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The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1887. LOCAL INDUSTRIES.

One of the chief sins of the present Gorernment, m the eyes of the Oppo sitionists, is the studious ignoring of the interests of importers, as shown m the rapid development of new sdurces of wealth and employment by the estab lishment of new industies. We venture to differ from the Oppositionists on this point. We are proud of the pre sent Government as being the only one that has had the courage to ignore the iuterest of a wealthy and influential section of the community, m its efforts to promote the general welfare and prosperity of the whole. We ven ture to think that the Government are quite right m seeking to achieve the greatest good of the greatest number, even though m so doing they should interfere with what Freetraders seem to regard as the vested rights. of a certain class. There can be no question that their earnest effort to promote and foster colonial industries by means of protective Customs duties has alienated from the present Government very many of those largely interested m the importing trade, but a sincere desire on their part to do the best they can for the many precudes the possibility of trimming their sails to catch every favoring breeze. No, they have nailed the Protectionist colors to the mast and are willing to abide the issue. And they are quite right too. The people are beginning to see this, being forcibly reminded of it by the constant development, under the fostering care of the Government, of new industries; Only the other day we noticed that the Premier and the Colonial Treasurer, with some aoo guests were present at the formal opening of Messrs Smalhes' iron and steel works m the vicinity of Dunedin. Ws are informed that the plant is very large including a forge, mill furnaces, shears, and extensive ap paratus for the manufacture of Beesse mer steel rolling mills, and the largest •team hammer m the colony, striking a blow of 40 tons. The visitors witnessed the manufacture of scrap or waste from iron into bars or rails 14 to 15 feet long, which were cut by shears as easily as a bit of cloth, and rolled by the rolling mills into any desired shape. Mr Smallie informed the visitors that, with their plant they could produce a more reliable article, and at a less cost than that which had hitherto been im ported. A feature m connection with this industry is that the " raw material " operated upon is waste — scrap iron, i This industry must prove beneficial to j thecolony if thefirm can makewaste pro ducts pay the wages of the hands em ployed, and leave a profit for the em ployers. This is another eloquent testi mony m favor of Protection, foi under a Freetrade policy what possible opening could there be for the establishment of local industries of any kind. Tha. formal opening comes at a very op portune time too, on the eve of a general election, when every effort will be strained to secure a majority against the Government — a Government that has the interests of the people at heart as testified by our ever-increasing local industries.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Our readers are reminded of the benefit to be tendered to Mrs Willmott at the Odd fellow's Hall this evening. The bill of fare, whioh has been prepared, is a good one, and we hope to see a large audience assembled.

A Church Parade cf the looal Volunteers, Bifles and Guards, will take place on Sunday morning next, and the service will be held m the Presbyterian Cburob, where the pulpit will be oooupied by the Rev A. Blake, of Flemington Presbyterian Church.

We have been requested to draw attention to the sale to-morrow of the Clydesdale stallion "Conqueror" and the pedigree mares, the property of Mr Robert Gawn, of Timaru. The horses, which are equal to anything ever seen m thiß district, are now Ideated at the Somerset stables, whore they may be inspected to-morrow morning.

The Hotel Victoria, opened m Northumber land Avenue, London, is quite a palace co far as marble and gilding, painting and "carving, with fine architectural proportions, can make one. The furnishing is being carried out with taste and a seeming disregard^ .cost. One item m the Jbill is 30,000 yards— about 17 miles— of carpet. There are nine floors m the hotel, sleeping accommodation for 700 person, k and offices, eta., far about 150 servants.

Mr Purnell announces that he will speak at Hampstead on Wednesday evening, when he will reply to the speech ot Sir Julius Yogel.

At Havre a fencing j match formed one of the attractions of a charitable fete given at the oirouß, at whioh some 2000 persons were present, and M. Granier. a military fencing maßter, was handling the foils with M< Tenuux.. During the contest the button dropped from the foil used by Mr. Ternaux, and M. Granier was mortally wounded. When the unfortunate man fell lifeless on the floor the scene was terrible, many women fainting, and a panic ensuing. It was, however, happily controlled by Gen Duguiny, who was present, and who ordered the performance to bo stopped m sign of mourning. A correspondent of an American paper — presumably a doctor—advises those who wish to gain flesh and strength to assimilate oil through the pores of the 'skin, instead of by the stomaoh. The patient is to take a warm bath, so as to thoroughly open the pores of his skin. He must then be rubbed dry with rough towels m a heated atmosphere, after which any pure oil is rubbed into the skin* Cod-liver oil is said to be the best ; but olive oil will do. By this means it is said that an invalid will be able to assimilate ten times more oil than his weak stomach could possi bly digest.

Mr C. A. Bell has taken out another patent for transmitting and recording upeech and other sounds m which he makes 92 claims. The number is 2268 ol 1886. A glass tube >a fastened on a vibratory support or sound board, and pure water is passed through it> the jet playing on the diaphragm of a trans mitting telephone. On talking to the tonnd board the sound waves throw the jet into vibrations, wbicn are thus transferred to the telephone diaphragm and transmitted as alectrioal undulationß.

A " Jubilee " river is the latest discovery m New Guinea, where an Australian Expedition m the .Victory has been making some valuable explorations. The Victory found two large streams — the " Douglas," which is reached by the so-called " Aird River," which is only one of the mouths of the vast Douglas, and a still wider river further east, which the ex pedition duly christened " Jubilee " m honor of the Queen. Both|streams were explored by the steamer for fully a hundred miles, and five new tribes were found.

It is almost impossible foifoountrr people to realise the dense IgnoranceQas to matters agricultural and rural from which the children of the London poor suffer. A day or two ago the parson of a London parish asked one of the ohildren who had boarded out under the Poor Law regulations how he enjoyed the change of air and scenery. "Please, sir," said the urchin, " I don't like it all ; instead of giving me milk out of a nice clean tin, they squeeze .it out of a nasty cow — I seed 'em a doing it ! "

The French Senate has disoaeged the report of the Committee on Consumption of Spirits. M.Slaado said that the Committee had come to the conclusion that drinking spirits m France had reached euoh a height as to be a social danger. Alcohol was essentially a dutiable artiole, and it behoved the State to prevent its exoeßsive consumption, at the same time scouring the utmost profit to the Treasury by the suppression of adulteration and other frauds. Mr Rouvier approved the Committee's report. He said that the Govern* ment would proeeoute fraud wherever dis covered, and that the revenue collectors would be instructed to take vigorous aotion against the imposition.

The experience of " An ex-Milk Carrier," is given m the " London Globe," ought to prove of the greatest interest to every house* holder. He stated that he engaged himself as carrier to a large suburban firm, supposed to keep 300 cows. Before starting on his round m the morning a oertain quantity of milk was measured out to him- and entered •gainst him m a book. On his return he had to aooount for more than the quantity served out ; for it was, he states, the practice of the firm to require their oarriers to " book over." For instance, if he received 60 quarts he would be required to " book m " 66, and he explains with charming brevity that m order to carry out his instructions " You may either water the milk or give ahort measure."

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

| Auckland, August 25. ! A mnn named George Henry Adams | was charged at the Police Court to-day with presenting a v tlneleta cheque for £40, drawn on the Bank of New Zealand. He had taken passage by the Eawea for the Bouth, and by the Kaikoura for London, under the name of Walleoa, bat was arrested before leaving Auckland. The case was remanded. Twonty-thrae pictures, presented by Sir Q.'Grey to the Art Gallory, h»7Q arrived from Kawau The list includes "Holy Family,' by Raffaelle, "Holy Family," by Reynolds, and works by Murillo, Wilkie, and others. Aa the result of recent meotlngs of wholesale housoß In Auckland In reference to the regulation of trading, a uniform system of discount and terras of credit has bean arranged. The arrangement will come into force this week, Wellington, August 2J5. B'shop Luck arrived from Anokland this morning, He takes » leading part In the Investiture of Archbishop Redwood on Sunday. Blenheim, August 25. Thomas Hart Warren, a compositor, aged forty, ane, charged with assaulting his own daughter, aged fourteen last birthday, was tried before Judge Richmond to-day. The evidence was similar to what wai given i at the Resident Magistrate's Court, After three quarters of an hour the jury returned a veidict of " Not Gallty, DpwEDiN, August 25. The Standard insurance Company hare declare i the ueu3l v fnterim<Jiyldend of|7| percent. gggl

IRISH AFFAIRS.

[reuxer's telegrams— copyright.]

London, Aognst 24. Dissatisfaction at the proclamation re the Irish National League is becom ing widespread, and it has leaked out that Lord Hartington strongly opposed the protfamation, and expostulated with the Government, urging that it was unnecessary and ill-advised.

London, Aus»ast 25 Mr O'Brien has been summoned under the Crimes Act to appear at' Mitchelson, County Cork, on the 9th prox. to answer a charge of inciting tenants on the Kingston Estate to resist the law.

THE CITY OF MONTREAL.

RESCUE OF*SURVITORS. [srioish to Press Association], London, Augnst 24. The missing boat, containing a por tion of the crew and passengers of the burnt steamer City of Montreal, has been picked up. The occupants suffered terrible privations the last four days m the boat from thirst and hunger.

[OUTER'S TBLKGBAMS — COPYRIGHT.] London, Angnst 2i Seven passengers and six of the crew of the Inman s.s. City of Montreal who were supposed to have been drowned, have arrived at Falmouth, having been picked up by a passing vessel.

MAGISTERIAL.

ASHBURTON-THURSDiLY.

(Before Mr John Ollivier, R.M ) CIVIL CIBBB, Aehburt m Borough Cuunoil vC T. Money, claim 6s for rates— judgment for amount and costs. J. C. Duncjn, vM. Sealey, claim £2 6i 101 — judgment for amount and eras. Andrews, v t» ouU, clam £7 19a— Mr Cuthbertson for plaintiff, Mr Caygill for defendant, who objected to the partiou lars of the claim. Mr Cuthbertson applied to have £1 added to the claim.— J. T. Andrews the plaintiff deponed to the par tiou lam cf hia claim. — The claimant underwent a very searching examination by Mr Oaygill on various items m the [ claim. — T. Hoult deposed that he agreed with Andrews at 20s per week and fouud, with right to take home meat from the shop for his family. — Judgment for the defendant, with costs.

John Lamble v D. Buckley £34 15 j — Messrs Crisp and Parnell for plaintiff, Mr Oorr and Mr Oathbertaon for defendant. Jobn Lambie deposed that he had 1170 aheep In Mi paddocka which were well fenced, Buckley's sheep dog was a peculiar colored d( g with a foxey head, he did not know of any ring like that one. On Monday, May 30 h he found two dogs m his paddock rounding op the sheep and worrying them. One dog was a greyhound, the other was Bnokley's sheep dog. The paddock ia 200 aorei In area He ran after the dogs and cheep with his gun a long way, trying to get op to them, he at last got abont 100 yards from the dogs and fired. The dogs ran away towards Wai son's, past Johnston who was catting ta&aucks for witness The aheap were very much knocked about. They were worth 7s or 8a per head, and wore In good condition, some of them were fit for freezing. After the worrying, several sheep died, and about 13 were lorn and wounded. The dogs came back a second time. The sheep have loiat condition ■Ince the worrying and were not so good now as they were before the dogs carao. On the sco.nd occasion he found 4 dead sheep and about 20 wounded ones, and 1 sheep that bad been partly eaten by dogs; He went next m:rnlng to Buokley'a and aald his dogs had been at the sheep, Buckley showed him a sheep dog and a greyhound like thoie that were shot at. The sheep dog was chained up, and was wet and dirty, the greyhouni wae loose, Hard wick was with him and asked why Buckley did not keep his dogs tied up, Buckley said the sheep dog had been tied up for 2 days past Buckley avid if Gordon said his dogs had biien thero, hj would not be'ieve him and refused to kill his dogs — He could not say how many •heep had died fn all, as they wore still being found dead. Three hundred and fifty were sold last week at 10a, the pick of the 1100 flock; Sheep worrying dogs get very cunning and go miles away for the purpose of killing sheep, instead of killing those of their own farm. The agreement made with Mr Buckley was that he paid the oosts, killed the dog and that would settle the case, the dog to be killed with in 3 days. Baokley offered to kill the dog. Last sale d*y we had a conversation re the dog, Bucklay aald he would back out of killing the dog, and that is why the case has been gone on with— Cross-examined by Mr Oorr, Mr Buckley was a very good neighbor ; there may possibly bave been sheep damaged by other dogs m my pad* dook, than on the cccasions referred to, he had never killed any of his own dogs for aheep worrying, He could not swear that Buckley's dogs killed any of hii sheep, that ware found dead after the dogs had been there.— Mary Lambie said she remembered on 30th May, seeing 2 dogs ohasing her father's theap 1 yellow grey hound 1 sheep dog of alaty blue color ; they chased the Bheep down the paddock through a feyca and kept catching one and throwing it down and worrying it The sheep dog was like Buckley'e, and the greyhound was exactly like one that goes past witness's place with Buckley's children. She had never seen any other dogs In the paddock. James Johnston, In employ of Mr Lamble, remembered hearing a gun fired about 9 a m. on 30th May, while he was outtlng tussccks. Ia about one minute two dogs passed him, one a greyhound, and one slaty blue sheep dog ; be had never seen another dog of the same color. The dogs went towards Mr Watson's farm, and passed him 100 yards away, he watched them go a long way. Watson's farm is about one mile away. He had seen the same dogs since at Mr Buckley's house, about two weeks after the 30 M»y. He knew Mr Lambie'a sheep well, they were m very good condition at the end of May ar ' about 1100 m number. Soon after thx time of the dogs being there, he saw several dead aheep and over a score wounded ; some badly torn, 13 have died of these. The aheep were very cuiet and fed well ; he never Baw any other dogs amongst the sheep. After | the 30th of May tfoe uheep^becime very reßtless and were easily alarmed, and lost condition rapidly. They changed this way since the dogs were there. j He had seen the sheep daily and knew them well. He had been about seren months with Mr Lambie. He knew it was the 30th May because Mr Martin left Mr Lamble's on that day. He had seen Mr Buckley's dogs twioe only, once when they passed him, and once wfren he saw i them at Backley's, He swore the shegp dog was the Bame one— he never saw any strange dogs but thege In Mr Lamble's paddook, except Mr Lambio's own dogs. The ease was adjourned till Thursday next.

SIR JULIUS YOGEL

AT THES ODDFELLOWS' HALL.

Last evening Sir Julus Yogel addressed j. 4 public meeting at the Oddfellows' Hall g Tho building was packed, and there were c present a large number of ladies, accom- 1 . niodation for whom was? found on the; | stage «nd on the two front rows of seats. ( The Mayor occupied the chair. s The Chairman introduced the speaker at 8 some length . . j Sir Julius Yogel, who was received t with loud applause, said that it gave him { very great pleasure indeed to re-visit t Ashburton, and to have been asked to , again speak here He would never forget j how kindly he had been received hero | three years ago It was here that he j made his first speech when he came back , to Now Zealand after his return from . England. He was within an ace of becom ( ing their member, and he felt sanguine ( that had he gone to the poll he would j have been returned. Be had come because i they had been so kind as to invite him , here, aud it was very acceptable to him to ] find such a large number of people present, { It was all the more kind because they had , seen very many political speeches m the : papers of late, and because the political j candidates had monopolised the greater part of the newspaper columns Ho had some difficulty m deciding upon the topics upon which to address them. He did not think that it was d' sirable to speak upon the same subjects regarding wh'ch he had addressed meetings elsewhere. If it were possible to speak about anything now, he thought that it was advisable that ho should do so. He would first make a few remarks upon the LAND QUBBIION In any policy embracing the encourage ment of local industries the promotion of land settlement must enter. A great deal had been said regarding the perpetual leasing system As ho had said three years ago when he appeared before an Aehburton audience, he did not attach very much importance to the perpetual leasing plan, because he thought that when tho persona who were occupying land under that system were able to offer a tempting price to the Colonial Treasurer for the time being, they would be able to exchange their leaseholds for freeholds In the meantime the Byßtem was one which at anyrato did no harm, und was certainly productive of some good. It kept the Government out of tho mirketin the matter of competition with private lands put up for sale. It was notorious that there were many estates m tho market j uat then. The owners had not sufficient capital to work them, and if they were sold it followed that if they fell into the hands of persons with sufficient capital, they would bo able to work thorn with benefit to the colony. Therefore no harm was done because of the Government keeping out of the land market. He did not think that the m roduction of the landlord and tenant system was desirable. Lord Beaconafield had exposed its vicious principle, and had shown that under it it was necessary that three profits should be derived that for the landlord, that for the working tenant, and that for the laborer. Wo required here only the division of profit into two parts — that for the working owner, and that for the laborers whom he employed He waa one of those who used to think the Canterbury land system excellent. He thought that the Byßtem was a good one till the npset price of the land became less than the value for speculative purposes. Then the system became a very bad one. The greatest evils the country now Buffered under were due

to the Infilled price of land ; these prices

obtained their height m 1878 and 1879. Personß who at that time had speculated and lost — persons who bad exceeded the bounds of prudence — were now m the

habit of blaming the Public Works Policy

for the disasters they had mst with. Thia was ex remely unreasonable. A man who, by awkward handling, cut his finger might just as well blame the knife inßtrai of bis own stupidity. However, this seemed to be human nature, and m the case be instanced the rmn would have m all probability applied a very strong adjeotire to the knife, although had he used it properly lt might have bjen of the greatest sprvlo 5 1-> him. Thin waa invariably the case, and those who would hare benefittect by the Publ : c Works Polioy had they not over speculated were now the very first persons to blame that policy, and this becau c of their onrn lack of prudenco and forethought. Ho would now read them a letter which emanated from those who, at the present time, were moat unceasing m their hostility to him. Tbat letter gave him much prais9 for the inauguration of a policy which, with singular inconsistency,

was now being condemned,

7ha letter

which he referred to was written In 1878. It was written by Messrs Royae, Stead and Co to him at the tim I hat he was Agent.General for the colony ,« and lt was published by the oity editor of the

<( limes" m the city article cf that journal. Sir Julius read the letter that he referred to. It was a lengthly one but the effect bru fly was this ; It complained that the price of land was not nearly, as high as it should be, it maintained that farmers oould go on to the land and acquire a freehold In from three to five years— and that m nine-tenths of tho cases where they did so go on the land they succeeded and the lettet emphatically maintained tbat it was because of the Public Works policy inaugurated by Sir Julius Yogel that the country was m such a prosperous condition. He (Sir J. Voge)) aaked the audience to remember that th« letter that he had just quoted had been written by those who now, as the representatives of an Association

which he needed not to name, spared no pains to revile the present Government and all those who had been m any way con nepted with tha Inauguration of the Pablio Works polioy. The letter justified tbe system of village settlement m tho part where it stated that the farmers could so on to the land without any capital. It proolaimed that Publiq Worka schema was. a success. They should re member that it was written m J. 876} whpn he bad lelt the colony, by gentleman who were now bitterly oppoalog the Govern^ ment. In the tpoeoh whioh had been de livorod by him recently, Sir John Hall had ridiculed the idea that the large Be ttler a objected to the oloso proximity of holders oi Birall blocks. This was con trary to the opinion whioh generally prevailed bs to the Idea of the large blookholder. The general imprecision was opposed to Sir John Hall's declaration, that large owners liked the proximity of small settlers; except on the prinoiple that the cat loved to dwell m the neighbor hood of mice. In regard to the average slzo of the holdings m the colony they coull judge for themselves as to what they were. He would quote them some figures; m theße figures it was probable that m some cases the same person owned more than one holding, (ghere were 14JQ2 persons who had holdings over 100 acres and they held altogether 16,400,000 acres. The average extent of each of theso holdings was 1110 aores They found that

there were 1924 persons who held holdings of over 1000 acres, the aggregate being 12 630 000 acreß, and the average per hbldlug being 6564 acres. Aa he bad said of these 182$ ' holders of over lOQpaores, they had 12,^30,000 aores or an 'average of 0564 acres, bo that the 12,868 holders had 3,794,000 acres whilst 1921 holders had 12,630,000, aores. Another 12,521 holdors of 10 to 109 aores hold only 610,161 acres In the aggregate, the average being 48 acres each. He would leave them to judge whether these figures be £okeued an e^ual division of the land. It seemed* to him to be la tho highest degree* desirable that the number of persons with ■mall holdiDga eboo]d be largely Inpreaied

He now came to a question that was d grout interest to rainy of the dwelleis on thaee fertile plaice That was THE MORTGAGE BYSTBM. That system was now pressing rery heavily upon persons who borrowed money sotre years back, because the prise of produce had depreciated to a very ; g-eu extent. To illustrate his meaning; he wou'd give thena an imaginary oaae. Tei fears ago a man made arrangements to borrow money at a certain rate of interest. Thia interest would be estimated to absorb | annually half the value at that time •£ the prodace of the men's land* Now although the amount of interest had not changed, the value of the produce of the land had depreciated to that extant that the man now had to pay th« equiva lent of three fourths for interest —so that whereas a few years ago he had half his produce for himself he sow only hid a qaarte-. It was easy to determine the effect this had had npon the two partners m the transaction — the borrower and the lender. The former had aU the worrt of the transaction, while the latter, the lender, reaped ali the benefit. Th*a amount of interest paid him never varied, and as the values of produoe etc had depreciated the money had of eomtM Increased purchasing, powor so that the lender was m reality obtaining ahlgherrate of ir.tereatnow than when it was fixed. This state of things was, however, beginning to remedy itself; the p~ofitablenesa of lending money upon mortgage had made itself so apparent that lnrge number* of persons who hid money sought to invest it m this nnde. Of course the ran this cc-asioned upon tbii oleu of inreit mont afficted the rate of interest, and those persons who were able to re-bo»row aould vasty improve their poiltion, Thfi, however, he was bound toeay, only applied to persons who borrowed considerable saint. The poor straggling men who only borrowed small sums suffered very great diaadvantageo and were much handicapped, The charges on their loans were by reason of the smallness of the sum borrowed proportionately larger than 1 those In connection with large amount*. The small man did not obtain the same consideration from the lender, became It was not worth the latter's while to deal 1 wlih small sums. There was no doubt the small man was very muoh handt* ' oapped and the oomplalnts mtde In Otago ' and Canterbury of the sufferings entailed • by the system had a great deal of truth 1 m them. Another trying feature waa » that m m y oases the firmer wat tied ' down to dealing with the lender— -to 1 ing and Belllog through the latter ; and In t addition to the many commission! which r had this to be paid the farmer was not > allowed the freedom of his discretion. In • the disposal of his produce, and could not i sell m the market where the transaction i would be most profitable, I A LOCAL MABKBT. . • a Sir Julius then went on to say that he did not see why (he prices of grain and 8 prodnce m the local markets should be t dependent on the prloes that obtained c thirteen thousand miles away. The total gross yield of agricultural prodace I was £10,830,000, and of this about 0 six millions, or far more than half, were r required for local consumption. Yet, ai Q be had said, prioeß were regulated to a; c large extent by prices ruling on the other 0 side of the world, and the fact remained that the necessaries of life were not Q always supplied to the persona consuming them here at prices which were remuhera r tiveonea. Thecontrol of the market was two Q much m the lisnds of those who profited B by tho export trade./ Why should the ' farmers be at a loss on account of the c production of the necessaries of life* 1 Everyone was bound to consume them, d ' and the farmer was entitled to a fair c profit on them There were three features which he thought would remedy the present unsatisfactory state of affairs. £ These were : First, a larger population ; , secondly, an extension of the co-operative system ; thirdly, a more direct Inter* ,f ohange between the farmers and those who d comumed ; and he might also add a less c pronounced oredlt system. With a U condition of matters sb would be brought c about by these means less control wo aid [ t be m the hands of those who took more (t account of exporting prodace than of the 8 market fur it within the colony. "They , were told by the Freetraders that the it first o y - j ;ct was oheapness. If that eon . elusion were tight the community would [a be more prosperous were the prfea of j produce brought down so low that the a farmers would be ruined. This was ifc a legitimate ojncluslon to draw from Q the Freetrader's argument that he had r referred to, but he thought that they a would agree with him that nothing oould be more erroneons. In his opinion coun» tries wera most prosperous when wages g ruled high and things were sold at re i( j munerative prloes. Every country of whloh he had a knowledge had been most prosperous under these conditions—Cali fornia, In fact the whole Faoifio slope, and t Victoria were oases m point. He would at direct their attention to the fact that lt when wages were high it wm not neoes* j( j sarily the case that the cost of production was increased. An eminent engineer had lt told him that he oould produce more i( j and far better work m California where , c wages were 10s a day than 'In India 10 where wages were only lOi a week, j Supar and cotton were now produced for j much I©3« under paid labor than when • they were worked under the system of j r slavery. A common error existed In attaching moro Importance to the price r that obtained outside the country than to ' that within it. Even m the great ex* d porting country, Great Britain they found, taking the mean of 1881 and 1882, that ' of the £880,000,000, the produoe of its mlnss and manufactures, on'y ■J £25(5,000000 were exported. Farmers v were told to attach more importance ip to an export trade than to local consumption ; but they were led into *n ifc erf dr bepauso the more of tag produce tiftt was raised within a country, was con* I sumed m it, th.c more" prosperous ' that country was. A gpeat deal had been said about if; being necessary to send our " produce Home m order to pay the interest 0 pn our indebtedness. This was a fallacy. and he showed th.at if they exported nothing, if they had so large and 11 proaperous a population that they can ) Burned all that they raised, it was nonsense • to say that they could not pay their debts ; r tho interest on their indebtedness would ' be paid all the same. Ho would like to g Bay a little about the

TABIM 1 QUESTION. He had been told that the agricultural population particularly objected to the proposed increase of the tariff, because it would not benefn them. He had en deavored to show that what would benefit the community as a whole would result m benefit to any eection of it If we had a large population profitably employed, the farmers would reap very great benefit, because they would have a local market am} hot be dejDemjent on the Capricaa of markets m ofh'er' parts of t^e w/orjcf; % denied that the tariff proposed was uoc framed reasonably m ihe interests of the farmers. Porhapa none of the proposed increases had been ridiculed more than those on farinaceous products, such as sago, corn Hoar, and starch. They had it that these articles were essentially manu factured from that homely article, the p.qtafoj and he was aj; a loss to know why we jnight not jiiWas welj use. the m-qd'gct of the locally gro it n potato instead Of getting it from ehewhere, In iegard to fruit and pickles, both these could be produced within the colony, and of superior quality air! to great advantage. He read a letter signed " Arawa," which appeared m the ' Otago Daily Times" some months ago, aud which he had al«o quoted m tho House last session. Tbia j^ut the ciiee co etrons'y for the forme*

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1887.



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Wanted _____ WANTED Known — Dressmaking, superior style and fit at reduced price during Bale. Orr and Alcorn's. MB WALKER' 3 Committee will meet at Arcade Rooms a HIS EVKNING at 7.30. A fall attendance requested. W. W. White, jecretary. WANTED Known —Mm Soott, of Christcburch, will conduct a week's mission iVlinwald, commencing on SUNDAY next, at 3 p m., m Temp'ar Hall, and every evening during the week (except Wednesday) m Schoolroom at 7.30. Final service at Willowby, f unday morning. "TTTANTED Known— Final Clearing VV Sale of the balanoe of onr Win- ter Drapery. 'I his being onr Clearing oat Salt, Gods will be Cheap for Cash only.— H. O. Skoers. MViford Honae. YX/ANTICD known that HAVES & CO. * » have Large fctocks on hand. For farther particulars see now advertisement m this ißsne. ANTED Known— Our Great Sale is now oa, come and judge for yourselves. — H. C. Segkbs, Melford Home. WANTED Known— Aehburton Wool Y. am, reduced to 2a 3d the Bundle, all Colors.— Obb Ac Alcorw's, Dissolution Bale. OTANTED to clear ont— -Boys' Tweed YV Suits, from 5a 6d. Mem' Sulti, from 21s. At Dissolution Sale, Obb and Alcorn's. WANTED KNOWN — Contractors, Ploughmen, Carters, and the Pub- lio are requested to read carefully Mit- chell and Tubner'h new advertisement m this paper. The Goods are now opened op, and first comers will find the bbst bargains. WASTED CASH — Moir'a Oatmeal 25U>b, 2a 9d ; Ling Fish, 5d ; Dried Apples 4d ; 21b Tins Best Honey, lOd ; Vestas, 5d per doz.; Sperm Candles, 5d ; Tin Fruits, la ; Cutting do. Is 6d.— James McGregor, Tancred Street, opposite Arcade. WANTED KNOWN — Oleographs, Scenery, and Catholic Subjects Catholic Cards, good variety m Bcraps, Noveltieß m Penwipers, Crewel Wools and Bilks, Knitting Cotton, Colored Crotchet Cotton, Transfers, Tinsel Ba'ls, &c, &c, at Mrs Manbibb'B Fancy Repository, Saund9rß' Buildings. WANTED Known. —Ladies' Black Cloth Mantles we are selling at 3s 6d and 5s Gd. The wholesale prices of these goods were 10s lid and 13s 6d. (Just opened. Come and secure one.).— About 300 Ladies' and Maids' Jackets and Ulsters, newest kinds, at ridiculous prices. Great Cash Sale, Melford Hoaee.



PARTNERSHIP NOTICE. HC. CIiAIGHKAD has great plea- , sore m intimating to the Public 'of Ashbnrton and surrounding districts that be has admitted Edwin G. Cratghead into partnership with him, and that the business will for the future be carried on under the style or firm of H sad E. Cbaighead. "DEFERRING to the above, H and E. It Cmiohbad beg to announce to the Public of Ashburton and surrounding districts that they have just lately received a large assortment of English and Colonial Tweeds, Worsted Coatings, &c, suitable for the present Season, and hope by strict attention to business, first-claes fit and workmanship, to merit a oontinnance of that patronage co liberally bestowed upon their predecessors. H. & B. CRAIGHEAD, Tailors, 6 2 Tancred street, Ashbnrton. WANTED Known. —That Andrew Orr will during the next few weeks offer the whole of his Surplus Stock of Drapeiy, Clothing, and Boots at an immense redaction. "TTTANTED Known.- That A. Orr is V V now selling Ladies' Jackets at 5s lid to 7s 6d. One lot Ladies' Ulsters, fashionable shape, 5s 9d and 6s Od. WANTED Known.— That Fingering is 2s per hank. ladies* Hose, 4d to lOd per pair. Gloves at half price. China Matting, 6d.— A. Orr's Cheap Sale* i "TXT ANTED Known.— At big lot of V V ' Ladies' Boots, nios quality, 4s Yd ; Children's Boots, Is to 2s 6d : Gents Boots, 7s 6d to lls 6d ; Gents Shoes at 3a lid.— A. Orr. "TTTANTED Known.— Brussels Carpet YY at half price (being overstocked) Tapestry Carpets greatly reduced. One Lot of Remnants of Dress Goods at your own prices. White Calico at 2s 6dper doz.— A. Orr's Sale. "YITANTED Known.— Boya' Suits, 3s V V Hd ; Jersey Suits, 2s 6d ; Men's Suite, splendid quality, 395; Shirt*, 1b lid ; Men's Hats greatly leduced.— A. Orr's Cheap Sale. "TTTANTED Known. — Dr«Bßtnaking YY Department I*o now admirably worked ; style and fittis* giving the very bight »t sfctlßf action. n-Ai|arfw Orr. i



TO FARMERS. GRAZIERS, AND OTHERS. TO LET for Grazing for Six Months, from lit Br ptembtr, about 57 Acres of the best land m the District, within 10 infantes walk of tho Ashburton Post Office. Apply to R. M. CUTHBERTSO.N, Solicitor, Havelock atroot R. S. BEAN, COAL AND FIREWOOD MERCHANT, BEGS to inform bis Friends that he is just discharging some of the celebrated KAITANGATA COAL CHEAPER and FAR CLEANER than NEWCASrLE COAL. Also,— MALVERN, WE6TPOKT, AND NEW- 1 CASTLE COAL, Koiapoi Potatoes, Ac. R. S. BEAN, West street. ,j I TRY ! KIBKPATRICFS NEW SEASON'S JAM. SPECIAL NOTICE. T7-IRKPATRICK f S NEW SEASON'S p\ JAM is made from NELSON GROWN FRUIT, and boiled within a few hours after the fruit has been gathered It thus retains most of the natural flavor of the fresh fruit. KIRKPATRICK'S NEW SEASON'S I JAM is the most delicious pressrve m lie market. Do not be persuaded to buy cheap and inferi brands Jam, the remains of old stock, which rnunt be sold at any price, but ASK for KIRKPATBICK'a NEW SEASON JAM, and see that you get it. TBK BEST 18 ALWAYS TBE CHEAPEST. Kirkpatrick's New Season ;,«n i the best.) I (CAUTION* None is genuine unless our name is stamped on each tin, and has our Mastered Tra** Mark "Lord Nelson' • > he label. S Kirkpatrick&Co. MANUFACTURERS, El «( Kf



mH B PRVHIBR COLONIAL COMPAN? r. /■.■*: TEKBUPY' BRANCH, -,^,.5-f.d (85S. ""^^^^^^^^CAmAL 1 1000,00 #.. i//^ /;v: s i.-raru ror SNffßtfroLDeßS FIRE AND MARINE RISKS, ALSO RISKS ON GROWING CROPS \CCEPTED AT THE LOW IST CURRENT RATES. George Jameson, AOttNT, ABBBURTON — - ■ . _ _- - -■ FIJREI FIRE! FIRE! ■ THE WHOLE OF THB S AL||V AG E STO CX OP THE Timaru Woollen Factory Em been bcught by an AsbbnTton Finn for 0A8H« MITOHBiiL nadITURNEB having made ths »bo?e patchaee, win ©ftar tt»« wbol« BTOOK | to th« Artbarton »nd Eengitita Ilectoiß. their Wms wd FubUlm, fcUnch fdon m can onlj b« baHerod by » personal interriew with the firm, and an inspection of the go\>di tneMsefre*. Haw has come the chance for EVBttYOHE to encourage N^W ZEALAND INBUSTKIES, And that too, with benefit to themselres alto. llThe ab»Te Grand Lot of GOODS will be nnpaofccd and open for SALE on THUBSDA NEXT, when our Windows will show what marrellouß BARGAINS can be had ki TWEEDS FLANNELS, EUGS, MAUDS, BLANKETS, SUITS, CLOTHING, &c, &c, AH through the FIRB FIEND at Timanx. Quotations axajmale&ding, COKE ! BEE ! 1 aod.be CONVINCED. MITCHELI7~& TTTBKER, TANCBED STREET. t._ - . . — ' ■ ALBERT EOBERTS HAS FOR SALE,— CIiOVBRS, — RED, WHITE, COWGRABS, ALSYKE, and^TREFOIL. RYEGRASS, COCKSFOOT, akd RAPE. Golden Tares, Cape Barley, SEED PEAB, SEED OATb (TarioUi kinds), CRUSHED BE \ NB PLOUGH.SHABES. COOPER'S SHEEP DIP. Acknowledged to be THE lifiST IN THE MARKET.



P. Ferrlman- > « ■■■ ' *■■ ■ ■ - ■ ■- FORD'S PATENT Scour and ung-Worm Mixture FOR SHEEP. A perfect cure Lr Scour "and Lung- Worm T (which results fiom Scour). JOSEPH FORD, Ealing, Patentee. F. FEKRIMAN, ASHBTJRTON. FOB SORE THEOATS AND CHEST AFFECTION USE Sleslnger's Congh Syrapl MaHttfoctUTed by Mr Slesinger for Forty years. FOR Infants or Adults suffering from Sore Throar, CoMs, C'Ugbs, pai» m the Chest, Lary-.g.tis, Bronchitis or Affections of 0« Lutqy, Jf t Hooping Cough it is a most reme y. "t contains no narcotic, and fttref ie fey be used by Children and Adult*. F. FEBBIMAN, AGENT. IMPORTANT TO HORSB PRO* PRIETORS* TVH* foßowißg Certificate has been received k by Mr S» Skainjer, Veterinary SSbgetfn<— '♦ Weffingfcm CHy Tramways, " Weffington, 23rd afay, 1887. *M* Samuel Slesinger, V.9J, Dunedin. * TSeO SV, — I have, as you are doobtleis sware> osed your Morse Medicines for the last three or four years, and have fbond tbem Tery valGaMe. In my opinion your C«Rc Drinks, Worm ?owden, and Hoof Oil cannot be larparattd. *• I have great pleasure m recommending year medicines to all horse proprietors. "Enclosed please find order for 18 dozen assorted medicines. •' I am, dear sir, " Yours faithfully, ,"S. Smith, Manager." F. FERKIMAN,! AGENT. BVBRY MAN CAN BE HIS OWN HORSB DOCTOR, By using SLESINGER'S PREPARATIONS, At detailed below. FOR HORSES: rpHE Colic or Gripe Drink. — Horses are X rery liable to Colic or Gripe, and, if eglectcd, this complaint may m a few hours erminate m inflammation, strangulation, ;ympanitts, and death. This Colic Draught will give relief m less than two hours, and often within ten minutes. The Embrocation.— For the treatment of Cut«, Wounds, Bruises from Saddle, Girths, or Hames?, Sore Shoulders, Strains, Sprrins, Rheumatism, Windfalls, Swellings, etc If either of these injuries or complaints be ne- glected for a few hours, they may take weeks TO cure. The Condition Powders. — For restoring and luepisg the Horse m good health, relieving Hit^bound, Surfeit, Mange, Grease, and Skin Eruptions, correcting a diseased state of the Stomach, Bowels, Kidneyt, Bladder, Liver, e*a The Worm Powders. — The Horse is very abject to Worms, frequently unsuspected by the owner. Thousands of Horses die for the want of these Powders, and the owner is none the wiser for it ; and, unless a post mmiem aumination is made, does not know that his Horse suffered from these reptiles. On all occasions, vrhcu the animal is poor, m low condition, hide-bound, or occasionally passing a worm, give one of tnese Powders night and morning, as directed on each tin. The Blister Oin'ment is superior to any Qlher. After using it, he hair returns to its Natural color, and, unlike any other, no ftiea>i& is left. The Hoof Oils. — The chief cause of Lame* ness m Horses is some injury or defect m the Foot, which may cause inflammation of the Foot, and bring on other diseases, such as inflammation of the Bowels, .Kidneys, Lungs, . These Oils, if used m time, will prevent 6t cure brittle Hoofs, Sandcracks, Contrac- tion, Qnhtor,- Canker, Corns, Thrush rr FnisTi, Narrow Heels, Hoof-bound, Navicuhr Jomt Disease, etc, all of which the hone is subject to, and is liable to fell and endanger the We of his rider. This may be avoided by oSihs this Oil d»ily, or two or three times a weeic. The Grease- Ointment. — For the cure of Grease, Crown Scabs, Rat-tail, Mallendcrs and SallendeT?, or any Skin Eruption, DOG MEDICINES: The Distemper Powders are a Perfect Cure, and may aleo be given m other ailments. The Maage Ointments. — May be used for ftr Mange or any other Inflammatory Diseases of the Skin m trie Horse or Dejg. It may be mixed wfth fbnr times its quantity of Neatsfoot . O'il/bemg eas : er of application. BY keepiag a supply ©a hand, which ccstt but tew ' ue, you cm cure your Horses J^jiGelf * .tnout the aid of a Veteriaary Stir- gfcon. N.B.— Age does not affect the strength 6r quality of cither medicine. f9~All the ned.cineS are sold by F. FEKRIMAN, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, Sole Agent. SLESINGEE'S Rheumatic Balsam. *T*HE greatest di-covery ever yet made for X the relief of human sufferers from Mus- cular or Nervous Affec ion is SLESINGER'S RHEUMATIC BALSAM. Of all the advert : sed remedies and all the prescriptions from the medical faculty for the cure of Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout, Scia- tica, Tic Douloureux, Neuralgia, Lumbago, Strains or Sprains, Chilblains, or pains of any son from the above affections, none have been so successful and effectual as &LESINGER'S RHEUMATIC BALSAM. Aad *hy ? you will ask. Because there is no nonsense about it. You are not asked to swallow so many piMs or so many spoonfuls of mixture or draughts, 2, 3, Or 4 times a day, or evtry fther day; or to use hot, cold, shower, or Turkish Hath« ; or to take or avoid this, that, or the other food ; or t« drink only fuch and sdeh fluid, and not to drink anything else ; or to t'ke such and such exercise, etc., etc. No ! Slksinger's FhkUmatic Baisam lequlres no such stipulation ! Eat and drink according to your own good sen c, and if y v only use the Balsam as directed on each bottle, m one day, and even m less lime, or after one or two applications, you are relieved from your pain and sufferings, and you will bless the, invent? r of the Balsam. Furthermore, you are not asked to repeat the dose, that is to say, to buy another bottle or another box of pills. No ! nothing of the sett is wanted. One bottle, although small m appearance, but large m its eftcct, is qu : te sufficient m the worst of cases, and often rrom 20 to 100 drops, according to the surface of the complaint, is sufficient for a cure. CERTIFICATE. Moray Place. Dunedin. Mr Slesingei, V.S., Hepe Street. Dear Sir,- I have much pleasure m report- ing to you thai, after having used your Kheu- n atic Balsam m cases of Neuralgia, Acute, and Chronic Rheumatics, 1 have found it really a useful remedy, I have, therefore, no hesitation m recom- mending the same for the above-mentioned cases.— Yours, etc., C. N. Reimer, Surgeon t F. FEBBIMAN, , .•& IACTE.NT