COMMERCIAL.

Ashburton Guardian Office, 1 Monday afternoon, Mr T. Bullock reports on the horse market for the week ending Saturday, n ovember I 4 29 horses were brought forward f r the day s dig, more than an average number of which were of a light description. Very few draughts are offering just now, and those entered com mand a ready sale. Hacks, of a good stamp, are'also saleable at remunerative figures. I have no hesitation in saying that the prospect for breeders of horses for the next few years is , very hopeful, as the large number shipped away from time to time leavi s the market here com paratively bare, but at same time farmers and others should be careful to breed from good stock only, as it is often seen at saleyards that well bred horses always command a ready sale and good prices, when inferior stock is difficult to move. Out of the day’s entry of 29, 14 were sold, viz :—Medium draughts, rather light description, Ll 3 to Ll 5 ; do, aged, 1.6 to Ll2; light harness horses, L 6 10s to L 9 ; hackfj L 3 10s to L 6, according to description; ~do, 2-year-olds, L 8; fairly well bred up to Alfred Harrison reports his weekly sale as follows Saturday, 14th November: A nice lot of cows were yarded, nearly all being sold, . several in profit at L 4 12s 6d to L 5, and one ■ close to calving L 8; yearlings, 3at 275; calves, 3s 9d, 4s 3d, and 5s 3d. A grand lot of small pigs were penned ; prices obtained as follows (101 in all): porkers small, 15s to 15s 6d ; weaners, ros 6d, 12s 6d, 7s 6d, 8s 3d, 6s, 9s, Ss 9d, 7s 96, 7s 3d, 6s 9<3, 6s 6d, 8s 3d, 7« 96, 5s 96, 9s 3d, Bs, 9s cjd; suckers, 3s to 5s 9d ; fowls, 2s to 2s 4d; ducks 3s 3d; rabbits lid each. Produce —B.D. potatoes, * 4366, 55 and 5s 6d ; oats, 500 bushels, in lots at is gd to is lid per bushel; sacks, 6d; chickwheat, 5s bushel; onions, I j£d to 2d per lb; bacon, $d to 6d per lb. Sundries as '■ usual. A large attendance.

MEMORANDA.

MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS, Etc. Monday, November 16 Borough Council,. at Borough Council Chain bora, at 7.30 Tuesday, November 17 Prill Shad —Volunteer Parade Wednesday, November 18 Town Hall—lrish Concert, at 8 o’clock Wednesday, November 25 Ashburton County Council—At Connell Chambers. 11 a.m.

MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close at the Ashburton Post (Men follows: — For Christchurch and North at 6 a. n, 10.80 a.m., and 5 p.m,, daily. Fjpr Chertsey Rakaia, &c., at 10.30 a.m Winslow, Hindis Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine, at 10 a.m. daily. ForTemuka, at 10 a.m. and 430 p.m daily- * for Tinxajn and South, at 10 a. an, and . 430 p.m., daily. , For Gxeenatreet, on Wednesdays am) Saturdaya, at 10.45 a.m. For Wakanui, Elgin, Sea view, Seafiele, nd Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6.30 a.m. For Mount Somers, daily at 430 p.m. For Mayfield and Ruapuna, on Mon days mad Thursdays, at 430 p.m. • For Ashton, Waterton and Longhead.. **For Remington, on Mondays, Wedm - days, and Fridays, at 430 p. m. - For Rowlands, on Tuesdays and Ft days at 10.30 a.m. Fo» Hampstead at 9 a.m. daily.

arrive at the Ashburton Poat) From Ohrisfehnrch and Rakaia at 10.16 a.®., 435 p.m. , and 7.20 P-m. Prom Chertsey, &c. at 10.15 a.m. anc 435 p.m. daily. From Dunedin and intermediate placet at mb. dally, Frotu Temuka andTimaru at 10.40 a.m. and 6 30 p.m daily. From Greenstroet, Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 10 *.m. from Mount Somers, daily at 10.5 * From Mayfield and RuapnnaS, on Wed oesday* and Saturdays, at 10.5 a.m. Prom Ashton, Waterton, and Long beaohat 10 a.m. daily. , „ , From Sewlands, on Tuesdays and Fn days, at 2.30 p.m. Prom Flemington on Tuesdays, Thur» days, and fioturdyas, at 10a,m. From Hampstead at 9 30 a.m. daily.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

“An Adhibbb op Sib J. Vogel.” —Your letter will appear to-morrow.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit. MONDAY, NOVEMBER, 16, 1885. Voluntary Contributions.

Mr Stout’s great natural ability has placed him in his present position with out that step by step progress by which most public men climb to the top of the tree, and the consequence is that he is not so well informed as a Premier should be on the practical working of the local Boards, on which so many of our public men have received some kind ot political education. He has shown this weakness in the utterly im practicable proposals he continues to make to the Boards of Education, and especially in reminding them that the County Councils ate now authorised, if they please, to contribute to the cost of

school buildings and other educational expenses. Now, if Mr Stout had ever so little practical knowledge of the manners and customs of County Coun cils and other popularly elected rating bodies he would know that the last thing they are likely to do is to look about for some object, however good, upon which they may expend the rate payers’ money, and for which they may r ~ »he ratepayers’ burdens. So increase .. "* lu “ permitted ”to long as they are 0..., _ what do what has hitherto been, auu

should continue to be, the business of the people’s representatives in Parlia ment—find funds to carry on our sys tem of education —Mr Stout may be quite sure that the County Councils will never “see fit ” to take upon them selves the building of our public schools. As a Liberal, both by constitution and education, Mr Stout should, too, never forget that the constitution ot our County Councils and Road Boards is such as to fit them to deal with pro perty, but not such as to fit them to deal with our national education, in which the poor man has at least as much interest as his richer neighbor, and should therefore have as much voice. In the interests of the working mao or the poor man it cannot be too dis tinctly borne in mind that the proper fund for the support of our system of education is the fund to which all the

parents of the colony contribute—the Custom’s Revenue. Let the rates raised on property and the money borrowed on the security of property be applied to the various purposes that improve that property, but let our Customs re venue go for purposes in whicti all have a common interest; so long as it is wanted for such purposes it has no right to be taken for any other. Nothing could be more absurd or inconsistent than for Mr Stout or Sir Julius Vogel to complain of the increasing cost of education. The increased cost of edu cation is caused by the only hopeful feature in our present prospects —the steady increase of our population, with out which Sir Julius Vogel’s sanguine calculations would have been far more fallacious than they are now, and but for which there would be no funds to meet the ever-increasing interest under our much-vaunted Public Works Policy.

Ashburton Gas Company. In our last issue we published some figures relating to various Gas Com panies’ business, furnished to us by Mr Thomas Bullock, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the local Com pany. These figures, it will be recol lected, were intended to confirm a statement made by Mr Bullock, at the annual meeting of shareholders of the Ashburton Gas Company, and which we challenged, to the effect that the gas rates charged in Ashburton com pared faiorably with those charged in other towns. The figures supplied by Mr Bullock referred to the Christ church, Timaru, and Ashburton Com panies, and we have obtained for our selves particulars of the Auckland, Wel lington,and Dunedin Companies. They are as follows;

The Dunedin Gas Works, until recently, were leased to a private individual, and we can give no particulars of results ob tained from them, but the figures we are able to give will, we think, justify the remarks which called f®rth Mr Bul lock’s protest. We are aware, of course, that the consumption of gas in Auck land or in any of the other large cities is much more extensive than in Ash burton ; we arc aware, too, that the Directors of the local Gas Company are likely to know their own business much better than we know it; but from all the information we are able to ob tain it appears to us that if the price were reduced one-third and the mains extended the consumption would be increased fourfold. The Proprietors of Ihe Gas Wg>rks must recollect that the right to do what they like with their own is subject to several natural and recognised restrictions principal among which is the unwritten condition that might shall be exercised with right and reasonable liberality.

LIBER HUMANITATIS.

Love you the man with fine loquacious vein Who pours small beer of talk as if ’twere dry champagne.

Hard Hoes 1 Mr Stead, of the Pali Mall Gazette, sentenced to three years' imprisonment for trying to work reform in an unwise way. Shelley was right when he said that those who love want wisdom and "all best things are thus confused to ill. ”

“ Live and let live ” —it is an excellent watchword, Sir Julias Bat what do you mean by living? Some men live npon their wits, and some opon their money, most upon their hard labor, and these last live least. How are yon going to let them live better ? One man has twelve hundred a year and can barely get along —ls continually within a measurable dis tance of the Official Assignee; another has the half of that sum and is comfort able. What do you say to a little levelling up on the ohm hand, and a little levelling down|on the other 1 Com mercial men just now are for the most part like the bear which, in times of want, lives upon its own fat; they are living npon their capital. And generally in the present scramble it takes one all bis time to get a living himself, he does not think much about others living. It is gra nally coming to the survival of the fittest and the most unscrupulous.

Mr George Augustus Sala spoke highly of oshburton, and we naturally have a warm side to him for it. His lectures are most carefully written and most carefully committed ro memory. If you followed him from Auckland to Dundin, you would not find a word or a gesture different in one of them from the first time of repeat ing to the last. They are gossipy and pleasant, but as the Scotchman once asked of “ Paradise Lost,” What does it prove—what is there to remember in them? The letters about the Land of the Golden Fleece might as well be letters about the Land of Moonshine for any useful information they contain- Hamlet’s answer to Polentas is their correct render ing—“ Words, words, words." Mr Sala is a marvel at word spinning. He has a special gift In that line, and he has cultivated it. He says he will gather these letters when he returns Home and publish them In two volumes It is none of our business, but in a friendly way we would say, “ Don't.”

Mr Bryce, the hero of Parihtka, has goneto England to be present at the trial of his libel action against Mr Rusdea. We tear he will find it a wild-goose chase. Mr Bryce did not “ gleefully ” out down native women and children—he is incap able >f doing any such thing—his doing so “ gleefully ” would be amply disproved by a look at his face, for he is a Knight of the Kueful Countenance, and frolic and glee are not his ; but native women and children were out down during the Wai totara outbreak all the same (just as women and ehild>en lose their lives in wars), and a Middlesex jury will , ~ >, nate between officers and hardly *' -"ommand. Mr the men under their - '*'•« he Bryce was further badly advised » Bought an injunction against the sale of M!r Knsdon’e book, which is about as un readable and dry, to use a phrase attri buted in the “Fortunes of Negel,” to James the Sixth, as Dean Giles’s dis courses on the Penitential Psalms ; in no sense a popular book., and it might have been left to its own dead weight. Yet if Mr Bryce fails to obtain a verdict, this in junction will involve him in an indefinite pecuniary liability, based on the supposed sale and profits of the book during a couple of years.

On Friday «ud Saturday next the Lou don Variety Company, a troupe of artists who have been doing good business to the south, will appear at the Oddfellows Hall, Wills street.

Nominations for the office of Mayor must "e made to the Keturnicg Officer at the Town Cle k’a office, Baring aq. tare, by noon to morrow. The election, if required, will take place on 25th instant. His Wor ship the Mayor (Mr K. Fried ander,) a d Messrs A. Harrison and D. Thomas are spoken of as probable candidates.

Mr Richard J. Murray, well-known in religious circles as an energetic worker of the Wesleyan-Methodist denomination, leaves Ashburton y to-morrow morning’s express for Dunedin. Mr Murray has been appointed Home Missionary at Taps nui by the Rev W. Morley, Chairman of tire Otago district, and will proceed to his new sphere of labor immediately after the district melting. Loius Reil, the Canadian insurgent was to be hanged to-day.

It is stated that the appointment of In spector of Lunatic Asylums which will be vacated by Dr Grabham (who is leaving the colony in the course of a few months) has been offered to and accepted by Pro fessor McGregor, of Dunedin. It is also understood that before Dr Grabham was appointed the previous Government was willing to offer the appoiumtut to Dr McGregor if he would have accepted, but he declined. Professor McGregor was for merly medical officer of the Lunatic Asy lum at Dunedin, and has made the ques tion of lunacy a specialty. Professor Mc'Jregor is Professor of Mental Science in the Otago University College. The lawn tennis tournament held at Lancaster Park on Saturday was very successful, the weather being fine, the attendance numerous, and the games well and skilfully contested. The Interpro vincial match was gained by the Welling ton players, who won three out of five contests composing the match The Christchurch Volunteer Fancy Fair closed on Saturday night, after a most successful run. Though the expenses have been heavy, it is expected that a profit of over SJO will be made. War has been declared by Servia against Bulgaria.—A British proclamation has been issued formally announcing the de position of King Theebaw from tha throne of Burmah, and an engagement between the British and Burmese troops is immi nent.

The postponed fortnightly meeting of the Ashburton Borough Council will be held this evening. The late Mr J. Twigger, of Addington, who some months ago endowed the Agri cultural and Pastoral Association with five acres of land, has left the bulk of bis estate, sworn under Ll?,000, to the old Men’s Home, the Lyttelton Orphange, and the Female Refuge. His widow gets an annuity, and L 2300 has been ieft in legacies to hU doctor, servants, some friends and the various benevolent insti tutions of Christchurch. The settling in connection with the late 0.J.0. Metropolitan Meeting took place to-day. The following amounts were paid to winning owners :—Mr Pilbrow, Ll,lßo 17s ; Hon W. Beeves, L 1,166 3a ;Mr P. Martin, LBO3 17s; Mr H. Goodman, L6lB 9a; Mr G. G. stead, L 520 13a ; Mr P. Butler, L 319 14a; Mr P. F I'ancred, L 272 13a; Mr A. H. Barron, L 199 10a ; Mr D. O’Brien, L 190; Mr d. D Bradley, Ll2O 4a; Mr W. d. Luna, LlO6 8a; Messrs M. and 0. Hobbs, LlO3 lia ; Mr t&. H. Crocker, L 76; Mr P. Murphy, L 57 10s; Mr L>. Lyons, L 47 10s; Hon G McLean, L 47 10a ; Mr H. Hammond, L 47 10s ; Mr H. Piper, L 39 10s ; Mr A. aathorn, L2B 10a ; Messrs M. sherwin, M. Duncan, J. Stephenson, T. H. Lance and G. Rutherford, Ll 9 each ; total, L 6,612 9a. No less than four Ms. HR. - were in Ashburton on Saturday, viz Messrs W. C. Walker, J. Ivess, W. J. Steward, and A. R. Guinness. We notice that the shrubbery surround ing the Ashburton Courthouse is again being used for pastoral purposes. At the Resident Magistrate’s Court this morning, before Mr Robert Alcorn, J.P., John Moore was charged w<th having been drank in Fast street ou 14. h inst. The offence wrs proved, but In consideration of the prisoner having been looked op since Saturday night, he was cautioned and discharged. At Captain Cotton’s sale of thorough bred stock Id Christchurch on Saturday the principal sales were:—Minerva to Mr Pillarton for 125 guineas; The Poet to the same gentleman or 76 guineas; Tres Sec to Mr H. Luna for 190 guineas; Ravens-

oraig to Mr W. Rutherford for 130 guineas; Maiuboom to Mr W. 6. Ruther ford for 100 guineas. Black Rose was bought toy Mr Green for 290 guineas, and the same gentleman also purchased Malig ner for 300 guineas. The oaly lot sold at Middle Park was a brown colt by Apre moat—Maria Theresa, to Mr Maisey for 300 guineas.

A four-roomed cottage at the rear of the gasworks, the property of Mr timothy Bradley, was totally destroyed by fire about ten o’clock on Saturday night. Both fire engines were promptly on the spot, but by the time they arrived the cottage was consumed. The building was unoccupied, and the origin of the fire is unknown. Insurance, LIOO in the Lon don, Liverpool, and Globa Company. A meeting of Justices of the Peace was held at the Courthouse this morning to fix a rota of attendance. Present—Messrs R. Friedlander, D. Thomas, Thomas Bul lock, Robert Alcorn, and D. Williamson. The Justices expressed great dissatisfac tion Justices of Peace Amend ment Act, and after some discussion it was decided to forward the following notifica tion to the Minister of Justice :—“ That the Justices resident within a radius of three miles of Ashburton are willing to undertake the business of the Court as hitherto daring twelve months commen cing January 1, 1886, but cannot b.nd themselves to dates as required in clause 20 of the Justices of the Peace Amendment Act, 1885 The following rota of attendance was fixed :—Mondays, the Mayor and Mr T. Bullock; Tuesdays, Messrs H. Friedlander and R. Alcorn ; Wednesdays, Messrs D. Thomas and D. Williamson ; Thursdays, Messrs Robert Alcorn and H. Friedlander; Saturdays, Dr Leahy and the Mayor.

August Flower. —The most miserable beings in the world are those suffering from dyspepsia and liver complaint. More than 75. 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, heart burn, watei brash 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 bottle of august flower. This valuable medicine has cured thousands

' ‘Housands of sufferers, and is knowri in all anu -‘-'oa. Two doses will relieve civilised coun— » bottle. Sample you. K costs only 3s t*. bottles. 6A. —fAnv-r.

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 healthy flesh or skin, without debarring the patient from fresh air and exercise, and thus the constitutional vigor is UusbaniecJ. while the most malignant ulcers, abscesses, and skin iseases are in process of cure. Both Oint ment and Pills make the blood richer and* puicr, instead of permitting it to fall into that poor and watery state so fatal to man; aboring under Iproaic ulcerations. —[Advt.]

ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS.

SCENE IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. The New York Herald's London special despatch of October 14 says :—“ Yester day, being the feast of Edward the Con fessor, was especially observed by wor shippers of the Catholic Church of St Edward. At high mass Cardinal Manning officiated, and the sermon was on the con sideration of ttie probabilities of the return of the English nation to the Roman Catho lic faith., In furtherance of this object, in the possible accomplishment of which his Eminence and other distinguished Catholics are confident believers, a pil grimage was organised to the shrine of the Confessor at Westminster Abbey, to solicit his intercession lor the conversion of England. At the direction of the Car dinal, the appearance of a demonstration was avoided as much as possible, but the sudden inroad of a band of devotees In dulging in adoration at the tomb of the historic Saint and King excited curiosity. The vergers and authorities of the Abbey did not interfere with the devotions of the strangers. At last the crowd retired in good order. The question of the pro priety of the proceedings was immediately taken into consideration by the Dean and Chapter.

CHURCHILL AND CHAMBERLAIN. A London telegram of October 20th says Greek j »ined Greek in an electoral cam paign last night. All political England is ringing with echoes of their blows. Mr Chamberlain addressed the Political Asso ciation at Birmingham, and Lord Churchill spoke at Kings Lynn. Mr Chamberlain referred to Lord Churchill as * author of that extraordinary rigmarole, hiaelectoral address, a penny novelist, and ignorant schiolboy. ” Lord Churchill charged Mr Chamberlain with interested motives, being intensely dishonest and immoral, and said his Radical suggestions were utterly hopeless and utterly absurd, that they had no chance of success. Several hundred Birmingham workmen marched to Mr Chamberlain's residence. The chief of police learning their intention and fear ing violence, sent.* large force of police by a shorter rodfe, and when the pro cession arrived at the house they found it surrounded with police A deputation of three of the unemployed was admitted to Mr Chamberlain They flatly accused h'm of making a combination with the weal thier classes to alienate sympathy from the suffering poor for bis own personal and political aggrandisement. They then re turned to their place of meeting, howling against the liberal leader.

BOYCOTTING. Mrs O'Connell, widow of Morgan O'Oonoell, Daniel O’GonneU’a nephew, visiting at Kildyport, aas been interviewed in regard to the attitude of her neighbors and peasantry towards her. * l l hare 70 tenants,” she said, “ and six of them hold leases. The rents are absurdly moderate, and many of them are in arrears. Maurice Walsh, President of the League, is a yearly tenant on my land, and now owes two and a half years’ rent. The tenants demand a reduction of 25 per cent, iam willing to reduce rents 15 per cent, and no more. My duty as guardian of my only boy John prevents “my giving more even if I were inclined. I have many re tainers, many of whom ace aged, and totally unable to provide fur themselves. Formerly I bought everything at local shops, but the tyranny of tue League now compeis me to go or send to Limerick, 20 miles away, for everything 1 need. Local tradesmen refuse to sell even bread to my self, my servants, and my dependents. Even the priests have joined the tyrants. It is untrue that the police ace protecting me I protect myself. Some of my laborers have been coerced into desertion, bot others remain, and are now saving my crops. They have not been molested. A Dublin despatch of the sth says a notice was posted the day before at Mrs O’Oon nell’s gates, ordeAng members of the League to shun her at mass, and not to sit in the same gallery with her. Mrs O’Oounell attended mass and was the sole occupant of the gallery. Mrs O’Connell is a lady of great intellectual attainments, and she herself attends to the education of her son. She is also an authoress, having written a popular memoir of her father. She is known far and wide for her gene rosity. She faces her dangers straight, and drives and walks without guards, and apparently without fear. The agitation is expanding, but is peacefully conducted, in comparison with the previous movement in that neighborhood. A late despatch of October 8, says Mrs O’Connell had beaten her enemies, and emerged from the boy cotting contest victoriously. Several of the tenants, bowed down in face of the sheriffs’ sales and heavy costs, and paid up on the terms offered. Walsh, the .leader; was among the number, there Will be no mors boycotting of the resolute Mrs O’OonnelL The Irish Government is mating most determined efforts to check through the operation of ordinary laws this system.

BOUOIOAULT’S RECENT MARRIAGE

A cable despatch, received at New York on October 14th, reports that Agnes Ro bertson, who claims to be still Mrs Dion Boaoiosult, has a card in the London World alleging that the famous actor and playright’s recent marriage to Miss Thorn dyke, in Australia, is bigamous Mrs Boncioault declares she has never been divorced from her husband. Judge Dit ton Hoeffer, who was counsel in the di vorce proceedings begun in New York some five years ago, says that the salt was discontinued before it reached the con clusion, and Mrs Bonoioault was receiv ing 1,500d01s a year. When Mr Bouoi oault was in San Francisco some five months ago, ha informed the press that the proceedings had been re-opened by mutual agreement, and when the divorce was obtained his marriage with Miss Thorndyka would take place. He was expected in San Francisco from Australia by the November steamer.

MISCELLANEOUS. A Bill *lll be introduced into next Parliament placing low class Stock Ex changes, better known as ‘‘Bucket shops,” outside the pale of the law. Mr Rosa w inane, millionaire, Baltimore, owning a large area of laud m .Scotland, and whose persecution of the peasantry has made him hated, is in trouble. tie undertook to prevent the Excise officers from searching his extensive deer forests for illicit stills, and this defiance of the Grown officials led a party of Excisemen to assemble and patrol the forests in every direction.

Mrs Weldon, who recently completed six months’ imprisonment for libelling Mr Rivier, Manager of the Ooveut Gardens Theatre, waa again committed for trial on a similar charge made by the same com plainant She accused him of stealing documents belonging to her. John Ruskin, in reply to an appeal in favor of the study of female models, says an artist can do much better without them.

The English Government has presented A,note to the Spanish Government demand ing reps ation for an insult to the British Consul at Havana. A new crusade is threatened in London against the employment of female models in artists’ studios.

Mr Rqakin’g illness ja sajd to bp acute mania, and at last reports hs was com pletely out of his tnu>4- The Duke of Newcastle, according to a London despatch of October 3rd, bad j dued the Roman Catholic Church, His conversion tqolf place some time ago it is said, but the avowal was postponed until the young Duke bad attained bis majority, dia conversion has caused much annoy ance in the established ohqcob wqlao.

Mrs T ex-professional beantyand actress, has been sued for household ez* penses incurred while living with her bus* band. Her defenoe is that he alone is responsible. Mr Langtry ts now living very quietly at Belfast on an annuity allowed him by his wife, on condition that he keeps away from her. The Roman Oalhoiio bishops of Ireland' have passed resolutions condemning the acts of violence and intimidating, and warning their reapeo.ive flocks that by In dulging in such acta they are certain to bring the anger of God upon evil doers, and their families, besides disgrace upon the people In the eyes of the civilised world.

EUROPEAN ITEMS.

(“ ACC ” fcVECIAIA.) London, November 3. John Bramston, Assistant Under* Secretary In the Colonial Office, and dele gates from the Post Office and Treasury, have been appointed a Committee to en> quire into and report upon the proposals of Baker, late Postmaster-General of Sonth Australia, with reference to the es tablishment of an Anglo-Australian mail service. The German. New Guinea Company has made a recommendation to the Govern* meat to defer for {a year the scheme for the colonisation of the German portion of New Guinea. London. November 5. The South Australian Chapter has been erased from the roll of English Masons. London, November 6.

At the banquet given to Sir OnniiSs Owen, Secretary of the Royal Commission of the Colonial Indian Exhibition, Bari Pnnraven, Under-Secretary for the Colo nies, presided. Among the other mem bers of the company were Lord Harris, Sir Robert Herbert, Sir Saul Samuel, and Mr Garrick. Sir Onoliffe Owen respond ing to the toast of his health, reiterated that it was intended strictly to confine ex hibitors at the approecfaing Exhibition to colonial producers. Mr John Bright has actively entered on an election campaign at Birmingham, in opposition to Lord Randolph Churchill, Secretary of State for India. London, November 8. The evidence in the case against Mr, Stead, editor of the Fall Mall GazetkJ concluded yesterday. The jury recom mend M- Stead to mercy on account of his having been misled by Mrs Jarratt. They expressed the opinion that the mother of the girl, Lily Armstrong, was innocent of the alleged crime of selling her daughter for immoral purposes. The prisoners were released on bail London, November 9

Members of a shipping ring, formed to maintain high freightage charges to Ana tralia, are boycotting ail shippers who are found to support Messrs Tyser and Co in the attempt to break up the present at* , rangement

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourselves responsible (or th e opinions expressed by our correspondents.

KEROSENE v. GAS.

To the Editor. Sir, —Having had oco tsion to revert to the use of kerosene, owing to what you mildly term a superabundance of “ con servatism ” on the part of the local Gas Co, it may not be- out of place in these anomalous times of depression and 13 per cent dividends, to mention that I am effecting a saving of about 76 per cent by once more utilising my hitherto discarded lamps.—l am, etc, Anti-MONOPOLIM.

CABLE NEWS.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

fH«DTKR’« muum —oorraraMT. 1 Wheat and Mutton. London, November 14 j. The total quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,500, oooqrs. Prime New Zealand frozen mutton re mains at 4^<L P. and 0. Company. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company has declared a dividend for the past half year at the rate of 8 per cent per annum. Great Fire. New York, November 13 A telegram has been received in this city from Galveston, Texas, stating that a disastrous conflagration is raging in that city. The Are broke out. in the morning, and all efforts to suppress it have up to the present been unsuccess* ful. Sixty blocks of buildings have already been destroyed, and the dam age done is upwards of 14,000,000. Hundreds of inhabitants are rendered houseless and destitute. Burmese. Calcutta, November 14 A British proclamation has‘been is* sued formally announcing the deposit lion of King Theebaw from the throne of Burmah. Major-General Premier gast, with the troops under his. com mand, arrived at Scharfelmyo, and an attack on the Burmese position at Min hla is imminent Eastern Affairs. ** Bblorabk, November 14 . War has been formally declared by Servia against Bulgaria, and the Ser vian troops have £ crossed the Isrebrod and are now advancing upon Sofia, the Bulgarian capital, under King Milan, who has issued a proclamation, assign ing, as bis grounds for the invasion, the violation by Prince Alex ander of the Treaty of Berlin, and con sequent provocation.

Sons, November 14. Prince Alexander, in an order to-day, issued to the Bulgarian army, de nounces the Servian invasion as coward* ly and treacherous, and calls upon all Bulgarian subjects to defend their homes and annihilate the invaders. Later intelligence states that some sharp skirmishes occurred between the Bulgarians and Servians, several men being killed and a good many wounded. The Bulgarians had rather the worst of it, and are reported to be retiring.

AUSTRALIAN.

[hKDTKb’s TBUCUUWS—COPYRIGHT.] Plenary Council. Stdsbt, Xestcrday. A Plenary Conned was opened to day by bis Eminence Cardinal Moran. There was a large and representative gathering present, including fifteen Bishops, and numerous clergy, and thousands of laity. Dr Redwood, Bishop of Wellington, preached the opening sermon. The procession which followed was of a most imposing charac ter. Crops. adklaidx, Saturday. An early estimate of the South Aus tralian wheat. crop gives the expected yield at from three to four bushels per acre. New Guinea Massacre. Bbisbanx, Saturday. The Manager of thvQueensland Na tional Of this city received a tel«

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 18*5.



Company. 'Jet Price per 1000ft Gas. Rate per cent, last Dividend Ashburton s. d. 15 0 11 Timaru 14 2 IS Christchurch ... 10 0 16 Dunedin 8 0 Wellington 7 6 Auckland 7 0 17



NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.



Advertisements for The Ashburton Guardian must be sent in not later than S p.m., with the number of insertion, written plainly on the copy, otherwise they will he inserted until counter manded, and charged accordingly. Re place Advertisements must be supplied previous to that on which they re to be inserted. Special notices can he received up to 8.80 p.m., but will he charged double ates. , All notices of B rths, Marriages, or Deaths must be accompanied by the sig of the sender, as a guarantee of jod faith. All advertisements and business »eit. is be addressed The Manager; literary jcmmunications should be addressed to The Editor.



BUILDING SITES For t«a e near the Woollen Factory, LlB 10s each, lyifjt 19 and 20, containing a little more i-acre, situated only a few chains baoK from the Alford Forest road. te»r Mr John Steel’s new store. Ihe land is of T ery good quality, level. Very i/c<;d *“• * h ““' T. BULLOCK.



mil bea son wht 088 AND AXiOO^’ B Gigantic Drapery Sale la each an immense Success Because the sale is a genuine one, every article being reduced ' Because the reductions are tremendous, in many cases being less than half price Because our prices are lover that any other house can compete with, our object being the reduction of the stock, irrespective of loss Because the redactions we have made are universal, and not on a few .Spe cial Lines, for the purpose of catching the unwary Because our stock is superior to others, being mostly direct importations, and is now being sold at less than wholesale prices To thoroughly understand and appreci ate the bargains now being offered, pur chasers wonid require to call and inspect thestook. We refrain from quoting prices as an tes the quality is known prices are no glide. Call early and call often at the Gigantic Sale £t On and Alcorn’s



Wanted W A "'•TED—Finder of two Greyhound Puppies—one black, one fawn — to return same A. Connolly, Messrs Matsou, G»x and Co’s store. Finder will be rewarded. 11 3 117ANIKD Known.—Down again! Yf What, ti.e price of wheat t No. Bat the pi ice of meat. Lamb, fore quarters, 2s 6d ; hind-quarters, 3s 6d. Best sausages in the town, 5d per lb, at Baker and Go’s, London Butchery, Tan ■ cred street. 11 971 WANTED Known—A really good W’hito Crystal Sugar, 3d per lb ; Dried Apples, 6d ; Ling Fish, fid ; Fresh Herrings, 7d ; Salmon, 8d ; Sago, 3d ; Tapioca, 3d ; at J. MoGrkgok’s, Tsncred street. 11 936 WANTED Known The Cheapest House in Town for first class Millinery and Drapery, H. 0. Sbgees, East street. WANTED Known—That Hates and Co. has bought 1009 yards superior Velveteen, all shades, from Is; dress goods grand value, worth 2s, now Is; ladies’ jackets, cost 26s 6d, now 4s fid ; hats and bonnets half-price ; winceys, 1 yard wide, fid ; ladies’ ulsters, 2s lid. 637



fj\ BUS THOROUGHBRED HORSE Perkin Warbeck n, (By Perkin Warbeck—Miss Kate), Will Stand this Season at GROVE FARM, TIN WALD (See Cards). For further particulars, apply to 9 626 E. GATES, Tinwald



MPORTANT. The San Francisco Mail leaves Ashburton .November 7th, and reaches London about December 18th, and ail who wish to re member their Home friends bad better apply to T. F. FAEL '•¥, Bookseller, Stationer, Printer, and Newsagent, Saunders’ Buildings, Ashburton, FOB CHRISTMAS CARDS 1 CHRISTMAS cards i i CHRISTMAS CARDS 1 11 a splendid assortment is now open, and inspection is solicited. SCHOOL PRIZES— large shipment having just come to band, cbool Committees are respect fully requested to make an early selection. Thomas F. Farley, BOOKSELLER, ETC., Corner of Saunders' Building, Ashburton



WANTED Knowu—That Messrs R. Allen and Co obtained First Prize for excellence of Flour at the Colonial Exhibition, ani W. Nobbish ia selling aama “Golden Gem” COlb sa, 41b loaf 4£d, cash prices. Freetrade Bakety, hast ANTED Known—That R. Lanoas xbb will out hia family orders direct from the Freezing Chamber, in East street, on and after November 1, when his customers can rely on well-nuug meat and tree from flyblows.—R. Lan castbb, Ready-Money Meat Mart, Bui aett street, and Somerset Butchery, East street. 9 632 WANTED Known—To the Ladies of Ashburton and surrounding dis tricts and the public in general. Mr J. Moimon, Impermeable Bootmaker, baa re ceived a large shipment of French, Eng lish and German ladies’ shoes, button up and elastic sides, great choice, now for inspection, which J. Muison intends dis posing of at reasonable rates during the coming holidays. Mis own make always on hand or made to order. Repairing dune with care and promptitude. Colo nial boots of all kinds. Next to the Club, Tancred street, Ashburtun. 10 880 Wanted known—robbbi elsion, BUI Poster, Thbatpxoal Agjsnt, etc., Town Mall, Ashburton. Theatrical companies and others visiting Ashburton should communicate with the above. Orders by post or telegram promptly attended to 760 WANTED Known—Wertheim Sew ing Machines can be had on Time Payments at the New Zealand Clothing Factory's Branch, East street, Ashburton. ANTED Known—That T. Hoot. has commenced Bacon Curing, and nsving 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. street. 10 813 2 276 6 711



Special Advertisements. O T I 0 E. SHEARING will commence on the Alford Estate on MOJS jAK, the 16 th mat. A conveyance will leare the Victorian Scabies at 3 p.m. on the 14th inat. 11 977 e. herring.



Special Advertisements. FOR Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Asthma, Coryza, Influenza, Con sumption, etc. K AIT'S Compound of Linseed, Ant seed, Senega, Squill, Tolu, et . with Ohlorodyne, 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 Tie Pills, a specific in Neu ralgia, Face Ache, etc. Contains Quinine, Iron, etc. COAG CLIFTS Cement for Broken Articles. Sold everywhere. Sole makers— KAY BROS., 101 Stockoort, England TOWLE’S pennyroyal and steel pills for females quickly correct all irregular!- ties and relieve the distress ag symptoms so prevalent with the sex. Boxes Is l£d and 2s 9d, of all chemists. Prepared only by E. T. Towle, chemist, Nottingham, Eng land. Wholesale of all the wholesale houses.—Beware of imitations. 1 12 Trees. Trees. Treeu. undersigned has for sale all kinds of Fruit and Forest TREES, Pinus Insignia (3s 6d per 100), Macrooarpa, by tens of thousands 6s per 100). Other kinds in proportion. N.B.—All orders by post or left at the Office of this paper will be attended to with despatch. JAMES PORTER, CLIFTON NURSERY, Allenton, Ashburton. 6 701



Extraordinary Sale WAREHOUSEMAN’S STOCK or SILKS, VELVETEENS, CRETONNES, CASHMERE MITTS, &o. Colored Silks Colored Velveteens Costume Tweeds ... Knockabout Tweeds Black Goods ... Bought at 70 per Scent discount. Do yon realise what this means, viz that silks 6s yard cost us Is 6d? Bought at i dis count, and will be offered to the public . at London prices. 'Goods in the nsnal way costing say 2/6 the yard, we only paid 1/8 for. Cretonnes ... ... Skirtings ... IH Silesias ... Men’s Moles » Bought also at J dls < count, which will I enable us to .sell at I less than invoice ; price. It is a won : price* xv ii m w I derfnl reduction Cashmere Mitts .. Infants’ Polkas .. Blue Wool Repps. Cotton Shirts Men's Dux Collars J regular safe goods of everyday demand i 114 dos, bought at I '4o 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 at 9d for 12doz or Id the box.



All perfectly New Oooda. The Purchase only effected leust week. The whole will be shown on Tables in the Centre of the Shop, and not in any way mixed with oar ordinary Stock. SALB NOW ON. H. E. May & Co., THE HALL, CHRISTCHURCH. (J 1H E NEW ZEALAND Clothing Factory CONTRACTORS To fha New Zealand Government Rail ways, Post Offices, Volunteer Corps, &c. &o, &c. Are now prepared to enter into contracts for the supply of NAVAL AND MILITARY UNIFORMS in any quantities, the organisation of the Factory being specially adapted for turning out large supplies in the most Inexpensive and expeditious 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 ue entrusted to the Manager of the N.Z. Clothing Factory branches in the follow ing centres, vis:— Dunedin Nelson Palmerston N. Invercargill Hokitika New Plymouth Uamaru Greymonth Napier Waimate Reefton Waipawa I'imaru Wellington Bastings Ashburton Masterton Gisborne Christchurch Wanganui Thames Lyttelton Hawera Auckland



Victorian Steam Carriage Works. J. R. STEEL & SON WISH to intimate to the Public of Ashburton and surrounding districts that, having obtained STEaM POWER and other Machinery requisite for the '*ving on their work efficiently, are now in a position to meet the demands of the cat-u,h a first-class article at prices to suit the times, public a., Carriages and Traps made, Painted and Repaired. Every desoi.* Whitechapels from £25. Baggies from £3O. Spring Traps from £2O. - - Repainting and Retrimming. P.S.—Special attention paid ... —— VICTORIAN STEAM IRON AND GENERAL SHOEING v» _ FORGE. J. R. S. & SON, while thanking the public for their past liberal support in this department, beg to intimate tha', having procured first-class Machinery, they ate now in a position to nndertake all kinds of (Engineering work. special attention is given to Turning, Boring and the Repairing of all kinds o> Machinery, including Combines, Engines, Reaper and Binders, and every description of Agricultural Implements. ESTIMATES given for Contractors and Builders Ironwork. HORSES CAREFULLY HOD—Draughts, 7s; Hacks, 6s. 8 451 Victoria House. ATTENTION is directed to NEW and NEAT NOVELTIES now showing in Prints, Galateas, Check Mattings (a splendid staff for general wear), shaded Plain, and figured Dress Stuffs. Sailor and Fancy Straw Hats. Trimmings, Laces, Cambrics, and Fancy Aprons j Also, Men s. Boy.', and Youths’ Clothing in English and Colonial Tweeds. Felt and Tweed Hats, Etc. prices Lower tb^ Than those which have gained for ns our present popularity. Five per cent Discount allowed on Cash Parcels Crewel and Washing Silk Transfers, Traced Goods, Etc. JDimant and Coe. GENERAL DRAPERS, CLOTHIER >. Ewrt Tanorgd Erasts AuttuwWu



Special Advertisements. JM> NDON BUTCHERY. Tanorkd Street, Ashburton. W, Baker and Co., BUTCHERS, Beg to inform their customers, the public of Ashburton, and surrounding districts, that they are supplying the Primest Meat at Christchurch Prices FOR CASH ONLY. Lamb, fore-quarter ... 2a 6d Lamb, hind>quarter ... 3s 6d Roast Beef from 3d Corned Bjef ... ... from 24d Mutton from l|d Sausages ... ... from id Small Goods of every description at equally low rates. 11 970



Remember your loved owes AT HOME! Christmas Cards. CHRISTMAS CARDS IN GREAT VARIETY, A well selected stock of GENERAL STATIONERY. 800 AS—Books suitable for School Prizes, etc. Every description of TOYS and FANCY GOODS. SPECIAL— Upon all large orders a very LIBERAL DISCOUNT R. Bevan, STATIONER BOOKSELLER, &0., (Next Shop to Quill’s Hotel) SAUNDERS’ BUILDINGS,



Ashb jrton goal AND FIREWOOD DEPOT. B. S. Bean Begs to inform the inhabitants of Ash* burton that be still continues to deliver NEWCASTLE. WESTPORT, AND BROOKFIELD COAL at lowest rates. Firewood, Post and Rails, Stakes, Etc., Potatoes Chaff, Oats, Bran, Sharps, Etc R. S. BEAN, 8 419 West street.



Digby Grand. THE Thoroughbred Horse DIGBY GRAND, by Traduoer (imp.) out of Aglaia (imp.) will stand in Ashburton on Tuesdays, and will travel the Tinwald, Winslow and Hinds districts on Wednes days. For further particuiara apply to groom in charge. Tam O’Shanter Will stand at Longbeaoh. Mares grazed free until January 1. JOHN GRIGG, Proprietor. JpUBLIO NOTICE. MESSRS SPENBLEY & 00., Music Warehousemen, CHRISTCHURCH, Have appointed T. F. Farley, Book seller, Stationer and Printer, Ashburton, their Agent for the sale of Pianos, Harmoniums, American Organa, and have supplied him with a large stock of -Sheet Music, comprising the latest and most popular Songs, Duets, Piece Music, Dances, etc.; also, Violins, Cornets, Flutes, Aocordians, Violin Bows, Concer tinas, etc. Pianos, American Organs and Harmoniums sold upon deferred pay ments. Easy terms granted. A splendid stock now on view at T. F. Farley's Music Warehouse, Saunders’s Buildings, Ashburton. More than 3,000 sheets of mnsio now on hand. 8 288



/COUNTRY VISITORS TO OdRISf- OHUROH Will find the three O’a— Comfort ! Cheapness 1!“ Convenience !! 1 AT WALLACE’S Central Hotel, Corner of Gloucester and Colombo street 10 677 A Night Porter' Kept



No matter what your feeling or ailments — American Co.’s Hop Bitters will do you good. Prove if and see t hat husband of mine is three times the man he was before ne began using “ Weds Health Rencwer.” Druggists, the N.Z. Drag Co.. Omen Agents. 9