JOTTINGS FROM TRAVELLERS’ JOURNAL.

(gMOIALLY WRITTEN FOR " THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN. ”] CHAPTER XIX.-(Concluded.) Tab Faenksb Bull A Magnifoent Mosaic—Multifarious Objects of Beauty and Interest—Papyric Be- Carbonised Articles of Diet A Grotesque Picture. The large corridor, m ith corresponding rooms, contains a fine collection of marble sculptures. The celebrated Farnese Bull stands conspicuous. It is a group of ap- Salling characters. . I borrow the descrip ibn from Professor Kekuli : “ An occur ’•’rehco full of horror is presented to our view. Two.powerful youths are engaged in binding on the back of a furious bull ‘the helpless form of a , woman. The *imghty beast is plunging violently, and in ‘Mnbthdr moment will be away, hurrying the burden he is made to bear to the ter-

rible doom of a martyr. ’’ . . . What impels the youths to the deed 1 The an swer is to be found outside the work Itself. Antiepe, expelled by her father, his given birth to Amphion and Zetbus and abandoned them. The sons grow up -'Cinder ' the care of an old shepherd. 'Antiope has ye* other sufferings to endure at the hands of her relation Dirce, who maltreated her. Dirce wandering on Mount Cytharon in bacchanalian revel would slay the victim of her persecutions. She bids two young shepherds bind An tiope to a bull that she may be dragged to her dea*h. The youths recognise their mother before it is too late ; they consign Dirce to the doom prepared for Antiope.” Amongst the mosaics, I must not pass over Alexander’s battle of Issus. It is a magnificent piece of work, composed of smallpieces of marble of different colors. There are twenty-six combatants in the group and sixteen horses. Alexander, on without his helmet, which hasfallen from his head, is transfixing with his lance the Persian general. Darius ia his chariot is frantically endeavoring to rally his men and urge them in the con flict, while a courtier,’ holding a horse in

readiness, is persuadingthe king to escape This admirable 'mosaic was found in the house of the Fawn at Pompeii. time and space alike would fail me if I attempted, to describe the multifarious

tjeetß of interest and beauty to be seen the museum at Naples. There is the rridor of Portrait Statues and Busts ; the iCbrriddr ‘of the 1 Roman Emperors ; the collection of bronzes, and of Renais-

sance works ; the collection of ancient terra cottas ; the Library of Papyri; the picture gallery, comprising many rooms ; Ihencollection of gold and silver ornaments

and gems ; the collection of coins ; the Miisere Saniangelo; the collection of vases-, the Racolta Pornogtafica, which females are not permitted to enter. It contains paintings, frescoes, and other relics found at Pompeii, sadly illustrative of the morals of the people of those times. .. Referring to the- Papyri, I may mention that I.saw several men at the delicate and difficult work of unrolling and decypher ing this precious record. Three thou sand rolls were originally discovered in a villa near Herculaneum, but not more than ‘ hundred would be pre served. ' They were encrusted with car bonaceous matter, and the unrolling of them long remained an unsolved diffi culty. But the ingenious Padre Piazzi at last accomplished the desired end by means of a machine he invented Some six hundred of these papyrio have now bijen, unrolled and decyphered. Their cohtbnta are mostly treatises on nature, rhetoric and music, and besides these are documentsTelating to mone tary transactions, receipts for advances made by, a/Pompeian banker, St Csecilius Incundua by name. . , . I muft riot omit the interesting collec tion of carbonised' article's of food and objects of common domestic use. There are aotuallyaaveral loaves of bread, found at Pompeii, in a charcoal state, but which still bear in legible characters the baker’s name. -Arid notwithstanding their vast age'arid'theoffects of the lava, different kinds of fruits and grain—-figs, almonds, pears, etc., together with beabs, barley,* lentils, rice, and eggs—may fafl-oasUydistiuguished. -Thero wera caricaturists in those days as well as ours. Amongst the pictures is -one grotesquely • representing a little chariot, drawn by a parrot, and driven by a grasshopper.; Archeologists say that this ffas a contemporary lampoon on the performances of the Emperor Nero, who made his debut as a singer and charioteer in the amphitheatre at Naples. / : * ' - Yiatok.

ENGLAND'S RAILWAY ARMY.

The Builder publishes some interesting statistics; of the English railways : “Tberease,two armies in England (says Sir E,-Sullivan) a military army and an industrial army. We may put. each roughly ■ at' 100,000 men. But if the writer’ had consulted so popular a work as l.Onr Railways,’ by Joseph Parsloe, he would; have,.found that according to the retnrns of the Board of Trade, dated February 5, 1875, there were at that time 274,535 persons employed on the railways of England,-Stmtfohd,' and Ireland.” It is one of .the great defecfcs in our railway ratnmsthatno annual account is rendcred of .the* number of railway servants ; a line or two added to the Board of Trade re turns J would afford a valuable set of statistical-facts on this head. The nearest approach that we can make, in the absence of-tatdr -returns than-that in question, is to tcalculate how many men were em ployed; pert mile in 1874, and to apply the sameproportion to the increased length of .railways;.now open. On the 16,447 miles o£;railvay open at the end of 1874, the number above cited allows 16'7 per sons per mile. -At that rate the number employed, in round figures, on our actual 18,000 miles, of railway, will be 300,000 men. The gross working expenditure on the railways of the United Kingdom for 1874. tfopuptcd ; to 1,36,612,-712. • If we roughly * divide - this as half j paid for materials, and half for labor, it gives an average of very nearly L6O per head for all the railway servants in that year. The ,y^r,-1878; is’ the last for which the analytic returns of the “Index to our 'Railway System have been pub lished! < The length of the line then open was 17,p33 miles, which, at 16 7 souls per miICJ gives men. . The total working expenditure for the United King dom for the same year was L 33,189,368, the half of which, taken as before, comes to L 57 per man per year. This gives a reduction in the rate of pay of about 6 per|kont. ftfid in point of fact the working . in 1878 to 63 J&t'cdnf jso that, as a rough check, the. payments arq' riot very dispropor tioiiafff to the estimate of the number of men.”

GUARDIAN, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1883.

Printed unci published daily, for Thb .AsH- ; ;> burton Guardian Company, Limited, 'by Henry Vincent Sawteix, of Burnett Street, Ashburton, at the Company’s Print* ~ ing House, West.street, Ashburton, . ; Tuesday, October 23,1883. -



Lord Forteacue caused roars of laughte r in this House of Lords by putting the fob lowlfag! question<:—“ Whether they (the Government) will consider the practic ability of introducing into the Bill come provition for alleviating the great hardship now suffered by the family of any clergy man if he dies while occupying his glebe, as many' clergymen have latterly found thefeselve* reluctantly compelled to do.” Lord Oarlingford, amid renewed laughter, was sorry he, could hot answer the question aa it stood on the paper. Wells’ “Rough,on Corns.”—Ash for Wells’ “ Rough'on Corns; ” ' Quick re lief, complete, permanent cure. Corns, warts, bunions.. Moses,i jMofes^and Co., Sydney, (Jeaeral Agents.*' i ■jf



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Sporting. A SHBtJRTON RACING CLUB. SPRING MEETING. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, November 15th and 16th, 1883. President : E. G. Wright, M H.R. Vice-President : \Y, C. Walker. Judge: . Matthew Stitt. Stewards : C. H. Dowding, H. Friedlander, J. Grigg, T. Leahy, W. G. Ross, W. Saunders, H. T. Winter. Treasurer: C. 0. Fooks. Starter : David Thomas. CLERK OF THE SCALES : M. Friedlander. Clerk of the Course : W, B. Denshire. Handicappbrs ; Open Racks — E. G. Griffiths. District Races —B. G. Crisp, C. C, Fooks, T. Leahy, M. Stitt. First Race each day to start at 1 p.m. FIRST DAY. 1. County Hurdle Race (Handicap), of 30 sovs; over six flights of hurdles about?3ft Gin high ; nomi nation, 1 sov ; acceptance, 1 sov . l£ miles. District horses only. 2. Free Handicap, of 40 sovs ; accept ance, 2 sovs ; 1 mile. 3. Maiden Plate, of 40 sovs ; weight for age ; entrance, 3 sovs; 1J miles. 4. Ashburton Cop (Handicap), of 150 sovs ; nomination, 2 sovs ; accept ance, 5 sovs ; l£ miles, 5. Ladies’ Purse, of 40 sovs ; welter weights for age ; gentlemen riders ; entrance, 3 sovs; 11 miles. District horses only. 6. The Post Stakes (Handicap), of 15 sovs ; nomination, 1 sov, to be made to the Secretary immediately after the Ladies’ Purse is run ; acceptance, free, to be notified within ten minutes of declaration of weights ; 1 mile. District horses only,



SECOND DAY. 1. Handicap Hurdle Race, of 60aova; over eight flights of hurdles about 3ft Sin high ; nomination, 2so vs ; acceptance, 2 sovs ; 2 miles. 2. Racing Club Handicap, of 75 sovs ; nomination, 2 sovs ; acceptance, 2 sovs; miles. 3. County Plate Handicap, of 40 sovs ; nomination, 1 sov ; accept ance, I sov; 1J miles. District horses only. 4. Flying Handicap, of 50 sovs, nomi nation, 1 sov ; acceptance, 2 sovs ; f mile 5. Totalisator Stakes (Handicap), of 15 sovs ; nomination, 1 sov; accept ance, free ; f mile. District horses only. 6. Consolation Handicap, of 20 sovs ; nomination, 1 sov, to be made im mediately after the Totalisator I Stakes is run ; acceptance, free, to be notified within ten minutes of declaration of weights. Distance, 1 mile. RULES AND REGULATIONS. 1. No entry will be r.ctived except on the condition that all disputes, claims and objections arising out of the racing shall be decided by the Stewards, or whom they may appoint; their decision on all points connected with carrying out this programme to be final. 2. Canterbury Jockey Olijb Racing Rules strictly adhered to. 3. A district horse shall mean any horse that has been commonly resident in the Ashburtou County from July 31,1883, and up to the date of the forth coming meeting, and owned by a person who has resided in the said county during the same period. 4. A gentleman rider shall be deemed to be one who has not ridden for hire during the past five years.



5. All entries and nominations to be ac companied by entrance fees, name and age of horse, and colors of rider, and in the hands of the Secretary, addressed to Quill’s Hotel, not later than 9 p. m. on Thursday, .November Ist. . Weights for the first day’s Handicaps and Open Hurdle Race will be published on Friday, November 9tb. .Weights for other Handi caps will be published at 8 pm. on the evening of the first day’s racing. 6. Acceptances for the first day a Handicaps and Open Hurdle Race to be paid to the Secretary not later than 9 p.m. on Tuesday, November 13th; ac ceptances for other Handicaps at 9 p.m. evening of first day’s racing. 7. Five per cent will be deducted from the gross of all monies payable in ac cordance with this programme for ex penses of the course. 8. All nominations and acceptances go to the fund. 8 222 S. SAUNDERS, Secretary



Consultations. 0 S E, WILL CL ON OR ABOUT 25th OCTOBER. THE GOLDFIELD CONSULTATION COMPANY, On the Melbourne Cup, 1883 (the coming event of this year.) 4,000 INVESTORS AT £1 Each. J 5? Ist Award 12 2nd Award- s ts 3rd Award Starters divide 2° Non-starters Grand Total £2OOO 1000 500 300 m 200 £4OOO Every speculator should take a share in the above at once, as shares are being taken up sharp. Applicants p'ease send the usual £1 notes (or P. 0.0. preferable and safer). Registered letters NOT ac cepted. Will be drawn under the full in spection and satisfaction of bona fide Committee of Shareholders, and result slips sent promptly to every investor. Enclose 4d in stamps for reply and result. Note —A fortune may be the result to anyone investing for a small outlay. All awards are substantial, the lowest being equal to many first in others. A quorum of leading gentlemen of the highest social position will act a “ scrutineers.” Address to “ QUA RTZOPOLIS,” Caro of T. LENNOX, Box 53, P.O. Thames. N.B. —Agencies in Melbourne, Dun edin, Christchurch, Nelson, Coromandel. Auckland and Ashburton. 9 568 A FORTUNE FOR FIVE SHILLINGS. A FORTUNE FOR ss. DAMASTOR’S NOVELTY CONSULTATION " ON THE MELBOURNE CUP, 1883. A 1 To be Run on the 6th of November, Capital £5,000, In 20;000 Shares of 5s each. 431 Prizes guaranteed. as follows Melbourne Cup. First ... ... £SOO Second 300 Third 200 To be distributed Cash Awards. 5 at £IOO each sat £SO each 10 at £25 eich



Non-starters ... 1,000 40 at £R 5s each 200 at £5 Os each £2,500 £2,500 Each ticket has seven separate-chances, Race and Cash Awards being drawn for separately. Please send Post-office Orders, when convenient, or Bank- Notes. Cheques must be marked “ correct ” by Bank. If Stamps are sent for tickets please add one shilling in the pound extra. Notice. Registered ,lettecs>; not ac cepted. ' Two stamps required for reply and result. Will close on or about the 3rd of November. Address— “ADAMASTOR,” Care of Lyons and Hart, 7 60 Box 151, P. 0., Dunedin. Robin Rood’s great novelty COMPANY MELBOURNE CUP AND NEW ZEALAND CUP, LB3, Run 6th November, in Melbourne and Christchurch. Subscribed capital of £IO,OOO, in 20,000 Shares of 10s each. 285 Prizes; Six separate allotments, each Share having Six Distinct Chances. Melbourne Cup. (150 Prizes) First Horse...£2ooo Second Corse ICOO Third Horse... 500- Other Starters (div) ... 1000 Non-starters (div) ... 1500 | New Zealand Cup. (66 Prizes) First Horse...£looo Second Horse 500 Third Horse.. , 250 Other Starters (div) ... 250 Non - starters (div) ... 1000 £6OOO 1 £3OOO 69 Cash Bonds. 3 at £IOO each £3OO I 20 at £lO each £2OO 6 it" £oO each 300 | 40 at £5 each... 200 £IOOO



Each Race and Cash Award drawn separately, thus an investor of 10s has Six chances of winning £3165. Application, if by letter, with 2d stamps, and exchange on cheques (la added). Money orders, Bank notes and drafts, registered letters, and telegrams received and promptly at tended to. ROBIN HOOD, CaroofThos Stapleton, Box 238, P. 0., Christchurch; Or cate ofiJirbal' Fleming, City Baths, Oh. Ch. , , 9 604 £3OOO. SWEEP MELBOURNE CUP. THE GREATEST RACING EVENT OF THE YEAR. (Run in Oct.-—Close as soon as filled.)



12,000 SHARES, 'sa EACH. An even Four Shares, 20a. To be distributed aa follows : First Horse £IOOO ( Starters divide £l r .O Second ... 500 | Non-Starters 100 Third ... 250 | Total \ £2OOO And 10 Prizes at £25 each ... £250 50 Prizes at £lO . ... 500 50 Prizes at £5 ... 25) Total in Prizes, £IOOO. Grand total c3OOO. THE THIRD CONSULTATION OP MY ISB3 SERIES. The success andgeneral satisfaction ,ove* -previous : evenls. may be deemed sufficient introduction for that announced above. Clients are requested to send for not less than four sharks, .taken up in one name.



pound secures four chances—not one only. The right of declining any particular subscription is reserved. Deducted for expenses, 10 per cent. Probity is guaranteed by good com mercial bona tides. References : Mel bourne Sportsman and City Journals. Bankers —Sydney : City Bank. Melbourne : National Bank. Applicants are requested to enclose bank notes and register. the Letter (strong registered envelopes obtainable at every post office) ; if crossed cheque, add Bank charge for collection (payable “Aus tralasia” or Bearer); also add 6d on notes when other than NIS. W. or Vic., and in all cases 4d postage for reply and result. Enclose two addressed envelopes un stamped. One extra Ticket (FREE) with every twenty to one address, thus enabling the promoters of Clubs for every twenty tickets a chance of being a winner with out investing, necessarily, a penny. REGISTER LETTERS



Application, as usual, by letter. In tending applicants would oblige by writing immediately, to hasten the time for drawing. v , j?SS“For the convenience of’ Sydney Subscribers, “ Australasia’s ” Letter Box will be found at the Offices, 40 Hunter street, Sydney, ADDRESS: AUSTRALASIA, Care of Mr H. J. Franklin, Wholesale Bookseller, Printer and Publisher, $-223 40 Hunter street, Sydney.



Stud. HORSE CARDS neatly and cheaply printed in all colors and designs at the Guakdian office. fTIHE Imported Thoroughbred Steeple -8 chase horse QUAMBY will travel the Ashburton district dining the present season. Particulars see cards. Apply JOHN CARTER, 9 515 Grove House, Ashburton. I mO Travel in the Hinds and Rangitata I districts the Clydesdale i ntire Horse YOUNG SIR COLIN- For particulars apply to CHISNALL BROS., 10 633 Ohinemuri.



mO Travel in the Hakai.i, Methven, J_ Hororata, and Dunsandel districts YOUNG BLUELIGHT. (Dapple Gray), A good upstanding carriage horse or hack, stands IGf hands. Young Bluelight is out of an Arab mare—imported from Sydney by Sir Cra croft Wilson—by Bluelight. Terms—L3 for single mare ; L2 10s for two or more ; guarantee L 4 ; payable May 31st, 1884 ; groom fee ss, payable on first service. See future advertisements for farther particulars. Apply to CHARLES INDER, 10 632 South Rakaia.



PYTHON WILL Stand at Ashburton the same as usual. Pedigree —Python is a bright bay horse, bred by the Hon. E. K. Cox, N.S. W. He stands 16 hands high, by Kyogle out of Nutcut, dam of Dagworth, Hercules, Al, and Ella, all the greatest performers in the Australian colonies, under heavy weights at all distances. Kyogle by William Tell out of Cassandra, dam of Yattendon. William Tell by Touchstone, imported from England. Owing to an accident when a two-year old, Python was never trained or raced. A glance at the tabulated pedigree will be sufficient to show that Python is one of the grandest and stoutest thorough-bred horses at present in New Zealand. 9 610 -Apply to the Groom in charge. will serve Mares on the Lowcliffe Estate. Terms—L3 ss, with free run till Ist January, 1884, after which a charge of 2s 6d per week will be made. The Waif is by Castaway, dam Fanny, an imported carriage mare. Fanny was repeatedly shown in the carriage class at Christchurch, and has never been beaten. Also, the Draught Stallion Young Major By Old Major. Young Major’s three-year-old unbroken colts from Lowcliffe mares have invariably topped the market at the annual sales in Chris - , church. fjIHE Hackney Stallion, r J THE WAIF,



Terms-~L3 ss, with free run till Janu !. ary Ist, 1884, after which a charge of 2a 6d per week will be made. N.B.—No nitres will be allowed to be removed until all fees are paid. 10 642 TO TRAVEL THIS SEASON IN ASHBURTON ANDSURROUND ING DISTRICTS, The Clydesdale Horse ; PRETENDER. PEDIGREE. Pretender is a dark bay with black points, rising nine years old, with good bone and substance ; stands 16J hands high, splendid temper, good action, and a quiet worker. Pretender is by Prince Charlie (imported from Scotland by Mr ;W. Boag) out of Maggie by King Fergus (imported from Scotland by Mr David Innes). Maggie’s dam imported from Tasmania. Pretender gained second prize at the Northern Show as a two-year-old in 1876. He also took second prize in 1877. Terms—£2 for the season, guarantee £3, payable or the Ist January* 1884, and 5s groomage. Groomage fee payable on first service. Will be in Ashburton every Saturday. For further particulars apply to HAY SMITH, Or to the Groom in charge. 9-559



TO STAND THIS SEAS N, 1883. The pure Clydesdale Stallion DUNDEE (46). Dundee is a beautiful bay, seven years old; bred by Mr Robert Wilkin, Christ church. Sire Prince Charlie (4) (im ported); dam Charlotte, by Lord Haddo (imported; 2nd dam Jeas, by Cromwell (imported). Terms —£3 each cash first time of service, or four guineas end of season. Grooioage fee ss. Every care taken but no re sponsibility. The above figures refer to Draught Stud Book for New Ze iland. J. GARTER, 9-SCO Grove Farm, Tinwald.



TO Travel this Season, in the South Rakaia and surrounding districts, 1883, the celebrated Stallion KING O’ THE VANQUISHERS.



KING O’ THE VANQUISHERS, rising 4 years, is a beautiful b;iy with splendid action and fine temper, and has got more bone and hair of th'e right sort than any other colt of his age in New Zealand, Pedigree : The King was bred by Messrs Fleming and Hedley, out of their famous brood mare Miss M’Cormick, imported from Melbourne. Miss M’Oormick was pur chased by the lite David Nesbitt from M'Oormick Bros., Tasmania, and was specially selected for her breeding quali ties—the correctness of that judgment has now been fully verified. Miss M‘Cor mick by Lincolnshire Hero; g d by Black Champion. (See New Zealand Stud Book.) King o’ the Vanquishers is by that famous stallion Young Vanquisher, im ported from Scotland by the late David Nesbitt; g sire,-Vanquisher, first prize at Oamaru in the 3 year old class. Young Vanquisher’s dam by Loch fergus Champion, g d by Champion, better known to breeders by the name of Blair’s Champion. As a 3-year-old, Young Vanquisher was first at Geelong, third at ihe Grand National, Melbourne; as a 4- year-old, first at Geelong and second at Ballarat the same year. He was after wards purchased and imported to New Zealand by Mr Holly, of Christchurch, LEONARD WHITE, 10 654 Proprietor, South Rukaia,



Travel Ashburton and surrounding 1 districts the celebrated thorough bred horse KINGFISHER. Kingfisher is a dark brown horse standing 16 hands high, and is admitted to be one of the most powerful thorough bred horses in the Australasian colonies, and has proved himself a very sure foal getter, as will be seen by the following: In 1880, in Hawke's Bay district, King fisher servod 98 mares, and was success ful in getting 92 foals Further particulars apply to ED. COOKSON, Ashburton ; 10 725 Or Groom in charge. TTIO Travel this Season in the Ashburton X district, the Thorough-bred entire Daniel O’Rourke. Daniel O’Rourke was got by Sledmere (a), dam Biunette (a) ; by Tadmor, dam by Hetman Platoff—Birthday, by Panta loon—Honcria, by Camel. Sledmere, by Daniel O’Rourke, dam by Sleight-of-Hand —Hampton (brown) mare. Daniel O’Rourke has been a vtry good per former on the turf ; he has proved him self such by winning the Christchurch Cup and Derby in 1876. If mated with good mares he can produce good racing stock. He is the sire of Badsworth, Sir George, and others too numerous to particularise. A horse of his description should be well patronised in the district. Daniel will travel the following districts :— Kyle, Wakanui road, Waterton, North and South of the River, Longbeach, Winslow, Tinwald, and remain in his box the end of the week at Me Beecher’s Central Hotel until Monday.



Terms—L4 5s per mare, payable Ist January, 1884. Groomage fee ss, pay able on first service. For further particulars apply to th groom in charge. 10 661 R. H. PE APPOINT. TO Stand this Season the imported powerful and fashionably bred thoroughbred horse CASSIVELAUNUS, Bred by Mr G. Newing in 1869, got by Caractacus, his dam Campanelle by .Stock well—Florence, by Velocipedi—Marga rette, by Actmon—Snowball, by Prime Minister —Vesta, by Delphini High flyer. Caractacus (win er of the Derby in 1862), got by Kingston—Defenceless, by Defence. See stud book for full pedigree. Cassivelanus is a bright bay, with black points, standing over 16 hands, and show ing immense power and great quality. As a two-year-old he won two races at New market, beating large fields. Caractacus is now the most fashionable as well as the most desirable representa tion of the Venison blood Kingston was in every respect bred to stay. His sire, Venison, proved himself a horse of undeniable stoutness, and it is worthy of remark that during his career as a three-year-old he travelled on foot his circuit, which the more modern won ders (Fisherman and Rataplan) accom plished by rail. It is stated upon reliable authority that Venison walked upwards of 900 miles, ran fourteen, and won twelve times in his three-year-old racing season. . . . Caractacus is in every way most worthy the notice of breeders who fancy the Venison and Defence blood (and who could object to the latter especially ?) more particularly as he—as well as bear ing a marked resemblance to his hand some son in other respects—has a good temper. . . . He is one of the large



stamp, but, like his sire, nice-sized, level made horse, with plenty of quality and racing points, and most likely to get racehorses.”— Copperthwaite’s Sires of the Present Day. Sire of. various winners and first favorites for the forthcoming New Zea land and Canterbury Cup—Envious, Fair Agnes colt ; also, sire to Encore, late winner of the if unedin Tally-Ho Steeple chase, Miss King filly, and others too numerous to particularise. Will travel throughout the district, of which notice will bo given, and any fur ther information on application to MR A. HOBBS, Owner, Quill’s Hotel; or from MR T. QUILL, 10 651 Ashburton. Ecclesiastical. AN HONEST DOUBTER, The writer, who has the sincerest sym pathy for honest doubters, would strongly recommend that, on the chance of there being some truth in Scripture, the reader should take some such step as using the following lines (at least once every day), which are based on the prayer of a soldier before entering into battle, “ O God, if there be a God, have mercy upon my soul, if I have a soul ” : 1. O Go;l, if God there be, And I’ve offended Thee, Tn mercy look on me. 2. My soul, if soul there be, Would’st thou Salvation see? Now to the Saviour flee. 3. O Christ, if Christ there be, And Thou hast died for me, I would Salvation see. 4. Spirit, if such there be, And Thou would’st plead with me, O n.ay I list to Thee. 9 549



Business Notices. V. R. QOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS. The following Government Publics’ tions, with others, can bo obtained at the Office of this Paper : Mines Act, 1879 Mining Companies Act, 1872 Mines Act Amendment Act, 1872 Canterbury Rivers Gaming and Lotteries Debtors and Creditors Act Debtors and Creditors Rules Stamp Act Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Cruelty to Animals Protection of Animals Brandr Mtd Branding Dog Regisltfabtod Drainage Sheep Railway Tariff Amendment Companies Road Boards Fencing Act Amendment, 1882 Local Elections Corrupt Practices Licensing Act Licensing Amendment Acts affecting Agriculture and stock Education Etc., Etc., Etc. MR LAURENCE OXLEY has been Appointed Agent for the’ Ashbur ton Guardian at South Rakaia.



Business Notices. An evil and its remedy.—To the Editor, —It is ahealthy sign ofthe times when our local papers are beginning to deal in a fearless manner with bankrupts and the bankruptcy laws. The time has come when something must be done either by the legisla ture or by business men themselves to put an end to a state of affairs which is a disgrace to our boasted civilisation. We (the under signed) have been doing business in Ashbur ton about years, and the money we have lost during that period by bankrupts, levan ters, and blacklegs generally amounts to a great deal more than the margin usually allowed for bad debts. If the law cannot pro tect us then we must protect ourselves, and there is only one way to do so, viz., to abolish the credit system altogether. This system has been the curse of other countries besides New Zealand, and past experience has proved it to be rotten to the core. Owing to recent heavy losses we have resolved to sell for cash only in future. The honest man who is willing to pay his 20s in the £, and pay as he goes, will find this no disadvant age but a great gain, as he will be able to obtain a first-class article much cheaper than he would under the old system. We shall exert our selves to the utmost as heretofore to give our customers full satisfaction, and every order will be executed in our usual first-class style—but we shall no longer run any unnecessary risk. • Under the cash system we are prepared to offer a special line of tweeds at the following unusually low prices : —Gentleman’s suit made to order, £2, 18s 6d; ladies’ tailor made ulster, £2. All ’olher goods in proportion, for cash only. CRAIGHEAD & CO., TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS, Tancred Street,



SEEDS. NEW SEEDS. We beg to intimate that we have re ceived our SHIPMENTS of NEW SEA SON’S Seeds, which on trial have proved to be of extra fine quality. Our FARM SEEDS include white and red clover, alskye, cow <caas, trefoil, lucerne, cocksfoot, rye grass, gorse, carrots of sorts, mangolds of sorts, including the new mammoth kinds, which have given such great satisfaction to. our customers during the last two years. Our GARDEN AND FLOWER SEEDS are the finest we have ■' ver had the satis faction of offering both in quality and variety. They contain many novelties highly spoken of in itngland, and offered here for the first time. Also TREE SEEDS, comprising blue gum, red gum, weeping gum, peppermint gum, swamp gum, stringy bark, silver wattle, black wattle, pinus insignia, pinus maritima, cupress, raacrocarpa, and many others. Also SEED POTATOES, among which is the new American ruby, queen, American fluke, and others of the earliest sorts known ; also Bone Dust in large or small quantities. Tools of all sorts. Plain and ornamental Flower Pots. Pruning and budding Knives, etc, etc.



Sealy Bros., SEEDSMEN, ASHBURTON. 756 F. S. Shearer, OF THE May bank works, tinwald, begs to thank the public for theii past support, and takes this opportunity to intimate that he is ain position to Manufacture and Repair' on the shortest notice all kinds of Machinery, such as— Flour Mills, Saw Mills, Wheels (cogged and water wheels), Combines, Engines, Hand and Foot Treahing Machines ; also, all kinds of Spring Carts, Drays, Traps &c. Shearer & Lewis, GENERAL BLACKSMITHS, AND Veterinary Shoeing Forge, Having secured the services of a first-class Shoeing Smith, defy competition. All orders entrusted to their care will receive prompt attention at reasonable charges. Agents for McCormick’s Reapers and Binders. Note the Address— Great South road, Tinwald.s9od gPEC IA L NOTICE. Householders who have not given Shag Point Coal a trial are respectfully invited to do so, as it will be found to bo by far the CLEANEST SAFEST and MOST PLEASANT Fuel in the Market.



Sold by all the local Coal Merchants. Special rates for quantities of four tons and upwards. For prices apply, P.O. BOX 213, DUNEDIN; 7 149 M / SHBUR rnAKE TIME BY THE FORE- X LOCK.” The circumstances of social life are widely different in these colonies from those at Home, and therefore the colonial market requires different treatment. This fact I Robert Murray, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER, East street, Ashburton, was not long in learning after his arrival on these shores, and he at once set his attention upon supplying WATCHES, which, while constructed with every regard to accuracy and reliableness in time-keeping, are also supplied with extra heavy cases, to resist the wear and tsar of colonial life. He has just received an other supply of watches, and invites attention to prices. Celebrated English levers, made expressly for R. Murray, specially suited for colonial wear, wit) extra heavy cases, all the latest improvements, at L 6, L 6 Gs, L 6 10s ; higher classes, L 7, L 8 10s, LlO 10s, and Ll2 12s; Rotherhams, L 6 10a. Printed guarantee with each watch sold. Attention is called to the Clocks, Jewellery, and English Plate in stock, and to the fact that all kinds of REPAIRING are done on the premises and GUARANTEED. R. MURRAY’S SHOP is CON SPICUOUS by the “ REGULATOR ” of his own manufacture which occupies a place in his window, and serves as an authority on mean time to the town. . Watches free and sat* by post on re ceipt of P. 0.0 730c-960 '



Business Notice. pHOTOQRAPHY, Carte s-de-Yisite Portraits Are now taken at C. LAWRENCE’S STUDIO, SAUNDERS’ BU iLDINGS, Ashburton, From 7s 6d to 10a per dozen. Guaranteed. 966



R I 0 K , E T. The undersigned will offer during the coming season the whole of his enormous stock at Wholesale Prices, comprising the balance of last year’s Stock, the whole of Mr E. Fuller’s Stock, and 20 Cases to ar rive per Waikato. HUNDREDS OF BATS, To select from by the following makers: — Cobbett, Duke, Lilly white, Jeffreys,'Bart let, Ayers, Bussy, Crimwood’ and others. Extra large discounts to Clubs and TO ARRIVE—A Large Stock of Lawn Tennis (good), with all the latest improve ments. W. BRICE, Opposite Bank of Slew Zealand, CHRISTCHURCH. 8 338 Schools.



rnHE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN. L Published Daily, Can be obtained from the followin AGENTS, who will receive orders : Jones, H. M. Clark, F. Andrewes, L. F. ... Caratens and Co. ... Bevan, R. ... Jephson, 0. P, H... Dellow, James Schoolmaster ... Lambie, J. ... Harris, W. Hood, J. Patterson, W Hudson, M. Knight, H. ... Hitchcock, H , ... The Triangle East street East street East street East street Tinwald Mayfield, Hinds Seafield Kyle Winslow Mount Somen Chertsey Waterton Alford Forest Methven Notice of Removal.



REMOVAL. Having taken the Premises known as Montgomery’s Corner, I am prepared to let my Business Premises on the Waka nui road (with or without dwelling). SHOP, with Fixtures, 18fb Gin x 28ft, with Show Room same size. Dwelling consists of 5 rooms, with scullery, etc. Apply, H. M. JONES. 8



Conveyances. LONGBEACH ROYAL MA.IL COACH Leaves Longbeach for Ashburton daily (Sundays excepted) at 7.30 a.m., Watertor 8.10 a.m., Ashton 8.25 a.m., Wheatston. 8.45 a.m., arriving at Ashburton in tim* for the 10.24 express from Christchurch to Tiiriaru. The coach leaves the coach ftables, Wakanui Road • (opposite Central Hotel), Ashburton, at 4.50 p.m., arriving at Longbeach at 7.30 p.m. Parcels or orders left at any of the above places wiU receive strict attention Fares—Through single fares, 5s ; return same day, Bs. From this date RETURN FARE at SINGLE RATES, on Saturdays only, between Waterton and Ashburton.



427 c W. E. BOND, Proprietor, Longbeach. miNWALD AND MOUNT SOMERS i RAILWAY. MOUNT SOMERS AND ANAMA ROYAL MAIL COACH. This Coach leaves Hood’s Hotel, Mourn Somers, for Anama Railway Station, at 7.30 am. and 5.35 p.m. every Tuesday and Saturday; returning to Mount Somer on the arr'val of each train. ~ Parcels and Luggage punctually attended to. Single fares, 2s; return, 3s. . n JOHN HOOD



Boarding Houses, &c. PRINCE ALBERT BOARDING HOUSE AND TEMPERANCE HOTEL] C. TRUCKLE begs to return thanks to his friends and the public for their patron age since he has taken over the Prince Albert Boarding House, and trusts by always keeping a good table and accommo dation for boarders and travellers to re ceive a continuance of the same. Private rooms for families. C. TRUCKLE, Prince Albert Boarding House and Tem perance Hotel, near Cookspn’s Stables, Wills street, Ashburton ; next Odd fellows’ Hall, and one minute’s walk from the Railway Station. Charges strictly moderate. 944



Hotels LFOED FOREST HOTEL. Who has again taken the hotel at Alford Forest, would be glad to receive a call from hia old friends and as many new ones as can make it convenient to give a look in. John Tisch, Good accommodation for horses. 1328



HBURTON HOTEL. ARCHIBALD M'COLL (for many years Manager of the late Sir Cracroft Wilson’s Rangitata Station) begs to in form his numerous Friends and the gene ral pnblic that he has taken possession of the Ashburton Hotel, which has been greatly improved and entirely re-furnished and re-decorated, and is now replete with every convenience and comfort. A. M'Ooll would, therefore, assure his patrons that they will have every atten tion bestowed on them. Excellently Furnished PRIVATE APARTMENTS for FAMILIES. All Liquors kept in stock are under the special supervision of the Proprietor, who will guarantee them to be of the best de scription and quality. ! The Hotel is situate close to the Ash burton Bridge, and the Stabling (being now under the Proprietorship of Mr James W. M'Rae, late ol the Somerset Stables), is sufficient guarantee that Goun try Visitors, will meet with every Ac- I commodation in that respect, 1330 j



■ "■""■"Hi '--It Publication. IN THE PRESS, AND WILL SHORTLY BE PUBLISHED, “OUR DOMESTIC BIRDS,’ BY ALFBED SAUNDE'tS,



This Book, writ'en by an old New Zea land colon! t, will be found to contain the most modern and complete information upon the Breeding, Rearing and Manage* ment of every description of Domestic Poultry; suggestions for the improve ment of Poultry Shows ; all that.isknown about the principles to be observed in the mating of Breeding Stock; and soma well defined rules for selecting, with certainty, the most economical and beneficial scription of food for any animal,, from a baby to a mouse. It will simw;'r.tb#>|>£|t sort of fowls to keep, and the rales for selecting them ; and, whilst condemning the cruelty and mischief of many common practices, it will point out how to keep poultry with certain profit, in brilliant health, and producing abundance of { eggs at every season of the year. 240, Government Notice. , J . , The public trust office OF NEW ZEALAND. Atention is directed to the provisions Of the Acta establishing this Office, and' to the advantages placed thereby within ’ thO reach of every colonist. Stibject io tfuch provisions, the State offers to every per son : I.—About to make his or her Will ot Codicil. ‘ 2. —Intending to provide for-Wife and Children or others by deed of Settlement, 3.—Settling Property by way of Mar riage Settlement. , 4.—Desiring to renounce the Trusts pf a Will, having been appointed Executor oit Trustee under the same. ’ ' ’P



5. —Having acted as Trustee, or Administrator, wishing to be relievedbl the burthen of Trustoe hip .'or Adriiinls tration, the option of ua ug the State ina ohinery, and gives an absolute guarantee against loss of funds by fraud; peculation, or dishonesty. ' _ : : Every information may be obtained from ' , ALEANDER LEAN,’ * Agent at Christehurdh; * a. o. hambrton; - 3 Public Trustee" ' e Or from Wellington, - 12th May, 1882 Medical DEAFNESS. —Quacks calling t|iem selves “Doctors,” are utterly iruin ing the organs of hundreds suffering from deafness, charging from L 5 to LSOfor so doing. 1 have two infallible remedies (No. 1, deafness arising from colds No. 2, the thickening of the parts of the Tympanum) from recipes sent me by those world-known Aurista, the, late,and pre sent Senior Surgeons of the. Bpyal Dis pensary for Diseases of the Ear.—-Send stamps for particulars to T. B. Hanha fokd, Auckland, N.Z. 1270



GRATEFUL-COMFORTING. E PPS’S 0000 A. BREAKFAST. , r BY a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operational! digestion and nutrition, and, by a .carnal application of the fine properties df w*ell selected , cocoa, Air. Epps has j provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may' save xur many Leavy doctor’s bills. It is by the 1 ad clous use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually .-built up until strong enough to resist every ten dency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladias are floating around us reader ,tp, attack wherever there is s weak point.] We may escape many a fatal .sluft tty keeping ourselves well fortified with pkixe; blood and a properly nourished frame.— See article in the Civil Service Oazette. .. . ; Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in packets, labelled james Epps and go., HOMOEOPATHIC CHEMIST, / . LONDON. Also. EPPS, CHOCOLATE ESSENCE i‘



KEATING’S COUGH LOZENOES. j Goughs, asthma, bronchitis < ACCUMULATION OF "THL'eGXI;. ; Composed of the purest articles.’ THiesi Lozenges contain no' opium nor atiy'deleterious drug, therefore the most delicate can’ take them with perfect confidence. Their beneficial efLct is speedy and certain. This old, un failing family remedy is daily recommended by the most eminent Physicians. (In use nearly 60 years). MEDICAL TESTIMONY. ; . t July 25th, .1877. -22, Cold Harbour, Lans,,„ London. ' ~£ Sir, —Your Lozenges are excellent, anj their beneficial effect most reliable. I strongly recommend them in cases' of cough; arid asthma. You are at liberty to state this is my opinion, formed from many years’ experience. J. Bringloe, M.R.C.S.L., L.S.A., L-M. Mr. T. Keating, Indian Medical Service,; . . Dear Sir, —Having tried your Lozenges'!. in India,' I have much pleasure in testifying to, - their beneficial effects in cases of incipient consumption, asthma and bronchial affections! 1 I have prescribed them largely, with the best results. W. B; G, , Apothecary, H. M. S. KEATING’S COUGH LOZENGES are sold by all Chemists, in tins of various skes, each having the words, “Keating’s* Otfligh; Lozenges” engraven on the'government stanapV-, Keating’s Worm Tablets. ' J Keating’s Worm Tablets^ 1 A PURELY VEGETABLE WEETMEAT both in appearance and taste, furnishing a most agreeable method of administering the only certain remedy for INTESTINAL of-" THREAD WORMS. It is a perfectly_safe r and mild preparation, . and is especially. - - adapted for children. Sold in ns by all.' Chemists and Druggists. , . ji Proprietor, THOS. KEATING, London, Export Chemist and Druggist,. . 1;! . : f



TEEDMAN’S SOOTHING POWDER' • FOR CHILDREN CUTTING TEETH. CAUTION TO PURCHASER' , The value of this well-known FamilyMedi. cine has been largely tested in all parts of the ’ J world, and by all grades of society, for upwards of FIFTY YEARS. Its well-earned exte& sive sale has induced SPURIOUS IMITAI i TIONS, some of which in OUTWARD APPEARANf E so closely resemble the pri* [ ginal as to have deceived many purchasers,.- The proprietor therefore feels it due to this public to give a special caution against the use of SUCH IMITATIONS. ' Purchasers are therefore requested carefaily- ij to observe the four following*--distinctive characteristics, without which none . ; ar genuine : . v-; . 1st —In every case the words JOHN. STEEDMAN, CHEMIST, WALWOR*TH, SURREY, are engraved on the Governmen Stamp affix to each packet. 2nd —Eacn Single Powder has directions foj ’ the dose, and he words, John StkMdmAN', Chemist, Walworth, Surrey, printed thereon. Q 3rd —The name, Steedman, is always spelt. with two -EE’s. 4th —The manufacture is carried on solely. ‘ at Walworth, Surrey. _ Sold in Packets by all Chemists ana. Medi cine Vendors. ■ i Kkmpthorn, Prosser and Co .. " SK for POWELL’S BALSAM o' aniseed ;