The Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, MAY 19, 1890. LOCAL AND GENERAL

•—" .. . \ Sydney news states that a petition m i favor of those sentenced to imprisonment ft for mutiny on board H.M.S. Egeria is being signed. .. .' A rich Catholic manufacturer in Canada, M. Chanteloup, who died lately, left a million sterling to be divided among his employees' and servants, whom he makes his heirs. • " ■ 1 The Holy See is making arrangements for the establishment of a regular hierarchy in Japan. The missions of Japan are governed !at present by three Vicars-Apostolic, and the Church is making rapid progress in all parts of the Empire. The lawfulness of cremation can be no longer held in doubt by French Catholics, the Archbishop of Paris in accordance with instructions received from Rome, having issued directions to his Parish priests ,to refuse Christian burial to the remains of all Catholics who had expressed a desire for such a disposal of their bodies. In a small country town a minister closed his sermon with these words —We Would be pleased, morever, to have the young man who is now standing outside the door come in and make certain -whether she is here or not. That would be a great deal better than opening the dpor half an inch and exposing the people in the last row of seats to; a draught. Blood as a beverage (writes our Paris correspondent) is rather an unsavoury m'edi catiqn. Every morning, however, fashion able ladies suffering from anemia go to the monumental slaughter-house of La Villette, just as'if it were a pump-room at Bath or Vichy. They there drink bullock's blood' at thirty centimes aglass, and observers say that the "blood cure" is often efficacious. The New York "Sun" recalls the fact that the London " Times," in paying damages to Mr Parnell the other day, was celebrating a centennial. • Just "a, hundred years ago its publisher, Mr Jolm Walter, was sentenced to pay two fines of £100 each for libels on the Prince of Wales and Duke of Clarence. It costs fifty tinies as much to libel a commoner to-day as it did to slander a Prince a century ago. . r :, A remarkable incident occureel in the Mayor's Court at Gainesville, Texas. A woman, aged 60 and .weighing 17st 51b, en tered the Court, and by way of protest against the imposition of a fine upon her husband knocked down first a policeman, then the city attorney, and finally the mayor. She then thrashed them all three and drove them out of the Court, of which she retained possession for three hours. The victims of her violence are much disfigured about the face. < The following is from Saturday's Oamaru Mail:—Whilst Mr Bookie was discharging a truck of sand ballast from the Warwickshire yesterday he discovered what he at first thought wa3 a worm, but what is actually a young carpet snake. The sand amongst which it was found came all the way from Port Elizabeth, South Africa, and, singular to relate^ the young reptile was alive and ■ ■" ■■.',- :ti was discovered. It has been .'.;■-,■■ 1 (chemist), at whose shop it may be seen by any persons interested. The " Oamaru Mail" of Saturday says :--- The Howard digging plough still surprises the farmers by the manner in which it turns the soil. Yesterday a trial ol the ploiigh was held in Mr James M'Keown's farm, Waiaieka, in a stubble paddock. Of course, turnirg stubble land with this plough set for a depth of -10 inches d^A drawn by fpnr horses is a very easy matter, but a few of the Waia.rp.ka fanners, although tl «/ had real , about it, had not seen it at work, and they " were agreeably surprised. The plough is a ■ great labor-saving implement, for by the use of it the ground is so thoroughly worked that • a seconcrploughing and twice harrowing are not necessary. Mr Reid announces that he will hold a trial on Mr Mitchell's hnd at Studholmc Junction on Tuesday next, and another trial will take place on the Friday following near Mr Nicoll's house at Dtm troon, ■ It seems (says the "Post") that the full measure of the London slanders upon the colony has not yet been made public. During the hearing of the Te Kooti case in the Appeal Court yesterday afternoon, Mr Justice Richmond, touching incidentally upon old native customs, mentioned that it ' was one of tho Maories ( practices to tike oft [ the heads of'their defeated enemies ajid dry > them, and that the Native Minister of lift '> day had to pay a large sum of money m - order to recover such huads. That r-ct>, his i Honour went on to say, was represented by [ Mr Ruedgn in his history of New. Zealand as payment of hsad ; inquf,y to head-hunters. 1 Mr Bryeo had told him (tho s^uixkei>) that '. he considered this a worse libel upon the ' then Native Minister than what was said of himself in the same book. What was simply 1 an act of humanity was, perverted, when ' pefn f hrough Mr Rusden's spectacles —those ! spectacles which threw what the writer I called a " lurid ligfifc' upon everything— into one of extreme barbarity. 5 A Queenstown correspondent says that 1 despatches received on Wednesday from Vancouver Island state that three English ! men were landed there on February 5 from ■ the uninhabited island of San Allcsandro, where they had been for four years. In October 1885, they took a passage on the Japanese vessel Matsuo Marie, at Hakobutt, for Amomari, and while crossing the Straits of Issiigaru ;i gale Avas encountered which blew them out of their course. After eighty ' days' tossing about, tho vessel was driven ashore on the island of San Allesandro, and five of the crew were drowned. The vessel yas patched up again, but the Englishmen refined to trust themselves in her, as she was leaking badly. The three castaways re mained on the island, find Jjvpd chiefly on • fruit' and ab'me sea birds. They also caught ' fish with hooks mado out of part of the works ! pf a watch. They suffered considerable privations, especially from wanj; of clothing, and had all given way to despair when the Wanderer rescued them. During their stay on the island several vessels passed, but not sufficiently wear to observe their signals. The men when rescued presented quite a wild appearance. A fairly successful date farm te paid to have been established in the Sahara Desert a quarter of a century ago, and the project of further colonising this immense waste has since hson a favorite one with French , engineers. A company was organised some years ago to work j(-h/? region of .Oued Rir', an Algerian valley some fourteen miles wide, and now owns five oases—the largest oou • tailing 1800 acres—on which are planted date ' paunsf Sfejoe 18S2 this company has created three oases'and three villages, has secured a water supply of wtoujti 5000 gallons per ; minute, by sinking'nine avtfcbiiwi wells, and has reclaimed aiid put under cultivation over 9.00 o-iivaa of land and planted 50,000 date palms',' " Tjiis, vdi,h the' construction of irrigation caunls ?,ud Jyjuses for workmen, has oost £30,000, Ofciier aty}ts Are culti vated in addition to the date palju, iippna and madder being found "to thrive with b,ut little attention, cotton, flax, and tobacco, with vines aud cereals, being grown experi mefltally, • Grass for the cattle and vege ' tables "for the VorJonen are produced m the shade of the date palms. The largest ot the oases is about eighty fc*fr below sea level, and the underground watcjr & fl-bout 200 fegfc below the surface.—Home papei-, Hoiaway's Pills and Ointment.--Glad 1 tidings.—S^mp constitutions have a tendency to rheumatism, and are throughout the year borne down by its p^V.act,ed torture. - Let auch sufferers bathe the affeeicd parts with warm brine, and afterwards rn;l> k} this i soothing ojntmont: They will "find it ili« ; best means ■." Wonii!.: i'seir agony, and, . assisted by [|<iii<H,av"s i'sil•. the surest way of overcomin/ .-w r;\'r <: > -'• More need not be said than to request a few days' trial of this safe anc 1 soothing treatment, by which f the disease will ultimately be complete,-^ ---j swept away. Pains that would make a giant Ji shudder are assuaged without diflicull v v by '< , Holloway's easy and inexpensive remedies, i] which comfort by moderating the throbbing vessels and coming the exceed uervefr

Mr Raikes, Postmaster-General, states that a univeral penny post would entail a - yearly loss of half a million. General Harrison, the new American President, is a courageous abstainer. At a recent banquet lie declined to pledge a guest in wine, declaring, when pressed to do so, that not a drop of wine should pass his lips. He made a resolve when starting in life that he would avoid strong drink, and that vow he had never broken. He owed his health, his happiness, and prosperity to that resolution. The Shah of Persia has just had a terrestrial globe made which is unique in its ;vay. It is about 2|f tin diameter, and cost several millions of francs. The seas are represented by the most beautiful emeralds, uid the various countries by diamonds, rubies, sapphires, and other valuable., gems placed side by side.—"La Paix." Twenty-five years ago the Primitive Methodists had only six stations in London'; now they have thirty-one. They then had dxteen ministers, now forty. Their mem bership has increased, from 2685 to 6877,. Twenty-five ,years ago they had only eight chapels; now they have 100, and the value has increased from '£5000 to £100,000. During that period the societies, composed'chiefly of workingmen, have raised £60,000 for chapel building alone.

We regret to learn that at the hunt on Saturday last Mr D. Shea Lawlor, in attempt ing to negotiate a fence that had been broken and repaired with strong blue gum saplings, had a bad fall. His horse funked the jump, and came down; casting his rider, who -was somewhat severely bruised and shaken. This 13 all the worse in that Mr Lawlor had, just recovered from the effects of another nasty fall he had at the previous meet. His friends, however,- will be pleased ,to learn that the game old gentleman, who has passed his 72nd year, though stiff and sore, and confined to his arm-chair, is coming round gradually, and hopes to follow the hounds again next Saturday. ' t. '.' On the morning of Saturday week a fire' occurred at Mr James Begg's blacksmith's shop, Tinwald, by which the whole building was destroyed. 'The fire .is supposed to have been caused by a spark getting 'among the oily rags under the bench at which Mr Begg had, ;the previous day, been'bending a strap of iron. The fire was first.discovered-by Mr Mark Scott, who at once raised the alarm, and the neighbors turned out to help, but the building was beyond help, as the fire had got too strong a hold. There were no insurances on the shop, aud the total destruc tion of it, as well at the large.quantity of valuable working plant, represents a loss to Mr Begg of about £100. The usual weekly meeting of the Ashburton Lodge, No 29, 1.0. G.T. was held in the Ashburton Lodge room on Friday • last. There was a large attendance of member ( and visitors present. The chair was taken at 7.30 by Bro Welch C.T. and the Lodge 1 was opened with the' usual ceremony. Dur ing the evening the C.T. took occassion to present one of the sisters with. a handsome third degree collar (kindly given to the Lodge by one of the members) for having succeeded in getting most members for the Lodge dur ing the past quarter. A large number of valuable prizes were also offered for competi tion during the coming term for services to the Order in various directione. Bro Elston gave a short account of his visits to various Lodges in other parts ot the colony, during his late holiday, also taking occasion to 1 congratulate the Ashburton Lodge on the rapid strides made during the past quarter. Being instituting officer, he had always taken , a high interest in the welfare of the Lodge, ! and hoped it would still continue so to ad vance and prosper. Bro Duncan also made a few remarks congratulating the members on the tasteful appearance of the Lodge room, 1 and votes of thanks were accorded to Bros Welch, Higgs, Johnstone and Pearson for their help in the same. The Lodge then went into harmony when songs, readings, etc. were given by several members, after which it was closed in due form by C. 11.I 1. Bro.Welch, Statutory Declaration^—l, Franz Raabe i Ironbark, 'Sandhurst, in the colony of Yic. toria, Australia, do solemnly and sincerely declare that on the 25th June, 1877, my son Alfred, six years of age, was accidentally hui't with an axe on his knee. lat once took all pains to secure medical assistance. How everi m spite of all efforts, on the 27th August, 1877, the opinion was given by Dr Macgillivray that an amputation of t\\e injured limb had b2come imperative,, iv order to save life. At this junoture I called on Messrs Sander am 1 " ■ :■• '. . ■ -io of their JSxk-aci of "-' " . ' ■ .■. and by the'applicatioi ! ■ ■ .- I .- -I the satisfaction of seeing my son, within a fort night out of a]} d&J>goi', tuul to-day lie is recovered. 1 may just add that it was when he oriais had beau reached that the Extract referred to was first applied, and I make this solemn declaration, etc'—Franz R.aabe. Declared at Sandhurst, in the colony o, Victoria, Australia, this seventeenth day -of October, one thousand eight hundred and goyeuty-.seven, Iteiore mo, Moritz Cohn, J.P. -(Aclvt.) 6

Behring Sea Difficulty.

[VEXt PRESS ASSOCIATION.] • TjQtfi»ON, May 16. : It is rumored the United States has abandoned claim to the exclusive right o? the control in Behring Strait. New York, May 18. ', The Behring Sea difficulty has been . settled on the basis of ? ; close season, and an indemnity will bo paid by , sealers captured during such season.

SHOCKING DISASTER

THIRTY-SIX CHILDREN DROWNED. " [per nusss association.] Berlin, May 17. A ferry boat laden with 42 • con firmees capsized at Ratibor^ a town' of' Prussian Silesia'on the river Oder,'and thirty-six children were drowned.

Accident to Sir H. Parkes

1 [PRE Vli&SB ASSOCIATION,] ■ Sydney, May -18. ■ A cab containing Sir Henry and Lady Parkes bolted in, the city this afternoon. Both the. occupants were thrown out, Sir Henry had both small bones of his leg brokeh, but Lady 1 Parkes escaped with a severe shaking. The driver oi the vehicle was also seriously injured. The Premier is progressing favorably,

CRICKET.

[pfill PRESS ASSOCIATION.]: London, May 17. The cricket match between the Aus tralians and Mr Laverton's Eleven .re sulted in the defeat of the Golonials by ISI runs. Mr Laverton's team, with three pickets dcnvn for 146, resumed their innings, the last wicket falling with the score at 223. W. G. Grace played a splendid innings of 64. Ferris bowled well, taking six wickets at the post of 69 runs. Turner took four for 82. The fielding pi the visitors was only medium. . The Aus tralians required 297 runs to save de feat, but in the second innings they i were all disposed of for 116. Turner j played fy brilliant innings of 47 and . Lyons made 9,4- in clashing style. The j next highest scorer" was .Qregory 18. The fielding of Mr Laverton's team .wasf excellent, and two of the. Australians \\§v.Q dismissed by splendid , catches. Briggs took four wickets for 49 and Lohmann four for 44. TJhe rain^vhich fell during a portion of the match ren dered the wicket treacherous, and \ dosing the toss meant losing the match. | The wicket during each innings of Mr ( Laverton's Eleven was in splendid con-'' dition,

BACON CURING.

,—« FLEMINGTON FACTORY TO BHGIN. Following the lead of northern and eastern districts, a public meeting was held. 1 at Flemington on Saturday night to discuss fche prospects of a Bacon Curing Company, and to consider the advisable ness of forming such a company, in the Flemington district. The meeting was held in the Flemington School, and there were over a score present of the farmers' belonging to Waterton,.Ashton, Fleming ton, and, the rest of the Longbeach dis trict. The night was cold and dark, and a thick wetting fog was in the air—a night'far more - disagreeable as regards weather than a good honest shower ; and doubtless the character of the weather inter fered with the attendance of many' who would.have gladly been present. Some, too, elected to remain in' Ashburton arid attend the public meeting at which Bishop Julius was speaking, and so the "Pig meeting," as Mr John Small!jocularly called it, saw none of them. All present, with perhaps one or two exceptions, were shareholders in the Flemington Cheese Butter, and Bacon Factory, Company, and the Chairman of that Company —Mr J,. 0. N. Grigg—was asked to preside. All present were farmers and pig growers, so thit the meeting was thoroughly- repre sentative of the district. The Chairman, in opening the business, said the subject they had met to discuss needed no introduction. Both in -Canter bury and Otago a perfect ring had been tinned to keep down the price of pigs, As a matter of fact, there were rings every where ;■ and though he was not there that night to talk socialism, he had no hesita tion in saying that the farmers were the only people in the colony who did not combinerto look after their own interests. It was a well-known fact that' there was not a farm in the colony that did not sup port far more people than the family who . lived upon it; such was 5 the influence of ' the middleman upon the produce of the farmer. The Chairman then went on to quote the low prices ruling for pigs at re cent sales in the Addington market, and | read the following from' the weekly report-for May 15, published by Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co., the well known Dunedin auctioneering firm :— Pxgs.—The market was deluged; the un-1 precedentedly large . number of 751 being penned —most of them grain-fed bacon pigs of v&ry fine quality. This enormous supply on the top of three or four very full markets created a panic in the trade, and sales were only effected with difficulty at > a reduction of from 5s ,t6 7s 6d per head on the compara tively low rates ruling last week. We do not consider that prime bacon pigs realised more than 2|d per lb yesterday, and unless supplies lessen very soon, it is questionable if even this low price will be obtained. This market can absorb between 300 and 400 per week, but only when the Southern buyers are .present in- addition to the local, civrers. Whenever this number- is exceeded'; values are bound to suffer. If the market .were kept bare Jpr two or three weeks, we dare say value's'wduM' recover a little. We sold US as follows: —Bacon pigs (heavy weights) from 37s to 41s; ordinary, 25s to 365; porkers, 20s to 24s ; stores, 7s to 225; suckers, 6s to 11s. It was a little late in the day perhaps to form a company, but as any thing like full value could not be got by the farmer for hif! pigs, it was considered advisable by many at the district to at least see bo their proper curing, and then, they could hold or'sell' the bacon as best suited themselves. There were virtually oiAy about ten weeks of the season for pigs as pigs ; and then the farmers were niet by such a state of affairs as the quotation he had read from the Dunedin market ra^oi* pourtrayed, and as many of them had themselves experienced recently <it Addington. The pigs, however, turned into bacon, would have a market that | would last nine months instead of ten weeks. When- the pigs ,were fit. for market, and the, farmers had not facilities for curing large numbers, they had to be, I rushed into the. sales, and the glut there by caused brought about the consequent fall in prices. He was glad to see that at Leeston and Rangiora the farmers were moving in the matter, and Belfast was to go. in extensively for bacon curing this season., In answer to a question by Mr McQuilkin, the Chairman said he feared it was really too, late in the season to think of .raising a building and forming a Company to buy and cure pigs for the market. Farmers did not wish to make anything out of each other, and it was thought by himself and many others in the district, that'the most that'could be done fchis ye,ajc- was to utilise the ex cellent building* they had in the district— the Flemington Cheese Factory—and they oould-not build one better suited for the purpose. The Directors^thought the curing of bacon could be undertaken there at",a small cost per lb. It would perhaps bo necessary to erect a rendering vat, and imperative to procure a good curer» Some farmers would have heavy sows, and some would not; but the idea was to affix metal tags bearing the farmer's name or mark, or number, to the meat as it came in, so that it could be followed and identified all over the factory. By this means every farmer would get his own bacon, but he would have to simply take his share of the lard, and the offal. In this way no money would pass on the value of the pork, but only on cost of curing. This year there would be a good, many fitst bliss curers available, as Belfast* was ; about to iadvertise for.' one—going into the curing business extensively. When Belfast had secured its man, there would be an opening for the next best man at Flemington. Should the district not care to do Avhat the Factory Company pro posed, there was again the Belfast Factory itself tliat would be prepared to cure the district's pork ; but it would be necessary to ascertain what quantity' of pork would be available td send to Belfast, and how much the district could guarantee. The Chairman could not, of course, guarantee the sale of tho meat; that would be a ques- ! tion for the farmers themselves. J; All that J really could be done was to* cure the pigs, and then they were in a condition to wait \ for the market. Mr Bell wished to know what was the use of Co-operative Societies if they were not to undertake the sale of the pigs and procure a good return. As was shown at a subsequent part of the proceedings, Mr Bell was under the impression that the meeting was one of Flemingfcon Factory shareholders, as such, and not ci public meeting. Mr A. J. Houston said there was no reason why all the bacon cured in the factory should not bo sold in one line, or two lines, if need be. A farmer who did not care to sell .at t^e best price offered need not do so. The Chairman said the bacon would all be cured to grade. Some discussion took place as to how financing was to be done on bacon put into the factory, Mr Houston .remarking that there would no doubt bo provision made for obtaining advances on bacon laid down in the factory. The Chairman hardly saw that this could be done the first year Mr Bishop saw no difficulty in the way lof the Company borrowing money to make advances on bacon put into their . hands. J The Chairman said there was a prospect r of those who did cure this year doing vezy I well. But there should be some risk run b,y all. Why should the few members of the local' Company be required to run a greater ' risk , than other farmers in the district. He urged that f6r this year! at | least only the curing should be clone ;by- I the Company. j The meeting apparently having tacitly accepted the Chairman's idea, the curing capacity of the factory was discussed. Mr Harding said that when the Fleming ton Factory was at work on bacon, 400 pigs a fortnight were pub through, and

1200 were cured in the last season. If the factory were in the same condition now as it was then—and he had no reason to believe it was not —it could be got ready in one day to begin bacon curing. He believed that curing could be done at the factory for no more than -fd per lb. Mr R. Anderson thought those present should say how many pigs they could guarantee, and steps could then be taken to canvass the district to find out how many pigs could be obtained in addition Ito these. If 1200 were not obtainable, then it would be for the Directors to take in Wakanui or any other district. Mr Hardingthen formally moved "That this meeting accept the offer of the Flemihgton Cheese, Butter, and Bacon Factory Company to cure bacon on producers' behalf, the Company making a fixed charge per lb for curing." Mr John Small seconded, and the motion was carried unanimously. Four hundred pigs were promised in the. room, bub there were still a large number of extensive pig owners of the district to hs seen, and it was understood that a thorough canrass was to be made. A hearty vote 6i thanks was passed fco the Chairman, in the course of speaking to which Mr Anderson stated that'in one ' of the Otago papers a Sydney firm was ad vertising for 22,000 lbs of New Zealand bacon, a fair proof, he took it, that the article was in demand in New South Wales. i At a meeting of Directors of the Fac tory Company held afterwards arrange l ments were made for beginning work at , once, and for procuring an efficient curer • immediately.

BISHOP JULIUS IN ASHBURTON.

I _,—„ The Eight Rev. Bishop Julius has paid his first visit to Ashburton and gone hence to visit other parts of his diocese, leaving behind him a sense of invigoration on the part of all who had the privilege of meet ing and of hearing him, and carrying away with him the love and esteem not only of members of the. English Church bufc of Christians of all denominations. His Lordship arrived on Saturday by the | express from Cliristchurch. There was a large number of people on the platform, and His Lordship was wel comed by the Rev. E. A.v Scott, and Messrs John Curtiis and C. Littlecott, Churchwardens ;Mr Geo. Jameson, Lay Reader, and several members of the Ves try. After salutations, His Lordship, accompanied by the Rev. E. A. Scott, Mr Jameson and Mr Curtis, drove to the Parsonage in a carriage and pair, handled by Mr E. Cookson, while the bells of St. Stephen's rang out a peal of welcome joined in, we were pleased to notice, by that of the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus (R.C.). In the evening,' ftt the invitation of the Rev E. A. Scott, the Churchwardens and members of the Vestry were received at: the Parsonage by Bishop Julius and took tea with his Lord ship. At eight o'clock a 1 PUBLIC MEETING took place in St Stephen's Schoolroom, there being about 200 present—a number which would have been doubled or trebled had the meeting happened on any other evening than Saturday.' The Rev E. A. Scott occupied the chair, and on the right of the platform were seated the Church officers, the Revs J. H. Gray (Wesleyan Church), A. -R 1-1:-"Pr-:-;--:--\ and J. Boothroyd ■!''■'■■■'■ v. Vi- i.,;.. . and on the left the choir under the conductor ship of ,Mr H. Gates, Mr. W. C. Walker, M.fl.R., occupying a seat on the left of ■ thechairman. An apology was received for i the absence of the Rev J. N. Buttle. Hymn No. 363 havingbeensung and prayer offered, the Rev. the Chairman opened ; the proceedings in a short address. He ; said he felt it to be a privilege as well as i a pleasure to introduce to those ■ present the new Bishop of Christchurch, though ; His Lordship was not a stranger to them, as they had learned a grest deal about ■ him through the public press. He, the . speaker was a little disappointed that < there was not a larger meeting on this , occasion, but this was to. be attributed i to the fact that it was Saturday night, and a great many were unable to leave i their stores and places of business. That Ashburton was indeed glad to see his : Lordship would he felt sure be abundantly testified on the morrow; and on behalf of • those who were absent that night as well as . on behalf of those who were present, and ' on behalf of all the people of this ! part of the diocese, he begged^ to . extend to His Lordship the most hearty ; welcome, and to thank him for thus ; early taking an opportunity of coming i among them." He, took this as. a good ; augury that Bishop Julius would take a > lively interest inthe welfare of the country : districts, who would have no cause to' feel • as they had felt, that they had been left i a little out in the cold" by the" "clergy of L Christchurch. He trusted his Lordship i would long live to use his great gifts for l the good of the Church, and that .God i would abundantly bless the fruits' of all ; his labors. The Chairman then asked Mr ' Littlecott to read an address of welcome that had been drawn up for presentation 'to Bishop Julius. , ,', ',*".';' ; I Mr Littlecott addressed the meeting at » some length, expressing the pleasure with l which he had read the Bishop's manly ; and outspoken utterances on the Dockers' ; Strike in London—a bloodless revolution > the conduct,of<■ which with its, entire, . absence of disorder'—not even a pane of ■ glass being broken, reflected credit.on; i those men who took part in it. The ' Church could not afford to .stand aloof . from all the great movements of the time, ■ and he was rejoiced indeed that they had i in their Bishop the exponent of a manly i and vigorous Chris! i;»ii(y suited to the . age in whicK we live. lly then read arid , presented to his Lordship the following | address of welcome :— '" To the Right Rev Churchill Julius, Lord • Bishop of Christchurch:—May it please your ! Lordship—We the undersigned, the church • wardens and vestry of the parish of St Stephen's, Asliburton, in the name and on . behalf of the members of the Church ■of England in this parish of your Diocese, ; desire to extend to your Lordship the most ; cordial welcome, and to express our high appreciation of the solicitude for the welfare of all parts of the Ecclesiastical province committed to your Lordship's charge, mani fested by your thus early taking occcsion to come among us. Having for many years been blessed with the faithful oversight of your Lordship's venerable predecessor,, the first Bishop of Christchurch, we, $3 church men, since the announcement of Bishop Harper's intended resignation, have looked forward with anxious hope to the appoint ment of a worthy successor to one who has proved to us and to the whole church in New Zealand, in verity a father in God. and our hearts were rejoiced when we. found that under the- guidance of the great Head of the Church," the choice of the Synod had \ fallen upon yoiu'self, of whom the praise has gone out through all tJi§ churches. We recognise in your Lordship one who is bold in the cause of the truth, one whose in fluence will be felt far and near, and whose great gifts will add lustre to the high and holy office to which you have been called, and we feel persuaded that both clergy and laity will find in your Lordship a Bishop in deed, a loving father, a ■ faithtul councillor, and a helper in every good word and work. We rejoice in welcoming your Lordship on this your first; visit to Ashburton, and earnestly pray that He whose minister you are will abundantly bless your Lordship in the office of chief pastor, and in your person and family. We are, your Lordship's faithful servants, John Curtis, Claries LittlecoLt, Chuchwardcns ; George .Jaint'ton, J. H. Twentymaii, J. R. Bland, ■ X .1. Paul, W. J. Steward, W. G. Eccs, A, 11. Field 2Vestryme.n,' <

His Lordship, Bishop Julius, who was loudly cheered on rising to reply, said that some little time ago he passed through Ashburton for the first time. It was evening, and he saw nothing of the beauty of the place, but he did learn something of the warm and hearby feelings of the people. The church bells were ringing—he had nob heard church bells for many a day ; and he mefe Ashburton people on the platform. His welcome at Ashburfcon was the earnest of that great welcome which he received—and which he never* would forget—in Christchurch. He was anxious to see all parts of his diocese as soon as possible, and he was now on his way. on- a visit to the. various districts committed to his charge. Why 'he should have pitched upon Ashburton as the first place to visit he did not know —in fact he was afraid that it was an ac-; cidenfc—(laughter.) It had been arranged for him to go somewhere else, but that fell through, and so he came here, and he thanked them for the kindly welcome they had given him that night—(applause.) He felt that that welcome was accorded rather to the Christianity he represented and the great Church of which he was a mem | ber, than to himself, who was but a poor humble member of the Church of God. He was told that Ashburton was only about 16 years old. If so, a 'stranger would be surprised that so much had been, accomplished in so short a time, and would look with wonder at what had been achieved—at their large warehouses, their big street (a laugh)— Well, it was a big street (Laughter.) But coming from another Colony he was quite used to see ing even great cities spring up in a few years. As for himself, he was an English man, a Cockney as a matter of fact. He f had been accused of being an Irishman ; he did riot object to that, because he liked Irishmen, but still he had. not one drop o\ Irish blood in his veins. He had also , been told that he was a Scotchman, and he could have taken off his hat for the honor, but the fact remained that he was 1 a cockney and nothing else. But although |He was a cockney he had seen English villages, and if one asked the age of one of these—say a hamlet of about 800 inhabitants—he would probably be told that it dated from before the time of Alfred the Great. But in this new world and hemisphere the towns rose up very quickly. He came from a colony very vigorous and very go-ahead, and he was not surprised to see what energy and commercial activity had accomplished here. He wanted to congratulate them that they had no great city overwhelming the life of the country districts. As a good Ballarat man he did not like Melbourne, which swallowed up all they in Ballarat wished to retain for themselves. He was very glad that Christchurch was not a Melbourne, and he hoped that it never would be. There was one other matter on which he had to congratulate them, and that was that the seat of Government was in the North Mand, and that they in the South could pack their legislators on board ship, and get rid of them for three months "in the year. (Laughter). He could.not see anything which tended to the peace, of the couutry more than this. )Laughter.)' His Lordship said that many people seemed to think that he intended making sweeping ■"changes in the diocese, but such was not ,his intention. He was taking the place* of a venerable and deservedly loved Bishop, to whom the diocese owed a lasting debt of gratitude. It was hard tm stand in the shoes of a man like that, and as he. looked around on the difficulties of the position he felt almost overwhelmed with them. There was the matter of finance ;,he did not love 1 finance, perhaps because he never had much money of his' own, and if his wife had not kept his ac counts hewouldhavebeenin the workhouse long ago (laughter). They would under stand his feelings when plunged among leases, mortgages, and , debts. If there was anything he hated it was a debt, and a Church debt more than all. In Vic toria the Church had no property and could not borrow imoney but here the temptation seemed to have been too great and they got i horribly into debt. People did rn-^ !"ko p-vr^n? doV= ho h-.r\ never seen j.M.V'fo w!:;> till ir.,i !■.<■ "i-ii-cl the, Church would never rest till she was clear of all encumbrance. He trusted that everything-would be settled ere long so that the Church might devote ' her whole attention to the great work of spreading the Gospel far and wide throughout the country. He trusted that the Christchurch Cathedral would realise the true functions of a Cathedral, that it would be the heart of the diocese, sending force and life throughout the whole. He hoped that it would never fee said that Christchurch had a cathedral and the country none, but that a man in Hokitika or Westland would feel that it belonged as much to him as to anybody else. There was, a time in., England when an English Cathedral was the mo^t idead and alive place anyone Wuld see in a da'y's^march. He was not an old man, but he could re member when only two or three hundred worshippers assembled in St Paul's, when the service was conducted by two or three sleepy church v dignitaries, and someone ground out a sermon which nobody was the better for. But go jfco St Paul's now. In the-.workmenfs dinner hour, during Lent) 'thr£e >£hbu'sand men congregated under that dome, and on a Sunday morn ing 7000 people attended. It must be remembered too, that it was r not merely the congregation,who were benefited, but that the influence of that Cathedral was felt throughout the whole diocese, and that everybody in London :was the better " for " it. That was the. true idea.of, a Cathedral, and'he trusted thak theirs in Christchurch would realise it. He hoped that the edifice would ere long be completed, and that ifc would exercise the influence which it should from one.end of the diocese to the other. He had always thought that a gr.eat mistake, had ■ been, made by t , those who planted'the church' in'these colonies, in too slavishly adhering to the system ex isting in the Old Country. One of the evils thus imported was, he thought, the' parochial system. Because that system was suited to the conditions of the Old Country, it appeared to have been thought that it must necessarily be good here, but that was not so. It might be decent and good enough in this town,.but it would not do for the country which stretched between the town and the mountains. In many instances the consequence of this system was a poor clergyman, placed in a 1 district which it was thought would go ahead, but which didn't, getting thinner | j year by year. A fine Church had been built—by running into debt—and the re-! suit was that the poor clergyman, who 1 had been pitchforked into his place, I worked on amid manifold discouragements, losing heart more and- more, and at last sinking into a mere toiler for his daily bread, a position which he should never occupy (applause), He thought that in stead of a lot of little parishes they should, have one great district, and he thought that in this direction other ohurches had taught the Church of England a lesson which it would be well for her to lay to heart. What a grand thing it would be for a country church'to send up its vicar to Christchurch for'three months and have him ( come, back refreshed and vigorous. Men could not go on preach ing to the same congregation year af^er year. In this way men in the^ity should go out into the country and men in the country go into the city, aye, and into the slums—he supposed they would have them in Christchurch before' long — for he was sure that the sooner the ministers of the Church got among the masses the better it would be for the Church. It hud been said that: he Av;is going 1o make great changes, but ho was following in the footsteps of a '..:,, man. He came hero to try and learn, and, to carry on the work of his prede

ccssor, applying his strength and vigor to ; the extension of that work, and if there " were new methods which it was advisable to adopt, he would bring them, on as time served, and as God helped him. He would make no pledges. He remembered a story of a Bishop in Australia who said that he never meant to lay hands on a man for ordination who had not taken a University degree, and the first thing he did was to ordain two men who not only had never taken a University degree, but were a pair of the most unmitigated > duffers:>-.<.-the speaker had ever met. This was very wrong on the part of the Bishop,. but it was wronger still to make any.! .pledge on the subject at all.. God" help^ r 'lum*lie wanted to show all the '.-sympathy iirhini for the struggling churches, and for the Christian community of the,wh,oie diocese. He wanted, to, live full" of; sympathy,' :lmd ; love "with the clergymen"' of other churches.. He .would, not f sacrificf,Jbhe principles of his' own* 'church^itiiwere' 1 folly to do'so—butii was his earnest desire to work ■ hand in: hand' and heart with heart with them. ■ For: let it be re-. membered that^wheir they came i»- tfece the great problems of the day^'.the spread , 'of indifference and stepticism, and 1 those , dark shadows now spreading over thefoce • of our Nineteenth Century civilisation, there wsis surely a call to men of every " church to draw closer together and realise that bond which united them,' so that'fhey might present one heart, one soul, and one united front to; meet the difficulties of the.day. ;He must confess that those difficulties were very great, and here 1 he .was reminded of ,C»n experience hV had with a. cab, driver.^ /Asking to be driven to a friend's house the man said " Oh your.Reverence I donttknowjwjiere , it is." .On being, tjpldvthat^he must' fin 3 it the man replied, " Well your Reverence I'll find, it, by going /there ''-T^kaghter.) He suspected that? he would have to f find these difficulties and the way p^ifc-qf; them by "going .there. "And he knew this much, that difficulties which often seemed overwhelming^ would, if j; met manfully, melt away. His liordship concluded by thanking them .heartily for meeting him so kindly, and said that he would not ; readily forget the reception; he; h»d re- „ ceiled .in this town~(loud applause). ' The Rev Chairman having thanked the Bishop fpr his address,; and ;againj ex pressed the pleasure of the people at hia .thus early, paying, a visit to Ashburton, a hymn was sung, and the meeting was terminated by His Lordship pro .nouncing the benediction.,,'j., (.. r^

THE SUNDAY SERVICES.

There Was an early celebjationtofi* the Sacrament at 8.30, at which'afair number communicated, - the Biahop • being cele brant. . . , ' V At the usual morning service* at 11' o'clock, there was &■ large congregation' the church being quite fufi, and the choir mustering in great, force. .« -All the choir stalls were occupied—we wish this were always the case r -and Mr Twentynup^junr. presided at the organ. There was an un mistakeable accession of the service, the responses being -" taken up more heartily than usual, and the hymns selected for the occasion (147, 304, and 165) being joined in' by the congregation and going with a swing which^jras very, noticeable. Prayers were read by the Rev *he Incumbent (Revß..A. l Sc(#X tno Bishop taking the; second lesson. The sermon was preached by: His;' Lordship, who took for his text Ez. jcxxvjjf-rß,vlo— the vision of the valley of .dry bones. The prophet Bzekiel, said the preacher, lived in the , days when the • Hebrews were exiles from their" own land; and; were scattered almost as they^areto^dayig^nong' other nations and peoples, in daya^when to the ordinary observer, it would appear certain that Israel should be =no- more a nation. It was under such circumstances ■ that to the Prophet was sent in a vision a message of comfort. \ It was the vision of an old battlefield, a valley of boneai that, dry and bleached white by the hot suns of the East, lay strewn upotf the; ground, nor only strewn upon the ground but scattered so that in no one.place perhaps,; were all the remnants of the frame or a complete man to /be. found together. Apparently, this was an altogether 'hope less sight, and thie prophet could scarcely ..have represented, the condition) ofrlsrael by a more apposite figure.', ,Yet hopeless asit seemed there ioab hope for Israel, for as the vision proceeded bone came to his bone,.and muscle and flesh grew upon them; until where there had been but dry scat tered bones there were perfect organisms, wanting only life. And then canjb the command "to the winds " Come ;from the four winds) 0 breath, and breathe. Upon, these slain that they may live, and.-.. ) . . they stood up upon their feet, an exceed ing great army. Thus they had;in the Vision of Ezekiel (1) Movement,!.' (2) Organisation, (3) Life. Turning then to the condition of theworldat the^jtijtte of the Advent of Our Lord, the preacher said that despite the jnigbt of Borne, the culture of Greece, and thg. /philosophy of the Hebrews/,,it; 1;was;";a dead world to which Christ, came. With Christ came the beginnings of a movement among the 4ry -bones of the dead' world-jof/ which Some knew nothing, and Greece knew nothing, and. even the; Pharisees and Scribes knew> nothings and with Christ came also - organisation—for His Church was organised by the r Lord, jumself. At first the organisation was not extensive, but there was organisation, and by-»nd bye came the life. Yet was there" life from the . very beginning. Life organisation; for organisation camejjjom life and not life from; organisation ;'T>ut, as upon thatrery day, the risen Christ sent do wn to His Apostles the; fulness of Pentecostal blessing, the fulness of Spiritual life", inj the. Btrength of which they went forth with new power, and the little.Church which he had organised be came a. mighty force, ever' laying jtkslA of something in the dead world about it, until the.dry bones of that world had become an army—mighty and victorious. It had, been said that it was no, wqnder that Christianity made such triufnA^nb progress in the second and, third centuries in view of the perfection of its organisa tion, and of the fact that the philosophies of the day,jto .wjxichit Vas opposed had no such organisation ; but this was not the real' reason, 1' it'^fas the life of-Christ within the Church "which was the cause of its organisation^ the secret of its spread/ and; of its power.' .P^rweeding next to speak ;-6f the Church-of'Christ in our own time, the Bishop said the circum stances'of the Colonial, churches such' as-to-''need' a-somewhat s different organisation fromlthat Which had suited the needs of more settled and older communities in" the Old, Lan d; and there; had been many mistakes on the part of those whbj in tne?r love fpr Home mstitu-> tions, thought they could transplant them complete and entire te hew countries. For example, he instanced .the, .fcasia jof a missionary brother who could, -Jti6i lihder stand that a serviced hoursl long was wholly unsuited,to In^ia, but thought that service there must be conducted just as he had .conducted it, at. Home, no matter, how:hot it inightbei'!But|?rhen mistakes such as this were made by churchmen'v he ' (the preacher) did not find it' difficult to • understand iwhy 1 the Hindoo took more readily to the'methods of the Salvation Army; 'Deprecating 1 the tendency"' of some to cling fto much that was comparatively to neglect that.which, was 1 vital* in re ligious'matters, .the preacher next, dwelt upon the tendency ' disj^te^nftioj\ which was one o| th« characteristics bf tb.^ age. This tendency-was ; in, .itael^ an evidence of want of -life^' an : iriaicatAoti of sqmophiug wrong.'- Not that there was H-- A!iv!i"-<y-.od in individualism. Certainly 111« r■ ■ v.i-'good in individualism of the right sort, but not that individualism which nude a mail regard hixawAi 4ty

TSS ASHBtTRTOW GTTARDIAN, MOKDAY, MAY 19, 1890.



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Wanted. Cash AdvartUemetits under this headiiw, not exrecditig 16 words, ONE BJIILCIAG Addrem-x may be left at thit Oflio: TT7~ANTEp,— Twoßoarders in private V V family. Terms, 15a per week. Apply "A.C.," Mail Office. CITOP THAT~COUGH! By u^g YD Flower's Cough Drops. Guaranteeg efficacious. Can only be obtained at H. G-. Flower's, Confectioner, East Street. - 3 191 T3C7" ANTED Known. — All Swags, VV Boxes, etc., left at the Panama Boarding House not claimed by the 30th. May will be sold to defray expenses.— John Strieling. 51123 HpINE BRANCHES "(for firewood) 5s _L_ a load on the ground or 7s 6d delivered,—H. •C. Segeks. • \\: ANTED Known.—A special pur- VV chase of choice Ladies' Hats at a desperate price.—W. H. Collier. 4+130 '• "YTTaNTED every man in the County YV to have a suit of the Ashburton Tweeds.—Robert Alcorn, Ashburton Clothing Mart, Saunder's Buildings. "OTANTED KNOWN—The- " Strong Vy Wear" Boot is the best for Men,- Ladies, and Children.—W. H. Collier, 'The Corner^ -s _ "TTTANTED KNOWN.—The Cheapest VV House in Ashburton to buy' Drapery, Millinery, Clothing, Boots, etc., is H. C. Segers, Melford House. ■ WANTED Known —One hundred and fifty Ladies' and Children's Ulsters bought a great bargain (good qualities), now selling very cheap—H. C. Segers. Melford House. HT HE Patent Candle Extinguisher can J_ be Set to .Extinguish at'any time required ; it will save insurance premiums your house and your* life, price Is ; Sole Agent for Ashburton.— jß. Axcorn, Saunders' Buildings. ANTED Known—The Cheapest Shoj) to buy Tinware and Gal vanised Iron goods in Ashburton, is at W. F. Hannai-obk's, Burnett Streot. A large stock kept on hand. Tin and Iron ware goods made and repaired with dcs patch Public JS'otices, S~ TRAYED .from Valetta, a Bay Trap Gelding, good stamp, had a new cover on.' Expenses will be 'paid and' a suitable reward given on delivery to BARNES & SMITH, 5 Builders, Ashburton. (-] H A R L~E S T3 R A D D E L L Licensed Landbroker and Valuator hder "The ,Land Transfer Act; 1885. ESTATE, HOUSE, LAND, AND GENERAL, COMMISSION AGENT. Office—Burnett Street, Next to" Mail' Office. •' . NOTICE~TO ADVERTISERS. OWING to the earlier hour at which it is now necessary to go to press, Advertisements to be in time for the FIRST EDITION of the -'Guardian," must be delivered at the Office not later than 2 p.m. REPLACE Advertisements cannot be guaranteed insertion, unless sent in on the day previous to that on which they are intended to appear. LOWCLIFFIiSTA.TE^ rPENDERS are invited for deepening X and widening about 90 chains drain on Longbeach boundary. And also abouL 33 chains Ditch and Bank on LowcltiZ To be let in two separate contracts. Tenders not later than 31ft May 1390. J. R. BRODIE, 5J105 Manager. SEEDS, PLANTS, &c. TEEES.. TEEES. I Again tender my best tJiiiuJjiS to my numerous Customers and Correspon dents for the support I have received from th.em, and assure them that I shall still conduct my Business in the future as I have in the pftSt, and all orders by post or otherwise will receive my prompt atten tion. My Apple Trees are all worked ■on the blight proof stock, and are clean and well grown ; also Pears, Plums, Cherries, Apricots, and all kinds of small Fruits. > I have one of the largest stock of Forest ■ Trees in Canterbury, about 40,000 Larch, - two years old, 40,000 do t< ono year old, j and 100,000 Pinus.lnsigms, .one and jbwo i years old., Gupy©ssus, Macrocarpa, I have i a grand line. I make this a speciality. All my seedlings have been transplanted, being equal to those in boxes, I have about 100,000 one and two years old, also - Roses /md Fancy Shrubs in great variety. All trees supplied and planted by me will be guaranteed for 12 months. Cata • logue sent post frae #b jippjipation. JAMES PORTER AMES 1 ORTEK, • NURSERYMAN and SEEDSMAN, ALLENTON, i ASHBURTON, i TMPORTANT "KTOTICE Important ±H otice r MESSRS HALLENSTSIN BROS & CO, ; Proprietors of bhe NEW ZEALAND i CLOTHING FACTORY AT ■ ASHBURTON Tnvercargill, Gore, Milton, Oamaru, _ Timaru, Dunedin, Christehurch, Hoki tika, Greymouth, Reofton, Westport, Nelson, Wellington, Napier, Hastings, i Wa-ipawa, Gisborne, PalmersLon North, Wanganui, Hawera, Now Plymo-uth, Thames and Auckland, Havo arranged to FLOAT THEIR BUSHES INTO A COMPANY, To be registered under " The Complies j Act 1882.' 1 It is a part of the arrangement that STOCKS shall be REDUCED by £50,000 before the 15th of Juno next. To effect this the Managers of the vari-! ous Branches ■:'=■■-. :!i >■' i u ~- colony have been instruct,  ■■• ■•• : '■• to marking out the Goods at Low Prices, to allow 5 per cent on all cash sales amounting to £1 and upwards. This excellent opportunity of buying goods should not be overlooked, especi-; ally as it is a well-known fact than the Manufactures of the New Zealand Cloth ing Factory arc Superior to • Anything in i he Market. * j i, The sale at the Ashburton Branch is" under th<3 management of Mv W. H. {] w Wbbibbk, i



DEATH. ] Bbgg.— On Sunday, May 18bh, at Mataura, Helen Lindsay, wife of It. L. Begg, and mother of Mrs Dr. Leahy. Aged 48.