SHIPPING.

PORT OP LYTTELTON. Arrived. Yesterday. Kate M'Gregor, schooner, from Pelorus -Sound. ' . Aratapu, brigantine, from Karpara. Prince Rupert, ketch, from Catlins River. , Sydenham, barque, from London. To-day. Rotomahana, s.s., from Wellington. Sailed. ' Yesterday. Cleopatra, brigantine for Greymouth. Tui, as., fer Wellington, via Kaikoura «nd Waipana. To-day., -.-Westport, e.s., for Wellington. Rotomahana, s.s., for Melbourne, via t he South. . SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. r p > ; “ 1 Wellington, Yesterday, drived The Rising Star, barque, from Liverpool, via Port Chalmers; Roderick Dhu, brigantine, from Kaipara. Sailed— Hawea, for Picton and Nelson.

MAIL NOTICES.

Mails closeiatthe Ashburton Post Office Fot,Ohniatchurch and North at 6.30 a. m. 10.30 a.m., and 5 p.m., daily. Foe Chertaey Rakaia, &c., at 10.30 a.m. and 6 p.m- daily- " m . , , For Dunedin,.Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, ud Geraldine, at 10 a.m. daily. For Temulia, at 6,30 a.m. and 10 a.m., *Fot Timani and South, at 6.30 a.m., 10 iX and Af'O p.m., daily. For Greeistreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge, m Tuesdays and Fridays, at 10.30 a.m. For Ashton, Waterton and Longbeach, at 4.30 p.m. daily. , For Fiemington, on Mondays, Wednes days, and Fri days, at 4 30 p. m. For Wakanui, Elgin, Seafield, New- Rnd, and Kyle, oh Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6.30 a.m. M.il« arrive at the Ashburton Post From Christchurch and Rakaia at 10.25 *.m., 4.40 p.m., and 7.50 p.m. From Chertaey, &c. at 10.25 a.m. and 4.40 p.m. daily. , . . From Dunedin and intermediate places at 6.35 p.m. daily. i-'FrbinTemnka andTimaru at 10.50 a. m. 6.36 p.m., and 8.15 p.m. daily. From Qreenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge on "Wednesdays and Saturdays at 3 p.m. From Ashton, Waterton, and Long : beach at 10 a.m. daily. From Fiemington on Tuesdays, Thurs days, and Saturdays, at 10 a.m. s. i Froin Elgin, Wakanui, Seafield, New «nd, and Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 4 p.m. ,r, • , ,;i w. St. G. Douglas, Postmaster

DAILY MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALES. ' ' Saturday, February 4. MV T. Bullock, at the Bazaar—Horses ; 130, p.m. . . , Mr. T. ; Bullock, at his rooms, East street Farm ; 2 j o’clock. Thursday, February 9. Mr, T. Bullock, at his Rooms, East street oLesMA of Valuable Town Properties. Tuesday, February 14. Matson, Ocx and Co., at the Tinwald Yards —Stock. Thursday, February 23. Iff nTprf r ep— Ford & Co.—Timber, Horses, Carts..&o. !>■ MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS, &c To-morrow, Wednesday, February 1. j jb&teur : Dramatic Club, Town Hall, 8 p.m. Tbcubsday, February 2. Wakahui Road Board—Monthly Meeting, Road Board Office, Moore street Monday, February, 6. Borough Council, at Borough Council Chambers), at 7 o’clock. i ; Tuesday., February 7. Ashburton Permanent Building and In vestment Society, Monthly Meeting, £romfi.3o to 8.30 p.m. .1 a Wepnesday, February, 15. County -Council, at the County Council Chambers, at 11 o’clock.

TRAVELLERS’ GUIDE.

Trains Leave Ashburton for Christ ,/CHUROH a nd intermediate stations at 7.10 am., 11 (kin., and (Express) 5.40 p.m. Trains Leave Ashburton for Timaru .Airo, Sooth, at 6.50 a,m., 10.32 a.m. ’ (Express), and 4.46 p. m. —the latter pro ceeding no farther than Timaru. Trains Arrive at Ashburton from at 10 20 a.m. (Express), 436p.m., and 7.60 p.m. Trains Ai.rive at Ashburton from Tdcarit. jLND South at 10.46 a.m., 5.28 ;P,m. (Express), and 8.10 p.m.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas, et Prevalebit. TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1882.

“town edition. [lssued at 4.30 p.m. j

Ashburton Woollen Factory.}— Mr S. E. Poyntz invites tenders for site for above. Railway Bookstall. —We understand that the railway bookstall has been re-let to Mr 0. Hay for the ensuing year. The Mbs Burfocit Fund. —Weaie in formed that the total sum collect! d for Mrs Burfoot amonts to L 26 odd. Messrs Compton and Dudson collected LI 6 odd, and Mr St. George Douglas LlO. Entertainment. — An entertainmi nt in connection with the Unity Degree Ti mple 1.0.G.T., No. 11, will take place on Feb. 3rd, at the Templar Hall, when a 1 aried programme will be submitted. Dissolution of Partnership. —lV [essrs Branson and Purnell, solicitors, notify their dissolution of partnership by (flux ion of time. All accounts due to th a Ipte firm must, until further notice, be paid to Mr O. W. Purnell. An Unpopular Character. —Art aide man, who was arrested for the Queens town fire, was hooted and hissed at < n his arrival at Queenstown, and rotten eggs were thrown at him. It is stated that appearances led to the belief that hi i had accomplices in the matter. The Pomeroy Company Gobs, for Damages.— At the Dunedin R.M. lourt yesterday Hamilton and Willis sue 1 the Union Steamship Company for LIOO damages for breach of agreement in fail ing to land the company in Dur edin,

from Lyttelton, in time to open 011 th night advertised. In the evidence the stated that the expenses of the con ipan were about L 240 per week, exclusi ?e c the arrangements with Miss Poireroj She was to receive 70 per cent, cf th profits. The case was adjourned ti Wednesday. The Benefit to Mr C. Bourk.--Tli benefit to Mr C. Bourk, a sufferer by th late fire at his residence, takes plat 0 t( morrow evening at the Town Hall, whe a couple of carefully-rehearsed and ei ceedingly amusing pieces will be pei formed by the members of the Amatcu Dramatic Club, to which Mr Bourk i scenic artist. The entertainment wi 11 b under the patronage of his Worship th Mayor and Borough Councillors, Fir

Brigade, Good Templars, Foresters an the Ashburton Volunteers. The mei iber of the Brass Band have kindly cons mte to play outside the Hall for half an hou or so prior to the rise of the curtain. Th tickets are, we are glad to learn, >oin off rapidly, and there is every prospe 3t o a crammed house. A Curious Question. —A peculiar juea tion has arisen, says a Welliugtoi telegram, under the new Bice isinj Act. The late Licensing Bench, of co urse ceased to exist the moment the nev licensing districts were proclaimed, vhicl took place about a week ago, and as at leas a fortnight must elapse before the com mittees can be elected, a question i .risei as to whether any licenses can be gn ntec under the now Act. If this be the case it will be illegal to sell liquors on the race course on Thursday and Friday next, Since the above was in type no lear i bj telegram from Wellington that tin Colonial Secretary has authorised th< police authorities to permit holdeis oi privileges from the Wellington Pacing Club to vend liquors on the racecours e or Thursday and Friday, the days oi the race, meeting. Police Court. —At the Police (burl this morning, before Mr C. P. Cox, . .P., Duncan Beaton was charged with 1 eing drunk and disorderly and with using ob scene language. Constable Neill deposed that about 4.15 yesterday afternoon he saw the defendant standing outsido the public schoolhouse, surrounded by the children. He was very drunk, and was making use of filthy language in the 1 lear ing of the children. He was stripped to his shirt and trousers, and had, he (the constable) believed, been in to the school house arid assaulted the master, only the latter had declined to prosecute. The defendant pleaded that this was his first appearance in the role of a drunkard. His Worship said that that might be so but! the offence was a serious one, and drunkenness could not be accepted in ex tenuation of his conduct. Seeing the t he was a first offender he would be < ealt leniently with on this occasion, bu. he had better mind what he was about in future. Ha wovld be fined 20s, with the alternative of forty-eight hours in the look-up. The defendant eledted to “ ;ake it but;’’ ' ' -’ i;:! •' 1 ■ ’ i! ' • . '<

Sartorial. —Attention is directed to j Mr Pengelly’s announcement in our ad- i vertiaing columns. , Everett Bros. —This firm notifiea that they have instructed Mr A. Harrison, auctioneer, to sell by auction the whole of their drapery. Sale commences Monday, Feb. 6. Time o’ Day. —An announcement by Messrs G. Adams and Co., practical watchmakers, jewellers, and importers, High street, Christchurch (next to J. T. Fisher’s) appears elsewhere. Ashburton Hospital Returns. —The Hospital returns for the month of Jan uary are as follows :—Number of patients in the hospital on Ist Jan., 1882, 10 ; on the 31st, 8 ; admitted during the month, 13 ; discharged, 12 ; deaths, 3. Ashburton Rifles. — The annual meet ing of the above Company takes place this

evening after parade, when all members are expected to attend. The business comprises the election of committee, treasurer, and secretary for the ensuing year. Saddle the Right Horse. —ln the last issue of the Dunedin Star appears a local clipped from this journal, but attributed to ‘‘the local Mail." We have noticed several paragraphs reproduced in the columns of various exchanges recently, nearly all of which are attributed to the local tri-weekly sheet. Now, we have not

the slightest objection to have our locals reprinted, but We do most emphatically object to other journals getting the credit of them. No acknowledgment at all is better than an erroneous acknowledgment. Publicans Fined. —At the Christ church R.M. Court yesterday, John Johnston,for supplyinga little girl with two sixpenny bottles of beer on Sunday, Jan. 22nd, was fined LI, and had his license endorsed. Defendant pleaded that the liquor had been sold without his know ledge and against his orders by his son, a lad of 16 years. The Bench held the father responsible. —Adam Hannsman, of the Feathers’ Hotel, Addington, for supplying two glasses of beer to William Ray, neither a boarder nor a bona fide traveller, on the same date, was fined L2 and had his license endorsed. The tar man said he had been told not to serve liquors to outsider’s on Sunday. He gave Ray and his friend the beer “to get rid of them.”

1.0.G.T.—0n Friday evening last, the Helpmate Division of the Sons and Daughters of Temperance, Ashburton, held a summoned meeting for the installa tion of officers, when the following were installed by the D.G.W.P. P.W.P., Bro. H. A. Pickford ; W.P., Bro. B. C. Smith ; W.Ai.Bro. Cook; P.S.andR.S., Bro. Williams ; Treasurer, Bro. G. W. Andrews ; C.— A.G, Bro. Johns ; 1.5., Bro. Crum ; 0.5., Bro. Tutty. The sum moned meeting then stood adjourned for a fortnight to receive the auditor's report and balance sheet for the past year, and also to consider the advisability of adopt ing a reduced scale of initiation fees and fortnightly contributions.—On Saturday evening last the Star of the East Lodge, No. 62, Ashburton, held their usual weekly meeting. After the initiation of one candidate and the ordinary routine business, the election of officers for the next three months took place, and the installation will take place next Saturday night. The Lodge decided to invite the officers and members of the Dawn of Peace Lodge to pay them a fraternal visit on Saturday, February 11th, after which the meeting closed in the usual manner. —Last evening the Dawn of Peace Lodge, No. 164, Ashburton, held its usual weekly meeting. There was a very large atten dance of members. In addition to the usual business the officers for the ensuing term were elected, and will be installed on Monday evening next. An invitation from the Star of the East Lodge for this Lodge to visit them, and fill their offices on Saturday, February 11th, was duly received. After the reception and con sideration of further correspondence and business, the Lodge closed until next Monday evening.

CABLE NEWS

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

[per reutbr’s agency.] Money and the Markets. ; ; London, Jan. 28. Consols have declined to from There are no other changes to report in the money market, or in the market for colonial produce. Chili Names the Terms. Telegrams are to hand reporting that Chili has decided upon the terms on which it will conclude a treaty of peace with Peru. The conditions are the concessions by the former of the pro vince of larapaca in lieu of the transfer of the guano deposits ofLobos Island, and an indemnity of twenty millions, payable in sixteen years, in the mean time Chili to occupy Arica, and to re tain it if the indemnity is not paid in the specified time. It is further an nounced that in the event of these terms being refused by Peru, Chili will decline father mediation on the part of the United States.

Getting Over the Crisis. ' The London stock market is recover ing from the crisis which recently arose owing to the panic on the Paris Bourse. Alarming Railway Accident. London, Jan. 30. A serious collision occurred yester day on the railway line near Bow in the east of London. Five passengers were were killed, and several suffered injury. Belligerent Bosnia. Vienna, Jan. 30. Reports are to hand of serious Panslaveist intriguing in Bosnia, which has fomented the present rising in that and the adjoining provinces. Freycinet Tries His Hand at Cabinet- Making. Paris, Jan. 29. It has transpired that M. Freycinet has partly completed the formation of a new Ministry, as follows: —M. Frey cinet, Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs; M. Leon Say, Minister of Finance; M. Ferry, Minister of Educa tion ; M. Tirard, Minister of Com merce. The New French Cabinet. Paris, Jan. 30. The. following additional appoint ments to the new Ministry have been made :—M. Collet, Minister of the Interior ; M. Barlot, Minister for War. r i he remaining portfolios are filled by men who have not in the past occupied positions in politics.

AUSTRALIAN.

[per reuter's agency.] . , Dismissed. Melbourne,. Yesterday. ! "The cases against l men•' recently

arrested on the Geelong racecourse for using the totalisator have been dis missed. Bush Fires. Owing to the extreme heat which is now prevailing destructive bush fires have occurred in various parts of the colony. Considerable loss of property has been occasioned. A Shock. A severe shock of earthquake was felt to-day at Jamieson township, in Upper Goulburn district. Another Mirzapore Small pox Case. Melbourne, To-day. Another case of small-pox has broken out among the passengers by the Mirza pore, who are in quarantine. The suf ferer has been isolated. Alteration in Date of Sailing of Mail Boat. The Postal Department announce that the P. and O. steamers will hence forth leave Melbourne with the homes ward mails on 'Thursdays insteatd of Wednesdays as in the past, excep du ring the Indian monsoon season.

TELEGRAMS.

[per press association.] Remittance Man Missing. New Plymouth, To-day. A man named Jackson Gilmour is re ported to the police as missing. He is well connected in England, and a re mittance is awaiting him in the bank from Home. The Premier’s Patronage Solicited. Wellington, To-day. Messrs Joubert and Twopenny have written to the Premier, expressing the hope that he and the other members of the Government will attend the opening of the International Exhibition in Christ church on April 10. Mr Hall replied that it is impossible to say what the arrangements of ministers may be in April, but that they will be glad to attend if they can do so, and that no doubt a Minister or Ministers will be able to accept the invitation. Accident to a Jockey.

A sad accident happened on the race course this morning. Thos. Monaghan, the rider of Fleur de Lys, was doing a final gallop before the Cup race, together with the rider of Somnus, when he ran on to a post by the rail leading to the Grand Stand and fractured his left leg just below the knee. Ho was at once conveyed to the Hutt, where Dr Wilford recommended his removal to the Hospital, which was done. The full effect of the accident is not yet known. Another Fire. Christchurch, To-day. Shortly after 4 o’clock this morning, a fire was discovered at Fisher’s grocer’s shop, High street. The Fire Brigade mustered rapidly, and the fire was ex tinguished before much damage was done. The damage from fire and water is estimated at LIOO, which is fully covered by insurance. The Weather. The weather to-day is very hot, the thermometer registering 94 in the shade. Good Yield. Dunedin, To-day. The Phoenix Company at Skippers have sent down a cake of 140 ozs. of gold, obtained from 78 tons of stone.

THE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE.

The Conference resumed it session yes day morning at eleven o’clock. The Rev. W. Morley read the resolu tion of the last General Conference, re the children’s and education fund, viz. —that the sum of L 7 per annum be allowed for each child, the allowance to cease at the age of sixteen and eighteen for boys and girls respectively, and to be increased during six years of the child’s life, be ginning from eight years of age, by not less than L 5 per annum. It was resolved that the amount be raised by an assessment on circuit income. The thanks of the Conference were given to the Rev. A. Reid and Mr W. Harris, the treasurers for the last year. It was proposed by the secretary and carried, that the amount of contingent fund be raised by an assessment of 3 per cent on circuit income.

At the afternoon session the Secretary read the minutes of the Oonnexional Board of Foreign missions, at the close of which Rev. T. Buddel moved a resolution expressive of the sense of loss felt by the death of Eev. B. Chapman, General Sec retary of r Missions. It was further resolved that the resolution of 1882, re quiring at least one missionary meeting to be held in eachjcircuit, be re-affirmed. The committee appointed to consider the best means of carrying into effect the loan fund proposals, brought up their report, recommending that the amount! to be raised be not less than LIO,OOO, that no grants be made till at least L 2,000 be raised, and that the fund be under the direction of a committee of ministers and laymen in the Canterbury district. The report of the Christchurch book concern was also read, showing that ar rangements were nearly complete for the business being taken over by a limited liability company, of which nearly all the shares had been applied for. The thanks of the Conference were presented to the President and Rev. J. H. Simraonds, for their services as editors of the Neiv Zealand Wesleyan, and Rev. W, Morley was elected editor for 1882. The Principal’s report of the Three Kings Theological Institution and the balance-sheet were read and adopted, and a vote of thanks passed to the Principal. The committee of management was re appointed. In the evening there was a new feature —the Conference sermo i. The preacher, was the Rev. J. H. Simmonds, and the subject—“ The immortality of the soul ; is it mortal by nature or by redemption V The subject was ably handed before a large and interested audience in the Dur ham street church.

[from our own correspondent.]

Christchurch, To-day. Tne Conference decided to grant the sum of LSO each from the contingent fund to the Revs. R. Bavin and Dews bury, on account of sickness, and to help to meet this, the levy was fixed at 3£ per cent, instead of 3 per cent. The Con ference virtually closed at 2 o’clock p. m., though some formal business has to be transacted to-morrow. The picnic takes place this afternoon. Many matters have been expeditiously dealt with this morn ing, concerning the book-room, the Wesleyan Theological Institution and education, and letters of condolence from several ecclesiastical organisations con cerning the Tararua disaster were received. Correspondence is to be opened with a view to obtain an efficient classical tutor from England for the Three Kings Institution, The district meetings are to consider the advisability of holding the district meetings and Conference earlier than at present. The next Con ference is to be held at Auckland. It was sought to get an expression of opinion from the Conference respecting the present system of colonial education, but the object fell through as there was no time for discussion; The* appeal in connection with the Tararua‘wreck has been highly successful. Many notices p{ motion have been slaughtered. " : ‘ ' 1 1 T

THE FATAL FIRE IN CHRIST CHURCH.

[from our own correspondent.] Christchurch, To-day.

Quite a gloom has been cast over the j, city by the fire at West Eyreton by which a farmer’s w'fe and his six ypung t children lost their lives yesterday. ? Poor Simpson, the bereaved husband and father, is a most respectable man, -j and the terrible calamity which has j befallen him has excited the compajssion j of all here. But yesterday mcjrning at breakfast: time he was possessed of . a home and all that makes home h'appy. Within an hour or two he was home less, wifeless, and childless. The un fortunate man occupied a house close to the Eyreton railway station, and left his family after breakfast yesterday morning to go to Swanannoa, where he had some harvesting to do. As Simp son left the house in company with one of his men his wife called out “ Good by,” remarking that she hoped they were going to have a fine day. Hav ing despatched a little brother stopping at the house to catch the Kaiapoi train for school, Mrs Simpson pro ceeded, as it is supposed, up.stairs. Her children were not then u|j>, and whether she got into bed again f is not known, but about half-past eight the house was seen to be in flames. The fire spread quickly, and very ihortly after nine o’clock the place vas in ruins. The police arrived o i the spot between twelve and one o’clock, and at once commenced to search for the bodies. They w ere all found. The family comprise! , Mrs Margaret Simpson, 28 years; Matilda do., 7 ; Thomas John do., 5 y 2 : Sarah do., ; Ann Jane do., do., 1 ; Henry do., 3 months The remains were burnt beyond recog nition. Nothing is yet know las to the origin of the fire. A frying pan was noticed among the debris, the fat from which (for it was used to prepare the breakfast), it is conjectured, may have fallen on the fife in the grate and thus have caused the catastrophe. ' Another theory is that hot cinders may ' have fallen from the grate on to the l floor after Mrs Simpson had gone up , stairs, and set the place in a blaze. The grief of the husband and ; father, on hearing the extent of his lobs, was very touching. He had imagined that his family had been rescued, and that , it was merely his home that was des i troyed. When he learned the whole 1 truth he was almost beside himself. ■ Nothing certain is as yet known as to the insurances. The house, furniture, and effects are, it is rumored, i insured in the Liverpool, London, ancj Globe office for Lias. An inquest iwill, of course, be held, of which I will advise 3 you further.

LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE INTERNATIONAL EXHI BITION.

His Worship the Mayor of Christ church performed this ceremony yes terday afternoon. ; Mr Twopenny, in handing His Wor ship the trowel, said : —Mr Mayor, in the name of Mr Joubert and myself, I have the honor to ask you to lay the foundation stone of this the first Inter national Exhibition, I believje, ever held in New Zealand. It may interest you to know that the total area, of the building, the first stone of which you are now going to lay, amounts to 188,376 square feet—the length being 668 feet, and the breadth 282 feet. The total space under cover will amount. ;to 114,200 square feet, of which 77,400 square feet will be de voted to manufactures, 27,200 to machines in motion, and 960 feet to art. An open space of 74,176 square feet will also be reserved for imple ments. I have given these figures to show you that the magnitude of the Exhibieion is likely to be such as to render it not altogether unworthy of the city and colony in which it is to be held, although it is in one semie a pri vate undertaking, The Mayor having made a short speech, declared the stone well and truly laid; and an adjournment there upon took place, at the invitation of Mr Twopenny, to a marquee, when, wine being produced, a number of toasts were proposed and drunk by the assembled guests, who included all the principal residents of the place. Amongst the toasts honored was that of “’Messrs Joubert and Twapenny, the promoters of the first New Zealand National Exhibition.” Mr Twopenny, in responding, re marked that in a certain sense it might be said that an exhibition was a big advertising medium, but whereas in ordinary advertising a manufacturer was able to say what he liked about his goods, and to puff them ; in the case of an exhibition everything was judged on its merits. He did' not merely

refer to the decision of the jurors, but to that far greater test, the decision of the public, which was enabled to ex amine everything that was put before it. He thought there could be nq doubt that if this Exhibition was of advantage; to the foreign manufacturers in enabling them to discover new markets, and to increase those already existing, that benefit would be equally felt by the colony of New Zealaijid, and the city of Christchurch, in so much as the increase in competition mi Ist lead to a redqction in the price to the con sumers. The consumers got better article and at a reduced price. Further more, there was a direct benefit to the city of Christchurch from the large number of visitors who would be attracted to it, and who, he had no doubt, would spend many hundreds of thousands of pounds in the city :during the time the Exhibition was I open. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) It is understood that the contractor has undertaken to have the building ready by the ’ist of March.

THE ASHBURTON STEAM BREWERY.

[By Our Special Reporter.] Some important alterationshaving'been v ; lately carried out at this well-known brewery in CatUerorl street, I yesterday ° took an opportunity of paying it a visit, t and seeing for myself what the enter prising proprietors have been about. • But before I proceed to describe what c I saw, let me jot down a few particu- * lars respecting the history of this favorite residence of Sir John Barley- s corn. The brewery has been established j about four years, and, like other local ] industries, has grown with the place* 1 Like all prudent people, the proprietors , commenced in a humble way, com- i paratively speaking, confident that the ' quality of the goods turned out would . sooner or later be recognised by the ' public and thus necessitate the exten- | si on of the business. The weekly brewr was at first only about 10 hogsheads, aid three working hands were all that . it was found necessary to employ. The firm is now employing seven hands, and turning out 24 hogsheads per week, while it possesses all the ap pliances on the premises for tripling the brew within the same period. In addition to this an entirely new branch of the business has been lately developed; this is the bottling. The firm is now disposing of 50 dozens of bottled ale and stout per week, and can hardly keep pace with the demand at that. The premises at present comprise a large two-storied building of corrugated iron, 50ft x 25ft, this contains the brewery proper, a large store-room, the office, small malt-house, tun-room, malt bin, etc. This bin contains at the present time 2,000 bushels —its utmost good old English malt. Close by is the hop room, containing a large quantity of both English and : Nelson hops; and an underground : cellar extending the whole length of the r building. At the rear of this building I is a wooden bottling store. And now, to come to the improvements. The r tun-room has been partitioned off — ; completely isolated by stout brick walls - —the object being to secure * the . equalisation of the temperature, and , the experiment is found to answer ; admirably. The merest tyro in these t matters knows how essential it is to t secure a tolerably equal temperature - for the beer in the great vat or tun — 1 here a huge vessel, approached by a '. short ladder, and large enough to > accommodate a swimmer. A short , and steep ladder to the left of 1 the tun-room conducts the visitor j to the spacious cellar, where row f upon row of casks are ranged—a 2 veritable wilderness of beer. The visi tor’s first exclamation upon reaching these lower regions, is “ How beauti -3 fully cool !” upstairs the heat and * bustle and noise are a little oppressive. Here it is as cool as in a well-kept dairy. This cellar of which the pro :- prietors are justly proud, has recently . been greatly improved. Bricks and mortar have replaced wood and iron, with the result that the cellar is 10 deg. cooler than it was formerly. There } are it seems 100 hogsheads of beer in [ the cellar at the present time. The 2 firm turns out three kinds of ale, and a special brew of stout as well. An in r vitation from my conductor to *■ “ sample ” the manufactures is readily 2 accepted, for talking is dry work, and 1 the weather warm enough to render 5 such a glass of beer as the cellar » affords “ drawn from the wood,” by no * means to be sneezed at. The beer trickles into the little tumbler most in -4 vitingly, and being held up to the light, proves to be as clear as sherry, and 3 goes as clean off the palate as cham -1 pagne. This, it appears, is the “ or -2 dinary beer,” but whatever it is—it is uncommonly good, as the numerous * clients seem to think. Large as is this : cellar, it is in contemplation by the I proprietors to double its size shortly. | It will then, with a holding capacity of : 200 hogsheads, be amongst the largest cellars in the colony. The object of making this addition, is to enable the brewers to brew stock ales during the winter for use in the ensuing summer— -1 an advantage to the buyer, which he 1 will doubtless appreciate. We have ' called it the Ashburton Steam Brewery, because every operation from the : simplest tothe most complex is effected, 1 wherever possible, by steam power. In the cellar, for instance, is a steam chain-hoist for raising the casks from the underground regions to the floor ot the store-house above, backed up against the doors of which the carts are waiting to convey the beer to the cus tomers. The firm now does all its own coopering, keeping a cooper constantly employed in manufacturing new casks and repairing old ones. The pro prietors are about to effect another great improvement. This is the erection of a two-storied malt-house, 80 by 30, of brick faced with stone. Judging from the plans, the building will be a very neat and tasteful one. The ground-floor will form the “growing floor,” as it is technically called, where the grain having been steeped in water, will be spread to germinate. The upper-floor of the building will be used for malt and barley storage. The Ashburton Brewery will be the first brewery in the County to manufacture its own malt, and when all the arrange ments are completed, the firm will be able to turn out 400 bushels of malt per week. The appliances at this brewery are all of the latest and most approved kind, and wherever the in troduction of labor-saving machinery has been possible, it has been in troduced. Thus the bottling and filling machines are capable of turning out xoo dozen a day. The firm has carried off numerous prizes for its goods. At the Industrial Exhibition held at Ashburton in March last, the ale and stout from this brewery secured three first and three second awards. 1 In 1879, at the Christchurch Agricul- j tural and Pastoral Show, the same i goods carried off first and second , honors, while at our own local annual j shows the firm have also been large , prize takers. We understand that they i are going to exhibit their goods, both ( ale and stout, at the forthcoming In- x ternational Exhibition at Christchurch. ,

EUROPEAN ITEMS.

[Per s.s. Albion, at the Bluff.] London, Jan. 17. It ia announced that Her Majesty will visit the Continent in March next., Professor Newmayer of Hamburg, an old friend of the lost explorer Dr Leichardt, haa announced his belief in the truth of the statements made by Skuthorpe in Queensland concerning the finding of Leichardt relics. After an investigation into the matter, he has come to the con clusion that the truth of Skuthorpe’s story, and the genuineness of the relics, must be considered established. The Pope has given an audience to the sous of Ismael Pasha, the ex-Khedive of Egypt, who has for some time resided at Naples. He accorded them a friendly reception. This action has excited con siderable comment. Riots have taken place at Arbroath, a seaport in Scotland, sixteen miles north of Dundee, arising out of the doings of the Salvation Army. Whilst parading the streets the army was attacked by a mob, and several persons were injured. The captain of the army was wounded so seriously that his condition is regarded as critical. The Sultan of Morocco haa addressed an energetic protest against the action of France in the annexation of Tunis, and the desecration of the sacred places of Mahommed at Assam. At the same time he disavows any motives of hostility, and expresses his belief that the Algerians are faithful in their allegiance to France. An arrangement has been entered into between Austria and Montenegro, where by the latter State has undertaken to keep a cordon of her troops on her frontiers adjoining the disturbed districts in Herze govina, in order to prevent the insurgents escaping. Austria has agreed to pay the cost of this movement.

Intelligence has been received from Teheran which states that Ayoub Khan, who, after his defeat by the Ameer of Afghanistan, sought refuge in Persia, has been expelled that country, and has entered Russian territory. He has asked permission to join the Russian forces. The outrageous practice of houghing cattle is still extensively practised in Ire land. During the last few days no less than a hundred cases of the kind have occurred on properties situated in the immediate vicinity of Dublin. The Russian Jews have presented a memorial to the Czar setting forth the persecutions and outrages 1 which they have been subjected to, and praying for protection. Great sensation has been caused in po litical and diplomatic circles by a rumor that the Sultan intends to immediately assert his claim to the suzerainty of Tunis, notwithstanding the protectorate estab lished in that country by the French Re public. It is reported that he will issue a proclamation dethroning Sidi Mo hammed, and calling upon the Mussulman population to recognise the leader of the ' insurgents as the Bey of Tunis, subject to the supremacy of the Porte. The Marquis of Ripon, "Viceroy of India, has repealed the Act passed by his predecessor, Lord Lytton, early in 1878, subjecting the Native press to severe censorship. The Act was passed in con sequence of seditious and libellous lan guage indulged in by the vernacular newspapers, and has remained in force ever since. A shocking accident has occurred at Bucharest, the capital of the kingdom of "Roumania. jA circus, which was per forming in town, accidentally caught fire, and, before the flames could be extin guished, the structure was burnt to the ground. A number of horses and several of the employees of the circus were burnt to death. The Russian Government proposes to extend the system of universal military service in the Grand Duchy o£^_Finland. The nrnnngal has caused great dissatisfac tion among the population - ," ■wU i. neii u—- hitherto been exempt from the burden. , It is now considered improbable.. that Abdul Rahman, the Ameerof Afghanistan," will pay his promised visit to India, and is unwilling to go there, being afraid.that a rising may take place among the Afghans during his absence. - : Great alarm is felt in Norfolk by the increasing destruction among cattle caused by rinderpest, and there is a general feel ing among the farmers that immediate steps should be taken to check the pro gress of the disease. A great fire broke out at the Hammer-

smith station of the Metropolitan Railway line, and before the flames could be ex tinguished the entire building was gutted. The amount of damage is very large. Emigration from the United Kingdom to Canada during the year 1881 was 35,000. ~

SPORTING.

TARANAKI ANNIVERSARY : RACES. [by telegraph.] New Plymouth, To-day. The following nominations for the Taranaki Anniversary races were received last evening : Taranaki Jockey Club Handicap.— Blue Gown, Volunteer, Fleur do Lys, Randwick, Wilberforce, Grand Duchess, Piscatorious, Slander Filly, Dan, Orphan, Aurora, Bon Jour, Larry, Scotch Mist, Artful Joe, Taipo, Normanby, Waitotora, Venture, and Taxation. Railway Autumn Handicap. —Blue Gown, Randwick, Volunteer, Fleur de Lys, Wilberforce, Grand Duchess, Piaca torious, Slander Filly, Dan, Orphan, Aurora, Bon Jour, Larry, Scotch Mist, Isaac Walton, Artful Joe, Normanby, Wai'otara, Venture, Railway Extension, and Taxation. Steeplechase. —Lady Grey, Monk, Satanellaj Hard Times, Sunray, Tiko rangi, Catch’em, Bull’s-eye, Katipo, Totrara, Czar, and Grey Momus.. Hurdle Race. —Lady Grey, Monk, Sunray, Catch’em, Katipo, Grey Momus, and Totrara. County Handicap. —Lady Gray, Bon Jour, Resolution, Larry, Scotch Mist, Isaac Walton, Normanby, Waitotara, and Taxation.

WELLINGTON RACES.

Wellington, Yesterday. The following weights were .declared to night ; Hurdle Race Handicap.— First Day— Agent, 12st; Clarence, list 101 b; General, 9st 21b; Totara, 9st; Scruti neer, 9st. Flving Stakes Handicap. —Sir Mod red, 9st 41b ; On Dit, Sat 101 b ; Somnus, Bst 71b ; Grand Duchess, 9st; Luna, 7st 121 b ; Hilda, 7st 81b ; Mischief, 7st 71b ; Fleur de Lys, 7at 71b ; Slander Filly, 7st 31b; Mavis, 7st; Hiuemoa, 7st; Mag nolia, 6st 121 b ; Speculation, 6st.

A SEA SERPENT STORY.

In a letter to the Madras Mail of Sept. 8, on the use of gigantic seaweed as a protective agent for shores; Captain J. H. Taylor, the master superintendent of Madras, gives the following interesting “sea serpent” story :—“ A notable incident connected with this sea-weed is called to my re collection by Dr Purnell's letter. About fifteen years ago, when I was in my ship at anchor in Table Bay, an enormous monster, as it appeared, was seen drifting or advancing itself round Green Point into the hu.b r. It was more than too feet in leng . and moved with an ur.duHlnj siu-v.-uke

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1882.



fTlHlg GIfARDIAN is on every Tea -JL Table in Ashburton. O TIC E MOUNT SOMERS AGENCY. Mr W. H. Puddicombb is authorised to ooUoot. money and transact all business in* connection with The Ashbueton GuAEDIAN in the Mount Somers and Alford Forest districts.



fiIHE undersigned will be prepared, T* *dtiring; the coming season, to supply toh fbllbwin] \ articles at the lowest rates;— "REAPERS and BINDERS EXTRAS for DO. BINDING WIRE "CORN SACKS TURNIP and RAPE SEEDS 'PLOUGH SHARES And all lands of Agricultural Imple i,: mentu. - , FREDK. PAVTTT, MKiCHANT, &a., Ashburton. !'£geht for John Anderson, Canterbury Foundry, Christchurch; Geo. Booth and Sons, Importers of Agricultural Imple ments,, Christchurch; and Agent for the Company. 150 d John Mecch, iifeACTICAL CABINETMAKER, JP ;■ -UPHOLSTERER, &0,, Roty.R NETT STREET, -a x > l Opposite the Mail Office. Chairs, Couches, English and American Chain, Single and Double Iron aidLWobd Bedsteads. All hinds of Carpeting, Matting, and Qiloloth.' A large assortment of Repps jad Cretonnes at lowest prices. Suites of Ifolniture from Ll 3 and upwards. All lands furniture re-covered and repaired ~ qAU jirork guaranteed; and completed at notice. Furniture exchanged, : i "s,given for second-hand Tjfoto tie adu. -js— Cheapest Home in * ;■ Opposite MailOSaae, Burnett Site



Wanted rrr ANTED—A SITUATION aa Cook VV or Housekeeper in a small family. Good references given. Address “ X,” ANTED.—TEAMS for Carting Grain. Two months’ work, and one month’s stubble ploughing to follow. Apply to John Grigg, Longbeach. 696 d XTT - ANTED—A GROOM; one who would be willing to make himself generally useful. References required. Apply, Office of this Paper. 679 d WANTED The Owner for Two Calves—one red and one white ; both steers. Apply, Mr Arthur Wilson, WANTED— To BUY, for Cash, 50 Tons Oaten CHAFF, to be de livered at the Albert Mill. —W. Bowees. 712 d Office of this Paper. 702 d Winslow. 718 d



WANTED KNOWN—For sale cheap, for cash, a House, Buggy, and Harness. Apply, “ Alpha,” Office of this Paper. 688 d WANTED KNOWN—If you want to Grow a splendid crop of Turnips, Purchase some of Mayo’s Bonedust. —Address F. Mayo, Hamstead Mills. 255 d WANTED KNOWN—That Robert Elston, Burnett street, Ashburton, having procured the Newest Apparatus, is prepared to SWEEP CHIMNEYS at very low rates. Any orders left at the Town Hall will receive prompt attention. 760 c WANTED THE GUARDIAN tells your Wants for la., cash. WANTED KNOWN Promissory Note Forms on Sale, at the Guardian Office. TT7ANTED KNOWN—Every descrip » V tion of Plain and Fancy Pointing executed on the shortest notice, at the Quadian Office, next Matson, Cox, and Co.’s, West street.



Special Advertisements nnO FARMERS. SAMUELSON’S REAPER AND STRING BINDER. A PUBLIC TRIAL of the above named Machine will'be held at Mr Hud son’s Farm, Wakanui, on WEDNES DAY next, the Ist February. FREDK. PAYITT, 705 d For Geo. Booth & Sons. CHEAP BOOTS. CHEAP BOOTS. The Undersigned wishes to draw the attention of the public to his well-selected stock of BOOTS AND SHOES, which he is disposing of at a ridiculously low price foe cash. All orders entrusted to him executed by the best of tradesmen on the premises. Repairs promptly attended to Note the Address—C. HAWKINS, East street, Ashburton ; and Tinwald. 998 c



OUT. FLOODED OUT. E. Clark, HAIRDRESSER & TOBACCONIST, Montgomery’s Buildings, East Street, Begs to inform the inhabitants of Ashburton that, owing to the defective roof of the above Buildings, the rains of Friday and Saturday last have greatly damaged his Stock, and he has determined to sell at less than Cost Price, to make room for New Goods. 319 d 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 Or»ans, and Toys of every description, direct from Home. Haircutting, Shaving and Shampooing. EAST STREET ASHBURTON. 257a* THE BEST VALUE FOR READY MONEY IS THE MEN’S AND BOYS’ CLOTHING MANUFACTURED BY THE NEW ZEALAND Clothing Eactory, Which can be purchased at their Retail Branches all over New Zealand. A SINGLE GARMENT AT THE WHOLESALE PRICE. Thousands of discerning customers testify that the New Zealand Clothing Factory’s Garments are the very best for ready money. Ashburton Branch : East Street. W. SPARROW, 692 c Branch Manager.



Gr. Adams & Co., PRACTICAL ENGLISH WATCH MAKERS, JEWELLERS, AND IMPORTERS, HIGH STREET (Next W. J. Fisher’s), Rotherham’s English Lever Watches, guaranteed genuine, capped and jewelled, £3 10s to £5 10s. American Waltham Lever Watches, of world-wide celebrity, English Hall-marked cases, £3 10s to £6 10s. N.B,—See that the words “Wal tham, Mass. ” are engraved on the work. None are genuine without. Ladies’ Watches, in gold or silver cases, from 465. Every Watch is Examined, Timed, and Guaranteed for Two Years. A splendid assortment of the-Newest Patterns in Gold and Silver Jewellery. Novelties in Greenstone. 708 d ALENTINBS Valentines FOR THE MILLION. A large and beautiful assortment, to suit everybody. Thousands to choose from. Christchurch, L. F. ANDRE WES, Bookseller, &c. oaneuer, ow., East street south. $714



Special Advertisements- 1 Stationery, Ledgers, journals, dly BOOKS, CASH BOOKS ? LETTER, INVOICE, and MEMO RANDUM BOOKS, in varijms sizes and bindings ENVELOPES, 6s 6d per 1,000, dish NOTE PAPER, Five Quires for Is, and upwards ACCOUNT BOOKS made to order TOYS and FANCY GOODS in great variety. A GLASS OF BASS’ ENGLISH ALE Can be obtained . FOR ONE SHILLING. THE BEST MENU TO CHOOSE FROM IN CHRISTCHUBCH. Unequalled Accommodation for La' lies. Dinners, Banquets, Ball Suppers, Wedding Breakfasts, and Picnics pro vided for, in the very best possible style. 36Qd W. H. MESSENGER, Purvey O T I C E. We have instructed A. Harrison to SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION, the whole of our DRAPERY, commencing on MONDAY, February 6, and every succeeding day, until the whole is dis posed of. EVERETT BROS.



Holloway’s Pills. —The changes of tem eprature and weather frequently upset persons who are most careful of their health, and most particular in their diets. These correctives purifying, and gentle aperient Pills are 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, viumixed 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 itsrenovatingandinvigoratingqualities and its incapacity of doing harm.—[Advt.]



Weights and Measures. — A number of butchers were multched in fines rang ing from L 5 to ss, at the Christchurch R.M. Court, yesterday, for having illegal weights and measures in their possession.