SHIPPING.

POST OF LYTTELTON. j ? Arrived. Saturday. •' 1 ■ Westport, 3.3., from Wellington. «! r . Yesterday. 1: Penguin, s.s., from Wellington, t *> Sailed. Yesterday. Penguin, s.s., for Wellington. Westport, s. s., for Tiraaru. Go-Ahead, s.s., for Timaru. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Wellington, Yesterday. Arrived —Grafton, from the South. Sailed —Malay, barque, for Lyttelton ; Grafton, for the West Coast. H.M.S. Nelson sails for Auckland direct, not Lyttelton, as previously tele graphed. It is understood she leaves to morrow night. , Dunedin, June 10. Sailed—Mataura, barque, for London, + with 9,767 ounces gold. 3834 frozen sheep, ' 27 kegs butter, 6 carcases beef, and other cargo.

COMMERCIAL.

Ashburton Guardian Office, Monday Afternoon.

Mr T. Bullock reports, for the week ending June loth Horse Market—At the Bazaar, Burnett street, on Saturday, on account of the inclemency of the weather, very few horses were entered, viz., 23, and only a moderate at _ tendance. Nevertheless, there was a decided imprjvement in the demand for medium . draught horses for ploughing purposes, and bet . ter prices were obtained than at previous sales, ... in fact there were more buyers of this descrip ’ tion of stock than sellers. All medium draughts entered were cleared at prices which I give below. For hacks and inferior description of . horses, there was no demand whatever, and • are still very difficult to get rid of even at ' very low prices, farmers preferring to buy from . three to four year olds], rather than purchase ■ aged horses at low prices. Out of tha total number entered (23), I sold 13. Medium draughts, LlB, Ll 9, L 22 103; aged and m fcrior draughts, L 9 lO ’> 1-9 1 5 s - L 9 is s > Liq, Ln 105. Hacks, 2at L 5 each ; low condi ., tioned and weeds, several were sold at from L2 103 to I t Mr Alfred Harrison reports having held a sale of furniture and efiects at Mrs Honor’s residence, when all lots offered sold at very good prices, the piano bringing L 27. Satur day, June 10th. Weekly Sale. Several draughts and hacks sold, prices unimportant. Pigs sold well, from 7s 6d to 20s. Fowls, is 6d to 2s 6d. Implements—Double-furrow . Keid and Grey, L 7 15s; harrows, 303 to 160 s. ' Carcase pork, to per lb; good bacon pigs always sell well. Rabbits, is 6d per pair. Potatoes, 50s to 603 per ton. Chick wheat, 3s to 4s per bushel. Apples, ros to!2s per case. Onions, id. Cheese, s c h Tea, 2is, guaranteed. Harness, furniture, and sundries sold well; a’so a large quantity of fruit trees. The attendance was very heavy, and so was the mud, though this did not make any difference, as a really good sale eventu ated. ———.

MAIL NOTICES.

MniTa close at the Ashburton Post Office u follows: — For Christchurch and North at 6.30 a. m. 10.80 a.nu, and 6 p.m., daily. For Chertsey Rakaia, &c., at 10.30 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily. , For Dunedin, Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine, at 10 a.m. daily. For Temuka, at 6.30 a.m. and 10 a.m., ally. i For Timaru and South, at 6.30 a.m., 10 *,m., and 4.30 p.m., daily. ;! For Greenstreet, Ashburton iorks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge, 53 Tuesdays and Fridays, at 10.30 a. m. For Ashton, Waterton and Longbeach, »t 4.30 p.m. daily. For Flemington, on Mondays, Wednes days, and Fridays, at 430 p. in. For Wakanui, Elgin, Seafield, New- Jand, and Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6.30 a. m.

Mnila arrive at the Ashburton Post ■ From Christchurch and Rakaia at 10.25 4.40 p.m., and 7.50 p.m. From Ohertsey, &<x at 10.25 a.m. and 440 p.m. daily. From Dunedin and intermediate places at 5.35 p.m. daily. From Temuka and Timaru at 10. oO a. m. 5.35 p m , and 8.15 p.m. daily. From Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and 'Ashburton Gorge on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 3 p.m. 3 From Ashton, Watorton, and Long headi at 10 a.m. daily. , From Flemington' on Tuesdays, Thurs days, .and Saturdays, at 10 a, m. /From Elgin, Wakanui, Seafield, New and, and Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 4 p.m. T> • IW. St. G. Douglas, J Postmaster

DAILY MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALES / : Satdbday, June 17. Wtr T. Bullock, at the Bazaar—Horses ; 1.30 p. m. MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS, &c A. To-NIGHT, ■ Monday, June 32. Borough Council, at Borough Council Chambers, at 7 o’clock. Feiday, June 16. Masonic Concert —Masonic Hall, Tan cred street; 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 4. »shburton Permanent Building and In vestment Society, Monthly Meeting, from 6.30 to 8.30 p.m. t Wednesday, July 5. C-drity Council, at the County Council Chambers, at 11 o'clock. Thuesday, July 6. . Wakanui Road Board—Monthly Meeting, Road Board Office, Moore street

TRAVELLERS’ GUIDE.

Peains Leave Ashburton for Christ church and intermediate stations at 7.10 a.n*., 11 a.m., and (Express)s.4o p.m. ' Train 9 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. bains Arrive at Ashburton from Christchurch at 10 20 a.m. (Express), 435p.m., and 7.50 p. m. Trains Arrive at Ashburton prom Timaru and South at 10.45 a.m., 5.28 p.m. (Express), and 8.10 p.m.

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The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas Et Prevalebit MONDAY, JUNE 12, 1882. Religion and Science.

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

At the nomination of candidates for the Wakanui seat, on Saturday last, one of them, Mr Ivess, must have felt par ticularly uncomfortable. He met face to face his opponent Mr Saunders, and not one word did he utter in support of the unwarrantable accusations made in the columns of his paper against Mr Saunders, and which the latter so ably refuted. This was the only occasion during the campaign that the two can didates could meet together and sup port or disprove the accusations brought forward for party purposes by the tactics of unscrupulous supporters. Being in the presence of a man who had no fear whilst in open combat, Mr Ivess very discreetly kept silence, and depended upon the majority of the meeting, who were evidently carted there for the purpose, to do the dirty work of abuse, interruption, or, in fact, just what could be expected from such a choice selection of his sup porters, many of whom had no votes. Mr Ivess, in fact, was particularly lamb like, and never even attempted to say anything disparaging about his op ponent more than he could possibly help. In fact it was a pleasant sur prise as far as it went, but it was only natural after all. Mr Saunders, on the other hand, spoke out manfully, and defended himself and proved beyond a doubt that he had been grossly mis represented by our contemporary, and that no one was responsible for this but his opponent, the proprietor, Mr Ivess. The latter of course indignantly denied ever having written one word against Mr Saunders in his own paper, but he never denied the fact that he paid others to do so for him. Everything may be fair in war or politics, but it is manifestly unfair to endeavor to scatter broadcast through the medium of a public print base and slanderous state ments for purely party purposes. Mr Saunders unmistakeably proved that no later than on Saturday last his speech, as reported in Mr Ivess’ paper, was untruthfully printed. It was dis torted in such a way as to convey the very opposite meaning to that which the speaker intended in many points. Particularly in reference to the question of block votes, where our contempory states that “ He (Mr Saunders) then proceeded to refer to a certain denomi national vote, indulging in a most un called-for and and out-of-place invective on the tenets of such denomination, which was received with marks of disapproval on all sides at the hands of the audience.” Now, as a matter of fact, Mr Saun ders did not say one word against any denomination. He treated the question of religious block- voting generally in its political aspect, and gave it as his opinion that a block vote belonging virtually to a foreign potentate, as he took the Catholic vote to be, was a dangerous interference with our political liberty in a British colony. He spoke with equal disfavor of all denominational block voting, but neve* singled out the Catholic tenets for his “ invectivencss.” As far as interruption on the part of the audience is concerned, that gees for nothing, when it is con sidered that those few who made it were not in a state such as to expect from them anything more becoming. This, as well as very many other misstatements, Mr Saunders clearly proved were inserted in Mr Ivess’s paper, but in the face of this, one of Mr Ivess’s employees actually has the ef frontery to stand up and dispute facts with Mr Saunders, claiming that as he was the writer of the report in question, it must be true. “Science,” says this young man, “ never tells lies, and my short-hand reports are the effects of science.” The science in this case evidently consisted of “ party science” in more senses than one, and Mr Saun ders’ treatment of this kind of science was particularly agreeable to the audi ence, if not so agreeable to the em ployee and employer. Those who were present on Saturday and who attended Mr Saunders’ meeting on Wednesday last at the Town Hall, will recognise, with us, the justice of defending Mr Saunders when wilfully represented in a false light, and made to utter statements unworthy of the honorable statesman that he undoubtedly is.

Clean Sheet. —There was no business of any kind at the Court to-day. Tenders. Tenders are invited by Messrs Matson, Cox and Co. for erection of a six-roomed cottage. Catholic Church, Rakaia. —lt is an nounced that mass will be held at- the Catholic Church, Rakaia, on the fourth Sunday in the month as usual This will be June 25th. Suicide or a New Chum. —News is to hand from Wellington that H. G. Mackay, carpenter, aged 23, and who only arrived from Glasgow by the ship Westland the other day, got out of bed at eight o’clock yesterday morning, and deliberately cut his throat. His wife was too late to pre vent the rash act. Deceased was a very sober man, but subject to fits of melan choly, and inclined to take a desponding view of things.

The English Mail. —Mails for the United Kingdom, Continent of Europe, and America, via San Francisco, will close at the Ashburton Post Office on Sa turday next, at 10 30 a.m. WaKanui Election. —In our report of the nominations at the Saleyards on Satur day, one or two errors crept into print owing to the hurried manner in which the report had to be written out to insure publication the same night. Our reporter is not to blame for the mistakes—which occurred in the reading of the proofs. 'The errors occur in Mr Saunders’ re marks. Mr Saunders is made to say, in the first place, referring to the political contest, that he had been “ pelted with stones by a young man calling himself a gentleman.” The word young was not used at all, and was certainly not on our reporter’s notes. The second mistake is again in Mr Saunders’ speech. of Mr Ivesa, Mr Saunders said, “He talked about being more liberal when the colony was spending annually' L 600,000 of horroived money.” In the report the words “of borrowed money’’ were left out in the proof, although they oc curred in the copy. Upper Ashburton Road Board. —A meeting of the above Beard took place on Thursday. Present Messrs M‘Lean (Chairman), 0. J. Harper, and M. Stitt. Tenders were opened for shingling a por tion of the Hackthorn road. Hinds, as as follows John Devery, Is Id per cubic yard; John Boyle, Is l|d ; Hugh Rainey, Is 1-Jrd ; Emile Jansen, Is 2d ; Michael M‘Avery, Is 3M ; Furneaux and Dunlop, Is 4d; John Black, 1s 4d ; Robert Ben nett, la 4d ; James Daly, Is 6d per cubic yard. Mr John Devery’s tender, being the lowest, was accepted. Mount Somers Licensing Committee. —The annual meeting cf the Mount Somers Licensing Committee was held on Friday at the Road Board office. Mount Somers. Present —Messrs Peaohe (Chair man), W. C. Walker, and I. E. Taylor. Mr John Bowick applied for a renewal of the license of the Alford Forest Hotel. No objections being raised by the police, the application was granted. Mr John Hood a similar application respect ing his house at Mount Somers. No ob jection. Granted. Mr Robert Yinsen, Spread Eagle Hotel, Ashburton Forks, applied for o permanent license, he being the holder of a temporary transfer only from Mr Tisch. The application was opposed by the police on the ground that the applicant, while lessee of the White Hurt Hotel Billiard Room, Christchurch, permitted persons to assemble at the room for gambling purposes. The Bench granted the license, but warned the appli cant that it would be withdrawn in the event of any complaints arising respecting gambling at the Spread Eagle. This was all the business, and the meeting ad journed. Educational. —At a meeting of the Auckland Board of Education on Satur day, it was decided that one book only and one set of books only, on each subject, should bo used in the Board schools. Social Whitewashing. —The Public Offenders Disqualification Act Amendment Bill, introduced by Mr Levestam, provides that persona who have been convicted of felony, but have undergone their punish ment, shall bo restored to full civil rights as if they had received a free pardon, except that this shall not apply to capital crimes.

Political Gossip. —lt is now prettly well understood (says the Press special, wiring from Wellington under yesterday’s date,) that Government will bring down a Bill providing for payment of members, but nothing has officially transpired be yond the few remarks made in the House to-day, when Mr Seddon consented to postpone his Bill on the intimation of Ministers that they intended dealing with the question, I believe there is some hesitation in the Cabinet as to whether members’ salaries should be fixed by statute at L2OO, L 250, or L3OO per annum.

Mr Saunders’ Addresses to the Electors. —Mr Saundera will address the Wakanui electors at Rakaia this evening, and at Pendarves schoolroom to-morrow evening.

Pugilistic. —Jem Mace, the last holder of the champion belt of the now defunct English Prize Ring, and a celebrated “ bruiser,” was a passenger by the express for the south to-day. An Unfortunate Dismount. —Mr H. M. -Baker left his home at Windwhistle on May 17th for Coalgato. On the way he dismounted, and whilst attempting to remount, the heavy nor’-west wind blew the tail of his overcoat in the horse’s face, which caused it to bolt before deceased was again in the saddle, and he, being violently thrown, sustained a compound fracture of the left leg, the bone protrud ing. He laid on the ground oooeying for about two hours when the attention of a shepherd was attracted to him, and he was put into a light trap and brought to Coal gate, and from thence per rail to the Christchurch Hospital the same evening. On Friday he died, and at the inquest on Saturday a verdict of “ Accidental death ” was returned. Mount Somers Mutual Improvement. Societv. —The ordinary meeting of the above Society was held in the Mount Somers schoolroom, on Friday, 9th inst. There was a very good attendance of members. The President, Mr W. H. Puddicombo, having taken the chair, the following busi ness was transacted :—Mr W. Edsongave notice that at next meeting he would move, that the committee be requested to get up an entertainment in aid of the funds of the Society. A deputation was appointed to arrange with the Alford Forest Society about the division of pro perty. A debate on Protection v. Free trade (applying to the colonies), was then taken up, Mr W. Easton favoring Pro tection, aud Mr G. Long taking up Free trade. Both speakers having exhausted their stock of argument, the opinion of the meeting was taken, and was found to be in favor of Protection. Mr Puddi corabe and Mr Williams each gave a read ing, which were much appreciated. It was resolved that at next meeting the ad vantages of “Smoking against Non-Smok ing ” should form the subject of debate, Mr Easton taking up the cudgels for the for the weed, Mr Williams arguing the other side of the question. Mr S. M'Lymout will also read an essay on “ Practical Agriculture ”at next meeting. A vote of thanks being given to the chair man, the meeting broke up, a very enjoy able evening having been passed. To the circular has been addressed by the Government Insur ance Department to all the temperance societies in the colony, advising them that in future total abstainers who insure with the department will have special privi leges, and be classed separately. Ordi nary rates will be charged, but at each quinquennial investigation the policies will be valued separately from others, and the whole ot the profits accruing therefrom will be divided amongst the total abstin ence insurers.

Elgin School Committee. —The ordi nary monthly meeting of the Elgin School Committee was held on Wednesday last, in the schoolhouse. Present—Messrs John Cochrane (Chairman), Andrew Letham, and David Cochrane. The Chairman stated that he had got firewood and other things asked for at last meeting, and bad had shingle laid at the school door, which was very much needed in such weather. The actions of tho chairman were approved of. A letter was read from the master, asking for sundry articles, which the Chairman was instructed to attend to. The accounts having boon passed for payment, the Committee ad journed to Wednesday the sth July.

Oamaru Steelechases. —The following is the result: —Oamaru Steeplechase Han dicap—Clarence, 1; Baron, 2 ; Trovatore 3. Maiden Plate—Rattler, 1 ; Wild Boy, 2 ; A.G., 3.

The Late Accident to Dr Ross.— We are glad to learn that Dr Ross is pro gressing favorably towards recovery, and hopes to be able to resume practice in about a fortnight’s time. In the interval, Dr Partrige, who recently arrived from Home, will act for Dr Ross. The Battle Day. —Elsewhere will be found notified the official result of the nominations on Saturday for the Wakanui seat and a list of the polling places. The poll, as previously announced, will take place .on Friday, June 16th, and the offi cial declaration of the result will be made on Saturday, June 17th, at the saleyards. The Blue Mark. Considerable curiosity has been excited recently by all the letters passing through the post office being marked with blue pencil. We be lieve that instructions have been received to record the number and weight of all stamped articles posted at the different offices for a stated period, and also the Value of stamps affixed thereto, dis tinguishing the different classes of corres pondence ; and the blue pencil-marks re ferred to are to show that the letters, etc., have been thus dealt with. Since the de cision that all the proceeds from stamp sales shall be classed simply as “ stamp re venue,” there is no other method of de termining the amount of revenue derived from?stamps used for postal purposes.

In Mbmorium. —The following account of the gathering at the Christchurch Ex hibition on Saturday is abridged from the Press :—ln accordance with the request of a deputation of Italian residents the pro moters, through M. Joubert, placed the concert hall at their disposal, for what may bo called a requiem gathering, to ex press the sorrow felt by them at the death of Italy’s greatest son Giuseppe Garibaldi. The arrangements made were, although novel to British ideas, most complete. In the centre of the concert hall a platform was erected, upon which was placed a coffin, on the lid and around the sides of which were white camelias and laurels. The platform under the coffin was draped with a black velvet pall, while at each end of the coffin was the Italian colors draped in crape. The sides and ends of the platform also bore rosettes of the Italian colors. On the lid of the coffin was the historical red shut and a sword, and at the end, a crape wreathed picture of Garibaldi. The floor of the platform was carpeted with the flags of all nations, and generally the effect was exceedingly good. Captain Da Montalk, who fought with Garibaldi in many of his campaigns, took a lively interest in the (movement, and rendered valuable assistance. Chairs were disposed around the bier in the form of a square for the accommodation of the Italian residents who took part in the ceremony. Captain Do Montalk, ad dressing the audience, said : “I need not state why the flag of Italy to-day droops half-mast high ! A warrior has gone full full of years to his rest, and a nation weeps. Not alone does Italy weep—the sister nations of the world also lament. VVe, as representing a distant section of the Italian nation, divided from those classic shores by many a league of ocean ; we, small in numbers but warm in heart, assemble to pay our homage to de parted greatness. Naples is free, Rome also is free, and Italy herself is. free, from the mountains to the sea, but the chains of Death bind the Liberator of his country. His was not the fate to fall fighting for the cause he loved so well — the cause of freedom—the cause of op pressed nationalities. America, Italy, and France have seen his banners wave, his followers advance to glory and the soldier’s grave ; his stormy span of life is ended, his body, marked with many a scar in battle gained, rests in the peaceful tomb.” Several other speakers followed, The Austrian Band playing appropriate selections at intervals. The Italian court was draped in black.

CABLE NEWS.

LATbST FROM EUROPE [per reutbr’s agency.] Unhappy Ireland. London, June 9. The intelligence to hand from Ire land is again indicating a serious in crease in the number of agrarian out rages in the western district. Yesterday one farmer was murdered, and two others seriously wounded. The causes of the outrages are not definitely known, and the assailants are still at large. Wheat and Wool. The total quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain is 2,040,000 quarters, being 10,000 quarters more than the amount afloat last week. At to-day’s wool auction 10,800 bales were offered. A firm and active demand was again experienced. Obituary. Obituary.—Mr John Scott-Russell, the well-known engineer and naval architect, aged 74. The Colonist’s Progress. London, June 10. Telegrams from Belgium state that Sir Henry Parkes has visited other towns in that country, and has received receptions at each place.

A Misunderstanding. The cricket match Australia v. Not tingham was resumed to-day at Not tingham. The weather was fine, but the wicket was heavy, owing to the rain which fell on the day previous. The attendance of spectators was enor mous. The Home team resumed their first innings, which closed for a total of no runs, as against 142 of the Aus tralians. The latter then went in for their second innings, and were all dis posed of for 106 runs, Connor being highest scorer with 39 (caught). When time was called the Notts eleven had scored 12 runs for the loss of one wicket. The match was consequently drawn, the Home team requiring 127 runs to win. A misunderstanding oc curred during the progress of the play to-day, owing to the accidental exclu sion of some of the Australians from the luncheon tent. Murdoch twice refused to accept the apologies of the Nottingham committee for the occur rence.

The Turkish Commission. Alexandria, June 9. Dervish Pasha and the other mem bers of the Turkish mission in Egypt, have been received by the Khedive. At the interviews which have taken place Dervish Pasha has spoken firmly with regard to the intention of the Porte in reference to a settlement of the present crisis in Egypt, but has not yet indicated whether any further steps will be taken.

TELEGRAMS.

[per press association.] Mail Coaches Exempt. Wellington, To-day. In the Appeal Court this morning;

judgment was given in the case Hibiry v. M'Ara. The action was brought to re cover tolls of which payment had been re fused by the defendant, on the ground that since the coming into force of ih) Post Office Act, 1881, his coaches (carrying the mails) were exempt from tolls. The Court found for defendant, holding that all vehicles carrying mails are exempt from tolls.

Te Whiti and Tohu Visit Their “ Colored Brethren.” Dunedin, To-day.

Te Whiti and Tohu visited the Maori Kaik on Saturday, and were received cor dially by the natives. Subsequently Charles Wesley, the well-known chief took them severely to task for their past conduct. Te Whiti made no reply, but Tohu said he and Te Whiti were dead to all intents and purposes, and nothing said to them now could be of any avail- They did not seem discontented with the result of their visit. A Substantial Help. Friday’s concert realised nearly LIOO for the Timarn Relief Fund.

CORRESPONDENCE.

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

SATURDAYS NOMINATIONS.

To the Editor.

Sib, —In your notice of the nomination, issued so promptly after the proceedings closed, I observe two errors, which it will perhaps be safer to point out at once. Your reporter makes me say that 1 had never been a bullock-driver; but I did not say that. I saw at least one old Nelson settler at the nomination who knows that that was one of the first avocations I took to after landing in Nelson in 1842, and although, like most other persons, I ex changed my bullocks for horses as the roads were improved, 1 have no desire to conceal the fact that some of my early days were spent in wading, by the side of my bullocks, through the early Nelson mud tracks. A more important error reverses what I said about Mr Brown’s speech. What I said was that whilst Mr Brown in his speech was ready to draw on our imagination as to the great things Mr Ivess would do in the future, he cleverly avoided calling our attention to the fact that he had done nothing, with all his great opportunities, in the past. -- I am, etc , Alfred Saunders.

HE ONLY WANTS A TRIAL.

To the Editor.

Sir, —At the nomination on Saturday Mr Brown avoided and Mr Saunders called attention to a fact which should receive the attention of Wakanni electors at this juncture—l refer to the barren ness of Mr Ivesa’ past public life. His great journalistic advantages on the West Coast and elsewhere ; his five years in the Nelson Provincial Council ; and his years in the Ashburton Borough Council, are all admittedly barren ; and we are asked “ to give him a trial ” now, as if he had never been tried before and found wanting ! But I was glad to hear Mr Ivess pay such a high compliment to the Guardian as he did, when he told us that whenever he was misrepresented there he wrote to the Editor, and corrected it at once. He, perhaps, did not see what a strong proof he was giving us that he was very rarely misrepresented, and that ho could rely implicitly on your justice to put matters right whenever he was. I had long before been struck with the fact that Mr Ivess and his friends are so conscious of this that they always send you a long and often not very courteous grumble about everything that is not exactly to their taste in The Guardian, whilst vve hardly ever see even the most sensitive and inex perienced man attempt to do the same thing in what that outspoken honest man, Mr Megson, calls, in homely language, “the great liar of Ashburton.” I was considerably amused at Mr Ivess’a sugges tion to Mr Saunders, that he (the latter) should become a tii-weekly correspondent of the Ashburton Mail, and occupy a large part of his time in proving the fallacy of that organ’s reports, accusations, articles, and extracts. As the same pro cess would no doubt require - to be con tinued after the election, Mr Saunders’ constituents would, I think, very justly conclude that he had little time left for attention to their business. —I am, etc., Residential,

MR IVESS AT RAKAIA.

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

Mr Ivess addressed the Wakanui elec tors at the Town Hall on Saturday night. About 150 were present, Mr C. A. Hardy in the chair. Mr Ivess’ speech was pretty much the same as his previous speeches, except that he spoke of the unfairness of the Government charging LlO per acre to cottagers for village settlements while land alongside was sold to speculators at L2—clap trap to please 20 or 30 Rakaia voters. The meeting was very quiet, and only two or three questions, of no impor tance, were put. At the conclusion of the address, it was moved by Mr William Morrow and seconded by Mr Daniel Doolan—“ That Mr Ivess is the most suitable candidate to represent Wakanui in Parliament. ” As the meeting seemed perfectly indifferent, there was no amend ment proposed, and on the motion being put, 22 hands were held up for it, and none against. A vote of thanks to the chair terminated the proceedings.

THE WOODSTOCK RUSH.

The “ own correspondent ” of the Lyttelton Times writing under the dates June 2nd and June Bth respectively, says: —The rush is progressing favorably. A large number of claims have bottomed on payable gold since I last wrote, and a few have not proved payable. But people’s ideas here of what is payable and what is not payable are very differ ent from what they would be in some parts of the world. For instance, I heard the other day of a man abandoning his share in a claim, because it only paid him L2 a week, and it would not pay hiip to work for L2 a week he said. You may judge from this of the deplorable state to which working men in Westland are reduced.

We have not as yet found much benefit from the now rush in Hokitika, as the work hitherto done has been chiefly preparatory, but when the water is got in, and the claims are in full work, then we shall find a change. The popu lation of the new rush consists mainly of West Coasters, and we have yet seen nothing of the promised influx from Victoria and New South Wales. The re turns hitherto have not been sufficiently large to attract miners from a distance. The advantage of the discovery of a new goldfield is that it gives employment to a number of those who have for some time past been either unemployed or employed unprofitably. A large number of our miners have been working at claims which gave very small returns ; most of these men have gone to the new rush. The extent of ground now proved will give profitable employment to the men working it for some years to come. It would be well if Canterbury men who have had no experience in gold mining, were to associate with some old West Coasters, as I hear that one party of Canterbury men have sunk a shaft three times the usual size. The shaft has been described to me as a regular paddock, being 9ft by sft instead of 6ft by 3ft. This involves an immense waste ;

of labor and time, and should the claim prove a duffer a corresponding amount of discouragement. I have so frequently warned men not to come over here unless they Imre the means of supporting themselves for”some weeks at least, that it is wearisome to have to repeat the warning. But I" have heard to-day of two young fellows from Canterbury who were wandering about absolutely destitute, without the means of procuring a meal, and they were in* debted to the charity of an hotel keeper for a bed and a breakfast. One of them I heard was evidently well educated. The Intngah.ua Herald of the 6th inst. says that the advance in the Keep-It- Dark scrip is inconsequential relatively to the vast increase in the yield. Fully 300 ozs. of gold are said to have been obtained on Friday and Saturday ; while parties working in the mine are prepared to pick a ton of stone which will yield a hundred-weight of gold. A 31st division of 3s per scrip has been declared, equal to L 3,000

TIP FOR THE WAKANUI FORCED STAKES.

[By Early Bird.] The nominations for this event' being now in the hands of the secretary, Mr Jameson, and having seen both competi tors put through their facings, T think I may venture to present your sporting readers with the “ straight tip.” And, doubtless, when they remember how cor rect I was in my estimate of the staying powers of those animals' engaged in the Wajcanui Cup last December, they may be inclined to place some little, faitht in my present attempt at winner-finding. Before coming to the two names which will figure on the card on the 16th inst., I may as well say, by way of preface, that the stake has not filled so well as was at one time anticipated. Mr Golly made it public, in an obscure sort of way, that he was going to send one for the coveted prize; and I also saw, through the me dium of your columns, that Mr Phil MoGrar was going to have a cut in with his rather wiry-looking little wild Mur tagh. But neither owner has troubled the secretary, and it follows, as a natural sequence, that no animal owned by them will trouble the judge, and, just as natur ally, that neither of them now trouble me in my avocation of ** tipster." To come, then, to the pair who will, in all proba bility, come to the scratch on the eventful day. The first to catch the eye—on the card, that is—will be ' s

Mr J. Plausible’s blk g Jim the Dodger —by The Vagabond oiifc of Fallacy, by Protection, by Slander; his dam by Vituperation by Wrang ler. Weight—Burked 00-operation, misrepresentation, the evils of Pro* tection, and general uselessness. Mr A. Saunders’ br h The States man—by The Worker out of Per tinacity, by The Prophet, by Al. ; his dam by Freetrader by Ace of Trumps. Weight—many years of unselfish devotion to the interests of the State, economy in the public expenditure, and Frestrade for the farmer.

Of the performance of the first-named candidate, I need not here dilate at length, as I so fully detailed them when estimating-his chance for the recently-run Wakanui Cup ; and of his two perform ances for money since I need only , say that he has started for two prizes—viz., the Borough Licensing Stakes and the Licensing Stakes for the County of Ash burton, in the former of which he ran a rogue and finished, if I remember rightly, absolutely last. In the latter event .-hp, by dint of hard riding, and much persua sion contrived to secure the honor of last place. And it must be remembered that the convincing ground for both races was within districts in which he was. well known, but he did not go down with the public, in fact, they would have nothing to do with him, and the result proved that those who knew him best formed a correct estimate of his abilities. Of his prepara tion for the event under notice, I am free to confess I know very little. On Satur day last it was decided that the two com petitors should have a canter in com pany, and a goodly number were present to ste how they would shape. But The Dodger disappointed his backers terribly. As soon as the old horse got at him, he at once “ caved,” and refused to try a yard, while his opponent fairly romped over him, and finished full of running, amidst the moat hearty plaudits and congratula tions of his friends, and even many ardent supporters of the other stable-* expressed their admiration at his fine free style of going, and he has hardened considerably in the betting since. I have also been present at one or two of The Dodger’s earlier public trials, and his style of going on these occasions certainly did not impress me any more favorably than did his efforts in the early park of the season—in fact, the only thing .w.hicJv his canters did was to confirm me in the. suspicion which I formed of him long since, viz.—that he would develop into a confirmed “ roarer," and this I have no hesitation in affirming has proved the case. While stating that he has not done much in public, I am informed, on good aatfao-*- rity, that his owner has frequently trotted him out in private. I am advised, that &- few supporters of the stable in the out districts, proud of their favorite, haye invited his owner and a few staunch and admiring friends to partake of a cup of the fragrant Bohoa, and thereafter the. stable's candidate has been put .through his paces amidst the plaudits of his good-', natured bat not very far-seeing admirers. 1 Of course there were none of those, abominable reporters present to point but his shortcomings, but a little bird has told me that my suspicions as to his, “roaring,” or, in racing parlance; 5 “ making a noise,” are well grounded. I may as well say then, that on public triads . I fail to see him in it, and of these after- ? tea trips I know nothing beyond the not' very favorable whispers I have mentioned. The performances of Mr Saunders’ nomination are also well-known to most sporting men throughout the colony, and wherever he has run his fine straight for ward style has won him hosts of friends ; but as his best journeys have been done at some distance from Ashburton, and as I have not previously reviewed these in your columns, perhaps I had better briefly notice the principal journeys of this really staunch and true performer—l say his “ principal journeys,” for to merelyl mention his minor wins, such as Boad - Board Plates, etc., would fill a copy of your paper. I find there that he has started twice for the Nelson Superinten- « deucy Cup, and was sue jessful on both , occasions in landing that coveted prize for ' his upright owner, although he had to meet first-class animals on each occasion, and even if this game son of Pertinacity had never performed another meritorious action, he should carry my money on Friday next. But this is by no means all. For the House Stakes ha has started in all five times, and succeeded four times in succession in securing a winning bracket. Each time of his running he has carried large sums of public money, the friends of his owner—and their name is legion— ■ knowing that in placing faith in him they . were not depending on a rotten stick or a' shuffler, who would fail them when the pinch came. They knew their money was on an animal who would run as true as steel, and as game as a pebble, and, as I have said, on only one occasion did he , fail them, and his supporters may rest 1 assured that he will not fail them now. At the Bakaia corner, I think we shall see his owner’s colors far in the van, And from this point out the result will never'be 1 ' once in. doubt. I am sure it will take a * much better animal than Jim the Dodger : ,J ‘

THE ASHBURTON GKJARDIAN, MONDAY, JUNE 12, 1882.



frtHKBSHING BOOKS printed on the I shortest notice, at the Office of this Paper. TTTINTER BOOTS. WINTER BOOTS. 0. dETAWKINR. Bootmaker, East Street, Aflhbprton, and Tinwald, has just received a large assortment of Strong and TJsefulßoota for this season of the year, r . nhiohlieis selling at Christchurch prices. t ,' ' 998 e A LBERT FLOUR STORES. East street. '*BcgS aJnform, the Residents and Ashbtfrtbn, ahd vicinity .that ■“has ifofcen 'Premises lately in the; „„ af t ;Me Henry Bowers, Miller, . , where he ‘intends offering, on Lowest, i 'PwiihltTnrWS the following goods Sharps ‘ 4to?£avle^ h; bowkrs, 9'of L 1 i. .- H s Ttwident Manager.



Wanted W road. ANTED —A NURSE GIRL. Apply to Mrs A. Ork, Beach 444 e WANTED to LET—Town and Subur ban SECTIONS, from one rood to fifteen acres. Apply to Charles Bbai>- dell, Ashburton. 706 e 'ANTED KNOWN—That the best place to get Short Firewood and tbie best Coals (delivered) is from Hayes’ Coal and Wood Yard, East street. 6b9e ANTED 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. 7COc WANTED Known—The late Proprie tress of the A 1 Restaurant has .Removed to those new and commodious premises of Mr Quill’s, Wills street, now called the London Dining Booms, ad joining Elz Bros., Coach Builders, and to cope with dull times she is now offering BOARD and LODGING at 18s per week ; BOARD only, 13s. Meals at all hours. Gs3e -- --- . nui » mm—enwai Special Advertisements.



SHBURTON CHEESE & BUTTER FACTORY. The Directors having decided to offer the Balance of Unallotcd Shares to the public, applications will he received for same. Priority will bo given in allotting the balance to applications from existing shareholders. Forms of application may bo obtained from S. E. POYNTZ, 632 e Secretary.



fjp O FARMERS. ROBERTS, PAXTON & CO. ARB GASH PURCHASERS OF WHEAT BARLEY OATS GRASS SEED AT HIGHEST M VRKET RATES. ADVANCES ON GROWING CROPS. The 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



Andre we s bro s. (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 Home Papers every Mail. A largo assortment of Maori Photographs, including Te Whiti and other Chiefs. N.B.—All orders attended to without delay. 334 e gUPPORT LOCAL INDUSTRY. CABINETMAKER & UPHOLSTERER, Begs to invito his friends to inspect his 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 Wood and Iron Bedsteads Cots, Cradles Perambulators And everything required in household urnisb'ng at the very lowest prices. Practical workmen kept for all kinds of repairs. Furniture bought, and high prices given. Furniture lent, on weekly and monthly payments John Meech, JOHN MEECH, Burnett sir be Opposite the Mail Office.



OANTERBURY MUSIC DEPOT. ASHBURTON BRANCH. Milner & Thompson Desire to inform the residents of Ash nrton 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 ROOM above Mr Jones’ Shop. PIANOS by all the best makers— Broadwood, Collard and Collard, Erard, Pleyel, Bord, Challen and Sons, Aschor burg, Lipp and Sohn, Chappell, Rbnisch, 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 £SO, ORGANS. ORGANS, Organs now on Sale at Ll2 12s. ; r'A perfect Gem, L 25. PIANOS. PIANOS. New Stock, jrist opened up. The above Instruments can be pur chased on Deebubbd Payment from 20s per month. Orders for Tuning executed by a first-ole. . '•ofessional. Pianos on Hire. 707 c



Special Advertisements. o T 1 C E. ASHBURTON COAL AND FIREWOOD DEPOT (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 Springtield Coal Co. Coal, Firewood, Posts, Rails, Stakes, &c. Orders taken for Bricks, Cement, Lime, Timber, Ac. Oats, Bran, Chaff, Chicken Wheat, &c. B. S. Bean Note the ddress— NEXT MR JOSEPH CLARK’S, WEST STREET. 181 e



THE NEW ZEALAND GRAIN AGENCY AND MERCANTILE COMPANY, LIMITED. 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 fanners on most favorable terms. They have For Sale at Lowest Rates— FEED OATS CHICK WHEAT FLOUK, BRAN. & SHARPS CEMENT. TO LEND, in sums of WILLIAM HORNE, 518 e Agent.



E VV COAL YARD. Coals. Coals. Coals. The 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 to 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, 468 e East street, Ashburton.



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 Organa, and Toys of every description, direct from Home. flaircutting, Shaving and Shampooing. EAST STREET ASHBURTON. UTUMN. | 1882. | WINTER. for this Season, comprising over twenty cases are now opened up. The Boys’ and Youths’ Clothing is especially recommended, and Parents and Guardians will find it advantageous to make an early selection. The Stock of Men’s Clothing is simply superb, and the variety of Hats, Hoisery, Blankets, Flannels, and Shirtings second to none in New Zealand. Agents .for the Celebrated Werthbim Machines. 257 b The First Portion of the New Goods Ashburton Branch: W. SPARROW, Manager. 692 c



GL Adams & Co., PRACTICAL ENGLISH WATCH MAKERS, JEWELLERS, AND IMPORTERS, HIGH STREET (Next W. J. Fishers), 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 10a? 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. 471 e



rpAKE NOTICE. Everett Brothers Are still in Ashburton, and are SELLING AS CHEAP AS EVER. Special : CALICOES FLANNELS WIFCEYS, and DRESS STUFFS. and Bargains in LADIES’ ULSTERS, COSTUMES, WINTER SKIRTS. We have still a Large Stock of MEN’S SHIRTS, HATS, HOSIERY, &c. Note the address ; EVERETT BROS., Havelock street, JText Harrison’s Auction Rooms,



Special Advertisements. o T 0 E I hereby give Notice, that I intend to apply at the next sitting of the Ashbnrton County Council for a LICENSE to Slaughter large and small cattle, on Rural Section 32927. JAMES SMITH. 6th June, 1882. 687 e