SHIPPING.

J*ORT OP LYTTELTON. Arrived. Saturday. Wanaka, s.a., from Wellington. ; Yesterday. Kestrel, ketch, fromTimaru. Sailed. Saturday. Cutty Sark, schooner, for Pelorns Bound. Oatlin, ketch, for Catlm s River. Adieu, brigantine for Greymouth, Examiner, barque for Greymouth. Wakatu, s.s., for Wellington. Tui, s.s., for Wellington, via Kaikoura, » Grafton, b.b., for Wellington, Nelson, and West Coast Ports. Wanaka, s.s., for Wellington. Yesterday. Pelican, brigantine, for Kaipara. Mary King,schooner, for Kaipara. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. v Wellington, Saturday. Arrived —Mahinapua, from the South ; Manawatu, from Westport; Kiwi, from Flaxbourne; Mary Ogilvie, schooner, from Dunedin. Sailed—Mahinapua, for We.tport and Qreymonth ; Manawatu, for Westport, Timabu, Yesterday. Sailed— Young Dick, for Sydney ; Prince Rupert, for Gatlin’s River. Dunedin, Saturday. Arrived—Sorrento, and Hawea, from Lyttelton.

COMMERCIAL.

Ashburton Guardian Office,. Monday afternoon. Mr Alfred Harrison reports his weeky sale as follows ;—Saturday,, Nov.,iß.—A few good frarlfg were entered, several of which were sold, the best price obtained being Li2 iSs. Cows are asked for, and several entered were sold at fair value. Pigs sold well at from 9s to I7s each. Calves hung fire a litt}e;tO-day. Fowls, is 6d to 2s 4d per pair; geese, 8s j , ducks, 4s per pair; turkeys, 12s per pair. Im plements dull. Light cart, Lio. Harness sold well Produce : Potatoes, Lsto L 7 per ton ; chick wheat, 3s ; oats, 3s. Furniture and sun 1, dries sold very well. A fine collection of birds . created much interest, and a large number , were disposed of. Altogether a capital sale was effected, the attendance being all day a large one. , ~ Mr T. Bullock reports for the week ending ' November 18th ;—Horse Market : At the Bazaar, Burnett street, there wasnot a very large attendance, and fewer horses were entered than at previous sales. This, I presume, is on account of the Longbeach sale being con . tinned during the week. At the commence ment of the sale the biddings were languid, but as it proceeded a more spirited bidding was evinced, and a large proportion of the entries were cleared at very satisfactory prices, which are given below. The entries for the day were 35, being of the usual description of • horses, out of which I sold 14 at the following • prices, viz.:—Medium draughts, and good = farm horses, Ll 6 10s, LlB, L 25, L 29 ; in ■ fepor and ageddraughts, from Lio IDs to Ll 3 10s: light harness horses from Lio 10s to Ln I os; hacks, from Lsss to L 9 15s; aged and A inferior do. from L2 to L 4.

DAILY MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALES To-mobbow, Tuesday, November 2L 1 Matson, : Cox. and Co., at ■ the Tinwald Yards—r Stock. ' Thursday, November 23. Matson, Cox, and Co., at the A. and P. Show Grounds—Prize and Pedigree Stock; 4p.m. Saturday, November 25. MV Alfred Harrison, at the yards— Horses, Pigs, Produce, &c.; 12 noon. Mr Alfred Harrisonj at his rooms—Unre deemed Pledges ; 2 p. m- Matson, Cox, and Co., at Tattersall’s, Barnett street Produce, &c.; 11 o’clock. Landed Property ; 2 o’clock. Mr W. F. Allen, at his rooms, Burnett street —Horses, Pigs, Poult* General Produce, *c.; 11.30 a.m. • Mr T, Ballock, at the Bazaar —Horses ; 1.30 p.m. ' Tuesday, November 28. R. Wilkin and Co., at’the Canterbury Wool Stores—Wool Kale; 11 a.ra. Saturday, December 2. Mr. T. Ballock, at the Mnzaar, Burnett street—Landed Property ; 1 o’clock.

MEETES 'S, AMUSEMENTS, Ac To-Night, Mondayj November 20. . Meeting re Temperance Demonstration — Poyntz and Co. ’s Office, 7. 30 p. m.' To-morrow, v Tuesday, November 21. Dramatic Entertainment —Town Hall, 8 p. m. Wednesday, November 22. Ashburton Racing Club Spring Meeting. First Day. First race at 1 p.m. Thursday, November 23. Agricultural and Pastoral Association- Annual Show Frida*, November 24. Somerset Lodge, Monthly Meeting, n the •yfoannip. Hall, Tancred street, 7.30. * Monday, November 27. % Borough Council, at Borough Oouttcil ■ Chambers, at 7 o’clock. Wednesday, November 29. County Council, at the County Council, Chambers, at 11 o’clock. Saturday, December 2. Wakanui Road Board—Monthly Meeting, Road Board Office, Moore street Tuesday, December 5. Ashburton Permanent Building and In vestment Society, Monthly Meeting, from 6.30 to 8.30 p.m.

TRAVELLERS’ GUIDE.

Trains Leave Ashburton fob Christ church and intermediate stations at 7.10 a.m., 10.55 a.m., and (Express) 5.39 p.m. Trains Leave Ashburton fob Tim arc and South, at 6.50 a.m. , 10.25 a.m. (Express), and 4.45 p.m.— the latter pro ceeding no farther than Txmaru. Trains Arrive at Ashburton from Christchurch at 10 20 a.m. (Express), 4.35 p.m., and 7.20 p.m. Arrive ax Ashburton from Tocaru and South at 10.45 a.m., 5.28 p.m. (Express), and 8 p.m.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas, et Prevalebit. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1882.

Town Hall. —The Rev. Mr Dallaston, of Christchurch, lectures to-night at the Town Hall, on “ The Sayings and Doings of the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon.” The ad mission will be free. Determined Creditors. —At an ad journed meeting on Saturday at Dunedin of Singer’s creditors, an offer by the debtor of eight shilling in the pound was made, and the meeting by a majority re sol ed that unless ten shillings in the pound be guaranteed forthwith the debtor should be compelled to file. Police Court. —At the above Court this morning, before Mr T. Bullock, J,P., Mary Anne Harris and Alice Hulbert, were charged under the Vagrant Act, with hav ing no lawful visible moans of support, and with keeping a disorderly house, and Walter Frow was charged with living on their prostitution. The prisoners, when put in the box, all denied the charge. Sergeant Felton applied for a remand until to-morrow morning, which was granted. Daniel Neat was then charged with the larceny of L 6 from one John Harrison. Constable Rouse deposed that he arrested the prisoner on Saturday last. He searched him and found L 5 6s on him in silver. The prisoner stated that he had found the money that morning in the lining of his coat. He was as much sur prised as any one. Remanded until to morrow morning.

The Auckland Horse-whipping Case. —Further particulars to hand respecting the horse-whipping of Mr 0. C. McMillan (nephew of Sir' William McArthur and managing partner in the firm of McArthur and Co., of Auckland), a brief telegram respecting which appeared in our last issue, state that Mr McMillan was walking down the street, and had reached the verandah of Knight’s, a fruiterer at the upper corner of the Theatre Royal block, when he was assaulted by a man with a horse-whip, who proceeded to administer vigorous and resounding blows about McMillan’s body. After several sharp cuts the assailant tripped McMillan up, and he fell on the pavement, the blows with the riding whip still falling fast and furiously on his head and neck, until T. Phillips, compositor, rushing-in with an other passer-by, put a atop to the affray. It was ascertained that the person who committed the assault was a man named Cornewall, a trader well-known at Samoa and throughout the South Sea Islands. Upon rising McMillan informed the people standing by that the assault had arisen out of business transactions connected with the island trade, while Cornewall received the whip back from Phillips, who had wrenched it from his hand, and who remarked that if ho had only known the facts ho would have assisted instead of stopping the horse-whipping. Cornewall then walked away, while McMillan, after vainly looking round for a policeman, walked back to the warehouse to remove the dust from his clothes, and afterwards went round to the police station, with the object of laying an information. One cut of the whip had loft an inflamed mark about his face, and he was breathless from the violence of the assault. The whip used was an ordinary riding whip, and the blows were struck with the thin end. There does not appear to have been any altercation whatever prior to the assault, but whether it was premeditated and Cornewall had quietly waited the appear ance of his victim, or was committed on the spur of the moment, is not known. Cornewall arrived here from Fiji a month ago by the Taiaroa, where he had a law case with McArthur. It is stated that Governor De Yeaux, of Fiji, has recently gore to Samoa in H.M.S. Diamond to investigate certain allegations arising out of the transactions of Cornewall and this firm. Cornewall was in the afternoon arrested on a warrant for the assault, but immediately released on bail, Messrs Linabury and Fenton, merchants, being securities.

Cricket. The Auckland cricketers play Christchurch on the Ynd, 4th,.end sth December. r ' The Little Aealoa Fire. The brothers Mclntosh,, charged with’ Setting fire to the Little Ak&loa Hotel, were re manded on {Thursday last at Akaroa, to Thursday next. Bail was fixed at LSO each, and two sureties of LIOO each. Running Match, — A running match for L 25 a-sido, to be raised to LSO at the time of final deposit, if the men are agree able, was arranged on Saturday, between C. Hulston, of Christchurch, and F. Wood, of Wellington. The affair comes off on Dec. 23rd, distances 120, 150, and 200 yards. Resigned to his Fate. Edward Leed, a deserter from H.M. ship Nelson, remanded from week to week for nearly three months, was again brought up on Saturday at Auckland, and com mitted to gaol until he can be handed over to the first of H.M. ships which should come into Auckland waters. The poor fellow seemed astonished but re signed.

Another Fire Caused by Kerosene. A cottage near the West Christchurch school, occupied by Mr Bridgeworth, caught on fire last night. The trouble was caused by a kerosene lamp bursting. Prompt attention saved the house, although it is much damaged. The pro perty was insured for Ll5O in the Sun office.

The Robbery from the Steamer Wellington. —The robbery ca-,e in con nection with the steamer Wellington at Auckland is assuming a serious aspect. Another man, George Dean, belonging to the vessel, was arrested this morning, and makes the sixth charged with having been conceaned in the disappearance of jewel lery valued at L2OO. He was remanded.

Horse and Bicycle Race. A race be tween Charles Leroy on horseback and John 3. Prince and Fred Rawlinson on bicycles was concluded at Boston recently in the presence of 10,000 spectators. The race began on a Monday morning, the time occupied being ten hours a day. Leroy was allowed ten horses, and Prince and Rawlinson alternated on the wheel. At the finish Leroy had covered 436 miles, and the bicyclists 417 miles.

A Popular Gaol Governor. — A meet ing of citizens was held on Saturday morn ing at Dunedin to protest against the re moval to Auck’and of Mr Caldwell, Go vernor of the Dunedin Gaol. It was attended by a hundred persons. Resolu tions were adopted asking the Govern ment to allow Mr Caldwell to continue there, and urging that his long and satis factory services in this island afforded a reason against his removal.

Something Wrong With the Books.— The auditing of the accounts of the Vin cent County has resulted in the discovery of a deficit of about L4OO. The clerk, Mr George Clark, has been suspended, and it is understood admi.s that he has appropriated the money. His accounts are being carefully gone through by the Government Auditor. This discovery further involves the affairs of this unfor tunate county and the struggles for the chairmanship of which have become so notorious by deadlock meetings and Su premo Court proceedings. Suppbn Death. —To-day’s Press has the following : —A sudden death occurred at Courtney on Friday about 10.30 p.m. Mr J. W. Hunt, the representative of the Loan and Mercantile Company, was sit ting near the fire at Colonel Brett’s resi dence, talking to two other gentlemen, when he suddenly fell forward out of his chair, striking his head severely against a bookcase. He was lifted up by Mr John Brelt, and requested to be put to bed. The gentlemen assisted him to his room, where he partially undressed himself and laid down, but died shortly afterwards. He had previously informed those pre sent that he had suffered from a similar fit some time ago. Dr Meadows was sent for, but arrived too late to be of any use to the unfortunate gentleman. An inquest will be held.

The Freebody Romance. — A very curious case has been advanced another stage. Mr Edward Shaw moved before Mr Justice Richmond, sitting in banco on Saturday at Wellington, fer a rule calling upon a Maori named Winiata to show cause why he shou’d not deliver up to the custody of Miss Freebody, her sister Annie Freebody, age I about nine years. About eight years ago the mother of this child brought it from England, where she had left her husband. Here she became acquainted with Winiata, a resident of the Taita district, who now had possession of the little girl. Miss '• reebody, sister of the child, has now arrived from England, empowered by her father to obtain its possession, but Winiata refuses to give it up, on the ground that he has adopted it. A rule nisi was granted, and Saturday Mr Buckley appeared to show cause against it, Mr E. Shaw attending in sup port of it. After argument his Honor made the rule absolute, and a writ of habeas corpus has been issued for the sur render of the child to the Judge at eleven o’clock to-morrow morning.

Seeing a Friend Home. —A stabbing case occurred during Saturday night on the North road, near " aikiwi creek, In vercargill. The injured man, Maurice Gorman, says that he was taking J. M Gilchrist home to his residence, both being natives of the same locality in Ire land. Near the creek Gilchrist said Gor man was deceiving him, and laid down, and would go no further. Gorman went to the creek and filled his hat with water, and threw it over Gilchrist, on the assump tion that he was drunk. Gilchrist then stabbed him in the groin, saying he would remember him a i long as he lived. lie then left the wounded man, who made his way to Mr Bain’s house. The police were informed of the act, and Gorman was brought to the hospital. His wound is not essentially dangerous, except from after consequences. Gilchrist was arrested yesterday at the Junction Hotel. His version is that Gorman and others at tempted to rob him, and in support shows knife cuts through his coat, vest, and guernsey. He is a constable, and lately came from the Lake district, and was sent to Invercargill to do clerical work, but has been on the sick-list since his arrival in the hospital. Both men had been drink together, and had a bottle of whisky with them.

Share Gambling in Tasmania. —There are few who will be prepared to deny the conclusions drawn by Mr Archibald For bes in the following notes to the Sydney Morning Herald about his visit to Tas mania:—“ Mining enterprise has a strong tendency to warm up into mining specula tion; and mining speculation, spelt short, may be written down ‘gambling.’ They seem a hard-headed race, these islanders, and probably up till now they have been chiefly engaged in supplying a full stock of gambling counters for alien gamesters, they themselves being content to keep the tables and rake in the stakes. Happy is the man who has nothing to lose. But ‘ Tullochgorum’s,’ for instance, partly make one’s mouth water, partly make his hair stand on end. In the middle of last week you might have bought 4 Tulloch gorums’ at Ll 5 a share. On Friday last ‘Tullochgorum s’ rose by leaps and bounds to L2O, L3O, LSO, L7O. To-day there are buyers at LSO, while the lucky holders stand out for L 75. When lam told that this bound represents no very specific orospect, far leas any return, and further ! ess still any dividend—two things occur to me: First, that with stern promptitude were I a lucky holder, I should cease to be one, and depart in peace with my realised plunder; and secondly, that gambling in shares is a disease which has spread into Tasmania.”

The Mayoraitys«*»Mp Donald William son was to-day re-elected Mayor of Ash burton, unopposed.

New Potatoes.— Mr R. J. Harrison, of Trevorton, to-day brought to out office some fine bath kidney potatoes, grown:by himself, and which, considering the Ma son, are remarkably well developed.

Billiakls. —A billiard match for L 5 a' side (600 up) is announced to take plaoe at Beecher’s Central Hotel, on the even ing of Thursday, 23rd, commencing at 7.30, between Mr Stenning, of Christ church, and a local amateur. Memoranda. —Mr A. Curtis, secretary Athletic Sports Company, invites tenders for publican’s booth on the ground on the day of the match Auckland cricketers v. Ashburton. Shearing commences at Longbeach on 27th inst.; shearer's wanted. —Mr F. 6. Thomas, dentist, will attend at Quill’s on 24th and 25th instant. —Mr Alfred Harrison notifies big sale of unre deemed pledges on account of Mr M. Fru hauf, pawnbroker, Timaru.

Dunedin A, and P. Show. —The entries received for the agricultural show this year number 753, as against 768 last year. In Lincolns there is an increase this yerr, there being 56 as compared with 18 last year. Shorthorn cattle show a falling off, but Ayrshires are nearly twice as many. Fat cattle are scarce, only 9 entering, as compared with 27 last year. Both in im plements and dairy produce the number is much decreased.

A Kiss and what Came of It.—A singular accident occurred a few evenings ago (says the Wellington Post) which caused some little excitement amongst the persons concerned. At a children’s party given at the house of a gentleman resid ing at Newtown, a lad, whilst attempting to kiss one of the fair sex, struck his head against the girl’s teeth, with the result that he received a slight wound on the back of the head from which the blood poured in such a manner as to create no little alarm. The wound was bandaged, and for a few hours the blood ceased to flow, but during the night it broke out again, and when the youth awoke in the morning he was astonished to find a por tion of his pillow dyed with blood. It is supposed that a small artery in the head was severed with the girl’s teeth.

Another Dog Story. —Baroness Bur dott Coutts is usually accompanied by a beautiful collie dog, which is a gift from Mr H. Irving, and has a little history. The actor was one day driving over the Brae mar moors when he lost his Skye terrier, which had been trotting along behind his trap. He got down to look for it, direct ing the driver to go on. On the moor he met a shepherd with a collie, who, when told of the actor’s loss, offered to find the terrier. At a word from him the collie darted off, and returned after an absence of ten minutes. ‘‘Where is he?” asked the shepherd, and the dog, lifting one paw, pointed in the direction of the road. “ He has gone after the trap,” the shep herd said ; and Mr Irving, marvelling, and, in truth, incredulous, returned to the road, and coming up with the trap, found his little favorite awaiting his arrival. He bought the collie at the moderate price of 16 guineas, and on his return to town pre sented it to the baroness. “White Hat Day” in New York.— The stockbrokers of New York have a hat etiquette of their own, forbidding the wearing of a white hat when summer is over. How the rule is enforced may be learned from the following extract from a New York journal:—“Wednesday last was ‘ White Hat Day ’ on the Stock Ex change. Formal notice had been given early in the week that at noon yesterday all summer ‘ tiles ’ would be ‘ called in,’ but many of the members either fergot or disregarded the warning, and suffered in consequence. William Heath was the first victim. About 1 p.m. he entered the Exchange in a brown study, with his thumbs thrust in the armholes of his waistcoat. In a moment his tall white hat. was whistling in the air, and as it touched the ground twenty brokers jumped upon it. This sort of diversion was kept up the whole afternoon. When ever a person entered wearing the pre scribed headgear, a shout went up, and before the alarmed broker could run the gauntlet his hat was run out of shape.” Before the afternoon was over, a third of the brokers “on the floor” were bare headed, and dozens of white hats orna menting the gas brackets. In the even ing the neighboring hatters drove a brisk trade, and had golden reasons for blessing the institution of White Hat Day.

Thrown From a Buggy. —Mr Seiton, M. H.R., for the Peninsula (Otago), was thrown from his buggy on Saturday and killed. The particulars are as follows : Mr Seaton, who lived some miles out of town on the Peninsula, had bought anew buggy horse at the public saleyards in the morning, and was driving this horse about half-past two up Princes street. It took fright and bolted up Stafford street, even tually running the trap against a lamp post in Hope street. The collision forced the horse from the trap, out of which Mr Seaton seems to have been pulled, pro bably by the reins, and he was dragged a little distance down the channelling. Two constables picked him up in an insensible 1 state and bleeding freely, and he was taken to a neighboring hotel, where ic was found by a medical man that that his skull was badly fractured. He died within a minute or two of the accident. Mr Seaton was an old settler in the province, and had sat in the Provincial Council, and also for sever d sessions in the General Assembly, and had at one time gone Home as Emi gration Agent. At the last general elec tion he was returned after a contest for the Peninsula, and on Tuesday evening next his constituents intended entertain ing him at a banquet. His untimely de mise is the theme of universal regret.

The Churches. —The Venerable Arch deacon Harris, of Christchurch, preached yesterday morning at the Hinds, in the afternoon at Tinwald, and in the evening at St. Stephen’s, Ashburton, the text for the sermon at the latter Church being taken from the 12th chapter of Hebrews and the 2nd verse “Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith,” etc. The discourse was upon faith, and was a most excellent sermon, which was listened to by the large congregation most attentiYe’y throughout.—The Rev. C. Dallaston conducted services yesterday at the Town Hall, under the auspices of the Baptist denomination, and on each occasion the building was comfortably filled, the congregation in the evening being particularly good. The work of the Holy Spirit formed the topic upon which the rev. gentle man preached in the morning, and at the evening service he spoke very im pressively from the eighth chapter of Jeremiah, 20th verse, Ye are not saved.” The singing portion of the ser vices was conducted by Mr Weeks, with the assistance of a fairly strong choir. To-night Mr Dallaston will give a lecture at the Town Hall, and the subject—“ The Sayings and Doings of the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon”—is one which the rev. gentle man should be well able to deal with, as, before coming to this colony, Mr Dallas ton was a student under the well-known and popular London preacher. The chair will be taken by his Worship the Mayor, at eight o’clock, and the ability of the lecturer, with the interest attach ing to his subject, should draw a large and intelligent audience. Anniversary services in connection with the Ashburton Primitive Methodist Church were conducted yesterday by the Rev. Joseph Sharp, of Timaru. The attendance at each service morning, afternoon, and evening—was all that could be desired; indeed, there was scarcely standing room at the evening gathering.

Harrison, J of «|rrengate, '|»B. inserted from Mpl bouß three, young Viqjforian opossums, he intailSf to srn out in an wteiSpt to jmmlpatise, As the is generally /f&mciated with a ree,, the nave evidently “icotnf fco a they should JpelNjjfuite at nome. ’ Something New About Insects. —Herr Gruber (a gentleman , with priate name) has been discovering novel ties .about insects, says aii fesjchange. He finds they a e much influenced by music, tlffihgh’ withOU t ‘ poßsesßi«g < *VWy i, d!l!!6 at o ears. It'is a frightfdl-thought that B flats should be attracted by "people who snore, but it is possible. The cockroach, our professor finds, is very sensitive to the notes of the violin. When hung by one leg to a string, and “ when all is quiet,” the bow is drawn sharply over the strings, he will become greatly excited. It strikes us, however, that if the profas-, sor himself was hung by one leg to : a string, he would be considerably agitated, whether a violin was played in his vicinity or not. Beetles, he also found, were readily affected by sound, especially the water-beetle. On the other hand, various larvse would be totally unmoved, though you played the bassoon to them.

Civilised Enough. —Cetewayo has re turned to the Cape as King of Zululand remarks the correspondent of a contem porary. The Queen and her counsellers never did a more gracious act than in re storing this “ Nature’s nobleman” to his country and his people. His gratitude and admiration for Her Majesty are boundless. “ I must always look upon her as my mother,” he said. That is the Zulu expression for all that is adorable. H I am now a subject of hers, and I wish always to be loyal to her. All I ask in re turn is that in any d.fficulties I may meet with I shall have the protection and gui dance of the great English Government, and then I cannot fail to do what is right. ” Blest simplicity ! He also felt very grate ful for his kind reception by Mo and Mri Gladstone and the-Earl of Kimberley. The Prince cf Wales—whom he calls his

“ brother” —presented him with a silver mounted stick, of which he is very proud. He uresned to - stay he said he felt civilised enough, anxious to get back to assegai John Dunn! What a Meat Diet May Result in.

—ln a recent number of the Jewish Chronicle Dr Henry Behrend has an article on “ The communicability to man of diseases from animals used as food.” After enumerating a number pi diseases which 1 ‘HaW been proved* to nave 1 been caused in human beings by the animal and vegetable food which they have eaten, Dr Behrend says, “ The chief interest ip' this enquiry centres in th 6 communica bility of the tuberculous maladies because not only is this class the most destructive of all to which mankind is liable (being accountable for at • entire mortality), but ’also because, it was long a matter of- the disease, as it exists in cattle, is identical, with that of . man,. -, Tips ques tion has now been solved in the affirma tive, aud jbhe evidence, of- iter communica bility' is rapidly gaining strength.” By numerous experiments (Dr Behrend' saye) he has confirmed this, and it is now rapidly approaching certainty that tubec 'cufosiscart be conveyed from one" body to another, not only, by the ordina-y means of contagion, but through the medium 6f food.

A Novelty Indeed. —The Wellington correspondent of an Adelaide paper is re sponsible for the following:—“A novel method of raising church funds has lately come into force in New Zealand. It may be suggestive to your people to go and do likewise, which T hope they Will not. This is oyster and rump steak suppers at a high'tariff of charges. The waiters are young lady waitresses, attired smartly as waiting-women, while the dholes'are young ladies, the customers, young ( gentlemen, with a ! sprinkling bf gtey-haftecFold ones (more shame for them). The calls of the waitresses to the cooks for ‘ One steak and oysters,’ ‘ Two scollops,’ ‘ Three stews,’ and ‘ One in the shell,’ may be heard through the hours of the evening. Ido not like this sort of thing myself, more particularly as it is encouraged by the , clergy,,who appear ip ( thaspupfesent days indifferent to the way money is ob tained f >r. church decorations.' The lady-girls like it; the men like it. The thing is a novelty. But propriety steps in and says, ‘ Shame upon you all for such indecent doings.’ If there be sufficient vitality in religion it should surely support its ministers with out devising such extraneous resources.” ,We .fear this correspondent” was short bf ** pars” when he penned the

foregoing, and evolved the story from his inner consciousness.

A Strange Request. —The Wanganui Chronicle is responsible for the following : —“ Mrs Sampson, like all other evange lists whether ancient or modern, his no doubt bflSft subjected to many Singular re quests ; but one that was preferred to her in ■ Wanganui deaved all the btliefrs far be hind in eccentricity. There is _an old blind mati, whose case corties beffsA:d> the Benevolent Society every month with ■ unfailing-regularity, and Whods hoi : alto gether unfamiliar at auctions in this town, from which-he is generally seen departing with goods of some sort under his arm. This wotthy"'old idetiHy,' hearing' that Mrs Sampson had been instrumental in raising a sum of money for the widow of a man who died suddenly on board the Huia, came to the conclusion that, as an old settler, he also was entitled to a share of the lady’s benevolence. Accordingly he made the best of his way up St John’s Bill to.Mr Peter Bell’s residence, where Mrs Ba’rapson was staying, and astonished the good people there by. asking . .to. be allowed' to see her. Of 1 bourse, being blind, he could only perform that opera tion, as Samlet did, with ‘’the mind's eye.’ JVlrs Sampson’s surprise, may be imagined when the old man asked her to get up a subscription to buy him a hand organ, with which hie intended to go round the town and astonish the natiyes with

unearthly music. The lady sympathised with the applicant, if not with the appli cation, but unfortunately he had come too late for anything to be done before she left Wanganui. As the Benevolent So ciety yesterday agreed to give him relief, it is to be hoped that the town may yet be spared the aggravating spectacle of a blind man turning the handle of %n organ. ”, -

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THE WOODSTOCK RUSH.

[from our own correspondent.] Rimu, Nov. 15. During the fine weather the water-race has been pushed on in the direction of the Kaikora claim, and the contractors have nearly brought it to its termination. Evans (an old Otago celebrity) and party had their first wash-up last week, which resulted in their' getting 8 ounces from nearly 50 loads of dirt. O’Brien and party’s first wash-up was rather poor, as they only got 9 ounces from 75 loads.

Green, and party got 11 ounces in their last paddock, and Marshall and party got 25 ounces from 70 loads. Some oxcite ment was caused by a party wjio are working near the Kaniere terrace getting 12dwts to the load, and a little ruth has taken place in that direction. Anderson and Williams, proprietors of a very good claim, which they work alone, got rather over 7% ounces last wash-up. There seems to be a good deal of agita-

tion being carried on elsewhere in con* nection with the West Coast railway, bat I cannot see how Government will be able to feel justified in expending the enormous sums of money necessary to construct a line which, according to the opinion of the majority of West Coasters, cannot pos sibly pay, and would in a few years be closed altogether. It is quite natu al for the people of Reefton to be anxious to have the railway taken to their little inty, but that is not saying that it will pay. The chief items in support of the railway seem to be the supply of coal, timber, and gold obtainable. Undoubtedly the Coast is well timbered, and there is a good ex tent of coal country at Greymoutb, but it is not possible to get both much nearer and cheaper, for instance, in Canterbury and Otago. Surely the timber or South land and Otago is quite equal to that of the West Coast. So far as the gold is con cerned’l think the rail way could be’dis pensed with, for there is hardly enough gold got to make it worth while construct ing a line to carry it away, and those who are desirous of visiting the Coast have coaches and steamers to choose between. Two coaches are at present more than equal to the task of carrying passengers overland, and there is not, and never will be, sufficient population on the Coast*to support the railway. It would not open up any extent of land fit for agriculture, and Westland will gradually decline'as her auriferous deposits become worked out, for it has neither soil our climate to render it fit for cultivation. Blit let us stop for 1 am afraid, Mr Editor, your “ own correspondent ” has erred and gone astray in ** clacking” about other tpan his legitimate topics. , •

THE COMET IN CONNECTION WITH THE END OF THE WORLD.

Archdeacon Stock writes as follows to the Wellington Post : —“ I hare been asked by so many my opinion con cerning the coming fate of the-wotld in 1883 by the falling of the comet into the sun, that I should be obliged if you will allow me a few words upon the matter. Ido not believe that there will be this predicted ruin, for three reasons :—l. The comet is said to be a re-appearance of the 1843 comet, altered in its motion bythe resistance of the zodi acal light around the sun. Professor Nftw coraby, of America, gives for this coinet, in his work on astronomy, a period of 530 years, writing in 1878, long after the comet had vanished, and'when its orbit was well known. 2. .A comet in approaching the sun loses matter in the tail thrown off the head and left behind, but this comet was brighter than any other comet; and if it be a. re-appear ance, this is contrary to What it should be, as a comet re-appearing, would not be so bright' at its. second visit.' 3. A comet approaching the sun which has moved in an ellipse must, if its altered by some resistance, move in a . spiral, rapidly closing up, but at each revolution the comet would lose, more and more of its matter, and so at the last have little left to do mischief with. ' I do not also see how such a comet with very little matter could so heat up the sun as it is said. The comet’s mass would be as nothing com pared with that of the sun, and the hf at produced at the spot touched woulobe but a very small addition to that of the whole sun. 4. Proctor, who began this scare, spoke of the comet and its attendant meteors falling into the sun j but because some comets travel in the path of meteoric bodies, it is ,hf|re assumed that all do so, and that these meteors are essential parts of all comets, but these meteoric bodies 'revolve quickly around the sun like the band of asteroids, which are only large meteors, between Mars and Jupiter. Some of these meteor rings have, as I take;it, attended one or two comets, but most certainly it is not proved that every comet has a meteor train. 5. Piazzi Smith, or rather others who have en larged his pyramid theory, spoke,'of 1881-1882 as an ending period. I never read in any of their pamphlets of 1883 as a terminal year. 6. For reasons to be gathered by a study of the r pro phetic Scriptures, I believe that before any great change in what is now, the Jews must return to their own land j that the result of the changes to|be looked for then will be an increasejof happiness to the world under the king dom of the Lord, and that this ruin predicted in 1883 will not be until the ending of that reign.

A BULL IN A PUBLIC HOUSE.

An exciting scene occurred at the Thames the other day. As a small mob of cattle were being driven through the town one of them charged into the bar door of the Pacific Hotel and chased Mr Harrop, traveller for Messrs - Clark and Sons, through the bar into the back room, but Mr Harrop managed to escape. The bullock then made for Colonel Fraser, who was standing with his back to the animal, quietly writibg a memorandum. Luckily a chair inter vened, which the bullock caught on his horns, thus saving the colonel from serious injury. He with others in the room managed to escape. Beyond the breaking of two chairs, the bullock did no damage. On proceeding up Short land the same animal charged into the Imperial Hotel He put his head through a plate-glass door, and then went out again, doing no other dam age.

CORRESPONDENCE.

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

MR ST. HILL IS REPLY.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —In a letter which appeared in your issue of the 16th instant, signed “0. Percy Cox,” which, by-the-way, is *e markable for its grammatical accuracy of composition, that gentleman, in support ing the proposals made by him to the Borough Council to undertake the forma tion of certain roads adjacent to the South-east Belt off their hands, in order to obtain earth for another purpose, has again taken the opportunity of venting his spleen upon myself. He stigmatises my conduct in the Council as being op pos d to everything practical or useful, and also very generously tells me, by innuendo, that I am deficient of brains. Sir, allow me to inform Mr Cox that ! have been several times elected by my fellow-townsmen to ’ represent them in various public bodies, and that I feel cer tain 1 still retain their confidence. Since my residence here any works that I have supported in the Council have, 1 believe,

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 188 a.



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