DAILY MEMORANDA

MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS Etc Wednesday, October 27 Xowu Bali—Wesleyan Bazaar Thursday, October 28 Oddfellows’ Hail-Trial by Jury at 8 o’clock Friday, October 29 hburtrn Ag> icultur»* and Pastoral Association—Aam’s; Show Monday, November 1 ’Borough Council, at borough Council Chambers at 7. SO Friday, November 5 Ashburton County Cour.oil —At Council Chambers, 11 a.ra. Saturday, Novimber 0 Wakanni Road B rrd —‘ ; onth'y meeting ' at the Board’s cffioo, Moore street, at 11 a m. -

RAILWAY TIME TABLE

Trains Arrive at Ashburton —From Christ hurch and the North, nt 10.15 a.m. (express), 4.35 p.m., and 7.10 p.ra. From Timaru. 10 45 a.m. From Dunedin and South, 5.2/ e,m. (express). From Mount Somers, 10.0 Leave Ashburton —For Christ chnrch 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 For°Christchurch and North at 6 a, m 0.30 a. m., and 5 p.m., daily. For Chertsey Hakaia, &c., at 10.30 a. m and B p.m. daily. For Djumdin, Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Joldstream, Ranuitata, Orari, Winchester, »nd Geraldine, at 10 a.m. daily. For Temusa, at 10 a.m. and 4.30 p.m Timaru and South, at 10 a.m., and 130 p.m., daily. For Greenstreet, on Wednesdays and

tnrdays, at 10.45 a.m. . ~ For Wakanni, Elgin, Seavxew, Seafield, na Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and * tnrdays, at (3.30 a.m. For Mount Somers, daily at 4.30 p.m For Mayfield and Ruapuna, on Mon flays and Thursdays, at 4.30 p.m. For Ashton, Waterton and beach, 4,30 p.m. daily. For Flemington, on Mondays, Wednes days, and Fridays, at 430 p.m. For Newlands, on Tuesdays and rrl at 10.30 a.m.

Malls arrive at the Ashburton Post *From Christchurch and Rakaia at 10.15 .m.. 435 p.m., and 7.20 p.m. From Chertsey, &c. at 10.15 s. and 35 p.m. daily. From Dunedin and Intermediate places S.S’U ->.m, dailv. r j.u Csmuki %ad Timaru at 10.40 a. m a 5 30 p.m daily. . From * Greenstreet, M eanesdays and Saturdays, at 10 i.m. . K Irom Mount Somers, daily at 10.5

. m. „ txt - From Mayfield and Ruapuna, on Wea aesdays and --atardays, at. 10.5 a.m. From Ashton, Waterton, and Lon. each at 10 a. m. daily. . , From Nev.lands, on Tuesdays and In days, at 2.30 p.m. From Flemin&ron on Tuesdays, ihura days, and Saturdays, at 10a.m.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1886. BUTTER FOR EXPORT.

If the farmers of New Zealand are to be lifted out of their difficulties and to secure for themselves a renewal of pros perous times, they must not be content to slip along anyhow in the old grooves, but must seek fresh outlets for their enterprise by the raising of other articles than grain merely, and seeking to supply the markets of other countries with articles which will command a good buy ing price. It is quite possible, we think, to achieve this very satisfactory result if only the requisite energy and in telligence are brought to bear, and in no direction is there apparently a more promising opening than in the prepara tion of dairy produce, butter, cheese and bacon, lor export. As regards the first of these 'articles, the Wellington Post writes as follows:—In a colony like New Zealand there should be no real difficulty in establishing an export trade in butter on a large and profitable scale. Attempts in this direction have been made from time to time, but with out any very satisfactory results ; indeed, in some instances —and we may quote Wellington as a case in point—the ex periments made have proved disap pointing. A few years ago when it was being retailed at 3d per lb., and sold by auction at a considerably lower figure, two Wellington firms—Messrs H. F. Logan and E. H. Crease —commenced the tinning of butter on a rather large scale, with the object of finding markets for it in China and Japan, where, had it reached either of those countries in good condition it would have readily been disposed of at prices which would have given the enterprising exporters a large profit, But the shipments turned nut a failure, and we believe a considerable loss resulted. Nor is this singular, when the circumstances are taken into con sideration, far the butter was purchased horn different private dairies, probably by no means as scrupulously clean as they might have bee’, and a variety of qualities were kegged-up together and then sent in for canning. It is a well known tact that the utmost cleanliness in every particular is required in the making and putting-up of butter, if it is required to be kept for any length of time, and this can only be secured in dairies established for the purpose and provided with every convenience. That butter can be so made and put up so as to resist the effects of climate and time for a lengthened period is clearly demonstrated by the fact that Danish butter made for export is found, after being several years in tin, to be as fresh and sweet as the day it was made. The butter export trade from Denmark has assumed enormous dimensions, and the chief supplies for China and Japan are obtained from that country. These remarks have been suggested by a sample of Danish butter which was forwarded to this office by Mr Thomas Gale, manager for Messrs Johnston and Co., of this city. This sample had been obtained from the steamer Whampoa, which recently arrived-here from China, and when examined was found to be wonderfully well preserved, its smell, taste, and consistency being excellent, although the butter had been in tin for three and half years, and had been through a variety of climates. It was, in fact, equal to the best butter sold in the local market. We are in formed that no antiseptic is used in the preservation of the butter, the quality being due solely to scrupulous cleansing and careful tinning. The Whampoa uses nothing but Danish butter, and all the Chinese traders are, we believe, exclusively supplied with it. It is said to realise Irom is to is 6d per lb in China and Japan, and that the demand is more than equal to the supply. The question may fairly be asked, why should not New Zealand participate in this trade? Our climate and everything else, is in favor of establishing the industry on a large scale, and all that is apparently required is the c t iblishment of properly-constructed dairy fat ms in suitable localities, under efficient super vision. The failures of the past should only act as incentives to renewed exertions in the future, and if the sub ject is diligently studied, and the manufacture systematically carried out, there is no reason why another pros perous industry should not he added to those which aie already famous in this colony.”—-The foregoing should be full of interest to all those of out readers who are engaged in agricultural pursuits, and the subject is indeed one well worthy of careful consideration, promising, as it does, an opening to enterprise which can and should be at once availed of.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The news convoyed in messages to the Australian papers, and telegraphed from Auckland to-day, is of a very ominous char acter. It is stated that the opinion in well informed circles as to the si nation in Bulgaria is that war cannot long he delayed, Russia, it is said, is massing troops on the Afghan frontier, and has vessels in readiness to out the ocean cables should war be declared.

About 50 Rifles, under Captain Dolman, and about 40 Guards, under Captain Restell, paraded at the Drillshed on Monday night in command of Major Douglas, Captain and Adjutant Fooka being also present. The Inspecting Oflicer, Colonel Bailey, who was accompanied by Major Newall, expressed his satisfaction with the muster, and hoped that the men would attend drills regularly and otherwise endeavour to make themselves thoroughly oflicient before next encampment. About 80 men turned out for judging-distanoe practice, under Major Newall, at 6 o’clock on Tuesday morning.

An entertainment and dance were hold at Seafield on Thursday evening last, and proved the most successful ever held in the district. A capital programme tor concert and dance, and refreshments abundant and good, are the usual characteristics of social gatherings at Soafield, but on the occasion in question all previous efforts were outdone. The under taking was most gratifying from a financial point of view, for the piano fund was increasd by about £l2, making the total amount in hand £25. It is intended to purchase the instrument at once, certain gentlemen having agreed to make arrangements for tho pay ment of the balance of the money. The most successful items of the programme were the duets and songs of Misses Moss and Messrs Thomas, Kncen, and Simpson. The local burnt-cork troop brought the concert to a close with a few good songs and funny business. Dancing followed, and was kept up until daylight, excellent music being supplied by Messrs Cookaon and Lambie. The President of the Canterbury Agricul-

lural and Pastoral Association has received a letter from His Excellency the Governor announcing his intention of being present at the metropolitan show on the 3rd November,

The prolonged criminal session of the Supreme Court came to a close at Christ church yesterday. No doubt in expecta tion of seeing Hall in prison clothes a large crowd- assembled at the Courthouse. They were, however, disappointed. The Crown Prosecutor, Mr Martin, informed the Court that the only remaining cases were those of forgery agaiust Thomas Hall. In each of the cases—-twelve in all—a nolle prosequi had been entered by the Crown. His Honor, Mr Justice Johnston, said that as the Attorney- General had entered a nolle prosequi in these cases, tho calendar was exhausted. Although Hall was brought up from Lyttelton, in charge of Mr O'Brien, the gaoler, it was not deemed necessary by His Honor that he should be put in the dock. On (lit that legal proceedings are about to be taken by a gentleman in the Wakanui district in connection with certain letters that recently appeared in the public press.

Mails for the Australian colonies, United Kingdom, and Continent of Europe, via Melbourne, close at tho Bluff on Monday, Ist November, at noon. This mail is due in London on December 15.

On Sunday next the Rev Father Chastagnon will celebrate Mass at Rukaia at 10.30 a.m.; Vespers at Ashburton at the usual hour.

A special meeting of the Ashburton Fire Brigade will bo held this evening for the pur pose of presenting medals to throe ex members of the Brigade who are entitled to them.

At the Timaru A. and P. Show, which opened yesterday, prizes in sheep were taken by Messrs Dudley and N'orthey, Tinwald, and Mr Lyttelton, South Rakaia.

At tho - sitting of the Diocesan Synod at Christchurch yesterday, tho Yen. Archdeacon Harper moved—“ That this Synod expresses its earnest hope that further steps may be. taken towards the establishment of Church day schools in the diocese, wherever pos sible.” A long discussion ensued, which was interrupted by the adjournment. Most of the speakers spoke chiefly against the pre sent school system rather than directly to the motion.

Australia boasts of tho largest amount of railway accommodation in proportion to popu lation in the world, and the United States of America and Canada stand next.

A Nelson girl who took laughing gas went to sleep for three days. This would have been very unfortunate had it occurred any where else, but her condition would never be noticed in Ncdson.

“Trial by Jury” will be performed in the Oddfellows’ Hall to-morrow and Friday evenings. The anniversary of the Ashburton Primitive Methodist Church will be celebrated by a ten on Friday evening. A gentleman in Ashburton has placed at our disposal a letter which ho has received from n friend at Big Bay. It will appear to-morrow. There was again a large attendance at the Wesleyan bazaar last evening and we un derstand that up to the present over £l2O has been realised. The conundrum compe tition was very succesful, bringing out a number of competitors. The first prize was taken by the Itev D. McNicoll and the second by Mr C. Dixon. The winning conuradrum was “ Why is the Wesleyan bazaar unlike

a Sporting Tournament ?—Because there is a ‘ Gamble ’ without a swindle, a ‘ Fox ’ with out a hunt, and a ‘ Steel 1 without dis honesty.”

At the B.M. Court, Christchurch, yesterday Stephen Hubbard was charged wilh com mitting perjury in the Court on October 1-1, and Ellesmere Goodwin that the did mali ciously suborn and procure Stephen Hubbard to perjure bimijcU. The charge arose out of an affiliation case, in which Goodwin was defendant. Inspector Pender said he was compelled to ask for a farther remand, as the i.- ads in the Ellesmere district were so bad that some of the witnesses could not be communicated with, and the police had not had time to collect evidence. The Bench remanded the accused to Monday next. Bail was fixed—in Goodwin’s case, two sureties of £250 each, and accused iu £200; in Hubbard’s case, one surety in £IOO, and himself in a like amount.

OUTBREAK OF SCAB

Blenheim, October 27

An outbreak of seal) lias oc.urred in Godfrey’s il ck at Tory Channel. Thre ■ owes "ttd !hreo la bs are infected Godfrey obtained a clean cert?float© eev.-'i. months sign The country is very rough The ilock'^xntinkers 700. It ia consider.) better that the Department hould buy and devrov them, closing t.ho country f-.-r two years, tints stamping the scab out

MORE ABOUT THE “MONSTER”

AN ALLiGAT r farm.

AfOKtiNu, October ‘.7

The Wail-.ni'> saurian monster is itil very diligently hunte The Star oorres ! pendent wires that ho is informed that 1 the Maoris brought alligator .’ eggs some 1 veara ago from Australia, a>d placed i hem noir the Waikato river, at is believed they have been hatched out. A resident < f Onehunga reports seeii-g animals like alligators in the Manakao | harbor,

THE GREAT BARRIER MURDER.

ARRIVAL OF i ti : FHISONEr.3. A rcKiiND, October 27, The steamer Wai ora, having on board Caff.ey, Penn, and the girl Graham, charged as murderers and access ry t' the Barrier tragedy, arrived at 11 o’clock this morning. There was a con siderable crowd on Hie wharf, inc Tiding Penn’s father, who shouted to the prisoner, “Ncvor nffnd, rny hoy, we’ve got Napier to defend you ” The hood lums in the crowd applauded Penn, who manifested a bold, defiant, and j runty ■air, while La :Vey seemed cold anil spiritless. The m-Po prisoners were heavily manacled, lag-irons being rivetted on. Toe three prisoners, along with a young man named Forsyth, arrested at Sydney for f ircery, were placed in cabs and conveyed to the lock-up. On the ) voyage Caffrey and Penn were very quiet, and were occasionally allowed to have tin it handcuffs oil' when they played euchre with groat enj lymeut. The giri G r ah*in alleges that Penn did not hold Taylor while •' ’affray fired the revolver. She stati a > aff ey drank a whole bot le of ruin before going ashore at Great Barrier, and attribute# the murder to his being drunk. During the voyage in the Sovereign of the Seas they ran short of water, and Buffered grealy from ‘hirst, but Caffrey says “ Providence sent rain,” which they caught in hockeys, etc During that time Graham wore male attire, and Pena never went to bed without saying prayers There was a tremendous crush at the Police Court this morning, It bring known the prisoners would be brought up, Later.

Caffrey, Penn, and Sarah Cleary, alias Grace Graham, were brought up at the Police Court before Mr H. P. Seth Smith, Pv,M., the two former charged with the wilful murder of Robert Taylor, and the gbl Graham with being an acc ssory after the fact. Mr Hudson Williamson, Crown Prosecutor, conducted the prosecutmn. Mr W. J. Napier ap peared for Penn, and Mr Jackson Palmer for Caffrey, i n 1 Mr Brassey is watching the case on behalf of the Taylor family. Mr Napier applied to have the girl Cleary released, bot the Bench declined. _ All three prison* rs were remanded till Friday week. Mr Brassey, on behalf of Taylor ard family, has ia : d a separate informa tion for murder which may cause a complication.

LATE CABLE NEWS

(Per a.a. Waihora at Auckland.)

THE BULGARIAN SITUATION,

A DELIBERATE AFFRONT.

WAR REGARDED AS IMMINENT.

RUSSIAN PREPARATIONS

London, O'tober 14

Th.’ I ell case rpTit i t d*y by day becoming more threatening and the im pression in tvell-informed circles Is that an European c< nfl tgration is immi nent. The Busman Press has been very violent In its attack upon the English Government and the rffi ial organs of the Russian Government have gone so far as 1 1 say that the British consul In Sofia has been advising th- Bulgarian authorities to resist the de mands made by Ru?m to Bulgaria To these accusations Lord Iddesleigh, Secre tary for Foreign Affairs, has replied in a strongly worded protest r-gainst the ac cusation addressed to M. de Giers, the Russian Minister of Foreign Aff»ira. M. de GRra declined to correct the ?t-ti meni. This deliberate affront on the part of the Russian Minister greatly Incensed Lrrd IddedeCh whoa oped the very unusual 0 -urao of h "’tag an ofli dally Issued denial to the charge m-do to the dfect that efforts had been made by the English Minister to ex net a promise frem Prit-ce Alexander that he would, if re elected by the Bulgarian Assembly, return to the throne.

The Bu'g-rian crisis is now very acuta mul a rupture may take plsc« at any moment Prime R'smtrck is critically witching the progress rf events. He daily holds Img consultations with other diplomatists in Varzin. Lord I idlesleigh has hid several long and anxious on- Bultat ; ona with M. de b'tael, Russian Aai bassad ;r in Loudon. The consultation between these statesm-n to-lay was of unusually lengthy duration. Wat like rumors are being received from all parts of Europe. England has revived the project for an European conference but the Powers are irresolute. The general impression is war cannot long be delayed. The latest news is that Russia Is mass ing troops on the ’ fghan frontier, and great alarm has been created in Cabul. It is further stited Russia has men of war ready to cut the cables.

THE EASTERN CRISIS.

St Petersburg, October 2G

Two Russian men-of-war have been ordered to proceed to Varna for the purpose of protecting Russian subjects in that town.

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Auckland, October 26,

At a meeting of the Industrial Associa tion a committee was appointed to collect statistics respecting the several Industries requiring the encouragement of the Asso ciation, and necessary adjustment In the tariff.

Ac a special meeting of the Chamber of C -minorce, to consider the proposed de parturo of the ’Frisco mail steamer a day earli-T, a resolution was carried in favor of the proposed alteration as to the delivery of the mails three days earlier in Bond el.

The ittark Purchase Enquiry was prao licrllv closed to-day by the examination of Mevs-s Allison, teamen, and Brewer The two former had written long statements but nothing now was disclosed. The Commissioners sit to morrow, to give anybody an opportunity for a last word on the vexed question, Professor Kirk having made inaugura tion of the School of F vestry at Whan garei, left to-day for 'VoUingtoii. Wellington, October 26.

The clothing establishment of J. H. Shine, tailor, Onba street, was bu-- sdariously entered on Saturday night and a quantity of goods stolen. The missing r r»par:y ha- been found at tbelndiings of two y >urg men named Baddon uni tlen»y Mads in, alias Charles Buskoe. who were arrested on the charge of stealing (he goods and remanded to Fridry. Among th-‘U- effects wee’found several articles wl ich seem to imp’icate them with the burgl '• y at W. Mo g Chong’s premises a fort night ago. Beth prisoners are new arrivals in Wo’ling'ou, Uuddon haying formerlsy wo.ked ou a farm near Pr-ap-.’, >hilo Madsen w« 'ormerly employed as a f ;r.n laborer at Boruham. near Christ— church. Dunedin, October 26. About iwerdy miner? left town to-day, under police protection, to commence work at Kiitangata mire. The late employers turned out to meet them, but as the train was run up to the mine no chance was given for any hostile demonstration, if any such was Intended.

FROM OUR EXCHANGES

4 USiELL HINT,

The Field gives the full 'Wins' useful hint If a man wants a carriage of any Implement photographed, so as to make a working copy to -cale, ail that in neces sary b, whan a photograph is being taken ihat a dear and distinct three-foot rule be pi reed in Ihe carriage This is photo graphed along with the carriage! and no matter wh?.t the size of the print, or ne gat've, it will always be a true scale. It enlarges or diminiohes, in exactly toe same proportion as the carriage.” p::opos?:d new coin.

A correspondent suggests to a Home parer that a 50s gold coin should bo ifsaod to commemorate the Queen s jubilee. It would have many advantages : 1. The number of shillings would mark the fif y years, ir jublee. 2. Naming it “Victoria” would for over mark the gr“at event. 3. It would (n the half of a £'» note) be a very convenient current coin of the realm. 4. It would be likely to bo very popular as aa ornament for ladles, who will certainly require a some thing very marked to wear in honor of the Queen,

ON’E FOR MR MAXWELL. The following Is from a recant issue of the Wanganui Herald : —“ Reserved,” in large letters, attached to a railway car riage generally indicates that some high and m'ghty individual condescending to use the line, desires to have a carriage to himself Last night there was one carriage so marked, and the tccupant was—Mr Max well. Why this autocrat of the New Zealand railways should have a reserved carriage we do not know, but as Mr Maxwell can tell eo much better than anyone e'se why It la ih-t our line does not pay, he might give an opinion on the coat entailed on the Government every time he takes a “reserved ’ carriage when the colony would be as well served by his travelling like an ordinary individual.

FERRETS AND SHEEP. While a settler in the Puerua Valley was at some work with hta horses the other day, he noticed a ferret holding cn to the ear of a sheep. The sheep tred hard to throw it i ff, but could not. The settler went to its assistance, but the sheep ran off, and he could not leave his horses to follow It. What the result was he could net tell. The incident (says the Leader) is suggestive as to the danger to iambs should the rabbits ever bo ex ei minated, and the ferrets now being turned out all over the country be pteated for food If they attack full-grown i-heep It is to be feared the lambs will have In these ferocious vermin a very dangerous enemy.

MOBMONISM IN NEW ZEALAND, Mormonlsrn (we are told by the Grev town Standard) is Increasing in numbers in the North Island. A great number of natives have become adherents in Napier, and they are particularly numerous In the Gisborne district. At Palmtrstoa North the mission is being energetically prose cuted among iho Mangitana tribe. Elders E. L. Davis and M. R. Pratt (the latter being a son if the famous Orson Pratt) are laboring in the Waira-spa at the present time, and within the last six weeks, they state, 40 natives have pro fesse the fairh. In Carterton there are about 40 Europeans who have j fined the Saints, ihe president of tfm di-tricl, Mr Newby is at present in the Manawatu dis'rict.

BLUE-RIHBONISM IN AUCKLAND. In another path of social reform, temperance, Mr Mathew Barnett is par uin; bis successful 'murse As he him elf stiys, he conies here only as a gV-.ner, for in the past three years over 10 OCO persons have been enrobe. i in the li ta of tue Bine Ribbon Army iu Auckland city and adjacent dLtricts alone. As one of the siuns of the times, the Clurch of England hen is t-ki-g a hearty interest In such work, A me.ting of the clergy was held recently to secure bet et organ i<at'on and a more thorough onpention with the laity in the muter, an 1 Bishop Cow e has n >titi d Mr Burnett that he will have great pleasure in presiding at soma of his meetings

THE HAKATERAMKA VALLEY. Perhaps w thout exception the region of the Hakateramea is the most forward, both as to aivzing and agriculture at the present time At Christie’s farm m finer paddocks of wheat coaid fee beheld t'<au are there ; but, indeed, all the cerea’s look splendid. Cattle and sheep have nowhere donned a better appearance than they exhibit on the ferti e Haka teramea, and some Idea of the richness of the pasture mly be arrived at when we mention that a consignment of bullocks from the Station Peak, finished on purely natural grass, topped the Dunedin market a few weeks ago. The polled angus breed of cattle, imported to these lands first by Judge Ward and the Australian Land Company, ate getting into market favor, and droves of this harcfy and beautiful kind a»-e now to be seen brows ing oa the Talley slopes of the Haka teramea river. The butcher shows a preference for polled angus, and their sable coat certainly does not fake from the fine scenery <>f this favored portion of the country. — JVaimate Times,

GIRL KILLED BY A CHILD, An inqnest was held at Penrith re cently, before Mr Lee. Deputy-Coroner, touching the death of Joan Ann Rae, a girl thirteen years old, who had been killed by a stone thrown by her cottfin, Juhn Graham, eight years of age. The evidence showed that several children were playing together on the previous Sunday in Penrith Beacon Wood, where they were gathering blackberries. The boy Graham had been interfering with the fruit gathering by j imping on the hushes, and the deceased, who had a stick, threa tened to thrash him if he did not go away and gave him a rap with a stick, Graham thereupon threw a stone at her, bat missed her, and he threw auother while she was standing with her back towards him, and this hit her on the back of the neck, causing rupture of a blond-vesse! at the base of the brain. The girl dropped down aud died in a few minutes. The jury returned a verdict that the death of the deceased was caused by the stone thrown by Graham, but that he being only e’ght years of age was not of sufficient capacity to have felonious In tent. Graham is in custody of the police, and will be brought before the Magis- Fates.

THE AUSTRALIAN DIAMOND INDUSTRY.

Bingerr, the seat of the New South Wales diamond-miolng Industry, is a post town in the county of Murchison, within easy reach of Tamworth and Glen Innes. Diamonds have from time to time been obtained from that locality, bat, as systematic mining was never taken in ha- d, the partial yields were for a long tim > passed over with scarce a thought of the immense importance of the industry. Strange to say, the experience of the two other great diamondlferous countries of the world has been similar. lu Brazil the stones were f ir a long time considered as almost worthless, whilst at the Cape they ware discovered long before their true value was known. Up to eighteen months ago the Bingt-ra mines were in the same position, for it was generally believed throughout colonial mining circles that the Aust alian diamond was not equal to the Cape or Brazilian o e. Recent ex periments have completely overthrown the hypothesis of thn small value of the Australian diamond, for Cape stones of a sim'lar size have only a current value of from 14s lo 15a per carat. The extreme hardness, which was one of the principsl objections against the Australian diamond, at adding to the cost of cutting, has been found actually to increase its value, u when cat it shows a brilliancy and life that makes it far superior to the softer and leas lustrous stone of the Cape fields. Coster, the great diamond cutter of Am sterdam, and the greatest authority In the world on the subject, to whom the cutting of the Koh-i-noor was encrusted, is said to have pronounced most favorably as to the quality of the Bingera stones, and to have considered them finer and better than those from the Cape.

OUR LEADING (?) COLONISTS AT HOME.

The Wellington Press Bays:—“Some of the stories about the antics and mis conduct of ‘ leading colonists ’ at Home at the houses of role and wealthy enter tainers, to which they have been invited in droves, are so extraordinary that we hoped they were exaggerated We could scarcely believe that story, for instance, about the ‘leading colonists’ who danced on Lord Brassey's billiard table at Norman hurst, and did other things even worse than that. But when we learn from people who have just returned what eort of per sons many of these ‘ leading colonists ’ are, we can beli :va anything about them. We only fear we have not heard the worst by a long way yet. A friend of ours who is interested iu agricultural matters, went down the other day with a party of ‘lead* ing colonists,’ at the invitation of a Duke, to see s me experiments in manures at one of the grandest places in England. The party were understood to be strictly select. They only numbered 60. They were taken down from London In a superbly appointed special train, and were met at the country station by a long a ring of carriages with servants in the ducal livery. Arrived at the estate, they were received by the Duke and a large number of distinguished guests of his, and ware taken over the farms aod had every Hong shown to thsm and explained to ihem in the pleasantest manner. Our friend noticed only one man from New Zealand whom he knew, a very good fellow, quite In a private position in the colony, with whom he forgathered for the day. A fter the farming experiments came a sumotuous lunch at the mansion—we might aiy palace, and not be far wrong— and the chums still stuck together and managed to get seated side by side. They then had an opportunity to look about th m and s?e what sort of company they were in. RLht oppcs te to him, pegging ii.to the good things freely and talking n ! nete j n to the d z n, our friend saw a man who left New Zealand suddenly foot cr five y j ars ago under a vary '.hick cloud 1 c’eid, leaving a wifa and six cMibren to sh'.fi for themselves, besides a large circle of lamenting acquaintances and business connections. He knew him perfect'y well, —too well by half ; —but there was not a sun of recognition from him ; only a stony stare By the side of this worthy fat another man of most peculiar appear nee, of the horse, horsey, 3'. mistake about that,—who presently nodded familiarly, but not altogether easily, to our friend’s friend No words passed at the time, but after lunch our friend asked his friend who ths man was who had nodded to him across the table. He was a groom who until recently had a billet at thirty shillings a week on a race course with which our friend’s friend was officially connected as an amateur patron of tTie turf, and was supposed to have gone to Kngland to take charge of a luree that was coni'ng oat for a Stud Com pany. These were the only other New Zealanders the two friends recognised in the Duke’s select part of 60, and oar friend was pleased to learn on enquiry that the one he fad spotted disclaimed any connrc ton with New Zealand, and passed for a ‘ hading colonist’ from one of the tropical dependencies of the Empire."

AGRICULTURE A FRAUD.

The basest fraud on earth is agricul ture. The deadliest ignis fatuus that ever glittered to beguile, and dszz'ed to betray, is agriculture. I speak with feel* Ing on this subject, for I’ve been glittered and beguiled, and destroyed by the same arch deceiver. She has made me a thou sand promises and broken everyone of them. She has promised me early potatoes, and the rain has drowned them ; late potatoes, and a drouth has withered them. She hss promised cherries, and the curculio hss stung them, and they contain living things, uncomely to the eye and unsavoury to the tuste. She has pr mised strawberries, and the young chickens have devoured them, and the eye cannot see them No wonder that Cain killed his brother. He was a tiller of the ground. The wonder is he did not kill his father, and then weep be cause he had not a grandfather to kill. No doubt, his early Rose potatoes, for which be paid Adam 7 dols. a barrel, had been cut down by bugs from the headwaters of the Euphrates; his Pennyslvania wheat had been winter-killed and was not worth cutting, his Norway oats had gone to straw, and would not yield five pecks per acre, and his black 'Spanish water melons had been stolen by boys, who pulled up the vines, broke down his patent picket fence and had written scurrilous doggotal all over his back gate. No wonder he felt mad when he saw Abel whistling along with hia French marines worth 8 dots, a head, and wool going up every day. No wonder he wanted to kill someb'dy, and thouaht ho would practice on Abel. And Noah’s getting drnnk was not at all surprising. He had become a bus' a idman, and drowned nil sorrows in the ‘ flawing bowl ’ The fact -s, agriculture would demonise a saint. I was almost a saint when I went Into it i’m a demon now. I’m at war with ove'V'hiti". I fight myself out of bed at f..nr o’clock, when all my better nature tells me to lie till seven, I fight myself into the garden t 3 w rk like a brute, when res son and instinct tells me to stay in the hou e and enjoy myself like a man. I fi-tht the nigs, the chickens, the moles, ite birds, the bugs, the worms—every thing in which is the brea'h of Ufa. I fijht the docks, the burdocks, the mul leins, the thistles, the grapes, the weeds, the roots —he whole vegetable xingdomi I fight the heat, the frost, the tain, the hail —in short, I fight the un verse, and whipped in every battle, —Oincinnati Times.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1886



MUSIC. MRS A . c. CLAE IDG 1 ?, is prepared to receive PUPILS for PIANOFORTE and ORGAN Terms on Application Cox street, Ashburton. t SERVANTS WANTED. B EVEN GENERAL SERVANTS and one COOK for Ashburton and anburbs. Also, one COOK and one GENERAL SERVANT for the country. Apply to Mrs Randall’s Registry ffice. A, W, RANDRLL, FRUITERER, &c., Town Hall, Aahbnrton. WAKANUI ROAD DISTRICT. ROAD PROPOSED TO BE CLOSED. I HER! BY give notice that in accord ance with section 9-1 of the Public Works Act, ISS2, the Wakanui Road Board propose to close that hoad in Wakanui Survey District which com mences at the 'southernmost corcer of K.S 26460. and extends north westerly to the Wakanui Creek, and that the plan showing the said Road is open for public inspection at the AYakanui Road Board Office. MURDOCH BRUCE, 970 g Chairman. FOR COUGHS, COLD ’, Pkoxchitis Asthma, Coryza, Influenza, Con- Bumntion, Ac. TZ' AY’.S compound of linseed, Aniseed, Senega, Squill, Tolu, &s •with Ohlorodyne. KAY’S COMPOUND, a demulcent cxpecbirant, for Coughs, Colds, ami Chest Complaints. KAY’S COMPOUND, for Couaha, and Cold?, is equally serviceable for Horses and Cattle. • KAY’S TIC PILLS, a specific in Neuralgia, Face-ache, Con tains Qcr ; n ne, Iron, &c. CO AGULINE.—Cement for Broken Articles. Sold Everywhere. Sole Makers :—KAY BROS., Stock port, England, GeTe AT sTIE OF Groceries, Teas, Sugars &c. FOR ONE MONTH (Expiry of Lease). Andrew Orr HAS resolved to DISCONTINUE his GCRHY BUSINESS, Tancred street, and will hold a great CLEARANCE SALE FOR ONE MONTH Every article must bo cleared, no matter at wha* sacrifice, so as to effect a com plete clearance before 12th November, ■when premises must be vaca'ed. ANDREW ORR. 833



Wanted. r-rr the Public to Inspect a W qrand assortment of New Season a ’ea and Sugars of all grades, at prices o suit all classes of purchasers.— Jas JcGrf.gor, Tancrod street. FURNITURE— To meet the times, W. DAVIS, Cabinetmaker, East street, Ashburton, is now selling Furniture of all tinds cheaper than ever. Chest or Drawers, £1 5s ; Spring Couches, £1 os Every other article equally cheap* A aew furniture at second-hand price. 004: a CCORDIANS, Concertinas, Mouth Organs, Flutes, Violins, Cornets, Brass Whistles, ViolinJStrings. Music. H M. Jones. JUST OPENED—Choice assortment of New Spring Dress Stuffs, Prints, Millenry, etc. ‘the cheapest House in town for first class goods. Dressmaking on the premises. H. C. Seqers, Mel ford House. Special Advertisements. MRS MANHIRE, TIAN C Y GOODS WAREHOUSE, Saunders’ Buildings, East street. Ladies' and Children's Clothing in great variety. Paper Patterns in stock and designed to order Special Lines in Aprons and Pinafores, 9t5~4 rnQWLE’S P.NNYi’OY-L AND 'X' STEEL PILLS FOR FEMALES quickly correct all irregularities, and relieve the distressing symptoms so pre valent with the sex. Boxes Id lid and Is Bd, of all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors, i repared only by The Lincoln and Midland Counties Drug Co., Lincoln, England. Wholesale of all the Wholesale Houses. Beware of Imitations. TT anted known /V THAT MRS STRIBLIND HAS REMOVED Dm old premises in Burnett street (nest to the Arcade), to the 3 ANAMA BOARDING-HOUSE, tancred street (Lately occupied by Sr Lucas). 8 C 537 Field Peas. (OR SALE—Prussian Blue, Partiidge, and other varieties. GEO. JAMESON, jag Ashburton. CENTRAL HOTEL. JW. McRAE 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. NSW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY mHE NEW GOODS FOR THE J WINTER SEASON ARE SOW OPENED OUT. The Stock is THE LARGEST & BEST SELECTED IN THE T«iWN, And the variety of Stylo and Patterns in Men’s, Youths’, and Boys’ Clothing loaves nothing to be desired. Thousands of Men’s and Boys Suits, newest styles. Trousers and Trousers and Vests manufactured of Now Zealand Tweeds. Every garment warranted shrunk Overcoats, Waterproof Coats and Legg>~gs in great variety Hats, comprismg every new style worn Children’s Jersey Suits, Children’s Men of-War Suits GerT'smen’s Hosiery, Scarves; Oxford Regatta and White Shirts Rugs, Portmanteaus, and Travelling Bags The celebrated WERTHEIM SEWING MACHINE. Time Payments. K.Z CLO r RING FACTORY, East Street



Woolsacks. Woolpacks. WVOLPACKS JUST LANDING, 100 BALES. To Farmers, who will plane their Clips in cur hands for sale, Woolpacks will be charged at cost price. Wool. Wool. Wool. We intend holding sales at Ashburt on, date of which will appear in a future advertisement. No charge will be m.ade if wool not sold. Cornsacks. Cornsacks. COUNSACKS. To arrive ex Triumph. 1000 BALES, full sized «nd full weights. If Farmers will give us their (rrders at once, so that we can deliver to them, ox ship, they will save at least 3d per doz. FKIEDLANDER 81.t05., WOOD AND GRAIN ME RCHANTS.



MAOPHEBFON, SAMP SON, & CO., STOCK AND LAND SAVusMEN, GRAIN MERCHANTS AND GENERAL, COMMISSION &GE:>T.S, WILL hold their regular WEEKLY SALE of VI kinds of Stock, Produce, and Fund; .ies, at the CENTRAL AUCTION MART every SATURDAY, at 12 o’clock sharp Special or t'desring Sales conducted when required. Properties 'rot or sold, rents collected, books and accounts audited, transfers, mortgages, and leases prepared. Loans negotiated on very easy terms. To let for a term of about 14 years, at a remarkably low rental, a splendid Cattle or Sheep Run of 42,000 acres, \vith plenty of water and good timber on the property FO R SALF— Blacksmith’s Portable Forgo 1 superior second-hand Dogcart,, almost new Quantity of well made Hurdles Several Properties and Houses on hand to let or for Bale, $593



Victoria House. DIM ANT & COE KE still offering every inducement to purchasers willing to continue thei favors. Onr QPij’rNG CONSIGNMENTS of Dress Stuffs, Fancy and Manchester Goods H«. JMen',. Youth?, and Coy.' Olotl.mg, are now to Land, aud of remarkable value and variety. A DIMANT AND COE, GENERAL DRAPERS, CLOTHIERS, &c., Corner East and Taucred streets, Ashburton.



Special advertisements. IN THE SUPREME COURT OE BANKRUPTCY THIS_ DAY GK L, Beath & Co. offer the STOCK-IN-TRADE THOMAS JACOBS, DRAPER AND CLOT.HI[ER 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 OF IN THE £ OF jjD. IN THE £ TOTAL VALUE -



Unprecedented Bargains. Stock Sheets in course of publication. The above are two of the Cleanest Stocks over offered in Christchurch, Simpson and Harper having been in busi ness only four months, whilst the largest portion of Thomas Jacobs Stock was purchased by him this winter. MORE BARGAINS. ORR & ALCORN HAVE now opened up ANOTHER LARGE LOT of English Samples. This Lot consists mainly of MEN’S TWEED SUITS, of all kinds OVERCOATS, BOYS’ TWEED SUITS Handsome TABLE COVERS, QUILTS CHILDREN'S DRESSES PELISSES and PINAFORES HOLLAND APRONS, &c.



Tho first Lot sold so quickly, that wo would recommend all who require any of tho above to COME MARLY, as such Bargains in Now and Stylish Goods aro not to bo had every day. BOOTS* BOOTS. We also beg to announce the arrival of a Large Parcel of LADIES’ AND CHILDREN’S BOOTS AND SHOES From the first English and French makers, Which we are Selling Very Cheap. Orr & Alcorn. ASHBURTON. 96-16 REMOVAL OF THE ASHBURTON BRANCH OF n, J. WOOD AND CO. (Late T. F. Farley) to FRIEDLANDER’S BUILDINGS. beg to advise our valued cus „ , tomors, tho commercial and general public of Ashburton and sur rounding districts, that, having taken the lease of the largo and commodious pre mises, formerly the drapery establishment of Messrs Friedlander Bros., next the corner, wo have opened there with a large and well-assorted stock of BOOKS, COMMERCIAL & GENERAL STATIONERY, ACCOUNT BOOKS, &c., To which is bo : ng added on the arrival of every direct steamer the very latest NEW B -OKS and NEW MUSIC out.



Subscribers supplied with English, American, and Continental Newspapers and Magazines immediately on arrival of Mail. Special attention is given to all orders for Bookbinding, Printing, Engraving, and Lithography. Specimens on view. Special Discounts allowed to Library and School Committees. Catalogues and Lists on application WRITING, PRINTING, & WRAPPING PAPERS IN ANY QUANTITY, Any Book wanted which may be tem porarily out of stock will be immediately procured from our Christchurch Establish ment, the stock of which is one of the largest and best assorted in the colonies ; or '‘from our London Agency by direct mail steamer. H. J. WOOD & CO. Booksellers, Stationers, Printers, and Bookbinders, STATIONERS’ HALL, ASHBURTON. Messrs SPENSLEY & 00. having ap pointed us their Agents for Ashburton and District, we have pleasu-e in calling atten tion to our large and well assorted stock of Sheet Music, comprising the latest and most popular Bongs, Dances, and Piano forte Solos. Teachers and others will hnd : a useful assortment of the most approved Methods and Studies for Pianoforte Prac tice and S nging. Pianos by celebrated makers, which maybe either purchased on the deferred payment syst-m or hired for any length of time. Violins, Comets, Elutes, Accordions, Concertinas, Har moniums, Organs, and Brass Instruments H. J. WOOD AND CO.



BANK HOLIDAY. PURSUANT to “Tho B.anks and Bankers Act Amendment Act, 1882,” FRIDAY, the 29th DAY OF OCTOBER, 1886, is hereby appointed as a SPKCI'.L BANK HOLIDAY at the Offices of the undermentioned Banks at Ashburton and llakaia THE UNION BANK OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED, JOSEPH PALMER, Chief Officer. HIE BANK OF AUSTRALASIA. JOHN SAWEUS, Acting inspector, THE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND. D. L. MURDOCH, *10872 • General Manager. COAL. COAL. COAL. WE are Now Landing SPLENDID NEWCASTLE COAL, second only to Westport Coal for healing pro perties, but far more economical. Will bo Sold at Lowest Rates. McCALLUM & CO., TIMBER MERCHANTS & IMPORTERS, East street. 10841



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