DAILY MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALKS. Tuesday, Jdhe 2 Messrs Matson, Cox and C j., at the Ashburton Saleyarda—Stock Wednesday, June 3 Hr Alfred Harrison, at his Salerooms — Drapery and Clothing Messrs Matson, Cox and Co., at Chert ssy~-liY» ana 'Dead' Stock

MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS, Etc. Tcksdat. Junk 2 Anhhnrton Permanent Building and In vestment Society—Subscriptions due Tkcesdat, Junk 4 Grange Lodge—Regular Monthly meeting _ ■ Orange Hall; 7.30 p.m. Presbyterian Church—Service of Song, “Minnie,” at 8 o’clock ... Methven Schoolroom—Mr W. C. Walker’s • address to the electors Friday, Junk 6 hshhurten County' Council—At Council numbers, 11 a.m. Lenbgaach Road Board at Boad Board Office.

Satotbat, Jot* 6. Jfakaani Road Board, at Road Board office, Moore street, at 10.30 a.m. Mondat, June 8. Arcade Chambers—Star of Ashburton, U.A.0.D., at 8 o’clock Borough Council, at Borough Council Chainbers, at 7-30 _____

MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close at the Ashburton Post Office follows: For Christchurch and North at 6 a.m. 10.30 a.m., and 5 p.m,, daily. FcJr Ohertsey Rakaia, &0., at 10.30 a.tn.

ami 5 p.m. daily. , 7 For Dunedin, Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, ; ... OoJ’dstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, and. Geraldine, at 10 a.m. daily. ifor Temuka, at 6 a.m. and 10 a.m., .. (For Tuna*u and South, at G a.m., 10 mo., and'4.3o p.m., daily. t - For Gieexmtreet, on Wednesdays and , : Saturdays, at 10.45 a.m, ... For.Wakanui, Elgin, Seaview, Seafield, and Kjle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays,, at 6.30 a.m. .... For' Vlount Somers, daily at 430 p.m. For Mayfield and Bmpuna, on Mon days and Thursdays, at 430 p.m. ~ For Ashton, Waterton and Longbeach, . at4Bo_p.m. daily. . For Remington, on Mondays, Wednes ■ dam, and Fridays, at 430 p.m. , For Newlands, on Tuesdays and Fri iays at 10.80 a.m.

• Mails arrive at the Ashburton Post -From Christchurch and Rakaia at 10.15 .«.iaa r 4Bs p.mu, and 7.20 p.m. From Ohertsey, &<x at 10.16 a.m. and 1 485 p.m. duly. , .. From Dunedin and intermediate places at AST* *vm- duly. From Temuka andTimarn at 10.40 a. m. b.dO p.m., and 8 p.m. daily. From Greenstreet, Wednesdays and Satordavs. at 10 a.m. From Mount Somers, daily 10.5 a.m. From Mayfield and Ruspnna, on Wed -11 jAßbsdays and (Saturdays, at 105 a.m. From Ashton, Waterton, and Long beach at 10 a. m. daily. From Kewlands, on Tuesdays and Fri days, at 2.30 p-m. , Wrapt Flemington on Tuesdays, Thurs- Saturday* at 10 a.m. From Elgin, Wakanui, Seafield, and Eyle. on Tuesdays, Thursdays, *nd Sat or lays, at 445 p.m.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit. TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1885. Talked Out.

Mr James Macandrew, the versatile member for Port Chalmers, is popu larly known as the father of the House of Representatives. He has won this title rather by the continuity than by the magnitude of his services in the Legislature of the colony, but still he is more than an ordinary individual, and his public utterances are entitled to more than ordinary attention. He it was, of our public men, who first pro pounded the scheme of direct steam communication between New-Zealand and Europe, and pointed to the im mense possibilities'of such a revolution in the shipping trade of the colony. Many years before Biitish ingenuity had conceived the present perfect pro cess of refrigeration Mr Macandrew talked and wrote of frozen mutton as an immediate factor in the commerce of the world. Indeed, he once went so far as to suggest that frozen po|fl| toes might become a profitable artrclfe of export from the Colony. True, he has predicted revolutions which have not eventuated, but in this respect he is no more unfortunate than many oracles claiming aid superior to com mon sense and sound judgment. As a politician Mr Macandrew is neither a great legislator nor a brilliant adminis trator, he is not an orator nor a states man, he is not even a very adroit par liamentarian, but he has a fair share of intelligence and a rare fund of practical experience. No other member of the present House has had such ample opportunities to become acquainted with parliamentary usages, and to watch their effect upon the business of the country. Speaking at Port Chal mers on Wednesday evening Mr Mac andrew is reported to have said that “it was not his intention, at the end of the present session to seek re election, owing to the hours which Parliament sat. If it conducted its business during the day he might alter that determination.” We should be sorry indeed to see Mr Macandrew resign the position he has so long filled. He adds very little to the oratorical or utilitarian elements of the House, but he serves as a connect ing link between two very distinct epochs of the history of the colony, and inspires a certain degree of respect for original modes of thought and speech that are all too rare in the colo nial legislature. Party Government is a necessary evil of our constitution ; the independent member so-called, generally exercises much less influence on the legislation of the House than the representative who gives in his adhesion to a party in exchange for an understanding that his views shall have some weight upon the policy of that party. Still there is no need for any member to entirely subjugate his thoughts and inclinations to the will of his chief, the fact that many of the people’s representatives do so reflects less unfavorably upon the system than upon the representatives themselves. But Mr Macandrew, while possessing many shortcomings which need not be enlarged upon here, has taken up a position in the House which has enabled him to impress his views upon many important measures now em bodied in our Statute Book. The an nouncement that Mr Macandrew will not seek re-election unless the hours of sitting in the House are altered suggests an examination of those hours._ For the first six weeks of the session the House meets on Tuesdays, Wednes days, Thursdays, and Fridays, at 2,30 p.ra., adjourns at 5.30 p.ra., re assembles at 7.30 p.m., adjourns at 10.30 p.ra, for refreshments, and re assembles at 11 p.m., and sirs until the business of the day is concluded. As the termination of the session approaches the House meets .every day, Sundays excepted, and occasionally sits till 2 a.m. or 4 a.m. the following day. Having regard to the time necessarily devoted by Ministers to the routine

work of their departments and the pre paration of measures for presentation 1 to the House, we can suggest no alteration in these hours likely to obviate the inconvenience of which the member for Port Chalmers complains. Again the fault is not with the system, but with the re presentatives. So long as constituencies return members whose chief delight is derived from the sound of their own voice, and who think it necessary to place their views upon every trifling j subject before the House and the country, so long will gentlemen, whose very worth makes their time of value, hesitate to sacrifice so much in the service of the State. None of our readers will experience difficulty in calling to mind more than one member who have filled pages of Hansard with out advancing the interests of the country one iota or winning the appro bation of an intelligent elector. Such babblers are an encumbrance to the legislature and a loss to their constitu encies; they neither advance the cause they advocate or weaken the cause they impugn. We agree entirely in opinion with those who think that it is of no purpose to attempt to remedy, this evil by the suppression of Hansard. An authentic record of what does occur in the House is indispensable, and if popular sentiment on the subject were properly formed the publication of Par liamentary reports would tend rather to check than to foster the loquacity of voluble It is public opinion, and public opinion alone, that will bring about the much-needed re form, and raise our House of Represen tatives to the position it should occupy amidst the Legislatures ot the world.

A woman named Johanna Moore, was I committed for trial in Chriatohurch yes terday under a charge of larceny, the cir cumstances of which are peculiar. It appears that two ladies were a the Christ church railway station last Saturday, and went to a private apartment in which one of them left her purse containing over L2O. The accused entered the apartment j 1 just after, and pocketed the purse. She did not give information to the police or railway officials, but hurried away in com pany with a friend. The lady having missed her purse, and remembered where she left it, suspicion was directed to the woman Moore, who was called back by a I constable. She did not then tell him of I her find, and it was only when directly I asked if she had found any money that I she produced the missing purse. Mr I Beetbam, R. M., considered the case to be I just on the borderland between larcen I and no larceny, and left it for a jury to I determine whether there was any inten- I tion to steal. I Our Bakaia correspondent, referring to I the Local Option poll, says:—From the I little interest taken in these polls they I are little better than a waste of public I money. I Messrs Matson, Cox and Co. will hold I an important sale of land a farming stock I at the farm of Messrs L. and V. Mang- I ham, Ohertsey, to-morrow. I A meeting of the South Rakaia Library I Committee was held last evening. I Present Messrs Hardy (chairman), I Br<>adbent, Davis, Wilkinson, Fletcher, I Reyoraft, 1 >xley and Payne. It was re- I solved to hold a concert and dance in aid lof the funds on Thursday, June 25, I and Mr Broadbent undertook tu arrange I the musical portion of the entertainment. I The Chairman’s action in closing the I reading room on Sunday mornings in oon- I sequence of the disturbance created by a I few individuals, was approved of. After I transacting some other routine business, I the Committee adjourned till Monday, I June 8, at 8 p.m. I The committee of the Ashburton De- I bating Society met last evening to arrange I preliminaries in connection with the pr>- I posed Parliamentary Union. It was re- I solved to hold ths first sitting in a fort- I night’s time, Mr Cargill undertaking the I formation of the first ministry. As it was I decided that each member should repre- I sent one of the present New Zealand I constituencies, members will oblige by I notifying the secretary the constituency I they wish to represent. I A 'equisition is in course of signature I asking Mr John Grigg, M. tl. R., not to resign his seat in the House of Represen tatives. The requisition has already re ceived a number of influential signatures. A great volume of telegrams received to-day we are compelled to hold over, but abridge the following :—Messrs Oarew, W. H. Pearson and J. Robin have been appointed the Otago Railway Appeal Board.—A reduction will shortly be made in the railway rates for native brown coal, so as to allow it to compete with imported and other coal. The Oustams revenue collected in the colony for the month of May was L 107.834, as against L 107,356 for the corresponding month last year.— The Medical Society of Christchurch have forwarded to the Colonial Secretary a re solution expressing sympathy with Dr Stewart in connection with the recant “ terrible and scandalous ” attack by the Evening .Press, —The Chamber of Com merce at Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin have each decided to send a delegate to Samoa.—The Rotorua left Manukau at noon, to-day, with the Sou thern partion of the San Francisco mail —: he strike amongst the coal miners at Qreymouth is terminated. The men have gone to work at 3a Gd per ton. —Matthews oeat D juovan in a glove fight at Auckland last night.—Mr Keiy intends testing the legality of the Tanranga election.—A -mail fire took place at Auckland last night. The damage is estimated at L4OO.

At the R. M. Court this morning, be fore Mr Hugo Friedlander, J. P., Thomas Gan was fined 10s and costs for drun kenness, and 40s and costs for ill-treating a horse by leaving it without proper food or shelter.—J. Gamp was fined 20s and costs for leaving a horse and dray within the Borough unattended.—J A. Ked path was charged under the 6th section of The (Sheep Act 1&78 Amendment Act 1884,” with having sheep in his possession

infected with lice. The offence was ad miued, and a fine of 20s and coats in dicted.

Mr Harrison will hold an important sale at his rooms to-morrow commencing at 12 noon.

At the Christchurch North-East Licen sing Committee meeting to-day, the chairman expressed pleasure at the marked diminution in the drinking habits of the people, as shown by the police reports. Inspector Pender said he attributed the improvement to the recent activity |in temperance affairs. 1 hat husband of mine is three times the man he was before he began using “ Wells Health Rer.ewcr.” Druggists. The N.Z- Drug Co., General Agents. 2

For sinking spells, fits, dizziness, palpitation and low spirits, rely on Hop Bitters. Genuine made by American Co. Notice “ German Syrup.”—No other medicine n the world was ever given such a test of its curative qualities as Boschee’s German Syrup. In three years two million four hundred thou sand small bottles of this medicine were dis tributed free of charge by Druggists in the United States of America to those afflicted with Consumption, Asthma, Croup, severe Coughs. Pneumonia and other diseases of the ‘throat and lungs, giving the afflicted undeniable proot that Genpan Syrup will cure them. The re sult has been tha,t Druggists ip every town and village in civilised countries are recommending it to their customers. Go to your Druggist and ask what they know about it. Sample Bottles 6d. Regular size 3s. 6d, Three ones wU relieve any case,—[Advt/

Last night some person or persons, at present unknown, entered the Sample Room* connected with the Sofcaraet Hotel and abstracted a number of small at'idea be'onging to two commercial travellers. The police are making enquiries in refer ence to the matter.

The new drill instructor, Sergeant Jones, paid Ashburton a visit yesterday and took the Ashburton Rifle V duntee s in hand for the first time At the con clusion of the drill he expressed his satis faction with the men, and stated that he had nut expected to find them so pro ficient. the Sergeant seems to be a smart man and will doubtless prove most useful.

On Thursday evening last Mr James Lemon lost about 120 sacks of wheat, at Barrhill, by fire. The wheat had been insured, but the policy expired a few days prior to the loss and as the grain was in course of removal to Bakaia, it was not re-insured, jSo cause is assigned for the accident.

Indigestion and Liver Complaints, —For these complaints Baxter’s Compound Quinine Pills have proved a specific, acting powerfully on the liver and mildly on the stomach. Sold everywhere or post free from J. Baxter, Chemist, Christchurch, for ip '-r 44 stamps. A other unfortunate.—Again we must draw the attention of our readers to the fact that a ,£2,424 stock of Clothing and General Dra pery, in the estate of Dennis O’Connell, tra ding in Lyttelton and Cristchurch, now bank rupt, was purchased by H. E. May & Co., of the Hall, High street, for £954* or oll ly * little over one-third of its value. H. E, M. and Co. are now selling it at half the marked price, which surely ought to seenre a speed clearance. “Staying’' Powbr.— lt will be interest ing to athletes, and to all who valua the power of physical endurance, to know that at “ home ” and in the ais'er colonies an article has of late years come into general use, which is very strongly re commended as being an exceedingly plea sant beverage, and which yet imparts, in an unusually large degree, what is expres sively known as “ staying power,”—in other words, nutriment and strength. We refer to Cadbury’s “ Cocoa Essence.”

EUROPEAN ITEMS.

London, May 20

James Munro, of Melbourne, at present in London, had an interview with Earl Derby, and urged the necessity for strictly prohibiting the sale of alcoholic liquors to the natives of New Guine*. Earl Derby promised to give earnest considera tion to the matter.

London, May 22. The outbreak of cholera at Marseilles is sporadic or scattered in character. Mr Garrick, the Agent-General of Queensland, has accepted the decoration of Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George, offered to him by Her Majesty. It is probable that Colonel Richardson, Commandant of the New South Wales contingent, will be created a Knight Commander of the Bath. Mr Sargood, Minister of Defence, Vic toria ; Mr Bray, ex Chiet Secretary of South Australia; also the superior officers who accompanied tha New South Wales contingent to Soudan, will, it is rumored, be decorated Companions of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. Mr Wilfred Parnell has been ap pointed British Consul at the Navigator Islands.

London, May 25,

Mr Thurston, Colonial Secretary of Fiji, has been appointed Lieutenant-Governor of that colony. It is probable that Sir Arthur Elibank 3avelock t wiil be the nex Governor of Fiji

London, May 26.

The steamer Stirling Castle, engaged by the British Government as a war cruiser, is now undergoing the necessary altera tions at Malta, and when completed it is probable she will bo despatched to Aus tralia.

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Mklbourne, May 27

It is announced that the New Zealand Government will agree to the omission of the thirty-first clause of the Enabling Bill, provided the compromise |proposed by Mr Griffith, the Queensland Premier, is accepted. Monday being hold as the Queen’s birthday was ageneial holiday. The race*, Governor’s levee, and review we f e held, also a fireman’s gala in the Friendly Society’s gardens. The ships in the river and bay were decorated. The review in Albert Park was a great success, the total strength being 2,328, including the naval forces and reserve. The total force was inspected by the Governor at the close of the day. Colonel Desney, the Comman dant, intimates that bis Excellency was highly pleased with the evolutions per formed. The review attracted 40,000 people. The Orient steamer Austral succeeded in delivering the mails in Adelaide in thirty-nine days. Yesterday the Government received official information that the vine disease which has broken out in Camden, New South Wales, was veritable phylloxera. It also appears that the disease must hare existed in the locality for several years. The Steam Navigation Board have adopted new regulations, devised by the Board of Trade, for the more Satisfactory examination of candidates desiring to obtain masters’ or mates’ certificates. Hitherto it has been taken for granted if the candidate give correct answers to the paper questions the examiner has no power to reject him. After the 6th August, when the new regulations come into fo- ce, the candidates will be required to satisfy the examiners in a vim z voce exa mination. Particular care will be taken to test candidates on the subject of the deviation of the compass.

Sydney, May 27.

A deputation waited on the Mayor yes terday to request him to hold a public meeting, at which the question of enter taining the New South Wales troops on their return might be considered. it is rumored on good authority that Mr Stuart, the Premier, is to be made recipient of some mark of distinction from the Queen through the Governor.

THE HIGHLAND CROFTERS.

Dunedin, Last Night,

Some time ago the Caledonian Society wrote to Mr Gladstone, drawing his at tention to the provision made in the Laud sill of last session for Highland crofters, and asking his influence in making the cohame a success. By last mail the fol lowing reply was received from the Private Secretary I am desired by Mr Gladstone to acknowledge the receipt of a resolution of the Directors of the Caledonian society of Otago, of which a copy was enclosed in your letter of th« 29th January last, and 1 am to state, for the information of the Directors, chat he will communicate on the subject with those of his colleagues who are specially charged with the duty of dealing with the Highland crofters qiin-iion

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

GENERAL SUMMARY.

Mr Gladstone gave notice in the House of Commons, on May 9, of a motion provide a dowry for the Princess Beatrice on her approaching marriage to Prince Hlenry of Battanburg. It was received with jeers from the Homo and Radical benches A formal opposition to the grant will be made by Mr Henrv Labouchere.

Lady Lonsdale, on whose account Edmund Yates suffered imprisonment for libel, *BB married to Earl de Grey at St Martin’s Onurch, Charing Cross. Lord Tlipon, the father of the bridegroom, Earl Pembroke, and a few select friends of the bride and the groom were the only per sons present. The Fortnightly Btvkw publishes an article by Charles Williams, Soudan Cor respondent, substantially proving the incompetency of Sir Charles Wilson, who virtually slaughtered Gordon by his negligence. When the matter is brought up in Parliament, which it will be shortly, Lord Charles Bergsford and many blue jackets are willing to be witnesses. >ince her return from Darmstadt, the Quean’s health has notably improved. A despatch of the 4th May statsi extraor dinary precautions were adopted yester day before her arrival at Inverness. Seve ral hours ere Her Majesty was expected all the' vessels in the harbor were in spected and the harbor diligently pa trolled by police boats, and the route from the landing to the railway station lined by a military guard and many Me tropolitan detectives. Ada Cavendish, actress, has been mar ried to Frank A. Marshall, dramatist. A discussion on the budget in the House of Commons discloses much discon tent. Cholera is prevailing in Calcutta to an alarming extent. The Suez Canal Commission has de cided to place prizes captured in warfare traversing the Suez Canal on the Mine footing as men-of-war. The work of the Commission is progressing favorably. MALY. The Italian Foreign Office notified that the Prince and Princess of Wales intend to visit Rome early in May, and according to a despatch of April 29th, the English Government had sent a secret agent there to sound the Vatican as to the Pope s willingness to give the Prince an audi ence. The a|ent had several interviews with the prelates at the Vatican, but though warmly recommended by Cardinal Manning and other ecclesiastical digni taries, it is doubtful whether be mil suc ceed. The object of the Princes visit was said to be twofold. First, to arrive at an understanding with the Vatican in regard to the Irish Bishops, and second to persuade Italy to form an alliance with England. ~ , . ~ j The Irish Bishops assembled in the College of Propaganda at Rome on April 30th. Cardinal Simeeni addressed them, and the Bishops expressed their deter mination to treat all questions submittec to them uninfluenced in any woy by poli tical bias or feeling.

THE BOSPHBRK EGYPTIAN. The seizure of the newspaper, The Bosphere Egyptien, at Cairo, by the autho rities, and tne refusal by the Egyptian Government to make apology and repara tion therefor at the demand of Franco, led to breaking off of official relations be tween the two countries. On April 24th Karl Granville telegraphed instructions to sir Evelyn Baring on that date to rapport Nubar Pasha, Egyptian Foreign Minuter, to ihe utmost extremity in his refusal to make apology or an explanation or tne suppression. . The Paris morning papers of tha 26tn were loud in praise ot M. de Froy c in« tß action in the affair. The oaWs w «e thronged with enthusiastic partisans, and cheers for the new minister, alternated with jeers for England. The evening papers had an enormous sale. Many of ti.em asserted that M. de F.eyoinet’a pre empeory sundering of intercourse with iigypt is the first step towards a formal alliance of France and Russia. France evidently is acting with the desire to overthrow Nubar Pasha. A despatch of the 4th May mentions that the question is settled. England, without disclaiming any share of the responsibility for the act of the seizure, advised Egypt to apolo giae to France, and adow tne paper to re-appear.

THE RUSSIAN DIFFICULTY. A communication from the Russian Go vernment defines the scope of arbitration. It includes the military question, but this is to be limited to the consideration of explanations with reference to tha alleged violation of the Convention. The terms of arrangement indicate that the arbitra tor’s functions will be to find a formula of conciliation consistent witu the amour ptopre of both sides. The Emperor Wil liam will be aalted to act as arbitratoi, and it is expected he will consent, London, May 6.

The naval and military works will con tinue till both branches are fully supplied with stores. To a question ahy Sir Peter Lumsden was recalled from Afghan istan while General Komaroff was retained there by the Russian Government, Mr Gladstone replied that there was no re lation between the cases of the _ two officers. Sir Peter was employed in a purely civil capacity, while Komaroff was in command of the Russian forces. The Globe of the sth May says the so-called adjustment of the Russian dispute is a poor shift. The Standard says it includes the surrender of Peujdeh to Russia. De spatches of the sth May says the English people are enraged at Mr Gladstone, while Lord Randolph Churchill is the favorite of the hour.

London, May 6.

There is no appearance in St Peters burg df any abatement in the .warlike preparations. The mobilisation of the Rifle battalion in Finland continues. London, May 7

The St Petersburg Official Messenger ■ays, in consequence of the divergence of views between the Oabinets of Russia and England on the interpretation of the March agreement, it has been decided to submit the question to an arbitrator. Meantime both nations have agreed to resume the frontier negotiations, but on a different basis, namely, that the princi pal points of the frontier be fixed by a previous understanding between the two Cabinets; the demarcation of the frontier on the spot and the placing of indication posts being reserved foi the Commissions which both Powers will send. In order to facilitate the work of delimitation, the lines will not be withdrawn from their present position until the a rival of the joint Commission, when as fast as the direction of the f-ontier linn is fixed the frontier points will be occupied by the troops of the parties concerned. It will then be the duty of each *lo maintain order and security in its own territory. There is apparently a lull in the Russian preparations for war. Advices from ttamuhs state that a small force of Rus sians, with four pieces of artillery, now occupies Penj leh. A cablegram says the arrogant attitude of Russia is the all-absorbing topic to night, and has in a measure renewed tm war talk. The Tories are indignant a want they term anouier slap iu the ace by Kussia. The belief is general that Kussia i* playiig some more of her treach erous ericas, and the Czar i. fully latent a i having war at any price. The nqfa from De Giers is nut sati factory to the British Government, aud differences be tween the Government.) as to the teems upon which the question ebsli be referred

to arbitration are becoming greater. _ A London special to the New York Evening Post say>, “ I hare unquestionable macho* rity for stating that Russia has categori cally declined to make any treaty hind* ing her not to advance on Herat. In the House of Commons Sir Stafford North cute gave notice that be would on Mon day, May 11, submit the following motion “ Resolved that this House, I having shown its readiness to vote sup plier, wilt refuse to assent to a vote of LI 1,01)0, 00 until it has beeo informed of the Government’s present polity and of I the purpose to which the money granted I is to be applied. I A, special despatch from Oaloottato the I Times says the news of peace arrange- I meats has created dismay in Ihdii, and I the vacillation yf the Ministry Is rtUnom Ito British prestige. Colonel Patrick I Stewart has arrived at Herat.

Tha latest despatch to the Now York Tribune says St Petersburg and Moscow papers, all the week, have bees saying that arbitration is a csmedy. Now sea what looks comis to them. Kaikoff re marks in the Moscow OasetU, that arbi tration is simply a respectable mesne of closing the incident —a means to which l ttussia a seated in order to find an honor able issue f»r Gladstone oot of hie diffioal lies, in consideration of his feelings and former policy towards Russia. The Con tinental press, though puzzled to know I what arbitration meant, took a similar I view. The Berlin and Paris papers agreed I that England had given way. Vienna, I the one European capital, except perhaps I Home, which hitherto had shown a spirit I friendly to fingland, ragards this agree* ) meat as a surrender. Everybodytsjoioee I over the prospect of pesoe, but aiew seem I to regret that it has been, obtained by I what they regard as a humiliation, for . I England. The feeling in England, at first I o n e of perplexity, is daily hardening into I one of hostility and anxiety about the I ultimate molt of the pesos obtained in I thi« singular manner. I THE SOUDAN. I In the House of Lords on May Bth, a I question was asked regarding the oondi ] tion of the British troops serving in the I Soudan. The Duke of Cambridge said, I in responding, that the troops had never I been better oared for in any campaign - I than they had been In the Soudan. I General Wolseley, in reviewing the I I camel corps at Suakim cm May Bth, urged the men to perfect themselves in their I novel duties, as they would bo wanted cst I ths Nile in the antomn. This speech wm * 1 significant as indicating that!Che Genital I is not in favor of the Govmaiment J?oMry { of abondoning tha Soudan. b francs. 1 1 Advices from St Vincent received at f Paris, May 7U», report that white the 1 1 Messvgeries Francaiss steamer vuto de 1 1 Marseilles was on her way to Bosom I Ayres, the emigrants on board mutinied, 11 owing to the bad food furnished. They 1 1 were finally overpowered after a deeper* ’ ate fight, in which the captain and several ■I of the crew were badly wounded. Bis I vessel pat into St Vincent under Che ’ I guard ef a French cruiser. I The subject of the proposed inter* 1 national control of the Suez Canal, WM I discussed by Commission in Pari* on May 6 I 7th. The German, Austrian, ahdllus ' I aian delegates were in favor Of totoi* 1 1 national control, bot the English and * I Italian delegates opposedlit. II THE PANAMA CANAL. ; i I The New York Ttme# conolndes from 0 I th reports afforded of the latest and t I mo st complete accounts of the condition '» I and prospects of ’ the Panama Canal that * I It cannot be completed in lew than five * 1 years, and not at a, lew - cost than 350,000,OOOdols; also that if ita net re* 1 oeipts when completed should bo as high 1 as 13 000,OOOdols annually, the fixed » charges woulu swallow np nearly aIL It I is,extiemely doubtlnl in point of-fseC if 1 the inter-st on its obligations could ko ! met, to say nothing of dividends on Ita f stock or its ability to raise money. When ■ its present resources are exhausted, aa i they are likely to be in about a year; it 1 opcode absolutely on the ability of tha i Company to go on. If it gets intofinan > cial si rails what will the consequence# be? £ Too much will hatre been done and too i much expended to admit of the scheme { being readily abandoned. Will not the * i iterp cition of the French Government - be then invoked, and the political Com* > plications so often prophesied ooms In sight? MISCELLANEOUS. The New York World of May 6 pub lishes statements from many persons that f there was an attempt to assassinate : President Cleveland * the previooa day, daring his visit to Gettisburg. _The matter was kept quiet, for frier fit exciting the “ crank ” element, which appear* to | be increasing, and leading to further attempts. The trid of Richard Short, for Captain Phelp In O’Donovaa Rosas’s office. New York, ended pn May 6, in a verdict of “ Not guilty.” The Judge’s remark to thejury was—•" Gen tlemen, I am astonished at your verdict; ‘ you are discharged from all farther atten dances on this panel.” The new Onnarder Elmira, which ar rived at New York on May nth, is said to he the swiftwt and best-fitted pas* senger boat afloat. The baJMera assert she will crow tha Atlantia in six days and seven honrs,. three hours lew than the lowest record. The strained relatione of Greet Britain and Russia is throwing an enormous amount of bnainew Into the way of the steamships of the Pacific mail on the line from San Francisco to China. The City of Tokio is reported to have earned £138,500 on her last voyage. This la the heaviest earnings for yean. General Grant has got writ again, and the papers are now ridiculing the doctors for their ignorance or daeita to make advertising material out. of the patient. In reply to a question from Mr Parnell in the House of Commons on the 16th, the Chief Secretary for Ireland justified the police for their action on aeveral occa sions during the Prince’s visit to Cork end Mellow, end eartly added the Government' declined to order any enquiries as desired by Mr Parnell Parnell thinks the effect of the Prince’s visit will be to stimulate nationalistic workers. It is stated that Queen Victoria faw

arranged to visit Ireland in the sutonia. It u stated the Government Intend to buy for Prince Victor, the eldest son of the Prince of Wales, as a permanent plane of residence in Ireland, the' cele brated Brian Place. This magnificent seat is located at Haven, in the County of Merth, between the Rivers Boyne and Blackwater.

The British Columbians at a mass 1 meeting held at Victoria outlay 9ed passed a resolution that looked to extreme and extra-legal means of getting rid of the Chinese as a public nuisance, and that the Government and Judges of the Supreme Court should and must be held answerable for the consequence* that un fortunate! might attend e general' up rising of the white citlaens against (bur common enemy '■be Chinese Iho Budget for 1886 88 wan submitted to the Uiiuseof Oommoni, at>d shqwed a deficit of H0,490,0< -0. l(t OhlMm, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said that the Government di<t not propose to cpvey, the whole of the deficit this year, nor to t let the whole charge fall upon property. He proposed to raise the inpome tag to 8a in the pound. r A murderous maniac named Martin eilson ran amuck at Santa Pc, H«r Mezio >. on the 6th of May, and killed eight people before he himself was *hot|

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1885.



Wanted. W ANTED—A good General Servant.. Apply, office of this paper. & 847 WANTED —A correspondent for the Guardian, at Mount Somere. Apply to the Manages. WANTED Known that R. Lancaster’s Pork Sausages at 6 per lb excels any other in the Canterbury province. Cash buyer of bacon pigs. R. Lancaster Ready-money Meat Mart, Bullock’s Ar cade. 5 774 r i I J tl & h a t WANTED— Every one to go and see the bargains how beiug offered at the great clearing sale of rapery. Cloth ing, etc., Havelock street, opposite Har rison’s salerooms. 6 870 WANTED Known—You can get boys’ hats for 8d; men’s Is 6d ; men’s white shirts, Is 9d ; towels, Tjd, at the great clearing sale of Drapery, Clothing, etc., Havelock street, opposite Harrison’s salerooms. 6 871 WANTED Known The undersigned is prepared to Drill Seed with Reid and Gray’s drill or sow with broadcast sower, on most reasonable terms. Apply to Martin Gritjin. Newlands. 5 730 WANTED Known—That T. Hom-T has commenced Bacon Curing, and having purchased a first-class sausage machine, he will bo 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 XTtT ANTED Known—Before buying VV Dress Materials, Listers, Jackets Dolmans, Millinery, etc., call and inspect onr stock. The cheapest first-class Drapery and Millinery Establishment in Ashburton —H. C. Ssassa, ealys’ Buildings, East treet. » —— - n ITT ANTED Known—Jones an» Bbad- VV shaw are offering a superior blend r ~f Nelson, Moate and Go’s Tea, at 20s . per box; Flour, 18s per sack ; Chaff, f 36s per ton ; Wheat, seconds and crushed, equally cheap, for Cash. * \\T ANTED Known—Wertheim Sew- Vf ing Machines can be had on Time Payments at the New Zealand Clothing ■ Factory’s Branch, East street, Ashburton. 2 276 ANTED Known—Boots ! Boots 1 B y f That Hates and Co. are Clearing a few desperate Hues of Boots, eto., to , wit. Ladies’ Leather, 4s 6d; Men’s Shooters, Pegged, 10s; Men’s Elastic sides, 9s, and 4 lot of odd lines that must be cleared at once. 7 1278 ' ITT ANTED KN u WN— Robert Elston, VY Bill Poster, Theatrical Aoent, , etc., Town Hall, Aahburton. Theatrical 0 companies and others visiting Ashburton should communicate with the above. 1 Orders by post or telegram promptly attended to. 760 9 “ ‘ d Special Advertisements. ; Mrs Adams, AGENT FOR MADAME WEIGEL'S ~ PATTERNS, HAS now on baud a nice assortment of crewel wools, silks, filoselie, flossette, lace, braids, transfer patterns, i- new designs, crash, oatmeal and satin cloths for art needlework, five o’clock tea cloths, embroidery frames, eto. t THE LITTLE SHOP, 5 East street, (Next Mr Ranger's, baker). 6 760 d . Trees. Trees. Tree.;. mHE undersigned'has for sale all kinds I of Fruit and Forest TREES, Pin us “ Insignia, Macrocarpa, by tens of thou sands. Other kinds in proportion. ® Prices extremely moderate. 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



HOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. Advertisements for The Ashbuetos Guardian must be sent in not later than S v.m., with the number of insertion, written plainly on the copy, otherwise they, wifi ,be inserted until counter vailed, and charged accordingly. Re yaqe Advertisements must be supplied i ** - i previous to that on which they re to be inserted. Special notices can be received up to 5.90 p.m., but. will be charged double • All notices of Births, Marriages, or Deaths must be accompanied by the s'.c* ', ” . ' of the sender, as a guarantee of , ood faith. "" AH advertisements and business ,ett*is p be addressed The Manager ; literary jemmnnkationß should be addressed to The Editor. .



A REIVED. ARRIVED. new goods. Wholesale and Retail. Books by various authors Stationery in great variety Toys and Fancy Goods of every de scription Jewellery, Cutlery, Concertinas, Ac r diene, etc. Photo and Scrap Albums, la Tobacconist’s Sundries, etc. Specially low rates to Country Stores. “TheOid Flag” (music and words), by Vincent Pyke ; at published price. R Bevan, SAJND LIS’ BUILDING, (Next ~hof to Q dill’s Hotel. )s 692 Machine Shop, WAKANDI ROAD. CHARLES RAY Repairs Engines, Combines, Chaff-cutters, Reapers and Binders, and all classes of macninery. Special attention given to Bicycles, Tricycles and Sewing Machines. Lawn Mowers repaired, sharpened and adjusted. Model work. General repairs. ! t RKAD, MARK, LEARN AND INWaRDLI DJ6KST, and to accomplish the above feat, visit my estab lishment, and lighten your inward gloom by appeasing your appetite for the beauti ful by inspecting the most delighttulJj ARTISTIC EaSTER CARDS ! ever imported into Ashburton (direct from Home). Yon are then at liberty to in spect the contents of a large case of books personally selected, and just received. I be'ieve it was Lord Wolseley who said (he happens to be the most popular man of the day, and one must squeeze a litti popularity into advertisements), A mai who aspires to great heights should rea incessantly, and never forget his uew papers;” and I say the same 1 Read ! Read i Read ! When both you and my self will be considerably benefited, Not having room to give a detailed list of the contents of my shelves, 1 can only finish by saying—Gome and see for yourselves, and if yon are disappointed come again.— Nothing like Perseverance 1 Thomas F. Farley’s, BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER, Saunders’ Buildings, East St., Ashbu&ton.



IfBS KENNEDY & MISS CAMERON, Hi DRESSMAKERS, Compton’s Buildings, Moore street, Ashburton. N.B.—Registry Office for Female Ser vants. * 537 TOWLE’S pennyroyal and steel pills for females quickly correct all irregular! ties and relieve the distressing symptoms so prevalent with the sex. Boxes Is l£d and 2» 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 OMESTIO PATT ERN DEPOT. Mrs Hodge, DRAPER AND DRESSMAKER, East Stbkbt, near Lancaster’s butchery. Indies’ Dresses and Underclothing made ; _at the shortest notice. REGISTRY OFFICE For Female Servants. 7 1413 It HE ASHBURToN COUNTY STOCK AND SALh YARDS company (Limiikd), Is prepared to Dip Sheep IN large cr small lots at the following scale of charges : ' For the first 500 sheep, one penny each For the second 600 sheep, one half penny each For,theeecond 1,000 sheep, one farthing each For flocks of over 2,000 special arrange ments will be made. The material used will be charged for in addition to the atjove. GEORGE JAMESON, Secretary. WAR WITH. RUSSIA—At the pro sent juncture it would be difficult lor any one except a prophet of the . ffighnat tank to say whether or not the Cassia wifi lead to a general European war, or whether they will end in smoke. The absence of full information as to what Is transpiring between the two countries tnsy indicate teat the political breeze is blowing harmlessly past; or, it may he the awful silence which generally precedes . nstonn. In either case, we ought to be jnrepsred lor the worst. If a general war naeaka oat the price of nearly every article commerce will rise. Among other ‘ commodities, wool and labor will go up. Bow is the time,-therefore, to lay in « • Stock o£ do thing, before the general ad if wanes begins. In order that we may not few caught napping we halve just purchased ♦Splendid Assortment of Winter Tweeds - ado other materials' necessary to a well •snipped tutoring establishment, which we uw prepared tp offer at unusually low ttUrim catix. Regarding style and tit, is needless for os to repeat what iverybodyvkhpws, via., that by our scieo- If And th« oara ptap* tific mode of cutting, and the oare exer llscd fcy os in baiug the figure, a mis fit i/t an impossibility. —Ckaxqhbxo 0p 00., Htwhsst jailors, i am-rsd ttrmt.



Special Advertisements. jpHE LONDON AND LANCASHIRE Fire Insurance Co. We have much pleasure in informing the public of Ashburton that Mb bBS WILDING, LEWIS & OAfGILL have been appointed AGENTS for the above Company in the Aahbnrton Dis trict. All risks taken at lowest current rates. LEWIS & GO OLD, 3 328 General Agents for Canterbury. MAOPHERSON, FILMER AND CO. (Late A. Hayes) TIMBER, COAL AND FIREWOOD MEROH ANTS, East street, Ashburton. STUDY your Interests, and get quota tions for every requisite for the Building Trade. Study your Comfort and try our PRIME NEWCASTLE COAL, Just landed, ex Candida. Doors, Sashes, Mouldings, Roofing Iron, Gates, Hurdles, &c. On Sale, in any quantities. gar WE ARB PRODUCERS -•* And can sell to suit the times. W. H. COLLINS, Manager. THE FOLLOWING Quotations AND BEFRIEND YOURSELF s. d. All Wool Welsh Fennel, very heavy, suitable for men’s shirts 0 9} Saxony Union Flannel, fine, suit able for babies' wear ... ... 0 8} Scarlet Saxony Flannel 0 8} Grey Calico, per yard 0 2 Slate Silesia, per yard 0 2} Heavy Brown Holland, per yard 0 4$ Forfar, for aprons, per yard ... 0 6} One Yard Wide Forfar, per yard 0 7« Cotton Tick, per yard 0 4| Turkey Red, per yard ... ... 05$ Heavy Twill Cretonne; this is well worth Is 0 8J • Reversible Cretonne, usually sold for Is, per yard 0 9| All Wool Crimean Shirting ... 1 3 | Warm Wincey Shirting 0 4| i Union Crimean Shirting 0 7} White Blankets, suitable for chil dren’s beds, per pair 7 11 No. 2 Quality White Blankets, pec ■ pair ... ... ... ... 9 6 No 3 Quality White Blankets, per pair ... 12 9 Double-bed Size, per pair ... 13 9 Extra Barge Blannets, per pair ... 19 6 See our 2ts and 25s BLANKETS They will really astonish yon. TAILORING DEPARTMENT. All Tweeds well shrunk. Fit Guaranteed. Charges cannot be beaten. MEN'S CLOTHING To meet these hard times. ' Men’s Tweed Trousers—3s 9d, 6s lid, 7s 6d, 10s fid ' Men’s t weed Trousers and Vest—7s lid, 10s fid, 12s fid i Men’s Tweed Suits—l7ft fid, 255, 30s i Men’s Oil Coats, leather bound—lss 9d See our 21s i OVERCOAT, i A very special line. EL E. May & Co., L THE HALL. OTIOE TO FARMERS. WOOD, SINCLAIR & CO., Millers and Grain Merchants, High street, Christchurch, 1 Are Cash Purchasers of Wheat, Oats, Barley, Beans, Peas, Potatoes, Bye and. ' Cocksfoot Grass Seeds at highest current rates. To farmers desirous of holding their gr»in we are prepared to offer special . facilities for storage. In addition to our large brick granary we have erected a large iron warehouse. This, with the stores lately occupied by Messrs A. Moore and Co. and now leased to as, enables us to offer to farmers extra facilities for the storage and classification of grain at nominal rates. We are prepared to make liberal cash advances on grain sent in for storage, or will ship same under advance on grower’s account or otherwise, as may be arranged. 3 454 rjIHE NEW Z EAL ND Clothing Factory CONTRACTORS To j New Zealand Government Rail ways, Post Offices, Volunteer Corps, &c &c. «vc. Are now prepared to enter into contracts lor 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 j the shurte t notice. Head Offices and Factory— DOWLING STREET, DUNEDIN. NOTE -Measures for all uniforms may oe entrusted to the Manager of the N.Z. Clothing Factory branches in the tollow ing centres, vix:— ( Dunedin Nelson Palmerston N. Invercargill Hokitika New Plymouth ■ . 'Binaru Greymouth Napier * Waimate Reefton Waipawa i Tiraaru Wellington Hastings I Ashburton Masterton Gisborne I Christchurch Wanganui Thames , Lyttelton Haweca Auckland ,



Victoria House, 170 RESIDE EMPLOYMENT, AMUSEMENT, & INSTRUCTION j FOR WINTER EVENINGS. NOW SHOWING—A Splendid Assortment of Fine Art Goode and Traced Work in Slippers, Cosies, Antimacassars, Tidies, Ladies and Children’s Aprons, Brackets, Diapes, Splaikers, Nightdress Bags. A .Nica selection of Crewel and Washing oiiks, Ingrain Cottons, Berlin Fingerings, Transfer Patterns, Designs for Jross Stitch worn, &o. Also—A Nice Variety of Homespuns, Ladies and Children’s Ulsters, Jackets, Gloves, etc,, and a few, Parcels of Manufacturers’ camples in Men’s, Youths’, and Boys Cloth ing, bought at 20 per cent under the regular prices, and offered accordingly. ■■ » JDimant and Coe. GENERAL DRAPERS, CLOTHIERS, &0.. , But and Tattered Streets, Ashburton,



Special Advertisements. Groceries CHEAPER THAN EVER THAN AT james McGregor’s, Fancred Street (opposite the Arcade). Best White Crystal Sugar, 3d per lb by the mat Beat English Cut Loaf Sugar, per lb Box Tea, from 12s 6d per box A grand assortment of new tin Kish— Herrings in Shrimp, Tomato or Tennel Sauce; Kippered, Spiced or Devil’d Heirings; Digby Chicks or Findon Haddocks, at la per tin Fresh Herrings, 7d. Best Oysters, 6d Moir’a Oatmeal, 3a 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 Cocos, tin or packet, Is 6d per lb Biscuits, 3d Cheese, 6d Best Rice, Sago and Tapioca, 3d per lb JAMES MoGRKGOR, Tanored Street 12 2342 JpUBLIO ANNOUNCEMENT. OPENED MONDAY, 27th APRIL, 1885. MESSRS BAYLIS A CO. (late of Orr and Alcorn), bare Commenced Busi □ess as Family Grocers and Tea Dealers, in Saunders’ Buildings, next to Mr Far ley’s, Bookseller, on above date. Messrs B. and Co. beg to announce to the public of Ashburton and District, that as they Bay for Cash and in the cheapest markets, they are in a position to Sell at the lowest possible prices, and trust by punctuality and despatch to receive a fair share of the public patronage. 4 684 BAYLIS & 00. SHBURTONCOAL AND FIREWOOD DEPOT. R. S, BEAN Is now landing (ex Sunbeam) A SPLENDID SAMPLE 0F NEWCASTLE COAL. A trial solicited. R. S. Bean, West street. 6 1147



Holloways Ointment and Pills combine both sanitive and sanative powers in a higli degree—by the former term is understood their ability to preserve health, by the latter .their Capability to restore health. With these reme dies at h.ind no invalid need be at fault to guide himself or herself safely through the many trials to which everyone is subjected during our long and .ofttimes inclement winters. Coughs, colds, ulcerated throats, diptheria, whooping cough, can be successfully treated by well rubbing this Ointment upon the chest, and by taking the During damp foggy weather asthmatical sufferers will experience the utmost possible relief from the inunction of the ointment on all tender chested persons will save endless misery by adopting this treatment,— [Advt.l