SHIPPING.

" , .'«■ i—- PORT OF LYTTELTON. i ' Arrived. w -ff 1 , , , , Saturday. ' -Hanroto, 8.8., from Port Chalmers. as,, from Dunedin. "Hawea, s. a .from Wellington. Yesterday. i 'Volunteer, ketch, from Leßon’a Bay. Sailed. Saturday. Margaret, ketch, for Little Akaloa. Taiaroa, a.a., for the North. Hawea, a.a, for the North, ■ Monarch, barque, for Falmouth for kwdenfc' ' :,, y SHIPPING TELEGRAMS Auckland, Yesterday. ...; Amved-r-Kawatiri, from Lyttelton ; Kllorton/from Lyttelton. Sailed —Daphne, for Suva , Wellington, 'Yesterday. Arrived—Taiaroa, from the South ; Hawea, from Lyttelton ; Waihora, from 'Auckland, via Bast Coast. Grbymou'th, Yesterday. . Arrived—Pelham, from Melbourne ; Charles Edward, with the l S'an Francisco mail. f t* ■ Sailed —Kennedy, forthe North; Ex aminer for Lyttelton. Dunedin, Yesterday. .... Arrived on Saturday—lndian Empire, . f Captain Wataon,from London. -

DAILY MEMORANDA.

. . AUCTION SALES "■ Thursday, Junk 7. lataon, Cox and Co., at Waterton—Town Sections,. Farm, Live and Dead Stock, ' c at II o'clock sharp. Friday, Joke 8. Robert Wilkin and Co., at the Tinwald Sale ‘Yards—Surplus Stock, Farm Im plements, etc. , ' MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS, See Thursday, June 7. ' Upper' Ashburton Road Board District— : General election of members; polling day 7th day of June Monday, June 4. Town Hall—Panorama of the American War; 8 p.m. *' Ashburton Borough—Annual Licensing Si Ctneeting for Borough, June4th. Long - : —beach Road Board, at noon, j / y <Wbdnbsday, June 6. Ashburton County Council —at Council Chambers; 11 a.m. .i * Resident Magistrate’s Court,Ashburton — Annual Licensing meeting for Ashbur ton district, June 6th. C Monday, June 11. Borough . Council, at Borough Council Chambers, at 7 o’clock. ,

COMMERCIAL.

Ashburton Guardian Office,. " Monday afternoon. Mr Alfred -Harrison reports his weekly sale as follows ':; —Saturday, June 2.—Horses dull; cows sold very well, nearly all being sold ; pigs found a very good market, all lines being i cleared; fowls, as and 3s; ducks, 4s per pair. Implements were all cleared at fair prices; also light cart. and harness. Produce: Pota stoes,. 50s per ton; chickwheat, 2s bushel; oats; 2s*; carrots, 303 per ton ; onions, id per lb ; tea, 21s (guaranteed). A most imposing array of furniture, carpets, pictures, and effects found a ready sale, every line offered being cleared. The attendance during the day was a very large one ' Mr T. Bullock reports of the Horse Market for the week ending June 2nd: There was about-ah average attendance, but only a small entry of horses, viz, 25, a large proportion of Which: were of a much better class than what lugi been brought forward for some time past, and for which there*was a very spirited bid* ding; especially for the superior draught stock, and if miners were more careful in Breeding as a’Rile, thpy would obtain better prices, as good draughts always command a ready sale, where as inferior stock are difficult to get rid of even at low prices, as w& fully- demonstrated at to day’s salt Out of the 25 entries 16 were sold at the following prices,* viz.;—Superior draughts, 135 10s, L 35 10s, L 36, with a good 'demand, iia met there were several buyers who he supplied; light draughts and ordinary plough horses, L 7 15s to LiS ; three-?* year-olds of rather a light description, Ly 10s toLifi 10s; 1 four-year-old- ditto, Ll 3 5 s J -ilmcks,.scrubbers, etc., which;were difficult' to * get rid b£ from Li 7s fid to L 5. Harness, sun-- dries, etc., at full market rates.. I held a con signment sale of fruit trees, shrubs, etc., on Thursday,.3lst May. There was a very good attendance, and-; "spiriteS; bidding -for all lotsf offered, and jwhich brought satisfactory prices.:

BIRTH.

Costee. —On Ist June, at Somerton, South Rakaia, the wife of E. S. Coster, of a son.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prevalebit. MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1883. Land Nationalisation.

Speaking at the Edinburgh Philo sophical Institution a little more than six years ago, Mr J. A. Froude said : —“ No reasonable naan that I know of seriously wishes for an agrarian law, or for a forcible division of landed pro perty, or for an interference with the right of making settlements, or with our right to make our own wills in what ever way may seem good to us.” These words occur in a lecture on “The Uses of a Landed Gentry,” a question that the historian considered in 1876 to be outside the region of practical politics. And yet he has not had to live long to find large numbers of men discussing the advisability of making a forcible division of landed property from a quite other than philosophical point of view. Not that this is by any means a new thing, but until quite recently a belief in its practicability was confined to those extreme social

ists whom Mr Froude would assuredly I not class among “ reasonable ” men. I Ever since the American journalist, Mr Henry George, published his work, “ Progress and Poverty,” which has had such a phenomenal success both in England and the United States, an intense interest has been manifested in the land question. This interest has spread to New Zealand, and in Dunedin, a city where fads of all kinds for the regeneration of the world find support, a Land Nationalisation League has been formed. It is easy enough to account for the fact that the doctrines of Mr George have been received as gospel by those who have everything to gain and nothing to lose, by the wholesale plunder ol the land owners; but we may take it for granted that while people’s ideas of right and wrong remain as they are at present, it is not likely that a confiscating policy will be carried out. An admirable address on the subject of Land Nationalisation was delivered the other day by one of the professors ot the Otago University, Mr Mainwaring Brown. Unlike a good many people who have spoken on this question, he seems to have given it serious study, and although he quite recognises that considerable benefit would accrue could the State resume the proprietorship of the land, he is not blind to the tremendous difficulties in the way of carrying out such a scheme. Indeed, magnificent as is the prospect opened out to us by the speculations of political theorists in regard to the more equitable division of the land, it is to be feared that they will never have a practical issue. The need for a reform of the system of land tenure in England cannot be denied, but if the milleniura contemplated by the believers in Mr Henry George’s views is ever reached it will not be by the means he advocates. Englishmen have too profound a respect for vested interests, and too keen.a sense of justice to contemplate for an instant the idea of wholesale confiscation of land owners’ property, as is suggested by the extreme Socialists. These latter wish it to be assumed as an axiom that all land, primct facie, belongs to the State; but they forget that that right was for feited when individual ownership was permitted. In New Zealand the case is different. It is true that the freehold of large tracts of country has been sold, but there still remains a vast residue in the hands of the Crown, and the pro visions of the Land Act passed last session prevent the Government dis posing of the fee-simple of this. This is virtually nationalising those lands that have not been alienated, and until the perpetual leasing system has had a fair trial, we do not see what is to be gained by the agitation now being got up by the League formed in Dunedin. At any rate the fantastic and impractic able fads of such thinkers as Mr George and Dr Russell need not be discussed until the experiment now being made is proved to have failed in its intention.

The cable is interrupted on the Turkish route beyond Busreh. The Debating Society will hold their usual meeting this evening, when land nationalisation will -form the subject of discussion.

On Saturday night a four-roomed cot tage in the lane Off St Albans lane, Pa pan ui, was burned. It was insured for LIOO in the London and Liverpool and Globe, and the furniture for L6O in the same office.

At a large and influential meeting, of stockowners and others held in Christ church on Saturday, it .was resolved to establish another Refrigerating Company, to be called the Interprovincial Freezing and Storage Company of New Zealand. A limited provisionary directory was ap pointed. The Licensing Committee »f the Bo rough held their annual meeting to-day, and as not a single objection was laid by the police the whole of the licenses applied for were granted. The Committee, how ever, refused to extend the time for public houses to be allowed to keep open to eleven o’clock.

The Town Hall will be occupied this evening by Rainer’s well-known pano rama of the American War. Considering the success which has attended this enter tainment throughout the present tour af New Zealand, there should be a good at tendance to-night, as the season is a short one. A special attraction will be a grand dist -ibution of valuable gifts. There was a very good attendance on Saturday at the exhibitions of horse taming given by Mr John Dewe, especially in the evening. Mr Dewe explained his method of repdering the horse submissive to his will, and illustrated his theory suc cessfully upon two unbroken colts belong ing to Mr Horaersham. The audience appeared to be perfectly satisfied with the entertainment.

The Auckland publicans charged with a breach of the Adulteration of Food Pre vention Act by mixing brandy and spirits with water, got off, the informations being dismissed. The Magistrate held that the English Act fixed the limit at 25 degrees under proof for brandy, whiskey, and rum. The reduction in the present cases being only 22.9 degrees, no fraudulent in tent had been disclosed. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, has received the following telegram from its London Office, dated 31st May, 1883 “ Frozen meat, per British King—The consignment of frozen mutton, per British King, has arrived in fairly good condition, but some carcases are a little doubtful, and sixty have proved to be bad. A portion has already been sold ac an average of 6£d per lb for mutton, and 8d per lb for lamb.” A fresh, and to England in particular, a somewhat startling proof of the commer cial enterprise of Belgium is furnished by the gigantic scale upon which the Antwerp Docks are being reconstructed. Since 1830 forty-nine millions of francs have been spent in improving these docks, and now the Belgian Government has sanctioned a further grant of two and a quarter million pounds for their enlarge ment into what will bo practically a new port of enormous extent. The quay is to bo two miles long and about 400 leet wide, while the waterway will be 1,150 feet wide, with a uniform depth of 28 feet. The line of quays is to be covered with granaries and warehouses, and it is esti mated that space will be afforded for the berthing of 50 Atlantic steamers at once. The increase in the trade of Antwerp, which has been four times as rapid during the past forty years as that of Liverpool, fully justifies this immense outlay in de veloping its resources. The Duke of Wellington once said that whoever held the port of Antwerp “ held a pistol at the head of England,’’ and Napoleon con curred so completely in this opinion that it was he who took the first step to ex tend its shipping accommodation. The opening of the St. Gothard Railway places Belgium in an extremely favorable posi tion with regard to traffic from the East for England and America, and, even as it is, Antwerp has interfered to a very large extent with Liverpool in Atlantic carrying trade. There can be no question that the completion of the new works will still more seriously affect the prosperity .of the great Lancashire seaport.

Harrington, of Riverton, not having Im plied to Hearn’s previous terms, Bearn now offers to row him three and a half miles in Wellington Harbor for LIOO a aide, and to allow L2i for expenses. An application to the Appeal Court by Mr F. Shaw to have the name of Mr W. S. Staite, formerly of Palmerston North, restored to the Rell of Barristers and Solicitors, was opposed by Mr Chapman on behalf of the Law Society, and was re fused.

The Albion Company’s battery at Tera whiti being now nearly ready, while the tramway for conveying the stone from the mine will take several weeks to complete, the Company has undertaken to crush 200 tons of stone from the Golden Crown Company’s claim as soon as ever the bat tery is in working order. One of the awkward results of Oostley’s bequest (says the Auckland correspondent of the Otago Times) has been to partially dry up the strovm of local benevolence. It is believed that it will take a twelve month to wind up his estate, and in the meantime some of the institutions bene fitted find a difficulty in keeping a run ning order, as subscribers fail to see why they should continue their subscriptions in the face of the magnificent bequests coming to such places. The Costley bequest will be somewhat different from most of such trusts, if - it is efficiently, judiciously, and economically administered. Already a proposal has bean thrown out in some papers, without rebuke or dissent, that action should be taken in the General Assembly during the ensuing session to divert the bequest to the Industrial School, Kohimarama, from that institution to the Girls’ High School. In other words, that the desti tute and neglected children be defrauded of that which has been left for them, in order that the daughters of the “upper ten” should be practically “dead-headed” at that aristocratic institution. These are the straws which show how the wind blows; and Costley’s bequest will be a public misfortune rather than a gain, if it enly closes the purses of others and intensifies a spirit of meanness rather than stimulate public liberality and public spirit.

The Daily News says :—“ The interest ing question for the moment is not the problematical trial of strength between Liberal and Conservative, but the actual quarrel between Conservative and Con servative. We might suggest in the capacity of unconcerned looker on, just as friendly or otherwise to Lord Salis bury’s claims as to those of Sir Stafford Northcote, that the attempt to elect a supreme leader of a great party is not likely to be very successful unless the leader has already virtually elected him self. Herein we fancy is the great diffi culty of the Conservatives. No one can deny that the leadership of the Opposi tion at present is in a condition of uncer-. tainty and decrepitude. Sir Stafford Northcote is not in good health, and in any case has not enough of the fighting quality in him to make an ideal leader of Opposition. To be a political leader' a man must, above all things, be interesting. He must attract followers to him; he must make them believe in his nerve, his resource, his pur pose, his energy. We do not see how the condition of things ivould be made much the better by nominating' Lord Salisbury to the absolute leadership of the Oonser-> vative party. Whatever his warrior gifts he cannot display them on the real field of battle. The constitutional struggle must always be fought out in the House of Commons, and we do not see that under present conditions—for Lord Ban dolp Churchill does not yet suggest that the time has come to look for a leader from below 1 the gangway—the Conservatives can get anyone better than Sir Stafford Northcote.”

All your own fault if you remain sick or out of health, when you can get Hop Bitters. Read. —[Advt.] Parents do not use vile drugs or nostrums in your families, but use pure Hop Bitters. See and read, —[Advt.] Wanted Known—That J. Meech is im porting all his own goods, which enables him to sell cheaper than any other furnishing house in Ashburton. He has every class of furniture to suit all parties, from the kitchen to the drawing-room. All kinds of cutlery, crockery ware, fenders and fire-irons, iron beadsteads, carpets, table cloths, matting, and druggetting. A variety, of tinware and other cooking uten sils, etc. A splendid lot of Vienna chairs in walnut and maple. Feathers, flock, horsehair, and wool for furniture and mattrasses—in fact every article for house furnishing. Owing to facilities afforded to him, enables him to sell cheaper than if in East street. Furniture ex changed, and parties selling out will find that he gives the highest price for furniture. All kinds of furniture repaired; practical workmen kept. Agent for the celebrated Dunedin blind-maker. Spring window rollers kept in stock. Carvings - and turnery sold to the trade, —J. Meech. Note the address, next Bullock’s Arcade.— [Advt.] The Stranger in London.—That the Great City will ere long be hardly recognisable by its former denizens, all the world has heard. The visitor passing up the Thames now finds his eye gratified by the many edifices recently erected. As it reaches the famous Victoria Embankment, there rises over him on the right hand the new Times office, and on the left hand the new tower-crowned works of Messrs James Epps and Co., both phases of Italian architec ture. It may be said that these two buildings are types of the far-reaching business energy of the nineteenth century, for it has resulted from such means that the annual issue of each has come to be estimated by millions. During the last year, the number of copies of the Times is estimated at 16,279,000, while the number of packets of Epps’s cocoa sent off in the same period is computed at 14,749,695. The latter is a large total, when if is borne in mind that in 1830 the consumption of cocoa throughout the whole kingdom was but there then existing no preparation of it such as this, which by the simple addition of boiling water would yield a palatable drink. Truly time may be said to work many changes.—(Advt.)

Holloway’s Ointment and Pilis.— Glad Tidings.—Some constitutions have a tendency to rheumatism, and are throughout the year borne down by its protracted torture. Let such sufferers bathe the afflicted parts with warm brine, and afterwards rub in this soothing Ointment. They will find it the best means of lessening their agony, and, assisted by Holloway’s Pills, the surest way of overcoming their disease. More need notbes said than to request a few days’ trial of this safe and soothing treatment, v >y which the disease will ultimately be completely swept away. Pains tthat would make a giant shudder are assuaged without difficulty by Holloway’s easy and inexpensive remedies, which comfort by moderating the throbbing vessels and calm ng the excitednerves. — Advt.

LICENSING.

Ashburton Borough. The annual meeting of the above Com* mittee was held to-day to consider th e granting of the licenses for the ensuin year, there being present —Messrs R- Alcorn (in the chair), T. Bullock, S. E. Poyntz, P. Mayo, and VV. Gavin. The following applications were considered : J. Beecher applied for a license for the Central Hotel.—There was no objection, and the license was granted. • J. F. Butler, Family Hotel.—Mr Crisp appeared for applicant.—Sergeant Felton repo ted that the suggested improvements had been carried out.- Granted.

P. L. K. Hill, Somerset Hotel.—There being no objection the license was granted. ' William Power, Royal Hotel.—Ser geant Felton reported that the centre part of the building was old, but the applicant had promised to re-build before licensing day, and that he would hare a bathroom erected and the water laid on. The Committee granted the license on condition that the improvements were carried out by the next licensing day. Thomas Quill, Commercial Hotel —The Sergeant said that this was a remarkably

well-conducted house ; indeed one of the best in the Provincial District.—The

license waa granted.—Mr Quill asked if the Committee had taken into con sideration whether they would grant an extension of the license to eleven o’clock. —The Chairman said the Committee would consider the matter later on. Thomaa Quill, Railway Refreshment Rooms —In applying for a rewewal, Mr Quill said that when he took out the license for these rooms it cost L4O. At Christchurch only L3O was charged, although at that place they necessarily did a much larger trade. He asked the Com mittee to reduce the rate as he considered it very excessive.—ln answer to the Chair man, Mr Quill said that at Timaru the licensee did not pay anything, as the rooms were leased under a different ar rangement.—The Chairman, after con sideration, said that the C nimittee re cognised the Justice of Mr Quill’s conten tion, and they thought that the lessee of the Ashburton rooms should not pay so much as at Christchurch. The fee would be reduced to L2O this year, and a recom mendation to that effect would be sent to the Borough Council. Archibald McOoll applied to have the transfer of the license of the Ashburton Hotel from Thomas Orphin ratified by the Committee.—Granted.

Bt an application made by Mr Crisp, that an expression of opinion should be given concerning the granting of eleven o’clock licenses, the Committee retired to consider, the question, and on returning the Chairman said that they had come to a unanimous conclusion not to extend the hour, but that if any meeting waa held in an hotel which necessitated the house keeping open after ten o’clock no diffi culty would be placed in the way of ob taining special permission. j This concluded the business, and the Committee adjourned. Timaru. [BT TELEGRAM.] Tiuabv, To-day. At the annual meeting of the Timaru Licensing Committee to-day. it was decided to discontinue all twelve o’clock licenses. The publicans all had the option of taking ten or eleven o’clock licenses. They accepted the latter, and all the licenses were renewed, the houses being well reported on. An order waa made for hotel lamps to be kept burning till 11 o’clock >on week nights and 10 on Sunday nights. Dunedin. Dunedin, To-day. The Licensing Committee of Dunedin South granted midnight licenses to hotels in the main parts of Princes street, but re stricted the hours in neatly all the other oases where midnight licenses were hitherto held. Respecting the “ lambing down ” case at Scott’s Hotel, the Bench expressed an opinion that it was a very bad case, but as no proceedings were taken in the Police Court they declined to cancel the license.

PLAIN SPEAKING.

Although the English Press has, gene rally speaking, published laudatory notices of the late John Brown, the fol lowing extract from Truth shows that opinions are not all in his far or :—“ It had for some time been predicted by per sons who knew John Brown that his first serious illness would kill him. The fact is he died of his prosperity. For the first forty years of his life he existed princi pally in the open air, and took an enor mous amount of exercise, while his manner of living was not luxurious. Of late, however, he had taken little or no exer cise, and every whim had been indulged, so that he was not in a condition to resist the malady with which he was attacked. If he had remained a gillie, or a keeper, he would probably have lived to be a very old man ; but the enervating life which he had led for several years was about as suitable to him as would be the sand of Arabia to a reindeer, or the snow of Lap land to a camel. A brougham, a dogcart, and a riding-horse wore always' at John 'Brown’s disposal. He had his own suite of rooms at Windsor, Osborne, and Balmoral; a separate table was kept for him, and he was waited on by obsequious servants appointed for that service. He had the exclusive right of shooting in the exten sive, well-stocked covers on the Osborne estate ; he could shoot at Windsor and Balmoral when disposed thus to amuse himself, and the salmon fishing on the Queen’s water on the Bee was also under his dominion. In the Queen’s household John Brown’s word was law, .and from Sir John Oowell down to the housemaids it was the primary object of every official ur servant to stand well with him, or at, least to keep clear of offending him. For any one that fell under his displeasure was sure to come to grief. If a servant, his promotion was stopped ; and if an official, he was worried and hurried, and everything that he did was wrong.; Except by his "own friends and his parasites, John Brown was exceedingly disliked ; indeed one might use a stronger word. This would be the case with almost any magnified menial, but John Brown did not conciliate. The fortiter in re was the only method with which he was familiar, and he was both truculent and tyrannical. The manner in which ha spoke to the ‘ ladies and gentlemen ’ of the Court was frequently most offensive ; but it was hopeless for anyone to resent his freedom. Indeed, as Major Pendennis, from living so much with dukes, came at last to feel like one, so ‘ J. B. ’ had quite the air and sentiments of a royal personage of say 100 years ago. In his love for strong language he greatly resembled the late revered George 11. One of his ‘ fads ’ was a violent hatred of the Press. John Brown was at various times employed by the Queen to conduct inquiries of a confidential nature, and his knowledge of the private affairs of a num ber of distinguished personages might at some future period have proved exceed ingly inconvenient. He was treated with the utmost consideration by all the mem bers of the Royal Family, with the excep tion of the Duke of Edinburgh, who made him no presents,, and who always appeared to regard him with infinity disdain—a feeling which probab'y a-ose from His Royal Highness having been ordered to apologise to him for having shot in a deer forest specially reserved for his use. The Crown Princess of Prussia’s resent ment at the prominent position ecoupied Brown led to a series of differences j between Her Royal Highness and the Queen. Lord Beaconsfield always shook hands with his faithful and powerful re tainer, and addressed him as ‘ My good friend,’ invariably treating h>m with Oriental courtesy. The detailed notices of John Brown, which have appeared in the daily papers, are simply for the most part a farrago of nonsense. He was a faithful servant, and a discreet, sagacious man ; but nevertheless he was exalted out of his own proper place in a very prepos terous way. Of all men that ever lived, the Prince Consort would least have ap proved of this sort of thing, as his idea of the relation between master and servant was so intensely German-Court like that, ‘ unless owing to special circumstances,’ he rarely spoke to any domestic except through an equerry or other attendant, the only exception to this rule being his Ger man valet, who is now in the Queen’s ser vice. ”

THE BRITISH ARMY IN EGYPT.

, On Wednesday, April n, the long promised civic ceremony intended to do honor to the forces which had served in Egypt, in the persons of their leaders, came off in the Guildhall, |and

the Guildhall to witness the presenta- ' tion df‘ the address to Lord Wolseley, and of the Freedom of the City of London to Lord Alcester. The first was accompanied by a magnificent gold casket, surmounted by a sphinx, the latter with a sword of honor. The speeches made on the occasion were neat and appropriate. Lord Wolseley ;was especially happy in his remarks, which included' a handsome acknow ledgment of the assistance he had received from the sister services, and from the Indian Contingent; and Lord Alcester returned the compli ment. The late war was no doubt was followed by a crowded banquet at the Mansion House. There was a great and distinguished gathering in one in which every individual item contributed its full share. The base of operations could not have been transferred from Alexandria to the Suez Canal without the co-operation of the navy, nor could the army have marched away miles inland unless backed up by the strenuous efforts of the blue-jackets on shore. The part played by the Indian Contingent in the campaign was no less conspicuous. The movement of the extreme left immed iately after the carrying of Tel-el-Kebir, under Sir Hugh Macpherson, and his prompt occupation of Zagazig, was the first step towards completing the victory, and the war was practically ended when the Indian cavalry galloped to Cairo almost without drawing rein. It was only right and proper, then, that in the speeches uttered in the City the ser vices rendered by the Indian troops should .have been ,reppgnised and re corded. Indeed, more prominence might perhaps have been given to them.

At a banquet in the evening both gallant officers again spoke, and more at length, repeating in a measure the sentiments already expressed at the Guildhall. Lord Wolseley, However, expanded his thanks to the troops he had commanded, and expatiated fully and feelingly upon the debt of gratitude he owed to the rank and file. No doubt in all wars the private men came in for most of the hard knocks and get but little of the after glory, and it is satisfactory to find a general ready to acknowledge his obligations to those who were, after all, his strotig right arm. This species of recognition should be come more, ; generally the- rule. To ignore the'services of all but the com missioned ranks is not fair to the rank and file, and in these days cannot but injuriously affect recruiting. There was nothing very remarkable | in the rest of the speeches. The Duke, of Cambridge dwelt largely upon the. value of moral force, especially when’ backed by physical, and Lord Harting ton followed in the same line. What ever may be the views of the opposite schools of politicians, it can hardly be: denied that armed intervention in, Egypt was not carried out a moment too soon, and that the results achieved are distinctly beneficial to India and the Mother Country. The security of the great artificial waterway and main line of traffic with the East is now established beyond dispute and for a long time to come. As to the future the speakers were wisely reticent. It is better to make no promises at present. The continued occupation of Egypt by British troops is still a manifest neces sity, and our garrison has already been reduced to its very lowest terms. When Sir Evelyn Wood has got his new local army more into shape, and Baker Pasha’s Gendarmerie are more completely organised, further with drawal may be possible. But until then, more particularly while the Mahdi remains un'subjugated" and Upper Egypt in a state of misrule, we must continue to bold the country. This is so generally admitted that it is not surprising so obvious a postulate was not insisted upon by the statesmen speaking at the Mansion House.— Home News. .

FIRES.

[sr telegraph] Wellington, To-day.

A six-roomed house at Newton, owned by the Equitable Building Society and oc cupied by a family named Fulton, was burned l down- early' this morning. The insurances were—Building, LISO in the National. The fire originated in the bach portion of the house, where Mrs Fulton states that there has been no fire used for the last three weeks. Shortly'before the alarm was given she says she heard foot steps at the back of the house, and sus pects incendiarism. Dunedin, To-day.

- A seven-roomed house and shop at the Ocean Beach, owned by Mr Patterson and; occupied by Mr Clifford Williams was burned down on Sunday. The building was insured in the Standard for L2OO. Mr Williams’s furniture was insured in the South British for LIOO.

CABLE NEWS.

LATEST FROM EUROPE

[rBOTBR’s TKLKORAMS —COPYRIGHT.] Monetary and Commercial. London, June 1.

Consols ioi)4, ex div. New Zea land securities —Five per . Cent. .10-40 Loan, 106 ; Five per Cent. 1889 Loan, 105; Four and a Half per Cent. 1870- 1904 Loan, 102; Four per Cent, in scribed stock, 102. The breadstuffs market is dull Adelaide wheat, ex store, 48s; New Zealand do, 44s to

475; Adelaide flour, ex warehouse, 33s 6d. The total quantity afloat has risen to 2,250,000 quarters. Austra lian tallow is dull at 41s for best beef, and 42s 6d for best mutton. The Wool Sales- At to-day’s wool sale 10,100 bales were catalogued. An active demand was experienced for all descriptions. The Mails. The Homeward mails per Orient steamship Potosi, from Melbourne, April 25th, were delivered via Naples to-day. Promotion. London, June 2. It is announced that Chief Justice Wrenfordsley has been created a Knight Bachelor. A Phoaniz Park Murderer. Thomas Caffrey, one of the Phoenix Park murderers, was hanged in Dublin to-day. He confessed his guilt. The New Quinea Question. Earl Derby, Sectetary of State for the Colonies, in replying to a deputa tion of the Council of the Colonial In stitute, which waited upon him to urge the annexation of New Guinea, stated that he was in favor of annexation, anc{ that the matter would be decided by the Cabinet as soon as Sir Arthur Kennedy’s despatches had been re ceived. Any statement which had been

circulated to the contrary, Lord Derby added, was purely imaginary. Sir Arthur Blyth, Agent-General for South Australia, and the Hon. Sir Saul Samuel, Agent-General for New South f Wales, spoke in favor of the annexa tion. Mr Archer, the Queensland Agent-General, stated that his Govern ment only desired the annexation of the unclaimed portion of the island. A Rumor. It is rumored that the naval fleets in the Chinese waters are about to be in creased by the various Powers. The • report, however, is unconfirmed. [Received Juno 4, 12.40 p.m.]. London, June 2. Consols remain at loifi (ex div.), and the New Zealand securities are at yesterday’s prices. Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, has declined by is to 475, New Zealand remains at 44s to 475, and Adelaide flour is at 33s 6d. Austra lian tallow is unchanged. [Received June 2,12.40 p.m.] London, June 2. At the wool sale to-day, 11,400 bales were catalogued. The tone of the sale was firm.

[Received June 4, 12.40 p.m.] Sporting. Paris, June 3.

The race for the Grand Prlrf; de Paris was run to-day, and resulted as follows :—Frontin, 1 j St Blaise, 3 j Farfadet, 3. v , s "

AUSTRALIAN.

[BEDIKE’S TfiLKOEAMS —COryBIOHX.] [Received June 4, 12.40 p.m.] ' Shipping. Sydney, To-day. Sailed, on Saturday evening—Waka tipu, for Wellington. . ■ The Electric Light. * [\, The lighthouses at the South . have been lighted with the electric light, with great success. Prorogation of Parliament.' Parliament has been prorogued. Arrived from Home. Melbourne, To-day. Arrived, yesterday afternoon-~Orieht steamship Chimborazo, from Plymouth (April 21).

Melbourne Gap. The entries for the next Melbourne Cup will be posted to-day. [Received June 4, 2.46 p.m.]. The Tea Trade. „ Melbourne, To-day. - Private telegrams to hand from Foo chow, dated June a, report that the new season’s crop of tea is better than last season’s. No settlements are yet reported, The stock 'of Congous’ is 240,000 chests. The first cargo. Tor Australia will not leave before four weeks after the opening of the season, ■

TELEGRAMS.

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Drowned. Auckland, To-day.

Information has been received of the drowning on Thursday last, of Captain James, of the cutter Wave, on the voyage from Mercury Bay to Suva. He was washed overboard. The deceased was formerly a pilot here, and leaves a Wife and six children. The Customs.

Wellington, To-day. The Customs duties collected through out the colony for last month amounted to 1i118,639 ss, the beer duty for the same period being L 4,470 15s 9d. For the corresponding month’ in 1832 the Cus toms revenue was L 126,696 16s 6d, and the beer duty L4,98118s B>L The decrease in’ last month as against that collected in. May, 1882, was owing to the receipts for the latter period being exceptionally large. The amounts collected at the principal centres last month were : Auckland, L29.19110s sd; Wellington, L 16.968 2a 4d; Lyttelton and Christchurch; L 16,068 7a lOd ; Dunedin, L 51,464 13s 3d. An Arrest. Much excitement was caused at Carter ton yesterday through the arrest of Eli Thomas and Joseph Stra abridge, farmers, at Waitaheki, on suspicion of’ being con nected with the lecent robberies of drap ery and boots, some of which are identi fied. They appear this afternoon. .. Fatal Accident. Tucaeu, To-daiy., William Dawson, a carrier, was thrown out of his cart on Saturday, and the wheel passed over his neck, breaking ih At the inquest to-day a verdict of r ‘ Accidental death ” was returned. Gold Mine Returns. Dunedin, To-day.

The Premier company, at Arrow, cant down a cake of 184 ounces of ,gold-< from. 11l tons. The Tipperary Company have washed up 162 ounces of retorted gold. Wholesale Adulteration. Professor Black reports on the sample of spirits and beer supplied to him from the city hotels by the police for analysis, that all the samples of whiskey 1 and brandy, with one exception, have been reduced after distillation, some to a very large extent. All the brandies were adul terated with sugar and colored by vege table coloring matter. Indeed, the bran dies were not properly brandies at all, being chiefly cheap whiskeys sugared and astringent by the addition of tannin and other foreign vegetable, substances. Joined the Majority.

Mr George Wilson, a saloon passenger by the Indian Empire, died of consump tion shortly after the Indian Empire’s arrival. He was in delicate health On leaving England.

The following are the Hospital rejtufns for May :—No. of patients in Hospital on Ist of the month, 9; admitted during the .

month, 10 ; discharged, 10 ; treated, 19. No deaths occurred during May. READ IT ALL. IT MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE,—Hop Bitters are the purest and-best medicine ever m i de. They are compounded from hops, buchu, mandrake, and dandelion. *' The oldest, best, most renowned, and vatuablemedi* cine in the world, and in addition contain-all the best and most effective curative properties of all other bitters, being the greatest .liver regulator, blood purifier, and life and health restoring agent on earth.” They give new life and vigor to the aged and infirm. “To clergy men, lawyers, literary men, laborers, ladies, and all those whose sedentary employments cause irregularities of the blood, stomach, bowels, or kidneys, or who require an appetizer, tonic, and mild stimulant, these Bitter are invaluable, being highly curative, tonic, and stimulating, without intoxicating.” “No matter what your feelings or symptons are, or what the disease or ailment is, use Hop Bitters. Don’t wait until you are sick, but if you only feel bad or miserable use the Bitters at once. It may save your life. Hundreds have been saved by doing so, at a trifling cost.” Ask your druggist or physician. “Do not suffer yourself or let your friends suffer, but use and urge them to use Hop Bitters. ” “ Remember, Hop, Bitters is no vile, drugged, drunken nostrum, but. the purest and best medicine ever apd no person or family should be without it.” Hop Bitter* Manufacturing Co., Aus tralia, Rochester, N.Y., U.S.A., Toronto, London, Antwerp, Paris. —[Advt.] '

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, MONDAY JUNE 4, 1888.



V YOU WANT „ QPUD VM) STRONG FURNITURE, ■ - GO TO DAVIS’S CHEAP FURNITURE AND BED o;:a ’it. DING MANUFACTORY, . EAST STREET SOUTH' ‘ ASHBURTON. fjIVERY article Sold at Christchurch Xli PAcoss and guaranteed beu. of : Tiatarial and workmanship. FUNERALS OB3UTLT& OOMPIiBTKLT JtTKNIfIHM) sc--- m m :xii s Milner & Thompson A for Ashbubtok, JONES, Aamnc. -ORGANS.—Especially suitable for Churches. Fa* superior to any Beed Organ near , the price for richness andfpurity of: tone, volume of sound,, and dorabilityof .opetruction. s REED ORGANS.—By Smith and Co., Hmlin, Wood and Co., Esby j»nd ( ,.Co., Now England Company, and; JSJ^andWarner —from Ll2 1 2e. : . OS.n-Brinßmead and Sons, Broad wood, Collardand Collard,Erard, Fleyel and others. Dresden Model, and; German SfiT French manufacturers, with laitest improvements. par- diSferredfayments ; 4SD Rbtah. j pl



' Wanted WANTED— A strong YOUTH, 16 or 18 years old, accustomed to farm work. Apply, John Emerson, Epperston Farm, Hinds. • 1307 WANTED Known — Green & Co. hare the Largest and Cheapest Stock of Boots and Shoes in Ashburton. J. G. Green & Co., Lieceater Boot Warehouse, N.B.—Don’t forget the Corner Shop in East and Burnett Streets. 1169 WANTED Known —That Messrs. Green & Co. have Bemoved into the Corner Shop, lately occupied by G. J. Martin, Butoher. 1170 ANTED KNOWN— Hates and Co. have a lot of EMPTY OASES for sale. Arcade Shops. aul2 ‘T’TT’aNTED KNOWN—That Robert Elston, Burnett street, Ashbur ton, having procured the newest appara tus, is prepared te Sweep Chimneys at very low rates. Any orders left at the Town TT»11 will receive prompt attention. Terms cash. 760 e Special Advertisements. P O B T, I. N G. I have Just received my..season’s stock of of every description, and respectfully invite an inspection. Double Breech-loaders from L 5 ss. Double and Single Muzzle-loaders at all prices. ■ Decoy Ducks. Duck Calls. Game Bags. Cartridge Belts and Bags. Field Glasses. ' Loading Machines, etc., etc. New Season’s P O W D E R, Curtis and Harvey’s, and Pigou, Wilkes and Lawrence’s—very best quality. Newcastle Chilled Shot, all sizes. Cartridges, Cartridge Cases, Wads. And every shooting requisite. Being the largest importer of Guns and and Ammunition in New Zealand, and every Gun being made to my own order, intending purchasers cannot do better than communicate with me. Guns 630 HOS. G. ROWLEY, Gunsmith, Timaru.



PECI A L NOTICE. TO THE INHABITANTS OF ASH BURTON AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS. Gr. R. West and Co., MUSIC AND PIANOFORTE WAREHOUSEMEN, Princes street, Dunedin Haye great pleasure in announcing that it is their intention to cater for the Music loving population of Ashburton in such a mamer as has never before been at tempted.' Messrs G. R West & Co. are the Largest Direct Importers of PIANOS, ORGANS, HARMONIUMS, ; BRASS, WIND, AND STRINGED INSTRUMENTS In the Colony, and a largo and varied stock of the above can always be found. Mr G. R. West, being at present in England, is shipping direct to Dunedin all the latest novelties in MUSIC ! MUSIC I ! MUSIC !! ! And the firm respectfully solicit a call from their friends, teachers, and the public in general to inspect their magnifi cent stock of Music, personally selected. d!4



T AM A CASH PUR CHASER, AT HIGHEST MARKET RATES, of WHEAT ' « g OATS I GRASS SEED a J. BARLEY ► Farmers wishing to SHIP «■ OS THEkB OWN AC ’S «e ... 35 COUNT can get information B T 4 U* p as to Cost, Freight, etc. , by applying to JOSEPH OLARK, 267 Ashburton & Tinwald. Corn Sacks, lowest market rates.



Money ! Money! ! The equitable investment COMPANY OP NEW ZEALAND, limited, are prepared, through their agent, J. 0, Dunoan, East street, to LEND MONEY on Ashburton approved free hold or' leasehold property, repayable by either monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, or yearly instalments, or for a fixed period. The Company are also open to DIS COUNT BILLS, J. 0. DUNOAN, 883 Agent, East street. i'N D FOR SALE The UNDERSIGNED have received instructions from the Owner to SELL BY PRIVATE TREATY, All that COMPACT BLOCK OF LAND on the Acton Station ESTATE, SOUTH RAKAIA, Being SECTIONS 31757, 31758, and 31759, Containing 1099 acres. The block has been SPECIALLY SELECTED by the Proprietor, and is thoroughly adapted for farming purposes, the adjoin ing sections having this season grown some of the HEAVIEST CROPS ON THE PLAINS. Only a small instalment on the pur chase is required to be paid, the balance to remain on mortgage at 6£ per cent, for a term of years as may be agreed on. We have also FOR SALE an Improved Farm Containing 1026 ACRES. Situated close to Baling Rilway Station, and well watered. For further particulars apply to . THE NEW ZEALAND GRAIN AGENCY AND MERCANTILE COM PANY, LIMITED. Christchurch or Ashburton. 12au fl'iHE GUARDIAN is published every JL ,evening> giving every day’s news, up to the hour of going to press. This is better than buying** sixpenny weekly.!



Special Advertisements. THE HEW ZEALAND Clothing Factory HAY E spared no effort to place before the public a MOST COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF NEW WINTER MANUFACTURES Comprising all the latest styles in MEN’S & BOY’S CLOTHING Manufactured from the best qualities and newest Designs in COLONIAL, SCOTCH, BRITISH, AND CONTINENTAL TWEEDS. The large and increased trade has en abled the Proprietary to offer their cus tomers still further advantages than hitherto, and THIS SEASON’S GOODS, upon' inspection, will be found CHEAPER THAN EVER. A SINGLE GARMENT AT WHOLESALE PRICE. SHIRTS, HATS, HOSIERY, and every requisite at Wholesale Prices. Nineteen Branches now open in New Zealand. Agents for the Unrivalled WERTHEIM SEWING MACHINES Ashburton Branch : EAST STREET. H. M. Jones’ COUNT BOOKS, NEW VOLUMES— Boys’ Own Annual Girls’ Own Annual Chatterbox Child's Companion Infants’ Magazine, &c., &o. POETS— VARIOUS Authors ; Sir Walter Scott’s Works, new edition,'complete. TOYS ! TOYS !! TOYS !! ! GREAT VARIETY—in Wood, Tin, China, <3OOD BUSINESS Envelopes. SIX SHILLINGS PER THOUSAND CASH. A Bargain, Good Second-hand PIANETTE, £2 0. FANCY GOODS ! FANCY GOODS ! A NICE SELECTION of the above now in stock. ALL the above Goods are offered at the LOWEST Possible Prices for CASH. A LIBERAL DISCOUNT allowed to schools on parcels of Toys, Books, etc. SECOND-HAND Pianos,. In good order, £ls, £2O, 10s, 25. H. M. JONES, BURNETT ST. & BARING SQUARE. 13d -\JEW WORK. XM PATH OF LIFE : or, Aims and Aids to Success and Happiness,” illus trated with Steel Engravings, in differ ent bindings. Also, a beautiful selection of EASTER CARDS. Andrbwes Bros. , Booksellers and Stationers, East street South, Ashburton. 77 MR LAURENCE OXLEY has been Appointed Agent for the Ashbur ton Guardian at South Rakaia. STATIONERY OF EVERY DE SCRIPTION. Account Books Ink—from small to largest jars School Books—School Committees sup plied at lowest rates Latest Novelties in all kinds of Fancy Goods, Toys, &c. All the Home Journals, Magazines, and Papers by every mail. Subscribers wanted for any Magazine.or Paper published. Andrewes Bros., 10QKSELLERS, STATIONERS, &0., East street South Ashburton. nls AM CASH PURCHASER OF BRIGHT MILLING Oats, IN ANY QUANTITY. ALBERT ROBERTS, ( West street. ANTED KNOWN? V ?hat BONEDDST, specially prepared fer drilling with carrots, mangolds, etc., an be obtained from the undersigned. F. MAYO, Hampstead Bone Mills. OOBINSON AND TOWNSHEND ARE GASH BUYERS OP WHEAT OATS B\RLEY GRASS SEED Agents for A. Moore & Co. ROBINSON AND TOWNSHEND, Havelock street. 229



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