DAILY MEMORANDA.

% AUCTION SALES. SAamtDAT, Jum 25 ' Mr T. Bullock, at the Arcade, Barnett I ; ? Btreet—Horse* and Snndriea Tuesday, July 28 Meaara Matson, Cox and 0 J., at the ,' Tinwsld Soleyarda—Stock ' ' Wjts®[K«bAY, JULY 22 Amenably, at Town Ml—Mrt ’Siwkins ; afternoon at eirening atß Starof the East, 1.0.G.T., , meeting at 8 o’clock v . - Thursday, JtiT 23 Oraa^*Ha&—Quadrille Assembly, long V* Friday; J TOY 24, OdiUaOowt’ Hall—Complimentary Con ofaMtt Mvand Mrs Branson i*y‘- - Monday, August 3 gtneugE Council, at Borough Council Chambers, at 7.30 . * “FRIDAY, A UQUST 7 ; lonhgOat&'Boad -Board at Road Board Office, » Saturday, August 8 4jrikbotton' Ooonty Council—At Council Chambers, 11 a. m.. __

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The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit. WEDNESDAY. JULY 22, 1885 The West Coast Railway.

In the House of Representatives yesterday afternoon the Colonial Trea surer announced that the Government had received a cablegram from the East and West Coast and Nelson Rail way delegates now in London stating that they had concluded an arrange ment with Messrs Meiggs and Son, a firm of and finan ciers of good repute, to construct the railway, provided further concessions were granted. Messrs Meiggs and Son ask, in addition to the land grants, a guaranteed payment of Lgy.ooo in ex cess of the working expenses per annum tor twenty years, payable in London half-yearly, commencing aftei the rail ways are finished; and they state it is intended to finish them in from three to five years. The cost of the railway is estimated as follows; £ Actual cost of works ... 3,025,000 Interest during construction 400,000 Engineers and administra tion 50,000 And expenses of under writing ... 385,000 Total... ... ~.^3,860,000 The guarantee payment, L 97,000, asked for is about per cent on the estimated cost. Having compared the proposal with the one for constructing the railway by the Sir Julius Vogel said that, in his opinion, the ar rangement had much to commend it, and that on Friday next a resolution would be moved approving of the pro posal, provided taat after the works were completed and the annual pay ment of L 9 7,000 began, half the cost should be charged to the provincial district of Canterbury north of the Rangitata river and to the provincial districts of Nelson and Westland, as well as the entire cost of maintaining the main roads between Nelson and Greyraouth, and between Christchurch and Hokitika.

Agricultural Statistics.

On more than one occasion we have referred to the inefficient manner in which the work appertaining to the Registrar-General’s Department is con ducted, and we are pleased to notice that Mr W. C. Walker, the vigilant member for Ashburton, has taken the initiatory step towards securing a re form. In the House of Representatives yesterday Mr Walker asked the Go vernment if it were in contemplation to instruct the Registrar-General to pub lish the annual agricultural statistics of the colony at such a date as to be of more practical use than they had been in the past. The Hon J. A. Tole re plied that the statistics were published as early as in any other colony and as soon as practicable. We are not sur prised to find Mr Tole displaying some ignorance in connection with this im portant matter; nor are we surprised that the Registrar-General, who doubt less framed the answer given by the Minister, should contend that his De partment is equal to any of its colonial cotemporaries. Even were this con tention correct it would not be very logical ; the fact of work being done in a dilatory manner else where is not sufficient excuse for dilatory work here, but if Mr Tole’s reading is as extensive as it should be, he must know that every other colony, every civilized agricultural country, publish their statistics much earlier and much more accurately than we do. Reformation is not impracticable. Nearly twelve months ago we urged that the acreage in crop should be ascertained during the month of No vember or December; the figures could at once Ije published, and the yield estimated from reliable information afterwards obtained. The cost of such a system would be less than that of the present one, and the result would be of much practical value; the result of the present system owing to departmental delays, ignorance and officialism, is practically valueless. We trust Mr Walker, with his characteristic energy, will succeed in bringing about a reform which will be of value to the whole colony and of especial value to his qwn constituents.

Ashburton E M. Court.

Mr R. J. Seddon, member for Kumara, had the following questions on the Order Paper in the House of Representatiwes to-day:— (i) If C. W. Purnell, Esq., solicitor, of Ashburton, in the case Regina v Bryson, heard in the Resident Magis trate’s Court, Ashburton, on July 14, 1885, appeared for ?pd on behalf of the 'prosecutor, the Registrar of Elec tors of the Wakanui Electorate? (a) If the Minister of Justice is aware that in the conducting of that case the said C. W. Purnell, Esq., applied to the defending counsel, F. Wilding, Esq, solicitor, certain offensive terms ? (3) Is the Minister of Justice aware that the presiding Magistrate did not either commit for contempt or insist on an apology being tendered by the coun sel so offending? (4) Will the Minister of Justice cause an enquiry to be made into the conduct of the case and of business generally at the Resident Magistrate's Court, Ash burton ?

The statue to be erected in memory of the late William Sefton Moorhouse is on board thea.s. Ruapehu, which is expected in Lyttelton on Thursday or Friday next. The second of the Evangelistic ■'ervioas being conducted daring this week in the Presbyterian Ohurch was held last night, when the audience was considerably larger than on the previous evening. The Rev Mr Elmslie presided, and delivered a remarkably clear and striking address from I. Peter iv. iB. From the fixed at tention of all present, from beginning to end, it was very apparent that a deep and salutory impression had been made upon all the hearers. This also was seen in the I most hearty and earnest manner in which [ all the other devotional exercises were en- I gaged In by the whole congregation. It is to be hoped that still more advantage will be taken of the special opportunity afforded this evening and on the two evenings that follow’after it. It may also be added that the young people are not to be overlooked In these services, for the Minister intimated that a special service had been arranged for them at two o’clock on Saturday next, when the Rev Mr Elmslie will address them in particular. It Is expected that the church will be well filled on that occasion, A return has hewn presented to the | Legislative Council showing the amount of agricultural and dairy produce exported from New Zealand to Rio de Janeiro by way of Magellan Straits, during the last three months. The respective values ace as follow :—Flour, L 1,450 ; potatoes, L 463 ; oats, L 136: onions, L 27; maize, Ll 4 ; cheese, Lll ; salt beef, L 6. Total, L2,l'J3. The Hon Mr Stout, Minister for Edu cation, delivered his Educational state ment in the House of Representatives last night. He referred at length to primary schools and the aid granted to them, and | generally reviewed the colonial system of education. Our resume of the statement is held over. About 35 members of the Ashburton Rifles and 27 of the Ashburton Guards mustered for the weekly drill last even ing. After an hour!s practice under Ser geant-Major Jones, the Rifles were moved outside and exercised by Lieutenant Dol man in the bright moonlight, the Ser geant-Major’s attention being devotod to the Guards for the remainder of the even ing. At a meeting uf the combined -Com mittees it was decided to at once Invite tenders for the erection of a drill-shed, in accordance with plans and specifications [ drawn up by Lieutenant Fooks. We hear it has been suggested that the two corps 1 should unite in getting up a grand volun teer ball in aid of the drill shed fund. The idea is a good one, and should be carried out. This evening Mrs G. Sawkins will de livered a public lecture at the Town Ball on “ Love, diink and separation,” and as she is reputed to be a very elo quent and amusing speaker we expect to see a full house. Clergymen, lawyers, editors, bankers, and ladies need American Hop Bitters daily, for nerve focre. Read

CORRESPONDENCE.

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

JUNIUS IN REPLY.

To thb Editor.

Si a,—On reading Mr Thomas’s lengthy and superfluous epistolary communication in your issue of last evening, I find nothing that leads me to alter the opinion previously expressed by me. His last only bears out the assertions made in my pre ceding letter. He wonders why my em ployers allow me “to waste so much time.” I think my employers are quite capable of managing their own affairs without any interference on the part of Mr Thomas. He evidently was not, when at the “ Uni versity," taught the art of using bis brains, or else he would not object, in the man ner he has done, to the teaching of such arithmetical rules aa are taught in our Go vernment schools. It is a well-known fact that there Is no subject better adapted to encourage brain power than arithmetic. Perhaps the fact of Mr Tbomas not hav ing been taught how to work out arith metical “problems” in his early years is the reason of his being so incapable of un derstanding what has been written in a vary plain and straightforward manner. He evidently is still under the delusion that he has attained to a greater standard -.£ infallibility than even yourself. Of course he has taken the questions (especi ally No. 3) in the way that would best suit him? elf. My contention throughout has been that working that question, as set forth in your columns, according to L.O.M. is the only ,way in which it can be done. Mr Thomas asserts that the word “ and '* toaa used. Well, wa have only his word for that. What a loss we must be sustaining through not being able to use his capabilities to advantage. A great pity that he did not apply for the inspec torship so recently vacant. Whatever my failings are, it is very patent that Mr Thomas is sadly deficient in the arts of orthography and grammatical composi tion. Perhaps, now that we have such a competent man in bur midst (and in a high position, too), we shall soon have the educational system reduced to a stan dard to which 1 am sure every right think ing person will object It would moat certainly be so if such men as Mr Thomas were more plentiful, but we may console ourselves with the fact that they are very few and far between. I must say, that wa had a right to expect a less periphrastic communication, and especially when we remember that it has taken nearly a week to compose it. I am sure it will do no good to further prolong this discussion, as it is quite evi dent that Mr Thomas Is totally unable to keep to the point, and as he may have soqye sis to my identity, I append my name, and hopp to have the pleasure of meeting him on some sqcfa subject iu a future issue. Thanking you for the kind ness in allowing me such liberty and space in this, my first attempt, 1 am, etc., J. A. Flesheb. Ashburton, July 22, 1885.

YESTERDAY'S LATE TELEGRAMS.

The Zealandia sailed this'afterapon She has ten boxes of specie, valued at LBO.OOO, shipped at Sydney by the Bank of Australasia, consigned to the Oaiiforn ian Bank, San Francisco. Among the passengers are Detectives Tracey and Badger in charge of Maxwell, charged with the murder of Preller at St Louis. A great reduction is being made in the railway workshops. About fifty hands have been discharged during the last few weeks. Wellington. Mr Jennies, jeweller, has presented a cheque for L6O, to be divided amongst the members of the police force in Wellington and Lyttelton who traced and captured Allendale, the burglar. The Police Department decided to draft detectives from Dunedin, Auckland, Ohristohnrch, Timaru, and Napier, who will do duty in Wellington during the time the Exhibition is open. It is probable " u ~*- « few Uniform trill also be t»«.v - these places to Walling sent from eaon u> ... ton for duty during the same Djjnidin I A volunteer, for being absent without leave from a government parade, notice of which was given at the previous parade', was fined IQs and posts. An application was made to the Judg# to-day m the totalisator dispute case tp have the plaintiff’s claim amended, so as to show the time and place when ’be I slanders vers uttered, and was granted) j

PARISIAN NEWS.

(Br Ocrs Own Correspondent). Paris, May 30, 1886. * Miss Laura Lancaster, after astonishing society in Brussels by her remarkable experiments in thought-reading, gave a private siance at the Continental Hotel in Paris the other niphr, before a distin guished company. Miss Lancaster is a prepossessing young brunette, of graceful figure and modest deportment, and was dressed in perfect good taste. -In whatr her method differs from those of Messrs Cumberland, Capper, Irving, Bishop, and other predecessors in thought-reading, we are not competent to say, unless It be that her experiments were throughout successful: When there was any hesita tion or difficulty, it arose from obatrue tiveness or want of sympathy on the part of the medium, as in the case of a gentle man, whose hand Miss Lancaster took in hers, with the view of placing it on a part of his body where he had received a hurt, and on her failing at first to discover it, he was forced to admit, in reply to a question from the gentleman who con ducted the experiment, that his band could not reach the place. When, how ever, a link was formed by another spec tator, and the lady was able to stoop to the ground, she at once discovered the spot near hie foot. Perhaps .the most remarkable experiment of the day was that in which the subject divined and ex ecuted the wishes of the two mediums absolutely without contact with them. Two spectators agreed together in the absence of the lady—who, by the way, performed all these experiments blind folded —that she should take a certain object from one stranger in the room and place it in the hands of another. The re mainder of the audience were ignorant of the parties designed. The two medi | urns then joined their four hands around her, and with no other guide than the circle in the midst of which she was placed, without touching, she passed along the line of chairs around the room, stopped before one spectator, took his umbrella and carried it to another person at a distance. The experiment terminated with a little dramatic scene, acted in the absence of the lady between three of the spectators, who represented a murderer, his accomplice, ana bis vic tim. The first named was supposed to bill a young man ; bis accomplice rifled the pockets of the victim and hid the plunder. The lady was then re admitted and taking the hand of the murderer, re peated exactly by the impression he in voluntarily transmitted from his mind to her’s the entire performance,, selecting the knife from among several, and inflicting the same kind of wound and discovering the body and the booty. Several gentle men among the notable guests exercised a surveillance over the proceedings to satisfy the audience that there was no fraud or collusion. Miss Lancaster will probably give some public performances before leavimr Paris. In reference to the red flag so dearly venerated by the Anarchists, the XlXrne Sikle remarks that it does not always bear a seditious significance. Signallers and guards on railways make large usage of the scarlet banting. A red flag is also used by starters at the racecourses. Only ©none field la the whole world probably does *he starter open a flag of this color, and this is at Chantilly, where the Duke d’Anmale, who is the exclusive proprietor of the course, enacts that no other ensign, save the national tricolor, shall be dis played on his grounds Ihe portrait of Victor Hugo on his death bed, by Bonnat, which is placed in the exhibition of Portraits of the Century, is set on an easel in the middle of the room which contains Gambetta’s, also on bis death bed, and M. de Leasep’s. It is surrounded with palm leaves and tricolor flags draped in crape. A meeting of Communists took place at the Oemetery of Perk Sachaise on the 27th May, all the revolutionary bodies in. Paris being represented by deputations Sixty police officers and fifty Republican Guards were stationed inside the gates. The demagogues displayed a red flag and re fnnnd t.n crivn it nn This led tn a ntrnaaln.

in the c mrse of which the police. drew their swords and compelled the Commu nists to withdraw. The rioters, on reach ing a heap of stones, tbrew these missiles at the police, several of whom were grievi ously wounded. The Republican Guards then advanced in order to support the police, and charged the mob, one of the rioters being fatally injured. Several others were also wounded, though not seriously. Recently some thieves, who yet remain unknown, effected an entrance during the night into the stables of the Tramways Nord Company, in the Route de Pantln, at Auberilliers, and out the hair off the tails of one hundred horses. It was only early the next morning that the mutila tions were discovered by the ostlers. As each full tail weighs at least lib, and horsehair in trade is said to be worth Ififr the kilogramme, it will be perceived the thieves did not lose their time. Grave suspicions attach to two individuals who have disappeared from their ordinary lodgings, and who, it is expected, will be shortly arrested. A shocking case of premature interment is reported from Paulhagues to the Express de Lyon. A woman who had merely fallen into a lethargic sleep, was believed to be defunct, and buried in the Cemetery of the Oommune. Some children shortly afterwards p’aying amongst the graves heard cries proceeding from the ground and gave the alarm. All haste to take up and break open the coffin, when the woman was found to be still living, but she died in a few minutes after being released. . According to report the capture of the Pescadores by Admiral Courbet, entailed the following losses on either side during the operations from the 29th to the 31st March The Chinese forces loss be tween three tc four hundred killed and wounded, amongst whom It js stated, were several mandarins. The French corps only lost two killed and three bounded. The figures speak for them selves.

A, ontlous celebration of a golden wed ding has just taken place in Paris. The couple to which this honor was done were an old man known familiarly as Le Perh Beuzeveut, who has trained most of the blind beggars who frequent the streets of the French'capital, and hi% wife, who is well known on the outer' boulevards as a rag-picker. A number of his former pupils assembled conducted by their poodles in the courtyard to treat their patron to a concert, in which clarionets predominated, and which was followed by a banquet, Beugevept had great experi ence in teaching his adepts to walk gaging in vacancy and feeling their way with a stick in the peculiar manner by which blind beggars can be recognised as far off as they can be seen, A quadruple birth is announced to have recently taken place in Paris. A female conaidrge, living in the Bne Mongo has been confined of four well propor tioned male infanta. Only two instances of similar fecundity are upon record. One related by Pliny in his notes on natural history, and the ether case in the Mater nity Hospital of Paiis nine yeaTo “ on : the and the four babes are said to be doing wbll vompierf, or firemen of Nantreref whose' glories w*M every music hall throughout France a to? years back, to an air which was whistled by street h‘ys and chanted in chorus by noisy revellers, have been disbanded The fame they acquired probably turned their beads; disobedience and indiscipline pene- , trated into their ranks, end cn repreten* i tattoos by the Mayor of tb« town a 1

of the Minister of the Interior has dis* ; solved this once popular corps; ■ f It is reported from Madrid that about . 4,700 persons have beeu Inoculated as i' protection against.cholera in die province of Valencia, •)f these on if fivjghave been taken ill. None have vapi detaio in Aloiva hj« almost entirely '(Rig appeared. Dr Ferrar intends to visit the other provinces for the purpose of Inocu lating, and wiUjhen perhaps visit France and England in order to explain his views and make fresh experiments. _ * A. case. of .' mistaken identity' caused a sensation at the Morgue 'the other day. A young woman recognised a body exposed there as that of bar father, not only by his features but also by bis clothes. She informed a. sister and; tiro' brothers of hers who lived in Paris, and who also attended the morgue and signed a declaration by which they identified the body as that of their father. The old man was a weaver at Oreteil, and after per* forming that melancholy act, his children started to that locality to lettrn how and in what manner he had met with his death, for the body had been fonnd in the Seine at Mendon; but they were sur prised on arriving to find him seated at his loom at work, quite unconscious of the fright his children had caused themselves by their mistake. v (To be continued.)

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Stdbbt, Jnly 9. Parliament will meet on Bth September when little else can be done bat pass the estimates, as a dissolution must take place in December by effluxion of time. ho weather has been very wet, and there is now no fear as to the scarcity of water. It is proposed to expend LIO,QQO of the patriotic fund in the erection and mala*- tenanqe of a Home and Hospital for. non commissioned officers, gaolers and others. The question will be discussed at the next meeting of the Committee. The agitation respeotingthe execution of the convict Johns was led by T. Walker, the Freethinker, who, upon the night pre vious, used language of an inflammatory ch >raoter. The Govetnor'reoeived a depu tation, bat. declined go to behind the de cision of his advisers. On the morning of the execution a large crowd assembled out side the gaol walls, where speeches were made, and there was a good deal of cheer ing, all of which was heard by the convict when he was addressing the Press from; the scaffold. Johns died a freethinker, although he .as attended at the last by the clergy. ■ . General Scratchley Is organising . his small staff preparatory to Starting to New Guinea. The Geographical Expedition has left Thursday Island for New Guinea.' Bbisbsnb, Jnly 16. The Assembly has jpassed the. Payment , of Members’ Bill. The maximum amount is fixed at LSOOfor the session. A meeting of electors at Macxay passed a resolution that the proposed scheme to. ask Government to grant, loans in aid of erecting sugar mills is the only solution of thedabor difficulty. The Government has accepted a tender, for the first section of the. telegraph line to Cape York; length 200 miles.

INQUEST AT SOUTH RAKAIA.

On Tuesday evening the constable sta tioned at Rakaia' received instructions from Mr Baddeley, coroner for the dis trict, to hold an inquest on the body of Philip Dolan, recently drowned in the Rakaia, that day if necessary The in quest was held at. 9.10 p.m., Mr V. A. Pyke, J.P„ acted as coroner, and Mr Turner , was Chosen as foreman of the jury. The jury having viewed the body, the following evidence was taken : M. Dolan, wifeof the deceased, Identi fied the body as that of her late husband. On July 13 the deceased left home abont 2 p.m. to haul firewood. He had with him his little son, a horse and a sledge". The boy returned about snnset, and said' his father had been drowned and that be bad been nearly drowned as well. Wit ness then proceeded down to the. beach and cooyed. She saw the horse, but no thing else | the surf was washing near the low places on the spit. Then went and told Mr Garrathers what bad happened. Philip Dolan, deceased’s son, about six years of age, said he went with his father to fetch firewood. When coming home deceased told him to go on, as the water was rising. I He did so, and when-witness looked round his father was np to his chesty in water. His father never spoke to him* and be never saw him again. He then cold his mother what had happened. Daniel Dolan, brother of the deceased, remembered Garrathers Chafing and say ing that his brother wss drowned. He went to deceased’s house to see Mrs Dolan and then went to the sea, and whistled and shonted. Then came back close to the lagoon, and found the horse standing there. Next day went to Mathias ac a Randall’s to look for him ; then to Sooth bridge, and reported the occurrence to the police. When witness returned his nephew showed him the place where de ceased was last seen. The water at that spot was some nine feet deep. He was on the beach on Sunday dragging, and at last saw deceased lying on a spit in abont a foot of water. Henry Harrison. and abont 30 others were present when the body was recovered. Ha took the body out himself, and took it to deceased’s late residence.. It was Sunday evening when the body was found. Constable Bootke gave evidence as to the matter having been reported, and the steps which-had been taken for the re covery of the body. The finding of. the bady was reported to him by D. Dolan at Bam. on Monday, the 20th. Reported the matter verbally to Mr Baddeley, the coroner, at 9 a.m. the same morning. No time was then appointed for the inqneat. Explained the whole circumstances to the Coroner. ■

The jury retired, and in a tew minutes returned with a verdict of “Accidental drowning/' and added the following rider: “That the jury request that the Aotlng- Ooronar report the fact to the Minister of Justioe as to the apparent negligence of the authorities in not calling the inquest before three days had elapsed after find ing the body, considering that deceased lost his life seven days ago ; also, that a copy of this rider be forwarded to the Ootonefe for the district.!’

PARLIAMENTARY.

JgfcGISLATTVB COUNCIL. k . Tobsdat, Joxt 2L Council met at 8.30 pum. BILLS. The Hon Mr J. B. Richmond moved the second reading of the Employment of FemalesAtemdtoent Bfflr " After disousalon thsßQl .was thrown ont by 21 to 14. * Th e ”'Horn Dr J Pd!lßtt nrO*B^H»lsßM#**» reading of the. Gaming and Lotteries Amendment BQL _ —«r-, . The-BUI waurewda seoocd time oath*. \ - voices. ’ - - I The Oonnoii adjourned M 4.50. —. —-LJ laJJLLT* House ofrkprkskntaihvbh ToisDATi July 21. X . The House met at 2.30 p.m. QUBSHOWB. 1 Replying to MruWalker, H it ifcln.AMfaww temptation to instrnot the BegistraiOeua. " rai to pdhllsh the annual statistics of the. colony at snch a data as to bs d smM practical tue than they have bean in,l|n - past i also if the Government wool! 1 ' struct the Registrar General to. take tier “Victorian year booh” as a mcMalofessK.,. venient sue and method, or - far as possible to supply is similar yaer book for this colony, . ... a. m The Hon U* Tola said the were published as early iis fa colony, but the Government ' undertake to supply a year book (maooottht of the expense it'would ehteS. T • 7 J r. ReplyfagtoMr Peadook. V. ‘ 'T . , The Hon Mr Richardson had made several mistakes ft' his figures ’ respecting the Working of railways of ihs ai ■ colony, especially-the Canterbury Haas.-- -- KA«T ABO WBST COAST BATLWAT. Sir Jdfas Vogel read a printed Matey. - meat respecting the Bast add WeatOrfial-| .railway. , r ■ .. ,/■" **: "V„* Bins. ' The following Bills werS introduced ;f A Bill to emend the River Boards Act 4 1884 (Mr stout); a Bilfto ameMHfce Itt% - Assurance Policies ; Vogel); a BQltogtve effeettoa * of the House of Representatives uMd tfclj ’ on the 9th July, 1885, imposing i customs duties (Sir J olios Vogel);. ‘ ‘ /-v; ‘ The House rose at S 3O. *V'-" 1, . i EVENING SITTING'; The House resumed at 7 30 p.m. r BDBOATIOHAL SZATUODRE. < The Hon Mr Stoat made his Zdnoatioa i statement.. ■ _ r WHXFKOBX KHABCDTO BILL. . gf t The Hon Mr Ballance moved the second r‘ * reading of the Whitmore Enabling BQL... -O Major AtUnson saidH he'thought Hwt; t . appointment was permanent, be should .. t oppose it, hot het looked, on it as an smer- | geuoy. He would not oppose the B&L .- L bat when the jumper time carae|he would i do his utmost to reduce tbs number of | f officers for the colony. t Mr Montgomery asked wfaiai were terms of the appointment. ‘ f The Hon Mr Ballance said tlmre.wMiK> - 9 particular time fixed. The appointment was not temporary, hat -the House ooald at any time refuse to vote tho taout re quired for the office. .- J ; " , Mr Hnrst thought no particglef neose &. si*y had been shown for making the ap- - pointment He thought the appogttmSnt ‘ should have beu limited to ohs yeaA s 1 Mr Seddou contended that the appqint’ menfc was not -made loir politietl ttsWi. ‘ Mr Barron said lt was thetP 'degyh) a give the Government the iMood’reMg .of the Bill, a* they wwe cMlod on : -to?wet-/ * in an emergency. Mr Fulton also agreed With the second ' reading, as the Government wMe escttlnly called upon to act in-.an emergemv. ’£l Mr Russell intended tosOMoft^ttiP * Bill. ' Sir HeSrge Grey . reading of the Bill shonld be allowed, hot the Government shopjd *° delay j, the passing of the measara "iiil the Fetf -mates were bronehtdo3ra,«ndlt wuds* 3 temined what this force was to be. . r .Mr Hamlin supported the;, ground that- a permanent " head J of the; - Volunteer forces of -ihe oohmy . WWW t urgently required. , , , '1; I^- 1 The Hon Mr Ballance said that by thM: nature of the Bill ihe appolntniiiM wWefrv a temporary, oharaoter, add the Boom ' r codd at sny thnb terminate it J The second reading was [ Woes.. -■ ■** ". .j-i ---* OXHBS BILLS. “ The Industrial School Act Amendment " 1 Bill was reported, read a third and . 1 passed. ■» The West Coast Settlement Deicrvss 1 Act Ameihiment Bill, wa« ceporMd,’ tdid a third time, and passed. 1 The Honse rose ati3.l9,

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rtima's TUMRin—oomissr. 1 Monetary. Lowdoh, Jaly'SOl Consols at being an advance of %, New Zealand securities and colonial bmadstufis ate unaltered. The market rate is being t}£ below the Bank rate. Tauowi* inicbaa£td| = The Cholera. ” Sf? Mammy Jnly4M). . £ , The cholera epidemic is increasing in violence, and deaths again are ,be coming numerous. 1,900 cases mure been xeportqd to the sanitary author** * ties yesterday, of which 800 ended;’ fatally. (Received July 22, 1.45 p.m.) Frozen Mutton;' - r London, Jnly 21. The first portion of the cargo of " rozen mutton ex s.s. Elderslie, front Port Chalmers, was placed upon th& Smithfield market to-day. The/rwit. was in good condition, and realised: an average price of stfd per lb.

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[eKUXKR’s TKLKGRAM8 —OOPTRiaHT.] Wrecked. Mxlbotohb. Teatacdsy. Telegranjs received to-day rep^ r that the ship John De Costa, 1753 tons, Captain Oates, which left this., port on the 21st June for Calcutta with a cargo of horses for the Indian market,' was totally wrecked-on Thursday Ice land, and 140 harses were lost The- 1 crew of the vessel were saved. " Sailed— WaihonT for the Bluff thia aftemooh. Bank Bobbery. The trial of the men implicated- in Simpson's road bank robbery was con cluded to-day. MiUedge, Alcock, andryj Fortune, were eachsenteoced to six : years' penal and McMahon,, the dnyer ef thfcart, convicted,o( aid-, : iag and abctunt *u acntaaced« one ,

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, WEDNESDAY, JUDY .22, 1885.



ChalMen & Jones DRESS AND MANTLE MAKERS, Barnett street east. Latest style and fit guaranteed. ARwork carefully executed. Combined with lowest possible charges. 7 215 T\o yon want cheap Pipes? ___ AXT i# - Then go to R* BKVAN Do yon want cheap Boohs? rr*ia Well, pay a visit to R. BEVAN Is it cheap Stationery you want? Get it’from R. BEVAN Do von Wdrit cheap Toys and _ Fancy Goode? Go to R. BEVAN ; Do yon want cheapOutlery } Well, whydon’t yon visit R. BEVAN Do you Want cheap Jewel* - leer in Sterling Silver or 4 _ Plated goods? Goto*. R» BEVAN Do yoa want cheap Acoordi- Oonoertinaa? Well, give a call to Hum Is a very large Stock of NEW GO©DS to be cold Wholesale and retail, andif you want anything ia this line really cheap - vonlshould call and see R. BE VAN BOOKSELLER, STATIONER, Em, . Bamroeßs' Building, ne Tt shop to Quill's Hotel) R.. BEV AN sl j | £* « § Og-B H. j. Wood & Co., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL «- • ' STATIONERS, of Boobs, Newspapers and Fancy Goods, Engraver*, Lithographers, Printers and “ ‘ Bookbinders. *3E7E have much pleasure In informing ' vV oor valued customers and the public generally that we have opened a Branch of out well-knoaitt .Christchurch badness premises and office in the Bnlldings, Ashburton, under 'itmefit of Mr L F. Andre wes ewes. Bros). Orders for Books, iqymniTTrjj'- Whigs gtnes and Xxewspspt-ra tgoaired by Mr Andrewea and executed r—from oor Ohristcbnrch stock, largest of Unkind in the odonyv , Stores and Schools supplied at onr -££ ih WMemle Prices. given for Printing and Book binding.



WOOD & CO,, * Stationers’ Hall, S(: And 9 Cathedral Square, Bob; and Town Hal), Ashburton; -- . _ 'the Stock|of Book?, Fitidtaneei: and t Famw Goods from the • flte estate of Mr L. F. propose jwldlog a Clearing i/of’iwme, and 'a quantity of other ■ ■* • Less than Half Cost ' wbfV.r ■■ v 2d per quire; Mure iToya at joy price to 'cUsposed of in this 8 Auction. , paid to Mr L F. collector for the designee,



Wanted TTTANTED—To Hire or Purchase a • * - Goat. Apply. B. Fbikdlandeb. WANTED Known—That 1 am selling Venus nail road. 6s 6d per lb ; Venus navy twist, 5s 6d per lb ; Venus twist, 6s 6d per lb. —F. Clark, Hair dresser and Tobacconist, East street - 7 97 TE/ANTED Known -That I am selling » * Concertinas and Aooordians at greatly reduced prices. — P. Clark, Hairdresser and Tobacconist, East street. 7 08 WANTED Known-That I have a very large assortment of GBD’s, Meer -1 schaum and other pipes, in oases, at greatly reduced prices.— P Clark, Hair dresser and Tobacconist, East street. . 7 99 TXT ANTED Known—T am selling large V V 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’ sso suits, 21a 6d ; 100 men’s Kaiapoi trousers, 11b 6d ; Brussels carpets at 3a lid. — Andrew Ore’s cheap sale. 7 95 WANTED Known—Ladies’ hose 6d, girl’s 4d per pair; 12 doz dress button, Is ; towels, 4d ; stays, la lid ; fur caps, Is. A. Obr’s cheap sale. 645 WANTED Known—Boys’ cloth tam o’shanters, Is 6d ; boys and girls’ boots, 3s 9d ; men's boots, 6a 9d; women’s kid, 6s ; men’s hats, Is lid ; braces, Is ; men’s Kaiapoi treason, 11s 9d per pair. A. Orb’s cheap sale. 6 46



WANTED Known—Fingering wool, 2a 6d per lb ; black cashmere, Is 4d ; white calico, 2s lid per doz; ribbons, 4d per yard ; tour-button silk gloves, Is ; new flowers, 3d per spray ; ladies’ ulsters, 5s 6d; umbrellas, la lid each. A. Obb’s cheap sale. 6 47 WANTED Known that B. Lancaster’s PorE Sausages at 6d per lb excels any other in the Canterbury province. Cash buyer of bacon pigs. R. Lancaster Beady-money Meat Mart, Bullock’s Ar cade. 5 774 WANTED Known—That T. Boult 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. 5 711 WANTED Known—Wertheim Sew ing Machines can be had on Time Payments at the New Zealand Clothing Factory’s Branch, East street, Ashburton. WANTED Known—Joints and Brad shaw are offering a superior blend of Nelson, Moate and Co’s Tea, at 2t)s per box; Flour, 18s per saok ; Chaff, 35s per ton ; Wheat, seconds and crushed, equally cheap, for Cash. TTtTANTED Known—That Hates and v V Co. has bought 1009 yards superior Velveteen, all shades, from Is; dress goods grand valne, worth 2s, now Is; ladies’ jackets, cost 25a fid, now 4s 6d ; hats and bonnets half-price ; winceys, 1 yard wide, fid ; 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 us a trial. Dress Stuffs, BJd and is (under wholesale prices). H. C. Seqkrs, East street.



Special Advertisements. PATTERN DEPOT. DRAPER AND DRESSMAKER, Saundeis’s Buildings, East street, Begs to intimate to the Ladies of Ashbur ton that she baa removed to the above Buildings, and that she has received a consignment of Crewel and other Wools. Ladies’ and v hildren’s Underclothing made at the shortest notice. REGISTRY OFFICE For Female Servants GRIOULTURAL Machine Shop, WAKANCI ROAD. CHARLES RAY Repairs Engines, Combines, Chaff-cutters, Reapers and Binders, and all classes of macninery. Special attention given to Bicycles, Tricycles and Sewing Machines. Lawn Mowers repaired, sharpened and adjusted. , ■ Model work. General repairs. Mrs Hodge, 3 4



gUPPORT LOCAL EXCELLENCE. M T. A. GATES’S SPECIALITIES 0 The Cinder Sifter T T. A. Gates, Cabinet x Piotore-fkame Maker, PETi'.u SI HEW . ANBOUNOEMEiNT. MUSIC, PIANOS, AMERICAN ORGANS, Etc, X F. FARLEY AGENT FOR SALE OF ABOVE. ■ All instruments can be bought on the deferred payment system, from 30a 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 10a, Thomas R Farley, BOOKSELLER, STATIONER AND MUSIC AGENT, Paunmbbs’ Buildings, Bast St., Ashburton.



Special Advertisements' Groceries CHEAPER THAN EVER AT james McGregor’s, Tanoskd Stebbx (opposite the Arcade). Best White Crystal Sagar, 3d per lb by the mat Best English Out Loaf Sugar, 4sd per lb Boa Tea, from 12s 6d per box A grand assortment of new tin Fish— Herrings in Shrimp, Tomato or Tennel Sauce j 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 Catting Brand, 9d Mackerel, lOd Sardines, 6d Full sizes new Figs, 9d per box Cadbury’s Cocoa, Is per tin Fry’s Cocoa, tin or packet, Is 6d per lb Biscuits, 3d Cheese, 6d Best Rice, Sago and Tapioca, 3d per lb JAMES MoGREGOR, Tanored Street. 12 2342 W. EL 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 favorable rates.



FOR SALE—26O sores 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 turers and Importers in Dunedin and Christchurch. 7 206 FOR Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Asthma, Coryza, Influenza, Con sumption, etc. KAITS Compound of Linseed, Ani seed, Senega, Squill, Tolu, etc with Chlorodyne. KAY’S Compound, a demulcent ex pectorant, for Coughs, Colds and Chest 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. GOAGCUNE Cement for Broken Articles. Sold everywhere. Sole makers—» * KAY BROS., 101 Stockport, England, Extraordinary Sale OF A WAREHOUSEMAN’S JSTOOK OF SILKS, VELVETEENS, CRETONNES, CASHMERE MITTS, &c. Colored Silks Colored Velveteens Costume Tweeds Bought at 70 per 1 cent discount. Do f you realise what “* I this means, viz that I silks 5s yard cost us Is 6d 1 Bought at J dis count, and will be offered to the public at London prices. Knockabout Tweeds 'Goods in the usual Black Goods 1 Cretonnes ... Skirtings ... Silesias ... Men’s Moles J way costing say 2/6 the yard, we only paid 1/8 for. Bought also at J dis count, which will enable us to sell at less than invoice price. It is a won derful redaction on 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 6Jd.—■-Full sized cotton shirts S Bought at 90 per „ r> I cent discount, and Men’s Dux Collars V <old at 9d for 12doz J or Id the box. Cashmere Mitta Infants’ Polkas Blue Wool Repps... Cotton Shirts



All perfectly New Goods, The Purchase only effected last week. The whole will be shown on Tables in the Centre of the Shop, and not in any way mixed with our ordinary Stock. SALE NOW ON. H. E. May & 00., THE HALL, CHRISTCHURCH. rp H E NEW. ZEAL ND Clothing Factory 0 O N T rTo TORS To New Zealand Government Rail ways, Post Offices, Volunteer Corps, &c. &o. <Sro. Are now prepared to enter into contracts for the supply of NAVAL AND MILITARY UNIFORM* 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 Oamaru Greymouth Napier Waimate Reefton Waipawa Timaru Wellington Hastings Asu h,lr ton Masterton Gisborne Christchurch Wanganui Thames Lyttelton Auckland



Victoria House. ijj, the Convenience- of all whom it may Concern— A RARE OPPORTUNITYI LASTING FOUR WEEKS ONLY I ‘ REDUCING STOCK Prior to arrival of Spring Goods. TO EFFECT A CLEARANCE, REDUCTIONS IN PRICES Have Been Made UPON ALL GOODS Equal to THREE SBILLIisGS iathe Pound. For Convincing Proofs- see Windows. ALL FINE iRP Goods Ton per Cent over Coat. Uimant and Coe. GENERAL DRAPERS, CLOTHIERS, &C., Sant and Tanorad Strwts, Ashburton



American Co.’s Hop Bitters has restored to sobriety and health perfect wrecks from intem perance. Peruse all August Flower.—The most miserable beings in the world are those suffering from dyspepsia and liver complaint. More than per cent of the people are afflicted with these two diseases and their effects; such as sour stomach, sick headache, habitual costiveness, palpitation of the heart, heartburn, waterbrash, gnawing and burning pains at the pit of the stomach, yellow skin, coated tongue and dis agreeable taste in the mouth, coming up of food after eating, low spirits, etc. Go to your druggist and get a bpttle of august flower. --Liable medicine has pjred thousands I ms jg known jjj gU and thousands of sufferer, —tu relieve civilised countries. Two doses w-, you. It costs only 3s fid a bottle. Sample bottles, fid.—fAnvr, Now money is so scarce it behoves every one to be on the alert and endeavor to make their twenty shillings go as far as possible. One glance at 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 1 should induce all buyers f Drapery and Cloth-1 ingto give them a.calh —(Advt,l I



TioDolourenx, Toothache, or any other neuralgic pain spccdliy yields to Baxters Anti* Neuralgic Pills. . Catarrh of ihr Bladder.—RHnging .rritation, inflammation, all kidney and similar complaints, cured by " Buchu-paiba.” The N-2. Drug Co., General Agents. 3 Wells’ "Rough on Corns.”—Ask for Wells’ " Rough on Corns.” Quick relief complete, permanent cure. Corns, warts bunions. The N.Z. Drug Co., General Agents. 3 Holloways Pxlts.—Nervous Debility— No part of the human machine requires more watching than the nervous system—upon it hangs health and life itself. These piUs are the- best regulators and strengthened of the nerves, and the safest general purifiers. Nan* sea i headache, giddiness, numoness, ana men* tnl apathy yield to them. They. dispatch in a summary manner those distressing, dyspeptic symptoms, stomachic pains, fulness at' the, pit of the stomach, abdominal distension, and over* Come both capricious appetites and confined bowels— tne commonly accompanying signs of defective or deranged qprvpus power. Hollo : PUIS' are j&rticuiarly recommended to persons of studious and sedentary habits, who gradually sink into a nervous and debilitated state, unless some such restorative be occaj sioaally taken,—HdvhJ



Skinny M*».— 4, TW&’ Heaßbßeoewa? ■ restores health and vigbr, cores *- 1 potence,' debility, Ibe General Agents. I * Flies Bogs.—Beetles, insects, toadies ants, bed-bags, 'rats, mice, gqpbers, jaek-rab bits, cleared N,&|DnigQ&, "* $