THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN.

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DIARY.

MOONLIGHT EVENINGS.

EJThe Moon at 8 days old shines till about 8 o'olook. The Moon at 6 days old Bhinea till about half-past 10 o'olook. The Moon at 8 days oldjshines till nearly o'olook m the morning. The Moon at 12 days old Bhinea from sundown till abont _ 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 rißea about 2 a.m. and shines ti 11 morning The Moon at 27 days old.riseß about 4 a.m. j and shines till sunrise.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1888. ROBBING THE PUBLIC.

In his annual report to Parliament on the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions of the colony Dr Macgregor, the Inspec tor, gives two instances of how the question of the outdoor department of our Hospitals is involved with and merges m the general problem of charitable aid. The instances quoted are those of the Thames Hospital and the Hokitika Hospital. In the case of the former particularly the Inspector has done service to the general taxpayer m showing up a disgraceful line of pro ceeding on the part of the local authori ties at the Thames.

Dr Macgregor says :— ." The Thames Hospital is a separate institution under the Act. Dr Williams, the surgeon, receives a salary of £450 a year and a house, without the right of private practice ; the head nurse gets £50 ; four nurses get £40 each ; a cook, laundress, and an old patient who acts as gardener complete the staff, which cost last year £868 6s 4d m salaries alone. The total expenditure for the year was £2,210 15s 7d, from which must te deducted £317 17s Id for real estate and buildings, leaving £1,024 12s 2d for supplies, &c, and of this the drug-bill amounted to £160 18s Bd. A t the time of my visit there were ten patients m the hospital, but it must be added that at times this number is increased considerably. The mere juxtaposition of these figures for salaries and supplies reveals a most extraordinary state of things, the explanation of which is to be found m the fact that the Trustees have thrown open the outdoor department of the hospital to all persons whatsoever, whether rich or poor, who are willing* to pay 5s per week for advice and medicine. The result is that tho general body of the taxpayers of the colony have, through the Government subsidy, to contribute towards giving cheap medical advice to the Thames people, by enabling the people to under sell the local medical men by the competition of a salaried officer, and by the same means towards injuring the druggists and undermining the self respect of the people. During 1887 there were treated on these terms 1,839 individual patients with 3,357 attend ances. lam informed that, m order to leave Dr Williams free to overtake this rapidly increasing demand for his services on these terms, the Trustees desire to relieve him of all charitable aid work, which they want the local doctors, whom they are starving out, to under take 1"

It is time such a course of action was stopped, and the authorities made to know what is fair and equitable m Hospital treatment. Since attention has been drawn to the matter there has been some amendment, for Dr Macgregor says of the Thames Hospital further on : — " In another part of this report I called attention to what I may call the rcry astute theory of manage ment adopted by the Hospital Trustees m this town (Thames), and felt called upon to make some remarks thereupon. Here, however, I am bound to say that since my last visit the institution is not like the same place. It has been com pletely transformed both m its surround ings and its internal arrangements, which are alike admirable. The intro duction of lady nurses has greatly helped to produce the present improved state of affairs ; and, if only one could justify the means, the results reflect the greatest credit on all concerned."

With reference to the system m vogue at the Hokitika Hospital, the Inspector says, following his comments on tho Thames institution : — " A somewhat analogous, though less mischievous, practice has grown np m tho Weßtland Hospital District. Tho Trustees, by their by-law 18, say : * District Com mittees shall have the power to make a rule by which persons paying an annual amount to itß funds Bhall be entitled to admission into the Hospital or to out-* door treatment free of charge during the year covered by such subscriptions ; but no annual ticket shall be granted by any Committee for a less sum than ten .shillings for each year.' Jt is evident that these tickets are of the nature of insurance or benefit contracts, and cannot, therefore, by any ingenuity of argument be shown to be voluntary sub scriptions, such as are contemplated by the Act. Yet I find that the Govern ment has been paying without question £1 4s m the pound subsidy on these payments. I find also that it is the custom for patients, no matter how long they may have been inmates of the hospital or receiving outdoor treatment, or however well off they may be, to consider that their 10s ticket clears thena |of all liability. It will »ot surprise my

one to find that m theso circumstances the number of out-patier.ts is unusually great, the drug-bill unusually high, the local rate exceedingly heavy, especially on town property, and that every device is exhausted to get the Government to pay the persistent deficit."

To show how such a pernicious system falls heavily upon the local rate payers as well as on the general body of taxpayers, Dr. Macgregor quotes a statement made to the Hon Mr Mitchel son by a deputation from the Hokitika Borough Council on February 20th last, complaining of the excessive outla> J required to comply with the provisions of the Hospitals and Charitable Insti- ! tortious Act. The deputation said : — "By the appended figures you will perceive how exceedingly heavy this tax has been upon the Borough of Hokitika, which for the year 1886-87 had to levy a rate of 6d m the pound, and for 1887-88 a rate of 9d m the pound, m order to raise £600 towards the sum m which this borough was mulcted for the current financial year. As you are aware, the provisions of " The Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Aot Amendment Act, 1886," permit a grant of £1 4s for every pound of voluntary subscriptions, and, as the citizens of Hokitika have, through their representatives, voluntarily taxed themselves, we venture to urge that the Cabinet will not be exceeding its functions m subsidising the sum of £1000 levied on the borough during the past two years by the 4s over and above the subsidy of £1 paid or payable to the Hospital Board of Westland. Other boroughs, you will notice, only paid from 6 to 20 per cent of their ordinary rates, while Hokitika is called upon to pay 80 per cent."

These two cases have been singled out simply to illustrate a tendency, which Dr. IVfacgreror says pervades the whole Hospital system of the colony m a more or less marked degree, and further the Inspector goes on to say : — " All our hospitals, with a few honorable exceptions, as conducted prior to the introduction of the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, were power ful, though indirect agencies, m pauper ising the people. In almost every part of New Zealand persons who were able to pay for medical advice and medicine had no hesitation m accepting aid m forma pauperis, and, while the old system continued, there was no difficulty m getting the Government to make good the deficiency. The extent to which this was allowed to go m New Zealand can only be understood when taken as a phase ot the social fever that attended the rise, the culmination, and the wane of our public-works policy." A long list of figures are given to bear out these assertions and on the first blush it would seem that the Inspeotor is right. Certainly there must be some degree of truth m wbat he says, but as to the remedy the question must be at all times a debateable one. What we wished to show was the unfair way m which the Hospital Boards W8 have referred to were undermining every principle of self respect and heaping upon the general public a burden which with its own weight would soon have broken the whole system entirely. There is much m Dr Macgregor's remarks on the whole system of Charitable Aid which muat convey conviction to the mind of the general reader that our system of dis pensing Charitable Aid is open to grave abuse,

LOCAL AND GENERAL

: Our Governor, Bays a contemporary, "is a fine specimen of the gubernatorial species." A Blenheim bankrupt, who filed three years ago, has oome iv for a legaoy, and the Assignee has now paid the oreditors 20s m the £. The Dunedin novel " Colonists " is said to be written by Mr Charles Umbers, of the " Telegraph Office," » Gilbert Book" being a norn de plume. A Southern paper complains that Otago money is being invested m the Thames, instead of the Otago goldfields, whioh latter are languishing for want of support. The discovery of the 360z nugget at Long wood has, says a Southern paper, infused fresh life into all the diggerß about and given the inhabitants fresh hopes. The action of the Union Steampship Com pany m raising the freight on horses for Melbourne by £1 per head, will, according to a Southland shipper, prove prohibitive. The "Advooate" like most other papers, finds fault at the deluge of unimportant cable news whioh the Press Association lately infiioted on its long-suffering subscribers. A correspondent of an exohange fears that the operation of the Kauri Oompany will be injurious to tho oolony by destroying the I forests " for mere oommoroial profit." ••Too Long," a Chinese vendor of vege tables m Masterton, announoes by advertise ment that be has determined to pay a visit to his relatives m China, and that he will be absent about fifteen months. | The " Post " says a well-known Wellington firm of land agents have received instructions to purchase £50,000 worth of ront-produoing | properties m the business part of the oity, and advertise for offers from owners.

Saya the " Hawera Star " :— Bush settlers complain that the grass grown this year is not doing well* Repeated frosts and bleak weather have [caused tbe young grass on many olearings to look very Biokly. Cocks foot is the weakest, and though this grass is a rank grower and strong grass when it has gained a good hold, still, m its infancy it is remarkably feeble, unless the weather is exceptionally favourable. Speaking m the House of Common, on the subjeot of supplying drink to savages, Sir Wilfred Lawson said he had heard that charity began at home. It seemed to him that charity began iv Fiji. The civilising agencieß of Great Britain were gunpowder, gin and the Gospel. When the gunpowder had caused a number of savages to be shot, gin was introduced to poison some more, and then the Gospel was preaohed to convert the remainder. On the question of civilisation he was reminded of the Irishman who was oast away on an island he thought was barren. When he saw a man hanging from a gallows he exclaimed, ''This Js a oivilised country 1 " and when he met a drunken njan he Baid, " It is a Christian oountry."

The last " Ingleside "of the season will be held m the Oddfellows' Hall this evening. A meeting m connection with the Industrial Protection League of New Zealand will be held m the Orange Hall this evening. A twenty-four cow dairy faotory with a cream-separator is to be established at the l Agricultural College at Lincoln. i In the higher regions of Central Otago and the Lakes district the depth of snow is re | ported to be the heaviest for nearly 20 years. j The following are the Hospital returns for | the month of July :— Number m Hospital on July lst, 9; admitted, 8; discharged, 4 ; | died, 2 ; m Hospital on lst August, 11. We would remind those interested that Mr j Bellhouse, from Chriatchuroh, will read a I ; paper on the benefits of Protection m the $ Orange Hall this evening. | We remind our readers of the tea and conoert whioh takes place to-morrow evening m the Templar Hall m connection with the Dawn ot Peaoe Lodge anniversary, fgAlbert Cathoart is the champion six- days, walker of America. He has just out the record by covering 621 miles. He ascribes his success to being a teetotaller. Too much syndicate, too muoh speculation, too little money, too liitle work, is an Auok land 'warden's judgment on the mining in dustry m this distriot just now, The- Marlborough Rabbit Preserving Com pany, managed by the Hon W. Clifford, near Blenheim, is turning out, what is reported to be, a palatable meat. About 2000 oases have been sent home, and fifty hands are employed m tho industry. The following is a list of letters reoelved at Ashburton Post Office from plaoes beyond the oolony during the [month of June, and re maining unclaimed on August Ist, 1888: — J. J. Doyle, William Fraser, George F. Hall, and John Tweed.

Mr T. Kirk, F.R.M.S., m a paper read before the Wellington Philosophical Sooiety, stated that m his opinion the mole orioket, if it were allowed to inorease, would become a pest to agriculturists. He reoommends that energetic steps be taken to eradioate it. - ! The Fielding dairy farmers ridioule the idea of tho Government sending round " an expert " to teaoh them how to make butter and oheese. •■ They are wondering if the State wiil Bend 'an expert ' to teaoh the hens how to lay double-yolked eggs.'.' A Government inspection parade of the Ashburton volunteers was held last evening. ; Rifles (Capt. Dolman), 51 ; Guards (Capt. Sparrow), 38. Major Douglas inspecting omcer, It was explained that Colonel Bailey t was unavoidably detained at Geraldine, but | he intends to be present on the 14th inst. i At the KaitangtaJß. M. Oourt on Tuesday four parents were oharged under the com pulsory olause of the Eduoation Aot with neglecting to send their children to sohool. They were ordered to send their children to sohool, and to pay costs of Oourt — 7s m eaoh oase. The Melbourne correspondent of a con temporary reports that a man named John O'Keefe, who had just arrived from New Zealand, was set upon m a lane off Lonsdale street by two men, who robbed him of four notes, some silver, and a draft on the Bank of New Zealand for £610. A Waikato farmer imported some seed wheat from Tasmania, via Lyttelton. The freight from Lyttelton to Auokland, with all oharges, was 133; railage from Auokland to Hamilton, 24s 4d. He wants to know when that railway commission is going to be appointed.

A mooting was held last evening at Saunders' Buildings m aonneotion with the Art, Soience, Industry and Literature Associa tion. It was deoided that a room m Saunders' Buildings be taken for a month, and that the Provisional Committee be empowered to enroll members and make neoessary arrange ments. The Matron ol the Hospital desires to acknowledge, with thanks, parcels of old linen from Mrs Crisp and Mr Beattie, books papers, and periodicals from Miss Morrison,, Mrs Pricbard, Mrs Pattman, and Miss Manning, and flowers from Mrs Lee, for the use of the inmates, Some Dunedin .Chinamen have devised a very igenious method of money-taking m a Bmr.ll way whioh is likely to bring them into the hands of the police. A number of -the sovereigns now m circulation will be found to have the raised edges rubbed down with emery paper and notohes out m tbe rim with some sharp instrument] The amount of gold taken off eaoh sovereign is considerable. A contemporary says that the Maori foot ball team, while m England, will go on to the various football fields m their native mats, whioh will be removed when the play is to commence. The mats— which are carried m two large oases— are, of course of Maori manufacture. Most of them are of an elaborate and valuable description, and the display will no doubt bo at once novel and attractive. One of these mats has been lent by the wife of ths Chief Karaitiana, and is valued at two hundred guineas. It is said that the Maoris were prepared to bury a round sum of money with Titokowaru's body. The curious part of it is (says the " Hawera Star ") that, instead of burying silver and gold for the use of the departed m the next world, they announced their inten tion of burying bank notes. Assuming that this were done, it is clear that the banks chiefly interested would alone benefit. As the bank notes rotted the bank's promises to pay so muoh on demand would be effectually dissolved.

EJThe members of the TJ.A.O.D. held their usual fortnightly meeting m the Templar Hall last Monday evening. There was an nnußual and most enthusiastic assemblage of the brethren. After the ordinary routine business had been transacted and Grand Lodge_ matters disposed of, several members were initiated into the mystery of Druidism, and Beveral proposed. Of late the Order has met with unbounded success, which argues well for its future. After harmony had been indulged m the Ivodge closed, having had a most pleasant evening. Says the •« South Canterbury Times " :— j How are we to maintain our reverent loyalty to the Qußen if the papers publish suoh little stories as this j— The two young Princes (Wales' boya) were at a ball lately where the sooiety was a little " mixed." The heir to the throne remonstrated with his younger brother on (as he expressed it) " dancing with all the riff-raff." "I'll danoe with whoever amuses me," was the answer ; " and if you don't like it, go and sing • God save your grandmother ' m a oorner by yourself." Considerable opposition is certain to be offered to tbe continuance of the San Fran cisco mail servioe when the question arise, m the House, and there is, indeed, said to be a majority against it. It is understood that overtures have been made to the Imperial Government with the view of obtaining a Bubsidy of some £18,000 per annum, towards defraying the cost of conveying mails aoross Amerioa and the Atlantio. If this is refused the fate of the servioe will be finally settled. — " Post." The " Daily Times " says ;— To the Rev J3. O'Brien, of Coleraine, is due the ingenious disooyery that the Papal IJesoript has been wrongly translated, and that, m point of faos, it has no application to Ireland at all. The words used are locqtorcs and cohductores, 'whioh have been translated landlords and tenants. But there aro] tenants and tenants — tenants without fixity of tenure, «nd tenants with it. The former are conductores, the latter are emphyteutce—a totally different term for a totally different thing. But as every one—except the Pope- knows, Irish tenants, having fixity of tenure, are empliyteutae ; and the Papal decree [m no way therefore aff eots them, for it is only levelled at the heads of oonduotorcs.

THE MARKETS

(PER PRBSS ASSOOfATION.)

L^NnoN, July 30. Four Australian wheat cargoes bave been sold at 35s ; two other cargoes realised 36s ; and another was sold at 35s 9d. Three cargoes on passage have been sold at from 35s to 365.

IRISH AFFAIRS.

(PKR PRESS ASSOCIATION.) . London, July 30. Mr Manton, of Sligo, has been sen tenced to four months' imprisonment for publishing boycotting notices m his newspaper. In the House of Commons to night the Commission Bill was committed. A lengthy discussion took place on the names of the judges to comprise the Commission, but ultimately a clause, by a majority of 89, was inserted m the Bill approving ihe three judges" proposed by Me W. H. Smith and tabled some days ago, London, July 31. ; Mr O'Donnell has written to the Speaker of the House of Commons pro testing against the appointment of the Judicial Commission, which he states interferes with his legal rights. He I notifies that he will move for a new trial against the ".Times."

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

(Per Press association.)

AuokiiAnd. July 31. A strike has occurred among the local shipwrights m consequence of two men who were employed oa the barque Coul nayle at the dock being dismissed by the contractor, Mr J. Bigelow. It is also asserted that Bigelow has taken on men with some means m place of others who had been out of work for months. At a meeting of shipwrights held to-day to consider tho matter, it was unanimously resolved that no men should work m the dock for Bigelow. A man named John Gougb. employed at the Parotarau tunnel, on tbe Main Trunk railway line, was killed on Saturday morn ing by a fall of eartb, the timber m the tunnel having given way. At the inquest a verdict of "Accidental death" was returned. It is stated that since the acci dent thirty men have left the works, alleging that they are unsafe. Wellington, July 31. The Taratahi Dairy Factory shareholder, last night resolved to sell the whole of th? concern to the milk suppliers for £700. The property originally cost about £2000. The Dalefield Factory on the firßt year's working has declared a dividend of 10 psr cent to shareholders, and paid £40 invest ment for sinking fund, and have given milk suppliers 3|d per gallon, being a farthing more than they expected. It is intended to start a piggery, whioh the conveniences of the Company's property favors. Dunedin, July 31, Tbe soft goods firms m Dunedin, at a meeting, decided to forward through the Chamber of Commerce a number of recom , mendations and suggestions for the better defining of tbe Customs Act, and to avoid evasions and chance of goods being passed free at one port and at others duty being oharged. A number ot items are recom mended to be changed, from apparel and clothing 25 per cent to hosiery 20 per cent, others to drap.ry, and various other changes are suggested.

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourselves responsible ior the opinions expressed by our correspondent!:.

THE PROCTECTION LEAGUE.

TO THB EDITOR, Sit, — The busybodies, who style them selves " The Obristcburch Protection League," seem to be remarkably anxious for the enlightenment of us poor rustics. First, they despatched as a missionary to these remote parts a Christchurch photo grapher, who, illogically enough, utilised his visit for business purposes, whereas it is obviouß tbat if his Protectionist doc trines were sound, the poople of Ashbur ton ought to have avoided his studio alto^ gather, and bestowed their patronage upon our local man alone. Next, a Mr Bollhouee, of whose existenc3 we had'been previously unaware, burst upon us with strings of well-worn statistics and ancient platitudes, and having thus, as he no doubt imagines, dispelled a little of the Cimmerian dark neap, m which we had hitherto dwelt, he solemnly itsuen an invitation, through your advertising columns, to ■' gentlemen favoring the fostering and encouraging the industries and productions of the colony," to meet him this evening — just as if we couldn't establish, and hadn't already established, local Industries m Ashburton without Mr D. Bellhouso's valuable aid. It really does seem a piece of amazing presumption on the part of these Christchnrch gentlemen to instruct us m this manner. I have lived m Christchurch as well as m Ashburton, and I affirm, without the least hesitation, that if you took indiscriminately from amongst the population of Christchurch and its suburbs, a number of male adults, equal to the adult male population of Aehbur ton, you would find that, of the two, tbe men of Ashburton were the more intelli gent, better read m the politipal contro ver.ies of the d*y, and with a keener , appreciation of the real merits of those controversies. Indeed, if a speaker were to mount a public platform m this town, or m any part of the County of Ashbur ton, and utter the balderdash which seems to tickle tbe ears of some Chriatchuroh meetings, he would be laughed at. Now, I am not a Protectionist myself, for I am satisfied that if our Customs tariff were framed on strictly Protectionist lines, the result to tbe oountry districts would be most disastrous ; but, it I held op posite views, I Bhould still resent this patronising iv terf erence of the Christchurch Protection League with our affairs, and I trust that the Ashburton Protectionists will do so. They are not, it must be admitted, very numerous, if we are to judge by what occurred at tho publip meeting the other evening, when only seven persons ayowod themselves Protec tionists, for although your report of the proceedings would lead to the supposition that there were eight, yet this is explained by the fact that the Chair pa au, fn defianoe of t'ae rules whioh govern the conduct of buainess at suoh meetings, voted twice for the resolution, first, as though he were not Chairman, aud then ho gave aqaßting vote iv its fayor. (You see wbat a belief m Protectionist dootrines will lead a decent man to do I) However, seven or eight, they surely poss-ss brains enough amongst them to know what course to pursue m order to impress their ideas upon the rest 0? the community, aud it is really not complimentary either to their intelligence or the intelligence ef us, who differ from them, that a knot of Christchurch residents, of no particular note, should be permitted to leolure us about Protection, and the proper way to organise ourselves. If they imagine it is their mission to en lighten Ignorance, they qan find plenty of work to do nearer home,— l am, etc., Chas. W, Cornell. lst August, 1888. i

MOUNT HUTT ROAD BOARD

The usual monthly meeting of tha Mount Hutt Ro»d Board was held <& Thursday, July 12tb. Present— Messrs W. McMillan, J. Holmes, J. Johnston, and D. Cameron. i The Clerk's report was read and con sidered, and instructions given to have all small works tendered for m a lump j Bam, to be done to the satisfaction of the j Board. It was resolved to oall tenders for tho formation of about 40 chains of the Railway* Road between Lauriston and Sherwood. Correspondence was read from Mr W. 0. Walker, M.H.R. re sale of reserve, Mount Somers ; from Commissioner of Property Tax re granting facilities to assessors for exami-ing maps and rolls ; from Mr A. Prunty re opening road.—Re solved to give Mr D. Cameron notioe again to at once remove the fenoo ; from tha Ashburton Connty Connoli covering refund for birds' eggs iand repairs t_ water races. Mr Moivey's tender for the formation of TJlyett's Road at 3s 6d per ohaln wii accepted. Mr J. Nee'a tender for repairs on Goon's Road was aooepted. Ie was resolved that the Roman Oathollo congregation be allowed the use of the Road Board Offioa for the purpose of holding service on Sundays on the same oonditlons as other denominations. Accounts to the amount of £13 13j 61 were passed for payment.

PARLIAMENTARY NOTES.

(P3R PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

"Wbllington, July 31. Sinoe the Chinese question has virtually been hung up by the Legislative Oounoll, considerable Interest Ib being felt by a seotion of the House as to what itepi Government would take m the matter. It is generally felt that any Bill embodying proposals slmilai' to those m the last BUI, or the measure suggested by the Sydney Conference, will meet with short Bhrlft m the Council. Mr Seddon has suggested to the Premier that he shall' lntroduce a n_e»Bure Into the Appropriation Aot deal ing with the subjeot. This proceeding would, by subterfuge, effaot the passing of the BUI, as the Oounoll oannot amend or throw out an Appropriation Aot ; but the Premier states that it would be a very sar ions state of affairs indeed to Induce him to adopt Buoh a course, and he doss not think tha Government would bi justified In that unless an emergency arises, whioh has not been shown at present. Government, however, have the matter still under consideration, but have not yet oome to any deolslon on the enbJßob. Tbe Premier haa promised to oonslder the question of Introducing legislation next session to tax professional and other Incomes.

Dr Newman is enquiring from the Premier If he will bring m a Bill allotting the Increased tea duty to the payment of subsidies

Mr Richardson believes that the rabbit* proof fenoe ln Sooth Canterbury will have the effect of increasing the rent, of runs there when tho leases run ont In 1890. Government are considering the advisa blenesf of .ending aTechnioalOommles'oner to tbe Me bourne Exhibition to collect 1 evidence ou the subject of mining, The Premier has promised Mr Joyce to look into his suggestion on the subject of Borough audits. Mr Mltchelson ls of opinion that it will not be necessary for him to prooeed to Whangarel m connection with the recent Native outbreak. No special facilitiea will be offered for dlsoasslon on the advisability of adopting the. " working average " instead of the i " strlot average " m _ the payment of education capitation. There are thirty-eight Government Bills on the Order Paper. Government will announce whioh are to be slaughtered In a day or two.

The Premier 'denied any knowledge of Instructions having been issued to loe it bodies to stamp . their letters to tha Government when on publio baslnesi. Wellington, August 1. The Babbit Nuisance Committee hava taken evidence and are drafting their re port which will be praiented m the coursa of a day or two. The evldenoe has gone to show tbat tho reoent establishment of rabbit tinning factories has led to tha farming of rabbits, and m the country where the natural enemies of the rabbits have been established they have been decimated by the use of steel spring traps which have aoted against both rabbits and enemies* The report will therefore reoommend In effect I believe suppression of rabbit tinning factories and of steel spring traps, exoept In a country where the natural enemies to rabbits are not established.

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

(Pkk Pebss Association-,.

MRS GORDON BAILLIE.

The trial of Mrs Gordon Baillie has been postponed until next session, She was refused bail.

SEARCHING FOR STANLEY.

Zanzibar, July. '2B. Information has been received here hat Major Barttelot and Tippo Tib, with a force of 900 men, intend starting on the 15 th August to search for Stanley.

LIGHTING PARIS BY ELEC TRICITY.

Paris, July 30. The Municipality have decided to light the city with electricity.

AUSTRALIAN.

(FBR PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

NEW SOUTH WALES.

' Stunbt, Jnly 31. Should the ship owners agree to confine the conference to the New Zealand difficulty it is believed that a meeting with the Seamen's Union can be arranged.

VICTORIA.

Mblboubnb, July 31. The balance-sheet of the JSxhittitiqn Goramissioners up to the end of June shqws the expenditure to have been ;£i 58,000- There remains to the credit of the Commissioners the sum of Owing to the surplus, as shown m the Treasurer's budget, Government intend to grant a fresh vote. The catalogue comprises two volumes of 150 pages each.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

Adelaide, Jaly 31.' Judgment has been given m the action brought by the trustees of the late Rpbt. Lawson, sheepfarmer, against the Commercial Bank of Australia, which began on July nth. They claimed with interest, from November last, on account of payments improperly made out of testator's account with the connivance of the Bank's Manager at Narracoort. The vprdict was for ,£40,000 with costs,

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Holloway's Ointment and Pills. — Old Wounds, Sores, and Ulcers.— Daily experience confirms the faot whioh has triumphed over all oppositions for more than forty years, viz., tbat no means are known equal to Holloway's remedies for curing bad legs, bad breasts, sores, wounds, diseases of the s&in, erysipelas, absoeßses, burns, soalds, and, m truth, all maladies where the skin is broken. To cure these infirmities quickly is of primary im- portance, as compulsory confinement indoors weakens the general health. The ready means of oure are found m Holloway's Ointment and Pills, whioh heals the sores and expel their cause. In the very worst oaeea the ointment has aucoeeded ?- tJieoting a perfeot cure after every other|ft««- bad failed io trying tdetyuat?



The best medioine known is SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTBAOT. Test its eminent powerful effeots m ooughs, colds, influenza, etc — the relief is instantaneous, Thousands give the most gratifying testimony. His Majesty the King of Italy, and medioal syndicates all over the globe, are its patrons. Bead the offioial reports that accompany eaoh bottle. We have no occasion to offer rewards m proof of the genuineness of our references. The offioial reports of medioal olinios and universities, the offioial communication of the Consul-General for Italy at Melbourne; the diploma awarded International Exhibition, Amsterdam-r-all these are authentio docu- ments, and, as suoh, not open to doubt. We add here epitome of one of the various oases treated by Siegen, M.D., Professor, eto : Burning of the right hand through the ex- plosion of a small oil stove. The epidermis on the volar and palmer side of the hand of the thirty-year-old patient was completely separated and lifted up as far as tho joint of tbe hand, The likewise lifted nails were hanging loose, and half of tho phalanx of the nail of the middle finger was ooaled. The wounds thus contracted healed m three weeks undor'daily applications of Eooalyptio Extraot dressing. The patient has retained the full use pf the hand.- (A.svt.) ' }



Wanted. WANTED a Boy ss Blacksmith's Apprentice Apply cffioe of this paper, or Wm. CooK-H, Winslow. 7 151 __— — _—. , . _ WANTED Known—A clearing sale of Saddlery for one month only; The whole of A. Irblakd's stock will be offered at wholesale prices for one month. Now is the time to secure bargains. WANTED Known— Genuine Clearing Bale now on. — H. 0. Segers, Mel- ford House. GREATEST fc'ale or the day, overy thing cheap for Cash.*— fl. C. Segbrb, Melford House. WANTED Known— That Haybs akd 00. has 250 Splendid Tweed Troucor.. Yonr nick for 10s 6d. LADIES' Jackets. -Just Opened a few Ladles very superior Jaokets, both m style and quality. Will be sold at less than half their price during oor present Sale. — H, 0, Seders, Melford House. BOOTS. BOOTS.— Keep the feet dry nnd save doctor's bills. Quality Is everything m bad weather. I guarantee every pair. Best value m New Z.aland at Ashburton Olothing Mart, Saunders Buildings.— Robert Aloorn. . ~\l /"ANTED— Everyone to come and V V >cc the nicest lot of Glass, Ohlna, and Earthenware ever shown m Ashbur- ton, and the Cheapest ever landed m New Zealand. Imported direot from the Manufacturers.— Robert Aloobx, Saun- ders' Buildings. fll - WANTED Cash. — Muir'a Oatmeal (251 b), 2s Gd; Candles, sd ; Vestas, 5d doz. ; Coffee and Milk, Is ; Coooa and Milk, la ; Corn Flour, 4d ; Fruits In Syrup (21b tins), ls. Crockery; Glassware, and Ironmongery, — J. Mo Gregob, Tancred street. TO LET— Dwelling- honse 'In Oox Street. Rent. 5s per week. T. BULLOOK. G. W- T 4TLOB & Cf" General Auctioneers, Land and Estate Agents, 20, Collins Street, West, Melbourne, Are prepared to undertake Sales of Free- hold Property, Household Furniture, Mer chandise, etc. Liberal advances made on goods for unreserved sale. Monthly lists of Property for sale, or to let, issued free. Loanß negotiated, Absentees represented, Insurance a effected, charges moderate, settlements prompt. Land sales con- ducted. 7 100 A OABD.J Miss Carson, TEACHER OF MUSIO, (PIANOFORTE AND ORGAN), , Burnett Street, 12 101 Good News! Good News! TO ALL HABD-WOBKIJf OMEN AND ANXIOUB MOTHERS. ggl* BONA FIDE SALE NOW ON AT THE New Zealand Cloihing Factor; PBEVIOUS TO TAKING STOOK. WE offer you Real, Genuine. Substantial Goods (onr own make) ACTUALLY BELOW COST FOR YOUR READY MONEY. EVERY Article m onr Extensive Btock, consisting of Men's and 80. s' Olothing, Bngs, Shirts, Hats, etc, reduced to prices nniqual.'ed, thus enablicg people ol limited means the opportunity cf dressirg and clothing themielves and their children for a small sum. —SPECIAL.— MEASURE SUITS Afl *1 /}S FROM 3W__s XO TROOPERS TO MEASURE -i n S nD FROM X f O COMPARISON IS THE TRUE TEST OF VALUE. Bona Fide Sale NOW IN FULL SWING AT THB NEW ZEALAND Clothing Factory. W. H. WEBBER, Manager. TRY KIRKPATRICK'S SPECIAL QUALITY FRESH FRUIT "X" -JAM S— NOTICE. OUR Speolal Qwilty "X " brand of New Season's JAM is made from Fresh Fcnlt, within a few hours after It b been gathered; it thus retains tho full ..avcrof the Fresh Fruit, and Is the best quality it is possible to make. CAUTION : None ls Ganuiae unless our Name Is '•.'.••.tt.j.'tsd on the Tin, and has our r.gis- • oi.sd Tiade Mark, the l.tter " X,"on the L.-bei. S. KIRKPATRICK§AHDi,CO., MANUFAOTURiSRS^ NELSON 3



Eden George. > EDEN GEORGE'S. BRANCH STUDIO 18 NOW CLOSED. INQUIRIES MAY BE MADE FROM Henry Zander, ASHBURTON. PERSONS wishing to order Extra , Copies of their Photographs oan have them at the following prioes ;■— £ ■ d J2 Cabinets ... , 1 0 0 6 0 12 6 12 Bondolrs 1 10 0 6 „ 10 0 These prioes Include Groups, also toy posltlocMalready worked op. All orders to be sent direct to Eden GtEObge, PHOTOGRAPHER. CHRISTCHURCH. Frledlander Bros. TTTE HAVE FOR SALE,— SEED WHEAT SEED OATS SEED BARLEY ALL MACfIINE DRESSED. FBIEDLANDER BROS. We are heavily overstocked m RYEGRASS EEED Thoroughly cleaned, which we will sell very cheap. FRIEDLANDER BROS. We are Ca_h_Purchasers of WHEAT OATS AND BABLEY m Large and Small Quantities. HIGHEST PRIOES GIVEN FRIEDLANDER BROS. We are landing, ex "J. D, Peters," RED CLOVER, WHITE CLOVER, COWGRABS, AL6YKE, &o, &o. [AH of Choicest Quality. FRIEDLANDER BBOS. GOOD NEWS TO GRAINGROWERB THE WONDER OF THE DAY MASSEY'S Light iHornjted ßinder. We have pleasure of intimating our friends and others tbat we have been appointed SOLE AGENTS FOR FEW ZEALAND for the sale of this wonderful Machine. Wherever the Machino has been tried it has given entire satisfaction and thoso who attended tho' trials and saw the Machine at work, expressed themselves highly pie. eed. Numerous orders have already been taken for next season's harvest, and those m want of Machines will do well to see THE MAFSEY BTNDEB I :-'•(}?■.?« pi-cin^: 'h';ir order* '''sewhore •v.; t.»,raritf»'i ev.-ry Machino, thereby 1 >>'<• « •-. k t".'*t wo num. Ives ha-'e overy co fi'.i-'cein th^ MAPSK.Y : UO TS .EhLBINDBft SOB- AG .NTS WANTED. VRIKDi.ANDBR BR'JS.



Public Notices. REMOVAL. MRS CI >TUM_f O begs to announce to O* 1 her Patrons and the Public generally, that she has removed to those more commodious premises, formerly known as the lyttelton Boardinghonso, Cameron Street, and trusts to merit a fair share of publio patronage by keeping a good Table and a comfortable House All oooking done m his usual good Btyle by Mb S. Timmo. 7*lll 810 CLEARING SALE JOHN ORR & CO.'S ANNUAL DEAPERY SALE NOW ON. Great Bargains Hen's Clothing and Boots Blankets and Flannels J, Ivess .and Co., AUCTIONEERS, GRAIN & PRODUCE MERCHANTS, SHIPPING AND FORWARDING AGENTS, SBAREBROKERS, HOUSE, LAND, & ESTATE AGENTS, Lichfield Street, CHRISTCHURCH, BEG to Inform the Inhabitants of the County of Ashburton, that tbey aye made arrangements with one of tbe leading Grain Merchants m Sydney, to reoelve consignments on their behalf, and are now prepared to mtke liberal Cash advances on all kinds of D»iry and Farm Proanoo, for Sale m the New Zealand. Sydney, or Kr.siish markets. In all esse'* tha orig.acl accouiit Sales will be attached io thoir ropcrtp, and their Clients may r^'.et s=>s'!r<?ci that no onnnc«a«Rry oh.rges ■.[il '.-.v. _». : .-i v ..v.. ;)•:'•' {•*<*-l th>*lr consignments IviH Chaslbs Bbaddell h„«i N-un »p- --joiutwd ; ii act as thair Ashbarton agent, st.d all baeiuess ODtruaied to him will receive hia best attend" n. Samples of Grain, etc., may bo left at bis office, where latest New Zealand and Inter- colonial market quotations may be ob- tained. The -Shipping branch of the business will be con\uoted by «_i experienced Cicrk. and bu-lcese mtn and farmers re- caving (.nods at Lyttelton will f.nd their obarges m st moderate. iniog, lasarabco. and Bank Shares bought and sold at highest market prioes. DouD»rj* Sales undertaken. Fnrniture and Produoa Bales held every Saturday. Loans negotiated. J. Ivess and Co., LICHFIELD STREET, CHRISTCHURCH. 6 17 ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE ASHBTJRTON. FOURTEEN DAYS' SALE OF BOOTS AND SHOES. - COMMENCING Saturday, July 14. OUB FIRST ANNUAL SALE Will commence nn the above date, when we intend offering the Whole Stock at a DISCOUNT OF TEN PER CENT, THE Public are respectfully requested to examine the Goods. The Quality i is first-class, and we guarantee all Boots and Shoes to give Good Batiefaotion. Now is the time to purchase as the new Duty will raise the price considerably of Imported Goods. '■; ■•; .••• \;. ; 0- : :: ■. ■ .•• , : '">U. ft 10 'ft : :r: ■•"• ".•".'■■ va- '■■ v, n l).-i.vr- "y -: 2s \ft :a •  : 'ft ■Jj:',ft'ftl>\ ASHBURTON.