DAILY MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALKS. Tuesday, July 7 Messrs Matson, Cox and 0)., at the Ashburton Saleyards— Stock The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, at the Ashburton *lßes?ard*—Land MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS, Etc. Monday, July 6 Borough Connell, at Borough Council Chambers, at 7.80 Aftade Chambers—Star of Ashburton, U.A.0.D., at 8 o’clock Wednesday, Judy 8 Orange Hall—Star of the East, LO.G.T,, meeting at 8 o'clock Friday, August 7 Anburton County Council— At Couno Chambers, 11 a.m. „ , _ , Lonbgeach Road Board at Road Board Office.

MAIL NOTICES.

Mails dose at the Ashburton Post Office follows: — . For Christchurch and North at 6 am. 10.30 a.m., and 5 p.m., daily. For Ohertseyßakaia, &a, at 10.30 a.m. t&d 6 p.m. daily. * . For Dtmedin,Tinwald, Winslow, Hindu, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, sad Geraldine, at 10 a-m, daily. For Temnka, at 6 a-m. and 10 a. m For Timaru and South, at 6 a.m., 10 and 4.30 p.m,, daily. For Greenstreet, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 10.45 a.m. For Wakanui, Elgin, Seaview, SeafieW, and Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6.30 a.m. For tfount Somers, daily at 4.30 p.ni. For Mayfield and Ruapuna, on Mon days and Thursdays, at 4.30 p.m. For Ashton, Waterton and Longbeach, at 4.30p.m. daily. For Fletnington, on Mondays, Wednes days, and Fridays, at 4.30 p.m. ' For Newlands, on Tuesdays and Fri days at 10.30 a.m. •MWiU arrive at the Ashburton Pos From Christchurch and Rakaia at 10.16 5.m.,'4,35 p.m., and 7.20 p.m. , From.Chertsey, &c. at 10.15 a.m. arid 4.35 p-m. daily. From Dunedin r and intermediate places it Frotn Temuka and Timaru at 10.40 a, m. i.do p.m., and 8 p.m. daily. From Greenstreet, Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 10 a.'m. from Mount Somers, daily at 10.5 am. From Mayfield and Ruapuna, on Wf i nesdays and Saturdays, at 10.5 a.m. From Ashton, Waterton, and I.* • - beach at 10 a.m. daily. - - From Newlands, on Tuesdays and Fri ays, at 2.30 p.m. From Flemington on Tuesdays, Thurs days, and Saturdyas, at 10a.m.

MARRIAGE.

Cunningham Young— July 6, at the Presbyterian Church, Ashburton, by the Rev A. M. Beattie, M.A. David, eldest son of Mr John Cunningham. Ardstraw Bridge, to Jane, second daughter of the late Mr John Young, Strabane, both of County Tyrone, Ireland

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

‘Scholar.” —Read the letter appearing in this issue from “ Junius,” and com municate with us again.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit. MONDAY, JULY 6, 1885 Financial Statement.

Returning again to Sir Julius Vogel’s Financial Statement we will now en deavor to examine it a little more in detail. The Colonial Treasurer is such a master of felicitous language that he never employs a harsh or offensive term even to describe operations essentially disagreeable and unpopular. He never increases a tax, he only “ re-adjusts” it; and even for that he finds some happy reason about which we are called upon to rejoice. In his earlier career as Treasurer he prevailed on the House to re-adjust the Customs duties generally without proclaiming the slightest inten tion to increase them, and when it was found in the following session that the change had increased them to a very large extent, he called on the House to glory with him in such a gratifying proof of the “ commercial integrity ” of a nation that had submitted so faith fully to the payment of ad valorem duties. He now calls upon the Pro tectionists and the temperance advo cates to rejoice over the increased con sumption of home-made articles and the decreased consumption of ardent spirits, which, he says, have made a re-adjustment ” of the Customs duties necessary. But there is a reverse side to both these changes which should have attracted the attention of any statesman, and probably did attract the attention of Sir Julius Vogel although he chooses to ignore it. He is not the President of a Protectionist nor of a Temperance Association, and is not entitled to look at the situation from those standpoints only; nor is he at all inclined to do so; but in this case he wishes to show us only one side of the picture, and that, of course, the bright one. It does not suit him to tell us that the decrease in th 6 con sumption of spirits and the lessened demand for other imported luxuries are a natural and necessary result of a decreased income by colonists gener ally and the wages classes in particular. So long as our laborers could con stantly earn 8s or 10s a day, so long could we import our manufactured goods in spite of Protection, but when our laborers’ wages fall to the level of those prevailing in great manufacturing countries, or, what is much worse, when they cannot get employment half their time at any price, then we must neces sarily manufacture our goods as we cannot afford to import them. So tnat nothing could more certainly indicate a lower degree of prosperity on the part of the wages class or a decreased power to employ by capitalists than the recent falling off in the Customs revenue. In other words nothing could more clearly indicate that New Zealand is impover ished by collecting having taxes to be regularly sent away to a foreign credi tor, and is no longer able to bear the strain that a long extravagant adminis tration and low prices have brought upon us. We sincerely hope and be lieve that some portion of the decrease in the consumption of spirits is due to the exertions of our temperance friends: but we must recognise that it is one of the symptoms that always accompany a decreased power to spend by the work ing classes. Poverty is not the best, but it is one of the most certain and universal incentives to temperance. That the present decrease in the con sumption of spirits is not entirely due to the temperance societies is, unfortu nately, shown by the Treasurer’s own Statement in a very significant manner. If it had resulted from the moral elevation ©f the people alone, there would have been no diminution of re venue in consequence. This was recently shown in the most gratifying manner by the English Budget. When the English Chancellor of the Exchequer had, for the first time, to declare that the action of the temperance societies had arrested the increase in the con sumption of spirits, and brought about a large decrease in one section of the revenue, he was able at the same time to inform Parliament that the large de crease in the duty upon spirits was more than compensated by the in creased consumption of comforts and luxuries that paid duties in other direc tions. When an intemperate man ceases to lose half his time and spend three-quarters of his wages in the publichouse, those dependent upon him cease to starve or to exist only on potatoes and bread, and their increased power to spend adds in many ways to the spending power of others and there fore to the wealth of the nation. But the case is very different when the man’s consumption of spirits is merely lessened by poverty, and those depen dent upon him are left as miserable as ever. Thus if in our case the de creased consumption of spirits was en tirely due to the superior moral power of the people even the Customs revenue would have gained in one direction what it has lost in another. But being due as it mainly is to the poverty in duced by past extravagance on the part of the New Zealand Government there is nothing shown in the Customs re venue to compensate for the loss of spirit duty.

At the Resident Magistrate's Court ibis morning Mr I’. Bulioc'-t, J. P., fined a first offender 10s and with the alterna tive of 24 hours’j imprisonment, for drunkenness.

At the fourth annual meeting of the Canterbury Farmers’ Co-operative Asso ciation the Directors’ report showed that the number of shareholders had increased to 1,278, holding 5,770 shares. During the year L 1,350 of tho mortgage on the Association’s railway siding to grain store had been paid off. The nett profit for the year was L 1,347. It was decided to pay a dividend of 7 per cent, for the year. It was also resolved to raise the issue of shares to 8,000, and to give Directors power to borrow to half the amount of shares issued. The Springburn Purple t-tar, L.0.L., will hold a tea, concert, and ball on Friday, July 10 Air.-, Elliot will drive a conveyance from Ashburton to Spring barn on the evening of the entertainment, and we are requested to state that all Ashburton friends will be made heartily welcome.

No practice of the Choral Society will fco hyld this evening in consequence of the election. A special meeting will bo held this week to consider the advisablenesi of winding up the Society. The usual fortnightly meeting of the Ashburton Borough Council will be held at the Council Chambers, Library Build ings, this evening at 7 o’clock. When Mr Wright addressed the electors at Ohertaey, Mr D. Todd asked the can didate if he woald be in favor of discon tinuing the payments to the Rev W. Colenso, of Napier, in respect to the com pilation of a Maori Lexicon. It may not be generally known that Mr Colenso has been engaged upon this work for many years, and has received numerous pay ments from the Government on account of it, but no Lexicon has, to employ Mr Todd’s words, yet appeared. We notice the reverend gentleman has been re-autho rised to frank letters, and we presume another effort is being made to complete his protracted labors. We regret to learn that Mr S. Brown met with a alight accident by a fall from his horse this afternoon, sustaining a few cuts about the face. The suffered was promptly attended to by Dr Rosa. The ordinary monthly meeting of the Winslow School Committee was held on Saturday evening. Present Messrs Harris (Chairman), Hayman, Williamson, Lovett, and Drennen. Mr Lovett pro pos d, and Mr Drennen seconded, —That Mr P. Grace be elected to the Committee In place of Mr Rainey, resigned As an amendment, Mr Hayman proposed, and Mr Wiliamson sec >nded, —That Mr B. Remington bo elected. The amendment, on being put, was lost and the original proposition car ried. It was resolved to appoint a member to the seat on the Committee vacated by Mr Hayman. •Mr Lovett was appointed Secretary and Treasurer. The Chairman was requested to communicate with the master in respect to class singing Ac counts amounting to H2 3s 4i were passed for payment and the Bank balance was re ported as L 6 18s. The Hon John McLean, of Laghmor, has become a life honorary member of the Ashburton Rifle Volunteers. The Wakanui election in course to-day has attracted a large amount of attention, and notwithstanding the inclement weather polling has been actively carried on at the different booths. It is antici pated that the contest will be a very close one, the friends of both candidates pro fearing confidence in the result. At three o’clock 263 votes had been recorded at the' chief polling booth—County Sale yards - of which, it was generally admitted, Mr Wright had secured a large majority. At Rakaia, at the same hour, 210 votes had been polled, of which a substantial ma jority were regarded as favorable to Mr Ivess. The result of the election should be known in Ashburton shortly after eight o’clock this evening. At a meeting of the Committee of the Ashburton Rifles on Friday evening, Captain Douglas relhd a letter from the Under-Secretary of Defence Department intimating that the sum of L 250 has been granted towards the erection of a drill shed in Ashburton, It was decided to ask the Committee of the Ashburton Guards to attend a meeting on Tuesday evening after drill, to consider what steps should be taken iu the matter.

Some interesting mementos of the siege of Gibraltar have just been landed at the Royal Arsenal Woolwich, from Her Ma jesty’s atoreship Wye. They consist of three guns and a mortar which have been recovered from the French and -Spanish ships sunk in the bod of the Mediterran ean. These vessels were, no doubt, sunk by the fire of the British, under General Ellis, between the years 1779 and 1783 The war trophies thus singularly ro covered, after a great lapse of time, have been brought home, by order of Her Ma jesty’s Government, to be preserved as moinontos of one of the greatest sieges on rec rd. For close confinement, want of air, sedentary habits and+>rain and nerve tire, trust in Hop Bitters (American Co.’s). Read Catarrh of the Bladder.— Stinging .natation, inflammation, all kidney and similar complaints, cured by “ Buchu-paiba. ” The N.Z. Drug Co., General Agents. 3 “ German Syrup.” —No other medicine n the world was ever given such a test of its curative qualities as Boschee’s German Syrup, fn three years two million four hundred thou nud 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 proof that German Syrup will cure them. The re sult has been that Druggists in every town i nd 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 oses wil relieve mv rase.—f

PROTECTION

If the farmer should gain anything by the protection afforded to pigs and tallow we wish him joy, for a great many of his agricultural implements will be 10 per cant, dearer. Indeed, what won’t be dearer ? The child will be born in a bed that has paid 10 per cent. ; washed with protected soap ; wrapped in shawls that have paid 20 per cent.; suckled from a bottle that has p*ad 15 per cent ; fed with arrowroot that has paid Id per lb.; wbe.led in a perambulator that has paid 15 per cent.; and be made wondrous fi.ie with trimmings that have paid per cent. He will go to school in protected clothes, and smash windows that were made in the place at 3a per sash above the foreign price. He will learn his multipli cation table by protected candlelight, and bum his protected boots at a protected fire. He will ride on a protected saddle, and bet a protected hat that he’ll jump a fence of protected barbed wire. He will daub his protected coat against protected aint on a protected door. He will ea' his protected fish with a protected fork nff a protected plate. He will look at his pro tected watch through hia protected spec tacles, and vow it’s time to go to hia lodge. He will drink taxed spirits out of taxed glasses, and be carried by servants —in whom alone there is freetrade—to a protected buggy, which ho will presently upset and break hia unprotected neck. A nominated coroner and a jury of unem ployed will study hia case and write a ver dict on protected paper. He will then bo puj; in a coffin lined and covered with prot cfod m?-terjal ? lowered into the grave with protected ropes, and c< yeroti with a protected shovel, to be pro eottyj from Protection for over.—Afofoum sign.

SATURDAY'S NIGHTS MEETING.

Dedicated, without permission, to'the Foet Laureate, Thxxdxre Axnxld, by ‘Truthful James.’

Do I sleep, do I dream ? Do I wonder and doubt ? Are things what they seem ? Or is visions about ? Is our “high falutin ” a failure, Or is Joey Ivess played out ? Which expressions are strong, Yet would feebly imply Some account of a wrong— Not to call it a lie— As was worked off on Joey, my pardner. Which his name is Joey I. He was on at the “ Town ” On that very same night That his rival sat down With “ three cheers for Wright :t At the Oddfellows’ Hall. I got back and Reported, “Things is far, far from bright, ‘ ‘ For the boys have gone wild “ On this Fifty Pound game, “ And they won’t be beguiled, “ By your shuffling the same.” Soon af;er, the Wrights came in crowds, and among ’em A lawyer—’Purney” is short for his name.

P. was pozen to Joe, And to -core would be grand. So what did he do, But took paper in hand. And “pitched” on the Fifty Pound racket again, With language—l cannot command. Then I said, “ Joey I !” But he turned up to me. And the look in his eye Was quite painful to see. . And he says, “You mistake; my own meeting “I guess, will polish off C.W.P.” But when Joey was done, Purney rose, and straight out Gave po'ir Joey just one Mauling, terrible bout; And P., who never before would go down, Was cheered ; and Joey was nearly hissed out. Which the war dance P. had At Joey s own meeting, Was a sight that was sad. It seemed that the beating, And hissing and howling, terribly proved Joe’s popularity fleeting. Then Joey got riled, and On lawyers was * some ’ rough Fo getting his own band Had a lawyer, whose stuff And friendship were precious ; and him self had Tried, but could’nt—had’nt brains enough. Vote of confidence put, Carried —of course—Proth’roe. I’m afraid really not, Wright got most cheers, I know. And the meeting, s’posed to sit upon Wright, Came to prett well howling down Joe.

Is it guile ? or a dream ? Is it Joe that I doubt ? Are things what they seem And will Joe be bowled out ? Is our “ high falutin ” a failure ? Or is little Ivess played out ?

CORRESPONDENCE.

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

ELECTION EXPENSES.

To the Editor.

Sir, —As there appears to be some mis understanding as to what I said in reply to a question at Tinwald in reference to the money paid by me at my first election, I will repeat that the election coat me, in hard cash, between L7OO and LBOO ; that Mr Ivess, as Chairman of my Committee, was responsible for most of this expendi ture ; the amount which passed through his hands, as Chairman or the Committee, was not less than LOU) 14s 01, of which a large amount was for printing and ad vertising ; but I never charged Mr Ivess with appropriating any part of this money to his personal use, and have always ack nowledged his services on ray behalf. I never questioned the accounts sent Ito me, though I was somewhat taken aback at the largeness of the amount, lam, etc., Edward G, Weight.

PREACHING v PRACTICE.

To the Editor.

Bir, —On Saturday evening at the Town Hall, Mr Iveas, when fairlj cornered by Mr Purnell about the challenge question, took occasion in his wrath to vilify the whole of the profession to which Mr Purnell belonged. Without being offen sive or wishing to hurt Mr Iveas’s feel ings, 1 would like to ask, how many times he has started to study for a lawyer and had to cave in. He also in his usual ‘ high faintin’’ style (put on to catch the ignorant) entered upon the gross in iquities of the law of distraint for rent, and promised great things if he were re-, turned to Parliament in having that obnoxious law repealed. Very pretty posing indeed Mr Ivess ! But will you kindly toll the electors of Wakanui how many weeks ago it is since you put in a dis traint for rent, and that without legal right to do so ? At Mr Ivess’s first meet ing in the Town Hall he stated that far mers were forced to pay 7,8, 9 and 10 per cent when borrowing upon freehold security and often 5 per cent hai to be added tc it for the commission agent as a procuration fee. As the representative of one of the largest commission and money broking businesses in the district I can safely affirm that no farmers dealing with me have any such extortionate charges to pay, nor do I know of any one at present in the business knave enough to try it on. But I presume Mr Ivess’s purpose was to persuade the farmers that business men were their natural enemies, and if only he had the power he would soon stamp out such grinding extortion. I should like the electors to know, how ever. that during Mr Ivess’a short career as commission agent in this district his charges in several cases, to my own knowledge, were considerably higher than any one eWs This, gentlemen, is the man who when he wants your voce has the unblushing audacity to stand up like the Pharisee of old and thank God that he is not like other men, extortioners, unjcst ! At Mr Ivess’s first meeting his opening sentence expressed a strong hope that personalities and all bitterness would be avoided during the contest. His very next sentence, however, was de voted to denouncing as a clique, and a clique actuated only by personal antipathy to himself, a number a? gentlemen who were supporting Mr Wright, This line of conduct Mr ivess has consistently followed up at every subsequent meeting, and not satisfied with availing himself of every opportune y of making personal attacks on Mr Wright he has bestowed his favors equally upon Mr Wright’s sappoiters, his lead being followed up by his paid ink-slingers. Mr Ivess’s preach ing has proved so ver> different to his prac tice that I would urge upon the electors of Wakanui to consider whether his loud denunciations of the “ f»ul blots on our Statute books" and his promise to re move the “ monstrous injustices ” from which we suffer are likely to he remem bered by him whoa the polling day is over. Did he, when he had the chance, lift his finger or raise his voice against either of those oppressive laws, Imprison ment for Debt or Distraint for Rent. With such knowledge as this before them, together with his shuffling in con nection with the honorarium question, also the ‘ misrepresentation” challenge, are the electors to believe that Mr Ivess’s pro r'essions are made for the purpose of being carried out or only to catch the votes of the unwary?—Yours, etc, David Thomas.

BOROUGH SCHOOL EXAMINATION.

Ta ths Editor. Sir, —Will you kindly allow me to correct a statement which you made in your issue of the Ist instant. In that issue you published one of the questions put at the recent examination of the Ashburton Borough School. Your pre sumed answer thereto is very presumptive and bad on the face of it. The question put is :—“ What is the smallest sum of money with which I can purchase either pigs at 16s each, lambs at L2 each, calves at L 5 each, or heifers at L 8 6s each V' Now you presumed Ll 6 10s to be the smallest. I would like to ask how many pigs at 16s, or lambs at L2, or calves at L 5, you could purchase for L'6 10a. I am afraid the last pig, lamb or calf, as the case may be, would be a sort of freak of nature. The examiners, I take it, wished the pupils to find a sum with which a number of any of the above mentioned animals could be purchased and such a sum must bo common to each of the above mentioned amounts. This is obtained by a process called least common multiple, and instead of being the amount yon mentioned, it is .660, a totally different amount from Ll 6 10s. With your permission, Sir, I will show the working according to arithmetic. To begin with, we will reduce the price of each animal to;a common value, and as a shilling is the lowest value we will re duce the price of each animal to shillings Thus we have pigs at 16s each, lambs at 40s each, calves at 100 s each, and heifers at 165 s each. It now remains to find an amount which will be common to each of those amounts, i.e , an amount into which we can divide each without leaving a re mainder, and the least amount with which the latter can be done will be the answer to our question. Now, we can find a number which will divide one or more of the above amounts, as, for example, 5 will divide 40, 100 and 165 without leaving a remainder. Again, it is patent that 16 is equal to 4x9x2, 40=5x4x2, 100=5 ] x4x6, 165=5x33. Now, it will be seen that 4x 2 is common to 16 and 40, 5x4 to 40 and 100, and 5 to 100 and 165, so that a number into which we can divide either 16, 40, 100 or 165 must contain the factors of each of those num bers Thus 4x2x2x6x5x33 contain each factor of those numbers, and the re sult of the latter numbers multiplied together will be the h-as* number common to all—otherwise the least common mul tiple According to arithmetic the work ing would stand thus— -4 j 16 40 100 ’65 2)4 10 'ia 165 5} 2 5 25 165 2 I 5 33 4x2xsx2xsx 33=1320/= £660. which is the least amount that will satisfy our question. I hope that the above ex planation will prove satisfactory to every body, and especially to Mr D. Thomas. 1 understand, Sir, that at the meeting held the' other night be challenged any one to do the sums written on the blackboard in the schoolroom, and in particular pointed out the above sum. I trust that he will now fulfil the practical part of his chal lenge, and kindly forward cheque for the amount thereof (LlO 10s, I believe) to yourself, and I will guarantee to see that the amount is distributed in a charitable and deserving manner* Apologising fur trespassing at such a length, I am, etc, Junius. Ashburton, 6th July, 1885. [Wo thank our correspondent for his full exposition of a very useful inle of arith metic. We were acquainted with it. In referring to the question we wished to point out the ambiguity given to it b> the substitution of the word or for and. We shall be very pleased to act as tbe channel of communication between Mr Thomas and Junius, but the former gen tleman’s challenge applied to all the questions set, one of which was without an answer.— Ed. Q.]

EUROPEAN ITEMS.

(By Telegraph from the Bluff.) London, Jane 23. Sir Matthew Ridley, member for Northumberland has been offered the position of Chief Secretary for Ireland. London, June 24. The Australian Agaats-General have requested the Right Hon Stanley, new Secretary of State for the Colonies, to grant them an interview of subjects of the Kecidiviste Bill. The Rev Dr Walsh has been selected as the new Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin in succession to the late Cardinal Maccabe. It Is expected that the selection of the new Archbishop of Dublin will be an nounoed on the 13th prox. Henry Chaplin, member for Mid-Ltn coin, has accepted office as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Murray Smith has been pressing Lord Salisbury’s Ministry to at once proceed with the Australian Federal Council En abling Bill. London, June 25. It has now transpired that in the Bud get proposals of the late Government was one to impose legacy duty on the pro perty of Australian colonists dying in England. London, June 23. Viscount Bury has been appointed to the position of Under-Secretary of State for War in the new Conservative Ministry.

An offer of elevation to the peerage has been made to the Right Honorable Chas. Peiham-Villiars, one of the represents ivea for Wolverhampton in the House of Com mons, who has declined the preferred honor. London, June 28. The expedition which has been fitted out by the German Government on busi ness, which is to scientifically explore New Guinea and New Britain, will start upon its mission to-morrow. Dublin. A proposal has been that the freedom of the City of Dublin should he conferred on Dr K J O’Doherty, mem ber of the Queensland Legislative Council, who is now visiting Ireland, in recognition of his services as a supporter of the Irish cause in the colonies. London, June 28. Cargoes of Australian wheat shipped from April to Judh are quoted at Sfis to 37s per 480 lb, ex ship.

YESTERDAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Auckland. . Ninety-three boya and one hundred and eleven girls entered for the next scholarship examination under the Edu cation Board. One hundred signatures have already been appended to a petition to Parliament asking for an inquiry into Yaile’a system of railway reform. All classed of the community have signed. A further petition praying that it be a punishable offence to supply drink to children under sixteen was sent to Wel lington by the Women’s Christian Tem perance Mission. They have 1153 signa tures. A settler, late of Whangapona, C. J. Little, is at present staying in Auckland to establish his identity in order to claim a large sum in the old country Greymodth. A pedestrian match between O’Lough lin of Bruanerton, and Stenhouse of Kumara, both of some note as peds, came off at the racecourse for LltiO a side There were six events, 100 to 600 yards, but only four events run, (J'Loughlin winning all easily. The ground was heavy, and tbe time «aa not fast. An other match fee L2O, between Gay and

Rodger# of Brannerton, v was won easily hy the former. Three handled peopt were on the ground. r Dunonr, A boxing match for ICC a aide and the championship between R. Matthews and W. Flynn toofe place last night, and was won by Matthews in the seventh round. A football match between the probable Interprovinoial Fifteen to meet Welling* ton and a seventeen was won by the ■ latter by one goal (6) to two triei (4h The probables had the best of the bat the ground was too greasy for hwllinfe play. Fourteen Alderney and twenty-nine Ayrshire cattle, all well bred, were shipped to Sydney yesterday morning. | Pout Ohuuu, A masonic service was held to-day at Boly Trialty Charch. About 150 Masons were present, including the district Brand Master, Bro T. H. Graham, with the officers of the District Grand Lodge. The service was choral, and the sermon was preached by the Bishop of Dunedin.

SUPREME COURT.

[By Tklbgrsph.] ;i Aucklako, To-day. The criminal sessions opened here to day. In his charge Judge Gillies said that twenty-four persons were charged with thirty-three offences. No cases, however, are of a very serious character. Contrary to the usual state of things seventeen of these oases are from the city And eight from the neighbourhood, and are mostly of the nature of thefts, the most serious charge beiag one of attempted murder, but which would probably be re duced to unlawfully wounding. Two eases indecent assault, one of arson, three of forgery, and two persons charged with conspiring to defraud by means of a sham sale of a horse for the purpose of getting commission, also two cases of breaking and entering, eight cases of larceny, one case of receiving goods stolen by a child, one of obtaining money under false pretences, one case of malicions injury to property, and two cases of larceny as a bailee. Wjeunigtojv, To-j(|ay. The Supreme Court opened this morn ing before Judge Richmond. The only cases of any magnitude ace against and one for j ewel robbery. wp*- True bills were found in all esses ex- - cept one, which the Grand Jury will con sider this afternoon. George King, lor* cany, 12 months. Waring Taylor will be brought before the Court to-morrow. Cheistuhubch, To-day. The criminal sittings of the Supreme Court opened this morning, before Mr Justice Johnston. In bis charge His Honor said he regretted that he could not congratulate the district upon the calendar for both as to number of offences, number of prisoners, and the character of the offences, it was an unusually heavy one. Alfred Buckley, who had been envioted of resisting a Sheriff's bailiff, and the Court of Appeal had sustained the conviction, came up for sentence. Bis Honor said this was the first time in the history of the colony that the offence had been declared an in-' dictable one, and considering the trouble to which the accused bad been already put, the case would be met by a fine of L 5.

CABLE NEWS.

LATEST FROM EUROPE

iKKDTKu’s TXLKORAHR OOPTftIaHT.I Woodstock Election. London, July 3. The Woodstock election took place to-day. Lord Randolph Churchill was re-elected by a majority of 137. Thfe * whole ot the members of the neAf | Ministry have now been returned by / . their constituents. , Monetary and Commercial. Consols, gS%. New Zealandsecuri ties remain at previous quotations. Colonial breadstuff’s are unaltered. The total quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,370,000 quar ‘ ters, being a decrease of 30,000 during 1 the week. New Zealand mutton 3d to per lb. The Wool Sales. At to-day’s wool auction 9,800 bales . were submitted. The tone of the mar ket was steady, but the demand was not active. The Mails. London, July 4. The New Zealand mails, dated Auck-" land, May 26th, via San Francisco, were delivered here yesterday. Honors. It is announced that Sir Peter Luras- : den, British representative on the Af ghan frontier delimitation Commission, has had the Grand Cross of the Bath : conferred upon him. The Guards- The Guards, who have been at Alex andria for some weeks past, have now left that place, and proceeded to Cyp rus. A Loan. Tenders are invited on behalf of the Napier Harbor Board for a loan of L 300,000, at s per cent, minimum, at par. Tenders will close on July J 3. The Cholera. The cholera continues to rage witlH, great violence. The mumber of reported throughout the country this, week is g,ooo, of which 4,000 had a fatal termination.

AUSTRALIAN.

[eKDXEE’s TELEGEAMS—COPE EIGHT.] (Received June g, 11a.m. The Fourth of July. stdnbt. To-day. The usual festivities in connection with the celebration of the 4th of July by American citizens took place on Saturday, and proved a great success. A banquet was held in the evening, when the health of the President of the United States was proposed and several eloquent speeches were made. Shipping. Arrived—Te Anau, yesterday after* noon. Sailed Hauroto, Saturday .after* noon.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, MONDAY, JULY 6, 1885



NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS



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Wanted. WANTED —A smart active Girl sa general servant for a restaurant Apply, Ready-Money Meat Mart, Bol lock’s Arcade. 7 107 WANTKD Known—That I »m selling Venus nailroad, 5s 6d per lb; Venus navy twist, 5s 61 per lb ; Venus twist, 5a 6d per lb, —F. Clark, Hair dresser and Tobacconist, East street. WANTED Known —On account of the election there will be no practice of the Choral Society this evening. A general meeting of the Society will be held, however, one evening this week, on a date to be advertised, to consider advisability of winding up the Society



WANTED Known - That I am boUldu GBD’s and other pipes at greatly reduced prices.—F. Clark, Hairdresser and Tobacconist, East street. 7 93 WANTED Known—Th-vt I have a very large assortment of GBD’s, Meer schaum and other pipes, in oases, at greatly reduced price l . — F Clare, dr dresser and Tobacconist, East street. WANTED Known—l am selling large boxes of Bryant and May’s vestas at 8d per box. — F. Clark, Hairdresser and Tobacconist, East street. 7 100 WANTED Known—24 men’s sac coats, 12s 6d; 15 youths’ sac I suits, 21a 6d ; 100 men’s Kaiapoi trousers, lls 6d ; Brussels carpets at 3a lid. — Andrew Obr's cheap sale. 7 95 WANTED Known—Ladies’ hose 6d, girl’s 4d per pair ; 2 doz dress button. Is ; towels, 4d ; stays, la lid ; fur caps, Is. A. Orr’s cheap sale. 645 | Y 7 ANTED Tnowu— Jokes akd Brad- V V shaw are offering a superior blend •>f Nelson, Moate and Co’s Tea, at 2ds per box ; Flour, IBs per sack ; Chaff, 35a per ton; Wheat, seconds and crushed, squally cheap, for Cash. WANTED Known—Boys’ cloth tarn o’shsnters, la 6d ; boys and girls’ boots, 3s 9d ; men's boots, 6s 9d; women’s kid, 6s ; men’s hats, la lid ; braces, Is ; men’s Kaiapoi trousers, lls 9d per pair. A. Orb's cheap sale. 6 46 WANTED Known—Fingering wool, 2s 6d per lb ; black cashmere, la 4d : white calico. 2s lid per doz; ribbons, 4d per yard ; four-button silk gloves, Is ; new flowers, 3d per spray ; ladies’ ulsters, 5s 6d; umbrellas, Is lid each. A. Orr’s cheap sale. 6 47 WANTED Known that B. Lancaster’s Pork Sausages at 6i per lb excels any other in the Canterbury province. Cash buyer of bacon pigs. B. Lancaster Beady-money Meat Mart, Bullock’s Ar cade. 5 774 'TI7 ANTED Known—We are offering » » our whole stock of first-class Dra- Millinery, Jackets, etc, at greatly per* reduced prices to clear out stock before moving into new premises. If you want good value for your money give us a trial. Dress Stuffs, B£d and Is (under wholesale prices). H. C. Segers, East street. WANTED Known—That Hates and Co. has bought 1009 yards superior Velveteen, all shades, from Is; dress goods grand value, worth 2a, now Is; ladies’ jackets, cost 25s 6d, now 4s 6d ; hats and bonnets half-price ; winceys, 1 yard wide, 6d ; ladies’ ulsters, 2s lid. 6 37



WASTED Known—That T. Hoult has commenced Bacon Curing, and having purchased a first class sausage machine, he will be able to supply the wants of the inhabitants of Ashburton with a real good Pork Sausage. Fresh every day. Only good corn fed pigs bought. ■ r » 711 15 T ANTISD Known — vvertheim now ing Machines can be bad on Time Payments at the Now Zealand Clothing Factory’s Branch, East street, Ashburton. Special Advertisements. gDPPORT LOCAL IXOELLE >CE. t. a. Gates’s specialities O The Cinder Sifter T F Inventor E O and sole maker - It i I A. (tates, i • Cabinet x Picture fkamb Makes, • ; PET .r. STHE.i. . [ ARRIVED. “THE OLD FLAG” (Words by Vincent Pyke, M. H. R.,) at published price. Books by various authors Stationery in great variety Toys and Fancy Goods of every de scription Jewellery, Cutlery, Concertinas, Ac r diane, etc. Photo and Scrap Albums, Is Tobacconist’s Sundries, etc. Specially low rates to Country Stores. YOUNG LADIES’ JOURNALS, (June No., Is 3d), now to hand. K. Bevan SAUNDERS’ BUILDING, (Next Shop to Quill’s Hotel. )5 69g



FOR Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Asthma, Coryza, Influenza, Con sumption, etc. EATS Compound of Linseed, Ani seed, Senega, Squill, Toiu, etc, with Ohlcrodyne. KAY’S, Compound, a demulcent ex pectorant, for Coughs, Colds and Cheat Complaints. KAY'S Compound, for Coughs and Colds, is equally serviceable for Morses and Cattle. KILT’S Tic Pills, a specific in Neu ralgia, Face Ache, etc. Contains Quinine. Iron, etc. CO AG CLINE Cement for Broken Articles. Sold everywhere. So la makers— KAY BROS., 7 101 Stockport, England H. J. Wood & Co., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL STATIONERS, Direct Importers of Books, Magazines, Newspapers and Fancy Goods, Engravers, Lithographers, Printers and Bookbinders. w® ”» o _ have much pleasure in informing oar valued customers and the public generally that we have opened a Branch of on* well-known Christchurch business Temporary premises and office in the Town Hall buildings, Ashburton, under the management of Mr L F. Andrewes (late Andrewes Bros). Orders for Book.-, Stationery, Magazines and ewapap-ra received by Mr Andrewes and executed promptly from oar Christchurch stock, which is the largest of it kind in the colony. Stores and Schools supplied at our Wholesale Prices. Estimates given for Printing and Book v binding H. J. WOOD & CO., Stationers’ Hall, 240 High street, and 9 Cathedral Square, ' Christchurch ; and Town Hall, Aahbnrton. Having purchased the Stock of Books, Stationery and Fanny Goods from the Official Assignee in the estate of Mr L. F. Andrewes, we propose holding a Clearing Sale of asme, and a quantity of other surplus stock at Less than Half Cost 'Prices for fourteen days. Note papers from 2d per quire ; Music «fc Cd for 8s pieces ; Toys at any price to clear. AH liars nut disposed of in this way witi be sold by Auo ’on. All accounts to be paid to Mr L F. Andrewes, as collector for the Assignee. 117 S. J. WOOD & CO. TH-r; ■l9 CZ j?—C3 IS1& , ‘ coa- »PERSiSTSin SxSEsVmH Sjafeftritfin-atl /:■* \ «s£sci i- -'irpsira i'J GOC3 { ■.HSijtfir.ateoalhc ■ TOtoiri Aceccy *■ ——— , Co=rL,,r^<.-r Voftbs'K'arld.



ANNOUNCEMENT. MUSIC, PIANOS, AMERICAN ORGANS, Etc, T. F. FARLEY AGENT FOR SALE OF ABOVE. All instruments can be bought on the deferred payment system, from ISOs per month. Ali instruments guaranteed to be the manufacture of the firm whose name is upon the instrument. Price from £35, Harmoniums and Organs from £lO 10s, Thomas Earley, BOOKSELLER, STATIONER AND MDSIO AGENT, Buildings, East St,, Ashbueton.



Special Advertisements' Groceries CHEAPER THAN EVER AT JAMES McGREGOR’S. I,'ancbbd Street (opposite the Arcade). Best White Crystal Sugar, 3d per lb by the mat Best English Cut Loaf Sugar, 4|d per lb , Box Tea, from 12s 6d per box, A grand assortment of new tin Fish — Herrings in Shrimp, Tomato or Tennol Sauce j Kippered, Spiced or Devil’d Herrings; Digby Chicks or Findon < Haddocks, at Is per tin Fresh Herrings, 7d. Best Oysters, 6d Moir’s Oatmeal, Ss 9d per bag Salmon, 8d Best Cutting Brand, 9d Mackerel, 10d Sardines, 6d Full sizes new Figs, 9d per box Cadbury’s Cocoa, la per tin Fry’s Cocoa, tin or packet, Is (id per lb Biscuits, 3d Cheese, 6d Best Rice, Sago and T.ipioca, 3d per lb JAMES MoGBEGOB, Tancred Street 12 2342 Extraordinary Sale OF A WAREHOUSEMAN’S STOCK OF SILKS, VELVETEENS, CRETONNES, CASHMERE MITTS, &c. Colored Silks 1 Colored Velveteens Bought at 70 per cent discount. Do you realise what this means, viz that silks 5s yard cost us Is 6d? Bought at i dis count, and will be offered to the public Cretonnes .. Skirtings .. Silesias Men’s Moles Costume Tweeds ... i at London prices. Knockabout Tweeds j Goods in the usual Black Goods ... I way costing say 2/6 j the we only -* paid 1/8 for. Bought also at dis } count, which will I enable us to sell at , [less than invoice , j price. It is a won I decfnl reduction on [ regular safe goods ' of every da j demand ) 114 doz, bought at , j 40 per cent discount Bought at 60 per Blue Wool Repps... J-cent discount, 10/9 } Goods for 3/9 } Bought at 75 per cent discount, and sold at 6£d. —Full sized cotton shirts } Bought at 90 per cent discount, and sold at 9d for 12doz or Id the oox. All perfectly New Goods. The Purchase only effected last week. Cashmere Mitts Infants’ Polkas



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. El. May & Co., THE HALL, CHRISTCHURCH. COAL. COAL, COAL. Tucker and Rested, WEST STREET, ASHBURTON. ITfTE have just received from Newcastle »v per Barque WILLIE McLAREN and Steamer HAUROTO Coal of superior quality, guaranteed from THE WALLSEND MINS. We can therefore s> fely recommend this to our customers. Further supplies now being discharged, Ex barques JSLA.ND CITY and DAVENPORT, which arrived in Lyttelton yesterday with cargoes from NEWCASTLE. This being good fresh Coal, and specially bought to suit this market, should give every satisfaction, and we hope therefore to receive a continuance of orders. In reference to the above, we have made arrangements for regular MONTHLY SHIPMENTS so as to be able to execute orders with despatch. First-class SHORT BLACK PINE FIRE WOOD, From Mr Alpheus Hayes’s Bush, Waimate.



HARTLEY COAL COMPANY’S Celebrated NATIVE COAL. 6 20 fJIHE NEW ZEAL N D Clothing Factory CONTRACTORS To 'k3 New Zealand Government Rail ways, Post Offices, Volunteer Corps, &c, &c. &c. Are now prepared to enter into contracts for 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 j manner. ARMY AND NAVY CONTRACTORS Estimates and drawings supplied on the shortest notice. Head Offices and Factory— DOWLING STREET, DUNEDIN. NOTE —Measures for all uniforms may be entrusted to the Manager of the N.Z. Clothing Factory branches in the follow ing centres, viz:— Dunedin Nelson Palmerston N. Invercargill Hokitika New Plymouth Oamaru Greymouth Napier Wairaate Roefton Waipawa Timaru Wellington Hastings Ashburton Masterton Gisborne Christchurch Wanganui Thames Lyttelton Hawera Auckland



victoria Mouse. JTMRBbIDfi EMPLOYMENT, AMUSEMENT, & INSTRUCTION : FOR WINTER EVENINGS, NOW SHOWING—A Splendid Assortment of Pine Art Goods and Traced Work in Slippers, Cosies, Antimacassars, Tidies, Ladies’ and Children’s Aprons, Brackets, Drapes, Splaikers, Nightdress Bags. A Nice Selection of Crewel and Washing Silks, Ingrain Cottons, Berlin Fingerings. Transfer Patterns, Designs for Stitch work, &o Also—A Nice Variety of Homespuns, Ladies’ and Children's Ulsters, Jackets, Gloves, etc,, and a few Parcels of Manufacturers’ Samples in Men’s, Youths’, and Boys’ Cloth ing, bought at 20 cant under the regular prices, and offered accordingly. Dimant and Coe, GENERAL DRAPERS, CLOTHIERS, &0.. Bill tod Xwjwed Street*, Ashburton. Victoria House



The first meeting of the newly-elected Mount Somers Uoad Board was to he held at the Road Board office, Mount S-.mers, to-day. Owing to the late hour fixed for the sitting of the Board (three o’clock) we are unable to present our usual report. Flies and Bugs.—Beetles, insects, roaches ants, bed-bugs, rats, mice, gophers, jack-rabl bits, cleared out by “ Rough on Rats. The N.Z. Drug Co., General Agents. 3 Now money is so scarce it behoves every one to be on the alert and endeavor to make their twenty rl'dliugii go as far as possible- One glance at’tf. ; ti/ MAV AND Co.’S advertise ment, which appears in our coittsoos this cvpn- j in ’, should convince one and all tnea the pro-/ prietois of The Hal), High street, Christ church, arc determined to do their part. The prices quoted fur the various items are, we be lieve, lower than on any previous occasion, and should induccall buyers f Drapery'and Cloth* ing to give them a call,— [Ad vx I



TioDoloureux, Toothache, or any other neuralgic pain speediiy yields to Baxters Anti* Neuralgic Pills.



“Staying” Power. —lt will be interest' ing to athletes, and to all who value the power of physical endurance, to know that at “ home " and in the sister colonies an article has of late years come into general use, which is very atrobgly re* commended as being an exceedingly plea* aant beverage, and which yet imparts, in an unusually large degree, what is expres sively known as “staying power,’'—in other words, nutriment and strength. We refer to Cadbury’s “ Cocoa Essence.” Holloways Ointment and Pills.— Diseases of the Bowels.—A remedy, which has been tested and proved in a thousand dif ferent ways, capable of eradiating poisonous taints from ulcers and healing them up, merits a trial of its capacity for extracting the internal corruptions from the bowes.. On rubbing Holloway’s Ointment repeateUy on the abdo ■ men a rash appears, and as it thickens the alvine irritability subsides. Acting as a deri vative, this unguent draws to. the surikce, re leases the tender intestines from all acrid mat ters, and prevents inflammation, dysentery, and oiles, for which blistering was the 'old fashioned, though successful treatment, now from its painfulness fallen into disuse, tbs dis* covery of this Ointment having proclaimed a remedy possessing equally dfemu&K yet* PCX* fectly painless powers,—{Advt*