SHIPPING.

J»ORT OF LYTTELTON.

Arrived. To-day. Taiaroa, b.b., from the North. Eotomahana, s.s., from the {South. Sailed. Yesterday.

- Mary Anne Anniaon, barque, for l ' Timaru. Anne Main, barque, for Newcastle. Sunbeam, barque, for Wellington. Emperor, brig, for Bluff. Hauroto, s.a., .for Wellington and Sydney.

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

A.dckland, Yesterday; Arrived—Sea Bird, from Timaru. Sailed —Omapere, for Westport. . New Plymouth, Yesterday. Sailed —Wanaka, s.s., for Nelson and Southern ports. j Wellington, Yesterday^ Arrived —Taiaroa, from Picton and Nelson; Hawea, from South; Charles Ed ward, from Nelsoii; Go-ahead, from the East Coast; Grafton, from the South ; Hauraki, from Foxton. Sailed—Taiaroa, for the North; Herald, ■chooner, for Oamaru. Wellington, To-day. Arrived—ShipPareora (Captain Power), from London. Ninety-one days out. Dunedin, Yesterday. Arrived —Ringarwoma, from the North. Sailed —Frederick Bassil, for Newcastle.

COMMERCIAL.

o<i ' ; The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile - c]Agency Company, Limited, report on the local wool sales as follows :—Our third sales of the season were held at the Christchurch Wool and , Grain Warehouses yesterday, when we sub mitted the largest catalogue ever offered; in Canterbury. There was only a limited attend ance, but all present proved to : be buyers, and biddings were animated throughout. Every lot brought forward was well competed for, and - ■ considering the heavy condition of the bulk of p the wools offered, prices were extremely satisfac ° tory. The quantity submitted reached the re spectable total of 1,754 bales, of which 1,037 were placed, leaving 717 for future disposal. Annexed we give in detail the prices realised, from which it will be noted that merino made

yd to 6Xd to B}id ; Romney, 8d; Leicester, yd ; ‘ scoured lambs’, gd ; scoured crossbred, ioXd .to ll}£d; scoured merino locks, is scoured merino, is 7Xd- Choice merino 5- received special attention, the brands making most money were—Buccleuch, from the Alford district, 67 bales at xoXd ; Whiterock, from ■ hear Rangiora, 103 bales at xoXd; and Ashley downs, 13 bales xod. 1

MAIL NOTICES.

' Mails close at the Ashburton Post Office as follows : For Christchurch and North at 6 a.m. 10.30 a.m., and 5-p.m-, daily. . For ChertseyPakaia, &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 a.m. and 10 a.m., daily. For Tiinaru and South,’ at 6 a.m., 10 . a.ucand 430 p:m., daily. ? ' ' For Greenstreet, on Tuesdays and IVi days,at 10.30 a.m. For Mount Somers, on Tuesdays and Saturdays, at 6 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. ■ For Mayfield, bri Tuesdays and Satur -1 days, at 6 a.m. ■ For Ashton, Watertpn and Longbeaoh, at 4.30 p.m. daily. For FLeniington, on Mondays,' Wednes days, and Fridays, at 4.30 p. m, y For Wakanui, Elgin, Sea view, Seafield, and Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6.30 a.m. ten ; For Newlands, on Tuesdays and Fri ' • days at 10.30 a.m.

’ Mails arrive at the Ashburton Post Office ' ; • From Christchurch and Rakaia at 10.15 *.m., 433 p.m., and 7.20 p.m. From Chertsey, &c. at 10.15- a. m. and 435 p.m. daily. v From Dunedin and intermediate places J ■ at 5.30 p.m. daily. From Temuka and Timaru at 10.40 a. m: 6.80 p.m., and 8 p.m. daily. s From Greenstreet, Tuesdays and Fri days, at 3-p.m. - ‘From Mount Somers, on Tuesdays and ‘Saturdays, at 10.5 a.m. and 8.16 p.m. From Mayfield, on Tuesdays aud Satur days, at 10.5 a.m. From Ashton, Waterton, and Long beach at 10 a.m. daily. From Flemingtoh on. Tuesdays, Thurs days, and Saturdays, at 10 a.m. f Elgin, Wakanui, Seafield, and Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sat urdays, at 4 p.m. From Newlands, on Tuesdays and Fri days, at 9.30 a. m.

DAILY MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALES Saturday, Jahtjabt 20.

Matson, Cox, and Co., at their Bazaar— Horses, .Cows, Pigs, Poultry, Sundries, '&c.; 11.80 a.m. Me 'L. Bullock, at the Bazaar —Horses, 1 p.tn. Hr. T. Bullock, at the Bazaar, Burnett street —Landed Property ; 1.30 p.m. Mr W. F. Allen, at bis rooms, Burnett street —Horses, Pigs, Poult> General Produce, &c.; 11.30 a.m. Mr Alfred : Harrison, at the yards— Horses, Pigs, Produce, &c.; 12 noon. ‘ ' Tuesday, January 23. Matson, Cox and Co., at the Tinwald Yards—Stock. 5 Mr Alfred Harrison, at Saunders’ Build ings—Photographer’s Plant; 2 p.m. MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS, &o To-Night, Thursday, January 18. Phrenological Lecture—Town Hall, 8 p.m. Horticultural Society Extraordinary General Meeting, Mr Jones’s Boom, 8 p.m. . Friday, January 26, : Somerset Lodge, Monthly Meeting, in the Masonic Hall, Tancred street, 7.30. Tuesday, January 30. Ashburton Racing Club—Special General Meeting, Quill’s Hotel, 8 p.m. Saturday, February 3. iVakanui Road Board—Monthly Meeting, "Road Board Office, Moore street ; i; Monday, February, 12. County Council, at the County Council ' Chambers, at 11 o'clock.

TRAVELLERS’ GUIDE.

Trains Leave Ashburton for Christ church and intermediate stations at 7. 10 a.m., 10.55 a.m., and (Express) 5.39 p.m. Trains Leave Ashburton for Timaru - and South, at 6.50 a.m., 10.25 a.m. f.• (Express), and 445 p.m. —the latter pro ■ oeedmg no farther than Timaru. Trains Arrive at Ashburton from ~ Christchurch at 10 20 a.m. (Express), ■ ' 435 p.m., and 7.20 p.m. j .Trains Arri ve at Ashburton from ; f ' Timaru and South at 10.45 a.m., 6.28 ' p.ia.~ (Express), and 8 p.m. .

NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.

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The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit. THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1883. The State of Ireland.

It was in the year 1870 that the Right Hon, John Bright, speaking on the Irish land question, uttered the fol lowing words : —“ We propose then a new conquest of Ireland, without con fiscation and without blood, with only the holy weapon of a frank and gener ous justice which is everywhere potent to bring together nations which have been long separated by oppression and neglect. Now, from this new policy, we hope for great changes in Ireland, not that Ireland is to be made a Para dise, but that Ireland shall be greatly improved. It may be—probably it is, or will seem like —the language of ex aggeration if I quote the lines of Pope in one of the most exquisite poems in ( our language :

* Then crime shall cease, and ancient fraud shall fail, Returning Justice lift aloft the scale, Peace o’er her realm her olive wand extend, And white-robed Innocence from heaven descend. ’ ” Thirteen years have passed since these words were spoken, and yet the pro phesy therein contained seems as far from fulfilment as ever. How to govern Ireland so as to satisfy her people has been a problem that the English Go vernment for many successive centuries has been called on to solve, and when we look at the continuous failures that have resulted from every attempt at conciliation it seems likely that the Irish difficulty will remain to the end of time. This difficulty is to English statesmen what the stone was to Sisyphus in the ancient my

thology. With the 4esy tentions Parliament sets to work to pass laws for the benefit of Ire land, but no sooner is apparent suc cess in sight than something' happens to nullify every effort that has been made and the labor has all to be gone over again. Some noisy demagogues are sure to arise whose hatred of Eng land is far greater than their love for their own country, and thus the worst passions of a hot-headed race are roused and the result is anarchy. It is no ex cuse for men like Mr Parnell and his followers to say that they are in ear nest. Even admitting, as may be easily done, that Ireland has had to endure many wrongs in the past, the attempts that have been made of late

years to right those wrongs should be recognise : 1 . But it seems as if nothing less than a complete separation will satisfy the Home Rule party, and if such a solution of the difficulty were possible England would only be too glad to remove a thorn from her side which has been troubling her so long. The geographical position of the two islands, however,' precludes the possi bility of a separation, nor is it likely that if Ireland were given a Parliament of her own the experiment would be any more successful at the present day than it was many years ago. When we learnt that the power of the Land League had been virtually destroyed,

there seemed to be some hope that there would be peace at last, but every mail brings us some fresh item in the record of crime and the outlook is still as dreary as ever. It seems strange that a nation whose people, though so alien in tem perament to the English, have so many fine qualities, should be the abode of lawlessness and crime. It would be grossly unjust to believe that the assas sination of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr Burke, and the more recent

murders of Detective Cox and Mr Field, the juryman, in Dublin, were approved of except by a very small sec tion of the community, and we have no sympathy with such remarks as those attributed to a candidate for the Penin sula seat the other day, when he spoke of the Irish as being less civilised than the Chinese. It is such remarks as these that tend to widen the breach that every true friend of both countries should do their best to heal. Those who know Irishmen can testify to the frankness and generosity of their nature, and the records of England’s wars show that they have always been among the bravest and most loyal of her soldiers. Left to herself, we feel certain that Ireland would long ago have come to understand that the efforts that were made to bind the. two nations-in closer amity were prompted by a desire for her good; but unfortu nately she has been cursed with friends who will, unless she throws them off, compass her utter ruin. In the meantime the outlook, as we have'said, is a dreary one. Coercion begets re sentment, while any attempt at concilia tion is followed by demands that it is impossible to think for a moment of satisfying. Surely no more difficult problem of statecraft has ever been offered, and the man who can solve it has not yet appeared.

Dkuids.— The recently formed Star of Ashburton Lodge will hold their opening ceremony at the Ashburton Hotel on Monday next. , Dog Collars. —By reference to our advertising columns it will be seen where dog collars for the different districts in the County can be obtained.

Charge of Conspiracv. —At the Dune din Police Court yesterday, Wm Nimmo was charged with having conspired to de fraud the creditors in the estate of John Adam Berg, of Christchurch. Accused admitted being the person mentioned in the information, and, on the application of the police, he was remanded for the purpose of being brought up at Christ church.

Painful Accident. — A old man, who is known by the name of “ Yankee Sam ” fell into a Bee at a camp near Waihi Bush yesterday morning, and was very Severely burnt about the arms and neck. It is supposed he was seized with a fit. He was brought to Timaru and placed in the Hospital, where he now lies in a somewhat precarious state. He is well known in the country districts.

Phrenology.— At the Town Hall this evening, Professor Fraser will deliver a lecture on the above subject entitled “The Living Temple.” The discourse will be illustrated by a large number of diagrams, and as there will be no charge for admission for this, the initial lecture of a series, there will no doubt be a large attendance, especially as Professor Fraser has earned considerable repute as an ex ponent of phrenology.

Invercargill Wool Sales.—Notwith standing the resolution of certain local wool buyers on Tuesday not to purchase under the condition that they should pay one-eighth of a penny per lb for delivery, the wool sales were continued yesterday and passed off successfully. The atten dance was good and the competition keen, prices in nearly every case reaching the reserve or over. Nearly all offered was sold.

Pisciculture. —At the meeting of the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society held yesterday afternoon, in Christchurch, a letter was read from Mr A. H. Shury, stating that the perch he had obtained from Dunedin had been turned out at Hunt’s, and were doing well. Next year the Society could obtain spawn of those fish. He considered that the Ashburton river gave promise of being well stocked with trout in a few years. There were at present a considerable number of fish in the north branch of that river. The Revenue of the Colony. —The Wellington correspondent of the Press telegraphs as follows :—The returns of the colonial revenue and expenditure for the three-quarters of the current year—that is, for the nine months ended December 31st, have been completed. The total re ceipts from the consolidated fund during the period was L 2,421,704, to which must be added balance at March 31st last, viz., L 128,779 ; total, L 2,550,000. This is Lllß 000 more than three-fourths of the estimates for the full year, deducting pro perty tax, of which none was collected up to December 31st. If we omit balance in hand at starting, viz., L 128,779, or rather allow it to go against property tax yet uncollected, the actual receipts for the nine months will then come within HO,OOO of three-fourths of the year’s estimate, notwithstanding that the rail way revenue fell short of the estimate by L 30,000. And it must be remembered that the March quarter is usually the best iu several main items of the revenue. The ordinary expenditure for the nine months was L 37.000 less than thiee fourths of the estimated expenditure for the full year, so that a substantial saving has been effected, in spite of the heavy increase of the railway working expenses, viz, L 70,000. The land sales in the nine months realised L 199,431. ' The balance of the public works fund on the 31st of December was L 229,889, subject to lia bilities outstanding.

Police Court. —Three men were brought up at',.<jhe Court this morning, before the MslJWr (D. Williamson, Esq.) 'Charged with’ drunkenness. Each was fined sa, and 2a for cab hire. Foom) Drowned. —The body of a roan named John Dale was found in the river Mataura yesterday. Deceased, who had been dr-liking for some time, was in re ceipt of remittances from England. The body bore marks of violence which the doctor thinks were indicted before death. Local Industries. —A Dairy Factory Company has been successfully floated at Oamaru, and as soon as the necessary buildings can be erected operations will be commenced.—The Woollen Factory Com pany has accepted tenders for the erection of a suitable building, and it is calculated that within six months the Company will be able to place their manufactures in the market.

Cricket. —Mr Wardill, hon. secretary of the Melbourne Cricket Club, advises Mr Shelton, the hon. secretary 6f the Otago Cricketers’ Association, that the contemplated New Zealand tour of the English Cricketers had to be abandoned, owing to the curtailment of the trip and to the professionals being under engage ment to complete the tour of the colonies by March 11th. Mr Wardill adds that “ three or four of the gentlemen players intend proceeding Home by way of New Zealand, and s» will see some of your colony en route."

Railway Charges in England. —An Oldham correspondent gives to a Man chester paper a tremendous catalogue of the charges which cotton passing through Liverpool has to bear before it reaches the spinner. They are equivalent, he says, to a farthing a pound on every pound of yarn spun in Oldham. To that extent is the Oldham spinners’ profit mortgaged at Liverpool, and his conten tion appears to be that if this is allowed to go on the trade of Lancashire will be ruined. Oldham, he says, pours L 320.000 into the lap of Liverpool and the railway companies every year. His argument, of course, is that the one thing required is the ship cmal, and he supports the argu ment by a list of charges to which cotton is subject in passing through Liverpool that is certainly formidable. Liverpool dock and town dues come to 8s Ijd per ton, and a lot of minor charges, such as “ proportion of watchman’s wages,” “ Customs entry,” “ insurance on quay,” and the like, makes up the sum to a round 10s per ton. Then there is 12s 3d per ton charge, for carrying the cotton from Liverpool to the mills at Oldham. Alto gether, therefore, the cotton is mulct for transit charges alone about 22s 3d between entering the port and entering the mill. A New Bullet. —A German chemist, who may or may not have been inspired by humanitarian instincts, says the New castle Chronicle, is reported to have in vented a new bullet, the use of which would, he asserts, make war a much less dangerous occupation thanit now is. The new projectile is a sort of explosive—a brittle case filled with a powerful anaes thetic which will break on the slightest contact, discharging fumes which will render a man unconscious for twelve hours. Thus, we may suppose two armies peppering each other with the new bullet. Thousands of gal'ant warriors would in cbie time be stretched bn the unensan guined plain, and while in that condition, we are informed, might be carted away as prisoners of war. Are we about to witness a proof of the assertion that science will eventually render war im possible ? Men will rush with ardor into “ th’ imminent deadly breach ” and “ seek the bubble reputation at the cannon’s mouth.” But what man is so patriotic a<; to consent to be shot with a stinkpot for the benefit of his country 1 Even patriot ism' has its limits. Would the gallant captors of Tel-el-Kebir have rushed with a cheer over the enemy’s entrenchments if they had run the risk of being inglori ously laid low with a mere odour ? Then, again, how about a retreating enemy? What would be the effect of a shot in the back ? It is to be feared that the trans-

formation of bloody campaigns into stink pot shooting competitions is not likely to be realised just yet. The Maori King.—ln an article des cribing the recent visit of Tawhiao and suite to Wanganui, the Chronicle has the following description of the dusky mon arch :—“ Tawhiao himself seemed affable on his arrival at the pa, and listened to his European and Maori interrogators with a dignity which is natural to natives of the old school. He spoke in measured terms, with a species of mock reserve which would be highly amusing if it were

not so truly regal. Tawhiao, who is said to be completely illiterate, brings with him a tall, well-formed, intelligent Maori, who acts as interpreter, and ‘ shepherds ’ his Majesty so judiciously that he is pro tected from that undue questioning and

familiarity which s iould by no means hedge about the throne. To say that Tawhiao is ‘ every inch a King ’ would be to flatter him. He is a highly tattooed, under-sized, simply-dressed native, and neither in appearance nor manner is their anything to indicate the high order of natural or cultivated intelligence so often found in other prominent men of his race. His face would probably wear an amiable aspect were it not disfigured by a defect in one of the eyes, which gives him a stolid appearance when the face is in re pose. His costume is European, and the adornments consist of huia feathers in the hat, a few greenstone ornaments and the gold railway pass in the form of a medal, which Mr Bryce gave him at the Waikato. Tawhiao resembles somewhat, but vary little, the professed portraits which are now in circulation, but he is in face and form a sparer mui than they represent him to be.”

A Singular Delusion. —The Montreal correspondent of the New York Herald writes as fellows : “A remarkable case of prolonged voluntary fasting occurred here. A young man named Charles Fallon, a book-keeper in a large produce house here, took it into his head more than a month ago that he was commanded by God to abstain from taking food. The appeals of his mother and sister were un availing, and he would listen to no re monstrance either of the family physician or the pastor of his church. He was moral in character and exemplary in con duct. His family are in comfortable circumstances. Dr W. H. Kingston at tended him and watched the case. A week passed and beyond an occasional sip of water young Fallon would take no nourishment. There was no insanity about him, neither did he meditate sui cide. In answer t) all entreaties he said that God would tell him when to eat again. Three weeks passed and still Fal lon lingered. Then Dr Howard, an ex pert in insanity, was called in, and said that the man was sane, and that force should be used. Dr Hingston would not sanction this course. The patient was so emaciated that he (the doctor) doubted whether his stomach would ever retain food enough to nourish his body again, and force might kill him instead of doing him any good. Meanwhile the Rev. Canon Baldwin, whose Bible class Fallon had attended, was doing all in his power to induce the young man to eat, ‘ Have you a revelation from God that I am to eat 1' was the answer of Fallon. This nonplussed the reverend gentleman, who however, enlisted the prayers of Chrii tians for him. Finally, on the thirty third day of the fast, Fallon remarked to his mother that he thought he would eat something. Dr Hingston then provided such food as he believed the emaciated body could stand, and Fallon is now on a fair way to recovery. The case is one that creates much interest in the medical profession here. ”

— -The Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club 1 endorsed the disqualification of Atkins, jockey of The Laird, for pull ing at Ongaonga races. Disqualification of Atkins' trainer and The Laird was de erred ponding the receipt of evidence. Mixed Up.—The following “ mixed up” local' appears in the Adelaide Observer : A narrow escape. A young man named James Lightbody (states the Ham ilton Spectator ) while walking across a paddock at Drik Drik, on Monday even ing, was bitten by a snake on the calf of the leg: He struck at death passed on him, but it will no doubt finally result in a life of penal servitude. There is a general feeling of regret expressed for the unhappy wretch, but it will be as well for termagant wives to remember that when they hag a husband until his life has be come a burden to him they should not do it when he has got a box-iron in his hand. Deaths From Sunstroke. —The Timaru Herald records two cases of deathfromjsun-- stroke which occurred yesterday in that district. The heat during the greater part of the morning and afternoon was excessive, the thermometer at one time registering over 140 in the sun. The brightness and warmth of the day was,;of course, very favorable for harvest opera tions, and farmers took full advantage iof it and employed largo numbers of men. Unfortunately, probably through the men themselves not taking sufficient care to shield the back of their heads and necks from the rays of the sun while stooping at their work, two harvest hands received sunstroke and died from its effects, while several milder cases occurring in various narts of the district are reported. The fatal cases were James Sullivan and David Hutcheson. Sullivan, a middle aged man, was employed by a Mr. Suther land to assist in harvesting a crop on Mr Thomas Teachemaker’s estate, Otaio,, Sullivan, after dinner yesterday, left the camp and proceeded in the direction, of the harvest field. Nothing further w»as seen of him until he was found, aboiut half-past] one o’cleck, lying in an un conscious state in the field. As no doc tor resided in the neighborhood Sullivan was brought in to Timaru by the express train in charge of another man. On arrival at Timaru he was prompty conveyed to the Hospital, where ha expired at a quarter past six o’clock last evening. D. Hutcheson was aged 21,' a native of the County of Armagh, Ire land, arrived in Timaru a few days since from North Otago, in which district he had been working for some time. Hia brother, Mr George Hutcheson, has a crop on Tiko Flat, near Mount Horrible, and David Hutcheson was at work there yesterday harvesting. During the course of the day the two brothers were _ tying sheaves, each taking a different side of the field. Mr George Hutcheson, about two o’clock in the afternoon, on reaching the spot where he usually met his brother, found him lying on the ground with, a sheaf over his head. He was quite un conscious, but still breathing. He was carried to the hut, about a quarter of a mile J>way, but expired before it was reached, having never spoken from the time he was taken up.

Holloway’s Ointment and Pius.;— Glad Tidings. Some constitutions have tendency to rheumatism, and are through, 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, . .add, assisted by Holloway’s the surest way; of overcoming their disease. More need .not be said than to request a few days’ trial' of the safe and soothing treatment, by which the disease will ultimately be completely swept away. Pains that would make a giant shudder are assuaged without difficulty by Holloway’ easy and inexpensive remedies, which comfor by moderating the throbbing vessels and calm ing the excited nerves.—Advt

CRICKET.

MUPPS v. COUNTY CLUB SECOND

ELEVEN.

The match played on the Domain yesterday afternoon, between the above teams resulted in an easy win for the County by 45 runs. The following are the scpres. County. E. Fooks, b Hill ... ... ... 2 , Hart, b Andrewes ... ... 27 Leahy, b Hill ... ... ... 2 Hussey, c Hill, b Mainwaring ... 3 Jones, c Mainwaring, b Hill ... 4 Shury, b Hill ... 13 Hutchison, c Tasker, b Hill ... 2 Fish, b Mainwaring ... ... 5 Fooks, J. b Hill • ... 8 Dee, riot out 4 Wroughton, b Hill ... ... 21 Extras ... ,7 98 Muffs. Brooks, run out ... 5 Qendersan, b Fooks j 11 A. Fooks, c and b Fooks J. ... 8 Hill, stumped 0 Mainwaring b Hart 7 Andrewes, c Leahy, b Hart ... 16 Tasker, b Fooks ... 2 Wilhelmhurst, not out 5 Kay, b Fooks 0 ■ Butler, b Fooks ... 1 Extras 5

CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

Christchurch.

The following cases, of local interest, came up for hearing before Mr Justice Johnston yesterday :

LAHCENY IN A DWELLING. Daniel Neat was in.iicted for stealing L 6 from John Harrison in a house at Hatfield, North Rakaii, on Nov, 13. Prisoner, who was undefended, ..pleaded “ Not Guilty.”—John Harrison farmer at Hatfield, said that he knew prisoner, who came to his place on Nov. 10 last. He engaged him at LI a week. On the following Sunday on going to bed he hung his trousers up, in the pocket of which were six one pound nptes. Prisoner slept in the adjoining room. The trou sers were hung on a nail over witness’s led, where they remained for a day or two. He afterwards put the trousers in a box, but did not miss the money till he went to pay prisoner. Some of the notes were “ sound New Zealand Bank ” notes On Nov. 1 ho told prisoner he would pay him, as he was not wanted any longer. Took the trousers out to got a note, arid there was none there. He asked prisoner to change a L 5 note, but he said that he could not as he had no money. Then got a horse and went with prisoner to Rakaia. Gave prisoner in charge to Constable Rouse, who searched him and found no money on him. Gave him a LI note and left him. On the Wednesday previous saw prisoner sewing up the lining in the breast of his coat. —To His Honor : Be tween Nov. 10 and Nov. 17 John Kelly and George Gordon were at the house onco each. I should have seen them take the money if they had done so. When Kelly was there the money was in the box. Prisoner told me some one called on Sunday when I was out. When he was sewing his coat he was sitting in the same room with me. He had one coat on and the other off—Cross-examined by prisoner : I could not swear that you took the money from my trousers pocket. I could not swear that I did not drop the money and you picked it up. I did not see it picked up.—Constable William Rouse, stationed at Rakaia: Remembered the last witness complaining that he had been robbed by prisoner. Asked prisoner if he had any money. Prisoner said “ No.” Searched him and found nothing,,

him. Let him gol SavrhfmtW next day at the Railway Hotel. He was rather the worse for liquor, and witness-searched

him and found in his outside vest pocket five LI notes and eleven shillings. . They were not sewn. Charged him with steal* ing the money from John Harrison. On the way to the lock-up prisoner said he had earned the money ; but did not say from whom. The next morning‘he said that he had found the money in the lining of the sleeve of his coat, but could not .tell how it got there. The notes (pro duced) were not new, but in good order. Pour were oh the Bank of New Zealand and one on the National Bank of New Zealand. He said he had changed a note at each of the two hotels, which made L 7 —six which Harrison had lost, and one which prosEcutor had given him.— Ser geant Henry William Felton, stationed at Ashburton : Remembered .on November 20 seeing prisoner at the Courthouse, Ashburton, in charge of the,, last ■witness, who stated that' prisoner said- he had found the money. Pri soner Yes, Sergeant, I wjUjahow you where it was. ” Prisoner pulled off his coat, and showed where he had found the money, saying ‘ ‘ I found it there, and.cpn’t tell who put it there. ’’-^-Prisofner l halving nothing to say in his defence His'Honor summed up, and the jury, ‘ without re tiring, found'a verdict 6t ci Guilty.”—ln spector Pender reported that prisoner had in 1868 been sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment for larceny, and that in 1864 he had escaped from gaol.—r-His Honor sentenced the prisoner to ’ two years’ imprisonment wrh hard labor. INDECENT ASSAULT. George Fuller, who was indicted |or an indecent assault, pleaded “ Not Guilty.”— Prisoner' said he had been a number of years in the colony, and through beihg a cripple had been 1 unable to '-earn any ’money ; would his Honor ask some, kind friend—a lawyer—to defend him,—His Honor asked Mr Stringer, who was seated at tlie table, if he' would undertakeL-th* defence.—Mr Stringer asked to be allowed to look at the depositions taken "irr the Court below, and after seeing them de* clined to undertake the task.—His .Honor said he would watch the case for the pris oner.—Mr Duncan led'the; evidence for the prosecution, which is unfit for publi cation.—After hearing the principal wit ness, whose account differed materially from that given by her in the- lower Court, Mr Duncan withdrew the. prosecu- * , tion.—His Honor animadverted upoiv the carelessness of parents in allowing their k children .to go out Unprotected, andkhe prisoner was ordered to stand down.

BDEGLABY. At the Supremo Court Henry Garrett, for burglary, was sentenced to 'seven years’ penal servitude. [by TELEGKAPH.] T Auckland. Auckland, To-d|y. At the Supreme Court true bills' were returned against Mrs Hamilton and Priestly, for murder ; Peter NeiUotL-lfop stealing from a dwelling; James Kay, for burglary. W. Webb, fbr stealing from a dwelling, was found “Not guilty ” and discharged. Henry Mason'got two years’ imprisonment for burglary.. j Wellington. J a f L Wellington, Tp-day. ’At the Supreme Court-to-day, Sarah Parnell was sentenced to two months’ im prisonment on a charge of wounding. The sittings were adjourned till Tuesday, when the charge against for horse-stealing will be heard. . Dunedin. Dunedin, To-cUy. At the Supreme Court William *Fbre shaw, who yesterday pleaded guilty to two indictments for stealing sewing ma chines, was sentenced to six months’ im prisonment on each charge, the sedteidees to be concurrent. It was stated that"the prisoner was the tool of i a . gang of men who by misrepresentations got possession of machines let out on hire, and.iagainst whom proceedings would be taken.‘f,„

NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIA MENT.

Sydney, Yesterday. The New South Wales 'Parliament was opened to-day by His Excellency the Governor. The Speech from the Throne commenced by offering.; con gratulations upon the flourishing(State of the finances of the Colony' present time, arid stated that r the, re venue, as shown by recently pubUsned returns, continues to increase steadily, the total receipts for last year Having exceeded the estimate made by The Colonial Treasurer in his Budget Speech on Nov. i last by L258,ooo; : -’'The Speech, however, intimated that a large portion, if not the whole, of this would be required to cover appropria tions for various public services. The Speech then announced that it was pro posed to hold but a short fend to confine the business to be dealt'tirith to financial matters and certain ques tions of an urgent nature. the measures which would be introduced were Bills for the amendment -off the criminal law, for the creation and issue of inscribed stock at the option of bondholders, for amendment' of the Licensing Act, for the establishment of High schools in the colony, and to provide means for the abatement of the rabbit pest, Consideration of the question of land retorm would be post poned until next session, when com prehensive measures would be intro duced. The Speech concluded by remarking upon the continued prosper ity, of the Colony and its excellent pros pects. Addresses in reply to the Speech from the Throne have been affirmed in both Houses of the Legislature without division.

COLONIAL MEAT IN ENGLAND.

The Western Times , an Exeter paper and an agricultural journal of Righ standing in England, refers thus itcti the high price of beef and mutton at Horae. The Times says that the high price lies on the conscience of the butchery busi ness, Sensitive members of the trade recently met at Dorchester, and agreed that they must charge a shilling a pound for all the best joints of the sheep, and the Times hopes there will not be a mutton famine. The butchers are en titled to a word or two in their defence. There is a great run on the best joints, and a determined rejection of the less fashionable pieces. On the inferior parts of both beeves and mutton butchers lose money, and as our Home supplies fail in quantity, meat must continue to be dearer arid dearer 1 still. As to mutton, we (the Tonies) from a credible source of. flocks being driven into a market town 3 to.,be slaughtered and .sent to London. Jghe agricultural returns for the yeai :sh.oyr a reduction of io,ooo cattle and. 500*800 sheep in the number of those animals as compared with 1880. We need noVisk where’the beet-eater will be at 1 dinner

THE ASHBUR JON GUARDIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1883.



wans SCOTTISH IMPERIAL IN SURANCE COMPANY. |'.Head Office: 161, West George street, '" i ' Glasgow. Capital ... £1,000,000 i; JURE BISKS taken at lowest current Tntes. Claims promptly settled her#. _ ' W. R. EOTLB, . ' Agent* Ashburton.



Wanted WANTED— A BOY to look after Cattle and make himself generally useful; must be a good milker. Apply to Robert Anderson, Brookljn; or at Flemington Cheese Factory. 84



XX7ANTED KNOWN—That Robert V\ Elston, Burnett street, Ashbur ton, having procured the newest appara tus, Ja prepared to Sweep Chimneys at very low rates. Any orders left at the Town Hall will receive prompt attention. Terms cash. 760 c ANTED KNOWN. That BONEDUST, specially prepared for drilling with carrots, mangolds, etc., can be obtained from the undersigned. F, MAYO, Hampstead Bone Mills. ANTED KNOWN—It is Mr Lan caster’s intention to extend his Bread Business, and he wishes his cus tomers to know he has secured Mr Thomas ' Hicks to manage that branch. A Cart will be run with Broad alone, independent bf the other Two Carts, which will con tinue to run as before. The name of Mr Hicks will be a sufficient guarantee that, under his management, Bread of unex ceptionable quality will be turned out of the FREETRADE BAKERY, East street—R. Lancaster, Proprietor. 240



WANTED the Public to know that they can purchase on deferred payment one of Singer’s celebrated SEW ING. MACHINES. They are cheaper, more durable, and will do a greater variety of work than any other kind of sewing machine. They have been awarded up wards of 300 First Class Prizes (gold and silver medals, cups, etc.) Sewing Ma chines of all kinds bought, sold, or exchanged, and repaired. Lessons given given free of charge to purchasers at their own hemes. Moore Street, Ash burton. 100 Special Advertisements. JUST ARRlVED.—Christmas Double Part of “ The Young Ladies’ Jour nal.” Also, “ Row Bells,” “London Journal,” “ Family Reader,” “ Family Herald,” etc., etc. Andbewes Bros., East street south, Ashburton. 77



£JHRISTMAS PRESENTS. JUST OPENED UP, A Large and Choice Selection of FANCY GOODS TOYS PRIZE BOOKS. <&c., &c., &o. Andrewes Bros., BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS, &c, ' ./ East street sooth, Ashburton- n!5 To Farmers.



H.E AT SHIPMENTS XU THE UNITED KINGDOM or CONTINENT of EUROPE. THE NEW ZEALAND GRAIN AGENCY AND MERCANTILE COM PANY, LIMITED, Are prepared to make LIBERAL ADY ANOES Against wheat placed in their hands for shipment to London, Liverpool, or the Continental markets. FARMERS’ PARCELS Will have the personal attention of Mr P. Cunningham and Mr G. G. Stead, and will be forwarded by the COMPANY’S LINE OP SHIPS DIRECT TO THEIR LONDON OFFICE Shippers thus avoid the delay and ex pense which is incurred when shipments pass through int rmediate channels. The advantages and economy of being: in DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH HIGH-CLASS EXPERIENCED BROKERS, Whose sole business is the disposal of Grain, must be obvious. Ihe Company’s large business enables it to handle grain upon a very low scale of charges, and farmers availing themselves of its services for the disposal of grain in the Home Markets can rely upon the HIGHEST PRICE being realised, and prompt account sales being rendered. Shipments will be superintended with out charge, and supplied whilst awaiting shipment, ahd every care taker to ensure dispatch. GEORGE G. STEAD, Managing Director. P. CUNNINGHAM, Consulting Director. W. HORNE, 12au Agent, Ashburton. BURNETT STREET, Ashburton, CABINETMAKER & UPHOLSTERER. TO THE Free btorage John Meech,



The above advertiser begs to intimate to his numerous friends and customers that as he has INTENDED HIS PREMISES He is now in a position to execute all kinds of FURNITURE at prices to meet THE TIMES. Second-hand Furniture bought and sold. First Prize awarded at the late A. and P. Show. Showrooms—Next Bullock’s Arcade. Workshop—Next Mail iflfice. T YOU WANT GOOD AND STRONG FURNITURE, GO TO DAVIS’S OHEAP FURNITURE AND BED DING MANUFACTORY, BAST STREET SOUTH, ASHBURTON. f7l VERY article Sold at Christchurch ■4. Prices and guaranteed best of material and workmanship. FUNERALS CHEAPLY & COMPLETELY FURNISHED sl



Special Advertisements. n 'HE BEST VALUE FOR READY JL money IS TH* MEN’S AND BOYS’ CLOTHING Manufactured BY TUB NEW ZEALAND Clothing Factory, Which can be purchased at their Retail Branches all over New Zealand. A SINGLE GARMENT AT THE WHOLESALE PRICE. Thousands of discerning customers testify that the New Zealand Clothing Factory’s Garments are the very beat for READY MONEY. Ashburton Branch: BAST STREET. W. SPARROW, Manager. s!9



QOAL GOAL. COAL. We have now IN STOCK, ex Con ference, a large supply of the Old Xambton Coal. This is the BEST HOUSE COAL imported. 18n TUCKER, RESTELL & CO.



TO BLACKSMITHS, iM BREWERS, AND OTHERS. Just landed, ex Mary Campbell, from Greymouth, a supply of the CELEBRATED Brunner Coal, The best procurable for blacksmith and steam purposes. n 27 TUCKER, RESTELL & CO.



We have now IN STOCK and for sale, ex vessels from Kaipara, a large assort ment of DRESSED AND UNDRESSED Kauri Timber, including sizes to suit all requirements of the Building Trade. WELL- SEASONED TIMBER for Joiners and Cabinetmakers. Also, from Foxton, ex Awarea and Forest Queen, Totaral Black Pine, of the best quality to be obtained. 021 TUCKER, RESTELL <fc CO-



BOOKS at R. BEVAN’S, Saunders’ Buildings. Cassell’s Popular Educator, Chambers’ Journal of Popular Literature, Mayhew’s Illustrated Horse Management, the Leisure Hour, Every Boy’s Annual, Little Wide-Awake, Chatterbox, Children’s Friend, Child’s Companion, Infant’s Magazine, Band of Hope Review, Morning Dewdrops (by Mrs C. L. Balfour), Captain Cook’s Voyages, and others. A large stock of second-hand books—all offered at the lowest possible price for cash, 32 gATB YOUR GRAIN, AND PURCHASE Walter A. Wood’s TWINE REAPER AND BINDER, Which obtained the FIRST PRIZE and GOLD MEDAL against all comers at the TRIAL held last season in Christ church, under the auspices of tha Canter bury A. and P. Association. This Machine combines Lightness of Draught, Simplicity of Construction, Ease op Management, Durability, and with Quantity and Quality op Work. Ealing, 21st December, —To Messrs Poyntz and Co, —Gentlemen.—In an swer to your enquiry 1 might stats that the Wood’s Twine Binder, works te my entire satisfaction,and may mention that during last season, 1 cut 154 acres of wheat during a strong wind with perfect ease, and produced good work. Yours •truly, Henry Herne, manager for J. E. Ruddenklau. Newlands, 22nd December, —Messrs Poyntz and Co., Ashburton.—l have this day completed cutting 25 acres of rye grass on my farm at Newlands, with a W. A. Wood’s Twine Binder, purchased from you last year, to my entire satisfaction. The crop is now lying on the ground, and speaks for itself. Anyone wishing to see the crop can do so on visiting my farm. Yours faithfully, Martin Griffin, FOR SALE— Second-hand GRASS-STRIPPER. FOR SALE— Second-hand McCormick REAPERS and BINDERS.



FOR SALE— Four-horse DRAY. FOR SALE— A WAGONETPE, in capital order. FOR SALE— An Eight-horse-power ENGINE, by Clayton and Shattleworth, in good order. FOR SALE COMBINE, by Marshall. ON SALE BINDER TWINE, WIRE, and OIL, at current rates. Poyntz & Co., AGENTS



Special Advertisements. JEL M. Jones’ OCOUNT BOOKS. BOOKS ! BOOKS !! REWARD, P RESENT ATION, and PRIZE BOOKS. NEW VOLUMES— Boys’ Own Annual Girls’ Own Annual rvjuio— VARIOUS Authors ; Sir Walter Scott’s Works, new edition, complete. TOYS ! TOYS !! TOYS! !! GREAT VARIETY—in Wood, Tin, DOLLS ! DOLLS !! DOLLS !! ! ALL SIZ r S —From one inch to two feet— in Wood, Rag, China, Composition, etc. 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. PIANOS. ORGANS, BRASS, and STRINGED INSTRUMENTS DEFERRED PAYMENTS. H. M. JONES, BURNETT ST. & BARING SQUARE. 13d [With an apology to Green's Shade.] CHEAP BOOTS AND SHOES.—The BIG SHOP in East Street, Ash burton, has just been opened with an entirely NEW STOCK of English, Foreign, and Colonial-nude BOOTS and SHOES, which will be sold at my usual LOW PRICES, which have given such satisfaction in Tinwald and else where.— C. HAWKINS, “ Munstek” Warehouse, Ashburton ; also at Tin wald. Chatterbox Child's Companion Infants’ Magazine, &c., &c. POETS— China, and Indiarubber. ON



gPEOIAL NOTICE TO THE INHABITANTS OF ASH BURTON AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS. GK E. West and Co., MUSIC AND PIANOFORTE WAREHOUSEMEN, Princes street, Dunedin, Have 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 large 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 ! ! MUSIC 1! ! 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.



Thomas Taylor, jgAKER AND CONFECTIONER, East street. WEDDI.NG CAKES To Order. Manufacturer of CIDER AND OTHER CORDIALS,