COMMERCIAL.

Ashburton Guardian Office, Wednesday afternoon, Messrs Matson, Cox and Co. repen upon tbe live stock market for the Ashburton district, for the week ending May lath, as follows: — Or* Tuesday, at the County Council Y rds, we yid our usual weekly sale of sheep, cattle and pigs.*..Tfee entry, for all description of stock was moderate, and the attendance poor. In fat sheep there were a few pens of first-class crossbred merino wethers, which were sold at a slight advance on late rates In cattle there was a very sluggish sale, nothing but first-class springers causing any competition.','We quote xmitfob at 2d per lb; beef at 16s to 17 s P e * Ibolb. We sold crossbred wethers at us 4<l to. ns 8d; merino| wethers, 9s 2d to 9s 3d; Store and crossbred lambs, 4s lod, 7s id and ys 8d; crossbred hoggets,*. 10s, 8d; menno ewes, failing mouths, 4s Cattle : L 3 17s 6d; springers, L6ss to L 8 12s 6d.

DAILY MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALES. Saturday, May 16. MrT. Bullock, at the Arcade, Burnett street —Live and Dead Stock Tuesday, May 19 Messrs Matson, Cox and C)., at the Tinwald Saleyarda—Stock MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS, Bio. Wednesday, May 13. Orange Hall*—Star of the East, 1.0. G.T.j meeting at 8 o’clock Oddfellows’ Hall—Quadrille Assembly, at 8 o’clock Wednesday, May 20 Oddfellows’ Ball—Lecture, at 8 o’clock Friday, May 22 St Stephen’s Schoolroom—Concert, at 8 Monday, May 25. Borough Council, at Borough Council Chambers, at 7.30 Arcade Chambers—Star of Ashburton. U.A.0.D.. at 8 o’clock Friday, June 5 Ishburton County Council—At Council Chambers, 11a.m. Lonbgeaoh Road Board at Road Boarc Office. Saturday, June 6.’ tfatanui Road Board, at Road Boarc office, Moore street, at 10.30 a m-

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MAIL NOTICES.

Mails clOseatthe Ashburton Post Office follows: — ' For Christchurch and North at 6 a.m. 10.30 a.m., and 6 p.m., daily. For Chertsey Rakaia, &0., at 10.30 a.m. *nd 5 p.xn. daily. _. , Fop Dunedin, Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine, at 10 a.m. daily. Sf D t Temuka, at 6 a.m. and 10 a,m., for Tim&-*u and South, at 6 a.m., 10 *.m., and 4.30 p.m., daily. Fpr Groenstreet and Ashburton Forks, Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 10.45 MB. For Wakimui, Elgin, Seaview, Soafield, and Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6.30 a.m. ' For Mount Somers, on Tuesdays and . aturdays, at 6 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. For Mayfield, on Tuesdays and Satur days, at 6 a.m. For Ashtsn, Waterton and Longbeach, at 4L3oJ>.ni. daily. For Remington, on Mondays, Wednes days, and Fridays, at 4.30 p. m. For Newlands, on Tuesdays and Fri days at 10.30 a-m. Mail, arrive at the Ashburton Post Office — From Christchurch and Rakaia at 10,15 *.m., 4,36 p.m., and 7.20 p.m. From Chertsey, &o. at 10.15 a.m. and 4.35 p.m. daily. , From Dunedin and intermediate places at ">.m. daily. From Temuka andTimaru at 10.40 a.m. ji.dO p.m., and 8 p.m. daily. From Greenstreet and Ashburton Forks, Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 10 fr T m. For Mount Somers and Ashburton Gorge, on Tuesdays and Saturdays, at 6 a.m. and 4.30 p.m., and on Wednesdays at 5 p.m. From Mayfield, on Tuesdays and Satur days, at 10.6 a.m. From Ashton, Waterton, and Long beach at 10 o«m. daily. , . From Newlands, on Tuesdays and Fri days, at 2.30 p.m. From Flemington on Tuesdays, Thurs days, and Saturdays, at 10 a.m. From Elgin, Wakanui, Seafield, and Kyle on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sat nr days, at 4 p.m. _____

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prevalebit. WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1885.

The cablegrams which we published yesterday will have the effect of consider ably relieving men’s minds as regards the probability of war with Russia. We are told that a conference between the two Russian representatives (M. be and M. Lessar), and Earls Granville and Kimberley, had been held, the result of which was that a satisfactory agreement regarding the Afghan-Russian frontier had been agreed upon, and that the agreement was perfectly satisfactory to both England and Russia. Lord Dufferxn, the Viceroy of India, had also approved of the arrangement. The above is what we learn from Reuter, and forms the salient points of an announcement made to the British Parliament by Earl Granville, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Another cablegram says the general impression at Home is that the proposed arbitration on the Anglo-Russian difficulty will now be unnecessary, but that after the limits of the frontier line have been laid down definitely, for such is the meaning of the word delimitation,” a convention will be held in Russia. All this points in the direction of peace.

The position of affairs in the Soudan is such as to strengthen a trust in a speedy return on the part of England to the condition in reality which Napoleon the Third once described for France in four words when he used the now historical sentence —“ The Empire is peace.” The Soudan be yond Wady Haifa is to be abandoned, and the troops will be withdrawn as soon as the annual flood of the Nile will permit their downward passage. Work on the Berber railway will cease, and Suakim will only be held until diplo macy can settle what Power will send troops to occupy it translated, this means that the Soudan war is over.

Always about this time of the year the Ashburton Borough Council begins to complain of the non-payment ot rates. Severe threats are made of pro secution if defaulters do not pay, and the terrors of the R.M. Court are flaunted before the eyes of delinquents. We are in a position to state that this year the threat is not an empty one, that the resolution te prosecution, is not at all a “ tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” But, instead, that those whose rates are unpaid on the 31st of May will most assuredly receive an invitation to appear at the R.M. Court, and explain why they have not liquidated their in debtedness to the Borough Council.

The Ashburton School Committee are moving in the direction of enforc ing the compulsory clauses of the Edu cation Act. In this we are perfectly with them. The greatest pride of this colony is that she supplies her children with free and untrammelled education. It is a black disgrace to any family to have a member of it over sixteen years of age and not wholly an idiot who cannot read and write. We have no sympathy whatever with any excuse put forth by parents for not allowing their children to regularly attend school. The duty of educating the boys and girls, especially when such education is free, seems to us to be as binding upon parents as the duty of finding the children bread, and we therefore feel, seeing how necesssary in these days is education to the success of a boy’s or girl’s after life, that the School Committees should leave no power they have unexercised to compel ignorant, careless, neglectful, or sordid parents to send their children to places where the rudiments of education can be acquired, and to send them regu larly. Irregularity is almost as bad as absence, and the Committee ought to accept no excuse at all short of abso lute ill-health in the children for any direliction on the part of parents in their educational duty towards their off spring.

The Ashburton School Committee have resolved to enforc ■ the compulsory clauses of the Education Act.

The Local Option vote for the Borough of Ashburton will be taken ou May 29, between the hours of 9 a. m. and 6 p.m. The polling booth will bo at the Borough Council Chambers, Library Bui'dings. An entertainment will be given by the members and friends of the Star of East Lodge, this evening, at the Orange Hall. An attractive programme has been ar ranged, and there is every prospect of a successful gathering. Another 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 j£9S4> or only a little over one-third of its valee, H. E. M. and Co, are now selling it at half the marked price, which surely ought to seenre a speed clearance.

“ German Syrup.”—No other 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 fthroat and lungs, giving the afflicted undeniable proof that German Syrup will cure them, The re sult has been that Druggists in 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 oses wU I relieve any case,—lAdvt.J

The annual meeting of the Ashburton Borough Council was held at the Council Chambers,Library Buildings, last night, to receive the annual balance-sheet and Audi tors’ report. Present—His w orahip the Mayor, and Crs Thomas, Harrison, Bird, and Sealy. The balance sheet (already published) was laid on the table. Re plying to Or Harrison, the Mayor said the centrifugal pump referred to in the balance-sheet was in the same condition as when purchased. He would bo in favor of disposing of it if any reasonable price could be procured. The cottage occupied by the Western Fire Brigade, although handed over for the use of the Brigade, was the property of the Council. The amount (L 26 6s sd) due from the proprie tor of the Canterbury Mills was due on April 1. Stringent measures would be taken to collect the amounts due for earth and asphalting. Replying to Or Sealy the Mayor gave the details of ex penditure included in “ Charges account, L 126 14s Id.” On the motion of Or Thomas, seconded by Cr Sealy, the balance-sheet was adopted. The balance sheet having been signed by the Mayor the Council adjourned.

The Canterbury Acclimatisation So ciety have decided to ask similar So cieties throughout the colony to join with them in memorialising the Government to grant an honorarium to Mr S. C. Farr

for his exertions in connection with the successful introduction of salmon ova. “What I saw in America in 1880” is the attractive tit’e of a lecture to be da livered at the Oddfellows’ Hall next Wed nesday night by Rev Joseph Berry, of St Albans. Ths lecture will be given in connection with the Ashburton Wesleyan Church anniversary, and calling to mind the crowded audience which assembled on a similar occasion last year, when a talented mil ia'.er of the same denomina-

tion lectured on Father Matthew, it will be safe to predict equal patronage at the forthcoming celebration, having in view both the well known abilities cf the speaker and the interest attaching to this subject.

The Ashburton hounds met at the County Saleyarda yesterday afternoon. There was a very large attendance, both of followers and spectators, and punctu ally at the appointed hour the Huntsman moved his eager little pack on to Messrs McLean Bros, 1 Netherby farm. A hare was soon found, and the hounds hunted ■ her in capital form, but oaring to the great quantity of wire in the neighborhood it was decided to whip the hounds off. This having been done a move was made to Messrs Hunt Bros.' property, where another hare was soon on foot, and a capital run of three-quarters of an hour ensued. The hounds, cmaidering the short time J. Smith has !?had them in hand, worked with remarkable pre cision and dash. The country was really good, and the bulk of the field meant business. The hare having been viewed on several occasions was ultimately killed in the open. After a halt of about fifteen minutes, during which the inci dents of the run were discussed, a cast was made on Mr Lemon’s property, but with no success. On returning to Messrs Hunt Bros’s farm another hare was set going, but puss taking to wire country and dusk approaching the hounds were stopped, the afternoon’s sport having been thoroughly enjoyed by the large field. Among the most prominent members of the Club present we noticed Dra Ross and Leahy, and Messrs J. Kemp, Patterson, VVroughton, Graham, Denshire, R. Hart, H. Hunt, J. Hunt, Cargill, Milner, Scott, Corbitt, Hewson, and others

all of whom, we need hardly say roda straight and well. We only witnessed two “ spills,” neither of which did more than add to the fun. The pre sence of several ladies as spectators added very much to tho enjoyment of the after noon, and, no doubt, inspired the horse men with additional enthusiasm. Several non-members of the Club persisted in fol lowing the hounds, ard we understand it is the intention of the Club to take pro ceedings against the intruders.

At the meeting of the Canterbury So ciety of Arts yesterday afternoon, it was stated that the recent Art Exhibition had been a financial success. There was a balance on the year’s working of L 93, as against L4l in 1884. Thirteen exhibitors had sold 33 pictures at the value of L 232, of which the Society had bought 7, at a total cost of L 73 17a. in addit’on to two from Messrs Richmond and Cousins at 20 guineas each. A Committee was ap pointed to examine all pictures sent from Canterbury to the Wellington Exhibition. At the B.M. Court yesterday, before Mr H, C. S, Baddeley, RM., Daniel Mahoney was charged with vagrancy.—lt appeared that the accused had repre sented himself as a deteciive and by this pretencs had succeeded in obtaining drinks from various hotels in town.—The accused was arrested by Constable Bed dek, and A. M. Pearson and A. Honey wood gave evidence as to the drunken condition and improper behaviour of the prisoner.—The accused said he had been in employment about a fortnight ago, but upon being pressed hy the Bauch was compelled to admit that the employment he referred to was in gaol. The accused was fined 5s and costs, with the alterna tive of twenty-four jours’ imprisonment for drunkenness, and ordered to be im prisoned for three calendar months for vagrancy.

The third session of (he Debating So ciety was opened last evening in the Orange Hall. There was a large attendance of

members and the public, including a

number of ladies. The President, Mr J. A Caygili, occupied the chair, and de livered a very able and comprehensive address. In the course of his remarks the President took occasion to congratu late the Society on its numerical and de bateable strength, and stated that he looked forward with pleasure to the work

of the present session, and felt sure that the evenings spent in debate would be

profitably occupied

He spoke of the

general lack of political education, and thought that the Parliamentary unions that were being established in various towns would have a beneficial effect and

induce the members of those unions to take a more active and intelligent interest in the government of the country. He also stated that a motion had been tabled with the object of moving in the direction of merging the Ashburton Debating So ciety into a Parliamentary Union, on the

lines of the Christchurch institution. The

political part of the President’s address afforded food for a little warm discussion,

Mr Moss attacking the foreign policy of Mr Gladstone, and Mr Brown defending it. During the evening musical items were contributed by Mrs Hodge, Miss Kidd, Mias E. Barrett, and Messrs A. Fooks, Oraigheid, Clayton, Dimant and Lowe, Mr Moss and Mr Farley each contri buting a reading. The opening of the ses sion resulted in a very successful and en joyable evening’s entertainment, and the

large attendance and the interest taken in the debating portion of the proceed ings augurs well for the future meetings of the session. The Society meet in a fortnight, when the public are cordially invited to attend.

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THE POLICE AND GAOL OF ASHBURTON.

The comic papers of Great Britain, and even more so those of France and Ger many, have succeeded in impressing the public mind with a very erroneous idea of the average policeman The London gnardian of the peace is popularly repre sented as an epicurean patron of West End kitchens and the Bacchanalian lover of corpulent cooks ; the Parisian gen d’arme is credited with even worse pro clivities than those ascribed to his con temporary across the channel, and the mention of the Polizist of Berlin suggests beer, bribery, and general corruption The Colonial police officer has not escaped this general assault; he is regarded by the casual observer as the best paid, the beat fed, and the least worked member of the civil service. Ha has neither the sym pathy nor the support to which the diffi culty and danger of his position entitle him ; he is regarded with animosity by the criminal classes, and with indifference or distrust by the law-abiding section of the community. None but those brought frequently into contact with the police —drunkards, criminals, officers of the Courts and newspaper reporters—can form an adequate idea of the laborious character of their duties, nor of the regu-

larity and intelligence with which those duties are discharged. On more than one occasion Mr Baddeley, R.M., and other gentlemen presiding at the local Court have referred in highly eulogistic terms to the Ashburton police , and the list of cases with which they have dealt during the past six years will show that their office has been something more than a mere sinecure In 1879 they appeared in 593 cases ; in 1880, 668 ; in 1881. 729 ; in 1882, 910 ; in 1883, 781; and in 1884, 861. This, too, does not represent the total labors of the police ; like many other good officers, Sergeant Felton considers it more creditable, and certainly far more beneficial, to prevent than to detect crime Unre mitting surveillance and timely cautions have averted offences perhaps only half conceived and in the innermost recess of

the Sergeant’s safe there* is a formidable pile of reports which could tell a tale that would shake the foundations of the most respectable society, and would con siderably ata tie the individuals to whom they refer. This, however, is a depart ment to which Sergeant Felto i will allow no frivolous allusion, and the records are even more jealously guarded than a pri soner charged with the highest misde meanor. Our representative begged for a cursory glance at these revelations, but being significantly infonmed that he would learn nothing from them redounding to his own credit, he did not press the re quest. The Police Barracks at \ahburton comprise the Sergeant’s residence, the constable’s quarters, the gaol, stable, corn-house, dog-house, and other neces sary buildings. Entering the premises from Kertnode street- the visitor is at once impressed by the order which distinguishes every part of the buildings and ground. The plantations, paths, and garden are carefully attended to, and the buildings, inside and out, are clean and methodically arranged. On pre senting yourself at the Sergeant’s office that genial officer receives you with cordial hospitality, but at the same time subjects you to the severest scrutiny— probably in search of missing property or marks of identification—and mentally turns to your folio in the Grimes Register. It you are not forthwith arrested for some offence which possibly your conscience had consigned to the oblivion of the past, the Sergeant, pen in hand, will ask you what you have to say. If you have no official communication to m ( ake, the Sergeant, with peculiar delicacy but still in an un raistakeable you to under stand how highly he (appreciates brevity. And it is no wonder ha has little time to devote to casual visitors. Many pro fessional accountants would stagger under the mass of clerical work which falls to the lot of the officer in charge of the Ashbur ton Police Station In addition to keeping a precise record, social incidents, and in dividual peculiarities, the Sergeant has a great quantity of correspondence to attend to, reports and charge sheets to prepare, cases to work up, innumerable returns and statistics to classify ; in fact, the work of this character is stupendous ; a great deal of it may be very unnecessary, but while the ; epartraent demands it the officers must discharge it. There are four Con stables stationed at Ashburton one mounted and three foot. The mounted officer is • usually employed on country, special and detective duty, but-under takes routine work during the absence of either of the other officers. The foot con stables have specified hours of duty which are observed with military precision. One goes on baat duty at 5 a.m., returns to the barracks at 7 a.m , supervises the prisoners during cell cleaning and wash ing, and attends to general routine till 1 pm. He then goes on beat till 5p m. Another goes on duty at 9 a m. till 1 pm , and from 5 pm. till 9 p.m , and the third from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. The order of duty is changed wsekly, each officer in turn receiving a different divi sion, and as already stated when either of the foot constables are away in charge of prisoners or on other special daty, the vacancy is filled by the mounted officer. The gaol consists of three cells about 16 feet by 14 teat each, with a height of about 12 feet. They are white washed inside, and are kept clean, but the ventilating arrangements are very incomplete, and an odour of crime hangs about the building which must be very offensive to its sober occupants, and very injurious to all. Fortunately, Mr Joseph Ivess, J. P., Visiting Justice to the gaol, has fully recognised the obligations of his office, and, after making a most careful inspection of the build ing, has prepared a report for presentation to the Minister of Justice, setting out the need for batter and in-

creased accommodation. With the pre sent inadequate arrangements it is impos sible to carry out any system of classifica tion in respect to the prisoners. One cell is devoted to female prisoners, an other to drunks (a place of recovery), and the third to sober delinquents. The evils which might arise fr m herding characters of every description together are lot obvious to need illustration. The diffi culty has compelled the removal of pri soners to Addington or Lyttelton who otherwise might have been retained here with benefit to themselves and profit to the department. Still a large number of prisoners have actually served short sen tences in the local gaol, and as the figures will best show the need for enlargement, they may be quoted. They were in 59 males, 2 females ; in 1882, 97 males, 3 females; in 1883, 97 males, 9 females ; in 1834, 'lB males, 6 females. It must not be supposed that these figures repre sent the whole tax upon the limited ac commodation. In 1883,115, and in 1884, 97 prisoners, waiting transfer or re manded, were incarcerated, and the daily supply of inebriates very largely augments the number. We understand that Mr Iveas has recommended the addition of three better ventilated cells to the build ing. A covered exercise yard for the pri soners’ use during wee weather is also much needed, and we believe this, too, has received the attention of the Visiting Justice. At present the inmates of the gaol ate compelled to perform their ablutions in a horse trough adjoining the jump in the barrack yard, and a suitable avatory and bath w<m d be welcome ad ditions to tlje building. Wp have qo doubt that the yepresenfiations made by Mr Ivess will indues the Government to undertake the more necessary works at the gaol, and the energy displayed by th<> Visiting Justice in this long neglected raster, entitle hiq to the etitqde pot

only of the police and the frequenters of I the gaol, but of every member of the I community. It should be added that a I really comfortable lock-up is pro vided for stray dogs ; indeed canine unfortunates and criminals find much better acccommodation at the Ash burton Gaol than their human con temporaries. The stables connected with | the station are kept in beautiful order, and, reflect , very great credit upon Con stable Neil,' who is in charge of this de partment of Justice. The revenue dealt, with by the station during 1884 must con cluded this hurried notice. By the agency of the police L 396 5s fid was re ceived by way of fees and fines, and of property reported as stolen and valued at L 330 12s, the police recovered and re stored to the,rightfal owners L 255 9s 6d

ASHBURTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE

The usual monthly meeting of the Ash- I burton School Committee was held at the I Borough School last evening. Present I —Messrs D. Williamson (chairman), D. I Thomas J. Tucker, J. Otr, W. H. Collins 1 and S. Alcorn. I DEPUTATION. I A deputation consisting of Messrs 0. I Ward and F. T. Mayo, waited upon the j Committee and applied for permission to I use the Trevorton side school for an hour I each Sunday, for the purposes of a branch | of the Episcopaliai Sunday school. I On the motion of Mr Tucker, seconded I by Mr Thomas, the application was granted. I CORRESPONDENCE. I A letter was read from the North Can- I terbury Board of Education, appointing J Miss Lucy Fawcett as assistant mistress I at the Side School. I The Chairman remarked that Miss Faw cett assumed her duties at the Side School within a week of the date upon which applications for the position were invited APPLICATION. 4n application from the Presiding Offi cer, for the use of the Trevorton Side School as a polling booth in connection with the Local Option vote on May 27, was acceded to. SCHOOL GROUNDS. The Chairman drew attention to the ne ( ed of improvements and repairs to the grounds of the Borough and Trevorton schools.—The Chairman was authorised to communicate with the Board of Educa tion in respect to the matter. master’s report. The Headmaster’s report was read as follows : Main. Side. Tot’l. Number on rolls ... ... 424 173 597 1 Average attendance ... 325 134 459 • Highest attendance ... 351 158 509 1 Lowest attendance ... 177 38 215 j Number admitted M 8 ic 18 Number left ... ... r 8 4 22

Inspector Edge paid a surprise visit to the Main and Side schools on Thursday, April 30. He drew my attention to some repairs which required looking after. These had teen already reported by me to the Visiting Committee, but as nothing has yet been done, I beg again to draw your attention to these and others men tioned in thy supplementary report, I also furnish names, ages, and attendances of some of the most irregular pupils. List of Requisites: Main School: Map racks, removing closet, gate post, screwing down desks, repairingjforms, fireplaces, stirrup rings for gymnas um, window weights, scraper at each outer door. Side School: Axe, box of mate es, influence of Committee with Road Board to get footpaths near the school put in better condition. IRREGULAR ATTENDANCE.

The Headmaster submitted the names of a number of children whose attendance at school had been far below the require ments of the 4cfc. It was resolved, unless some sufficient excuse were shown for the irregularity, to proceed under the com pulsory clauses of the Act against the parents of the children reported. REPAIRS AND REQUISITES. The Chairman was authorised to attend to the repairs, and procure the requisites referred to in the Master’s Report and by the outgoing Visiting Committee. FOOTPATHS, SIDE SCHOOL. The Clerk was directed to write to the WaEanui Road Board requesting that the footpaths at the Side School be put in order. ACCOUNTS. Several small accounts having been passed for payment;, the Committee ad journed.

COLONIAL INSURANCE COMPANY

Whlli gton, Last Night. The annual report of the Colonial In surance Company shows that the income for the year w*s L 86,662 8s lOd, while the expenditure for the same period (includ ing L 8,684 appropriated for unpaid and unadjusted losses) was L 80,628 2s 2d, leaving a credit balance of L 6,034 6s 9d. Out of this the Directors recommend the payment of a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent, for the past year on the paid-up capital of the Company (which will absorb L 3,000), and that the balance (L 1,034 6s sd) be carried forward to next year’s ac count.

THE SOUDAN CAMPAIGN.

[reoter’s telegrams—copyright.] London, May 10. In the House of Commons to-day the Marquis of Hartington, Secretary of State for the War Department, in reply to a question, stated that regard ing the operations in the Soudan the Government decided to make Wady Haifa the advanced frontier, and to withdraw the troops to that point on the rising of the Nile. The expedition to Khartoum will be abandoned, and an endeavor will be made to establish an administration at Dongola. It is intended to complete the railway sys tem along the Nile, but the projected line from Suakim to Berber will be re linquished. In conclusion, Lord Hart ington stated that England would re tain possession of Suakim until arrange ments could be concluded for the occupation of that port by a civilised Power.

YESTERDAY’S LATE TELEGRAMS

AUCKLAND. At the inquest on Thomas Maofarlane, the jury returned a verdict that the de ceased met his death accidentally, and exonerated the driver and guard from all blame, and added.that the railway officials should be CBnaured 'fbr bot olosing up : £Bsß v '’ L passage immediately. aftey the previous accident. The deceased’s funeral was the largest in Aubk&i&d for years-'jpait ( Some time ago the. Otago Harbor Board: addressed the Auckland Harbor Board- - I with reference to charging wharf does on , I the Government imports. The Finance | I and Legal Committee have recommended I that the Otago Board be informed that I thq Board is of opinion that dues should I be levied on the Government imports as I on other imports, and will be prepared to I support an amendment of the Harbor Act I to that effect. I Three children of Sheehan, charged I with the Castletown-Roche murder, were I committed to St Mary’s Orphanage. Mrs , - I Sheehan, in a few months, from a strong I active woman, has become a wreck, owing I to anxiety ani suffering on account of her I husband. I In searching the luggage of Maxwell, I charged with the St Ldnis murder, a num {her of articles were found bearing (be 1 same initials as the murdered man.

In answer to inquiries made by cable, D- Gouk sent instructions to Sydney by wire this morning, directing bis agents to sell his share In the Nightingale for whatever it would realise. The Sydney police are actively engaged in investiga ting matters concerned with the disap pearance of the captain and part of the crew, but np to this morning no arrests have been made. One of the seamen who took the water-logged vessel Into port is a notable character, who has been fre quently in gaol for larceny, assault, etc. I One of his most recent freaks was an attempt to stab a master of a vess'eT, when 1 he was settled pro Um with a belaying pin. It is remarkable also that this same* I fellow took the schooner. Louie into Nou-r I mea after Captain Pellinger had been lost I overboard. While here he was under .the > I notice of the police constantly. - ' - I Wellington. : . I The following order has been issued to j the police of Wellington by * Inspector I Shearman :—“ When young girls or lads I are observed by the. police about the I streets under suspicious circumstances at I unreasonable hours after dark their names I and addresses should be taken, and a re* { port made of the same in order that their ; v I parents or guardians may be informed. I Discretion should be observed in not in -1 terfering with any who may be in com- ' j pany with persons of mature age, who are ? I capable of looking after themiproperly. ” y I The following tenders have been te- I ceived for Beaumont Bridge I ture Contracts, Otago : I Anderson (Christchurch), L 4 643. De- I dined—Cassens and Bl»ok (Dunedin),;- I L 5.316 ; James Buchanan , (bawrenoo), I L 6.494; B. J. Sparrow and Co (Dunedin),., :: I L 6,170; Kincaid, McQueen and Co (Dun-1 j edin). L 6.225; James Mauu (Dunedin), . I LG,859 ; Booth and McDonald (Inveccar gill), L 7,246. •, Dunedin. 1 The Trustees, Executors and Agency I Co pay a dividend of 2£ per cent, after * I paying off most of the preliminary and all I Parliamentary expenses. I At the statutory meeting of the. City - Council to pass the balance-sheet, the in- ■£ debtedness was stated to be L?,978 more than last year. , * The Bootmakers’ Society have offered to,„ assist the strikers in Christchurch with, funds, . The Arawa having bean thoroughly fumigated, she has been admitted to pra tique. V ;

The session of the Otago Inetitutewaa opened to-night by a very successful con versazione. , ; . f There is an increase in all the classes of the University this year.

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IkkUTKR’s TELEGRAMS—COPYRIGHT. 1 Shipping London, May 1L Arrived—Peninsula add Oriental Co.’s Parramatta. Monetary and ComnlerciaL « Consols have advanced by $4 to 99. New Zealand securities—Five per cent 10-40 loan, 102 % ; tour and a half per" cent 1879-1904 loan, ioij4 } four per cent inscribed stock, 99. The market, rate has been reduced by and is now being 1% below the Bank " rate. Colonial breadstufFs—Previous - quotations are maintained. Adelaide wheat, ex store, 37s 6d j Adelaide flour, ex store, 27s j New Zealand wheat, ex store, 32s to 365. Tallow unchanged. ; The Maxis. ; The Australian mails, dated Mel* bourne, April 3rd, per Orient Com pany’s Potosi, were delivered to-day via Naples. Shipping. London, May 10.

The New Zealand Shipping Com pany’s Aorangi left Plymouthyesterday afternoon for Auckland. The Vote of Censure. London, May 11. In the House of Commons last higbt a division was taken on the vote ofi censure proposed by Sir Stafford North cote, the leader of the Opposition} with the result that the motion was re* jected by a majority of thirty. Mr Parnell and the Irish party voted with the minority. Redistribution. The Redistribution of Seats Bill was read a third time in the House of Commons, Egyptian Convention. Paris, May 11. The Committee of the Chamber pf • Deputies has approved of the terms of the Egyptian Convention. Appointment. Bebux, May 11. Count Herbert Bismarck has been appointed Under Minister of Foreign Affairs for Germany,

AUSTRALIAN.

[redxbk’s tkj,kgramb—oomaoHt.] : Shipping. Melbourne, Yesterday. Sailed—Te Anau, for the Bluff, this afternoon.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1885.



PUEOHAS^IS LANDS. FOR SALE—The NEW ZEALAND CROWN LANDS GUIDE for 1884 Prict., <>na Shilling. Apply, . “GUARDIAN * 'FFICK. HAVE FOR SALE CHEAP. WOOLPACKS, full weights FENCING WIPF Nos. 8 and 9, at less than or LINSEED, colonial BARBED WIRE, from L 27 10a to LSP a ton TURNIP & RAPE SEEDS, all desorip lions, guaranteed to grow OATS & CHAFF, large stock, low prices ENGLISH & OTHER CLOVERS MATSON, COX AND CO. SELLING OFF FANCY GOODS, TOYS, BOOKS, STATIONERY, &c. Must be /sold—even if at a loss To Suit everybody at prices that cannot be beaten. Andrewes Bros., BooKSEM£BS, Stationers, &c., Ashburton. Cadbury’s Cocoa. fjpßE PUREST AND BEST. Should be Used by Everyone, ON SALE AT ORR AND ALCORN’S. To Arrive, a Grand Assortment of Cadbury’s Fancy Goods, comprising— FANCY CHOCOLATES, CHOCOLATE CREAMS, Exc. ORB ANDALQORN 4 605 OF



Wanted. W useful in the stable and garden pply, Butler’s Hotel. 5 721 HtTHAT 1 saw in America in 1880 TT Popular Lecture on Wednesday ext, Oddfellows’ Hall, at 7 30, by Rev. os. Berry, President of the Wesleyan inference. 5 735 WANTED —A correspondent for the Guardian, at Mount Somers. Ipply to the Manager. WANTED —A General Servant; good wages to a competent one. Apply, Mice of this Paper, 5 725 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 Griffin, Newlands. 5 730 LIFE among the Mormons.—Oddfel lows’ Hall, Wednesday, 20th May. Admission—one shilling. Tickets every where. 5 736 ANTED Known—The Quadrille Assembly will hold the opening Dance on Wednesday Evening, May 13th, at 8 p.m. sharp, in the Oddfellows’ Hal). Gentlemen, 2s; ladies’ free. Music by Sidney Wolf, R.A.M. W. laycock, M.O. 5 727 WANTED Known—That T. Hoult has commenced Bacon Curing, and having purchased a first-class sausage machine, he will be able to supply the wants of the inhabitants of Ashburton with a real good Pork Sausage, Fresh every day. Only good corn fed pigs bought. 5 711 r I ti N h aJ ti 3 B 1 ( I 1 ] WONDERFUL Fire Brigade Scene, as depicted by Rev. Jos. Berry on Wednesday next. To commence at 730 Proceeds in aid of Ashburton Wesleyan Chnrch Building Fanes. 5 737 ITT ANTED Known—Before buying Vt Dress Materials, Dlsters, Jackets Dolmans, Millinery, etc., call and inspect our stock. The cheapest first-class Drapery and Millinery Establishment in Ashburton —- H. C. Segers, ealys’ Buildings, East treat. HEAT Reductions for Cash at Tones AND Bradshaw's. —Good oaten sheaf chaff from 60s per ton, 1s 6d per bag prime oat straw chaff 35s per ton, 9d per bag; new oatmeal 4s "per bag ; good cheese 5d per lb ; ffour, bran, sharps, and chickwheat at very cheap rates. \Jf 7 ANTED Known—Wertheim Sew ing Machines can bo had on Time Payments at the New Zealand Clothing Factory’s Branch, East street, Ashburton. 2 276 CHINESE Quar'ers, the City by Night. Farming in the W>st, Niagara, and other topics connected with America, will form parr, of Rev. Jos Berry’s lecture at the OddfelluWs’ Hall on Weduesriav, 20t,h May. " 5 738 Glorious news. Andrew ore will give away on Saturday 100 pairs men’s boots at 6s 9d ; 60 pairs can vas slippers at 2s 6d ; 30 pairs cricketing boots at 6s fid ; 100 pairs Kaiapoi trousers at 11s fid—every article at half-price. 2 237 WT ANTED Known—Boots 1 Boots 1 V v That Hates and Co. are Clearing a few desperate lines of Boots, etc., to wit, Ladies’ Leather, 4s fid; Men’s Shooters, Pegged, 10s; Men’s Elastic sides, 9a, and a lot of odd lines that must be cleared at once. 7 1278 WANTED Known—Umbrellas at Is lid, six doz Buttons for Is, China 1 Matting st fid, Ladies’ Hose at fid. Cor sets at 2s 3d, Shirting at 4£d, Towels 3£ d, 36-inch Oilcloth 9d, Camisoles Ir 4d. Andrew Ore’s Cheap Sale 2 185 WANTED KNoWN— Robert Elston, Bill Poster, Theatrical Agent, etc., Town Hail, Ashburton. Theatrical companies and others visiting Ashburton should communicate with the above. Orders by post or telegram promptly attended to. 760



Special Advertisements. 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, Accor dians, etc. Photo and Scrap Albums, 1s Tobacconist’s Sundries, etc. Specially low rates to Country Stores. “ Young Ladies’ Journal,” April number, Is 3d, R Bevan, SAUNDERS’ BUILDING, (Next Shop to Quill’s Hotel.)s 692 GR I CULTURAL Machine Shop, WAKANCI ROAD. CHARLES RAY Repairs Engines, Combines, Chaff-cutters, Reapers and Binders, and all classes of macninery. Special attention given to Bicycles, I Tricycles and Sewing Machines. Lawn Mowers repaired, sharpened and adjusted. Model work. General repairs. Read, mark, learn and INWARDLY DIGEST, 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 delightfully ARTISTIC EASTER CARDS 1 ever imported into Ashburton (direct from Horae). You are then at liberty to in spect the cdhtents 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 moat popular man of the day, and one must squeeze a little popularity into advertisements), “ A man who aspires to great heights should read incessantly, and never forget his news papers;'’ and I say the same 1 Read ! Read 1 Read ! When both you and my self will bo considerably benefited. Not having room to give a detailed list of the contents of my shelves, I can only finish by saying—Come and see for yourselves, and if you are disappointed come again,— Nothing like Perseverance! Thomas F. Farley's, BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER, Saunders’ Buildings, East St., ■ Ashburton,



Special Advertisements. | rpHE LONDON AND LANCASHIRE Fire Insurance Co. We have much pleasure in informing the public of Ashburton that Messrs WILDING, LfcWIS & CAfGILL have been appointed AGENTS for the above Company in the Ashburton Dis trict. All risks taken at lowest current rates. LEWIS & GO OLD, 3 328 General Agents for Canterbury.



MACPHERSON, 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, R ofing Iron, Gates, Hurdles, &e. On Sale, in any quantities WE ARE PRODUCERS -®Bs And can sell to suit the times W. H, COLLINS, Manager.



gTUDY THE FOLLOWING Quotations AND BEFRIEND YOURSELF s. d. All Wool Welsh Fannel, very heavy, suitable for men’s shirts 0 9f Saxony Union Flannel, fine, suit able for babies’ wear 0 81 Scarlet Saxony Flannel 0 8| Grey Calico, per yard 0 2 Slate t-ilesia, per yard 0 2| Heavy Brown Holland, per yard 0 Forfar, for aprons, per yard ... 0 5| One Yard Wide Forfar, per yard 0 7| Cotton Tick, per yard ... ... 04| Turkey Red, per yard ... ... 05| Heavy Twill Cretonne; this is well worth 15... ... ... ... 0 8J Reversible Cretonne,- usually sold for Is, per yard 0 9| All Wool Crimean Shirting ... 1 3 Warm Wincey Shirting ... ... 04| i Union Crimean Shilling ... ... 0 I White Blankets, suitable for ohil dien’s beds, per pair ... ... 7 11 No. 2 Quality White Blankets, per pair ... ... ... ... 9 6 No 3 Quality White Blankets, per pair ... ... 12 9 Double-bed Size, per pair ... 13 9 Extra Largo Blanket.*, per pair ... 19 6



See our 2ls and 25a BLANKETS They will really astonish you. TAILORING DEPARTMENT. All Twoeds well shrunk. Fit Guaranteed. Charges cannot be beaten. MEN'S CLOTHING To meet these herd times. Men’s Tweed Trousers—3a 9d, 5s lid, 7a 6d, 10s6d Men’s Tweed Trousers and Vest—7a lid, 10s 6d, 12s 6i Men’s Tweed Suits—l7s 6d, 255, 30s Men’s Oil Coats, leather bound—lss 9d See our 21s OVERCOAT. A very special line. H. E. May & Co., THE HALL.



jyjj- OTIOE TO FARMERS. WOOD, SINCLAIR & 00., Millers and Grain Merchants, High street, Christchurch, Are Cash Purchasers of Wheat, Oats, Barley, Beans, Peas, Potatoes, Rye and Cocksfoot Grass Seeds at highest current rates. To farmers desirous of holding their grain 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 us, 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 bo arranged. 3 454 fjIHE NEW ZEALAND 0 lotting Factory CONTRACTORS To New Zealand Government Rail ways, Post Offices, Volunteer Corps, ' &c. &c. &c. Are now prepared to enter into contracts I 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 moat inexpensive and expeditious mauner. AHMY AND NAVY CONTRACTORS Estimates and drawings supplied on the shortest notice. Head Offices and Factory— DOWLING STREET, DUNEDIN. NOTE -Measures for all uniforms may bo entrusted to the Manager of the N.Z. Clothing Factory branches in the follow ing centres, viz:— Dunedin Nelson Palmerston N. Invercargill Hokitika New Plymouth Oarr.aru Greymouth Napier Waimate Reefton Waipawa Timaru Wellington Hastings Ashburton Masterton Gisborne Christchurch Wanganui Thames Lyttelton Hawera Auckland



victoria Mouse, 17MRBSIDE EMPLOYMENT, AMUSEMENT, & INSTRUCTION J FOR winter evenings. NOW SHOWING—A Splendid Assortment of Pine Art Goods and Traced Work in Slippers, Cosies, Antimacassars, Tidies, Ladiei’ and Children’s Aprons, Brackets, Drapes, Splaikets, Nightdress Bags. A Nice Selection of Crewel and Washing Silks, Ingrain Cottons, Berlin Fingerings, Transfer Patterns, Designs for Stitch worir, Ac. Also—A Nice Variety of Homespuns, Ladies’ and Children’s Ulsters, Jackets, Gloves, etc,, and a few Parcels of Manufacturers’ Samples in Men’s, Youths’, and Boys’ Cloth ing, bought at 20 per cent under the regular prices, and offered accordingly. Dimant and Coe, GENERAL DRAPERS, CLOTHIERS, &0.. East and Tattered Streets, Ashburton. Victoria House,



Special Advertisements. Groceries CHEAPER THAN EVER AT JAMES McGREGOR’S, Tancbbd Street. Sugars—English Cut Loaf. per lb Best White Crysta., s£d per lb Best Snowdrop, 4d per lb (Reductions by the mat) Teas, Is 3d, Is 6d, 2s, 2s 6d, and 2s 9d Box Tea from 12a 6d per box Canterbury Cakes, lOd each. Rice, 3d Mixed Biscuits, 6d Lunch Biscuits, 3d Currants, (51 Raisins, 7d | New Figs, Is per box Beat Sago, 3d New Muscatels, Is 6d Oysters, 6d Cairn’s Marmalade, 8d Peacock’s Jams, 6£d Herrings, 7d Keiller’a Marmalade, 9d Salmon, 8d Cheese, 6d per lb English Pickles, 8d Other articles equally cheap. JAMES McGREGOR, Tancred Street. 12 2342



Parents do not use vile drugs or nostrums in your families, but use pure Hop Bitters, made only by American Co. See and read. Plies and Bugs, —Beetles, insects, roaches ants, bed-bugs, rats, mice, gophers, jack-rab bits, cleared out by “ Rough on Rats.” The N.Z. Drug Co,, General Agents. 3 The Bad and Worthless are never imitated or counterfeited. This is es pecially true of a family medicine, and it is positive proof that the remedy imitated is of the highest value, As soon as it has been tested and prove by the whole world that Hop Bitters was the purest, best, and most valuable Umily medicine on earth, many imitations sprung up and began ,to steal the notices in which the press and the people of the country had expressed the merits of H. 8., and in very way trying to induce suffering invalids 10 tfyeir stuff instead, expecting to make money on the credit ana 6 »,0d name of H. B. Many others started nostrums put up in simi lar style to H. 8., with variously devised names in which the word “ Hop ” or “Hops ’’ were used in a way to induce people to believe hey were the same as Hop Bitters. All such pretended remedies or cures, no matter what their style or name is, and especially those with the word “Hop” or “Hops” in their name or in spy way connected with them or their name, are imitations or counterfeits. Beware of them. Touch none of them. Use nothing but genuine American Hop Bitters with a bunch or cluster of green Hops on the white label, and Dr Soule’s name blown in the ,'lass. Trust nothing else. Druggists and chemists are warned against dealing in imita tiofts *. counterfeits. j



' “Stating” Powjsb. —lt will be interest ing to athletes, and to all who value tbs power bf physical endurance, to know that at “ home ” and in the sister colonies an article has of late years comeinto; general use, which is very strongly commended as being an exceedingly plea* sant beverage, and which yet imparts, inr an onuaually large degree, what is exptes* sively known as “.staying power,”—in other words, nutiiment and strength. W$ refer to Cadbury’s “ Cocoa Essence.”



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. Chemist, Christchurch, for 19 or 44 stamps,