DAILY MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALES. Tuesday, Joint 30 Haun Matson, Cox and C>., at the »' Tinwald Saleyards—Stock Wednesday, July 1 Mr Alfred Hairuon, at his Salerooms — Clothing MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS. Exo. N. Wednesday, Jolt 1 Orange Hall—Star of the East, 1.0. G.T., mwHrg at 8 o’clock Oddfellows’ Ball—Quadrille Assembly at 8 o’clock Thursday, July 2. “ Orange Lodge—Regular Monthly meeting in the New Orange Hull; 7.30 p.tn. Templar Ball—Quadrille Assembly at 8 s ■ Friday, Judy 3 Ashburton County Council—At Council Chambers, 11 a.m. Lonbgeaoh Road Board at Road Boar O^a Hinds Schoolroom —Concert and Dano< St Stephen’s Schoolroom —Concert, at Saturday, July 4 Aakanui Road Board, at Road Bo office, Moore street, at 10.30 a. m. Monday, July 6 Borough Council, at Borough Council Chambers, at 7.30 Arcade Chambers—Star of Ashoar<M>. U.A.0.D., at 8 o’clock

MAIL NOTICES.

Mail* close at the Ashburton Post Otiice fallows:— For Christchurch and North at 6 a.m. 10.30 a.m, and 6 p.m., daily. For' Ohertsey Rakaia, &c., at 10.30 a. m. and 5 p.m. daily. For Dunedin, Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, •nd Geraldine, at 10 a.m. daily. 2for Temuka, at 6 a.m. and 10 a. m,, ForTimaru and South, at fi a.m., 10 *.m, and 4.50 p.m., daily. For Groenstreet, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 10.45 a.m. For Wakanui, Elgin, Seaview, Seafield, and Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6.30 a-m. For Mount Somers, daily at 4.30 p.m. For Mayfield and Buapuna, on Mon days and Thursdays, at 4.30 p.m. For Ashtsn, Waterton and Longbeach, at A3O p.m. daily. For Flemington, on Mondays, Wednes days, and Fridays, at 4.30 p.m For Newlands, on Tuesdays and Fri days at 10.30 a.m. Mails arrive at the Ashburton Poa )£ce— From Christchurch and Rakaia at 10.15 B.zn., 4.35 p.m, and 7.20 p.m FromjjChertsey, &o. at 10.15 a.m. and 4.36 p.m daily. From Dnnedin|and intermediate places at 6.3°*>.m. daily, Froix« Temuka and Timaru at 10.40 a. m. S.dO p.m, and 8 p.m. daily. From Greenstreet, Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 10 *.m. From Mount Somers, daily at 10.5 a.m From Mayfield and Ruapuna, on Wed nesdays and Saturdays, at 10.6 a.m. From Ashton, Waterton, and Long beach at 10 a.m daily. From Newlands, on Tuesdays and Fri ays, at 2.30 p.m From Flemington on Tuesdays, Thurs days, and Satnrdyas, at 10a.m.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

‘ Fair Play,” “ Obsbbvbr,” “ Anti- Humbug ” and others, —Your letters are crowded out of this issue. They will aopear to morrow.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit. TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1885.

Some amusement was occasioned at Mr Wright’s meeting at Ohertsey last evening by a colloquy which took olace between the candidate and a prominent supporter of his opponent. The supporter, who had taken some interest in the conatitntion of the meeting, rose from his seat and, in a sonorous and self-confident tone, asked Mr Wright if he would have any objec tion to repeating a conversation which had taken place between them that day. Mr W : “Certainly not.” S.; “ Well, Sir?” Mr W.; “I met Mr W. in East street to day, and said, ‘Mr W., 1,800 of your sheep are running on my land at Dro more ’ " S.: “No, begin at the be-

ginning. Did’nt you ask me if I was sup porting Mr Ivess ” Mr W : “ No, I did not require to ask anything of the sort. 1 knew you were a very enthusiastic sup porter of Mr Ivess. But to begin at the very beginning, as Mr W. wishes it, I add, jokingly, ‘ As you are opp .sing me in this election, Mr W., I think you should m*ke leas use of my farm at Dromore. 1,800 of your sheep are running there, get them off or 1 shall have to pound them.” (Loud laughter.) S. (subdued) : “ Would you have let them remain there if 1 had sup ported you?” Mr W.: “ Well, now, per haps, in that case, I might have overlooked the trespass. But I don’t profess to be so overflowing with Christian forbearance as to feed my enemy’s sheep. (Applause and laughter.) Any way, Mr W. will admit that I did not threaten him with very harsh proceedings.” (Applause. A Voice : “ Nickey, you’ve pickled a rod for your own back. ”) This evening Mr E. G. Wright will ad dress the electors at the Pendarvea school room.—Mr Ivess will address the electors at the Town Hall, Rakaia.

Constable Neil, who has been stationed in Ashburton some years, has been pro moted to the detective force, and will shortly be removed to Christchurch. At the Real ent Magistrate’s C .art this morning, before Mr David Thomas, J.P., John Guam, on remand, was charged with vagran y, and further re manded to Friday next. At a meeting of the Canterbury Cham ber of Commerce, held yesterday, it was resolved—“ That, in the opinion of this Chamber, the new Customs tariff is calculated, if brought into operation, to be prejudicial not only to the agricultural and commercial, but also to the manu facturing and general interests of the colony. ” The second meeting of the Ashburton Parliamentary Union was held in the Orange Bad last evening There was a large number of the public present, the majority being ladies, all of whom ap peared to enjoy the proceedings. In the absence of the Speaker, Mr D Thomas (member for Hutt) was voted to the chair. The following gentlemen were elected members of the Union— Messrs J Clark, T. Sealy, P. Walker, and J. O. Duncan Notices of motion as fo low were give..— Fire Brigades Bill (the Premier), the Abolition of the Gaming and Lotteries Bill (Hon E. G. Crisp), Bill to Legalise Cremation (Hon D H. Brown) The Premier then introduced his Bill dealing with the constitution, an i requested that it be made an urgency Bill, and put through all its stages at once. First and second readings were put and carried The Bouse then resolved itself into a Committee, and in the absence of the Chairman of Committees, Mr E, J. Paul (member for Gladstone) was voted to the chair. The Bill was then discussed seri atim. Considerable discussion ensued when the clause providing for any altera tion in the constitution was raad. Hven tually progress was reported The Order Paper was then proceeded with, and the Bon E. G. Crisp moved the fist reading of the ; Bankruptcy Laws Repeal Act. The Standing Orders were rescinded to enable the second reading to be moved. The Attorney-General then moved the second reading, and delivered an excel lent speech thereon, during the course of which he reviewed the law relating to bankruptcy from the time of Henry VIII to the present date. After fully review ing the question, Mr Crisp resumed his seat amidst applause from both sides of the House. Mr D. Thomas then moved the adjournment of the debate, after which the House was adjourned till Monday, 13th proximo.

There was a very small attendance at last night’s practice of the Choral Society. We regret to learn that owing to waning interest in the proceedings of the Society there is a danger of it being dissolved. In view of the excellent work the Society has already done, its collapse would be much to be deplored, end we trust it will be energetically resuscitated. The Australian Mercantile Union Fire Insurance Company advertise that they are still charging the reduced rates for insurance. Mr E. G. Wright addressed a meeting of electors at the schoolroom, Ohertaev, last evening. Owing probably to the candidate naving announced his intention to address the electors at Pendarves this evening, there was only a very small attendance. Mr Strachan occupied the chair, and, in introducing the candidate, expressed his high appreciation of the services rendered to the colony by Mr Wright. Mr Wright briefly referred to the several political topics of the day, and spoke at considerable length on the sub ject of railway management. Mr Wright’s remarks upon the latter subject we have reported at considerable length in another part of this issue, and they will doubtless be read with great interest by a large section of the community. At the con clusion of Mr Wright’s address Mr Walsh proposed, and Mr Patrick Murphy se conded —” That this meeting thanks Mr Wright for his address, but thinks Mr Iveas the more suitable representative for Wakanui.’'' Aa an amendment, Mr Todd proposed, and Mr Smith seconded—-“ That this meeting thanks Mr Wrjght for his address, and has confidence in him as representative for Wakanui.” On baing put to the meeting the resolution was carried by ten against five. Mr Wright thanked the electors for the vote of thanks, and proposed a similar vote to the Chairman, which iyas carried by acclama tion.

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A general meeting of the Ashburton | Guards was held at the old Borough < Council Chambers last evening G iptai > Purnell presiding. Upon the motion of Private Clark the resolution adopting a green uniform was rescinded, and it was further resolved to substitute the regula tion uniform The offjr of Messrs Ballon stein to supply these was accepted. The model rules appearing in the Regulations were unanimously adopted, with alight alteration. The fficers of the Company, and Color-Sergeant Moss, Privates Leahy, Sparrow, McFarlane and Gates were ap pointed a Financial Committee for the ensuing twelve months. The Captain in timated that he should expect members to appear in uniform at the last drill in July. Drill will be held as usual to-morrow evening, and the attention of members is called to the order board, which has been placed outside the Somerset Hotel. Mr Wright addressed a meeting of about 35 electors at the Hinds schoolroom on Saturday evening last. Mr Bruce oc cupied the chair. Mr Wright spoke for about an hour, and was f- equently ap plauded. He explained very fully some matters wherein he had been misrepre sented, and bis explanations were received with loud applause. Several questions having been asked and satisfactorily an swered, it was proposed by Mr Norrish, and carried unanimously —“ That Mr Wright is the more fit and proper person to represent the district, and that this meeting will do its utmost to secure hia return.” After the usual vote of thanks o the Chairman, a most orderly but cor dial meeting was brought to a close. bit I vest addressed a meeting of elec tors at the Templar Hall, Tinwald, last evening, Mr Joseph Chrk presiding. At the conclusion of Mr Ivess’ address, Mr Lewis proposed and Mr Hezeltine seconded a vote of thanks to the candi date. As an amendment, Mr Smith moved a vote of thanks and confidence, which was carried by a large majority. The audience, after singing “ For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow,” dispersed. The Mayor of Ashburton, Mr 0. T. Dudley, Mr McOwen, and Mr Crisp have become honorary members of the Ashbur ton Guards.

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RAILWAY MANAGEMENT.

While addressing the electors of Waka nui at Ohertsey last night, Mr E. G. Wright strongly advocated the establish ment of non-political Boards for the management of our railways. As Mr '/right’s opinion on this subject is an authoritative one, we give his remarks in extenao Mr Wright said : I shall now endeavor to explain as briefly as possible why 1 think it desirable to effect such a radical change in the system of adminis tering our railways. My object is two fold—drat, to reduce the friction that exists between the public end the Go vernment under the present system ; secondly, to set up an authority compe tent to deal with the numerous grievances that arise from time to time amongst the railway employees Here I should ex plain that 1 propose to limit the authority of the Board. In the first instance, to the railway system between the Hnrunui and the Bluff, because th it system is con tinuous and complete in itself, and there fore best adapted for initiating a change in the method of administration, which should afterwards be extended to every section of the Government railway. The Board would probably find in necessary to sit for two or three days every month or fortnight, and could vary their place of meeting as circumstances might require— meeting alternately in Christchurch, Dunedin, Timaru, Oamaru or Invercargill —so as to be in direct communication with the chief customers < f the railway at all the principal business centres. The Hoard which 1 propose to establish would discharge the duties of mediators or arbi trators between the public on the one hand and the Government on the other. The Boards of Enquiry recently set up by the Government are very good so far as they go, but, having no power, to pro mote, protect or punish, they will never secure the confidence of the railway ser vants, and seldom be appaala I to unless in case of absolute or unjust dismissal. They wilt never be applied to for redress of ordinary grievances, as the men making any such application would probably have a black mark Set against their names. A Board with fall power arid free from direct political con trol could act with perfect independence and decide equitably and with a proper regard for all interests between the de mands of the railway customers on the one hand and the claims of the Colonial Treasurer ou the other. Constant demands are made for concessions in the tariff, more sidings, more station accommodation; de mands innumerable soma reasonable enough, many altogether unreasonable. And whilst I would give the Board full discretion in adjusting the tariff according to the exigencies or expediency of the case / would give them no direct authority to order new works, or any direct power to expend money in either new works or al terations of any kind. In these matters their power should be limited to recom mendations to the Minister of Public Works, On this head I have been told that the representations of the member for the district with a vote in his pocket, would be more potent than the represen tations of the Board. But it is this very evil which I think the Board would sup press. If the representations of the Board and the member are to the same effect, well and good; but if they are at variance then undoubtedly the Board should pre vail, and the Minister of Public Works would have a complete answer to the im portunities of the member representing the district. That would be a strong ar gument in favor of constituting such a Board, and I think if it had been in existence for some years past it would have saved the colony from a very large expenditure upon works of an extravagant character greatly in excess of the require ments of public traffic for many years to c Hue. Such a Board as that which I have Indicated would not have lent their sanc tion in the very large expenditure upon ,the Christchurch station, nor to the ex penditure of a quarter of a million ster ling upon a new station for Dunedin Monies expanded upon works of this character in excess of all reasonable re- J qui erjients represent only deadstock, and heavily handicap the whole railway sys tem V Board directing rhe railways should be composed of men of large busi ness capacity and mercantile knowledge, vpt not actively engaged in operations in which their private interests would clash ; with their public duties. There is no lack -i-,-’-’ ■, ’ ..._ • ~i ......

local institutions, and locking at the importance of the interests to be dealt with by this Board you would have great competition for a seat upon it, second only to the competition for a seat upon the Treasury Benches. Toe first attempt made in Victoria to establish a Rahway Board failed because it was proposed to give them the control of the expenditure m railway construction. and I should equa'’y object to constitute a Board for such a purposa. A Board I mited to the working of constructed railways would have no pub io funds to expend beyond authori sing the payment of salaries and wages and the purchase of the necessary srores.

in which they would probably effect some large savings. Take the item of sleepers for the renewal of the permanent way. The General Manager reported :—“ The Engi neer for working Hailways reports that out of 62,000 sleepers renewed 27,000 were of black pine or miro, and these are mostly under six years old. This short life is an element of much cost; during the decay of the sleeper the rail suffers and is deteriorated, and the labor in main taining the road is increased ; and the cost of the renewal of the sleepers is als > very heavy, not so much of the sleepers alone as in carriage, handling, and re laying ; a more durable sleeper would he found cheaper. The jarrah sleeper is in every respect far superior, being less liable to decay and wear, and being ol greater weight ; it would be found cheaper to get ibis class of sleeper m many in stances.” Now, whilst I concur in the opinion so far as it goes, I think a Board of Management would consider the ques tion as affecting the political economy ol the whole colony, and would find it ex pedient to adopt measures to give greatei durability to our own timber, and avoid sending away hard cash for the purchase of jarrah from Western Australia. Tw( attempts have been made in this direction but so far I fear without success Creo sote is not to be obtained in the colony ir sufficient quantity. Then as regards th< transfer of material from place to place the Board would probably exercise a ver; wholesome restraint, and would take car that if the Construction Department re quired to send a thousand tons of material ' from Christchurch to Donedin, they ahouli not be met by materials of the sam class, sent by the Maintenance Depart ment from Dunedin to Christchurch. * am speaking by way <>f illustration only, to indicate one direction in which econo my may be effected. The B >ard being possessed of full discretionary powers to adjust the tariff, and not being hampered by any hard ai. d fast rule, would not ex tract L 20.000 or L 30.000 from the pockets of stru/gling farmers by means ot a high tariff, only to throw it away by neglecting to make some moderate concession that would secure an equal return upon traffic which, for want of such concession, is lost altogether. Another question that re quires to be dealt with is that of passenger fares. At. present we charge such high rates that travelling is reduced to a mini mum. and that we make spasmodic efforts to increase the traffic by means of excur sion trains lam not condemning excur sion trains to a moderate extent, though I doubt very much that any substantial profit is derived from them The whole service is put out of joint, large quanti ties of rolling stock have to be transferred from one locality to another to provide for the special service Trains are sent up empty to convey unknown quantities of passengers, and at the end of a few days have to be returned again empty. The railway officials are all put upon extra du'y, and in some cases their energies are overtaxed Under this system those who travel on business or in search of work pay somewhat dearly, whilst the pleasure seekers are carried at vary bw rates in deed. I should like to see a farther re duction in the ordinary charges. As ra gards the profits derived from our working railways, there is » gr- at doubt In my mind as to whether we ate not producing fictitious dividends to a considerable ex tent by adding to the capital account of railway expenditure, monies that ought, without a doubt, to be charged, against revenue The plan adopted a few years back was to charge the labor of these re newals to revenue, and the cost of the materials to capital. Now, this was clear-y an improper mode of dealing with the cost of theso renewals; the only portion of the cost which should be charged to capital is that represented by tue extra weight of the new rails over the old ones. If you take up old rails ot 401 b and put down new ones of 561 b, capital should be debited with the cost of the extra 161 b and not with the cost of the whole ofiib. Upon this question and many others the services of a Board would be most useful; they would adopt means to satisfy both themselves aud the public that our rail ways were conducted upon some commer cial principles, and whatever moJificttions of the tariff they might deem advisable wo aid he made for the sake of increasing! the traffic, and not for the sake of sscur-j ing political favor and support. The Colo nial Treasurer may say that this depart ment contributes between L 310,000 and! L 400,000 annually to the public purse,! and therefore is too large a branch of they State machinery to be rem >ved from thJ direct control of the Government; that such a Board, for the sake of popularity,! might make such serious reductions mj charges of all kinds a< would seriously' reduce the public revenue. Now, I can not concede for one moment that all the patriotism in the colony, all the business ability, are centred in the Government of the day, whoever they may be. There is no reason to doubt that a body of men, competent for the discharge of the duties of the Board, could be found in any of »he principal towns of the colony; man who would possess just as keen a sense of the responsibilities of their position and of their duty to the State as the members of any Minist-y, that ever existed in the colony ; men who would not be led away to make rash experiments with so large a trust, but who would take care that all their charges should be cau ious and ten tative, and guided by a desire to increase the revenue, whilst giving relief when ever equity should indicate that re lief was necessary. That the tariff upon agricultural produce is somewhat excessive is indicated by the fact that the portion of our railway system which carries the largest amount of agri-

cultural produce, produc ea the largest I profit, and where there ia but little agri ' culture there is but little profit. Thi same remark holds good aa regards th« Victorian railways, for whilst the North ern and Western railways pay about 3] par cent, the north-eastern section, whioi traverses the g‘-ain district of Victoria pays per cent, and yit the charges on the Yictor.an railways for the carriage ol agricultural produce are lower than ours This Board would possess great powen in the matter of patronage, and in sanc tioning appointments and promotions in the service, and these are duties which might with perfect safety be entrusted to such a body, aud would relieve the Minis ter of Public Works of a troublesome and at times most unpleasant duty; the duty of saying “ No,” when sorely pressed oy sonje political supporter to say ‘‘ Yea " N>w let us g anco at the duties that vvoul I devolve upon this Board in its se cond capacity, that of a Court of Equity to which the whole railway staff might appeal under certain necessary restric tions And for this purpose alone Ith uk the Board would be of immense service to the citato. The voty fact of its exist ence would at one stroke remove nearly half the grievances that, arise; all those,- in fact, which are caused by petty tyranny or an abuse of power on the part of the Sir officials in any department of the i ay, aa the autlurity of the Board | would, I think, bo more directly felt than I that of any Minister for Public Works, | ... ■> ■ . ... ' ■■■v ,;ii ar-.'-i . i

would exercise a saiuarv restraint agaihst any partiality or favoritism in the service, ('he knowledge that any injustice or any I abuse of authority might come under re view by the B >ard would at once lift a load from the molds of many of the rail way servants, who now feel that to state their griava ices is but little short of ten daring their resignation. With a pro parly constituted Board thsy would know that if their grievances were a- ch as could not be redressed -imaginary griev ances possibly—they woul i at least not suffer any oppression for having urged their claims Without some adequate provision for dealing with minor trounles as they will arise, there will always be a danger of a smouldering fi-e of discontent bursting forth at a most inconvenient time —also-causing great public inconvenience. The Board, amongst other duties, must sea that the railway service is conducted with the utmost economy consistent with the safety of tho public, but they must also show a business con sideration for all classes of the railway employees, and not economise at the cost of life or limb Let them extract the utmost revenue consistent whh fair play to all classes of the community, whether railway customers, or railway officials, or the general taxpayers. And since salaries and wages must be adjusted from time to t<me, it would be more desirable, for very many reasons, that thia duty should be performed by an independent Board than by the M nistry of tho day. The Board would be further removed from the influ ence of political pressure or popular ex citemeut, and therefore more lively to regulate these matters in a spirit of equity as between the public on the one side and the public servants on the other. We must not lose sight of the fact that we have quite an army of men employed in the railway service, as many as 4,000 pro bably, and increasing yearly. This num ber constitutes a substantial proportion of the total adu t male population, and it is of the highest importance that so large a oody of men should be firmly and justly dealt with, and the interposition of a > Board of Directors of a non-political character, and holding the scales of justice > with a steady hand, would go far to ra - duce the friction that must otherwise i exist between the Ministry of the day and this large body of paid servants of the Orown. And here I would suggest a system of granting annually to every man connected with the Railway Department, from the highest to the lowest, a certain s i are in, or a fixed percentage, of the profits, so that every man should feet that he had a direct interest in promoting economy in every detail. This system' has been tried with marked success in private enterprises, and 1 can see no diffi culty in putting it in operation upon our railways. At present there is but the dull routine of daily duty, with bat little hope of recognition, still less of recom pense far zealous and faithful service. The system of participation in the profits, though to a small amount, would promote a better feeling throughout the service, and would rouse the energies and vigil ance of every official, knowing *hat the work was one in which each had a direct pecuniary interest. The granting of such a bonus might in. volve the distribution of L 15,000 to L 20.000 annually, but it would be no loss to the State. The greater care and eco nomy that would be exercised by all con cerned would more than recoup the out lay ; valuable suggestions would be made from time to time showing how a saving could be effected here or there, small per haps in itself, out large when multiplied throughout so large a department. Under such a system the most capable men in the service of the Department would rapidly come to the front, and the colony would benefit by their intelligence. Under the present system, by which appointments are frequently made for political purposes. The men come to regard promotion a* almost hopeless unless they happen to have a friend at Court, and then promo tion is seldom according to merit. As a general result of establishing this Board of Management—the supervision would be closer and more direct; the tariff would be adjusted upon commercial grounds and not upon political ones ; there would be less red tape and more economy ; in some localities fewer trains and those better filled; a clearing out of incompetent bands and better pay for the diligent ami com petent ; whilst the that the governing body political party would afford to the tWP a sense of secur ty against sudden changes, and pro mote a healthier tone throughout the ser vice.

CORRESPONDENCE.

>Vcdo not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expired by oar correspondents.

MR WASON AND THE HON. W. JOHNSTON.

To THB EDITOR. Sir, —The noise and c infusion last night towards the close of the meeting at the Rakaia prevented me from replying as fully aa 1 intended to Mr Waa.m's virulent attao'v upon a Minister of the Crown (the Hon W. Johnston), whom he spoke of as having told a lie. A lie, as I understand it, is a wilfully false and malicious statement. Mr John ston’s statement that Mr Ivess’s consti tuents were not interested in the Rakaia- Methven line arose entirely from want of knowledge, and Mr Ivess promptly cer- Ireeled him. I VV hen I said chat I confirmed Mr Ivess, fl did not wish to imply that I jumped to my feet to declare that Mr Ivess was speaking the truth ; that was superfluous, as no one questioned his accuracy ; but perceiving that Mr Johnston was laboring under an error in supposing the Wakanui electorate to be bounded by the railway line from the Rangitata to the Rakaia, and was unaware of the peculiar division of the boundary from Chertsey to Barr till, 1 walked across the House, and in formed Mr Johnston what were the boun daries of Wakanui, and, as 1 anticipated, found that he was not aware that the dis trict crossed the Main South line. This is what Me Wason has repeatedly spokeu of aa a lie. —l am, etc, Edward 6. Weight. Windermere, June 27.

MR WRIGHT AT THE NOMINA TION.

(TO las EDITOR.) Sir, —However I might differ from Mr Wright in regard to political questions, and be tempted from a public point of view to regard with suspicion those who put themselves forwarded as his sup porters and constant associates, I have always regarded him as a high-minded and emphatically honorable gentleman. It was vyith pain that I listened to a por tion of bis speech at the nomination yes terday, calculated to change my opinion. The portion of his speech to which 1 refer was reported in your columns as follows : —“ He had never said one word in dis paragement of Mr Ivess, but, after reply mg to a question referring to a matter in which Mr Wason was personally in- I terested, had suggested that Mr vvason wished to send a representative to Wellington to grind his little axe, and he (Mr Wright) had added that if they wished a representative for that purpose they should not send him. He bad made no reference whatever to Mr Ivess, and did not suppose that that gentleman was prepared to grind axes for any one. ” Now, although Mr Wright may have taken the utmost care to avoid ment'oniug Mr Ivess* uamb, the innqendo contained inhisobser- 1 '■• ■ ’os is unmistakeable. In effect, the [ sin. ement is that, if the electors of Waka- « nui wished to send a representative to I K.luiqioa to grn;d Mr WasenV * : vlc *

axes they should not send him, *>nt the other candidate. There can be no mis* take whatever that if what fell from Mr Wnght means anything at all, this is the obvious deduction to be taken from his words, and they are disparaging in the highest degree For Mr Wright to seek 1 o saelter himself because he did not mention Mr Ives* hy name is most disingenuous. Wh» did he not stand to the plain meaning of the words like a mao and a gentleman ? I should still have been iu possession of my good opinion of him if he had. By backing out he has given another illustration of the moral weakness and want of stamina of which we have had so many examples lately. Yours etc , Thckodorr Arnold. '

MR WRIGHT AND MR GRIGG.

To the Editor. Sir, —Me Weight has thought fit to attribute to me more than I uttered, and he farther proceeds to refute a charge which he chooses to imply from my state* meat of a plain unvarnished fact. This is a stale trick, common enough among a certain class of shifty politicians; bat I did not think that an aspirant to the portfolio of Public Works would stoop to such tactics. At Mr Ivess’s meeting 1 stated that “ Mr Origg did not resign bis seat nntil Mr Wtight was ready to come forward.” This is literally true, and the fact that within 48 hoars of the vacancy * being declared Mr Wright was in the field would seam a sufficient verification of the statement. I did not s«y (whatever I may have then thought) that a secret treaty for the transfer of Parliamentary , honors was in existence. Both gentlemen are far too wary and experienced pollti- j oians to put themselves in a position to • be nnable to deny such an allegation, if - made. But their very eagerness to re fute a charge, which they chose to imply, is suspiciously suggestive of the old pro verb, “ Qui s’excuse s'accuse" In a letter to the Mail, 1 said that 1 would give Mr Wright my authority for saying, that, prior to Mr Grigg’s resignation, Mr Wright was ready to contest the seat. The name of my informant baa been sent privately to Mr Wriaht. For the electors it will be sufficient if I , - say that he occupies a prominent position in the present Ministry. The telegraphic enquiry to this gentleman runs thus— ... “ June 27, 1885. Am informed by one who was present that Mr B. G. Wright ; informed you when in Ashburton of bis intention, to stand for Wakanui at next election ; is that so ?” The Minister’s reply to above enquiry reads—“ Wtiling ton, June 27. Yes; Iso understood him.” If Mr Grigg was not aware of,his present candidate’s expressed intention, Mr Wright’s political opponent* were better informed. Perhaps Mr Wright . will now see fit to withdraw the reckless and unfounded charge of falsehood which , he has made against me. His attack upon me at Rakaia and in the newspaper is characteristic of that Uuty and childish ! irritability and inaccuracy which has hitherto prevented him doing useful ser vice In Parliament. I readily accept Mr Grigg’a statement that there was no - underhand agreement between himself and Mr Wright Some good may come - of this petty storm in a teacup, If Mr Wright and his friends, Mr J. Grigg jun., Messrs Friedlander, and other promoters of the requisition, learn that there is no thing the mass of the electors resent more : keenly than an attempt on the part of a few wealthy men to dictate to the con stituency who their member shall be. 1 F. Wilding. June 29,1885.

YESTERDAY’S LATE TELEGRAMS

Wbhutoion. 'the ramor current that the Hon Mr Stout was to-be* made Chief Justice is denied. ' Largo quantities of exhibits for the New ' Zealand Industrial Exhibition arrived * yesterday and to day. / Captain Cameron, of the lonic, has re ported t» the Oostnma that on Snnday, on the passage from Napier to Wellington, while of Palliser Cape, he struck some hard substance. The vessel was two miles off the land. An examination by the \ diver shows no damage as far ae discern-, ible. The report has been submitted to the -secretary of Customs, who will de cide if an enquiry is necessary. Arrived —Ship City of Florence, Capt. Leaak, 95 days from London. Daring the passage a lad named Fred. Stratton fell from aloft and was killed. Dtoboin. At a meeting of shareholders of the Westport Coal Company it was agreed to wait as a deputation on the Directors as to the reason of the last call. At the half yearly meeting it was stated that no more calls would be made without con sulting the shareholders, bat this was not done. S. S. Hutchison, who was arrested at lackland for fraudulent insolvency, came up at bankrupt sitting for examination, but it was not concluded. The examina tion did not disclose anything very new. Having built the Caversham Gas Works with assistance from the Bank and Royse, Stead and Co, they were offered to Hutchison for L 45,000, and he floated a Company in London, to which he sold them for LIOO.OOD, bat he only received" in cash L4,OiXJ. The City Council selected Mr W. Robert son, who has been for a number of years. Secretary of the Fire Brigade, as Captain of the new paid body. Judge Ward decided to-day that the district in which a mining comp .ny’a operations are being carried on is the place where winding up proceedings should be taken, and vranted an order annulling the proceedings in the case of die Homeward Bound Co., Maoetown, which had beeu granted in the Dunedin District Court, it was contended that the delay In com mencing proceedings by the contributories (nearly a year) amounted to acquiescence, bat fits Honor overruled this, bat did net give costa against the liquidator on account of the delay.

EUROPEAN ITEMS.

“AGE ’* EsPSCXALS. (by TELKQRAP FKOM bluff) London, June 17. The Pall Mall Gazette states that the selection of the Marquis of Salisbury m Secretary of State for foreign Affairs, and Lord Randolph Churchill as Secretary of State for India, is a direct menace to Rns sia. London, Jane 21. *, The German Lloyds Company, Bremen, have accepted a co tract from the German i Government to ran a line of their steamers to Sydney. The voyage la to be made in 36 days. The troops of the Ameer are menacing the Russian ontposta. London. Jose 22. The Russians! atj Astrabad on the Per sian frontier have imprisoned a British messenger. London, Jane 18. The Australian shippers of soft goods, with the exception of those shipping car- Sets and floor cloths, have agreed »Bot to eal with British or European firmwWao; , sending travellers to the colonies. ’The Standard commenting this morning npoo this disoossion refers to it as a system of boycotting.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1885.



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To Let and For Sale. FOR CROPPING. 524 acres Turnip Land to be Let for one crop of grain. For particulars, apply to • DCGALD MACFARLANB, 6 80 Bncclench. Potatoes. B V 0 BLUB DERWENT POTATOES. E, 6 66 GEORGE JAMESON, Ashburton. F A R *M TO LET. AQA ACRES of good Land, nearly DuU all laid down with English grasses, with four-roomed Cot tage, Stable, etc. The land is well-watered, fenced and subdivided; there is a Government school within half a mile of the property. GEORGE JAMESON, g 01 Ashburton. C O COALS L S CTTE are now landing, ex s.s. Hauroto, a ” FRESH SUPPLY OF PRIME NEWCASTLE COAL And we beg to inform our customers and the public that, in consequence of our supplies coming to hand regularly per Steamer, we purchase the very beat Coal obtainable. We also take this oppor tunity of acknowledging the many expres sions of satisfaction evinced by our diems jn our endeavours to meet their wants, and the speedy clearance of lots already effected in the past is evidence to us that oar efforts to supply FIRST-CLASS COAL are abundantly appreciated. THE BROOKFIELD NATIVE COAL And ear Waimate SHORT, BLACK PINE WOOD ALWAYS IK STOCK BUILDING DEPARTMENT. We supply TIMBER direct from our Mills in any quantities ; orders can be | executed, as usual, from out Yards, which ate now replete with every requisite for the Trade. We have now in Stock and constantly arming Bed, .White and Black Pine, Totem, Kauri, end V.D.L. Timber, also Doors, Sashes, Roofing Iron, Mou dings, Cement, Pricks, Pickets, Tailings, Posts, Stakes, Bardies, etc , etc., f to. An Inipeotion Invited. MACPHERSON, FILMER 8r Co., (Late As Hayes), sunb«r>Ddj Coal Merchants, East *



n. W AN ’ g ! ■ x button, 3 ' r i ; ; ■■■■ay far caps, .. i, * y--- ■ . . i-> ; .j? . w "tij ’ ■■■ ■ <-’}•• to a f • in T.- . b in F--b: • -V r. <i 7.-if', t ; '•'•go P 'r'®* t b 87 . . ’RAD- I ’J :■ olend - Trri, at 20a sack . Chaff, . •a ; usbed, !>>••: r. noth turn iv, li I and girls’ >is ,i i.'" women’s '•?. !s •ic traces, la ; • Us id per pair. 6 46 . ■ igering wool, y . i. i cashmere, la . ■ ' ,jr doz; ribbons, r br vn silk gloves, Is ; a : v :.r ; ladies’ ulsters, . ; ;’ i each. A. Oer’s 6 47 ■ aat K. Lancaster’s . at 6d per lb excels any other in tne . anterbury province. Cash buyer of bacon pigs. R. Lancaster Ready-money Meat Mart, Bollock’s Ar cade. 5 774



WANTED Known —We are offering our whole stock of first-class Dra per j , 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 ns a trial. Dress Stuffs, Bsd and Is (under wholesale prices). H. C. Seoeks, Bast street. VETANTED 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 fid, now 4s fid ; hats and bonnets half-price ; winceys, 1 yard wide, fid ; ladies’ ulsters, 2s lid. 657 WANTED Known—That T. Horai 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 ITT'ANTED Known—Wertheim Sew ing Machines can be had on Time Payments at the New Zealand Clothing Factory’s Branch, East street, Ashburton. 2 276 Special Advertisements. QDPPORT LOCAL EXCELLENCE. T. A. GATES’S SPECIALITIES C f N D Once used always in favor; will ever give utmost satisfaction. 1 F F O The Cinder Sifter T and E Office Cabinet. N E B A place R A for S C everything x and E S everything 0 I in its I P own T place Inventor E and sole maker R i\ A. Gates, Cabinet sc Pictcjrb-fbame Makes, PETatt STREET. ARRIVED. new goods. Wholesale and Retail. Books by various authors Stationery in great variety Toya and Fancy Goods of every de scription Jewellery, Cutlery, Concertinas, Ac r dians, etc. Photo and Scrap Albums, Is Tobacconist’s Sundries, etc. Specially low rates to Conntry Stores. YOUNG LADIEV JOURNALS, (June No., Is 3 •}, now to hand. K. Bevan SAUNDERS’ BUILDING, (Next Shop to Quill’s Hotel.)s 692 GKIOULTURAL Machine Shop, WAKANUI ROAD. CHARLES RAY Repairs Engines, Combines, Chaff-cutters, Reapers and Binders, and all classes of machinery. Special attention given to Bicycles, Tricycles and Sewing Machines. Lawn Mowers repaired, sharpened and adjusted. Model work. General repairs. 3 4



gPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT, MU;fIC, 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 tirm whose name is upon the instrument. Price from £35. Harmoniums and Organs from £lO 10s, Thomas F. Farley, BOOKSELLER, STATIONER AND MUSIC AGENT, Saundkes’ Buildings, East St., Ashbueton.



Special Advertisements* I Groceries CHEAPER THAN EVER AT JAMES McGREGOR’S, Pancked Sxbbbt (opposite the Arcade). Best White Crystal Sugar, 3d per lb by the mat Best English Cut Loaf Sugar, 4sd 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 Defil'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, Is per tin Fry’s Cocoa, tin or packet, Is 6d pet lb Biscuits, 3d Cheese, 6d Best Rice, Sago and Tapioca, 3d per lb JAMES MoGREGOR, Tanored Street. 12 2342 Extraordinary Sale OB A WAREHOUSEMAN’S STOCK SILKS, VELVETEENS, CRETONNES, CASHMERE MITTS, &c. Bought at 70 per cent discount. Do you realise what this means, viz that silks 5s yard cost us la 6d ? Bought at $ dis count, and will be offered to the public Colored Silks Colored Velveteens Costume Tweeds ... {at London prices. Knockabout Tweeds f Goods in the usual Black Goods ... I way costing say 2/6 j the yar<l, we only paid 1/8 for. Bought also at l dia j count, which will . I enable us to sell at . '.less than invoice . j price. It is a won . I derfnl redaction on j regular safe goods J of every da} 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 Bought at 90 per cent discount, and 'sold at 9d for 12doz or Id the nox. Cretonnes ... Skirtings ... Silesias Men’s Moles Cashmere Mitts . Infanta’ Polkas Blue Wool Repps. Cotton Shirts Men’s Dux Collars



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. JE. May & Co., TALE HALL, CHRISTCHURCH. COAL. COAL, COAL. Tucker and Restell, WEST STREET, ASHBURTON. ITC7E have just received from Newcastle »* per Barque 'WILLIE McLAREN and Steamer HAUROTO Coal of superior quality, guaranteed from THE WALLSEND MINE. We can therefore si fely recommend this to our customers. Further supplies now being discharged, Ex barques ISLAND CITY and DAVENPORT, which arrived in L/ttelton yesterday with cargoes from NEWCASTLE. This being good fresh Coal, and specially bought to suit this market, should give every satisfaction, and we hope therefore to receive a continuance of orders. In reference to the above, we have made arrangements for regular MONTHLY SHIPMENTS so as to be able to execute orders with despatch. First-class SHORT BLACK PINE FIREWOOD, From Mr Alpheus Hayes’s Bush, Waimate. HARTLEY COAL COMPANY’S Celebrated NATIVE COAL. 6 20 £IHE NEW ZEAL KD Clothing Factory CONTRACTORS



To fha New Zealand Government Rail ways, Post Offices, Volunteer Corps, &c. &o. <kc. 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 shorten notice. Head Offices and Factory— DOWLING STREET, DUNEDIN. NOTE -Measures for all uniforms may bo 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 Greyraouth Napier Waimate Reefton Waipawa Timaru Wellington Hastings Ashburton Maaterton Gisborne Christchurch Wanganui Thames Lyttelton Hawera Auckland



Victoria H ouse. I?IRESIDE EMPLOYMENT, AMUSEMENT, & INSTRUCTION J FOR WINTER EVENINGS. NOW SHOWING—A Splendid Assortment of Pina Art Goods and Traced Work in Slippers, Cosies, Antimacassars, Tidies, Ladies and Children’s Aprons, Brackets, D apes. Splaikera, .Nightdress Bags. A Nice Selection of Crewel and Washing bilks, Ingrain Cottons, Berlin Fingerings. Transfer Patterns, Designs for Jross Stitch worn, &e Also—A Nice Variety of Homespuns, Ladies and Children’s Ulsters, Jackets, Glovet, etc,, and a few Parcels of Manufacturers’ samples in Men’s, Youths’, and Boys’ Cloth ing, bought at 20 per c«rit under the regular prices, and offered accordingly. -....- 1 )imant and (Joe. GENERAL drapers, clothiers, &o. But and Tanored Streets, Ashburton



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