DAILY MEMORANDA.

MEETING', y.USEMENT'I Etc r i ue-day September 21 St Stephan's -''choolroom—Concert a'. 8 o clock Wednesday, September 22 Ashburton Debating Society—Meeting iu the Arcade r hambera at 8 oMock Friday, September 24 DramaticSrc «’y—Meeting in Oddfellows Hall at 8 o’clock Friday, October *1 Agnhurtoa County Couuoil — At Council Chambers, 11 a. :n. Satuudiy, October 2 Wr.kannl Road 13 erd—Moith’y meeting the Board's office, Moore street, at 11 a.m. .Mo -DAY, OCT.-BER 4 0 srots-ih Council, at Borough Council Chambers a: 7.30

RAILWAY TIME TABLE.

Trains Arrive at Ashburton —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 xj.m. (express). From Mount Somors, 10.5 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 Mount Somers, 5.5 p.m

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN.

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MAIL NOTICES.

■Walla close at the Ashburton Poet Office follows: — For Christchurch and North at 6 a. n. 0.30 a.m., and 5 p.m., daily. For Chertsey Hakaia, <fco., at 10.30 a. m and 5 p.m. daily. For Dunedin,Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Joldstream, Eangitata, Orari, Winchester, ,nd Geraldine, at 10 a.m. daily. For Temuka, at 10 a.m. and 4.30 p m daily. , for Timaru and South, at 10 a. in., ar.Q .1 30 p.m., daily. For Greenstreet, on Wednesdays and turdays, at 10.45 a.ia. For Wakanui, Elgin, Seaview, Seafield, nd Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and •turdays, at 6.30 a,m. For Mount Somers, daily at 4.30 p.m For Mayfield and Buapuna, oa Mon days and Thursdays, at 4.30 p.m. For Ashton, Y* T aterton and Loagboach, 4.30 p.m. daily. For Flemington, on Mondays, Wednos lays, and Fridays, at 4.30 p. m. For Newlanda, on Tuesdays and rrl at 10.30 &.m. Malls arrive at the. Ashburton Post nfioe— From Christchurch and Raksia at 10.16 :.m., 4.35 p.m., and 7.20 p.m. From Chertaey, &c. at 10.15 t and ,35 p.m. daily. From Dunedin »nd Intermediate place? 6.3° , 'a.m. daily, slroui rotnuka and Timaru at 10.40 a.m p 5 30 p.m drily. From Greenstreet, Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 10 i.m. Irom Mount Somers, daily at 10.5 Am. _ From Mayfield and Ilnapnna, on Wed oesdays and Haturdays, at 10.5 a.m. From Ashton, Waterton, and Long each at 10 a.m.- daily. . From Newlanda, on Tuesdays and Fn ys, at 2.30 p.m. From Flemington on Tuesdays, Thuro ays, and Saturdays, at 10a.m.

KIMBERLEY GOLDFIELDS.

Early Seed Potatoes Good Derwent Potatoes Sound Oinions, and quantify of Apples by the case. * J, CANNING, FRUITERER AND CONFECTIONER East street, Ashburton

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1886. BROUGHT TO BOOK.

(As in a recent issue we quoted thi opinion of an undoubted authority tha nothing has for many years done this colony so much injury as the damaging statements made in “Oceana,” it i; matter for congratulation that probably the most brilliant pen in New Zealand has recently be>:n employed in the useful work of undeceiving English readers as to the accuracy and re liability of James Anthony Froude, In choosing the pages of The Nine teenth Century” as his medium ol communication, Mr Edward Wake field (for it will already have been seen tha'Jthe talented member for Selwyn is the writer to whom we refer) has selected a channel through which he will reach the very class among whom Froude has hitherto been an accepted authority and whom it is most desirable to reach and set right as to the true facts of the case. And admirably well has Mr Wakefield acquitted himself of his task, for he has so completely ex posed the ignorance of the great historian that it is hardly possible that his history of New Zealand and Aus tralasia generally can hereafter be re garded as of the smallest value as a history, or as anything more than pleasant reading of a more or less fictional character. Certainly Mr Froude gets no quarter, but he as certainly deserves none, Mr Wake field’s exposit of his inaccuracies being as trenchant as it is complete. Not that “ Oceana ” and all that it con tains is indiscriminately condemned— on the contrary Mr Wakefield writes in terms of the highest admiration of the opening chapter which he characterises as “ So wise and true, so learned, so

liberal and so splendidly eloquent that thousands of colonists have read it with a beating heart,” but this, he says, “ is an essay —a monograph—the rest of the book, except the chapter on the Cape, bearing no relation to it what ever, It seems to have been written by another hand, at another time, for another purpose. It is like a wooden shanty, run up anyhow on foundations that had been laid for a mighty temple.” “ Mr Froude (continues the writer) takes not even one step from the sublime to the ridiculous, fie places nothing but a leaf of paper be tween them. On one side, in Chapter I, we soar with him over continents and oceans, and through ages of time, in contemplation of the growth of em pires and the mysterious destiny of nations. On the other side, in Chapter 11, we are sickened by the twaddle of the cuddy of the s,s. Australasian.” Equally high praise to that bestowed upon Chapter I. is unreservedly given to the chapters on the Gape Colony, which are admitted to contain “ the most lucid and serviceable discussion of the South African question Chat he (Mr Wakefield) has ever met with,” but while it is allowed that Mr Froude f “ knows all about the Cape,” it is clearly shown that he knows very little indeed about Australasia,and that although “no man ever had such opportunities ” he i “never took the smallest trouble to learn i anything about it.” And then Mr Wakefield proceeds to expose Mr , Froude in the following merciless i fashion :—“ He (Mr Froude) arrived at i Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, ; on the ißtb January 1885, and stayed 1 tber 4 one day; and as his description 1

topical of his whole book, I will re it somewhat in detail. His chapter on South Australia only occupies 10 pages. Yet he contrives to compress so many inaccuracies and even gross’ misstatements into that space, that it is difficult to believe he ever really went there at all. He says, ‘ The broad Murray falls into the sea at no great distance to the westward.’ The Murray reaches the sea sixty miles to the eastward of Adelaide, and when Mr Froude was there its mouth had been blocked by sand for two months. Describing Port Adelaide, he says: ‘The harbor was full of ships : great stea mers, great liners, coasting schooner?, ships ot all sort?.’ Port Adelaide is not accessible by large vessels. The ocean steamers lie many miles off. He says he saw in the port ‘ a frigate newly painted,’ and a port official growled out; ‘ There is our harbor defence ship, which the English Government insists on our maintaining ; it is worth nothing and never will be. Our naval defences cost us ,£25,000 a year. We should pay the £25,000 a year to the Admiralty and let them do the defence for us. They can man age sue.h things better than we can.’ Now, either Mr EToude dreamt this or else he was blind and that port offi cial was poking fun at him. There is not and never was a frigate at Port Adelaide. At the semaphore, in the outer harbor, there is a gun-vessel called the Protector, which the South Australian Government maintain en tirely of their own free will, at a cost not of £25,000 a year, but of about £IO,OOO, the latter amount being the whole charge for naval defence. Of Adelaide itself he says :— ‘ We rose slightly from the sea, and at the end of the seven miles we saw below’us in a basin, with a river winding through it, a city of 150,000 inhabitants, not one of whom has ever known, a moment’s anxiety as to the recurring regularity of his th r ee meals a day.’ Adelaide is not in a basin, but on the highest land in the neighbourhood. There is no river winding through it, for the little Torrens has long since been dammed up and converted into a lake in the , arc lands. The population of Ade . laid; with all its suburbs never ex ceeded 75,000, and when Mr Froude ’ was there great numbers of them were leaving daily, starved out by the failure of the harvest, the drought, and com mercial depression. I also was there in January 1885, and I saw more poverty and worse poverty than I ever ; saw before in 25 years’ life in the colonies. I purposely attended a sit ting of the Benevolent Relief Com ; mittee, and learnt something about the anxiety of some of the inhabitants of Adelaide as to the recurring regularity ! of their three meals a day. Since then Government House has been mobbed by multitudes of people clamouring for the means of subsistence. Mr Froude had a grand chance when he was at Adelaide to study a wealthy colony in a state of profound, if temporary, distress ; and that is the use he made of it. He cannot be reasonably accurate even about the most striking peculiari ties of the country. He says ‘ The laugh ; ing jackass is the size of a crow, with the shape of a jay.’ 'lhe laughing : jackass is no more like a jay than it is like an owl. It is neither more nor less than a gigantic kingfisher. He says, “ In the woods its chief amuse ment is to seize hold of snakes and bite their heads off.” This is a habit which the most vigilant naturalist has not yet otierved. There is a popular tradition in Australia that the laughing jackass . kills snakes by carrying them up in the air and letting them drop; but I never saw it done, and I never met anybody who had. The bird is no match for a snake, ‘in the woods ’ or anywhere else. But I need not dwell longer on Mr Frcude’s inaccuracy. He admits that he has a bad memory, and that he does not hear very well, and he says the flies affected his eyes. To these causes I am quite willing to attribute his having recorded on every other page of his book sights or sayings which nobody else ever saw or heard in Austra lasia.” Mr Wakefield’s paper will well repay perusal, and we shall endeavor, if space permit, to give some further extracts from it, more particularly from that portion which relates to New Zea land. Meantime it will be seen from the foregoing that the writer has done the people of Australasia an excellent service, and for which he is thoroughly entitled to the thanks of colonists generally. So also has Sir Charles Clifford, at one time Speaker of the House of Representatives, but who has for many years past resided at Home, and who, writing to the papers, also exposes the great historian’s in accuracies. Alter stating that he (Mr Froude) “ landed at Auckland, and visited an island on the coast ” (Kawau), Sir Charles says:—lt was much 1 lie same as if Mr Froude had landed in Inverness, gone to a shoot ing box of one of the lairds in the North of Scotland, and had then written an account of the state of culti vation in England and Wales. That was exactly what Mr Froude might be said to have done with regard to New Zealand.”

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On Monday a man named Win. Groig, who was working in a quarry at Mount Somers, had his leg severely crushed by a fall of atone. Ha was taken to bis home in Christchurch. Several blocks of fine looking white atone from Mount Somers were sent to Christchurch to-day. Indian-rubber is threatened with a rival. The rubber dealers of Eastern Nicaragua think they have discovered a tree whose gum will give as much satisfaction as rubber, and will, in fact, take its plaoi. They say that the milk of the tuno tarnishes a most excel lent gutta-percha, equal to the best found in the eastern topics, while the number of trees is virtually inexhaustible, and the gum can be produced with a profit at twelve cents a pound. The Wellington correspondent of the Press says :—lt is understood that Major Atkinson will go on a stumping tour of the whole colony shortly, unless prevented by the ill-health of Mrs Atkinson, who was hoped to bo recover ing after her recent illness, but whose condi tion has changed for the worse. The Hon. John Bathgate, 3 M.L.C., died at Dunedin yesterday. He arrived in the colony in 1803 as manager of the Otago Bank. He was for a short time manager and editor of the Ofiujo Daily Times- He was Provincial Solicitor in the Provincial Executive, and afterwards became member of the Vogel Ministry. He is survived by twelve children, nearly all grown up, and tweuty-seven grand children,

In our telegrams on Monday it was stated that the body of a man had been found at Island Bay, near Wellington, It has been ascertained the body is that of a laborer named Ward, who has for some time being out of employment, and impost mortem exami nation revealed the fact that death was due to starvation.

The Wellington ghost—or rather one of them, for the city appears to have been troubled by more than one of them recently was captured on Thursday night, on Thorndon Quay, in the shape of a young man wearing a white garment over his clothes. The offender, who said “ he had only been having a bit of fun,” will be charged at the Police Court with a breach ot the Police Offences Act by having about him articles of disguise. It is to be hoped that he will be made an example of, for such senseless freaks as these have often the moat disastrous results.

A number of amusing stories are current re the visit of the colonists to Windsor, of which the following is one ;—“ Amongst other things they were asked to sign the visitors’ book at the Castle. Sir John Coniell thought they might consider this something of a nuisance, but he was quite mistaken. The visitors almost fought with one another for precedence in signing. Such phrases as 1 1 come next, sir I’ ‘ Don’t push me, sir 1’ *My wife and daughter have not signed yet, sir !’ eould be beard on all sides by the Court officials, who were vastly amused.” The Ashburton unemployed have, we understand, been put to work In the Domain, cleaning out the water course, and in the Borough reserve in the river bed. Both these works are urgently needed. The Works Committee of the Council will hold a meeting to-morrow, in order to decide how the men will further be employed. It is probable that the Committee will determine upon making improvements in the Domain to the value of the balance of the Government grant. The Borough Engineer, Mr C. E. Fooks, some years ago prepared a scheme by which the rciervoir in the Domain might be rendered very ornamental, and be also has in view, we believe, a very suitable site for a swimming bath. Ho will lay this scheme before the Committee to morrow, and it will decide what portion of his proposals will be carried into effect.

“ Citoyen Lisbonne,” the ex-conviofc who recently opened a cabaret in Paris as a tra vesty on a prison, where the waiters are dressed as convicts and lettered, and where the chr/ represents the executioner, who grimly tells his customers that he will be “ ready lor them in ten minutes,” appaers to find the realistic ideas pay. He is just about to open a second oale, where the tables will be coffins decked with sculls as saltcellars, and where customers will be waited upon by young girls “ got up ” as corpses and habited in shrouds.

The blind man, Thomas Glenn, who lelt the Old Men’s Home on Monday evening, and who, it was supposed had been drowned, has been lound and restored to the Institution. Just before dusk yesterday evening be was seen near Tinwald by a runner o 1 the Guardian, who informed the police. Glenn was allrigbt, with the exception ol a cut on the nose, which be sustained by falling over a wire fence.

Many ol the Pintw Insignis trees in Ash burton have been attacked by a blight, which, we are told, invariably proves fatal to the trees. To the naked eye the blight presents the appearance of a whitish fluff adhering to the bark of the branches, but an examination of this woolly matter with a powerful micro scope reveals the fact that it is swarming with curious-looking insects, while masses of yellow eggs show how fast the propagation of the species is going on. It is a great pity tha 4 nothing, apparently, can be done to check the ravages of this blight, lor the trees it attacks are all handsome, fast growing ones. Innumerable *' anxious enquirers ” have to day msde our life miserable by their requests for information as to whether the glass case, the Borough Council have pro cured to display the curios, which are the nucleus ol a future Ashburton museum, is also intended for the reception of the Borough water cart.

In Chicago there is a boy who possesses ‘.‘cat’s eyes," and can sea in the dark. At the State Eye and Ear Infirmary he was taken into a dark room and there various tests were made which proved beyond doubt that this is a genuine case. The eyeballs glistened like balls ol fire, and upon a close examination it was found that the lad’s eyes are formed in the same manner that a oat's are. The larger portion of the iris is missing, only a small portion being visible on the outer side of each eye. When taken inro a dark room an immediate expansion takes place which enables the boy to see perfectly, A strong light blinds him, and from this same peculiarity the boy is able to see objects at a distance with much more clearness than elose at hand. All the oculists are agreed that nothing can bs done for the child. Use American Co.’s Hop Bitters once and you will use no other medicine. Test it. Take no other. Be sure and read The best known remedy is SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Test its eminent powerful effects in coughs, cold, in fluenza, etc.—tha relief is instantaneous. Thousands give the most gratifying testi mony, His Majesty the King of 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 tha genuineness of our references. Tha 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 sneh, 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 banging loose, and half of <he phalanx of the nail of the middle finger was coaled. The wounds thus con tracted healed in three weeks under daily applications of Eucalypti Extract dressing The patient has etained the full use of hand.—(Advt.l

ASHBURTON LIVE STOCK MARKET

Mr E. G. Stavely (for New Zaaland Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited) reports on live stick sale, 21st inst. : —About 4500 sheep and 40 head of catt'e formed the day’s supply. There was a good attendance, and business was brisker A strong inquiry was manifested for good young crossbreds, and, under keen competition, enhanced values re sulted, almost every lot changing hands, forward crossbred wethers made 9s 10d. 10s Id, 10s 01 and up to 12s ; do mixed sexes, 10s 31 and 10s 6d ; forward merino wethers, 6s 9 1 ; fat lambs, 7s 6d ; medium crossbiei hoggets, 6s 2d and 6s lOd ; good do, 7s 11, 7 s lOd and 8s; good merino ewes, in lamb, 6s 8 I ; poo- do, 3s lid ; goad merino ewes, with 90 per cent crossbred iambs, 6s 2J. Ca tie were without alteration. Urdinary fat cows, £4 16a ; medium dairy do ; £4 and £0 16j apiece,

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Stunky, September 16. The Assembly is holding long sittings, and pushing through the railway Bills. Tne Qo-uie has resolved to sit on Mondays in order to bring the session to a speedy close. A girl named Mary Hicks, aged about seventeen, was criminally assaulted by some nine or ten young ruffians in the scrub near Moore Park. The victim was lured ti the spot, and was in the hands rf the miscreants several hours In tbs a c to - noon. Nine arres'a have been made. Mr This. Walker, who died recently ; left a million and a quarter of money. He btqioatha £IOO,OOC to the Convalescent Hospital on the Paramatta river besides other charitable bequests. The Governor is visiting Albury, where he met with an enthusiastic reception. The funeral of Mr Shepherd Smith was very largely attended. The Assembly last night, by 44 votes I to 2, upheld the Speaker’s ruling in reference to the ercroachmeut of the con tinous sitting up n another sitting day of the Assembly. The Customs Duties Bill passed the second reading in the Council by >» large maj irity. The conference with the Ships Owners Association commences on the 21st inst. The pioneer boat of the German mall line left yes erday Accounts from Kimberley are very un satisfactory ■ Melbourne. September 16. The Assembly has voted £IOOO to Mrs Marcus Clark. The ceremony in connection with the laying of the memorial stone of Parlia ment House is to be quite of a national character. Adelaide, September 16 The South Australian Parliament do rot intend to introduce a Federal Council Bill this session Two distinct shocks of earthquake were felt at Gladstone on Monday night. Hobart, Septem er J 6. A criminal information laid by Colorel St H ill against the Mayor for detaining his deposit money lodged at the recent election was dismissed. The defence was that the Returning Officer was served with a notice from the Registrar in Bank ruptcy.

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Auckland, Sep-emher 21. The body found in the Waitca riy r, near Te Aroha, hat been indent!fied as a jobbing gardener named J. H. Stewart, of Cambridge. Mr Balance and Colonel Whitmore In spected the harbor fort fioatlons. also the cartridge factory to-dsy, and were much pleased with the progress made 4. wrestling match be!ween Matthews and Bunsen has been arranged for £SO a side and the championship of New Zea land, to take place In six weeks Wellington September 21 For the next meeting of the Ci'y Council the Mayor ha* given notice to move—“ That no rate he (track on account of the hospital and chiritablo aid daring the present financial year.” Tne police have laid an information against the Ge?r Refrigerating Oompv y for having sold Native game ont of season it appears that the game sold is Natl c o pigeons and ducks, and that th*se had been kept In the Company’s refrigeratcr from before the closing rf the (hooting season The police contend that under 'the Animals Protection Act sales after the end of Ju’y are illegal, even though the goods are in a frozen state. The case will be hoard on the 29 b inat Hokitika, September 21. A girl named Houston, e’eveti years of age, was drowned in the Hok tka river, near Woodstock, t- —lay. She was, with two girl companions, playing on a log, when she slipped into the river, teh feet deep The ethers ran for help, and a brother plunged in and recovered the body. Effort sto restore animation proved fruitless.

ENGLISH SOCIAL LEGISLATION.

Two short measures wh’ch possess special interest to us are now before the British Parliament. One is “An Act to limit the hours of l*bjr of children and young parsons in shops," and consists of only nine clauses, and is intended to he brought into operatk n on the Ist November next. The tut in clauses provide that a young person shall not be employed in or about a shop for a longer period than seventy-four honra, including meal times, in any one week ; and, farther, that he shall not to the knowledge of his em ployer be employed in a shop if be has been previously, on the same day, em ployed in any factory or workshop as defined bv the Factory and Workshop Act of 1878 for the number of boors permitted, by the s id Act, or for a longer period than will complete such number of hours. The fifth clausa provides that the employer shall be liable to a fine of £1 for every person employed contrary tojjthe provisions of the Act, The second measure referred to consists of but five clauses, and provides for the punishment of publicans who sell intoxicating liquors, for consumption on the premises, to any person under the ace of thirteen years.

THE MEDICAL VALUE OF WOOLLEN RAGS.

The following piece of information, culled from the Philadelphia Ledger , should prove valuable :— *• The smoke from burning woollen rags is said to have cured—among others—two cases of ex tremely dangerous wounds ; one made by a sewing machine needle, which broke in a woman’s finger after penetrating it The machine had to be taken to pieces before the needle could be extracted, and one of the needle fragments was found to have been bent almost double against the bone. Another case was from the bite of an angry cat, which tore the flesh from wrist to elbow. The danger of look jaw and the pain, which in both these cases was extreme, were entirely removed by holding tbs injured finger and arm over the smoke of woollens burned over the ctals. The voucher for this cure says : ' Let woollen rags be held sacred and al ways at baud Perhaps it might become as favorite a remedy for dog bite as caustic is. The wound does not heal im mediately, but the pain is said to dis appear at once, and not to return." Simple remedies are often the moat effec tive.

A FAMILY ATTACHED BY RATS.

The following appears in the Crommtll Arg tea: —On Wednesday night Mr Me Laughiin, the teacher of the Cardrona school, was startled from bis sleep by one of his children screaming oat that some thing had bitten his ear. Mr McLaughlin struck a match, and saw four or five rats running off the bed. He examined the child’s ear and found it torn in two or three places and the child’s face and ncek covered with blood. This child has been lying in a precarious state between ll f e and death for the last six days from rheumatic fever caught by sleeping on the fl jor of the house. Mr McLaughlin left a candle burning and went to sleep again. In aboot an hour a younger child was attacked and bit in several place In the palm of hia hand and his fingers, which were extended over the bad clobbers. This child was attacked on the face also, and the pillow was perfectly saturated wth blood. Towards morning Mr Me Laughiin flang himself on the bed and bad scarcely gone off to sleep when he felt a very acute pain under hia left eye, and putting up hia baud he laid it on a rat. Mr McLaughlin called in several of the resi lents attest the cuts and marks on the children and the blood.

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN [rEDTKK’s TBLEG SAMS OOPTBXOHT.] THE NEW HEBRIDES. London, September SO, A despatch has been received at the Foreign Office from the French Govern ment, stating that France has no inten tion of seizing the New Hebrides, and that the landing of troops in those is lands was merely for the purpose of protecting French subjects. The des patches deprecate the excitement which has been caused in England by the French action in the New Hebrides, and the acrimonious tone of the Eng lish press in discussing the subject. MR GLADSTONE. Mr Gladstone arrived in London to day from Bavaria. THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS. The Shaw - Lillywhite team of cricketers have sailed for Australia. THE AORANGL Pro Janeiro, September Si. The Aorangi, from Wellington, Aug. 26th, arrived here on the afternoon of the 18th inst. Her cargo of frozen meat is in good condition. DEATH. Albany, Septembr 31. Arrived, yesterday—Carthage, from London, Aug. 13th. Anthony Hordes, the promoter of a scheme for construct ing the railways ol Western Australia on the land grant system, died on the passage from Colombo,

SPORTING

. AJ 0, MEETING. Sydney, September 21. The A.J.C. Meeting wu continaed t«- diy. Followirg are the pricefpnl re sults;— The Great Metkopolitan Ftakis, of SO Bcvs each, with 300-ots added ; Hesod horse 100 sore, and third 50aoy*. Two miles. Mr T. Jones’ hr h Bohemian, Syn. - ist 4.b*.« ... ... • ••• 1 Mr J. Mayo’s b h ’• he Jewe, syra, 7at 6 b » Mr W. U 'Sjm'i cb eLord W>UUa, 8 yrs, 6 t 9it» ... ... ... ... S Nineteen horses Vetted, and the nee X# jolted ia a ve-y close finish, Boheir itn winnng by a head Time, 3tniu 81f ae. The Richmond Stakes were wo* by Telman, M tadv r being tteond, and Sumatra th rd Nina horaea started. Won by a head. Time, 50£iee The Oska resulted in a dead heat be tween Tamarisk a.d Crossfire, A ante being third. Time. 2min 40^sco. PLUMPTON PARK RACING CLUB’S SPRING MEETING. Christchurch, September 21. The Spring Me tug of the Plumpton Park Racing Hub was held to-day. The Plump'on Handicap, of 60 sots, one and a quarter mile was} a splendid race. Won by a length, a neck between second and third. Mr H. Luna's Kineask, 7st 12lb ... 1 f*ir O G. Stead’s Marion, 9st 121 b ... 2 Mr Higgott’s Fatncian, 7st 71b ->• ... 3 Thr e others ran. Time 2 minute* 16 3-sth seconds. Two-yeab-odd Flutter, of 60 bovs. Foot furlongs. Mr P, Butler’s ch c Northcote, by Bundoora—Miss Sykes, Bst 51b ... 1 Hon W. Reeves’ Kimberley, by Apre mont—Martyr, Bst SIbJJJ 2 Mr E. Cutts’ Lorraine, by Aprement —Mar a Theresa, Sat 51 b ... ... 3 Won by a length. Time— 57 sec. Mr Sleightboime’s Mammoc woo the Handicap Hurdles, of 50 sots, beating five others. GERALDINE RACING CLUB. The following acceptances have been received for the Spring Meeting : FIBST DAY. MAIDEN HURDLE RACE. Rob Roy I Clytie Teumka j King Arthur MAIDEN PLATE. Wairnna I Larry Urland { Tasmania Archduke | Q.R.C. HANDICAP. Hermitage Athol Daisy Kingask Spade Gaines Patrician Derwenter Taran talus SIRES' PRODUCE BTAKI&. Ch g, by Daniel Chantilly, by O’Rourke A premoat Fair Nell, by Flatcatoher. by Apremont Guy Fawkes SELLING RACE. Larry i Branette Finance | NOVEL RACE. Opera I Bed Robin Finance | SECOND DAT. HANDICAP HURDLER, Secretary I Irish King Bagabot I Temuka NOVEL HURDLES. Seagull | Pirate GERALDINE CUP. Hermitage | Spade Guinea Derwenter ] Patrician COUNTY PLATE. Ch g, by Daniel Beziqne O'Rourke-Alice Zelot Little Arthur FLYING HANDICAP. Athol Daisy J Derwenter Taran talus | Erin-go-bragh

FOOTBALL

NEW SOUTH WALES v. AUCKLAND. Aucklahd, September SI. The football match ~ Auckland v New South Wales—came off at Newmarket this afternoon. From 3000 to 4000 people were present, and the weather was splendid. Mr Me Arthur umpired for Sydney, and Mr £ F. Cotton for Auck land: Ur Thomas R, Henderson ac:ed as referee, hhaw captained the Sydney and Ryan the Auckland team. In the first team Colqnhoun (Sydney) potted a gaol from the field, and Marshall (Auckland) got a try, which McCausland converted Into a goal. In the second term Sydney did not play so well, while Auckland played a man ahott, McCans* land having retired through a strained leg. Whiteside g. t two tries. Ryan failed to kick in one case, but Lnckie converted the other into a goal. Marshall got another try, but Lockie failed to kick a goal. The match ended in Auckland a inning by fourteen points to four. Seven new men were in the Auckland team, Arneil, Polland and two Warbr cks being out of li i raone the Aucklanders} Marshall, Whiteside, Madlgan, Lindsey acd lu kie jLyai well, aid for Nsw Mouth Wales, Austin, Colqnhoun, Walker and Shaw. The Sydney tsam have de cided to atop till the next boat, on Tues day, and will play another match op Saturday.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1886



Per Quarter.. 6s 6 d. by post. 9b 6d Half-year 12s 6d, by post, 18s 6d (J Tear .. 4s Od by post, 37s Od rr booked : 9d Per Quarter.. 7s 6d, by post. 10s Half-year 15s Od. by post, 21s 6d Year 30b Od, by post, 43s Od



Sj Oi Wanted. 1 r i a e d a d h I, F r ;e n n d d I, d n n h rl it 5 \ITA>T?D Known- That a competent VV Biilard-marker has taken the Bit 'lard Room of Butler’s Fami'y Hotel. Pool every evening. 0052 WANTED to LET 4-roomrd 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 perlb; Sago, 2Jd; Tapioca, 2sd; CnttingSalmon, 8d i Venus Nailrod, 6s 6d ; Groats, 9d. J. McGrkoor. Tancred Street. PHOTO aud Scrap Albums, Writing ... Cases, Ladies’ Plush and Leather Hand Bags Purses —H. M Jones t\ r ANTED known our Tuner, Mr H. W Thompson, is now in town. All orders sent me will be promptly attended to — H. M. Jones. 9686 WOMENS CHRISTIAN TEMPER ANCE UNION. Usual meeting at Primitive Methodist Church, WED NESDaY afternoon, at 2 o’clock Address bv the Rev D- H- McNioboll. All are iavited. L. 6^ WANTED Known—The Lucky Jar of Peas will bo opened and counted on the 11th of next month, whan £2O in prixos will be given away. Every purchaser ti the amount of 10s has a chance. Don’t delay—be in time. Hayes and Co., Arcade. JUST OPENED—Choice ssrortmeut of New Spring Dress bluffs. Prints, Millenry, etc )ho cheapest House in town for first class poods. Presents to the value of 2s in the £. Dressmaking on the premises. H. C. Seqers, Mel ford House. _ VS 7ANTED KNOWN—Long looked for come at last. T. Honlt, having commenced bacon curing, bo U able to supply a real good Pork Saufage at fid per lb at the Factory, Moore st, Ashburton, Pigs cured in any quantity dried, smoked and delivered home at One Penny per lb. T. Houi/r. 7 ‘ : l7 Special Advertisements Wanted known THAT MRS STRIPLING HAS REMOVED from old premises in Burnett street (next to the Arcade) to the PANAMA BuAB DING-HOUSE, TANCRBO STREET (Lately occupied by Sir Lucas). 8°537 SERVANTS WANTED. SEVEN GENERAL SERVANTS and one COOK for Ashburton and snburbs. Also, one COOK and one GENERAL SERVANT for the country. Apply to Mrs Randall’s Registry ffice. A. W. HAND ELL, FRUITERER, Ac, To vn Stull. Ashburton. d CENTRAL HOTEL. JW. McRAE having taken the above m Hotel, solicits a share of patronage (j from the people of Ashburton and sur rounding districts Best Brands of Wine s 5 Spirits and Beers. . Good Stabling Feeds, One Shiuim}. 1 Horses and Buggies to let on hire at prices to meet the times For the convenience of travellers 3 hansom cab will meat a l trams. 1 Trees Trees Trees b - IJIIIH undersigned has FOR SALE all J_ kinds of : FBUIT AND FOREST TREES, Pinns Insignia, Austrians, Maritima, and Macrocarpa, by tens of thousands; other kinds in proportion. All kindsof cabbage plants, etc, on sale s All orders by post or otherwise shall receive my best attention. N.B.—Gentlemen's Gardens tastefully t laid out. All kinds of planting done by contract. JAMES PORTER, CLIFTON NURSERY, * A 75 Allen ton. Ashburton.



B LACK, BEaTTIH & COMPANY, Criterion House, 201, 203, 205, High street, CHRISTCHU RGH. We have the pleasure to advise our Customers and the residents generally !n the Ashburton District that we have ow received very large Shipments of NEWEST DRAPERY GOODS the Present treason. The advantages which we possess in being able to buy In .he Best British Markets, and the thorough experience of our buyer, enables ns to supply all Goods nnaer OUB Cash system of business AT LOWEST P°lo ES. Wo endeavour tcglve cur Customers best value prod' b le, whatever Prices hey may wish to pu ch* !e Goods at, and Stock >9 so LARGE AND WRLL-ASSORTED hat the most varied want* can be sup plied. We append a list of our Depart ments, In each of which an Immense Variety of most Novel and Fashionable will be foun t DRESS DEPARTMENT HOSIERY DEPARTMENT MANTLE DEPARTMENT j dressmaking department MILLINERY DEPARTMENT DRbSS DEPARTMENT HOSIERY DEPARTMENT MANTLE DEPARTMENT DR ES SM AKIN G~DEPARTMENT millinery"department CLOTHING DEPARTMENT UNDERCLOTHING DEPARTMENT TAILORING DEPARTMENT EOUSEHODL FURNISHING MANOFACXtraE from various Mills Including » LANKETS, FLANNELS & TWEEDS OF ASHBURTON MANUFACTURE. OiSH S93XEM AND CASH PbXCKF. LACK, BEATTIE &CO. GENERAL DRAPERY WARE LOUSE TAILORS, DRESSMAKER *wo MILL^BBT.



NEW ZEALAND CLOTHIM FACTOR The new goods for m WINTER SEASON ABE ’ NOW OPENED OUT. i ___ The Stock is THE LARGEST & BEST SELECTEI IN THE T«>WN, And the variety of Style and Patterns ii Men’s, Youths’, and Boys’ Clothing leaves nothing to be desired. Thousands of Men’s and Boys' Suits newest styles. Trousers and Trousen and Vests manufactured of Nen Zealand Tweeds. Every garment warranted shrunk Overcoats, Waterproof Coats and I in great variety TTata, tompria ng every new stylo worn Children’s Jersey Suits, Children’s Men of-War Suits Ger'*emeu’s Hosiery, Scarves; Oxford Regatta and White Shirts Rugs, Portmanteaus, and Travelling Bogs Iha celebrated WEHTHEIM SEWING MACHINE. Time Payments. NCLOTHING FACTORY, East Stp.kkt MACPHERSCN, SAMPSON, & CO ACCtTUNKERS, VALUATORS, STOCK LAND, .AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS, Will hold + heir regular WEEKLY SAIE of Horses, Cattle, Pigs, Poultry, Produce, and Sundries, at the CENTRAL AUCTION MART. Havelock street. I EVERY SATURDAY, at 12 o’clock sharp ! Special f ales conducted when required on verj - easy terms. Agents for— Mutual Life Assurance Society of Victoria Limited. The Equitable Fire Insurance Associa tion of New Zealand. Messrs Booth, Macdona’d, and Co., Christchurch. P. McN’eave’s Patent Foolrot Appli* cation. For Sale — 2 Second-hand Spring Traps (nearly - new) 1 Superior Second-hand Dogcart (aluiost new) 1 Blacksmith's Patent Portable Forge Quantity Superior Hurdles Several Properties to Let or for Sale. MAOPSERSOS, SAMPSON & CO., £9593 Auctioneers,



Victoria House, EE-ORG ANIS AT lON OF BUSINESS. REDUCING STOCK RETIRING from the FANCY DRESS, HATS, and MANTLE EPAKTMENTS of the trade. PHENOMENAL VALUE now being given, and to bo obtained until AUGUST 20tb NEXT. DIMANT AND COE, GENERAL DRAPER', CIO THIERS, &c. t East and Tancred streets, Ashburton.



Special advertisements. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BANKRUPTCY THIS DAY GLLi Beath & Co. yyiLL offer the STOCK-IN-TRADE THOMAS JACOBS, DRAPER AND CLOTHIER Late of High street, Christchurch, and Akaroa. AT A DISCOUNT 2QB. IN THB jQ Also, the STOCK in the BANKRUPT ESTATE of SIMPSON AND HARPER, WOOLLENDRAPERS, AT A DISCOUNT or 08 gD. IN THB TOTAL VALUE £23IO 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 fonr months, whilst the largest portion i t Thomas Jacob’s Slock was purchased by him this winter. PUBLIC NOTICE. R E M~O~ 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. E beg to advise our valued cus [ VV tomers, the commercial and general public of Ashburton and district, that wo have leased from Messrs Friedlaijder Bros, the large commodious shop next the corner in their new buildings W e shall remove to FRIEDLANDERS’ BUILDINGS on the Ist OCTOBER, 1886, and our Stock will be la-gely increased with NEW DIRECT SHIPMENTS or BOOKS, STATIONERY, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, And NEW MUSIC. Several Hundred Volumes and a Large Quantity of Cheap Bending to be Sold at very Low Prices during the next few days. H. J. WOOD & CO. Booksellers, Stationers, Printers, and Deokbinders, 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 tho public generally that 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., we are now show ing the largest and most attractive stock ever seen in Ashburton. We desirofUpecially to call the attent'on of everyone to a SPECIAL PURCHASE of a SET of SAMPLES, representing tho stock of one of the largest wholesale honses in England. In th : s stock there are no loss than 2242 different articles, comprising Costumes, Mantles, Ulsters, Children’s Dresses, <sc , Pelisses, Ladies’ and Maids’ Corsets, Tunics, Aprons, Hats and Bonnets, Fur Capes, Underclothing, Q lilts. 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 wea'thy city traae, and never before seen in Ashburton At the price wo have purchased these goods we are enabled to SELL them at LANDED COST, and have a fairprofifc, but saving over 50 per cent to the purchaser. Together with these goods, that are, without fear of contradiction, tho cheapest lot ever sold in Canterbury, we have decided to reduce the whole of our stock lo prices to correspond. This SPECIAL SALE will commence On SATURDAY NEXT, 18th inst Orr & Alcorn. 9646



LOYAL SALEYAIIDS, Mooue-rt^.rkt. DUNCAN & CRAWSHAW, ! Auctioneers, Licensed L: n i Brokers, 1 Stock, Estate, aad General , Commission Agents, Accountants, Valuators, Ac. REGULAR AUCTION SALES every SATURDAY at 12 o’clock, of Horses, Cattle, Pigs, Poultry, Produce, aad 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 Laud Transfer Act. Agents for the Victoria Insurance Co., Limi'ed, 9*560 DUNCAN & CRiWSHAW TIMBER. TIMBER. TIMBER. WE are now receiving from Southland Mills FRESH SUPPLIES OP ALL SIZES BUILDING TIMBER, Consisting of Red and White Pine S antling, T G. Flooring, T G. Lining, Plain and Dressed Weather boards. A Large Stock of Kauri on band, which bei g stored in sheds is ready for im mediate nse. TUCKER, AND RESTELL. September 18, 1886, J9G6O DR. ROSS having disposed of his practice to Dr J M. Tweed, requests that all Accounts be paid before the 23rd , inst., after which date those remaining unpaid will bo placed in the hands of his Solicitor, Dr Ross will carry on the practice, in conjunction with Dr Tweed, for some t : me, and may be consulted as usual at his residence. 9§597 FOR GOUGHS, COLDS, Bronchitis Asthma, Coryza, Influenza, Con sumption, «&c. KAY’S COMPOUND OF LINSEED, Aniseed, St neg a, Squill, Tolu, &c wuh Chlorodyne. KAY'S COMPOUND, a demulcent t xpec f orant, for Coughs, Colds, and Chest Complaints. KAY’S COMPOUND, for Coughs, and Colds, is equally serviceable for Horses and CaUle. KAY’S TIC PILLS, a specific In Neuralgia, Face-ache, &c. Oon * taina Qu : nin«, Iron, &o. CO AOULINE.—Cement for Broken A rticles, ’ Sold Every where. Sole Makers r—KAY BROS., Stock port, England,



Balm; sleep, good digestion, rich blood, elastic step and cheerfulness in Arqericaa Co.’s Hop Bitters. Bead and eliere