SHIPPING.

TOUT OF LYTTELTON.

Arrived. Ykstkbdat Spray, schooner, from Stewart’s Island. Island Lily, brigantine, from Chatham

Sailed. Tsstisdat. Victory, e. 8,, for London, via Welling ton.

wiaalcea, yacht, for Wellington.

SHZPFZNG TELEGRAMS.

Avoklaxb, Yesterday

Arrived—Star of the Mersey, from 'Dunedin,; Orawaiti, from Westport, failed-—Piako, for Napier. Wbxxinoton, Yesterday.

Arrived—Te Anau, from Melbourne, Via At. South; Takapuna, from Lyttel ton Hawes, from too Worth ; vulata, twqae, from Liverpool. (Jaded—Hawea, for Lyttelton ; Taka* gin*,' for Onehunga and Taranaki; Hau ki, for Opanako and aitara; Te Anau, for Auckland, via the East Coast ; Eiwf, for the East Coast; Manawatu, for Wimgunni and West Coast. . r Wbeusotok, To-day. '” 'Arrived■—French barquentino Louise, from Kole, Japan, 66 days. ' Dunedin, Yesterday. . Sailed—Oreti, for Hokitika ; Omapere, |c*th» tforth. l , ■' T«*DAir. *' Hawea, SJ., from Manukau and way

s.a, from Wellington and mm** •. . . . Omapere, as., from Dunedin. Go-Ahead. 8.8., from Stoneyburst. Innnr

COMMERCIAL.

Ashburton Guardian Office, Saturday afternoon, j Means Fried lander Bros., in conjunction •ritkriMessn- K- Wilkin and Co. (per Mr F. C. Tabart, Auctioneer), report of the live stock market for the . week ending Jan. Bth as fol- Ipin.;— At the Tinwald sale on Tuesday there skis a large ,snpply of sheep and cattle under bffet. “Tlieopening of the sale, which slanted with fat sheep, was a.very dragging one, most of the pens bong .passed. in. We noticed a terribte qteiting. .amongst the sheep, and no wonder, w«eh they were knocked down at pyirwf qansidcrably below,rates of late sales. A W of fat sheep Which we could not place tinderbainmer, wesol’3 afterwards at I2s6d «ach.o’Tn store sheep there was; a large entry, yurt (he sties of some classes were a little more floiiMtbgthMthbrebf fat 1 ’We must say we bad one of the best lines<oC merino ewes with lambs which were ever offered in either of the yards, they were withdrawn at 15s 4d per ample. ..Well grown hoggetssold at capital uiees, anything like good sorts ranging from 14s pd. In fat cattle there was a large entry.- The biddings were not very brisk, Bbdd stcerfesdling Tor L 5 to L 6 10s and JjJ. In ttoreaf a* four business was. transacted. We quote mutton from 2d to per lb, and beef &om 16s to 19s per loolb. The total yarded comprised 4,776 theep, head of cattle, and aQ'ffgK 'Privately .during the week we placed of ago. /at ewes and wethers at 14s eachv 1; Me&td Matson,) Cox and Co. report upon the Ups-stock market in the Ashburton district Mr the week ending January 1 nh, as follows: On Tuesday ah the, Tinwald Yards we held our mnal J*«kjiy ble of cattle, sheep and pigs. Tfe-anfett3artce of farmers and others was un twtilly dnmerouvand the entry for both cattle and sheep was a large one. In fat ; sheep the did not come up in some in stances to' bwners reserves, and several lots were turped (pit unsold. In store sheep bidding was fully up to last sale and all of our entries were sold, -, In cattle there was a large entry both dffat store and dairy cows, all of which Sold at satisfactory prices. We quote mutton at da to d per lb; beef at 18s to 22s per loolbs. Irrsheep we sold 40 fat crossbred hogg. ts at 13s, 52 at 14a 4d, 30 at 14s 6d, 487 merino ewes in wool, at 6s 3d, 732 do at 6s 3d, 131 ytilla at .2s lid, and 105 merino ewes and B&Wat 6s Sd. In pigs :2 at 20s 6d, 6 slips fttf-tbtf'eacfa. - In cattle Fat steers, L 5 S S » L; ra:Ls2i «d‘f fat cows, L 5 ss, LS 12s 6d, £5 *9?» L 6 18s 6d, L 7 2s 6d, L 6 as odpL6 12s 6d/ Ls ; two-year-old steers, £4 7s fid and L 3; dairy cows, L 6 17s fid, L 6 1 os, L 6 15s, L 6 10s, I 7 ss, Ls 15s, Ls 12s 6J, Ls 108, LS js'fid ,vLs ; yearlings, L2 to L2 ss. Last Thursday we held our usual fortnightly SsjCof fivestpek and sundries for the .Rakaia dfiiKWt i s 'Tfetere wCre no sheep forward, but the mffiryoPhbtses; pigs, and sundries was above tfiemverage. A fair amount of business was done. The new yards are being proceeded with, and when completed a larger amount of basiacss in live stock is expected. At present these jam! accommodation, hence the disineli nation of farmers to forward stock for disposal to the Rakaia.

DAILY MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALE '. ■ Tumdat, January 15. Mstaoir, Cox and Co., - at the Ashbmton Baleyarda—Stock. Tkuhsday, January 17. New Zealand loan and Mercantile Agency Wheat; 12.30.

ME&H?*GS/ ! AMUSBMENTS, Etc. ■ Sunday, ,landab. y 13. Hfir-w Service in the Masonic Hall, at Ei-U j V i;i J T - MONDAffs K 14» Oddfellowa’ Hall —Polk Comedy Company 8 I HaT/. , Monday, ‘at Borough Council Monday, January 28. - Upper Ashburton Bead Board, at Road

MAIL NOTICES.

aJjtlie irost umco * IqUOWB t— ■~7 : , , : - . For OhristMuteh and North at 6 kro. lO&frsteiil, M& 6 pjm., daily. For Oh?lsaey l ß6kaia, &c., at 10.30 a.m. 5 p.m. daily. . , .FatTiriwalti, Winslow, Hinds, Winchester, and Geraldine, at 10 kni. daily. and South, at 6 a.m., 10 Fur Grftenfitrept and Ashburton Forks, OB Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3.30 pan-. —

, For. >Tr»nnt Romara. . on . Tuesdays and at 6 a-inl and 430 p.m. For MayfiehLon Tuesdays and Satnr 'JPOT * andLongboach, Bt 43CR>to- duly. For Flemingtop, on Mondays, Wedncs- Jaya, and Fridays/at 4.30 p.m. sOWilWaSanui, Elgin/ Seaview, Seafield, Thu, ‘ d * ! ’’ “ d For Nenianda, bn Tiiesdays and Fri daya at 10.30 a.m. r " '' at ‘the Ashburton Post : 'Jfliw t'l —soi■;(■«!■ '?..i !• : jfmm plufotf.jhiircb and Rakaia at 10.15 a.m., 430 p.m. , and 7.20 p.m. FxomOhertsey, Ac, at 10.15 a.m. and 485 p.nu daily. From Dunedin and intermediate places at 6.3T* ’j.mPdaay. Tetnuka and Timaru at 10.40 a. in. 480ptiB., and 8 p.m. daily. - From —Greens treat and Ashburton and Saturdays, at 1C From Mount Somers, on Tuesdays and And 8.16 p.m. From Mifcfiald, on Tuesdays and Satur days, tfEFfctt. _ jKemJiadßfrn# Watarton, and Long -1 teach at 10 a.m. daily. >■- nVowi TOtrin. Wakanui, Seafield,. and Thntsdays, and Sat ffirmajlTiml on* Tuesuaya and Fn- ' .J WemiHgton on Tuesdays, Thurs .■. dsys } ai)d Saturdays, at 10 a.m.

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The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prevalebit. SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1884.

The New Zealand Shipping Company have received the following cable message d'.ted London, January 9th:—The s.s. British Queen left Vincent on t ie 9th inst., e«. route for Wellington. A sitting of the Wellington Supreme Court in divorce and ina’rimonial causes jurisdiction is fixed for tho I4nh inst. The following is the list of cases for hearing;— Edwards v Edwards and Remington (rule nisi ) ; Elwell v Elwell and Phillips (rule absolute) ; Pizzy v Pizzy (rule absolute). The Primitive Methodist Conference is now sitting at Dunedin. The election of officers yesterdey resulted as follows; President, Rev Charles Ward, of Dun edin ; vice-president, Mr G. Froggatt, of Invercargill ; secretary, Rev C. E Bailey, of the Thames..

The steamer Kakanui when entering the Bluff Harbor yesterday afternoon slewed with the ebb tide and ran on Triangle rock. She fl >ated as the tide made, but sank as she reached the wharf. The cargo was spoiled, but the after hold and engine room are dry. We were shown to-d y a fine specimen of a ripe tomato, which was growr* by Mr J. S. Savage in Peter street, from seed obtained from Sealy Bro?. The vegetable measures lOin in girth and weighs 6ozs, and is probably the earliest ripe tomato grown in this district It is now on view at Mr Davison’s (fruiterer’s) window. An application was made at Dunedin by the creditors of Charles White yester day to the Judge to transfer the estate to the official assignee. The filing had been on the last day of thoyear, tho offices hav ing to be specially opened, and his Honor said that alone snemed sufficient to cause him to make the order, as it seemed the debtor had something to gain or fear. His Honor said it also seemed to him to be the policy of the Act that all debtors who had filed so close up to the expiry of the old Act should be handed ever to the official assignee.

There is too much reason to fear that James Kerr, second engineer of the Mahi napua, has been drowned. It is supposed that when coming on board at Greymouth on Thursday night, there being no gang way from tho vessel to the wharf, he slipped on going on board and fell in the river. Some on shore heard a splash, and came on board to ascertain the cause, looking about and shouting out, but nothing unusual was seen. There has been no trace of him since last seen the previous evening. His wife and family reside in Scotland. In the course of the afternoon Kerr’s hat was found under the wharf, where the Mahinapua was lying. The crown was broken as if he struck on his head.

The Protest Committee, in connection with the Bakaia Sports, Messrs Makeig, Hardy and Coster decided that Lambert takes Ist prize for the Hurdle Race, and Story 2nd, Welsh being disqualified. In the Cup Race Mr Osborne’s protest against Spider’s running second was not sustained. In the Boys’ Running High Jump Brina micombe was disqualified, O’Keefe taking Ist prize and Doherty 2nd. A general Committee meeting was held, and |the Secretary’s report and balrnce-sheet read, showing a balance in hand of L3l Gi fid. The report was adopted on the motion of Mr Hardy, seconded by Mr Mutter. A hearty vote of thanks was passed to Mr Clark, the Secretary, for the trouble he had taken with regard to the day’s sport. It was proposed and carried that the balance in hand be placed in the hands of a committee consisting of Messrs Hardy, Makeig, Oxley and Clark for the purpose of forming a proper course in conjunction with the Domain Board. On Thursday evening a meeting was held in the Rakaia Town Hall to hear proposals as to the necessary works re quired on the village settlement. Mr Mackie, the chairman of the Road Board, took the chair. The meeting (although the settlers have for a long time been agitating for improvements) consisted of seven persons only, four of whom reside i on the land in question. Mr Haslett said that one thing specially required was a footpath on both sides of the road from Newtown to the township. It would be about seventy-two chains. Mr Haslett also said that a resolution had been passed by the settlers to form the north-west road from the river to the south of the settlement, and a road on the south east side formed three-quarters of a chain wide and the balance planted with trees, and any roads where sections were taken up. Mr Windsor stated that a plan had already been sent in to the Board, showing what works were required, and ho thought this would meet the views of all the settlers. Ho would also propose that any works undertaken should be done during the next winter, and that the contracts be let only to village settlers, and so keep out siders away. Mr Mackie stated that the Road Board would look after the interests of the settlers, and he would be in favor of letting small contracts to settlers if the price was not too high. Mr Windsor asked what about the boun dary roads ? Would they be formed out of settlement funds! The Chairman stated that the Board would share the cost. Mr Haslett asked to have a new road opened. Mr Mackie said this matter was not the business before the meeting, and should come before the Road Board. Mr O'Connor stated that if the proposed road interfered with his property he should object to it. It was decided that the plan of proposed works (in mistake sent to the Minister of Justice) be the works required, Mr Moton thought it would be better to join one footpath on the main ro id, and spend the money for the other in other works. Mr Windsor thought the Go vernment were throwing away money in spending so much on roads, and there was enough to form concrete footpaths in pome of the main streets. A vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman, and callers of the meeting seconded, and the meeting adjourned. [

The Rev W. Hill will preach in the Presbyterian Church at morning and evening services to-morrow. The Venerable Archdeacon Dudley, of Rangiora, will preach in St Stephen’s Church to-morrow morning, and in the evening at Tinwald. To-morrow the Rev C. Dallas ton, of Christchurch, will conduct the Baptist Church services in the Oddfellows’ Hall. He will deliver a special address in the evening to young men and maidens. A meeting of the Wakanui Sports Com mittee was held in the school on Friday, Mr Protheroo in the chair. The balance sheet, which was read and adopted, showed that the expanses of the sports had amounted to about LIOO, but that a balance of LlB remained in hand. This wis all the business, and the Committee adjourned. Quite as large a crowd gathered to wit ness the second performance of the Aus tralian Blondin, Mr Alexander, as was present on the previous evening. The different feats were gone through with great deftness and skill, and called foith loud applause. Tbo Excelsior Baud again gave their services. Another performance takes place to-night, when Mr Alexander will carry an Ashburton lady across the rope

The circus was only poorly attended last night, owing probably to there being a free entertainment given by the Austra lian Blondin, but the various nerformers were greeted with loud applause. There were one or two changes in the programme gone through on the previous visit of the circus here, but in the main the enter tainment was the same. The company appear at Rakaia this evening, and they will no doubt have better luck there than they had in Ashburton. The Hon J. E. Mason, of Tainui, Fiji, an extensive tea planter in the colony, is at present in Auckland. He arrived by the Penguin, and brought samples of his tea with him, for the purpose of bringing it before the attention of the Auckland tea merchants. At present Mr Mason has a market at good prices at Fiji equal to what he produces, but as more recently planted portions of his garden, sixty acres in extent, come into bearing, the time will soon come when he will have to ob tain a larger market than *hat which Fiji affords. During next week Mr Mason in tends to have a puolic liquoring of the cea so as to draw the attention of the trade more fully to what Fiji can furnish. At the Wanganui Police Court yester day morning Harriet Broughten, of the Provincial Hotel, was charged with sup plying liquor to a drunken man. The drunkenness was admitted to a certain ex tent ; but for the defence it was c in tended that the liquor was not sold by the hotelkeeper in accordance with the Act, but by a barmaid, and that tin driik was purchased byanother man, who “shouted” for the man who was intoxicated. It was also stated that the barmaid <*id not know the man was drunk, tlis Worship over rule! the law points, and on tho evidence of the police c mvioted. He allowed the right of appeal on the law points, if it were wished, or would give a small penalty. Mr Barnicoat, for defence, agreed to the latter alternative A fine of 40s was im posed, his Worship ruling that it was not necessary in these cases to endorse judg ment on the license in such case. The judgment was not endorsed.

We would remind our readers that the Masonic service to be given in the Free masons’ Hall will bo held to-morrow afternoon, and as the ceremony cannot fail to be interesting to those who do not belong to the t rder, we feel sure that it will bo largely attended. The service is by no means limited to Masons, and invi tation is freely extended to all. In con nection with this, we may mention that a very beautiful set of Royal Arch Banners will be shown in the Hail for the first time to morrow. These have just come to hand from London, where they were purchased by Mr Rudolph Friedlander foe the Ashburton Kilwinning Royal Arch Chapter. They, are made of silk and decorated with the various emblems of the Order, and representations of the tribes of Israel, and are in their way veritable works of art. The mountings are of Drass and the banners are sure to attract the attention of those who take part in the service to-morrow. If a certain Brooklyn suit (says a New York paper) goes for the plaintiff, a good many people will find that they laid the foundation for a prosecution for bigamy when they were babies. It has always been a favorite pastime with the older folks to have toy marriages, so to speak, among the boys and girls. Usually the husbands and wives are far below the marriageable age, and are married for that occasion only. But hereafter boys and girls who are above the marriageable a .e will probably avoid such dangerous pranks, A boy of eighteen was united in this humorous way to a girl of seventeen, and the whole matter, according to his state ment, was regarded as a huge joke. He claims that he has never in any way recognised her as his wife except by writ ng her a jocular note in which he called her “My dear wife.” To his astonishment, however, she has brought a suit against him to compel recognition of her as his wife. If his statement is true, this is blackmail, and worse. Count Strickland, who arrived in New Zealand by the Rotomahana, was com missioned by the Council of Malta to deal with the subject of immigration of Mal tese to New Zealand, a subject which was introduced by M. Da Cesare, who was here in the beginning of last year. Count Strickland is a Maltese nobleman, and a considerable land owner there, and as he was leaving fora tour round the world ha was commissioned by the Maltese au thorities to act in pressing the matter of emigration, Malta being very thickly populated. Count Strickland’s father was an Englishman, and he was mostly educated in England. Ha comes ac credited by Sir F. Dillon Bell, and before he left London he consulted with Sir 0. Clifford, formerly of New Zealand, and others with whom he was acquainted. It will be remembered that the Hun. Mr Roileaton consented to che introduction of some 30 or 40 Maltese, who were to be settled to the North of Auckland, to com mence the cultivation of crauges, olives and other subtropical crops, which they and their fathers have been accustomed to cultivate. Count Strickland thinks the number spoken off by Mr Rolleston is far too small to do any good either to Malta or New Zealand. He proposes that either some landed proprietors should guarantee work for a certain time to Mal tese, with some land for themselves, or that a special settleme it should be formed. Count Strickland and Mr Mitchelson are going to Wellington. He will have an interview with Mr Rolleston, in whose department this matter lies. His desire is that an offer cf a special settlement should be made in the first instance to the Maltese authorities, and if they do not see their way to take it up, that it should be made to a number of gentlemen in London, some of whom are interested in Malta and some in New Zealand, a id who would advance the funds necessary to start the scheme.

These old people whose blood has become thin and steps feeble are praising Hop Bitters for the g«od they have done them. See.— [ADVT.J Buies and Bugs.—Beetles, insects, roaches ants, bed-bugs, rats, mice, gophers, jack-rab bits, cleared out by “ Rough on Rats.” Moses, Moss and Co., General Agents, Sydney Mother Swan’s Worm Syrup —lnfallible, nsteless, harmless, cathartic ; for feverishness, restlessness* worms, constipation, is at drug gists. Moses, Moss and Co., Sydney, General Agents.

HARVEST NOTES.

[tly oub Travelling Reporter.] During tha past wees the weather has been highly favorable for the development and ripening of the grain crops, and under a continuance of favorable circumstances harvest operations will shortly ho in full swing in many districts. Farmers are already on the look out for extra labor, and otherwise making extensive prepara tions for the moat critical and busy por tion of the season’s work on the farm. An evidence of this was witnessed in the immediate neighborhood of the town, as well as wiihiu the Borough boundaries, yesterday whan public trials of several different makes of reapers and binders took place. Mr George Jameson, the local agent for the Hornsby reaper and binder, gave an opportunity to the farmers and others interested of witnessing a trial of this machine in a paddock of oats on the north side of the Domain. To-day, however, was the advertised trial day, and as the machine gave great satisfaction on Friday it attracted an extra amount of attention while at work am mg the oats to-day. Mr F. Ferrimau, the agent for the Walter A. Wood reaper and binder, exhibited this machine at work yesterday in a paddock of oats opposite the Ashbur ton Brewery, in Cameron street. A number of farmers were attracted to the scene of the trial, and general admiration was expressed at the effective and excel lent manner in which the machine did its work. Messrs Matson, Cox and Co., the local agents for Howard’s simplex reapers and binders, had a couple of these ma chines at work yesterday in one of Mi T. M. Jones’ paddock of oats, opposite the r'recourse. The six feet machim did such excellent work th»t it found t ready purchaser on the ground. The fiv« feet machine also did good work amongs die oats, and was afterwards taken intc one of Mr H. T. Smith’s grass paddocks and did excellent work in mowing a crop of grass and afterwards a crop ot clover The Improvements effected in these severs machines since last year has already beet noticed, and the greater simplicity, com bined with extra strength and saving o time and labor in working the machines was clearly demonstrated at the trials 01 Ftiday. Tne improvements will be jm undoubted benefit, and any improvemenl in labor-saving machinery must be appre ciated by the farming community depen dent as they are on a dear labor tnaike with a limited supply at this period of thi year, and the uncertainty of favorabli weather for anything like prolonged har vest operations. For fear of impressing the outside public with the idea that tin town fanners might be displaying a mud too eager desire to commence harvest, i might be as well to state that the crop: of oats on which the machines were a work were considerably on the greeu side and not forward enough to be likely to b< put through the thresher. There are however, a few paddocks that will be quit' ripe in another week. Taking up tin thread of last week’s “ Harvest Notes,’ the district to be first brought nude: notice are VVinchmore and Upper Ashbur ton, and from observations made during the present week the crops generally hayi made rapid progress, and promise a verj handsome yield. O i the Winchmoti estate both wheat and oats are looking re markably well. The area under crop tlii. year is about 800 acre?, the principal por tion of which is in wheat. Una paddock of 300 acres, partly rough chaff and parti; velvet chaff’, is looking in splendid co.i ditioa, and under favorable circumstance: during the coming six weeks will give i yield of at least 35 to 40 bu dials to thi acre. The velvet chaff wheat ciuh scarcely be wished to look better, and tin rough chaff’, though not quite so forwan is all that could be desired at the presen period. This is the second crop of wheat and last year the greater portion of th< paddock yielded an average of 51i bushel to the acre. On the same estate then are several paddocks of pearl wheat look ing well and promising an average o 35 bushels. Tu all there are about 20 acres of oats, and though not promising such a prolific yield as was obtained a VVinchmore last season, are likely to giv a good average return. The average o the wheat grown on the estate last yea reached the profitable figure of 46 bushels to the acre. Present indication do not warrant the anticipation of such ; return this season, but fully 35 bushel may be counted on. Besides the cereal there are root crops to the extent o 18,000 acres of turnips and mangolds fo sheep feeding purposes. The principa part of the root crops are well forward and quite out of the reach of the bird and fftes. Last season Mr M. Stitt, th: manager, tried the experiment of sowin; turnip seed with some of the wheat, am was so satisfied with the result that In has again 288 acres bearing a ?plotidic crop of wheat, together with a crop o turnips. Mr Robert Millar, a most ener getic and successful farmer in the Uppe Ashburton district, has some crops of botl wheat and oats in a very healthy and for ward condition, and promising a goo( average yield. This gentleman grew so mi splendid crops last year, and the mentiot of one little incident will give the practi cal farmer an idea of some of the oa crops grown on Mr Millar’s farm M: J. Moorhead started his thresher to worl one morning in a paddock of Mr Millar’s and kept it going 13£ hours, the resul being 2,»28 bushels of oats cf a fairl; clean sample. Mr Bright has a large block of land in wheat, and with thi exception of a light patch here and there it is looking very well indeed. The cereal: are also looking very promising on thi farms of Messrs J. Bland, W. Bland Murray, Dent and Hussey. Mr Join Brick, who is a new settler in the district has a block of about 550 acres of lane under crop adjoining the Winohmore estate and part of the old Winohmore run. Mr Brick is an experienced farmer, and his recant purchase shows him to be a man of judgment. His wheat looks re markably well, and given weather such as will enable him to harvest hia crops with out haviig the mortification of seeing a large quantity of it lying on the ground through nor’-westers, he should get an average of close on 40 bushels to the acre. Coming further down the road towards Ashburton there are some good paddocks of both wheat and oats, at present pro mising a yield very little short of that of last year. Mr Manson has a patch of some 60 acres of pearl wheat well headed and promising a return of at least 35 to 40 bushels. He has also a nice little patch of oats. Nearer home still, Mr Digby has a paddock of oats that surpasses anything seen in any other part of the district, and are well worth a visit of inspection. Tney are of a strong, healthy and vigorous growth, very even, and splendidly headed. The reaper will have to be at work amongst them very shortly, and it is a pretty safe assertion to state that the thresher will afterwards show a more handsome return. The only thing that is wanted by the grain-grower now is a couple of months fine weather, with an absence of boisterous winds, an abundance of labor, in some cases a leni ency and assistance on the part of the Hanks, and in all cases an appreciable rise in the grain market. Granted these rea sonable desires, a reign of contentment— so far as human nature can be content will prevail over the district for the re mainder of the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

REAPER AND BINDER TRIALS.

The Hornsby Machine.

Fully fifty farmers were present at the trial of the Hornsby reaper and binder this morniug, which took place In a pad dock of green oats in the Domain, leased by Mr J. Tasker, and one and all de clared themselves thoroughly satisfied with the work done. Indeed there could be no two opinions concerning this, and the most inexperienced could not fail to be struck by the aspect of the field wherever the machine had passed over it. Not a sheaf was misled, and they lay at regular intervals, thus rendering-' stocking very easy. The Hornsby machine has many advantages over others in the market, in asmuch as it is of very light draught and easy to manage. There are two speeds in the knife, the packers and the reel, while the latter has both a horizontal and per-, pendicular motion, thus enabling rye grass to be cut down to six inches. By means of a late improvement in the reel the grain is thrown back on the canvas so as to allow it to go up on the ele-; vators perfectly straight. There are also' no wooden pitmans as in the American machines, these parts being made of wrought iron and steel, brass-bushed. Vnother feature of the reaper which iai worthy of notice is that it has extra travelling gear, so that by altering the pole, the machine can be taken through an eight feet gate—a manifest advantage to harvest contractors who are constantly shifting from one place to another. As a proof of the lightness of draught, we may mention that what was dono to-day was the work of only two horses, who ap peared to be quite fresh after thair three, or four hours’ driving. Messrs Trolley. and R. B. Grange, exports,’ Were on the ground, and fully explained the details of ■ the working of the machine, the quaint replies of the former, who comes from England, to t e remarks of critics causing not a little amusement at times The paddock operated upon to-day consisted of thirteen acres, eight of which were cut between 10 am. and 12 30 p.m., without making allowances for stoppages, which were naturally frequent, as the farmers present were curious as to the details of the machine.

The Hornsby has certainlyja good Ire cord, having been awarded the LilOO prize given by the Highland. and, Agricultural Society of Scotland kt the great 4rial of sheaf binders at Bishopton, near Paisley, in 1832. On this occasion the machine scored 833 .points out of a possible 1,000, distancing the next competitor (Wood) by 44 points, and the Howard by 63. But the best proof to the practical man is the actual work done befoVe* his eyes, and that this was satisfactory is evidenced by the fact that no less than five of the reapers were sold within a very short time of the trial commencing. Mr George Jameson is the local agent for the ma chine.

THE NEW ZEALAND LOAN.

[bedter’s telegrams —copyright.]

[Received Jan. 12, 1.10 p.m. ] London, Jan. 11.

Tenders for the New Zealand loan of one million sterling, bearing interest at the rate of four per cent, were opened to day. The total amount offered was found to be L 5,000,000. Tenders at Lioo 5s will receive 54 per cent, of the allotment, and those above that price will receive in full. The minimum fixed was L9B 10s.

[by telegraph.]

Wellington, To-day

The New Zealand loan of L 1,000,000, being the second million under the Thr -e Million Loan Act, has been covered. The Agent-General telegraphs that the whole loin has been placed above : par. There were GOO tenders, the total amount of tenders being for L 5,070,000. Tenders at LIOO 5* 6d will receive 54‘ per cent, the remainder being placed above that price. ;■ . .

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[kkutbr’s TKLBGKAMS—COPYRIGHT. ] Monetary and Commercial. Jan. JO. The total reserve in the Bank of England in notes and bullion remains the same as last week, viz, Lir,600,000. The proportion of reserve to liabilities has advanced 2 per cent, and is now 36 per cent. The Bank rate of discount remains at 3 per cent, and the market at 2%. Consols, New Zealand securities :—Five per cent 10-40 Loan, 105; Five per cent 1889 . Loan, 1879-1904 Loan, loify ; Four per ceat Inscribed Stock, ' The markets for Australian breadstuff’s and tallow- are. unchanged. Copra, Sydney sun-dried, Ll 9. Australian leather, best sides, have fallen to ro^d.

An Arrest. London, Jan. IT, John Herd and Co., of Liverpool, traders in corn on a large scale, be came insolvent, and have been arrested on charges of fraudulent dealing. Cardinal Manning. Cardinal Manning, Archbishop of Westminster, is suffering from indis position. The Stranded Steamer. The salvage operations are being actively pursued on board the stranded steamer Duke of Westminster. The vessel has not yet been floated. * The War in Tonqnin. Hong Kong. Jan. 10. A force of 2,000 Chinese troops is about to be despatched to Hainan as ? corps of defence for the island against a possible attack by the French naval force now stationed on the coast of Tonquin. [Received Jan. 12, 1.10 p.m.] The Port of Canton Blockaded. Hong Kong, Jan. 11. Li Hung Chang, Viceroy of China, has arrived at Canton and has officially notified to the foreign Consuls that th* approaches to the Port of Canton are to be forthwith blockaded by torpedos, but that a channel, 90 feet wide, will be left for the passage of vessels along the river. The Wine Duties. London, Jan; 11. . The Hon. H. C. E. Childers, Chan cellor of the Exchequer, has informed the Colonial Agents-General, that the concessions recently made to Spa|tL.|p regard to duties on wine will blTex tended to the colonies. The commu nication states that a limit of thirty degrees of spirit strength must not be exceeded, but adds that Mr Childers will take into consideration the pro posal of the Agents-General that a sliding scale of duties should be adopted.

AUSTRALIAN.

-- ~ f r butbb’s telegrams— Shipping. Melbourne, Yesterday; Arrived—Steamship Port Jackson, from London (Nov. 10th); the Union steamship Wairarapa, from the Bluff. ' . The Waterloo Mnrdsr. ; : SyDNEY.Yesterday.

True bills have been, found/ against four of the seven prisoners who were arrested'for the murder of Catherine pwens, at Waterloo, on Dec, 26th, ; The Markets. New Zealand wheat, 3s $d per bushel; New Zealand oats, as 9d; maize, 4s 6d; Sugar Company’s No. 1 pieces, L 34 per ton.

Adelaide, Yesterday. Wheat is firm at 43 2d to 4s~3d, town , flour, Lio per ton ; country brands, L 9 5s to L 9 10s; freights to London for steamers 455, ditto sailing vessels 355 ; freight to the United Kingdom from Adelaide, 37s to 40s ; freights to the United Kingdom Tor orders from outports, 40s to 425. The freight market is improving. , Arrived. ‘

Arrived, this morning—The Orient, steamship, from Plymouth (Dec. Ist). The statement that the Marquis of BqlyU-t was among the passengers for Australia is incorrect.

TELEGRAMS.

[per press association.]

Gross Cruelty to a Horse.' Wanganui, To-day.

At the sittings of the Police Court this morning, a settler named Thomas Holly wood was fined LIO for cruelly ill-treating a horse by over-riding. The evidence went to show thit the defendant was drunk, and rode his horse (an old racer named Astronomer), to such an extent that it fell down in the road' from pure ex* haustion. The legs were the suse; o£. a man’s thigh, and one of the back tendons had burst right through the sides or the poor brute, which was lacerated with* stir rups, and the man was seen bitting him over the head with a riding whip to make g 6 when he could hardly move. - ■ A Coming Ceremony. ; j New Plymouth, To-day*. -

Bishop Redwood arrived by the Rotorua this morning to lay the foundation atone of a large convent on Sunday. : He was escorted through the town by the brass band. A Native Claim, 1! ‘ The Native Land Court at Waitara this morning decided a claim in the Mokan district in favor of To Whetero. There was a large gathering of influential chiefs. The Revenue. Wellington, To-day. The public accounts for the quarter ending December 31st, show the, ordinary revenue total to be L 1.197.337 16s 7d, and the expenditure L 865,481 3s 3d, leaving a b dance of L 331,856 13s 4d- The land fund receipts were L 153,359 Is 4i, and the expenditure L 65.830 16* fid, leaving a balance of L 87,528 4s lid.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1884.



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Wanted WANTED —A good Cook, for long job, to cook for about 20 men. Apply immediately, Wsr. R. Down. 1 94 TET - ANTED—A MAN for Drying and »y Pressing Wool. Apply, Ashburton Wool Scouring Works. 1 88 WANTED Known—Fresh FRUIT at T. Taylok’s, East street and Saunders’ Buildings. 1 84 WANTED— By a respectable young girl, a light PLACE in a small family; good references. For address, apply to Guardian Office. 1 45 TT7 r ANTED—TENDERS for Cutting, Binding, Stocking, and Carting 100 acres of' wheat. Tenders close WED NESDAY, 16 th January. Apply to R. LANCASTER, 1 86 Butcher and Baker, Ashburton. WANTED TENDERS for pulling 16 acres of Linseed. Tenders will close on Thursday evening next. Dudley and Nobtmbt, Riveradale, Tinwald 1 72 WANTED to Buy—A small second hand fire-proof SAFE. State price, maker and size to Box 45, Post Office, Ashburton. 1 44 WANTED Known—That Hayes and Co. are slaughtering 2,000 yards o! Madras Muslin worth Is 9d at 6d per yard. WANTED Known —For Sale, two COTTAGES on East Belt. Cheap, easy terms. Apply W. O. Davis or Ward and Sons. 12 1012 WANTED TENDERS—For HAR VESTING bOO Acres of Wheat. Tenders to be in by 12th January. H. T. Winter. 1 17 WANTED TENDERS For CUT TING and TYING 200 Acres, mure or less, of Wheat. Tenders re ceived up to 15th inst., stating what reaper used. Jobm Emerson, Epparston Farm, Hinds. 1 50 ST"ANTED Known—That H. Jambs Vf has taken ' over the market garden from E. Ling, Hampstead, and intends carrying on a RETAIL BUSINESS in Saunders’ Buildings. Vegetables and Fruit supplied fresh daily. 1 6 WANTED KNOWN— Robert Elston, Bill Poster, Theatrical Aobnt, 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 nr ANTED —The public who are in VV 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 Boot Warehouse, Burnett street. 12 1107 WANTED Known —That in conse quence of the rapid increase of business, John Moisow, Impermeable Bootmaker, has been compelled to get a large stock of Boots of a superior quality in the town in order to meets the demands of his customers, and those who may pur chase from him will find no deception as to price or quality. As J. M. has gained the public trust in the past by doing best work suet fit, combined with neatness and style, he intends even to make greater exertions in the future. Fowler’s Build ings, Tancred street (opposite Arcade), Ashburtou. ’ 7 207 Special Advertisements. STOP THAT COUGH! DON’T DELAY.—How can you atop it ? Where, s the Remedy. Bennington's PECTORAL OXYMEL OF CARRA GEEN or IRISH MOSS (register, 1), can produce more evidence of real merit than any other article for the purpose. Sold everywhere. G Bonninoton, Christchurch.



DIMAHT ;AJSD COE beg to notify that, they are . e ItEMOVINQ ■ ' Into Shop lately occupied by ORB AND CO. (opposite'Union Bank), which Übtey will open on SATURDAY NEXT, JANUARY sih, with a specially selected Stock of DRAPERY, CLOTHING, BOOTS, &c VICTORIA HOUSE, Diinant and Coe, Ready Money DRAPERS, CLOTHIERS, Etc., Corner Eisx and Tanobbd Streets. ’■ • 9528



OH RISTM AS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL. Bazaar AND Fancy Fair ’ AT AND R E WES BROS., East Street South, ;. I S NO W OPE N. CHRISTMAS AND NEW GIXTS in great variety.



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THE WASHING DRESS DEPARTMENT comprises— in Pompadour Sateens Fine Art Zephyrs Plaid and Check Ginghams Plain Sateens Prints (Floral Designs Brocaded Sateens And a large QUANTITY OF REMNANTS In above materials, to be cleared at an IMMENSE REDUCTION. Bargains 19 99 91 99 9* FRENCH MERINOS, at Is lid, worth 3s lid. SPECIAL. Black Silks, from 35s the dress Nun’s Cloth Fancy Beiges Summer Homespuns Diagonal Mohair Dress Materials, at about half their value SIMILAR REDUCTIONS In all Departments. For further particulars see circulars issued in Friday’s Frees and Times. *9



Special Advertisement. rjl I N W A L D. Boots, Boots, Boots In consequence of the scarcity of money, C. HAWKINS, who has just replenished hia STOCK with all kinds of BOOTS AND SHOES For this season of the year, is prepared to SELL at alarming Low Prices for CASH. All kinds of Boots Made. Repairs done on the shortest notice. 13 108?



Young and feeble mothers with frail children will both become strong by the use of Hop Bitters, Read, -[Advt.] Mother Swan’sworm Syrup.—lnfallible, tasteless, harmless, cathartic ; for feverishness, restlessness, worms, constipation, is. Moses, Moss and Co., Sydney, General Agents. 3



According to the Wellington correspon dent of the Morning Herald, .a member of the House of Representatives has a Bill drafted for the restoration of quin quennial Parliaments, which he will intro duce at the beginning of next session It expressly excepts the present Parliament from its operation. In au article in the Nineteenth Century on the French army of to-day,! Captain Norman makes the startling that, with the exception of the artillery* in which there is a noticeable improve ment, that army is actually in a worse condition than it was in 1870, so if bat “ should war overtake France before she has realised and rectified the defects of her military organisation, nothing can avert a disaster more crushing than that which befell her 13 years ago.” Nominallyi the strength of force is 3,000,000 that half these are said to be untrained { there is a great paucity of officers —so much so that Oaptain Norman believes it would be almost impossible for France to mobilise her army. Non-commissioned officers are equally scarce ; there is a great want of discipline; insubordination is on the in* crease, and “ the old feeling of comrade ship amongst oncers has been succeeded by mutual distrust, and esprit de ceros amongst the men is a thing of the past. - August Flowed.— The most ' mumble beings in the world are those suffering' from dyspepsia and liver complaint. More tnab 75 per cent of the people are afflicted with two diseases and their snch ; as soUr stomach, sick headache, habitual costiveness, palpitation of the heart, heart burn, waterbtash, gnawing and burning pains at the pit/of-the stomach, yellow skin, coated tongue and dis agreeable taste in the mouth, coming ,un of food after eating, low spirits, etc. Go fo'ydar druggist and get a bottle of august flower. This valuab'e medicine has cured thousand* and thousands of sufferers, and is known iitfnU civilised countries. Two doses will relieve you. It costs only 3s fid a bottle. Sample ironies, 6d.— [Advt.J