DEATH.

Caimcott -On March 10th, at hi* res! <\u25a0 nee Trfcvorton, John C<*ldicott, aged 66 Drep'y ree^it,. <1

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1888. A CANDID FRIEND.

Mr Mackenzie although last S' ssion one of those who supported the pment Ministry is evide tly not the staunch adherent of fir Harry Atkinson that m any pprsons have been led to suppose. That gentleman, we beli^v**, owns the Mouujt Ida " Chronicle," and as it is fair to assume that that journal expresses his views, it is quite clear from an article which appears m one of its recent issues that the member for Mount Ida by no means regards the present Premier as all that could be desired. For m the article m question we find the following : — " If ever a man was put into high office meiely as the lesser of two evils, 'and not for any good or ill he'd done afore ye ' that man was Major Atkinson m 1 887 . ' c might, with great appropriateness, have borne as president of the Cabinet, the title bestowed the other day by Punch on M. osthe new president of the French Hepublic : •M. le Presi dent Faute de-Mieux ; ' or as we should say « President For Want-of-a-Better," Nor does the "Chronicle" (or Mr Mac kenzie, if that journal speaks his mind), believe that there will be any true economy uudrr the A tkinson-cum-tyros regime, for later on we 6nd the follow ing : — " fc>ir Harry Atkinson, has sur rounded himself with a selection of subordinate Ministers of high character and abilities, who will command the respect, though probably never the enthusiasm, of the country, and who m their several departments have set to work manfully to tackle the thaukless .and weary work of retrenchment and re organisation, beginning with their own Balaries ; while he himself remains m almost uncontrolled command of the Treasury, free to plunge his hands to tjie elbows m the borrowed millions m which h.o revels, and to heap up tons of burdens upon tho phoulders of the tax payer, while his humble colleagues are mugging away at tjbe wr,etch,ea task of ! taking o& a few ounces here an,d. there, ; mainly at the cost of the un.lortuna.te officers whose business it is to $o t^ie > work of the public for them, homebody telegraphs to the papers from Welling toD,uoior jjajßterioTW irjßpirftfon,

' the Government has already effected retrenchment m the Civil service to the tune of £100,000.' 'Goodl'j says the deluded public. "At last we shall see our burdens reduced and the equilibrium of the public finance secured." But what is £100,000 that the subordinate Ministers are saving, against the £200,000 to which Bir Harry Atkinson means to commit us as an increased annual interest for years to come upon. his new IN'orth Island Trunk and Public Works Loans ? The notion of a real saving is all humbug, and Sir Harry Atkinson is responsible for it. He is a good and able Minister, an honorable and capable statesmen, and even a ctfditable Premier ; but his love of borrowed millions is as great as his love of office, and both are as boundless as ever were Sir Julius Vogel's." All which is doubtless true, but is at the same time significant as to Mr Mac kenzie's probable future action.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The subject of the Rev Mr Soott'a address to-morrow evening will be "Booreation."

At the District Court yesterday, on the application of Mr Furnell, probate of the will of Isabel Friedlander, deceased, was granted to Hugo Friedlander, one of the exeoutors named m the will, leave being reserved to Henrioh Eohn, the other executor, to come m and prove.

Mr H. Rogers, the advance agent, was m Aehbucton last evening for the purpose of making arrangements for a visit by Miss Amy Sherwin, the •• Australian Nighingale," who appears at the Oddfellows' Hall (for one night only) on Monday, 19th instant. The publio may safely look forward to a musical treat of quite exceptional order. Dunedin papers speak most enthusiastically of Miss Sberwin's singing, which it is said has never been equalled m this oolony.

- We are glad to be able to chronicle an instance of prompt payment by an Insurance Company; Mr Griffin, whose bouse was destroyed by fire on the 26th of last month, and who was insured m the Union Company (having paid one premium only, amounting to 11s 6d), being to-day handed a obeque by tha Agent, Mr F. Makeig, for the sum of £70.

A correspondent of a Westport paper complains that after a quarter of a million being spent m tbe town, the output of coal is less than m 1886, by Beveral thousand tons ; 35 steamers and 17 sailing vessels less than m 1886 ; population and taxes rising ; trade and revenue falling. There were two raineß open then, there is only one now Tbe correspon dent adds :— A quarter of a million spent to make a harbour for one coal company to work one mine, and your representative on the war path for another £100,000 to be spent for the same laudable purpose.

What become* of the old diatioh about 11 Early to bed," eto, after this? •\u2666 A German dootor has been collecting information about long-lived persons, and finds that the majority of long-livers indulged m late hours. At least eight out of ten persons over eighty never went to bed till well int o trie small hours, and did not get np again till late m the day. Indeed, he considers that getting up early tends to exhaust physioal power and to shorten life, while the so-called invigorating early hours are, he thinks, apt to produce lassitude, and are positively dangerous to some constitutions."

By an Order m Council authority ia given for the establishment of a sohool of anatomy at Auckland. It is said that the Oamaru Battery of Artillery intend to resign as a body aa a pro. test against the reduction of the capitation! grant. The " Dunedin Evening Star " states that arrangement! are being made to plaoe within a weak 150 convicts at work on the forts at the four principal ports.

He : * Aon 1 How brety are zose creen leafs on your crown I' She : « So glad you admire them. It's an idea of my own.' Ha : ' Kvite charming 1 Zey remind von of ifvy clinging rount an olt ruin 1'

A Belgian recently made a bet with some of his fellow countrymen that ha would swallow as many dishes of pancakes as they would care to pay for. The bet was accepted, and an adjournment to an establishment noted for the superior quality of its pancakes took plaoe. There the Belgian sat down and swallowed pancakes until he choked himself and was carried out a livid oropse.

A few dayß ago a man m New Plymouth was betrayed by his faithful dog. He was " wanted " but the constables looked for him m vain. His dog, however, was Been trying to get up a tree, aud on looking up they found the man.

We (" Post ") are informed that a Welling, ton syndicate are prepared to straighten the railway from the city to Petone on condition that they are allowed to dispose of tho building sections along the line. In order to straighten the line a large quantity of earth would require to be taken from the hills abutting on tbe carriage road, and it is esti mated tbat a good deal of flat land suitable for sites for residences would be made by outting away the bluffs.

The Massey Reaper seems to be scoring a series of uninterrupted triumphs. At a trial at Eaßt Taieri, £he other day, all the spectators I present, who were mostly ppaotjoal farmers expressed their thorough approval of the new machine, by signing a testimonial to tlie efleot that it ia capable of doing cleaner work making a better sheaf, outing a lower stubble* and being of easier draught than any maohine they had yet seen tried. Orders were given on the ground for machines for next year. Prince Nicholas Maximilianovitch Roman, ovski, Duke of Leuchtenberg— (o give His Imperial Highness his full title, who is spoken of as Russia's nominee for the throne of Bulgaria- is related to the Royal Family» and there could be no nominee more accept, able to the Czar. He was born on the 23rd July, 1843, and is a son of the Duke Maxi milian ard'of the Grand Duoheaa Maria Nioholojevna, eldest daughter of the late Nicholas 1., Czar of Russia. Prinoe Jlioholftßi as well as his brothers and sisters, received tho title of Imperial Highness by Imperial ukase. He is a Lieutenant-General on the staff of the Czar, aud is a member of the (fre.ek Churoij. Our readers Bhould bo on tha look-out for , the comet. It was seen m Cbrißtohuroh about three o'p ! opk this morning, its position being E.S.E., about twelve degrees above the horizon, and almost over Venus. It was very faint.

THE MARKETS.

[Pkr Press Association.]

London, Marc^ 8 A January cargo of wheat has been sold at 34s Bd. For February ship ments 83s 9d is asked. Sydnkv, Warch 9. Maize ia dull at 3s to 8s 3d. Oats, milling sorts, 2s to 2s 2d ; other sorts are quoted Is 9d, with an upward tendency. Bran is firm at 6£d ; New Zealand bran is Id more. New Zealand pollard, Bd, Potatoes, 60s to 655. Butter, factory made, lOd to Is ; hand made 8d to 9d ; cheese, loaf s ze, dull at 5d ; hams, Is ; bacon, 9d ; Cape barley, 3s ; peas dull at 3s 9d. Mblboorns, M*ror» 9 Wheat, 3s 4£d to 8s sd. Flour depressed. New Zealand oats firmer, owing to scanty arrivals. Sugar is lively at £22 Ids and £28 for finest white | sorts, Cornsacks have been sold for New Zealand at 6b 3d. A DHL AIDS, Mnrch 9 Wheat is firmer at 3s 31, tor cargoes* free on board 3s, for farmers' lots 2s lOd to 2s lid at out ports. Bran 8d ; pollard, 9d ; oats, 2s 9d to 2s lOd ; malting barley, 53 6d for good samples. \Flour, roller made, £8 10s to £8 15a. (Received Maroh 10, 10 35 am) I OHOON Maroh 8 Tallow, mutton, 26b to 29s ; bepf 24s to 25s ; stocks, 7000 casks ; hides B£d to 4d per lb.

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

HOME AND FOREIGN

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LORD C. BERESFORD ON THE NAVY.

1 O'xDon, Ma'c 1 ' 8. Lord Charles Beres'ord, speaking at the United Service Institute, said tha* the navy was quite inadequate for the defence of British trade, and that the wh le system vas utterly rotten. His L >rdship expressed the opinion that the mercantile marine would render valuable assistance m the event of war.

LORD HARTINGTON AT IPSWICH.

The Marquis of Hartington, speaking at Ipswich, said it was impossible for the Gladstone Liberals and the Unionist Liberals to re-unite, and they would be obliged to constitute a third parry. He admitted that the Liberal Unionis s could not stand alone, and he was not ashamed at the alliance which had been entered into with the Conserva tives. The attacks on the Crimes Act had utterly failed, and Ireland could afford to wait until the experience of the Government should show them that local government might be ex tended ta her.

PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLERS.

The Rugby Union have decided that one member of the proposed football team for the colonies is a professional player, and the others are suspected of being ineligible for the same reason.

BANK DIVIDEND.

The Directots of the Bank of Aus tralasia declare a dividend of 12 per cent, and carry forward ;£z 2,800 to the reserve fund.

AUSTRALIAN.

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NEW SOUTH WALES.

Sydney, WUro 1 * 9.

Six racehorses were burned to death m a stable near Mudgee last night, It is supposed to be a case of incen diarism.

The question of the legality of sell ing newspapers on 'Sunday was settled by the Court of Appeal to-day, the decision being against the defendant, who had been fined by a Magistrate. He applied for an order restraining the Magistrate, and on the decision being against him went to the Superior Court, which, after considerable delay, has confirmed the decision, one Judge d'ssenting.

Mr D'bbs' motion of censure on the Government for their connection with the purchase or the property on Circular Quay is regarded with disfavor by ihe Opposition, being generally considered a mere waste of time. Sir Henry Parkes has announced that there should not be more than two Government speeches on the motion.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

Adelaide, March 9,

The Directors of ibe McDonnell Ruby Mine Company have accepted the offVr of the English capitalists to purchase the mines subject to the decision being affirmed by the share holders.

QUEENSLAND.

Brisbane, March 9 White, dentist, shot his wife m the

neck last night and then shot himself dead. The man was m a drunken frenzy when tbe acts were committed. A./ATBB, Mrs S. White, who was shot by her husband while he was jp a frer^ied state from drink, is seriously wounded, but is expected to recover. Mrs White only arrived here m February, and married White after a fortnight's acquaintance. White was given to drink, and the couple had arranged to live separately, and the wife was on ,the eve of her departure when the tragedy occurred. °

VICTORIA.

Melbourne, Marob 9 It has been announced tbat m view of the removal of the prohibition on the importation of stock by various colonies, an arrangement has been come to between all the colonies, by which tbej will combine to pay an ex pert to inspect all stock shipped tor the colonies at London; should he meet with any unhealthy animals he will immediately advise the several Govern ments by cable, and upon the arrival of the vessel containing them the animals wilj be quarantined, AH the colonies have approved of the proposal for an inspection by an Imperial officer, excepting New South Wales. Mr Gillies, Premier, is now m com munication with Sir Henry Parkes and is pressing him to agree to the arrange ment. "A serious burglary epidemic has broken out m tlie city, and four cases were reported to-dty. Eighty new constables have recently been sworn m, r

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

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Wblmnoton, Maroh 9

A commipshn coxai'tins; of seve.-a' heads of department* have been holding an inspection of various departments In thu Oiyil Service, m cinneoinn with the '^nveroment rette»ohtjißnt scheme. The Government intond t> classify all the cjlerkn io the service into «evera) olassda, eaoh olnes wilt have a imxim and minimum salary, so that no office m that olass can get more or less than a fixer) amount. All Oivli Servants ia the future will enter aa cadets and asoeud class by olais as their merits warrant. As many of those engaged m different departments io the oama kind of work f 'qientiy d ff r considerably In tbe amount o? pay <iti i ffjrt will btT'ina-'fe to • qutliae th s»Uri, a a 1 th'»t oue will not receive more than another.

THE QUEEN AND GENERAL G ORDON

(P.OR PRESS A88»O ATIO.V.)

Londow, "March 8

The following is the text of the letter written by her Majesty the Queen to the sister of the late General Gordon at the time of the latter's dpath. Ihe letter is dated February, 18S5, and is published m Miss Gordon's book of " Memoirs of General Gordon": — "I thought your dear noble brother served his country heroically. His example of self sacr.fice has proved edifying to the world. That he was not rescued m the face of the promise of support made him I have felt very deeply. I constantly pressed those who cent him to Khartoum to fulfil their promise, and send him help m time. Their promise was not fulfilled, and I have experienced more grief than I can express. It has made me thoroughly ill. My heart bleeds, and J keenly feel the stain cast on England I through his cruel fate.

DEATH OF THE EMPEROR WILLIAM.

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Berlin, March 8 Prince William and Piince Bsraarck and Count von Mol ke were constantly m attendance on the Emperor, and the Crown Princess of Sweden, grand daughter of the Emperor, was sum moned. The Crown Prince is expected to arrive here shortly. London, March 8. The Stock Exchange and the Con tinental Bourse are much depressed, owing to the Emperor Wilhelm's dea'h.. London, Mircb 9. Information from Berlin states that Emperor Wilhelm passed a very rest less night on Wednesday. He was very weak, and received the Church rites at 12.30 a.m. At 1 a.m. on Thursday he died. The whole of the family were present at the death except the Crown Prince, who will leave San Rerao for the capital immediately. .*• YDNEY, March 9. 1 In consequence of the news of the death of the Emperor Wilhelm, all the flags m the ciiy and harbor w?re lowered to half mast to-day, and all the cable agencies sent the report of the death, but late m the afternoon the German onsul received intelligence that the Emperor had only swooned and was not really dead. This telegram was immediately followed by others, giving similar information. Adelaide, March 9 j On the news of the reported dea<h of the Empt-ror Wilhelm most ot the business houses put up shutters, bells were tolled, and fligs lowered to halN mast. The death was kept a secret for four hours. Prince William has been temporarily appointed Regent. -Enquiries made at the German Ambassador's proved that ins Emperor was not dead, but he was m a pro longed swoon, which had been taken for death.

The Crown Prince leaves San Remo for Bprlin on Saturday.

Marlborough House has issued a circular announcing, that the party arranged for Monday has been post poned owing to the Emperor's dca'b. Some hours later a fresh circular was issued that the postponement had bpen made owing to his Majesty's serious illness.

At ii a.m. the Foreign Office re ceived a telegram that the Emperor was still alive, but little hope was entertained of his surviving until the morning.

The Crown Prince will at once remove to Wiesbaden m order to pre vent the question being raised than he was not on German soil at the time of the Emperor's death.

Thtre is an impression that the truth of the Emperor's death was concealed m order to prevent State complications. Another telegram states that the swoon lasted an hour, : when the Emperor regained consciousness and tooj? stimulants and slept quietly. ' LoupoN, Maroh 9 $.50 am. Emperor Wilhelm was i£ sleep al| night resembling death, and died at 8 39 a.m. to-day.

(Received March 10, 1 10 a.m.J London, Maroh 9. Great uncertainty prevails as to whether the fcmperor is dead or not, and the following further bulletins have been received :—

Berlin, March 9, 5.2 r » a.m. At 5 o'clock the Emperor fell back m a swoon and was thought to be dead. He remained for a long time un conscious. At 9a m. His Majesty bad I sufficiently recovered to take food, and conversed with his daughter, the Grand 1 Duchess of Baden. At 1 o'clock this afternoon he was sleeping easily and the fever and pairi had ' decreased, but his medical attendants considered the case hopeless. Enormous crowds now sur round the Palace m soaring rain . The offices of all journals iv this city which announced the death of "tho Ejnperor have been seized. The Prince of Wales informed the Queen of the demise of Wilhelm, but subsequently corrected it. ,

(Received March 10 2 pro,) MkLBoUKNE, Mtroti 10 All the flags on the shipping, and m the city are at half-mast, out of respect to the Emperor Wilhelra. Minute guns are to be fired at noon to-day.

RECEPTION IN ASHBURTON OF THE CATHOLIC BISHOP.

I To-day will be marked with a white stone and «*i'l long be reofembered with pleasure by fie members of tha Roman OtrhoHo Ohuroh. resideat m the town aid dwtriot of Aahburt m ih haviop <dcnflßa"d the Brat visit c f ihe 6 «t Bishop of the Dawly-crwated See of 0 irtatchuro'i— the Kt,iht Key Dr Grimis. . His Lordship, who has just retarded from a visit to the southern portion of bia rToceee, and who has received an aff otionate welcome by hia people m Timarn, Walmate, and all the plnoes he has visited, arrived by the 10.45 am. 1 train from Titnaru and met whh quite an ovation Snortlp befocn that hour the of the Aahbu-'t-in R fla*, nunanring 14 perf >rtners, node' Btndm^ter H Bkpn i ar had up to h > r»ilw*y a uti-in wh-ra a Urge or wi if p .pie various y eB im»te ' at f om 500 lo 800 paruom had nsaenu >led, a d atruoli up a strain of trelcome as the raid steamed m His Lordship, who w+a raet by the Ke7 Pviher Ohaa'a^non, on alighting fr-m th- train wos greetei wlh " Three cti-era for the first B<ah p of Ohria church," called for by M.<- D*nUl Brick, atid yNei with great hnartneas, and nf^r ackn iwiedt/in^ tha re«peo r fal of a brge number of hio fl o*, entered an opnn narouohe h<r \u25a0>esaad with a four m hand cVani by Air iNfwman, ani decorated profusily wito l>»Doif'»iinaa lilie*, a d **>» cv Father O^iastagnon aad vlea!>rs D B-lok and J Boyie i avtog taka:i seats m toe ca riige -i prdOPst-i n waa form^j. The b^ni led vhe wsy followed by the ctji'd en and m m tern of the oongregiiion on foof, next ttio Bishop's o*rn.K»f, > nd thou gentlemen m horaebuck, and the order of m»rch htv<n<; been, arranuel 'ht? pro^siin ptseialorg he Wukanui read to Ohbs \u25a0soreec, theuca u> Vloor j atredt and theuoa y East street and Barne.t sirebtj to the Ohuroh. At the Ohuroh door oheera were again 'i-PD, -nd hi* L >rddbip, attended by the R-v Fathers Chaata.nou and Oummi« ga p occe eel ap (he <%^la to the aha-, the t^raud " M •gmfioai " oein^ snsg by the c^"ir at the u>ne.

M> D. Brick read the following a-Jdreas, w: ioh had beea drawn np on behalf of •he congregation by Dr Leahy, . Meßara Mailer and AcUuaa. Mat it Please Your Lordship, — On eh* occciaioo of this your firat visit to cm* district, we, the 0 nholio Laity of Aahbar<on, hastea to bid you a warm and hearty We'come. From the time you were appointed to the spiritual government of this diocese .our hearts wont forch m affaotioa to yoa as a father, and at the solemn moment when the Consecrating Pout/iff imposed hia hands upon y«u at tit Aao'u (London) we, both Priest and people, joined In the pious ch<>rns of that great congregation, and poured for-h prayers with Bincere wishes for your succe»a and happiness In this land of your adoption. la. spirit we followed you also to the Eternal Oity, and when yoa knelt before the auguat aud supreme Pent iff we oouid well imagine the warnvh with which yoa exclaimed, from your heart, "Oh Lao 1 fe^oa art Peter, and from thee alona do I receive my m flaioa," and aa St Patrick and 8t Au^uatine went forth m the at ength of the blessiug of Ohrist'a ViOir so you also set out for this far distant shore of New Z aland. We watched likewise with great, acx ety for the safety of the chip which brought yoa to your new See aiid home, and uub^uuded were our rej aoiogs when y< v landed safely amont>B< your cUv ted flock. Whilst we pio we ct.mi g you to-day we cai not o r caul fn>m y»ur Lordahip the d«ep re^rt-t we f*el at parting from that 14 rent scholarly Archbiahop (Dr Kedwood), whom the Sydmy prths styles the oratui f.f the Auatrali vi C lurch; we are proud that Rome has chosen au Hcolesiastio of such m rl a and brilliant talents, to yr»ce .<%> d H'l!>ru th i iirat Metropolitan iSea oi New Zealand. Wo a, co, my L >rd, r«j >ics and thank A mighty God that you, too, niatinga «hed ny yoar merits. h»v« beec. oh sco by the Holy Sbi ir m «ra >ogst ihi memba<-s if the illuatrioud 53<-oitty of Alary, lorae of whose pi>os <md le^rood sons fave be n 'he pictuoera of he faith m t'nis beautiful laud, and have found d cou.'C <es, eoh Oi-, a< d c >v vents, from tiie uorhto the s uh of this coiimy, Htjd are wotkin^ to-day with 'ho sam.- z aI and euergy ao of yore, an» what should make ua revere these Holy m n iLe uio'e is h*i one of theu KUUibar had Bea'ei the F.ith of Ohrist b> thu eh-dding of his bioud m the Spujhern Hemisphere, and aha,tt soon bu pl<ioad as the first Kt-d Koeo <>f Martyrdom on Australia's A'tsrs (The Venerable Father Ouanel, <>f Futun. )> We, my L-rd. or at lu«st the mßJirity of us, pi o. idly clrtim to be the Gailurvu of the Isle of ftaiate, of the L*ud of th.cc great. Buholars, who held aloft t' e limp of faiSn and, knowledge, whan the other natioi a of Europe sat m darn tees hnd iv the shadow of death. W« are at»o the childien of mdrtyrs, who ehed their blood for the faith, wh », m the midst of" fieroe struggles and perßeooiions, thair hearts ever turned towards Home, the great centre, whe.uce flj«a the heart's blood of Christianity to its most distantmembers ; like thtra, we receive lovingly the womß and command' of Peters eucqessor . We hailyoqin our miUßt as iur Bjahop and Spiritual i^athar. St Patriqk, Ireland's Ap 'Btle, has ttuj?ht ua lovingly to accept whatever Kome has u't^red, and m voice and heart we exclaim this day—O Leo, thou are Peter, ani m ihy bark alone can we re- eh Heaven a bright chores. Therefore, my Lord, be not aorprlaed that we are so ove j yeJ to welcome you to-day, the rt»pr»B<-matiwe of the Holy Father, with a true •' Oead Mille Failthe." Probably you *ro avare that this pariah is pressed down by a heavy incubus of debt, but we are glad to asdure you, my Lord, that throng;a. the exertions of our st-lf BBonfioiitg Pistor (the Rev Father OhaßtagDon) wearestrainingererynetreto overcome uur difjSculties, and hope with the aaßistanco of At mighty God and your co-operation, we will be eoabled eventually to place the fjaan'oial ajfafrs of our pariah oo a B'a- is'f *pt'ory basis.' We do not intend, on this ausplplous occasion, to troab o you with our private »ff»irß. You will be glad, however, to learn that the good and gentle Sisters of the Mission have charge of the education of our girts, Oar boys sohool is on a good solid footing, yet it demauds from ua great sacrifice for its sapporfc. Wishing you ogatn a heaty welcome and begging y )ur Lordship's blessing we hare the honor to remain your devoted ohildren m Ohrist. i

I His Lordship replied to tha address In a epeeoh of ureat power and eloquence. Be referred m feeling tßrrns to the hearty welcome that bad bean *o>orde'l him, the warai upresaiou ot which was shoirn m t he words mar tha o oae of the address Gead Milk FAlfht. the feenle tranil«ri 0D oi which was a hundred thousa id -vruloumes. 1 ihere had Imbu any tnia ijlviuds on his p*rt wheu o >minij here from a neiyliburiog parish, th«y were c im plfltely diapeJed on hla «rci7il Ie w*a graiifytug io see Ashburton turn on 1 , m its hnudreda, mi^ht not he t>t,y tiioiisaVidß, and ijb was gratifyiug to hear the wartri w 'looma that had been aob >rded him. J 1 jih the bottom of hia heart ho return jd them a hundred thoi^*nd thanks Tuty had ceoeived him as a Bibhop, ao a Prtnoe uf the 0 «uron. H* »« not so pr fumproouj aa to think t <«c thta w a ou hcoouut of any p, r*u.al u.ecit he m gai p.-esoss ; ,h»t w..nld be folJy, and th« tact ihai he waa a s ai^er to theia w mta p-eolude ihu b»re idea An ne o*m > tnt » rhe «Jbuiuh »rd he*rd the " Ma^u.tioat " |)o hou^nt of the p»*ec of the Ohuroh aud its^vitulity, aud the words m which tba Lord brd P^ter gu for m ia Hts uaaa^, W&9O th« wlßiioo wn gtvon to the. tl tab

Bishop of the Christian dispensation reoarred to his mind. He osma among ihem »8 a stranger, bafc be felt sure that he wou'd receive a welo ma because he als > came m the mmc of »he Lord. They were with him In aoir t when the couse orating Poauff itnpised hia h>mds opon him, appointing him to the Bpritual gov rnment of tats diocese, and he tfiaolced thtm for their pray ra. They toll) him that thy also Hcnotnuaoied him m spirit to the Eter lal Oiry, and Into the presenoa of the august aud snpreme Pontiff. He need not speak to tbeto of the emotions of an occasion like fhis ; they who were of the household could under- , stand what the Oatholia heart felt — that m entering the Vatican he was breathing another atmosphere to that of the world. He ft'lt indoed r,hat Peter wa* speaking through 'heaagujtand supreme Pontiflf, and fr un hia hean he oned : " Jh Leo t thoa *rt P-jcef, and fr m thee alooe do I receive my miss on." It wai a great Pont ft \rho seat Sr. P*trlok t» that deat land to which so nanny < f them owed their birth, He was thr*re reot-ived as a Prince of t'r c Ohiuoi, and he left behind him that a'taohme it aa ' r-^speat on the part of the people for the Priests of the Oharoh whioh ra^rks oat the children of tfyatraa*. I hey had brooght i »eae sentiments to this land, the l»nd "f their ani his adoption. < For thia was oov the laud of hrn adoption; God, at the hinds of the Pontiff, had sent h m here. Ie who had sent St Patrick to Ireland, at d S Augustine to England had sent him to thia land. They told him that they had awaited his oomttg with watchful anxiety, but the reason of big d-ilay was that ha had been detained •ome weiks through his eagerness to ibt^in some devoted men to teach m tha schools hare, a atep to which tha disin* t^rebta I ani Belf-saorificing men, who had oirriei on.th^t work for many yeus past) were the first to give their adherence. That detained him two or three weeks, and bis cul.tsion to Home kept him till: the time of hia departure. They told him that 'hey watohed with anxiety fir his coming. Ho kne* that the self-aaorfhlug Pfiasti aud Hevoted people were praying for him to come, and he thanked them f>r what they did. They expressed a fueling oZ

reg-et, which h? shared with them, at losing De Redwood, and he would nuke it a pleaßiag duty to remit to his Grace the expression of the feelinga they entertained towards him. There was mattsr for congratulation, however, that the Arch bishop's connection with them, would not be broken, thmgh it would nob ba so close aud strong as it us-d to be. They spoke of his belonging to the Sooiety of Mary, a family that was very dear to him and for which their D*ator hid expressed his eßteem Th« Marlst fathers wire the pioneers of Christianity m this country, and it was only the other d*y when vlaitlug one of the remoter parts of his diocese that ha bad heard of the good work that had been done by tnena. They had sown and watered ; and It was for him, he hoped, to re»p. He referred to the hardships the Mariat fathers had to undergo, aud to come, not Oatholios, who gave the fathers hospitable shelter and weloome, even allowing O^thoiica to assemble at their houses, and he was sure Goi would reward these g icd people for what toey had done. Tne Marlst fathers had d>na well and their example all should follow, walking m their foo' steps as closely ag they ooald Referring to the Marlst father who was martyred at the inlands, His Lordship pointed oat a 'parallel between the resu ts that followed bis deatb and those that fallowed the deaths of the early Ohr atian Martyrs. During F.ther Oh *oiel'a life the savages refused co reoogn'se Christianity because of its restraints n their horrible vie- a; but when the Father was slain the blood of his mariyroi m became the seeds of ObriiJ tianity. The sav»geß were reclaimed from heathenism and the island was now on* of the model inlands of the episoopacyVi The address epoke uf the heavy Incubur of debt, on th« pariah Their pastor had : told him what they had done la this regard, and m tita and o'Cher things he needed not to mention, ha ear a proof of th«ir attaobnunt to the faith. He thanked «bern for what they "'"** h*d already done and he tbbnked them f>r tie \ rotni c they made that they wnqld a'-ain cv ry nnrvc to over* o me the r d ffi ul tea and he trusted that with A ; mii.»ht, God's meroy th-y would auco >ed Hia Lotaship <hen m*ae a few remarks m r.gard to il q aducation of the chrdren Tne children rtad the entry of the open hearts of all B shops and priests; Oarlst.himaolf, hadaho*i flia love for them and m spite of wh <t uncouth men said He bade them come nsar. He blessed them and olasped them to His sacred heart. They alt knew the blessings of a Oatholia reUgiom eduoaMon and they would reap the reward of their present aaonfioe. Their children would be an honor to th^ua aud t» their country. Train up tne children m th 6 way they should go, and the scored writer said that when they crew up they would not depart from it. As they loved their children's immortal soulb, A3 they were mindful of the account .they would have to render' for them, let them give their children a OhrUtlan education and teaoh them to know God. This they were doing and be uVged them to ftp on In the future ap they ha|d done m the p^st; 'After making a brief allasiou to the mlaaion that had been going on during the last week His Lord* ship m thanking them finally for the tfojal welcome they had given him said that he would pray God, every day, to bless the resolutions they had made. He asked | them to ponder ovor the lessons tbey had received, to think of the mercy of God and pray for power to keep the resolutions they had formed. Mr John Small, on behalf of the oongte gatlon, here presented his Lordahip with a purse of sovereigns. His Lordihip aaid that this was another surprise, and he thanked them very heartily. He took it as an earnest of what tbey would do for their Ohurob. The money would not be devoted to his own intereattut to the go'jd of the diocese, some of the institutions of which he had fouad were embarrassed a little. ' fo these he 'would devote money, unless they wished otherwise. ' His Lordship referred to the lervloej that would be held on Sunday. He then extended indqlgenoes tor forty days to the congregation, his oomnisaloa from Blfi Holiness, to do so, being read by Father Oummings. The episcopal bless ing was pronounced, aud the congregation dispersed.

A PREDICTION.

An Amefican paper predicts a terrible dieaster m the oil regions of the United Stateß if the tapping of gas wells is allowed to go on at its present rate without check or supervision of any sort. A fearful expljhion of. natural gas took pi ice m China some 200 years ago, it apoears. tearing up a id destroying a largo Ujatr.ot . an<l lea^ng a large liiland sea— ? that now known on ' tha •* maps as \u25a0 u» Ob-mg. : Should B'foh an accident occur m tha Unitrtd' States, there wilt be such an. upheaval, thef Herald" 1 baliavea, as'will dvvarf tue moat terrible eaethq'iaka cy <r known. The coniitry a-qng tl^e g*s b^t fro m 'Toledo through Ohio, Cuiiiana^ a KrfUiucky, will bo r ppa i up to the u^piQ Ji fpoui 1,200 ft to 1,400Et, leaving a chism through wbioh :ho waters of Like si i^ wiii ootno howling do urn, fi. ing toe Ohio and MisslsHippi Valleys, aud blotting th jra out for ever

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\ Waated- il/ AJSTIiD Known — Found, De- \V votional Book. Apply, Mb B. M. Jones. 3 87 FOUND- A Lady'a B ack Leather Bag. Apt.ly* Mail"tffiga. WANTED Peopeouble Girl to a*»V m housework. Mrs Bibsf.t, North- west Belt, second house from Railway. 3 84 VTTaNTED a General Servant ; also a YV Girl to assist m housework. Apply Mrs Davis, E*st Street. 386 x WANTED Known -Oddfellow's Hall Druid's Social, Wednesday, March 21 at, 1888. 3f 55 WASTED Known— Remember Baptist Anniversary Ton end Musical Soiree on Good Friday, 30oh March. fi RE AT Bargains. Every hing greatly \j[' reduced. Come and jadge f» r your- selves. — H. C. Seoeks, Melford Hoose. WANTED Apprentices to tho Drcsa- makin *. Apply to Mies Kemmtz, * John Orr A^D Co. 3 b 8 COMB one. cotnn ah, and nur prir.o will astonish everybody — »' 4 * C. Skqbrs. » \ I RANTED to Sull —A H irst-olaas Piaao V\ grand action. Cash or terma very liberal. Apply Hayes and (Jo. WANTED Known — Messrs Btgg and Go's. P<ano Tuner will be m Aihbut^on m a f>w days. Orders left P with Mr A. Habrisqt. _^ GOOD Bu3iat-Si E<iveiopoßsi per 1000, net, cash. Note p^per equally o ie«p — m. M. Jones. A LL our firet-claßo genaine Drapery, J\_ Boots, Clothing, etc., we are now f •elling at ridionlomt prices. Only come and see. -H. O. Sbobbs, Melford House. WANTEJ Everynne to visit new Grocery Ketahli&bment (wholesale * and ret >il) now open and under new - management. John Okb and Co. 3§67 f rpSA Serviooß, 40 pieces from 15* 6 1 per L set Choi.e aeo tment or Crna- ments, Glass and rhina wa'e. Inspec ion _ invited — H. M Jones PI-'-Ow AccordiaDß, C 'tc^rtinaß, F.utes, Whial. s, Mnj<h Organs. '* Violins and Strings, Oorina*, largest * «. ck toaeleoi fr.m.— H M. Jomcs i .. ... d T^UBLIO are invited to call and inspect i, 'f7 the large and varied stock of Fmcy Goo-3», Stationery Books, Music, eto Ail goods maiked m plain figures, no " one pressed to buy. — H. M Jones. p \u25a0 • — — ' > ~\ 1 /"ANTED -Everyone to come and W Bee the nicest lot of Glass, China, and Earthenware ever shown m Atsabur- "* too, and the Cheapest over landed m New f Z aland. Imported direct from the £ Mannfv.ctnrero. — Robert aioobn, Barm« c ders 1 Buildings. 3*l l ITJANTFD-My customers to know V ? that I have removed to Saundera' n Ball^ings, and that, m addition to my i stock of Groceries, China, Glass, and f Earthenware, I have opened np a etr ck of » new Clothing and Boots, at prices lower than ever c ffeied m New Zealand. — Robekt Alcobn. . 3*lo d »i; A.NTED KNOWN - Oleographs VV Scenery, and CatnoKc Subjects Catholic Cards, good variety m Scraps -. Novelties m Penwipers, Crewel Wools and n Hiiks, Knitting Cotton, Colored Crotchet h Ootton, Transfers, Tinsel Balls, &c., &c, c at jlrs Manhibb's F^ncy ltepoaitory, y Saundgra' Buildings



DIAKY. I . Moon'e fnn 3un Moon Moon age at March. Rises. Sets. Bices Sets, noonday pnj. p-iii. 5 Monday .. 647 6.33 11.3 18 I 22 6 ruosdav .. 548 6.36 11.54 2 II) 23 7 Wednesday.. 6.50 6.34 0.0 3.14 24 R.tn. 8 Thnrsday .. 5.61 6.2 049 4.7 25 9 Friday.. .. 5.53 030 149 453 28 10 Satnrday ... 5.54 6.28 253 531 27 11 Sunday .. 5.65 6.26 8.54 f1.6 28 Moonlight Evenings. The Moon at 3 days old shines till about 8 o'olook. The Moon at 6 days old Bhines till about half-past 10 o'olook. The Moon at 8 days old shines 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 shinea 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 shines till morning. The Moon at 27 days old rises about 4 a.m. and shines till sunrise. T. Bullock. 4ja,OOMED HOUSE, together with " email Stable, m Moore Street. Apply to T. BIT LOOK. TO LIST. A COMFORT ABLE House, well sltan- ted, m Cameron Street, lately occupied by Mr Dimant. T BULLOCK. TINWALD. TO LET, •<\u25a0\u25a0 a Inw rental, 4- ' Domed Cot- tage, w.th Verandah, fronting Gra- ham's Road. Inspection invited. Apply to T BOLLOCK. TO Ld.T. i N Improved Farm of aVut 133$ * arres wi>h 5 rooim-d house thereon, situated bet • een v heatutone t»nd Water- ton, Longbearh, latu y in the oocupation of Mr »aoiea troy Apply to 376 T BULLOCK FJttSALE. HOUSE with Bay Window and Veran- dah, fronting Wak»nui B ad, T 8 744, known as W. F's's property. No htvins sold *hii by buouoq, I am prepared to rpoeive offers for it, am«U c»"»h deposit, balance bearing Interest *\u25ba 6i p«r cent. T. BULLOOK. ?I^O LET — At a very low rental, a lar.*p I bo lding frontint; East Btreet, suit- able for » gruin and cbaff atnre. T BU LOIK. Fr«OR SALE.— An improved Farm of 1 245 Acres, being R 8 27237, situated about 5 mi'es from Chertsey. Low price and liberal terms apply to T PULLOOK. Off pr —Lot 28, Trevortou, near thw 3JOO. Preßbiterian Manse, contain Ing about $-»ere, with 3-roomed Fccsf thereon, for Bale at the above price Terms if required.— Apply to T. BfTLLQQK rr\O LET at a low rental ,—4-rooued .J. Coctage at Hampatead. T. BULLOCK. h'OR SALE at a low price and on liberal termß, 15 acr -b of land with 2-roonied Cottage thereon, front ir q the Fa rfield Koad, not far from the County kaleyards. Apply to T. m7rT,r>Oß. Friedlander Bros. fTTANTBD TO PURCHASE WHEAT, BARLEY, OATS, H\E CORN, : RYE GRASS, IN LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES HIGHEST PRICE GIVEN. , WANTED TO SELL : 1000 B^LES CORNSACKS. WANTED— Our "farm^ra and o»her Clients to note that we are sgerttg for NEW ZEALAND STONE GOMPAKY, OJARU. FISON'S Celebraied Fertilizers, The Vest m the Market. TOMLINRON and HAY WAKD'S POWDKR DIP AND GLYCERINE DIP. The best and cheapest m tbe Market. Prevents cnt glon for an almost un- UraiteJ time ; 'ill not ir jure or riisool' u- U>e hoxl. bu<> on the cont'ary g vtß it a beftOti'ul appear arc-*. It k^epn go^d for -ny peri< d <*f tiae ! tasy to mix 1 requiring no hot water and trus saving fuel, oon- Btdecable expetse »ud trouble i GOOD NEWS TO GRAINQROWERS THE WONDER OF THE DAY. MASSEY '8 Light 2-liorle_Sfeel Binder. WE have pleasure of intimating cnr friends and others that we have been appointed SOLE AGENTS FOR NEW ZEiUND for the Bale of this wonderful Machine. Wherever the Machine has been tried it has eken entire BHtisfaciion and thos^ who attended the trials and saw the M<*ohii<e at work pspn-gsed themselves highly pleased. Numerous orders have already been taken for oesfc season's harvest and those m want of Machines will do well to see THE MASSEY BINDER before placing their oMeraelae where. «•«•• •' We guarantee every Machine, thus : shewing that we oarselvei have every J coufidence m the i MASSEY < LIGHT STEEL BINDER, i SUB AGEKT» 1



Public notices • B. Morris WISHES to inform his nnmerons Cuotomera of Aubborton District that he fs prepared to ORTST GRAIN (v .- Any quantity at reduced R ITES. Satis- * faction guaranteed GRIS ING done ' for Farmers by return ; good FLOUR gnwrantepd WHEAT for GRISTING may be de'ived at the Triangle Bakery as usual. BRAN and SHARPS m Stock, THE ASEiiURTON WOOLLEN MANUFACTUPtING COMPY Is PREPARED TO PURCHASE J'OR CASH AIL KINDS OP WOOL In Large or Small Quantities. H.SBMPLE, tSB Secretary. W. H. Paget. _ y\y AnTrctiWTTii BrjßNErr Stbbbt, next " Mall " Office. BEGS to announce that he has taken over tbe Co*ch Building and Wheel- wright Branch, lately carried on by Ff. P*-at, and will continue all branches of tbe »bnvf» a> before. All binds of Buggies, Dspys. or C*rt« made and rp- paired. AgiicultU'al Implements repaired promptly. Horses Shod with aklll and care. ,„ W. H. PAGET. NOW JREMOVED TO SAONDERS' BUILDINGS. E. ALCOSN SADDLERY I SADDLERY ! 1 MR A. IRELAND, havirg removed to premises occupied by 81k Tait, Burnett Street, hopes, by strict attention to Buniuesß, to merit a share of public patronage. TBE LOWEST PRICES CHARGED. Every requisite m the Trade kept m Btock. Farmers and others will now have an opportunity of getting SADDLERf at such LOW P RICES as were never before offered m Aehburton. Repairs executed on most xeasonable terma. AGENT for the new high arm Davis bEWING MAO BINES. Tbeon'y Vertical Feed Machine m the world. It has no equal. Sold on time payments if reqoited. 11»I9 ' A. IRELAND. TPHE respective bußinp?«»« of Mr Ch J Neatb and Mr A Kimkitzbb, have been atna'ganiafcd, and with a view of obviating th^ double expenditure in* ca Ted m carrying, on TWO rstablleh- xnents, will m future be o 'nduoted m the premises la'ely occupied by Mb Kam- 2HTZGB, under the style or fi.ut of Tlie Asbtoton Drug Company, LIMITED. H»vfoe effected this, the new CooiDnny am df? ; erroirtd t ' give t'nc public the fu.l bnorfi*. of the reduced coat m w>rk«' # exppT»«e« 4 by supplying all D-Hu^ »wi MEDIOINKB st a niu^h 1 wer scale ot ohar^es ib»ti her-tofire. Patent and pin- p»iet»rry ar'iol'js m constant iiS", will be SOLD at speciHily L«W 6iinre*. The qU'ii y uf > vt-ry DH. 1 G need m Medicine »H1 b«* of the very bent ob'ain<ihie A thoroughly ctnpp'pnt aßßi«'»':t wil reside on the prenais ». and the c n^eni-'tice i>f cottomers Cirifuilj studied iv every way. Astonrton Drag Gcnipany, Lfl., f J. K. CAMBkIDGE, 8*92 Mutia^er. PAVERHANGINGS! PAPERHANGINGS U THE Undersigned have just opened up a splendid assortment PAPERBANGINGS, ' SCBIM, TAPES, TACKS, Also,— WINDOW GLASS (all sizes). W & H LEAD, PAINTS, OILS VARNIfeHES, COLORS, DHYERS, TURPENTINE &o, Joet landing, a splendid lot of House Coal, ex " Uauroto." McCalluin & Co., BON. TIMBEB, AND COAL MEB CHANTS. & fMPORTERS. j Agents for TITAN and TJBIPLFX STRAINERS, 13*X03 ,