DAILY MEMORANDA.

MEETINGS. AMUSEMENTS, Exo Friday, October 1 Drama'io Society—Meeting ia Oddfellows xlall at 8 o’clock dsiiburtoa County Counoi!—At Gonncl' Chambers, 11 a.m. Saturday, October 2 W-banui Hoad B srd—Monthly meeting at the Board’s office, Moore street, at 11 a.m. Monday, October 4 B rough Council, at Borough Council Chambers at 7.30

RAILWAY TIME TABLE.

jw»Tiuinß Arrive at Ashburton —From Chi i t hnrch and tho North, at 10.1 c a.m. (express), 1.35 p.ru., and 7.10 p.m. From Timaru, 10.-15 a.m. From Dunedin and South, 5.27 c':m. (express). From Mount Somers, 10.5 * Trains Leave Ashburton —For Christ - cSurch and North, at 7.10 a.m., 10.55 a.m., ■:a«d 5.37 p.m. (express). For Dunedin and South, 10.25 a.m. (express). For Timaru, , 4 *45 p.m. For Mount Somers, 6.6 p.m.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN.

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MAIL NOTICES.

fclaila close at the Ashburton Post Office follows: — For Christchurch and North at Gam 0.30 a.m., and 5 p.m., daily. For Chertsey Bakaia, &c., at 10.30 a.m and 5 p.m. daily. For Dunedin, Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Ooldstream, Bangitata, Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine, at 10 a.m. daily. Far Tomuka, at 10 a.m. and 4.30 p.m fpr Tima/u and South, at 10 a. u., and 130 p.m., daily. For Greenstreet, on Wednesdays and tnrdays, at 10.45 a.m. For Wakanui, Elgin, beaview, beabeld, nd Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and »turdays, at 6.30 a.ni. For Vlount Somers, daily at 4.30 p.m .For Mayfield and Buapuna, on Mon days and Thursdays, at 4.30 p.ra. For Ajshton, Waterton and Longbeach, 4.30 p.m- daily. For Fiemington, on Mondays, Wednes days, and Fridays, at 4.30 p. tn. For Newlands, on Tuesdays and hri at 10.30 a.m. Midis arrive »t the Ashburton Post jTrom Christchurch and Bakaia at 10.15 .m., 4.35 p.m., and 7.20 p.m. From Chertsey, &o. at 10.15 f and .35 p.m. daily. 'From Dunedin »nd intermediate places 8.3' % '~<.m. daily, n'i ri.u Uetnuka andTimaru at 10.40 a. tn o 5 30 p.m daily. From Greenstreet, Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 10 s.m. JFtom Mount Somers, dally at 10.5 4, in. __ From Mayfield and Buapuna, on Wed oesdays and Saturdays, at 10.5 a.m. From Ashton, Waterton, and Dong b iach at 10 a,m. daily. From Newlands, on Tuesdays and Frl da Vs, at 2.30 p.m. rom Flemington on Tuesdays, Thura diys, and Saturdays, at 10a.m.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1886. THE MILNE MYSTERY.

The story of the mysterious robbery at the Ashburton hotel on the night of the 5 th of February, as told hr fore the Resident Magistrate last week, is one of the most remarkable we have ever read. The character of the man who lost the money, as well as that of the hotelkeeper in whose house he lost it* is entirely above suspicion, and there appears to be no shadow of ground for attaching suspicion to any other known person. Milne is shown to have received in Christchurch on that day the sum of ,-£59. He spent a pound or two in purchases, but drank nothing stronger than ginger beer. He then travelled by train to Ashburton with the balance of the cash in his pocket. In the same carriage with him was another “ traveller,” also bound for Ashburton. This “ traveller” proves to have been a person well-known to some of our citizens as a man of unblemished character On the journey down some little conversation— mere wayside talk—occurs between the two but Milne neither exhibits his money nor mentions that he has it in his possession. The two agree to stay at the same hotel and do so, but occupy separate bedrooms. Milne, on retiring to rest, discovers that his bed room door cannot be locked and as a measure of caution sits down and counts his money, finding that he has odd shillings. He puts the £57 in his coat pocket and places the coat under his pillows and between the mattresses of his bed. His bedroom is upstairs so that nobody could enter by the window from the outside except by means of a ladder. Milne who has been as strictly abstemious since his arrival in Ashburton as he had been in Christchurch, having taken nothing stronger than tea, then lies down to sleep. He wakes twice during the night and the third time in the early morning, this time feeling a sensation of sickness whith goes off in from five to ten minutes. On proceeding to dress, he finds his coat where he had placed it but the money is gone. How and by what means he has never been able to solve. Now the extraordinary features of the matter are these. The door of the room creaks loudly on be ing opened so that no person could have entered without making consider able noise. Yet Milne, although sleep ing evidently the reverse of soundly, as proved by his waking so frequently, is not disturbed by the entrance of the thief nor is he disturbed by the raising of the mattress on which he is lying and the abstraction of his coat. Next, the thief, whoever he may have been, is not content with abstract ing the coat and afterwards taking the money therefrom, but he must run the risk of lifting the mattress and the sleeper again and restoring the coat to the place whence he took it. Further, all this is done to a stranger who has never revealed to anyone the fact that he has money about him, much less its amount. Altogether the whole thing is so inexplicable that we confess our selves quite unable to suggest any re sonable solution. Three hypotheses, however, suggest themselves. The first of these is that Milne may have unwit

tmgly losl the money on his way down to Ashburton and have dreamt afterwards that he counted his money at Henry’s hotel ; the second, that he really had the money when he Ly down and that he disposed of it as he says, but, the care of the money weighing on his mind, arose in his sleep and stowed it away somewhere during a spell of unconscious somnambulism; and, the third that some person by some unex plained means obtained entrance to the house and first chloroformed and then robbed him. Of the three the second hypothesis seems to us the most pro bable, and although it is now not likely that the mystery will ever be cleared up, we shall not be surprised if the so lution we have indicated proves to be the correct one.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We are in receipt of the Union S.S. Go's time table for the month of October.

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Ash burton County Council will be held to morrow.

A meeting of householders in tho school district of Flemington, for the purpose of electing a School Committee, will be held on OMober 14.

1795 teachers bold certificates under the Education Aot in this colony.

New Guinea has an area of about 300,000 square miles. Its southern coast is within 150 miles of the north-easterly coast of Aus tralia.

At a Salvation Army congress in Leeds General Booth stated that the army was in great straits, and was blocked for money and men in all directions.

The Secretary of the Electors Protection Association has requested us to state, that the delay in issuing summonses to persons whose names appear illegally on the Electoral 801 l of Wakanui, has been caused through the question arising as to who is to pay for the service of summonses. The Begistrar of Electors has referred the matter to Wellington, but as yet has received no reply. It is announced that the usual coffee supper in connection with the Ashburton Musical and Dramatic Association will be held at the Oddfellows’ Hall to-morrow evening, when it is expected that the attendance will be large, as extra attractions have been provided. A rehearsal of the pieces shortly to be presented by the Society will be held at 7 p.m. At the ordinary meeting of the Committee of the Canterbury Industrial Association, held at Christchurch last night, a letter was read from Mr A. E. Peache, of Mount Somers, stating that he believed that he would be able to supply lime of quality and price equal to that procured from Otago, if he could obtain a concession, in the shape of a reduction of the railway charges from 2d per ton per mile to IJd. Ho asked the Committee to obtain for him information as to the amount of lime used in North Canterbury, and to use their influence with Government to procure a rc» Auction of the railway charges. The pre sident was requested to obtain the required information, and also to communicate with the Government re the railway charges. The first meeting of the newly-elected Tinwald Town Board was held at the Templar Hall, Tinwald, on Tuesday evening. All the members were present. Mr Joseph Clark was elected Chairman, and Mr Shearer was ap pointed Treasurer. A statement of accounts was submitted and books produced by. the late Treasurer, Mr Houston, to whom a vote of thanks was parsed for his services. Messrs Scott, Jephson, and the Chairman were appointed a Committee to wait on the County Council in reference to repairs on the Main South Boad. The same Committee was authorised to deal with the question of storm water on the Lagmhor road, providing the expense incurred did not exceed £3. Several applications were received for names to be inserted on the rate roll, but consideration was deferred till next meeting, in order that enquiries might be made. Mr Ennis made a claim for extra filling in connection with his contract. It was resolved that Mr Ennis be asked to wait on the Board at its next meet ing to explain hia account. It was resolved that only marked cheques be received as deposits. The tender of J. Henderson, at Is 8d per yard, was accepted for shingling MoMurdo street. Koutino business was trans acted, and the Board adjourned. The beat known remedy is SANDEB and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTBACT. Test its eminent powerful effects in coughs, cold, in fluenza, etc. —the relief is instantaneous. Thousands give the most gratifying testi mony. His Majesty the King of Italy, and medical syndicates alt over the globe are its patrons. Bead the official reports that accom pany each bottle. We have no occasion to offer rewards in proof of the genuineness of our references. The official reports of medical clinics and universities, the official communication of the Consul-General for Italy at Melbourne; the diploma awarded International Exhibition, Amsterdam all these are authentic documents, and, as such, not open to doubt. We add here epitome of one of the various cases treated by Siegen, M.D., Professor, etc. : Burning of the right hand through the explosion of a small oil stove. The epirdermis on the volar and palmer side of the hand of the thirty-year old patient was completely separated and lifted up as far as the joint of the hand. The likewise lifted nails were hanging loose, and half of the phalanx of the nail of the middle finger was coaled. The wounds thus con tracted healed in tlnee weeks under daily applications of Eucalypti Extract dressing The patient has etained the full use of hand. —(Advt.

THE GREAT BARRIER MURDER.

TRAPES.

Auckland, September 29. The Superintendent of Police his received a telegram stating that the cutter Sovereign of the Saas has b -en wrecked near Port Macquarrio, New South Wales. The wreckage, which was found there on the 26th Inst., includes a board with the name cf the cutter painted on it. it will be remembered that the Sovereign of the Seas was the cutter in which the Great Barrier murderers made their escape in June last. Over a month afterwards a strange vessel w s sighted near P. rt Mscquarrie, and it was substq'iently re ported tbit Gaffrev, one of the murderers, had been seen in Victoria.

LONDON WOOL SALES.

Melbourne. September 29 Goldsborough and Co. have received the following report of the London wool market, under date Sept. 28 : The market is weaker for all descrip tions, except crossbreds, which are a penny higher than at the beginning of the present series. Scoured generally has fallen id, good scoured from id to i*4d, inferior greasy merino lower, good greasy merino id lower than at the beginning of the present series.

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Auckland, r ep ember 29

Creat Barrier Island is again coming in to notoriety. A c nstable has been des patched there to arrest a bnshman who threatened to shoot another. He is alleged to have said, it was a great pity Geffrey bad gone away so quickly, as ho should have had a mate.

Intelligence is to hand from Tanpo. to the effect that Ruapehu and Tongariro are quiet. The appearance (seen from Matamata yesterday was a pile of o ends, mistaken for steam. To-day a good view of both mountains Was obtained.' They were thickly covered with snow. Ton gariro was steaming, but no more than usual. There have been no earthquakes nor alarming signs of any kind. Napier, September 29.

The foundation stone of the new St. John's 0 lurch was laid to-day by the Bishop of Waiapn, in the presence of a large assemblage of olerg/ and laity. The church is to cost £l6 OCO, without the tower, and will be the largest church‘in the colony It is larger than the Ohiist church Cathedral as it now stands, and very little leas than the cathedral will be when the latter is completed. It wl'l seat comfortably 1100 persons in the main building, In addition to a chapel, which is to be bn lit as a memorial to Bis hip Williams. The materials are brick on conorets foundations, being finished in heavy woodwork. W elunoton September 29. The Commssioner of Trade andCustoras has given instructions for p ogress pay - merits to be made on a;o not of the bonuses authorise 1 by the “ Fisheries Bnconragment Act, 1885," on quantities of not less than one ton in weight Claims will have to be made in accordance with the regulations published in the New Zea land Gazette of the 12th November list, and to be sent through the Collector of Customs at the port from which the fish is exported.

The Gov rnment have received a num ber of specimen Insulators, including several of colonial make. They will all be subjected to rigid Inspection before a decision is come t >

Mr Andrew, who lately obtained the commission offered to colonial applicants, has applied to Government to obtain an exchange Into an Indian regiment instead of Ireland. His letter has been referred to the Governor, who has been asked to see how far effect can be given to the wishes of the applicant Mr Bailey, Chief Sheep Inspector, has gone on a visit of inspection to Wharearaa, where scab Is supposed to have broken out. The department believe that it is not a fresh outbreak, but that tbe disease had not been eradicated. At the Resident Magistrate’s Court to day, the Goar Mev Preserving and Re frigerating Company was charged with having sold Native game af'er the ex piraUon of seven days from the closing of the season. From the evidence, it ap pealed that the game in question had been killed be'# e the c’ore of the season, being kepi in the frt z*n chamber, but the police contended that unless the gams were protected it would open a wide door poaching. For the defence, It was not denied that the game had been sold, but it was maintained that the Act was really Intended to prevent the desire.ion of game during the breeding reason, and as defendant Company had obtained the game lawfully they wore entitled to dis pose of P. After argument His Worship said that the fact that the process of nature bad been arrested did not appear to alter the character of the thing sold, and that it seemed t > him that the sale of game out of season, whether in a frozsn state or not, was an effsnee under the statute A fine of one shilling and cos’s was Icflictel. At four o’clock this afternoon Charles

Oheymol, wine merchant, racent’y ad judged bankrupt was arrested on three informations f>r forgery and issuing a certificate for deposit of goods in the Queen’s bond. The first Information charges him with altering the oett fioate frr a coitain number of casks of port wine, and a third is with reference to ten cases ot brandy. The alleged offences took place in January and February of the present year. He was brought up at Court this evening, and remanded till Wednes day. Ball was granted in two sureties of £250 each.

The charge of larceny preferred against the O.iok family occupied the Magistrate’s Court again to-day. One charge against the father for stealing property belonging to the O vernment was dismissed. Two of the male children, aged respectively eleven and o’ght years, were ordered to be sent to Burnham Industrial school until attaining the age of fifteen, and were a’so ordered to be privately whippad. Further cases were then gone into, and laitad till 11 pm. The father was com mitted for trial on three charges of receiv ing and stealing, and the mothor and seaond daughter on two charges of receiv ing and stealing respectively.

AN INFANT PRODIGY.

They have dug out what appears to be a genuine infant prodigy in Sidney. The Mail says ;—“ Within this city has been resident for some years a lit.le girl whose muaical powers are phenomenal, whose tiny fiogers fly over the keyboard with fairyliko speed, and who plays nob as if she were giving the result of study or tab r, but as though she were playing with the pianoforte as an ordinary child plajs with her favorite tiy. Little Elsie Hall is now 9 yens or age, and small for her age, There is nothing of the wonder child about her manner. The talent is inherited from her mother, who for years was known and valued as a teacher of music in Queensland, The little one from her birth heard music constantly, and before she cau'd walk picked out on the pianoforte musical phrases. She played by ins'it ot, and learning the notes has been acquired almost by accident The child has been for some time under Herr Kretsc'cmann’a care, and beyond the ex inordinary facility v.ith which she his triumphed over the difficulties of piano forte playing, a remarkable advance has been made since the O minor concerto if Beethoven has been s udiad, and the child has not only learned the music accurately from memory, hue has played it with eight instrumentalists associated in the performance. Evidence of the meet satis factory kind was afforded of this at a gathering of musical conno’saeura assem bled recently at the invitation of Herr Kretschmann In the hall at the German Glob. The amszarnent of the andience was as great as their pleasure. In little Elsie there is nothing -o show that ;he is conscious of posses-inc extraordinary gifts. She is a thorough child, not overstrung physically, full of fun, and not disposed to go through any drudgery. Of the theory or science of music she knows very little, her parents having wisely resisted any attempts at forcing her gifts or of over tasking her strength by any intellectual pressure. 'I here is something Irresistibly amusing in seeing this li*tie child seat her self at the.piano and play the elaborats cadenza which Carl Peineoke has com posed for the fifth cencerto, her tiny hands unable to stretch an octave, and the < c avoa played by flying leaps at a marvel ous paca. While the fingers are busy Elsie is by no means absorbed. The bright dark eyes scan the faces of the company, and the little head turns from side to side to mark all thst la going 011 Her gift is, however much beyond that of running over the keys and remembering music. Her ear is wonderfully true, and she has unmistakable creative power-”

ANOTHER GOLDFIELD.

Auckl ink, September 30 Important d as iveriea of richly minera lise i qua tz have been made on the eastern side of Great Bini.r Island. Analyse his just been male of stone from d ffsrent reefs, the lowest of which gires 13 dwti of gold and 7 ozs of silver per on and (he highe t dtzigold and 16ozs of sliver per ton. Government has been oommunio tted with in order that ft may hive the district proclaimed a goldfield.

THE ACCLIMATISATION QUESTION

CHRiS»cHtJKCH, September 29 At a meeting of the Canterbury Accli matisation Society letters from Messrs W. C. Walker, A,. H Shnry, and others were read relative to the formation of the Ashburton Society, and the desire of Ashburton anglers to have the fishing season opened on October 1 The follow iog resolution was passed, on the motion of Mr Spaokman, seconded by Mr F. J Kimbell—“ That this Society disapproves of the action of certain gentlemen at Ashburton in attempting to establish another Society within the boundaries of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation District without consulting the parent Society, and that no steps be taken at present by this Society to assist the action which has been taken in the Ashburton district.”

The following report of the decussion which arose on the matter is given by the Times :—The Chairman referred to the interview with the Premier in reference to the Ashburton Society after last meet ing. Sir B. Stoat had said he wo aid see that proper arrangements were made ; be did not know much about the matter. He (Chairman) had ascertained that the Ashburton Society has been registered, bat without boundaries, and so they bad no power to issm licenses. The Secretary read correpondenca which had passed between this and the Ashburton Society in reference to the matte ■ of the control of the Lake Heron fishing. On September 17, Mr A .1. Shiry had requested that an emergency meeting of the Canterbury Society might be called the following day, to receive a deputation of the Ashburton Society. Tula meeting had not been called, as the notice was too short It appeared that the Ashburton Society had wished the fishing season to commence on October 1. Mr W. 0. Walker, President of the Ash burton Society, and its Comm ttee, wrote, nnder date September 20, again request ing a special meeting to be called to con sider whether this could be done. They disclaimed any idea of appropriating the f.es obtained from the issue of licenses at Ashburton. To this Mr Peacock had directed a reply to be seat to the effect that ib this Society had recommended to Geyernmeat Oc.ober 16 as the date for the opening of the fishing season, the d'scu's'on could not be re-opanei. The members generally endorsed the Chairman’s action. Another letter from Mr Walker re gretted that the meeting had not been called as requested He added. “It is quite as much proof as wa required to show conclusively how difficult it is for your Society In Christchurch to deal with, any sim 1 ir representations from Ashbur ton, and how neces ay in oir in'ereat* Is that oar Society should have a diat-ict of its own uncontrolled by a Society with totally distinct interests.” Th>a was the last comma licatioa oa the subject. Mr J. O. Boys said he considered the action of those gentlemen at Ashburton to be little better than a swindle, in view of the fact that the parent Society had spent s> much money to acclimatise fish, &0., In that district. He moved—“ That the Ashburton people be allowed to form themselves into a society provided they agree to pay £2OO towards the parent Society as a share of the expenses.” My Spackman seconded the motion pro forma, and proposed, as an amendment-- “ Th»t this Society disapproves of the action of cor'aln gentlem n at Ashbur ton in attempting to establish another S ciety within the boundaries of the North Canterbury acclimatisation d'strict, with out consulting wth the parent Society, and that no steps ba taken at present by this Society to aSsiat the action which has been taken in the Ashburton district. ” He considered that had the Ashburton people approached the Society in a proper way with a view tr. assist in the payment of the expenses incurred in promoting acclimatisation in the Ashburton district, this Society would have met them in a friendly spirit. £ut they had formed a Soc ety without the knowledge of this Society, and had taken action to en deavour t > obtain revenue for themselves which should belong to tbis Society. Mr F. J. Kimbell seconded the amend ment.

Dr Frankiah laid he would prefer to Mr Boy’s motion a resolution to the effect that the Ashburton Society be allowed to issue licenses on payment of the expenses incurred in introducing trout, e'o , into their district.

Mr Boys, on being urged by several members, asked leave to withdraw bis motion.

Leave was given, and the motion was withdrawn.

Mr Spackman’s amendment was then put as a substantive motion, and carried unanimously.

ADDINGTON LIVE STO CK MARKET.

There was a large attendance at Ad dington yesterday, but not intent upon business, and the sales passed off very slowly. Cattle—There was only a smill locil entry, but 40 head from Fox ton over supplied the market, and prices were w.aker. The North Islanders wire I’ghtor than previous lots, and soma were badly knocked about. They only aver aged £9 a head. Other lines of good bollocks and heifers brought from £7 to £9 with an extra one at £lO 10j. Beef may I e quoted at 23s per 1001 b. Store cat lo were a full entry, and met better enquiry throughout w th the exception of ycnng stock. Three-year-old steers and heifers, £4. £4 10 to £5 a head ; two year-old, £2 10j, £3, to £3 10s ; yearlings, £1 10s ; dry cows, £3 10a to £4 7s 61, Dairy stock were a poor lot, with the exception of a rice line of springing heifers from Cu ▼ rien, which realised from £4 to £6 a h ad. Other odd lots from £4 to £7.

Sheep were a limited entry, bnt com prised some splendid quality ; and there being a good demand for both shop and freezing descriptions, Improve! values were realised, the advance being about 2« on beat pens, and Is on secondary. Mr S. Garfcrth’s Southdown crosses were a particularly good line, and topped the market at 19j 9d and 17a 3d. Tne Spring field and Snowden merino wethers were also cipital mutton ; and the Laghmor and Hacecoutse Hill cross—bred* quite up to their usual high excellence. Eee' cnee bred wethers so'd from 16* to 19i 9! ; lighter and ewes, 13i to 15 1 ; best merino wethers, 10a to 13a 9d ; avrnge, 7a 6d to 9a. Mutton was quite 3d per lb for beat quality, 2£d for ordinary. There was a good representation cf store sheep, and the recent improvement in values was fully mainta'ndd, well-conditioned lines being especially firm. Cross-bred hoggets, 5i 6d, 5s 10J, 6s 3d, Bs, 8a 9d. 9i 3d ; Down cress hosgets, 7a 4.1 : mixed 4-tooth crosi-breds, 9 91 and 10a Gd ; c.oss bred ewes, lambing, 7a 6d ; 2, 4 ahd 6-tootb cross-breda, 10a 4d; merino wethers, 7* Id Piga—There w»s a fall entry of good p irkers, and in some instances a slight concession had to te made to effect a clearance. Prices , anged from. 10s to 20s each, and some tidy bsconera up to 27a 6d. Very few stores ware yarded, and there was no change in values.

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not bold oursctves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.

EMIGRATION.

TO THE EDITOR.- F'ra, —In connection with one of the largest Y.M.O.A ’a of Engl nd there baa been for the last five years a young men's emigration advice society—not to indnea young men to emigrate, but to advise those who are determined to go abroad, to keep back all unsuitable men, and to give inf >rmati< n as to passage, localities, &c. Hitherto the operations of this society have been confined to Canada and the West of America, bat now I have been applied to to see if something- cannot be done in New Zealand similar to what la done in America. There are several young men anxious to settle in New Zealand, who are possessed of sufficient capital to start as farmers themselves when they have acquired the necessary amount of practical knowledge to enable them to farm their own land advantageously. In order to obtain this information they de sire toienter into the families of farmers here as pupils, receiving in return for their services on the farm board and lodgings only for the first three or four months; then for, «»y, six months, a small allowance of about £1 per month ; after that, if they still continue on the farm, to make suitable arrangements. If required, they would also pay a premium of, say, £8 or £lO to the farmer. If there are any farmers who are willing to receive one or more pupils on such terms, 1 shall be glad if they will please be good enough to oommnnioits with me, as there are several suitable young man waiting to come out, and I believe this la about the most practical way each an association as the Y.M.O A. can help young men, and at the same time bring into the colony those wamost want, viz., strong, healthy young men, who are wilting to commence and slick to the hard work of farming, and have the means to purchase land and work it properly. Cberkt, drapern* assistants, and others of'.like employment are plainly toid that the colonial labor market is already overstocked ; intem perate, extravagant, and Its/ men are informed they are no more wanted in the colonies than at Rome Up to the end of Jane this year 247 young men were sent to farmers In America, carrying with them from £2OO to £SO) each. I shall be glad to supply any information, and hope some of the New Z aland farmers may see their way to do what their American brethren are doing.—l am, &0.. W. H. Deavfiit, Gen. Sec., Wellington T.OX

IRISH AFFAIRS.

TO THE EDITOR. Sib, — Your article in the Guardian of the 28 .h instant, as a whole, 1 mast compliment you on. It is as reasonable and as moderate as Irishmen could expect; Unfortunately, however, Englishmen know so little about Ireland that, with the best intentions, they make sad mistakes.

With your permission I will show yon how Englishmen are doped. First, as to the Belfast riots, these are the result of foreign interference —Home Bole would and all that. As regards the cruelty to dumb animals, of eonrsa it is unjustifiable ; but the cruelty to human beings is infinitely more so. And lor every one of the former there ten thousand of the latter. Why denounce the one so vigorously and pass over the ten thousand so gently ? Bot do the peasantry really treat dumb animals cruelly by way of reprisal 7 It is at least very doubtful. Near Carlow there was a woman very loyal; she bad her horses, and probably a goat, hamstrung by way of reprisal. Exit's polios were placed in the district, it beingV* dis turbed ; ” she had some haystacks burped ; she bad her stable burned. All these “'out rages ’’ were telegraphed over the world—-and the people of the “ disturbed ” district had to pay for the damage about four times the real valve. She got police protection, and the police actually eaught this loyal woman setting fire to her own house: the outrage business paid so well! Such are most of the outrages perpetrated in Ireland 1 That woman is now doing two years’ penal servi tude for that offence. No man conscienti ously opposes Home Buie either in Ireland or out of it. Yon might as well say that a man conscientiously opposes you having possession of your own purse or watch* Irishmen demand that they be permitted to manage their own business without outride interference, and that demand must be com plied with. I have looked over my letter and find that I, at all events, have need language studiously moderate, and if I made any alteration it would bo to make it more energetic. “ The end justifies the means ” is the motto of the English Government; I abhor it. Who is to determine what is lawful and what is not 7 Is the footpad who knocks you down and takes your parse to determine what is lawful means to recover it 7 The English Government has a greater objection to con stitutional action than nnoonstitatioMl Daring the last few years the Imperial Parlia ment baa not shown an earnest desire to remove any Irish grievance; but It has shown a very earnest desire to remove the Irish people oat of their own homes and their own country. All the Irish people want of that Parliament is to let them alone. Liberals and Conservatives concede that a change must take place; bat this change Is not owing to either of these parties; it is owing entirely to the energetic action of the Homs Balers. Tfaess parties have persistently turned a deaf ear to all remonstrances, and would now, bat it is somewhat dangerous. Do they try to stop the wholesale evictions which canse “outrages” in Kerry? While Irishmen tried to encourage friends or con vert enemies they received a deaf ear. If the State were in earnest the State would earnestly put down the armed rebellion which exists la Belfast. But who are the rebels 7 Are they not the pets of this Government which ws are called on to respect 7 And are they not the men who were called upon to rebel by an English Cabinet Minister? Of coarse they are. Throughout the whole of the southern provinces there is scarcely any crime except what is perpetrated by the laws of the Stats on a too patient people. Irishmen will respect law when it is made by themselves. I will (five you another specimen of outrage. The Dublin Express, the landlords* organ, is edited by a parson, the Bcv Dr Patton. This man is the correspondent and outrage-maker to the London limes. He telegraphed to the Times that a noble lord was foully mur dered ; a few days afterwards it turned out that it was bis son; a few more days after snob a lord and such a son had never existed, and had never been murdered t 1

In conclusion, I thank yap for your kindly feeling, and trust that Englishmen will soon be better acquainted with the real facts of the ease—(we are revealing them); the* they will make short work of incendiary Cabinet Ministers and their rebellions pets. No man esteems the kindly feelings of Englishman more than An letshhah.

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN [rnjurr’n xrxeobams—coptbioht.} THE NEW HEBRIDES. Paris, September 29. In addressing a meeting at Toulouse yesterday M. de Freycioet, the French Premier, declared that the Government considered further colonial acquisitions on the part of France were not to be desired, but that they were determined to retain those which France already possessed. He expressed a hope that such a solution of the present difficulty with regard to the New Hebrides would be arrived at as would be in conformity with the dignity ot France. THE EASTERN CRISIS. Bona. September 28 General Kaulbers intimated to the Regency that if the meeting of the

THB ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1886



Tqwle’3 P.iNNY;’OY 4 L AND STEEL PILLS FOR FEMALES qoickly correct all irregularities, and re itvo the distressing symptoms so pre valent wth the sex. Boxes Is and Is 9d, of all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors. 1 repared only by The Lincoln and Midland Counties Drug Co., Lincoln, England. Wholesale of all the Wholesale Souses. Beware of Imitations. JgLACK, BEaTTIB & COMPANY, Criterion House, 201, 2C3, 205, High street, CHRISTCHURCH. We have the pleasure to advise our Customers and the residents generally In the Ashburton District that we have ow received vary large Shipments of NEWEST DRAPERY GOODS the Present Season. The advantages which we possess in being able to buy in ,W Best British Markets, and the thorough experience of cat buyer, enables us to supply all Goods under OUR CASH SYSTEM of business AT LOWEST P°lo ES. We eu deavonr togive our Customers best value procur b le, whatever Prices hey nia? wish to pu ch a3o Goons at, and Stock '9 so WELL-ASSORTED bat the moat varied wants can be sup plied. We append a list of our Depart ments, in each of which an immense Variety of moat Novel and Fashionable will bo found - DHES3 DEPARTMENT ~ " HOSIERY DEPARTMENT * MANTLE DEPARTMENT DRESSMAKING DEPARTMENT ' MILLINERY DEPARTMENT * ' DReSS DEPARTMENT HOSIERY DEPARTMENT MANTLE DKRARTMBNT DRES SHAKING”"DEPARTMENT



MILLINERY DEPARTMENT CLOTHING DEPARTMENT UNDEBCLOTHING DEPARTMENT TAILORING DEPARTMENT HOUSEHODL FJRNI3BING Manufacture from various Mills Including v BANKETS, FLANNELS & TWEEDS OF , ASHBURTON manufacture. Gash STfSTKM anu Cash Prices. LACK, BEATTIE &CO. GENERAL DRAPERY WARE HOUSE TAILORS DRESSMAKER >*d MILLN RY.



Wanted. WANTKD to LET 4-roomed House and Half Acre of Land ; low rental; or to sell on very easy terms —H. M. Jones. 9671 ANThD—Apprenios to the Drees making —(JRR and Aloobn. 9738 INKSTANDS, Note Paper, Paper Mache Ware, and all things that are beauti ful — H. M. Jones. TTTANTKD Known—That Ladies re- W quiring Nursing Will find every accommodation at Mbs Woodwards, Alien Lie House, Cox Street, Allenton. W vNTED the Public to Inspect a grand assortment of New Season’s Tea and Sugars of all grades, at prices to suit all classes of purchasers J as. McGregor, Tancred street. WANTED Known—The Lucky Jar of Peas will be opened and counted on the 11th of next month, when £2O in prizes will be given away. Every purchaser to the amount of 10s has a chance. Don’t delay— be in time. Hates and Co., Arcade. JOST OPENED—Choice assortment . f New Spring Dress Stuffs, Prints, Milleury, etc 'he cheapest House in town for first class goods. Presents to the value of 2s in the £. Dressmaking on the premises. H. 0. Seders, Mel ford House. ANTED KNOWN —Long looked for come at last. T. Hunlt, having commenced bacon curing, he i" able to supply a real good Pork Santage at 6d per lb at the Factory, Moore st, Ashburton. Pigs cured In any quantity dried, smoked and delivered home at One Penny per Ih. T. Hoplt. 7 °l7 Special Advertisements. NOTICE.



All STOCK TRESPASSING on E.S 15429 wll be Impounded. HENR.iT ANDERSON, Ashburton Forks September 29. 1886, 9 736 WANTED KNOWN THAT MRS STRIPLING HAS REMOVED from old premises in Burnett street (next to the Arcade), to tho PANAMA BOARDING-HOUSE, TANCREI) STREET (Lately occupied by Mr Lucas). 8°537 i SERVANTS WANTED. SEVEN GENERAL SERVANTS and one COOK for Ashburton and suburbs. Also, one COOK and one GENERAL SERVANT for the country. Apply to Mrs Randall’s Registry ffice. A. W. RANDBLL, FRUITERER, *o., Town Hall, Ashburton. CENTRAL HOTEL. JW. MoRAE having taken the above , Hotel, solicits a share of patronage from the people of Ashburton and sur rounding districts. Beat Brands of Wine’s Spirits and Beers. Good Stabling—Feeds, One Shillino, Horses and Baggios to let on hire at prices to meet the times, - For the convenience of travellers hansom cab will meet all trains. Trees Trees Trees THE undersigned has FOR SALE all kinds of FRUIT AND FOREST TREES, Finns Insignia, Aostriaca, Maritima, and Macrocarpa, by tens of thousands; other kinds in proportion. All kinds of cabbage plants, etc, on sale. All orders by post or otherwise shall receive my best attention. N.B.—Gentlemen's Gardena tastefully laid out. All kinds of planting done by contract. JAMES PORTER, CLIFTON NURSERY, 4 75 Allenton, Ashburton. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY THE NEW GOODS FOR THE WINTER SEASON . ARE NOW OPENED OUT. The Stock is THE LARGEST & BEST SELECTED IN THE TOWN, And the variety of Style and Patterns in Men’s, Youths’, and Boys’ Clothing leaves nothing to be desired. Thousands of "Men’s and Boys' Suita, newest styles. Trousers and Trousers and Vests manufactured of New Zealand Tweeds. Every garment warranted shrunk Overcoats, Waterproof Coats and Leggings in great variety Hats, compriang every new style worn Children's Jersey Suits, Children’s Men of-War Suits Herdsmen’s Hosiery, Scarves; Oxford -jogntta and White Shirts Rugs, Portmanteaus, and Travelling Bags



The celebrated WERTHEIM SEWING MACHINE. Time Payments. N.Z CLOT'BING FACTORS’, East Street MACPHERSON, SAMPSON, & CO Auctioneers, valuators, STOCK LAND, AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS, Will hold their regular WEEKLY BAIE of Horses, Cuttle, Pigs, Poultry, Produce, and Sundries, at the CENTRAL AUCTION MART, Havelock street, EVERY SATURDAY, at 12 o’clock sharp. Special Sales conducted when required on very easy terms. Agents for — Mutual Life Assurance Society of Victoria. Limited. The Equitable Fire Insurance Associa tion of New Zealand. Messrs Booth. Macdonald, and Co., Christchurch. P. McNeave’s Patent Footrot Appli cation. For Sale — 2 Second-hand Spring Traps (nearly new) 1 Superior Second-hand Dogcart (almost new) 1 Blacksmith’s Patent Portable Forge Quantity Superior Hurdles Several Properties to Let or for Sale. MAOPHERSON, SAMPSON & 00., £9593 Auctioneers



Victoria House. EE-OEG ANISATION OF BUSINESS. REDUCING STOCK from the FANCY DRESS, HATS, and MANTLE EPARTMENTS PHENOMENAL VALUE now given.and to be obtained until AUGUST 20th NEXT. _ DIMANT AND COE, GENERAL DRAPERS, CLOTHIERS, &c., East and Tancrod streets, Ashburton.



Special advertisements. m IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BANKRUPTCY THIS DAY GKL. Death & Co. IyILL offer the 3TOOK-IH-TBADE or THOMAS JACOBS, DRAPER AND CLOTHIER Late of High street, Christchurch, and Akaroa, AT A DISCOUNT or 10 s m J_ RE £ Also, the STOCK in the BANKRUPT ESTATE of SIMPSON AND HARPER, WOOLLENDRAPERS, AT A DISCOUNT or 6 s 8 D - IHK £ TOTAL VALUE - £3210 0 s 0° Unprecedented Bargains. Stock Sheets in course of publication. The above are two of the Cleanest Stocks ever offered in Christchurch, Simpson and Harper having been in busi ness only four months, whilst the largest portion < f Thomas Jacob’s Stock was purchased by him this winter.



PUBLIC NOTICE. REMOVAL op thk Ashburton Branch of the Business OF H. J. WOOD AND CO. (Late T. F. Farley) TO FRIEDLANDERS’ BUILDINGS ON THK Ist OCTOBER NEXT. WE beg to advise our valued cus tomers, the commercial nod general public of Ashburton and district, that wo have leased from Messrs Friedlai.der Bros, the large commodious shop next the corner in their new buildings We shall remove to FRIEDLANDERS’ BUILDINGS on the Ist OCTOBER, 1886, and our Stock will bo largely increased with NEW DIRECT SHIPMENTS or BOOKS, stationery; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, And NEW MUSIC. Several Hundred Volumes sod a Large Quantity of Cheap Beading to be Sold at very Low Prices during the next few days. H. J. WOOD & CO. Booksellers, Stationers, Printers, and Bookbinders,



Importers of Pianos, Organs, and all kinds of Musical Instruments and Music, STATIONERS’ HALL. Great Sale Extraordinary. ORR & ALCORN On the Opening of the SPRING TRADE, BEG to announce to their customers and the public generally they have now opened up the greater portion of their Direct Importations for the Season All the LATEST NOVELTIES in DMSSS MATERIALS, inc'uding the new Glow-worm, Kyrle, and Canvas Cloths, and the newest thing? out in Printed Sateen, Oatmeal, and Zephyr Cloths. In Ladies’ and Children’s Straw Hats Bonnets, Flowers, &c. , we are now show ing the largest and most attractive stock ever seen in Ashburton, We desire especially to call the attention of everyone to a SPECIAL PURCHASE of a SET of SAMPLES, representing the stock of one of the largest wholesale honses in England. In th's stock there are no less than 2242 different articles, comprising Costumes, Mantles, Ulsters, Children’s Dresses, <so , Pelisses, Ladies’ and Maids’ Corsets, Tunics, Aprons, Hats and Bonnets, Fur Capes, Underclothing, Quilts, Towels, Toilets, Boys’ Suits of all kinds, Men’s Suits and Overcoats, Wool Shawls, &c Many of these articles are of a style and quality suitable for a wealthy city traae, and never before seen in Ashborton At the price wo have purchased these goods we are enabled to SELL them at LANDED COST, and have a fair profit, but saving over 50 per cent to the purchaser. Together with these goods, that are, without fear of contradiction, the cheapest lot ever sold in Canterbury, we have decided to reduce the whole of onr stock (o prices to correspond. gg- lhis SPECIAL SALE will commence On SATURDAY NEXT, 18th inst. Orr & Alcorn. 9646



ROYAL S'LEYAKDS, . Moobe-stkket, I DUNCAN & CBAWSHAW, Auctioneers, Licensed Lrnl Brokers, (block, Estate, aud General Commission Agents, Acoountanis, Valuators, &o Regular auction rales every SATURDAY at 12 o’clock, of Horsm, Cattle, Pigs, Poultry, Produce, and Merchandise. Straight up and down treatment, and prompt settlement guaranteed. Special sales conducted as required. Transfers, Mortgages, Leases, and such like documents prepared under the Land Transfer Act. Agents for the Victoria Insurance Oo„ Limited. 9*560 DUNCAN & CRAWSHAW FOR the Bload is the Life.—Clarke’s world-famed blood mixture is warranted to cleanse the blood from ail impurities from whatever causes arising For scrofula, scurvy, skin and blood dis eases, and sores of nil kinds its effects are marvellous Thousands of testi monials. Sold in bottles 4a 6d and 11s each by chemists and patent medicine vendors everywhere. Sole proprietors, The Lincoln and Midland Counties Drug Co., Lincoln, England. 1 16 Twenty Years’ Practical Experience in London.



OA HARROW, Pianoforte Maker, • 186, Cashel street, Christoharch, will VISIT ASHBURTON during the LAST WEEK in SEPTEMBER to Tune and Repair Pianofortes, American Organs Harmoniums, etc Orders received by Messrs Wood and Co. S ationers and Musicsellers, Ashburton, and Messrs Gates and Son, O. A. H. bolds first class Homo and Colonial Testimonials. 9665 TIMBER TIMBER, TIMBER WE are now receiving from Southland Milts FRESH SUPPLIES OF ALL SIZES BUILDING TIMBER, Constating of Red and White Pine S antllng, T. G. Flooring, T G. Lining, Plain and Dressed Weather boards. A Largo Stock of Kauri on band, which bei~ g stored in sheds is ready for im mediate nae. TUCKER AND RESTELL. September 18, 1836. $9660 FOR COUGHS, COLD*, Bronchitis Asthma, Coryzr, Influenza, Con sumption, &c. KAY’S COMPOUND OF LINSEED, Aniseed, St nega, Squill, Tola, &o with Chlorodyne. KAY’S COMPOUND, a demulcent expectorant, for Coughs, Colds, and Chest Complaints. KAY’S COMPOUND, for Coughs, and Colds, is equally serviceable for Horses and Cattle. KAY’S TIC PILLS, a specific In Neuralgia, Face-ache, &c. Con tains Qutn'na, Iron, &c. COAGULINE.— Cement for Broken A rtlcles. Sold Everywhere. Sola Makers :—KAY BROS , Stock port, England.



Parents, do not use vile drugs or nostrums in jour families, but use pure Hop Bitters made only by American Co. See and Bead



AH your own fault if you remain sick o out of health, when you can get Hop Bittera made by American Co. Bead