SHIPPING.

POST OF LYTTELTON. Arrived. Saturday. Mawhera, a. a., from Dunedin and Timmru. , , Haweft, a.a., from Manukan and way ort *" ifcsTISRDAY. Annie Bow, barqnentine, frem Timarn. Sailed. > Saturday. Clematis, ketch, for Pelorua Sound. '. Mawhera, a.a., for Wellington and 'West Coast, Hawea, a.*., for Wellington, Picton > and kelson. Becamia, ketch, for Pelorus Sound. Ocean Bird, ketch, for Anahan. Reward. schooner, for Waitapu. Yesterday. Thomas Bell, barque, for Queenstown or Falmouth, for orders; SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Auckland, Yesterday. Sailed —Montegon, for Java ; Gleaner, for Newcastle. Wellington, Saturday. Arrived —Rotorua, from Picton and Nelson; Te Anau, from Sydney, via Auckland and the East Coast.; Hawea, from Lyttelton. Sailed—Rotorua, for Onehunga and Taranaki; Ruapehu, for Lyttelton. Timaru, Yesterday. Arrived—Spray, from Horseshoe Bay.” Sailed —Grafton, for the South ; Annie, Bow, for Lyttelton. Bluff, Yesterday. Arrived —Glaucus, steamer, from Lyt telton ; Ringarooma, from Melbourne. Sailed—Phillipine, barque, for Sydney. Pokt Chalmers, Yesterday. Sailed —Tarawera, for Lyttelton:

DAILY MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALES. Tuesday, July 22. Matson, Cox and Co., at the Tinwald fialeyards—Stock. MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS, Exo. Monday, July 21. Borough Council, at Borough Council Chambers, at 7.30. Town Holl—Mr Walker’s Address to the Ashburton ( lectors Friday, August 1. • Ashburton County Council —At Council Chambers, 11 a. m. Saturday, August 2. Wakanui Road Board, at Road Board office, Moore street, at 10.30 a.m.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas Et Prevalebit. MONDAY, JULY 21, 1884. The Last Shriek.

On Saturday we commented on the fact that up to the time when it was known that Mr Ivess was to meet with strong opposition at Wakanui, the readers of the Mail, for all that journal said about the matter, were left in absolute ignorance that a general elec tion was imminent. The reason we gave for this strange silence was un questionably the right one, namely, that the late member for Wakanui, while his own seat remained safe, did not care a brass farthing who was re turned for Ashburton, He had cun ningly contrived to get Mr Wason to commit himself to stand for the latter constituency, and with characteristic selfishness he left his quondam oppo nent but present bosom friend to shift for himself. If our contemporary was slow in commencing the battle it must be confessed that he has not been idle since he started. The three copies of that paper published last week contained a prolonged shriek of agony, and the corrupt sore that has been festering for the past seven days has now burst, and the filth has come forth in the shape of an “extra number ” of the Mail published this morning. Abuse of ourselves has a conspicuous place in this wonderful production, while everybody who has attempted to say anything in favor of Mr Walker and Mr Grigg, or against Mr Ivess and Mr Wason, is spoken of in terms of contempt. Considering the past career of the Mail and its pro prietor, we should say that every man with a respect for himself will regard such disapproval of his conduct as is expressed in our local contemporary this morning not only with complacency but as an absolute As to the silly charge brought against the Guardian by one of the “inspired” cor respondents, to the effect that this paper has adopted a “ scurrilous tone” during the present election, it is not worthy of a moment’s notice. We have carefully refrained from discussing the question from a personal point of view, while the best proof that our reports of the speeches delivered by different candi dates have been correct and unbiassed is that both Mr Wason and Mr Ivess have paid us unsolicited compliments in regard to them. Let us look at the other side of the picture. When Mr Grigg spoke at the Town Hall on Monday last, the Mail of the next morning, under the thin veil of pre tence that space was wanting, omitted to give even a short summary of the address, while the reports of the same candidate’s meetings in other places have been so grossly garbled that we question if such unworthy conduct can be paralleled in the whole history of colonial journalism. Not 1 only this, but the back files been ransacked to discover something to the detriment of either Mr Walker or Mr Grigg, not to prove that they have been guilty of political inconsistency, which we hold would have been per fectly justifiable, but to trot out some trumpery Court cases in which these gentlemen figured, in one instance as far back as 1879- The cause that needs such petty tactics as these to bolster it up must be bad indeed, and this forlorn hope in the shape of the Mail's extra number is a pitiable failure. If the electors are influenced in the slightest degree by this deluge of correspondence, not excepting the specimen of the most abject doggrel it has ever been our misfortune to hap upon, they must be altogether devoid of intelligence. One of the principal points in the objections offered against the candida tures of Mr Walker and Mr Grigg is that these gentlemen have been brought forward and are being supported by a «clique,” To prove this, the corres pondent in the Mail already mentioned has thought it advisable to publish the list of shareholders of the Guardian. Although this actibn was not exactly what one would expect from an honorable man, we have certainly no particular ob jection to the list being made public. It is in'fact a cheap advertisement, for the insertion of which we have to thank our contemporary. At the same time we fail utterly to see that it proves any thing, except that this journal is a very stable concern, in which the electors can put their trust. As to whether our conduct has been “ unscrupulous and bitter ” is for our readers to deter mine, and we have no fear of the ver dict of those who have perused our articles. The works of wordy dema gogues like Mr Ivess we detest with our whole soul, for the reason that we consider that the election of such men constitutes a real danger to the State. Mr Wason, we have always admitted, stands upon an altogether higher social plane, but he has forgotten the truth of the old proverb which tells him that it is impossible to touch pitch and remain undefiled, and he has only himself to blame if he has lost many of his former friends on account of his recent asso ciation with the cause of the late member for Wakanui. And after all what does this accusation of “ cliqueism ” amount to? If the correspondents of our contempor ary will take the trouble to consult an English dictionary, a volume we are afraid they are little conversant with, they will find that there a clique is de fined as a party. Are Mr Ivess and Mr Wason not as much the nominees of a clique as are their opponents? The only question is, therefore, which party is the most influential and the most worthy of trust ? It is the veriest nonsense to affirm that the voters of this or any other district will be go verned by class prejudices. Mr Ivess may obtain a comforting cheer when he tells the open-mouthed bucolics that capital is crushing them, and Mr Wason may induce a few people to be lieve that his scheme for a multiplicity ot Railway Boards for the colony is practicable, but this class, we are glad to say, is in a very small minority as will be shown to-morrow, when the ballot boxes are made to disclose their secrets.

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Nominations for Puppy, Sapling, and All-Aged Stakes for the next meeting of the Ashburton Coursing Club, to com mence at Lagmhor on 23rd inst., will be received this evening at the Somerset Hotel at 8 o’clock, after which the draw will take place. The trophies given by the President, Vice-President, and cer tain members of the Club are added to the stakes. The above stakes are only open to members of the Club. As this is the last meeting of the Club a good entry is expected.

At the Police Court this morning, before his Worship the Mayor, a man charged with habitual drunkenness was discharged. Patrick Monaghan, charged with assault with intent upon a married woman, was remanded until Thursday next. A fire occurred at Roxburgh, Ashbur ton Forks, on Saturday, by which the residence of Mr Piischel and its contents was totally destroyed. No one was in the house at the time, and the origin of the fire is unknown. The property was in sured in the Colonial office—the building for L 350, and the furniture for LSOO. Shortly after three o’clock yesterday morning the premises ot Messrs Biz Bros, Wills street, were discovered to be on fire. The Fire Brigade, under the command of Captain J. 0. Dolman, was at the scene of the conflagration shortly after the alarm was given, and by energetic and well-directed efforts, supplemented by the assistance of some neighbors, succeeded in confining the fire to the premises in which it originated. Th® building was com pletely destroyed, and owing 10 its highly inflammable character and the rapidity with which it burnt it was found impos sible to save more than two carts, a coach, and a few tools, the bulk of the stock and plant being consumed. The insurances are —in the North British and Mercantile Co, LIOO on the building and L3OO on the stock ; in the Victoria Co, LIOO. We would draw our readers’ special notice to the following clause in “the Re gulation of Elections Act:—"29. The tieturning Officer, may, and if so re quired by any scrutineer, shall before allowing any person to vote, put to him the following questions : —(a) Are you the person whoso name appears as A.B. on the electoral roll now in force for the electoral district of —. (b) And in the case of a p <rson who proposes to vote in respect of a residential qualification “ Do you still reside in the electoral district of I—. (c) Hava you already voted ac the present election in the electoral district of ——. If any person shall knowingly or wilfully give a false answer to either of the above questions he shall be deemed guilty of an offence, and shall be liable on conviction to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds.

During the confusion that followed the alarm of fire at Messrs Elz Bros’ factory on .Sunday morning, some dishonest per son took advantage of the circumstances to empty the meat safe at Mr Quill’s Com mercial Hotel.

A football match was played on the Domain ground on Saturday after noon, between the Ashburton and Temuka Clubs. The Ashburton men had the best of it throughout, and were only prevented from scoring oftener through the back play of Roberta and Ciy ich. The game resulted in a victory for Ashburton by four points or two tries, secured by the Pauling Bros, to nil. The Ashburton Club will play All Comers on the Domain ground to-raorrow afternoon.

A general meeting of Masons is to be held on Wednesday evening next for the purpose of considering the desirability of forming a Masonic Hall Company.

We would call the attention of voters in the electorates of Ashburton and Waka nui to an advertisement in this issue giving very plain directions as to the use of their ballot pape r.

The meeting held by Mr S. C. Jolly in the .’own Hall was well-attended, and although the candidate was interrupted ao times, the best of good humor prevailed, The address contained the usual amount of statistics and a number of questions were asked, principally of a jocular cnaracter. Me Jolly said that he would undertake the management of the Na tional Bank he advocated, and he would also be willing to lead the Opposition, should Mr Dargavilie, whom he con sidered superior to Sir George Grey, not take the position. A vote of confidence was proposed, and all present held up their bands, in some cases two, ao that there could be no doubt of the unanimity of the meeting. In response to a request of the chairman, the hat was passed round, and 35a was collected towards the candidate’s expenses. At Mr Swanson’s meeting at Auckland City West, in Bt James’ all,- furniture to the value of several pounds is stated to have been smashed through the rowdyism. Mr Dargavilie has published a letter ex pressing regret at Mr Swanson's not get ting a fair hearing, and repudiating re sponsibility for what happened. It is stated that Mr Darcy Irvine, resi dent agent in Auckland for the Govern ment Insurance Department, has been promoted to the position of Inspector of Agencies in that department, at a salary of LdUO per annum, Thera is no com mission attached to the position. It is also understood that the Government have no intention of filling up the office of Superintendent of Agents, recently vacated by Mr George Thorne, jun.

A man arrested in Dunedin for drunk enness on Saturday night was removed to the Hospital on medical advice, where he died yesterday morning. He has been identified as John Burns, just arrived in town from the country. The Owake powder mill whs completely destroyed by an explosion.

* At the last Hospital Committee meet ing the following tenders were accepted:— Orr and Go,, groceries; J. Cambridge, drugs, etc. ; A. Otr, medical comforts ; Tucker, Restell and Co., fuel; Friedlander Bros., bread; J. Johns, milk; R, Lan caster, meat.

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EUROPEAN ITEMS. London, July 7. A Conference is to meet in 'London at the end of this month with the object of discussing the advisability of a general federation of the British Empire. Mr Forster will preside, and a number of other prominent members of Parliament have promised to be present. The -\gents- General of the various Australian Colonies have also been invited to attend. London, July 9. The Agents-General for the Australian Colonies consider the reply of the Hon

Ashley to Mr Fowler to be valueless. The reply simply means that the Austra lian Colonies should pay the expenses of the High Commissioner and his staff instead of England, as at present. The Agents-General now understand that in appointing a High Commissioner Lord Derby distinctly repudiates all idea of establishing a protectorate or countenanc ing the annexation of New Guinea and adjacent Pacific Islands. The Marquis of Normanby, at the ban quet given to him, expressed an opinion strongly opposed to the annexation of New Guinea,

Probate has been granted to the will of the 1 to Duke of Albany, the amount of his estate being sworn at .46,000. London, July 11. The Grand Duke of Hesse has ob tained a divorce from his second wife, Madame Kolemina, who had been pre viously divorced from a former Secretary to the Russian Legation at Darmstadt. _ The Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice has refused to settle the list of contributories to the Oriental Bank Corporation before the vacation. A Com mittee has been appointed to assist the official liquidation. Reports have been received from Ceylon and Mauritius in favor of delay in realising the assets of the Bank. Mr Justice Ohitty considers that the call upon shareholders would be injurious at the present moment, but Mr Welton is pressing the matter, with a view of expediting the winding up of affairs.

London, July 13.

The Agenta-Genoral propose to with draw the offer of L 15,000 guaranteed by the Australian colonies, unless a British protectorate is established over New Guinea. The question is now under dis cussion by the British Cabinet. London, July 15.

The Times of this morning supports the recommendation that Great Britain should exchange with France the Falkland Islands for New Caledonia, believing that the adoption of this course is the only method of preventing a recurrence of the irritation which exists over the recidivists question. The Times also condemns the apathy which Lord Darby has shown throughout this matter,

Cairo, July 2.

News has been received here to-day from Colonel Grenfell, commanding the troops which were despatched on May 31 to Wady Haifa and Korosko, reporting that they have arrived at those places, and are now oeouf ied in fortifying posi tions against a possible advance of the Mahdi on Upper Egypt. Foo Chow, July 10.

The second crop of this season's teas is estimated at under 90,000 chests. The quality of the present season’s second crop tea is gene ally very inferior.

CORRESPONDENCE.

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

To the Editor.

THE LATE MEMBER FOR WAKANUI.

To tub Editor. Moat of your readers will remember that Mr Ivesa considered the land ques tion " the burning question of the day." Moat of them will alao remember that his remedy for'all our ilia waa " to burat up " the large estates. Thia pur* and disinte rested patriot nerer said a word about compensating the owners of these estates. No ! he could be as liberal with other people's property as he was with their money at the late session when he pocketed L2lO for nine or ten days' work. He woald not hesitate to spoliate the owners of property to secure the support of a few improvident individuals; he would confiscate the property of men who bought it in the open market and spent thousands of pounds in improvements, which gave employment to hundreds of men. Thia honest "burster" would im prove the condition of working men by spoliation and bursting up the very men on whom hundreds of them were depend ing for their bread. I:would ask your readers to turn to a body of men for whom Mr Ivesa has no better name than robbers, assassins, and a host of other elegant expressions which he must have acquired at Billingsgate—l mean the Irish Land Leaguers, T e plan they propose is to buy in the open market the land, and let the cultivatora have it at a rent and sinking fund, which in a given number of years would cover the whole purchase, If these men are robbers, etc., what is Mr Ivesa ? Mr Parnell pronounces Mr Iveas'a pet scheme of " Nationalisation " a " craze," and in his scheme of peasant proprietary is supported by the great majority of the Irish people, and the leading journai of the people, the Nation, says there is as much chance of the nationalisation of the land coming within the range of practical politics within the next two hundred years as there is of an invasion of the planet Jupiter. Men holding just and moderate views like these are abused and vilified by this " patriot," who conducts the frothy and abusive Burster of Burnett street in a manner worthy of the University of Billingsgate, where he must have gradu ated. In lact, he never appears in his favorite role to such advantage (?) aB when he is abusing the best and noblest of his own race. It is the same with this man, boiling over with love for the Irishmen of Wakanui, but spueiug out his venom on the best of their countrymen at Home. He pronounces Mr Grigg a i'ory and a land grabber, although. h,s opiuions on the land question agreed strictly with those of Mr Parnell. The latter gentle man and his colleagues whom Mr Ivess delights to vituperate have studied the question from ev&ry conceivable point of view, an>l, as I have said, sanction that system which Mr Grigg supports. Who can have any respect for the opinions of such an ignorant and unscrupulous politi cian as thia? Though pledged to a '* bursting up" policy he never took one step to redeem hio pledge. Common sense must teach any man that the more employers the better wages—the fever the worse. But his abuse of the best Irishmen is not the worst feature in the character of this time-servin*; pol ; tician. Wherever there is a deadly enemy in the church to which he belongs, he lauds him to the skies. Tne bitterest enemy that church ha 3 Ihad during this century waa Leon Gambetta, and this conscientious Catho lic has nothing but admiration for him, and abuse for one of the moat devoted sons of France—MoMahon, presumably because he was a Catholic, and descended from one of the Irish Brigade. See Mail, January 7th, 1882, and February 2nd, 1882. I have no desire to introduce Home politics here, but it ia evident to the meanest capacity that the man who abuses everything good and noble in fhis own countrymen, and lauds to the skie3, and supports the deadliest |enemies of his church, ought not to be trusted by either that church or any one.—l am, etc., Irishman. Ashburton, July 21, 1884.

MR JOSEPH IVESS AND THE LAND MONOPOLISTS.

Tq the Editor. Sir, —rAfter a masterly inactivity of some two or thrae years' duration, the Mail and Mr Joseph Ivess are aj;ain bursting with euthaaiaam over the land question and what they are pleassd to Cill Liberalism—the only difference be tween the present outbreak and that which enlivened the laat VVakanui elec tion being that the " bursting-up tax," which used to form the leading feature of Mr Ivess's political programme, has now been quietly dropped out of the pro gramme. But what I want to know itr this:—lf Mr Iveß3 really does believe large landholders to be such very objectionable parsons, why did he two or three months ago interview some of them with a view of gaining their support at the present elec tion ? An answer will oblige Observbr.

IS THIS CONSISTENCY.

To the Editor. Sib, —Having heard to-day thai the Catholics are again ordered to iupport Mr Iveaa, their quondam friend, let me re mind them before it is too late, that it was Mr Ivess who. promised them he qrould a pport Denominational education, r, in other words, he. wquU Uk« to «q«

the children of Catholics enjoying State aid independently of the present system of education. This was said directly after the contest in 1881, when Mr Irecs spoke at the laying of the foundation stone of the Jatholic Church in this town. I was present and heard him, and I would ask the Catholic e'-r-tors who, I feel, are not to e ) , • jed to rote agaiust their own conscience—when, a sound practical man like Mr Grigg comes forward—to remember the shuffling in consistency of a man who cares no more for you than on the first opportunity directly voting against your creed, and obtaining your votes for simple personal vanity. Catholics! remember Mr Ivess and mark him well, for he never can sop port your interests in any way. Support Mr Grigg to-morrow and you will never have reason to regret the advice of DEHOMUfATieSAIIST.

MR GRIGG AND THE WORKING MAN.

To the Editor. g lßi —We hear that Mr Grug has been lepreaented to ua as no frieud of the working man. Well, Sir, what do you think of this 1 -Two years ago we con tracted with Mc Grigg to plough the whole aeaaon at 6s an acre. On comple tion of the work, Mr Grigg expreaaed himself as highly pleased with it, and very much to our aurorise he paid m 6d an acre extra for the* work. Thia amounted to a very tidy little aum, and as there was no election on at the time we believe that it was a generous gentlemanly action, and we shall not forget it at the present election.—We are, etc, Cla.ek Bros., Contractors, Tinwald.

OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.

To THE EDITOB. Sir,—Any calm and unimpassioued mind during the past few weeks must have been struck forcibly by the strange unanimity tint prevails in the election speeches of the various candidates on the education question. . To judge from the almost monotonous agreement of the various oratora on the subject, one might almost fancy that as the financial broad sheet of the cilony has not balanced, that therefore the expenses of national education are wholly responsible for the deficiency. Nothing can be further from the truth. The candidates who hitherto have made political capital of this theme have proceeded upon the principle—a principle sufficiently obvious to all minds licking in originality—of copying and re peating one another. Some political " nose of wax" with a mental vision of the shortest posiible focus having in itiated the cry, the other imitators have followed suit, mid seizing upon it with avidity have dinned it into the ears of the electors ad nauseam. Now, Sir, any candid elector will readily allow that the present educational system is faulty—as what human institution is not ? —and to some extent parhaps too costly. But the cure proposed by such root and branch re formers U infinitely worse than the disease; and would prove perhaps like the medical practics of the renowned San grado—a trifle too drastic to suit the exigencies of the case. Some are for almost demolishing the system at one fell swoop; others wou'd tinker at it, would become in the words of Falstaff "a thing to think Uod on"; a third set would introduce Scripture reading, a feature that has been shown over and over again to be utterly untenable in any purely national system; and a fourth would impose sslmol feas, than which a greater and more faUl blunder could not be committed. To impose fee-i would give a thorough death-blow to education, especially in country districts, and would act prejudicially in the settlement of re mote districts, as the planting of schools there has alone been a mighty factor in the work of pioneer settlement. All teachers know also that the income deriv able from fees in an average country school of, say, forty pupils wculd not be worth the trouble and anxiety entailed in their collection; and any further grant allowed by Government towards the salary would not suffice to pay a pror>ery qualified teacher. Tha consequence would be) that the country schools espec ially-B-which should have as efficient men over them as the town seminaries— would be officered by green lada and in- ( competent old women. i To amputate one or two of the Stan ] dards from the education syllabus would j be also most objectionable. Eveiy prac- i tical teacher knows that the average boy ( who has only reached the Fuurth Stan- | dard has only received an education suit able perhaps t > enable him to become an intelligent enough "knock-about" on a farm, or an efficient butcher'a boy ; but certainly not adequate enough to ground him for, say, a skilled ttade or profea?ion, < or to fit him for a position of any reapon- i Bibility. The Fifth and Sixth Standards t are in fact the cope-stone of the present * system, and ana wera all the purposes to the « majority of pweats of limited, means tfykt I r

the present expensive, high and gram uar schools profess to do, and to do away with them would entail a very great act of in justice upon every struggling parent in the colony. It has not been at all clearly shown either by Parliamentary aspirants that the expense of a system of Four Standards would differ much in expense from the old system, and if the scholar ship system is to be perpetual, it would bo found in the long run a more expensive and not half so efficient a means of hig < e location as the Fifth and Sixth Stan dards. Whatever ohauges that may be found necessary in our educational system should certainly not tend towards the im position of ■■'.ay charges whatever for ele mentary instruction. If expense for such a high purpose be any object, there are other branches that can bettor be lopped than this, and the public should watch with lynx-eyed jealousy any attempt to weaken the usefulness or reduce the value—by any “penny wise and pound foolish” policy—of our present national system.—l£am, etc., Senex.

ELECTOR IN REPLY TO MR WASON.

Sir,— As the person signing himself " Elector," referred to by Mr Waaon, in his letter which appeared in your issue of Saturday, I beg to say that I did not say he had salicited and obtained the vote of p the largest landowners in the district. What I did say, was that he solicited and obtained the support of one of the largest landed proprietors in the district. I rill now go further, and state what I know to be a fact (and not a deliberate falsehood) that he not ODly solicited and obtained the support of the largest land owner in the county, bat he also en deavored to induce that gentleman to in fluence his manager and those under him in his (Mr Wason'e) behalf. In this, however, he did not succeed, as that gentleman scorned the idea of interfering with either the freedom of his manager or employees' political opinions, aud, I be lieve, that both manager and men will go for Mr Walker to a man. I think. Sir, I have succeeded in giving Mr Wason back the lie in his teeth —I am, etc., An Elector.

MR WRIGHT IN REPLY.

To the Editor. Si*, —Mr Wason's proposed method of dealing with our railways confirms me in the opinion that ha has not sufficient in telligence to grapple with this question. ~ In his great eagerness to promise every thing to everybody if they will only re turn him to Parliament he rather over does the business, and exposes hisignor-. ance of the subject under consideration. When questioned at Ghertsey as to whether he would support a non-political - Board of Management, he replied that he would have a Board for every district, I and he has since elaborated this idea to the extent of advocating that eaoh Board should have running powers over the lines managed by every other Board with a system of clearing houses, etc. Can anythlhg be conceived bo totally out of place is applied to our New Zea land railways or mose calculated to bring about utter chaos, bewilderment and con fusion? Whereas in England the rail ways are all the property of private Com panies, a Board of Directors is essential for each, but even there the evils arising s from a multiplicity of tariffs and endless accounts are sought to be imminsed by leading the lines of the weaker Companies to the stronger ones. Mr Wason's proposal to place the rail ways of the Middle Island under several Boards shows that he is incapable of understanding or appreciating the diffi culties to be contended with. We have ' Government railways throughout the 1 colony. Those in the Middle Island 1 could even now be made to pay 1 interest on their cost by judicious ' management, and without robbing the farmers}; those in the North Island will not attain so desirable a posi- , ; tionforat least another generation, hence the violent opposition of Wellington against the proposal to separate the rail ' way administration of the two Islands. t What we require is one Board for each 1 Island, more than that is neither desirable ' nor attainable. Canterbury cannot stand . alone in this matter. If she could cut 1 the painter from the rest of the colony, ' so far as regards the working of her own railways, that would be her greatest gain, 1 but this she cannot do, therefore to enable ? her to escape from the ruinous partnership 1 which now exists with the North Island, i Canterbury must be content to make ' common cause with Otago and Southland " in fighting to sever the railway adminis tration of the two Islands which have ne -1 thing in common under this head, and if we 3 fail to elicit the support of Otago and > Southland (from any display of extreme * selfishness in advooating a Board for Can -1 terb iry) then we shall remain bound hand and foot by the North Island interests. ' Our demand must be one Board for each 1 Island, ho more and no less. Mr Waaon's 1 proposal to hive several Boards for this " island with conflicting tariffs, conflicting 5 interests and regulations, and clearing ' houses, would only make confusion worse i confounded. To send a member to Wel b lingtoa at the present time, advocating i such absurdities, would be most diaas ' trouß to our prospect of obtaining a change ' in railway management, and therefore * hurtful to the agricultural interests of 9 Canterbury. By hearty co-operation with ' Otago and Southland we may succeed in 9 removing our railways from politic d con r trol and jobbery, but by that aid a]one. Mr Wason's proposal is ill-considered, / ' ultra-selfish, and unattainable, and justi ' fies my opinion that he h?s not sufficient r intelligence or breadth gof view to deal ' with so important a question.—l am, eta, } Edward G. Weight.

ELECTION EXPENSES.

To the Editor. Sir, —Mr Wason is curious about Mr Walker's election expenses. No doubt Mr Wason is quite comfortable about his own expenses, that ha has received Grown lands to the value of LI,OOO as a bonus for beautifying his own estate, and if he gets into Parliament will no doubt succeed in grabbing another LI,OOO worth of the estate, for still lurther adding to his private plantations.—l am, etc, Anti-Greed.

A PETTY ACCUSATION REFUTED.

To THE EDITOE. Sir, —In answer to the working man'a letter in this morning's Aahburton Mail extra I beg to state that I have done shearing on and off for Mr Walker for the past twelve years, and it has always been the usual pustom after shear ing at Yaletta to go to the Gorge and finish. In the event of any shearer not wishing to proceed to the Gorge and found a man to taVe his place, Mr Walker was only too pleased to pay him his cheque, and, Sir, I may add that I shall only be too glad to shear for Mr Walker another twelve years', and sincerely hope that any working man will not be led away with such a letter and will give his vote in f *vor of Mr Walker, who has always adopted the old colonial style of full and plenty. Trusting, Sir, you will give me the space, I am, etc., Frank Jenkins, North-West Town Belt.

COURSING.

THE WATERLOO MBETI&O. The following amounts were paid over at the Shades Hotel, Christchurch, on Saturday afternoon to the winners at the Waterloo Meeting. The Gup : Mr ft. P. Hill’s Bordeaux, L 157 10s ; Mr P. Butler’s Obstacle, L 157 JOs ; Mr F. Bailey’s Nancy Leo, L 22 10s; Mr J. Drumm’s Adamant, L 22 10s ; Mr B. Bigham’s Napoleon, Mr ,JV McDonald’s Azalea, Mr Bigham’a Sir Rid ley, and Mr T. Surman’s Symphony, each Ll 3 lOi; Mr J. Blaoc’s Ropkwood, Messrs G. and E, Hill’s Maraschino, Mr H Wharton’s Scipio, Messrs Hale and Judge’s Hercules, Mr J. Goodman’s Clio, Mr B. E. Hibbard’s Miss Dawe, Mr J. Macphorsou’s Scotland Yet, and Mr.T. Surman’s Harpsichord, each L 9 ; Secret, Hop Bitters, Mistletoe, Sea Foam, Mmola, Seadrift, Richmond If, Cham pagne Charlie, Bashful. Maid, Fairy Queen, Glasgow Collie, Duke-of Welling, ton, Myrtle, Needle, Horse Marine, and Cliquot, each L 4 10a ; total, L 658. The Purse : Mr J, Drumm’a Starlight t L 33 15s; Mr B. Crawahaw’s Bed of Stone, Ll 3 10s; Mr T. Bassett’s Grau-u-Wail, LB 16s ; Mr S. Gagne’s Grasshopper, L 6 15a; The Maacotte, Spider, Queen of Soots avid Anson, each L 4 10a ; Ta'aban, Pakeha, Darkle, Shadraoh, Princess Charlotte, Gipsy Maid, Bella Donna and Headingley, each L2 6s; total, L 96 15s. The Plate : Mr H. Howard’s Hop Bitters and Horae Marine diTided i. 47 6a ; Seadrift, L 4 10« ; Fairy Queen, L 4 10s ; Fi«m, Richmond!!., Glasgow Collie and Myrtle, each L2 6s; total. L6a ' 15s. Qraad total* BTBQIO*

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, MONDAY, JULY 21, 1884.



Coal and Firewood. A. TAPPER, T>EGS to say that he has added COAL AND FIREWOOD to his Timber and Iron Business, and is now Landing a consignment of Newcastle COAL, and is open to receive orders for the same. J. 0. DUNCAN, Manager. Omoi: Old Bank of New Zealand, 6 1193 Mb s i d.ney wolf, From the Royal Academy of Music, London, PROFESSOR OF SINGING AND PIANOFORTE, Cox Street, Ashburton. Singing Class for Ladies and Gentlemen at the Oddfellows’ Hall every Thursday evening, at 8 o’clock Terms—One Guinea per quarter. TT I 0 T O R I a, HOUSE. PERIODICAL SALE. SURPRISING REALITIES. Fob Five Weeks Only. SHILLING TABLE WONDERS. Dimant and Coe, Ready-Money Drapers, Clothiers, &c. East and Takobed Streets, ASHBTTRioN. 6289 'IVrOTICE. —Having disposed of my 1\ business, consisting of my Timber -Yards at Timaru, Ashburton and Wood lands ; my Sawmills at Mabel Bush, Southland and Stewart’s Island ; also the brigantine .Lady Mabel and the schooner Spray, to Messrs Macphersou, Filmer and Co., I beg to solicit for them the same patronage that has been so liberally be stowed in the past.— ALPHEUS HAYES. We, the Undersigned, beg to inform the public that we have purchased the •hove Business, and that in future no thing will be wanting on ofit part to give every satisfaction, and trust that by promptly attending to Orders and guaran teeing the quality of Materials supplied, WO" shall get a continuance of the patron age so liberally bestowed on our predeces sor. The Business will in future be car ried on at the above places under the style of MACPHERSON, FILMER AND CO, W. H. COLLINS, Manager, Ashburton. Special. Terms and Special Prices will be allowed to PURCHASERS OF PIANOS FBOM £SO UPWARDS 808 THE NEXT TWO MONTHS One of the Finest Stocks (second to none) in the Colony to select from. 200 PIANOS TO SELECT FROM BY VARIOUS MAKERS, including all the principal and Continen tal manufacturers. Brinsmead and Sons, Eratd, Collard and Oollard, Broadwood, Lipp and Soho, Playel, Bord, the Leipriger model, Dres den model and many others. Milner & Thompson H- AT, JONES, Agent, 111 AfiWWBJON.



Wanted VX7ANTED—A Girl to assist house » » wort. Sleep at home. Apply, Guardian Office. 7 1380 ANTED to call and see Hates and Co. ’s Wonderful Bargains. 7 1271 TXT ANTED Known The Quadrille » » Assembly will meet in the Odd fellows’ Hall on Wednesday next at eight p.m. ahary. 7 1393 WANTED Known —Flemington Fac tory Cheese, 6£d ; Best Bice, (3d ; Best White Sago, id; Tapioca, 6d ; Bis cuits, 4d ; White Crystal Sugar, 4|d. — J. McGregor’s, Tancred street, opposite the Arcade. 4 640 TSTANTED TO SELL » v four-roomed Cot A three and four-roomed Cottages on East Town Belt, two frontages, and half-acre of land ; terms easy. For particulars apply to J. Ward and Son, or W. 0. Davis, Wills street. 7 1315 XXT ANTED Known—Orr and Co’s, » » Stock-Taking Sale is now on. Drapery Stock to be Reduced £3,000 in a month. 200 yard reels, l£d ; 400 yard machine reels, 3d; needles, per packet, 2d ; average tape, l£d ;1 oz packet pins, 2d ; silk reels, 2d ; mend in WANTED I Known—2 Button black kid gloves, la lid per pair; colored kid gloves ; 2s lid ; Horrook’s long cloth, 3s lid per dozen ; heavy blue serge,, Is 3d ; good strong heavy flannel, 9d, at Orr and Co’s. Cheap Sale. 7 1354 WANTED Economical housekeepers to take immediate advantage of the Bargains now offered iu all departments, Boots we are selling cheaper than any ether house. —Okr and Co’s. Cheap Sale. 7 1353 WANTED —Purchasers of Boys’ and Men’s Clothing to specially re member that our famed Colonial Made Clothing (equal to bespoke) has got to be Cleared out at enormous Reductions, we’ll doit as we want the cash. — Orb and Co’s. Cheap Sale. 7 1356 WANTED Known—The Ladies and Gentlemen of Ashburton can have their clothing dyed any color, also damask curtains and feathers beautifully done. For further particulars, apply to An dkbwes Bros, Stationers. 7 1276 \ NDREW ORB’S cheap sale of /\ Drapery, Cloth and Boots is now gosng on. Come early and secure bar gains. 7 1245 \\J ANTED Known—Bargains in Boots and Shoes. Come and judge for yourselves. One lot of Women’s Boots, slightly soiled, 4a lid, reduced from 10s 6d! 7 1246 WANTED Known—Will clear several Tru l ks of Women’s Kid Boots at 7s 6d, foimir price 11s 6d to 12s 6d. 7 1247 ANDREW ORR is selling Girls’ Kid Boots for 3s 10d, worth 7s 6d ; Maids’ 1 and 2 Kid Boots ss, worth 9a Sd : Men’s Shooters, 10s 9d, worth 16s 6d. 7 1248 WANTED Known—A splendid line of heavy Over&oats at 37s 6d ; Kaiapoi Tweed Trousers 12a 9d ; all wool Crimean Shirts, 3s lid ; Men’s Black Felt Hats 2a lid —at A. Orr’s Cheap Sale. 7 1249 WANTED Known Colored French Merinos, Is 6d worth 3s ; Costume Cloths, B£d and 13£d, worth Is and Is 9d, If you want a Dress come . and see them before they are all sold. H. 0. Segebs, Sealy’s New Buildings, East street. ■ 6 1222 WANTED Known—lf you want good ' value for your money, go to H. 0. Segebs, and you will buy first-class Drapery and Millinery greatly reduced to meet the times, Sealy’a Buildings, East street. 6 1221 ’ WiryANTED Known—Boots ! Boots I Y\ That Hayes and Co. are (Hearing a few desperate lines of Boots, etc., to wit, Ladies’ Leather, 4s 6d; Men’s Shooters, Pegged, 10s; Men’s Elastic sides, 9s, and a lot of odd lines that must be cleared at once. 7 1272 WANTED KNOWN— Robert Elston, Bill Poster, Theatrical Agent, etc., Town Hall, Ashburton. Theatrical companies and others visiting Ashburton should communicate with the above. Orders by post or telegram promptly attended to. 760 c WANTED at once, 500 customers. Hayes and Co. having bought 600 pairs of sample boots are determined to clear them at startling prices. Chil dren’sE.S., Is per pair; ladies’ kid E. S., 3s lid per pair. H. & Co. have also a grand lot of boys’ and men’s boots at prices that will astonish all. 4,749 TXT ANTED Known—That Jones and V t Bradshaw, next Mr Lancaster’s butchers shop, East street, are now offer ing Pig Feed, Chick Wheat, Horse Feed, etc., etc., etc., cheaper and of a better class than any other in the town. All goods delivered free of charge in town. 4 752 ANTED —'The public who are in want of Boots to inspect our win dow before purchasing elsewhere. As far as style and cheapness we are determined not to be excelled. Boots for everyone, and at any price. Large stock of women’s best prunellas from 7s 6d ; men’s half sole and heeling, 4s 6d ; women s do, 3s 6d ; girl’s do, 2s 6d. Nokes, Leicester Bout Warehouse, Burnett street. 12 1107 Special Advertisements. BEST Rubber Stamp Manufactory in New Zealand.—Stamps of any size and for any purpose made by Leonard Pozzi, Gunsmith, and ten years practical Sewing Machinist. Mathematical, Musi cal Instruments, Electric Batteries, and Musical Boxes, etc., repaired. 138 Glou cester street, opposite Theatre Royal, Christchurch. 9tio BOOKS NOW IN English Poetesses, Young Ireland (by Duffey), Greater Britain (by Sir C. Dilke), Essays by George Elliot, Life and Times of the Right Hon. John Bright, Life of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, the Book of Health, the Family Physician, Greater London, Buckles' History of Civilisation in England, Chambers’ Medieval History, Life and Works of St. Paul (beautifully illustrated), the Treasure Island, Saunders’ Domestic Birds, Cutting Tools, Linear Drawing, the Present Truth (by Spurgeon), Great Names in European History, British Scenery (in 6 vols), Countries of the World (6 vols), Scottish Life and Character, Scottish Characteris tics, the Denominational Reason Why, Trade Manuals, Lost-Israel Found, Works by W. Clarke Russel, A'Short History Our Own Times (by McCarthy), the Land and the Book, Brighter Britain, Druggists General Receipt Book, Highland Clear ances, the Gun: Its Development, Life of Garibaldi, Memoir of W. and R. Chambers, Gilbert on Banking. Thomasl?. Farley, HOuKS ELLER & STATIONER, | Saunders 1 Buildings* But St., Ashburton j



Special Advertisements. VIOLINS.— Boys’ and girls’ Violins, from Home, moderate prices. Lessons. Old and now violins bought, and sold.—H. J. Weeks, Tancred street. Rubber stamps made. 6 1173 IVBN AWAY. PRESENT TO EVERY PURCHASER OP 2s 6d WORTH and UPWARDS. We are now Selling our Stock of BOOKS, STATIONERY, FANCY GOODS, TOYS, &c., &c., AT A Great Sacrifice For Cash. Andrewes Bros., Booksellers, Stationers, &0., East Street South, Ashburton. ENGINE ROTHERHAM’S ENGLISH LEVERS from £5 10s. Genuine Waltham Levers, from £3 10a. All watches guaranteed two years. Special attention to repairs, which are guaranteed twelve months. G. ADAMS & CO, Practical English Watchmakers, 246 High street, Christchurch, Opposite City Hotel. 5 959 CALL AT ONCE AND SEE FOB YOURSELVES. Superfine Note Paper, Is 6d per 5 quires. Repped Note Paper, 6d per packet. Cream Laid Envelopes, 3d per packet. Fine Court-Shaped, 4d per packet. Foolscap, unequalled value, Is per quire. PLEASE OBSERVE ! '.—Books offered at London published prices. Toys and Fancy Goods of every description. B. Bevan, Stationer, Bookseller, etc., Saunders’s Buildings, 6 120 G Next shop to Quill’s Hotel. J. BALLANTYNE & CO., HAVE now OPENED UP Extensive Shipments of NEW WINTER DRAPERY. A large Choice and Magnificent assort ment in all the Departments, bought under Special Advantages from the manufacturers. All GOODS Marked LOW PRICES, as their rule is to CLEAR OUT THE STOCK EVERY SEASON. J. B. and Co. are Manufacturers of MENS’ YOUTHS’, and BOYS’ CLOTH ING, an industry which they have late’.y commenced on the premises, and which has proved a great success, the cut and workmanship of all garments being under special inspection. Also, MANUFACTURERS OF HATS AND CAPS of every description. la off every £ Discount for Cash, DUNSTABLE HOUSE, OiiafsTcnußCH. 5 1008 ry INTER SEASON. THE NEW ZEALAND Clothing Factory Are now Showing NEW MANUFACTURES FOR THIS SEASON. A Splendid Variety of Garments manu factured from the OEIEBRATED MOSGIEL TWEEDS. Patrons are specially requested to inspect this season’s OVERCOATS, SAC SUITS, TROUSERS, TROUSERS & VESTS, And our Grand Variety of CHILDREN’S and BOY’S CLOTHING. Every Description of Hosiery, Hats, Shirts, etc., AT WHOLESALE PRICES. A SINGLE GARMENT AT WHOLE SALE PRICE. 23 BRANCHES NOW OPEN. Ashburton Branch : BAST STREET, NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY W ANTE IN TWENTY-POUR DAYS— D £8,500. Money is wonderfully scarce, but the above amount WE MUST HAVE, and in order to secure it by the time required we have REDUCED THE WHOLE OF OUR LARGE AND VARIED STOCK, So that now anyone can buy A SINGLE ARTICLE AT WHOLESALE PRICE. JUST FANCY!—A yard of Flannel or Calico, a pair of Blankets or Stock ings, a sail for man or b >y. a y ftr< * of tweed, a hat, bonnet, or any single article of underclothing at the usual WHOLESALE PRICE. ibo wise ; study your own interest, shop during the next TWENTY- R DAYS^t * E. May & Co., THE HALL, OHRISTOHtJRO f.