DAILY MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALIS. Saturday. Judy IT. KofiSTB Matson, Cox and Co* at Tfttwl*

•all’s—Live Stock Hr T. Bullock, at the Arcade—Far nitate, Lire and Dead Stock, etc Hr Alfred H»rrison, at his Salerooms — Produce and Sundries

MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS Ew. Saturday, Judy 17 •rksey Farmers League —Meeting at Obert iey Hotel at 6 o’clock Monday, Judy 26 •trough Council, at Borough Council Chambers at 7. SO Friday, August 6, Ashburton County Council —At Council Chambers, 11 a.m.

RAILWAY TIME TABLE.

Tans Arrive at Ashburton— From Ohrist and the North, at 10.15 a.m. (express), p.m., nd 7.10 p.m. From Timaru, M. 46 a.m. From Dunedin and South, 6.27 (express). From Mount Somers, 10.5 S m . Trains Lkat* Ashburton— For Chnst kburoh and North, at 7.10 a.m., 10.55 a.m., and 6.37 p.m. (express). For Dunedin and South, 10.35 a.m. (express). For Timaru, MS p.m. For Mount Somers, 6.5 p.m.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN.

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MAIL NOTICES.

Mallw dose at the Ashburton Post Office follows: — , . . For Christchurch and North at 6 a.m 10.30 a-m., and 5 p.m., daily. For Cherteey Rakaia, &0., at 10.30 a.m and 5 p.m. daily. For Dunedin, Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, usd Geraldine, at 10 a.m. daily. For Temuka, at 10 a.m. and 4.30 p.m for Timarn and South, at 10 a. ea. , and 430 p. m., daily* _ , For Groenstreet, on Wednesdays and turdays, at 10.45 a.m. For Wakanul, Elgm, Seavlew, Soafield, Bd Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and at 6.30 a.m. For Mount Somers, dally at 4.30 p.ra For Mayfield 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 fays, and Fridays, at 4.30 p.m. For Rowlands, on Tuesdays and Frl at 10.30 a.m.

Mall, arrive at the. Ashburton Post T?om Christchurch and Rakaia at 10.15 .m., 4.35 p.m., and 7.20 p.m. From Ohertsey, &o. at 10.15 c ■ and .35 p.m. daily. From Dunedin »nd Intermediate places s.3 ft n,m. daily. 9 ¥ roizs Temuka and Timaru at 10.40 a. m p 5.30 p.m daily. From Groenstreet, Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 10 *.m. From Mount Somers, dally at 10. B * From Mayfield and Rnapuna, on Wed aasdaya and Saturdays, at 10.6 a.m. From Ashton, Waterton, and Long each at 10 a.m. daily. From Newlands, on Tuesdays and Fri ays, at 2.30 p.m. From Flemington on Tuesdays, Thun, ays, and Saturdays, at 10a. m.

DEATH.

MoCleary Near the Beach, Wakanui, on Thursday, 15th instant, David McCleary, aged 32 years.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prevalebit. FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1886. The Education Scare.

The report of the Committee ap pointed to enquire into the condition of education in North Canterbury was further considered at yester day’s meeting of the North Canter bury Board of Education and, after a prolonged discussion, was adopted on division by five to three. The minority —Messrs Bowen, Chrystall, and Booth —supported the following amendment upon the motion for the adoption of the report, viz:—“ The Bor rd desires to thank the Committee for their able and suggestive report on the condition of the schools in the North Canterbury district. The Board recognises the ne cessity of reform in some direction, and generally adopts the recommenda tions made by the Committee as to administration and the manner of making appointments. But, at the same time, the Board regrets that the short time at the disposal of the Com mittee has led them, in some instances, to draw inferences from the evidence which are overstrained, and to condemn too sweepingly the valuable work which has, up to this time, been done in the North Canterbury Educational dis-

trict.” When we noticed the presen tation of the report, some two or three weeks ago, we observed that the con stitution of the Committee ensured an exacting and impartial enquiry, and now having, by the courtesy of the Secretary to the Board of Education, been able to peruse the report of the evidence, we are compelled to express our complete concurrence with the con clusions arrived at by the Committee. There is not a single statement in the report that is not fully borne out by the evidence, and we fell satisfied that excellent results will follow on the labors of the Committee. It is estab lished beyond a doubt that the execu-

tive system of the Board has been' at fault, that incompetent teachers have been retained long after their inability was made known to the Board and the Committees concerned, and that the syllabus and method of teaching are capable of considerable improvement. We have already detailed the reforms proposed by the Committee, and we will not, at present, refer to them again, beyond pointing out that those teachers —a very large majority of the whole— who have given diligent, conscientious and intelligent attention to their duties have nothing to fear from this new de parture by the Board. We trutt the Board will sec the necessity of at once acting upon the report it has adopted by making renewed efforts to organise its forces, economise its means, and improve the condition of the children and ptimary schools entrusted to its care.

The following ia the quantify and value of gold entered for export fro® the colony for the half-year ended 30th June

Ozs. Value. Auckland .. 19,147 £76,190 Wellington .. 47 169 Marlborough .. 3 8

Nelson .. ~ 1,155 4,656 West Coast .. 57,370 229,284 Otago .. ~ 34,989 140,806

Totals .. 112,720 £451,113 Corresponding six months of 1885, 113,2580aa. ; value, £453,040.

The following is a return of the

Customs revenue collected in the colony for the quarter ended June 30; also, the correspond ng quarter of 1885 ;

1886. 1885. Auckland .. .. £70,915 £95,066 Thames .. ~ 1,319 2,130 Russell .. .. 151 344 Mongonui .. SO 5 Hokianga .. .. 70 87 Eaipara .. .. 195 447 Tauranga .. 279 549 Poverty Bay .. 3,260 3,693 New Plymouth .. 1,095 1,210 Patea .. .. 189 588 Wanganui.. .. 8,012 2,725 Fox ton .... 33 49 Wellington .. 81,426 68,308 Napier .. .. 8,860 9,582 Waitari .. .. 1,823 2,127 Picton .... 23 38 Nelson .. .. , 8,332 9,890 Westport .. .. 2,752 2,904 Greymonth .. 5,282 6,655 Hokitika .. .. 3,908 4,602 liyttelton .. .. 48,315 50,122 Timaru .. .. 4,296 4,564 Oatnaru .. .. 3,149 2,823 Dunedin .. .. 706 921 99,924 Invercargill 10,718 10,150 Riverton .. .. 38 533

£310,156 £376,750

The following are the returns of immi gration to, and emigration from, the colony of New Zealand during the month of June : Arrivals. I Departures. From ] For United Kingdom 652 I United Kingdom 238 Queensland .. 1' N. S. Wales .. 674 N. S. Wales .. 269 Victoria .. 47 Victoria .. 155 West. Australia 50 Tasmania .. 26 Tasmania .. 29 Other places .. 80 Other places .. 26

Total .. 1183 Total .. 1544 Arrivals at and departures from dif ferent New Zealand ports ; Arrivals. Departures. At From Bussell i, 1 Mongonui .. 1 Auckland .. 290 Bussell.. .. 4 Wellington .. 99 Auckland .. 679 Napier .. 1 Wellington .. 81 Nelson .. 2 Napier .. 15 Lyttelton .. 16 Lyttelton .. 213 Timaru .. 3 Timaru .. 11 Dunedin .. 590 Invercargill .. 640 Invercargill 181 Total .. 1183 Total .. 1544 Immigrants to the colony are all counted at first port of arrival, and emi grants at port of departure.

Owing to lack of support, the steamer Tamsui has been withdrawn from the trip from Wellington to Kimberley, It is understood that a cablegram was received in Wellington last evening that A. L. Levy has arrived in Sydney by the steamer Hauroto.

Under the Justices of the Peace Act, Mr Budolph Friedlander, of Ashburton, has ceased to be a Justice of the Peace.

The resignation of Captain C. W. Purnell, late of the Ashburton Guards, as trustee fer the Ashburton drillshed and rifle range, has been accepted, and G. E. Northey, acting Captain of the Ashburton Guards, has been appointed in bis place.

A despatch appears in the Gazette from the Lord Commissioners ’of the Admiralty, expressing the high appreciation} entertained by them of the services rendered by the Australasian Colonies in 00-operating with Bear-Admiral Tryon in the storing of coal during the preparations in case of war which were made in 1885.

At the usual fortnightly meeting of the North Canterbury Board of Education held yesterday, the report of the Committee ap pointed to enquire into the causes of the unsatisfactory condition of the schools in the North Canterbury district was adopted. Inspectors’ reports upon the South Bakaia, Cherteoy, Barrbill, aud Hinds schools were laid on the table.

Tbe Natives at Hawera have expressed their fixed determination to start ploughing shortly, on land in European occupation, and say that they hare clear instructions from Te Whiti to do so. Keen dissatisfaction exists among them concerning the management of their reserves, and the threatened proceedings are intended to call attention to it.

The Daily Telegraph wants to know who the particular individual is who is responsible for altering the teplegrah forms, and bring ing them into use when tons of the old forma remain on hand. It is nothing less than a public scandal, adds the Telegraph, that such gross waste and needless extravagance should been perpetrated when the financial position of the colony demands the most rigid economy.

Mr D. O’Brien’s racehorse Trenton and the trotter Erin were shipped to Sydney in the Wakatipn on Thursday.

An extraordinary case, in whioh W. H Messenger has instituted a prosecution against hia wife for stealing his goods, came on again, at the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Christ church, yesterday. Mr Beetham, con sidering the circumstances of the ease, that the husband had recently been brought back from Australia on a charge of wife desertion, which it had been deemed expedient not to go on with because his wife could not legally give evidence against him, positively declined to issue a warrant lor the apprehension of Mrs Messenger, who is in Auckland, and told the informant that he could apply to the Supreme Court for a mandamus if he liked. With respect to the railway frauds in New South Wales in connection with whioh several arrests have been made, it is alleged in some quarters that no less than £200,000 has been lost to the New South Wales revenue The frauds were committed in connection with the carriage of wool bv the railways by means of falsified wav’ '■!,, which hav*6 passed off bales of wool weighing v jas only weigh, ing 2501 b. Five arms oi carriers are said to be implicated, and several prominent business men. Mr Abigail,'in the .Legislative Assembly! stated that carriers representing large firms contracted to carry wool from stations and land at in Sydney, They signed for the fulj weight, but between the sheep stations and the railway, fresh waybills were manufactured by the carriers, and perhaps in a case where they were paid for the carriage of 150 tons* they only paid the Railway Department for 130 tons. The frauds were said to extend back to 1881

A mooting of the Hakatere Town Board was held at the Board’s office, Hampstead, last evening. Present—Messrs F. T. Mayo (Chairman), Andrews, and Fawcett. A letter was read from Mr White, resigning bis seat on the Board. The resignation was accepted. The Committee which had been appointed at a previous meeting to report upon the desirableness of making a connec tion with the Borough Council’s outfall drain on the East Belt recommended that the matter should stand over until the Board’s position with regard to boundary be ascer tained. The Chairman reported the result of an interview be had bad with the Wakanui Boad Board in reference to a settlement of accounts. The Board decided that the Wakanui Boad Board’s offer was not satis factory. It was resolved that the necessary steps be taken to fill the vacancies on the Board.. Ur B. Hughes was appointed Clerk to the Board, which (hen adjourned until Jaly 39.

Members of the Masonic fraternity are notified by advertisement that a most im portant meeting of the Somerset Lodge will be held in the Masonic Hall at 7.30 this evening.

What the proprietors style a transparent diorama will bo exhibited in the Oddfellows’ Hall to-morrow evening, and, having been favored with a private view of the show, we have no hesitation in saying it is the finest dioramic.exbibition we have yet seen. The pictures treat, chiefly, of the recent eruptions in the North Island, and are produced from actual photographs exquisitely painted by Mr i Hobson, who has few equals in this branch of 1 the flue arts. The specimens shown to our I representative were simply gems of trana j parent painting, and as they will, as exhibited 1 appear the full size of the stage, the pictures*

should be seen by everyone. Ashburton has suf fered a good deal in the way of dioramas and panoramas, but this is a really excellent exhibition, and we trust the proprie tors will receive the patronage they i richly deserve. The prices of admission, advertised in another column, are exceptionally low.

FROZEN MEAT.

(The State.)

While the Bouse of Commons is en grossed in Home Rule, the House of Lords has leisure to debate domestic economy. Lord Lamiugton has proposed to call attention to the practice among butchers of selling * imported meat as home produce,’ and to ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they would take any nepa to put a stop to it, seeing that it caused injury and loss, not only to the consumer, but also to the home grower of oeef and mutton. This is a subiect which appeals to ‘ the business and besom' of all ; it is of almost as wide and serious import as the question of Home I Rule; It concerns not only Britain, I but the Greater Britain of the Southern I Seas and the United States of America, I The practice complained of obtains to an I enormous extent, and needs no dexterity I in the butcher ; it is as easy as lying. I Indeed, the butcher has usually only to I cold his tongue about his beef being from I America and his mutton from New Zea- I land to get the one accepted as ‘prime I dcotoh’ and the other as Southdown or I Welsh. This is not at all to be wondered I at. For years the stock-raisers of I America have been improving the breed lof their cattle with shorthorn Importa | foils, and the farmers of New Zealand, I especially in the district of Canterbury, I have so assiduously ‘ crossed ’ their aheap I chat they can now produce better animals I for the batcher than most English I farmers. Indeed, what with this and the I perfection now of the refrigerating process I in board the great swift steamers which j ply between the Australian colonies and I Liigland, if a housiwife who understands I the marks of good meat ware shown by I her butcher two legs of ‘ Southdown ’ ] mutton, sue would in all probability I choose the one which had really been I brought from the Antipodes. In fact, ] We know of one shrewd tradesman who I does what is called a ‘ high-class ’ trade, land who ‘flours’ his New Zealand I mutton so as to bide from the practiced I eye certain signs of the freezing it has I undergone, and sells i f as ‘ Welsh.’ I Bur, it may be said, ‘if New Zealand { mutton, for instance, is as g >od as, if not I batter than English, what harm is done by the present practice except to the I batcher’s character for honesty V Firstly, { it is unjust to the colonies, since they do { not get the credit of producing first class I meat and sending it in perfect condition I to our doors, and since they do not reap 1 such benefit in increase of trade as they are entitled to. The beat consignments of New Zealand mutton are so greedily taken up by big batchers and great hotels and restaurants, to be sold as English that what remains to be humbly presented in market and shop is not fairly representa tive of New Zealand ine.it, or is not from New Zealand at al l , but from Victoria, or the River Plate, or the Falkland Islands ; for tens of thousands of frozen carcases of sheep and lambs are brought Into the Thames every week from these distant regions. River Plate mutton is small and tough. Falkland mutton is fairly good and is improving. Melbourne is good but lean ; all frozen muttons are flu for food, but that all should lake in the batcher’s shop the name and credit of the best is scarcely fair to the best, which is fit to be set before a king. Then the practice is unjust, and—what is almost worse— vexatious to those who buy beef and mutton. A householder, say, has regular dealings with a butcher and ex pects to be treat d with the honesty which, he thinks, his large weekly bill and his confidence in the man entitle him to. He pays from a shilling to six pence a pound for his beef and mutton, and does not grudge it because the j iuts cut well aud eat well. Somehow he learns—either through dining with a careful friend who has studied the meat question, or by considering signs and lokens fur himself —that such joints as ha has been paying a shilling or more a pound for can be had for sixpence or utnoponco a pound of another butcher, who drives what is called a ‘ cash ’ trade, and who does not mind confessing that his beef is from America and his mutton from Now Zealand and Victoria. Surely the householder does well to be angry, and to apply to his own butcher strong epithets, when he considers how grossly he has been cheated.

The injustice perpetrated on either hand ia apparent, but what remedy for it can be found i Can either Houae of Par liament devise one ? Lord Lamington ou Tuesday failed to bring his notice forward, and we cannot guess what step ho would propose Government should take to put a stop to the butchers’ dishonest practice, except the appointment uf a staff of but chers’ inspectors.

“OCR WOOL, RIVALS IN SOOTH AMERICA.”

What proved an interesting and In structive lecture was delivered in the Technical College Hall, Sydney, a few weeks ago, by the Agricultural Instructor. The subject was “ Our Wool Rivals in South America ” Comparisons (save the Town and Country Journal) were made

between the interest? {attached to the Argentine republic in 1880 and now, when some twenty millions sterling were lost to Australia in five jaars owing to low prices. The pastoral capabilities climate, soli, government, and social condition of the Argentine country were described. They had many advantages, in more regularity of seasons and richness of soil; bat want of skilled labor, a poor class of sheep to start from, uncertain government, and prevalence of scab and other diseases were against them Most of the sheep shearing was done by women, the cost being about 3dol. (12?) per 100 sheep, and, comparing the work, it was dearer than the £1 per 100 d manded by the Australian shearer, who, taking him all in all, did the work better than any other in the world. £nt the South Americana were improving the quality by introducing better sheep. Our wool clip per head out was the heaviest known, and the all-over j quality of the sheep the beat, but good feed was necessary to keep up the quality. The grand stud animals paatoralista could now purchase at the sales for the improve ment of their flocks wefo referred to, and the absolute necessity of keeping up the quality of the great staple of the country in the leading position it still held. To do i his, cultivation was becoming more and more necessary, fur (he native grasses are failing more and fcore, hence the benefits likely to follow water conserve? tion and irrigation. Samples of Sonth American wool were shown, and,.aroused much attention.!; ~

HOSPITALS AND CHARITABLE IN STITUTIONS BILL.

The following : a the Hansard report of Mr W. 0. Wtt'ker’a speech upon the second reading cf the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act 1885 Amend ment Bill :

Mr Walker. -As a member who 1 supp rted the Act of last session with I 8 j the desire to roe it made a practical | 0 j success and the solution of a very great J ac difficulty, and as one who has been 1 endeavouring 11 carry the Act into If ( practical use, I think it It my duty to I p give to the House the results of my last I B( year’s experience so far as the district 11 B , represent Is concerned. I may ray that 11 j stand here in the double capacity of be- I a longing to the district in New Zealand J f ( which is most troubled with this question { c the District of North Canterbury—and I q also as belonging to and, as it were, re- I t presenting the District of Ashbncton, I j which was tacked on to North Canterbury 1 t last year We found ourselves in this I ] position, that we in Ashburton bad I j been doing oar best to support oar own I . hospital, and had been supporting It and 1, maintaining our own charitable aid, until I j we found that hardly anybody else in the I , colony was doing so. So we gave it up, I , and now we find ourselves tacked on to I , : the district in the colony which stands I in the position of being the moat I ! heavily taxed of all for charitable I aid. I need not say, therefore, that I we find ourselves in a most uuplea-1 1 sant position. We have to pay an enor-1 | moua sum per annum according to the I ' provislonsjof the Act of last session ; and 1 have not only to support our own poor, I but have also to meet the exigencies which I have been fostered round the centre in I . Christchurch I believe artificially fos- I tered. I will presently quote a few I a figures to show how egregloualy absurd I 0 are the facts with regard to charitable aid I • in Christchurch, —how it is impossible I Q that they could have increased to the I " amount at which they now stand unless I a by a terrible series of years of neglect; I J how, in fact, many persons must have j gravitated there, not because they be-1 0 longed to the direct, but because they I a found, through some sort of animal in etinct, that Christchurch was the best place j 8 to leave their wives and children in if any-1 thing happened to themselves. With regard to the amendment Bill now before ** us, there are two points which I thing ) “ require special attend m, Ido not think J' the Bill meets them ; but I believe the *’ Premier is willing that the question shou'd be considered whan we go into Com 'P mi tee. Tne two questions are, first, vj whether the present basis of taxuiou is a 10 fair one ; and, secondly, the question of 10 fair representation. As rega-ds the first. 98 question, honourable members are no doubt aware t ial the issue wJI bo raije« in the House as to whether that should is be the rateable value of Road Board’s rolls *7, or the property tax Undoubtedly some 1 mra- sf r meeting the present difficulty *7 must be discovered, because as it at pre )n sent stands landed property ii count, y :t » districts is for the support of 30 charitable aid to the extent of 4i, sa, 6s, and even Ss; whereas property in the towns l “ in no instance goes above is 6d, In the 50 pound. The Board to whichlbaiong basex -98 pressed its opinion that the property tax valuation would be a more equitable 10 basis of contribution. lam not prepared to say whether that would meet the 10 difficulty or not ; but the question will 10 have to b« mat and so va.i very soon. If 7> it be not dcna'this }ea ■, then we shall hav ■ *° to faco it another year, because lam quite 38 certain that, as years go on, the proportion ,n of contribution as between town and k P country will be found to ba so unequal >7 that it will not ba borne by the country f 8 people. The second point we shall have df to consider, if not this year, then very ‘ s soon, is that of representation. The Act does not sufficiently provide that repre in aentstion shall be according to oonttibu- l ~ tion. That is the case both as to the 111 Boards and the separate institutions. 3r Those who promise to contribute a 1 » total of £IOO for one year to a sepa -38 rate institution have a preponderance of 10 power iu the management of that inati lt; tniion. Thus, 1 know of one case in which those who offered to subscribe 10 £IOO would have had the election of a majority of the Trustees ; while the local |» bodies, who would have been compelled 8 to contribute over £2,000, could only 18 elect the minority. The irstitution and 10 its funds, therefore, would in that case I 8 be managed by persons who would not be ~ responsible to the ratepayers, who would d have to contribute four-fifths of the entire cost of maintenance. But I wish particularly to draw the attention of the y House to the difficulties which surronnd 7 the position of the local bodies in this 0 matter. lam sorry that I have not been able to get statistics showing the position 1 of all the different districts in the colony 8 on this subject. Ail that I have bean 0 able to do la to get the figures for the 9 North Canterbury district and compare t them with those of the Otago District— -1 and, as 1 have said, Ashburton belongs s to tho North Canterbury District. The 8 figures for tfaa North Canterbury District r are these : In boroughs the average rate > per head ts lid J, of which, to show the > inequality, Christchurch contributes Is i 6gd , Sydenham 7 one-sixteeat i cf a 1 penny., Kaiopoi 6 five-aimhs of a penny. r in counties the average is Is IHd. per i head, ranging from Amur!, 9s to ! Selwyn, Is Bgd„ and Akarpa, 1s Bgd., ' without mentioning Cheviot over 27s per head, the total average per head for North Canterbury, Boroughs - and counties included, la 6|-d per head. To this Nof.. - _ j district i the County of Ashburton has, unfort- , uuately, been attached. Before the Act j was passed wa endeavoured to do our ] beat for our sick and poor. We built , our own hospital, and mainta’ned it on ] the usual terms ot contributing, locally, j a pound for every pound of subsidy. , We used to contribute the cost of our , charitable aid too, until we found that in every other district that was being ( done by the Government, and then we f left off too. From past experience we \ know what charitable aid used to cost the E district; it was about £IOO a year. Now 0 we have to pay about £ISOO a year to j. the United District Board, being at n tho rate of 3s per head of the population. a I say tbaf; these figures show that some- 0 thing must be don,® to put matters cn a more satisfactory footing. It ip impossible but that country districts should feel ii J, exceedingly hard that they should have ai to contribute these large sums for the support of paupers in distant towns, more especially *hen their representation in the spending of those sums ’is not at

all ia proportion to their contribution. What consolation is it, for instance, to the people of Aflbbnrton to know that one or two of their number-trae colonists, living amoifg them—can go to Christchurch once a month to hslp to regulate these things. I would go so fsr as tp say that represen tation, so far as the country districts are

concerned, is almost a mockery. I gave in my adherence to the Bill last year in the hope that it would mean leaving this question to be dealt with as a question of local government, and I hoped that under it we should have been able to take the first steps in Christchurch towards trampling down this horrible demon of

pauperism that ia arising there But, to my

regret, 1 find that 1 and my colleagues are

powerless when we attend meetings of the Board. Whether it is that the spending of so many thousands of pounds there makes the people careless of the

evils of pauperism Ido not know ; but 1

uever come away from a meeting there without feeling hopeless and powerless

and having a feeling that I might just as well have stayed at home. 1 never lose an opportunity of drawing attention to what I call this most Inequitable system

o ; taxation with regard to s pporting the destitute in Ohtisic urch, and I will om paro the s*ate of thi.gs in the North Can terbury I istrict, to which Ashburton be longs, with the state of things in Dunedin. Of course, I know that in Dunedin things are on a different ta is, and that the I people there have for years recognized their | luuea with regard to the sick and needy, whereas in Christchurch th-y have b u en

Iteroatically throwing them on the hands the Government. Bit I should be r j to think that it Is entirely owing to >t fact that things in Christchurch have len into their present disgraceful sit ion Bat the figages show that nothing ought to be done and that mottling will have to be done very soon, la .North Canterbury District, including ihhurton, has this year to find £20,000 r charitable aid; while Otigo, whkh in idea Dunedin —a larger centre than iristcbnrch —has to find only £7,997. If ere is any truth in the supposition that rge centres diftw tha destitute towards em there should be more destitution in unedin than in Christchurch ; and we iow that there has been very great de resslon in Dunedin ; bat yet, see the lormous contrast. Can anyone say that tat is caused by there being greater rosperity iu Dunedin than in Christ* lurch) There must be soma serious saaon to cause this great difference In le figures. We can also view it in this ray. The amount of the charitable aid ate for this year in North Canterbury— acluding Ashburton—is £9.379 —that Is, learly half the £20,000. In Otago they nly require to raise £2,409 out of 27,997 by rates for that purpose. Yhy is this? Simply because the Unionists of Otago have always recognised heir duty to the poor, and they have now arge sums funded, the interest from which roes a great way towards the relief of the joor now in their midst. View it also ihis way : The charitable rate in North Canterbury is two-nineteenths of a penny in the po' nd, whl e in Otago it is only ihrei -eigh*y seconds of a penny; that is in North Canterbury it is nearly three times greater. The amount of this horrible charge would have been greatly lessened i y of proper inspection, by the local authorities—by those most direc'ly interested in keeping down them enorm us charges-and bringing them down to their natural level. I voted for the Act last year, aad doting the recess I h»vs been.doing my best to lessen the evil! and the only reason why I have done so httle is because the country representa tives can do so little on the Boards. Local government at. 1 understand It is n>t obtained on this question by the people in the e shburion County. Ido not consider that Provincial Go vernment was more local Govern ment, because we bai to leave our homes and at end the Provincial Council during the whole session; but under present conditions local government is not obtained when members have to attend a body which has the spending of their money—to go one day a month to a distant city. You do not want to sen on these bodies men who take to pnhlio business bteiuse they have nothing else to do. Yea want to see on them men who live in the country and are constantly occupied with their f How-settlers in the every-day work of colonization. Men of leisure who do not know the trials and labors of colonization are most unsatis f.ctory members of the Board, and are not really rep-esentatives. This question of largo districts will have to be moat seriously considered by the House, for it is moat unsatisfactory at present—in the firs place bee i use of the unfairly .'arge c mtribuunns that are levied fur the country district ; and, secondly because those districts cannot be properly represented on the Boards. The whoie diffi culty of unequal representation and con tribution will have to be settled by the House, if not this year, then in the very e-rly future. It can only be settled by so defining districts that there can be really local government on this question. I trust, therefor®, that when the Bill goes into Committee it will be amended more particularly as to the taxation and the securing of a batter system of representa tion. I feel eertain that the principle in volved in the Act of last year and the BUI we have now before us is the right and only one by which to arrive at a better state of things ; and it was with that view that 1 supported the Bill last year, and will support the present measure. In the hope that iu Committee we may get still further improvements in it.

MAGISTERIAL.

AS HBURTON—TO- DAT.

[Before Mr H. C. S. Baddeley, B.M.] A JUVENILE ROBBER. Joseph Lamb, a lad about 15 years of age, was charged. (1) with the larceny of a silver watch valued at £4 IQs, the pro perty of Joseph Mulhollen, (2) witn the larceny of a horse, value £lO, the pro perty of James Johnston, (3) with the larceny of a bridle and saddle, value £2 10s, one rug, 10s ; two saddle straps, 2s ; two pieces of calico, Is ; one small brass padlock, Is i one small clover bag, 6d; the property of Gould apd Cameron, (4) the larceny of 28 cartridges, value 6s, the property of D. Cameron, (5) the larceny of one shirt, value Bs, the property of Wm. Elmslie.—lhe police asked that the second charge might be withdrawn, as the horse had since been recovered. There were a number of other charges against the accused, but as the goods had been recovered the police did not, "under the circumstances, deem it necessary to proceed with them. - The accused pleaded guilty to all the charges brought against him, —The Magistrate remarked upon the apparently incorrigible nature of the boy, he having already been convicted of for gery and uttering, and having served two sentences on grave charges of stealing. —After some consultation with Sergeant Felton as to what should be done with the accused, the Bench sentenced him on the first charge to one month’s imprisonment with hard labor, on the third to one montb’p imprisonment with bard labor, on the fourth to one week with hard labor, on the fifth to one week's imprison ment. An order was made that the accused should be kept separate from other criminals in the gaol. CIVIL CASES. Lancaster v Daber, claim £1 13s Id. Judgment for plaintiff for amount claimed and costs. The Court then rose.

LONDON WOOL SALES.

Good Demand.

[rEUTER's TELEGRAMS—COETRIOHT. ] London, July 14. At to-day's wool sales a catalogue comprising 9400 bales was submitted. The various lots mft with a firm and active demand.

POLITICAL.

N. S. W. Legislative .Assembly

[REUTER’S TKLEQ SAMS COPTBIQHT.J Sydney, July 35. In the Legislative Assembly a Bill, giving effect to a resolution in favor of the grant to Sir John Robertson, was read a third time, and passed. A motion, tabled by Sir Henry Partes, formally challenging the ruling of the Speaker as to the legality of last Friday’s sitting, came up for discussion, and, on a division, the motion was negative.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1886



Monthly advertiser, issued by Robert Elston, Theatrical Agent and Bill Poster ; terms—4o Inch ■pace 5a per month, centre spaces 10s ; for longer terms special arrangements can be made ; advertisements should not be later than the S6th ef each month. 760 JgLACK, BEATTIE & COMPANY, Criterion House, 201, 203, 205, High street, CHRISTCHURCH. We have the pleasure to advise our Customers and the residents generally !o 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 boy in •he Best British Markets, and the thorough experience of our buyer, enables ns to supply all Goods under OUR CASH SYSTEM . of business AT LOWEST PRICES. We endeavour to give our Customers best value procnr b le, whatever Prices they may wish to parch** o Goods at, and 90r Stock is so LARGE AND WELL-ASSORTED •hat the most varied wants can be sup plied. We append a- list of our Depart ments, in each of which an Immense Variety of most Novel and Fashionable |will befonnd.



Wanted. WANTED Known—Milk de’ivered daily in town or suburbs, at prices to meet the times. Orders addressed Wsi. Qbeensladk, Allenton. or loft a* McFarlane’s Stores, punctually attended to. 7 276 WANTED Known—Hayes and Co. will commence their Great Gift Sale To-morrow (Saturday). The greatest sensation of the day. Look out for the lucky glass jar of peas in their window next the Arcade WANTED CASH.—White Sugar, 2£d ; White Crystal, 3d ; Sperm Candles, 5d ; Lingfish, 4d ; best Lobsters, 6d ; Plaid Vestas, 5d per doz. ; Tea, Is per lb; Sago, 2Jd; Tapioca, 2£d; Cutting Salmon, 8d ; Venus Nnilrod, 5s 6d ; Groats, 9d. J. McGregor, Tancred Street WANTED KNOWN—Long looked for oone at last. T. Hoult, haring commenced bacon coring, he i* able to supply a real good Pork Sausage at 6d per lb at the Factory, Moore st Ashburton. Pigs eared in any quantity dried, smoked and delivered home at One Penny per lb. T. Hoult. 7 217 WANTED 999 lovers of the Fine Arts to see the new Premium Pictures, to be given away to subscribers to the American publications. The Pictures are now on view at the Picture Frame Manu factory of Gates and Son, Burnett Street, opposite tha “ Ashburton Mail’’ Office. 5 22 WANTED KNOWN—Where can the most Drapery be bought for your money?—At H. C Segues, Velford House. Two shillings worth of handsome presents given for every 10s spent. Fresh presents in. See window. Ladies’ own dress materials made up ; style' and fit guaranteed. WANTED Known—The Gofcpel will be preached every Lord’s Day evening in the Arcade Ohambera at 6,30 p.m. (d.v.) Free for all. No collection. 5 697



Special Advertisements, SERVANTS WANTED. SEVEN GENErII SERVANTS and one COOK for Ashburton and suburbs. Also, one COOK and one GENERAL SERVANT for the country. Apply to Mrs Randall’s Registry Office. A. W. RANDELL, FRUITERER, &c., Town Hall, Ashburton. LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. THE Report states that the Fire Pre mium Income for 1885, after deducting the sums paid for reinsuring surplus risks, amounted to £1,252,385, and the Claims to £700,750. The Account, after providing for expenses, shows, without the addition'of interest, a surplus of £169,353. The Profit and Loss Account leaves a balance of £666,331. Of this Amount, £350,000 has been carried to Reserve, which now amounts to £1,850,000. J. WARD AND SON, £7286 Agents for Ashburton. Trees Trees Trees THE undersigned has FOR SALE all kinds of FRUIT AND FOREST TREES, Pinna Insignia, Anstriaca, Maritlma, and Macrooarpa, by tens of thousands; ocher kinds in proportion. Ail kinds of cabbage plants, etc, on sals. All orders by post or otherwise shall receive my best attention. N.B.—Gentlemen’s Gardens tastefully laid out All kinds of planting done by contract. .TAMES POUT: R, CLIFTON NURSERY, 4 75 Allenton, Ashburton.



DRESS DEPARTMENT HOSIERY DEPARTMENT MANTLE DEPARTMENT DRESSMAKING DEPARTMENT MILLINERY DEPARTMENT DRkSS DEPARTMENT! HOSIERY DEPARTMENT MANTLE DEPARTMENT dressmakihcTdepartment MILLINERY DEPARTMENT CLOTHING DEPARTMENT UNDERCLOTHING DEPARTMENT TAILORING DEPARTMENT HOUSEHOLD FURNISHING Manufacture from various Mills Including ANKETS, FLANNELS & TWEEDS OF ASHBURTON MANUFACTURE. Cash System and Cash Prices. BLACK, BEATTIE & CO. GENERAL DRAPERY WARE HOUSE TAILORS, QBBSBVAKBR A»tf MILLINERS



Baylis and Co. FAMILY GROCERS. THE CRITERION OF PRICE AND QUALITY. SAUNDERS’ BUILI 1N 7 GS. CANTERBURY MILLS, ASHBURTON. [WILL bk a BUYER of UPWARDS OP 800,000 Bushels MILLING WHEAT THIS SEASON. Also some Large Lines of OATS AND OTHER PRODUCE. CORNS AC KS, Fall Size and Weight, at 5< 6d par dozen. O, W. TURNER,| I 340 Pec i>. B. BROWN.



Victoria House. EE-ORGiNISATION OF BUSINESS. REDUCING STOCK Retiring from the fancy dress, hats, sad mantle epartments of the trade. PHENOMENAL VALUE now beinj given, and t) bo obtained until AUGUST 20th NEXT DIMANT AND COE, GENERAL DRAPERS OLOTHIERS, 4a, East and Tancred streets, Ashburton. Victorian Steam Carriage Works. J. R. STEED & SON WISH to Intimate to the Pablio of Ashburton and .unrounding district, that, having obtained STEAM POWER and other Machinery requisite for the carrying on their work efficiently, are now in a position to meet the demands of the public with a fir t-class article at prices to snlt the times. Every C 'T.ption of Carriages and Traps made, Painted and Repaired. Spring Traps from £BO. Whitechapela from £26. Baggies from £3O. F.S.—Special attention paid to Repainting and Betr(mining. ■VICTORIAN STEAM IRON WORKS AND GENERAL SHOEING FORGE. J. R. S. & SON, while thanking the public for tbelr past liberal support in this department, beg to Intimate that, having procured first-class Machinery, they are now In a position to undertake all kinds of Engineering work. Special attention Is given to Turning, Boring and the Repairing of all kinds of Machinery, Including Combines, Engines, Reaper and Binders, and every description of Agricultural Implements. ESTIMATES given for Contractors and Builders Ironwork. HORSES CAREFULLY HOD—Draughts, 7s ; Hacks, 6s. 8



R O WfN aO N W|OJR E|S ARMAGH STREET, Ohrlstohnroh. Portable Banges g ■■ Born Wood and Ceal—ln Foar Sizes. PAINTED CORRUGATED IRON IN Poor, Five, Six nod Seven Feet Lengths. 40 per cent. Cheaper than Galvanised



Notice. - disposed of my Business in I Ashburton to ’ MESSES H. J. WOOD & CO., OF CHRISTCHURCH. In thanking the Public of Ashburton and District for their liberal patronage accorded to me during the years I have carried on business here, 1 have much pleasure in soliciting a continuance of their favor ou behalf of my worth} successors, who will make this a branch of their well-known STATIONER’S HA Ll* i THUS. 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 New Zealand in onr line of Business. An additional stock of Commercial Stationary, of superior quality, and latest new Books, to the value ot £IOOO, will be speedily forwarded from our Christchurch depot. The latest new Books and Magazines will be to hand by every direct steamer from London. Subscribers supplied at onr Christchurch prices Any Book out of stock will be imme diately procured from onr Christchurch establishment. 1 K. J. WOOD"AND CO., 1 i STATIONERS’ HALL. < All book debts to be paid to H, J. | Wood and Co. THUS. F. FARLEY. ‘



NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTOK mllE NEW GOODS FOR THE J WINTER SEASON ARE SOW OPENED OUT. The Stock is THE LARGEST & BEST SELECTED IN THE TOWN, And the variety of Stylo and Patterns is Men’s, Youths’, and Boys’ Clothing leaves nothing to be desired. Thousands of Men’s and Boys' Suits, I • 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, compris ng every new style worn Children’s Jersey Suits, Children’s Men of-War Suits Gentlemen’s Hosiery, Scarves ; Oxford Regatta and White Shirts Bugs, Portmanteaus, and Travelling Bags Tto celebrated WERTHEIM SEWING MACHINE. Time Payments, jj N.Z. CLOTHING FACTORS’, S3BI East Btbbbt.



THE ASHBURTON WOOLLEN MAN U FACTUIUNG COMPANY (LIMITED) IS prepared to received limited Bums ' of MONEY ON DEPOSIT at the following rates of interest : At call, 4£ per cent. If deposited for Three Months, 5 per cent ; for Six Months, per cent. ; and for Twelve Months, Qh per cent. ALFRED BUNTING, 6 194 t Secretary. ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. RABBIT NUISANCE



NOTICE Ib hereby given that the Sheep and Babbit Inspector having reported that the rabbits in this county are on the increase, owners of property are notified that the Babbit Act will be strictly enforced by the Inspector unless immediate steps are taken to destroy the pest. The attention of landowners is called to the following clauses of the Babbit i Act: —



Clause No. B,—Any Inspector may serve or caused to be served upon any one or more of the owners of any private land on which he believes there are rabbits, a notice in writing In the form or to the effect set forth in schedule A, hereto requiting the immediate destruc tion of the rabbits on such land. Clause 9, If immediately upon the 1 service of such notice such one or more of the owners upon whom the same is served do not commence to do all such ac s, deeds, matters, and things as in the opinion of the Inspector may be necessary to destroy the rabbits on the land men tioned in such notice in the shortest time possible, and having so commenced do not continue such action nntil such rabbits are destroyed, each of the owners npon whom such notice has been served shall be liable to a penalty of not less than one ponnd nor more that twenty pounds. Clause 10.—After the expiration of one month from the date of a conviction under the last preceding section, if there shall ■till, In the opinion of the Inspector, be rabbits on the land mentioned in such



notice, each or any one or more of the owners upon whom the notice referred to in the preceding section has been served shall be liable to a further penalty of not less than five pounds nor more than twenty pounds, and so on for each suc ceeding period of one month during which there shall still, In the opinion of the Inspector, be rabbits on such land. Clause 11.—If any owner shall neglect or fail to comply with any notice as aforesaid to destroy rabbits, then, in ad dition to or in lieu of proceedings for the recovery of a penalty as aforesaid, any Inspector or any person authorized bv an Inspector may enter upon the private land mentioned in such notice, and use all sie i means, and lake all such measures, and do and perform all and every such acta or 'lings as to him may appear proper or n easary to be done to ins ire the destruc tion of the rabbits upon the private land mentioned in such notice, and shall have free right of ingress, egress, and regress Into, over, and across such private land for such perl d as may in his opinion be necessary for destroying such rabbits. By Order.



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