SHIPPING.

-.'Vv-' —— FORT OF LYTTELTON. SMf Arrived. SATURDAY. Wsnaka, a.s., from Dunedin. Yesterday. Kopntal, p.s., for Dunedin (put back). T- Koranm, s.s., from Wellington. r # Sailed. Saturday. Pelican, brigantine, for Kaipara. Forest Queen, ketch, for Wellington. Wahaka,. h a., for Wellington.

COMMERCIAL.

AshrurtoiyGuardtan Office Monday *ftemoi»n. Alfred Harfisbiv reports his weekly silt as follows;—Saturday, Oct, 13 : A few hacks were offered and sold. Cows sold fairly well. There.twre&teral' enquiries for cows close to Pigsvro still fetching high prices, all lots entered- being cleared. Fowls, 2s to 3s fid ; ducks,*,|sjpcr pair.: -Produce—B. I>. pota toes, ‘3os to ‘*563 per ton; kidneys, no sale possible; chicken whe?U, 2s per bushel } .car rots, jtosper tqn ; oats, is 6d to is qd per busheh, oS per sample; grass seed dull. HarV ness and sundries sold well. Tea, 21s guaran tee!. There was a very good attendance, but the inclement weather kept-maby entries from coming forward. Mr T, Bullock reports of the Horse Market for the week ending Saturday, October 13th: —l7 horses were. yarded for the day’s sale. There was only* a small attendance, and the biddings throughout the sale were languid, ex cept for 3 draughts, ..which I j sold on account of Mr Charles Hill,' which fetched good prices; os given below. For light harness horses there appears to be little or no demand. The follow ing prices for those soldwererealised,viz—Med ium driKlghts ofagood desenption, L 25 to L 29; light tttaraess heroes, IL4 $s 16 Lro; a number of light harness horses and hacks were passed in, biddingsEpVreaching.owners’ limits. ’Spring trap, §l.^Oals,‘ r i!i-9d to is iod per bushel. Landed propefties^-During. the, week. I haye ; sold Mr (Sewgd improved 'farm at Longbeach at L 7 per at re; also, 'rural section the racecourse and , the Kaiapfti 'resWve/cintaining 146 ahres unim proved, bn account of Messrs Tancred and Allan at vendor’s reserve. .. ..

MEMORANDA.

ef L . AUCTION SALES - . .. ‘ ,Saturday, October 20. . Mr Thoarßullodk, J ht the Arcaide, Burnett StreehrnSnbutban Sections Ibi' Tuesday*, October 23. . Matson, Cox and C 0.,“ at'the Ashburton Yards—Stock. AMU SEMBNTS ,<feo £4OJ Tms Evening. ' * Monday, October 15. .' BorospUhOofaicil, ht' Borongh Council OfiwlAnf, o’clock. ‘ : ■ Thursday, October 18 Town Hall—Caledonian .Gathering, 7.30 * B’hidaV,' October 19. Ashburton' AgrMultural and Pastoral Asso- Meeting at the Arcade CfiSmberß. 'at 2 30 p m. Saturday. October 20. Ashburton >CdnhCy .Stock and Saleyarda nnthffeviy'-t.Anpual’ -Meeting of Share holder st the Atpade Chambers; 3.30 Ashburton County Council —at Copnoil Chambers;; 11/a. m. , ; r T Wednesday, r November 14. ■ Ashburton;, iAgricultural and Pastoral Association—Apnual Show. .

MAIL NOTICES.

Mlfilscldse at the Ashburton Post Office fe&m:— r ; ; For Ohriatchuroh and North'at 6 a. no. 10.30 a.m., and 5 p.m., daily. For Ohertseyßakaia,&c., at 10,30 aim'," »nd &>p»i9id»Uy. ■*.! 'I-;- F6r Dunedin, Winslow, Hinds, ColcailTefcitoj Orari,' "Winchester, and Geraldine,at 10a.m.daily. Fqr ; Teipuka, at.o a.m. and 10 a.m,,; ni toil .. .7/ FpfeT&nVß and .South, at 6 a.m., 10 a.m., and 4.30 p.m., daily. , For Ashburton Forks, on. Saturdays, at 3i30 1 on. Tuesdays and Saturday, at 6 a.m. and 430 p.m. For Mayfield, on Tuesdays and Satnr day;,.st 6 a.m. For Aahtcn, Waterton and Longbeach, at ■ f For-Ftepnington, on Mondays,.Wednes days, and Fridays, at 4 30 p. m. For Wakanui, Elgin, Seaview, Seafield, and.KyleJfon '/Tuesdays, Thursdays,, .and Saturdays, at 6.30 a.m. For Newlands, on Tuesdays and Fri daya at 10.30 a.m." .

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit. MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1883.

The Irish land league delegate, Mr W. Redmond, M.P., will deliver a lecture in the Town Hall on Friday next. Mr 0. J. Harper addresses the electors of the Upper Ashburton Riding at the Town Hall to-morrow evening. Another candidate is in the field for the Ashburton mayoralty, Mr Alfred Harrison having received a requisition to stand for the office, which he has acceded to. Rumor says that it is not improbable that a third contestant for the honor will come forward ere long. A good deal of interest has been shown in sporting circles lately concerning the advisability of holding races for district horses only at Ashburton at Christmas time, and a meeting has been called for. this evening at Quill’s Hi.tel to discuss the matter, when it is hoped there will be a good attendance. A squad of fourteen men went to the butts fur target practice this morning, but the scores made were not high, this being no doubt due to the fact that most of the men had not previously fired at the long ranges with the new Snider rifles. Pri vate Hooper was first with 60 points, Bugler Savage coming second with 41, Captain Douglas next with 40—the ranges being four, five, and six hundred yards.

At the Police Court this morning before Mr Baddeley, R.M., Archibald Smart waa brought up charged with drunkenness. The accused pleaded hard for a remand, as he was an important witness in the Methven robbery case to come on to-mor row. The Magistrate, however, did not yiow the matter in the same light, and in flicted a fine of 10s with the alternative of forty-eight hours’ imprisonment. A first offender was ordered to pay 6s. Dan Lea was charged with indecent exposure in the Domain on Sunday week, Mr Branson appeared for the defence. After evidence had been taken, his Worship ex pressed himself as satisfied that the offence had been proved, and he would order the accused to be sent to gaol for two calendar months, with hard labor. After an interval of about six months the Ghertsey pleasure-seekers made a successful attempt on Friday evening last to blend amusement with “material ad vantages. ” The customary tea was not prepared, and Miss and Mr E. Wilkinson had thus ample time to hang gracefully some tasteful floral decorations that they had spent considerable time in arranging at home. The evening’s relaxation started with an enjoyable concert, Misses Tomkins, and Lambio and Messrs Lambic, Loudon, Maugham (sen. and jun.) Grey, Todd, Silvester, West, Wilkinson, and Russell occupied agreeably the time of the audience for about an hour and a half, after s which,a nigger farce was rattled through, by; soma,gentlemen from Rakaia. After the schoolroom had been cleared of obstacles, Messrs Loudon, Lambie and Todd kept themselves and groups of dancers busy till three o’clock, whe i the Chairman of the Library Committee (Mr Childs) wourid up the proceedings by cor dially thanking all who had contributed to the entertainment of the audience. Mr Strachan, of Bellevue generously lent his excellent piano on the occasion. ... The St James' Budget says:—Not a few of the British officers who were present at the Summer Palace at Pekin will no doubt remember until their dyidg days a strange instance of the extraordinary carelessness

of the Chinese soldier. The admiral and several of the members of his staff, after all .resistance was apparently a$ aa end, went ashora on an exploring expedition, and in the course of their wanderings found themselves in » square enclosure to which there was but one entrance. This entrance was guarded by a swing-gate, and while the unsuspecting officara were leisurely admiring the strange buildings around them, a number of Chinese soldiers appeared in the alley leading to the square. Seeing the Englishmen, the Celestials, rapidlj approached with their heavy gin gals at the trail, and upon reaching the gate rested their cumbrous weapons upon its bars and fired a tremendous volley point-blank at the intruders. However, no one was hit; and ere the assailants could load again some marines cameupon the scene and captured them. It then appeared that the Chinamen wlto pro bably had as usual filled up their gihgals with as much powder and old iron as they would hold, had omitted to put in any top wads, and that while they wore carrying their weapons at the trail the projectiles had harmlessly rolled out into the mud.

The third annual meeting of the Far mers’ Co-opeiative Association was held at Timaru, on Saturday, when a favorable report and balance-sheet were submitted. The paid-up capital is L 7,738, and the reserve fund L 915. The profit for the year is L 1,430. A dividend of 7 per cent, has been declared, and the balance carried to the reserve. The gross turn over for the year was L 51,366, of which L 52,740 represented transactions in grain and produce, and the balance sales of mer chandise to shareholders. The business is conducted principally on the cash sys tem on both sides of account, bills pay able for goods being only L 176, and open accounts due to Association by share holders only L 2,500, representing about one month’s sales. Advances on produce now current' exceed LIO,OOO. The total liabilities, including these secured ad vanoes, mortgages on the freehold which are valued at nearly L 12,000, and a Bank overdraft of L 4,500, amount to L 26.898, the assets exceeding this by oyer LIO.OOO A new feature introduced during the year was the acceptance of money on deposit, and LI, was received in this way. It is proposed to add a separate department for the sale of farm and dairy produce. The report and balance-sheet ivere unani mously adopted, and the retiring directors were re-elected.

At the Dunedin Police Court on Satur day,"William Leckie, charged with ra.e on Isabella Richardson, was discharged. Up to the time.qf our going to press there was no news to hand of the arrival of the San Francisco mail at Auckland, which is due to-day. The Manawatu Standard notices that the hop gardens on the Awahari-Fielding road have been largely extended this season, and that the poles are now being made for the coming crop. Since the beginning of July 2,575 tons of sugar have been expor-.ed from Queens land.

About 2,000 acres of bush will be fallen this season in the Momohaki district, and about 4,000 acres in the Hawera County. There is a slight decrease in the South Australian Savings’ Banks receipts, but it is due to the depositors seeking other avenues of investment.

The Royal Flour Mills Company, with a capital of L 40,000, has been success fully floated at Timaru, and will start operations almost immediately. The Hon Mr Couolly returned to Wel lington yesterday morning. Major Atkin son returns'on Wednesday, and .Messrs Dick and Oliver on Tuesday. His Excel lency the Governor visits Nelron next week, leaving Wellington on Thursday. In the case of assault on Wickham, the proprietor of the Free Lanee, by Dr Har rison, Mrs Dr Potts' associate, Harrison was fined 10s. Aspinall, Mrs Potts’ agent, and James Millet were discharged. No new facts came out in evidence. Mr Hesketh and Mr Brassey appeared for Wickham, and Mr Barton for Dr Harri son.

The Otago Meat Freezing Company was formed on Saturday. Articles ef Associa tion were adopted and permanent directors appointed. , Over 4,000 shares have, so fat, been applied for by 356 applicants. It has been started because of the success of the former local company, the New Zealand, which sends home only share holders’ mutton, thus shutting out a large number of producers. The match between the County Club and the Rakaia C.O. will be played on the 24th inat., and not, on the 17th as pre viously arranged. , Next Wednesday the County Club, will begin their match with the Borough Club, and it will be con tinued on the 31st ins 1 . The County team will be selected from the following. —Thomas, Leahy, Simpson, Curtis, Probble, E. Fooks, A. Fooks, J. Fooks, JEL O. S. Baddeley, Jophson, Caygill, Kemp, Denshire, and Wroughton. The Limed Strongly advocates the use of salt .as an article of food, and censures severely those silly people who are puttin ’ forward objection to its use and purpose to do without it. , Nothing, says this medical authority, could be'more absurd. Common salt is the most widely distri buted substance in the body ; it is a con stant constituent of the blood. The blood will take up so much and no m <re, however' much we may taka with our food. On the other.hand, if none be given, the blood parts with its natural quantity slowly and unwillingly. Common salt is, in fact, of immense importance for the nutrition of the body and the pre servation of health. This truth is : de monstrated in detail, and an illustration of its value from the point of view re ferred to is given from the habits of ani mals, whose powerful instinct impels their to obtain salt. Buffaloes, for in stance, will travel for miles to reach a “ salt-lick,” and the value of this univer sal commodity in improving the. nutrition and the aspect of horses and cattle is wall known to farmers generally. Recently, in the course of a lecture, a clergyman made the following humorous remarks on the habit of snoring: —Snoring, said he, was an honest habit, and he had frequently been most deeply, if not ag es ably, impressed by the solemn earnestness with which it was in lulged in. He , had been in the same room in A crowded hotel with one of those devoted shorers, and he had occasionally taken the responsi bility of rolling such a one . over to hear the varieties of snore with which the artist unwittingly .entertained him. He had returned to his pillow astonished at hia capacity, and wondering if it were a natural or acquired gift. Then, to strike a new sort of snore, he had projected his pillow across the room, and received a re sponse more than he could have antici pated or even asked for. He had no objection to snoring if it was well done. There were several distinct and separate kinds of snore, as he was able to testify—the hissing snore, the guttural snore, the roaring snore, the choking snore, the scattering snore, the easy snore, the r-r-r-ripping snore, the hurri cane snore, and the snore altogether, to which might be added the snore up and the snore down, the snore peculiar, and the snore ecstatic, the snore melancholy, and the snore triumphant. In fact, he had heard one man going through all these characters in the course of an hour. He began with a sound that might have been mistaken for the voice of an infant, varied it until it resembled the noise of a wheel in the pilot-house of a steamboat, changed it to a puff, puff, puff, solemn and regular as the puff of an engine, deepening it into a growl, then a wide gurgling of the throat as though he were throttled, then a roar as though a long railroad train were going over the bridge of his nose, then breaking forth into ebul litions of feeling that gave one the idea that the whole air was disturbed with the rippling of shoo leather, until the ecstatic performer woke up expressing his as tonishment that his room mate couldn’t sleep. He had heard of a snorer who was outanored, and bagged his rival in piteous tone: “ Uo let’s begin over again and start even.”

A remarkable vessel was launched on August 16th from the shipbuilding yard of Messrs Ball, Bussell and Co., Aber deen. She is named the Churchill, and is of unique design. Under the auspices of the Natal Harbor Board, the harbor of Port Natal, which forms the oiitlLet not only to the colony of Natal, but also to the rich and important districts of the Transvaal and part of the Orange Fr?e State, is being enlarged and deepened at great expense. The entrance to the har bor is obstructed by a bar of shitting sand, and the sea at the outer anchorage during an easterly gale is Extremely heavy. The completion of the harbor works and cohsequont removal of the bar is expected to neutralise this source of danger by allowing vessels of deep draught to enter the ,harbor. In the mean time, however, the Harbor Board, de cided to build a steam vessel suitable to the service of the port in its presVnt state. The conditions were that the vessel should tow ships into and out of the harbor over the bar in all weathers ; should be capable of acting as a very powerful fire engine ; of . carrying large supplies of fresh water for the use of ship* or troops; of landing troops from trans ports too large to enter the harbor ; of succouring vessels in distress in the open sea ; of recovering the large number of de relict anchors and cables of which it is estimated that three hundred of the largest size lie along, thb coast, and lastly* of acting in times of need as a torpedo or coast defence vessel. In the Churchill these conditions are believed to be fully met, one of the most hoVel features of the vrasal being p large Martin anchor carried upon an overhanging platform at the stern, to* which is .attached a heavy cable. The loose ehd of''this' will be passed by a rocket or other apparatus to ships in danger of drifting ashore, and the Churchill will steam seawards to drop the anchor as tar as possible from the shore. >

' A review of public school children, in the presence of Lord end Lady Loftus, is to take place in Moore Park, Sydney, at an early date. Education (says the Spectator ) is already telling on the vagabondage and the mor tality of children. In Birmingham the average number of juvenile offenders was in the five years ending with 1875, 1373 ; while in the five years ending with 1882, it had fallen to 842. In England the maximum number of juvenile offenders was reached in 1869, when it touched the number of 10,314. In 1875 it had fallen to 7,212, and now it was 5,380. Educa tion, therefore, though it has not yet had time to tell much on the adult criminal classes, has already nearly halved the n.nmbcr i.f our juvenile offenders. That is truly a beam of light in a dark room.

The full details of the new scale of fares, rates and charges on Government railways, which came into force on. Mon day last, arepublished in a Supplementary Gazette dated September 27. The various tables contain the most ample informa-

tion, passenger rates, for instance, being' given in full from Ito 377 miles. The minimum-single first-class fare is fid, for which sum a passenger may travel two miles. The second-class corresponding rate is 4d. In each of these oases the sum mentioned includes return for Saturday and Sunday. For nine miles the first class fare is Is 9d, and second-class Is 2d, the return for Saturday and Sunday being respectively 2s 3d and Is fid, while fjr 22 miles it is 4s 2d ,and 2s 9d single, and 5s fid -and 3s 8d for return. The fare continues at the rate of 2s first class for every sixteen miles, the nearest full penny being charged. In the second class the fare is exactly 2d per mile. Exceptions are made in the cases of one or two important branch railways affecting out-of-the-way places only. First-class season tickets will be issued at L 3 for twe miles for twelve months, LI 15s for six months, LI 2s-fid .for three months, an d 10s for one month for a distance of two* rides, and second-class for the same ■ dis tances at L2 ss, LI 2s fid, 15s, and fis .fid respectively. The rates for twenty miles are, first-class, L2oloa for twelve months, Ll2 15s for six months, L 7 5s for three months, and L 3 lls for one month; while second-class they are Ll 5, LlO, L 5 7s, and L2 14s respectively. Special rates are also given for the following:—Fami lies, apprentices and pupil teachers, news boys, school teachers’ season, teacher’s Saturday and official season tickets, and also for ordinary and school excursion's, and special trains.

Old men, tottering round from rheumatism, kidney trouble, or any weakness, will be made almost new by using Hop Bitters freely. Read. —[Advt.] , <• Quiet nerve and balmy sleep in Hop Bitters or sleepless ladies and invalids. Notice.- —’ Advt.] '

Wells’ “Rough on Corns.”—Ask for Wells’ “ Rough on Corns.” 7j£d. Quick re lief, complete, permanent cure. Corns, warts, bunions.- Moses, Moss and Co., Sydney, General Agents. I. Thick Heads, heavy stomachs, bilious con ditions—Wells’;May Apple Pills—ahti-bilious cathartlc. Sd and is. Moses, Moss and Co., SydP'iy, General Ageats. 1

Mr S. W. Alcorn’s advertisement in refer-, ence to his season’s shipment of new spring goods per Doric, s.s., appears in this issue, and Will no doubt be found interesting to ladies in search of the latest novelties in dress mate rials, etc. Residents of Ashburton will find it to their advantage to remember that pianos, organs, etc., are sold on easy terms or let on hire, and if not thoroughly 7 satisfactory exchanged. H. J. Weeks, Tancred street. Second hand piano in good order, Lao, a rare chance. — [Advt.] Holloway’s Ointment and Pills.—Coughs, Influenza.—The soothing properties of these medicaments render them well worthy of trial in all diseases of the respiratory organs. In common colds and influenza the pills, taken internally, and the ointment rubbed over the chest and throat, are exceedingly efficacious. When influenza is epidemic, this treatment is the easiest, safest, and surest. Holloway’s pills purify the blood, remove all obstacles td its free circulation through the lungs, relieve the over-gorged air tubes, and , render, respira tion free, without reducing the strength, irrita ting the nerves, or depressing the spirits ; such are the ready means of saving suffering when anyone is afflicted with colds, coughs, bron chitis, and other chest complaints, by which so many persons are seriously and permanently afflicted in most countries.

THE WALKING CHAMPIONSHIP.

The Scott v. Edwards forty-eight hours’ walk, terminated at ten o’clock on Satur day night, Scott winning by one mile and three-quarters all but a lap. Both men walked almost continuously for the first twenty-five hours. Edwards retired’ at 11.20 p.m. on Friday night to have a short sleep. His record , then stood at 115 miles, and Scott was 13 laps aheal. Scott kept going till 11.35 p. m., when he was two miles ahead, and he then-went, to get some sleep. Edwards, it is said, was under the impression Scott did not intepd to return until 4 a. m., and he was going to start again about half-past three and put on the two miles he was behind. Scott, however, returned at 3.35 am., and Edwards hurried to the track a few minutes after. From this

time till the close neither man made a retirement of longer than twenty minutes at a time, and so long as • this only at dinner and tea time. Edwards was quite unable to reduce Scott’s lead, and at 4 p.m, on Saturday the record stood Scott, ,166. miles 20 laps; Edwards, 164 miles, 12 Japs. Edwards had been spurt ing vigorously at intervals, but Scott always responded. So things went on till towards 9 p.m., Edwards having then caught up a little, and got the lead, re duced to under two miles. During the first half of the last hour Scott walked somewhat slowly, aind went oft the track twice for two or three minutes, and as Edwards kept going at a good rate, he gradually reduced Scott’s, lead, till at half-past nine he was only one mile and one lap behind. He then began to make further spurts, but Scott was determined to keep his mile ahead, and to show that he had quite as much left in him as his stronger, older, and much more experi enced opponent, and for over a quarter of an hour there was much excitement, owing to the struggle between the two for the lead. Edwards, who was generally lying three or four yards behind Scott, would make a sudden dash and pass him for a moment or two, but he was never once able to maintain this advantage for

more than a lap, as Scott always re-passed him in spite of the fast pace he put on. It need scarcely be said that the game way in which Scott responded and staved off these repeated efforts of Edwards were greeted with deafening, cheers. Edwards at last gave up attempt ing to further reduce the lead, and at six or seven minutes to ten, when he had completed 191 miles exactly, retired for good. Scott had then 192 miles 1 lap to his credit, and he walked the time out, covering 192 miles 16 laps. The:e was great enthusiasm manifested at the close, and Scott, was loudly fcheered when h© made his appearance on the platform. In the last hour though he lest almost'half a mile by two retirements, Scott covered four miles and three quarters, so that the pace was maintained to the finish. Scott nas never walked forty-eight hours before, but Edwards has done so several times, his best record being 181 miles 1,360 yards. It will thus be seen that Edwards, nits walked nearly ten miles further ni the time than ever he did before, and there can be no question that ho was de feated fairly on his merits. The longjdis

tance done and the detejptninatioa of thi men at the elope showed conclusively the genuineness of the contest Some feeling was shown against Edwards in conse quence of his treatment of a small boy blocking up the track on the ring towards the close. He struck the boy severely on the face, but: beyond being hooted there was no interruption, , and throughout Edwards received the utmost fair play. A number of gentlemen have set about col lecting a sum of money to make Scott a presentation of a belt. There was a very largo attendance to see the finish.

A TUG IN A GALE.

On Friday at.l p.m. the paddle steamer tug Koputai, which the.. LyttelfonjHar bor Board temporarily hired of the Dun edin Harbor Board, left Lyttelton.for Port Chalmers in charge of Captain Clark, master of the tug Lyttelton. All went merrily with her until the bad Weather on, Saturday morning was en countered. She is not the best' boat in the world to be in a seaway, and there cannot be a doubt that she must have been most skilfully handled from three o’clock on Saturday morning to five in the evening in the exceptionally severe weather then prevailing, or some worse mish p would have occurred to her than she reported on her arrival in Lyttelton on Saturday night. Captain Clark re ports passing Akaroa Heads at 5.30 p.m. on Friday with a nice north-east- wind and fine weather, which continued up to

3, a. in. on Saturday. The steamer was then about twenty-five miles from Camara, so it yrrll be seen she led well up to' that time',' and there "Was every reason to believe, as Captain Clark expected,. She'would be at Port,Chalmers by ll o’clock ori Saturday,forenoon. But the wind at 3 a. m., with extraordinary suddenness, shifted to the south-west, and was soon gale strength. Blinding hail, sleet, and snow, accompanied it, and at 3.40 a.m. the'sea and wind had so increased as to compel the matter to slow down the'engineS to' dead; alow, and so heave her to. The next two hours was .an anxious time on board and A wet one, drenching seas every now and than find ing their way over the steamer’s deck. Rather, than ; attempt to put the vessel round and before it with the, fearful sea j that Clark hoped to gradually work her in to wards Oamaru and shelter there, but at 7 a.m. a saa, which looked literally a mountain, came along.' The master on the bridge saw its approach through the biting and blinding sleet and snow, but' to escape from it was impossible, and to prepare for it was the . work of a moment. It struck the low-sided craft /on the pprt r

bow, land for a second pr two, which to those on board. was felt tof be minutes, « fearful (crashing sound was heard above the whistling and howling of the gale. .The whole of the fore half of the steamer was during this time . completely sub merged, and there was time enough to ■ think whether jshe, wouldjrecoverherself. When she righted it was seen "that the boat that hung in, the .davhs.onthe port Side had been swept by the sea inboard, and smashed up against the mast of the steamer. The iron davits were wrenched from their, sockets, and the rail torn off. Nothing was to be seen of the forecastle companion but the fastenings that,had bound it to the deck, end the fore-cabin was half full of tfater. The crew went to work bailing out this com . partment with buckets, and to relieve the vessel as much as possible of the weight 1 of water. Captain Clark decided it was useless to' hope to make Oamaru, and felt, as he saw the sea increasing in its fury and height, ho could run no greater risk in the endeavor to put the steamer before it, than to continue to fate it hove <;o. The escape she had just recovered from was sufficiently narrow, for had the sea broken

but a few feet further aft than it did the funnel and bridge would certainly have been swept away, and there was no as surance that a second delnga might not overtake them. The attempt to safely get her round before -tho hurricane was therefore made and succeeded, though not without great danger and difficulty. The sea rushed over her from both sides, and there was danger of her being pooped* A bag, saturated with grease, was thrown out astern with marked beneßt, the grease from it acting as a wonderful quietener of the troubled waters. Timaru, with the heavy beam sea to which the steamer would off necessity have Seen ex posed, it was imprudent, if not actually impossible, to steer for, so a cojlraa was shaped for Lyttelton. The sea continued to make up to 5 p.m. on, Saturday, when Akaroa Heads were sighted. Lyttelton Heads were made at 840 p.m., and the vessel made fast at the wharf at 9.20 p.m., after a most eventful trip of some thirty hours in weather which for disagree able wildness had not been equalled' in ; Captain Clark’s long experience at sea. Press, - -

THE DRUNKARD.

“We have,” says Disraeli, “a very common expression to describe s man in a state of inebriety, that be is ‘as drunk as a beast;' or that he is * beastly drunk.’ This is a libel on the brute*, for the vice of inebriety : is perfectly human. ” ! Per-' haps Disraeli was not strictly accurate in this assertion. Who shall say that‘ani mals have not, like human teinga, their own way of getting a 'little elevated, or, at any rate, that they would have if they were always free to choose their own food and drink ! Teetotallers have, it is .true, a good many funny little stories of ani mals who have been once made tipsy, and who have ever after resolutely refused to be tempted by strong drink. Everybody has heard of the monkey on ship-board who was induced to imbibe groguntu.be

was fairly drunk and; afforded Infinite amusement by his hilarious antics. Like many other topers, however, Jacko found himself in the deepest of dumps, and evi dently suffered from'a terrible headache. The story goes that on any attempt being made to induce him to indulge in an other carouse' he would invariably scuttle up the shrouds and hold his head be tween his hands, by way of intimating that he had not forgotten the sequel to the last orgie.. Many such stories seem to beat out the Belief that, as Disraeli says, the vice of inebriety is perfectly human. On. the other hand travellers tell us that there are many parts of the world in which certain p’ants and grasses are well known to exert a very evident intoxicat ing influence, and that animals are very fond of them. China, it' is raid, has a species of Stipa, very common in certain parts, extremely powerful in this way. A story is told of a missionary party turning out their horses to browse on a plot of this grass, and in the morning finding B . . . j-i j jj

them, to their great scandal and dismay, all gloriously drunk. South Africa has, ! we believe, its “ drunk grass," capable of reducing to a state of shocking dei bauchery any animal permitted to feed on it; and several of the States of America are said to possess similar plants. The use of such expressions as “ beastly drunkenness,” however, clearly cannot have arisen from any propensity of animals to get intoxicated, but from the very obvious fact that a man whose brains have been fuddled by drink has been reduced to a very beastlike condition. • There is sotjaething. ttky suggestive ‘of, .Brute, 1 too, in the idea of a man’s drinking quite regardleda’.of jtin I dictates of his reason' and of any considerations of consequences. It is, however, a mistake, though may be an inevitable; one, to tar all. drunkards with the same brush. A great many influences contribute to drunkenness. It is only of late years that the hereditary nature of much of this mischief has

been recognised. Th=t it often to hereditary is indisputable, and that bibulous propensities and susceptibilities of the palate may be cultivated from gens* ration to generation is no doubt as liter ally a fact as that a perception of beanty or an enobled sense of family dignity may run in certain genealogical lines. We should often look , with more compassion that we are apt to do upon the man or the woman “ given to drink ” if we under stood T the physical condition frornwhich-a-,. such a miserable result is in great .mea sure derived. These of us ,who . know , nothing of the fascination which beenavi dehtly possesses for many people would, - be not a tittle startled if for a few hours we could step into the mental and physi cal composition'of a man to whose knoea-

tors foe generation after generation, beer has always been one of the' chief deside- / rata of life. Such circumstances may, it " is reasonable to believe—quite apart from any other influence—engender in many cases a relish and a craving with whickr-: the strongest and; most resolute,,would often find it difficult to struggle success fully. - ; ■ i . ymp Some such development of propensity,', was undoubtedly presented in' the cash of ' Edgar Allan Pod, to whom a - gluts 6f cer tain beverages would act as a kind of spell.: Even the sight of the thihg'wOnrd>" / . engender the most violent agitation. In his case not only had a strange abnormal craving for drink beoa trau»mitte^ : t^» v , him, but he had inherited & .terrible sen sitiveness to its effect. It is said that 7 half a glass of wine would often intoxicate him to the £oint of frenzy. Thatemendta-ji vary immensely in, the degree of theta WOK cdptibility to. the influence . ;of. gtronffs,,-/ drink is, of course, well known, but the hereditary physiology of ‘the .matter t 0,... commonly overlooked.. There have been a greater urrformity ofttehieVe* * ment in the way of tippling in days gOite by, and even in the effect of dcink- bhdflaj'J. scarcely appears to lhavd! beenGihlsh diversity as we commonly observe in oar times.'But our forefathers had/speeiatJ * means of bringing themselves; nfl ton the / standard of the manhood of their-.ldajfi £>•: We knov little or nothing of Iff shoeing A horns,” br “ pullers oni” any<t>fiiUtui' devices such as were common in the lMt.vr. . century for bringing topers np;to'the.‘ , mark. *• Then, sir,” says Bishop [ “ comes up a service of ishoetng hprasHofn , All sorts, salt cakes, red herrings, wnoho*; If vies, and gammon' of bacon-.and;i aboi-T dance of such pullers-ou ”i4«lLof’nlrioß|| ho and many more such things, were at one time habitually taken : for the / express . purpose of creating thirst an! jiopparting azestand which gentlemeii j of. good pirt|i t '; iu / respectable habits’felt it r them to gete.thrppgh in the evening. Nobody thinks of subhi stan dards now or, resorts to artificial, meuwief -coming up to them, And such Capabilities as we observe around us ( Are the genuine results of practice’ and - constitution, (in both of which hardly any two gersbnsare l ' alike.— Globe.

SPORTING.

VIOTORIAN AMA-TEUR TUBP >. .! GLUB MEEIICia-. [EBUXan’s-TTKLBQBJLMa. ~ Melbotonb, Saturday. ThbOattlfield Guineas, tfsweeprtakßnl lOsovseach, sft, with 200 bovs p for three-year-olds; colts, >Bst 51b; sUies, Bst ; one mile. 73 subs. i I j l'm t Mr J. H. Aldridge’s b o Ssrdius, lata Emerald, by Emulation—Ruby 1 Mr J. Grozier’s br f Delusion, b f - Englishman—Deceptive ... ..-S- Mr £. De Mestre’s b o Ike, by Piseator —Lady ... : h ... S Thirteen horses started. Sardius woa easily—time, Xmin 46sec. ■<n _'<n I i MELBOURNE i CUP;- ; ■ Melboubnb, : Saturday. Britisher and Ironhand are scratched from the Melbourne Cup list. in ; ; c £

CABLE NEWS.

jtATtST FROM EUROPE. [KKBTIB’s TKLKORAMB—COPYW&HT.} Monetary and Commercial; London-, Oct. 12. Cousols have advanced to New, Zealind ' securitrek'.';.£re , to-day as follows:—-Five per cent 10-40 , Loan, Five ; per cent 1889 Loan, 107 ; Four-and-a-half per cent 1879-1904 Loan; : «o* Four per Cent. Inscribed Stock, iqi The total quantity of wheat aflokt for Great Britain is 1,840,000 quitters, being ap increase of 110,000 quartered during the week. The : markets : foe -4 Australian grain and tallow are without quotable change. Copra, Sydne|i dried, L2O ros per ton j leather, sides, have Advanced to jt 1 -W < tt i The American Harvest. *i~*v LoNDON,Oot. l&iill-U The American wheat ; crop is esti mated at 400,000,000 bushel*. -1 - A Good Crop. ...... T The European beet rppFcrOp pected to amount to tonS.j( Oetewayft,.h J .^ f fi Capstown, Oct 13.

Intelligence is to hand from Zulu land to the effect that Mr Osborne* Resident Commissioner, 1 hah 1 *eqt“g troop of cavalry to escort Cetewnyfr tier the British residency. ever,- declined the escort, rmtaLA. ' to quit the bush. . .. . . . The Spanish Ministry. Madbid, Oct. 13. Senor Herrera successfully completed the formation of a new .Cabinet in sue* cession lb the Sagasta Ministry/; v '• *•’** [Received Oct. 15, 1.10 pisd.j; rj The British Troops in Egypt. London* OeL; 13. The Pall Mall Gazette announfcesf r that three regiments of British troops now in Egypt will be ordered Home ; as soon as Sir Evelyn Wood, *' derrin-Chief, who is now in England) u returns to Egypt, and that the question of the withdrawal of the the army in occupation will be decided, when the British Cabinet meets newt month.

TELEGRAMS.

|>KR PRESS ASSOCIATION.] 'J Leave of Absence. ■ ;; Wellington, To-day. .> His Honor Chief Justice Prendeig^sl,, 5 has obtained 12 months' leave-of absentee, and intends visiting England after the sittings of the Appeal Court next month. . .The Salvationists Christohubch, TPo-day^ At the Magistrate’s Court to^dif’JmSet Forward and William Had drill were.fihetf L2 each, for assaulting Captain Edward*, I of the Salvation Amy, by throwing rottta -eggs at him during an‘;open s air ilprfice in Manchester street. • A Libel 0»8*»:sa ami) Dunedin, To-day*, In the Hornsby v. Warren libeflSotum, Mr Justice Williams refused ah»pplido. v tion for a new trial with costa. A Quick Passage. '1 he British King arrived Home on the 13ih, in 41 days’ actual steaming, boating the Catalonia by eight days.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1883.



Milner & Thompson AsHßaKTdwy ; ' T)IPE ORGANS.—Especially suitable c'M*)6bva<ibe*i'. Far,superior to any Seed Organ near.ih# price richness •ad aurity dftbde,Vblumeoftiourid, and ! - Price— Ll2O. !D ORGANS.—By Smith and Co., Uimom. Hindia,* Wood and Co;, Easby and 00., New England Company and 812 125., BTa Brihsliaead' arid- 1 ' Sons,' Broacßaood, Collard and Gollard, Erard, Pleyel and Dresden Model, and German and French’ manufacture, with PAYMENTS Wnoiißskisf AND Rrtaid. hits • i : “ Special Bargains. sham .iiifls't . SOLD. O ' ~ [. ri * _,!. J' .■ .. . Drawing-room Suites ini splendid Yel vet, walnut side-board with marble in all, patterns of walnut, BeaT Leather Dining-room Suites, in mahogany, and side-boards to match Every class of Furniture, Utensils of every ovaWsitoSWff Furnishing. Must be sold, fa J, want to r CLEAR OFF all lafrgeafid varieckStock. Joim Meecli, warehouse, Burnett street.'" 9 484 ■aaamaon -r, § A L jMcib7 jßiift OJMQ&I . The New Bankruptcy Bill, 1883. 'tJEtaCfaMifel Securities Act Amendment. Etc.



Wanted Wee Silted Locales. ScotcK Ccncert. WANTED A good general SER VANT. Apply Mbs Tbevob, Trevbrton. 10 00® \T/ANTED KNOWN—That Robeet V \ Elston, Burnett street, Ashbur ton, having procured the newest appara tus, is prepared to Sweep Chimneys at very low rates. Any orders left at the Town Hall will receive prompt attention. Terms cash. . 760 c of the Free. Scotch Concert. WANTED Known—That in conse quence of the rapid increase'of business, John Moison, Impermeable Bootmaker, has been compelled to get a large stock of Boots of a superior quality 1 in the town in order to meets the demands pf his customers, and those who may pur chase from him will find no deception as to price or quality. As J. M. has gained the’public trust in the past by doing best work and fit, combined with neatness and style, he intends even to make greater exertions in the future. Fowler’s Build ings, Tancred street (opposite Arcade), Ashburton. 7 207 WANTED KNOWN—That Mr Dan Lea’s Gymnasium is the only place for real amusement; admittance free. ,l£very kind of amusement to be ob tained on the premises calculated to please the: general public—American Bowls, Skittles, Shooting, Boxing, Fencing, Horizontal Bar, Trapeze, etc. ■ Temper ance Drinks, Cigars, etc. Tickets— monthly 2s 6d, for use of Horizontal Bar, Trapeze, Single-sticks, Dumb-bells, Indian Clubs, etc. Dan Lea is always at hie post to give lessons in Boxing, lesson £1 per month, or according to arrangement. 1344,



Special Advertisements. ;TJALL PROGRAMME CARDS in very neat styles, with Pencils and Ribbons,, printed at.the Guardian Office, street __ QRIOKEI’ING MATERIAL, Of every description, at CHRISTCHURCH PRICES, Andrewes Bros., EAST STREET SOUTH. 77 V R P L U S STOCK FANCY GOODS, TOYS, ST A TIONERI, Etc. Must be Sold to make room for NEW GOODS shortly to arrive. Our Prices Defy Competition. Andrewes Bros., booksellers, STATIONERS, &c., East street South Ashburton. n!5 AT The Laird o’ Cookpen. all



NEW SPRING GOODS Showing in every department. 5 PEE CENT. DISCOUNT Upon usual prices allowed to purchasers of parcels amount ing to 10s and upwards. Dimant and Coe, Eeady Money DRAPERS, CLOTHIERS, Etc., East Street, Ashburton, , 9528



THE NEW ZEALAND GRAIN AGENCY AND MERCAN TILE COMPANY, LIMITED, JJ ATE FOR SALE A VERY COMPLETE Threshing Plant, jßy Ranaome—almost equal to new, and (j.for which terms are specially easy. Also, ; SEED OATS AND BARLEY f RYE GRASS NEW CLOVER SEEDS WOOLPAOKS, Etc., Etc. All at lowest current rates. Wsl HORNE, 12 an Agent.



Kvw Saagsters—2Tsw Saags. STOP THAT COUGH! DON’T DELAY.—How can you atop it? Where is the Remedy. Bonningtou’a PECTORAL OXYMBL OF O.vRRA GJMN or IRISH MOSS (registered), can produce more evidence of real merit than any other article for the purpose. Sold everywhere. —G, Bonninoton, Christchurch. THE NEW ZEALAND s Clothing Factory HAVE spared no effort to place before the public a MdST COMPLETE ASSORTMENT 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 oos- I 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.



Special Advertisement?. INTRODUCTION OF THE PARCEL SYSTEM. Fashion House, Cashel street, Christchurch. Great success has been achieved in the Old Country by the introduction of the “Numbered- Parcel System,” for the supply ard purchase of useful household drapery, thousands of parcels being for warded to the order of distant customers upon the distinct understanding that any article not proving satisfactory to the pur chaser, the money in all cases to be re turned. This system is now being intro- The splendid stock of General Drapery in all departments has been purchased by E. C. Brown and Co., from the Trustees in, t}xe Estate of the late firm of Craig and Smyth, at a very large discount off cost for cash. Thus articles sold under c«st price leave a good margin of profit for the vendor, while giving unsurpassed value to the 'purchaser. In all parcels we stake our reputation on the values, and, as suggested above, re turn the money in all cases where the article is not satisfactory. Our No. 1,20 s Dress Parcel, contains— Worth | £ a. d, 1 dress piece (12 yds) any shade, French costume cloth ... 0 18 6 1-J good velveteen to match dress 0 5 6 3 yds silesia, for linings ... 0 1 10 2 doz new oxydiaed buttons, to match ... ... 0 16 1 pair warm lined fur-top spring cuff gloves ... ... ... 02 6 duced by E. 0. Brown FASHION HOUSE, Christchurch.



£1 9 10 Our£No. 2,30 s household parcel, contains — Worth 1 pair aood medium size blan kets ... ~.. 10 0 1 good honeycomb quilt... ... 012 6 8 yds good wincey ... ... 05 0. 1 pair good strong corsets, any size ... ... ••• ... 0 5 0 £2 2 6 Our No. 3, dress parcel for £2, contains— . -Worth 1 dress piece (10 yds) celebrated Empress black velveteen ... 1 7 6 3 yds good silesia for lining ... 0 2 0 2 doz new style oxydised buttons 0 1 6 1 handsome striped winter skirt 0 9 6 1 durable silk umbrella, paragon frame ... ... ... ... 0 8 0 1 choice silk chenille scarf ... 0 3 11 £2 12 6 Out No. 4, Ladies’ parcel for £2, qontains— Worth 1 dress piece (12 yds) French check costume cloth ... ... 1 1 0 3 yds silesia lining for same ...0 2 0 2 doz choice buttons, to match dress .016 1 good warm Ladies’ tweed ulster 017 6 1 black quilted alpaca skirt ... 010 0 1 white or colored wool wrap ... 0 6 6 1 pair lisle lined fur-top spring cuff gloves ••• 0 2 0 £2 19 6 Our No. 5, household parcel for £2 10s, contains— Worth 1 pair large size good witney blankets 1 10 6 1 nice large size good honeycomb quilt 0 14 6 1 pair good heavy white sheets 0 9 6 6 good value honeycomb towels 0 4 0 6 yds heavy Welsh flannel ... 0 8 0 £3 6 6 Our No. 6, family parcel for £3, contains— Usual price 12 yds super Roslyn flannel (pure wool) ... . ... 018 0 24 yds splendid white calico, 1 heavy make 013 0 24 yds good strong brown or grey wincey 0 14 0 6 yds tartan plaid 0 6 6 6 yds good brown holland ... 04 6 12 yds hemp, carpet, dark stripe 0 7 0 6 pair Girls’ or Women’s warm winter hose ... 0 7 6 4 large unbleached Turkish towels L .„ 0 4 9 £3 15 3 Our No. [7, mourning parcel for £2 10s, contains— Worth 10 yds good black French cash mere 1 6



2 yds 4x4 celebrated rainproof crape ... ... ... ... 09 6 1 good black alpaca or sateen skirt ... 014 6 2 pairs Ladies’ black hose ... 03 0 1 pair Ladies’ two-button choice black kid gloves 0 4 6 £ doz Ladies’ cambric handker chiefs, in fancy box 0 5 6 £2 19 6 Our No. 8, furnishing parcel for £lO, contains— Worth 20 yds nice pattern good tapestry carpet ... 3 6 0 1 nice pattern hearthrug, to match .v ... 0 16 6 1 pair handsome lace curtains ... 0 14 6 1 pair medium lace curtains ... 010 0 2 pair full size good white sheets 0 18 6 1 pair full size good witney blan kets - ... ... ... ... 110 0 1 pair medium good witney blan kets ... ... ... ... 10 0 1 full size white honeycomb or toilet quilt ... 014 0 1 choice pattern wool tabiecover 0 IB 6 2 white Turkish bath towels ... 0 3 0 6 white or unbleached honey comb towels ... 0 4 6 2 white antimacassars ... ... 0 2 0 2 white toilet covers ... .... 0 4 0 6 yds linen check glass cloth ... 0 6 0 1 superior white linen tablecloth 011 6 £ll 15 0 Our No. 1, wedding" parcel for £4, contains— Worth 1 dress (12 yds) pretty shade in . cashmere ... ... ... 1 17 6 2 yds pretty shade in satin, to match' 0 13 6 1 dress (12 yds) good costume cloth 110 2 yds rich colored velveteen, to match ... ...070 6 yds good silesia ... ... 0 6 0 3 doz buttons, to match dresses 0 2 0 8 yds braid, to match dresses ... 0 0 8 1 pair two-button first choice tinted or white kid gloves ... 0 5 0 6 Ladies’ linen collars 0 3 0 6 Ladies’ linen handkerchiefs ... 0 5 6 3 pairs Ladies’ nice hose 0 4 6 £5 5 8 Our No. 2, wedding parcel for £lO, contains— A very complete trousseau. Our No. 9, Ladies’ (half-price) parcel for L 5, contains— Usual price 1 Ladies’ handsome mantle ... 217 6 1 Ladies’ beautiful real sable muff and collarette 4 10 0 1 Ladies’ quilted satin skirt ... 1 0 0 1 fashionable tweed ulster, in leading shades ... 1 10 0 £9 17 6



A problem whereby Ladies may stay at home and order their drapery in perfect confidence. Just try one parcel and see what you will save. Remember—Cash returned at ones for. any article returned in good condition. Samples post free on application to any part of New Zealand. In ordering any of these parcels, it is sufficient to quote number and name of parcel only. P. 0.0. made ble to a v. nnunu a> Fashion House, Christchurch. 1362 E 0. BROWN &



Special Advertisements. Sillor-tongued Lassies. Oct. iS F YOU WANT GOOD AND STRONG FURNITURE, GO TO DAVIS’S CHEAP., FURNITURE AND BED DING MANUFACTORY, EAST STREET SOUTH, ASHBURTON, £jIVERY article Sold at Christchurch ■A Prices and jiiranteed bes. of Material and ■workmanship. FUNERALS CHEAPLY & COMPLETELY FURNISHED