hlndes h(B doing so at onoe, if be deaires to promote the peace of the Ohuroh, and Id thrit oaae I understand th»t Bishop Hadfield would be satisfied to let the question of hie election's validity rout until next Synod, and would Focep*; the position meanwhile as coming to him by ■ucoesalvo seniority, tsftet Bishop* Soter tnd Cowie had resigned one afte? the other, other wiae he will simply maintain hid position and hold the official archives of the Primacy. Two fresh points have been raised. The Bishop of Wellington holds tbat, on the ground taken up by the Standing OommissioD, n > election of Primate ciuld ever be held, because 'they Insist on a present vacancy as an essential to tho validity of an election, while ihe Canon layi It down that directly a vacancy occurs the Primacy becomes ipso facto vested in the senior Bishop, who is to " be and act as " Filmate. Secondly, he points out that when the Standing Commission bated their ruling meinly on the fact of the words " the Primate who has resigned " appearing ii olanae 26 of the Canon ac Interpreting the words " ss ooobblod may requlra" In theearlle: clause, by reader- Ing a raoanoy compulsorily preoedent to election, they must have overlooked the fact that when his eieotion took place "thoie woida were not In the Canon." They were not inserted until a day or two bfceswatdß, bo that the election was held under the older Canon,' wbioh con tains so muoh specific expression, and the Synod furnished Ita own interpre tation of tbe older Canon by holding the eleotion under It.

OUR ASHBURTON CENTENARIAN.

AN ARGYLESHIRE HIGHLANDER.

(BY OTTB OWN B^PORTBB )

1' Asd Barzillai said unto the king,' How long have I to live I am this day fourscore years old, and can I discern between good and evil ? Can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink 1 Can I hear any more the voice of singing mea and singing women f Wherefor* then should thy servant be yet aburden unto my lord the king V

Btudenta of the grand old Book will re member the story from which the above quotation Is taken, and the invitation given to the old patriaroh that drew forth from him the quoted description of feeble ness and decrepitude of age—a description that utmost kindles into poetry. The quotation would make a most admirable text for an elcquent preacher, and the loene of the aged Hebrew sire, tottering out with his retinae of shepherd soldiers to do honor to his sovereign and give him loyal eioort aoross Jordan, would afford • fine picture foe a gord word painter to limn. Toe quotation Is not now made for any purpose of that kind. The interviewing reporter is a collector of information—a sort of literary Autolyous in fact: " a snapper up of unconsidered tilflas" ; only, it is to he trcsted that the likeness b-.twdsn the aoribe of to day «nd Shakespeare's ideal rogne ends there. The interviewing reporter ia not a preacher—he is Hot built that way, The quotation ia mada with the object of giving a Boriptural catalogue of the defects that arise ia the human faculties m age approaches, end as the years pile up, Threescore ye&rs and ten is the point the Book fixeß at which a long life may be expected to terminate, and four score i« tha tinniadded for an exception ally rtrong and healthy frame. But if at fonrecora poor eld Baxziilai could apeak of his physical failings ia the language; we have quoted—almost Ossianlo In its beauty—how do we expect to find a man who has buffeted the world ii almott every quarter of ihe earth, on land and •ea, for one hundred and one years 1 Few people in ttiis county are awa^e that, we have amongst us a veteran whose span 1 ' of life his reached out to all these years ; but it is even bo. "~

Nbil Gampbeh., Ir &t present an Inmate of the Old MLeu'o Home, and cm be Been •t any time In good w eaiher oreep'ng about %b« grounds of the laatltutlon. Creeping, Is the word neod ; but TSetl, considering blfl great »ge, Is far fleeter than many found about him with a forty years ■horler record. In sn interview with the old man eeme days ago, he g*ve roe a few partlcuUrs of his long life. The des arlptton of Moses In hla old age doee not fit Sell Campbell, for in onr centanarlan'o one, bis eye Is did. and bin natural force. very muoh abated. He la a lltt.'e eqaat map, but what reraelna of his abrunken frame tella of muoh old Highland muscular power, great energy aDd tctivlty, If not even fine athletlcUm. His body la feeble to be sure, but be has yet a wonderful teoerve of " old man'a strength " although be complains oedly, but not peevishly, of haviDg ♦' failed a lot thla ye*r or twa." His memory baa failed a good dea', and la with diffiooly after half an hour's talk tbat you can keep him up to the point of your conversation —the effort 1b too muoh for him,, Bot during that half bout I wis able to get from him a few. faoti abont his early life, and to piece together ale long history. Niil was born In Oampbelltown, In Argyleablre on the third day of May, 1739, ■o th»t the recurrence of tbat day, now not very far off, will make him 101 years old. Hl* father, a small farmer or crofter fn OampbelltowD, was born at Inverary, the seat of the great ftmily of Argyle. His «• mltber, dear au!d wife," was born *t Galr (" that'fl In Argylesbire too, d'ye kin ") and " her Dame wis Effie McMillan." Nelll's mind Is scarcely clear enough to tell a connected atorr, but in answer to questions he told mo that he " gaed tae ■ohule In Gainpbelitown, He wi3 three year at the eohole ; but there w*b nje muokle echule in thaa days." Nell went on to tell glibly In hia broad Argyleshlre vernacular of his school dsya, rerc cdlng me as be prattled on of the refrain of Longfellow's " My Lost Youth" :—

" A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts."

It ia femarkuble that the events of hit boyhood are far fre-her fn o'd Neil's memory th»o events of more recent date. Thl'i however, la the oaee with sll of us, »nd «rew so with Longfellow—nenoe the poem. The old man told me that nmo'd w:fia kept the aahool he Attended, end she w»e a real good reader " excapt the big wird»" In the winter time, eaoh eoholar bad to bring dsl'y io whooi • pe*t, and the Juel heap thus obtained eopplied firing. It yon brought no peat you had to take a baok seat during aobool hours aad warm yonraolf »s best you oonld, envying the while yonr mot'S fortunate school matee, is they sat in a cJrc'e round the bWng hearth, thdr <l oreeples" -little three-legged Btiola—being oxchts^ed »t Intervals bo that the positions nearest to the fire conld be enjoyed in turn. I quoted to him a couplet of Alexander Omart's, doeorlpt va of an old Hootch ■ohool. "I sat on my dowp On a wee creepie stule, And couned ower my lessons In auld Madie's schule,"

Neil laughed at thia, and wsnted tbe fall poem but from memory I coaid not give him ail the linen, I promised, however, to brlcg them oa ft future visit. Schooling in Neil's days was " naa great thlDg," but it wbb carried to a great length nosr, and " ony wee loon o»n learn me a hsntle noo," Neil osn read a little—eoaroely ta muob, I fear, bs the anld wifie who taught him— bat he canaot write at all. ifeil tegan his eohoollng at aboat aevan ycsra of age, ■bd at ten he went to work. Hia first matter was Janr»!e Campbell—-nearly every *fcody appears to have been a Campbell in Argyls's country, the country of the graat, Moooallnm More—-and Nell'a duty wae to carry oat the new o? newly repaired booti and shoes to the ocstimers, la certain parti of Scotland the shotmaWß errand boy is called a " aouter'a trotter," »ncl thli Nell wm to Jtule Qamnbell. He

" wirket" about tirelik o,: .3 to J*mle Oanapb&ll, and it Vr> f*o n£ sieve, began the tboo very { •. • 1 lif j oi a s&!!or boy. The work was ha. J, and the discipline a good deal harder, bat Nell stack to his * work; " Then was a reign of rope and terror, And blows the cure for every error," Bat la spite of ell Neil held 004 and In time bacatue a " man afore the mast"— Id othee words an A.B, Hla first voyage was to Malta, Id the brig Roger, named after her owner Boger Stewart, then oae of the most extensive ehlp owners in Greenock. Of ooarae thla was before the days of one and two thousand ton seagoing clippers, and when a voyage 10 the Anti podes was nearly as Important an under taking as a voyage to the othes world. Trade up and down the Mediterranean Sea was all carried then In email brigs and schooners, as well as trade between, great Britain and the ports of the Baltic aud Black Seas. Nell's veaael moßtly carried fruit cargoes from the Mediter ranean, and In his Baltic voyagee flax was bia staple burden. He told me ho had made many voyages to all ports of the world, and had been at aea, raan and boy, for forty years. Spaoe will not permit, or I might reproduce one or Iwo of hie own " galley yarns," and these ha c~n !e\ \er/ well indeed, although one be attempted was left unfinished, as the p:or old chap's memory played him a trick. During the whole continuance of the Rueaian war jSTeil was in the tracsport ee:vice, and in one voyage of the Cashmere from Portsmouth to Bataklava ha carried ' 1100 eoldiers to the scene of action. Up end down the world the old man has knocked about, but not being a man of education or an extensive reader, he knows but little of what has gone on in the world during his long life, and much of what he did know be has forgotten. He remembers having heard tbe great Daci^l O'Oocnoll give a a oration, and paid him the compliment of saying he was a " vtra gu:d speaker," but be could not recall where it was the great patriot was ( speaking. Joseph Hume, too, the finarcier, ha had heard, he thought in Glasgow, but his long absences at sea and his want of interest in public affair 3 prevented him from bearing many of the g.-eat meo who lived in his time, and with whose time he it a lori of connecting Uok. He has beess nearly 30 years in Naw Z island, bo that In addition to being ' a sort ef mild teferenoe book, had his memory served him, foe Old Country events, he might also have been a good Now Zaaland history book. Fourteen of these years he was in the service of Mr Alias McLean of Lagnahor, aftas that nine years with Mr Arohibald McOoll of Raogltata, and the remainder where he now Is, Neil atys that everybody cays Nabob Wilaon left him a peDslon, but ho has "no soon a drap o't yet," Noll is b widower, and has besn so for many years, yet twenty five years of weJdud life he spent with his partner — " Kiraty McFadgen, whose f alther was a coalmaster at tbe Coal Hill. F w men reach Nell's age, and fewer still keep as well as he haß done. He has Been some rough times in his long life, ard dcea not preteod to have been a " gnfd guido o* himself," having swallowed as much whisky in his time as would have flna*ed the Royal George ; but his rough and ready way of living in tbe past has not apparently burt him, and he can, and does still, stand np to bis 'skrelgb' like a Highlander, when he gets a chance at a *Vee drap wi' an anld neebor." He Is, £ believe, the oldest man In the colony; at least I have bears of no other cen tenarian in New Zealand. Perbspß, Wanganul, that plaoe of rare bo&Rte, blrde, fiahes and every other rare living thi: g may be able to produce an older man still. Ba that as it may, all things con sidered Neil's years do not hang very heavily on hla spirit, for his laugh Is us obeery and his enjoyment 0! a joke as keen as any man's "in the prime of mental and physical strength.

EXPANSION OF THE EMPIRE

At a recent meeting of the Glasgow Philoßophloal Society, Dr Thorns Mnlr, Mathematical Master in the High Sohool, Glasgow, read a most interesting paper on tbe expansion of the Brlt'oh Empire dur ing the pß3t ten years. He enumerated In the order of our taking possession the additions thot have been made In Wosfc, South, and East Africa, In Barmeh, In Borneo, end among the Islands of the South Sea. In many esses tbe bouud»rleQ were not exactly defined, so that only on approximate estimate of the nrea of these recent acquisitions can be m<%de, but even wltb a low estimate there was obtained the enormoHa totalof 75,000 equaremlles wbloh was more than tbe equivalent of the com bined area of England, Scotland, Ireland, Holland, Belgium, France. Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Greece, and there was enough in that area to give every man, woman and child in the Uoited Kingdom nioe acres of land eaob besides accommodating the natives. The causes which led to these recent extensions Dr Muir epoke of as the push, enterprise, and energy of British merchants, the proximity of a well-governed to a badly governed State, and to tbe Tabors of mlflßlonaries. An indirect effect of tbe expansion was the great spread of the English language in territories belonging to other powers, and sometimes the Germans or French, when negotiating wi> b tbe natives, had to do so by means of the English language. These great additions to Britieh territory, of course, offsrod great posßib lttiea for the extension of commeros.

2*106

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, FKIDAY, FEBRUAJt* 28, iodd.



The best medicine is Sander and Sons Eucalypti Extract. Test its eminent power > ful effects in coughs, oolds, influenza, etc.— the relief is instantaneous. Thousands give the most gratifying testimony. His Majesty the Eing of Italy and medical syndicates all over the globe are its patrons. Bead the official reports that accompany each bottle. We have no occasion to offer rewards in proof of the genuineness of our references. The official reports of medical clinics and univer sities, the official communication of the Consul-General for Italy at Melbourne ; the diploma awarded International Exhibition, Amsterdam —all these are authentic docu ments, and, as such, not open to doubt. We dd here epitome of one of the various cases efeated at the clinic of Schultz, M.D. Pro teßßor, etc.—" C.8., 24 years old; conges lional abscess on the thigh. Inoisions made in two places. Although Lister's dressing was applied, the seoretion beoame, two days later, very oopious, and had adopted a foetid decomposed character. The temperature rose enormously. In oonsequenoe the dressing was removed, and in its place were made during the day-time repeated irrigations with Eucalypti Extract. The offensive footer dis appeared very soon, the fever abated within a few days, and the patient recovered after the lapse of several weeks. In this instanoe be must not lose sight of the faot that the latter treatw nt saved the patient's c.( — (Advt.) 3



| SAIUtfD^Y, MlKOa Ist. 5 Young Draught t! M&RES and GELDIKGS. 0 Special Entry on account of Mb li H. Brown of Southland, Sale atTo'oiook. T. BULLOCK. 2t112 Aootloneer. "~THE SALVATION ARMY WILL hold fr'p'clal Harvest Feitiviv and Anniversary Meetings, SATURDAY, SUNDA.Y, and MONDAY March Ist, 2nd, and 3rd. Monday- Monster Indian Durbar and Fruit Banquet. Durbar at 8p m. Banquet at 9.30. Tickets, la eaoh. Go 7on<jl and Mrs Taylor, and Staff. Capt Teal from Christchnroh will be present. 2 122 NEW ZEALAND BAILWAYS. Friendly cocaotiea F^te at Dunedin, 6th Maroh. BEDUOED EXCURSION FABES.



ON the 3rd, 4tk, and sth Maroh Cheap Excursion Tickets to Dunedin will be issued at^ehbnrton at 17a 6i first class, J3? 6d second, available for return till 10 th March inclusive. 2*106 BY ORDER. WEBLEYAN SUNDAY SCHOOL, TINWALD. THE Anniversary Services In oonncc lioa with tha above Kchool will be held in the Templar Hall on SUNDAY Next. March 2nd. S. Bnxton, Eeq., M.H.R, will preach at 3 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. Annual Tea Meeting. — TUEPDAY, Maroh 4th. Tea at 6 p.m. Tickets Is 6d. Addresses by Ministers and others. Distribution of priz s and rewards by Mr Bnxton. 2 123 IN BANKRUPTCY. In tbe District Court of Aehburton (being a Local Court of Bank> rnptcy), bolden at Ashbnrton. In the matter of "The Bankruptcy Aot, 1883," and the -Acts amendlDg the earns. $>nd of the Btnkraptoy of Hbnbt OiTB Williamson, Flem ington, Sohoolmister.



[ "VTOTIOB (s hereby ptven that TUEB -±S DAT, the eleventh day of M«rcb, 1890, at the hoar of 11 o'clock In the foreneon, at the District Courthouse, Ashburton, has boen appointed by the Court for the public examination of the above-named bankrupt, Dated at A&hburton this 23th day of! February, 1890, J. 0. BELL, 2|126 Deputy-Official Assignee, I HAVE for Sals the followlug lines of Grand SHEEP :— A]Xf\ 2-tooth 2nd crow BWEB ttOU one earmark pT r\ fY 2-tootb 2nd cross WETHEKS Ov/\y one earmark jLItJ\J\J one earmark Q A. H n 2"U)oth lat croßß WETHERS 4ml\Jl\J\J one earocark 1 9^lo 4-'iooth MrxsD SEXEB QP\O 2*looth MIXBD SIXES iQAA 4, 6, 8-tooth Ist cross ±Q\J\J EWKS , &.nd several Smaller Lines, The whole of the above Sheep oan be reoommended as being very good In their several olwses. For Information eppTy D, THOMAS, 2J107 Aohbnrton^ ; A WONDERFUL MEDICIJSE.



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MADAM FREDO'3 OPEN AIR EXHIBITION. la front of Mr Davis 1 Royal Hotel. MONDAY NIGHT. This fa the mo9t Novel and Clover Show oa Earth. MADAM VJ6BA FREDO, FTIHE Glevereat Lady Performer that. X evor lived to her thsl'liagLEAP FOR LIFE, from a 20 feet pedestal. ALFROOKLT&Y, Tr.ptzlst pas? cxeellenoe [ FRED FREDO—Japanese Jangling: I. DlUdTALL—Ligi.tniDg Aotobat acd Ba'anoar, PROFESSOR IINDALL with hla Educated DOGS. BOLIP3E—BABY LAH, the 3 year old wonder. 3127



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LOST WHEEL GAP off Spring Cart, Fiod«V requested to reinru to JOHN G. BESTELL, 2 124 West itreei. THE 9REAT Ameiican Medicine f B B I O N 'S PtteDtae aud Sole Proprietor, TBANK WBBTON, WESTON'S "WIZAED OIL Composed of Healing Gums, Balsams Vegetable Oils, and Bare Medicinal Hscbij Is guaranteed to onto Bheamatlim, Goat, Neuralgia, Sprains, Piles, Dlanbost, loothache, Headaobe,Lnm« bago, Wonnds, Barns, Cramps, Cholera, Spaims, Soee oe Icfljmed Eyea, Mat* aohe, Contracted Ooida or Mubolm, Paine In the side, Sore Throat THE ASaBl/BTON FUBNI TUBE WABEHOUSE, TANORED STREET,



PICKFORD and UNDEILL hart ■ large and carefully selected itook of FURNITURE now on view, fnoluding Suites, Sofas, Conches, Chest Drawm, Chairs, &0,, &0,, of their own manafao* turefroar veil seasoned materials. Iroa Bedsteads in various patttffot* Badding in great variety. Special line of PERAMBULATORS jait the thing for the holidays A Choioje Absobtmest ov CHINA GLASSWABE (LAMENTS Very inltible for Ohrlstm»s preienti. JUST ARRIVED, Ex "WAKBFIELD." A consignment of assorted | CHAIRS AND FANCY GOODS. INSPECTION FRESLST INVITED Farnltare deilgned and nude to ordw at taortest notice —Note the address— TANORED STREET OfroSlTß THE AbOAPK mO L«i\D, on Freehold becu?.t -1 X £250, £300, and £600 ia separate •urns. Apply to— JOHN O. CORR, Barrister tnd Soltottir, B-trnett Street. Aehbnrtcn (Next Bank of New Booth Wales) u,s.a 00. g^^ u.b.s. co



UNION BTEAMBHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND, Limitbd. Steamers sail as under :—- From LYTIELTON TO Wellington ... Daily, except Sunday - (Tuesdays and Saturdaya 10 p.m.; other days, 5 p.m, Dunedin ... Tuee , IhurH,, end Sat. Keleoa ... Tuea., Thare., and Sat Onehucga  Fri. and altercate Mona. Auckland vh East Ooaat ... Thuradiy Melbourne... Tuesday Sydney via .Auokland ... Evary alternate Thursday Sydney via Cook's Etraif... Fortnightly Paßßecgere may be booked to Hob»rt, Melbourne, Sydney, sad all New Zaalaad potts at the office of GEOKGB JAMESON, 2J91 Agent, Aehburton, TINWALD COAL AND II RE WOOD DEPOT. JA r>|LOTHIER h»yioff par* • J\.* \J chased thb bueinesa ot Joseph Clack from the Official Assignee, I« prepared to supply Coal, Firewood, Bran, Oats and Obafli, at lowest market rates. . / J. A. CLOTHIER, 2*85 Tinwald. ' BUND AID HUMPHER¥S Hold Weekly Sales of HOUSES, FIGS, CATTLE, PRODUCE, SURNITtJRE, &o. EVERY SATURDAY.



LIVE STOCK SALES Every Taesd»y at Tlnwald and Aih bnrtea Yarda altercately. CLBABING SALES TOWN AND COUNTRY According to arraLgement. —Wa have for Sale Privately— Q RBAPBRS AND BINDER 1 Oroßßkill ROLLER, QRABB 1 STRIPPERS



I V? 9 have been appointed Agehtb foi JOHNSON and Go's T*L MANTJBE, AETIFIOi^ WE HAVE ON HAND 5 TOlSb, Simple sud Partionlara of whfoh cm b h«d on »pplloat!oa. BLAND AND HUMPHERYS AUCTIONEEBS QORRUGATED TRON t^OOFING NEW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY. THE ACME CORRTGATED BATTEN.



By usiDg this newly-patented invention a perfect roof is secured. No leakage from nail holes; perfect stiff ness, unaffected by heaviest gales. Plumbers hitherto looked upon as a curse/are welcomed as a blessing: they may tramp about the tool aa libitum without doing the slightest injury, bpecial provision for carrying oS ll sweat" or moisture, and also for ventilation. Ne BUILDING HAVING IRON ROOFING SHOULD NOW BE ERECTED WITHOUT USING THE PATENT ACME BATTEN. As there is considerable saving by using less expensive nails in fixing than those required by the o)d method, the cost of using the Batten does nut exceed 2s or 3s per square of roofing, or on a moderate sized buildine £t 10s to £1 ios. -~* * The use of the Batten has been approved bf leading Architects and Engineers throughout the colony, _*• AITKEN CONNELL, Attorney foe fcj . F«tcnt«e, Queen Street, AuckUnd, r "