DAILY MEMORANDA.

MEETING', Etc Friday. Avgust 27 Dramatic Sc cieiy-Meeting in the Town all at 8 c’cl ck Tuesday, August 31. St Stephen’s Schoolroom Conceat at, 8 o clock Thursday, September 2 1.0. L —Meeting in the Grange Hall at 8 o’clock Friday, September 3 Ashburton County Council —At Council Chambers, 11 a.m. Monday, Siptpmber G Borough Council, at Borough Council Chambers at 7.30

RAILWAY TIME TABLE.

Train a Arrive at Ashburton— -From Chnst hurch and the North, at 10.15 a.m. (express), 1.35 p.m., and 7.10 p.m. £ 107 10.45 a.m. From Dunedin and South, 5.27 v.m. (express). From Mount Somers, 10.5

‘'trains Leave Ashburton— For Christ church and North, at 7.10 *m., 1D.66 mb., and 5.37 p.ni. (express). For Dunedin and South, 10.25 a.m. (express). For Timaru, •45 p.m. For Mount Somers, 5.5 p.m.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN.

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MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close at the Ashburton Foat Office follows: — . ~ . - For Christchurch and North at 6 a.m P. 30 a.Tn., and 5 p.m., daily. For Chertsoy Rakaia, &c., at 10.30 a. m and 5 p.m. daily. _ , For Dunedin, Tinwala, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, snd Geraldine, at 10 a.m. dai.y. For Temuka, at 10 a.m. and 4.30 p m J *JTo’r Timaru and South, at 10 a.m., and 4.30 p.m., daily. , a For Greenatreet, on Wednesdays and turdays, at 10.45 a.m. _ _ -,, For Wakanui, Elgin, Seaviaw, Seafield, nd Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and ••turdays, at 6.50 a.m. For Mount Somers, daily at 4.00 p.m For M-iyfield and Ruapuna, on Mon days and Thursdays, at 4.30 p.m. For Ashton, Waterton and Longbeach, 4.30 p.m. daily. , , For Flemington, on Mondays, Wednes days, and Fridays, at 4.30 p. m. For Newlanda, on Tuesdays and Frl at 10.30 a.m.

Malls arrive at the, Ashburton Post 3< From Christchurch and Rakaia at 10.16 .m., 4.35 p.m., and 7.20 p.m. From Chertsey, &c. at 10.15 s and •36 p.m. daily. . From Dunedin and Intermediate places u.m. daily. «l rOui Temuka and Timaru at 10.40 a. m o 5 30 p.m daily. ' , , * From Greenstreot, Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 10 a. m. m K From Mount Somers, daily at 10.8

From Mayfield and Ruapuna, on Wed oeadaye and Saturdays, at 10.5 »-m. From Ashton, Waterton, and Long each at 10 a.m. daily. From Newlands, on Tuesdays and Frl ys, at 2.30 p.m. From Flemington on Tuesdays, Inure ava. and Saturdays, at- 10a.m.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit. FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1886. New Zealand at the Indian an Colonial Exhibition.

In our last issue we referred to the proceedings at a special meeting of the New Zealand Commissioners to the Indian and Colonial Exhibition, and pointed out that, in our opinion, the inadequate representation of the resources and industries of this colony at the “ great show was mainly due to the injudicious action of the Government; but several of the Ministerial journals appear to be very much angered by the report from which we quoted, and contend that the Commissioners had no right to construe the Government’s cable gram into an attack upon itself. To enable our readers to judge of the force of this contention we will give the full text of the message sent. It was as follows - “July 7, 1886.

“ Exhibition.—Reflections made on the New Zealand Court—auoh as inferior to o'her Colonies not worthy Colon?; ihtrd rate museum; Bailer’s collection over prominent ; too much natural history; in adequate attention useful productions; gold obelisk desirable ; timber not re ceived justice. Advise what (if any) truth the statements general estima'a S«.w Zealand Court ; aljo, do you thmk it desirable do anything t' It is quite possible that this cable gram may have been very much mutilated in its long journey across the world, but even supposing it reached its destination in a fairly readable form, it is just the sort of message to give rise to the discussion from which we dfuoted. The fact that the “ use ful productions” were inadequately represented at the Exhibition must have been well known to the Govern ment long before its attention was directed to the newspaper “ reflections made on the New Zealand Court.” This shortcoming was mainly due to the fact that a scientist, and not a practical commercial man, was appointed to superintend the collection of exhibits from this colony. The Government must have been fully aware of the numbers and character of the New Zealand exhibits, and that the Com missioners, as a body, were in no way responsible for the material from which they were required to make a favorable display of the colony’s resources. The cablegram, therefore, amounted to an enquiry—which implies a doubt —as to whether the Commissioners had or had not properly performed their allotted task. As we have already observed, it was only natural that the Commis sioners should take some umbrage at the t me of the mesagge despatched by Sir Julius Vogel, and the members of the Government should not be sur prised to find the Commissioners able and ready to make a spirited retaliation.

William and Edward Arnold, father and son, were at Wellington yesterday charged with feloniously harbouring James Mitchell, who is accused of burglariously entering Freeman’s jewellery shop and abstracting goods to the value of £BO7. Accused were remanded until to-day, when they were again brought up and discharged. The Gazette notifies the recognition of Mr Join Anderson, jun., of Chrietchmoh, rf Acting-Consul, in the event »f the absence cf the Consul for Belgium, with iurisdiction over the Boutb Itlaodi

The Directors of the Wellington Meat I Export Company recommend the payment of I 5 per cent, dividend. The Gazette notifies the appointment of ] Mr J. G. Rested as lieutenant of the Ash burton Guards. At a meeting of the Dunedin Harbor Board yesterday the Engineer reported on the effect of the recent storm —the heaviest known for twenty-five years—on the works at the Heads. Soundings show the

bar to have shifted 700 ft or 800 ft to seaward, having from 15in to 20in less water on it than before, but still showing 24£ft at high water poor tides, and 20Jft spring tides.

The works, which had stood the test well, I sustained but little damage, and were evi dently producing effects in the desired direction. An opinion was expressed by most of the members that when the works were completed the bar would most pro bably be swept to eea altogether by the scour.

The following eorps have been formed into a battalion under the designation of the »• South Canterbury Battalion,” viz.: —The Timaru, Temuka, Ashburton, Geraldine, and Waimate Rifle Volunteers, and Ashburton Guards.

At the Resident Magistrates’ Court this morning, before Mr H. O. S. Baddeley, 8.M., Mr Caygill asked leave to adjourn for three 1 weeks an application for a re-hearing in the case of larceny against J. Toner, which, it will be remembered, was beard some months ago, when the accused was fined 40s and costs. Mr White, of Timaru, who appeared for the Government, agreed to the adjourn ment on the condition that the other side defrayed costa.

The snow storm which commenced about 8 1 p.m. yesterday continued until 10 last even- j ing, by which time the ground was enveloped in a coating of snow tour or five inches deep. The clouds then cleared away and a beautiful frosty night followed, but early this morning snow commenced to fall again and continued for some hours with a disagreeable sou’-west wind. This afternoon the sun shone out brightly and a rapid thaw set in. During the day a considerable portion of the male population of the Borough has given itself np to the delights of snow-balling, and the mimic warfare has been carried on with vigor and good humur at the various street corners. The Christchurch agent of the Australian Mutual Provident Society advertises that the Ashburton agency of the society is closed from this date. All communications must be addressed to the Christchurch office.

The express train last evening was aboat half-an-hour late in reaching Ashburton owing to the guards’ van leaving the line south of Camara.

J-j The consecration ot tha new St. Mary’s Church at Timaru took place yesterday. The ceremony was conducted by his Lordship the Primate. The attendance at the service was very large, and among the visiting clergy were bis Lordship the Bishop ot Dunedin (Dr Neville), and the Very Rev. the Dean of Christchurch (Dr Jacobs). In the Supreme Court at Invercargill,

At a meeting of the Auckland unemployed

yesterday it was resolved to boycott the BeV, also to solicit Sir G. Grey to address a meet ing ot unemployed. The agents of the Chasca, which put into Sydney disabled, have received notice that the barque will not come on to Wellington. The sentence of death passed on Rowlands for murder at Gisborne was yesterday com muted to imprisonment for life.

The Archbishop of Canterbury one day lately confirmed in the Canterbury Cathedral, eight boys and seven girls belonging to the Margate branch of the Old Kent Road Deaf and Dumb Asylum.

The largest match factory in the United States, situated at Akron, C., turns out .j 7,000,000 matches in one day when run to its full capacity. That enormous production gives one match per day to every man, woman, and child in the country. The St. Petersburg!! Minister of Justice has given orders that within two months all the Jewish secretaries and clerks employed by the examining magistrates are to be dis missed. The reason alleged’ is that great abases have recently been discovered. New York has boarding-houses for birds, whose owners have left the city during the summer months. For fifteen cents a week and upward, according to the daintiness of fare demanded by the boarder, birds receive all necessary attentions *• by the week or month.”

It will, no doubt, be news to our readers (says the ‘ Advocate’) to learn that Sir W. Pox was twice Governor of New Zealand. Tins information is published in a live shilling volume, entitled “ Glimpses of Maori land,” issued by the Religious Tract Society at Home, and written by a Miss Rutler Miss Butler gives her experience of a visit to a sheep run in the Rsngitikei district, and states that, after a sheep is shorn, it is worth one shilling. The keeper of a temperance hotel in Palmerston little expected, perhaps, when ne was spinning his “ tall yarns,” that they would ever appear in a book issued by the Religious Tract Society. Here is a sample, as related by him to Miss Betler“ I was the first man who rode through this district and the Maoris were very curious Ip know if I did not need a blanket for my horse as well as myself. I have bought land at £1 par acre,; and from one acre have sold fifty trees at £1 each'"

yesterday, W. Martin, an old settler, seventy years of age, was found guilty of poisoning a neighbour’s horses by mixing phosphorised oats with feed in the field. Prosecutor had married Mar;in’s daughter very much against bis wish, and this was supposed to be the cause for his poisoning the horses. Mr Justice Johnston, in passing sentence of twelve months’ hard labor, said that but for pri soner’s age he would have made the punish ment a term of penal servitude, as the crime was a most atrocious one. The Canterbury football team were met by a crowd of footballers and others on their arrival at Dunedin yesterday, and were enthusiastically received. The Otagojteam has been changed, Yallange having been sub stituted for Austin as full back, and Miller for Wedderspoon as three-quarters, both these players having received injuries last Saturday.

At a meeting of the Dunedin Acclimatisa tion Society the Curator reported that there had been considerable mortality among the salmon since they had been turned into the races, probably through the low temperature of the water; and between 1000 and 2000 out of 12,950 had succumbed.

At the Supreme Court at Dunedin, yes terday, John Mercer was indicted for shoot ing a sheep and stealing a carcase at Kingston, Lake Wakatipu. Accused, who is now serving a term of imprisonment for stealing a Railway Department tarpaulin and fishing nets, was alleged to have shot the sheep of a runholder and supplied moat to his work men. The jury were unable to agree, and were locked up for several hours. They ultimately returned a verdict of “ Guilty,” and accused was sentenced to two years' hard labor.

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIANS v. CAMBRIDGE. [bEDTER'S TELEGRAMS—COPYRIGHT ] London, August 26 The cricket match, Australians 7 Pasi and Present Cambridge, was returned and concluded at Lei ton to-day. The visitors continued their first innings, which closed for 379 Giffen, caught, 119, and Evans not out, 74, we’e the principal scorers- The Englishman, who were thirty less than the AustraPans on the first innings, went to the wickets, and succeeded in placing 149 to their (credit for the loss Jof four wickets. Time did not permit of | the match being played oat, and it was I therefore declared drawn.

SPORTING.

SOUTH CANTERBURY HUNT CLUB STEEPLECHASES.

The following are the weights for the South Canterbury Hunt Club Steeple chases :

SUN SPOTS AND PRICES OF GRAIN.

Dr J. E. Taylor, the editor of Science Gossip, thus writes on the above sub- 1 j-ot: J Some subjects possess a strange and unaccountable vitality. People imagine they bare crushed them, strangled them, put them altogether ont of existence, and lo ! they re-appear as if they had simply laid down to a refreshing sleep. A few years ago the fascinating subject of sun stood in the front rank of so’eot fie discussions of| he day. Schwabo had discovered tha-. the spots on the sun’s dUc were of a periodic cha’acter, 11 years duration. General Sabine next de monstrated that Ihe variations of the earth’s magne'ism had a similar periodic time. In short, the influence of the sun’s condition was believed to be intimately felt in the physical condition of the earth and Its atmosphere. Thus, the

varitation|of the rainfall, of atmospherical pressure, storms, etc., were believed to te more or less dependent on the physical state of the son, of which the “spots"

are merely a visible Indication of the sta*es of its bea’th and condition. Is was an easy skip from such con clusion# to that made by the brilliant thinker, Professor Jevons, when he

boldly expressed his opinion that the periodicity of the sun’s spots could be traced further than the responsive periodi cal changes of the earth’s magnetism, rain fall, atmospheric pressure, and ihe like. He showed that famines, droughts, &c., were also periodic, and their periodicity bordered very nearly upon that of the sun’s spot-. He thought that even the depression in trade, Unsocial crises, &c., were only tha remoter cfLcts of the corre sponding variations in the physical con dition of the sun. I am led to these historic and in teres'ing recollections by the fact that they have just come up again in Nature Mr Frederick Chambers, of Bombay, has written a lengthy and readable, and a'.t i gether most important, article on “Sun spots and Prices of Indian Food Grains." He attempts to show there is a direct con nection between the variation of prices in India and the sun spots. Leaving out the influence of wars, &c , he shows from carefully worked out tables that from the year 1813 to 1882. tha prices of food-grains in various chief places In India have undergone a remarkably periodicity of 11 years’ duration. Ten dis ricts were selected and in every one of them, far the last 50 years, Mr Chambers shows, there has been a periodical rise and fall once every .11 years. He thinks that a practical result may ensue from what he regards as a discovery—a discovery, however, which reminds one of the practical manner with which Joseph carried out hia own interpretation of Pharaoh’s dream ! Mr Chambers thinkit affords a certain amount of power toprcdict the varia tion of prices in the coming sun spot cycle, and that there is some resaon fur belleving the present period of low prices followed the last maxL n«m of s twpots, and that a brisk rise of prices wi Itake place in the Deccan and Madras in 1887 or 1888, and, In more northern districts, a year or two later.

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF MURDER.

Inquiries are being made in Sydney into one of the most singular cases on re cord. A steuo mason at Newtown, near Sydney, is}, barged with the wilful murder of his wife, under the following circum stances Rhode Caroline Reynolds, wife of Alfred Reynolds, w ,a found in a state of unconsciousness,and when sherecovered slightly, she stated her husband had com pelled her to drink opium under athreat to cut her throat. She died early next morning from the efl’.cts of the poison. It appears Reynolds who bears the character of a drunken, cruel husband, had been in the habit cf ill-treating his

wife, who is a respectable woman and good housewife- Reynolds had threa tened her life, and a few days ago he compelled her to write a letter confessing she had done a great wrong, deceived her husband, and made a deal of trouble and stating her intention to commit sui cide, as she was very miserable and did nob wish to cause further trouble, and would be better dead. She was further obliged to mention th'.t her husband was la no way responsible for her death. This letter, signed by Mrs Rey nolds and addressed to her mother, was found by the poiioe, who were directed where to find it by the nnfortunats woman. Mrs Reynolds atut d that her husband mixed soma opium in a cup of water and stood over lur with a carv ing knife and compelled her to drink the opium nnder the threat that ho would oat her head ff. She drank the poison, Reynolds sat by and watched the effects of the drug until his wife was becoming stupefied. He thtn rushed out, whan, however, by a strong effort she got up, took -her baby in her arms, and dragged herself to her mother’s house a few do rs

away. She soon lapsed tato a state of stupor, but medical assistance was ob tained and she was restored to con sciousness. It was expected she wou'd recover, but she succumbed to the poison at half-past 4 that moreiog. Reynolds, who returned to the house shortly after the police arrived, was arrested, and as his manner was strange he was sent to the hospital. He is only 26 years old. The wife is two years younger. They had been married seven years and had three children, the youngest a baby eight weeks old. Reynolds at the hospital was discovered to be suffer'.ng fiotn F# effecti of narcotic poison, having attempted suicide, bat is now quite recovered. There is some mystery surrounding the letter, as according to the evidence of the j mother of Mrs Reynolds, the writing was oot that of her daughter

BIBLE READING IN SCHOOLS.

(concluded). The Member for Bruce (Mr Murray. 1877) held that, “ it was itnpr >per to de clare by statute that the future people f this coloi y should he brought up »itb out religious knowledge. To exclude all religious training would tend to imk ■ education a ou<so rather than a blessing: and might lea i to the creation of a class of educated scoundrels who wouid be more dangerous to society than the un educated o'ass could possibly be. The member for Hokitika, (Mr Bonar) said, ‘‘l think that brought up as we all have been, the ignoring of the Supreme Being is matter of deepest regret, and with the great m»jcrlty of the people of New Zealand will be equally a matter o'

regret. Here wa are In Parliament as sembled, and we feel it to be our doty, and more than our duty, our privilege, to re-

cognise the existence of the Supreme Being and to invoke His blessing on all we do. Surely if each a recognition i« thought fitting for Parliament, It is

„.peoi illy fitting in the training of young children I would deprecate anything approaching to sectarian training, but I think that in a Christian country like this, wo are doing wrong In not recognising, in some way which will not give offence to persons of any deQomination,.the existence of the Supreme Being. Ido not know that we have any Atheists in the colony at all, but if we have I am snre they are very few, and I do not see how any one’s feelings oould be hurt by the simple reading of the Lord’s Prayer or a chapter of the Bible, —not necessarily hurried or gabbled over. It can be done respectfully, and it would be optional to attend, bat 1 would very much like to see some clause in the BUI that wou'd recognise the existence of One whom we have all been taught to know and obey.”

The Hon Dr Mmzles, who protested against the decision arrived at in 1877, subsequently proposed that the Boards should have authority to permit the Bible to be read in schools where the Committee desired it. He argued for religion being made not only au essential, but the foundation of educa tion, quoting from American wtiters on the low ground of expediency, and from Gu'zot, Lavalere. Principal Shalrp, and others on the higher ground of the duty of the State to train the rising generation to a full reo goition of the Divine authority and to familiarise them

with the Word of God. After referring to the ey tem in operation in Prussia, Sweden, and America, he went on to say, —'‘Sir, we find that many petit ons have been presented to the Legislature on this subject, and the expressions which they contain show that over a very large ex tent of country, in many districts, the most cherished feelings of the community

have been outraged by (he banisbm nt from the schools of that book, which, in the words of the petitioner, they regard as the Word of God, and the supreme rnle of conduct. Under the present arrange ment, becarsi a small minority of the community will not tolerate a plan which would satisfy the majority a system which is working well elsewhere, and which c ,uld work well here if honesty ad ministered, —is not allowed a trial. The action of the nvnority in p-eseing this forward shows that they endeavour to guard the rights of their conscience so vigilantly, that they appear to be re*dy to trample upon those rf the

majority. The minori'y tav thst the church and the parents should undertake the duty of giving religious instruction. I am afraid that the parents in too many oases are careless and neglectful, sometimes unable ; but independently of all this, I contend that the State has a paramount right to see that the rising generation are educated in such a way, and grounded in such principles, that they shall grow up to be good citzans ; and 1 say that the State oocuot find any more effective mode of doing this than grounding them in Scripture.” Mr H. Hill, 8.\,, Inspsctor of Schools, Napier, regrets to find moral training ignored iu the new system. In his opinion, it is an entirely vicious system that teachers children to imagine that the culture of the intelligence is the “be-all and end-all” in learning. Now that ths Eiblo has been expunged from the list of school books as used by tha department, practically there is no f tandard of morality to be recognised by 'he teachers. He sneerely hopes th«t ;he present educational machinery, good as i; is in many points, may be perfected by permitting the introduction of the Bible as a reading hook into public schools, subject to a conscience clause. Mr W. Hammond, formerly Inspector of Schools for South Canterbury, stated in a tap' rt —*'I cannot close my report without deploring the apparent necessity for ostrac'sing religions and moral instruc tion from our schools. A child possesses religious instincts wh : ch are ever shewing themselves and waiting for development. and, apart from the loss of a powerful means of religions and moral training, I am convinced that the simple fact of tacitly ignoring these instincts or principles must havs a very injurious eS cfc. ”

The objections that have bean urged may be seen to be theoretical, groundless, and of n i force. If it be sufficient to urge againt it that there were objectionable portions in the Bible, or that there were ungodly fetchers, or that it would stir up sectarian animosities, how is It, I ask, notwithstanding all these, the Bible is read in the schools of all the lands in Christendom, wuh the exception, unfor tunately, of some Australasian colonies ? If it be pleaded that ministers can do it, than it can be shown that the voluntary efforts have not been sustained in the past, and, in most cases, cannot bo, in justice to their other duties. I! it be said that parents can do it, thei} it iqust be remembered that many parents are inr capable or negligent, so that, while some do tfcelr duty, many children are grow ing up without any religious instruction. Our national system of education Is good, but the prohibition of the Bible renders it insufficient; it is unjust to the children, to the parents, and to the colony. It is unjust to the children, for it recognises only their rational and intellectual faculties ; it ignores their religions and moral instincts. It must be injurious to them to be brought up to look

I on the Bible as a book proscribed m school Every child in an enlightened Christian country has a right to the superior benefits enjoyed by that country over heathen and idolatrous lands ; they have a sacred right to be informed as to the difference be tween right and wrong, and as to the existence, authority, and law of the Supreme Being From the important place the Bible occupies in literature, children have a right to know its contents. The effect of the exclusion of the Bible from the day. schools in New Zealand is to bring them nearly to the level of our Government Schools in idolatrous India, and to deprive our children of one element of highest value enjoyed throughout Christendom. It is unjust to the parents It is in opposition to the enactments under which the great body of settle re built up their new homes in this land. It is contrary to the express intentions and desires of those .who founded the New Zsaland settlements. Parents are under a sacred obligation to sea that the State, to whom they have committed the education of their children, does not violate the divine prescriptions The proibition of the Bible can only bn defended on [the plea that the rights i t conscience are interfered with. On this ground the British Government might not feel at liberty to introduce it into their schools in a pari of the Empire where the vast majority are Hindoos and Mttboamwduns, as ia ladja. Put tbi#

ground (Mono* he irced here On

the contrary, Injury is done to the con scientious » onvi. i ons of the vast majority of parents by its exclusion. It has been proved by elaborate returns that 80 or 90 per cent of the whole population desire to have it introduced.

It is unjust to the State itso’f. The real greatness of the British nation is traceable to the influ a nce of the Bible. Its laws are founded on it j its noblest institutions are the outcome of it. The State bavins; taken in hand to make edu cal on oat of the hands of the parents, it is compulsory, and having thereby taken it necessary, as in Great Britain, that God and the conscience should be recognised. As it would preserve the unity of the Empire, confer equal advantages upon the rising generation here with those of other lands in Christendom, and secure its own safety, it is necessary to repeal the prohibition of the Bible. For the logics!

issue of the present sta f e of matters is that there should be no national recogni tion of God, no Bibie or prayer in the Legislative Assemblies, no oath and no Bible in the Courts of Justice, no punish ment for blasphemy or Sabbath-breaking, no standard of moral rectitude for the peop'e of the country, no reference to God or religion in any of ths school books. The Freethinkers have already agitated for the repeal of the law against b'as pbemy. And what wonld be the effect of education that sharpens mental faculties and supplies no -moral basis of character, that looks upon a child as

made of braira without any religious in stincts and feelings ? If Go i and religion be utterly ignored, shall we have fewer educated scoundrels, fewer suicide*, fewer murders, actually committed or skilfully planned ? Shall we have more reganl for the majesty of law, for the sanctities of family life, for parental authority ; shall we have less crime, and more commercial soundness, fewer unemp’oyed, and moim colonial prosperity? May,-it is vam to hope for it. And as in Birmingham the home of .the secular system, they have been obliged t> have the Bible read In the schools from which they bad banished It, we have had warning enough daring the last nine years of the necessity of having the Bible re-tntrodnced into the schools in this land. As the Jew reveres his Old Tea* ament Sciipturea and the Roman Catholic bis Douty viroton. all of them mmt scorn a sys em that

r6c^gQ ] >BB 130 Ood at all. Here is a last and grave consideration. It must be d’spl :asing t > God; that He by whom kings reign and princes decree justice should be this ignored in the btata schools ; thst His book, recognised by every civilised Government as sacred, should alone be proscribed to the cbfldren: that His blessing sh aid not be sought in. the primary schools of the laud, without which education may only prove a course; for he is the protector cf all that treat

in Him, wlihoot 'Shorn nothing is strong, nothing is holy;” and the very pagans seek a blessing from their Gods on the learning they acquire. How long shall this blot remain on ti e escutcheon of our National Education ? How long shall members of Parliament guided by ex pedoirny rather than by principle, listening to the c'amor of a a null section rf the community, vote against the Bible / Hew long shall the Christian pe< pla of New f, ;aland submit to a compromise that has proved a failure !

CORN EXCHANGE.

The following is the Corn Exchange report for the week ending Friday, August 27tb:

Farm work is complttely at at a stand s' ill, owing to the continued inclemency of the weather. S?prii:g sowing will be very lat°, and the acreage in wheat is now almost sure to be less thru was originally expected, as many of the low land far mers will have to resort to barley or oats, where they had intended to sow Tuscan. Grass seed and clover season is also very backward. »

Wheat has a brisk business, and last week’s prices are well maintained. Toe can is firm at 4)41, as also is Pearl, which is more scarce than other kinda Hunter’s sells readily in large parcels at 4s 2d to 4) 3d ; second quality lines find c uilei at 21 a bushel less then the abort ; chick wheat freely brings 3s 7d to 3) 91 Oats are offering more p'euttfully, and traesictioas have been heavy. Milling are ijbtly heldfat 2s 51; abort feed have been sold in quantities at 2s 31 to 2s 4d. and long Danish Tartars at 2s Id to Ss 2d, Barley, with the exception of feed, la very dull, and without alteration In valuta

Beans and peas have an occasional enquiry, and are held by a few, who hold out for 3s 5d to 3s 6d for beans and feed peas, and 4s 3d to 4s 61 is asked for blues, true to name and fit for seed.

Grass seeds have had a quiet week. Machine dressed seed moves away slowly at 5) So le 5t 91. Farmers’ lots sell at 3s 9i to 4» 61. Cocksfoot, heavy clean seed, is wanted at 4| 1 to 4f 1. ' Potatoes—The market is languid. A few transactions have taken place on the basis of 42r fid to 45s at country stations. Dairy produce remains at last week’s quotations, with little business doing, The above, prices are for delivery, f.o,b, Lyttelton, except potatoes, which sre at country station.

THE EASTERN CRISIS.

[renter’s telegrams—coptkioht 3

Constantinople, August 25,

Prince Alexander is reported to have arrived at Reni (Moldavia), on the Danube, and proceeded thence towards the Austrian frontier. The Government which was formed at Sophia, the Bulgarian capital, on the deposition of Prince Alexander, has been overthrown. Zankoff, the leader of the rebellion, and others who formed the Govern ment, have been arrested. Constantinople, August 26. M. Stambouloff, who formed the second Provisional Government for Bulgaria at Tirnova, has issued a pro clamation, announcing the establish ment of martial law, and General Murkatoff has been appointed Com mander of the Army, with full powers.

No definite information has been re ceived as to the movements of Prince Alexander, and his whereabouts is in volved in complete mystery. Vienna August £6.

Prince Bismarck and M. de Giers (Russian Prime Minister) are now holding a meeting at Franzenbad, Northern Bohemia.

MR GLADSTONE.

Pleasure Bsoart [recxbr’s telegrams— copyright. ] London, August 26 Mr Gladstone left London this even ing for the Continent m route for Bavaria

THE REPORTED MURDER.

Untrae. (rEPTKR’s TELEGRAMS —COPYRIGHT ] Capetown, August 25. The report recently to band that Lieutenant Bethel), of the Mounted Police, has been murdered by while hunting in Bechuanaland, is noy proved untrue, Lieutenant Bethcll having arrived all right at Mafetiog.

TH-K ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 18 a 6



HCKDLES. et lb Bt lb The Mount... 12 7 Harkaway Sawdust (late (late Jack) >11 0 Boco) 12 0 All Fours ... 10 0 Pirate 11 10 Flirt 10 0 Larrikin 11 7 HUNT CUP. st lb st lb Bredonhill... 12 7 All Fours ... 10 7 Ben H. ... 12 0 D.cfc 10 0 Woodstock.. 11 10



SERVANTS WANTED. SEVEN GENERAL SERVANTS and one COOK, for Ashburton and suburbs. Also, one COOK and one GENERAL SERVANT for the country. Apply to Mrs Randall a Registry ffiC6 ’ A. W. RANDELL, FRUITERER, &c, Town Hall. Ashburton. ■jgLACK, BE \TTIE & COMPANY, Criterion House, 201. 203, 205, High street, CHRISTCHURCH. We have the pleasure to advise our Customers and the residents generally !q the Ashburton District that we have ow received very large Shipments of NEWEST DRAPERY GOODS the Present Season. The advantages which we possess in being able to bay In .he Best British Markets, and the thorough experience of cur buyer, enables us to aupply all Goods under OUR CASH SYSTEM of boslness at lowest P°l -■ *



Wa endeavour , tcglva out Customers beat value proear b l e , whatever Prices hoy may wish to parch*” 6 Goods at, and LARGE AND WELL-ASSORTED hat the most var'ed waali can bo sup plied. We append a list of our Depart ments, in each of which an immense Variety o! most Novel and Fashionable will be found DRESS DEPARTMENT hosiery department MANTLE DEPARTMENT {DRESSMAKING D£PA?«TMENT MILLIN ERY~DEP ARTMENT DReSS DEPARTMENT HOSIERY DEPARTMENT mantle department dressmaking department MILLTN ERY ~DE PARTMENT CLOTHING DEPARTMENT UNDERCLOTHING DEPARTMENT TAILORING DEPARTMENT HOUSEHODL FURNISHING Manufacture from various Mils Including ' ANKETS, FLANNELS & TWEEDS OF ASHBURTON MANUFACTURE. Cash S-'iiKH is,: Cash Prices, black, BEAT i IE & CO. GENERAL DRAPERY WARE HOUSE TAILORS,



Wanted. WANTED CASH.—White Sugar, 24d ; White Crystal, 3d ; Sperm Candles, sd; Lingfisb, 4d ; best Lobsters, 6d; Plaid Vestas, 5d per doz, ; Tea, Is per lb; Sago, 2Jd; Tapioca, 2£d; Cutting Salmon, 8d ; Venus Nailrod, 5s 6d ; Groats, 9d. J. McGregor. Tancred Street TrjC7"ANTBD Known —Hayes and Co. W' will commence their Great Gift Sale To morrow (Saturday) Tha greatest sensation of the day. Look out for the lucky glass jar of peas in their window next the Arcade. WANTED Known -That Gates and Son, Burnett Street, are p epared to execu'e orders for all kinds of Household Repairs, Household Requisites, Picture Frames, cheap Bookbinding. Venetian and other blinds at the lowest possible 1 cost. 22



WANTED KNOWN—Lon? looked for come at last. ' r - Hoolt, having commenced bacon caring, he Is able to supply a real good Pork Bansage 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. Houx/r. 7 317 W” ANTED KNOWN—Where can the most Drapery be bought for your money i— At II C Seqers, Mel ford House. Two shillings worth of handsome presents given for every 10a spent . t Fresh presents in. See window. Ladies’ own dress materials made up ; style and fit guaranteed ■



Special Advertisements. Potatoes. Best qualh y¥lue derwbnts for sale at lowest current prices. GEO. JAMESON, Ashburton. 8422



niOWLE’S PaNN YrtOY *L AND 1 STEEL PILLS FOR FEMALES quickly correct all irregularities, and relieve the distressing symptoms so pre valent w’th the sex. Boxes is lid and la 9d, of all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors. T repared only bySThe Lincoln and Midland Counties Drug Co.. Lincoln, England, Wholesale of all the Wholesale Houses. Beware of Imitations.



CENTRAL HOTEL JW. McBAE having taken the above , Hotel, solicits a share of patronage from the people of Ashburton and sur rounding districts. Best Brands of Wine’s Spirits and Beers. Good Stabling—Feeds, One Shilling. Horses and Buggies to let. on hire at prices to meet the times. For the convenience of travellers hansom cab will meet all trains.



FOR the Bleed la the Life.—Clarke’s world-famed blood mixture is warranted to cleanee the blood from ail impurities from whatever causes arising For scrofula, scurvy, skin and blood dis eases, and sores of all kinds its effects are marvellous Thousands of testi monials. Sold in bottles 4s 6d and lls each by chemists and patent medicine vendors everywhere. Solo proprietors, The Lincoln and Midland Counties Drug Co., Lincoln, England. 1 16



Trees Trees Trees HE undersigned has FOR SALE all FRUIT AND FOREST TREES, Pinna Insignis, Anstriaoa, Maritime, and Macrocarpa, by tens of thousands; other kinds In proportion. All kinds of cabbage plants, etc, on sale 411 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 SR. CLIFTON NURSERY, 4 75 Allen too, Ashburton. kinds of



CANTERBURY MILLS, ASHBURTON. I WILL be a BUYER of UPWARDS OF 300,000 Bushels MILLING WHEAT THIS SEASON. Also some Largo Llnea of OATS AND OTHER PRODUCE. CORNSAOKS, Fall Size and Weight, at 5b 6d per dozen. C. W. TURNER. 340 H. BROWN



-TTTTT E HAVE FOR SAL E— PRIME SEED WHEAT, OATS, and BARLEY Some of the above lots have been grown in the Timaru district. PIG FEED FOR SALE In any quantity. Just Landed — All kinds of CLOVER SEEDS, choice quality. RYEGRASS and COCKSFOOT for bile FRIEDLANDER BROS



Victoria House. EE-OEG AN IS AT Ton op business. REDUCING STOCK RETIRING from the FANCY DRESS, HATS, and MANTLE EPARTMENTS of the trade. PHENOMENAL VALUE now being given, and to be obtained until AUGUST 20th NEXT. DIM ANT AND COE, GENERAL DRAPERS, CLOTHIERS, &c., East and Tancred streets, Ashburton.



Victorian Steam Carriage Works. J. R STERL & SON WISH to Intimate to the Public of Ashburton and surrounding districts that, having obtained STEAM POWER and other. Machinery requisite for the carrying on thelt work efficiently, are now In a position to meet the demands or me public with a fir i-class article at prices to suit the times. Every C dptlonof Carriages and Traps made, Painted and Repaired. Spring Traps from £2O. Whltechapels from £25. Buggies from £3O. p.g. Special attention paid to Repainting and Retrlmmlng. VICTORIAN STEAM IRON WORKS AND _ GENERAL SHOEING FORGE.



J. B, S. & SON, while thanking the public for their past liberal support lr this department, beg to intimate that, having procured first-claw Machinery, tnej are now In a position to nndertate all kinds of Engineering work. Special attention is given to Taming, Boring and the Repairing of all kinds o Machinery, Including Combines, Engines, Reaper and Binders, and ..ever, description of Agricultural Implements. ESTIMATES given for Contractors and Builders Ironwcrk. HORSES CAREFULLY HOD—Draughts, 7s ; Hacks,?6s.



Special advertisements.



RON WORKS ARMAGH STREET, Christchurch. Portable Ranges Burn Wood and Coal—ln Four Shses. PAINTED CORRUGATED IRON nr Four, Five, Six and Seven Foot Lengths. 40 per cent. Cheaper than Galvanised Iron. 10 1988



Notice. I HAVE disposed of my Business in Ashburton to t MESSRS H. J. WOOD & CO., OF CHRISTCHURCH. In thanking the Pnblio of A hburton end District for their liber 1 peonage accorded to me during thejo'rs I have carried on business here, 1 t:ive much pleasure in soliciting a continuance of their favor on behalf of my worthy successors, who will make this a Ir .uoh of their well-known .STATIONER’S HALL. THOS. F. FARLEY. In reference to the above, we respect fully request the Public of Ashburton and District, and all Wends 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 Now Zealand in our line of Business.



An additional stock of Commercial Stationary, of superior quality, and latest new Books, to the value of £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. woo Sand CO., STATIONERS’ HALL. All book debts to be paid to H, J. Wood and Co. THUS. F. FARLEY. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTOR fTIHE NEW GOODS FOR THE i WINTER SEASON ARE NOW OPENED OUT. The Stock is THE LARGEST & BEST SELECTED IN THE TOWN, And tho variety of Stylo and Patterns in Men’s, Youths’, and Boys’ Clothing leaven 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 Legg«*.gs in great variety Hats, compris rig every new style worn Children’s Jersey Suits, Childrens Men of-War Suits Gentlemen’s Hosiery, Scarves ; Oxford Regatta and While Shirts Ruga, Portmanteaus, and Travelling Bags The celebrated WERT HEIM SEWING MACHINE. Time Payments. N.Z CLOTHING FACTORV, Km' SIM«T



DUNCAN & CEAWSHAW, (namely, J. 0. Duncan and John Crawshaw) REFERRING to their former adrer tisement, beg n >w to intimate that they have secured the Royal Saleyarda, in Moore Street, where they will hold their OPENING SALE on -SATURDAY. 28th August, 1886, and as, judging from the entries now rolling in freely, oons'sting of horaes, cattle, pigs, poultry, produce, general merchandise, aid a special line, nart of a bankrupt’s stock, comprising MEN’S & BOYS CLOTHING



CARPETS, DRESS STUFFS, BLANKETS, LADIES’ ULSTERS, TWEEDS, a gigantic day’s work is before) ns. The Sale will commence at h*l£-past 11 sharp, at which hour the public are Invited to a snack of luncheon by way of a refresher. Feeling that it ia foreign to our natures to be otherwise than straightforward In our tianaactions, and as we can assure prompt settlement, we have no hesitation In inviting the public to place their bust ness in our hands. DUNCAN & CRAWSHAW, §6510 Auctioneers



PORT OP TIMARU. arrivals BELLS, barqao, from Newcastle, with boat quality COAL. (iLEANER, brigantine, from Anckland, •with cargo of Kaari TIMBER. TUCKER AND RESTELL. 4th An.ust. 1886. +BAO7



J. Ballantyne & Co. A holding an JMMENSE OLEARINQ gALE OF DRAPERY AND CLOTHING, Cn account of ALTERATION IN PARTNERSHIP. Sea Circular. DUNSTABLE HOUSE, CiißisTcuoiicir, +" 227



FOR COUGHS, COLDS, Bronchitis Asthma, Coryza, Influerzt, Con sumption, &c. XT" AY’S COMPOUND OF LINSEED, x\_ Aniseed, Senega, Squill, Tola, &o , with Chlorodyne. KAY’S COMPOUND, a demulcent expectorant, for Coughs, Colds, and Chest Complaints. KAY’S COMPOUND, for Couchs, and Colds, is equally serviceable for Horses and Cattle. AY’S TIC PILLS, a specific in Neuralgia, Face-ache, •S’c. Con tains Quinine, Iron, &o. COAGULINE. —Cement for Broken Articles, [ Sold Every where. i Sole Makers KAY BROS., Stock port, England,