comprised 3,067 sheep, 261 head of . cattle, and 77 pigs, of which our entry in cluded 1,013 sheep, 126 head of cattle, and our usual fortnightly sale of live stock," &c., for the Ashburton district in the Corporation yards on Tuesday last. A fair entry of stock was yarded, but, owing to the Wet weather, very little business was done.

DAILY MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALES. To-mosrow, Saturday, July 23. Mr T. Bollock, at the Bazaar, Burnett street—Horses, Implements; 1.30 p.m. ___ At his rooms, Esst street—Oats; 2 o’clock. Mr J. Ivesa, at his yards and mart — Furniture, Trees, &c.; 12 o’clock. Landed Property, Houses; 2 o’clock. Thursday, Judy 21. Mr. Alfred Harrison, at the Alford Forest Hotel—Horses, Implements, &o.; IL3O o’clock. MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS, &c To-moeeow, Satdeday, Judy 23, Amateur Dramatic Club and Georgia Minstrels, Town Hall, at 8 p.m. Monday, Judy 25. . Borough Council, at Borough Council Chambers, at 7 o’clock. Wednesday, Judy 20. Public meeting, Elgin Schoolhouse, 7 Public meeting, Town Hall Tuesday, August 2. Ashburton Permanent Building and In vestment Society, Monthly Meeting, from 6.80 to 8.30 p.m. Wednesday, August 3. County Council, at the County Council Chambers, at 11 o’clock. Monday, August 8. Bead Board—Monthly Meet fag; ~ __________

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The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit. FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1881.

TOWN EDITION. [lssued at 4.10 p.m. j

Board op Education. —■ At a meeting of the Board of Education, held at Christchurch yesterday, in answer to a letter from the Alford Forest School Committee, asking that a male teacher might bo appointed to the side school, instead of a female teacher as heretofore, and asking if a teacher’s house could be erected at the side school, and for infor mation re salary—lt was decided to inform the Committee that the salary of the master, if appointed, would be Ll3O per annum, less 10 per coat., and that there was no chance of a house being built for a long time. - An application was read from the Ashburton Mchool Committee for a grant of L 8 for tho purpose of erecting a wood-shed on the school grounds, and for a grant for mending fences. Tho first application was granted, and the second referred to the incidental expenses.

Lecture Postponed. Tho lecture which was to have been delivered at the Presbyterian Church on Wednesday even ing by tho Rev. S. Slocombe, on the sub ject of “ Crooked sticks,” was not given, on account of the roughness of the weather. The rev. lecturer has left the town, but his lecture will be delivered at some future date, to be fixed.

Quoit Match. Like many other amusements lately the Quoit Match be tween the Ashburton and Mount Somers clubs, which had been fixed for to-day, nt Ashburton, did not come off, the visitors not putting in an appearance. It is understood that it will be played next Thursday. Elgin School. —The public meeting which was to have been held at the Elgin School on Wednesday evening last, at which the Committee’s conduct in recom mending tho dismissal of the master, was to have been considered, had to bo post poned. Next Wednesday evening, 27th inst, lias been fixed for the consideration of the matter. Pdrlic Meeting. —From an announce ment in this issue it will bo seen that the public meeting, to which wo inferred yesterday, is to take place on Wednesday evening next, when the matter of increased representation for the Coleridge District in the House of Representatives will be considered. Compulsory Clauses. —Parents whose children do not attend school will do well to consider an advertisement in another column relating to the matter.

Clearing Sale. —Mr Alfred Harrison announces a groat clearing sale of horses and implements at the Alford Forest Hotel on Thursday next. Coursing. —Tho meeting of the South Canterbury Coursing Club concluded yes terday. Mr Thompson’s Don Carlos and Bonnie Scotland divided the first and second prizes in the Cup, and Mr Butler’s Scamp won the St. Ledger. Hares were very plentiful. Police Court. —The Police Magistrate was not on the Bench at the usual hour this morning, but a little later an assault case, Jones v. Pearce, was heard. We are informed that the facts were as follows ; Messrs Matson, Cox, and Co. had sued the defendant, and having obtained a ver-

diet, had taken out judgment and exe cution against him. The execution war rant was entrusted to a man named Jones, who had no proper authority to act. On his entering Pearce’s premises to levy, the latter struck him and turned him out. In Court this morning Mr Branson, for tho defendant, objected that tho summons waa not directed to anyone. The Bench held the objection fatal, and the case was struck out. The Court then adjourned.

The Floods in the Sea District.— Our Waterton correspondent writes under date of yesterday ; —This township has been suffering since Tuesday night at about ton o’clock from one of the highest floods ever known in thedistrict. Thewater lies from two to three feet deep round tho hotel, and it is only by cutting up.the roadways to allow it to escape that it can be kept out of the building. All round tho blacksmith’s shop is one sheet of water, more like, a lake than anything else. Some of the people have the water in their houses. I hear of no very groat damage as yet. It is still raining, and the quantity of water is as great here as ever. Tho whole cause of so great a body of water here is that tho culverts and bridges erected on tho Water ton road are all too low, and too small altogether in time of flood to carry away anything like the quantity of water that has to pass through them. The Road Board should see to tho matter without delay. The water in tho township is now (9 a .m.) slightly subsiding.

German Emmiqration to America.— Germany is walking away with Ireland in the matter of immigration to the United States. Of 44,145 immigrants who came to America in April, 3,173 were from Ire land and 19,397 from Germany, while during the nine months that closed with the same period, Ireland contributed 33,334; Germany, 102,058; Canada, 86,887. Gold at G heat Depth. —A golden reef has been struck at a depth of 1,700 feet, at Stalwell, Victoria, by the diamond drill. Victoria’s First Ploughman.— The Portland Guardian relates that “one of the old and infirm inmates of the Benevo lent Asylum, named John Fowles, who died last week at the age of 90 years,* ap pears to have had the peculiar distinction of being the first man who turned up Vic torian soil with a plough. Fowles, who was a native of Hampshire, England, landed in Tasmania early in the century, after having served some years in America as a private in the British army. In Laun ceston he was employed as a laborer by the late Mr Stephen G. Honty, and in that gentleman’s service he came to this colony by the Minerva before the landing of Fawkner atPortPhillip. He first worked in the locality of Bridgewater, where it is said that his plough turned tho first sod of Victorian land. In 1837 he worked at Portland, and was engaged in ploughing the very land on which the asylum whore he spent his last years now stands. At the time of his death (the cause of which was sheer old age) he had been an inmate of the institution for 16 years. The identical plough that was used by Fowles has remained ever since in tho Henty family, amid was exhibited in the Inter national Exhibition at Melbourne as a historical curiosity. It was proposed to send tho ploughman with the machine, but his extreme weakness caused the idea to be abandoned, as it Avas feared that the excitement and exertion of tho journey would hasten the end that was evidently near at hand.”

Journalistic.— The Parliamentary cor respondent of the Tuapeha Times wires that Mr Pyko left Wellington on the 15tli inst. to assume the editorship of the Dunedin Morning Herald.

Shearing Twice a Year. —Mr Arm strong, of Mortlake, Victoria, has tried the experiment of shearing his sheep twicoa year, with great success, his London agents obtaining Is per lb for the five months’ wool, while 9d per lb ruled for twelvemonths’ clips. An English Toreador. —The people of Seville have lately had the opportunity .of witnessing a somewhat extraordinary spectacle. An Englishman staying at Seville, son of a London banker, after looking on at a bull fight, was roused to enthusiasm by the skill and courage of the gordito, and obtained from him a number of lessons. Quite lately he took his place in the arena, and is said to have amazed the spectators by his skill in handling the cloak and throwing the banderillas, and above all the coolness with which ho faced one of the most savage of the bulls, and killed it by a skilful stroke with the stabbing sword.

The Revised New Testament. —ln a review of the Revised New Testament the Hobart “Presbyterian Magazine” has this extraordinary sentence : —“lt is only a translation ; and as such it is not inspired. Like every other work done by fallible, imperfect man, it is capable of improvement. This being the case, it is a superstitious, ignorant con servatism which characterises the learned revisers as meddlers with the Bible.” The Dunedin Star adds : The italics are ours. Such an admission by a relig ious organ, and by a Presbyterian one to boot, is enough to take one’s breath away. We shall expect to hear of the heresy-hunters in Tasmania being on the war-path. A Boy’s Selection. —A young lady has a Sunday school class of rather bright boys, averaging between seven and nine years. Recently she requested each pupil to come on the following Sunday with some passage of Scripture bearing upon love. The lads heeded tho request, and in return recited their verses bearing upon that popular topic, such as “ Love your enemies,” “ Little children, love one another,” Ac. The teacher said to the boy who came last, “ Well, Robbie, what is your verso V’ Rising, he responded, “ Song of Solomon, second chapter, fifth verse—Stay mo with flagons, comfort me with apples; for I am sick of love.”

Expensive Compulsory Civilisation. —ln the cause of civilisation the Bey of Tunis will be immediately required to hand over to French speculations and contractors—l. The mines of Tabarca (described as the richest in tho world by M. Fuchs, of the Paris School of Mines) —2. The port of Bizerta, to be turned into an African Toulon, at the cost of twenty millions of francs, according to the

estimates of Admiral Cloud—3. The com pletion of the port of Tunis, the contract being twenty millions of francs—4. A railway from Tunis to Bizerta—s. A rail way from Tunis to Gabes—o. The cutting of the isthmus of Gabes—a work estimated by M. do Lesseps at twenty millions. These, says the World, are a few of the plums incidental to the “ civilising mis sion” of France, which are ready for the Bourse.

The Boer Leader. —General Joubert, the Boer leader, turns out, after all, to be an American. He is a native of Union town, Fayette County, P., where he was born in the spring of 1841. His parents came from Holland previous to the war. He was educated in the Unioutown public schools. When about 14 years of age ho was tried on a chan/o of assault and bat tery and acquitted. Soon after, ho leit America, going to Holland and thence to South Africa. At the outbreak of the Confederate rebellion he returned to the United States, served in the navy under Admiral Dupont, and afterwards as a cap tain of a colored company, under General Wetzel. He returned to Holland after the war, and wont thereafter to Africa again. His full name is Daniel Sturgeon Joubert, having been named after Senator Daniel Sturgeon, of Pennsylvania, who befriended his father.

Carltle’s Opinions.—The following are some of Carlyle’s opinions, taken from

his reminiscences :—Sir Walter Scott, a toothless relator of old wives fables; Brougham, an eternal grinder of common place and pretentious noise, like a man playing on a hurdy-gurdy ; Coleridge, talking in a maudlin sleep an infinite deal of nothing ; Wordsworth, stooping to ex tract a spiritual catsup from mushrooms which are little better than toadstools ; John Wilson, taken to presiding at Noctes, and painting baggies in food; Peel, a plausible fox ; John Wilson Croker, an unhanged hound ; Lord John Russell, a turnspit of good pedigree ; Lord Melbourne, a monkey ; ‘ these be thy gods, 0 Israel !’ Others occupied in undertakings as absurd as to seek to suck the moon out of the sky ; the wind-bag yelping for liberty to the negro, and that ether for tho improvement of prisons—all sham and imposture ; a giant lie which may soon go down in hell-fire.”

Holloway’s Pills. —Thechiefest wonde of modern limes. —This incomparable medicine increases the appetite, strengthens the stomach, cleanses the liver, corrects biliousness, prevents flatulency, purifes the system, invigorates the nerves, and re-instates sound health. The enormous demand for these Pills throughout the globe astonishes everybody, and a single trial convinces the most sceptical that no medicine equals Holloway’s Pills in its ability to remove all complaints incidental to the human race. They are a blessing to the afflicted, and a boon to all that labour under internal or external disease. The purification of the blood, removal of all restraint from the secretive organs, and gentle aperitive action are the prolific sources of the extensive curative range of Holloway’s Pills. [Advt.j

CABLE NEWS.

LATEST FROM EUROPE [per keuter’s agency.] Commercial. London, July 10. Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, 48s. Adelaide flour, ex warehouse, 34s 6d. New Zealand wheat, ex ship, 48s. Australian tallow, best beef, 34s 6d; best mutton, 365. The Land Bill. In the House of Commons to-day the postponed ciauses of the Irish Land Bill were passed through Committee, after debate. The Bill was reported to the House with amendments, and the third reading fixed for next sitting. The Land Commission. In the course of to-day’s sitting the appointments to the Irish Land Com mission were approved by the House of Commons without opposition. Desertions. Telegrams are to hand from Tunis announcing that numerous desertions are taking place from the Tunisian army owing to the strong feeling among the troops of sympathy with the rising of the Arab tribes. AUSTRALIAN. [per reuter’s agency.] The Ferret Cases. Melbourne, July 21. The trial of Henderson, Wright, and Wallace of the steamship Ferret, con cluded to-day. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of conspiracy to de fraud the Customs and intending pur

chasers, and guilty with extenuating cir cumstances on the other counts of the indictment, as there was a want of evi dence regarding • e ownership of the vessel. Sentence vas deferred until Saturday next. The Detached Squadron- Sydney, July 21. The vessels comprising the detached squadron, except the Bacchante, leave on Saturday for Auckland. Small Pox. A woman and her child among those at the quarantine station who are iso lated from the small pox patients, have been attacked with the disease in a mild form. No fresh cases have occuredr in the city since the 15th inst. International Exhibition. Adelaide, July 21. The Local International Exhibition was opened to-day by his Excellency the Governor, in the presence of an as semblage of several thousand persons, including members of the Ministry, the Chief Justice, the Mayor of Adelaide, and the members of both Houses of Parliament. The opening ceremony passed off most successfully, and was concluded with the singing of an in augural cantata. The exhibits in the building are already in a forward state. Arrival of the Orient. Arrived, this morning—Orient Com pany’s steamship Orient, which left Ply mouth on June nth. What is It ? Brisbane, To-day. Three children living in South Brisbane were examined by doctors yesterday with the object of ascertaining whether they are suffering from small pox. The doctors believe they are attacked with that disease, but are un able yet to decide definitely.

TELEGRAMS.

[per press association.] Prospecting tor Minerals. Auckland, Yesterday. - The Waste Lands Board gave Mr Christie a license to prospect the Govern ment lands at the Bay of Islands for minerals other than gold. Auckland Fibre Manufacturing Com pany. The Auckland Fibre Manufacturing Company has been formed for manufac turing rope, twine, matting, and twine for string binders. The capital is L 25,000. Raiatea annexed by the French. The schooner Sovereign reports that the French have annexed Raiatea, but the native islands of Boabara and Huaitawa declined the French proposals. Too Much Smoking. John O. Hilman, a public school teacher, has died in the hospital from cancer in the jaw acquired by smoking. Whitelaw Sentenced. Wellington, Yesterday. At the Supreme Court this afternoon, Whitelaw was found guilty of ill-treating a lunatic patient, and the Judge inflicted a fine of LSO, or six weeks’ imprisonment. The Seamen of the Charles Worsley. Dunbpin, Yesterday. When the seamen of the Charles Worsley were released from the quaran tine island the captain refused to take them on board, as a case of measles existed on the island in the keeper’s family. One of the men therefore sued him for wages, but the Magistrate hold that under the Merchant Shipping Axt no sufficient discharge had been proved, and although ha admitted the hardship, the case was dismissed. Blood Stock. Invercargill, Yesterday. The celebrated stallion Young Prince of Wales, which was shipped for Melbourne by the Te Anau on Friday last, died on the voyage. The horse was bred by Mr L. Drew, of Skevington, Scotland, and has never been beaten either at home or in the colony. He was valued at LBOO, and was owned by Mr John Russell.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

* ASHBURTON. —To-Day. (Before Mr J. N. Wood. R.M.) CIVIL CASKS. Clarke v. Firth. Claim LI 6s Id. Order for amount with costs. Martin v. Meharry. Mr Branson, for the plaintiff, said that the matter had been settled out of Court without his bein<j consulted. He applied for the case to b e heard. Solicitors had a right to be pro tected by the Court. The Magistrate saiil ho had no power to hear the case in th e absence of both plaintiff and defendant. Cas.e struck out.

Dunstan v. Muir. No appearance. Case struck out.

Spence v. Brydone. No appearance, Case struck out.

Jones v. Kelly. Claim for rent, L 9 10s. Mr O’Reilly for defendant. A witness named Samuel Guinney was called, but did not appear. Mr O’Reilly pro duced receipts paid subsequently to the last date mentioned in the claim. The claim for the first part of the rent was on Guinney, who took the place, not on Kelly. The Police Magistrate said that the plain tiff should not have let Guinney leave the house without making him pay. Guinney was apparently the right man to sue. Plaintiff was nonsuited, with LI Is costs. Reid and Gray v. Harvey. Claim, LI 7 13s on a promissory note. Mr Crisp foi ■ defendant. The manager for Reid and; Gray deposed as to the claim. By Mr Crisp: George Harvey’s signature is that, attached to the promissory note. I die I not see him write it. I senfhim notice of dishonor as soon as I got i c from Dunedin.. He gave the promissory note to me. Ik was for a plough. There was no promise to renew the note if required. Mr Crisp said that as the defendant had not thought fit to appear, and had tried to settle the matter behind his back, he could not say anything more. Order for amount, with costs 19s.

Spence v. Brydone. Claim for LI 16s. Order for amount, with LI 10s costs. Orr and Co. v. Pearce. Claim for LIOO. Mr Crisp, fir defendant, contended that under the 20th clause of the Act, the sum mons was not served within sufficient time. The Bencli concurred. Plaintiff was nonsuited without costs. The Court then adjourned.

THE STABBING CASE AT TIMARU.

(from our own correspondent.)

[by telegraph.] Timaru, To-day.

At the Magistrate’s Court this morn ing Patrick Clancy was charged, on remand, with unlawfully wounding Tim McAuliffe, the well-known amateur pedestrian, with a penknife. The evi dence went to show that the prosecutor struck the first blow, and Clancy drew a knife and used it in self-defence. Mr Beetham. R.M., said he considered that McAuliffe had brought the assault on himself, and sympathised to some extent with Clancy. He could not say how far Clancy was justified, however, in using the knife in self-defence, and he must leave it for a jury to decide. The accused was then committed to stand his trial at the next sitting of the District Court. Bail was allowed, his own recognisances of LSO being accepted.

NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Thursday, July 21. The Council met at 2.30 p.m. A motion by the Hon. Dr Menzies in favor of Bible-reading in schools was car ried by 15 to 12, the Hon. F. Whitaker having moved the previous question. The Banka and Bankers Act Amend ment Bill was again committed and fur ther amended, one amendment being that it is not to come into operation till Janu ary, 1882. The Regulation of Elections Bill was passed through committee, an amend ment by the Hon. W. H. Reynolds to make voting compulsory under penalty of being struck off the roll being rejected. The Council rose at 5 p.m.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Thursday, July 21. The House met at 2.30 p.m. NOTICES OF MOTION. Sir W. Fox gave notice that he would move in the direction of prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors in Parliament buildings. QUESTIONS. In reply to questions, various Ministers stated :—That the extra traffic would not justify the extra expense of a special train twice a week, meeting the Middle Island West Coast mail coach at Spring field, but enquiries.-would fee made with a view of, if possible, obviating the present delay.—A committee was now considering the propriety of imposing a duty upon maize imported into the colony, and until the result of their labors was made known, Government was not pre pared to say what they would do in the matter.—Government would enquire into a petition signed by 440 miners and others in the Mount Ida district, ex pressing confidence in the administration of justice under Mr Warden Robinson, with the view of getting it referred to a committee having under consideration a petition from 58 miners, praying for Warden Robinson’s removal.—Although not prepared to say they _ would this session legislate on the question, Govern ment looked favorably on the suggest! m to amend the law affecting patents for inventions within the colony—(1) by re ducing the fee on deposit of specification to LI; (2) by doing away with advertising, except in the New Zealand Gazette , such advertising to be free of cost to the ap plicant ; (3) by reducing the final payment to L 7, payable at or before the expiration of the fifth, instead of the third year, as at present ; (4) by issuing letters patent for seventeen Instead of fourteen years, as at present. WANT OF CONFIDENCE DEBATE.

Mr Sutton resumed the debate on the no-confidence motion. He admitted that Mr Wood’s speech had been an attractive one, but said that it did not touch on the real question at issue. The only practical suggestion it contained was that the Go vernment should allocate L 200,000 for opening up the Crown lands in the North Island. If they could carry on their works properly without borrowing, he would be in favor of doing so, but he much doubted it. He defended the House against the imputation that it lacked the ability to afford redress. Mr Saunders’ speech was next criticised and condemned. The re establishment of the provinces was im practicable. He believed that the time was not far distant when the provinces would not only be abolished, but their boundaries wiped out. Referring to Mr Ormond, he said that he liked an honest opponent, but he could not characterise Mr Ormond as such. Whatever the result might be, the action taken by him would delay the business of the country. Re distribution of seats was fully expected, and now in consequence of this action it must be delayed for another Parliament. The real object of the motion of the mover was hatred of the property tax. Failing to get rid of that tax he was de termined to get rid of the Ministry. Pre suming that he suceeded in driving them to the country, then he could tell them that they would return to Parliament stronger than ever. Captain Russell said that if the amend ment was carried, the effect would be to bring into office a class of men whose avowed policy was a return to provincial ism. He discussed at great length the utter impossibility of_ Mr Ormond ever working in unison with the men with whom he was leagued. The policy enunci ated by Mr Saunders was, when ex amined into, impolitic in the very highest degree. The complaint about the redress of grievances was frivolous and unfounded. If they could not as a House redress grievances what body was there to do it 1 The complaint against the present form of local government did not come from with out the House. There was not a single petition or complaint on the subject laid before them from anyone and any quarter. Mr Seymour recognised in the Govern ment proposal an attempt to give some finality in the assistance to be given to local bodies towards the construction of local works. The 20 per cent, land fund subsidy was intended to open up and settle Crown lands. It had not done so, though bodies had appropriated the money for making roads throughout the settled districts.

Mr Taiaroa spoke against the Govern ment, and condemned adversely the pro posal to rate native lands. The House adjourned at 6.30 p.m., and resumed at 7.30. Mr Bunny announced his intention of voting against the amendment. The action of the Government during the pre sent session had strengthened his purpose of supporting them, frequent changes of Government wore not beneficial to the colony. They had had the effect of hand in" over the Government to the permanent heads of departments. The Government had done good service in reducing expen ses ; they had put their financial affairs on a satisfactory footing, and, in his opinion, they would not be wise in turning this Government out, and putting in they would not say who. He had strongly op posed abolition, and Mr Ormond had strongly supported it, but he felt that they could not now go back to provincialism. They had got to make the best of abolition. Mr Weston said that the question raised by the amendment was not as respected the past Government, but as to the future. What they had to do was to

say whether the proposals were satisfac tory or not. Mr Ormond, in moving this amendment, showed in his speech good taste as well as good sense. There could be no doubt but that his aim was to re introduce provincialism,-although he was caref-il not to propound any policy. 'ln that course ho did right ; it was not his place to propose a policy. He utterly disagree with the proposals of the Go vernment. They were unworkable, and

not for the good of the country. - They did not go far enough in certain respects, He advised the Government to gracefully withdraw their proposals, so as to admit of a moie acceptable scheme being brought forward. The proposal to allow the trust funds of the colony to be made use of for local purposes was, to his mind, contrary to all propriety. It was utterly wrong in principle. If the local bodies were un able to repay the money, then the colony would have to do it. He next referred to Sir George Grey’s Local Government 1 Bill, which he also criticised adversely; It was more visionary and wild than the proposals of the Government. It was separation in disguise. The country was not prepared to receive such a scheme. The provisions proposed for the adminis stration of law and justice alone were sufficient to justify the rejection of the proposal. He referred to the remarks' made by Sir G. Grey about the Judges. It was an attack of the meanest kind, cruel, and utterly unfounded. He denied that there were the slightest grounds for any charge against the Bench. Mr Mac andrew had said to him that there were plenty. He wanted to know where they were to be found. If Sir G. Grey’s policy were to be adopted, the evils of the pro posals before them would be greatly in tensified. He approved of a limited pro vincialism—call it County Councils or whatever they liked. The duties . de volving on them as a central Legislature were far too great. He went on to depre cate the idea of a dissolution, saying that it would involve a cost of at least L 25,000, and otherwise inconvenience the general public. The various sections of the House would have an opportunity in the natural course of events to propound their various schemes to the country, and there could be no sound reason advanced for an immediate dissolution. The desire should be to make this Parliament as use ful as possible, and allow it to expire in - the ordinary course of events. He would vote against the amendment, and at the same time he would vote against the Bills brought down by the Government. Sir G. Grey said, in reference to the statement made by the previous speaker, that there was a Judge who, being sup posed to have a strong predilection for a central government, had recently told a jury that the double form of government had been instrumental in causing a mis carriage of justice. If any other Judge pursued the same line of conduct, he would repeat what he had already said. The Hon. John Hall reprobated Sir G. Grey for the attack he had made, and the explanation just given of the attack upon the Judge made the matter worse. The terms of the amendment left the Govern ment no alternative but to accept it as a vote of no confidence. The appearance of the lobbies also indicated that this was a noc onfideuce motion. If Mr Ormond did not mean to upset the Government, it was plain enough that the Opposition meant to do it under his auspices. He denied that there was any discontent with the existing local government institutions, or any demand for a new form. The only real complaint was a want of means to carry out their, work. What was wanted was assistance to carry out existing L institutions, and not to alter them. The . charge made by Mr Ormond that the sesskn had been wasted by the Govern ment had been completely answered in the fact that, although they had only had twelve sitting days for Government busi ness, they had passed measures of the highest importance to the social . well being of the country. They had been charged with having pursued a “ do nothing policy.” The truth was that an absence of pecuniary resources had com pelled them to put a drag on public works. The. Treasury had been low, and they were prevented from going into the borrowing market. But yet within the [ last twelve months two millions had been | spent on public works. As to the dispro portionate expenditure in Taranaki and ’ Hawke’s Bay, the facts of the case were— , In Taranaki the expenditure since the public works policy commenced was ! LBl7,ooo,andinHawke’sßay,tp which Mr , Ormond belonged, it had been L 604,000. [ He defended the Government against , the charge of not having brought down , the Redistribution Bill at the commence ment of the session, by saying that it was impossible to have done so until they had the census returns. The local Boards of various kinds had been complained of as too numerous, but when looked into it would be found that they distributed the labor of local administration amongst the people. The speaker charged Sir G. Grey with having tampered with his speech in “ Hansard.” If Sir G. Grey’s proposals were carried out it appeared to him that one-half of the people of the colony would be employed in governing the other half. He could not think that provincialism . without legislation could, however, pos sibly cure any ills under which they suffered. Would Timaru or Canterbury, Oamaru and Southland, or Otago, be con tent to have their affairs administered from their respective provincial centres t He had no reason to be ashamed of the ■ work done by the provinces, still provin cialism had had its day. Let them by all means go to the country with Mr Shee han’s proposal for the restoration of the provinces. Mr Wood was opposed to borrowing, and was not satisfied with the manner in which they spent the money, but still he was prepared to spend it him self in his own way. There were sixty three counties in the colony, and that did not look as if there was any deficiency of local government. Then they had the Road Boards, and of the two he was of opinion that they were the most service able. Government proposed to. decen tralise as far as possible, but they did not wish to see the colony cut up into a number of feeble states, unable to do good themselves, and preventing the colony from doing any good either. They proposed to extend and improve the County and Road Board system. They proposed to delegate many power.B to the . counties at present vested in the Governor, and to give them reasonable pecuniary as sistance for opening out their districts. He then reviewed their proposals for main district road purposes. They did not say that their scheme was perfect; they would be glad of any assistance to make these proposals more perfect when in committee. Mr Ormond had said he was anxious that these proposals should be considered by the country. If he was not prepared to take the responsibility of his own act then they would have to go to the country without redistribution,- and he was sure that the people would resent that proce dure. Whatever might be the result of the division, he and his colleagues on those benches could look back to their two years’ administration of the Government with feelings of satisfaction, and with the wannest gratitude for the generous sup port given by their party. Many mem bers had been good enough to give them ; credit for what they had acchieved, but it was the hearty support of the party which had enabled them to attain what ever good results might have attended ;heir administration.

Sir G. Grey said that here was a Go vernment deserving pity. They had lived from hand to mouth without any policy, and they were now getting to the end of their tether. They deserved pity and assistance. He denied that he and his 4 friends had attempted to restore pro vincialism. They never thought- of any . ' -('C ' Al , ■'

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1881.



THE GUARDIAN tells you* Wonts for Is., cash.



Wanted. WANTED —A MAN, for Scullery and make himself useful, Quinn’s Hotel. 309 c WANTED— 20,000 Bushels of GRAIN to Crush, at 2d per bushel. Mato and Hunt. 201 c ANTED KNOWN—That the Under signed is prepared to put and keep in ORDER GARDENS, by the day or year, at very low rates. Apply, J. Lino, Mayo’s Block, 185 c WANTED immediately—CHlCOßY DIGGERS. Apply at Works Moore street. E. B. Pearce. 180 c WANTED EYERBODY to know that HORSE COVERS can be bought for 17s 6d (former price, 255), at S. Stephens’, Saddler, Tinwald. 726 a WANTED KNOWN—That A. Farqu hab has leased BUTLER’S BIL LIARD SALOON, and requests a visit. Pool every evening at 9 o’clock. 93c CXTANTED KNOWN —That Robert VV 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. 81c 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, Is 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, <fec., 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 Yerrall 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 ANTED KNOWN. Ashburton REGISTRY OFFICE for Male and Female Servants.— L. I'. 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 KNO W,N—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.



Special Advertisements. ■'VTURSE.—Mrs Paulihg begs to in- timate that she has opened a Private Nursing Establishment and Hospital for Ladies and Gentlemen, and is prepared to receive Ladies to Nurse who require medical attention. Address Moore street, near Presbyterian Manse. 104 c 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 j 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. I WM. SPARROW. 75c Manager. O. Carstens & Co., (Late Weston’s), PROSPECT BUILDINGS, Tobacconist, fancy goods, AND STATIONERY. Meerschaum Pipes, G.B.D. Pipes Nailrod, Twist, and Vanity Fair Tobacco A nice assortment of Accordions, Con certinas, Flutes, Violins, Mouth Organs, and Toys of every description, direct from Home. Haircutting, Shaving and Shampooing. EAST STREET ASHBURTON. Si A LL work and no play makes Jack J\ 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., &c. 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 TOBACCO: —Nail Rod, Vanity Fair, Ruby Twist, Twist, &c., &c. CIGARS and CIGARETTES: Havanna and Cuban, Vanity Fair Cigarettes, Ac., &c., and a large selection of novelties in PIPE WARE. Haircutting, Shaving, and Shampooing Saloon, Montgomery's Buildings. 720 a



John Meech, PRACTICAL CABINETMAKER, UPHOLSTERER, &0., 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 0 TlO E TO SUBSCRIBERS Subscribers to this Journal are requested to communicate with the Proprietor when any delays or omissions in the Delivery of this Paper occur. W. H. ZOUCH, Proprietor.



Special Advertisements. 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 Dr Janies Murdoch, j~~|~AYING taken the House in Bur nett street, at present occupied by Mr Cambridge, Chemist, will COMMENCE PRACTICE in Ashburton, on MONDAY, GthJune, 1881. 951 a AND LARGE DISCOUNTS. 4s. in the £ RETURNED to all Customers purchasing Mens’ or Boys’ Clothing, For this Month only, EVERETT BROS., Havelock street. Two Shillings in the Pound returned to all customers purchasing in Mercery, Dresses, Manchester, Millinery, and Fancy Departments. SAVE 2s in the £ or 10 per cent, on purchases, 4s in the £ or 20 per cent. 822 a QHERTSE Y STORE. We have much pleasure in informing the public that we have DISPOSED of our BUSINESS at Chertsey to Mil R. ALCORN. In doing so, we desire to thank the residents for the very liberal support accorded to us since we have been in business, and we trust the same patron age may be extended to our successor, who, we sure, will attend to their interests as we have always endeavored to do, and from his long experience in the trade, will be able to compete with any other hous in the trade. A. R. MARKHAM & CO. in reference to the above, I hope by keeping a Stock of everything that ought to be found in a Genex-al Store, and Selling at the Lowest possible Prices, to merit the patronage of every resident of the district. 295 c ROBERT ALCORN. QHERTSEY STORE. Having DISPOSED of our BUSINESS, we wish that ALL ACCOUNTS DUE to us may be PAID at once, as we propose leaving the district. A. R. MARKHAM & CO. July 19th, 1881. 29Gc PJIO THE RESIDENTS OF ASHBURTON. Prof. Simon Desires to acknowledge his appreciation of the interest shown by the Ashburton people in the science he advocates, and in consequence of the condition of the weather, he has decided to REMAIN in Ashburton for the remainder of THIS WEEK. Will be in the Upstairs Com mercial Room at Quill’s Hotel from 9 a. in. till 10 p.m. Having received an invitation to visit Rakaia, he will return in time to give a Phrenological and Physiognomical Enter tainment at the Town Hall, East street, on SATURDAY, 30th JULY. 302 c Hayes’ IJIMBER 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 0 K SALE. A FARM of 125 acres, well fenced. The land is of good quality ; all laid down in English grass, and abundantly watered. Haxton & Beattie's Patent FLEXIBLE HARROWS, and Kell, Moat, and Co.’s Anglo-American CORN and SEED DRILL. POYNTZ AND CO. METHYEN AGENCY. Yf ORGAN and HIBBS, General Store M keepers, Methven, are authorised agents for the Ashburton Guardian. Subscribers will please get their papers from the agents in future. Orders en trusted to them will receive prompt attention. P R I N T 1 IT G, Of Every Description, NEATLY AND CHEAPLY EXECUTED, AT T HE A SHBURTON Q.UARDIAN QFFIGE. SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, East street, ASHBURTON



Industrial Exhibition. —We learn from the Southland Times and the Western Star that an Industrial and Art Exhibi tion will bo opened at Invercargill about the middle of August, in aid of the funds of the Southland Benevolent Institute. Holloway’s Tills. Liver Complaints. —The digestion cannot be long so seriously disordered without the de rangement being perceptible on the counten ance. These pills prevent both unpleasant consequences ; they improve the appetite and with the increase of desire for food, they augment the powers of digestion and assimila tion in the stomach. Holloways Pills deal most satisfactorily with deranged or diseased conditions of the many organs engaged in ex tracting nourishment for our bodies from our various diets —as the liver, stomach, and bowels, over all of which they exercise the most salutary control. By resorting at an early jtarre of this malady to these purifiying and laxative Pills, the dyspeptic is speedily restored to health and strength, and his sallowness gradually vanishes. —[Advt,]