THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN.

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DIARY.

Moonlight Evenings.

g*3jThe Moon at 3 days old shines 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'ol&ok m the morning. The Moon at 12 days old shines from Bundown 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 shinesti 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. THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1888. OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM.

Our Education System is doubtless, a magnificent one, but it is a costly article to the country, and it would seem that its price will soon come face to face with every individual m the colony who has come to manhood and who is called upon to pay part of the expenseof the system. The raising of the school age and the cutting off of the higher standards would have relieved the pressure of the cost to some extent. It is necessary that education should be compulsory so that m the future, the State will possess the benefit of an enlightened populace, but while we believe m educating the masses, it is plain that some grave fault exists with the present system and chil dren of the present day may know more than their fathers and mothers did at their age, but it is open to question if, ndependent of the me^e standard infor mation, they are as well educated or trained m a moral sense as their pro - genitors. Also what useful knowledge was imparted under the old system seems to be now substituted with cum bersome and unnecessary detail. Useful informalion is succeeded by routine and common sense education is sacrificed to { a weak smattering of various sub jects, none of which are sufficiently mastered to become servicable ;.. to the youth. Mr Justice Williams 'of Melbourne, lately m a lecture denounced the entire present system of education and on the subject of history and how it was taught among other things he said : — " Of what possible value to bankers, merchants, lawyers, manufac turers, agriculturists, engineers, archi tects, surveyors or artisans, can be the information acquired m their youth, at the sacrifice of so much time and labor, regarding the lives and biographies of defunct, and, for the most part, barbarous worthless, and unprincipled Kings and Queens, dates of their accession, duration of their reigns, court intrigues, scandals and squabbles, plots and counterplots, hereditary titles, battles, with their dates and details of numbers of infantry, cavalry, and cannon, of killed, wounded, and prisoners, massacres and assassina tions, executions by beheading, hanging, burning, strangling, quartering, and dis embowelling ?" His Honor is also particularly severe on that subject which, is " dignified'" he says, " by the name of English analysis." He wants to know how comes it that if analysis is necessary to enable one to write English correotly that it was a branch of study unknown to the greatest ornaments of English literature, past and present. He would undertake to say " that there is not a judge, bishop, or bank manager m Aus tralaßi'a who would not be hopelessly plucked m the easiest paper that could be set m English analysis as now taught." A calm and serious study of the fruits of the Education system so far as they can be gathered will show that something is wanting to make the rising generation as good or better cifizens than their fathers.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A block of land m Collins street, Melbourne} the other day realised £1900 per foot. Mr Withy aotually voted against his own oelebrated resolutions.

The starting point of the railway from Albany to Euola has been ohanged to Perth.

A large shark attaoked a fisherman's boat m Port Melbourne, and knocked a hole it it.

It is intended shortly to give a grand concert m the Oddfellows 1 Hall m aid of the funds of the Ashburton Convent School.

We have received " Centaur's Index " for 1888, a work specially useful, m faot invalu able to sporting men.

The Melbourne butchers have deoided to raise tbe prioe of meat owing to the sudden ri6o m tha price of live stock.

Sir Henry Parkas says that any person selling butterine as butter m New South Wales is liable to a fine of £20.

The visitors to a Southern rink, were photo graped by magnesium light a few evenings sgo.

The federation of the whole of the mari time societies throughout Australia, is looked upon as practically accomplished.

The divorce suit instituted by Mrs Bose against her husband, Dr Rose, M.P., of Melbourne, has been settled out of Oourt.

A Melbourne paper has purchased a pro. perty m Adelaide street, Brisbane, with a 66 feet frontage, for £25,000.

A football match on skates is announced to take place at the rink this evening.

The total indebtedness of the Australasian Governments is about £167,000,000.

The adjourned meeting of the Ashburton Presbyterian Church Musical and Literary Sooiety will be held this evening.

During the recent Melbourne war soare manoeuvres a few loaded torpedoes were lost, and have not yet been recovered.

The oost of printing 1500 copies of "Lunaoy m Many Lands," by G. A. Tuoker, at the Government Printing Office, Sydney, was £1707 10s.

The Government architect of Tasmania was severely caned m Hobart reoently by a Mrs Webb, at whose house he had been a family visitor. No explanation is given.

The boarded-out children m connection with the Sydney State Children's Belief Board cost per head £14 2s 61 during the year and the inmates of the cottage home 3 £22 10s.

An auotion sale of South Australian pastora leases took plaoe at Adelaide recently, when 13,162 square miles, equal to 8,410,880 acres, were disposed of at an average of £1 12s 4d per mile.

The mining exchanges at Charters Towers, Queensland, ara open every night and shares are bought and sold by auction, whioh pro vides a very reliable market, and gives oon fidenoe to those oenoerned.

Mr McKay, of the Geologioal Department at the Colonial Museum, has made a discovery of finely oolored marble, eight miles from Wellington, which, if the quantity of Btone proves large, will be of great value.

In Adelaide it is feared that the action of the Sydney Maratime Unions with regard to Chinese seamen will extend to the colored labor employed by the P. and O. and other companies.

Settlers m the Lower Wairarapa have been holding a meeting to take steps for united action to put down the wild dog nuisance. The bush is said to be fjill of rabbiters' dogs gone wild.

The tradesmen of Ashburton have very generously subscribed a handsome andmassive silver cup, whioh will be presented to the owner ot the dog winning the Laghmor Cap on Tuesday next.

The methods of rabbit extermination, to gether with the correspondence relating to them, which were submitted -to the Babbit Commission at Sydney, filled two large waggons.

The New South Wales Government intend to oonsider the question of extending the penny postage system to the whole colony. They will also take steps to establish an Agricultural College, with which experimental farms will be affiliated.

The news m «our oablea to-day that an English iron working firm are establishing branches m America, is rather a knock down argument to Freetrade. With Protection m America the firm will be sble to land their manufactures oheaper m England than they could be made looally.

Sales of city property at good figures are still taking plaoe m Sydney. A piece of laDd with about 15 feet frontage to Queen-street, on which two briok shops are ereoted, haß been sold for £13,000. It is stated that several other heavy sales are pending. One land agent during the month of June last effected sales to the amount of £262,000.

Mcc Chang, of Waikaka, miner, and. a resident in* the colony for 22 years, has gone bankrupt for £22. The debtor was examined, " but," adds the report pathetically, " a lengthy set of interrogates failed to elicit any satisfaction." It is feared that if this man •' gets through " there will be a rush of Chinese through the Court.

An Auckland export of a somewhat unusual oharaoter was made by the s,&. Wairarapa for Sydney, for transhipment to India, m the shape of 400 boxeß (20 tonB) of potatoes, whioh were shipped by Messrs M. D. Nathan and 00. to an order from Calcutta. It is to be hoped that this consignment will be the forerunner of many similar ventures, and that a new market for our looal products will thus be opened.

Herr Gerhard Bohlfs, the Alrioan traveller and ox-Consul-Genoral for Germany at Zan zibar, writes to the •' Cologne Gazette " that he does not believe that a disaster has happened to Mr H. M. Stanley, as m that case suoh bad news, which travels very quickly m Africa, would have already come to hand. Herr Rohlfs is of opinion that Mr Stanley on learning Emm Paßha's resolution to hold his owu, preferred to let him have his way, and struck away himself to found a state of his own m the independent [portion of the so. called Bahr-el-Ghazel.

There was a large attendance at the Ingle side last night, which was by far the most successful of those that have been held this winter. Songa were contributed by Messrs G. Kidd, Piokford, Brooking, Gates, and Ward, and a violin duet by Mr and Miss Simmonds. A highland fling was danced by Mr D. McLean, and a number of national dances were given ty the Inghmor High landers. For these items bag-pipe muaio was supplied by Messrs A. and T. Mackay, and for the other dances Messrs Kaeen, Gates and Ward look9d after the music.

The new banking offioes of the looal branoh of the Bank of New South Wales will bo officially opened this evening. The manager, Mr B. W. Jenkins, has asked his olients and the business people of the town to be present, when the customary formalities will be observed. The bank has secured premises specially ereoted for them m Mr Bullock's Arcade blook, Burnett street, opposite the " Mail " and " Guardian " office, and all the business bis now been transferred from the temporal^ premises to the new offioes. The site is a convenient one to business people, and the style observed m fitting up is m consonance with everything of the kind whioh bo truly characterises the wealthy institution of which the local branoh is a part.

At the annual meeting of the New Zealand Refrigerating Company held m Dunedin yesterday, Mr John Roberts, Chairman, said about 30 per cent of the cost of the works had now ibeen written off. As the profits depended entirely on the amount of work which the Company got, it had been im possible to say till the end of the year what the result would be, but it was possible they oould Bee their way at the end of the next year to make a reduction of one-sixteenth of a penny, and shippers at Burnside and Oamaru would be placed on an equal footing. He mentioned that the tendency seemed to be towards a reduction m the number.of shippers. The retiring Directors, Messrg Brydone and Roberts, were re-eleoted, and a vote of thanks was passed to the owners of the Elderslie and Fifeshire for having reduced freight while under contract to oarry at l£d per Ib.

A meeting of the Committee of the Ashbur ton Racing Club was held on Tuesday even ing. The Ground Comraittp reported that no tender had been rooeived for grassing of course, that tenders had been called for removal of inner fence, grubbing up of gorse, trimming of fences, etc, and laid plans before Ihe meeting Bhowing what improvements were considered neoessary to saddling paddock, etc. It wa. deoided to let the course for one year from Ist October next; to aooept P. Toomey's tender for work at fences, etc; and to call for tenders for improvements to sadd 'ing paddook and present bqildings and erection of new stalls. Thursday and Friday, Nov. 22nd and 23rd, were fixed for the hold ing of the Club's Annual Spring Meeting. After a sub-Committee - were appointed to draw up a programme for submittal to the general Committee, the meeting adjourned.

INDUSTRIAL PROTECTION LEAGUE.

A meetiug called m connection with

ho formation of a branch of the lodus

trial Protection Lsagae was held at the Orange Hall last evening. There was a large attendance, and the Mayor was voted to the chair. The Chairman briefly opened the meet ing, and Mr Bellhooae, tha Secretary of the Ohriatchuroh branch of the League, detailed the advantages which he contended would follow the adop tion of a policy of jidloloua pro tection towards locU Industries. Refer ring to a correspondent of a local paper, who had aßked for o comparative table of the rates of wages paid to various tr»de3 m England and America twenty yeara ago, he said that that Information w.'.B not obtainable m the colony, but he had written to the Board of Trade m London and to the Governments of Canada and the United States. When he had obtained this information he would be happy to farnlah it t> the gentleman who had naked for It, and who h d pro mised that if it bore ont Mr Bellhoutse's aide of the case he would join the League. With regard to another contention of the correspondent he (Me BellhouBe) was willing to admit that Victoria waa not muoh ahead of New Zealand m the matter of the rate of wages paid, but it muat be remembered that tha Viotorlan working man waa fully employed, while the New Zealand mechanic was not on an average employed more than three or four days m the week. Mr Bellhoiue read a lengthy paper on the subject of Protection, by raeanß of which, be argued, we should find employment for our own people, and keep them m the colony, instead of find- Ing employment for the people of foreign countries and driving our population to protective colonies to there seek the means of livelihood. Protectionists

advocated the increase and extension of the agricultural and manufacturing in dustries, they advocated progress m manufacture, and a more minute, perfect, and ? extended system of cultivation m agriculture, and they wished to put those Industries on such a footing as to stimu late m every way possible the production and consumption of home manufactures and to dUoourage the introduction of the foreign article. Manufactories were the means of giving the farmer hia.beat and auras'; market. Protection secured an Increaae of production— or m other words en increase of wealth — and he was sure that only by means of It would thia colony take a premier position m Australasia. He asked if it was not a most unnatural thing that the young men of this oolony, which waa endowed by Nature with every advantage, should have to go to other lands to eeek that birthright this country should hive given them. j,The only means of remedying this state of things was, ha Yn»lntaln9d, by Protection for the en couragement of local Industrie?* There were certain tbiDga which must neces sarily be imported, suoh as tea, sugar, salt, cotton goods, etc., which we could not make or produce ; the Protectionists did not wish to tax theae.' But motst thlnga we could produse or manufacture here, and when Nature haa plainly aald that we could do so he said that the State had a right to do all It could to aid Nature. After dilating on the advantage of a local market, Mr Bellhouse wont on to speak of the experience of Victoria m the matter of protection, that colony haviag, maialy m ooneeqaence of heir policy of encourag ing looal industries, emerged from a state of pauperism and inc'plent bankruptcy, and was now the only really prosperous oolony m Aastralasia. Thousands of our beat mechanics and many of our youths educated here at oar own oost had flocked to Victoria to swell the ranka of her popu lation and inoreaae her produolng and manufacturing powers, Mr Bellhouse then

proceeded to deal with the objections arged against a policy of Protection. The ohlef of thane was that one portion of the community was taxed for the benefit of another, bat the experience of America and other proteoted oounfcrles showed that aa a dlreot result of Protection, manufactured articles were enormously reduced In price and Improved m quality. Local competition, an enlarged trade, greater skill, and Improved applianoes, were all elemeats brought into exlatenoe by suoh a policy and better value was an infallible onseqnonce. Another objection was : If local manufactures are as cheap and good aa imported articles what necessity was there for protective duties ? The answer was that were It not for these duties, the markets of the colonies wonld be flooded with speculative consignments from foreign count'laa at the close of the'r

season s trade. They need not fear the competition of any legitiimta trading ; what endangered local manufactures were the purely speculative consignments, often tho verle3t rubbiah, which may have aocu-

raulated In the foreign markets and whioh

were shipped to tho colonial markets re gardless of the loaa which may be incurred. A protective tariff waa the only barrier they could present to ouch a ruinous etate of things. None were more Interested m

the question of local industries than the

farmers and landownors. The former would have a looal market for their pro ducts, and the latter were affected by reason of (he standard value of land being involved. Mr Bellhouse spoke at length on the advantages to be derived from a protective policy, and oonoluded by ex pressing his willingness to answer any questions.

Ii regard to Mr Bellhonse'd remarks about the comparative rate of wages, Mr Peter Walker atated his reasons for asking

the queßtiou. He had hlmaalf ascertained the rateß, from the offers made by em ployers of labor, the fairest index they conld have. Twenty years a;»o, m Canada and the United States, the average rate of wages for enplne smiths was $ t a day ; now It was about $2, So much for the increase under Protection. In England, at the

time of the repeal of the Corn Laws, blacksmiths got 1?3 a. week ; 10 years ago

they got 343, or an Increase of nearly 300 per cent, and m spite of depression that rate was still maintained, In Victoria, when the engine sheds were opened about 20 years ago, locomotive blacksmiths got 183 and £l a day j now it had come down to 7a Qi a day.

A great many were asked. In reply to Mr P, Walker, Mr Bell bome stated that he was not aware that wagea were lower m Germany than m England.

Mr Keir said that he had, through the paper, naked Mr Ballhoase if Freetrade was theoretically right and practically wrong, and he had received an answer which he took to mean that It was so. He would ask how a thing oonld be theo retioaliy right and practically wrong.

Mr Bellhoaae maintained that Freetrade oonld not be put into practice. Freetrade was a misnomer ; even England did not practise it.

Mr Kelc aeked if Frjetrade would be correct if It wero nnlvowally carried out.

Mr Bellhouse said that was not his opinion.

Mr D. H. Brown asked who paid the Increased duty on an article. Mr Bellhouae Bald the foreign exporter, who had to pay tbe duly m order to be able to compote with the looally maaufao tured article, Mr Brown said that Mr Bellhonae had dwelt on the benefits of a looal market What would the population r< quire to be before lbey could consume all the wheat, mutton and wool raised here.

Mr Bellhoaae did not expect that they oould consame all tbat was raised, bat there was no question that a local unrkob waa the best for the faamera.

la reply to Me Brown m reference to Borne remarks tbat bad beoa made on the great development of Internal locomotion and carriage m Amerloa, Mr Bellbouee said that be was aware that foreign ocm petltjou wib eutjvely sbyt out, Jn, answer

to another question of Mr Brown's, he maintained that apokea, Bhaffce, etc., for oartlages, were properly termed raw material when imported In the rough, because we had not the proper wood here, Mr Brown wished to know sis indus tries that could be started In Canterbury at the preaent time and tba L . could employ 600 people. Mr Bellhoaße said that he oonld not answer on the spur of the momenb, bat he undertook to supply Mr Brown with the Information he asked, Mr Ireland said that Mr Bellhouse Imputed the depression to their own fault. It was an established fact that waves of depression and prosperity overspread the civilised world, and how did Me Bellhonae arrive at his conclusion ? Mr Bellhooßa maintained that protec tively countries did not feel the depres sion so keenly as freetrade ones. Tn reply to Mr Ireland, Mr Bellhoase said that he was uuable to state the re lative positions of the working mm m Germany and England. Mrlrelaod said that he did not look on Freetrade as inducing prosperity, bnt he contended that it removed hindrances to the natural conrae of trade. Me W. B, Moaa seked how they were going to get their surplus productions to an outside market. They would have Bhut oat all exports. Where were they going to get the extra ships from, and who would pay the extra freights. Mr Bellhouae aa'.d they would have plenty of ships. Of course there were many things that oonld not be produced here and so there would be no lack of ships. Mr Mosa asked If Mr Ballhouse be lleved that Protection would encourage monopoly. Mr Bellhouse Bald that he did not. In reply to Mr R. Murray, Mr Ball house B»id that there were 250,003 paupers In New York, but they were paupers who had been sent over from England. Mr Leadley said that he had bought barbed wire and kerosene since the Im position "of the new tariff, and had to pay more than had previously been the case. The amount of duties' alway3 had to come out of the pockets of the consumer. Me J. Orr asked if they had sufficient industries to employ all their population wonld the farmera get more for their wheat and dairy produce ? Mb Ballhcaae said they would. The Canadian farmera get 3 cents a bushel more for their grain In the Toronto market after the adoption there of a protective policy, Mr Brown denied that this was bo. .A great number of other questions were asked. Ultimately a motion was proposed by Mr BeUhouae--" That a branch of the Industrial Protection League be formed m Ashborton." Tbia'wasiseoonded by Mr Lnblow. Some dlscnsslon took place as to whether the motion was necessary, It being contended that those favorable to the formation of a League should remain after the meeelnq; had been ooncludad. The seconder refused to assent to the motion being withdrawn, and It had acoordlngly to go to the vote. Mr D. H. Brown desired to move an amendment— " That while it may be desirable to start other local industries, m the opinion of this meeting, the proper way to do so is by subsidies annually decreasing til) extinct." The Chairman could not consider this as an amendment, bat would take it as a separate motion. Mr W. B. Mosb opposed the motion. Protection encouraged nnnoply and its outcome must be monoply. It was the moßt selfish of ae'fish policies. If-Proteo tlon waß good for a country it muat also be for a locality, and an Ashbarton man should not be allowad to purchase goods m Ohrlatoharch unless he paid duty at the railway station when he oame back ; that wrn d be carrying Protection to Its logical outcome. .

Mr Lsadley thought thty had as much Protection as they wanted m the Bhape of the 13,000 mllea of water which aeparated them from the old country. Protection would not raise the price of farmera 1 pro duce ; so long as a bushel of wheat, or a pound of mutton or wool remained for export, ao long would the price be deter mined by that ruling m the Home market. Protection, he said, was a hideous abortion, the joint Issue of ignor ance and selQahneßS.

Mr Kelr denied that America's pro sperity was due to Protection, for out o e : ghteen million producers only hali a million were engaged la proteoted pur suits. -

Mr Brown quoted statistics to show-that poverty and orime had diminished to an enormous extent m Great Britain since the repeal of the Corn Laws, and the working man's purchasing power had m creaaed more than four-fold.

Mr R. Alcorn thought they had quite enough protection at the present time. If 'the present duties failed to encourage In dustries they wera not worth encouraging. He ridiculed the Idea that the increase duties were paid by the wholesale mer chant and the retailer ; it was needless to say that the money m every case bad to come out of the pooket of the consumer. Mr P. Walker said the working man got no benefit from Protection; the Manufacturer grew rioh at the expense of the rest of the oommunity. Mr W. J. Silcock snpported the motion because he believed a polioy of Protection wonld be good for the uolony. Mr Murray and Mr Buohanan having spoken, the motion was pat to the meet ing, the result being that only seven voted for, and an overwhelming majority against.

The motion was lost. Votes of thanks to Mr Bellhonae and the obair concluded the meeting.

THE WEATHER.

TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL AT OHERTSEY FOR JULY.

T^E PEST BEIfED? FOR INDIGESTION. — IJobton's Oahjomijje Eills are confidently reoomrnended as a simple remedy for indigea tion, whioh is the oause of nearly all the dißeaseß to whioh Wd are aubjeot. Norton's Pills, with justice oalled the "natural strengthener of the human stomaoh," act aa a _ powerful tonio and gentle aperient, are mild m their operation, and safe under any ciroumatanoes. Sold m bottles at 1b ip, 2a O J, Us, by all, Medioine Vendors throughout be WO* d,,

MELBOURNE EXHIBITION

(PER PRESI AS OCIATION)

Melbourne. August 1.

At half-past eleven the Commis sioners and members of the Committee assembled at the northern entrance of the Exhibition- building where a guard of honor was stationed. The main corridor of the building, known as the Avenue of Nations, was lined with troops, and the Grand Hall with sea men. The Governor arrived at noon and was received with a general salute, atter which he and his e7itonrage, which included the Governors of all the Aus tralasian colonies, were conducted along the Avenue of Nations m the following order": — Marshal of Ceremonies, Colonel Button, Deputy Marshall, Queen's Colors, Victorian Colors, Imperial, naral and military officers, officers of foreign, warships, commandants of the colonial forces, mombers of the Ceremonial Committee, members of ministries from neighboring colonies, Chief Justice and Speakers of Parliament, Admiral and staff. Governors of the colonies, Com missioners of foreign countries and consuls.

Passing the various Courts the bands fltationed m the annexes played " The Star Spangled Banner," "Ich Bin ein Prussie," Haydn's "Austrian Hymn," "The Marseillais " and th'« " fled White and Blue." As the head of the procession reached the Grand Hall the organ and orchestra, conducted by Mr Cowen, played the « National Anthem." The Governors of the various colonies and the principal visitors ascended the dais erected for the occasion, the re mainder Occupying the platform behind. The president, Sir James Mcßain, theu offered prayer for the success of the Exhibition and the " Old Hundredth " was sung, followed by a song of thanks giving specially composed by Mr Cowen* The President ascended the dais and read the following address :•— . : " Sir Henry Loch, the Commissioners of this colony desire to accord you the heartiest welcome and convey to you an assurance of devoted loyalty to Her Majesty the Queen and Crown as repre sented m your person. In response to ft general feeling that the centennary of Australia should not be allowed to pasß uncommemorated Victoria incurred the responsibility of proposing to Parliament the holding of an exhibition of art and industry. In undertaking this im portant work the Government and people of Victoria felt that an" oppor tunity should be afforded to all the colonies to combine for the . purpose of showing honor to the Mother Colony of New South Wales, to demonstrate the progress of art and industry, to foster the sentiment of Australasian federation, and generally, to exhibit the varied re sources of a great country." After referring to the work of the Eoyal Commission, Sir Jas. Mcßrain, proceeded to remark that the fact that the Prince of Wales has been elected President of the British Commission was further evidence of the interest taken by His Eoyal Highness m the colonies. On behalf of the Commission he desired to thank Lord Knutsford "for his good offices m assisting, tihem. To Lord Rosebery, also, their thanks were due for his untiring exertions on their behalf. They also desired to thank the representatives from all parts of the world who to-day were present to assist m the opening celebration. As the various countries agreed to send ex hibits, it became apparent that the space which was at first considered sufficient would be totally inadequate. It/there fore, become necessary to extend the area of annexes by about twenty-six and a half acres, making a total area of thirty- five acres, as against ah area of twenty acres occupied by the Exhibition of 1880. In addition to the countries officially represented, Canada, Italy, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Holland, India, China, Japan, Fiji, New Guinea, and many others had shown their interest m the undertaking by sending exhibits, and the-Commis sion fairly claim that the magnitude and value of the exhibits far surpass anything heretofore displayed m the Southern Hemisphere. He desired to thank the Government for the liberality with which the necessary funds had been provided, and also the Govern ments of the various colonies exhibit ing. On behalf of the Commissioners he thanked His Excellency the Governor for the honor to them m consenting to open the Exhibition, and .he begged to hand him a copy of the official logue, the diversity of which would enable him to form an idea of the mag nitude of the undertaking. In conclu sion Sir James Mcßain expressed a fervent hope that the inspection of the products of the world's thought and labor would, under the blessing of Providence, educate the people and stimulate them to greater enterprise m the future and enhance the prosperity and happiness of all. It only remained for him, m the name of his fellow Com missioners to request that his Excellency would be pleased to declare the Mel bourne Exhibition of 1888 open, m the name of Her Gracious Majesty, whon? God preserve. On concluding the reading of the address, Sir James Mcßain presented his Excellency with a gold key, made by Chubb, of the main entrance of the Exhibition building.

His Excellency Sir H. B. Loch said it would be a most pleasing duty for him to convey to her. Majesty the* Queen the assurance of their devoted loyalty, and he had to thank them for the welcome accorded to him as her Majesty's representative. The feeling entertained at the centenary marked a worthy occasion, and had found expression at the great gathering at the celebration of the centenary m Sydney, He felt doubtful whether a future generation would show the same record of progress as that of the first centennial. The building covered a larger area under one roof and floor than any other building erected m the world „ The site of the present Exhibition was Melbourne, the metropolis of Victoiia, m which all the colonies take equal pride, and was purely Australian m inception and character. They should gracefully recognise the generosity of her Majesty and other owners who risked their valuable pictures m order to enable those m the colonies who are to a certain extent shut out from museums and art galleries m Europe, to study some of the most beautiful specimens of art produced m the old world, and to enjoy viewing a collection of art which alone marks the Exhibition as unique m the annals of similar undertakings. Thanks were also due to the sister colonies, fas

THE ASHBUBION GUARDIAN THURSDAY AUGTTST 2, 1888



■ I Moon's Snn Sun Moon Moon ago at . July »Aug. Rises Sets. Rises Bets. noon. p.m. a.m. 30 Monday .. 7.18 4.56 * *U. 420 31 Tuesday .. 7.17 4.67 a.m. 11.29 21 1 Wednesday.. 7.16 4.58 0.9 11.54 22 1.10 p.m. 3 Thursday .. 7.15 4.69 2.8 0.26 23 3 Friday.. .. 7.14 5.0 3.5 1.1 24 4 Saturday ... 7.12 5.1 4.2. 1.42 25 5 Snnday .. 7.11 5.2 4.57 2.27 26



Date Maximum Minimum Rainfall. 1 63 33 -"""-•" 2 46 26 0 08 3 45 35 4 61 28 5 64 45 6 58 33 016 7 51 47 8 58 31 0 43 37 0*36 10 43 35 0 95 11 47 32 o*o6 12 48 - 37 13 46 35 0 27 14 48 28 15 45 25 J6 45 26 17 45 34 18 48 30 19 48 27 I 20 50 31 21 60 34 22 58 42 23 53 33 24 49 30 25 51 31 065 26 44 40 135 27 48 39 1-86 28 44 32 Oil 29 46 28 30 46 28 31 48 26 Total rainfall— § -35 Inohes.



We clip the following important testimonial from the " Illawarra Meroury " (N.S.W.) of the 30th Maroh. It needs no ooroinent:— ■ «« R£r John Loveday, of the Bulli Mountain, writes to us tljat after suilering for four years with aoute gravel, bo has experienced almost complete relief by using Sandor anjl gons' Eucalypti Extract. He says seeing the said Extraot advertised m the 'Illawarra Mercury,' his intense suffering induoed him to obtain a bottje o£ the medioine from Mr Hoskinp, ohemist, of this town, and that the use of it gave him great relief at onoe. IJe states that between the 10th March instant, when he obtained the first bottle of the extraot, and the 19th, the use of that medicine continued to afford him relief, to which he had been a stranger for four years. Mr Loveday writes alßO.that he has found the Eucalypti Extract a cure for rheumatism as well as gravel. He requests us to publish this information through the 'Meroury.' We have much pleasure m complying with Mr Loveday's request, whose word cannot be doubted, and who can have no object m view other than a pure desire to benefit suffering humanity,"— (Adtf,) 3



•4 Holloway's Ointment and Pills. — pid Wounds, Sores, and Ulcers.— Daily experience confirms the faot whioh has triumphed over all oppositiona for more than forty years, viz., that no means are known equal to Hollo wwasy 's remedies for curing bad legs, bad breasts, sores, wounds, diseases of the skin, erysjpolaß, abscesses, burns, soalds, and, m truth, all maladies where the skin is broken. To oure these infirmities quickly is of primary im- portance, as oompulsory confinement indoors weakens the general health. The ready means of cure are found m Holloway'a Ointment and Pills, whioh heals the sores and expel their cause. In the very worst cases the ointment has succeeded < i Meeting a perfeot cure after every other $.-°4)? had failed m giving adequate



TRY KIRKPATRICK'S SPECIAL QUALITY FRESH FRUIT "X" - J A M S— NOTICE. OUR Special Qaality "X" brand of New Season's JAM is made from Fresh Frnlt, within a few hours after it t been gathered; it thns retains the full d ßTcrof the Fresh Fruit, and is the best quality It is possible to make. CAUTION : None Is Genuine unless our Name la stamped on the Tin, and has onr regis- tered Tiade Mark, the letter " X," on the Label « S. KIRKPATRICKgANDHCO., MANUFACTURERS,; NELSON^



A OABD.J Miss Cabson, TEACHER OF MUSIO, (PIANOFORTE AND OKGAN), Bubnett Street, 12 101 Good News! Good News ! TO ALL HABD-WORKIKG MEN AND ANXIOUB MOTHERS. §11* BONA iTOE SALE NOW ON AT THE New Zealand Clothing Factor? PREVIOUS TO TAKING STOCK. WE offer you Heal, Genuine. Substantial Goods (our own make) ACTUALLY BELOW COST FOB YOUB READY MONEY; EVERY Article m our Extensive Stock, consisting of Men'e and Boys' Clothing, Hugs, Shirts, Hats, etc, reduced to prices unequalled, thus enabling peoplo oi limited means the opportunity cf dreesirgand clothing themielvea and their children for a small sum. — SPECIAL.— MEABURE BUITS OO "1 £J9 FROM 3m>£ JLO TROUPERS TO MEABUBE i "5 S £*B FROM 1/ O COMPARISON 18 THE TRUE TEST OF VALUE. Bod a Fide Sale NOW IN FULL SWING AT THE NEW ZEALAND Clothing Factory. W. H. WEBBER, Manager.



Wanted. WANTED a Boy as Blacksmith's Apprentice. Apply office of this paper, or Wm, Cockle, Winslow. 7 151 WANTED to Let— A. uaven-aore Paddook at Fair field. Apply to 1 Mr 0. W; Ptjbneix, Solicitor, Mont- gomery's Bulldlnga. 8 10 WANTED Known— Genuine Clearing Bale now on. — H. 0. Segers, Mel- ford House TXT ANTED Known— A clearing sale of VV Saddlery for one month only. The wholo of A. lueland's stock will be offered at wholesale prices for one month . Now is the time to secure bargains. f*i REATEST. Sale ot the day, every- VJT thing choap for Caßh. — H. C. Beg ebb, Mcl ford House, WANTED Known— That Hayes and Co. has 250 Splendid Tweed Trousers, Your pick for 10s 6d. T ADIES' Jackets. — Just Opened a few I 1 Ladles very superior Jackets, both m style and quality. Will be sold at less than half their price during our present Sale. — H. 0. Sbgkbs, Melford House. BOOTS. BOOTS.— Keep the feet dry and save dootor's bills. Qaaltty Is everything m bad weather. I guarantee every pair. Beat value m New Zealand at Aahburton Clothing Mart, Sounders Buildings.— Robert Alcobn. "\l7"ANTED— Everyone to come and YY see the nicest lot of Glaßß, Ohina, and Earthenware ever shown m Aehbur- ton, and the Cheapest ever landed m New Zealand. Imported direct from the Manufacturers. — Robert Alocbln, Saon- derß' Buildings. til WANTED Cash, — Molr's Oatmeal (261 b), 2a 6d; Candles, sd ; Vestas, 5d dcz. j Coffee and Milk, Is ; Cocoa and Milk, Is ; Corn Flour, 4d ; Fruits In B/rup (21b tins), Is. Crockery; Glassware, and Ironmongery. — J. Mo Gregob, Tanored street. TO LET— Dwelling- house "hi Cox Street. Bent. 5s per week. T. BULLOCK. G. W- T iTLOE & 0°- General Auctioneers, Land and Estate Agents, 20, Collins Street, West, Melbourne, Are prepared to undertake Sales of Free- hold Property, Household Farniture, Mer chandise, etc. Liberal advances made on goods for unreserved sale. Monthly lists of Property for sale, or to let, issued free. Loans negotiated, Absentees represented, Insurances effected, charges moderate, L settlements prompt. . Land Bales con- \ ducted. 7 100



> Friedlander Bros. TTCTB HAVE FOR SALE,— \~~ SEED WHEAT SEED OATS SEED BABLEY ALL MACHINE DRESSED. FEIEDLANDEE BEOS. We are heavily overstocked m RYEGBASS EEED Thoroughly cleaned, which we will Bell very cheap. FEIEDLANDER BEOS. We are Cash^Purchasers of WHEAT OATS AND BAELEY m Large and Small Quantities. HIGHEST PJ&ICES GIVEN FEIEDLAKDEE BEOS. We are landing, ex "J. D, Peters," RED CLOVER, WHITE CLOVER, COWGBAFS, AL6YKE, &c, &o. [All of Choicest Quality. . FEIEDLANDER BEOS. GOOD NEWS TO GRAINGROWERB THE WONDER OF THE DAY ' MASSEY'S Light 2-Horse_Steel Binder. We have pleasure of intimating our friends and others that we have been appointed SOLE AGENTS FOR FEW ZEALAND for the sale of this wonderful Machine. Wherever the Machine has been tried it lisa given entire satisfaction and those who attended the trials and saw the Machine at work expressed themselves highly pleased. Numerous orders have already been taken for next season's harvest, and those m want of Machines will do well to see THE MASSEY BINDEE Before placing their orders elsewhere We guarantee every Machine, thereby ahowiDg that we ourselves have every confidence m the MASSEY LIGHT STEEL BINDER SOB-AGENTJfwANTED. FEIEDLAiDEE BEOS.



Eden George. EDEN GEORGE'S BRANCH STUDIO IS NOW CLOSED. BXQUIBIBS MAY BE MADE FROM Henry Zander, AS.H BURTON. PERSONS wishing to order Extra Copies of their Photographs oan have -them at the following prices;— £ b d J2 Cabinet 10 0 6 , 0 12 6 12 Boudoirs... ... 1 10 0 6,1 0 0 These prices Include Groups, also any position already worked ap. All orders to be sent dlreot to Eden George, PHOTOGRAPHER. CHRISTCHURCH.



J. IVBSS AND CO., AUCTIONEEKS, GRAIN & PRODUCE MERCHANTS, BHIPPING AND FOB WARDING AGENTS, SffABEBEOKEBS, HOUSE, LAND, & ESTATE AGENTS, LICHFIBLD STBEKT, OHRISTC H U R 0 H, BEG to Inform the Inhabitants of the County of Aehbarton, that they are made arrangements -with one of tbe leading Grain Merchants m Sydney, to receive consignments on their behalf, end •re now prepared to make liberal Oash advance* on all kinds of D*iry and Farm Pro dace, for Sale m the New Zealand, Sydney, or English markets. In all oases the original account Sales will be attaohed to their reports, and their Clients may rest MinjMirffl^^ionnnecesiary oh »rges v i)l i^fl^^^^HHH^M? consignments. Mi3H|H^^^^PK;u< bat been ap- polnted^oao^s^nelr Ashbnrton agent, and all business entrusted to him will receive his boat attention. Samples of Grain, etc-, may be left at his office, where latest New Zealand and Inter- colonial market quotations may be ob- tained. t , The Shipping branch of the basinets will be oond noted by «3 experienced Clerk, and badness men and farmers re- i eelvlng goods at Lyttelton will find 'their charges most moderate. dlinlng, Inßaracce, and Back Shares bought and sold at highest market prices. Country Sales • undertaken. Furniture and Produce Sales held every Saturday. Loans negotiated. J. Ivess and Co., LICHFIELD STREET, CUKISTCHUKC.H. 6 17



ZEALANDIA BOOT STORE ASHBTJRTON. FOURTEEN DAYS' SALE OF BOOTS AND SHOES. COMMENCING Saturday, July 14. OUR FIRST ANNUAL SALE Will commence on the above date, irhen we intend offering the Whole Stock at a DISCOUNT OP TEN PER CENT, HP HE Public are renpectfully requested 1 to examine tbe Goods. Tbe Quality is firat-claßß, and we guarantee all Boots and Shoes to give Good Satisfaction. Now is the time to purchase as the new Duty will raise the price considerably of Imported Goode, —EEMEMBEE— BVBBYIHIIHJ OFFBBED AT OLD PbIOES Ddkikg the Sale with a DISCOUNT OF 2s IN THE £. ZBALANDIA' BOOT STOKE ASHBURTONj;



Public Notices. REMOVAL. MBS C1 miMftf O begs to announce to )O» J her Patrons and the Public generally, that she has removed to those more commodious premises, formerly known as (he Lyttelton BoardingUonso, Cameron Street, and trusts to merit a fair share of public patronage by keeping a food Table and a comfortable House All cooking dene m hid ÜBnal good style by ,M*B.Timm<). 7*lll BIG CLEARING SALE JOHN ORR & CO.'S ANNUAL DRAPERY SALE KOW ON. •— ■ ; Great Bargains Hen's Clothing and Boots Blankets and Flannels