COMMERCIAL.

1 Guar m an Office. Monday afternoon. ' Mr T -Mock reports on the horse ma ket »6ek ending Saturday, June 20th smaller entry of horses than ! -e months past, and those brought for- j ' a rule were inferior, although biddings LrZLI. oivea than at previous sales rfSteiwliscd,were about on a par with las 1 jfjjjfs OflMiOthe small entrpof 12, lO J 1 101» hemes- hoises. Ly to LB. I h°was £ost difficult to obtain a bid. nflrrad were passed in, • biddings not we-ej^- the * onl i nquiri es in the locality. In addition I have sold 128 acres situated Creek, near the School, and at one time in the occupation of Mr Samue. (Christie, at L 6 12s 6d per acre.

DAILY MEMORANDA.

3/ r 7 AUCTION sales. I . Tub-dat, June 23 I Me* B ™ Matson, Cox and O)., at the I Ashburton Saleyarda—Stock I MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS, Eto. Monday, Jtnra 22 Arcade Chambers— Star ot Ashburton, I U.A.0.D., at 8 o’clock Borough Council, at Borough Council '6h«nrb©nj, wf "7180 Town Hall—Mr Iveta* address to Electors atß : o*Clock ! n - -Wednesday, June 24 Orange Hall— Star of the East, 1.0.G.T., 'meeting at 8 o’clock «■ . 'if Friday, Joke 26 Opdfellows’ Hall—Oddfellows’ Anniver -saiy Concert and Ball .■•••• Fbiday, Jody 3 A’ARVmrton County Council —At Counci =* TVambero, 11 a. m. _ , _ Lonbgeacb * Hoad Board at Road Board .Office. Saturday, Juiy 4 ITakanm Road Board, at Hoad Board 'office, Moore street, at 10.30 a.m.

NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.

Adreitißemencs for The Ashburton Guardian must be sent in not later than 8 p.m., with the number of insertion, 'written plainly on the copy, otherwise • will be inserted until counter manded, and charged accordingly. B*- Advertisements must be supplier’ ■ r _ _ previous to that on which they jb ttf be inserted. Special notices can be received up - ' 3.30 pirn., bi|t will be charged don - ates. - AIT notices of Births, Marriages, or Deaths must be accompanied by the sig of the sender, as a guarantee oi ood faith. , All advertisements and'busmets iet* - o be addressed The Manager ; literary jommunications should be addressed to The Editor.

MAIL NOTICES.

tMails dose at the Ashburton Post Otxn ' follows: — For Christchurch and North at 6 a.- . 10.30 a.m., and 5 p.m., daily. For Chertseyßakaia, &c., at 10.30 an md 5' p.m. daily. For Dunedin, Tinwald, Wmslow, Him - Coldstream, Bangitata, Orari, Wincheat.-, Htd Geraldine, at 10 a.m. daily. . jfo? Temaka, at 6 a.m. and 10 an For Timam and South, at 6 a m., - i am., and 4.80 p.m., daily. * For Groenstreet, on Wednesdays ano Saturdays, at 10.46 a.m. F<w Wakanai, Elgin, Sea view, Seafielu, and Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6.30 am. For tfount Somers, daily at 4.30 p.m. For Mayfield and Buapuna, on Mon days and Thursdays, at 4.30 p.m. For Ash tea, Waterton and LongbeacL, at 4.30 p.m. daily. For Flemington, on Mondays, Wednes days, and Fridays, at 4.30 p. m. For Newlands, on Tuesdays and Fn a.m. •Mails arrive at the Ashburton Po * ddos** From Christchurch and Rakaia at 10.1 4-35 p.m., and 7.20 p.m. From Chertsey, &c. at 10.15 a.m. an-; 4. 36 p.m. daily. From Dunedin and intermediate plao< at 6.5 P ”>.m. daily. From Temuka and Timaru at 10.40 «. n h.dO p.m., and 8 p.m. daily. From Greenstreet, Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 10 i.m. Mount Somers, daily K. 6 a.m. 9 From Mayfield and Buipuna, on Wed nesdays and mature’ays, at 10.5 a.m. ■ ’From Ashton, Waterton, and Lon-. • beach at 10 a.m. daily. From Newlands, on Tuesdays and Fri ars, at 2.30 p.m. From* Flemington on Tuesdays, Thun*- days, and Saturdays, at 10 a.m. From Elgin, Wakanui, Seafield, and Kyle on Tuesdays, Thursdays, md Sat urdays. at 4.45 p.m.

DEATH.

Tucker—On June 20, at Allington (after ten hours illness), Charles Caleb, youngest son of Joshua and Mary Eliza beth Tucker, age! twenty months,

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prevalebit. MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1885. Mr Wright at the Oddfellows’ Hall

Mr Wright’s meeting on Friday even ing was one that will long be remem bered by the many listeners who could thoughtfully appreciate its lessons and results. No orators were there—no one who could command tears and excite laughter at pleasure —but speeches were made which would bear reflection, and men of the most solid temperament were cheered by the carefully expressed opinions and hopes of one who “thinks twice before he speaks once.” The digest, shall we say Ra tion, of the Governor’s Speecli was singularly interesting and instl active, from the great contrast between the author and the translator. Sir Julius Vogel’s poetry was translated into Mr Wright’s prose. And yet the prose was prosey —every cheering fact that *he most industrious research could discover in the events of the present time was laid before a constituency that sadly needed cheering. For the last year we have seen nothing on the pre sent depression at once so cheering, so true and so wise. The three and sixpence a bushel seemed to come within our reach—the Nelson copper 'looked so abundant, that Wilberforce gold reef seemed to promise such steady wealth, and we were actually warmed by the bright Buller coal laid down at Ashburton at twenty-two shil lings a ton. Even the West Coast railway was taken down from the clouds and successfully submitted to tne calcu lations of reason. Local government was deprived of all its political clap trap, and made as simple as the alpha bet. There was, we can believe, no ex aggeration in that strong expression of Mr Williamson —“ I have heard many ad dresses in this hall, but never one that afforded me so much pleasure as the one just now delivered by Mr Wright.” This is a good deal for the grave, sober minded Mr Williamson to say, applied as the words really were, not merely to the speech as a speech, but to the mine of thought, and judgment, and research, and political knowledge, which the speech revealed. VVell might he follow up such an expression with the words “ When a gentleman of Mr Wright's ability and reputation offers himself as a candidate, I have no hesitation as to whom I shall support.” The majority of the questions asked were, to use the expressive language of Mr Williamson, “ frivolous and cap tious,” while some were of an offen sively personal nature. All such ques tions had evidentally originated from the same factory, though the author may have been sufficiently ostrich-like to fancy himself hid even behind the men who did not understand the ques tions they were putting. The result was the usual one in such cases, Mr Wright had no difficulty in showing that he had nothing to conceal and nothing to fear from the most zealous and hostile researchers into Hansard ior the discovery of flaws in his past public walk. Nor did he show the slightest irritation at the spirit of the questions. The intention to provoke him was too obvious and the provoca tion too unskilful. This was the more satisfactory to Mr Wright’s friends be cause he is not a. Job. He has so little of the lymphatic in his tempera ment that it is quite possible to irritate him. But in this case the trap was so unskilfully set that he was never in the slightest danger of falling into it. But those who enjoy seeing a man make a sorry exhibition of himseli were not disappointed. Mr Wason was at hand, and supplied everything that the most morbid appetite could desire in that direction. What has Mr Wason done with his head ? If, instead of being a man that has hardly reached the intellectual prime of life, he were now tottering past his four score, we could understand the decline that we now so oiten witness, and his steady constant loss of power ever since he first attempted public life. His first speech to the Coleridge electors was not a very bad one. In the House he soon fell to be a rabid Conservative whip, only useful to talk against time. When he resigned he came again to Ashburton, and made a speech which | his friends try to forget. But never before did he sink to the depth that he reached on Friday night. Well might his old friend and supporter say that “ Mr Wason had made a sorry spectacle of himself.” His personal animosity to Mr Wright might at least have been exhibited in a more public spirited • uise. His disappointment as a would ’e candidaie, and his annoyance as a District Railway ratepayer ,ue natural enough, but are not he kind of motive power that wise nen parade as the cause of tneir pub lic actions. Can Mr Wason suppose hat the electors of Wakanui will think he less of Mr Wright because he in sisted that the Government should give no raw for the district railways than j

they were worth, however inconvenient l the delay may have been to Mr Wason and his neighbors ? Or does he sup pose that he will delude a single elector by speaking with such transparent chagrin of a requisition, the receipt of which would have intoxicated him, and which any man in the province would have felt to be an honor, j It would only be too easy to fill some pages in contrasting Mr Wright’s reliable consistency with Mr Wason’s helpless vagaries or in pointing out 1 how the one had proved a success and I the other a failure in everything con- I nected with public work; but Mr I Wason, as a public man, has fallen too 1 low for that. Pity is the only feeling j that his Iricnds can now entertain for 1 him, and that pity must have been in tensified on Friday evening when they saw him wantonly beating the tattered 1 shred of his by-gone reputation against j the most invunerable points of Mr 1 Wright’s consistent, useful and appre ciated career. I Pain mixed with pity in our bosoms rise, I And sorrow takes new sadness from surprise.

The Conservative Leader.

The Marquis of Salisbury, who has succeeded in forming a Conservative Ministry to supplant the Liberal Ad ministration of Mr Gladstone, was born in 1830. In 1853 he was elected to the House of Commons as member for Stamford, and represented that Borough till 1868. While in the Lower House he was known as Lord Robert Cecil, until the decease of his elder j brother, when he assumed the courtesy title of Vicount Cranbourne. He suc ceeded to the Marquisate on the death of his father in 1868. In Lord Derby’s third administration he was, in 1866, ap pointed Secretary of State tor India, j which position he resigned the follow- I ing year on account of a difference of I opinion respecting the Reform Bill. I His Lordship was again appointed J Secretary of State for India when Mr J Disraeli returned to office in February, j 1874. On April 2, 1878, he was ap- I painted Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in the room of the Earl of j Derby resigned, and he at once wrote J a memorable des n atch, in which he j clearly enunciated the policy of the j Government with regard to the Eastern I question. He and the Earl of Bacons- I field soon afterwards were the repre- I sentatires of Great Britain at the Con- I gress of Berlin, and on their return to London with the announcement that 1 they had brought back “ peace with honor ” they met with a most enlhusi- I astic reception. Since the death of Lord Beaconsfield, in ISBI, Lord j Salisbury has been the leader of the Conservative Peers.

At the Resident Magistrate’s Oourt this morning, before Mr J. Ivess, J. P., two first offenders were each fined ss, with the alternative of 24 hours’ imprisonment. The adjourned meeting of the Ashbur ton School Committee fixed for to-morrow evening, has been farther postponed. Mr Joseph Ivess at the Town Hall and Mr IS. G. Wright at the Schoolroom, Wakanui, will address the electo s this yening. At 2.30 yesterday morning, three men, W. Mottier, A. F. Douglas and P. Doug las stuck up a foreigner named George Trugesen on the Madras street railway footbridge, Christchurch, and violently assaulted him and robbed him of a parcel containing a suit of ulothes. Sergeant Carlyon arrested two of the men soon after, and afterwards got the third man. He recovered the property at Douglas’s house. As announced elsewhere special evan gelistic services will be held this week at the Wesleyan Church A prayer meeting is to be held from 12 30 to 1 30 each day, and the evening services will commence at 7.30. Rev Lewis Hudson, of Wood end, will conduct the mission this week, and next week the Rev T. G Thomas, of Temuka, will continue the services. San key’s hymns will be used, and a strong and efficient choir will,lead the service of song.

The current number of the NZ. Ga zette contains regulations under “ 'lhi r.ducation Act 1878,” concerning inspec tion of schools and standards of educa tlon.

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Ashburton Borough Council will be held this evening. The boxing match, for L 25 a side, be tween R. Matthews and W. Hnrcombe’s unknown man attracted a crowded house at the Theatre Royal, Christchurch, last night, and resulted in an easy victory fur Matthews, who knocked his opponent out of time in the second round. Matthews is considerably heavier than the unknown man. This man does not wish his name made public. The Rev Mr Collins, who greatly dis tinguished himself near Suakim, in March last, when the British troops were sur-

prised by the Araks while in the act of constructing a zaraba, is a p ieat of the Raman Catholic Church, It is stated

that the rev gentleman will receive the Victoria Cross as a reward for his heroism.

He certainly well earned this distinction The Lyttelton Times, which has been arguing iu favor of protection lately, rather spoils its own case by a letter which it publishes from its onerioan correspondent. The latter gives a long list showing the extensive decline in wages in a number of trades iu the United -oates, and he makes the following o rna ments “ It wilt bo seen that those in dustries which enjoy the highest protec tion show the heaviest decline in the per-

,-outage of wages paid " It is to be hoped ,he working men of New Zealand will he warned m time by this very significant admission, coming Irom such a source. • BUGHU-t'AIBA.” —Quick, complete cure, all a noying kidney, bladder, and urinary diseases, Druggists. The N.Z. Drug Co. General Agents. 2 Indigestion and Liver Complaints.—For these complaints Baxter’s Compound Quinine Pills have proved a specific, acting powerfully on the liver and mildly on the stomach. Sold everywhere, or post free from J. Baxter, Chemist, Christchurch, for iu r~x 44 stamps. Now money is so scarce it behoves every one to be on the alert and endeavor to make their twenty shillings go as far as possible. One glance at ti. B. May AND Co.’s advertise ment, which appears in our columns this even ing, should convince one and all that the pro prietors of The Hall, High street, Christ church, are determined to do their part. The prices quoted for the various items are, we be lieve, lower than on any previous occasion, and should induce all buyers f Drapery and Cloth ing to give them a call. [ Advt.] I

“ GERMAN SYRUP.”—No other medicine' n the world was ever given such a test of its I curative qualities as Boschec’s German Syrup, in three years two million four hundred thou sand small bottles of this medicine were dis tributed Jree 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 prool that German Syrup will cure them. The re sult has been that Druggists in every town and village m civilised countries are recommending it to their customers. Co to your Druggist and ask what, they know about it. Sample Bottles 6d. Regular size 3s. fid. Three oaes wU tclievc «fy LAovxJ {

POLITICAL TOPICS.

[From Our Own Correspondent.] (By Telegraph.) Welling i on, To-day. The chief topic of conversation is the Financial Sta'ement. It is admitted on all sides to be the cleat eat State paper laid tin the table of the House for years. It will have, however, the effect of making political matters considerably mixed, as tie protective proposals of ■'■'ir Julius Vogel are strong y condemned by many ot the Government supporters. Un the other hand. Major Atkinson is not a be liever in Freetrade, and the Statement can only be (opposed by him on the grounds of the Local Government scheme aid the repeal of the Roads and Bridges Construction Act. Previous experience makes it doubtful if subsidising local bodies can be made to work, especially with a guarantee extending over so long a period as twenty-6ve years. That a long and serious debate will take place over the

■ tatemour, is c-irtaiu, and Minis ers are very anxious as to the result The new tariff is regarded with dissatisfaction in mercantile circles, and it is p etty certain to bo considerably modified before it is ultimately passed. At the commencement of the session Mr Walker asked the Government a question of interest concerning Mr Wason’a o'aims under the Forest Trees Encouragement Acts. This matter has remained long in abeyance. The late Minister of Lands refused to grant more than 250 acres to Mr Wason, although in 1882 the Waste Lands Committee had reported favorably, and the Supremo Court had given a decision that the claims were covered by the Act. The Govern ment has promised Mr Walker that any assumed >»rong, if proved, would be sot right, and the whole subject will probably be discussed in connection with the pro-

posed legislation. Mr Kolleston has moved that all papers relating to the matter be laid on the table of the House, so that the quo* lion may be thoroughly sifted. Mr Walker’s object in patting the question was that the Government should promise that the provisions of the Forests Act would be more strictly enforced in the future. Later. The caucus of members hvlding Fiee trade principles was not largely attended this morning, less than 20 being present. No definite move in the direction of op posing the statement was decided on, but it was resolved to watch toe course of events. According to calculations made, Freetraders number 45, Protectionists 25, anti 20 of the member are doubtful.

DREADFUL TRAGEDY.

[By Telegraph.] Oamaru, To day. News has reached town of a dreadful tragedy at Herbert last night. store keeper named Henry White, twenty one years of age, shut dead Ada Patterson, aged eleven years, the daughter of a local publican, and afte wards committed sni cide by blowing out his brains. The affair occurred in Patterson's Hotel, where both bodies now lie awaiting an inquest. Full particulars have not yet been received, and no cause is assigned for the deed.

FRAUD ON THE CUSTOMS.

Auckland, Saturday. In consequence of the information re ceived the Customs officials proceeded on board the barque nltajr, recently from Lyttelton, and instituted a search for smuggled goods. It appears several or the crew had a dispute with the captain, and one of their number, an ox A. 0 man, having known Constable Christie in Christchurch, inf rmed him that the cap tain had a quantity of sugar secreted in the lazaretto, which was not accounted for on the manifest. In consequence of this the Customs authorities were communi cated with, and Parker, tide waiter, and several other officials, proceeded on board the barque, when search in the lazarette was made, which resulted in fourteen bags of sugar being discovered, not entered on the mani'eat. Further search for goods was unsuccessful. Captain Mtmro has been served with a summons, charging him with having made a falsa declaration to Her Majesty’s Customs, by neglecting to record fourteen bags of sugar on the inward manifest.

YESTERDAY’S TELEGRAMS

Auckland. Mr Courtney, in whore employ Mar garet O’Brien was, offers a reward of LIOO to anyone who will clear up the mystery of her mysterious pois ning. John Turnbull, carpenter, who was in jut-ed by a plank falling irom the second storey of the New Zealand Insur ance Company’s building, Victoria Ar cade, now in couree of erection, still re mains in an unconscous state at the Hospital, and a fatal termination is ex pected, as the skull is fractured. John Douglas, new chum, b azed away

last night m Albert street with a five-bar railed revolver, James Robb, carpenter, and William IN oaks, bricklayer, nar rowly eaoap ng being shot. Douglas was arrested for drunkenness. Wellington.

The police authorities visited the photo graphing establishments, and proceedings will be instituted against the proprietors of three shops for the employment <>f female labor beyond the hour allowed by law. The Customs duty fur the week amounts

to 1.11,896 The re'urn is the largest for one week ever received iu Wellington. The total received on Friday amounted to about LG,OOO, and yesterday the amount was L 5

I The dinemoa will leave for Oaehuuga I this evening, and will taka up Major I Oau'ley and Major Badham. aha will I immediately return with General Scratch I ley', who ia a passenger t > Auckland by I the mail steamer. j At the Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, j a man named Uardciosa was charged with I xtowiug away on board the steamer Koto- I rua from Lyttelton, and sentenced to four- I teen days, without the option of a fine. I i'he sentence caused a good deal of com- I ment, and the Minister of Justice ordered I the release of the prisoner. ”he Magis- I tru'.o, Vi I Warded, tins morning admitted I making a mistake, and that he should have imposed a fine. Res? Three very sharp shocks of earthquake oo mired at 7-30 p m. yesterday, accom panied by a loud rumbling noise. Timaru. A man named Morgan had his leg badly broken yesterday, while working at a threshing machine. A tally clerk named Pollotk, working on the oreakwater, received severe la-, juries by being struck by a heavy sling. At a large meeting at Temuka on Fri day night, the shareholders of the Govern ment Insurance, with two exceptions, resolved to vote against Local Boards, Port Chalmers Arrangements have teen made for landing the mails and Southern passen gers by the Aoratigi as soon as she arrives If i itago Heads which should bo early on Monday mo ning

EUROPEAN ITEMS.

By Tjjlsqbaph FavM the Uldff To-dat.l London, Jane 10. .1 In the measure which the Government I have prepared for a modified form of Home Rule in Ireland, provision iv made I for abolishing the office of Lord-Lieu- I tenant. It is ex pooled that. the. incoming. Con servative Cabinet will discard tha Budget proposal brought forward by Mr Childers: j with the exception of the one providing for an increase in the Income Tax (lorn Gi to Bd, and postpone dealing with the balance of the deficit until a future occa sion. London, June 12. It is probable that Sir Henry T. Hal land, member for bled hurst, will join the Ministry as Under-Secretary for the Colo nies.

CORRESPONDENCE.

7e do not hold, ourselves responsible (or the opinions expressed by our correspondents.

KLEPTOMANIA.

To THB tfiDITOK. Sir,—DUhonssty is dealt with severely I by the iron law ; it is overcome by moral suasion to some extent, arid yet it is by no means uncommon. Thieving is the result of the acquisitive faculties not being counter-balanced by the high moral ten dencies, and if the moral education of the child predisposed to selfish gain be riot properly attended to, the result will be that when the child has grown up he is likely to obtain anything he may wish, whether he get it honestly or otherwise In many cases thehabitof picking up "unconsidered trifles" grows on a person, and he de veloped what is terme 1 " kleptomania." The l»w is drastic, and imprisons people for stealing ; and anyone—s»ne in other respects—could not be committed to a lunatic asylum for this thieving mania, which in many cases is an incurable mad ness. Doctors will not declare anyone insane simply because he or she is inflicted with an insatiable desire to acquire every thing they fancy, and ao the gaol is the place they go to. But why should people of unsteady morals be encouraged? —Th«> are encouraged. During the winter months the days are short, and about five o'clock it is nearly dark. Anyone walking along East street will notice hanging outside- shops articles generally of a disposable nature—boots, hats, etc., in wanton display, and instead of these things being taken in before dusk they are allowed to remain until the time of closing. Shoal d any of these articles be missed j a hue and cry is raised for the thief. Generally the culprit is caught and promptly disposed of. Just at this time trade is not so brisk as could be wished, I and many men are out of work ; and poverty will drive men to do what they, would not think of doinor when earning a livelihood. The profuse display of goods , outsi e shops offers a premium for steal ing, and the shopkeeper should be pun ished as well as the shoplifter: Put a red rag before a bull and he will make for it, and if mcoh needed things are flouted before covetous eyes, the result is some times the things are missing with the owner of the covetous eyes. There is a [ saying—" A. word to the wise is suffi cient," and if this warning be taken, the object of these remarks will be attained. —I am, etc., Observes. 22nd June, 1885.

CABLE NEWS

LATEST FROM EUROPE fItBDTBA’s TXLBGRAM8 —OOPYAIOHT. I Bank Returns. London, Jane 18, The weekly returns of the Bank of England show a proportion of 53 per cent, or 1 per cent above last week. The total reserve has increased from Li7,7oo;ooo to Lx 9,000, 000. The Markets.

Kauri gum is ios lower, Ln ios; Australian leather, higher, At to-day’s wool sales 11,700 bales were catalogued, making the total offered during* the series 139,500 bales, of which 22,000 were withdrawn. The market remains flat. The Mails. The mails ex P. and O. Thames, from Melbourne (May 6th), has been delivered via Brindisi. Another Loan. London, June 19. Tenders for the Western Australian loan of Lsoo.ooo were opened to-day. The total amount applied for was 11.457,500, the average being Lgß 2s 6d. The unallotted balance will be placed at minimum price of L 97 ios. Political (Crisis. London, June 20. It is announced that Sir Stafford Northcote takes the position of First Lord of the Treasury, and not Lord Salisbury, as previously telegraphed. The Premiership, however, will not be combined with this office as is usual, but will be assumed by the Marquis of Salisbury. Sir Stafford Northcote goes to the Upper House under the title of Earl of Iddlesleigh (?). The request made by Lord Salisbury that the Liberal party should give him an assurance of support in carrying on the business of the country has not been acceded to. Parliament re-assembled yesterday after the adjournment. The late Ministry have not yet vacated the Treasury Benches, and the position of the Liberal and Conservative members in the House is unchanged at present. Explosion.

A disastrous explosion of fire damp look place yesterday in a collery at Pendlebury, near Manchester. Twenty two men were killed at once, and 140 more are now entombed without the slightest chance of rescue. Suez Canal- News from Port Said states that a hitch has occurred in the works for the removal of the obstruction in the Suez Canal, which threatens to seriously de lay the re-opening. (Received June 22, 11 a.m ) Political Crisis. London, June 20 In the House of Commons yesterday Mr Gladstone moved that the House be lurther adjourned until Tuesday next, which was approved of by the House.

In the House of Lords, Lord Satis bury also mofred a similar adjournment, as he was qot yet able to make his promised Statement to the House. Referring to the Re-distribution of Seats Bill, Lord Salisbury stated that the Government objected to its being proceeded with, because its passing would prevent the dissolution before November, A motion to postpone consideration of the measure was sub sequently-carried by a large majority. —[This telegram has been delayed in' in consilience’ of mutilation. | (Received June 22, 12.30 p.m. London, June 21. The political deadlock still continues, kord Salisbury demanding to mono*

polise tho House until the prorogation of Parliament, and also insisting that the Liberal party shall forbare from attacking the Budget proposals. Cholera. Madrid, Jane SO. Cholera continues to increase rapidly in the south-east of the country during the past few days. Not less than aooo j cases, f loo of,whTcH ended reported from the provinces of Valen cia, Gastelon, De la Plata . and A few deaths have occurred; in. .this I city, and a very general feeling bf alarm . J prevails. ; . I [Received Jane 22, 1 p.m } / I Monetary and Commercial. I London, June 19. I Three per cent, consols lower, 1 _ The quantity of wheat yet afloat is 2,260,000 quarters, or 500,000 I quarters less than last week. I Frozen Untton. I .Prime New Zealand mutton averages - j The Wool Sales. I At the wool sales to-day 1 i,6oo.bales - I were submitted to competition. The - market is dull in lone, "" T

AU 6 f ft A t_l * N [rEDTKR’s TELEGRAMS OOFTRIOHT.] Tea. Melbourne, Saturday. A telegram has been received from ' Foq Chow stating the tea market opened on the 15 th Inst. Prices were, stated to be about the same as last* year. : (Received Jone 22, 130 p. m.) a * The Soudan Contingent- Stdney, To-day. The whole of the Australian colonies will be represented at the fbrmdl re ception of the New South Wales con tingent, which takes . place to-morsov.> 1 The day has been set apart as a public holiday, and extensive preparation* are being made to do honor to the occa sion. ■; f Welcome Bains. Heavy rams are still falling, and the, scarcity of water is now removed. I Shipping. I Sailed, yesterday morning—Tekapo, I for Wellington. Arrived,, last night— I Rotomahana, from Auckland.

TELEGRAMS

Pea Puss Association. b Swollen Bivers. JSfir Plymouth, To-day, ■ It is reported that Inspector Pardy, in; c-tossing a swollen river on horseback, near Parlhakfc; Was Crashed down the stream about fifty yards, the horse falling: over him. Constable Ryan, In trying-to rescue him, was himself washed off. Par l " tioulars have not yet reached town ea to whether they are serioosiy hurt.. 3 Body Found! • b To-day. The body of Liardet hasbcen found on the Eastern bead of Lake Wstrarpa. ' A Dastardly Outrage.' On Saturday a half - poantTfliak of pow> der was found in the clapper belloira af Nicholas’s blacksmith's forge. The flask was full, and holes were out In it insoch. a way that the flames from the' forge must have reached the powder. It wee discovered on Nicholas going to light the fires. The police ars on the trsok of the offender, and hope to bring him to jus tice. The AbrangL Pobt Chalmebs, To-day. Arrived—Aoraogi, at 4 50 a.m-, and. left again at 10. 2 a. m. for Auckland. She brings in all 562 passengers, 2,000 tons of general cargo She transhipped outside the Reads 216 bags of mails for the souths with fifty-five passengers. She lef| Ply* mouth on May 9th, Tenerifle on 14tb, Capetown on 29tfa, Uobsrt on June 18th. She bad four deaths—two children from pneumonia, one adult from carbuncle and general debility, and one ae*m«ifront fracture of the skoll by falling frointfan main boom. Her actual ateunfod«hah ; was forty-one days ten hoars; mail Hmo forty-three days 10 hours. The Kaikourtt. The Kaikbura arrived at Plymouth In 37 days 9 hours from Lyttelton, and not* withstanding that she was three days late in leaving she delivered her mails a day in advance of her time-table date, the fastest passage on record. ...

A meeting of File Insurance agent* was held this afternoon in the Arcade- Chambers. The following representa tive# *ere present,viz: —Messrs T. Bollock (South British), it. Friedlander * (0010- I nial), A. Koberts (United), J. Ward (Lon den, Liverpool and Globe),- Geo. Jame* son, represented by Mr C. Dixon (Near Zealand), D. Thomas (Union), W. H. Gundry (Standard), G, J. Heatell(tior”-' them), W. B. Moss ( \ uatralian Mercan tile), J. A. Caygiil (London and Lanca shire). Mr Kndolph friedlander was vo-ed to the chair, and read a letter from the Fire Association, stating that Ihnnrs tmuma on risks on the town ,bidmf.ol Ohristohureh and withes the towns ~t>f Timarn, Lyttelton, Kafapoi,' and Itan giora—theae places being provided with a high pressure supply of water or an .effi cient steam fire engine would remain sa at present, and that in all other places the redaction of twenty-five" r jp4rfdwCtf recently made would be restoradi - waa proposed by Mr D. Thomas, seconded by Mr Bullock, and carried unanitncasljr; —“ That, in the opinion of this meetings the Ashburton Borough is veryuofairly’ dealt with by the Insurance Assodalißat * in the new arrangement of the tariff, and ■ sonsidering the ezoollent water supply to all parts of the town, the Borough should be placed on an equal footing with other country towns." A deputation, bonsistiag' of Messrs Cox, Bullocx, Jameson and the Chairman, was appointed to wait upon the Fire Association in respect to this matter. J be meeting then adjourned. The greatest appetizer, stomach, blood and iver regulator on earth—American Co.’s Hop Bitters. Look for and read

Holloways Ointment, and Pills. Outward Infirmities.—Before the discoverjt ? Qf these remedies many case of sores, ulcers, jto, were pronounced to be hopelessly movable,- - because the treatment pursued tended to dc- . stray the strength it was incompetent to ' preserve, and to exasperate the symptoms it., was inadequate to remove. Holloway’s Pffls . . exert the most wholesome powers over the-bn- ’’ healthy flesh or skin, without debarring, the r patient from fresh air and exercise,''and -thus’ * the constitutional vigor is husbanded..while.' the most malignant ulcers, abscesses, and skin- ), iseases are in process of cure. Both-Oaut-. ■ ment and Pills make the blood rifjier wd • puier, instead of permitting it to fall into, that , poor and watery state so fetal .to many;,: aboring under hronic ulcerations —[Advt,] “ Rough ©n Rats.”—Clears out rats, mia> roaches, flies, ‘tuts, bed-bugs, beetles, insects, : skunks, jack rabbits, gophers. Druggists,. , lhe N.Z. i» ui» Co,, General Agents, , a “ctaying” beintowst-,- iug to athletes, and to all who yalua jh® power of physical. endurance, to kiuur that at “ home ” and in the an article haa, nt late to to-;-, geaeral jejtich, w ; commended as being an pl(M 1), earn beverage, and which yet impact*, to an unusually large degree, what u espna eively known as “ staying power,* other words, nutiiment and strength W% refer to Cauburj ’• •* U< co« Rsaence,"

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1885.



WANTED KNOWN— Robbbt Elston, Bill Potter, Theatrical Agent, etc., Town Hall, Ashburton. Theatrical companies and others visiting Ashburton ffhnnM communicate with the above. Orders by post or telegram promptly 'attended to. 760 c o COALS L W are now landing, ex s.s. Hauroto, a FRESH SUPPLY OF PRIME NEWCASTLE COAL And we beg to inform our customers and the public that, in consequence of our supplies coming to hand regularly per Steamer, we purchase the very best Coal obtainable. We also Uke this oppor tunity of acknowledging the many expres sions of satisfaction evinced by our clients in.our endeavours to meet their wants, and the speedy clearance of lots already effected'in the past is evidence to as that oar efforts to supply FIRST-CLASS COAL are abundantly appreciated. mfUfe BROOKFIELD NATIVE COAL And our Waimate SHORT, BLACK PINE WOOD • ’ - * ALWAYS MT STOCK . BUILDING DEPARTMENT. We supply TIMBER direct from our Mills in any quantities; orders can be executed, as usual, fr< m oar ¥ aids, which are now replete with every requisite for the Trade, We have roip in Stock and constantly arriving Red, White and Bhdk Pine, Ttptan, Kauri, and V.D.L. Ximoer, also Doors, Seshef, Reefing Iron, Mppldipgs, jOrinent/lmtHb, Ericks,' Pickets, Tellings, Posts, Stakes, Bqrdies, ett}. f qtc., etc. An Inspection InvlWd. MACI’HKRSOX. KILMER & Co„ (Lite.A- » hjcs), sad Qori Merchant.*, East street. 6 88



W anteo WANTED -A On k Applj, Mr A. Kamhii Fast streo‘. VS T ANTED -- A < enc » » Apply, office of this W ANTED—A small in one who writes a t ferred. Apply, office of th Wanted — a w-mai housekeeper f r a pply, office of this paper. ITtJANTED —To Sell 5( W Apple Trees; nil goc Apply, R. Lancaster, Meat Mart, Bullock’s Arcad WANTED— A Woman t and f-saist In housew or four days each week. C WANTED Known—Ls girl’s 4d per pair ; button. Is ; towels, 4d ; i fur caps, Is. A. Obr’b ch< WANTED Known—Bt o’shunters, is 6d ; boots, 3s 91; men's boots, < kid, 6a ; men’s hats, Is 11< men’s Kaiapoi trousers, 1! A. Orr’s cheap sale. WANTED Known—F 2s 6d per lb ; blac 4d ; white calico, 2s lid p« i4d pet yard ; four-button i new flowers, 3d per spray : 5a 6d ; umbrellas, Is lid e cheap sale. WANTED Known that Pork Sausages at ( my other in the Cantei Cash buyer of bacon pigs. Ready-money Meat Mart, cade. TXT ANTED, by a mart » » one child—a Sitm or station; man as ploug



Special Advertisem Grocerit CHEAPER THAN AX JAMES McGRE Tanobed Stbkbx (opposite Best White Crystal Sugar the mat Best English Cut Loaf Sug. Box Tea, from 12s 6d A grand assortment of nei Herring* in Shrimp, Tot Sauce 5 Kippered, Spic Helpings ; Digby Ohio Haddocks, at Is per tin Fresh Herrings, 7d. Bei Muir’s Oatmeal, 3s 9d Salmon, 8d Best Outtin Mackerel, lOd Sai Full sizes new Figs, 9d per Cadbury’s Cocoa, Is { Fry’s Cocoa, tin or packed Biscuits, 3d Cbc Best Rice, Sago and Tapio JAMES McGRE< Tancred Street Bxtraordinai OP A WAREHOUSEMAN’! OF SILKS, VELVETEENS, ( CASHMERE MIT Bou I cent Colored Silks •••fthia ) s ilki Is 6



All perfectly New Goods. The Purchase only effected last week. The whole will be shown on Tables in the Centre of the Shop, and not in any way mixed with our ordinary Stock. SALE NOW ON. H. B. May & Co., THE HALL, CHRISTOHUROH. COAL. COAL, COAL. Tucker and Rested, WEST STREET, ASHBURTON. WE hare just received from Newcastle per Barque WILLIE McLAREN and Steamer HADROTO Coal of superior quality, guarantee i from THE WALL SEND MIN . We can therefore s fely recommend thin to our customers. Further supplies now being discharged. Ex barques ISLAND CITY and DEVENPORI’, which arrived In Lyttelton yesterday with cargoes from NEWCASTLE. This being good fresh Coal, and specially bought to suit this market, should giv every satisfaction, and we hope therefore to receive a continuance of orders. In reference to the above, wo have made arrangements for regular MONTHLY SHIPMENTS so as to bo able to execute orders with despatch. First-class SHORT BLACK PINE FIREWOOD, From Mr Alpheua Hayes’s Bush, Waimate. HARTLEY COAL COMPANY’S Celebrated NATIVE COAL. 6 20 fJIHE NEW ZEAL N D Clothing Factory 0 O N T bTo TORS To Hie New Zealand Government Rail* Ways, Post Offices, Volunteer Corps, &c. &c. &o. Are now prepared to enter into contracts lor the supply of NAVAL AND MILITARY UNIFORMS in any quantities,'the organisation of the Factory being specially adapted for turning out large supplies in the most inexpensive and expeditious manner.



Special Advertisements. gUPPORT LOCAL EXCELLENCE. T. A. SPECIALITIES 0 The Cinder Sifter T T, A. Oates, Cabinet x Picture frame Maker, PETER STREET. A RRIVED. ARRIVED. new goods. Wholesale and Retail. Books by various authors Stationery in great variety Toys and Fancy Goods of every de scription Jewellery, Cutlery, Concertinas, Ac r dians, etc. Photo and Scrap Albums, Is Tobacconist’s Sundries, etc. Specially low rates to Country Stores. YOUNG LADIES’ JOURNALS, (June No., Is 3 >)» now to hand. R. Bevan SAUNDERS’ BUILDING, (Next .‘-hop to Quill’s Hotel. )s 692 AGRICULTURAL Machine Shop, WAKANUI ROAD. CHARLES RAY Repairs Engines, Combines, Chaff-cutters, Reapers and Binders, and all classes of macninery. Special attention given to Bicycles, Tricycles and Sewing Machines. Lawn Mowers repaired, sharpened and adjusted. Model work. General repairs. 3 4



Eead, mark, learn and INWARDLY DIGEST, and to accomplish the above feat, visit my estab lishment, and lighten your inward gloom by appeasing your appetite for the beauti ful by inspecting the moat delightfully ARTISTIC EASTER CARDS 1 ever imported into Ashburton (direct from Home). You are then at liberty to in spect the concents of a large case of books personally selected, and just received I believe it was Lord Wolseley who sain (ha happens to be the most popular mai of the day, and one must squeeze a litth popularity into advertisements), “ A mai who aspires to great heights should rea incessantly, and never forget his news papers;" and I say the same 1 Ueau ! Read 1 Read 1 When both you and my self will be considerably benefited. No> having room to give a detailed list of the contents of my shelves, I can only finish i by saying—Come and see for yourselves, and if yon are disappointed come again,— Nothing like Perseverance 1 Thomas F. Farley’s, BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER, j Saunders’ Buildings, East St., Ashburton.



ARMY AND NAYY CONTRACTORS Estimates and drawings supplied on the shortest notice. Head Offio s and Factory DOWLING STREET, DDNEDIv NOTE -Measures for all uniforms in; bo entrusted to the Manager of the N.Z Clothing Factory branches in the rollo* ing centres, viz:— Dunedin Nelson Palmerston N. Invercargill Hokitika New Plymouth Oamaru Greymouth Napier Waimate Reeftori Waipawa Timaru Wellington Hastings Ashburton Masterton Gisborne Christchurch Wanganui Thames Lyttelton Hawera Auckland



victoria House Fireside employment, amusement, instruction FO WINTEH eVENInGS. NOW SHOWING—A Splendid Assortment of Fine Art Goods and Traced Work in Slippers, Ocsies, Antimacassars, Tidies, Ladi*i’ and Ohiidren’s Aprons, Brackets, D-apea, Splaikers, nightdress Bags. A Nice selection of Crewel and Washing silks, Ingrain Cottons, Berlin Fingerings. Transfer Patterns, Designs for Jroas Stitch work, &o Also—A Nice Variety of Homespuns, Ladies’ and Children’s Dialers, Jacket", mlutos, etc,, and a- few Parcels of Manufacturers' umples m Men’s, Youths’, and Boys’ Cloth ing. bought at 20 per cent under the tegular prices, and offered accordingly. Dimant and Goe. GENERAL DRAPERS, CLOTHIERS, «fca, SMt tadl»uw»d Streets, Aihburtoa Victorui House*



Special Advertiser fpHE LONDON AND L Fire Insurar We have much pleasure the pubiic of Ashburton th Mb mis WILDING, LH-WII hare been appointed AG above Company in the A trict. All risks taken at lowest LEWIS & 3 328 General Agents foi pUBLTC ANNOUI ipENED MONDAY, AI



For close confinement, want of air, sedentary habits and brain and nerve tire, trust in Hop iiitters (American Co.’s). Read that husband ot mine is three times the man he was before he betjhn using “ Wells Health Rerewcr.” Druggists. The N.Z- Drujj Co.j General Agents. 2