SHIPPING.

r PORT OP LYTTELTON.

a .. Arrived. Yesterday. .jpqrea, schooner, from Kaipara. JNpiaon, schooner, from Kaipara. Borealis, brigantine, from Kaipara. Croydon Lass, schooner, from Pelorus Bound. Crest of the Wave, schooner, from Timaru. Aspasia, schooner, from Foxton. Aratapu, brigantine, from Kaipara. Clematis, ketch, from Pelorus Sound. Comet, ketch, from Havelock. Emerald, ketch, from Foxton. Vision, brig, from Kaipara.

To-day. Rotorua, s.s.,from Wellington. Pepguin, s-s., from Port Chalmers. Tui, s.s., from Wellington and Kai koura. to V.l Sailed. Yesterday. BLiLeonarcls, ship, for Calcutta. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. , bus > . Auckland, Yesterday. Arrived Gazelle, from Newcastle ; Taiaroa, from Fiji; P.M. City of Sydney, from San Francisco. Wellington, Yesterday. Arrived Anthous, brigantine, from Greymouth ; Stella, from cruise to the Northern lighthouses. Sailed—Hawea, for Picton and Nelson; Ladybird, for Westport. . Dunedin, Yesterday. £s,\led— (Saturday), Montrose, barque, Bii^aup; (to, day), Mathieu, barque, for Sydney ; Beautiful Star, for Hokitika and Westport, . ~

MAIL NOTICES.

lyfaila close at the Ashburton Post Office as follows.: — For Christchurch and. North at 6.30 a. m. 10.30 a. m. , and 5 p. m., daily. Nori Ohertsey Rakaia, &c., at 10.30 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily. For Dunedin, Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, uid Geraldine, at 10 a.m. daily. For Temuka, at 6.30 a.m. and 10 a.m., ally, -ril _ For Timaru and South, at 6.30 a.m., 10 s.m., and 4.30 p.m., daily. For Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge, on Tuesdays and Fridays, at 10.30 a. m. For Ashton, Waterton and Longbeaoh, St 430 p.m. daily. For Blaming ton, on Mondays, Wednes days, and Fridays, at 430 p. in. For Wakanui, FJgin, Seafield, Now- Vand, had Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6.30 a. m.

Mafia arrive at the Ashburton Post Office— Prom Christchurch and Rakaia at 10.26 *.m., 440 p.m., and 7.50 p.m.^ Prom Chertsey, &c. at 10.25 a.m. and 440 p.m. daily. . Prom Dunedin and intermediate places at 5136 p.m. daily. Prom Temuka and Timaru at 10. oO a. m. 5.35 p.m., and 8.15 p.m. daily. Prom Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and ? Ashburton Gorge on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 3 p.m. Prom Ashton, Waterton, and Long heach at 10 a.m. daily. From Flemington on Tuesdays, Thurs days,land Saturdays, at 10 a.m. Prom Elgin, Wakanui, Seafield, New andiiand Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 4 p.m. W. Sr. G. Douglas, Postmaster

DAILY MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALES Saturday, June 3, Mr. T. Bullock, at his rooms, East street —Landed Property ; 1 o’clock. Mr T. Bullock, at the Bazaar—Horses ; L3O p.m. * Tuesday, June 6. Matson, Cox and Co., at the Tinwald Yards—Stock.

MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS, Ac Tuesday, June 6. Borough -of Ashburton Licensing Com mittee—Annual Meeting, R.M. Court house, Ashburton. ashburton Permanent Building and In vestment Society, Monthly Meeting, front 6.3ofta 8.30 p.m. V ,j, Wednesday, June 7. County Council, at the County Council Chambers, at 11 o'clock. Aahlyjttou Licensing Committee —Annual Meting, Temperance Hall, Tinwald. ■;V Thursday, June 8. Fancy Dfessßiuk, in aid of Library FujuJ—Town Hall, 8 p.m. Wakanui Road Board—Monthly Meeting, Road Board Office, Moore street Upper Ashburton Licensing Committee — Annjjgl Meeting, Road Board Office, Wfsterfield. .isrl ■. Friday, June 9. Mount Somers Licensing Committee — Annual Meeting, Road Board Office, Mount Somers. * x Monday, June 12. Borough Council, at Borough Council Chambers, at 7 o’clock.

TRAVELLERS’ GUIDE.

Trains Leave Ashburton foe Christ church and intermediate stations at 7-10 a.m., 11a.m., and (Express) 5.40 p.m. Trains Leave Ashburton for Timaru and South, at 6.50 a.m., 10.32 a.m. (Express), and 445 p. m. —the latter pro ceeding no farther than Timaru. rains Arrive at Ashburton from Christchurch at 10 20 a.m. (Express), 435 p. ra., and 7.50 p. m. Trains Arrive at Ashburton from Timaru. and South at 10.45 a.m., 5.28 piia. (Express), and 8.10 p.m.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas, et Prevalebit. TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1882. Stragglers v. Electors.

TOWN EDITION. [Tssued at 4.40 p. m. j

The brief analysis of the supplemen tary electoral roll for Wakanui which we published in our local columns yes terday will, we think, startle not a few whose interest is wrapt up in that electorate. The figures which we placed before our readers were quite sufficient to prove that under the exist ing law the votes of the real electors of a constituency may be swamped by a hundred or two nomads, who care as little who represents the place for which they claim a vote as does the King of the Cannibal Islands, or a Liberal candidate after the election is over. A careful analysis of the last supplemen tary roll shows, as we stated yesterday, that out of 337 names which appear as claimants to vote, there are only eleven farmers claiming under the property qualification, and out of that eleven less than half claim Wakanui as their place of residence. The bulk of the remaining 326 are mere birds of passage—here to day and gone to-morrow. All this, we think, points conclusively to the urgent need of an immediate amendment in the Registration of Electors Act. This particular specimen of legislative wis dom may be very suitable when the Millennium shall have become an ac complished fact ; but in these prosaic days, when one has to do battle with men who have served a -lengthy ap prenticeship in the “ ways that are dark and tricks that are vain,” the Regis tration of Electors Act is merely an in ducement to a man of an elastic con science to perpetrate what he might term a piece of sharp practice, but what others, whose consciences are of a less elastic nature, would characterise by a very different expression. It was argued by the advocates of the Registration of Electors Act during its progress through committee of the House that, although it was almost manhood suffrage, yet the provisions of the Bill were such as to prevent mere wanderers having a voice in the Government of the country. This sounded all very well in theory, yet in practice how dp we find it work ? The figures which we publish prove con clusively that we had better have manhood suffrage pute et simple, than the nondescript measure which is at present the law of the land. It is onlv necessary now for a man eager for Parliamentary honors —if he knows he .does not possess the confidence of a majority of the real electors—to hawk about-a pocketful of claims to vote, and get Tom, Dick, and Hafry to sign them, and he will be able to swamp the votes of the bona fide electors of the dis trict which he seeks to represent. More especially is this the case with a dis trict of so great an area as Wakanui, where the population is necessarily scattered. As the law now stands, a man has only to rent or purchase a few cottages on the other side of the belt, and pack them with adult males a month prior to the making up of the roll, and he renders his return almost a certainly, unless the electors of the district rise as one man and determine to defeat the nefarious transaction. We could point to one name at least on the latest issued roll, where a man, up to about six weeks back, had his abode in a building owned by a certain candidate for Par liamentary honors. But that tene ment was not within the sacred pre cincts of Wakanui, and consequently a cottage was taken, the locale of which was within the desired electoral district, and that individual now ap pears among those “ duly qualified ” to record their votes for that electorate, having no more stake in it than has a man who is in blissful ignorance of the world’s area containing such an impor tant place as Wakanui. But, as far as the coming polling for Wakanui is con cerned, it is useless to trouble about the shortcomings of the Act. Let the real electors of this much fought for seat be true to themselves, and the machinations of the radical candidate will be of little avail. We appeal to the farmers and farm laborers lo go to the poll on the i6th of June next and vote as one man against the mischievous demagogue who would place a heavy import tax on the imple ments of their husbandry ; who would place a heavy import tax on the boots and shoes which they and their little ones wear; who would tax even the very coats on their backs. And all for what ? Merely to support, at the ex pense of the farmers, a few industries j

for which the colony is by no means ripe, and squeeze the last farthing out of their pockets for the agrandise ment of a set of little better than loafers in the large towns of the colony, who will not bear the brunt of opening up new country, but will rather hang about the centres of population, trusting to a paternal Government to render them eleemosynary assistance in the shape of a protective tariff. But the farmers of Wakanui are quite slrong enough, if they are true to themselves, to defeat this latest move of that gentleman who so delights to tell us that he is the only friend the farming class have in the place. Let the farmers of Wakanui, then, determine that they, and they alone —and they are quite strong enough, if they are but united—will say who shall be the sitting member for their electorate, and they need have little fear of the result, notwithstanding the determined attempt which has been made to virtually disfranchise them.

Hunt Club. —The Hum Club Hounds will meet at Chertaey on Thursday at 2 p.m. Denied. The statemcot which ha 3 been made that The Times is about to re duce its price to one penny is authorita tive contradicted. The report is stated to be absolutely false. Again Nothing.—Not oven a solitary “ drunk” put in an appearance at the Court this morning to cheer the hearts of the police, and supply an item for the papers. Ashburton is becoming very good. Rattlisg Up. —The news from Reefton about the Keep-it-Dark mine has caused a good deal of excitement in Dunedin, where many shares are held. On the 22nd shares were quoted at 345; yesterday they were at 50s.

The ’Frisco Mail. —The local post master received a telegram to-day, stating that the ’Frisco mail left the Manukau this morning, and that the Southern por tion will probably leave Wellington for Lyttelton to-morrow night.

Accomplished JouaNAHSTS. —Journal ism is looking up (says the Globe). A newspaper proprietor advertises for an active shorthand writer who can set type, write lively leaders, and possess energy and “ go.” There is a story of an Ameri can editor who could write with a pen in each hand on two different topics, and rock the cradle with his feet at the same time. This gentleman would have been the man for the post. Suicide at Sea. —The Ringarooma, which arrived at the Bluff yesterday, from Melbourne, brought the news that Cap tain Duncan Smith of the barque Campsie Glen, committed suicide when twelve days out from Timaru. He was found dead in his cabin with hia throat cut. When the cabin boy went to take him his coffee he obtained no answer. The mate after wards opened the door, and found the captain kneeling beside his bed, bleeding profusely from the throat, which had evidently been cut with a bottle.

Lakrikinism at Auckland. —Several dastardly attacks have been made lately by Auckland larrikins on Chinamen. Some of the offenders were brought up at the Auckland Police Court yesterday. One got fourteen days hard labor without the option of a fine, another was fined 20s and costs, and two more gentle youths, who had not been brought up in the way they should go, were dismissed on the payment of costs—L6 Its. If stringent measures are not adopted in this colony for the suppression of larrikinism New Zealand will soon bear as unenviable a reputation for this offence as Victoria and New South Wales,

Furious Riding on the Ashburton Bridge. —Mr Thomas Cottle, of Flem ington, has written to the Press to com plain about the “ constant breach of the Borough by-laws,” committed by persons “ gallopping over the bridge after dark at a much faster rate than the authorised six miles an hour.” “On two occasions lately (says the writer), when driving across in the evening, my horse has been caused to bolt by this means. On the second occasion my buggy was consider ably damaged, and I received a severe kick on my leg, and was lucky to have es caped so well. The horse will not bo fit for work again for three weeks or a month. On both occasions, through the darkness, I failed to recognise the parties. Cannot something be done to put a slop to this dangerous practice V’

Short and Sweet. —A short and sweet siting of the Borough Council was held last evening. A report of the meeting appears elsewhere. The proceedings were not of a particularly lively nature this time, but one funny incident occurred. The night being chilly, Or St. Hill put a match to the fire, and soon there was a cheerful blaze, of which Cr Orr had a larger share than he cared about, his chair being quite close to the fire-place. After fidgeting in his chair for some minutes, Or Orr got up and said the Council must excuse him, but he really could not stand the heat. Cr St. Hill, who was on the other side of the table, thereupon jumped up with alacrity and said, “ I shall be most happy to exchange seats with you, sir ; I can stand any amount of heat—up to 240.” The exchange of seats was made, and the business proceeded. Religious Madness. A sad story reaches us from Roxburgh. On Sunday night, a Press Association telegram in forms us, a man named John Kitto, of Miller’s Flat, went to the residence of his son-in-law, Joseph Augustus Roggiero, about seven o’clock that night, and with out any warning shot through the window with a rifle at Roggiero, who was sitting by the fire. The screams of Roggiero’s wife attracted her brother-in-law, who had to pass Kitto’s house. Kitto shot him also, the ball entering the wrist and com ing out at the elbow. Roggiero died a short time afterwards. Kitto, who was in the Lunatic Asylum some time ago, came to Roxburgh, and gave himself up to the police. The brother-in-law who was shot through the arm was named Peter Kiogh. He was a son-in-law of Kitto. When told that his son-in-law was dead, Kitto merely said “Praise be to God.” He is said to be suffering from religious mania.

Ashburton Woollen Factory. —The newly appointed directors of the Ashbur ton Woollen Factory Company met yes terday afternoon, immediately after the shareholders meeting. Amongst the busi ness transacted was the passing of a reso lution to the effect that a manufacturing manager for the company should be adver tised for. Several designs for the factory have been received by the secretary, and wore on view yesterday afternoon in the upper chamber of the Town Hall while the meeting was going on. The directors have not as yet accepted a design for the buildings, but will probahiy do so in the course of a day or two. One of the com petitors for the design mentions in his description of his plant the names of cer tain machines used in woollen factories which are quite bewildering to the out sider. Thus we read of “ Raising gigs,” “ Scribblers,” “ Self-acting mules,” and “ Teasers or devils,” while the statement that “ the wool, when washed and sorted, goes direct to the devil ” is not a little stirlling. From “the devil” the wool goes to the “scribbler," it seems “thence to the condenser,” and thence to the “ self-acting mules.” We live and learn, j

Cheese and Butter Factory.—Wo understand the tender, for buildings, of Mr J. L. Brown has been accepted.

Pedagogues Wanted.— We learn that at the present moment there is not a teacher in Otago disengaged, and the Education Board have vacancies for fully a dozen qualified teachers.

Fheethought in' Christchurch.— We learn that in view of the proposed erection of a Freethought Lyceum in Christchurch, three gentlemen have given conditional promises of LI.OOO, LSOO, and L 250, re spectively.

The Timaru Disaster. The pur chasers of the wrecked City of Perth are actively engaged in taking preliminary steps to floating off the vessel, which they are already sanguine of being able to ac complish. The official enquiry into the wreck was expected to commence at Timaru to-day.

The Accident at Seaclipp Asylum.— An inquest was held yesterday on Nicho las Coughan, who died in the Dunedin Hospital from injuries received at Seacliff Asylum works on Saturday. The evi dence showed no blame attached to any one but the deceased, and a verdict of ac cidental death was returned. He was married but had no children.

An Odd Identity in Trouble. —At the Timaru R. M. Court yesterday morning, J. P. Healey was committed for trial on three charges of forging different names on two promissory notes for L2l and Ll 4 12s fid respectively and a cheque for L4O, given to cover the bills when dishonored. Healey was already under committal for other charges of the same kind. He is an old Timaru identity.

Evangelistic Service. Attention is directed to an announcement in this issue, intimating that a united evangelistic ser vice will take place in the Town Hall to night. The addresses will be given by the Revs E. Scott and J. Nixon. A similar service held last week was well attended, and there are evidences that the interest excited during the late mission is still being kept up.

Accident at Alford Forest. —We re gret to learn that a young man named Cooper (whose parents reside in Ashbur ton), while cutting timber at Alford Forest on Tuesday week, accidentally inflicted a serious wound on bis leg with the axe ho was using. The sufferer was promptly removed to the house he occu pies with his brother at Alford Forest. By latest accounts his condition was very critical indeed.

The Phcenix Pa: k Tragedy. —The United States Government have received intelligence which leads them to believe that the assassins of Lord Cavendish and Mr Burke are on board one of the steamers of the Cunard line bound to New York. They have accordingly despatched a cutter from New York to intercept and board the vessel before she reaches the harbor. An Irish newspaper, published in New York, referring to the Phoenix Park tragedy, asserts that the murder of Mr Gladstone, Mr Forster, and Mr Burke had been deliberately planned in America, but that at the last moment the sentence against Mr Gladstone had been revoked.

A Sensational Incident. —The Chata let Theatre Paris was recently the scene of a cowardly act of atrocity, which was only prevented from being the cause of a hor rible death by the quickness and presence of mind of a man who stood by. A danseuse, in a piece being played, had to take a flying leap from one si ago to another, suspended by a wire. While she was in the act of swinging the wire broke, and the poor girl would have bean dashed to the stage had she not in her descent been caught with miraculous swiftness by a workman present. It was found 011 inspection that the wire by wh’ch she was to be suspended hud been filed almost through by some fiend, who possibly owed her a grudge.

Not to be Dictated to. —The Press special, wiring from Wellington last night, says “ Sir G. Grey has effectually in serted a wedge, and split up the nascent parly. It is more and more evident that no strong or united opposition can be looked for while he is in the House. Ho cannot be ignored, and ha will follow no leader but himself. So far as the Opposi tion is concerned, he is entirely master of the situation, and holds the balance of power too firmly in his hands for rivals to wrest it away. Ministers, on the other hand, seem to be strengthening their posi tion daily, and my impression that they will be found to have a substantial and re liable majority in the hoar of trial, grows in conviction.

The Woodstock Rush. —The origin of the Woodstock rush, which is said to be progressing very fairly, is stated to have arisen in the following way:—A. couple of Italians, unacquainted with mining, found their way to the old diggings and asked for information as to where they could find gold. The veteran hands, in a half jocular manner, advised the amateurs to leave the foot of Woodstock Hill and try their luck by digging at the terrace. The new chums did so, but were much puzzled what to do with the wash. Experienced advice was called in, and the result was LSO for each of the foreigners for their first week’s work. Such is the sometimes glorious uncertainty of mining. The news soon leaked out, and the rush proper resulted.

How the “Confidence” man was Had. —He was a plain old man from the country ; he wore an old-style broad brim med hat, and his clothes were homespun ; but when a slick-looking stranger stepped up to him and professed to know him, and asked all about his wife and family, and wanted to know when he came down and when he was going back, the old man de clined the proffered hand, and drawing back said, “ That’s all right, young man ; never mind the preliminaries ; git right down to business* ’twonce. You’ve got some goods at the depot and want to pay the freight. Hadn’t got nothin’ Dut a hundred dollar check. Would I hold the check and let you have 60 dollars and 43 cents to pay the freight ? Or p’r’aps you’ve just draw’d a prize in a lottery, and would 1 jes step round with you and see you git the money; or p’r’aps ’ but the confidence man had slipped away ; the granger was too well posted altogether. As i»ie old man gazed after his retreating figure he chuckled out, ‘ Slipped up that time, Mr Bunco, I’m posted—l read the papers. ’ ”

Six hundred English farmers, says an exchange, are en route for Manitoba. It is estimated that the emigration from England to Manitoba will average 1,000 a week during April. The people are pouring into Wir.nepeg at the rate of COO par day, and the churches and public halls are being thrown open to accommodate the crowds.

Holloways Ointment and Pills.— Diseases of the Dowels.—A remedy, which has been tested and proved in a thousand dif ferent ways, capable of eradiating poisonous taints from ulcers and healing them up, men's a trial of its capacity for extracting the internal coemptions from the bowels. On rubbmg Holloway’s Ointment repeatedly on the abdo men a rash appears, and as it thickens the alvine irritability subsides. Acting as a de 'i va-lve, this unguent draws to the surface, re leases the tender intestmes from all acrid mat ters, and prevents inflammation, dysentery, and piles, for which blistering was die old fashioned, though successful treatment, now from its painfulness fallen into d'suse, the dis covery of this Ointment having proclaimed a remedy possessing equally derivative, yet. per fectly painless powers,—[Advt.J

CABLE NEWS.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

[per reuter’s agency.] Safe at Home. London, May 27. Arrived—Ships Mercia from Wel lington, February 2nd ; Waitara, from Wellington, February 7th ; Phas's, from Port Chalmers, February 21st ; Sea-' toller, from Lyttelton, January 3rd ; Loch Fleet, from Bluff, February 6th. Ugly Rumors. London, May 29. A letter appears in this morning’s Times, reiterating, with circumstantial details, the allegations against certain members of the English Eleven which recently visited Australia, with regard to their conduct in connection with the last Australian match. The Crisis becomes More Alarming. London, May 28.

The gravity of the political situation continues to increase, and great alarm prevails on account of the state of anarchy which now exists. The Khe dive, yielding to the prayers of the Notables and the threat of the mili tary, has now consented to the rein statement of Arabi Pasha as Minister of War.

Constantinople, May 29.

Preparations are being made for despatching an Imperial Commission to Egypt, with the view of effecting a settlement of the present crisis. It is believed that the object of the Porte in intervening is to secretly support the military party in Egypt as against the Khedive.

AUSTRALIAN.

[per bbutbu’s agency.] An Unsafe Locality. Sydney, To-day.

Telegrams are to hand from New castle reporting that fully one hundred yards of Ingall street have subsided owing to the fall of a coal pit under neath. No loss of life has occurred, nor has any serious damage been done; but as other streets in the town are completely undermined their position is considered dangerous. The Suez Mails. Melbourne, To-day. Arrived —P. and O. Company’s steamship Peshawar, with the English mails via Suez, dated London, 21st April. Alarming. The Age, in an article to-day, draws attention to the serious danger which threatens Melbourne in consequence of the quantities of detonating explosives which are stored at various places in the city. Sugar for New Zealand. Mauritius advices to the idth'May report that the engagements of sugar for New Zealand consists of 175 tons for Port Chalmers, and 200 tons for Lyttelton.

TELEGRAMS.

[PKU PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Mr Harris’s Electoral Experiences. Auckland, To-day. Mr Harris addressed the North Frank ly n electors at Otahuhu yesterday. He stated that the hearing of the election petition cost him L 360. A vote of confi dence was accorded him. The Maori Murderer. Wellington, To-day. The Government have decided not to interfere in carrying out the law in Hiroki’s case. "The Recent Suicide at Wellington. At the inquest on Nelson John Midge ley, who committed suicide on Saturday, the evidence of the constable who made the inspection was that deceased’s gun was loaded with a ballet, and that the same entered deceased’s skull near the eye. A letter was found addressed by deceased to his father, stating—“ I am heart-sick of this world, and cannot work or rest; so goodbye. ” Deceased also sent a message, and enclosed a second letter to a young lady. A Caution to Publicans. Done cun. To-day. Mr Oarow, R. M., fined a publicaness 50s for allowing Yankee Grab to be played in her licensed house.

EUROPEAN ITEMS.

London,’ May 23. In the House of Commons the progress of the Bill providing for the liquidation of Irish tenants’ arrears of rent is being strenuously opposed by the Tories, who urge that the State should contribute the quota specified in the measure as a loan and not as a gift. Lord Harris has addressed a letter to the newspapers, in which he expresses his opinion that, in the absence of any public disavowal, up to the present, of the collu sion imputed to Shaw’s cricketing eleven, in connection with their visit to the colo nies, each member should make a statu tory declaration denying the charge. Arabi Bey is defying the European powers, and relies on his strength as leading the Nationalist movement in Egypt. M. Leon Say, the Minister of Finance, has withdrawn his resignation.

GOLDEN NEWS FROM THE COAST

We have lately had most cheering news from the west coast of this island, the various items tending to show that a now era of prosperity is dawning upon the re cently much-slighted “ Coast.” Yester day our columns contained particulars of a rich “ find ” in the Keep It Dark claim, at Reef ton ; but from our West Coast ex changes wo learn that the favorable signs are by no means confined to the ground owned by the lucky shareholders of that claim. The Reofton correspondent of the Argus, wiring on the 22nd inat., says :—“ln the Rainy Greek Extended, a reef of good di mensions still continues to the north.”

Speaking of the Golden Point claim, the same authority says;- “The winze from the intermediate level is now down 43ft, and the stone still maintains the ex cellent character noted last week.” “ The last four weeks’ crushing for the Welcome is yet very satisfactory, as showing that from the poorest part of tho mine the stone still averages about 2oz per ton. The directors have declared a dividend of 2s Gd per 15,000 th share.” On the 24th we learn that sinking was being continued in the Wealch of Nations, and payable stone was being stacked in the machine paddock. The West G.nst Times says : “A rush is reported to have taken place in the neighborhood of Coal Creek, beyond Boucher’s Gully, The sinking is about 20 feet, fend one party have obtained fair prospects, with 3 feet of wash.”

Of course such golden prospects have not been allowed to escape the attention of capitalists, and we are therefore not surprised to learn that five new batteciea are about to be supplied to companies in Reefton. These are about to be obtained by the Specimen Hill, Phoenix, Golden Point, Inkermann, and Lankey’s I Creek Cement Company, and when the various orders have been completed there will be at least seventy-five fresh heads of stampers at work in the district.

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL AT AUCKLAND.

Engineer Melville, of the Jeanette, re ports to the American Government that he was the discoverer of De Ling and his boat’s crew, starved to death and frozen, and that he found all the books end papers of the ship’s boats, partly believed also to have perished Among the dead was Jerome O. Collins, the New York Herald correspondent. On May 6th the yacht Cora, belonging to Sir Henry Gore Booth, was preparing to go to the polar ■' regions to render assistance to the Leigh Smith expedition. - • The Corporation of Marseilles has sued the Empress Eugenie for the recovery of the chateau they presented her ; with under the Empire. The Mayor thinks the chateau belongs to the town. All extra precautions have been taken at Woolwich, in consequence of a letter disclosing the intention to blow up the barracks.

There were 3,892 persons evicted in Ireland during the first quarter of 1882. Mr Sihythe, M. P. for 1 Tipperary j vio lently denounced the Land League* in the 1 Commons on the 22nd. In answer to 1 W vote of censure passed on him by the priests of Tipperary for not supporting the organisation, he declared that until “this conspiracy” is demolished, root and branch, Ireland will have no peace. Among the deaths for the-month.era' Count Franz de Cbampagney, a French author: and member of the Academy John Charles Frederick Koellner, the. German astronomer ; and Francis Marie, the wife of Prince William of Wurtem berg, and sister of the Duchess of Albany. In the House of Commons on A;pril 2Sth, Mr Labouchere complained, of the existence of slavery in Hong Kong,-oh. the Gold Coast, and in the Malay States of North Borneo. He said the slave market at Hong Kong supplied -women to Cali fornia, Australia, and China. The Under secretary denied that British officials:' sanctioned slavery. Captain Rondaire’s proposition to make.’ a great inland sea to the south of Algeria, and Tunis by flooding the desert is at- - trading attention, and has been carefully,' discussed by the French Council of Ministers. It would cost about 15,000,000; dols. to carry out the scheme, and eighty years time at most. The House of Commons has passed a Bill authorising the construction of an. electric railway at Charing Cross under the river to Waterloo station.

The Nineteenth, Century, for May, pub lished nearly 500 fresh signatures to the protest against the Channel Tunnel, in cluding the names of many amongst the most distinguished peers and military and naval officers. The President of the Board of Trade announced on the Ist : of May that the Government had concluded to stop the work and await the action of Parliament. ! Vi - Thousands of hands are out of employ ment at the Midlestron works on account of a strike. Gabriel Pavel Khoun, the world-wide known pantomimist, died at Toulon, France, f on May Ist, seventy-two yeiats’ old.

The prospectus of the North-British Borneo Company has been issued. The capital is LI ,000,000 of 100,000 shares. The first issue will be 65,000 shares.

Dr. Lamson was executed on the 28th ult., at nine o’clock. He had a farewell interview with some of his friends. After, a final interview with his wife he wrote to , his friends, virtually admitting his guilt, . and attributing his crime to mental de rangement. He subsequently wrote a de finite confession that he poisoned Percy John, but he denied that be was con cerned in the death of Herbert John. At the scaffold he was so unwell that he had to bo supported by the chaplain and Att wood the executioner. Death was instan taneous. The [latest announcements say that Lamson, before his execution, con fessed his guilt to the chaplain and ac knowledged the justice of his sentence.' The Austran Peichslag has . adopted the proposal which permits the imports- ; tiou of grain duty free into . Tyrol, , Groergs, Cradusa, Trieste, the district of Adesburg, in Oarmola, Dalmatia, and Herzegovina. . The NibiUst assassin who shot General StretnikofF, plundered his apartment and regained the pocket list of revolutionists . in the General’s possession, also the com plete plans he had of the Nihilistic me thods of procedure, and their projects. The loss of these papers is a severe blow" to the authorities. Under cover p£ illu minating the Kremlin at Moscow with the electric light a plot to blow up the whole palace during the coronation festivities oL, • the Czar has been discovered.

For the seventy-two hours ending May Bth nearly 3,000 Chinese had arrived in " California.

Scoville, late counsel for Guiteau, has confessed that he believes his wife (sister of the assassin) is insane. Designing men have prevailed on her to deliver' public lectures regarding her brother’s case. Her husband has protested in vain, and his wife now seeks a divorce from him. .*

Miss Emilie Melville, the prima donna, is a passenger for the colonies by the steamer. ■ '.

The Marquis of Lome and the Princess Louise intend to visit tbe Pacific Cana dian provinces. A terrible cyclone occurred in Alabama on the 24th April. Everything in its course was literally blown to pieces. The width of its course was about twelve miles.

The Electric Lisflit Company, of Massa chusetts, Colonel Fred. Grant, president, has collapsed, owing 150,000d015, with no assets. There are charges of fraud in the management, and the matter will be brought, before the Courts. The question of Canadian independence was debated in the Now Dominion Par liament on the 21st ult. Sir John McDonald, the Premier, contended for the present system of government, be cause if “ we make treaties we would not have power to enforce them, whereas now the treaties we are interested in are en forced by the power of England.” He believed the resolutions pending were bad, and really meant independence of and separation from the mother country. The most serious outbreak ever known iu Arizona has taken place among the Apache Indians. They are robbing and murdering in all directions. Over fifty white persons have been butchered in a few days, and the United States troops are so few as to bo powerless against the savages. The Mayor of Long Island City, New , York, has been arrested for the robbery of 114,000d01s of the municipal funds. Charles Lind, school treasurer at Belle ville, UTnois, has disappeared with 12,000do)s. - A horrible case of ti’Mimdsis occurred at Clyde, Kansas, where a whole family has died from eating the flesh of a hog killed a short time before. The more* meats of trichina in the raw pork could be observed with the naked eye. An attempt has been made ou the Uvea ; of Wiliam H. Vanderbilt .Cyrus W,. Field, by sendmg "explosive migsivps't# ;.p , y their residences, addressed through tfci

TTTTT. ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, TUESDAY, MAY 80, 1882,



ME L. H. WILKINS is authorised to CANVASS and COLLECT AC COUNTS on behalf of The Ashburton Guardian. hU LOCAL INDUSTRY - . John Meech, CABINETMAKER & UPHOLSTERER, Begs to invite his friends to inspect h'S large stock of New and Second-hand Fur niture, consisting of Drawing-room and Bedroom Suites Chiffoniers Book Cases Wardrobes Chests of Drawers ’ Tables Wash Stands c ■ Wood and Iron Bedsteads ' - Cots, Cradles L- * Perambulators ; ' J ' And everything required in household ' f ’ urnishing at the very lowest prices. pmcticahworkmen kept for all kinds of rtrepaircjll 1 . ~ Furniture bought, and high prices. S .jIWB. (■ * Furniture lent, on weekly and monthly paymeotsto F *'- ' . waiijf OHN MEECH, «*»»» the Office. ■ • ■! ' bUh.'>* i-J



Wanted WANTED KNOWN—BOARD and LODGING for two respectable young men, in a private family. For ad dress, apply at Tea and Coffee Rooms, Havelock street. 602 e ANTED—A Furnished COTTAGE, containing from four to six rooms, conveniently situated. Apply Office of this paper. WANTED TO LET—Eight-roomed HOUSE, with SHOP, either part or all. Apply to J. Me'ech, Burnett street. 562 e WANTED KNOWN.—A Circulat ing Library is now open at L. F. Andrewrs’, Bookseller, East street South, Ashburton. A large number of books to choose from. Terms very moderate 74 5d 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. 7600



Special Advertisements. COAL YAK, D. Coals. Coals. Goals. This Undersigned desires to intimate to his Customers and the Public generally that he has OPENED IN THE COAL TRADE, in conjunction with his present TIMBER and FIREWOOD BUSINESS, and has now on Stock and io Arrive, a large supply of the best Newcastle Coals, (From the Old Lambton Mine), which will be delivered to Customers to any part of the Town and Suburbs at the LOWEST POSSIBLE RATES. ALPHEUS HAYES, Timber and Coal Merchant, 4gg 0 East street, Ashburton.



O. Carstens & Co., ■(Lath 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 Orjans, and Toys of every description, direct from Home. Haircutting, Shaving and Shampooing, EAST STREET ASHPURTON. 257 a



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imw w £JANTERBURY MUSIC DEPOT. ASHBURTON BRANCH. Milner & Thompson Desire to inform the residents of Ash urton and surrounding districts that they have appointed Mr H. M. JONES their sole Agent for this district, and invite nspection of the Instruments, Music, &c., now displayed in the SHOW BOOM, above Mr Jones’ Shop. PIANOS by all the best makers— Broadwood, Collard and Collard, Erard, Pleyel, Bord, Challen and Sons, Ascher burg, Lipp and Sohn, Chappell, Ronisch, Bechstein, Kapp, and others. Sole Agent for John Brinsmead’s Gold Medal Pianos. Specialities Our Dresden Model Pianos, which took First Award of Merit at the Ashburton Exhibition, from £35 to £55. Harmoniums and Organs, from £7 10s to £6O. ORGANS. ORGANS. Organs now on Sale at Ll2 12s. A perfect Gem, L 25. PIANOS. PIANOS. New Stock, just opened up. The above Instruments can bo pur chased on Deferred Payment from 20s per month. Orders for Toning executed by a fint-cla . »cf«aionaU Pianos ort Hire.



Special Advertisements. TinflE NEW ZEALAND GRAIN 1 AGENCY AND MERCANTILE COMPANY, LIMITED. Of A AAA TO LEND, in sums of £50,000 £3OO And upwards, on the security of Freehold Property, at Lowest Current Rates. ADVANCES to FARMERS are also made on Growing CROPS of Grain ; and also on Growing Clips of WOOL. Seed Wheat, Oats, and Barley supplied to farmers on most favorable terms. They have For Sale at Lowest Rates— FEED OATS CHICK WHEAT FLOUR, BRAN & SHARPS CEMENT. WILLIAM HORNE, 518 e Agent. SCHOOL BOOKS. SCHOOL STATIONERY. SCHOOL COMMITTEES SUPPLIED. Foolscap from 16s per Ream, Cash. Envelopes ~ Gs 6d per 1,000 ~ Note Paper, Five Quires, Is ~ A GOOD ASSORTMENT of Ledgers, Cash, Day Books, and Ledger Books IN STOCK. Toys Fancy Goods, Crewel Wools, &c. FT. M. Jones. StAIIONEE AND BOOKSELLEE, 293 d



ROBERTS, PAXTON & CO. ARE CASH PURCHASERS OF WHEAT BARLEY OATS GRASS SEED AT HIGHEST MARKET RATES. ADVANCES ON GROWING CROPS. Tho Undersigned are prepared to make liberal Cash Advances against Growing Crops during the ensuing Season. ROBERTS, PAXTON & CO. Offices : Manchester street, Christchurch, two' doors south of Messrs P. Cunningham and Co.’s. 30e



ANDREWES BROS. (Late L. F. Andrewes), BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS, AND NEWS-AGENTS, East street South, Ashburton. School-books and Stationery of Every Description. School Committees sup plied. Hymn and Prayer-books of Every Kind. Children’s Picture and Story Books. American Novelties, just arrived. Journals, Magazines, and Homo Papers every Mail. A large assortment of Maori Photographs, including Te Whiti and other Chiefs. N.B.—All orders attended to without delay. 3340



jsr ° T _ l 0 ASHBURTON COAL AND FIREWOOD DEPOT E. B. S. Bean (Late of Montgomery and Co., Limited), HAS .COMMENCED BUSINESS as above, next to Mr Jos. Clark’s Office, in WEST STREET, and hopes, by civility and attention, to merit a fair share of public support. Agent for the Springfield Coal Co. Coal,Firewood, Posts, Rails, Stakes, &c. Orders taken for Bricks, Cement, Lime, Timber, Ac. Oats, Bran, Chaff, Chicken Wheat, &c. Note the Address —: NEXT MR JOSEPH CLARK’S, WEST STREET. 181 e



Gr. Adams & Go., PRACTICAL ENGLISH WATCH MAKERS, JEWELLERS, AND IMPORTERS, HIGH STREET (Next W. J, Fiahcr.s), Christchurch. Rotherham’s English Lever Watches, guaranteed genuine, capped and jewelled, £5 10s to £lO 10s. American Waltham Lever Watches, of world-wide celebrity, English Hall-marked cases, £3 10s to £5 10s. N.B. —See that the words “ Wal tham, Mass. ” are engraved on the works. None are genuine without. Ladies’ Watches, in gold or silver cases, from 455., 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. 4710



H PALACE. This is a very good world that we live in, To lend, or to spend, or to give in ; But to beg, or to borrow, or to get back one’s It’s the very worst world that ever was known But this does not alter the fact that 0. HAWKINS, Boot and Shoemaker, East street, Ashburton, and Archibald street, Tinwald, SELLS, or rather GIVES, away at a nominal rate, Boots and Shoes for CASH ONLY. So roll up and buy your boots where you can get a perfect fit. 998 c ZEALAND RAILWAYS. (Christchurch Section.) SOUTH CANTERBURY STEEPLE CHASE MEETING, AT TIMARU, Ist JUNE, 1882. ORDINARY SINGLE FARE TIC KETS to Timaru, issued at Christchurch, Dunedin, or any Intermediate Station, on May 31st or June Ist, will bo AVAIL ABLE FOR RETURN up to and includ ing June 2nd. The South Express train will stop at Washdyke on Ist June, and Passengers can join a Special Train for the Race course platform at Washdyke. Passen gers from the Racecourse platform for north of Washdyke, leave by Special Train at 435 p.m., and transfer at Wash dyke into the 435 p.m. Train from Timaru to Ashburton. FREDK. BACK, Traffic Manager. District Traffic Manager’s Office, Christchurch, May 26th, 1882, 597 e Government publications. District Court Rules, Land Transfer Handy-Book and Acts, Joint Stock Com panies Acts, &0,, on Sale at Office of this Pape? own.



Special Advertisements. * LL ACCOUNTS due to Dr Murdoch _£A_ must be PAID within fourteen days from date to the undersigned, otherwise legal proceedings will be taken for their recovery. POYNTZ & CO. |J| AK E NOTICE. Everett Brothers Are still in Ashburton, and are SELLING AS CHEAP AS EVER. Spkoiat, : CALICOES FLANNELS WINCEYS, and DRESS STUFFS. Bauqains in LADIES’ ULSTERS, COSTUMES, and WINTER SKIRTS. We have still a Large Stock of MEN’S SHIRTS, HATS, HOSIERY, &c. Note the address ; EVERETT BROS., Havelock street, Next Harrison’s Auction Rooms.



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