COMMERCIAL.

Ashburton Guardian Office, Friday aftemodn, - The following is the Christchurch Corn Ex report for the week-ending Friday, the y^ifrinst:—The transactions in the grain «nd product markets during the past week June been of anunusally quiet nature. Milling wheat (prime) is saleable at last quotations, ‘■'rHßi litUtTofierihg. Second quality continues Kfgnant. Chick wheat (whole) engages at tention at poor rates. Oats keep into »tmde consumption, peference being given to h"ght feed lines. There has also been an en anhy for good Danish oats for shipment. No Tr-w of moment have taken place in barley ; < cheap lines are chiefly sought after for feed purposes. Peas and beans are quiet; real prime blue peas find buyers at full rates; there also been a desire to obtain prime beans at m slight concession off quoted prices. Rye crass is scarce, and full rates are obtainable, ■ while in cocksfoot the supply has been fully eaual to the demand, but sellers are firm, and '"in many instances prefer holding to submitting ‘ ta any reductions in price. Potatoes have been ■ tl> M during the week at prices quoted below Imtbuyersdo not seem inclined to speculate very heavily* Last week’s quotations fordairyproduce me still maintained, at the same time, there ate no buyers beyond those who have actual . Orders on hand. The following are the quota tions: —Wheat: Prime milling winter sorts, 3s tod to as lid; Tuscan, as qd; second quality, 2S 3d to as fid; chick wheat, whole, 33, lo.b.—Oats: Milling and bright short feed. Is qd to is lod; slightly discolored short, is yd to is : 8d ; long and inferior, is $d to is 6d; dun, is lod to is lid, f.o.b.—Barley, nominally ! Malting, 3s fid to 3s qd; second quality do, as qd to 3s 3d ; feed, is qd to as, Christchurch. —Peas : Pussian blues, 3s fid to qd; feed, as 4d to as fid.—Beans: as 4& to S 3 fid, 1.0. b Grass: Machine dressed, as fid; clean farmers’ parcels, 3s to 3s fid, £o.b. —Cocksfoot: Bright heavy seed, 3d to —Potatoes; Derwents, 32s fid to 35s at coun try stations. —Dairy Produce ; Butter, prime In tubs, lld to is; second quality, 4d to 8d ; «mall loaf shape, to fid; medium size, 4#d to Sd 5 large, 3#d to 4d, f.o.b.

DAILY MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALES. Saturday, July 25 Mr T. Bullock, at the Arcade, Burnett Street—Hones and Sundries : Tuesday, July 28 Ifeura Mataon, Cox and 0)., at the , : Tinwald Sakyatda—Stock . MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS, Etc. Friday, July 24. Oddfellows’ Hall—Complimentary Con cert to Mr and Mrs Branson Monday, August 3 - Soroush Council, at Borough Council Chambers, at 7.30 Arcade' Chambers —Star of Ashburton, UiAO.D., atß o’clock ;

NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.

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MAIL NOTICES.

Mails dose at the Ashburton Post Office ..followajr .. For Christchurch and North at 6 a.m. 10.80a.m., and 5 p.nL, daily. Fin Chertsey Bakaia, &c., at 10.30 a.m. •nd 5 p.m- daily. For Dunedin, Tinwald, Window, Hinds, Oekbtream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, ■nd Geraldine, at 10 a.m dally. • {for Texnuks, at .6 a.m. and 10 a.m,, ,-For Timiufu and 'South, at 6 a,m, 10 am., and 4.30 p.m, daily. - • For Greanstreet, on Wednesdays and Batiirdays, at 10.45 a.m. / a For Wakanui, Elgin, Seaview, Seafield, and Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, anci Saturdays! at 6.30 a.m Fn Mount Somers, daily at 430 p.m. For Mayfield and Buapuna, on Mon daysand Thursdays, at 430 p.m For Ashton, Waterton and Longbeach, M 430 p.m. doily. For Slemington, on Mondays, Wednes days, and Fridays, at 430 p.m For Rowlands, on Tuesdays and .Fri days at 10.80 s.m Stalls arrive at the Ashburton Post From Christchurch and Rakaia at 10.16 am., 435 p.m., and 7.20 p.m ' - From Chertsey > &o. at 10.15 a.m and 485 p.m. daily. - From DtthedinSand intermediate places jd *xm- daily, Frottt* Texnuka and Timuru at 10.40 am. xdo p.UL, and 8 p.m. daily. From Greanstreet! Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 10 am ; • Somers, daily at 10.6 - am. From Mayfield and Buapuna,. on Wed nesdays and Saturdays, at 10.5 a.m. From Ashton, Waterton, and Long beach at 10 am. daily. 1 From Newlands, on Tuesdays and Fri ays, at 2.30 am. From Flenuhgton. on Tuesdays, Thura days,and Saturdyas, at 10a.m.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit. FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1885

We are informed by Mr Baddeley, R.M., that arrangements have at last been made for properly lighting and warming the Ashburton Courthouse. Those whose duties compel them to fro quent the local tribunal will hail this news with considerable satisfaction. We would again remind our readers of j the complimentary concert to bo given in the Oddfellows’ Ball, this evening, to Mr and Mrs G. D. Branson. Not only will those attending join iu a graceful recogni tion f the talent and generosity of two popular amateurs, but they will avail them selves of a rare musical treat. The weekly gathering of'the Ashburton Rinking Club was held in the Town Hall last evening. There was a fair attendance and skating was indulged in with spirit until the usual hour.—A public rink will be held in the same place to-morrow even ing. Active preparations are now being made for the Hunt Club Steeplechases, to be held «>n the Ashburton Racecourse on August 7. The course has been placed in excellent order, and there is every prospect of a most enjoyable meeting. Special train arrangements have been made, which will doubtless induce a num ber of visitors to travel from Ohristch arch and Timaru, and Messrs Hobbs and Goodwin have been entrusted with the working of the totalisator. The Treasurer desires us to remind members of the Club that Immediate payment of their sub scriptions must be made to secure the privileges of the meeting. The weights for the handicaps will be declared to-mor row.

The Rev Mr Elmalie conducted another of the Evangelistic Services now being carried on in the Presbyterian Church last evening. He chose as the subject of hia address the well-known words in'l Oor. xiii 3, “ Faith, hope, and love, these three, but the greatest of these is love. ” He pointed out that it is one of the dis tinctive characteristics of faith that it grasps its object, and holds it in possession now and here. In this connexion he showed that the Gospel offers a “ present salvation,” and that it is the privilege of faith to receive now what the Gospel offers, including pardon, peace, and life everlasting. On the other hand, he pointed out that it is the peculiar charac teristic of hope that it holds its object in prospect, and not in possession. Faith he said, is an “ accepting grace,” whili hope is an “expecting grace.” In th< language of everyday life, he reminded hit hearers, the term “hope” la used In a sens* totally different from that in which ii is used la the gospels and Pauline epistles. When a man expresses a hope that to morrow may be fine, and the like, h« only expresses a desire that it may be. but has no certainty that it will be so. And this, the preacher mentioned, is all that the religious hope of multitude! amounts to. But when St Paul speaks ol the “hope that makath not ashamed’ he speaks of a hope that rests upon the Rook of Ages, and one, therefore, which is as sure and stable as the throne of the eternal. And such, the Speaker said, it the hope of every true believer in Christ. The meeting was as largely attended at those of former evenings, and the pro ceedings were of a very impressive char acter. Mr Elmslie ia to address another meeting in the same place this evening, and, assisted by Mr Beattie, will conduct a service for children to-morrow after noon at 2 o’clock, when young people of all classes are cordially invited to be pre sent. The Methven Amateur Christy Min strels will give an entertainment in the Methven schoolroom on Thursday, Aug, 6. At the second meeting of the Darfield Coursing Club, commenced yesterday, Mr M. Digby’s Zoebeda and Flying Colors are engaged. Only the first round of the Vice-President’s Plate was completed; Zoebeda was beaten by Star of the South and Flying Colors beat Wyndham. At a largely attended and enthusiastic public meeting held in Nelson last might in connection with the West Cobb* rail way proposals the following resolution was carried unanimously:—“ That this meeting, whilst protesting against the principle involved in specially taxing this district for the construction of a Main Trunk railway passing through it—«r rail way, moreover, to the construction of which the colony has been pledged for many years—nevertheless cordially ap. proves of the guarantee as proposed by ihd Government, to be given for the construc tion of the East a»d West Coast and Nelson Railway, believing that the value of the work to the colony and the district will far exceed the price to be paid for it.” The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, are in receipt of the following cablegram from their Loudon branch dated July 21 :—Wool : Market unchanged. Continental markets are fully stocked with River Plate sup plies, and these are increasing. Wheat: Market firm. Adelaide is worth 36s 6d ; New Zealand, 32s 6d ; and Tuscan, 35* per 4961 b. Adelaide, f.a.q , ia worth o j.f. off coast, 34a 4d per 4801 b. 'fallow: Market unchanged. Leather: Market unchanged. Frozen meat: Market dull. Arrivals of New Zealand mutton are heavy. Holloway s Ointment and Pills.— Outward Infirmities. —Before the discovery of these remedies many case of sores, ulcers, &c., were pronounced to be hopelessly incurable, because the treatment pursued tended to de stroy the strength it was incompetent to preserve, and to exasperate the symptoms it was inadequate to remove. Holloway’s Pills exert the most wholesome powers over the un-1 healthy flesh or skin, without debarring the 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 Oint ment and Pills make the bldod richer and puter, instead of permitting it to fall into that poor and watery state so fatal to many shoring under hronic ulceradoos,—[Advt.] (

A meeting of householders will be held in the Arcade Chambers, Burnett street, on Tuesday next, at 7 SO p m , .to deter mine what steps shall be taken to assure Mt Dempsey, late headmaster of the Bo rough School, of the esteem in which he is held by the residents of this district On Thursday evening Messrs Hebden {Canterbury Times ) and Cooper sustained very serious injuries by an accident to the Avonside coach. A day or two most elapse before definite opinions can be given, but it is feared that Mr Cooper’s in juries are so serious that it is doubtful whether he will ever be able to walk again. Mr Heb den is bruised and out about the face, and several of his ribs are broken, but it is hoped that, notwithstanding a great shock to his system, his recovery will be a com plete one. The following is the text of the petition to Parliament in respect to the West Coast Railway, which is being numer ously signed in Christchurch “ Your petitioners are impressed by the urgent necessity for connecting the East and West Coasts of this Island by railway without delay, and with that view pray yoqr honorable House to accept the pro posals of the Government to guarantee per cent on the cost of the railway. Your petitioners are prepared to accept the responsibility imposed upon them by | these proposals, because they are satisfied that the immediate formation of the rail way will develop the mineral resources of the West Coast, and attract a large mining population to our shores ; and that the interests of the whole colony will be con sulted by the connection of Canterbury, Westland and Nelson, and the opening up of new districts for settlement. Your pe titioners believe that if action is not taken now, a work which is of vital importance to their interests will be indefinitely post poned. Your petitioners further urge that their willingness to incur personal responsibility ought to be considered by

your honorable House as a guarantee of their conviction as to its necessity ; and that their acceptance of the principle of the Government proposals will be a wholesome precedent to be followed in

similar cases. And your petitioners will ever pray.”—The first instalment of the petition, bearing 1,000 signatures was for warded to Wellington last night. | A statement has been prepared showing the receipts and payments on account of the San Francisco mail service for the year ending May 31 The expendi ture was L 41,604 16s 2d, and the receipts L 38.274 6s Id, showing- a net coat of L 3,330 10a Id to the colony. The Resident Magistrate's Court to-day was occupied with the hearing of the case Leitoh v Friedlander Bros, in which the plaintiff sued the defendants for damages alleged to have been sustained by the trespass of sheep on their property. The evidence is fully reported in another part of this issue. We understand that an application has been made to the Ashburton Racing Olnb for the removal of the disqualification in flicted upon the trotting horse Wana ka. | It will be recollected that Wanaka was I disqualified for two years, and tha rider, | H. Fuller, for one year for foul riding at the last race meeting of the Ashburton Hunt Club. s Oar cablegrams this evening announce tha death of General Grant at the age of 63. A recruit drill of the Ashburton Guards will be held in Mr T.- H. Zouch’a grain store this evening. “ German Syrup.” —No other medicine n the world was ever given such a test of it curative qualities as Boschee’s German Syrup. In three years two million four hundred thous 3md 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 1 nd village in civilised countries are recommending it to their customers. Go to your Druggist and ask. what they know about it Sample Bottles 6d. Regular size 3s. 6d. Three OSes wi) relieve any case.— TAdvt. t

YESTERDAY’S LATE TELEGRAMAS.

Auokla^h * With reference to the American aB -1 sidy to the ’Frisco mail service, 1 Gamble says in a letter to Mr Gnreeß 1 Aioken, President of the Auckland Oham -1 ber of Commence—“ That a large sum voted by Oongress for steam subsidies now remains in the hands of the Post master-General at Washington for distri bution to various ocean steam services, and as the Pacific Mail Company has the largest claim upon apportionment, the 1 'Frisco service must participate to a con siderable extent.” By the next mail he expects to learn the exact amount al lotted. Advices have been received by the Bank of New Zealand confirming the sudden death of Mr VicKelvie. The Auckland Horticultural Society sent a fine collection of apples, oranges, pears, lemons, guavas, including 200 varieties, to the Wellington Exhibition. The deposits of the tenderers for the construction of Puratorau tunnel, North island trunk railway, were returned with out, so far as known here, any tender being accepted. A number of tenderers are indignant at the loss of time and money. Napier. At a special general meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, to consider the advisability of continuing the San Fran cisco mail subsidy, a resolution was carried unanimously against the continuance o the Pacific mall services. New Plymouth. A private letter received from London by the a s. Rimutaka, dated June 3, says : “Mr McKalvie died very suddenly yes terday. An hour or two before he was talking with some friends, apparently in a fair state of health.” Mr McKelvie left L4Q,000 to the Auckland Museum, and has given several pictures and works of art to the same institution. Wellington. A man named Oumings has been arrested for breaking into Kirkcaldie and Staines’, drapers, and stealing silk valued at L4O. Reefton. Charles Fraser, a lerge mine owner, died from congestion of the liver. Tim abu. Arrived Cingalese, barque, Captain Raddon, 104 days from London. About five weeks ago a very heavy sea broke over her poop, throwing down the captain (who was at the. wheel) and flooding the decks, nearly washing another man overboard. Captain Raddon’s ankle was seriously in jured, but was put in splints. On coming ashore he found the small bones had been broken, but had been well set. Invercargill. The Invercargill Borough Council and the New River Harbor Board have ao oepted the tender of Kiucaid and Mo Quean, Dunedin, for a side ladder dredge I at L 2.56&. 1 The s. a. Ino, which went ashore at Wai- ( kawa, has bepn got off with the loss of her anchor and chain and rudder. The 1 cargo is not damaged, and the steamer 1 is expected to reach Fortroae to-morrow.

PARISIAN NEWS.

[From a Correspondent ] 11 The Paria journals have been for some I days past so much absorbed with Victor I Hugo and his funeral as to allow the I Egyptian question to slumber. Theßepuh- I lique JPrangaise, regrets the former alliance j with England, and protests that Franca 1 has no desire to diminish the prestige of I England. All she demands is the reoog- 1 nition of the international character of I Egypt and a repudiation of the annexa-I | tionlat tendencies revealed not only'in the ! English press, but also in the language of I certain speakers in Parliament. The I

rights of France being once assured the I Republic would have no more natural I policy than to resume the former cordial I I relations with : ngland. I I The Imperial decree issued by the Em* I I press of China consequent on the cessation j I of war in Tonquin, has been received in I I London. It states that the French re- I quested the Chinese Government to enter | on peace negotiations; mentions the dates | on which hostilities are to cease at the I I various points in Tonquin and Formosa, I I and when the blockade is to be raison. I I Li Bung Chang is ordered to telegraph j I these instructions to the various Viceroys j I and Government ;|but be Is commanded I at the same time to warn them that until I the definite treaty of peace is signed they I I are to be on theit guard. They must be I instructed to exercise the utmost care and I diligence and never relax their watchful i I ness, so as to be ready for a rupture of . ] the negotiations and the consequent re* newal of the war. A telegram from Pekin | , states that M Popoff, the Russian Am . bassidor, has done his utmost to induce II the Chinese Government to accept the > I terms of peace proposed by the . I French negotiators, and that all 11 difficulties have now {been removed. It I I is believed that the final treaty of peace j I will be signed before Jane 16. { I The German Admiralty baa ordered the

men-of-war Prince Adalbert, Stoscb and Elizabeth to concentrate at Zanzibar, and two transports are about to sail for Wilhelmshaven with supplies for the Squadron. It appe <rs, therefore, that the reputed differences between Germany and the Saltan of Zanzibar are now Approach ing a crisis. Much uneasiness is expressed outside Court circles in Berlin as regards the health of the Emperor, who continues to make slow progress towards recovery, ac cording to the official bulletins; for the moment, however, there is no ground for uneasiness. j The Daily Chronicle's Berlin correspon dent says : —Peace between England and Russia being now apparently assured! the question of the return visit or the Czar to tha Emperor of Austria is again being dis cussed.

PARLIAMENTARY.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Thursday, July 23. The Council met at 2.30 p.m. NOTICE. The Hon Mr Shrimskt gave notice to move In Committee on the Gaming and Lotteries Bill, for a repeal of all clauses relating to the totalisator. SCHOOL COMMITTEES BILL. The Hon Mr Barnicoat moved the se cond reiding of the Schoil Committees Election Bill. The Hon Mr Scotland supported. the Bill. The Hon Dr Pollen moved that it should be read six months hence. The Hon Messrs Bonar and Holmes spoke in support of the measure. The Hon Mr Shrimski said pressure had been brought to induce the members of the Council to pass the Bill. He ear nestly asked the Council not to pass the measure. The Hon Mr Reynolds thought, the Council should subordinate its opinion to that of the House of Representatives on this subject. The Hons Dr Grace and Mr Swanson opposed the Bill. The second reading of the Bill was car ried by 18 to 17. THE GAMING"- AND LOTTERIES AMENDMENT BILL. This Bill .was committed Sir F. Whitaker moved an amendment providing that sweeps not exceeding L 5 should be permitted This was agreed to on the voices. The Hon Mr isbrimaki moved to repeal the clauses relating to the totalisator. Negatived without discussion or a dvi slon. The Bill was then reported. The Council adjourned at 4.45.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Thursday, July 23. The House met at 2 30 p.m. QUESTIONS. Replying to Major Steward, whether the permission of the Grown will be granted to move in Committee on the Coroners Act Amendment Bill a clause providing for the payment of coroners’ juries. The Hon Mr Tole said the Government would take an early opportunity of testing the feeling of the House on the matter. Replying to Mr Maoandrew, if the Government is disposed to entertain the question bf|the establishment of direct communication with India, provided the cost to the colony would not be excessive, and if so would they refer the subject to a Select Committee for consideration, The Hon Mr Stout said it was not in tended to ask the House to deal with the question at present, but the Government { would not object to the matter being refetred to the Public Accounts Com mittee. Replying to Sir George Grey, In refer ence to the question previously asked re garding employment being given to men who had lost an arm, I The Hon Mr Stout said that only one ] application had been received, for which I there was at present no vacancy. I Replying to Major Atkinson, I The Hon Mr Stoat said the Public I Works Statement would be brought down I without much farther delay. I RETURNS. I Mr O’Oallaghan moved for a return of I the names since the 20th July, 1883, of I those who evaded succession duty by deeds I of gift, of the net amount lost to the I public revenue by such action specifically I in each case, of the persons who have I paid succession duty during the same I period, and of the net amount paid from I this source to the public revenue for that I time. I

The motion elicitad strong opposition from several members. Colonel Trimble moved on amendment to insert the words “ legally proved to have evaded succession duty.” I Mr Montgomery moved to strike onlH “ the names of all persons ” from the motion, and to insert >( the nnmber of persona ” Agreed to. I Colonel Trimble’s amendment was lost I on a division by 35 against 27. I Mr Wakefield movsd to strike out the I word “evaded,” and to insert “ escaped.’’ I Agreed to. I The motion as amended was then put, I and carried on a division by 32 agaidst I 28 Sir George Grey moved for copies of ftil l correspondence which has passed the Government and Sir G. S. Whitmotß K 0.M.G,, relative to his appointment to the command ot the local forces Ip New Zealand.” Agreed to,

Sir George Grey moved—“ That , the jorrespondenoe between the Government md any company or other persons relative to the oonscrnoUon of the East-West Opast Railway (in the Middle island) and 'the Nelson Railway; together >wlth copies of any agreement entered into with any,per-, son or persons in relation to these railways may be laid before this House.” Agreed to. » WANGATfCI H ASBOKBO W J The Hon Mr Ballance moved the second reading of the Wanganui Harbor Bill. He did not anticipate any opposi tion to the passing of the Bill. Mr Brace opposed the second reading. Mr Maoandrew supported the Bill on ~

colonial ground*. • Mr Bryce said the Bill as now Intro* 1 duced was altered very much for the better as compared with the Bill of last year. He did not intend to oppose It, although he could not call himself a sup* porter. The motion for the second reading was agreed to. OTHER BIIiLB. Presbyterian Property Bill ; Seaman Representation Bill; Bating Act Amend* -ment Bill and Impounding Act Amend* ment Bill; Evidence Farther Amend ment Bill, were reported,, read a third time, and passed. HOURS o» POLLING. Mr Barron moved the second reading of the Hours of Polling Bill. He explained that the Bill was altered so as to provide that those districts which were not In favor of the extended hours of polling should remain as they were at present. Mr Hatch said he should propose an alteration in Committee, making the time from eight to six. Mr Peacock said that when the BUI waa in Committee he intended moving that; the time be extended till half-past six, instead | of to eight. Mr W. F. Bnokland opposed the Bill on the ground that it encouraged plurality of voting. He thought the Government should proclaim a public holiday at elec tion times, and that the public bouses 1 should be closed. ' The House rose at 6.30. EVENING SITTING. The House resumed at 7-30 p.m. Mr Bnokland moved— ‘ That the second reading of the Hours of Polling Bill be agreed to this day six months." ’ Mr Thompson (Auckland) said he should ■assist the Bill going into Committee. Mr Samuels opposed the Bill. Mr Newman supported the second read ing. Mr Dargaviile supported the Bill Mr O’Callaghan would not oppoae the Bill _ _ Mr Buchanan supported the second . reading. Mr Bevan opposed the Bill. The motion for the second reading was , carried on a division by 38 against 33. LICENSING ACT. Mr Steward moved the second reading of the Licensing Acts Amendment Bill Be hoped the matter would receive fair consideration by the House, as be thought that it would remedy a groat many griev ances that at present existed. r The Hon Mr Stoat said the Bill was simply an attempt to destroy, the present Licensing Act, and was-nos’ what it ap peared to bo. .He hoped the hon gentle man would consider It was. only from a stern sense of duty that.be was com pelled to move that the Bill be read a second lime that day six months, ■ Mr Uois supported the second reading of the Bill, although it ..seemed a little incongruous in some of its provision*. _ Mr Fulton opposed the.second reading. Mr Samuels supported the BiSLi Mr Duncan supported the Bill, MrThompson (Auckland) would vote for the second reading. ... Mr Fisher hoped the existing Act would be altered in the direction of changing the present system of wards In cities, like Wellington. v . Mr Bevan did not see the necessity for the Bill v Mr Hatch also opposed the Bill. ... Mr Peacock said it was. evident from the debate that'if the Bill once got ipto Committee a whole host of amendments would be proposed. He would oppose its second reading; Mr Hobbs hoped the BUI wonld be re jected by a large majority. The motion for the second reading was then put and’ carried on a diyision by 36 against 26. Messrs Ivess and Walker voted with the ayes. hawkers and SEILERS bill. Mr Seddon moved the second reading of the Hawkers of Sellers Bill. Agreed to. financial arrangements bill; Dr Newman moved the second reading of the Financial Arrangements Act Amendment Bill Agreed to. BIGHT HOURS BILL. Mr Bradshaw moved the second read ing of the Eight Honrs Bill Mr Kerr opposed the Bill, and did not see how any sane man in the House could agree to it. He moved that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr Guinness thought the BUI should only be applicable to mechanics and daily laborers, Mr Tarnbnll said he should support the Bill, but considered it was an attempt to fix the prise of labor. Mr Richardson asked how the mover proposed to get over the of a very large number of men employed in the workshops early, who could not possibly be brought within its provisions. Mr Garrick submitted that it waa per fectly manifest that the mover of the Bill, in Introducing it, wanted to regnlate the supply and demand of labor. He thought the BUI was unnecessary, and mischievous ! in the extreme. , ' The Hon Mr Stont intended to support the Bill Mr Levestam supported the amend ment.

Mr'Seddon strongly supported the se cond reading of the Bill. Mr W. F. Bnokland and Mr Gore op posed it The motion for the second reading was lost, on division, by 34 to 21. BENT piSTKKSS. The House went ih,to Committee on the Bent Pistresa pill, Mr Hnrsthonse moved an amendment in clause 6 relating to exemption from dis tress for rent to insert the words “ to the amount of LSO. ” Mr Gairiok suggested the amount should be L 25. The amendment was lost on the voices, and the exemption of L 25 carried. Mr Ivess moved an amendment to abol ish distress for rent altogether. Lost on a division by 45 against 6. Mr Downie Stewart moved, in the olause providing that no distress be made for more than six months, *o insert the words ‘'one year” instead. Agreed to. Several new clauses were added to the Bill, which was reported with amend ments. The House rose at 1.40.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT

AS 0 BURTON— To-day. (Before H. 0. 8 Baddeley, Esq., 8.M.) r'’i ,v 01VU OASIS. S Orr and Alcorn v Reynel, claim L 5 18a 6d —Judgment by default for the amount claimed and coate. I Milner ▼ Dick, claim Lit 16a.—Mr Bcaiuoa ior.> **»* - rJmAatur .... if. for. the defendant ior the amount claimed and ooata / ment by default for the amount cmmsd and costs, 7 * ■ ■' ■•y-n fS Orr and Aloorn ▼ R. Bennett, eUmLQ 5» 7d.—Judgment by default for the mount claimed and costa. , 'J > Dtgby t 16s 3i~, . Mr Pordeli for the jfhinat—Judgment by default for the .emount claimed costa. ■' ‘ * ,} Ashburton Borough: Council ,t A lim, ph arson, claim Ll6.—Mr Crisp foe dm Council.—Judgment by default for the amount claimed and coats. Parnell for the ..defendants. —The sum of L 5 16a 3d had' been paid into Court.—

Mr Wilding, in opening the cm*, stated, that his client claime-l Loo‘ |ftr for damage sustained by a crop of oalr by the trespass of 1,200 sheep, the property of defendants. —(I laitehl' haring girOa. • details of several minor'* {terns in tba. claim, said he had leased a paddock of 51* acres at Dnndarfrom H. Frisdfandet for cropping. At the. time 1 he took: the’ pad* dock it sras part in granaod'part in.oats , —about half la each cbnditfon.- Witness aowed the'land with a crop ofosts. The seed employed was in good- condition, and the'land was properly prepared.' 'Ones seed waa sown on the ground at raffing ttmef the oat crop was (hen looking well ■ Witness resided about 15 milosfrom Dandas, and, did not see the crop between I rolling and the end of December. About 1 the end of December he estimated? |he crop would yield from 33 to dObnshUs per acre. At reaping time the crop' bad ripened irregularly; the was 1,198 bushels, and the oats 2 'Were i sold at Is 6d per bushel. Witness was - i present at the threshing, when the owner l of the machine, J. Quigley, called bis attention to a quantity of blighted fasoft in the straw. Nearly s third of the stwr was in this condition. —To Mr Ttßnttel! : Witness believed Dandas bokmgecfto H. Friedlander. He bad signed tdUgns meat in connection with the cropping. Witness had used the stable after the crop had been bar rested. He had not paid for such use. fie had first claimed the minor items'of the aooonnt in dispute about a month ago.- The Dandas estate was light land..' Witness had not coin puted that the crop would not be more than 25 bushels to the acre. He had ploughed it once, and sown Jiboot If bushels of seed io the acre. The crop was put in late, abbot the end of August, he could not fix the date exactly. Wit neaq sold the oats to George Harvey. ;A pert of' the crop was burnt. He had never told M. Friedlander : that ho (wit ness) bad hawked the. oats all round Christchurch, and could not sell them be cause they were snob a bad sample. He bad not.offered them to M. Fdedlander at Is per bushel. He had sold some abort oats to defendants at la fid per. bushel. v The .oats destroyed by -.'fire ware insured by defendants; Witness- had never made a claim (or the .Insur ance money, - and was not . aware that defendants had refused to' pay on ac count oMfae.aaapidoaa character of the fire, Witness had tendered the aooonnt produced against defendants, It inalndcd noolaim for damage by sheep. The claim waa first made on Jane 5 1 by a letter from Messrs Wilding, Lewis and OsygiiL He had spoken to fL< Fried]slider dbont the damage immadiata y after harvest, andAp (Friedlander) replied that h&hadn(£er heard of it. Witness had not maintained 31>6 Knees fn g6Ba*6rl«r?WTmeß»l>y the agreement. Had the crop yielded 40 bushels ta the mn ; ik.,wonld have cost very more to harvest—perhaps Jo per sere. Threshing cost 3d per bushel, and the grain bad to he carted abont five or six miles. The owt of jpartage waa abont Id per*hnahel—63 per-tack. Wit ness had estimated-the crop growing on the upper section at Dundas fet attfis over 20 busheia peri acre; he hod never - estimated that it would yields SPlmahisla to the acre.—To Ur Wilding : The crop did not snSsr by being soon late : season waa wat and lotted: todate mate. He had heard of crons Sown later, Tfaa upper section at Dandas had more tonal than that occupied J>y witness,ltchtatauled grab and had been cropped the previous year. The fences teinmhdlfi| tbb section occupied by witness were not sheep proof He had never hodnotkei from the defendants to repair the fences. He had had 1.000 bmhels of wheat dea troyed by fire dating the they were not insured. -Theest orophsd been insured by defeshata, instructed by witness, at 30s per acre, threshed and sold to Harvey before the fire. Ploughing for the crop’cost 6s per sore, harrowing 2s 3d, rolling Is,'harvest ing 9s, seed 3a 6d. Witness took orders In respect to the Dundss property from M. Friedlander. Witness had" Known crops of oats yield 8Q bushels per acre; from 3$ to 45 bushels yu a good ayerage yield.—George, Harvey, who described himself aa a oropper,” ssid he had been iodhsrgebf behalf i4J|r H. Friedlander daring 'ptafitfiffrJSWsby- Witness tool?*’ hia lmtttiii|p^iisnaPy.. from U. Friedlander. WltneaiteatiflMP to the accuracy of the minor‘ltems u plaintiff’s claim. Witness »MitMtrnoted by H. Friedlander to keep a record of all occurrences on the Dandas estate. On December 20 be bad an entry infill diary to the effect that 1245 ewes an dT lambs, belonging to defendants, had ~ broken Into plain tiff’s crop. The., eves bad been In a paddock of about eight or nina acres ' prflvlop| to breaking Into the plaintiff's crop " Wft* ness thonght the shortness of feed had induced the sheep to break' through. They were in the oats from .one to two hours; they passed right ttorough,tl»Jsrop. On December 30 the sheep 'again broke into the crop, and witness removed them . to Role's paddock. ** On tbfe oocjiajba there were 818 ewes with lambi. Witness estimated thaf’the sheep on the two occa sions had trampled ‘down nearly' half the - crop. Witness had first gone Ip Dundas in May, 1884- The paddock leased fa plaintiff had been need si a oaigjjp|ng ground, and waa in good order for a crop. Witness had estimated before the heaps se (hat the crop would yisldaboot 40 bnshela. He had examined the -straw at threshing, and found a huge proportion ofthe heads contained no grain.—To Mr -Parnell:' I Witness helped to striefc the gnhisd was able to distinguish which grain had been trodden down and which had not. Gain was taken to separate the two. Witness told defendants - afterwards that he had assisted the plaintiff in this. respect. Plaintiff some times borrowed horses from the estate; there was a mutual exchange. JL H. Friedlander had not dimisaad wtlin— g on aooonnt of hh intimacy with M. Friedlander, Ooz,«Kelly and witness saw the first trespass. Witneos had never said that the sheep had done no items iff. . and if no one told plaintiff he would never know of the • trespass* (At this stage Mr Wilding objected to Hr H. Friedlander inspecting adfary kept by witheWw'hile engaged aP Dendm. The Magistrate ruled that the dtfiry Msfe been kept by irntmedone lander, it was hts property.) Wttnete, when removing the sheep, had never asked Donovan to allow the aheap to go through the crop, aa they were doing no damage. Several of the crops at Onadaa bad not bs«o xsapwt in eonadfisOti

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, FRIDAY, JUtiY 24, 1886.



H.J. Wood & Co., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL STATIONERS, Direct Importers of Books, Magazines, Newspapers and Fancy Goods, Engravers, Lithographers, Printers and Bookbinders. ' FTTH have much pleasure in informing i V oar rained customers and the public gffifidMly that we have opened a Branch of oar well-known Christchurch badness Xepnpenuyt premises and office in the Town Hall Buildings, Ashburton, under the management of Mr L. F. Andrawes tia&Andteves Bros). Orders for Books, Stationery, Magazines and Newspapers received by Mr Andrewes and executed itly from our Christchurch stock, is thc largest of it kind in the Stores and Schools supplied at our ■ Wholesale Prices. Ettiyatn given for Printing and Book' binding ; H. J. WOOD & 00., Stationers' Hall, 240 Highltreet, and 9 Cathedral Square, .V' Christchurch ; and Town Hall, Ashburton. purchased the Stoek|of Books, Stationery aajl Fancy Goods from the Official Assignee in the estate of Mr L. F. ! Andrewes, we propose bolding a Clearing '•"g-le 'of same, and a quantity of other - eukplus |*o«k, at Leas than Half Cost dsyn IT Notepapers from 2d per quire ; Music ** 3s nifces; Toys at any price to - AU.iiqre not disposed of in this fl pNp»illJbe said, by Auction. -. all accounts to be paid to Mr L. F. .'«• boUactos for the Assignee. • ; a J. WOOD & QO.



Wanted T7E7 ANTED—To Hire or Purchase a » » ooat. Apply. H. Fmkdlabdwr TITANTED— A good General Servant. .v V Apply to Mrs Whits, Winter’s road. 7 24L T]|7ANTED— A good Cook and Laun- VV dress. Apply to Mrs Georoe Jameson, Tanored street, Ashburton. * 7 239 VETANTED—A steady young Man as Vt Ploughman where no other hands are kept. Apply, John Emerson, Bpper ston Farm, Hinds. 7 237 WANTED— A respectable young Man to drive baker’s cart and assist in bakehouse; reference indispensible. Apply, Mrs Morris, Triangle Bakery. ANTED Known—That I am selling Venus nailroad, 5s •6d per lb ; Venus navy twist, 5s 6d per lb ; Venus twist, 5s 6d per lb.—F. Clark, Hair- | dresser and Tobacconist, East street. 7 97 WANTED Known—That lam selling Concertinas and Aocordians at greatly reduced prices.— F. Clark, Hairdresser and Tobacconist, East street. 7 98 WANTED Known—That I have a very large assortment of GBD’s, Meer schaum and other pipes, in oases, at greatly reduced prices.— P Clark, Hair dresser and Tobacconist, East street. TTTANTED Known—l am selling large ” boxes of Bryant and May’s vestas at 8d per box.— P. Clabk, Hairdresser and Tobacconist, East street. 7 100



Special Advertisements' Groceries CHEAPER THAN EVER AX JAMES McGREGOR’S, Tanobed Street (opposite the Arcade). Best White Crystal Sugar, 3d per lb by the mat Best English Cut Loaf Sugar, per lb Box Tea, from 12s 6d per box A grand assortment of new tin Fish — Herrings in Shrimp, Tomato or Tennel Sauce; Kippered, Spiced or Devil’d Herrings; Digby Chicks or Findon Haddocks, at Is per tin Fresh Herrings, 7d. Best Oysters, 6d Muir’s Oatmeal, 3s 9d per bag Salmon, 8d Best Cutting Brand, 9d Mackerel, lOd Sardines, 6d Full sizes new Figs, 9d per box Cadbury’s Cocoa, la per tin Fry’s Cocoa, tin or packet, la Cd per lb Biscuits, 3d Cheese, 6d Best Rice, Sago and Tapioca, 3d pec lb JAMES MoGREQOR, Tanored Street 12 2342 W. H. Zouch BEGS to notify that he has taken an Office in BAKER’S BRICK BUILDINGS, Havelock street, and is now prepared to undertake all kinds of Commissions which may be en trusted to him at extremely favoiable rates.



WANTED Known—24 men’s sac coats, 12a 6d; 15 youths’ sac suits, 21s 6d ; 100 men’s Kaiapoi trousers, 11s 6d ; Brussels carpets at 3s lid.— Andrew Orb’s cheap sale. 7 95 WANTED Known—Ladies’ hose 6d, girl’s 4d per pair; l2 doz dress button, la ; towels, 4d ; stays, Is lid ; fur caps. Is. A. Obb's cheap sale. 645 WANTED Known—Wertheim Sew ing Machines can be had on Time Payments at the New Zealand Olothing Factory’s Branch, East street, Ashburton. ' ■ 2 276 ANTED Known—Boys’ cloth tam o’shanters, Is 6d ;■ boys and girls’ boots, 3a 91; men's boots, 6s 0d; women’s kid, 6s ; men’s hats, la lid ; braces, Is ; men’s Kaiapoi trousers, 11s 9d per pair. A. Obb'b cheap sale. 6 46 W- ANTED 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, la ; new flowers, 3d per spray ; ladies’ ulsters, 6a 6d; umbrellas, Is ild each. A. Obb’s cheap sale. 6 47 WANTED Known that B. Lancaster's Pork Sausages at 6d per lb excels any other in the Canterbury province. Cash buyer of bacon pigs. R. Lancaster Ready-money Meat Mart, Bullock’s Ar cade. 6 774 WANTED Known—That T. Borax 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. WANTED Known— Jones and Brad shaw are offering a superior blend 'tf Nelson, Moate and Co’s Tea, at 2)a per box; Flour, 18s per sack ; Chaff, 35s per ton ; Wheat, seconds and crushed, equally cheap, for Cush. WANTED Known —That Bates and Co. has bought 1009 yards superior Velveteen, all shades, from Is; dress goods grand value, worth 2s, now Is; ladies’ jackets, cost 25s 6d, now 4s 6d ; hats and bonflets half-price; winceys, 1 yard wide, 6d ; ladies’ ulsters, 2s lid. 637 WANTED Known—We are offering our whole stock of first-class Dra pery, Millinery, Jackets, etc, at greatly reduced prices to clear out stock before moving into new premises. If you want good value for your money give os a trial. Dress Stuffs, Bsd and Is (under wholesale prices). H. 0. Skqebh, East street. '



Special Advertisements. Agricultural Machine Shop, WAKANUI ROAD. CHARLES RAT Repairs Engines, Combines, Chaff-cutters, Reapers and Binders, and all classes of maoninery. Special attention given to Bicycles, Tricycles and Sewing Machines. Lawn Mowers repaired, sharpened and adjusted. Model work.- General repairs. gDPPORT LOCAL EXCELLENCE. M T. A. GATES’S SPECIALITIES 0 The Cinder Sifter T 0 and sole maker R 1 T. A. Gates, • Cabinet jb Piotues-fkame Makek, • • SIREEi'. * gPEOIAL 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 30s per month. All instruments guaranteed to be the manufacture of the firm whuse name is upon the instrument. Price from £35. Harmoniums and* Organs from £lO 10s, Thomas F. Farley, BOOKSELLER, STATIONER AND MUSIC AGENT, Saunders’ Buildings, East St., Ashburton.



FOR SALE—2SO acres of fair quality Land near Ashburton, at L2 per acre. Terms the easiest. AGENT for the Phoenix Fire Insurance Company and the Mutual Life Assurance Society of Victoria, and for various large Mauufao Wren and Importers in Dunedin and Christchurch. 7 206 FOB Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Asthma, Coryza, Influenza, Con sumption, etc. KAf’S Compound of Linseed, Ani seed, Senega, Squill, Tolu, etc with Chlorodyne. KAY’S Compound, a demulcent ex pectorant, for Goughs, Colds and Guest Complaints. KAY'S Compound, for Coughs and Colds, is equally serviceable for Horses and Cattle. KAY’S Tic Pills, a specific in Neu ralgia, Face Ache, etc. Contains Quinine. Iron, etc. COAGULINE Cement for Broken Articles. Sold everywhere. Sole makers— KAY BROS., 101 Stockport, England, Extraordinary Sale OF A WARBHOUSBMAN’S»STOOK OF SILKS, VELVETEENS, CRETONNES, CASHMERE MITTS, &o. Colored Silks Bought at 70 per cent discount. Do you realise what this means, viz that 1 silks 5a yard cost us Is 6d 2 , Bought at $ dis j count, and will be Colored Velveteens 1 offered to the.public Costume Tweeds ... [at Loudon prices. Knockabout Tweeds j Goods in the usual Black Goods ... I way costing say 2/6 | the yard, we only J paid 1/8 for. Bought also at j count, which will ... I enable us to sell at ... (less than invoice ... { price. It Is a won* ... I derful reduction on j regular safe goods of everyday demand 114 doz, bought at 40 per cent discount Bought at 60 per cent discount, 10/9 Goods for 3/9 Bought at 76 per cent discount, and "sold at 6|d. —Full sized cotton shirts. A Bought at 90 per „ . „ r . „ I cent discount, and Men’s Dux Collars K oat 9d for 12doz J or Id the box. Cretonnes .. Skirtings .. Silesias Men’s Moles J Cashmere Mitta ... Infants’ Polkas ... Bine Wool Repps... Cotton Shirts



All perfectly New Goode. 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. JS. May & Co., THE HALL, CHRISTCHURCH. fJIHE NEW ZEAL ND Clothing] Factory CONTRACTORS To ” j Now Zealand Government Rail ways, Post Offices, Volunteer Corps, &o. &o. #o. 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 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 Oamarn Greymouth Napier Waimate Reefton Waipawa Timaru Wellington Hastings Ashburton Masterton Gisborne Christchurch Wanganui Thames Lyttelton Hawera Auckland



Victoria Mouse. ■fpOli. the Convenience of all whom it may Concern— -1 A RARE OPPORTUMTY 1 LASTING FOUR WEEKS ONLY I REDUCING STOCK Prior to arrival of Spring Goode, TO EFFECT A CLEARANCE, REDUCTIONS IN PRICES Have Been Made UPON AT.I, GOODS Equal to THREE SHILLINGSimthe Pound. For Convincing Proofs— see Windows. ALL FINE ART GOODS Ten per Cent over Cost. Dimant and Coe. buNERAL DRAPERS, CLOTHIERS, &0 M Salk and Tanorad StjMts, Ashburton Victoria Mouse.



Special Advertisements. MISSES Chalklen & Jones DRESS AND MANTLE MAKERS, Burnett street east. Latest style and fit guaranteed. All work carefully executed. Combined with lowest possible charges. 7 215 DO you want cheap Pipes? Then go to R. BE VAN Do you want cheap Books ? Well, pay a vi»it to R. BEYAN Is It cheap Stationery you want? Get it from R. BEVAN Do you want cheap Toys and Fancy Goods? Go to R. BEVAN Do you want cheap Cutlery ? Well, why don’t yon visit R. BEVAN Do you want cheap Jewel- I lery in Sterling Silver or Plated goods ? Go to R. BEVAN Do you want cheap Aocordi ans or cheap Concertinas? Well, give a call to R. BEVAN There is a very large Stock >, g w * of NEW G )OD<l >o be "g gS § sold wholesale and retail, JS, " o rffid if you want anything 3 in this line really cheap 0 § M youjshould call and see R. BEVAN BOOKSELLER, STATIONER, Em, Saunders’ Building, (The next shop to Quill’s Betel.)



Clergymen, lawyers, editors, bankers, and ladies need American Hop Bitters daily, for nerve focre. Read Now money is so scarce it behoves every one to be on (be alert and endeavor to make their twenty shillings go as far as possible. One glance at H. E. 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 ingto give them a call, — [Aj>V» ,l



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