SHIPPING.

PORT OP LYTTELTON. I Arrived. | t Saturday. j G-!>-Ahead. s.s., from Wellington, j Yesterday. Enterprise, brigantine, from Tairua. Southern Cross, s.s-, from Southern ] torts. Clyde, schooner, from Timaru. Westport, s.s., from Wellington and ' Yestport. To-day. Alhambra, s.s., from Port Chalmers. Sailed. S r ; Saturday. I Wanaka, a.s., for Wellington. 1 Circe, brigantine, for Greymouth. j Yesterday, i Croydon Lass, schooner, from Waitapu. Go-Ahead, a.a., for Timaru. j Olio, schooner, for Waitapu. J SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Wellington, Saturday. ■ Arrived —Westport, from Westport ; Pabja, from Nelson. j Cleared—Edwin Bassett, barque, for Newcastle. Wellington, To-day. | Arrived— Wakatipu, from Sydney, at 1 jLm. this morning, and after fumigation < lame alongside at noon. ! Timaru, Saturday. | Arrived —Candidate, ship, from Nelson. Sailed —Beautiful Star, for Dunedin.

COMMERCIAL.

Ashburton Guardian Office, Monday afternoon. . W c Alfred Harrison reports having held a cl< aring sale for Messrs Everett Bros. (tn '1 uesday, Wednesday, and Friday last, iVLefi he disposed of the whole of their largo slock of clothing, hosiery, etc. The Sitteiidance on each day was very good and bidding spirited; every lot offered I eing sold on Saturday. I held my usual ilreekly sale, and, notwithstanding the tjorrents of rain, there was a large attend ance, and, although the weather seriously interfered with the regular Saturday’s Entries, a large quantity of produce and cnnc.ries were put through, iwrii—

DAILY MEMORANDA.

i AUCTION SALES. ! Saturday, January 28. Jl£r T. Bullock, at the Bazaar —Horses ; L3O p.m. Jir >T. Bullock, at the Bazaar —Con- ! tractors’ Plant; 2 o’clock. - > Tuesday, January 31. llaituon, Cox and Co., at the Ashburton 1 Turds —Stock. MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS, &o To-Night, Monday, January, 23. Bazaar, in aid of Catholic Church Build ing Fund. Iftorough Council, at Borough Council I Chambers, at 7 o’clock. Wednesday, February 1. i jnateor Dramatic Club, Town Hall, 8 p. m. County Council, at the County Council Chambers, at 11 o’clock. Thursday, February 2. Wakanui Road Board —Monthly Meeting, ■ Road Board Office, Moore street \ Tuesday, February 7. Ashburton Permanent Building and ln vontment Society, Monthly Meeting, from 6.30 to 8.30 p.m. _

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit. MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 1882.

TOWN EDITION. [lssued at 430 p. m. j

Cable Interrupt ion. —We are informed that communication is interrupted on i.he Port Darwin line beyond Port Augustas. The line is expected I to be repaired ea rly to-morrow. Polios Court. -'-At the Police Court this morning, an inebriate' surrendered to his bail, and wan discharged, with a caution. This was the only b usiness. Lonqbeach Ro ad Disx axcr. The valuation lists for t ie sub-div isions of the Longbeach Road District—' iz., Wards Nos. 1,2, 3,4, aid s—art5 —art now open for inspection at thn Board’s office. The Wakatipu.- -It will b i seen from our shipping intellr ;ence that the Union Company’s s.s. Wal atipu arrived at Wel lington at 1 a.m. t)-day, and went into quarantine, from w. lich she was released at 12 o’clock. Horticultural Exhibition. —An ex traordinary meeting of the committee of the above is called for Wednesday next, at 8 p m., at the secretary’s office, for the consideration of a letter from the Presi dent in reference to the Art U nion. Found Dead. —A. man named Henry Thomas was found lying dead at the Barr hill Hotel, this morning. The matter was immediately reported to the police, and an inquest will probably be held. No further particulars had reachad us up to the time of going to press. Ashburton Woollen Factory.— A meeting of all interested in the above in dustry will be held at Messrs Poyntz and Co.’s office, on Wednesday, the 25th inst., at 3 p.m., to hear the report of the gentlemen appointed to inspect the ma chinery under offer, and other business.: A full attendance is particularly re quested. A Racing Loss. —We learn that Mr Carter, of Grove Farm, Tinwald, has had the misfortune to lose his filly foal got in England by Catnballo, foaled at Middle Park, out of his imported mare Forget- Me-Not. The mare and foal were only removed from Middle Park on Tuesday last, and the death occurred the following night. The Late Rains. After a spell of very heavy rain, of between four and five days duration, the weather seems to have now cleared up for good, doubtless to the relief of the farmers. Yery little damage, however, has, so far as we can learn, resulted to the crops throughout the district. The Ashburton river rose considerably during Saturday, and also the Rakaia river, but no damage we be lieve has been done. Severs j houses in the town were flooded in con lequence of the sparrows’ nests stopping u p the pipes and gutters. Mr F. Clark ias been a great sufferer by these pests, ai id his stock has sustained damage through them on two occasions. Reaper and Binder Contest. The following is the result of the reaper and binder contest which was held at Burn side on Thursday lash, under tire auspices of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pas toral Association :; Twine binders Wood, 124 points, first, gold medal; McCormick, 121 points, second, recom mended for silver medal ; Wood, 120 points, very highly commended; Howard, simplex, 116 points, highly commended; Deering, 114 points; Osborne, 113 points; Samuelaon, 101 points ; Excelsior, 99 points. Wire—McCormick, 104, first, and gold medal ; Aultman, 100, second; Osborne, 99. The work of all the ma chines was pronounced excellent. In the string binders Wood : beat Mcijlormick in strength, simplicity, machinery!, and ease of repairing same and time. McCormick was superior to Wopd in the nature of sheaf-cutting and delivery. Thtji difference was vyry sbght in all particulars.

Ashburton High School. —The above school will re-open on Thursday, January 26th.

Mount Somers Athletic Shorts. —A meeting of the Committee of the above is called for Saturday evening, 28th inst., at 8, at Hood’s Hotel.

Howard and Aultman Reapers and Binders. —A field trial of these machines is announced for Thursday next, in Mr Hay T. Smith’s paddock, near North-east Belt.

Ashburton Racing Club’s Autumn Meeting.— lt will be seen on reference to the report of the meeting of the above Club, held on Saturday afternoon last, he Autumn Meeting has been fixed for Ipril 19 arid 20.

School Committees. —The Annual Eleo ion of School Committees throughout the jolony take place to-night, at 7 o’clock. A special meeting of the Ashburton School Committee will he held prior to the Annual Meeting to-night, for the purpose of receiving the report and balance-sheet for the past year.

Wreck of the City of Cashmere. — The enquiry into the loss of the ship the City of Cashmere opened at Timaru on Saturday morning, and at four o’clock was adjourned until Tuesday. So far as it has gone the enquiry shows that the wreck was the result of pure accident, and not of the inefficiency of the port.

A Proud Distinction. —From Reefton ■comes the tidings that John Callighan, a iocal bootmaker, has jumped 4ft lOiin, for a wager of L3O. This the telegraphic correspondent informs us “is the cham pion stnading jump in the Australian colonies, being half an inch over previous records.” What a proud man that Cal lahan must be !

A Local Firm of Home Shippers. —lt will be seen on reference to our advertis ing columns that Messrs Eriedlander Bros, have chartered several first-class iron vessels for despatch to England during the grain season. It is to be hoped that the farmers throughout the district will support the local firm in their venture, and that Messrs Freidlander Bros, enterprise may meet with the success It deserves.

A Vegetable Curiosity.— We have neen shown to-day a vegetable curiosity n the shape of a double cabbage leaf. The cabbage from which the leaf or leaves —for there are two distinct ones, only hat they spring from a single stem, re ninding one of the Siamese twins—was ;rown by Mr H. Cape-Williamson, of Flemington. The leaves are some twenty nches in length, and broad in propor tion.

; A Horror-Stricken Town. —Napier ileems to be full of horrors just now. On Friday last a woman named Hall made away with herself by jumping into the Tutaekuri river from a bridge. A verdict of “ temporary insanity ” was returned. Next day the wife of a well-to-do and well-known settler cut her throat, and is now lying in a most critical state. The sairie day—Saturday—two dead bodies were fished out of the Mohaka river, one was identified as one Lloyd of Kereopa, Svho disappeared mysteriously some days i .go, the other unfortunate is not known.

A Small Stowaway.— The little stow i .way girl named Rees, a most intelligent child of about 9 years of age, who by some means got on a boat prior to her leaving Nelson about a week ago, unknown to her Barents, and who was landed on the Wel lington Wharf, where she was picked up liy the police, was forwarded to her parents cn Saturday night by the s.s. Wallace in charge of the master. The child states that she merely took the voyage for the purpose of seeing her sister, who is in service in this city.

; The Telegraph System in Australia jnd New Zealand.— Some interesting information respecting the development of the telegraph system throughout Aus tralasia has been laid before the New South Wales Parliament by Mr James Watson, the Colonial Treasurer, from which it appears that in September last that colony had 13,689 miles of wire erected ; New Zealand, 9,587 miles; Queensland, 8,967; South Australia, 7,017; Victoria, 6,675; and Tasmania, 1,000. The revenue derived from telegraphs in I|BBo is stated to he as follows:—New South Wales, L 84.110; Victoria, L 85,459; New Zealand, L 73,002; South Australia, 155,132; Queensland, L 46,313; Tasmania, 17,422. More Than a Joke.— The practice of “ tin-kettling ” seems to bo carried to ex tremes in the Wairarapa, judging from the following letter to the Masterton Star : —“A respectable couple, as you are aware, h|id lately joined the bonds of matrimony, a;nd retired to their private residence from the town, to spend their honeymoon. Some time after the hour of midnight, a party of ruffians, led by a man and woman came to their residence and demanded a bottle of brandy and other refreshments, one of them forcing himself into the bed room.. As the request of this lawless mob were not complied with, the foulest language possible was freely used by those wretches, accompanied by the throwing of billets of wood against the house and the breaking of the windows. It is to be hpped that the police will take some steps iri this wanton attack so as to bring the offenders to justice. I New Business. —Prom an announce ment appearing elsewhere we learn that Mr J. C. Duncan, late accountant at the Ashburton branch of the Union Bank, has commenced business as a general commission agent, etc., in the premises lately occupied by Mr Ivess, auctioneer, Burnett street. Mr Duncan has been for a considerable period connected with the Bank, during which he has won the respect and esteem of very many people here. The position he held at the Bank is a guarantee of his fitness to conduct a business of his own, and we have no doubt that he will conduct that business to the entire satisfaction of his clients. Mr Duncan intimates that he has been appointed agent for Messrs Acland, Camp bell and Co., auctioneers, Christchurch, and also that he is prepared to advance money on approved security in sums from LSO to L5,0C0. We are sure that Mr Duncan, in entering upon his new ven ture has the best wishes of all those who know him.

Quite Romantic. —A romantic story (says the Qundagai Times ) is related by Mr Ferdinand Gray, who has a claim at Upper Adolang. Prior to coming there he kept a wine shop at Temora. He was in want of a housekeeper, and all his efforts to obtain one failed, until one day he saw a good looking, respectable person, to whom he stated his want and offered her the situation. This she accepted, and accompanied Mr Gray to his establish ment, where she was duly installed as housekeeper. Now, Mr Gray had a boarder, who was a handsome young man, and between the youthful pair there sprang up an intimacy, which quickly ripened into the grand passion. The young lady turned out to be the daughter of a squatter not far from Albury, and er ;itled to L 2,000 in her own right. Her m ther died some years ago, and some tit 10 before she met with Mr Gray her fa her had married a girl 17 years of age. Oi r heroine, not realising a stepmother of abiut her own age, cut her hair short, an i donning a suit of her brother’s clothes toi ik her departure for the Temora diggings, where she arrived safely having trs veiled 120 miles. Her gay Lothario is a 'l'ell-educated young gentleman, hailing frcluvGermany, and, like his lady-love, has a slimewhat romantic history. He fought a tluel, killed his antagonist, and as a con sequence had to i flee from his father land. ~

Accumatisatiot.— The following ex tract from a letter recenlty received from London, written by a gentleman well known in Southland, may be (says a con temporary) of interest to the public, and of use to repress the verdant ardor of those visionaries who would endeavour to lessen ones acclimatisation pest by in troducing other pests of a worse natnre. “ The writer has had a long interview with Mr Bartlett, the Superintendent of the Zoological Gardens, on the subject of natural enemies to rabbits. He says that 1 stoats ’ and ‘ weasels ’ would un doubtedly be the most suitable for your purpose, if only they could he imported into New Zealand, but they would hardly survive the voyage, for not only are they difficult to catch, but they worry and fret themselves in captivity. He thinks ‘ gri sons ’ would come next. They would be difficult to get, as they are only found in Brazil. They are small, very active and vicious, and he thinks they would stand your climate. He spoke very highly of ‘ ichneumons ’ (spotted or gray), except ho thinks they might attack the lambs. They can be obtained in any number in Calcutta for about Is a piece. They make great havoc amongst all small animals, poultry &c., &c., and, like the ‘ grisons,’ they would follow rabbtis into their burrows ; they would also stand your climate, but lambs being naturally less active than rabbits, the remedy might prove worse than the disease. It might, however, be worth while to import a few only at first, and try them upon lambs. The writer thinks Mr Bastian imported some a few years ago ; he might be able to give some information. ‘ Polecats ' are much the same thing as common ‘ ferrets,’ and are unsuitable, as they simply kill to eat, and sleep as soon as they have gorged them selves. American ‘ badgers ’ would be too big, and, moreover, are not strictly car nivorous. I have since asked a game dealer to make inquiries as to the chance of obtaining ‘ weasels ’ and ‘ stoats. ’ He told me he has frequently been asked for them for export, but owing to the game keepers never allowing any such vermin to leave their properties alive, they are most difficult to procure ; in fact, he had once offered 21a each for them, but with out success. ”

A Great Country. —A gentleman re cently sent to America by the London Times to report upon that re sources lately writes as follows :—“ Since 1876 America bias multiplied her export of live stock seventy fold ; she has tripled her export of fresh meat; she has more than doubled her consignment of tinned meats ; she has added one-third to the bacon, and nearly tripled the export of hams ; the annual export of lard is valued at L 5,500,000 ; butter, at L 1,000,000 ; cheese, at L 2,500,000.”

An Ark Built in Fear of Another Deluge.— A few miles below Otho, Alabama, there is an old negro named Moses, who claims he had a revelation from the Lord, in which he received in formation that the world would again be destroyed by water. He was so convinced that the destruction would be by water, that he at once began the work of building an ark. He has thus been engaged for several months, and the result of his labors may be easily seen from the river. The ark is very unlike the representations of the one built by Father Noah, and would doubtless not withstand any severe gales, such as might he expected in a cruise of forty days and forty nights. The oddly constructed vessel or house is placed on a high hill, ready for the rising water. It is composed of several apartments, about five feet wide and ten feet long, which are placed on top of each other. Each has a small portico and spires, with feathers as ornaments. Ap proaching the dwelling of the negro, one has to pass through a very elaborately decorated arbor, over the entrance to which are the words—“ Welcome, peace, rest and happiness.”

A Portable Electric Lamp.—Re cently, while the mechanical section of the British Association were discussing the means of using the electric light in coal mines, Mr Swan, inventor of the “ Swan lamp,” made a remarkable state ment. He produced an electric lamp of two candle-power, quite detached from any wire, and portable, which could be kept lighted for six hours by a two-cell Faure secondary battery. The weight of the battery would not exceed ten pounds, and to charge it afresh it would only be necessary “to place it for a time in con nection with the wires of a dynamo near the pit’s mouth. ” The battery and lamp need never leave the pit. Sir J. Hawk shaw greatly approved of this lamp, and well he might. The germ of a portable and handy electric lamp, unconnected with any wire, and fed at intervals only as an oil lamp is, must lie in that rude specimen shown.

Who Would not be a Councillor ? —The West Coast Times publishes a schedule of amounts paid to members of the Westland County Council as travelling expenses during the past four and a half years. The principal items are : —Mr Dale, L 254 12s 6d ; Mr Seddon, L 284 4s 6d; Mr McWhirter, L 227 9s 6d; Mr Hirter, L 371 19s ; Mr Sandle, Llßl 10s. The Chairman’s salary for this term was LI, 125, and he was allowed buggy and horse hire to the tune of L 217 ss. These amounts (says the Times) form a grand total of L 3462 13s 6d paid to members of the Council by a grateful public during a term of four and a half years, or say an average of L9O per annum to each of the nine members during the term. It is a significant fact that the Council by six votes to three refused to allow the print ing of the returns for travelling expenses.

A Curious Find. —Some workmen were making repairs in the roof of a house be longing to Mr John Stevens, of Brough ton Astley, near Lutterworth, Leicester shire, a few days ago, when there was found under a rafter a bag containing 26 coins—crowns, half-crowns, shillings, and farthings. In date they range from 1670 to 1710. There are several crowns and half-crowns of the reigns of Charles 11. and William 111. The most recent is a coin of Queen Anne’s, bearing date 1710. The coins are in a state of good preserva tion. The house was formerly the manor house of the parish, where the family of the Astley’s, who have given the name to the parish, lived. It is now a farmhouse and public-house. Lighting Railway Trains by Elec tricity.—ln the early part of November the first attempt to light a train by elec tricity was made on the London, Brigh ton, and South Coast Railway. A Pull man drawing-room car was fitted with twelve incandescent globes, which were illuminated by electricity supplied from about thirty cells of a Faure battery or ac cumulator, and left London for Brighton about four o’clock in the afternoon. The trip was a perfect success, the light pro duced being about three times as bright as there was any absolute necessity for. On the return journey to London about seven in the evening the members of the Iron and Steel Institute, who were visiting Brighton had an opportunity of travelling in the Pullman car, and witnessing this new departure in the comfort and delight of railway travelling. It is intended to light by electricity the new train, com posed entirely of five Pulman carriages, whicli is to be placed on service between London and Brighton next month ; and the directors of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company and of the Pulman Car Company are to be con gratulated upon being the first in the world to avail themselves of this new application of electricity, rendered possible iu the only train in England forming a promenade from end to end, and having one end of its carriages fitted up as a refreshment room open to all, the |pasaen gora.

CABLE NEWS

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

[per b sdter’s agency.] How Rebellion is Suppressed in Ne paul. London, Jan.: 20. The Daily News to-day publishes a telegram from India stating that a. seri ous conspiracy has been discovered in the independent Native State oj’ Ne paul. The Maharajah has causecj! eight of his notables to be arrested, and twenty-one of his officers who were proved to havfe taken part in the con spiracy have< been summarily exe cuted. I Gamjbetta In a Fix. Paris, Jan. 20. In the Chamber of Deputies last night the Bill :introduced by M, Gam betta providii g for the revision of the Constitution f f the Senate and the re arrangement ( f its electoral system and its powers came up for discussion. After some dt bate it was decided that the measure ihould be referred to a committee. The Chamber then pro ceeded to the election of the latter, with the result that!’ a committee was chosen composed of he Deputies whose pro nounced opinions have been hostile to M. Gambetta s measure of reform. The Commencement of the Storm. Vienna, Jan. 20. Telegrams have been received an nouncing that actual hostilities have now commem|:ed between the Austrian troops and insurgents in Herzegovina. Fighting already taken place at several places, but no engagement of any serious character is as yet reported as having occurred. A certain recent action on the part of the Turkish Con sul at Ragusa;, the seat of the Dalma tian rising, having been reported to the Austrian Government, the latter, it is announced, has sent a strong protest to the Porte on the subject, complaining of the attitude which has been assumed by the Turkish consul in favor of the Dalmatian insurgents.

AUSTRALIAN.

[PKR 'rßUTEr’s AGENCY.] [Captured. j Brisbane, To-ds.y. Three more of the New Caledonian escapees who -recently landed at Bowen have been cap tured by the police. One remains still £ t large. The Mirzapore Small-Fox Cases. Adelaide, Yesterday. The two sn tail-pox patients on board the P. and O. steamship Mirzapore are now conva!es< ent, one having been so eleven days and the other nine days. Both cases were bad, and of the con fluent type.

TELEGRAMS.

[per press association.] One More Fire. Havelock, To-day. On Sunday i lorning, about 2 o’clock, a two-roomed house, recently erected as a public-house ly Mrs Hutchison on the site of the lat 6 fire which took place on the 20th Dec. ~ was found to be on fire, and with its contents was totally de stroyed. Th< loss is about LSO; no insurance. A strong north-west wind was blowing a the time of the fire, but the dampness caused by the recent rains prevented the neighbouring houses from catching.

THE ALLEGED LIZARD ISLAND TRAGEDY.

The Blacks;not so Black as They ■Wj'ere Painted. J(by cable.) ! Brisbane, To-day. The skeleton of Mrs Watson and her child and the Chinamen, who were supposed to have been murdered by the natives of iLizard Island, have been found on Norwich Island. It is now proved that they died of thirst, and were not massacred by the blacks.

RELIGIOUS MANIA.

A letter from Jerusalem, which ap pears in the Record , contains the fol lowing ;—“A;party of 18 Americans have recently Arrived here to await the advent of our Lord. They are respect able, educated, and, it is said, wealthy

people, and ar; to t>e followed by many more. The paor crazed Englishman, who for several years has been going about the city iressed in graveclothes, and with a heavy wooden cross on his shoulder, carr es his cross no more. Age and ptivat ion had much reduced his strength, ar d a fit of fever carried him off. It is Characteristic of the con temptuous tolelrance of the Turks that they so long allowed this man to go about harranguing the people, and often collecting a crowd around him in market places and elsewhere. Pro bably they regarded him as insane, and we may charitably hope that this was the case, for he had lately begun to assert that he was no other than the Lord Jesus himself. A German lady, who regarded herself as ‘ the Bride cjf Christ,’ and had pre pared magnificent dresses in which to receive her Lord, went away to the Jor dan and did no| return. On inquiry it transpired that |she had died and been buried by the Bedouins. Jerusalem is seldom without two or three such per sons holding extreme or fanciful religi ous views, and j bordering on religious madness. A y|)ung man is now here to whom it hasjbeen revealed that the Ark of the Covenant is concealed in what is commonly known as Poster’s Field, and whoije object it is to find it. Another, a rathhr gentlemanlike young Jew, has arrived and announced him self to be the Messiah. A large and very expensive ijiuilding is in course of erection under tlhe auspices of a Dutch society, and is destined for the shelter of the few who Ire truly God’s children during the comijig tribulation.”

ASHBURTON RACING CLUB.

A meeting of the Committee of the above Club was held at Shearman’s Hotel after we went to press on Satur day last. Present Messrs Crisp (chairman), Ross, Fooks, Digby, Fried lander, and the secretary. A letter was read from the secretary of the Grand National Steeplechase Club, applying for the use of the Race course on March 24th, 1882, and enquiring if this club would take over any fences and additions to the grand stand they might erect. Dr Ross proposed and Mr Digby seconded —“That the Grand National Steeplechase Club be allowed the use of the racecourse on the 24th May, 1882, on condition that no injury is done to the present running course.” It was also resolved “ That the question of taking over fences and ad ditions to grand stand be a matter for discussion and arrangement between Mr H. Lindsay, secretary Grand Na tional Steeplechase Club, and Messrs Crisp and S. Saunders, and that Mr H. Lindsay be invited to interview these gentlemen at his earliest con venience.

It was resolved to held a two-days’ meeting on Wednesday and Thursday, April 19 and 20, 1882. Proposed by Mr Fooks and seconded by Dr Ross—“ That the Ashburton Cup be a handicap of LIOO (one hun dred sovs.), and run for on the second day. Carried nan. con. It was agreed that the District Handicap Hurdles be L 25 (twenty five sovs.), and the first race of the second day. It was also agreed that if the six hotel-keepers in the town would sub scribe a sufficient sum this club would supplement it with a like amount and give a Publican’s Purse to be an open handicap as the chief event of the first day. It was resolved that the residential and ownership qualification of district horses date from the Ist of January, 1882, for the purposes of the forth coming meeting.

The meeting then adjourned to 8.30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 26th, for fur ther consideration of the programme.

LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.

Yesterday, shortly after half-past 12 o’clock, the Right Rev. Bishopßedwood (assisted by the Rev. Father Coffey) performed the above ceremony, in the presence, considering the state of the weather, of a large number of specta tors —there being, we should think, from 250 to 300 persons present in the church grounds. The weather during the early part of the morning was, as we have said, of the most unpleasant character; but as the time for the performance of the ceremony ap proached, the rain ceased, the sky celeared, and the sun made a feeble attempt to show its welcome face. Previous to laying the stone, the right rev. gentleman celebrated high mass in the church, and also held a con firmation service, at which about twenty-five persons of both sexes were admitted to the privileges of their Church. Mr Ivess read an address of welcome to His Lordship, of which the following is a copy:—“ Ashburton, N.Z., to the Right Rev. Francis Redwood, D.D., Lord Bishop of Wel lington.—May it please your Lordship : We beg to tender you a hearty welcome on this auspicious, and to us Catholics of Ashburton, memorable visit. To us, my Lord, it is a day of joy ; the long looked for hour approaches when into the earth .will go the first stone of the new Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, to replace the one formerly erected by our generous predecessors. May we, my Lord, express a hope that the building will shortly be completed; that it may long last in the service of the Almighty, and that you, our spiritual head, to whom we look up with affection and pride, may come to open it, and consecrate to the holy name, our pastor, ourselves, and our children. In conclusion, my Lord, allow us to ask the blessing of our Holy Father, Leo XIII., who you had the great happiness to see and speak to, and to apprise you that His Holiness has no more loyal children, no more faithful subjects, than his children of Ashburton, We are, my dear Lord (on behalf of the congregation.”) The silver trowel with which his Lord ship performed the ceremony was manufactured by Mr James Quinn, of East street, jeweller, and bore the fol lowing inscription :—“ Presented to the Right Reverend Francis Redwood, on the occasion of his laying the founda tion stone of the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, by the Rev. Edmund P. Coffey, on behalf of the congrega tion.—Ashburton, January 22, 1882.” After duly laying the foundation stone in accordance with the rites of the Church, His Lordship ascended the platform, and addressed a few words to those present, briefly thanking them for their kind address, and congratulating them on the commencement of a build ing in their midst, which was to be dedicated to the glory of Jesus Christ. He hoped, he said, to be soon present at the consecration of the sacred edifice, and after a few eloquent words as to the work of the Church, appealed to his hearers to make generous offering to the cause—an offering worthy of themselves, their district, and their Church. The Right Rev. gentleman then pronounced the Pontifical Blessing on those present, and the proceedings terminated. The following is the in scription engrossed on the parchment which was placed in the cavity beneath the stone“ The Foundation Stone of the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, Ashburton, Canterbury, N.Z., was layed on the 22nd Jan., 1882, by the Right Reverend Francis Redwood, D.D., Lord Bishop of Wellington, in the 4th year of the reign of the Pontificate of our most Holy Father, Leo XIII. ; in the 45th year of the reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty, Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland; the Go vernor of the Colony for the time being Sir Arthur Gordon; the Hon. John Hall, Premier; Donald Williamson, Esq, Mayor, Ashburton; Pastor, Rev. Edmund Patrick Coffey; F. W. Petrie, 1 Esq., Architect.” A copy of The Ash burton Guardian, New Zealand Tab- ' let , Lyttelton Times and Mail , were de- \ posited in the cavity, as were also the i

current coins of the realm. We may mention that His Lordship’s appeal on behalf of the Church was liberally re sponded to, some L6o being placed on the foundation stone. The area of the proposed structure was roped off, and a glance sufficed to show the spacious proportions of the building. We be lieve it is not yet definitely decided whether the structure will be of con crete or wood, but the well-known energy of our Catholic friends will no doubt enable them to obtain the neces sary funds for the utilisation of the more durable material, and we wish them every success in their endeavors to raise a building which will be a lasting monument of their zeal and persever ance, and a credit alike to themselves and the district.

CATTLE POISONED BY LABURNUM.

It is not generally known that .the laburnum, which is the favorite food of hares and rabbits, is occasionally highly poisonous to cattle. During the high gale of Friday, October 14, a large laburnum tree, about sixty years old, and richly clothed with foliage, was overturned at Huntfield, Lanarkshire, and fell across the fence into a grass park in which some heifers were feed ing. The cattle, who seemed as fond of the laburnum as the hares, immediately began to devour the leaves, pods, and tender branches, and when discovered shortly afterwards were all found to be more or less violently affected with those poisonous symptoms caused by laburnum. Two were so seriously ill that they could not walk, and had to be carted to the farm, and died before the veterinary surgeon could be sent for. Three others were with difficulty got to the farm, and notwithstanding active medical treatment, several days elapsed before they were pronounced out of danger, and all the rest shared in a less violent degree the peculiar symptoms caused by laburnum poispn ing. That the laburnum is not always poisonous to cattle is, however, proved. A large quantity of labrunum branches, covered with leaves and pods, were thrown into an old quarry on the road side, and half-a-dozen cows discovering the tempting morsels, cleared the whole of the leaves, pods, and tender shoots, yet never exhibited the slightest symptoms of poisoning. —Gardenetf Chronicle.

MORMONS AT GREYTOWN.

The Temperance Hall, Greytown, was crowded to excess the other evening, when the doctrine » of “Mormonism” was preached by two elders of that religion. The most notable feature of the meeting (says the Wairarapa Daily) were the large number of married men that were pre sent, and the great curiosity they evinced to gain information respecting the religion, especially that part re lating to polygamy, which the elders were very loth to impart, as it was only to the initiated that definite .in formation could be given on this sub ject. The larrikin element were also strongly represented, and after each hymn sung by the elders, the applause was deafening, a very unusual thing, as they (the elders) said. The preaching was very poor, but when it is said that they were merely religious enthusiasts, and not educated men, this will not be wondered at. Their sing ing evidently did not please the con gregation, for later in the evening, when they gave out a hymn, the “ Swetet By-and-Bye ” was started and sung ,by the salvation army ; the singing talent of Greytown evidently took them by surprise, for they did not attempt, to sing by themselves after. Messrs Rush, Gray, Wickerson, and several others present questioned them on the dif ferent branches of their religion, and the manner in which they managed to evade giving answers where it did n<bt suit them, would be a credit to a. Par liamentary candidate seeking the Suff rages of a constituency. The meeting adjourned with a vote of thanks to the preachers, and the whole company singing “For they are jolly good fellows.” After most of the larrikins had retired, one of the elders treated those remaining to some selections oil the harmonium, which were performed in a manner rarely heard in Greytown, he being a very accomplished musician. Exchange.

ONLY A KISS FOR IT.

Will S. Hays, of Louisville, has nuule a small fortune by writing songs! Among his popular compositions arc “ Mollie Darling,” “ Norah O’Neal,” and “Evangeline.” But he got no money from the latter, though it gave him a start in his business. “Just be fore the war,” he says, “ I was with some young visitors up in Oldham county, Ky. Among them was a beau tiful girl who resembled the ideal pic tures of Longfellow’s ‘ Evangeline ’ so closely that I called her by the name. We danced at an outdoor frolic one evening, and soon discovered that four of us could sing together. We tried popular quartettes, and got along so well that we became enthusiastic. About 2 o’clock in the morning we started to walk home. The night was as bright as day, with the full moon hanging in the sky, and as we walked we sang. We sat down on a rock to rest, and ‘ Evan geline ’ began to suggest other songs to sing. * I’ll write you a song,’ said I, * if you’ll promise to sing it before we go home.’ This was agreed to. On the opposite side of the road was a white plank fence. Where we were sitting a party of negroes had been roast ing ears of corn, and the charred sticks lay all around. With them I wrote the first verse of the song on the top plank of the fence, and the notes for four voices on the planks beneath. Then we stood off, and sang it. The girls were delighted, and insisted on having a chorus, so I wrote the chorus on the planks. Well, we sang it over and over, and went home singing it. Next morning ‘ Evangeline ’ came down stairs humming the air, and asked me to write it out and finish it. I told her I couldn’t do it, but she might go down and copy it off the fence. She took an umbrella and a sheet of paper, and soon came back with the words and music. Then she insisted on another ’ verse; so I wrote another vrrse, on, condition that I should have a kiss r o: it and she'to have the music.” Hays

THE ! ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 1882.



o ATEN SHEAF CHAFF. £3 per Ton. , AT THE • ALBERT STEAM FLOUR MILLS. ! 590 d CUT J AT THE AIiBERT STEAM FLOUR MILLS , ! i : ■ At 10s per ton. 6ji2d HENRY BOWERS. John Meech, iSrACTICAL : CABINETMAKER, J_ UPHOLSTERER, &c.. BU Amu RNETT STREET, Opposite the Mail Office. ly Chairs, Couches, English and lean Chairs, Single and Double Iron All Oildh and Wood Bedsteads. kinds of Cai’peting, Matting, and ith. A large, assortment of Repps ;jid Cretonnes at kweat prices. Suites of Furniture from Ll l and upwards. All at tiu All of furniture re-covered and repaired »very lowest prices. work guaranteed and completed at the si lortest notice. Furnitnre exchanged, •nd highest prices given for second-hand Furniture. Note the address—Cheapest House in Ashb urton, opposite Mail Office, Burnett treat 3 16 c / 'CANTERBURY MUSIC DEPOT. . . ASHBURTON BRANCH. Milner & Thompson ; Deri re to inform the residents of Ash btrtbn and surrounding districts that they haW Appointed Mb H. M. JONES their fAlpt Agent for this district, and invite hlipeetion of the Instruments, Music, &c., ndr ! displayed in the SHOW ROOM, •IgM Mr Jones’ Shop. PXANOB by all the best makers— Btvkdwood, Collard and Collard, Erard, Pleyel. Bord, Ohallen and Sons, Ascher btrgiLipp and Sohn, Chappell, Ronisch, BUchttein, Kapp, and others. gole'! Agent for John Brinamead’s Gold jltditl Pianos. Bbcnalitiea Our Dresden Model pJaaOit, which took First Award of Merit at the 1 Ashburton Exhibition, from £35 to £55, BEamoniums and Organs, from £7 10s *°«OOTwertinas, Accordians Violins, Ffdtes, and all other kinds of Brass mil Stringed Instruments on hand. Any orders for Books, Music, or Instruments not in stock here can be nfppl&d from our Christchurch establish ment hy first train. ■The! : above Instruments can be pur gjmsCf: on Payment from 20a per m int!. Vti s; b n- 1- - t a executed by a i Pianos on Hire. r 770 c i,'k> •



Wanted. TO Master Carpenters, Builders, Con- ' tractors, etc. —A stranger amongst amongst you wishes for EMPLOYMENT in the Building Trade ; experienced hand. Would take contract first, or second labor, or labor and materials. Orders by - post addressed “W. J. W.” will be promptly attended to, at Mbs Pass’s, Wills street, Ashburton. 656 d , WANTED —A thoroughly respectable middle-aged General SERVANT for a private house in the country ; references required. Apply, on Wednes day, the 25th, at 2 o’clock p.m.,atthe Office of this Paper. 646 d WANTED IMMEDIATELY A NURSE GIRL, who can do plain sewing. Apply, Mrs Gundry, The Ter race, EastTownßelt. 648 d "irTT"ANTED, at once—A GIRL to assist W in house work a few hours a day. Apply, Office of this Paper. 640 d WANTED— A Good General SER VANT. Apply to Mrs L. Frirdlandeb, Tancred street. 638 d w ANTED—A MILLER. Apply to John Grigg, Longbeach. 621 d WANTED— Small COTTAGE, at low rental. Apply, “H,” Office of this Paper, by letter only. 655 d XTCTANTED KNOWN—Every descrip v V tion of Plain and Fancy Pointing executed on the shortest notice, at the Guadian Office, next Matson, Cox, and Co.’s, West street. WANTED KNOWN Promissory Note Forms on Sale, at the Guardian Office. Special Advertisements- 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. THE undersigned will be prepared, during the coming season, to supply the following articles at the lowest rates: — REAPERS and BINDERS EXTRAS for DO. BINDING WIRE CORN SACKS TURNIP and RAPE SEEDS PLOUGH SHARES And all kinds of Agricultural Imple ments. FREDK. PAVITT, Corn Merchant, &c., Ashburton. Agent for John Anderson, Canterbury Foundry, Christchurch; Geo. Booth and Sons, Importers of Agricultural Imple ments, Christchurch; and Agent for the United Insurance Company. 150 d jg-IS LORDSHIP’S LARDER. THE ONLY ESTABLISHMENT IN THE WORLD WHERE A GRILLED CHOP OR STEAK, AND A GLASS OF BASS’ ENGLISH ALE Can be obtained FOR ONE SHILLING. THE BEST MENU TO CHOOSE FROM IN CHRISTCHUBCH. Unequalled Accommodation for Ladies. Dinners, Banquets, Ball Sappers, Wedding Breakfasts, and Picnics pro vided for, in the very beat possible style. W. H. MESSENGER, 360 d Purveyor. Stationery. L LEDGERS, JOURNALS, DAY BOOKS, CASH BOOKS LETTER, INVOICE, and MEMO RANDUM BOOKS, in various sizes and bindings ENVELOPES, 6s 6d per 1,000, cash NOTE PAPER, Five Quires for Is, and upwards ACCOUNT BOOKS made to order TOYS and FANCY GOODS in great variety. H. M. JONES, EAST ST. & BARING SQUARE. 293 d 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 ' for cash. All orders entrusted to him J 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 1 O. Carstens & Co., (Late Weston’s), ’ PROSPECT BUILDINGS, rnOBACCONIST, FANCY GOODS, ] L AND STATIONERY. 1 i 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 1 Home. 1 1 Haircutting, Shaving and Shampooing. I EAST STREET ASHBURTON. 1 257a* Christmas Presents J AND , NEW YEAR’S GIFTS, JUST Received, a Choice Assortment 1 of Christmas and New Year Cards, 1 Dolls, Humming Tops, and Shell Goods ! in great variety. ; Lotts’ Diaries for 1882 ; Family Reader ! (div. 42); Boys’ Standard (new series) ; i Latest Novelties in Pipes. ( F. CLARK, Hairdresser and Tobacconist, . , Montgomery’s Buildings, 319 d 7



Special Advertiser eats. WALTER A. WOOD BINDER Again Yictoi S TWI IOUS NE f Awarded the Gold Medal in the Tv Binder Glass at the Trial held Thursday, Jan. 19, 1882, a,t Mr Bo Farm, under the auspices of the A. P. Association of Canterbury, twc Machines competing. j A few of these celebrated (Machines Sale by the Undersigned. POYNTZ & CO., ; 641 d Agents for Ashburtor ine on ig’a md Ive on JMPORTANT TO FARMERS. A FIELD TRIAL of the celebrated Howabd and Atltman Reapers and Binders will be heljd in Mr Hay T. Smith’s Paddock, close toi the North East Belt, Ashburton, on THURSDAY NEXT, 26th inst.,. Farmers and others interested are invited to attend, and see the practical working of these now justly celebrated machines. Order ;oan be given for next season’s delivery. ! 652 d P RELIMI S’ ARY NOTICE. I, JAMES C. E UNCAN (late Accc un tant, Union Bank , take the liberty of in forming the inhabitants of Ashburton >Mid surrounding districts that I have started a business as a General COMMISSION AGENT, &c., in the premises _ lajfcely occupied by Mr Joseph Ivess, auctioneer, Burnett street ; and in doing so beg to say that I shall feel glad of any support that may be accorded to me, and can assure those who may deem it ex pedient to entrust any matter to my care of being honorably and uprightly dealt with,, and at all .times of receiving my best attention. I ! J. C. DUNCAIf. Agent for Acland, Campbell and Co., Auctioneers, Christchnrch. Entries can be made with me for sales at Ashburton and Tinwald, and I am also prepared to arrange for Special or County Sales. Money to Lend jon approved Freehold Security, in sums from £SO to £5,000’, at lowest current rates. C4sd F U N E R AIL NOTICE. The Friends of Mr G. P. Hoatten are respectfully invited to attend t he Funeral of his late infant Daughter, Ami Jane, which will leave his residence, Elgin, TO MORROW (Tuesday) Afternoon, at 3 o’clock. W. DAVIS, i Undertaker'. AVING ASHBURTON. GIVING UP BUSINESS. \ EVERETT BROS. December 3, commence LEAKING SALE well-s ced Stock of , DRAPERY, And to effect a spefedy clearance will, in addition to the already very low prices, offer, as an extra in ducement, a 1 DISCOUNT OK TEN PER CENT.I i i ; The Shop To Let.! The Fixtures, Fit tings, , For Sale. Will on Saturday, A GREAT C Of their new and GENERAI



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