SHIPPING.

PORT OF LYTTELTON. Arrived. Yesterday. Koranui, bb., from Dunedin and Timara. . Kestrel, ketch, from Pelorns Sound. Wakatipu, as., from Port Chalmers. Waipa, ship, from London. Wanaka, b.s,, from Wellington. ] Kaikoura, R. M. S. S., from London, via ' Sailed. • Yesterday, < s.s. , for Manukau and way ports. _ , • Wakatipu, as., for Sydney, via Wel- Koranul, b.b., for Wellington and West Coast. ■ ■ SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Auckland, Yesterday. Sailed—Maty Campbell, for Greymouth Wellington, Yesterday. Arrived —Rotorua, from Pioton and Kelson ; Maori and Orowaiti, from Grey moutb. ' Sailed—Hawea, for Nelson ; Rotorua, lor the South ; Maori for Greymoutb. Du.'Edin Yesterday. Arrived Star of the South, from Greymouth ; Te Anau, from the North ; Mahinapua, from Wellington. Sailed —Kaikoura, for Lytteltcn ; Ma hinapua, for the West Coast; Waihora, for the orth.

DAILY MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALES. Friday, December 19 Me Thor. Bullook, at Mr Davis’ Shop, East afreet--Furniture Saturday, December 20 Mr Alfred Harrison, at his Saleroom Unredeemed Pledges, Privileges, etc. Mir Tboa. Bullock, at the Arcade, Burnett street —Property and Sundries Tuesday, Decpmeeb 23. Messrs Matson, Cox and 0 >., at the Tiuwald Saleyards—Stock MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS, Etc. Tuesday, December 23 Methven Pacing Club—Annual Meeting Wednesday, December 24 Alford Forest Annual Sports and Races Friday, December 26. Sports Ground—Ashburton Caledonian Society’s Annual Sports Loyal Orange Lodge—Concert and Bali in the Town Hall Mount Somers Annual Sports and Races Monday, December 29 Ashburton Summer Racing Club—Annual Meeting Thursday, January 1 Winslow Racing Club—Annual Meeting Saturday, January 3. tfakanni Road Board, at Road Board office, Moore street, at 10.30 a.m. Friday, January 9 tsaburton County Council —At Council Chambers, 11 a. tn. '

MAIL NOTICES.

MTailft close at the Ashburton Post Office follows: — For Christchurch and North at 6 a. in. 10.30 a.m., and 5 p.m., daily. For Chertsoy Rakaia, &0., at 10.30 a. m, and 5 p.m. daily. For Dunedin, Tinwald, Winslow, Hmds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine, at 10 a.m. daily. *for Temuka, at 6 a.m. and 10 a.m., for Timaru and South, at 6 a.m., 10 *.m., and 4SO p.m., daily. For Greenstreet and Ashburton Forks, Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 10.15 **For Wakanui, Elgin, Seaview, Seafield, and Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and For. Mount Somers, on Tuesdays and atiirdays, at 6 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. For Mayfield, on Tuesdays and Satur jays, at 6 a.m. , , . For Ashtcn, Waterton and Longbeach, at 430 p.m. daily. For Flemington, on Mondays, Wednes days, and Fridays, at 430 p. m. For Kewlapds, on Tuesdays and Fri days at 10.30 a.m. MnOa arrive at the Ashburton Post Office— From Christchurch'and Rakaia at 10.16 a.m., 485 p.m., and 7.20 p.m. From Ohertsey, &c. at 10.15 a.m. and 485 p.m- daily. From Dunedin an 1 intermediate places at *\m. daily. From Temuka and Timaru at 10.40 a.m. v. 30 p.m., and 8 p.m. daily. From Greenstreet and Ashburton Forks, Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 10 From Mount Somers, on Tuesdays and Saturdays, at .10.5 a.m. and 8.15 p.m. From Mayfi* Id, on Tuesdays and Satur days, at 10.5 a.m. Frbm Ashton, Waterton,- and Long beach at 10 a.m. daily. fiom Newlands, on Tuesdays and Fn \ dap, at p.m. From Flemington on Tuesdays, Thurs day, and Saturdays, at 10 a.m. From Elgin, Wakanui, Seafield, and Kyle on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sat urdays, at 4 p.m.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas t Prevalebit THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1884. The Industrial Association.

If the interest taken in the govern ment of the country could be gauged 1 by the number of political associations that have been established in New Zealand, this colony may be reckoned fortunate. In most of the larger cen tres of population a craze has sprung up for forming amateur parliaments, and most of the measures passed by these irresponsible bodies are of that revolutionary kind dear to the heart of the extreme Radicals. This sort of thing, however, is perfectly harmless, and if it affords any amusement to those who take part in the debates nobody will be inclined to grumble at it. Then, r again, we have the Trades and Labor Councils, which have gained the ad ministration of Sir George Grey, who never loses an opportunity of obsequi | ously flattering the so-called working classes. It will be remembered that at the general election these Councils pre pared what is known in America as a political “platform,” the planks of which included the nationalisation of the land, reduction of the hours of labor, a national bank, and several other of the most new-fangled theories of per fect Government. What effect' this action had upon the result of the elec tion we need not consider, but it may be taken for granted that most of the candidates who supported the pro gramme thus set forth did so because they clearly saw that the questions were entirely out of the range of practical politics and would not be brought up before Parliament. By this means they were able to catch the working man’s vote, without committing themselves. Ignorance of the first principles of poli tical economy may be pleaded as an excuse for these Trades and Labor Councils, who, like the far-famed Tooley street tailors, evidently regard the world as made for them alone, but the same can scarcely be urged in favor of a kindred institution in Christchurch, known by the name of the Industrial Association, This latter was ostensibly founded for the purpose of furthering the interests of local industries, but one has only to glance at the names of the leading spirits in the movemeut to discern its real character. The whole affair is in deed nothing more nor less than a combination of speculators, whose ob ject it is to secure such alterations in the Customs tariff as will benefit them selves at the expense of the general community. Not the least strange feature of this agitation is that no attempt is made to disguise the object which the members of this Association have in view. There lies before us as we write a printed list of suggested amendments in the Customs tariff put forward by the gentlemen in question, and a more impudent document if has seldom been our fortune to come across. Something like one hundred articles are specified, and on fifty-eight of these which are now admitted to the colony free of duty it is suggested that an impost of 20 per cent, be levied. A more barefaced attempt to initiate a policy of protection—a policy which long since has been condemned past argument—was probably never made, and although it is not likely that it will meet with success, it is well that people should be warned of what is going on in their midst. This Industrial Asso ciation is evidently guided by the same principle which actuates plaintiffs in actions for libel and breach of promise cases; they ask for a great deal more than they expect to get on ffie chance that they may obtain at least something. ■ It behoves, therefore, that these very , clever gentlemen, whose only object j is to feather their own nests, should be carefully watched, and any endeavor ; to manipulate the tariff to serve their ■ own ends nipped jn the bud. Of course these protectionists are ready with their ‘ glib sophistry to show that the policy ( they advocate would-benefit the colony as a whole, and if we take them at their r own valuation they are the most bene- 1 volent creatures on the face of the earth. It is only too plain, however, > that their benevolence, like their charity, I ij fc — : ns at home —and stops there. Un- n fortunately work l n g m « n . * n ‘| ,e f colony are but too eas..” eu e , - le t • J » w •»ion specious arguments of the pros.*..,. s 1 ists, and upon this question the Trades a i md Labor Councils, and the Indus- p rial Association are at one. The £ brnier believe that by shutting jut goods from foreign markets a! ocal manufactures will be encouraged sc ind thus employment will be found at H 1 ;ood wages for those that are out of vork. Both experience and logic have u iroved emphatically the fallacy of this y<

idea, but it suits the Christchurch Association to pander to the ignorance < ot men who can only look at a question 1 from one point of view. As to the ! public spirit of these speculators who desire a prohibitory duty to be placed upon all sorts of materials, that can be estimated by the fact that among the suggestions is one that 20 per cent should be levied upon all imported railway plant, with the exception of rails. It will be remembered that the Industrial Association was louder in demanding the construction of the West

Coast line than any other people in Canterbury, but it seems that their chief motive was that the principal part of the profit should go into the pockets of themselves, as would be the case if the necessary material was to be manufactured in the colony instead of being procured in the cheapest market. Should any of the suggested alterations in the tariff be carried out, however, it is the farmers who would suffer most, and it would therefore be well for them to keep a sharp look out so as to prevent any in . crease in indirect taxation which would handicap agricultural pursuits more than they ate at present. With two such 5 strong interests as the working men and the speculators pitted against them — the one from ignorance and the other from se'f-interest —it is necessary for e the farmers to be on their guard, and we hope that the warning given to them will not be in vain.

The meeting of the South Rakaia Licensing Committee yesterday lapsed for want of a quorum, only Messrs Lyttelton and Chamberlain being present. Mr Caygill applied on beha'f of Mr »T. G. Russell for a duplicate license for the Chertsey Hotel, the original being lost. The meeting was adjourned till Monday next at noon. A generai meeting of shareholders of the Mont d’Or Goldmining Co. was held at Ross on Tuesday evening. The report and balance-sheet was read and adopted. The gold returns for the last year’s operations amounted to 1,2700 z 4dwt Bgr, valued at L 4,836. The net profit for the year was L 2.492 15s Id, which, withL33o 10s fid brought forward from last year, amounts to L 2.823 5s 7d. Of this LI.BOO has been paid as dividends, and L 1,023 5s 7d carried forward. The appearance of the mine continues very promising, and shareholders are confident of increased yield. The Prince of Wales Goldmining Company, Ross, washed up on Tuesday for three weeks, with a result of 90oz 14(fwt. Owing to the insufficient water supply through the dry weather, the time actually engaged in procuring the above result did not exceed twelve days. Large returns of gold are anticipated from the various mining centres by Christmas A circular issued by the Government respecting the hours of attendance of Civil servants is now going the rounds of the departments. The regulations are very stringen f , and compel each officer to sign attendance on his arrival at -“the office in the morning ; but should he be later than 9 35 he will lose his chance of doing so, and the day will be counted as if he was absent. At the end of each month| the number of hours of attendance of officers will be made the subject of a report. Mr C. F. Keyworth has, it is under stood, been appointed Assistant Secre tary, New Zealand Exhibition, We have to draw attention to a business notification from Mr Robert Murray, watchmaker and jeweller, which appears elsewhere. Those of our readers washing to invest in Christmas presents of jewel lery, etc., should certainly visit Mr Mur ray’s establishment. Messrs Fitzherbert and Newman, M.H.R.’s, waited on the Minister of Pub lic Works yesterday, asking that a num ber of holidays be allowed to railway em ployes, known as workshop hands and platelayers. T n reply, Mr Richardson said the men referred to would receive three holidays in the year, viz , Christ mas Day, Good Friday, and Queen’s Birthday. On those days they will receive full pay. It will be goo 1 news to Ashburton play goers to learn that there is ovary proba bility of Miss Genivieve Ward, one of the greatest actresses of the day, and whoso progress through the colony has been one round of triumphs, visiting Ashburton. The precise date has not yet been fixed, but it is anticipated that the visit will take place during March next. Sir James and Lady Prendergastarrived by the Waihora on Tueadry, from Eng land, also the Hon M, Holmes. No word has yet been haard of Fitz gerald, who is wanted for the Northern murder. A reward of LSO is announced. On Tuesday, Robert Sparrow and Andrew Henderson, of Dunedin, were charged with using dynamite in the Kai tangata Lake for the purpose of taking trout. The witnesses for the prosecution could remember nothing. One witness said he might have Deed iq a boat, but could not remember who phe were in it. The K.M. in dismissing the ease com mented on the peculiar forgetfulness of

the witnesses. An Auckland fionthern Cross, dated

20ih February, 1852, has been found, showing under the heading “ Sydney shipping," the departure of the Osprey, Captain Honoyman, for Valparaiso on the 19th January of that year. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limhed, report that their third sale of the season, held at the Christchurch Wool and Grain Warehouses yesterday, passed of moat successfully. There was a good attendance, and the biddings were marked by great spirit

throughout, though the oat ilogue was of unusual length. One hundred and ninety six bags and 1,679 bales were catalogued, but owing to the suspension of goods traffic on the railways for Tuesday’s holi day, many lots did not reach store in time tq receive the attention of buyers, and 85 bales ware not submitted. The bags were all sold, and of the 1,595 bales brought to the hammer, 1,031 found buyers at the prices i particularized below. Prices ranged as follow:—Greasy merino, to ,9d; half-bred, 6£d to crossbred, s£d to B£d; pieces, 2d to locks, Id to 4fd; scoured merino, to 17|d; half bred, 6|i to 14|d; crossbred, 6d to 10| 1. Take Hop Bitters three times a day, and you will have no doctors’ bills to pay. Sqe.—

Advt.] “ Buchu-Paiba.” —Quick, complete cure, all annoying kidney, bladder, and urinary diseases. Druggists. The N.Z. Drug Co, General Agents. Z Toothache, or any other neura™c pain speedily yields to JJavter’s Antj* Neuralgic Pills. Christmas presents free of charge.—Last fear we are informed that over 9,000 presents were given away during December and the :arly part of January by H. E. May & Co,, Fhe Hall, Christchurch. Phis year they arc loing the same, and ihis is how they do it ; Every customer is presented with a ticket equal o 10 per cent, on the amount spent by them, 10 that if you spend Lio you can choose uu to Li, if L 5 is spent a xos .nytaiuj, • a 63 present, if iresent wdl be g..w.„ spc nd One a a 23 present, but if you 0...„ ~ drilling you will get something. Anclcvc, me you come durl g this month of December nd up to January the Olh you will get a bre ad. If you do not wish to spend a lot of roney in one day’s shopping you can get your ckets for what you have spent, and so 01; ich lime you come, and then get one really andsome thing equal in,value to all the tickets au hold,—[Advt.]

On Tuesday evening a general meeting of the Ashburton Hunt Club was held at the Commercial Hotel. There was a good attendance and Mr J. McLean occupied the chair. It was determined to purchase five couple of-hounda, and to hold a Com mittee meeting on Saturday evening next to arrange for keeping and hunting the pack. it transpired that after all dis bursements had been made in connection with last and the previous season L4B re mained to the credit of the Club. \t the inquest on the victims of the Rangiora accident, held yesterday, a large quantity of evidence was taken, and the Coroner having aumraed, up the jury re

turned the folio wing verdict:—“That David Keir and Margaret Morrall were accidentally killed by a collision with a train ; but it was the opinion o! the jury that the signal arrangements at the High street crossing were incomplete, and they suggest that the crossing keeper during the day signal the road passengers with a flag, the color of which be settled by the Department, and at night the keeper be supplied with a lamp for the same pur pose ; that the crossing keeper should stand in the centre of the road whilst trains are approaching.’’ The jury also desired to bear testimony to the care and searching way in which Mr Pender had conducted the inquest. Last evening Mr Hughey had slightly improved, but there was no change for the better in the case of Mr McKay. The other sufferers are reported to be progressing favorably. At the Timaru Supreme Court yester day in the case of W. M. Hatfield v the Hon T. H. Wigley, a claim of L 750 for malicious prosecution, the jury returned a verdict for one fa thing damages.

Mr John Jackson was yesterday for mally installed Mayor of Timaru for a second term. We would remind those interested that the nominations for the Winslow races close to-morrow evening. Mr H. N. Abbott of Auckland has re ceived a letter from Dion Boucioault, dramatist and actor, stating that ho ex pected to leave for Australia either by the next mail boat or its successor. A man named Barron alias Starkey at tempted snicide by hanging himself in the Auckland police cell, but he was cut down in time. He was sentenced to 14 days for drunkenness. A complimentary dinner was given to Mr Locke, M.H.R., at Gisborne, last evening. A Rama ’faori, who was sentenced to eighteen months for a bad case of for gery, has, through the influence of the Hon Wi Tako Ngatata, his uncle, and Wi Pere, been released, after serving five months. The other native forgers sen tenced at the same time are still in gaol. Tile following tenders have been accepted for the Ashburton Home : Ra'ions and extras, Orr and Co ; medical comforts, Friedlander Bros; fuel, Tucker, Res ell and Go; medicines, C. J. H. Neate; interments, J. A. Persson. At a meeting of the Christchurch South-east Licensing Committee yester day, the license of the Langham hotel was declared forfeited, as the licensee (Allen) has left Christchurch, and has not been heard from since last meeting. It is almost impossible to believe that so much superstition and gullibility can exist among people calling themselves civilised and educated This remark (writes the London correspondent of the San Francisco News Letter) is called forth by the fact of it being believed firmly and religiously that a document supposed to have been written by Jesus Christ has been found and does actually exist in Cornwall. This letter has been copied and hung in the houses of many Cornish people, who regard it as an incalculably valuable document, possessed of marvel lous power. It is stated to be a letter written by “ Our Blessed Saviour, Jesus Christ, and found eighteen miles from Iconium, sixty-three years after his cruci fixion, and was carried from the Holy City by a converted Jew.” It has been faithfully translated from the original copy in the possession of Lady Cuba’s family in Mesopotamia. It was found under a great stone, round and large, at the foot of the Cross. Upon the stone was graven : “ Blessed be he that shall turn me over.” The supposed letter is neither more not less than the Ten Commandments of Moses, amplified and interlarded with a quantityof well-known proverbs, I have seen a copy of the original (?), and must confess the fraud (for one with any sense cannot regard it in any other light) is a very ingenious one. Besides the above, the document contains a portrait of “ Jesus, the Son of God,” a list of Christ’s cures and miracles, “King Agharus’s letter to Christ,” “ Our Saviour’s answer,” and Lentulus’s “ Epistle to the Senate of Rome. ” This precious effusion winds up with a description of the Saviour, whom it describes as having hair of a “chestnut fully ripe,” a stature somewhat tall and comely, a reverend countenance His forehead is plain and smooth; h s nose and mouth are so formed that nothing “can be reprehended;” his beard is thick, the color of his hair; his eyes grey, clear, and quick. He is never known to have laughed, but he has often wept. He is well-shaped and straight. His hands and arms are “delectable to behold.” His singular beauty far exceeds all the sons of men, and in speaking he is tem perate, modest, and wise. German Syrup.”—No other medicine in the world was ever given such a test of its curative qualities as Boschee’s German Syrup. T .1 . 'll* r 1 .1 .1 j i .

In three years two million four hundred thou sand small bottles of this medicine were dis tributed free of charge by Druggists in the United States of America to those afflicted with Consumption, Asthma, Croup, severe Coughs, Pneumonia and other diseases of the throat and lungs, giving the afflicted undeniable proof that German Syrup will cure them- The re sult has been that Druggists in every town and village in civilised countries are recommending it to their customers. Go to your Druggist and ask what they know about it. Sample Bottles fid. Regular size 3s. fid. Three doses will relieve any case.—FAdvt.l Holloway's Pills.—Weary of Life.— Derangement of the liver is one of the most dangerous of diseases, and the most prolific source of those melancholy forebodings which are worse than death itself. A few doses of these noted Pills act magically in dispelling low spirits, and repelling the covert attacks made on the nerves by excessive heat, impure atmos pheres, over-indulgence, or exhausting excite ment. The most shattered constitution may derive benefit from Holloway’s Pills, which will regulate disordered action, brace tl;c nerves, increase the energy of the intellectual faculties, and revive the failing memory. By attentively studying the instructions for taking these Pills, and explicitly putting them in practice, the most desponding will soon feel confident of a perfect recovery.—[Advf The Bad and Worthless

are never imitated or counterfeited. This is es pecially true of a family medicine, and it is positive proof that the remedy imitated is qf the highest value. As soon as it has been tested and proved by the whole world that Hop Bitters was the purest, best, and most valuable family medicine on earth, ' many imitations sprung up and began to steal the notices in whiph the'press and the people of the country had expressed the merits, of 11, 8,, and in t:very way trying to induce sudering invalids to use their stuff instead, expecting to make money on the credit and good name of H. B. Many others started nostrums put up in simi lar style to H. 8., with variously devised names in which the wprd “ Hop ” or t‘Hpps '■ were used in a way to indues people to be|ieve they were the same as Hop Bitters, All such pretended remedies gr cures, no matter what their style or name is, and especially those with the word “Hop” or “Hops” in their name or in any way connected with them or * are imitations or counterfeits. their name, • a„f them. Use Beware of them, iouen nothing but genuine American Hop Bitters, , with a bunch or cluster of green Hops oil the , white label, and Dr Soule’s name blown in the I glass. Trust nothing else. Druggists and I chemists are warned against dealing in imita I tions counterfeits, |

CHERTSEY SCHOOL TREAT.

A very pleasant gathering of the pupils, parents and friends cf the Chertsey Dis trict School was held in the school grounds on Tuesday last. Windy weather marred in a slight degree the pleasure of the day’s outing, but notwithstanding all enjoyed themselves in the highest degree. The arrangements for the success of the affair were almost perfect, and the Chair man of the School Committee, Mr EL Childs, and his colleagues in office, Messrs • Doig, Campbell, Downie and Scarlett, may bo congratulated on the excellent re sult of their efforts to make the phnic a pleasure to all. The children were re galed at frequent intervals with plentiful supplies of refreshments of excellent quality ; aud, in connection with this part of the entertainment, Mesdames Childs, Wilcox, Scarlett and Todd rendered good service in their indefatigable efforts to minister to the wants of every one, young and old. The tables were plentifully fur nished and el gantly arranged, plaasing alike to the palate and the eye. During the earlier part of the day the children assembled in the schoolroom, and, under the leadership of their master, Mr D. Todd, sang a selection of their school songs with great spirit. Thereafter sports, games and races of various descriptions for prizes furnished by the Committee, were indulged in with great zest. Another ad journment was then made to the school room, and after another selection of school melodies by the children, prizes were i then distributed for the past year’s work r to the following pupils :—Standard VI, I George Campbell ; Standard V, William Straohan ; Standard IV, Paul Doig, Colin

Campbell and Margaret Todd ; Standard 111, Peter Doig, Charles Smith and Bella Doig; Standard 11, Madeline Angus, Grace Strachan, Mary Straohan, Ada Childs, Janey Doig, Robert Todd, Wm, Campbell and John Stringfellow ; Stan dard I, Herbert McOready. All the pupils below Standard I were presented with a nice book. After a few more games the children were assembled and addressed by Mr R. Campbell, who in the course of bis remarks congratulated all on the pleaaureable nature of the day's enter tainment, and paid a high compliment to the teachers, Mr and Mrs Todd, for the success of the year's work. A well de served compliment was also carried to Mr and Mrs Childs for the time and trouble they had spent in bringing the treat to such a successful issue; also, to the various ladies who had graced the affair by their presence and assistance. There after the children dispersed, sorry to part, but happy in the anticipation of a similar meeting next year.

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Sydney, December 12. There are no further small-pox cases in this city, but the disease has d eveloped itself accongat some of the persons sent to the quarantine station. Dr Donovan, who omitted to report the case under his care, and so caused the present epidemic, has been fined LSO at the Police Court. There are other oasss against him. The weather so far has been favorable, dry and warm The Premier leaves shortly f«r Tas mania, and goes thence to New Zealand. Mr Dailey’s health is very unsatisfactory. A cordial welcome was given last night to the Rev W. G. and Mrs Lowes from New Guinea. Amongst the speakers were the Governor and Commodore Erakine. The Hon Joseph Docker, Chairman of Committees in the Legislative Council, died at the age of*B3. The will of the late Hon John Fraser has been proved at L 400,000. He leaves several charitable bequests. Satisfaction is expressed at the new mail arrangements entered into for the San Francisco service. A public banquet is to be given to the Ministry in recognition of their many use ful public acts. All parties are invited to take part in the aifair. In consequence of the limited rainfall an intermittent water supply is already to take place in some of the suburbs. Brisbane, December 12. The amendments made by the Council in the Land Bill have been disagreed with by the Assembly. Henry Schofield, late Government agent of the labor schooner Hopeful, was found guilty of the charge of kidnapping. Sentence was deferred. Melbourne, December 12. A Parliamentary picnic took place yes terday. The weather was unfavorable. The Trades Union Bill has passed the Trades Hall Executive, and an amend ment has been made in the Bill which would bring Trades Unions under the operation of the criminal laws. A woman named Prosser has teen arrested on the evidence of her daughter to the effect that she had poisoned a child with rum, and that, after keeping the body in the house for a month, she buried it iu the back-yard, where the remains were found yesterday. Major-General Downes, late Com mander at Adelaide, is a candidate for the office of Secretary of Defence, a new office.

AN ELECTRICAL REPORTER.

One of the chief hindrances to the de velopment of the telephone to its fullest measure of usefulness has hitherto been the absence of any means of obtaining a written record of the messages as they were being transmitted or received. The removal of this difficulty is the object of a patent recently applied for by Mr W. E. Irish, an electrical engineer at Sunder land, and entitled “ A. system or method and means of automatically recording arti culated speech and other sonnds trans mitted—telegraphically, telepbqnioally, or o herwise —by ihe aid of electricity. ” With a view to obtain further information respecting an invention which bids fair, if successful to work something like a revo lution in telephony, a representative of the Pall Mall Gazette waited on Mr Irish, and was very readily accorded an explana tion of his patent. ‘ I have been working at this thing,” said Mr Irish, “ for several years ; in fact, ever since the telephone was intro duced into England. Sever d methods of accomplishing the object sought have sug gested themselves to my mind, but the present invention, which seems to me the simplest and best, is the only one for which I have sought a patent, The in strument will be about 8 inches high by 6 inches broad, and will stand on a base 1 foot 8 inches. It is complete in itself, and can be attached to any existing tele phone. In appearance it Is not unlike a Morse recorder, except that all the mechanism is encased and under cover. It |

is furnished with a call bell, and a lever by which it is set in motion or stopped. The modus opcrqndi is briefly this : —A person begips to speak into the i telephone, the lever automatically starts the mechanism, and a glass pen, freely suspended, is caused to move in poison with the sounds emitted, and to describe them upon a reel or on sheets of paper, something after the planner qf Sir Win. Thomson’s syphon recorder, by which submarine cable messages are recorded ; but instead of its making dots and dashes a distinct sign is given for every sound. Ihe pea is fed from an ink reservoir at the top of the instrument, and when the supply of ink runs short it can be replan, ished at any time from the outside with out disturbing the internal mechanism. At the receiving end a similar action will take place, and the person who is listen ing will hear the message, and will see it being recT-- at th « 8ai » 0 tirao 5, 80 you will have a duplicate «coru, ' v ' r hich will be valuable in oases of dispute. “ With the telephone, under present conditions, disputes are of frecjuaut occur-

rence, are they noi?” “ Yes; many firms will not execute orders received by tele* phone until they have been repeated, and so confirmed ” “ The use of the instrument will really cause the introduction of a new alphabet, and it may be difficult to acquire a know* ledge of the signs. The sound-signs are not unlike those of Pitman’s phonography, but more clearly defined. The instrn* ment, when proparly adjusted/ giVeiS'yott the true exact sign for every sound, and there will really be very little difficulty in learning these signs. A man with fala*ear to the telephone, hearing each word of a message as it is spoken by the sender, and at the same time keeping his eye-on the recorder, and noting the signs eotreaf ponding to the sounds, cm hardly fail, even in spite of himself, to pick up a knowledge of the system in a very short time.” “ But then,” continued Mr Irish, “ the usefulness of this invention is not entirely dependent upon its connection with the telephone. It can be used without a win and so business men can dictate their cor*, respondence to an instrument which re cords what they say on paper that eaa afterwards be forwarded as a letter or by wire to any distant place, while at the same time preserving an indisputable copy for reference. Literary men also will be saved the drudgery of the pen, for they will have their thoughts recorded aA rapidly as they can convey them'to the instrument.” “You [forgot to take into i account the necessity for transcribing : these communications.” “ Doubtless that ,is so at present, but these sound-signs

would be easily read, and might in tints be the means of estabUshing a universal system of phonography.” “ Then your instrument would practically answer the same purpose as a type-writer, if re* quired?” “ Exactly ; but with this im portant difference—that ne cessitate manual labor, while my instru ment does no*, but will work quite auto* matically. You have nothing to do bat speak into Its mouthpiece—the instru ment does all the rest. As regards ths instruments met with in the newspaper offices and clubs of London, which prints the news on a tape as it is received, they are very ingenious and useful, bat' they require a mechanical agency to complete their work ; whereas my instrument Is purely electrical, and does not conflict with-them at all.” Mr Irish tells an interesting story of-his experience, which shows that he nearly had the good fortune to stumble upon the discovery of the telephone. ‘.‘Someyean ago,” he says, “ before the telephonehOd been heard of, I was engaged in endeavor ing to work a Siemens Polarised Recorder . from an earth battery. I had to make . my adjustments very fine in order to get i any satisfactory results, and was in all office by myself, my two assistants: betas at work in the open at the other end of the cable, two and a half miles away. . Suddenly, to my astonishment, .! heard someone say, * I shall be d—— glad when , he dries up ’ (meaning that, as it wan not very pleasant work they would be ,glad when I had finished). I immediately sent for the two men to come in, and one of them, upon being pressed, admitted having made the remark. He was agree ably surprised when, instead of reporting, I remunerated him; I endeavored to follow up my discovery, but could never get any successful trials, and about a couple of years afterwards the news of the' discovery of the telephone came from America.

SPORTING.

MET EVEN RACES. The following entries and acceptances have been received ; . Handicap Hurdle Race. st lb | st lb Marmioa ... 11 12 | Captain ... 10 10 Metuven Cup. Nellie ... 712 I Frantic ... 612 Lmriston... 7 7 | Handicap Trot. Kate ... scr. Gipsy ...250yda Titikoura ... 60yds Maggie ...300yd> i'ata ...200yds Brig ha m Clara (late Young ...300yds Judy) ...200yds t Rosy ...350yda District Hurdles. Brush ... 10 01 Larrikin ... 9 3 Spider ... 9 101 Jimmy ... 9 0 Maiden Plate. Mr B. Alexander’s ch f Duchess of Albany, 3yra Mr J. Reynolds’s b f Lignite, Syra Mr J. Welsh's gm Beauty, 6yni Mr D. McKendry’s br f Little Fraud, 4yrs : Messrs Lake Bros, b f Minnie, 3yra Nellie, the top weight accepting forftha Cup being under Sac 101 b, her weight has been increased to and others in pro* portion.

AUCKLAND BETTING.

(by telegraph). Auckland, To-day. The arrival of the Southern book makers made betting lively yesternight The following are the quotations:— CcP. 400 to 48 agat Welcome Jack 100 100— 8 Salvage 20Q —SO ——- Turquoise 100 —lO —— Black Bose ' 200 100 —25 Administrator (off) ' 250 100 —l2 —— Libeller 300 3l)0 100 100 100 — — Painter 100 4—— Alaric 500 100 —2 Castashore Steeplechase. 200 to 50 agst Glare ace 200 200 —66 - The Lad (off) Cup and Steeplechase. 590 to 20 agst Welcome Jack and any thing (off) 500 —lO —— Salvage and anything 500 —25 Libeller and anything - 500 thing Derby. 60 to 40 agst Necklace Lady Emma has been scratched for tfia Auckland Cup, and Lady Eyelyn for all engagements. 1 ‘ ' ‘ The Dunedin Cup was made the medium of speculation at Tattersall’s last night, 1.000 to 4) being accepted about Ike, 1.000 to 30 about Clogs, and 5,000 to 4Q about Lady Emma.

AUCKLAND TRAINING NOTIJS. Yesterday morning, at Elleralie, Chaafe’a t«o-year : oldS Thunderbolt, Derringer and Musk—had a spin, the former having the best of it. Turquoise and Youth next made their appearance, and after the Cup candidate had gone once round at a steady pace he was picked op by Youth for a smart brush- When they had gone a short distance the greasy state of the course caused Youth to slip, and he came down, bringing Endings with hist). Neither were hurt. Minerva, Painter, and The Poet only did light work, and the last-named appears to be in good ; heart. Necklace did not put in an ap pearance, and Administrator, Libeller, and, Salvage merely did walking exercise. The last named has done no work since his arrival. WAIM ATE RACES. The following are the weights for the Wnupale Daces on January Ist and 2nd;

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1884.



Wanted. WANTED— A Boy, Apply Davis’s Herbal Boer Manufactory, East street 12 2335 WANTED— A few good Men for ■ mowing grass. Apply at once to . Jamos Ta ; kek. 12 23 5 . WANTED —General Servant. Apply Apply (at once, to Mrs Hodo , Registry office, East street. 12 2332 WAS TED Situation as Baker or Cook, by a steady, sober, industri ous man. Good references if required. Apply Guardian Office. 12 2333 WANTED— 500 customers to roll up to Davis’s Furniture Sale To morrow, and judge for themselves whether his furniture is not made for use as well as ornament, and to be sold at pnces that will astonish everybody 12 233 0 WANTED Known—2,soo ladies’ straw hats (150 different shapes) bought at a great sacrifice, and to be sold about 30 per cent under wholesale prices ; 110 costumes at 3i 9d* other goods equallj cheap; must be sold —come and see them. H. O. Segeks, ; ealys’ Buildings, East street. t'STANTED Known —The usual Christ- V r mas Tree of the Primitive Metho dist Church will bo held this year in the Orange Hall on Monday and Tuesday, the 22nd and 23rd days of December, to open each day at 3p m. Contributions of 1 saleable articles or money will be thank fully receive! up to that time by Mrs Nison. 12 2321 WANTED Known—A. Orr is selling for cash at the following reduced prices : —Tea, rare value, per box 14» 6d ; tea, per lb la 3d, extra quality ; L. 6. sugar, per lb 3d ; currants, per lb s£d ; raisins, per lb 6d ; tapioca, per lb 3d, fine white ;sago, par lb 3d ; sperms, per lb 7d; : sauce, per bottle Gd ; rice, best Japan, 3d. II 2066 J \IITANTED Known—New currants, sid; YV now raisins, 6£d; new sultanas, 7jd; new figs (per Ruapehu), Is; Jordan almonds, 2s per lb; muscatels. Is 6d ; mixed biscuits, 6d per lb ; lunch biscuits, 3d. J. McGregor, Tancred street. WANTED Known—Fresh Flounder.* are daily despatched direct from our own boat, now fishing at Lake Ellea i mere. Delivery guaranteed within eight hours from time of catching. All orders 1 received at my shop will be immediately executed on arrival of the train, W. O. Page, East street, Ashburton. 11 2151 VST ANTED Known—Boots ! Boots 1 ’ VV That Hayes and Co. are Clearing a few desperate lines of Boots, etc., to wit, Ladies’ Leather, 4a Gd; Men’s Shooters, Pegged, 10s; Men’s Elastic sides, 9s, and a lot of odd lines that must I be cleared at once. 7 1272 T)T7 r -A-NTED Known—That Jones and 1 VV 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. b 4 752 SOMETHING worth knowing.—F. F. CLAYTON, Practical Tailor, pro . feesed Coat and Habit Maker, is next Jones and Bradshaw’s, East street. F. F. , C. is too well known as a master, of his , profession to need further comment. One trial will prove it Gentlemen’s own ma , terial made up ; repairs and alterations J carefully attended to. 10 1952 WANTED Known—J. Meech & Co., are still Selling On and not Selling Off at saleroom prices. J. M. > and Co’s Furniture is made for use as I well as ornament and not for auction salt s. The beat materials are used, being 1 specially relected, and combined with good workmanship, all goods are guaran ■ teed of the boat quality, and at the very lowest prices. Bast and Burnett street, , Ashburton. 12 2332 WANTED Known—The undersigned beg to notify to their customers . and the public generally that they have Removed into the premises adjoining Mr Taylor, Baker, East street. By strict attention to business and making a good article, they hope to merit the continu , ance of public patronage. Fowee and McEwen, Bootmakers, East street, Ash- I burton. 10 1973 Special Advertisements. g TU D Y ECONOMY AND SUPPORT LOCAL INDUSTRY BY USIJ’G Native Coal, Which can bo had at the yards of the undersigned. MACPHERSON, FILMER AND CO. (late A. Hayes), TIMBER, COAL, & WOOD MERCHANTS.



r £ A. GATES, PETER! U [STREET ° f L M f D PICTURES I W Framed Arliatically. N ' E MAPS Properly Mounted. G None but the best ONE BUT THE BEST E Cabinet-making Executed G W in inimitable style, N and Cheaply. I U UNDERTAKER & CABINETMAKER. A. Tapper, TIMBER MERCHANT, &t*.» Has decided to Sell Off His Large Stock of TIMBER BUILDING MATERIALS GALVANISED IRON FENCING WIRE BUILDERS IRONMONGERY, at greatly Reduced Prices, As lie is retiring from business, therefore ANY REASONABLE OFFER WIILSOT BE REFUSED. Stock must be cleared oM by December 31st. A LL DEBTS .OWIiVG prior to let DECEMBER must be paid by 16th last, or legs! eteps for their recovery will Em taken. ■ il. VV., BAI.CM I , im Mauser,



-VTEW BOOKS 1 NEW BOOKS!! iM EW BOOKS ! and CHRISTMAS CARDS Now in. Popular Encyclopedia (14 vols); Colo nies and Dependencies, by T. S. Cotton ; Local Government, by M. D. Chalmers ; Treasury of Sciences, Biographical, Work shop Appliances, Systematic Mineralogy, Electricity and Magnetism, Strength ot Material; Vanity Fair, by Thackery ; The JSewcoraes ; English Men of Letters — Bacon, Oowper, Dickens, Defoe ; Journal of the Plague Year, Plays from Moliere, The Prince Micharelli; Pedigree of Man, by Hoeckel ; India, the Law and the People, by Oaird ; Gilbert on Banking ; The Asaommoir, by Emile Zola ; Medi eval History, by Chambers; Cassell’s Family Magazine, Irish Pleasantry and Fun, English Scenery (6 vols), Countries of the World (6 vols), Peoples of the World (4 vols), All Round the World (2 vols), The Book of Health, Family Phy sician ; Animal Life, by Wright; The Technical Educator, Popular Educator, Men of the Time, Family Herald (half year vol), LJow the Poor Live. Thomas F. Farley, BOOKSELLER, ASHBURTON.



Special Advertisements. JDimant and Coe, ARE authorised LOCAL AGENTS for Singer’s SEWING M A CHINES, and are prepared to receive PAYMENTS and afford all information in connection therewith. Treadle and Hand Machines on Time Payments. A supply i f Machine extras on hand. CORNER EAST AND TANORED STREETS, ASHBURTON. 11 2181



NEW TWEEDS ! SUMMER SUITS. NEW TWEEDS! SUMMER SUITS. Perfect Fit Guaranteed in the latest or any style that may be required. Craighead & Co., MERCHANT TAILORS, WE have much pleasure in announcing to our friends and patrons, and all who may feel interested in the general ogress of our times that we have just coived a splendid assortment of Tweeds, Coatings, Serges, etc,, etc., of the best quality and latest designs—suitable for the season we are now entering. All Goods Supplied at LOWEST CASH PRICES. CRAIGHEAD & CO., Tancred street, Ashburton.



25 Branches Now Open 251 THE NEW” ZEALAND Clothing Factory Are now Showing NEWEST STYLES in SPRING k SUMMER CLOTHING, Manufactured from the renowned Wear Resisting MOSGIEL TWEEDS. The fit and workmanship of every gar ment is undoubtedly unsurpassed, while the large production and increased busi ness enables the proprietors to offer special advantages as to price. Men’s, Boys’ and Children’s Clothing in every variety at Wholesale Prices. Shirts, Hats, Hosiery, Blankets, Rugs, Portmanteaux, and every requisite at WHOLESALE PRICES. Note the address — NEW .Z E ALAND CLOTHING FACTORY EAST STREET, Ashburton 25 Branches Now Open 25



DAVIS’S Furniture Sale BY AUCTION, ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1881,



COMMENCING TO-DAY. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. FREE GIFTS TO ALL. CHOOSE PROM £IOOO WORTH. LAST Year we gave, during December and the early part of January, 9240 Presents. This year we have even a larger selec tion, and intend, from to-day, giving every Customer a Ticket equal >o ten per cent on the money spent; so that if you spend LlO you can choose any thing up to LI; if L 5 is spent, a 10s present will be given ; if L 3, a 6s present ; If LI, a 2a present; but if you only spend One Shilling you will get something. And every time you come during this month of De cember and up to January 6th, you will get a present. If you do not wish to spend a lot of money in one day’s shop ping, you can get your tickets for what you have spent, and so on each time you come, and then get one really handsome thing, equal in value to all the tickets you hold. If you want a pretty hat, bon net, useful dress, or anything in house furnishing, we feell confi dent you will save 12£ per cent by shopping wfth us, besides getting a present equal to one shilling in every ten, each time you come. H. E. May & Co



1884. Victoria House. 188 d. gPRING AN b SUMMER SEASON. PHINT.3, DrESS SxUFt'3, CoiTUiUrf, TIUM-MINGS, FaNgY Tiß>, HOSIERY, MILLINERY, Men’s, Soys’, and Youths’ Clothing, Shirts (assorted), llats, &c., &p., Of newest designs, super-excellent makes, and durability, selected and offered for the especial purpose of well and worthily recommending Victoria House as pre-eminent for variety, quality, liberality, and incomparable value. %3)r Ladies’, Men’s, and Children’s BOOTS, &G., at “ Gall again ” prices. Patterns of Rodjn, Moageil, and Kaiapoi TWEEDS received weekly, from which Bren’s Youths’, and Hoys’ Garments are promptly made to measure, lit, finish, aud fashion perfect. Charges strictly reasonable. Dimant and Coe. llcady-Money Drapers, Clothiers, &c. East and Tancred ii'rcet*.' n'p emines lately uccppitd by Oft ejjd Co t i



Special Advertisements. Christmas Carnival AND FANCY BAZAAR Will be opened on SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6th, 1884. SIXPENNY~& SHILLING TABLES, Also, a TABLE of VARIETIES from ONE PENNY to FOURPENCE. All are 4 heartily welcomed. Please observe.—ln the ROOM NEXT to my PRESENT SHOP, specially taken for the Christmas Season. Admission —F REE. E. Bevan, SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS, (Next Shop to Quill's Hotel.) NEW BOOKS. NEW FANCY GOODS. ; NEW STATIONERY. NEW TOYS. PRIZE BOOKS, Etc. ‘ OHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR CARDS of New Zealand Scenery. A beautiful assortment of goods suitable for presents. Andrewes Bros., ) Booksellers, Stationers, &0., EAST STRBBT, SOUTH, Ashburton.