The ASHBURTON GUARDIAN.

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DIARY.

Moonlight Evening.

The Moon at .8 days old >hinea till about 8 o'olook. The Moon at 6 days old shines till about half-past 10 o'olook. • The Moon at 8 days old shinea till nearly o'olook m the morning. The Moon at 12 days old shines from sundown till about 4 m the morning. The Moon at 15 days old is full, and shines all night. The Moon at 18 days old rises about' 9 p.m. and shines till morning. The Moon at 21 days old rises about 11 a.m. and shines till morning. The Moon at 24 days old rises about 2 a.m. and ehineati 11 morning The Moon at 27 days old rises about 4 a.m. and shines till sunrise.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1888. THE NEW EMPEROR.

Frederick William Victor Albert, the new Kaiser, was born January 27th, 1859, and is therefore 29 years of age. He was born with, a deformed arm, which was set down as being caused by the carelessness of a nurse. His mother carefully educated him. When tho Prince was thirteon he was placed under the tutorship of an able mathematical professor and proved an apt pupil. Faithful to the traditions of almost rustic simplicity m which the Hohenzollerns have boon trained, the Crown Prince sent his son to college at Casßel, near Mayence, where he passed his examinations with credit. Tho professors generally were much exercised 1 over the prince, who acquired a reputa tion for " larkiDg," and only his high I rank prevented him from getting into , serious trouble. From this college he I went into the array, and then after a brief service he passed eighteen months at the University of Bonn, studying law, and passed a course of lectures m chemistry, political economy and natural science. He also went m lor a vigorous course of " sowing wild oats." In 1881 he married Augusta Frederica Christian Louise Fedora Jenny, Princess of Sohloßwig - Holsteln, daughter' of Frederick Christian Augustus, Duke of i Schlcswig Holstein, and born 22nd October, 1858, being thus a few months ■ oldpr than her husband. There are four children-^-al) boys — issue of tho marriage, tho youngest having been born ' on January 29th, 1887. Since bis marriage the Prince has devoted himself, to military service m real earnest. Ho is Colonel commanding tho second regiment of Hussars of the Koyal Guard, and of the first jregiments of infantry of the guard, both being quartered at Potsdam. He is also honorary commandant of .-> number of other regiments, including the Pomeranian Grenadiers, the King's Body Guard, nnd the second rogimentof the Landwehr. His duties keep him a great part of the year at Potsdam, where he resides at tho Marble Palace. IJe occasionally goes off for a brief excursion, bear hunting with his friend the Crown prjncp Eudolph of Austria, or to attend pome State function ; but otherwise he ib as much m quarters a# tb.e colonel of a garrison regiment, Military cr.ti.es say that the Prince is an adjutant, just as is grandfather was a corporal, m bis soldierly instincts. However, bo has tbo credit of possessing good military capacity, and has shown himself an excellent strategist at the field man pzuwep. His personal appearance is not what is termed gjbriking. A little above the average height, but #o£ po tall or dignified as his father and grandfather. There is nothing about him to attract or repel. His face is like that of a pther young German officers ■i — auburn hair, fulj bjon.de moustache, carefully waxed at jtlie poipt# ; blue eves, straight noso, ft trifle " bull doggy ■ 'at the nostrils. One account of the Prince slates that he is daaf, a yjctim pi inherited disease, and violent and irritable m tomper. His dreams of "glory," and bis publicly expressed strong nnti-Fr/snpb, sentiments have from time to time caused ftonpfdorable anxiety as to what may be the pon r sequence of his accession to the throne. He is m open revolt with his mother and has been estranged from his parents some years, on account of his opposing their wishes on all points as far as possible, His accession to the absolute monachy of the German Empire is generally looked upon with alarm. Ho is not the sterling man his father was. Ho will n/jver bo a favorite with his people, Wbijo oa.thp.pn.g hand his father was ador.ed by Jthe German people, on the other Kaiser William wiir.be very; dietantly received. ' j

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A small boy reaching for a high oloset-shelf makes an excellent strainer for jelly, All efforts to organise the supporters of Henry George at Now York have proved failures. The death of Bismarok would cause more oommoiion m Europe than the death of all its crowned heads. A Philadelphia oculist declares that the use of opera glasses atraina the optio nerveß and injures the eyesight, Horace Greely arrived m New ¥ork with his worldly possessions m a handkerchief, oarrifld on a atiok over bis aliouldor. The Emperor of Japan has instituted » new orde* for vrojfren, J.t is to bo called the Order i of the Crown, and will conoist of livo olassei. i u KouaH on Ixou."— ■«« Kpngh on Itob,"i oure skin humors, eruptions, ring worm; fetter, salt rheum, frosted feet, ohUblaine, Utob, iyy poison, b» bera' jtoh, B p

i Snowdrops, lataly all the rage m Paris for , dressing dinner tables and decorating feminine garments, have been Buperseded by yellow flowers. In Russia a young woman has been im prisoned four months beoause she disobeyed her father m marrying. She also loses her share m the paternal estate. Some scamp recently decorated m (he night the great door of the Sing Sing, New York, Prison, with the legend, •• Hair out while you wait." la Augusta (Georgia) a tree felled m early morning was before nightfall of the same day converted into paper, and sent out bearing the current news. A company has been formed m Berliu to manufacture eleotrioal watohes. .Two small cells and a small electric-motor take the place of the ordinary movement. The substitution of wood pulp for plaster of Paris m the manufacture of all kinds of building ornaments is constantly increasing nnder the" new method brought forward m France. The principal Masonic lodge m Italy has oommunioated with the leading lodges of Europe, praying all Masons holding high state positions to do their utmost to bring about a general disarmament m the interests of peaon. The " Bangitikei Advooate " Bays : — Major Steward's Educational) Franohise Bill was passed by the Lower House, but the " Lords " kioked it out. They ought to be ashamed of themselves. According to tho latest issue ot the "London Directory, 1 ' one of the new streets of tho commercial metropolis of the world is dis tinguished by the name of New Zealand avenue. At a meeting held at Sefton on Friday evening it was deoided to establish a dairy faotory at Sefton. A lengthy and interesting paper on factories were read at the meeting by .Mr Harding, of Flemington. We have reoeived a communication from Anti-Humbug re the trial of the digging plough the other day. The writer endorses the remarks of Ploughboy, but no purpose would be served ,by publishing the communi cation. Muoh has been said and written of late years on >"the immorality of the stage." Suppose we give the stage a rest just for a change and investigate the morality of the audienoe for a little while. Will the audienoe please stand up and be sworn.—" Burdette." A Cleveland, Ohio, steel mill has put up a big " magnet " extended on a ohain from a orane whioh, when obarged with eleotrioity, < does the work of fifteen men who were formerly employed m lifting billets to railroad oars. A boy oan run the new labor saver. ; By way of making the Morgue more terrible the Pareian authorities have begun to light it by electricity, It is said that the effact of the new light upon the bodies exposed for view (is ghastly m the extreme, but that the result is a large influx of visitors. " Fenians " is the common name of the " Irish Republican Brotherhood," instituted m 1857 by James Stephens, whose attempted insurrection m 1867 was easily suppressed. The name Fenian itself is an assumed name from the Irish Fionna — a raoe of superhuman heroes m Irish legendary history. The Salvation Army of London has es tablished at the East End a oheap food depot, where for a penny an adult receives refreshments and "a night's lodging or soup and bread ; for o half-penny he receives soup or bread ; and children are given a basin of soup for a farthing. In the newest London dwelling-houses a large use of oast-iron mantelpieces and ornamentals is made, the carving and general appearanoe of wood being well imitated m these elaborate castings. The eastings include bevelled frames for mirrors without number, and are supplied at about a third of tho cost of the fashionable mantelpieoes carved m bard wood. ||The weight of the rain that fall m the British Isles m the course of a year varies, of course,*with the amount of the rainfall, but it is generally considered to averago about 3000 tons to every acre. As there are 77,143,938 acres m the United Kingdom, this computation shows as that 281,481,814,000 tons of rain falls on its surface m the course of a year. It has been ordered that no engineman of the Great Northern Railway, England, shall be allowed to go on duty without having had an interval of at least nine hours' rest. This is a wise provision, and one that should be gffierally enforced, not only for the good of the mon, but for tho safoty of the travelling public as well. Movements m the same direotion are also bepg made m several States of the Union. Some industrious statistician has been inquiring into the wordly Btatus of the sweet girl graduates of the Amerioan Union. This is the result of his labours. Out of a total pumber of 2619, the large proportion of 949 have, as might haye been expected, betaken themselves to the profession of jtoaohing • 133, are engaged m other occupations, 639 young ladies livo at home neither toiling nor spin ning ; while a thousand all but two have forsaken the Muses m favour of Hymen. The Chinese have already made prepara tions to evade the Anti-Chinese Treaty m caße of its passing, A " Bureau of Conveni ence " will be started to acoomodate China man who wish to return to the United States and whose entrance is denied beoause they havo neither a wife nor £1000. worth of ttvoperty here. The bureau will furnish them with temnorary wives and £1000 worth of property for ationßideratfp.n, and thus enable them to pomply wjth the requi'remenits of l the law.— " Philadelphia Times " Tho fame of Southland cheese is going abroad. Here is a paragraph from the "Strathearn (Perthshire) Herald" : — Wo were shown this week a sample of cheese sent from New Zealand, the quality of whioh is far superior to anything produced either m this country or m America. Its taßte is superior £o hect Cheddar, and it is admirably ooloured. The cheese, whioh weighed 401bB, was manu faotured at EdondalVFuotoi-y, Southland, and waß sent homo to Councillor Gow, 'Grio#,' by i his son. If the people m New Zealand can supply suoh an excellent article m large Quantities, they will hav9 no difficulty m Ending a market m this country. ft appears tfrat gambling ha gram fe not; confined to America ; it is also spreading m JSuropo. Several Adstrian millers are stated to havo latply joined jm a" 'petition to the Government of that Gp.ui}tfy asking that means may be taken to put down the Rambling m grain, of which the Vienna Corn Exohange is said to be the theatre. Tho petition sets forth that this gambling is not only injurious f.o pub||p morality, but that it inflicts direot injury on the pftljhig jtradp by subjecting their staple raw material to ' sudden and artificial m valued A Puluth newspaper, telling of the power of the magnotio iron ope of the vicinity, says that the miners have to wear mopoasins, beoause the iron draws all the tacks from their boots ; that houses near the mino have to be built with wooden pins or bolts, beoause the iron draws the nails ; that a wild duok that had inadvertently swallowed a few hair pins was Btopptd m its flight over the mines, drawn earthward, and made a prisoner; and that persons with too muoh iron m their blood are so magnetised that they sleep m a trance

The population of Franoe is decreasing, mu tWI 4 8 °ODBiderable immigration. The Belgians are coming m m considerable numborß, and Italians next. A late estimate places the number of Sunday-school soholars m the world at 16,447,990. This explains tho wide Bale I obtained by E. P. Rod's novels. The oitizens of Larkhall, Scotland, are about to present a testimonial to JVliohael I Smith, who is said to have reached the great age of one hundred and eleven years. m Notwithstanding the amount of labor and time expended on the unearthing of the ruins of Pompeii, there are still two-thirda of the oity covered by debris and unexplored. At a meeting of the Cork Trades Oounoil it was proposed to hunt the Jews out of the city on the ground that they are ruining honest trade. There are about three hundred Jews m Cork. The Bank of Franoe was established m 1800, but it is only since 1848 that it has had the oxolusive right of issuing bank bills. The bank oooupies the old Hotel de la Vrilliere, whioh was built by Mansard m 1620. Advioes from Bokhara Bay that tho Grand Vizier of that state has been murdered* by a native. The Ameer ordered the murderer and his accomplice to be executed, and they were hurled from a tower 180 feet higd. Prinoe Bismarok likened Kaiser Wilhelm to a olook that wanted winding up every day ; also to a horse that must be well spurred before he would leap a fence. The Chancel lor himself carried the key and wore the spars. A petition for the olosing of public houses on Sunday m England, presented recently to the Home Secretary by Mr Phillip, of Liver pool, measured 11,263 yards m length. It was signed by 1,132,000 women over the age of sixteen. Two Gorsioan women, Franoessa Fortu nati and Benoita Pasqualini, a few days ago had a dispute, and thereupon indulged m a duel. They flew at each other like furies, and Benoita Paequaiini fell, stricken to the heart by her adversary's stiletto. Rev Watkin Davies, of Ooedkernew Reo tory, Newport (Mon,), was fined 40s at West minster Police Court for chipping pieoes of stones as relioa of the oredence table of St. Erasmus Chapel, Westminster Abbey. The fine was paid. A _ vigorous prosecution of Mormon poly* gamists baa been commenced at* Provo, m Utah, and 16 Mormons have been sentenoed each to six months' imprisonment and 500 dollars fine for living with more than one wiffli contrary to the Edmunds law recently passed. Six members of the Ashburton Cyoling Club took a run to Waterton yesterday. Although the roads were rather heavy the trip was made m very good time. The Club intends to have a moonlight run during the week, and a good muster is anticipated! At St. Stephen's Gburoh yesterday morn ing reference was made by the Rev E. A. Scott, the inoumbent, m his sermon to the death of the Emperor Frederiok of Germany, and also to that of Mrs Harper. At tho morning and evening services hymns appro* priate to the oocasion were sung. One pound of bananas contain more nutri ment than 31bs of meat or as many pounds of potatoes, while as a food it is, m every lonse, superior to i.the best wheaten bread. Although it grows spontaneously throughout the tropics, its yield is prodigious when oulti vated, for an aore of ground planted with bananas will return as muoh food material as 33 aores of wheat or 100 aores of potatoes. It is' not generally understood that bananas fried, baked, or roasted, are vory appetising, and that sliced and placed m a di&h with slices of orange, they make a most delirious dessert. At the Skating Rink oh Saturday night there was a good attendance of spectators aa well aa Tinkers, the stags being well filled with the former and tho hall with tho latter. There was no doubt about the wheelbarrow race being an amusing one. Three boys entered for it, and after a fair start had been effected, the efforts of the youths to get round the course without coming to grief were of the most ludicrous description. Each barrow was supplied with a score of potatoes, and when the vehicle was overturned all those had to ba gathered up before the competitor could proceed. The race was nbt7therefoK>, to the swift, but to the smartest at picking op hig load when his oonveyanoe waa over turned. The audience oheered most heartily, and there wa3 no one present who could look on the exhibition with a serious face. With the exception of the competitors everyone simply roared, and the contest seriously threatened the ribs of the liege assembled. The smallest charioteer was declared the winner by a lap. A very exoellent exhibition of hurdle-jumping was given by Mr Bass, and then the floor was given up to tho skaters. HoL&OWAY'B Pir,L<3 AND OINTMENT. — Travellers to and from distant climes would do well to bear m mind that these changes and the altered diet and ' surroundings of their lives entail manifold risks to health. .Ocoasiohs are sure to arise m whioh they will need a remedy suoh as these renowned PJUs and Qintment, and ho traveller by land ojr spa should ever fail to have a supply at hand. Thon he may truly be said to ha.ye a physician always at his call for thp various emergencies of travel. Chills and fevers Bhould be promptly treated, and the printed directions Bhould be carefully studied at the oommenoe ment of any illness, for Holloway'e remedies can be safely used m all climates.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

« r PBS rKKSS ASSOCIATION 1 i i" _____ Supposed. Suieidfl. Thames. Juno 18. A biißhman named Chae. O'JJagbnn was found dead on Tararu road yeuterday morning It is aapposed he oomaiitted suicide by taking " rough on rate." Fire. New Plymouth, Jano 18 A house belonging to Matthew Hill, at Bellblock, wub burnt down on Sunday morning. MreJW had only timo to Bavo Boiao bedclothoß ami a bos. Her husband was away at Normanby. "The house waa ineued for £50, but the office is not yet known. : Wrecjc of the Hawea. The being diem'aniled. Tho bull js almost submerged In hardsniid. The wrecks m no way impedes navigation into the harbpr, and the Penguin came m and wont alongside tho wharf as usual yeeierday. Capla^r* Hqlford, harbor master, havia for Welling touVa Wednes day lo attend the official enquiry which will be held there. The vessel is to be Bold by auction on Wednesday, TJie Asraagi, Wem^npton, June 1& Among the passengers by the Aorangl ace Mr Strlosland, general manager of the New Zealand Shipping Oompany and Oiptaln Rnsaell, member for Oawka'a Bay. Mr Strickland's visit la understood to bo for the purpose of reorganising the Company's buainecjs. Burglary m Wellington. The Putone ltnilway Station was broken Into on (Saturday night and a aafo con- ; tfcinlng about £80 removed. The burglars i aho broke into a blacksmiths shop and obtalnod a sledge bummer which they need In breaking open the safe, The safe whioh welghoi 3 cwt appears ; to have been placed on aliand truck procured bj> tho burglar* at the railway yard and taken to a vacant oeotion along tho beaoh wharo it waa opened gnd t^O conteuta appro priated, !jChe' eni»p|i7 Bafa, sledge hammer, etc, whic'K'wcre lo'unfd m some goree buabos gave the flrat intimation of tho burglary. ! Sui ids. John JOlarke, jit 1 carpenter residing a» Brook atree*, QoojmiUed. aoiolde thla morning by hanging himself on hja back fonoe. Ol«ks baa bfaeo separated from his wife some time and was aummoned to appear at Court for maintenance. De ceased wan 60 yonea of age and was an old resident. fire. '^DNBDm, June 2.8. A four roomed houao owned ' and ooaupled by J. Jennings, contractor, South Danedln, waa burued down yeater rta/. l.iaar»noes, £220 m the Standard, '

EXTRACTS FROM "HANSARD."

• * I LIOiSN-ING COMMITTEES ELECTION BILL. In the House on May 30th Major Steward brought forward for tho second raodingbis Licensing Committees Election Bill. In doing co he said :— Sir, the Bill which I have now tin honor to submit to this House for second reading is a very short meaaure, but one which, if passed, will have an important effect m eaviDg a cmsidorable sum of money during the next three years to tho local governing bodies of the colony, which circumstance, I submit, m the position m which we arc now placed, is one that deaervea considera tion. The objects of the Bill are two fold—namely, firat, economy m adminis tration, which will be effected if it is passer! ; and, secondly, the better admin istration of the Licensing Act, which also will bo one of its consequences. Addres sing myself to the subject of the amount that would be saved to the local govern ing bodies were li reusing olectiono to take | place once m three years, instead of annually ns at present, I may refer to a return which was furnished on the motion of Colonel Trimble, the then member for Taranaki, m 1882, and which will be. found m the Appendices to the Journals of that year. That return Bhowa that m that year there were 381 Licensing Com mitteeßin the colony, and that the cost of electing these. QommUtaea was la no aaae ander £3, while In over a hnndted oees it ranged between £3 and £5, m nearly the same number of caeca between £10 and £20 ; and. as regards the remainder, the oost ranged from £20 to £59, and In one case amounted to over £100. The total cost of the elections In the year prior to that m whioh the return was made is shown by the return to amount to a sum which averaged about £17 per Committee, bo that the dlreot cost ( f these elections per annum is equivalent m round figures, to £7000 : henou It follows that if one eleotlon Buffioo for a trlennal period there would be a saving of no leas than £14,C00 to the looal bodies m that period. There are, bealdes, other expenses outside the direct expenses, whioh it may be taken would bring that saving Dp to ■no leas r a sum than £20,000. <Phat, I think; is a sum whioh should be saved, unleßS it can be shown that there is a great advan tage In the more frequent elections. I think it cannot be shown that it is bo ; but, on the contrary, there are many obvious disadvantages, I would point out one whioh, I think will have great weight with the House. It is this : The gentle men elected to the*L censing Committee must obviously be either gentlemen new to office and without experience, or gentlemen who have b?en m office before and haver experience of its duties. If we take the first alternative, of gentlemen newly elected, what follows? They are elected about the month of April, and the piincipal function they have to perform — namely, the business of the annu licensing meeting— occurs m June. They have only a few weeks m whioh to ac quaint themselves with the circumstances of their dist'ic 1 , and consequently cannot be able to bring to bear any htnount of experience or any intelligent judgment m the matter. But take the other alterna tive — tha case of gentlemen who have been m office before and nre experienced, i What then h»ppeus? Those geutlemeh car-fu'ly oischarge their duty with regard to the public interest and convenience, as well as wih regard to the rights of the iiceneees. They find, perhaps, that some ono or more houses m. the district are not properly found m conveniorces for the public. Thess houses are found ro be falling into disrepair, aud the Licensing' Committee take care to warn the licensee that, unloss the defects are cured and the convenience of tho public pro?ided for, Vhen the next licensing meeting cones round the lioanse will not be renewed . Then, what occurs ander the "Byßtarfl of annual t-lout'ons? Why thi< ;■ that the 110-msee, If who m hla generation, and not disposed tD spend any money for the banefil of the public whhh he cm avoid, immediately goes r aid about amongst his friends before the election for tho Licensing Committee comes off, and qnletly Insures their vote?, and then his friends are. to everybody's surprise, elected to the new Committee, whioh doea not insist on those require ments for the public good being pro vided whioh the previous Committee demanded. Now, were the Committee la office for three years it would be abie to see that its decisions werj carried out ; and that would be a great advantage to the public fenorally. lam aware that sorno of the onorable gentlemen opposed to this pro posal take the ground that they consider that the annual licensing eleotlon h an educational advantage from tho tec-> totalitra' point of view; but I think they altogether magnify any advantage whioh may acorue (a that dltvcion, and they fail to eeo how muoh they lose by the want of continuity and experience on the part of the Licensing Committees m the direction I bave pointed out, and that any advantage they think is gained by more frequent elections is far more than counterbalanced from the teototsl point of vlow*"by the weakness of the Lioonslng DpnjmUtees arlejog from tbo fact that they have to submit themselves, annually for election, Thlß Is a matter which is not now brought before the House for the first time. In 1885 a Bill passed Its second K'adirg by a con- Biderable majority which oontalned the provisions of thla measure ; and reoently various looil governing bodies have made representations as to the necessity for a change m the direction this Bill seeks to effeot. Honorable gentlemen will see that the Bill is net an ambitious attempt to amend the lioensfDg lawc, although' they require amendment m . many 're peots, because all 'the 'experience we have had of the various 'attempts (n that direction Bhow that if J had proposed a Licensing Apt Amendajen{; Bill the result would hava 'been that Bagh an enormous number of amendments would be intro duced that (t would be Impossible to pass any moaauro The measure J Bubmlt now (a almp'y one, limited to one point, which caght to commend Itself to the consldera of tbc House ; and, If the House will say, SB I think it will Bay, that the arguments I use, are stfficlent}/ strong to warrant their support, then $ truqt honorable members will sestet; me In oarrving tho Bill Into law- The Bill Itself requites very little explanation. It Is. almost a reprint of oUuses drafted by Mr Weaton, once a member of this House, and as regards draftmansblp it requires no ameudment. The details are very simple It simply provides that, Instead of there ) being two sets of machinery— the local optlon poll and the Lloonslng-Commlttee eleotlon — ono set of maohlnery only will be required. The Reluming Offiou'r will act udder the Bill, and the time for the two elections will be Identloal. It will be seen that m order to make the dates Ident'osl it will ba necessary that l he gentle men elooted to tho next Licensing Commit: teen shall hold office fur two year?; baCauso the looal-option poll wag taken In April lost or at the beginnlu^ of j;hls month Thereafter the *leotl6ns will 'be trlohnlal, and the office will bo held for three yearß, 1 beg to move the seqoncj ; reading of the Iti speaking on tbp BUI Mr Walker aaid ;— I sorry that the honourable member for the Tajer| ahoijld have seen fit to dl&lra f>r himself and hia temperance friend* all the virtues, because I can as&utfe }I >» fi.it some of the filnaereßfc friend* o' (.-inpo-anoe will be found among thoeo who are Bupportlne; the a* oonl reading of this BUI, I think alio f ri-p, eUJro that the rnembera of local ■>i .-. U a generally have the vince'reap desire t'. ej^ j iha temperanoe cause pkogroae, and • doucUealre t9 pee UQepgej; granted thftfc I

ou^ht not to be granted, or to do any thir g which wou'd pnt difficulties In the way of people exercising doe discretion on the subjeot of the liquor traffic. Bat, Sir, *O rcuat not shut oar eyes to faots. We have m our experience on this question an illustration of the old story that you oan take a horse to the water bub yon cannot make him drink ; for we have seen, over staoe the Licensing Aot has been m force, that people will not drink from this atrenra whioh la annually afforded to them, i regret very mooh that these elections have been a comparative failure. We have seen repeatedly eleotions at which not ona-ienth of the people entitled to vote aotually voted for the election of Oommiteomen. In faot, I map Bay that, generally apeiklng, the opportunity Is not taken advantage of by the ratepayers generally. . I know that m my district the operation of the Aot has been reduced to a mare faroe ; and. why t Because we are oompalled every year to hold au eleotion m every little Road Board' and town diatrlot. The Brat difficulty la to gat five man who ara bo far interested m the proceedings qffche day as to get nomination papers signed or to sign them thomielves Very often it has happened m districts with whioh I am acquainted, and, I believe, m many other distrlots, that it has been Impossible to find' the requisite number of persons to be nominated ; and the result han been tbat,for the w*nt of candidates, no Committee hn been eleoted, and the whole thing has devolved on the Government . This, I know, has taken plaoe this last year J and' it will oontlnue to take place unless there Is some ohaoga In the law. Elthec yon must inoreaße the siza of your districts, or else you must do something such as is suggested by this Bill. The honourable member for the Taieri almost seems to think that the expense is s matter? whioh need not be muob considered. "'"'■'.': Me Baxton. — Oh, no'j I did riot say that. Mr Walker.— l think that was the tone of the honorable gentleman's remarks. I can assure him that if the local bodies saw people taking a real interest m these eleotions they would think nothing of the expense; but they .have found that the votes oast do not numpet aimany as the shillings, not to s»y pounds, that the eleotion cost ; snd they may, nnder these circumstances, very fairly say that the people do not value the eleotlom or wlih for them, and that the money; expanded upon them (a wasted. I oan quite admit that if the people wish for- these annual elections, or if t bey game them^tbe means of exercising greater contrbj-ov^rla traffic whioh we will admit has done land Ii doing a great deal, of harm amongst ni, there would be very good Reason foe con tinning the present system: but at present the people will pot take advan tage of that maohiriery ; and I am satisied fid that by making the eleotions triennial,— by holding them on the day on whioh the triennial poll is taken for the deoiaion of the^ question as 1 7 whether or hot there m&y be an increase of " licenses, — greater .interest would be aroused m the -whole question, and more interest would be taken m the elections; I will not say that better com mittees would be elected, because I think thai, on the whole, very good committees have been elected ; but T believe that greater m tor eat would be taken m the eleotions, and there might silt be greater energy m the direotion whioh our friends opposite fuvor. While on this subject, I might say that I think it would be a great secvioe to the country if some of our friends of legal minds m the Government would draft a measure providing for the elections for all local government pur poses to be held on the same day. At the present time we aTe" perfectly be wildered with the cumber -of -elections that take place. As a fact, nearly all these elections are for the same purpose — the choice of men' to carry on our local government m its various directions ; and I do not see why we should not have one day m three years for the election of oar Count} Councils, and Road Boards, and Licensing Committees, and so on. I think if that were done our temperance friends would get help from many whose friendship they do not suspect. I shall support the second reading' 6f the Bill, and I do bo because £; have the best wishes for the success of. the temperance 011186. Mr Baxton — I have been somewhat pleased to listen to a great many of the statements made by the very many hon orable members to-night, showing the extreme friendship of those honorable gentlemen towards the temperance canoe. JjJven the honorable member for Dunedjn South spoke as one of the stauncheßj; aqd most npble friends of the canse j an 4 scarcely anyone has spoken who has not represented himself as a friend of tern perano9. I am always pleased to meet with friends of this cause, and I shall be moßt happy if every one of those honor able gentlemen who have spoken m such f riend'y terms of the temperance cause, nay, if every member of this House, will Bhake hands with us and show their friendship, " don the blue," and go into the noble army of the humane society. I do think, Sir, that we have nothing at all to be ashamed of. What we do we do for the good of ouv follow-meDj and if we get a little bit extravagant sometimes I flank we ougn't to" be' excised; • X^ an^ ra|e, we are influenced by quite a different spirit m our intemperance from the spirit that animate others. Ours is a spirit of charity to our fellow-men. As regards the question now before the House, I do not see any reason why we ehquld want to alter the law m the way proposed by the honorable member for Waimate. I do not Bse any reason why -we should take this stand. It would be very much better if the Licensing Committees were done away with altogether, and the whole thing put into 'the hands of the public to vote- whether. we should have licenses' op not, or whether public 'hbdae^s should bsJ closed or not. My irapreeaion' is tihat if one-half of the public houses were plowed irj this «jnd other cities it would be better for the publipr-it woqlcl be better for alj poncernepV. I should, like to see the day when that takes plaoe. However, I shall most certainly oppose this Bill; In reply to the arguments against the Bill Major Steward maid : I will only say a few wordo m reply. The arguments that have been used against the BUI, m so far as they prooeed from honourable gentlemen who advooate temperance, while they do not lead me to think very highly of their talents as logicians, cer tainly inspire a feeling of sympathy with the objeots they have m view ; and those honourable members will have found, m all divisions that have taken place on temperance questions m the House, that I have always voted with them except when |;I thought that they were seeking to do anything that was unjust. It is a peoullar thing that the arguments used against this Bill have besn used against something ; which Is not m- the Bllliat all. Honour* able gentlemen who have opposed it have argued as to the great bonoS to. which have been brought about by the ! RoVooates of temperanca. lam entirely with them Id that j I never challenged lb m my ■peeWj nor is there anything m the $111 whioh trsl* Verses their statements. Then, they say, " What an undesirable thing 11 would be If the' power of the temperance advocated were weakened {" "there Is no 1 attempt ftt that' in oonneotiqn wfth 'the B.IU, ilfrd they have failed to show that the BJll would m the least weaken the Influence of the advocates of temperance. Some honourable members confound the local option polls with the licensing eleotions. The time of taking the looil-optlon polls Is the time when the people make known their wishes on the increase or otherwise of l|censed houses m their distriot, and the , time of tue licensing elections is tbs time when they elect < person* to {jar*} do) those wlsheij and lucelyitiij bottwthlt

THE ABHBUBTON GUARDIAN, MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1888



Moon's Sun Sun Moon Moon ngo at Juno Rises. Sotfl, Rieos Sets, noon; 18 Monday .. 7.35 4.20 0.40* IT' 8 19 Tuesday .. 7.35 4.20 1.10 1.12 0 20 Wednesday.. 7.30 4:27 1.49 2.24 10 21 Thursday .. 7.38 4.27 2.25 3.37 11 22 Friday.. .. 7.35 4.27 3.8 463 12 23 Snturlay ... 7.30 4.27 3.00 8 8 13 24 Sunday .. 7.37 4.27 450 7.19 14



Wo olip the tes|timonial from the •' lllawarra Merourry "(N.S.W.) of the 80th Marob. It needs no comment: — " Mr John Loved ay, of the Bulli Mountain, writes to us tfyjfc after suffering for four years with aouto gravel, ho' has epetleoood almost complete relief by using §andor and Sonß' Eucajlypti Extract, He says seeing the said Extraflt advertised m tue 'plawarra Mercury, 1 hla iotenso suffering' intfuoed him to obtain a bottjo o( m& njedjojine from Mr Hoskinp, obemißt, of this towo, *»d that to,e use of it gave him groat relief at onoe. He states that between the 10th Mavoh instant, when he obtained the first bottle of the extract, and the 19th, the use of that medioine continued to afford him relief, to whioh ho had been a Btranger for four years. Mr Loveday writes also that be faao found the Eucalypti Extract a oure for rheumatism aa well as gravel. He requests ua to publish this information through the • Mercury.' Wo have muoh pleasure m complying with Mr Loveday's request, whose word cannot bo doubted, and who can have no objeot m view other than a pure desire to benes suffering humanity."— im) .3



Wanted, WANTED fifty pairfi of rabblls (not poisoned), fifty harea, forty pairs wild duoku. Am a oash purchaser of the eama at all times,— Geo. Gates. 6 108 ■ ■ ■ ■ -r WANTED to Bell at once good young Cow, full profit ; milk without ball or lea rope.— O. Martin, Trevorton. 6 107 ANTED Known.— That the Star of the Hast Lodge, 1,0.G T., will hold their Fourteenth Annivornary m the TempUr Hall, on Thvfsday, June 21»t, 1883. Tea at 6 p.m. Tickets, Is 61. 6 109 WANTED Known— That Haybs and Co. has 250 Splendid Tweed Trousers Your pick for 10b 6d. BOOTS.— Wo have reduced our Boot List, and are Belling them wonder- fully cheap.— H. O. Skgers, Melford House WINTER.— Wo are now showing a Splendid Assortment of Ladies and Children's Ulsters m all the leading styles, very cheap.— H. O. Segbrs, Melford House. VI T ANTED Known.— Melford House V V is now Bhewing a splendid assortment of Drapery, Millinery, Cloth- Ing, Boots. &o, very cheap. BLANKETS, slightly stained.— l have bought a lot of heavy Anhburton make, whloh I must sell while the cold weather lasts. Oome early as the pries i will sell them qulok. — Ashburton Clothing Mart. — R. Aloobn. "\irANTED —Everyone to oome and W see the nicest lot of Glass, China, and Earthenware ever shown m Ashbur- ton, and the Cheapest ever landed m New Zealand. Imported direct from the Manufacturers.— Robert Aloobn, Saun- dors' Buildings. SUI WANTED Cash. — Muir'o Oatmeal (251 b), 2s 6d; Candles, sd ; Vestas, 5d doz. ; Coffee and Milk, Is j Cocoa and Milk, Is ; Corn Flour, 4d ; Fruits m Syrup (21b tine), Ib. Grookery, Glassware, and Ironmongery. — J. Mo- Gbboob, Tancred street. TTTANTED Known.— Cheap Jack has YV opeoed a shop m Oompton'i j Buildings, Moore street, with a large j stock of Fancy Goods, Crockery, Music, «fto., which he will sell at Obeap Jack prloes, viz., 30 per cent under any other chop In town. TO THE LADIES OP ASHBURTON. Misses Morrison& Holloway dress and mantle :maker3 Tancred Stbeex ASHBURTON. 5 169 TT^VKNING CLASSES are beiDg held I\i at my Office, Montgomery's Build* ings, Burnett Street, on MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and FRIDAYS, from 7 to 9 p.m. Architectural, Pictorial, Model, and all branches of Freehand Drawing, etc, are being taught. E, M. BLAKE, 4 160 Architect; ABfl BURTON " GUARDIAN. 'j DUNEDIN AGENCY. y-RR. T. WHEELER, Stafford Street, Dunodio, has been appointed enr Agent and; will bo abla to arrange terms with advertisers for contract advertise- ments. NEW ZEALAND Clothing Factory. HALLENSTEIN~BROS. & CO. CLOTHIERB, OUTFITTERS, TAILOBS, HATTEBS, GENTLEMEN'S MERCERS. buUb from f) WS /»D very strong •■ - 37 s 6 D %jr Tronscr* from ~| /~\3 £»D Oclcnipl J.\J D Tweeds. Bojß'Bnitßfrom-| f\B /»D faithfully XV' O mado. Aldo a fresh snpply of Boys' Jereoy fspf to to hand . j The greatest attention is paia to the cut, i style, atid finish of tho abovo Qarmems. We j alter our Garments ftikb of oharob. We ; register now piz93 daily, and therefore can gnnranto? a perfect fit. We have made Great Redaction! m all our Departments, m order to enable everybady to encourage New Zealand industry. . HAT DEPARTMENT. Replete with Ihe Ohoispst Goodß,any shape, style, or sizo m Btoek. TAILOBINa. We have received a fr. eh ast of Bampiao of Tweeds, Corte, nnd Worated Coatings, and wonld reqaeßt all requiring a first-alass Suit, Colonial Tweed, made to measure for Fifty-nine j &Q S | Bbillinge. to entrust tiifijr j^rdjarß with uv. We enn offer you 600 Patterno tQ|Eelcct|froni. [cud can give 3ou value anturpawed, PIT, STYLE, AND WOBEMANBHJP GUARANTEED. Hosiery, bhirtp, Scarfs, Tieß, Blanketß, Rugs, and evoi) »r icle yf wearing apparel m large variety, at,d marked at auoh prices as will ensuro a quick tale. Beo our Windows, inspect onr Stock, and judge for yourselves. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING PAOTORY. W. H. WEBBER, . Manager. TRY KIRKPATRICK'S SPECIAL QUALITY F RES H FRUIT -J A. M S— NOTICE. GUR Special Quality <«X" brand of v ™ 0^ Se *, B 0"' 0 JAM *■ ««de from Fresh Fruit, within a few hours after it has been gathered; it thus retains the full flavor of the Fresh Fruit, and ii the beßt quality it is possible to make. CAUTION: None Is Genuine unless our Name Is ; stamped on the Tin, and has our ragis- tered Tiade Mark, the letter " X," on the Label. i ____ ' S. KffiKPATRIGK AND CO., ; MANUFACTURERS, NELSON. |



REMOVAL NOTICE. WM. BAYLIB GENERAL STOREKEEPER, Junction of the Wakanui Eoad and Cameron street, botween Post Office and Mr Gamble's, facing the County Coancll Avenue. • \1T ILLIA M BAYLIB beca to announce TV to his Customers and the Genera) Public that ho has been forced to remove from Sounders' Buildlngß to tho above PremlßOß In conicqaenoa of the Bank having let bin ahop m Saunders' Buildings to Mb Aloobn. W.Bi trusts that his Customers will not be Inconvenienced by the change of situation, oo the new prera'aea are an immense Improvement upon the old, and more centrally placed ; In fact, my Customers will be very pleased with the change. In my new Premises I shall have a large and varied Stook ot Groceries, Teae, China, Glassware, Hard- ware, Oatlery, Brush vrarp, Cheese, Brao, Sharps, Chuff, Potatoes, Flour, and every requisite of the trade, which will ba iold at the towEST possible pbices. Goods ; delivered dally. Families waited on for I orders. Agent for <he Wakanui Flour Mills. The Bter Flxtob Madb 6*l WRITING AND COPYING INKS. Meek's Blue Black Writing Inks „, , TT^ ok ' B Bluo mack Copying Inks Meek a Violtt koire Copying Inks Meek'a Commercial Black Jnk (M! non-Corroslve.) We have been appointed Agents for the above-mentioned first olaes quality non- Corrosive Inks, and are supplying the name wholesale and retail m any quantity at lowest pi ices. We are now using these Inks, and are bo convinced of their superior quality that we will guarantee every bottle cold by us, and refund the money if not ai represented. H. J. WOOD AiSD CO., STATIONERS' HALL, Priedlander'a Buildings, Aab burton. Price list ot W . J Mekk's non -Corrosive Inka, Writing Jnks, JSlucblack Ink (guaranteed non Corrosive) ; — 4oza 6i 8f Z3 Is, 16ozu Is 6d, 20oza 2s, 320z« 3s These inks have all the virtues of the f b'ue-blnck writing fluids ho extensively used heretofore., viz., Fineness, Fiuidiiy, End Permanency, and m addition to these the black color of the beßt black inks now m the market. Tbo following is tbo report of the Go- vernmont Analyst on the Ink submitted by W. J. Meek for Analysis •— '• This ia a good, well made Ink. It is less oorrosive than Stephen's Jnk y and spreads easily, drying ultimately to a good full black. "(Bigned) W. Bkby, "Government Analyst. 1 ' 20th December, 1887." COMMERCIAL BLACK INK, suitable for Schools and ordinary purposos. COPYING INKdT^lue black or Violet Noire Copying :— 4ozn 6d, Bozs Ib, 16ozs 2s, 2Ooza 2s 6d, 32ozs 4s. 'ibis ink is as good m every respect as a Copying Ink can be. It will give three clear copief immediately ufter writing, or one goof' copy after & long interval. SOLD BY H. J. WOOD & CO., STATIONERS' HALL, CHBISTOHUttOH, ABHBURTON & TIMARTJ. ' WHOLESALE AND KETAIL. 5 20 '



"Winter Drapery." « Winter Drapery." CALL AND SEE MITCHELL AND TURNER'S Drena Gords, Trimmings to match OALL AND SBE MITCHELL AND TURNER'S | Rugs and Blankets OALL AND SEE MLTOHELL AND TURNER'S Flanneln and Flanettes OALL AND SffE MITCHELL AND TURNER'S Ladies' and Children's Ulsters and J»okets OALL AND SBE MITCHELL AND TURNER'S Shawls and Far Capes OALL AND SEE MITCHELL AND TURNER'S Mittw,, Gloves, and all classes Woollen Good*, splendid Stock OALL AND BEE MITCHELL AND TURNER'S Mena' and Boys' Overcoats, Suits, Socks, Pants, and Shirtp, SPECIAL NOTICE- Gentlemen wanting Suits to measure should call and look over a first-class lot o! Home and Oolotibl Tweed samples. Meajrjre taken and fit guaranteed. N.B.— A splendid line of Tweed Trousers at Al " Value " 10s 6d. BOOTS. BOOT?. BOOTS. None but Brst-olass makes kept ; a good article at a fair figure. MITCHELL AND TURNER, Tancred Street. THE STANDARD FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. WITS- UHLIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS, CAPITAL— £I,OOO7OOO STERLING. HEAD OFFICE*? DUNEDIN. TRBUBERS have the most undoubted Security under this Company's' Policies 1 together with an assurance of Prompt and Liberal Settlement of Claims. FIRE and MARINE RIBKS accepted on all descriptions of Propertv-and Merchandise also Crop, Btack, and Machine Risks at .. Lowest Kates of Premium. Fidelity of Persons holding situations of trust guaranteed. OFFICE t HEREFOBD STREET, OHRISTOHUROH. (Opposite Dank of New Zealand.) ARCHIBALD SOOTT, Manager for Canterbury. AJLBEBT EOBEIITS AGENT,, ASHBURTON POTATOES! POTATOES! POTATOES! fin *X Undersigned has now for SALE, by Bag or per Ton, a splendid line of Prime Blue Derwexxts, Grown en good ground, and warranted to give satisfaction. PLOUGH SHARES^ PLOUGH SHARES. .rtANSOME and SIMS and HOBNSBTS, (ALL SIZES.) ANGLO-AMERICAN DRILLS. DRAIN AND FIELD PIPES. Champion White Seed Wheat IN LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES. GEORGE JAMBS.OI ASHBURTON.



G. J. F. Lublow, MERCHANT TAILOR, TANORED STREET, NBXT UNION BASK, HAS Jast Reoelved, by direct steamer, FIVE OASES OF NEW GOODS, for Autumn and Winter Wear, Consisting of very Superior English and German TWEEDS and COATINGS, OVERCOATINGS, TRIMMINGS, etc These Goods will be made op at specially Low Bates for CASH ONLY, 6t145 IN THANKING MY Castomers and Patrons for the vary liberal support they have •coorded ma dnrlng the past six years T HAVlfi PLEASURE In Informing them that to enable me to oope with my ever-growing Business I BAVE DECIDED to concentrate matters somewhat, and Intend to give op my East street Branch, so as to have my Business under one roof and directly under my personal super- vision. I have made m Burnett street EXTENSIVE ALTERATIONS ao hi io suit convenience of my Customers, ftiid trh'ch will enable me to exeoute orders nbL greater despatch. I therefore beg to draw ibe pnblio Bttentfon to the foot that as I have a very Extensive Stock m, I have determined to let all go at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES durlDg the next Ten Days. The Balance will be sold by Public Auotfon on mmmm SATURDAY, JUNE 23bd. L MUST BE OLEaRED A» : T .. c-.-^khrvf my Bnrneit Btreet *£■!•:•• f^,, with entirely New Goods. t'lUCJfi LIST FOR TEN DAYS ONLY Tea 10s 6d, 12«. 13a 6d per box J Bpfttkling 1 Lite Supar, 2Jd per Ib fcew J.im ,5£ per iio f or 5s per doz Cnrrat.B, s|u p :r Ib Raie-iup, 6d per Ib Candkv, 4}l per Ib Carbonate t-'oda, 3d per Ib Pickles, 7d per bottle Preserved Bloaters, 8d per tin Arrowroot, 6d per Ib Marmalade, 7d per tin Eqnare Blue, 6d per Ib Fresh Herring*, 6d per tin, or 5s 6d per d:z Tomato Sauce, 6d por bottle Worcestershire Sanca, 4d per bottle Pore Vinegar, 8d per bottle Chocolate ana Milk, 6d per tin Nail Rod Tobacco, 5s per Ib Cadbnrys Cocoa, 9d per tin All value good at equally reduced prices For convenience of our customers, B*ie will be held at both Shops, as goods must be cleared? !)• McFarlane WHOLESALE AND FAMILY GROOER ASttB]CTR?ON. 6t65