DAILY MEMORANDA.

MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS Etc Monday, Sipipmber 20 Borough Council, at Borough Council Chamber a at 7.30 Friday, September 24 Dramatic Society—Meeting in Oddfellow* Hall at 8 o’clock Friday, October 1 Ashburton County Council —At Council Chambers, 11a.m. Saturday, October 2 ■Wakanni Hoad B 'ard—Monthly meeting at the Board’s office, Moore street, at 11 a.m.

RAILWAY TIME TABLE.

Trains Arrive at Ashburton— From Christ hurch and the North, at 10.15 a.m. (express), 4.35 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, lO.j B Drains 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.

Mails close at the Ashburton Post Office follows, „ ~ , c _ For Christchurch and North at own 0.30 a.m., and 5 p.m., daily. For Chertsey Rakaia, &0., at 10.30 a.m and 5 p.m. daily. „ , For Dunedin, Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, Mid Geraldine, at 10 a.m. daily. For Temuka, at 10 a.m. and 4.30 p.m for Tim&m and South, at 10 a. m., and ISO p.m., daily. _ , , For Greenntreet, on Wednesdays and turd&ys, at 10.45 a.m. < For Wakanui, Elgin, Seaview, Seabeld, nd Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and •turdays, at 6.30 a. m. For Mount Somers, daily at 4.30 p.m For Mayfield and Ruapuna, on Mon days and Thursdays, at 4.30 p.m. > For Ashton, Waterton and Longbeacn, 4.30 p.m. daily. For Flemington, on Mondvrs, Wednes days, and Fridays, at 4.30 p. m. For Newlands, on Tuesdays and hrl at 10.30 a.m. Malls arrive at the, Ashburton Post Prom 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 and intermediate places 8.30’*- m - daily, pV'roni Tsmuka and Timaru at L.-. 40 a. ai p 5.30 p.m daily. From Greenstreet, Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 10 a.m, , _ From Mount Somers, daily at Io.P From Mayfield and Ruapnua, on Wed oesdays and Saturdays, at 10.5 a.m. From Ashton, Waterton, and Long each at 10 a. m. daily. From Newlands, on Tuesdays and -r n ya, at 2.30 p.m. From Flemington on Tuesdays, ihurb ays, and Saturdays, at 10a. m.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas, et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1886. HOW TO RESTORE PROSPERITY

0 Allhough the facts and figures acl duced by Mr Stead in his very ab! ~ address to the Chamber of Commerc the other day are such as conclusive! demonstrate that, despite the bad time from which we have been so lon q suffering, the colony, as a whole, i making marked and" substantial prc gress, it is nevertheless a fact only to , painfully felt that there is widespreai depression among business circles am a dearth of employment for labor The recent rise in wool is a benefit fo 1 which wo are not unthankful, but i , will not go nearly so far towards rente i dying the ills we are suffering as woulc E a permanent increase in th< 1 value of cereals, and as this last is, wt 1 fear, io. to be looked for it becomes o the greatest importance to considei whether it is possible for us to faring about better times by any efforts of oui own instead of waiting idly for those ■ good times coming, which somehow [ seem never to come. Much might be ' done towards thisby thelighteningofthe 1 burden of taxation and by the fostering and development of our manufactur ing industries, and it will be the fault of the electors if they do not secure the adoption of a policy that will effect these very desirable results by returning at the election, which must now take place in less than a year’s time, men pledged to support the measures we have indicated. What is wanted is not only that our present population should be profitably employed, but that the population of the colony should be doubled or trebled within the next decade, and that profitable employment should be found for the incomers also. In an able article on this subject our Wellington contemporary, the JNcw Zealand Times, points out that “every thing depends on increased popu lation. Our difficulty now is that our population has not increased propor tionately to the preparation we have made for such increase. We have piled up debts, constructed railways, and in curred expenditure generally altogether in excess of a reasonable proportion to population. Hence our troubles, our heavy taxation, our failing revenue, and our present depression. But double the population, and all these troubles would disappear as by magic. The burdens would not be felt, the railways being more proportionate to population would have a paying traffic, and would no longer be charges on the general revenue; that revenue itself would recover its buoyancy and would yield abundantly. The great platform cry of New Zealand politicians ought to be: Diminish the public burdens by multiplying the bearers. To this end our best energies should be directed, and it is a pity that our Parliamentary representatives do not devote a little attention to such an all important subject even at the sacrifice of half the tiresome little “ faddy ” motions with which Parliament is deluged every session. The problem to be solved is plain enough, although, unfortunately, by no means easy of solution. It is to attract a due share of British emigration to these shores. We know what other.places—Canada, for instance —can offer, one inducement being a sea voyage three-fourths shorter. What can we put forth as an equal attraction ? This question ought to engage the most earnest consideration, not only of the Government, but also

of every New Zealand elector. If it could only be successfully solved, New Zealand would speedily enter upon a career of prosperity such as might satisfy the aspirations of the most enthusiastic colonist.” All this is un questionably true, but it cannot be too strongly insisted upon that the two ways in which not only the present but a vastly increased population can be supported in comfort and prosperity, is by the development of manufactures and by throwing open the lands for settlement upon the easiest possible terms. In order to the first, industries suited to the colony, such as the woollen industry, must be fostered and encouraged; and in order to the latter, the policy of village settlement and small farm holdings must be ex tended to every p?rt of the country. The present Government is already doing something in this direction, but there is ample room to do a great deal more, and we trust that Mr Ballauce will push on the good work which he has so well begun.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The usual weekly meeting of the Ashburton Musical and Dramatic Association was held at the Town Hall last evening. There was a good attendance, and one new mem ber was elected. A long discussion took place as to the advisablcness of the Society putting in preparation a pantomime to be held at Christmas. The matter was ultimately left over till next meeting for final considera tion. It was decided that a rehearsal of the drama “ False Colors ” should be held on Friday next at the Oddfellows’ Hall. It was decided that the farce “ Leave it to me ’ should be presented on the race nights. Under the heading “ Personal ” the Prrss says:—“ The friends of Dr Tweed in Lyttel ton will be pleased to learn that ho has decided to settle in this colony. He has purchased the practice of Dr Ross at Ashbur ton. Dr Tweed, it will be remembered, came out as Surgeon-Superintendent of s.s lonic, and acted as locum towns for the late Dr Rouse, and recently for Dr T. O. Guthrie.” The San Francisco mail arrived at Auck land to-day. The Ashburton portion of the mail will probably reach here on Monday evening. A curious application was made to His Honor Mr Justice Johnston in Jianro at Christchurch yesterday. This was for an order, 'the applicant being the Minister for Public Works, for an injunction prohibiting His Honor himself from sitting in a compen sation case to be brought against the depart ment by Hon, J. McLean, of Ashburton. His Honor declined to adjudicate in the matter, and advised Mr Joynt, who represented the Minister, to make his application either at Dunedin or at Wellington.

An entertainment was given to the inmates of the Old Men’s Homo on Tuesday evening last. Mesdames Thomas, Crisp, and Mayne, Miss M. J. Otway, and Messrs Thomas and H. Gates gave musical selections, which were much appreciated. At the conclusion the Master thanked the performers for the treat provided. The Kev George Austen, who has been offered the bishopric of Melbourne, is about 40 years of age, having taken his B.A. de gree at St John’s College, Combridge, in 1803. He obtained the first place in the first class in moral science in 1802, and the Cairns University prize for knowledge of the Greek Testament in 1861. Mr Austin has been rector of Whitby, Yorkshire, since 1875.

la the course of a leading article on our educational system, the Auckland Bell says: ‘Wo cannot help fearing that the much vaunted New Zealand educational system will turn out a race of prigs, possessed of a great deal of book-learning, but wanting in moral character, in physical strength, and in the knowledge of the world, which supplies tact, and that wonderfully useful quantity which can only be expressed by the two French words .w raie faire." In discussing the rabbit question at a meet ing of the Wool Growers’ Association held at Christchurch, on Saturday, Mr J. D. Lance stated that it had been calculated that a pair of rabbits left unmolested would produce, in three years, 13,718,000, leaving 0,859,000 does to continue the multiplication. The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Ashburton Borough Council will be held on Monday evening. One of our farmers (says the Nap ice Tel graph) sent up to Auckland a short time since some cattle for sale, and amongst them some thoroughly lino bullocks, which realised nearly £l2 each in the Auckland market—a price which was considered very satisfactory to the shipper. The purchaser of the animals sent them on to Sydney, where they were im mediately sold and fetched £22 10s each. The party who sent this information wires that had they been held a week longer they would have fetched £25 each. This shows what benefit the settlers would derive if they chartered a steamer so as to trade direct with Sydney. In the meat market beef is fetching 3Ss the lOOlbs.

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. Ilia 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 ofi’er 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 hero 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 tint 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.—(Advtfi

LONDON MARKETS.

The N.Z Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, has received the fo - lowing cablegram from L?ndoa, dated September 14rh : Wool— Competition is increasing, and quo‘at;ons are on an average £d to Id per lh better than at the opening of the sales, except for crossbred iambs washed. The total quantity gold by private treaty since last sales is 20,000 bales, therefore the sales comprise about 265,000 bales net. Up to dts 76 050 bales have been sold.

Wheat Market dull, and foreign arrivals heavy The bulk of the harvest has been secured in fairly good condition. Victorian is worth 35 1 6d, and New Zealand average 33s 01 per 4981 b. Tallow—Market quiet, and quotations unchanged. Leather —Market steady, and best sides are worth lid per lb. Frozen Meat—Market sluggish, and stocks heavy. New Zealand mutton weighing 651 b to 701 b per carcase is worth 4fd per lb.

THE BELFAST RIOTS.

THREE DAYS’ FIGHTING. GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. THE HOSPITALS PILLED WITH WOONDED The rioting commenced again in Belfast on July 31st, caused by a band of music and accompanying crowd on the way to meet a Sunday School excursion The crowd hooted a knot of Catholics assembled on <~arrick Hill, and they re plied with stones. Soon a large mob of Orangemen assembled, and the fight be came general. A large tavern owned by a Catholic named McKenna was wrecked, and also a number of houses believed to be inhabited by Catholics. The police were ordered to fire with buckshot, which they did promptly, killing an errand boy named Knox and seriously wounding many rioters. The mfiitary were also called out. The fighting continued more or less severe tII August G, when affairs assumed a very grave aspect. Iho city was placarded with the Mayor’s proclamation, forbidding assemblages on the street, which was pretty much unheeded. In response to urgent telegrams sent from Belfast to Dublin on the Bth, four hundred soldiers, summoned by bugle in the streets, were despatched in hot haste to the scene of the riots, followed by a body of two hundred dragoons and infantry next morning. The rioting on the morning of the Bth inst. was severe and sanguinary. It broke out iu the Old Lodge Road, where the police fired on the mob, and in the evening it was renewed with greater violence in the same vicinity, as well as on Grosvenor and Springfield Roads. Many persons with gunshot wounds were sent to the hospital Eleven deaths were reported, and the number of wounded is put down at 200, The Inspector-General was surrounded by the mob in the street, and was obliged to run for his life. On the 9th hostilities were renewed by a fierce encounter between the soldiers and the mob, in which a number of the latter were wounded. A sol Her at close quartet: fired at a boy, a.d shattered his hand, for which ho was arrested. Twelve hundred troops arrived on the 9th, bui all attempts to stop the rioting wer< unsuccessful. The violence of the mol rather increased. Thirty rioters were wounded during the morning by a merer less fire kept up 1 y the police. The hoa pitals were taxed to the utmost tc accommodate the great number oi wounded persons in need of assistance A painful feature was the number oi children wounded, while bands of youthi and girls indulged in every skiod ol rowdyism, ihe shops and business places of the city remained open as usual, bu' the authorities ordered all taverns to bt closed till the evening of the 10th, at the same time notifying the wholesale spirii and beer dealers that a penalty of £l( would be inflicted for selling drink fo; consumption in the vicinity of theii premises. The heaviest fighting on Sun day night (the Bth) occurred at Spring field. Here a battle was waged in regula: guerilla fashion. The Catholics belt the field, protected by the trees while the Protestants occupied ni embrasure opposite, in which thej lay down. The contestants aimec with great coolness, picking eacl other off as if they were so many targets They were not interfered with by police ■ or soldiers, who were fully occupied in the city. It is said that in this afternoor sixty rioters were shot, many fatally, Throughout the day and evening dense crowds gathered in the streets to renew the fighting it was evident, but the troops prevented a fresh outbreak. The Queen’s Island (?) men rejected the Magistrate’s appeal to return to their homes in small bodies instea lof compact crowds. They carried a good supply of missiles, in the event of being attacked. The Magis trates dealt severely with rioters, who were tried in tens about five o’clock in the afterroon. Two men were shot by das tardly persons in different parts of the city. One was killed in the Catholic Cemetery while attending the funeral of a victim of the riots. The city, owing to the wreck and ruin of houses, presented a deplorable aspect. It appearance was similar to that of Pans after the Commune. Tin London Daily News attributes the solo responsibility of these scenes of blood shed to Lord Randolph Churchill. The bitterness or feeling was most intense, and the presence of the police tended to in crease rather than diminish the disorder. The Protestants declare that the Catholics wer« the aggressors, by wrecking Pro testant houses, while the Catholics are equally certain the Protestants were. Of one thing there is no doubt, never did two mobs of different religions display a more bloodthirsty desire to kill or maim each other. During (the fighting on Sunday, the Bth, and the next day, when ever the powder ran short, viragoes on both sides, with flatirons and other imple ments, ground largo grained blasting powder into a size suitable for small arms, while boys of tender age melted lead into bullets and slugs. While the rioters were firing youths and women stood behind them busily loading spare guns in order to prevent loss of time. The fusillade lasted two days, when ammunition gave out, and a tacit truce ensued, both sides removing their dead and wounded to their homes. Both Catholics and Protes tants studiously concealed their losses. On Monday the Protestants received twenty five rifles and much ammunition from * their Ballyniacarret sympathisers, n hilo Ballynahinch Nationalists sent ;he Catholics a supply of ammunit’on and evolvora of the type called ‘Swee'heart.” I his plentifalness of weapons causes alarm or the future and there is a general lemand for a house-to-house search for irms. The city was reported quiet on l h and the wounded are gradually Im >roving. A numerously signed petition i-ns handed to the Mayor on that day

lemandirg the appointment of a .Royal 'rmmiati.m to investigate and report ipon the causes of the disorders which ;ive occurred in Belfast since June last, die Cabinet has decided to appoint aaoh Commission. The Irish newspapers xpt eased great gratification at this. The olice dared not venture into Shankhall □ad district for fear of the mobs. Rioting as resumed on the 15th from midnight, rereading till 4 o’clock am. A rifla cht ocoured on the Bbaukhall and Old 'alls road. One person was killed anc iany wounded. The town seethed with tenement and the recurrence of sectarian rife was in the bloodiest fashion, xpert riflemen joined in conducting the looting from roof-tops, chimney-stacks id street corners. Immense crowds of irtizms, who carefully kept out of ,ngo, assbtid by supplying ammunition id removing the wounded. Sides ware [ually divided. The moon shone brightly ronghout the contest and whenever the ilitary appeared the combatants shifted eir ground. Finally at sp. ra., after e Riot Act had been twice read the oops charged upon the crowds and iared tho streets temporal I'y. The mi b paatedly chaiged upon the police and an der instructing the ’alter io use buck-

shot instead of bulltti was cancelled. An old man and two women, inmates of a house on Oonw.iy street, from which many shots had been filed, were arrested and taken to prison, csoor’ol by a howling m<.b. Ti.e Orange men admitted that in this fight one of their men named McFarlane was killed and two other , named South and Johnston, wounded, also that there were a number of minor casualties on their side. They claim they killed and wounded many Catholics, but the alter deny this, Many houses were

riddled with belle's. . i-urns uf pii-.0u0r.--1 have been brought t > K’lm fnhsra panl and Dublin t> wait trial. The local Bel fast prisons are full. While men from Q ieens Llsnd ware marching home they were met and tarred and feathered. The military in charging the mob on the 15th bayonetted Magistrate Burke, who was in p’ain cloths and assisting wounded rioters Bu ke was taken to the hospital! Despatches of the 18th say that work men had been warned off Queen’s Inland prior to the disorders. Hundreds were at work there. In many large establish ments Catholic employees bare bet n fore ’d to qoit. Nino policemen hare been indicted for murder in unnecessarily firing noon the citizens of Belfast. They applied to the Court of Queen’s Bench for permission to give bail and the request was granted. On the evening of the 23rd the police made an attempt to disperse a mob in the Orange dist lot of Shaukhall. The mob growing infuriated threw volley after volley of stones at the police and rooted them, finishing up hy wrecking the barracks which were defended by 20 men

ARRIVAL OF THE MAIL

[by tbleokaph,] Auckland, September 18. The s s. Mariposa left ’Frisco on the afternoon of August 28th ; Honolulu early September 4th ; Samoa, 12th, and arrived at Auckland early this morning. Pjssen gera Messrs Stevenson, Graham, Brockett, Morris, Withers, Cjx and Sisters of Mary (4), and .22 steerage. GENERAL SUMMARY. The French Ambassador was recalled from the Vatican on August 27, which is taken to precede the disestablishing of the Church in France. Tithe rut* have occurred in North Wales the Miners j lining with the farmers. Mr Gladstone arrived at Munich on August 26tb. A cotton strike involving 6000 opera tives is impending at Bolton, Ashton and Oldham. The demand of the Emir of Bokhara from the Ameer of Afghanistan for “Odsis Rhaysalis ” (sic) is regarded as the fore runner of another campaign in that country. Matierson, the Australian sculler, beat Perkins on August 16 ih over the Thames course.

The hop farmers of England, in a meeting at Tunbridge on August 17th, petitioned for the appointment of a Minister cf Agriculture and greater pro tection for the interest they represent.

Germany has seized a large portion of South Patagonia, and trouble with the Ohili and Argentine Republics is looked for.

A fire in London on August 20th des troyed 40,000 barre's of petoriiam Prices have improved in consequence. Tremendous and sustained riots have occurred at Belfast and also, on August 16th, a serious disturbance at Tungan with great loss cf life. General Redovers Bailer has been sent to Ireland on a special mission, which the Liberals in the Commons accept to mean a renewal of the policy of coercion. The Ourragh of Kildare is being prepared to accommodate several additional regi ments.

A hurricane has devastated Nancy in Franco.

On August 11th a maniac, named Sharti, at empted to kill the Pope on the balcony of St Peters. On August Central Russia suffered great loss from tornados and water spouts, which extended over a large area Tha crops were destroyed and the passe ogars by the steamer Yera were lost on the voyage Two hundred persons have perished from cholera in Italy. Cholera is also be ginning to excite apprehension in Japan. The embankment of thelrrawady river, Mandalay, broke on August 24’h and flooded the entire district. 50,000 persons were rerderad homeless. The Chine <e Government has decided to oppose Russian occupation of Port Lazart ff

Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands, is reported to be over whelmed by land slides of peat. John F, JSurft has been nominated by the Republican party for Governor of California.

The great street-car strike in New Fork has ended

Gatlin the American editor, has been released from the Mexican prison at El Paso and thi warcloud has blown over.

The Hon James Ashbury, the veteran English yachtsman, is in San Francisco en route for Australia.

A great fireoccurred is ’Frisco on August 21 ; leas nearly 800,000 dollars. A heavy s orm was experienced in the Gulf of Mexico on August 20 Galveston and other Texan ports were greatly damaged.

Freacsbourne has retired from the oon su’ship of Samoa. Jen, a leading democratic statesman, died at New York on August 14 Sprecklea steamship troubles have bean settled by the judi-dous action of the Union in Sydney, New South Wales. The Chicago Anarchists have been sentenced to death, one excepted, who is sent to ihe penitentiary for 12 years. Reports have reached Washington that China is preparing to enforce her claim for indemnity against the United States Newfoundland was visited by a storm on August 10 by which a great many vessels and several lives were lost.

A depot »tion of British West Indians called at the Colonial office on August 20 to ask for privileges of trade with the United States and also for a system of bounties for the benefit of British sugar p oducers. The reply of the Colonial Minister was favorable.

BUTTER VERSUS GRAIN.

Every bushel of wheat sold from the f<«rm carries with it the riches of the soil, and instances have been known In which the value of the elements in the wheat even from a commercial standpoint, was greater than the sum obtained from the crop after deducting cost of labor of pro duction ; and it is safe to say that such occurrences are not rare. In dairying, however, the exhaustion of the soil de pends upon hew the product is sold. If the milk is sold entire, there will be more or less fertility, which must be replaced. If carried to the creameries or made Into butter on the farm, the loss Is less and I the skim milk is fed to stock. Of coarse the stock so fed will la time be sent tc market, and will cart; with them that which was grown or produced upon the the farm and feed. But the butter sold will rob the soil of nothing, unless it bo a mere fraction, as the ingredients of the butter do not exist In the soil but in the air. The fat of plants is manufactured from the carbon of the atmosphere, and when used as food is either stored in the body of the animal, made into a product or exhaled. Hence there should be credited to dairying something more than the value of the product of a farm devoted to such lulustry, and that is the returning to the soil of th'e fertilising elements taken from it. When crops of corn, wheat, oats, or grass are sold directly from the farm it is simply a matter of duration of time when the soil will become exhausted and fail to return an equivalent for the expenditure of labor bestowed upon It. —Farm and Field.

TEMS FROM HOME PAPERS.

I* ISH LAND PURCHASE. Under the Gladstone 1-iah Land Bill some of the landlords would have received formidably large sums in the event of their wishing to sell. The Marquis of Down shire would have received £1,529,720, Sir Richard Wallace, £1,358.900; Duke of ' Leinster, £931,430; Earl Fitzwilllam, £928,880; Lord O’Neil, £893,940; and so on. The Marquis of Lansdowne would have received £630,720; and Earl Dufferin, £4.0,860 CORRUPTION IN THE WAR OFFICE. There are many provincial towns in and around which various manufacturing industries that supply necessaries to the army are located ; and every one who haa lived in these towns is aware of the common belief that nothin? can be sold to the War C ffica except by the aid of bribery. It is commonly said in aneb localities that the rejected goods of the manufacturer who will not bribe are accepted when sent la a second time b j another who is leas scrupulous. It is also said that there is quite a thriving industry which consists in buying condemned atorea at one depot, and sending them in again as new at another.— Times, July 29. GOOD EFFORTS OP TEMPERANCE. A New Orleans paper tells of a printer, who when his fel'ow-workmen went out to drink beer during working hours put in the bank the exact amount he would have spent if he had gone out to drink with them. He kept bis resolution for five years. He then examined his bank account, and found that he had on deposit 521 dollars 85 cents. In the five years be had not lost a day from 111-h»alth. Three out of five of his fellow-workmen had, in the meantime, became drunkards, ware worthless as workmen, and were dis charged. The water-drinker then boogfat the printing office, went on enlarging his business, and in twenty years from the time he began to pat by his money he was worth 100,000 dollars. A NOVELTF IN PARASOLS. Tha Americans have introduce! a special novelty in parasols called f * Yum Yrnn' probably after the interesting young lady in Mr Gilbert's “Mikado,” and while it can scarcely be said that It is distinctly Japanese, it is particularly pretty. The frame is quite fiat, and the adjustment of the lining is almost a work of art. The outs : de is made of India or China silk, laid in the fine side plaitlngs from tha top to the tips cf the ribs. The «I:k, a! ready plaited, is gathered full about the top and ted with a large bow of satin r<bbon, and a full puff of the plaitei silk seta up around the stick above the ribbon with a pretty effect. The handle is of carved natural wood, and the satire structure, although strong, Is very light and easy to carry. SOCIAL ANOMALIES. England is the richest country in the world, and yet in no place will you see such concentrated squalor and splendour lying side by side as you do in London, not a stone’s throw from each other. The statistics are almost incredible. flfhen we consider the luxuries—the second necessaries of life—which are so right, so necessary, we find that they are almost entirely confined to a comparatively small upper glass. The whole wealth of tha United Kingdom has been estlmatedat6ooo m 1 ions of money, and 4800 millions fall to the upper c'asaes. Half the labor of the United Kingdom is engaged in pro viding, not the necessaries, but the luxu ries of life. £370,000,000 goes to pro duce the luxuries £< r 480,000 families alone. A MUSICAL NOVELTY. One of the moat unique performances ever witnessed on an English stage was the appearance at St James’ Hall, London recently of a party of Russian singers, under the direction of a gentleman with the euphonious name of Domitri Slavian sky D’Agrenoff, who performed selections of Muscovite national music. All were in brilliant costumes, ostensibly of the sixte nth century, lot the conduct e presented a particular gorgeous appear ance as he stood on a pedestal and waved his h rd in lien of an o.dl isry baton. Russians songs! resemble a form of the Church of England service happily almost obsolete. The teller slugs a phr >sa ala pars n, and the choir respond a la clerk. Some of the effects were extremely quaint and original, and the gradations of tone from a mere whisper to a thundering fortissimo, in which the tones of the basses resembled the pedal reeds of an organ, were very remarkable.

CRICKET.

T3E AUSTRALIANS AT HOME.

[REUTER’S TELEGRAMS—COPYRIGHT. London, September 16‘ A cricket match, tendered as a com plimentary benefit to the Australian cricketers was played at Lord’s yester day and to day, between a selected Eng lish team and the Australian Eleven, The attendance was large and the weather splendid. The Home team want in first, and compiled 319, Grace tatog the chief scorer. The Australian -made 296, Jones, bowled. 67, and Jarvfa, bowled, '64, being the most success n foa amen. The second innings of the Englishmen closed for 196 Able scored 62.

The Australians in the second Innings lost two wickets for 13 runs, and as the match was oily a two days' one, it re sulted In a draw.

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

■Wellington September 17. Foe weeks past some person or persona at the Te Aro end of the city have been * playing “ The Ghost ” business, and 1 numbers of nervous people have received 1 great frights. The police have been on the lookout for some time, but have been 1 unable to discover the miscreant, and the ' papers suggest that chargee of buckshot might exrociae the ghost. The Education Department hare re ceived twenty-five applications for the position of pupil-teacher at the Deaf and Dumb Institute at Summer, bat at preaent It is not certain whether the Civil Service Reform Act will interfere with any ap pointment be'ng made. James M.tchell altos McKenzie, who was charged with robbing Freeman’s jeweller’s shop, was this afternoon com mitted for trial. William Woods and his wife, caterers to the defence force at the defence works at Forts Halswell and Ballance. were to day charged on several informations with sly gtog-eelling, it being alleged they were In the habit of selling spirits to the mem bers of the force. The evidence failed to snbitantiate the charges, and the whole of the informations were dismissed. Mr J. J. Scott, landlord of the Central Hotel, while standing on a small table on the first storey of the hotel this afternoon, searching for an escape in the gas pipe, overbalanced and fell down the well of a staircase, falling heavily on his head, which struck the second step from the bottom. The fall mast have been clear eighteen feat at ’east, and as Scott's weight is 21 stone the results were of oonrss very serious. Scott received a nasty scalp wound, and it Is feared his spine Is in jured. It is not expected he will recover. Scott is a well-known Voln steer and a frequent competitor at meetings of the New Zealand Rifle Assentation.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18. 1886:



IF PAID IN ADVANCE : Per Quarter.. 6a 6d, by post, 9s 6d , Half-year 12s 6d, by post, 18s 6d „ Year .. 4s Od by post, IF BOOKED : 37s Od Per Quarter.. 7s 6d, by post, 10s 9d „ Half-year 15s Od, by post, 30s Od, by post, 21s 6d „ Year .. 43s Od



Wanted. t ). i, ;7 5 t d i, re 36 B ild SO id oh d, v id ry a ce m m is, *. tn id id d, id m >n h » 13 WA'TSD Enown- Thata competent Billard-raarker haa taken the Bit lisrd Room of Butler’s Family Hotel. Pool every evening. 9052 PIANOS, Organs, and Harmoniums on deferred payments, from £1 per month upwards.—H. M. Joses 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 6d ; Groats, 9d. J. McG regob, Tancred Street. WANTED Known—The Lncky 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 haa a chance. Don’t delay—be in time. Hayes and Co., Arcade. JUST OPENED —Choice assortment of New Spring Dress Stuffs, Prints, Millenry, etc. '< he cheapest House in town for first class goods. Presents to the value of 2s in the £. Dressmaking on the premises. H. 0. Segers, Mel ford House. T TAN TED KNOWN—Long looked Vy 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 st, Ashburton, Pigs cured in any quantity dried, smoked and delivered home at One Penny per lb. T. Hoplt. 7 Special Advertisements, W ANTED THAT KNOWN MRS STRIBLING HAS REMOVED from old premises in Burnett street (next to the Arcade), to the PANAMA BOARDING-HOUSE, TANCREDSTREET (Lately occupied by Mr Lucas). 8°537 WESTGATE & BATES, (From G. Elliott, Christchurch), Fishmongers and poulterers, oitster saloon, Tancred street, Ashburton. N.B. —We are now receiving daily Fresh Fish of the best quality. 2048 APPLICATIONS are invited from persons competent to act as Clerk and Overseer to the Mount Somers Road Board ; applicants to state salary required. For information as regards duties, etc , apply to the Chairman. Applications to be addressed to the Chairman on or before noon on 4th October next. 9+5% KIMBERLEY GOLDFIELDS.



st L 5 id Early Seed Potatoes Good Derwent Potatoes Sound Oinious, and quantity of Apples by the case. J. CANNING, FRUITERER AND CONFECTIONER East stroet, Ashburton. 8 CENTRAL HOTEL. id T C having taken the above 1 , Hotel, solicits a share of patronage 5 from the people of Aahbnrton and sur rounding districts. Best Brands of Wine’s Spirits and Beers. Good Stabling—Feeds, One Shillikg. a Horses and Buggies to let. on hire at ° prices to meet the times. .j For the convenience of travellers hansom cab will moat all trains. b Trees Trees Trees : fTUIE undersigned has FOR SALE all X kinds of FRUIT AND FOREST TREES,



SERVANTS WANTED. SEVEN GENERAL SERVANT'S and one COOK for Ashburton and anburba. Also, on* COOK and one GENERAL SERVANT for the country. Apply to Mrs Randall’s Registry ffice. A. W. EANDELL, FRUITERER, &0.. Town Hall, Ashburton. jgLAOK, BEATTIE & COMPANY, Criterion House, 201, 203, 205, High street, CHRISTCHURCH. We have the pleasure to advise our Customers and the residents generally la the Ashburton District that we have ow received very largo Shipments of NEWEST DRAPERY GOODS the Present Season. The advantages which we possess in being sblo to buy in „he Best British Markets, and the thorough experience of cur buyer, enables na to supply all Goods under OUR CASH SYSTEM of business AT LOWEST PRICES. Wa ondaavour toglve our Customers best value prucur b l e , whatever Prices hey may wish to pa chase Goods at, and Stock '8 8j _ LA KG*-. AND WELL-ASSORTED hat the jnost varied wants can bo sup plied. We append a list of our Depart ments, In eaob of which an immense Variety of most Novel and Fashionable will be found DRESS DEPARTMENT HOSIERY DEPARTMENT MANTLE DEPARTMENT DRESSMAKING DEPARTMENT MILLINERY DEPARTMENT DReSS DEPARTMENT HOSIERY DEPARTMENT , MANTLE DEPARTMENT ’ DBS SSM AKIN gTdEP ARTMENT ] MILLINERY DEPARTMENT 1 CLOTHING DEPARTMENT UNDERCLOTHING DEPARTMENT TAILORING DEPARTMENT EOUSEHODL FURNISHING Manufacture from various Mills ’ Including BLANKETS, FLANNELS & TWEEDS OF ashblrton manufacture. OiSH SYSTEM AND CASH PRICKS, LACK, BEATTIE &CO. GENERAL DRAPERY WARE HOUSE TAILORS, I DRESSMAKER ML!/ ERY. J



i Finns Insignia, Aaatriaca, Marltima, and i Macrocarpa, by. tens of thousands; other a kinds in proportion. . All kinds of cabbage plants, etc, on sale f All orders by post or otherwise shall receive my best attention. N.B, —Gentlemen's Gardens tastefully laid out. All kinds of planting done by contract. JAMES PORT •-'.TV 5 CLIFTON NURSERY, i 4 75 Allenton, Ashburton. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTOR rfIHE NEW GOODS FOR THE J WINTER SEASON ■ARE NOW OPENED OUT. The Stock is THE LARGEST & BEST SELECTED IN THE TiiWN, And the variety of Stylo 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, compria : ng every new stylo worn Children’s Jersey Suits, Children’s Men nf-War Suits Hosiery, Scarves; Oxford Regatta aad White Shirts Ruga, Portmanteaus, and Travelling Bogs The celebrated WERTHEIM SEWING MACHINE. Time Payments. N.Z CLOTHING FACTORY, East Street 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 (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 & CO., $9593 Auctioneerr,



Victoria House. EE-ORGANISATION OP BUSINESS. REDUCING STOCK O ETIRIN6 from the FANCY DRESS, HATS, and MANTLE EPARTMENTS XV of the trade, PHENOMENAL VALUE now bein? given, and to be obtained until AU QUSi 20th NEXT. DIMANT AND COE, GENERAL DRAPERS, CLOTHIERS, &c., East and Tancred streets, Ashburton.



Special advertisements. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BANKRUPTCY THIS DAY Gr. 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 IN THE Also, the STOCK in the BANKRUPT ESTATE of SIMPSON AND HARPER, WOOLLENDRAPERS, AT A DISCOUNT



6 s 8 D, IN THE £ TOTAL VALUE £3«10 0 s 0 D Unprecedented Bargains. Stock Sheets in course of publication. The above aro two of the Cleanest Stocks ever offered in Christchurch, Simpson and Harper having been in busi ness only four months, whilst the largest portion of Thomas Jacob’s Stock was purchased by him tins winter. OWLE’S PENNYROYAL AND STEEL PILLS FOR FEMALES quickly correct all Irregularities, and relievo the distressing symptoms so pre valent with the sex. Boxes Is lid and Is 9d, of all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors. Prepared only by The Lincoln and Midland Counties Drug Co.. Lincoln, England. Wholesale of all the Wholesale Houses. Beware of Imitations. I HAVE disposed of my Business In Ashburton to MESSES H. J. WOOD & CO., OF CHRISTCHURCH. In thanking the Public of Ashburton and District for their liberal patronage accorded to me during the years I have carried ou business here, 1 have much pleasure in soliciting a continuance of their favor on behalf of my worthy successors, who will make this a branch of their well-known In reference to the above, we respect fully request the Public of Ashburton and District, and all fnends and customers of Mr Farley, to favor us with a continuance of their commands, and we guarantee to give at all times the value in New Zealand in our line of Business. Notice. STATIONER’S H&LL THOS. P. FARLEY.



An additional stock of Commercial Stationery, of superior quality, and latest new Books, to the value oi £IOOO, will be speedily forwarded from our Christchurch depot. The latest new Books and Magazine will be to hand by every direct steamer from London. Subscribers supplied at our Christchurch prices Any Book out of stock will be imme diately procured from our Christchurch establishment. . 11. J. wood"AND CO., STATIONERS’ HALL. All book debts to be paid to H, J. Wood and Co. THUS. F. FARLEY. fJIHE PROBLEM SOLVED By the aid of mathematical science, and by carefully atudyiu,, the human from in all Its varied phases of development, we have long ago reduced the art of fitting to a certainty. But In these days of falling prices, another problem presents itself for solution, and It is this ; to produce CLOTHING TO MEASURE at the same price as ready made goods so that everyone may en-joy the luxury of a Perfect Frrx ■\q Suit, at the lowest possible expense. It gives us much pleasure to Inform jar friends and the public generally that ms PROBLEM IS ALSO SOLVED, and wo are now making suits in our usual First-class style, at the following prices; £ s d. Fair Tweed Suit to measure ... 3 0 0 Better quality ... ... ... 310 0 Good honest Ashburton or Kai apol Suits 4 0 0 Fancy Coatings, Broadcloths, etc, In proportion. As no margin is allowed for risk of kind, orders at these prices will be 3XB cuted for CASH ONLY. Several large shipments of Autumn and Winter Tweeds and Fancy Coatings just received. Craighead & Co. TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS \SHBURTON.



ROYAL S.-.LEYARDS, MoORE-STKEET, DUNCAN & CRAWBHAW, Auctioneers, Licensed Lend Brokers, Stock, Estate, acid General Commission Agents, Accountants, Valuators, &c. Regular auction sales every SATURDAY at 12 o’clock, of Horsts, 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., Limited. 9*560 DUNCAN & CRAWSHAW TIMBER. TIMBER. TIMBER. WE are now receiving from Southland Mills FRESH SUPPLIES OP ALL SIZES BUILDING TIMBER, Consisting of Red and White Pine Scantling, T. G. Flooring, T. G. Lining, PlainandDressed Weather boards. A Largo Stock of Kauri on band, which bel-i 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 all Accounts be paid before the 23rd inst., after which date those remaining unpaid will bo placed in the bands of his Solicitor, Dr Ross will carry on the practice, in conjunction with Dr Tweed, for some time, .and may be consulted as usual at his residence. 9§597 FOR COUGHS, COLDS, Bronchitis Asthma, Coryza, Influenza, Con sumption, &c. KAY'S COMPOUND OF UNSEPID, Aniseed, Seneg a, Squill, Tolu, &o with Ch'.orodyno. KAY’S COMPOUND, a demulcent ixpcc f orant, 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, Ac. Con tains Qainin=>, Iron, &c. COAGULINE.— Oomont for Broken Articles, Sold Everywhere. Sole Makers :—KAY BROS , Stock port, England,



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