The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1887. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

» Biblical education is sadly needed amongit compositors. A Wellington paper speaks of 11 the widow's cause," instead of '< the widow's oruse." At the Polioe Court, Wanganui, E. H. W under false pretences, was committed for trial. The " Wellington Po&t " e&yfl :— •• We very much fear that iwtead of being better than the late Houße, the one about to be eleoted will be decidedly inferior." The sensational odds of £250 to £1 was recently laid by a well-known Napier resident that Mr Ormond would beat Mr Ivess for Napier at the general election. "Death from lead poisoning," is the politest expression used by Colorado juries to specify a gambler's fate m a shooting affray. Some old dinner oustoms still prevail. The Romans used to recline at their banquet, and the habit of lying at publio dinners still pre vials. '?' Yes," said Miss Peoker, " 1 rejected M r Henn, Nice fellow ; but I oouldn't have the announcement of our marriage appear m the papers under the head Henn Peoker." The police lately found a handsome purse m Queenjstreet, Auckland, but to their disgust on opening it there was nothing but a bundle of pawn tickets. These, however, related to handsome dresses, etc., so that the ownar apparently moves m the upper oiroles. "Speaking about the artist who painted ' fruit so naturally that the birds came and peoked at it," said the tat reporter, " I drew a hen that was so true to life that after the sage threw it into the waste basket it laid there." Q The teachers m the primary sohools m Spain lead a sorry life for the most part. Thus, 138 of these useful members of society, m the province of Lerida, have sent a state* ment to the Minister of Instruction, Bhowing that since 1882 that have not received their salaries, or only a very small portion of the sums due to them, and that, consequently, they are m terrible] straits, and if not relieved at once, must olosa their sohools, and seek to got a livelihood m some other way. A curious [la* oaao, whioh has arisen out of the recent earthquake at ;Diano Marino, will shortly be decided before an Italian court. Two adjoining houses at Diano Marino, belonging to two different families, were destroyed by the earthquake and the inhabi* tants were all killed. When the ruins and corpaeß were removed, the sum of £200,000 m gold and bank notes was found among the debris. As it was impossible to ascertain to whioh house the money belonged, and as no member of either family was saved to decide the matter, the surviving relatives have brought their oases before the Judges, whose decision is expected m Italy with much interest. For the office !of caretaker of the Christ ohuroh Normal School 250 applications have been received. The position is .worth only £150 a year. Balmy Bleep, good digestion, rich blood, elastic step and cheerfulness m American Oo'i Hop Bitters. Bead and believe.

A drove: Darned Michael Hoban has re oovered daages of £2875 from the Viotorian Governmen While driving cattle near Benalla, oir a level oroßfring, the eipreea 1 train ruahe into the mob, killing several o* them, cutti^ the head of! Hoban's horse, and nearly killlij himself. The '-' Pa 1 Mall Gazette " thus concludes 1 On the trae . depression m New Zealand : — " Reetrictio of credit would be cure. Let the \ butchers, fckers, drapers, et hoo genus omnc follow iheaxample of the grooera and do business fc cash ; let the tailors shut their - books and iy to the man who wants olotheSj • You muflfcay before you get them ; ' let the children b taught that debt meana disgrace t and thenj lerhapa, m twenty years, when the present geeration has passed away—no good trying tplo anything with them, their com plaint liei too deep— the people of New Zea land ma; be able to shake off from their shouldersthe weight whioh is now crushing them topees." Williat Hearn, the Wellington sculler, has been remarkably successful as an oarsman Since 183 he has won 37 races and lost two, viz., oneio Mesßenger over a two mile course on the Prramatta and the ether to Jaokaon m an allomers raoe at Hokitika. Dr B&unay, the eminent soientist prediots for Austalia shortly volcanic eruptions upon such a ransoendant soalo of grandeur that those it New Zealand last year will be a bagatelle m comparison. A Lorion paper says :— " An arietooratic additionwill shortly be made to the business establishment of Ipswioh. The shop at No* 4 King rtreet has been let to the Duohess 0. Hamilt<n, who intends using it as a depdt for thesale of dairy produce;" The .following is a San Francisco advertise ment :'" Correspondence is solicited from i bearded ladieß, Circassians, or^other female curiosities, who, m return for a true heart and a devoted husband, would travel during the Bumme months, and allow him to -take the moneyat the door," •• Oie cause of baldness," says a physioian, "is gnat intellectuality. Another oause, it may bt casually mentioned, is loss of hair ; and tKs is far more common than the other." A inprobate has been'^arreßted m Phila delphia jwho advertised to send for 50 cents "A b)ok that every sporting {man should read ; better than anything of the kind ever print«l; 300 pages and no trash." He carried out his arrangement to|the letter by sending a Jeojy of the New Testament, which might cc pur chasedjelsewhere f or}half the price. About eighty-nine years ago the lover of a young lady [died |Buddenly m London. She immediately made a will leaving her fortune to a ; charitable institution, and directed the inscription, " Love killed her," to be engraved on her tombstone. The other day she died m single blessedness at the age of 106 years. Love evidently had a tough time trying to kill her, but it has succeeded at last. Holloway^sPill3.— With darkening days and changing temperatures the digestion beootnea impaired, the liver disordered, and the mind despondent, unless the cause of the irregularity be expelled from the blood and body by such an alterative as these Pills. They directly attaok the source of the evil, thrust out all impurities from the circulation, restore the distempered organs to their natural slate, and correot all defective or contaminated secretions. Such an easy means of instituting health, strength, and cheerfulness should be applied by all whose stomachs are weak, whose minds are much harassed, or whose brains are overworked. Hollo way's is essen tially a blood tempering medicine, whereby its influence reaohes the remotest fibre of the frame and effects a universal good. ': --------_-----------___»-----

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

-» — ■ .- Auckland, August 11. Superintendent Thomson ■was to-day presented wi'h an illuminated testimonial and pane of sovereigns by the Mayor, on behalf of the oltizens of Auckland. Wakqandi, August 11. A fanoy goods dealer named A. Gjld smld was found dead m hia bedroom this afternoon, A memorandum under his head stated that he intended to commit suicide. He had taken an overdose of sleeping draught Wellington, August 11. It is notified m the " Gazette " to night tbrt Mr Larnach has reaigned the port folio of Minister of Mines, and that Sir Julius Yogel is now In charge of that de partment. Mr 0. Whltefoord is gazetted R.M. for Akaroa. The Mayor and councillors paid an offiolal visit to E.M.S. Opal to-dsy. The Government has not received con firmation that the oontraot with the Midland Company has been aigmd. A young man named David Alexander Johnßtone was apprehended to-day on a charge o c having obtaiaed £4 commission j from Andrew M. Loasby by'the false pre tence that he had obtained an order from Messrs Bannatyne and Co for and sold to thtm goodb to the value of abcut £160 He was remanded. Dumbdin, August 11, Snow, hail, sleet, and rain fell to-day and the day *aa one of the coldest yet experienced. The farm house of D. Herbert, near Tapanui, wa3 destroyed by fire. It was Insured m the Standard Office for £390. A demonstration m favor of the prohi bition of the liquor traffic was held this evening by the total abstinence bodies and Salvation Army. The weather militated against a large attendance outside, but In the Birracks % number of speeches were de ivered. It was announced that the fol lowing candidates had returned answers favorable to- the Alliance programme--- Messrs A. H. Robs, O. J. Hodge, Gore, Dick, and Chapman, and Sir R, Stout, ■_-_-_-_->_-_-___-_-_-_•_»___<

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

■ w ■_•■- ■ W ■ hk-iM ■■*>§ ff _Tp : — * Committed. New Plymouth, August 12. Charles A, Rogers, who was arrested last week at Lytte!ton for forgery, was charged et the Police Court and com* mitted forjj trial. - Wellington Electoral Rolls. Wkujnoton, August 12. The electoral rollg for Wellington are now complete. Thorndon shows I£9§ names against 1639, Te Aro 1748 against 162.% Wellington South (now including; port of old Foxton electorate), 1460 against 1764, and Wellington East, which is carved principally out of old Wellington South, 1482. Th# ppstc#ce Clock. > The Corporation, and o£hgr bodies in terested, intend to urg.e Qoyerninont to reinstate the clock when th» Postoffice js rebuilt Part of the funds were originally supplied to Government by the publio bodies, and as the clobk was not insured, it is considered that the Government are responsible for its loss. ■ Not Liable. Dunbdin, August 12. $Ia Sargood v Corporation Mr Justice Williams gave judgment for Corporation with oosts, holding that excessive rainfall caused the flood and not any negligence on the part of the Oorporation , Fir^e. Hubert's dwelling, near Tapanni was burned down. Insured for £309 To the Standard.

THE ASHBURTON SEAT.

- — » MR 0. W. PrjRNELL AP THE ODD FELLOWS' HALL. Last evening, Mr C W. Purnell, a ._ candidate for the Ashburton con stituency, addressed the electors m the • 'ddfollows' Ball There was a good at tendance considering the bitter CDld night. The Mayor occupied the chair The Mayor briefly introduced the speaker, who, he said was a gentleman well known to ill of them, and for whom it would be unnecessary forhira to aska fair hearing. Mr Purnell, who was received with ap plause, said that he had come forward to contest me election with a certain amount of reluctance* His opponent was a gen tleman with whom he had been on friendly terms ever sinco he came to Aahburton. and he was a gentleman whom, m his private capacity, he respected and es teemed, and although he admitted {hat, such considerations as these should have no influence m regard to matters political, still it was with some reluctance that he had come forward. But when he had heard Mr Walker declare himself m favor of a Government which had asserted that there could be no substantial retrench ment, and that enormous additional taxa tion was necessary, when he heard him de fend Mrßailanco's unconstitutional action m expending £60 OOOonfftlagesettlements without the sanction of Parliament, when he heard him at Bakaia give a distinct pledge that he would, if returned, give a loyal support to tho Stout-Vogel Govern ment, he thought it high timo that some other candidate came forward, so that the electors who did not agree with the pro gramme of the Government, might have a chance of expressing their sentimen's at the ballot bo?. He came forward under very great disad vantages. Bis opponent, Mr Walker, ivas supported by men of in fluence m the county, men Who, although he (Mr Purnell) was m the most friendly relations with them, would not only sup port him, but would do their utmost to prevent his return. The main question now before tbe country was that of THE FINANCIAL PROPOSALS of the Ministry. All sorts of attempts were being marie to distract the attentioa of the leal question at issue. Among other things it was being proclaimed that the dismissal of thepresent Administration from office meant the return of Major Atkinson and his colleagues to power. This he denied. He did noc think that the Government of this country was a sort of family heritage which oscillated between Sir R. Stout and Sir J. Yogel on the one hand, and Major Atkinson and Sir J. Hall on the other. If private affairs compelled theso gentlemen to leave New Zealand, the colony would get on quite as well without them. He said this without any disrespect to tho gentlemen whom he had named. There were p'enty of men quite as capable of managing the affairs of tbe country as they. He thought that the colony was tired of these old hands, and wanted now men and a new systom of Government The old had only sue ceeded m landiog them m a slough of debt and difficulty, and he thought tbe Government should be re constructed on & simpler and more economical basis than at present. He thought that before they could have thorough retrenchment, many of the functions which now deyolved on the Government would have to bo centred m local bodies They were now m the position of a man who had lived beyond his income for many years, and "who found himself pulled up by financial | atntits. If that man were wise he would at once set to work to economise ; if ho were not wise and continued bis ooutbo he would land m the Bankruptcy Court We were In the position of that man, and If we were wise we would mova into a smaller bouae, so to speak. r i he gusallaa then, came : who were the proper persona to e£C;ut rcironcViment 1 It wao potfeotly Idle for the present Government to pre tend that they were the apostles of re trenchment. It was not long ago that Sir Julius Yogel, m a speech delivered at Auckland, dec'ared that the cry for retrenchment was a humbug and a sham. la tho session before laßfc, when Mr Mont gomery brought forward a motion to reduce the ettlmates by £75,000, the Government treated it as a vote of no conßdence, and the motion was rrjaoted. Within the last few daya Mr Larnaoh publicly deprecated the cry for retrench ment. In the last Parliament the Government positively declared that no retrenchment waß possible beyond the £20,000 announced m the Budget. So positive were they on this point that they obtained a dissolution and went to the conDtry. It was perfectly true that Sir R. Stoat had lately said that the Govern ment now saw theif way to retrench to the extent of another £100,000 without touching the Education vote, bub this simply meant that the Ministry had pre viously been willing to impose that much needless taxation upon the country. Sir R. S out had declared that the Edunation department must nob be interfered with, but his colleagues were not with him. Mr Larnaoh had m a manner remonstrated with the Premier, and Mr Pole had Bald that £40.000 could be saved m the depart ment. If this £40 000 ware added to the amount which tbe Premier had said could be saved it would be ee3n that the esti mates — that, tho Government had declared lo the laßt Parliament coald not be reduced m any particular — ware need lessly oxceßsho by £140,000. The Government had m these statement of Ministers made Bach a fatal admission as to prove that they were not to be trusted to carry out, on their own account, auoh retrenchment as the country needed and demanded. la the very speech, m which he pointed out that £IQO,§OQ oould ba saved, Sir R. Stout stated that n loan <f two muiliions was necessary for the o**Bo Central Railway, a line whioh no one pretended was required, and for the Belensvllle Railway; a work which would nat le needed for mtmy years to come, and which, moreover, would ran through a country where thousands upon thousands pf pounds had been expended on roads and bridges on the plea that a railway could not bo constructed there. Taking Sir R, Stout'o own Blowing that every million of loan meant an additional £40,000 of taxation a year ft would be oeen that tho Premier proposed to burden the colony with ah extra £80,000 per annum for these two Railways. Mr Purnell then went on to speak of the propoaala of the Government which were to impose additional taxation to the extent of $325,. C00 year by means of a so-called proteotiv^ customs tariff and a progressive property tax and he'spid tjie question before the electors was whether they were goiDg to accept tbis programme or cot. In considering the likelihood of the Government effecting retrenchment, it would be necessary to take into Account their past actions. He quoted returns of expenditure for 1883-84. In the former year," jbhat la which Atkin son administration left office the grces ordinary expenditure waa £3,919,032 whereas last y«ar the apparent amount —he said apparent, Bnd he woujd later on explain what he meant by the term was £4,192,754; The Government and their supporter* mere saying that if the increased coat of Education, railways, interest and so forth were deducted the comparison was not so bad, but If they followed such a line of argument as that to its conclusion it might be possible to prove that the Government of the colony .did not cobJ; a single penny. The only practical question before the electors was how much taxation had they to pay a yefrr and that of course was measured by the gros/9 ordinary expenditure of a Govetn r ment. Jn order j;o malio a fair com parison between the tjyo periods he had just before quoted he would dedu.pt the

J^s s of working tin railw»ys from the t sxpendUuro for each, for the reason that c the mileaga wa? now greater than Ihjn | ni the expense of working had of cours9 i likewise increased. *n 1883-84 the coat , if railways was £641,324 which deducted ] from the figures he had before given left i £3,278,658 as the n^fc expenditure for < that, year. Laßt year the railway ex- \ penditure waa £695 7721eaving £3,495,982 < as tho apparent net expenditure. He ' said apparent, beoatiso it did not represent i tha whole expenditure. At the time < Major Atklnson'loft office the whole o >st ; af Charitable Aid was paid oat of fc'ie i Consolidated fund, bub the present Gov srnmant had cleverly shunted thiß item, whioy amounted to about £8), 003 a year on to the shoulders of somebody else, rhla then mast b 3 added to the expendi ture of tin last year to get a fair com parison, and there were further items. The Goeemmanfc paid to local bodies the rates on Native lands. This did not aff.-.ct u» hare mach being mainly cou fiaed to the North Island. The Atkin son Government had paid thoaa rates out of revenue, but laat year Sic Juliu* Yogel being h&rd up had paid them (£25,138) out of loan. It was the earns with regard to the Armed Constabulary. That item was one which had previously been defrayed out of revenue bat last year the amount, £12,500, hid bean paid out of loan. If they, toak iat> account theae amounts they would find that the total expenditure last year was £3,614 620, and tint there had been an increase during the three years the Stoat-Vocal adminstration had been m effihe of £335,962. It would be well for them to boar these figures m mind. T c Government proposed to r&lsa extra taxation : by means of the Custom duties, £175,030 a year, through the Property Tax £75,000, and to deduct £75,000 from the subsidies at present paid to local bodle3, which latter proposal if carried into effect simply meant that the looil bodies would have to raiae that amount by extra rale 3. The total amonnt of ex'ra taxation proposed was thus £325,000 per annum.. He would like them to consider for a moment what a deep debt uf gratitude Ihe count *y settlers owed to the Government. Hitherto the amount required for Charitable Aid had coma out of the consolidated fund, and thos every peraon m the colony ooatrl- ( buted hia fair proportion. Now the burden of providing funds for Charitable Aid had been shunted on the local bodies and the ratepayers alone had to raise the amount requisite. Moreover the admin atration of the large sums thus raised was centred m the towns though the rate payers m the country had to fi ad an undue proportion of the amount. In the proposed new Customs duties the farming community would bear the greater amount oK the additional taxation without aiy corresprniiog benefit.. Bat if the Govern ment obtained all thia additional taxation that they asked for they ffculd still be unable to make boih ends meet. Last year there was a deficit of £92,000, and Jn spite of tho universally recognised principle that It was the duty of a treasurer to make both ei.ds meet, Sir J. Wgol- did cot propose any means to extinguish thiß defioiency of £92,000. but waa prepared to let It "slide," probably, like Mioawber, m tho hc-pe that sonzething would turn up to extinguish it. If* tho Government had an intention of providing for this they would have been asking for £415,000 additional taxation per year. I. '. THE PRESENT POSITION; He would ask them to carefully con sider the present position of the colony. The annual loan charges were £1,764,793, every penny of which went out of toe country, and the amount was constantly increasing. When Sir Julius Yogel addressed them m Ashburton some three years ago, he m a somewhat myaterious way, conveyed the impressioj^llmt-lie-bftd a sort of a_fjjiJuvot<»i-^aTa"~up his sleeve, "which, Tfhe were allowed to play it, would be the means of relieving the colony' from, the prevailing depression. That card had MubnoqueutJy transpired to be the seizure of the sinking fund. The sinking fund had been seized, and the net result was that the country had now to pay £200,000 as interest than when the Government went into office, and as they all knew their position was no better to day than it was then. He kn>»w these remarks wou'd not be palatable to a certain section of the audieoce, who looked upon Sir Julius Yogel as a sort of divinity. Vogel-mania was a form of mania which had the effect of causing the victim to lose his reasoning faculties to a large extent m connection with political matters. It wbb of no use to point out to a man who had this mania that Sir Julius Yogel had got the affairs of che colony into a very great inees ; he would merely reply that Sir Julius was a very clever man, a head and shoulders above other men, etc. He did not address his remarks to men who reasoned, thus, but to those who with himself were of the opinion that the oolony was not made solely for the benefit of Sir Julius Yogel. The great question was, were we to go on borrow ing, getting deeper into the miro and becoming involved with heavier taxation, or were we to get our houae m order to bring our expenditure within our income He disputed the necessity for this heavy taxation, which the Government had said would have to bo imposed, He did not cay that all of ikcould be avoided, but he was confident that a very great deal could. They had the admission of Ministers themselves that £140,000 could be saved more than that announced to Parliament, thus reducing the proposed taxation by that amount. He would now indicate a few directions m which he thought that RETRENCHMENT could be effected. Jt was generally conceded that the Governor's salary might .be reduced. This was £LO,OQO per anumn and last year there was £5,293 additional expended on Government Hbaae, grounds and so forth. With regard to Ministers salaries it was needless for him to apeak at length for so muoh had been said on the subject of late. The conntry had been startled to find that Ministers had almost doubled i heir salaries by travelling allowances. The aggregate of Ministers Salaries was £9250 but last year thoy drew £13,036, and the year previous £14,712 Four of the Ministers oooupied Ministerial residenpes, the property of tho oolony, and they indulged In special trains and such like. Not long ago the Hinemoa was cent for the sole purpose of taking Sir 11. Stout from Lj-ttelton to Wellington when there were a number of steamers leaving at intervals during the wee.s the former port for the latter. He did not wish to make too muoh of theae things but they all tended to show the,extravag anoe of Ministers, He had noticed that lately Ministers had not been making use of special trains bttt hod instead boen travelling m speolnl carriages attached to ordinary trains and this, he thought indioattd what a useful effaot the common outburst of public opinion had had, Thw Minister of Juatiue be thought, might be entirely dispensed with j his dutien wera merely of a routine character. Besides In doing away with, a Mincer the necessity for a department was alao done away with. He thought the salaries of Ministers might vory walj be reduced §0 per gent, all round, When the Bajar(es were lower Ministers' work was quite as well done ai was the care now. He could re? member the time when a Ministry had only one secretary Sir E. Stafford having a private secretary, and his colleagues doing without, bat now it seemed that eaoh Minister must have two private secretaries. In regard to the Legislature he did not think that the salary paid to men>bi3rp yao too high under ordinary circumstances but raeraberg coald aot ex pect civil servants to consent to a reduc tion of their ealarlee and the public to a our taii ment of their luxuries without they themeejyee petting "the example, He

jhoreforo thought' that £160 would l§ juite suffieiant for members of the Loner ticuae and £100 fir the Upper. He did aot a^ree with Mr Walker that the number of members coald not be reduced. Ec regretted that the motion to reduce ihe number to 71 had not been given effect to. He did not anticipate any of the evils which Mr Walker had stated w.ou'd m hfa opiuion follow a redaotlon'. There seemed to he a great deal of ex traoavanoe m connection with the officials of the Legislature. The Speaker of ihe Lower House received £800 and the Chairman of Cnnmittees £500, the Speaker of the Upper Rouse £600 and Chairman of Committles of that branoh of the Legislature £420. These salaries were for a few months work and he thought that the officials ia qaentlon might very well pattlotioally reduca theltf screws by one hilf. He was of opinion that very large uaviDg might be effected m the Education Department but as ho would later on deal at length with the the question of Eduoation he would not speas on the subject now. The Native Department last year cost £33,830 and this year £24,828 was aiked. He con fessed that he did not see the Die of this department, except to advertise Mr Bal lance's wonderful doings among the natives. . Mr Ballanca would visit a aMiori Pah, and the chief would greet him with (< Tenakoe Pakeha" and a few Bach ri amoaist rations whereup-m one of Mr Ballaooa'a Secretaries would rash off to the telegraph office and wife all over the oolony that Mr Ballance had finally Bettled the "Native difficulty." This so-called Native difficulty put htm - very much m mind off a certain well known comedian. This gentlemen de« veloped an alarming propensity for fare well benefits, and at frequent intervali posters would be stuck up everywhere announcing that the comedian was going to take a last farewell benefit previous to his final retirement from the stage. He (Mr Purnell) attended about a dozen of theeS " laßt farewell benefits," and ia addition to these a good many more were held On hearing mention of the Native difficulty he was always reminded of this comedian and his farewell benefits. . The moat eminent Native Minister the oolohy had ever had, Sir Donald McLean, ex pressed the opinion that the department was one that would bo only needed temporarily— for a few years at mostj but here it was still going on. He thought it high time it was abolished. Of course a few officers might still be needed to transact business now coming within the scope of the Native Depart* ment— say that of the Colonial Secretary. He now came to another and new depart* ment, that of the State Forests. It had onlj been lately established, bnt this year £10,315 was asked for it He had no dojbt that all agreed that our forests should be c nsorved and provision made for replanting, but he maintained that this was a work which properly came within the scope of County Oouncils, who could do the work much better and much cheaper than the Government could. It was the vice of our present system of Government that it could only work through costly departments. Even m regard to this department of the forests, Sir Julius Vogei conld not refrain from his besetting passion of borrowing money, for m the Aot constituting the department provision was nude tot a small loan. The only excuse for this loan was he thought that of the nnrie girl In " Mldshipmon Easy," who excused the appearance of the baby : " Pleaie, itr, It is just a little one" — Mr Pnrnell then went on to indicate other direction! m which ha thought considerable eoonomy might be made. Ooe of these w«i the Mines Depart imut, for which £6293 waf this yeae asked. He accused the Govern ment of fostering the _ mining- to- the neglect of the agrlcaltufal Interest of the colony He thought they had arrived a t a time when they coald do without the San Francisco mail service, which cost £24,000 or £25,000 a year. When tha t service was established it was thought that'' in addition to carrying the mails it might be the moans of opening np a trade with the United States, but it hai not done bo. Tho olony had now direct Bteamers, and he thought the San Fran cisco line couH be abolished. He did not propose to go farther into this question of retrenchment, though he did not admit for a moment that he had exhausted It, He had merely pointed out what he thought was a proper Hue for retrench ment to take. He repealed that they would never have a' cheap and proper system of Government till decentralisation was effected. At the time the provlqoei ' were abolished the people were promised that the administrative functions should devolve on local bodies, bnt that promlit had never been given effect to. Certainly the County Councils had had some small powers given them, bat praotlcaliy every thing was centred In; Wellington, and » very expensive system It wat too. THK OOSTOUS DUTIES. The Government had brought down proposals to raise an additional £175,000 a year by means of the Customs duties. They had given it out that they hadHwo reasons m proposing the increase, Thli increase they maintained would not only augment the revenue, but would promote tha establishment of local induitries. He did not see how It could possibly do both. If it really encouraged local In dustries he thought that sd far from increasing the revenue it would, remit m a elimination of it. This suggested that the ory of encouragement of local industries was not a 6o?u* fid* one but merely one to induce them to swallow the pill of extra taxation. He was con firmed m that belief by some remarka made by Sir Julius Yogel In his Fmanolal Statement of 1885. These were a) fol lows :— " On the other hand we dUtiuotJy abjure a policy of protection wnioh would give to the followers of protected pursuits a Ptate-aided guarantee of success, ho matter how unsuitable those pursuits might be. Any policy of the kind which would carry with it a guarantee of the State, direot or implied, through the thousand ramtfioatlona of manufacturing operations would Joe a system of unhealthy forcing, fraught with possible ultimate disaster. We are far from saying, thera are not Borne industries the State should foster, but these should be commanding emspfouous 'lndustries'; like that of'th.* fisheries, and the fostering should be direot m character by bonus. "—There they had a dlatinot abjuration of the policy of protection . He thoroughly agreed with these remarks, and they expressed hli sentiments as well .as he could have pat them hinasalf. The victims of Vogel mania, applauded Sir Ju'ius when ht made those remarks ; now they were applauding him when' he proposed'protec tion ; and next year if he said that Freetradeandffrroteotion were alike bad-?-, and a middle oouroe was the only goo"d one, they would be ready to exclaim "beat hear." He (Mr Purnell) would aak them to look for a few momenta at the proposed duties. While these were heavy enough to largely augment the cost of the articles they were not heavy enough to stimvlate new Industries. With tha exception of 25 per pent on patent mediqfnes *Q nap Bent was th.c heaybst duty proposed* tg be levied and seeing that at present the %d volarem duty go many artloles was 13 per ceat he did not think the extra 5 per cent would ba the means of starting many new industries. There would be lomethlnj rational m imposing 60 or 70 per cent. It was proposed to tax to tha jxtent of 5 per cant, calico, cotton prints, and rough brown holland, waloh lad hitherto been admitted duty frea but ild anyone suppose that this duty of 8 ?er ceat" would Induoa 1 the establishment jf cotton factories In the colony ? It was proposed by means of-duties on these and limilar articles to extract £110,000 a year frim thejpocket* of the people, prlnolpiily

THB ASHJBUftrOfI GUABDIAN, IBIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1&87



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Statutory Declaration— l, Franz Baabe Ironbark, Sandhurst, m the colony of iotoria, Australia, do solemly and sincerely eolare that on the 25th June, 1877, my Bon A fred, six years of age, was accidentally hurt with aa axe on the knee. I at once took all pains to secure medical assistance. However, m spite of all efforts, on the 27th Augutt, 1877, the opinion was given by Dr Maogillivray that an amputation of the injured limb had beoome imperative, m order to save life. At this juncture I called on Messrs Sander and Sons, procuring some of their Extract of the Eu- ' calyptus Globulus, and by the application of the same I had the satisfaction of seeing my BofJ within a fortnight out or all danger, and to-day he is recovered. I may just add that ; it was whotf the crisis had been reaohed that ' j the ExtractTfrferred to was first applied. Any I make this solemn declaration, etc, — Franz Baabe. Declared at Sandhurst, m the colony of Viotoria, Australia, this seventeenth day of ] Ootober, one thousand eight hundred and { 3eventy-seven before me, Mpr/tjs Conn, J.P. — { [Advt.) t



Wanted. YOUNG Ladies' Journal for Aogust -H.M.Jones 8 75 WANTED a Ton»nt for a six-roomed House and 8 Aores of Land m Ashbiirton. — Apply J. O. Duncan. 848 WANTED f> Purchase line of Cheap Feed Oats, Oafen £heaf Ohaff and Straw Chaff.— J. O. .Duncan. WANTED Known— Our Great Sale is now oj, come and jadge for yourselves. —H. O. ££gbrs, Meiford House. TXTANTED Known—That we, the vv undersigned, have this day agreed to fix the price of Herbal Beer, on and after this date, at Two Shillings per Dozen.— T. Hoult, W. O. Daviß, E. Milliohamp, C. Page, W. Taylor. 872 WANTED— Tenders for Caretakor to linwald District School. Particu- lars of duties cun be ascertained by ap- plyiug to the ( hairman, who will receive teadere up to 6 o'clock on SATURDAY, August 13th.— John Caygill, Chairman. WANTED Known -Aehburton Wool Yarn, reduced to. 2a 3d the Bundle, all Colors. — Orb do Alcorn's, Dissolution Bale. WANTED to clear out— Boys' Tweed Suite, from 5b 6d. Mena' Suits, from 21s. At Disaolution Sale, Obr and Axoobm'b. VX/ANTKD known that HAYEB & CO. ** have Large (Stocks on hand. For further particulars soe new advertisement m this issue. WANTED Known — Drepsmaking, superior style and fit at reduced price d nrin^ sale. Orr and Aujorh's . WANTED KNOWN — Contractors. Ploughmen, Carters, and the Pub- lic are requested to read carefully Mit- chell and Turker's new advertisement m this paper, The Goods are now opened up, and first comers will find the best bargains. \»/A^iSD CASH— Moir'a Oatmeal W 251 be, 2s 9d ; Ling Fiab, 5d ; Dried Apples 4d ; 21b Tins Best Honey, lOd ; Vestas, 5d per doz.; Sperm Candles, 5d ; Tin Fruits, Is ; Cutting do. Is 6d. — James McGregor, Tancred Street, opposite Atcade. ITTT ANTED Known.— Ladies' Black YV Cloth Mantles we are selling at 3s 6d and 5a Gd. The wholesale prices of these goodß were 10s lid and 13s 6d. (Just opened. Come and secure one.) — About 300 Ladies' and Maids' Jackets and Uleterß, newest kinds, at ridiculous prices. Great Cash Sale, Meiford House. WANTED KNOWN — Oleographs, Scenery, and Catholic Subjects, Catholic Cards, good variety m Scraps, Novelties m Penwipers, Crewel Wools and Silks, Knitting Cotton, Colored Crotchet Cotton, Transfers, Tinsel Ba'ls, <Sc, &c, at j&bs Manbire'b Fancy Kepository, Saunders' Buildings.



TBLE PREMIER OOLONIALOOMPANY BANTERBURY BRANCH. .STABL^^ED IBs9^®S.^^g^^^(CApiTAt i 1000,00 i/'/< 4./.;.' /;/. L r /,73.'L" YOF SHRREIfOLOEkS FIRE AND MARINE RISKS, ALSO RISKS ON GROWING CROPS ACCEPTED AT THE LOWhST CURRENT RATES. George Jameson, AORNT, ASBBURTQJ* FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! THE WHOLE OF THE S AHA O STOCK OF THE Timaru Woollen Factory Has been bought by an Aehbnrton Firm for O A BH, \M ITOHETuL and TURNER having made* the above purchase, will offer the whole STQcE JjfJL to the A eb burton and Rsngitata Electojg. «nd their Wives and Families, at snob, prices as can only be believed by a personal Interview with the firm, and an inspection of the goods tnemaelveß. Now has come fcbechanco for EVERYONE to encourage NEW ZEALAND INDUSTRIES, And that too, with benefit to themselves aleo. T 0 ab»ve Grand Lot of GOODS will be unpacked and open for BALE on THTJBSDA NEXT, when our Windows will sbow what marvellous BARGAINS can be had m TWEEDS, FLANNELS, EUGS, MAUDS, BLANKETS, SUITS, CLOTHING, &c. % &c, All through the FIRE FIEND at Timara, ______ ■ «s. Quotation, are misleading, COMB 1 8EB 1 1 and bo OONVINOBD. MITCHELT7& TTJEKEE, TANCEED STREET. NOBILITY OF LIFE. Who best can suffer, Best can^^ do.— Milton. The Viotorlan Roign is unparalleled m the History of Great Empires for its Parity, Goodness, and Greatness. What alone ("enables us to draw^a just moral from the tale of Life ? Were I asked what best dignifies the present and consecrates the past ; wbat alone enables as to draw a just moral from the Tale of Jblfe ; what sheds the purest light upon our reason ; wbat gives Ihe firmest strength to our religion ; wbat is belt fitted to soften the heart of man and elevate his boul, — I would answer with Lusuee, tt Is Experience.— Lord Lytton. 4 TERRIBLE SURGICAL OPERATION. A FATAL JIISTAKE. "TV "Cleveland (Ohio) Press/'^of February 23rd, 1883, published an account of a fatal J- surgical operation which caused a great commotion among medical men throughout the whole country, Dr Thayer, the most eminent surgeon m Cleveland, pronouncing it scandalous. It appears that a. Mrs King has fceen suffering for many years from some disease which had resisted the treatment of all the physicians m attendance. The disease commenced with a slight derangement of the digestion, with a poor appetite, followed by a peculiar indescribable di: tress m the stomach, a feeling that has been de cribed as a faint "all gone " sensation, a sticky slime collecting about the teetb, causing a disagreeable taste. This sensation was not removed by food, but, on the contrary, it was increased. After a vhi c the hands and feet became cold and sticky— a cold perspiration. 1 here was a constant tired and languid feeling. Then followed a dreadful nervousness, with gloomy foreboding*. Finally the patient was unable to retain any food whatever, and there was constant pain m the abdomen. All prescri' ed remedies fating to give relief, and a consultation was held, when it was decided that the paienthad a cancer m the stomach, and m order to save the patient's life an operation was justifiable. Accordingly, on the 22nd of February, the operation was p-rformei by Dr Vance, m the preßence of Dr Tuckerman, Dr Perrier, Dr Arms, Dr Gordon, Dr Capner, and Dr Halliwell, of the Police Board. The operation consisted m laying open the cavity of the abdomen and exposing the Stomach and bowels. "When this had been done an examination of the organs was made, but to the horror and dismay of the doctors there was no cancer to te found. The patient did not have a cancer. \Vh<>n too late the medical men discovered that they had made a ftrrible mistake; -Vut they sewed the paits tocether and dressed the wound tfcat they had made, but the poor woman sank from exhaustion and died m a iew hours, How iad it must be for the husband of this poor wom?n to know that his wile died from the 1 fleets of a surgical operation that ought never to have been performed. If this woman could have taken the proper remedy, viz., bought one of FEJRLIMAN'S MAHVELLOUB STEAM WASHING MACHINES, And saved the continual strain on her enfeebled and weakly condition, brought about by a Jue spent at the wash-tub for the comfort of her family, she might have spent many happy years more amongst them, and had her name handed down to posterity as a model mother. " _. .Mil ' '"' ALBEET EOBEETS HAS FOE SALE,— Clovers, — BED, "WHITE; COWGEASS, ALSYKE, and TEEFOIL, KYEGRASB, COCKSFOOT, and RAPE. Golden Tares; Cape Barley, SEED PEAS, SEED OATb (various kind*), CJRUBHED BEANS PLOUGH BH ABES. I . i COOPER'S SHEEP DJP, ■ Acknowledged to be . ! THE BEST IN THE MAEKET. , ; j



TO WORKING MEN. MRS "fIMMO, FXONUETKBS3 OP THB | WATERLOO BOARBIKGaOttSE, Tanored Street, Ashbnrton, BEGS respectfully to Inform the general pabllc, particularly the working cta-aes, that she has reduced ths for Board and Lodging sb under:— Board and Locking, per week, 16s to 17- Dinneri only, per week ... ... 4a * Board only, per week ... ... 10s The cooking Is done by Mr Tlmmo, whose reputation as a first-class chef remain! aneallied, A capital table, and meals at all hours, 7 59 George Jameson Dram Pipes. m • A LL SIZE3— From 3 to 15 iHohea— A ■ ,wuh BENT>S FJ.BOiVS AMD JUNOTJQN And »'*<> Fl yE BhIOKS FOii * A ..*•; BV hfeOiKJK JAMESON, BBBURTO_i FaizfiekL THEEE THOUSAND ACEES OR THEREABOUTS, " " , IS BLOCKS OP 200 to 1000 Acres, TO LET FOE CEOPPING. ffIENDERS aro invited np to 31st August X next, for the right to grow one Turnip Crop and one Grain Crop, on the Fairfield Euate, adjoining the Ashbarton Tuwnshlp The land haa not been under crop for seven years. Entry for Ploughing will be given on let October next. Pltns of the Estate may be seen, and particulars obtained, on application to ME GEOEGE JAMESON ASHBURTON. 1 63105- CLOVER SEED. TUS1 1 landed, ex steamer " Kaikoura.' f) my first shipment for the season of EED CLOYEE, COW GEASS, WHITE CLOYEE, ARD ALSYZE. These Seeds have been carefully selected and are the best obtainable. I HAVE ALSO~IN STOCK— Machinat-dressed Byegrasß and Cocks* foot, also Linseed, Pea?, Barley, Oats, Wheat, Potatoes, and all kinds of BTATION AND FABM STORES. George Jameson, ASHBUETON. t T. Bullock. FOR SALE. T\OUBLB-SEATED American Waggon. Apply to ' T. BULLOOK. FOR SALE. 4 Strongly Built 4 Wheeled covered f\ Waggon, suitable for a Hawker. ■ T. BULLOCK. FOB SALE. OET of Harrows, new, price £3 ss. T. BULLOOK. TINWALD. TO LET— A Cottage near the" School. Apply to T. BULLUCK. TO LET— 6-Foomed UtnißO m Cameron Street, opposite the Wesley an Church, Apply to T. BULLOOK. TO LET. 4 ACRES between Mbs Cakter's resi- dence, and Mb SsALY'sNuwery, being Lo»s J99, 210 211, 212, on Tinwald pan. For lull particulars apply to . T. BULLOCK. A FABM of 1280 ACHES in~liTe /\ Bangitata District, to Let, at a low "Rental, with a Pprchasing Clause. It is all Fenced and divided into 7 Paddocks, part cultivated and laid down m English Grasses, the remainder m tusaok. There is a 10-Roomed Eouee erected on the Property, Stable and other Buildings. . For fall particulars apply to 7t98 T. BULLOCK. OJ -|/\S TOWN SECTION 260, dU I ±\J Tinwald, near the Rnilway Station for sale at the above price. Persons desirous of qualifying themselves for a rote at the forthcoming election this offers them an opportunity. T. BULLOCI-. •pOLET.— DwelliDgbonue, together with X small stable, Mjore'a Road, near the Presbyterian Man we. Arply to ' T. BULLOOK. mO LET,— At a low rental, Property m X Tancred Street, recently m the occupation of Mr Dolman, on which i erected Shop, Sable, etc.— Apply to d T BULLOCK FOR SALE,— Central Site, being part of TS 177, containing One-eighth of an Acre, haviDg a frontage of 33 fee on Burnett Street, and adjoiDing the * Mail" Office. Very liberal terms of payment will be accepted. — Apply to j T. BULLOCK. TINWALD. TO LT.T— AFoar-rccmed House with £ bop, adjoining. Mr HeseJtine'a pro- petty, atd Lear tha Railway Station. A lew rental will be accepted. T. BULLOCK. FOR SALE RUBAL Section 27429, containing 118 acres, 2 roods, m its Dative state, about 3 miles from Asbburlon, fronting the main South Road Apply to ' T. BULLOCK. NOT having sold by auction on Saturday RS. 25334, containing 100 acres, Wakanui Road Board District, \ am prepared to receive offers for earne. Very liberal tertaß of payment. T. BULLOCK. TO LET or for sale a Farm of 233 acres near Wftterton, Loßgbeach .Road Board District. There is a dwelling- house of 6 rooms erected on the property, also Granary, Stable, &o. Apply to T. BULLOOK. •