DAILY MEMORANDA.

MEETING 5 , AMUSEMENT- 5 , Etc TUESDAY, SEPiTMBFB 28 St Stephen’s Schoolroom—Lecture at 8 o'clock Friday, October 1 Dramatic Society—Meeting in Oddfellow* 1 Hall at 8 o’ctrqic Aenlmrtcm County Council —At Connci Chambers, 11a.m. Saturday, October 2 Wakar ui Koatl B t-rd Monthly meeting at. the Board’s cffice, Moore street, at 11 a.m. Mp- DAY, October 4 B Toa h Council, at Borough Council Cham’ c - > at 7.30

RAILWAY TIME TABLE.

Trains Arrive ax Ashburton —From Christ hnroh and tbe North, at 10.15 a.m. (express), 1.33 p.m.,. and 7.10 p.m. From Timaru, 10.15 a.m. From Dunedin and South, 5.27 n.m. (express). From Mount Somers, 10.5 a 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.

Mails close at the Ashburton Post Office followd For Christchurch and North at 6 am • ft 3o a.in., and 5 p.m., daily. For Chertsey Rakaia, &c., at 10.30 a. m and 5 p.m. daily. , Vor Dunedin, Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Ooldstroam, Rangitaia, Orari. Winchester, »nd Geraldine, at 10 a.m. daily. ForTemuka, at 10 a.m. and 4.30 p.m '/"or Timaru and South, at 10 a.m., and 1 SO p.m., daily. , For Greoustroet, on Wednesdays and tnrdays, at 10.45 a. m. For Wakanui, Elgin, Seaviow, Seateld, nd Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and »tnrdays, at 6.30 a,m. For vlount Somers, daily at 4.30 p.m For Mayfield and Ruapuna, on Mon days and Thursdays, at 4.30 p.m. For Ashton, Watertcn and Long beach, 4.30 p.m. daily. For Fiemington, on Mondays, W ednos days, and Fridays, at 4.30 p. m. For Newlands, on Tuesdays and Fri at 10.30 a,m. Mails arrive at the Ashburton Post *% om Christchurch and Rakaia at 10.15 ,m., 4.35 p.m., and 7.20 p.m. From Ohertsey, &c. at 10.15 8 and -35 p.m. daily. From Dunedin and Intonne.nalo places 8.3° ".m. daily, ■ rr; « XVmrika and Ti-naru at 10.40 a.m ar, p. in dailv. I Groenatraat, Wednesdays ano Saturdays, at 10 am. Scorn Mount Somers, daily at 10.0 * From Mayfield and Ruapuna, on Wed oo>davs and Saturdays, at 10.5 a.m. ■•Vom Ashton, Watorton, and Long Jt achat 10a.m. daily. From Newlands, on Tuesdays and J?rl days, at 2.30 p.m. , Frcm Fiamiugtoa on Tuesdays, Thar* d\}», and Saturdays, at 10a.m.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1886. IRISH AFFAIRS.

“ An Irishman,” who addresses him self to this subject in a letter published in another column of to-day’s issue, seems to think that because, in ourarticle cf Friday last, we condemned the out rages which have recently been perpe trated in that country we must neces sarily be opposed to the granting of Home Rule to Ireland. He also assumes that we approve of exaction and cruelty on the part of landlords and that we are the champions of in justice and oppression. In this, he is wholly wrong, for the present writer has for many years been convinced that the only solution of the problem “ How to restore peace and contentment to Ireland ” lies in the direction of en trusting to the Irish people themselves S those matters of legislation and ad ministration which are of a domestic sort and which do no appertain to the domain of Imperial p ility. And we, at the same time, admit—we have always admitted that there hive been gross in justice and cruel wrongs perpetrated in the past as well by the English Govern ment as by landlords or 1 mdlords fac tors, and so fir from approving of merciless evictions under such circum stances as “ An Irishman ” refers to md the picture is, we believe, not over drawn —we are as ready ro denounce them as he is. But two blacks do not make a white, and cruelty to dumb animals cannot be justified on the plea oi reprisals for cruelly to human beings. Nor will those who are favor able to entrusting to Irishmen the management of their own affairs be en couraged in maintaining that view by such spectacles of violence and anarchy as were witnessed at Belfast, and which called forth the remarks which “ An Irishman ” has taken as a subject for animadvers on. On the contrary, are not such sad transactions eminently calculated to strengthen the hands of those who conscientiously oppose Home Rule, in Ireland as well as out of it, and who insist that to grant it would only be to plunge the country into disorder and internecine strife? “An Irishman” may depend upon it that an unwise friend is often more dangerous than an avowed enemy, and that, so far from forwarding the cause he has at heart, violence, such as is com mitted in the name of the National cause in Ireland, is the greatest of all barriers to Us success. Nay, even ex travagance of language spoils the effect of the advocacy, and though there are statements in “ An Irishman’s '’ latter which we can heartily en dorse, there are others which on reading them in print we chink even the writer himself will scarcely attempt to justify. We have said at the outset that we favor the granting of Home Rule in matters not of Imperial interest, but the difference between us and “An Irishman ” is that whereas he apparently would argue that the end will justify any means used for its accomplishment, we insist that a lawful object may only be sought by lawful means, and that the reform sought for must be sought for in a constitutional way. An I can it be denied that during the past few years the Imperial Parliament has shown an earnest desire to redress the grievances of the Irish peop'e, to abolish the evils of absentee landlordism, to put an end to oppression and rack-renting, and to widen and extend the liberties of the people ? Is it not the fact that it is conceded on all hands—by both Liberals and Conservatives—that ex tensive measure of reform must be passed, and is it not certain when this is so that these measures must and will become law at no distant date? Is this, then, the lime to talk of oppre si m and tyranny in terms that would only be justified w*ere a deaf ear persisten ly turned to the demand for relief ? Is it wise, is it prudent, is it calculated to encourage friends and to disarm foes to take up such an attitude at such a juncture? Surely not. And is it pos sible for any State to pioceed wi b measures of the kind we have referreo to, in the face of aimed rebellion and

the defiance of a’l liw? Ceitiinly not. Is it not plain then that we are right tr insisting that the law must be obeyed and au family ifspected? Public order must first be maintained. It is the first duty of the State. The next is that of wise government, and that government only is wise which entrusts to the people, as fully and freely ns possible, the right of governing themselves. And “ An Irishman” may rest assured that the surest way to obtain the extension of that ri*ht in the fullest sense to Ireland is for the Irish people to show their fitness to administer their own affairs by their respect for law and authority.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A masting of the Ashburton Rifle Volunteer Corps was held at the drill shed last evening, for tbs purpose of electing a Captain and Lieutenant. Lieut. Dolman was elected to the former position, and Sergeant J. Maclean Dnnn to the latter.

The following gentlemen were elected a Committee for the Hinds School District at the meeting of householders held last Wed nesday evening :—Messrs Bowles, Norriah, Breen, Hickey, Broom, Bayley, Emmerson. At a meeting of the Committee held subse quently Mr Bowies was appointed Chairman.

The Upper Ashburton Road Board has adopted what should prove a most effective way of getting in arrears of rates. All rate payers who are behindhand at a certain date will have their names published in the local papers, and not only will they have to submit to this indignity but the Board will also set in motion the “ machinery of the law.”

Our Hinds correspondent writes :—I am given to understand that Mr H. Boyle, of Cowdray House, has undergone the painful operation of having his leg amputated. Some of your readers will remember he hurt it about two years ng j at cricket or football in Ashburton. He was, I believe, for some time suffering acute pain which gave him no rest. He is progressing fairly well under the cir cumstances, and we hope he will soon be among us again.

Wo are in receipt of No. 1 of “ The Monthly Journal” of the Young Men’s Christian Association of New Zealand, pub lished at Christchurch, under the editorship of Mr T. H. Braeaton, General Secretary of the Y.M.C.A.. with whom is associated as a Com mittee of Reference the Rev. F. Knowles and Mr W. Chrystall. This publication i& “ designed to be the mouthpiece of the Asso ciation whose name it bears, to be a medium of communication on all matters concerning the welfare of young men, and a means of en couragement and strength to the cause of tbe Y.M.C.A. in New Zealand.” It is clearly aud neatly printed, and its contents give promise of the fulfilment of the aim set forth.

The clerk of tho weather seems to have been in a very capricious mood of late. Wo get a few fine days in succession, but these are followed by spells of an almost Arctic climate. During the last fortnight or so we had begun to congratulate ourselves that the reign of winter was over for a good many months to come, but yesterday afternoon the sky became overcast, and appearances de noted tluß, to use a nautical term, dirty weather was brewing. About half-past five o’clock, a thunderstorm, the heaviest ex perienced hero tor many years, set in, accompanied by a downpour of hail and sleet- The thunder and lightning ceased shortly after six o’clock, but not so its accompani ments, which continued several hours longer. The ground was covered to nearly the depth of an inch wi h hail, and this partially melting when tho rain set in, the roads and footpaths were during the night in a miser ably slushy condition. It is feared that stockowners will suffer greatly from tho storm, and orchardists, whoso trees were bursting in blossom, will also experience ill results.

In connection with the correspondence rr tho local Aclirua-isaiion Society and the fishing s;asjn, it may be mentioned that regulations for trout fishing, under the Salmon and Trout Act, in North Canterbury, Nelson, South Canterbury, Geraldine, Waitaki, Otago, and Southland districts, are published in the •• Gazette ” of Tuesday’s last.

Sir Francis Dillon Bell has gone to Oban, north of Scotland, with his wife, who is suffering from a somewhat painful form of melancholia.

The larrikins of Ballarat have been mis behaving ihimsolves. A number attacked a man named Boss, who was making his way home slightly under the influence of drink, He was knocked down, severely maltreated, and left in a pitiable plight, his body being covered with bruisss, and his face disfigured to a fearful extent. At least six were engaged in the savage and unprovoked assault.

Many of our readers will regret to hear that a telegram received iu Ashburton this after noon convoyei the intelligence of the decease of Mr Michael Sulholme, at his residence, Waimate, Tiio deceased gentleman was the pioneer settler of that part of South Canter bury, and was widely and deserved'y respected for his many admirable qualities. He was a staunch friend, a genial host, a a genuine sportsman, and a thorough gentle man, and his d ath will leave a gap which it will be hard to fill.

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UPPER ASHBURTON ROAD BOARD

'f’h-: ordinary ime in? of the ,T ppor Ashburton Ro d Boa r d was hel ; it the Board’d Office, Tinwald yesterday. All tbo member* were present i MAINTENANCE l; The Surveyor r cnmmend.d that tie h Clerk and the members for the various *• wards Ascertain the maintenance work < nqdred, and get the same pat in hand be ore the expirati a of the present , maintenance con*rsc‘ • I INSTKDCTIO S. The Surveyor war in-t uctsd to place fords across reals, and make ipsningsin fences on svl lines > f road running in the ! fall of the c untry where water gathered. | The Survey >r was also instructed to Inspect Greyley’a crossing, with Mr Savgcr.nt, and let the work if the County Conned did not intend having it done. The Clerk wva directed to see that a ratepayer clear the gorse from a reserve in iii occupation. PETITIONS. A pstiiion was received praying that Lanrotni road bo shingled. —lt was decided to rep'y t o the petitioners to the effort that when funds permitted the work would he put in hand. A petition was received praying that a toad near Dromorebe closed, and another opened—The request was granted, pro vided that no expense was incurred by the Board. It was decided that a read be obtained, if possible, through eithe* R S. 27033 or R.S. 27353. The Cierk was instructed to taka steps tolenforoe the penalty in all cases where gorsa was allowed to encroach on roads. DEPUTATION. Mr E. G. Wright waited rn the Board in reference to road through Robinson’s land.—The Clerk was instructed to cell tenders for drain on south aide of road by next Board day. o jrrespondence; (1) From the C unty Council, re bring ing into force section 13, Dog Registration Act. —The Bo >rd thought inadvisable that In and around towns tha clause should be in force.—(2) From Mr C »V, Parnell, re road through reserve 1122 —The Clerk was directed to fi id out how p'an w s delineated on the lease, end Instruct Mr Forks to lay off tha sam t in ac ordance with the plan on lease,- (3) From Messrs Forks and Sons, re payment of egg

account —Tho Foard decided ta pay the same after th“ Cl erk had certified to its correction—(4) Foi tho Aihburton Borough Council re Q iin ton’s fire account. —T e Clerk to reply that the fands of the Road Board were net by law applicable to such a purpose, and that such being the case the account oou’d not be paid by the Board. —(5) From Mr Wilfred Badger, a circular re Lcod Government Gu ; d«.—Received. UNPAID KATE! The Clerk was instruced to advertise that ad rvepayers whose rates are unpaid , by October 1 would have their names adveitdsed in the Led pipers, and that they woull afterwards he sued, 1 FSM’!. i fence on boundary of road through reserve 1122, tenders, for labor only, to be called , for by next Board day. RATE 1 Mr Foster prop-sed, Me Sargeant 1 seconded—That a rate of £ 1 in the £be 3 struck and levied on a’l rateable pripeity 3 in the Upper Ashburton Road District, j payable in one sum on Oc ober 1, 1886, , for the period c'mmeoc'ng April I, 1886 and ending on March 31, 1887- —Carried. ' FITMENTS The nsual rainthly account ware passed for payment, and the Biard adj mrned. 3 ■

BENEVOLENTRATS.

A Sussex clergyman testifies as f blows: 1 —Walking out. *o some meadows one oven ■ in-/, h« observed a great number of rats , migrating from one place to another. He , stood perfectly still, and the whole as=em y binge passed c’oee to him. His astonlah j meat, however, was groat when he saw amongst the number an old blind rat, which held a piece of stick at one end in ■ its mou h, while another had hold of the ) other end of it, and thus conducted its blind companion A kindred cLcnmatanoa 1 was witnessed in 1757 bv Mr Purdew, a surgeon’s mite on bea d tho Lancaster. Lying awake one evening in h’s berth, be r saw » rat enter, lo> k cautiously around, s and retire He'soon returned, leading a ; sec m.d nt bv tho ear, and whi h appeared j to ho blind. A third rat joined them shortly afterwards, and assisted the origi nal conductor in picking up fragments of ’ hiacut and placing them before their s infirm parent as the b’ind old patriarch w ;S supposed to be.

WEALTHY NEGROES.

A despatch from Savannah to the New York World gives some interesting infor mation about‘ho progress of the negroes of the Southern states. In Georgia alone bast year tho colored people paid taxes on more than 10,000 000 dol worth of pro perty. ; hey likewise own over 700,000 acres of rail eat’te Up to 1800 the neirocs of the same Stats only paid taxes on 5 500 00010 l of property, and owned only about half as much real estate as they to-dav return. In other words, the ex-slaves of Georgia have accumulated as much property within the past five years as they did during the fifteen years following upon the heels of war and their release from bondage. It is estimated that the colored voters of Georgia, taken as a whole, own more than ton acres of land per capita, and more than ICOiol wirtli of property

RED DEER IN NEW ZEALAND.

It, is now settled beyond a doubt that •b« “ red drer” is ncc’imat'sed in New Z island Several have been seen in the dhtricta on tho herders of Wel u. t n and Ha wke’e Bay, The ranger ,f the Wa rirspa Acclimatisation Society g'vea the f dlowieg account of th.se in tons'tug nnimi’s : -They are the progeny of a s‘ag an! tw > hinds, origin illy asm ut by the la : n Prince O msort to iovernor VVold. who presented them to he la‘o Dr Featherstono, then Super intendent or the Province of Wellingt -r. They w. re liberated on flio property of MrC, R. Carter, Eiat Taratshi, but the country apparently not suiting them, they did not stay. Subsequently crossing the Ruamnhinga river, thev took up their ab >do on the Maungariki range and the adjacent country, which is evidently suited for them, as they have m'de it th dr headquarters ever since. Tho hills a*e of limestone formation, and the bush of au open character, the sullies bring full of native fusehii, i f which thay are vary fond. It constitutes tbeir principal f >od in the spring and summer months, while In the white* they feed on koroaaiko and ether shrubs Th'y do not ap patently care muh for gra s. During tho last five or six years they have in creased in considerable numoerr, and are now firmly established in this part of tllD country. They ha m net spread at all to the north, nor yet towards the co;st on eist of the Wainui-o-rua river, and are virtually confined between the Huuna hunga River from Hurnnai a-ringi on the west, and the Wainui-o-rua and Pahana on the east. There are considerable numbers on Te Wdti and Whi a Rock run. The ranger recommends the shoot ing season for tho “red de°r” to bi from January to April, and that a “heavy penalty” should be it Aided for shooting in tho close time.

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

[Per i'KKss issociatiOnJ. Nap er, September 27.

A man n;<mo i Broadfiald was seriously injured to Jay. He was engaged id moving a cottage when it cjps'zid on him, his arm being crashed, aud his head badiy iniured. The arm has since been amnutlted. The f oundetion stone of St John’s Anglican Church, designed to seit 1100 persons, is to he ’aid next wo k on vVp Tuesday afternoon by the Bishop of * v a apu. : lie boating season will be opened next Sitnrday by a procession of boats and trial fours.

Wellington, September 27. it is expected that the criminal sessions of the Supreme Court, which commence on Monday, will occupy three or four weeks, as several if the cases, including that of fe Whiti, w ll occupy three days. The Government Insurance Association will be taken over by the Government on Ist prox. Mr Frankland, the actuary, will act as Under Secretary. Dunedin, Mepto r.ber 27.

A fishing boat left Taierl beach on Saturday morning. The bar was rough when crossed The boat was seen off Kuri Bush two hours later, but there were only three men in her. As the stern oar was found broken near Karl it is surmised the stern man fell overboard The boat came ashore bottom up at Taieri Beach at 530 yesterday. John Russell leaves a wife and one child. The others are nnmarrled.

There are at present 415 unemployed engaged on the relief works.

An assistant steward of the Tainni was fined £5 or a month’s imprisonment, for obtaining liquor by false pretences, he haring signed the name of one of the passengers to a wine oird.

THE HALL CASE.

EXaUMATION OF THE BODY OF THE LATE CAPTAIN CAIN.

Th's morning's Timaru Httald says that the opening of the grave of the late Captain Gain (who was interred in the Timaru Cemtery on the 28 h January last) took place on Monday even'ng, the work being commenced at 4.30 pm. amidst a driving rain, the coffin being reach’d after two hard work. The weather beirg so unfavorable, caused the clay to Boon get in a very sodden state, and on reaching the coffin torn) eight feet below the ground level, the gravedigcer found It nearly submerged la water. The sides of the grave h'-ving been trimmed round so that the coffin would lift easily Constable Kt nay remained in charge until nine o’clock, when, in the presence of Professor Ogs ouu, Dra Hogg, Maclntyre, ard Loregfoce, Inspector B - oham, Detec tive Kirhy, Messrs Perry, White, K nreraer, and the reprose.’ ta ives of the Lyttelton Times -nd Timaru Herald, the coffin wis brought t) the surface The coffin lid was nmshed in the process of lifting and >t was most plainly evident that the reman s of the deceased captain were in a very advanced stage of decom position. The scene at the g'ave whilst operations were in full progress was a ghastly and horrible one. The weather was kern and old, the night a ’e ribly dark one, and the sky was enveloped iu heavy, threatening looking black clouds The scene, laid as it was in the cemetery, was enough to fi’l the spectato;s with horror, which was heightened by the bulls eya and other lactams now and then flash ing their rays on tombstones and grave”, and the sight of the ghast’y coffi i, c -vered in mud an I dripping with water, caused an involuntary shudder to pats through the assembled crowd. As soon as the dny had moved iff with its awful load, the crowd began to disperse, only the medical gentlemen, the police, and one or two other?, following it ta iho dead house at the hospital. Arrived there the coffi i was cirried in and opened by Mr Webb, the undertaker. Professor Ogaton and Dr Hogg then held a post mortem exami mtion, wh'ch was watched t y Dra Love grove, Maclntyre, and Stewait. The kidneys, liver, lungs, recfc Jtn, braic, and other portions of the late captain’s bod_, were removed ; in foot, very little but skin and bane wore Ufs; and were plac d in a vessel and sealed by the professor and the doctor. The por ions taken will be con -’ey ed to Dun’din to-lay, along with a portion of clay taken from the lid of the c< ftin at the head just before it wa» lifted out of the grave. The result of the analyst, which is most anxiously looked for, will be kmw.i In two or three days. Toe operat ; on took about half an hour, and the lid of the orffiu being again put on, It was taken back to the cemetery, and or oe mo e put iu the grave. At the midnight hour all was again quiet in the cemetery, and only the newly turned earth marked t e spot where the b:dy of the late Cap tain Cain had been exhumed.

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

[recter's telegrams—copyright.]

THE IRISH LAND ACT. London, September 25. In the Queen’s Prorogation Speech it was announced that a Commission would be appointed to inquire into the working of the Irish Land Act. GERMAN LEANINGS TOWARDS RUSSIA. AT nna, September 26. A political discussion with regard to the situation in Bulgaria is being carried on by the German and Austrian Press. The latter complains'of leanings towards Russian views on the part of Germany.

THE PROPOSED INSTITUTE. London, September 27.

The Indian Government is warmly supporting the proposal to establish an Imperial Institute.

LONDON MARKETS. London, September 25

Consols are quoted at an advance of %. Adelaide wheat, ex s ore, remains at 355, New Zealand 28s to 34s ; Adelaide flour remains at 245, ex store. Th j tone of the wool sale is quieter. The catalogue at to day’s sale comprised 12,000 bales.

BEACH AND HANLAN. Londjn, September 27.

Beach has finally declined to row Hanlan for the championship except in Australia.

MR PARNELL.

New York, September 27 Mr Parnell has written a letter to the American Leagues, urging them to con tinue to find funds in view of the present coercion and evictions in Ireland. SCULLING MATCH. London, September 27. A sculling match took place on the Thames to day between Nelson and Largan for ,£IOO a side. It resulted in a victory for Nelson. THE MARAROA. Tan Fran i co, September 27. The Union Co.’s Mararoa left here on Saturday last, 25th inst., at 4 p.m., (Of Auckland and Sydney,

CORRESPONDENCE.

'•'e Jo not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.

IRISH AFFAIRS.

TO THB EDITOR. Sib, — la your issue of the 24th instant you are very severe on Ireland and the Irish. If prosperity is to be restored the foremost thing to_ be is to jremove the cause of the misery which das existed ever since the Union. How is this to be done? Simply by granting Home Rule. The outrages which you allude to the Land Leaguers have been striving to end by depriving the landlords of the power to goad and oppress the people into desperation. Except by the landlords there are no outrages in any part of Ireland worth mentioning, except in Belfast, and these are the direct fruit of a Cabinet Minister’s incendiary harangues. Monstrous outrages on life and property have been per petrated on the peasantry for generations, not in certain parts of the country, but all over it; and yet you do not condemn these I The leaders of the Home Rule agitation are under no obligation to assist any English Government in upholding the supremacy of infamous laws, against which the Home Rulers have thousands of times protested and declared that those infamous laws must, of necessity, produce crime. The private rights of the people have been violated. so long and continuously that they have been treated worse than negroes of Carolina. The question which some one asks—“ Would

it not be the height of folly to place all the property and intelligence of Ireland helplessly * at the feet of the Land League ? is utterly absurd. Is it not the height of folly to suppose that all the property and Intelligence of Ireland are opposed to the Land League, or rather the National League ? We know that nearly all the intelligence is in favour of Home Buie ; property cannot speak I The outrages to which you refer as a re* sponse to Sir Bedvers Bullet are the direct effect of outrages ten thousand times worse perpetrated by the landlords, supported by those same laws which you seem so anxious to enforce. Bemove the cause, the effect will cease.

You tell us of a “ cruel and cowardly out rage ” committed near Me wry, in which two cows and a goat suffered. I hope God will reward you for your tender heart. You have much sympathy for oowa and goats, but none whatever for human beings unless they he “ loyal.” I will tell you what oeeorred ia the county Kerry last February. Many families wßre ejected, not because they re fused to pay rent, but because the landlord, wished to see them suffer. Among them was a maiden of twenty years of age, who was 111 of typhus fever. The miserable cabin that sheltered her was thrown down, and she wai carried out into the driving sleet and rain to die — and she did die !' If your sympathy be not confined to cows and goats, perhaps you would denounce the perpetrators of this cowardly murder—perpetrated in virtue of your favorite laws, and enforced by the licenced and liveried assassins of the English Government] The Castieblayney paragraph is too absurd for notice. Most likely you got it from the Dublin Express. Competent observers are quite right in saying that the people have lost all regard for the law in some district; and I aid never they never had any respect for laws made by an alien and hostile legislature to oppress and plunder them. The tenants do not refuse to pay any rent —they refuse to pay a rent which the land cannot produce. The Act passed which struck at the root of all English ideas as to the relation of land land and tenant was of soma little use; but you reveal the source of all the trouble by your remarks on that Act. It is always English ideas which must be enforced. Irish men are to have no say in their own affairs! We do not want Englishmen’s ideas, or them selves meddling in our affairs. We are quite competent to manage them ourselves. Mr Parnell does not demand thatihe land lords should receive only “prairie value.” But the people who added all to that prairie value are manifestly entitled to at least sans of the value. Mr Parnell has actually bought some land for the tenants at twenty-onayears’ purchase! Lord Salisbury’s Government was very generous in lending at a low rate of interest five millions of money to purchase their 1 o'dings—bat at the landlords’ p ice ! You do not tell us that his Government, and every other English Government, have annually robbed us of double that amount. How is it possible for Ireland to prosper so long as this wretched antagonism to property, which belongs to the people, which has been created by their own sweat and toil, exists ? They who produce everything have no pro tection for anything. So long as an alien and a tyrannical Government enforce on the Irish people the unjust laws which the people have had no hand iu making, and which they are under no moral obligation to obey, so long there cannot be either peace or prosperity. What Ireland wants is protection from the murderous instincts of the landlords, which drive the people to violation of the law, cruel and unjust as they are, and this can be at tained only by conceding the just demands of nine-tenths of the people. Give them Home Buie, and then peace and contentment will follow. Trade flourished before the Union— it has been crashed by English legislation. Irishmen do not want capital to flow into their country, they want to prevent Englishmen robbing them of their own. The educated and mercantile classes do not stand aloof from the Home Bale movement— they are, on the contrary, its bone and sinew. The Irish Americans know the bondage in which their countrymen at home exist, and coasequently aid them in their efforts to shake off an odious tyranny. The laborer Is worthy of his hire, and so is an Irish MJ?. Our colonial legislators do not turn up their noses at what is called an honorarium; than why should Irishmen? The British Ministers all get very good screws. Why do you not denounce them as dishonest ? So long as Englishmen have the making of laws which are to be enforced in Ireland, to long there never will be peace or prosperity. When the laws are worthy of being obeyed they will be. Most of the violence which we have lately read of has been produced by the descendant of one of the greatest traitors England ever produced—the infamous Jack Churchill. I am proud to say that the great majority of the English democracy are on our side, and none more rejoices at it than An ißimniiK.

MAGISTERIAL.

ASHBURTuN—TUESDAY.

Before Mr H. C. S. Biddeley, R.M.]

AN UNFORTUNATE CISB.

Themis Glenn, a blind man, an iomata of the Old Men’s Home, was brought to Cou, t by the police, who s ated that be refused to stop at the Home. Giants said that the inmates cf the Some tor mented him and ho would sooner take a lertenae in gaol as a vagrant than -go btek The police said that the Matty could not had ihjre was any fotmlation for the men’s statement that the other inmates annoyed him. The Magistrate could not eee his way to commit a blind min to gaol. After some consultation, it was decided that Glenn should go back to the Home, and if it were found that he was subjected to any annoyance that the polio should take proceedings against the offenders. UNREGISTERED DOGS. C. Homoraham was charged with being the owner of an unregistered dog. As be had paid 10s for the release of the d no fine was inflicted. For keeping a dog with an old regis tration badge cn, Mr Hom?rsham was fined lOt and coats. - c . Muter was charged with being the owner of an unregistered do’. As this case was a similar one to Mr Homer sham’s, the defendant was treated in a like manner: omi CASES. G bson v Cole, claim £5, value of c?rtjin pigs alleged to have been taken and Cole v Gibson, calm £l3, also value of certain pigs alleged to have been taken, damages for trespass and injuries to certain pigs, which bad returned It appeared that each of the oa ? t : -s laid claim to the same pigs.—Mr Crisp fop Mrs Gibson, Mr Wilding for Cole. It was dcvid d that the oases should be

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 18S6



riT'O'VUE'S P vNN Y-’OY *L AND J STEEL PILLS FOR FEMALES qniddv correct a'.l irregularities, and relieve the distressing symptoms so pre valent wtb the sex. Poxes Is Hd and Is 9d, of all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors, t repared only by The Lincoln and Midland Counties Drug Co., Lincoln, Kngland. Wholesale of all the Wholesale Houses. Beware of Imitations.



B LACK, BEaTTIB & COMPANY, Criterion Mouse, 201. 2G3, 205, High street, CHRISTCHURCH. We have the pleasure to advise onr 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 advantages which wo possess in being able to bny 1c .he Best British Markets, and the thorough experience of our enables us to supply all Goods under OUR CASH SYSTBM of business AT LOWEST P°lo ES. We endeavour t. give our Customers best value proou <> le» whatever Prices hey may wish to p i ch a e Goods at, and Stock »s so LARGE AND W r ELL-ASSORTED hat the most varied waotj can bs sup pl»ed. We append a list of onr Depart jients, in each of which an immense* Variety of most Novel and Fasbionabl. will be found DRESS DEPARTMENT HOSIERY DEPARTMENT MANTLE DEPARTMENT DRESSMAKING DEPARTMENT MILLINERY DEPARTMENT DReSS DEPARTMENT HOSIERY DEPARTMENT MANTLE DERARTMENT DRESSMAKIN (^DEPARTMENT millineryTepartmknt CLOTHING DEPARTMENT UNDERCLOTHING DEPARTMENT TAILORING DEPARTMENT HOUSEHODL FJRMSEING Manufactcuu from various Mil s Including . BANKETS, FLANNELS & TWEED? OF ASHBURTON MANUFACTURE. Cash SS3TEM avc Cash Ibices LACK, BEATTIE &CO. GENERAL DUaPEHY WARE HOUSE TAII.OES, DRESSMAKER 'WP Mil LN RY.



Wanted. HORSE —Wanted good useful Hack F. Lowe, ‘ Mail” Office, Ash burton 9§727 WANTED to LET 4-roomed House ard Half Acre of Land ; low rental; or to sell on very easy terms —H. M. Jones. 9671 ANTED TENDERS for ROLLING 300 ACRES of CROP on Ardlni. Tenders be in by noon on September 30, addressed to A. J. Reid, Sonth Rakaia. 9697 4’ST'ANTRD Known —That Ladies re quiring Nursing w.ll find every accommodation at Mrs Woodward s, Allen Lie House, Cox Street, Allentom w NTEt) the Public to Inspect a grand assortment of New Season e Tea and Sugars of »11 grades, at prices to suit all classes of purchasers.—J as, McGregor, Tancred street. Board and resit bn ob. Superior Accommodation for two or tn.ee gen-Kmen. Apply to A. K , <ffim of this paper. Terms, £ 1 5. per week.^ WjUTEU Kt.nwu —The Lucky Jar c { Peas will be opened and sounted on the 11th of next month when £2O in prizes will be given away- Every on-chaser to the amount of 10s has a chsnre. Don’t delay— be in time. Hayes AND Co . Arcade rDST OPENED —Choice assortment < f New Spring Dress Muffs, Prints, fillcnry, ole he cheapest House in jwn for first dess goods. Presen.B to le value of 2s in the £. Dressmaking a the premises. H. C. Seqers, Mel wd House. r-rrANTED KNOWN— Long looked VV for come at last. T - Hoult, aving commenced bacon curing, he Is ble to supply a real pood Pork han?a S e t fid per lb at the Factory, Moore st ieh burton. Pigs cured In any T’antity rled, smoked and delivered home » >ne Peony per lb. T. Vow*- ? Br-ecisJ Advertisements. known [TT anted VV THAT MRS STRIBLIND HAS REMOVED rom old premises in Burnett street (next to the Arcade) to the PANAMA BOARDING-HOUbK, TANCRR' 1 street. (Lately occupied by Mr Lucas). 8 53< SERVANTS WANTED.



SEVEN GENERAL SERVANTS and one COOK for Ashburton and suburbs. Also, onn COOK and on» GENERAL SERVANT for the country. Apply to Mrs Randalls Registry ffioS ' A. W. RAND ELL, FRUITERER, Ac., Town Hall, Ashburton. CENTRAL HOTEL. JW. McRAE having taken the above Hotel, solicits a share of patronage from the people of Ashburton BU f‘ rounding districts. Best Brands of Wine « Spirits and Beers. Good Stabling—Feeds, Ojtr Shilli>g, Horses and Baggios to let on hire at prices to meet the tiroes. For the convenience of travellers hansom cab will meet a : l trains. __ Trees Trees Trees THE undersigned has FOR PALE all kinds of FRUIT AND FOREST TREES, Pinna Insignis, Austriaca, Maritima, and Macrocarpa, by tons of thousands; other kinds in proportion. All kinds of cabbacre plants, etc, on sale All orders by post or otherwise shall receive my best attention. N.B. —Gentlemen’s Gardena tastefully laid out All kinds of planting done by contract. „ JAMES PORTER. CLIFTON NURSERY, 4 75 Allenton. Ashburton. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY The new goods for the WINTER SEASON ARE SOW 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, eompris’ng every new stylo worn Children’s Jersey Suits, Children’s Men of-War Suits Ger'* emeu's Hosiery, Scarves ; Oxford Tegatta and White Shirts Rugs, Portmanteaus, and Travelling Bags



The celebrated WKUTHKTM SEWING MACHINE. Time Payments. N.Z CLO? BING FACTORY, Kart Stokrt MAGPHERSON, SAMPSON, & CO 4 UCITONKERS, VALUATOR?, 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, Macdona’d, and Co., Christchurch. P. MoNeave’s Patent Footrot Appli cation. For Sale 2 Second-hand Spring Traps (nearlj new) I Superior Second-hand Dogcait (almost new) 1 Blacksmith s Patent Portable Forge Quantity Superior Hurdles Several Properties to Let or for Side. MACPea'RSON, SAMPSON & GO,, £9593 Auctioneers



Victoria House. EE -ORGANISATION OF BUSINESS. REDUCING STOCK R ETTEIN4 from the FANCY DRESS;.HATS, and MANTLE EPAKTMENTS of the trade. PHENOMENAL VALUE now bein’ given, and ti bo obtained until AUGUST 20th NEXT. DIMANT AND COE, GENERAL DRAPER i , CLOTHIERS, &0., East and Tancred streets, Ashburton.



Special advertisements. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BANKRUPTCY TUI© DAY GLLi. Beatli & Co. offer the STOCK-IN-TRADE THOMAS JACOBS, DRAPER AND CLOTHIER Late of High street, Christchurch, and Akaroa, AT A DISCOUNT Also, the STOCK in the BANKRUPT ESTATE of SIMPSON AND HARPER, WOOLLENDRAPERS, AT A DISCOUNT or IN THE £ or 6 s 8 D. IN THE £



TOTAL VALUE - £2% 10 0 s 0° Unprecedented Bargains. Stock Sheets in course of publication. The above nro two of the Cleanest c focks erer offered in Christchurch, Simpson and Harper having been in busi ness only four months, whilst the largest portion < f Thomas Jacob’s Stock was purchased by him this winter.



PUBLIC NOTICE. REMOVAL OF THB Ashburton Branch of the Business H. J. WOOD AND CO. (Lato T. F. Farley) TO FRIEDLANDERS’ BUILDINGS ON THE Ist OCTOBER NEXT. beg to advise our valued cus- W tomers, (ho commercial and general public of Ashburton and district, that we have leased from Messrs Friedla-der Pros, 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 bo la'gely increased with NEW DIRECT SHIPMENTS BOOKS, STATIONERY, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, And NEW MUSIC Several Hundred Volumes and a Large Quantity of Cheap Reading to be Sold at very Low Prices duriog the next few days. H. J. WOOD & CO. Booksellers, Stationers, Printers, and Bookbinders, Importers of Pianos, Organs, and all kind* of Musical Instruments and Music, STATIONERS' HALL. Great Sale Extraordinary, OKR & ALCORN On the Opening of the SPRING TRADE, BEG to announce to their customers and the public generally that they have now opened up the greater portion o 1 their Direct Importations for the Season All the LATEST NOVELTIES in DRE>S MATERIALS, inc’nding the new Glow-worn), Kyrle, and Canvas Cloths and the newest thing* out in Printed Sateen. Oatmeal, and Zephyr Cloths



In Ladies’ and Children's Straw Hats Bonnets, Flowers, &c., we are now show ing the largest and most attractive stock ever seen in Ashburton. We desire especially to call the attention of everyone to a SPECIAL PURCHASE of a SET of SAMPLES, representing the stock of one of the . largest wholesale honsesin England. In tire stock there are no less than 2242 different articles, compr sing Costumes, Mantles, Ulsters, Children’s Drosses, &c , 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 Shaw's, &c Many of these articles are of a style and quality suitable for a wca’thy city .trade, and never before seen in Ashburton At the price wo have purchased these goods we are enabled to KELL them at LANDED COST, and have a fairproiit, lut saving over 50 per cent to the purchaser Together with these goods that are. without fear of confcr diction, the cheapest lot ever sold in Canterbury, we huvt decided to reduce the whole of our stock o prices to correspond. This f-PKCIAL KALE will commence On Saturday next, isth inst Orr & Alcorn. 9646



LOYAL S \LEYARD?, < MoOItE-STi.KET DUNCAN & CRAWSHAW, Auctioneers, Licensed Lm I Brokers, Stock, Estate, and General Commission Agents, Accauntan'a, Valuators, &c. REGULAR, AUOIION BAL'IB every . SATURDAY at 12 o’clock, of Hors‘ b, Cattle, Pigq Poultry, Produce. ! and Merchandise. S’raigbt up and down treatment, and prompt settlement guaranteed. Special sales conducted as required Transfers, Mortgages, Leases, and such like documents ptopared under the Land Transfer Ac 1 . 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 Pine S antling, T. G. Flooring, T G. Lining, Plain and Creased Weather boards. A Large Stock of Kauri on hand, which bei-g stored in sheds is ready for im mediate use. TUCKER AND BESTELL. September 18. 18S6. J 9060 FOR COUGHS, COLDL BRoscnms AsiHMi, Coryza, Influenza, Con sumption, &c, KAY’S COMPOUND OF LINSEED, Aniseed, Senega, Squill, Tolu, &o wn ti Chlorodyne. KAY’S COMPOUND, a demulcent expectorant, for Ooaghs, Colds, and Chest Complaints. KAY’S COMPOUND, for Coughs, and Colds, is equally serviceable for Horses and Cat'le. • KAY'S TIC PtLLP, a specific in Neuralgia, Face-ache, Con tains Quin n«, Iron, &o. COAGULINE. —Cement for Broken Articles, Sold Everywhere. Solo Makers; —KAY BROS., Stock port, England.



Pi’.Ol'kKTY SALKS. M’ T. Bullock repo ts having sold the following properties, v z.. 7 acres 3 ‘ perches, adjd.jing the tuvnship of Tm vald, at £2O per ice ; lot (5), f icing (he South Road and railway, £3l ; lota 240 and 241, £U! ; lots 200 and 201, Aiford forest road, tome disttneo from ths Woollen Factory, £GO ; and on Saturday, Jots 30 end 31, containing I acre, part of R.S. 5300, Princes street, Netherby, with home thereon, for £877 10 1.



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