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The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1892. LAST NIGHTS MEETING.

The public meeting last night was, as befitted the importance of the business before it, attentive and em pha ie rather than enthusiastic though the applause with which the remarks of the various speakers were received, and the unanimity with which the resolutions were carried showed that the meeting was of one mind regard ing the demands that were being made on behalf of " Neglected Ashburton." If there was a fault with'the speeches it was that they were too temperate— not setting forth strongly enough some of the objectionable defects of the accommodation within whlphfor many years past the largo and in creasing railway and postal business of the town and district has had to be transacted. However, the Borough Council have a> very strong c*se to place before the Rail way Commissioners and the Government, and the public must not allow the representations to be disregarded. It is unfortunate, to, $&y jbjje least of it, that the County Council still h.a)4 fljop,f from participa tion m the meeting, but *fe haye no doubt that at their meeting ne*fc week they will see the serious error they committed m treating the Borough Council's communication on the subject m the manner they did, and hasten to take their part m obtaining the re quisite ppblic office accommodation for Ashburton, It is no| polely a borough affair, for country people a+e a$ rtf&GJi inconvenienced by tbe present want 01 room as are the business establishments and town residents generally. The only opposing voicp wag that raised against the clearing of the tail way reserves', and it must be admitted that the le«sees of these reserves are quite right to ftght for their interests. It is a question, however, that ftifegts the amenity of the town and the interests of many more than the lessees of the sites, and thus becomes a public matter, was indeed, recognised as such by the Commissioners when they gave tbe undertaking to tb& Borough Council to clear the reserves. The speeches of the candidates for the mayoralty were commendably brief and sensible, and wqrp particularly satisfactory m that both recognised £h> necessity for im provcinßntß m the cbn.qfitipn qi the streets, The Works Committee have been crippled fo t^eir worfe: by the restricted amount allocated to m the annual estimates, and the necessity for further works is now so evident, that it cannot be ignored. The result of the meeting shows that gatherings of th£ frurgesses to discuss public matters should be mpre frequently held.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

David H. Anderson, seventy years, died suddenly yesterday at South Dunedin froil heart disease, A tpial hap just begun at Bologna of seven persons aharged with forcing five million franca of Spanish bonds. The accused have already spent three years m prison pending the completion of arrange ments for the trial. Last December a robbery of £200 from Mr Jensen, storekeeper, was reported from P-opangahau, Hawkes Bay, but the perpe trator was JJfiVer discovered. Now the mysterious robbery has been explained. Mrs Jensen found on Saturday, between the drawers and the back of a chejit of drawers, the £200 lost and supposed, to have been stolen. The Melbourne "Leader" says:—There is comfort In |tbe assurance that the shearing fcnwblea of the past fcwo seasons are not like ly to be renewed, and that J*i»j^ork this year will be amicably accomplished without friction between employers [and employed. Bygones are to be allowed to be bygones, the 'lead pask to kury its dead. . A curioii? discovery (says the ''Wanganui Chronicle,") appear* tO have been made at Oasfciecliff, Wanganui Heads. JIT Shannon, m sinking * wejl on his ground, met with an effervescing vater with a taste closely re sembling the .ordinary godajpte/? of gom merce, The supply is contiguous, and is used and well liked for household purposes. Mr James Rogers, of Oamaru, declined or lesigned the appointment of Deputy Assignee for Timaru, and the post has been given to Mr Alexander Montgomery, some time accountant to the Timaru Milling Company, and previously of the firm of Gray and Montgomery, general commission agents, stc, at Temuka. Mr Montgomery has also been appointed agent for the Public Trustee m Timaru. The amount voted last year for the San Francisco mail service was £15,258, but £17,859 was expendid. This year, the sum appearing on the Estimates for the service is £J. 8,500. The Hon Mr Ward states that this iacrgaae *a principally due to the fact that the JmperiaJ hjive refused to continue paying tne transit charges"fr/jm New York to San Francisco. Both mail services, however, are now on the proper basis—that of paymeiifc by remits. Paris papers »nd the Parisian* h*va been hoaxed by an account of a quadruple duel, m which it wem alleged a Prussian officer was killed, a feature of the story which made \b " go," M. Routes, wfoo took the item to the new agencies, made out that he was a great fire-eater, and the victor m the affair. Having exposed the fraud he wished to dismiss the matter as I jojke, saying be was anxious to see how far the French F-r.es« cio.uld be gulled. M. Ranc, the Senator, ans ctyectyr tf the "Paris," whom M. Routes made the fir^ vehicle of the information, refused to tafte matters so lightly and sent seconds to M. (Route/, thereby giving that terrible cTueHitst a ge#utyo chance of showing his powers. •'Don't put off untjl to-morrow the pictures of to-day, but«de * ' Calliope* JJicycletf onpe." JJluetrated prige ]iat«

Sir William Fox is reported to be steadily recovering. " Ratepayer " writes calling the attention of the Harapstead Town Board to the dis gracttful state of the footpath between the Rev. E. A. Scott's corner and Dunn's Road. When mentioning the Appointment of Mr Quane as general agent for the sale- of the Massey-Harris reapers, we should have mentioned that IV! r Quane will also take take orders for the well-know m Massey for which machines, Messrs Vnedlander Brothers are, as heretofore, the local agents. Tke Board of Governors of Canterbury College have accepted an offer of Dr DeLat our, of Oaniaru, to hand over to the Canter bury Museum his interest m the tnoa bones discovered at Enfie'd, on condition that three of the skeletpns of the three different species of moa be set up. one for the Oamaru Mu seum, one for Mr Meek, and one for Dr De Latour. By a telegram from Palmerstom North we learn, with regret, of the death yester day of Mr William Dixon, second master of the Camplell strei * chool, ard formerly for ten years schoolmaftter at Rakaia. Mr Dixon had been m a prccaiious state of health for some time. The ultimate cause of death was pleurisy. A gentleman who lately visited a lunatic asylum near Sydney reports that among the inmates he found a near relation of a British peer, the brother-in-law of a baronet, a son of a dean of the Church of England, a church of England clergyman acting as a warier, two captains ana one colonel of the British army, the brother of a poputo English novelist, and a member of the famous Light Brigade of Balaclava. . A letter m the " Lyttelton Times" to day finds fault with the new town clock at Rangiora. Mr R. Murray, the maker of the clock, annoyed at the remarks, having beard no complaint, wired to the postmaster at Rangiora and received the answer "clock quite satisfactory, variation last week about a minute." The Ashburton clock, we may say, has not varied five seconds during the last six weeks. The Oddfellows Tea, Concert, and Ball at Waterton on Friday night next promises to be one of the most successful gathering ever held there. The young ladies are arranging the tea tables m their usual good style. A large party of singers from Ashburton have kindly offered their services for the concert and with the assistance of our local talent will give a good programme and the music is m the hands of Mr H. Gates' band.

The Resident Magistrate at Timaru was occupied all day on with three charges of Sunday trading against publicans In one case defence was that the purchaser said he was a traveller, m the other two (the same buyer m all cases) that the sale was by unauthorised persons, and contrary to express instructions. In one the cook of the hotel got into tl}B bar by using the kitchen key} m the other a lodger "who was cleaning out the bar had been told to lock hjmself m and supply no one, served a fewdFinks, Dgcision was {reserved.. In Denmark, by one of the oldest laijrs on the statute book, a landlord is forbidden to accept a peasant as a yearly tenant, or even to grant to him a firm on a lease for a fixed number of years. . If he accepts him as a tenant at all, it must be for life. No matter how obnoxious the man may prove himself, the lanfjlQr4 hag 119 means of getting rid of him sq long as he pays Tijs rent; ana, even when he does not, the ppocess of eyic^ipn is so costly and so unpopular that a landowner hesitates before having reoourte to it. The "Tuapeka Times" says that the editor of the "Western Star" is "a person of immeasurable impudence and cast iron cheek." It seems that the "Star" man walked off with two-thirds of a column of the '? Time* " Wellington letter, and never even said 1? 1 Tfai»nk you." The "Star " editor, m reply, saysi "'The 'edijio/ $ the " Tuapeka Times " is on a pir with the one who managed the Bianktou Smasher. Take a half wilted, well fed Hottentot, inject into him the Urgent possible amount of con peit; extract from him three-fourths of his brains and all |jia moral principles; kick him over tlje phrenological opgang until he forgets what little ho did kfaow, and yqu have him intellectually. The surpliced Tuapeka man m the journalistic rostrum is as good as a Sam feller on Euclid." The Factory Act Amendment Bill, whigh the Hon W. P. Reeves has introduced, proposes that "Any office, building, or place m which any woman or person under the age of eighteen years is employed m working for hire or reward m any handi craft, of In grgparing or manufacturing articles for trade or sale, stjal! bis aiActory within the meaning of the act." Power ia j;iven to appoint a chief inspector for the colony. No boy under fourteen years of age shall be employed m any factory, unless it can be proved that his wage? are necessary to supporl hfrnself • jar ltys f»P?i'y- Employ ment Outsjcfe %torjes ff to be considered as employment m a factory, and fl>e provisions of the existing act %s to saijitati^h, cleanli ness, "{arid venibilatioji o,f W9f^T9°nP ar P **? »pp'y t© pablig schools,

A musical prodigy has turned up at Blen? heim. Mr Cheek, a teacher ot music there, has taken, over to to Wellington his four year old son to submit him to the notice of Mr Parker, Mr Hill, and other musical authorities there, and confer with them as *« the best way of de^lQpjng the extra ordinary ££' wfal^ the oliiTd Po'Bßß^- The chfldW« t^ '■'Bvffi«!?s P^ 8 > h? s gifts precisely similar to those pf-Mozar^ m even a mope wonderful degree. At four years bis can (bell m what k,ey a piece is b,eing played, can strik? any npteand di«tingiti6)f things m music which his father and teacher I cannot. Those who have heard the child Jn Blenheim ape amazed at his powers. Qne lady writing to a frje»4 m Wellington says "the child is certainly ft Hvi»» ipiracle— that is the only wepd thai gan desoj,-ib,e j him." The Melbourne " Age," m an article oomr paring the financial condition of New Zealand and Victoria, and lauding the way m which New Zealand had pulled herself out of ft sjough of depression, says :— "Are we prepaid $o facie hard times and carve foitune out of adversity wiik the same resolute spirit that Hjew Zealand did ? In the first place will the Shiels Go. Ternment make retrenchment as thorough as Sir Harry Atkinson did? Can Parliament b,e depended upon to pare itself down m numbe? aas enjoluments'? Will the people meet th.c necessary tax£*3 wjth a spirit be coming men who ingan \g honestly pay th^ir way ?We are bound to y »ay that the sigus of the times are less hopeful than we ooqld wish. The Conservative : wire pullers set t)" aIV f*ces dead against genuine retrench ment m the civil service; and m order to thwart railway reform, have organised .'sjecoijcl class leagues'so that the railway revenue may not uignd ip&plf. The rashness which is sho wn in' other ij'ti&i ters v* shai tpjg up immensely profitable mines m ordor to take advantage of hard times amongst the wage-earners is another proof that our people havp pot yet realised, as New Zea land did, the absolute necessity of cgasiu'g a policy of finesse and speculation, aifd fook: ing to hard work and indijstrjal' energy on the lai^d and m; the workshops as the true salvation fo^us m *jw jmniediate future.

ASHBURTON PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

PUBLIC MEETING.

A public meeting called by the Acting- May: >r, by order of the Borough Council, was held last evening m the Oddfellows' Hall. The object of the meeting, as stated m the advertisement calling it, was to consider the questions of the deficient accommodation at the Pail way Station and Post Office, altering the time of stai ting the 4.15 p.m. train from Chrisrchurch, and. other matters. Cr Richard Bird, Acting-Mayor, occupied the chair, &nd there were over a hundred people present—perhaps a hundred and fifty. The Chairman was supported by Councillors D. Thomas, John Orr, Tweed, i Cuthberlson, Paul, and Jones, and Mr H. Friedlander.

The Chairman said thtjy were all aware of the object of the meeting, which was to endeavor to impress upon the Railway Commissioners the necessity for increased railway accommodation—in fact, that a new station altogether was wanted, as the one m use was little better than a shed, and there were many stables m the county that were better than the Ash burton railway station. The question they were called together to discuss was not \ one of yesterday. Thirteen years ago a meeting similar to the one they were j holding had been held on the same sub ject, and there were gentlemen present at this meeting who had moved resolutions at the one held thirteen years ago. Cr Tweed, who had recently been m Welling* ton as a delegate to the Municipal Association from the Borough Council, had, while there, waited on the Railway Commissioners, and placed the wishes of I the district m this matter before them. He came away m the belief that he had succeded m persuading tb,e Commissioners into deciding to erect the new station, but a letter had followed him to Ash burton, m which he was informed that they had decided to do nothing of the kind. Mr E. G. Wright, the M.H.K. for the district, had also put the matter very strongly before the Commissioners, and to strengthen that gentleman's hands it had been deemed wise to hold this meeting and give public expression to the people's wishes on the question. Another question that was very important was to be considered that night—that was the delay of the 4.15 p.m. train from Christ church at Dromore. A meeting had already been held at the Council Chambers on this question, but the gentlemen had not been able tp agree as to whaf; was the' best tike for the train t:> qtart—some fancying an earlier some a later hour for leanng Chriatchurch. The general opinion now, howeveir, appeared t,? t »>o that £he hqin: of starting should be later, so that the express should cross the slow train at Rakaia, and so avoid the long and dreary wait at Dromore. Resolutions on these questions wjuld be moved, and upon another—the necessity for a new post office. '

ipflß RAILWAY ApgQMIffOIJATICSN. Jkfx John tjrr' moved the first resolution as follows 5" - That thia meeting requests the earnest attention of the Railway Commissioners to the necessity of providing a new passenger railway station at Ashburton, with increased accommodation, suitable to the requirements of the place. In moving this resolution he was only doing pne of those things which the A'shoWon people should have done Ions; ago. But the Ashburton people were a patient and long suffering people, and he feared they did not fully appreciate the importance of their district. They went plodding along year after year, forgetting that their di§trict was one of the most imp rtant \n the colony. It supplied the London pqor with cheap mutton a^id cheap bread—at least large quantities cf both m the shape of frozen meat and grain wenjj thers from this county, and were carried ever the railway lines to the ports. He had not been able—having been out of town most of the day*—to obtain full statistics from the railway station, but he had learned that our station took seventh or eighth place for traffic among th,e stations of the colony, and was helping to pay its fair share of the colohyfs taxes., In travelling through New Zealand he. had noted that insignificant stations along the line, not doing anything like Ashburton's traffic, had nice,*' 'coinfortijible stations— many of tjiese equal to the station at A'sh^urt'qn.' lie Ssidyocated agitating till they got fiijeij.' gneyanceg redressed. ' |Ir Rudolph JFrjealandpF'seconded the motion with great pleasure, and could en dorse every word of Mr Ore's remark?, by whom the question had not been too strongly put. The accommodation was not suitable. Travellers waiting for a train or coming off one had to stand out m all weathers, as there was no shelter; no protection, T.he station was unsuit able n many ways,'especially from a sanitary point of view, and m warm weather a portion of tna station was absolutely dangerous to the health of the town. Ti}e frnportange of the district, as had been pointed o«t by Mp Otv t was entitled to much more commodious pre mises, and he trusted the Commissioners would see the matter m the same light as tha£in which, the people of Ash. burton did. Tt{e platform accommodation at the station was quit? inadequate, and passen gers when a train arrWd or departed were shoved about, jostled by the crowd,' or run over by trollies m a way that was altogether uncomfortable. ? If r.!. R. Steele asked what had become Qt fclje n?c.ney t)jat had been placed upon the Estimates jn Mr W4gntf§ tijne |or ; a new station ?

The Chairman sai^-he had never beard of the money mentio:ie>*. lie kuew about a plan that had been.pre^itrcd. Sir Steele said the money had been Fored, and |<l)e member for the district should look after it, Ha woftld Jilcp tikis' adtfed to the motion, In reply to Mr Keir, Mr David Thomas explained that the attitude of the County Council was» not one of hostility to the new station proposal, but the Council thought the proposal jfor |J tJ' JW P os^ °nice was premature. ' * -' • ' i Mr Olsten urged going m for a now station alone, and leaving the new: post office for a future time. v Mr P, M. .Jones ssid it was time A^htyujft'on' ijrofce up; the pigeon.- holes had <Jone duty long enough. The station at Rakak, where the Methven line joined the main ; and the station at Rblleston, where tfte M^tyern ljne joined, were both superior to the station at burton. The room at Ashburton vriu not; enough for the requirements of the place, especially on holidays, when the. crush was very great, and one could only get along the platform into the refreshment rooms with difficulty. Wf.v StceJ, Ajfprd Forest Tload, thought the motion shoiili embody a reminder that Government )\uA already recognised the necessity for a new station, and had prepared plans for it. Ds Tye.ed suggested the appointment of a coram'itleo j,o ap>w "paeons m support of the resolution^ for submission to the Commissioner!. C The resolution, Qlt being put, was carried unanimously, THE 4,15 P.M. TKAIN. Cr R. M. Cuthbertson moved the ! following resolution : — , That this meeting urges npon the Railway i^ommpsjoncrs the necessity of altering the time'of starting the' 4,15 pan, tram from Christchurch to Ashburton, bo arftdavoid the vexatious audincbnvenieHt delay of the train at Dromorc, and asks that the train leave Christchwr^h at'a time that will enable it to crosa tU« express atß.akaia,

• He hoped this resolution Would be carried as unanimously a* the Jijst." Thf delay at Drom >re of. the 4.15 p.m. trair from Chriritchurch to Ashburton was musi vexatious. It was delayed there foi twenty minutes to allow the express to tnss, and not m any part of the colony could a more dreary place be found tha Dromore at which to aelay a traiu-load ol weary pas -enters. At race times altera-• ' tions vere made .on the lime tables, and the express crosted the train at Rakaia. , Dr Tweed had interviewed the Commis sioners at Wellington and thought he hati ■cot them to consent to a change, bu» w!»fm he arrived here they wrote saying it was impossible to etart the train earlier; but they said nothing about starting it later. A few minutes longer m Christchurch was sometimes of great value to business men ; at any rate ii there was to be a wait of a few nrinutee one would rather do it at Rskaia than at Dromore. (Laughter). Besides there was no telegraph station at Drtmore, and m the event of a breakdown there would be no limit to the delay. Cr H. M; Jones seconded the resolu tion, Only those who had had to wait knew the hardship of the delay. He himself had had to wait over an hour when the other train was late, and the want of a telegraph office at Drouorc , prevented any communiantibn with the town. No one objected to a few minutes later m Christchurch, and if there was to be a wait at Rakaia, the arrival of the tram at Ashburton need not necessarily be much later than now. The resolution was unanimously carried, IHB POST OFJTIGB.

Councillor Tweed said there were many reasons why his resolution should be passed. . The accommodation at the post office warf* quite insufficient. At mail times it was quite a battle to get to one's private bos tor letters, and the counter accommodation was still more inadequate. The counter whs less than twelve feet long j and no secrecy. Everybody at the counter could see what anyone was doing there, what telegram he Rent, what deposit or withdrawal he made m che savings bank, and even what letters he received (Hear, hear.) As for the outside, the building was a disgrace to that part of East street. (Applause.) The public buildings of a town ought to be iii keeping with the private buildings, but. there was not a merchant m the place but had a better office than the railway and post office*, and their bad appearance was an additional reacon why a decent post office should be built. He did not thir.k^ the position was the best possible, as it and ltaring square checked the extension of the town m that direction, but he would not lay stress upon that point. It was due te the good service o.f th,e officer^ p.f tfoe post office that the burge&sts had been so long suffering (applause) as they had done their best under great disadvantages. He had much pleasure m moving That this meeting urges upon the Govern ment the necessity of providing a nsw Post and Telegraph Office, suitable to the require ments of AsVburt^n. (Applause.) Council] r Thomas said that he *as with Dr Tweed this time. The post office and some of the other public buildings were a disgrace to the district. The post office was fourteen or fifteen years old, and there was not a business man's office m the place that has not been altered since then. (Applause.) The application for a new station would go to an irrespon sible body that did not care a rap for them, but the application for a post office woul4 go djre^t tp the. Government. He had just come fron} Dronjore, and would s«y that any men, whether Commissioners or not, who would condemn their fellow creatures to stand for twenty-minutes at that spct were unfit for *ny position whatev.eri (Applause.) He seconded Dr Tweed's resolution with pleasure. Rev S}. Lawry remarked that during the last seventeen years he had been m almost all part* of New Zealand, and he \ya< undesirably, impressed by th« miserable character ci the public build m tea m Ashburton. He thought the Ashburton people had not learned to open their mouths when they wanted anything. Other districts were served far better. Here there was no telephonic communication with any place between Ashbiirtiin and the sea, while m some parts of the North Island every little yjllage was connected by telephone. Many villages also had far better buildings, and if the Ashburton people saw these they would be djssatisfied. He did not advo cate luxury, bvic if pther people's needs could jae'served ojjrs should not be neglepj^q .(^PptatySß); The resolution was then put and carried unanimously, The Chairman asked the meeting to resolve that a copy of thwe resolutions, with a summary of the arguments used by the various . speakers, be sent to the proper authorities—namely, the Railway Commissioners, the Postmaster General, and the Minister of Public Works, also to Mr Wright, member for Ashburton, Sir i John Hall, an 4 Major Steward. j THE RAILWAY; RESERVES. | Councillor Tweed asked leave to move j

That the attention of the Railway Com missioners be galled tp the ijftate of the rail way reserves on both Bjdes of the line, and that they be asked to remove, the'coal heaps, timber heaps, advertisement boards,'etc., and clear the reserves so, fbat they might be planted. (i\ppla^|e.) The. Railway Commissioners should either do ttyg wprjt or hana over the reserves to the Borough to take care of them, as they : were at present as great an eyesore as any of the public buildings. The letting of the reserves was not fair ta private owners of property, and tlj'e '<ius£ from the petal, etc., caused great damage ip flic 'siockV of" shop keepers m |jas,t Street. Councillor Thomas had great pleasure m seconding this resolution. Eight or nine years ago the Borough Council approached the Commissioner of Rail ways, and/ one sjde of the line had been cleared, put the, tyepartyjehjb ppuld not afford to lose the revenue .from the other. He was strongly of oftlnlon that both sides should be cleared. The Commis sionets had no right to take possession of land m the centre of a town and use it to the detriment «f the landowners of that town, j^A'ppiaiweJ.- *•"--' ■ Councillor Qrr spoke of the unfairness with' which, these reserves had been administered. He had been deprived of a site on which he Had a building, and now th& s&n»eeifce w»« occupied by a building nearly as big—thub of Messrs Collins and Qp.' '"•, " Jii answer to questions, thp Ghairman' %i) 4 sev^ra] Coyncillore said they thought these reserves trere not and could not be rated. - Mr W. H. Collins said he was astonished at the ignorance of the speakers on this subject, who were Councillors, some of them ex-mayol s, and some of them would-bo mayors. He was rated at £60 a year, aiici thp tenant** of air ihesd, reserves paid Borough rates. The public did not wish to do injustice to anybody, and would not approve of the resolution. So long as the* Railway Commissioners and Collins and Co. agree, the Borough Council liftd no iiiore rjght toin^er|erethan they had between any landlord tenant. Or Upr was wrong abput the cancelling of the le**ses ot th^A re^ervea j not one lease had been oanoelled eseepfe for contravention of the conditions, the others had been thrown up because the lessees did not require them further" (Mr Collins referred at some length to .articular oases; and said there had keen 1 no unfairness on the part of the 'Govern-' ment. He suffered 1 a {good ideal of interruption, though many of his rem^dtß gained app!au»e)

■ Or Cuthberto , n pointed <mt that tho Borough hid received a;i u..rl<-it»kirg from ilie Commissioners to clear they whole of the l&wt street B icse for the purpose of planting, and if afrer that the reserve was let to Mr Collins, and he were dispossessed, he had his remedy iptinst the Commissioners. The Borough Oouncil had no desire to do him any Cr urr, m explanation, said the jonditioiw of his lease were complied with. The leases were terminable at nree months' notice, so that there could ot be much injustice. He contended :hat to give to one an advantage that •thrrs had been deprived of was unfair, and gave tha less job of these reserves an undue advantage over their competitors m trade. ■ Mr Collins stated that he was rated at •JtOO. Mr Janus " ,ir sail the discussion wu out of order. Tue ratepayers wanted the leserves cleared, as the coal and other dungs were a nuisance. (Applause) Cr Tweed regretted that the discussion had taken this turn. He had no personal feeling, but would like to see the reserves e'eared and planted. The resolution was then carried with tart one or two dissentients, and ordered to be added to those previously carried. i THS MA.VORAX SUCTION. Mi J. Miles suggested that the, candi dates for the mayoralty should express tneir views. Mr R. Friedlander supported the sug gestion and moved that Councillor ThomM tale the chair for thfct purpose, the meet ing first passing a vote of thanks to the acting-mayor for the manner m whioh he had discharged the duties of the ehsir so Or Thomas assumed the chair, Mid called upon Councillor Orr, who referred to the difficulty which the new mayor would have m following so many good men. The overdraft had been reduced from thousands, to hundreds, public works done, and the town beautified. I! ♦sleotfld, he would do his utmost, not to reduce the overdraft, as the G vakDuk had said-the paper was wrong I hero— but to improve the streets, and use the funds at his disposal for the benefit of the public generally. If the streets were m a bad state it was rather the fault of the Chairman ot the Works Committee (Or Bird), He had little to say exospt that he thought the election depended upon whom they thought had most fitness for tho office.

Councillor Bird said there were no questions m the election to take sides upon. As Chairman of the Works Com mittee he had not favored his own locality at the expense of others, but the Com mittee had done the best with the funds at their disposal. The overdraft was not. so much reduced as many people thought. Works were muck iv arrears, and the estimates had allocated £400 for concrete channelling alone—this was a most necessary work, and he wished there was more money available for it. If elected he would do hi* beet, though it ! was no easy matter to follow Mr Hugo Friedlander. In answer to a question, Cr Bird said there was no foundation for the rumor that the Council were about to let Baring square West for building sites; They could not .do so without an Act of Par , laiment. The Chairman (Cr Thomas) referred to the slate of the Borough finances, saying I that the amounts that had already been allocated would bring'the overdraft up to 1 nearly what it was before. There was £250 m the b»uk that should not be reckoned as a reduction of the overdraft. He moved a vote, of thanks to the candidates, and received a similar compli ment himself, and the meeting closed,

THE LOCAL ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT BILL.

toB a long time the authorities of the Audit Oi&ce have been dissatisfied with the want of system evinced by local bodies m keeping their accounts. Scarcely two have kept them alike, and many of the methods >f book* keeping.are most primitive, rendering the auditors' task very difficult; With the object of wunedyjng state qf affairs the Premier has introduced the Local Authorities' Accounts and Audit Bill, which may be presumed to be an indication of what the Auditor and Controller General desires. The Bill partially repeals nq less than fourteen. Acts, and altogether supersedes tha Local Bodies' Audit Act of 1888. It begins by prescribing a uniform method. of keeping the accounts.. These are to be under four heads, as follows :— General account,* Special accounts, consisting of the accounts of each loan raised for any special purpose; In* terest accounts; and Sinking Fund accounfg. A local bocjy may gverdra^ on general accbupt any,'. sum qp tq the preceding year's revenue, inclusive of subsidies, or on gas qr water accounts, to the fame extent, and popie* of these accounts, tqgftthef with the balance sheet, are to be handed to the banfe after audit for its. information. The mayor or chairman, is also, within Qi*e week after signing the balance sheet, to cause ta te , pttbifched m some newspaper or by printed or- written placards affixed to public places, a notice that the accounts are open to insp^ctipn at tb,fs office by angr rate payer, debenture-holder, qr qthef creditor. Thjs will obviate the neoeq* sity for publishing the accounts m full, which seme lo^al hodteg very grudg. ingly comply with and often attempt to evade; and it will also render it unnecessary for impecunious oorpora t;onß to .obtain tha authority of the Governor to employ.-some.leas expen sive method. .of publication than advertising at enjoined by the Act of 1888: . A little more latitude will be given to local bodies than heretofore traveiling'ex'penses' have bein*incm*re3 m attending meetings or travelling m the service of the local authority, $nc( may be legally paid,''the charges n^ay be allowed ff sorted W a declara, tion by the recipient that the mpnejt waseo expended, ppstqf yi^ to reserves and the' aeeompanylng picriioa, of visits to* Wellington, and of similar expenses which are now outside the scope of legitimate expenditure of public funds, may m future, if this BilL become law, be boldly entered m the accounts instead of being, as is generally the case under the existing law, ihelnded fh^BO^e^tit}oua*ehtr| or added to the mayor's or chairman^i honorarium. The'time has' been m Ashburton when such'a provision as this wp^Jd We saved months oi wrangling. 'J2he further proyi^^ that a local authority may expend en « contingencies v any sum not exceed* ing two per cent, on the ordinary income for the previous year, and not exceeding m any case the sum of £50 m any one year. No definition of the term " pontingepciea "^ given, bqt the c|fttJße w«^ at tbe inttknoil of kn ex maybr of Wellington to dtabje pablic bodies to entertain distinguished viaitors, and to meet «on>« of the nwiy

THE A'OTmTTTITON GUARDIAN : TUESDAY, JULY 26, 1893.



Suitokt Local Inuustut. — the Losenges, Jujubes, Comnts and London Mixtures tnariufactured by Aulsebrook and Co. are cciual to best mported,



The best medicine known is SASIiEKa^d SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT 1, Test ifs eminent powerful effects In coughs, colds, influenza, etc.—the relief is instantaneous, Thousands give the most gratifying testi mony. His Majesty the King of Italy, and medical syndicates all over the globe are its patrons, head the official reports thataccon". panV'oicu touLite, $UjSj#'> M.D., Professor Umvorsity, * GtfefsAvalti, ' repots •. '— fie Eucalypti Extract proved magnificently dub cessful m very severe contusions, bruises, swains, wounds, scoldings; broken ribs, and lnubd. ()<]\M*cul -Journal," Nov., 1881). In diseases qi the kidneys, vilhjq. acf-iyo con gestion or suppression, (uroeniia) or albumi fliuia, dyop?y, lithargy, nothing will equal m its action EucftlypH Extract. Dos§s, five toaix drops, Mo»l«v, it,D., Pfqiessgr University, Giieswald, reports i—Diph'he ria. Tonsils continually oohercnt presenting ulcers with white exudants. Cured m four teen days. Surgical Clinic cf Prof. M'lntyre. Gollegp of Physicians and Surgeons, St- Eouii^cireiuifl ftf B,r«jast—Excision Euca lypti Extract 1 employed, ■ «o Wfjliug, h^at or discoloration. Cured In fdurt^en Mft< Advt *"



NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY H">HE Proprietors have much JL pleasure m informing their Patrons and the General Public, that they have opened Tem porary Premises m TANCRED STREET, opposite the Arcade. NEW STOCK. NEW STOCK. j WE SPECIALLY INVITE BUYERS OF CLOTHING TO PAY US A VISIT, HATS AND CAPS In the Latest Shapf-s, Including Light Weight, Flexible m Black an .1 Colored, also Soft Felts, marked at prices to suit every body. -LATEST NOVELTIES—' SHrRTg, SCARFS, BOWS, RUGS, PORTMANTEAUX, BRACES, COLLARS, &c. WEW ZEALAIYD TANCRED STREET. W, H. Webber, Manager. ■



£95 Heward. THE above reward will be paid by th« Ashburton Borough Council to any person who will furnish evidence that will convict th« person or persons who mali i cionsly tampered wiih the water supply on the night of the sth insfc., dtmtij; the fire m East Street. By order. C. E. FOOKS, Town Clerk. Ashburton, July 19,3 892. 7 132



SALVAGE SALE—A large quantity O of Goods slightly soile 1 by removal durinsj the late fire. W«ll be sold at greatly Reduced Prices.—Amdhbw Orr eVTANTED—Gentlemen before buying ▼ ▼ their Suits and Clothing of all descriptions to inspect our stock. £1000 worth muit be sold regardless of cost.— H C. Sbgers, Melford House. W* ANTED Known—That you will make no mistake for quality and 1 ariety m English and Colonial Boots, and is highly reputed make by sailing at J. Moison's. During coming holidays di* oount for Cash. Repairs done at once, A staff of men always kept and best material and worWnn nship guaranteed. WANTED Known.—J." Nicholas, 800 l maker, Burnett street, oppo site the Majl Office, is prepared to make Boots and Shoe* to order. All repairs done promptly at lowest rates. 7*167 WANTED Known—lf you want good value m first-class Drapery ar.d Slothing for your money go to H. C- Sbof.b«, Melford House. Great reduc tions now on. ROSE Trees, Onions, Plough Shares, Flour, Chaff, Oatmeal, Macrocarpa Fruit Trees, Tea, Sharps, Potatoes, Ohick Wheat, Oarrots, Insignis, Hay, .alt, Oats, Barb Wire, and Civility. For thft above articles, cheap and good for oash, try J. Thomas, opposite Army Barracks. Havelock street. TF.LEGRAM to A. Orr.—Your offer for 124 Pieces French Merino is accepted ; Edwards, Bennett, and Co., Christchurch. The above goods ar« now beinjr gold %t half price al A. Orr's Cheap Sale 6§WO WANTBD Known—ln consequence of slowness of trade thi* season, wo aave reduced almost everything of our well assorted first-clasn Drapery, Clothing, c c. - -H. C. Seobrr, Melford ffouse^ *V ANTED Known.—[ have a large */>" atock of Tin and Ironware (roods to e«»lfcfc from. Register Orates, Stoves. i»>rbib!e Boilers, Spouting and Ridging ken*; m rtack,~*.J W Hardily, East Street _ \ LL Wool Colonia xweed Suits tc . CX. measure; fife anJ workmanship | : from 50s cash. Robert Alcork, Aehburton Clothing Mari, S Hinders BuUdiflgw. OW 8 KLUNG at Groalfy~R^|tSd Prices (for cash), Hundreds of Books on History, Science, Religion, Fiction, &c Photo Albums and Frames, Pictures, Games, Musical Instrument*, Music. A large stock slightly soiled »t less than half price. Stationery and Account Bocks.—Xi. F. Astdrbweb a>d Co.



Wanted, _ CASH Advertiseruouw. under tlrs heading not exceeding SIXTEEN WORD'S l/-.: Addresses may be li»ftab this Office. WINTIO, an App entice, sixth standard boy preferred. Apply Manager Ashburton Publishing Company. BSCONLAN and Miss Arnotjv Costume Makers, having opened m Saunders' Buildings, are prepared to guarantee perfect fit, and latest nns fashions. Dresses m*de from 10s 6d. Vslo 1* W' aFTKD Known—Service of Song " Uncle Tom " m Hall, Tinwald, Wednesday next, July 27, at 7.30 p.m. In aid of new Wesleyan °^ n'___l_ l UnsE~FLOWEß'B"~Cough"Drops and Sulphur Tablet*. H. G. Flower Confectioner, East^Birjet. ____ _._. T7^EaOSENE, Flour, Tapiooa, Sag), JtV Rioe, etc., at Wholesale Prices.- Thb Cash Storu, Havelock street (opposite Harriion's). 7 +io< * SPEIGHT'S best Dunedin Beer always op tap at Botlbr's Family Hotel. am FRE ! The Salvage Sale will be con tinued for Fourteen Days. All Woel Dress Tweeds at about Half price. —S. W. Aicoßsr&Co. ALVAGE Sale. Great reductions on pvery article. Trimmed Millinery Hatf price.—S. W. Alcork & Co. TTTANTED Known—l)r Scott's cele ▼V brated Electric Corsets can only be obtained m Ashburton at W. H. Collier's, "The Corner." ANTED KNOWN, Grand display of new Millinery, Ulstera, and Jackets, at most reasonable prices at Thb Corkjh. SOMERSET Meat Mart- The oldest, the largest, the beat, and the cheap est. Small Goods a specialty. Full weights guaranteed. A trial solicited. —W. J. Shcock. 4*182



The world is ever moving on to war! perfection butseldom attains it. Constan improvement is being made m every branch of industry, but m Baking Powders Perfection has been reached m Warburton'a Care t Be Beat. 44 Calliopk " Cycles.—lllustrated libt of 4< Calliope "Cycles for season 1892-93 is now issued and will be sent post free to any address— Seville's Cycle Works 93 Colombo Street. Holloway's Pills and Oistmrnt.- Soldiers and sailors.—These well-known and easily used remedies are especially service able and convenient to those who, like soldiers and eailorsj' are exposed to great changes of climate, and the hardships in sepaiable from their calling. Many of the diseases engendered m the system from these and other untoward. causes can be checked and controlled by attention at their outset, and m Hol'oway's remedies will be found a ready means of relief without hindrance from duty. Many a man is invalided and rendered'more or less a burden to himself iiid friends from neglect of the e*rly symptoms of his complaint, which calamity might be averted by timely resort to the use of HoHoway's Pills and Ointment. Ckacknell and Digestive Biscuits for invalids are unsurpassed. Made by ACXSEBROOK AND Co. The Okslow Biscuit. The latest and most delicate biscuit manufactured by Aileebrook and Co



PHOTOGRAPHY. GREAT SUCCESS. GREAT SUCCESS.« THE Public delighted with the Professor's work. The first, lot of proofs are now ready for distribution, and are on view at the Studio, Moore street, where the Public are requested to inspect the woik, which will compare favorably with any m the colony. Come early. Business booming. Customers delighted. Studio hours from 9.30 to m' A. T. ROBOTTOM, Photographer, Moore street, (Opposite Royal Hetel). 7*159 The Best TeaT~ IN THE WORLD. Hysl#P^ Ceylon. IHNIAN IJtfSLOP, ah» CO., Tea Importers, 138 Cashel street. Chiistchurch. ~The Best Tea IN CANTERBURY for the money, and fwefrom any excess of astringency. COUNTESS 2s. 4»E Wi"» *■« 7 121



SPENCER'S MOJSSTER CLEARANCE, MARK THE EXTRAORDINARY REDUCTIONS MADTC FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS OF THIS GEE AT SALE. CfcOTHItfO BBPAHTIIEWT, NOTB THE RBDUOTIONS-^ MEN'S SAC SUITS. Former Prices Sis Od, 37. 6d, 31. 6d, 37s 6d, 45s Oj, 55s Od s3« Prices 21s Od, 26s 6d, 2U Od, 29a 6d, 35* 6d, 35s 6d SrmerPriSiiJs 6d 42s 6d 47s 6d, 65s Od, 32. Od, 49s 6d K>ric2s 28. 6d 29. 6d 32s 6d, 45. Od, 21. Od, 38. 6d SPECIAL LINES. Colonial Stddle Tweed Suite, 52a 6d, for 35s 6d; Black Wprsted _do, 69s fid. for 89s 6d; Colonial Tweed do, 39s Sd, for 28s 6dj Colonial Tweed do, B?i6d, for 29s 6d; Kaiapoi, very heavy line, do, 50*. tor 37s 6d; Roslyn, rery heavy line, do, 85s, tor 47s 6d. MEN'S TWEED OVERCOATS. Ita-mar Prices 45s Od, 25s 6d, 34s 6d, 82a 6d, 35s Od, 27s 6d, 29s 6d, 45s sSPBi^T 32* U 21s Od; 24s Ba| 22s 6d, 23s 6d, 19s 6d, 24s 6d, 34s 6d JOB CLEARANCE. MEN'S PtLK TIES ... ... ... 6 for Is. LiDEBS 1 CLOSE-FITTING THREE-QUARTER JACKETS. Former Prices 36a 6d, 19s 6d, 17s Od, 81s Od, 32s 6d ISpKICES Us lid', 6s lid, 6s lid, 13s lid, 8s lid Former Prices 27s 6d, 30s Od, 14b 6d, >fs 6d, 31a Od SALE PRICES 13s 3d, 14s lid, 4s lid, 13s lid, 13s lid LADIES' SHORT JACKETS. La-fei a*a *i^ •«: >« LADIES 1 TWEED ULSTERS. Former Prices 8s lid, 8s lid, 9s 6d, 12s M 14s 9d SALE PRICES 3s lid, 3s lid, 4s lid, 6s lid, 5s lid |o\mer Prices 12. 6d', 18s 6d 81. 6d 16s 6d, 10s 9d SALE PRICES 7s lid, 8. lid, 14s lid, 9s lid, 6s lid DBFJi DEPARTIEM. MERINOS—BIack and Colored. form* Prices 3s fid, 1.6 d, 4s 6d, 3s 3d, 4s 6d, 8s 9d, 3s3d Is lid, 2s 6d, 2s 6d Bui AOOM 2s sid,ls 2£d, 3s sd, 2s 7d,Bs 6d, 8s Id, 2s 7d, Is 3d, llfd, llfd MELTON CLOTH*—Bruwn, Navy, Maroon, and Greys, Is 9d for ll|d. FRENCH BEIGES—DoubIe Widt^. 2s lid for Is 9d. SPECIAL. A few lengths of DRESS TWE RDS left, beautiful patterns, really first slass Goods, at the following ASTONISHING REDUCED PRICES: Former Prices 8s 9d, 3s 6.1, 3s 6d, 3s 6d, 3s 6d, 2s 11, 2s Ud, 3s 6d, 3s 3d SSTPJMOKS 2s sd, 2s 3d, 2s Id, Is lid, Is IOJd, Is lid, 2s Id, 2s Id, 2s Sd REMNANTS OF DRESS GOODS AT SURPRISING REDUCTIONS, COLONIAL MADEJMANKEIS AT THE^EXACT MILL PRICES. We shall not replace any lines soW out, hence the necessity of making your purcha%eß early.  S. SALE£, Wntcbmaker and Jeweller. TEMPOtURY PREMISES *.T W. C. DAVIS' REFRESHMENT ROOM. Fire. Fire. Fire. MUST BE CLEARED AT AUTY PRICK. My STOCK of Electro-Plated and Silverware, Gold and Silver Jewellery, and other high-class Jewellery, h*w to be S'JLD previous to going into new premises, as intend opening with an entirely new stock. Wedding Present!*, Birthday Presents, and Presentation Testimonials. These will be found coods specify suitable and at Less than COST PRICE. MUST BE CLEARED. Watchmaking and Jewellery Repairing carried on as usual ». HALEK, WATCHMAKER AND JEWKfJ.ER.