DAILY MEMORANDA.

MEETING 3, AMUsKMENTS Eto h 5 OI.DAY, Sl PTPMBER 20 Borough Council, at Borough Coancil Chambers at 7.30 Friday, September 24 Dramatic S' cief y —Meeting in Oddfellows Hall at 8 o’clock Friday, October 1 Ashburton County Council—At Connell Chambers, 11a.m. Saturday, October 2 Wakaani Road Board—Monthly meeting at the Board’s office, Moore street, at 11 a.m.

RAILWAY TIME TABLE.

Train" Arrive at Ashburtok— From Christ hurch and the North, at 10.15 a.m. (express), 1.35 p.m., and 7.10 p.m. From Timaru, 10.45 a.m. From Dunedin and South, 5.27 n.m. (express). From Mount Somers, 10.5 a,pr Trains Leave Ashburton —For Christ church and North, at 7.10 a.m., 10.55 a.m., and 5.37 p.m. (express). For Dunedin and South, 10.25 a.m. (express). For Timaru, 4-45 p.m. For Monnt Somers, 5.5 p.m

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN.

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MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close at the Ashburton Post O dice follows, For Christchurch and IS orth at 6 a.m 0.30 a.m., and 5 p.m., daily. For Chertsey Rakaia, &0., at 10. oU a. m and 5 p.m. daily. For Dunedin, Tinwald, Winsiow, Hinds, JoHstivmn, Raugitata, Orari, Winchester, «jd Geraldine, at 10 a. in, daily. For Taoxuka, at 10 a.m. and 4.30 p.m daily. ji'or Tima/u and South, at 10 a.m., and 130 p. m., daily. Far Green street, on Wednesdays and turd; at 10.45 a.m. For Wakanul, Elgin, Seaview, Seafield, nd Kyle, bn Tuesdays, Thursdays, and »turUf-.yc, at 6,30 a. 10. Foe ‘Fount Somers, daily at 4.30 p.m For Mayfield and F.uapuna, on Mon days and Thursdays, at 4.30 p.m. Fos Ash ten, Waterton and Longbesch, 4.30 p.m. daily. For Remington, on Monday;, V oduos i»ys, and Fridays, at 4.30 p. in. ITor ou Tuosdays snd Fn at 10.30 a.m. Malls arrive at the. Ashburton Post 3 From Christchurch and Rakaia at 10.15 • .m-, 4.35 p.m., and 7.20 p.m. From Chertsey, &c. at 10.15 s. and .35 p.m. daily. From Dunedin intermediate places 5.3~- n.m. daily, el rom Temaka andTimaru at 10.40 a.m p 5 30 p-ni daily. , From Greenstreet, Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 10 a.m. From Mount Somers, daily at 10.5 From Mayfield and Ruapuna, on Wed ocadays and Saturdays, at 10.5 a.m. From Ashton, Waterton, and Long each at 10 a.m. daily. _ , from Newlands, oa Tuesor-ys and Fri ys, at 2.30 p.m. From Flemington ou Tuesdays, Thun, ays, and Saturdays, at 10a. m.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1886. THE BELFAST RIOTS.

Although Reuter’s Agency inlormed us weeks ago of the occurrence ol riots of a serious nature at Belfast, we had no idea that the disturbances had been of such magnitude and duration or that they had been attended by so great loss of life as now appears from the particulars which have reached us by the San Francisco mail. Making due allowance tor the fact that news never loses in sensationalism, but rather the other way, when forwarded via America, there is a circumstantiality and particularity about the details given which induce the belief that the scenes in and around Belfast during the first three weeks of last month were such as have seldom been paralleled even in unhappy Ireland. Commencing on the 31st July by a col lision between Protestants and Catholics and continuing up to the 23rd August, the story of these scenes of disorder, of riot, and of bloodshed reads like a chapter from the history of Paris under the Commune, and it says little for the wisdom of English rulers that after so many years of English rule such developments should be possible. The story is indeed a terrible one. Not only men were engaged in shooting down men of the same blood and nationality, but women, and even chil dren, took an active part in the un natural conflict, women grinding down powder and loading rifles for the com batants, and boys of tender years— mere children, in fact—melting down lead for bullets for the death-dealing rifles. Expert marksmen took deadly aim at their countrymen from roof-tops, chimney stacks, and street corners, while at Springfield a regular guerilla engagement took place, the Catholics sheltered by trees and the Protestants protected by what is described as an “ embrasuie ” (probably a hastily con structed earth work,) picking one another off just as in an ordinary siege. Houses were riddled with bullets and Belfast is said td have presented a scene of ruin similar to that of Paris in the disastrous time which followed the downfall of Napoleon the Little. The police and the military, among whom weie some 400 infantry and 200 dragoons, seem to have used their arms freely, shooting down numbers of the rioters but appear to have been power less to put astopto the disturbances, and for more than three weeks, the scenes of violence and carnage continued. No complete or even approximate list of casualties is given, but the loss of life must evidently have been very large, as one day’s tale of losses (Bth August) is given as 11 killed and 200 wounded, while we read that on the morning of the 9th 30 rioters were wounded by the fire of the police, and in the Springfield affair we are told 60 persons were wounded, many of them fatally. It is further stated that all the Hospitals are taxed to their utmost to find space for the care of those who are injured, so that it would appear only too probable that the slain are to be counted by hundreds and thewounded almost by thousands. And the saddest feature of all this sad story is that all this appears to have been the outcome of religious, or rather sectarian animosity, for these, outrages upon religion cannot be com mitted by those who are really religious, whether Protestant or Catholic, and great darkness and ignorance must

I prevail in the minds of those who | think that in slaying each other they are doing God service. Until we know more of the story it is impossible to say whether or not political feeling has had any part in the matter, though it appears quite possible that it has. It is well that the whole matter is to be enquired into by a Royal Commission, as the sooner all the causes which have led up to this terrible state of affairs are thoroughly known the better, as it may then be possible to provide a remedy and to take steps which will effectually prevent the possibility of the repetition of such disasters. Meantime ! we can no longer afford to point the finger of scorn at other nations whose domestic revolutions we have hitherto been disposed to attribute solely to misgovernment, for if like effects always spring from like causes then we can not escape from the necessary inference of gross misgovernment in the case of Ireland. We, as Englishmen, have hitherto in our Pharisaism, been only too prone to proffer our services to remove the motes from the eyes of our brethren, and it would better beseem us to take steps to cast out the beam which is so manifestly present in our own.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Ashburton Eifles and Guards wil parade at the Drillshed this evening for the Government Inspection. The District Adjutant, Major Newall, will be present. An exchange says that the late Mr Brad shaw, M.H.R., was one of the players in both Victoria and New Zealand against the first visiting All England Eleven, The rumour that Mr Ballance intends to visit England next year is semi-officially denied. A Wanganui paper states that upwards of 40 bushmen are engaged in felling bush on the Feilding Small Farm Association block, and it is expected about 1000 acres of bush will be felled this season. The Eev C D. Cecil, of Timuka, is, we understand, to lecture to-morrow evening, at 7.30, in the Schoolroom, Winslow, on spirit ualism and mesmerism, when he will detail the history, phenomena, and results of spirit ualism. The lecture is said to be a very able one and should be largely attended. Among the Lost Relatives advertised for in Lloyd’* Weekly, is the following :—" Arthur John Ussher, sailor, left the Albert docks in the s.s. British (Queen and arrived in New Zealand September 1883. He went up country shortly after, and then gave his address as ‘ post office, Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zea land.’ The following is from tho London letter of an exchange ;—Mrs Muir, a New Zealand lady, who is travelling at Home with her son, was recently loudly cheered on her presentation to Her Majesty the Queen at one ot the drawing-rooms. This lady, though 75 years of ago, is quite active, and seems to take great pleasure in the gaieties at Home. She is a very old colonist, as many will re member, and a great deal of interest is taken in her on that account." The lady referred to is, we imagine, Mrs Muir, of Dunedin, who will be remembered t>y b»bj> of our readers who are themselves old colonists. Sir James Fergusson, as an old Governor of New Zealand, has, says an Home paper written an opportune letter to the Times with the view of obviating the injurious effect upon the public estimation of the prosperity of the colony which may be caused by tho late terrible eruption of volcanoes, superadded, as it is, to Commercial depression. He points out that the volcanic zone is comparatively sterile, and settlement within it has been rare, the eruption, besides, affecting an area not greater than that of Etna or Vesuvius. The steady increase of pauperism going on (says the Auckland Herald) unless arrested in some other way will end in the establish ment of a poor rate. So little self-reliance or providence have some of the members of the working classes, that men who have just got out of work on a Saturday night by 10 o’clock on Monday morning were at the office of the relieving officer to be put on the ration list. The expenditure of the relieving officer during August was £3Bl, or £lOl above the amount expended in the corresponding month of the previous year. There are a number of artisans out of work, who, failing to find work at their own trades, are averse to taking other work. Among this class there is a good deal of hard ship being endured, as also by their families. An exchange says—Mr Speight, the Victo rian Railway Commissioner, is reported to have said recently that the railways of all the colonies, taken as a whole, were worth, with all their faults, 20s in the £ ; but that it was simply impossible to attain good commercial results it appointments were political, if there was no discipline in the ranks, and if the traffic was not conducted on business principles. Mr Speight is a man who knows what he is talk ing about. He has revolutionised railway affairs in jVictoria, made the traffic pay, and placed tho whole system in such a state that it is the best administered and most pro ductive railway system in the colonies. It would be of enormous advantage to New Zealand if such a man were obtained, and the full control of the railways vested in him. The following item from tho Foxton Herald of September 10th should interest ornitholo gists :—A day or two ago a cat attached to Mr J. Walden’s house at Moutoa brought home a very rare bird, called by the Maoris “ Moho.” Mr Walden says that in all his experience of the district be never saw a similar bird. It is about the size of a wood hen, and has a most beautiful plumage, with a red streak round the neck, and another round the breast, the rest of the marking of the feathers somewhat resembling the skin of a leopard. Mr Walden says he believes Dr Bullet offered £5 for a live “ moho,” or £2 for a dead one. Balmy sleep, good digestion, rich blood, elastic step and cheerfulness in American Co.’s Hop Bitters. Read and elieve The best known remedy is SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. 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 ot Italy, and medical syndicates all over the globe are its patrons. Read 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 eases treated by Siegen, M.D., Professor, etc.: Burning of the right band through the explosion of a small oil stove. The epirdermis on the volar and palmer side of the hand of the thirty-year -014. patient was completely separated and lifted up as far as the joint of the hand. The likewise lifted nails were hanging loose, and half ot the phalanx ot the nail of the middle finger was coaled. The wounds thus con traded healed in three weeks under daily applications of Eucalypti Extract dressing The patient has stained the full.uee of band.—(Advt.)

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Ash- - burton Borough Council will be held. this evening. A man named Penlington,(employed at the Woollen Factory, was thrown out of a wagginette yesterday afternoon. He c sustained a dislocation of the shoulder a and several severe outs and bruises o about the head and face. He was F taken home where his injuries were speedily attended to by Drs Ross and Tweed. The g vehicle worth about £6O, which was hired by 1 Penlington from one of the local livery ■ stables was dragged on its side by the horses t for about four miles and completely wrecked; f The 'Frisco mail will arrive in town by the c last train this evening. A special train will j be despatched from Ashburton with the t southern portion immediately after the arrival < of the 7.12 ordinary. j Thomas Hall and Margaret Houston ware i again brought before the Magistrate’s Court, 1 at Timaru, to-day, charged with attempted 1 murder of the wife of the former. Hall, who - has been incarcerated in Lyttelton gaol, passed through Ashburton, in custody by the i express this morning on his way to Timaru to answer the charge brought against him. Mr W. 0. Walker, M.H.R., Chairman of the County Council, on Saturday received the following telegram from the Minister for Public Works, in reply to an enquiry as to the distinction made in the rate of payment to be given to the Christchurch and Ashburton unemployed engaged on relief works :—“ I am informed by the District Engineer that twenty-five men have been sent to Ashburton at request of Council, on conditions suggested by Minister for Lands. Will you please tell me if this is the case. I wish to know before making any arrangement to remove them. In the meantime you may employ the twelve or ( fifteen unemployed you refer to in your letter of 9th inst., on same terms as those employed in Christchurch, up to £IOO. — E. Richabd son." Mr Walker and the Mayor were to-day 1 engaged in enquiring into urgent oases, and 1 at the Borough Council meeting to-night it is 1 probable it will be determined if there is any work which can be thrown open upon which to engage the unemployed. 1 Use American Co.’s Hop Bitters once and you will use no other medicine. Test it. Take I no other. Be sure and read

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Dairy Factory. Wanganui, Septembar 20. At the annual meeting of the Dairy Factory Company on Sunday, the balance sheet showed a profit of £419 for the season, equal to 25 per cent on the paid up capital. The turn out of cheese was 39 tons 4 cwt. The Factory haa again started work and ths expectations are better for this season than last. Old Soldiers’ CoinnilHlon. The Old Soldiers* Commission opened here to-day before Majors Gudgeon and Crowe. Fifty claims have been sent In. The Colonial Exhibition. Wellington, September 20. By the ’Frisco Mail the Government has received a communication on the subject of keeping the Colonial Exhibi tion open beyond the original term Before coming to a decision the other colonies will be communicated with. T#l«R-rauh Insulators. . Regarding the manufacture of insulators Government is desirous of getting them manufactured in the colony if possible, and the tma for receiving h!>s three times been extended. Government has received many representations on the subject, but It is absolutely necessary to have a damp p'oof of the article. It has been com pelled to make conditions very stringent. It has been asked to allow salt glaze to be used, but it Is not considered equal to the g hzi required. Colour is another diffi culty. Government, recognising the im portance of the subject, is anxious to see the manufacture established in the colony but objects to heavy additional expendi ture being Imposed on Telegraph Depart ment in order to encourage colonial industry in preference to the imported article. Loam to Focal Doilies. The Colonial Treasurer is preparing a jyrecis of the provisions of the Government Loans to Local Bodies Act and notice will shortly be given of a date when applica tions for loans can be granted, until they have obtained authority to raise them. This is given under the Local Bodies Loan Bill and the Counties Act. The latter comes into force in January, but the re quisite power Is in existence in the old Act. local Industry. Dunedin, September 20. A deputation to the Premier pointed out that the specifications forj'he manufacture of telegraph Insulators were of such a character as to preclude local competition, and that if they were altered 50 or CO men in the colony could find employment. ' Sir R Stout replied that the Government desired to encourage local industries where industries were possible, but Dr Lemon was of opinion that suitable clay could not be obtained in the colony* Se under stood that if the insulators were manu factured hero the clay would have to be imported. If suitable material was ob ttinable here prefarencelwould be given to to the local manufacturer even at a slight Increase of cost. He would communicate with Sir J. Vogel on the subject. Fatal Accident. Mary Larkins, 6 years, was killed by a tram car running over her at Cargill road on Saturday. Her legs and arms were crushed. She died shortly after ad mission to the hospital. Dig* Day. Bluff, September 20., Tha Hinemoa arrived from Port Chal mers at 10 30 n.m. on Saturday jw'th forty prospectors from northern ports, the experienced a strong S.W. winds on the passage. The Invercargill prospec tors for Big Bay, 105 in number, arrived by the noon train and embarked their luggage during the afternoon, but owing to strong westerly winds and- thick weather, a start was not made until 10 o’clock this morning. Much interest- has been displayed here as well as Invercar gill In the movement and cheers were given as the vessel steamed from the wharf.

A GOOD INVESTMENT.

The Wellington Post gives the follow ing as circumstances under which an investment of £l2O was made in Christ* church property, which has resulted in a magnificent return :— ‘‘ Some 36 years ago Mr John Christie Aitken, a squatter on the Goulburn, visited New Z aland, and made a stay of a few weeks at Christ* church or Lyttelton. He was about to return to Australia and taka the balance of the money he had with him—some £423 —back again, tut the manager of , the bank ho dealt with insisted Upon charging him a second exchange, and he was so annoyed at this that he walked into an auction room where a land sale was going on and Invested the total sum in Cnristchnrch land. For the last 20 years that land has been under the management of Messrs Matson and Co., and on Saturday last, by the order of the trustee, that firm offered the balance of the estate for sale, the result being that for this £420 a sum of £80,0.00 was realised by the investor, and there is more to follow. The trustee is naturally delighted at the upshot of the trans ao t ion,”

ALFORD FOREST.

' [FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT 1 The Loyal Pioneer Lodge of Oddfellows' celebrated its anniversary at Springbnrn on Friday last by a concert and ball. The concert was given by members of the Lodge almost exclusively, and consisted of songs and choruses given in “ darkie” costume and phraseology, interspersed with jokes, pans, and local bits, which were greatly appreciated by a densely packed audience. It was impos sible to find standing room for all, and many had to rest - satisfied with an outside ticket. Three farces where given, in character, the dresses being somewhat severely criticised by the fairer portion of the audience. Some good scenery adorned the stage erected for the occasion, with footlights, drop curtain, side wings, &0., in fact nothing was left undone to bring the affair off satisfactorily, and the applause from start to finish showed bow delighted the visitors felt. It is intended to give a similar performance at Alford Forest shortly. Large as the attendance was the outlay for preliminary expenses was also heavy as is usual in all such business. A pleasant feature of the evening was the presentation of a handsome testimonial to Bro. E. Cooper, in the shape of a beautifully framed certificate of P.N.G., which was suitably acknowledged. Dancing commenced at 11 o’clock, over fifty couples standing up, and if all could not well dance at once the necessary patience to “ bide a wee” was displayed, and a pleasant evening was spent; indeed, the sun was just peeping out as as the last dance concluded, Mrs Knight gave every satisfaction by her supply of refresh ments of every kinds. Following is the programme of the concert; —Opening chorus, “ Happy are we," company; overture, the Band; song, “ Old black snow,” Mr J. Boss : song, “ Joseph" orange blossom,” Mr H. Knight, junr.; song, “ Alabama Sam,” Mr V. Ellen; song, “ Johnny, will you wait," Mr : W. Gillam; song, “ Again and again,” Mr John MacFarlane ; song, • “ The slave's dream,” Mr T. Fagan; song, “ I’m waiting,” Mr E. Cooper; song, “ Scotland for ever,” Mr T. Johnstone; song, “ I’ll bet you a dollar you don’t,” Mr W. Byrnes; song, “ Eighteen pence,” Mr Gid Johnstone; song, “ Yes, it was a pull back,” Mr A. W. Smith; song, “ Grandfather’s clock,” Mr Brough; stump speech, “ Women’s rights,” Mr A. W. Smith; , stump speech, “ The Smith family,” Mr A. W. Smith ; step dance (encored), Mr C. Hart; 1 farce, “That boy Pete,” company; farce, i “ Musical Maniacs,” company; farce, , “ Ebenezer’s visit to New York,” company; “ Qod save the Queen.”

RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

Invercargill, September 19. A serious accident occurred yesterday evening at the railway crossing in Canon street. A man named Thoa. Patterson, a market gardener, of Appleby, was driving his dray homewards, and got to the crossing as the express from Dunedin wbb coming along, Patterson was sitting in the bottom of the dray, with his back to the train, and a strong wind was blow in ?In his face. He did not appear, t > hear the whistle till the horse had cr<fsei the line, and then, in his confusion, he jumped up, caught the reins, and brought the horse momentarily to a stand. Tne consequence was that the cow-catcher struck the wheel of the dray, snapping the axle short off. Patterson, with several bags of feeding stuff, was thrown clear into the cross street, about fifteen yards off, the dray was poshed aside by the engine, the horse was thrown, and fell with his feet under the carriages, receiv ing such injuries thar he had to be killed. Patterson was picked np Insensible and evidently much hurt, and taken by train to the hospital. He is Injured internally, has several ribs broken, and is in a pre carious state. No blame can be attached to the engine driver, as the alarm whistle was heard all over the town. Public feel ing is strong that gates and crossing keepers are now required on these streets. The train pulled np In about one hundred yards.

HORSE MARKET.

Mr T. Bullock reports for the week ending Saturday, Sept. 18th : There was a very fair attendance of farmers and other country settlers, and biddings for all classes of horses offered were fairly spirited, especially for medium draughts. Out of the entry of eleven, seven were sold as follows : Aged draughts £lO 10s, £lO 10s, and for a six-year old of a fairly good stamp up to £23 10s was obtained ; three ana four-year-olds of a light descrip lion, £6 10s to £9 15s. Sundries —Second-hand drays, £9, £lO 5s ; tip-cart, £ll. I held a sale of Tiuwald properties pre vious to the usual horse sale, a number of which were sold. Particulars will appear in future report

SPORTING

A.J.O. MEETING.

[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS —COPYRIGHT. Sydney, September 18. The A J .0 meeting was commenced to day. Following are the results of the principal event; — The A.J.O. Derby, a sweepstake of 30 Bovs each, with 500 added. For ; thtea-year-olds. Colts, Bst 101 b; fillies,Bst 51b. The owner cf the second horse to receive 100 sovs from the stake, and the third to save his stake. One mile and a half. Entries closed with 72 sub. Hon J. White's ch o Tiident, by Robin son Crusce—Cocoanot (imp.) ... 1 Mr D. Cooper’s oh o Bultgowrie, by Vespasian (imp)—Athalie (imp.)... 2 Mr J. Stockton’s b o Kinpfish, by Piaca torious—Yatterina 3 The race w»s won easly by six lengths. Time, 2min SSsecs. Epsom Handicap of 5 sovs each with 250 sovs added second horse 60 sova One mile. Zeno ••• I Cold Lake 3 Leichardt 3 Seventeen started: Zeno won easily by four lengths: Time, Imin dl^ieo.

THE MARKETS

ENGLISH. [rEUTEb’s TEIBBR4MS—COPYRIGHT. J London, September 16, The weekly returns of the Bank of England, published to-day, show the proportion of reserve to liabilities to be 49 per cent. The total reserve in notes and bullion is ;£i 2,600,000. Wool—At to-day’s sales 14,000 bales were catalogued. The market has a hardening tendency. September 17. The total quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,650,000 quarters. New Zealand mutton is selling at to 4j£d per lb. Australian beef tallow, fair average quality, 23s 6d; mutton, 265. .Wool—At to-day’s sales 11,500 bales were catalogued. The market is strong. The present series of colonial wool auctions will close on the 2nd October, SYDNEY, Sydney, September 18. New Zealand wheat is selling at 4s 2d, oats at 2s 6d per busuel; maize, 3s 6d per 561 b; sugar, No. 1 pieces, per ton. ADELAIDE, Adelaide, September 18 Wheat is from 4s nd to ss; flour (town), £ll to £ll IS B ’> countr y> £lO 15s.

ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS.

GENERAL SUMMARY.^ On August 27th Lord Salisbury con ducted the experiment of cutting oats with electric machinery. Forty four steamers and thfrty-threo sailing vessels are reported to be rotting at Glasgow docks. The fact la attributed to the low freights'and generally depressed state of business The British Government has decided to appoint a Commission to inquire into the expenditure of the principal departments of State, and Mr Chamberlain will bo chosen Chairman. The statement is also made that a small Royal Commission on the currency question will be appointed with Mr Goschen as Chairman. The various generals' of the English army districts have ordered volunteers to practise picket duty, and be in readiness to quell macoevres. Each volunteer is to he supplied with twenty ball cartridges. It is understood this action is taken under the expectation of a renewal of the dynamite outrages and disorder In the Northern and and Midland counties of England- Ihe London Socialist Leagne have passed resolutions strongly condemnatory of the authorities of Illinois for sentencing to death the Chicago anarchists. A sensation is caused by the statements made in Court in London in connection with the sffiirs nf the Briton Medical and General Assurance Association.' The hearing of the petition for winding up the business of the Association was in progress and during the course of the proceedings the Judge sta’ed (that the failure of the concern was due to defalca tions, which would exceed £IOO,OOO. He declared that every effort would be made to unearth and punish the miscreants who had caused the ru : n of the Association. A foreign lady, who lost £12,000 at Monte Carlo gambling tables, committed suicide in a village near Grenoble on August 22nd. This is the sixtyseventh case of self murder since the opening of the Monte Carlo season.

Advices from Tonquin to August 10 h say that cholera of a violent character baa attacked the French troops there. The chief of the medical staff had succumbed to the disease. The Board of Health of New York have exchanged communication with the sani tary authorities of San Francisco with reference to the Cholera epidemic, which the cable reports as raging at Tonga and Yokohama, Japan. The elections took place in France on

August Ist. Th« returns received show the election of 100 Republican T epntdes to 40 Conservatives. The Republicans gained nine seats and lost seven. An imbeci'e widow named Lebolr, re* aiding at Seiles, St Denis, was burned to death at the stake by her sons on Anguat 16th. While she was burning they sprinkled h”ly water over her, and when arrested said they had destroyed her for religions motives. The woman was six y years old, and had the name of being a sorceress A transport with convicts sailed from Toulon on August 20th for Martinique, but put hack on the 220 d, and reported that the convicts had revolted and tried to gain possession of the ship. Two oannooa loaded with grape were fired on the rebels, and many of them had been killed. The finances of the Russian Govern ment are represented in a worse condition than ever. Notwithstanding the extra ordinary efforts that have been made to increase the receipts from the public , t*xes the returns show a decrease of 30,600,000 roubles for the year, with a steady increase in the expenditure. Owing to the rainy weather during the fortnight ending August 10th, grain was rotting in the fields and the Russian farmers are greatly depressed. A despatch from St Petersburg, dated August 20th, says that the steamer Vera, bonnd from Astrabad np the river Volga, whore she plied, was bnrned on that day and 200 lives were lo t. The fire was caused by the fall of a lamp in the saloon. The majority of those on board perished by drowning.

a AMERICAN SUMMARY, i, The desire to jump off the Brooklyn f bridge Is growing. Several candidates for 5 the perilous honor have presented them selves. A new idea is that advanced by a Maine man, Charles E. Bishop, who 1 proposes to ascend by a balloon over the bridge 150 feet and drop from that * height. f Three British schooners and one r American have been seized by a United States cruiser for illegally capturing fur seals in Alaska waters. The affair is likely to lead to some correspondence between the United States and Great Britain. A Chinese Society discovered in New York offers, for 200 dollars a head, to beat the restriction law, and to get any China men desired into the United States from China. The Executive Committee of the Dish 3 Parliamentary Fund Association have de cided to place £53,000, collected by the ) Association, in the Bank of New York, at r 1$ per cent interest, nntil it should be ! needed by Parnell and his party. * Difficulties and contentions among the 1 Trades Unions and Knights of Labor in 1 the Eastern Sstates threaten the direolu * tion of the latter organisation. The printers have withdrawn thirty-five dele . gates. I Colonel William H, Gilder, accom panied by Lieut. Griffiths, left New York ' on August 21st on a journey to the North Pole. They will proceed direct ' to Montreal, from whence the whaler Victoria will take them to Greenland. Gilder expressed the utmost confidence that he would succeed. At Dungannon, on August I6th, bauds of Nationalists paraded the Protestant quarter of the town denouncing the resi dents there. The riot ended in several persons being I jured. The police pre vented desperate fighting by forcing their way between the Catholics and Protes tants. According to the Irish Times (Loyalist) Mr Parnell is about to embrace Roman Catholicism The Convention of Irish sympathiser* in session in Chicago during the middle of August excited seme attention on the part of tbe London press. The Times of August 20th gave prominence In ita columns to a letter suggesting the prose cution for trrason on their return home of the Canadian delegates and other British subjects who figured In the Chicago Convention. Archbishop Groker, in an address on August 20th, while advising moderation said the people should exhibit sufficient firmness to show the Government that if war was made npon them they would re sist. He cautioned them to avoid crime, but exhorted them to continue first until the rights of Ireland were restored. The eviciiona in the Gondeadave district of Donegal were concluded on Anguat 22nd. The total amount of rente con cerned dees not exceed £SO yearly. One hundred and fifty policemen and bailiffs, and sixty cm and boata, were engaged for eleven days in the proceedings at a cost of £IOO per day. The people were steeped in poverty, and the scene is de scribed as pitiful- . An immense meeting was held at Car rick-on-Sufr on August 23rd to start an Irish Parliamentary fond. Resolutions ware adopted declaring that tbe people would continue the Home Rule struggle for years if necessary, The wildest en thusiasm was exhibited, the audience standing with uncovered heads and sing ing, ‘*God save Ireland.’’ Large sum* of money have been subscribed. THE EASTERN CRISIS. Prince Alexander Joseph, of Bitten burg, abdicated, according to .a despatch

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1886



Per IF J-JU.D IS Quarter.. 6s ADVANCE : 6(3, by post, 9s 6d Half-year 12s 6d, by post, 18s 6d * Tear .. 4s Od by post, 37s Od IF BOOKED : 9d Per Quarter.. 7a 6d, by post, 10s Half-year 15s Od, by post, 21s 6d ” Year .. 80s Od, by post, 43s Od



SERVANTS WANTED. BEVEN 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. RANDELL, FRUITERER, &c., Town Hall, Ashburton. jgLACK, BEaTTIE & COMPANY, Criterion House, 201, 203, 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 very large Shipments of NEWEST DRAPERY GOODS the Present Season. The ao vantages which we possess in being able to bay In „bo Beat British Markets, and the thorough experience of our buyer, enables na to supply all Goods under CUR CASH SYSTEM of business at lowest prices. Wo tvi-iaavour tcglve our Customers beat value proour b le, whatever Prices hev may wish to pu clD so Goods at, and St OCT U BO La:;U— AND WELL-ASSORTED Tnt the most varied wants can be sup plied. We append a list of our Depart ments, in each of which an immense Variety <>f most Novel and Fashionable will be found DRESS DEPARTMENT HOSIERY DEPARTMENT MANTLE department dressmaking department MILLINERY DEPARTMENT DSeSS department hosiery department MANTLE DEPARTMENT dressmaker Department millinery'dspa rtment CLOTHING DEPARTMENT UNDERCLOTHING DEPARTMENT TAILORING DEPARTMENT HOUSEHODL FJRNISHING Manufacture from various Mills Including ‘ ANKETS, FLANNELS & TWEEDS OP ASHBURTON MANUFACTURE. Jash Sssxem ahb Cash Pkicks, LACK, BEATTIE &CO. GENERAL DRAPERY WARE HOUSE TAILORS, DRS6SMAKER MULL'EBY. .



Wanted. ANTED Known—That a competent \V Billard-marker has taken the Bil liard Room of Butler’s Family Hotel. Pool every evening. 9662 WANTED known our Tuner, Mr H. Thompson, is now in town. All orders sent me will be promptly attended to —H. M, Jones. 9670 WANTED to LET 4-roomed House and Half Acre of Land ; low rental; or to sell on very easy terms. —H. M. Jones. 9671 WANTED CASH.—White Sugar, 2*d ; White Crystal, 3d ; Sperm Candles, 5d ; Lingfish, 4d ; best Lobsters, 6d ; Plaid Vestas, 5d per doz. ; Tea, Is per lb; Sago, 2£d; Tapioca, 2£d; CnttingSalmon, 8d ; Venus Nailrod, 5s 6(1; Groats, 9d. J. 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. JUST OPENED—Choice assortment of New Spring Dress Stuffs, Prints, Millenty, etc '• be cheapest House in town for first class goods. Presents to the value of 2s in the £. Dressmaking on the premises. H. C. Seqkrs, Mel ford House. . WANTED KNOWN—Long looked for come at last. T- H'>ult, having commenced bacon curing, he Is able to supply a real good Pork Sausage at 6d per lb at the Factory, Moore at, Ashburton. Pigs cured In any quantity dried, smoked and delivered home at One Peony per lb. T. Hotjlt. 7_jH7 Special Advertisements. WANTED KNOWN THAT MRS STRIPLING HAS REMOVED from qld premises in Burnett street (next to the Arcade), to the PANAMA BOARDING-HOUSE, TANCREO STREET (Lately occupied by Mr Lucas). 8°537 WESTGATE & BATES, (From G. Elliott, Christchurch), Fishmongers and poulterers, oytster saloon, Tancred street, Ashburton. N.B. —We are now receiving daily Fresh Fish of the best quality. 9648



KIMBERLEY GOLDFIELDS. Early Seed Potatoes Good Derwent Potatoes Sound Oiniona, and quantity of Apples by the case. J. CANNING, FRUITERER AND CONFECTIONER East street, Ashburton. CBKTBAL HOTEL. JW. MoRAE having taken the above , Hotel, solicits a share of patronage from the people of Ashburton and sur rounding districts. Best Brands of Wine’s Spirits and Beers. Good Stabling—Feeds, One Shilling. Horses and Baggies 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, Pinna laaignis, Austriaca, 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 beat attention. N.B. —Gentlemen’s Gardens tastefully laid out All kiuda of planting done by contract. JAMES PORTER, CLIFTON NURSERY, 4 75 Alienton, Ashburton. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTOR The new goods for the WINTER SEASON AKK NOW OPENED OUT. The Stock is THE LARGEST & BEST SELECTED IN THE T< >WN, 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' Suits, 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, oompris ng every new style worn Children’s Jersey Suits, Children’s Men of-War Suits Ger-'ameu’s Hosiery, Scarves; Oxford Regatta and White Shirts Rugs, Portmanteaus, and Travelling Bags The celebrated WERTHEIM SEWING MACHINE. Time Payments. N. 55 CLO: HINQ FACTORY, Bast Ktbkkt " MACPHERSON, SAMPSON, & CO AUCTIONEERS, VALUATORS, STOCK LAND, AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS, Will hold their regular WEEKLY SALE of Horses, Cattle, 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 (neatly new) 1 Superior Second-hand Dogcart (almost new) 1 Blacksmith’s Patent Portable Forge Quantity Superior Hurdles Several Properties to Let or for Sale. MACPHERSON, SAMPSON & CO., £3593 Auctioneers.



Victoria House. EE-ORGANISATION OF BUSINESS. REDUCING STOCK RETIRING from the FANCY DRESS, HATS, and MANTLE EPARTMENTS of the trade. PHENOMENAL VALUE now being given, and to be obtained until AUGUST 20th NEXT. DIMANT AND COE, GENERAL DRAPERS, CLOTHIERS, &0., East and Tancred streets, Ashburton.



Special advertisements. m IN THE SUPREME COURT OP BANKRUPTCY THIS DAY G.L.Beath&Co. offer the STOCK-IN-TRADE OF THOMAS JACOBS, DRAPER AND CLOTHIER Late of High street, Christchurch, and Akaroa, AT A DISCOUNT OF 10 5 " £ Also, the STOCK in the BANKRUPT ESTATE of SIMPSON AND HARPER, WCOLLENDRAPERS, AT A DISCOUNT OF gD. IN THE gg • _ TOTAL VALUE - £3310 0 8 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 cf Thomas Jacob’s Stock was purchased by him this winter. PUBLIC NOTICE. R E M~0" Y A L OF THE Ashburton Branch of the Business OF H. J. WOOD AND CO. (Late T. F. Farley) TO FRIEDLANDERS’ BUILDINGS ON THE Ist OCTOBER NEXT. WE beg to advise our valued cus tomers, the commercial and general public of Ashburton and district, that we have leased from Messrs Friedlauder Bros, the largo commodious shop next the corner in their new buildings We shall remove to FRIEDLANDERS’ BUILDINGS on the Ist OCTOBER, 1886, and our Stock will be largely increased with NEW DIRECT SHIPMENTS or BOOKS, STATIONERY, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, And NEW MUSIC. Several Hundred Volumes and a Large Quantity of Cheap Reading 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 & ALCOKN On the Opening of the SPRING TRADE, BEG to announce to their customers and tho public generally they have now opened up the greater portion of their Direct Importations for the Season. All the LATEST NOVELTIES in DRESS MATERIALS, including the new Glow-worm, Kyrle, and Canvas Cloths, and the newest things out in Printed Sateen, Oatmeal, and Zephyr Cloths. In Ladies’ and Children’s Straw Hats Bonnets, Flowers, &c., wo 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 houses in England. In this stock there are no less than 2242 different articles, comprising Costumes, Mantles, Ulsters, Children’s Dresses, &c , I 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 trade, and never before seen in Ashburton. At the price we have purchased these j goods we are enabled to SELL them at LANDED COST, and have a fairprofit, 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 our stock to prices to correspond. t®- Ibis SPECIAL SALE will commence On SATURDAY NEXT, 18th iast, Orr & Alcorn. 9646



ROYAL SALEYARDS, 1 ] MoORK-SXKKBT. I ( -DUNCAN & CRAWSHAW, I i Auctioneers, Licensed Land Brokers, Stock, Estate, and General 1 ‘ Commission Agents, Accountants, Valuators, &o. Regular auction sales every SATURDAY at 12 o’clock, of Horses, Cattle, Pigs, Poultry, Produce, and Merchandise. Straight up and down treatment, and prompt settlement guaranteed. Special sales conducted as required. < Transfers, Mortgages, Leases, and snch like documents prepared under tho Laud Transfer Act. Agents for the Victoria Insurance Co., Limited, 9*560 DUNCAN & CRAWSHAW TIMBER, TIMBER. TIMBER. WE are now receiving from Southland Mills FRESH SUPPLIES OF ALL SIZES BUILDING TIMBER, Consisting of Red and White Pino Scantling, T, G. ( Flooring, T 6. Lining, PlainandDtesaed Weather boards. A Large Stock of Kauri on hand, which beL g stored in sheds is ready for im mediate use. TUCKER AND RESTELL. September 18, 1886. J 9660 ROSS having disposed of his practice to Dr J. M. Tweed, requests that 1 all Accounts bo paid before the 23rd inst, after which date those remaining \ 1 unpaid will be placed in tho hands of his Solicitor. Dr Ross will carry on the practice, in conjunction with Dr Twoed, for some time, and may be consulted as usual at bis residence. 9§597 FOR COUGHS, COLDS, Bronchitis Asthma, Coryza, Influenza, Con sumption, &c. KAY’S COMPOUND OF LINSEED, Aniseed, Seneg a, Squill, Tolu, &o wiih 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’B TIC PILLS, a specific in Neuralgia, Face-ache, c. Con tains Quinine, Iron, &c. . /^OAGULINE.—Cement for Broken t V/ A rticles, 3 Sold Everywhere. Sole Makers :—KAY BROS,, Stock - port, England.