SHIPPING.

PORT OF LYTTELTON. O Arrived. To-»at. Wakatu, b.b., froin Wellington and Eaikoura. Grafton, 5.«., from Wellington. Mahinapu, a, A, from Dunedin. Koranui, from Tlmaru. Sailed. Yksteedat. Wanala, 8.«., fot Akaroa and Dunedin. Jrii, barque, for Sydney. Wakatlpn, a.*., lor Sydney via Wel lington. • . Aravata^aa.,* 1 for Auckland, via way porta. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Auckland, Yesterday. .. Arrived —Senator, from San Francisco. Sailed—Clifton, for Oamaru ; Waihora, for Melbourne. : Wellington, Yesterday. Arrived Kennedy, from the West Coast and Nelson; Victory, from Port Chalmers. . Sailed—Rotorua, for the North ; Graf ton, for Lyttelton and Oamaru ; Ken : nedy, for Nelson and the West Coast, ’ Dunedin, Yesterday. Arrived—Maria Virginia, brigantine, from Port Stephens. Sailed—Star of the South and Mahina pua, fop the West Ooaet; Te Anau, for Melloarn*.

COMMERCIAL.

Askburton Guardian Office, Friday Afternoon. Messrs H. Matson' and Co report on the live stock market, eta, for the week ending Thursday, June sth, 1884, as follows For yesterday’s Addington market only a medium supply of fat sheep came to hand, the reced - ingvMues of late sales inducing, holders to hold back as iar as possible any lines that (heir feed will carry on. Last week we recorded a decided drop in prices, and how again, in face of a moderate entry, we regret to have to re r port in the same direction. In the matter of quality the most fastidious must have been satisfied, prime, heavy-weight, , crossbred - wethers representing a large share of the day’s 'numbers,'.with a proportion of tnyrinns, crossbred ewes and mixed ser.es. From the commencement until the close of the the utmost indifference was shown by bn/eis,' and it was either, a question of tempt- Tngthe trade in the shape of a further reduc tion of 6d to is per head or sending the fat sheep out unsold. To a'great extent this latter. course was adopted, it being evident that just at present local buyers are unable to absorb all the mutton that comes to hand, and > if the,present' depression and reduction in * prices continue a' little' further we shall no. doubt ’ again have some of our boiling-down . establishments in operation. As far as our markets ate concerned just now exportation does not seem to affect them, or in other wotos there are no buyers for this purpose, hut at per lb, the present value of prime mutton in the wool, there is no doubt a margin for - profit exists between.this and, the Home rates, and ere long We should see increased activity in the freezing trade. Of our own entry on Wednesday we topped the market in sales with a grand line of wethers on account of Mr W. BOag at 16s pd,, though one or two other lots were passed at higher figures, placing also an exceptionally well-gnu,ed lot of wethers sent to hand by Mr R. Wright at 16s. Mr John sheep, in point of quality, were in their 'class equal to anything in the market, these being placed by us at 15s to 155 gd for the 200 wethers, ewes at 13s pd. On account Mr R. M. Morten, we sold a portion of the Mount Pleasant wethers—a well-grazed line of sheep—at 16s, and a few choice 2-toolh Downs s sent to hand by Mr John Coe at 14s 6d to * 15s. For Mr W. M. Thompson we also sold •crossbred ewes up, to 13s pci, mixed crossbreds for Mr Jackson at 12s pd to 13s 6d, for Mr W. Tones crossbreds at 12s 3d to 13s, and for Mr Kinlqy mixed sheep at 14s 6d. Merino wethers * were’perhaps the ‘ most unsaleable class of sheep in the market, and several lots enough for butchers’ purposes were taken for grazing at from 7 s 9d to ps per head. We quote the best mutton at 2j£d to a shade over 2j£d per lb; merinos, crossbred ewes, and mixed sexes of medium quality at 2d. In • stores •. there ’-were but a few lines on offer—say 1,000 to 1,200—0 f which the bulk were call Jots rof merinos and crossbreds. A couple of pens of two-tooth wethers, in fait condition, we placed at 13s 4d, one or two other inferior lots being passed without a bid. la referring to cattle, the beef market was; de cidedly overstocked, and as a consequence any transactions that took place were most unsatis factory and discouraging- both to agents and vendors. In store stock we cannot quote any improvement in values,.but with the presence of one or two buyers and a better class of cattle than usual under offer, we managed, to clear . most of our lines with a little more freedom than of lata In dairy stock there ;is a very fair Inquiry, and'we can now find buyers for really good quiet cows at prices ranging from ' Lj to Lio, according 4o ,description. On Wednesday we placed a number at these rates' and as far as can be judged the demand will probably increase for some little time. In pigs the same briskness Of trade continues as for some time pasq, sizes suitable jor curing 'being particularly In request. Every Tot on offer found ready buyers at thigh prices, though there was a - comparative t absence of the 1 best quality heavy lots noticeable a few weeks since. Of oar own entry we qujtodThe lot at the fol ■■ lowing rates—3 at 335, 6at 3ts, Bat 435, Bat 47s fid, 3 at 535. 5 at 265, 4 at 71s 6d. 8 at 32s , r fid, sat 6 is, 4at 53s fid, -fi at 495, sat 725, 8 at 38s, Bat ups 6d, 9at 245, etc. The totals ’ yarded for the day-comprised 5,183 sheep, 393 bead of cattle, and 283-pigs, of'which our entry included 2,421 sheep, 197 bead of cattle, and 101 pig%. J ■ ■ ' .1 ■

The following is the Com. Exchange report ' for the week endingiFriday, the- 6th inst.; jjyjThe tone of- the grain market ' during the past week tends towards a. little more firmness in prices, there being a better inclination on the part of buyers of all kinds of ’cereals. Wheat, although nominally of the same value as the previous week,might, on account of inter colonial requirements*. be placed at id per bushel more for sound Tuscan and pearl, still ; it would be unadvisable to alter quotations on so slight afoundation. The efforts of vendors of oats to establish a higher value have been so far successful that a number of lines have - prices, which are readily obtainable, and vyitbji’fair prospect of ’ - -continuance. Prime'malting barley is .nearly of buyers,and few lines of any magnitude can be fonndio' meet the eager in quiries of malsters in the other provinces. Some large lines in the South have passed dur ing the week to Dunedin firms', who appear to • entertain of Canterbury barley.ln grass seeds little has been done, al though there are still a few orders for cocks foot unexecuted.- Rye grass Is at present reglected, the" .demand be ng almost nil. Beans 'andpe is show ■no material alterat ion either in demand or price. The market for potatoes is quite inert. Only thee who have them already barged near a. railway station b ing able to place them for prompt shipme t Buyers of dairy produce evince no desire to exalt former quotations. - The f bowing are the latest quotations Wheat—Sound dry Tuscan pearl 3s 2d, Hunter’s id, seconds 2s 3d to 2s 6d f.o.b. Oafs—Bright milling 2S 46, bright short feed 2s 2d to as 3d, ''' Tartars and Danish is gd to 2s f.o.b. Barley —First class malting 3s gd to 4s, second qual t' 3S‘‘tfb 3s 6d,’ 2s to 2s 3d at .Christ urch. Peas—Prussian blues 35,6 d f.o.b. for ■ - sound samples,’grey or dun 2s gd to 3s. Beans 1 —Nominal value* 3s f.o,b. Potatoes —27s ,6d -- per ton at stat'odk. within 12 miles. Butter r,and Cheese—Bd to gd for the former, and .to $d for the latter.

DAILY MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALES. Saturday, June 7. Mr Then. Bullock, at tbs Arcade, Burnett ' „ street—Fruit and Forest Trees. s*-" < ’ Tuesday, Junk 10. 4 ' Matson, Coe and Co., at the Tmwa’.d ' Baleyards—Stock. MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS. Etc. ft- SaTI’EDAY, JU>E 7 --; Wakaaul Road- Board, at Road Board -1 T ice, Mpore street, at 10,30 aid, Sgf¥ -i/

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1884. The Governor’s Speech.

We suspect that very few people put , any faith in the rumor that the Cover- \ nor’s Speech this year would contain ( some startling proposals for the future, < and there will consequently be little disappointmenton account of the barren- j ness of yesterday’s address. Beyond ( that it is longer than the generality-of , such effusions there is nothing remark- ' able in it from beginning to end. Its extra length is purely due to its being a magnificent specimen of useless ver bosity, and the actual information con veyed in the whole Speech could easily be compressed in a paragraph six inches long. When Major Atkinson ad dressed his constituents at -Hawera some time ago the colony was anxiously expecting that the future policy of the Government would be disclosed, but disappointment awaited us. Since that time the anxiety to know what was to be done to relieve us from the present depression has greatly increased. Trade so far from improving has rapidly got worse, and the need for something to be done has become more urgent The wish was probably father to the thought when the rumor that the Speech from the Throne would be especially im portant. this year was circulated; but instead of this being the case we find that it is little more than a repeti tion of the Premier's utterances* at Hawera. His Excellency the Governor, speaking the words put into his mouth by his advisers, tells us that although the depression in the trade of the colony has been and is severe, he has no doubt that it will pass away. This habit of looking at things through rose colored spectacles is eminently charac teristic of Major Atkinson, and although optimism is pleasant enough U is only too often an excuse for a statesman to pursue a laissez faire policy. So far as we can make out from yesterday’s Speech, we are to keep up our faith in “ the genial climate and general fertility ” of the country we live in, and trust to Providence to bring us out of the mess. In the meantime the Government are to assist in straighten ing our affairs by allowing Mr RoLLteS ton to extend his perpetual leasing fad in the direction indicated in his defeated measure of last session. How we shall be helped by making the fixity ofland tenure more uncertain and thus deterring capitalists from in vesting their money in the colony is not easy to see, nor is it likely that the pro posal will meet with more favor in the Legislature this session than it did last. After discoursing at length on this ques tion, the speech goes on to speak of the Ministry’s intention in regard to native lands. The proposal that the Crown is to resume the pre-emptive right overthese lands is the only novel item of policy that is disclosed, but it is extremely doubtful if it will be carried, as the Northern members are opposed to it and several votes have been lost to the Government since the Premier first spoke on this question. Then we have a long rigmarole upon that most tedious of all subjects, Fede ration, the meaning of which is that time is to be wasted in discussing a matter totally outside practical politics. An attempt is made further on to prove that the recent raising of the grain tariff was due to the receipts of the Railway Department being below the estimate, ; and not to make up for losses incurred by the falling off in the Customs revenue. We fancy that Major Atkin son will have some difficulty in con vincing the House that he is right in this contention when the matter comes to be discussed, and perhaps it would .have been wiser to have omitted all mention of it in the Speech. That gigantic job, the North Island trunk railway, has an interest for us only so far that we shall have to provide the bulk of the money for its construction, but it was expected that something would be said concerning the route. Mr Mitchelson has been busy examining the ground during the last month or so, but he either has not come to any decision, or the Cabinet is afraid of offending its Taranaki friends and thus losing several votes by stating its determination regarding the route to be taken too early in the session. As to the Civil Service Bill that is to be introduced next session, it is referred to only in a general way, and it remains to be seen if the measure will merit the praise bestowed on it by its formu lators. The Bills to be introduced are certainly not of a very important nature. A system of parcels postage is to be introduced, the Regulation of Elections Act is to be amended and the constitution of “certain city electorates” is to be altered, and married women are to be allowed further rights over their property. This is not a very portentous programme, nor does it offer us the prospect of a particularly exciting session. Even those who ex pected little from the Speech will have been disappointed, as stripped of its redundant verbiage it practically tells us nothing that we did not know before, small as that knowledge was.

Mr J. 0. Waaon addressed a meeting of electors at the achoolhouse, Green* street, last evening. Mr B. Lovell occu pied the chair, and most of the electors in the immediate neighborhood were pre sent. Mr Wason’s address was of muck the same tenor as those already delivered by the candidate elsewhere, and at its conclusion a number of questions were answered apparently to the satisfaction of the audience. Mr Scott proposed and Mr Campbell seconded a vote of thanks and confidence, which was carried. The Debating Society’s meeting will be held to-night, the subject to be discussed being “ Is a change in the present Minis try desirable,” Mr Shaw opening in the affirmative, and Mr Farley leading on the other side. The Committee of the Society will meet at 7.30 for the purpose of considering the advisableness of giving an entertainment at an early date. The tender of Messrs Williams and Thompson, at Llß9los, has been accepted for building the Girls’ High School. The following are the Ashburton Hos pital returns for the. month of May : Patients in the hospital at the beginning of month, 9; admitted, 7 ; discharged, 3; remaining in Hospital at end of month, 13.

The following are the Ashburton vital statistics for the month of Slay :—Births, 33 ; marriages, 8 ; deaths, 8.

Yesterday, at Methven, a man named Bose fell from his dray and met with somewhat serious Injuries Dr Boss attended to the sufferer who was removed to the Ashburton Hospital, and is now progressing favorably. Captain Scotland, of the ship Crusader, has been arrested at Auckland, for inde cent assault, alleged to hare been com mitted on one of the passengers on the voyage out. Three of Oussen’s trig, survey depart ment came in to Kihikihi yesterday for provisions. The party (some Id men) are camped at Wharepunga, 30 miles from Kihikihi. A party of Ngatirahaua (20 in number), from Aotearoa, was at Whara punga for the purpose of stopping the survey, saying they objected to Wahanai giving anyone the right to interfere with their lands. The obstruction was more of a protest than an actual attempt at forcible interference, and the difficulty was sup posed to have been overcome oh Wednes day night. Cussen is expected to arrive at Kihikihi probably to-day, on his way to Auckland.

A Maori Self-Protection - Society has been started under Tawhai at Mahta ; President, Sydney Taiwhanga. The Society’s object is to prevent the Maoris being done oat of their land. Mr Single ton Roohford, the standing legal counsel for Sydney Taiwhanga, left Auckland for Napier yesterday, in the Waihora, presumably in connection with this move ment.

Mr Bryce has received notice from his solicitors that Mr Kusden has lodged a plea of justification as a defence to the action for slander. • : The Hon Major Atkinson is confined to his bouse with bronchitis, and, unless any thing of importance occurs, will not be out until Tuesday. Two shocks of earthquake were experi enced at Wellington yesterday. One at three in the morning, 'and another at noon. «

A number of cases in which the share holders in Eureka and Try-Again Gold Mining Companies were sued for calls, alleged to bo due, were called on at the civil sittings of the Magistrate’s Court at Wellington yesterday and struck out, because legal managers did not put in an appearance, evidently considering that it was not worth their while to attempt to force their claims after the judgment given by the Court of Appeal the other day. It is generally believed that the decision of the Court will have the effect of killing a majority of gold mining com panies in the district. Chong Kwong, a Chinaman who had taken his passage by the Wakatipu, from Dunedin to Sydney, en route for China, yesterday morning attempted to commit suicide in his berth on board the steamer by cutting his throat, in which he made a very ugly gash. Chong Kwong states that he made the attempt on his life in consequence of his disagreement with his late employer, Me Sew Hoy, a Chinese merchant at Dunedin. He was sent through from Lyttelton to Christchurch by train yesterday morning, and it is thought ho will probably recover. The Canterbury Land Board yesterday issued another license to prospect for gold in the Wilberforce district. The Christchurch Theatre Royal is to be used for an exhibition of horse train ing by Mr Darcy Hyland for six nights, commencing to-morrow. The seats in the stalls are to be removed for the pur pose.

His Honor Judge Johnston animad verted at Christchurch yesterday in the Bankruptcy Court on the ab surdity of the present provisions for the public examination of bankrupts, _as ample opportunity is afforded at the time of application for discharge. A cat show is to be held in Christ church .in conjunction with the nest poultry show. Mr John Inglis has resigned the Chair manship of the Education Board on ac count of ill health. The Board has de ferred accepting his resignation. At Lyttelton no licenses for keeping open after ten o’clock have been granted. . The total amount paid to winners at the Lower Heathcote races was L 228. In the Christchurch Supremo Court yes-

terday the application 'in the Timaru case, Wigley against Hadfiold for a man damus calling upon Mr Beswick, R.M., and Mr Hall, J.P., to re-hear the case, was refused, the Judge holding an appeal the proper course, rather than a manda mus.

Sir George Grey addressed a large meeting at Gisborne on Wednesday night A vote of confidence in him as leader of. the Liberal party throughout New Zea land was carried, and three cheers were given for him. Three groans were given For Air Bees and three cheers for Mr Gannon. The Directors of the Colonial Bank have appointed as Inspector of Branches Mr Henry McKenzie, recently Senior In spector of the Oriental Bank Corporation. Mr McKenzie is a passenger by the Ga ronne from London, and will arrive in a few days. ,

The racehourse Cassivelanaus was sent from Port Chalmers to Melbourne by the Te Anau yesterday. Mr G. . Turnbull (trading for many years in Dunedin as W. and G. Turnbull, and Co.) has filed a petition to be ad judged a bankrupt. Tic-Doloureux, Toothache, or any other neuralgic pain spcediiy yields to Baxter’s Anti- Neuralgic Pills. will be paid for any case that Hop* bitters will not cure or help. Doubt not. See. —[Advt.] August Flower.—The most miserable beings in the world are those suffering from dyspepsia and liver complaint. More than 75 per cent of the people are afflicted with these two diseases and their effects; such as sour stomach, sick headache, habitual costiveness, palpitation of the heart, heart burn, waterbrash, gnawing and burning pains at the pit of the stomach, yellow skin, coated tongue and dis agreeable taste in the mouth, coming up of food after eating, low spirits, etc. Go to your druggist and get a bottle of august flower. This valuab'e medicine has cured thousands and thousands of sufferers, and is known in all civilised countries. Two doses will relieve you. It costs only 3s 6d a bottle. Sample bottles, fid. —[Advt, ,

LORD COLERIDGE ON "SOCIETY" JOURNALS.

la sentencing Mr Edmand Tates, editor and proprietor of the IForW, a “ society " journal, for publishing a libel upon the Karl of Lonsdale, by alleging that he had'eloped “ with a yoang lady of «- very high rank and noble birth. Lord Coleridge said Now, thUis certainly not the time nor the place for delivering any discourse upon the subject of the liberty of the Press, nor is it in the least degree necessary. No one who breathes En glish air or has ever had his heart touched and his judgment moved by the “ Areo pagitica’’ of Milton will doabt that the . free Press of this country has been* on* the whole, an unspeakable blessing, or will dssire to narrow in any degree its fair and lawful scope, or impede its lawful exercise. Public affairs, and public men, using the expression “ public” in its largest possible sense—literature, art, science, religion; the catalogue might be indefinitely extended—these things are the fait and lawful topics of discussion In the Press, and these may be freely dis cussed, and I hope • discussion of them will always be practically and absolutely unfettered. But when we come to _pri-. vate matters very different considerations ' obviously arise. Public men—in Eng land, at least—must submit to public comment as one of the necessary ingredi ents of their career. Bui private men and, -indeed, all men, or pri vate —in their private relations are entitled to have their privacy respected. Why should we have ear lives pried into, our movements watched, our dross recorded, our company catalogued, outmost private relation! dragged into - the light of day, not for any conceivable good to the great English people, but only to gratify the foolish vauuy or the abject cariosity of a small minority of a privi lege OlassfT fiM ft? I ffedSfe, difficult 15 to believe that any man’s mind can feel apy pleasure in feeding on this .sort of food,'with which the columns of the paper before me are filled. I ban hardly believe that any educated man or. any gentleman can feel anything but. humiliation and self-contempt in having to supply such food. We have, however, in this ope fo_ deal with a gross personal libel in a paper which lives on the publication of the most utterly attenuated personalities. It is not the case of .'a paper of high aua and real nubile usefulness committing a breach of the law inconsistent with conduct and character. ; We have to deal with a personal libel, occurring ill the— midst of paragraphs whiefeere indeed not libellous, but are made up of personalities so trivial that, prior to experieaoo, one would have supposed they , not ( possibly have interested for a. single ■. moment, in the faintest degree, , . human being. Mote than from the defendant’s own affidavit, that at least one lady of high'renk catorp, and is paid to this b».- snppiyiQgit with personalities a* price. It appears that a lady of title u raid at the rate of twojguiueas for agoh paragraphs. The proprietor of the papet. makos no inquiry, and the slander *PP“W for the gratification, I must suppose, of the readers of the World. The. defendant appears to think this makes his case bolter; but to me and my colleagues make it worse. To open a sort of lumV mouth ” into which all.tbe personal gossto of what is pl.e“e^,^ ltß#lf IW * o^ e Sl J . is to be “ shot ” anonymously, at. the rate of two guineas a porsonahtjr, and take ho trouble to inqiuremto the truth of what is published—one cannot suppose a system mere certain to lead, as it has m this case, to the pubUoation of cruel slan der and stories tending to the discomfort and unhappiness of those who wreathe subjects of them. It often been said that it is the publisher, not tho|in ventor, of scandal who does the real mischief;, and the defendant, to my mind, adds to rather than diminishes hia responsibility by the course which he has pursued. But more than thu, he has stated that he had.no idea para graph, into the truth of which he took nb pains to inquire. applied to the rf Lonsdale. But he has not stated to whom he believed it did apply, and he has not stated that he believed it anyone, so that he ■: “ shot his bolt at a venture ac the casual passer-by— someone he had never seen, whorn he did not know, whom he had never heard of taking the chance of it doing hint a cruel injury. Now, what in such a case is to be done to the defendant! ttia a. libel unprovoked, unjustifiable, and pub lished in a paper that lives on personahtwa and pays for their manufacture. Tha sentences of Courts of Justice possible, be the expression of the mtelli ■ gent opinion of the public, whom, in a cer tain sense, they represent. Over-seventy takes the shape very often, or appears in take the shane, of personal vengeance j it, . seems to be the outcome of anger rather than judgment, and creates —and properly . . —a reaction in favor of the ovar-punished victim. It is therefore desirable that we. * should do nothing that may seem to savour of excessive severity. _We. have | considered whether it would suffice to in- _#■ fliot a fine, but a fine on a person conduct ing a successful paper with a large circula tion is a matter of ■ comparative--indif ference. It is right, therefore, that tbe v liberty of the defendant should : be inter- .. fared with, though to no harsh, cruel, or unreasonable extent. The sentence of the Court, therefore, is that.-the defendant be imprisoned for fotir months.

parliamentary.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Tiicesbay, June 5. LEAVE 03? ABSENCE. In the Council after'the delivery o| thp . Speech a message was received from the:. : Go vers or notifying he had given leave for the session to Messrs Menzies and Holmes - and Major Richmond. NOTICES OF MOTION. A number of notices of motion were given and several papers presented. THE ADDRESS IN REPLY. On the motion of the Hon Mr Oliver, Messrs McLean, Scotland, Oliver, Waters house, and Captain Baillie, were appointed a Committee to prepare au address in reply. * The Council then adjourned. .. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Thursday, June 5. PETITIONS^ . A large number of petitions and notices , of motions were presented. _ > , In the House, after the delivery of the Speech, petitions were presented by BJessrs Barron, Swanson, Steward, George, Oonolly, M. W. Green, _ Bracken, and Hutchison, on various subjects. COMMITTEES. The Ministry gave notice of the ap pointment of Library and Home Com mittees. NEW BILLS. The following Bills were introduced: — Mr Barron, of Caversham, a Drainage Bill; Mr Whitaker, Town District Amendment Bill; Mr Steward, School' Committee Elections Bill; Mr Barron, a Bill to Abolish Pinral Toting ; Mr Ham tin, Manhkan Harbor Bill; Mr 'Bracken, Seamen’s Franchise Bill; and Mr Shaw ■ of a Bill to alter the duration of Parlia ment. RETURNS. - ' _ A number of returns was given notice of, including one by Mr Montgomery for a return of lean expenditure in |the seve ral districts of the colony. , THE ADDRESS IN REPLY. . Mr Newman gave notice of the Address in Reply. . . ' FATEHS. A large number of papers was pro- '• seated by Miuiateis. The Home rose.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, FRIDAS, JUNE 6, 1884.



Wanted TJfTANTED— A Good General Servant • » for a small family. Good wages. Apply office of this paper. ITT*ANTED Known Ono or two boarders can be accommodated with comfortable lodgings at Mbs Wil liamson’s, Tancred street. 6 1080 WANTED Known—Best Rice, 3d; Sago, 4d; Tapioca, 5d ; Flemington Factory Cheese, 6jd per lb.—J. Mo Gbeoob, Tancred street, opposite the Arcade. A 640 WANTED Known—The cheapest honse in town to buy Millinery, Dolmans, Jackets, Dress Stuffs, ete., is H. 0. Segers’s, Sealy’s buildings, East street. First-class goods marked with a small profit. New goods now open. 2 234 WANTED KNOWN— Robert Elston, Bill Poster, Theatrical Aoent , etc., Town Hall, Ashburton. Theatrical companies and others visiting Ashburton should communicate with the above. | Orders by post or telegram promptly i attended to. 760 c | WANTED at once, 500 customers. Hayes and .Co. having bought 500 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 bouts at prices that will astonish all. 4 749 WANTED Known —For sale cheap, a Three and Four-Roomed House, Half Acre of Land ; two frontages, situated f on East Belt, near Wakanui road. Terms easy. Also, 6 Acres in English grass, with county water race through it. Apply W. O. Davis, next Oddfellows’ Hall, Ashburton. 6 765 TT7ANTED Known—That Jones and W 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 tjwn. All goods delivered free of charge in town. V\ 7 ANTED — The public who are in W 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, 4$ 6d ; women s do, 3s 6d ; girl’s do, 2s 6d. Nokes, Leicester Boot Warehouse, Burnett street. 12 1107 VETERINARY SHOEING FORGE, WANTED Known— W. T. Kingston (late with J. R. Steel, Blacksmith) begs to announce to the public of Ash burton and surrounding district that he has commenced business in a new shop erected on the Wakanui road, next C. Ray, Engineer, Millwright, etc. (nearly opposite Central Hotel), and trusts to re ceive a fair share of public patronage. All shoeing done in his usual style, and guaranteed the best workmanship. Re pairs neatly executed. Estimates given for builders’ironwork. 3 552 !WP——M— a— Special Advertisements.



Corn Crushed. TO FARMERS AND OTHERS. HAYING leased that large Grain Store from Mr T. Bullock, I am pre pared to STORE GRAIN and other pro duce at lowest profitable rates. CHAFF FOR SALE. 3 529 T. H. ZODCH.



IN BE WALSET & O’CONNELL’S Dissolution of Partnership. D. O’CONNELL begs to inform his numerous friends and the public gener ally that, having taken over the Stock owned by the late firm in Manches ter street south, valued at £2OOO, he will h}]d a Clearing Sale for. three weeks only, commencing on Saturday, may 17th, issl N.B—This is a genuine sale, as posses sion of the premises must be given up at the end of above term. D. O’CONNELL, 6 961 Manchester street south.



Agricultural machine shop. Charles Bay, WAKANUI ROAD, ASHBURTON, Engineer, Millwright, Reaper and Binder Expert. All kinds of Machinery repaired with despatch, and on reasonable terms. Ex tras of all kinds; orders taken for the latest improved reapers and binders, and the best twine. Sewing machines re paired. 10 800



Roberts, paxton & co. ARE CASH PURCHASERS OP WHEAT BEANS BARLEY PEAS OATS COCKSFOOT AND RYE GRASS SEED. They supply farmers with the best quality Large Corasacks, at Liio lowest market rates, and will make liberal Cash Advances against Grain placed in their hands for shipment to London or else where. ROBERTS, PAXTON & Co. Late P. Cunningham and Co’s offices. Corner of Manchester and Lichfield Sts.. Christchurch. 3 523



Meech and Co. DO not, as a rule, care to blow about the Excellence of their Goods, but when they find that they can offer induce ments which no other house in Ashburton can possibly do, they feel justified in rushing into print to let the general public know that they will be studying their own interests by purchasing from the makers. meech7nd CO., CABINET MAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS, UNDERTAKERS, &a, &0., &c., BURNETT STREET, ASHBURTON. Being supplied with the latest improved Machinery, they are able to turn out Fur niture, &c., in all the newest designs, and at prices which defy competition. Farmers and others wishing to make their homes comfortable should pay this Firm a visit, and they will find that MESEOH AND GO. can supply every Household _ requisite at prices which, to meef the times, will really surprise them. Brackets and all other £>nds of Cutting done f or the trade. 376



Special Adrertisment. B. 0. Brown & Co, FASHION HOUSE, CHRISTCHURCH, J-JAYE much plwwro in announcing the ARRIVAL FROM LONDON OF EXTENSIVE PURCHASES Ex Aorangi, Bombay, British Queen, Ruapehu, and lonic, Including THE LATEST PRODUCTIONS Suitable for the AUTUMN AND WINTER SEASON.



THE ULSTERS, JACKETS, MANTLES, FUR CLOAKS, FUR CAPES & TRIMMINGS, DRESS MATERIALS, FLANNELS, BLANKETS Etc., Eto., Are for Excellence or Quality and Design, THE CHOICEST EVER SUBMITTED GREAT CARE HAS BEEN BESTOWED IN THE SELEC TION OF THESE GOODS TO MEET THE VARIED TASTES OF ALL CLASSES.



The internal alterations to various De partments are now completed, which RENDERS THE SHOW ROOMS AMONG THE MOST SPACIOUS in the COLONIES And gives Increased Accommodation to DRESS, MANTLE-MAKING and MILLINERY DEPARTMENTS, E. C. BROWN & Co. beg to return Thanks for Past Support, and Solicit a Continuance of Favors and Kind Recom mendations. Fob STYLE, QUALITY, AND VALUE OO TO E 3 0. BROWN & CO., FASHION HJO US E, - Chris rcHOHOH.



Special Advertisement gTATIONBRY, Commercial, Plain, and Fancy. ACCOUNT BOOKS PRIZE BOOKS SCHOOL BOOKS & REQUISITES supplied) j TOYS & FANCY GOODS. Andrewes Bros,, Booksellers, Station bes, £c.,g ASHBURTON.



I MPORTANT The undersigned is now landing PRIME NEWCASTLE GOAL for household purposes. Also on hand, BEST NATIVE COAL ANB BLACK PINE FIREWOOD. Building Timber at Prices to suit the Times. ALPHEUS HAYES, Coal anb Timber Merchant. WILLIAM COLLINS, Manager.



SEASON. THE NEW ZEALAND Clothing Factory Are now Showing NEW MANUFACTURES FOR THIS SEASON. A Splendid Variety of Garments manu factured from the OEI EBRATED 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 : EAST STREET. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. FJIHE MUTUAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY OP VICTORIA (LIMITED). Head Office ; No 77, Collins street West, Melbourne. FOR LIFE ASSURANCE AND ENDOWMENTS. Policy-holders Divide Profits^ Head Office for Middle Island, COLONIAL e BA^K ai BUILDINGS, Dunedin. Dxeectoks : Hon William Bayles (Melbourne) Hon. W. H. Reynolds; M.L.0., Chair man ; John M. Ritchie, Esq., J.P.; John Roberta, Esq., J.P. WILLIAM WILLS, Resident Secretary. O HRISTCHU RC H DIST RIOT AGENCY City Chambers, Hereford Street, (Opposite Bank of New Zealand.) W. H, BROWNE, District Agent. Local Agent, F. Ferriman, East street, 806 ASHBURTON.



~F YOU WANT GOOD AND STRONG FURNITURE, liO TO DA y IS’B JHEAP FURNITURE ANO BED DING MANUFACTORY, EAST STREET SOUTH, ASHBURTON. J7IVEP..Y article Sold at Christchurch Pricks and guaranteed beat of material and workmanship. PUNEBALB CHEAPLY & COMPLETELY FURNISHED ■1 FOR SALE—A Compact Farm, con taining 130 acres, sub-divided into four paddocks by substantial gorse fences; well watered, and within an easy distance of a school. F. FBRRIMAN. J M PORT ANT TO AGRICULTURISTS DEATH to the birds. * The Undersigned has just received a consignment of DOWN’S FARMERS’ FRIEND FOR PREVENTING THE SMUT IN WHEAT, BARLEY, OATS, &0., The Ravages of the Slug, Grub, and Wire Worm, and the incursion of Birds and Vermin. It will also promote the Germination and Growth of the Seed, and increase the produce of the Orop equal to a change of seed. A Tin is sufficient for Seventy-two Bushels of t'eed, which can be dressed and fit to sow in a qsarter of an hour, and is easier and drier for the drill at the time of so wing than any other plan. Jn using it no Lime or Brine is required. F. FEBBIMAN.



Special Advertisements. COMMERCIAL Stationery, Account Books, Presents, &c. &. M. JONES, East Street. 11 123 BNU I N E ROTHERHAM'S ENGLISH LEVERS from £5 10a. Genuine Waltham Levers, from, £3 10a. All watches guaranteed two years. Special attention to repairs, which are guaranteed twelve months. G. ADAMS fe CO,. Practical English Watchmakers, 246 High street, Christchurch, Opposite City Hotel. 6 959 J- A. PerSSOD CABINETMAKER, UPHOLSTERER & SHOP-FITTER, Wakanui Road (near Post Office), Begs to thank his customers fpr past favors and to announce that ho is now prepared to execute orders for aN classes of suites of furniture in tapestry, repp, velvet, leather and horse hair, and to suit every one. Furniture upholstered and polished. Mattresses re-made and car pets re-laid. People from the country will do well to pay J. A. P.’s establish ment a visit before purchasing elsewhere. All work entrusted to him will be faith fully carried omt, and his prices will defy competition. Agent for Walter Gee’s Venetian Blinds J. B. Mansfield, Monumental Mason FUNERALS CONDUCTED ON REASONALE TERMS.



J. BALLANTYN Have now opened Shipmen‘B NEW WINTER DI A large Choice and Mag ment in all the Depart under Special Advantaj manufacture! All GOODS Marked at LO their rule is CLEAR OUT THE ST SEASON. J. B. and Co. are M MENS’ YOUTHS’, and t ING, an industry which t commenced on the premi has p WO” 1,



K APOLOGY. \ve promised some time ago to supply the public with full particulars of our new stock of winter goods ; but since a closer examination has been made, we find the variety so much greater than we antici pated that with the limited space at our command such a course would be im practicable. We may, however, state that : Our Supply of : : FANCY COATINGS • : AND ; : TWEEDS ; : From tkb Home Markets • j SURPASSES j • Anything Wb Have • : Hitherto Received. • # To encourage Colonial Manufactures, and assist in keeping OoLonial wealth within the colony ai far as that can be done by the efforts of a single firm, we have received a line selection of T WEEDS from Kaiapoi and Oamaru ; also a splen did assortment of MOcSGIEL TWEEDS, manufactured only for the bespoke trade. As these goods have been awarded highest honors at the Sydney and Melbourne Ex hibitions, they require no further recom mendation at our hands. The success which we have already achieved in Ashburton, and the reputation we now enjoy foi accurately fitting the human figure, will be a sufficient guaran tee that style, fit, and other essentials can always be relied on. CRAIGHEAD” AND CO., CLOTHIERS, TANURED STREET. ASHBURTON. JgANKRUPT STOCK. Invoice value ... ... £1648. NEW GOODS. NEW GOODS JUST OPENED. Christchuoh, May, 1884.— Sir, —We hereby accept your offer of £I2OO for the Drapery, Clothing and Fancy Stock in the Estate of Messrs Hudson, Ridley and Co., as shown on invoices, amounting to £1648, which are in our hands tor settlement by arbitration on behalf of the English credi tors. M. H ARRIS I Trustees A. MOORE j- lruateos - JOHN BaLLANTYNK. English Creditors, £ s. d. 8 cases, Henry Parnell and Co., clothing, etc. ... ... 459 6 II 6 cases, Tillie and Henderson, containing iSOdoz shirts ... 297 5 7 2 cases, I; and R. Morley, hoiseiy, collars and scarfs... 82 17 4 2 cases, Copestake, Hughes, Crampton and Co., laces, collarettes, curtains, etc. ... 92 3 3 2 cases, Sharpe, Perrin and Co, frocks, pelisses, robes, cos tumes, etc 63 0 8 1 case, Rylands and Sons, Limited, containing ribbons and ties 61 18 7 3 cases, Smith and Lester, containing flowers, hats and bonnets ... ... ... 53 3 10 8 cases, Brown, Davies and Co., Limited, fringe, gimp, purses, crinolettes, under clothing ... ... _ ... 256 0 3 1 4 cases and bales, Oaldioott and Sons, cretonnes, shirt ings, towels, flannels, serge 132 13 3 9 cases, David Hyam and Co., containing fancy goods of all kinds 131 17 4 1 case, A. E. Mackintosh, containing paintings, land scapes, etc. ... ... ... 17 14 2 46 cases. Invoiced va1ue...1643 0 2 This stock represents an actual retail value of £2300, for which we only gave £I2OO cash. Now we intend to offer it to you at the actual invoice price, by which you save nearly 10a in the pound now goods, seasonable, and just opened which will suit you these hard times and also pay us. SALE TO MORROW AT 10 a.m H. E. MA Y AND CO., THE hall, high street, “Christchurch. 5 1014



The writ for the Ashburton election was received here yesterday. It is made re turnable before Jjily 15th. The ordinary monthly meeting of the Ashburton County Council was called for to-day, but although all the members were in town a sufficient number did not put in an appear »noe at the hour ap pointed, and the Chairman was compelled to adjourn the meeting until Tuesday next at the usual hour. The Ashburton hounds will meet at the Gasworks to-morrow at 2pm., and we have been requested to again remind the public that members of the Club only will be allowed to follow. Remember that a little Hop Bitters saves big doctor’s bills, and cures when all else fail. Read. —[Advt. ] Flies and Bugs.—Beetles, insects; caches, ants, bed-bugs, rats, mice, gophers, jack-rab bits, cleared out by “ Rough on Rats.” 7>£d. The N.Z. Drug Co., General Agents. 3 Mother Swan’s Worm Syrup—lnfallible, .tasteless, harmless, catharic ; for feverishness restlessness, worms, con.-tipation. is at Drug, gists. The N.Z. Drug Co., Generul Agents. 3 The most vexing problem ,of the day is how to dress well on a small income. This can be solved by paying a visit t« H. E., May and Co., of Christchurch. They are now selling the balance of a very large purchase made from the trustees in the estate of Messrs Hudson, Ridley and Co. at actual landed cost, kindly read their advertisement which appears in our columns. Sec the goods at the prices there mentioned, and you will be more than satisfied that they are far below the ordinary trade , prices.—[Advt.] I