MAIL NOTICES.

Note—On and after October 1 the parcels post system will b« established between New Zealand and New South Wales at the aime rate of postage as to the other colonies.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21,1893. INDENTS.

At the civil sittings of the Supreme Court at Dunedin on Monday a deci sion was given by Mr Justice Williams which exposes a phase of the law as relating to commercial transactions which, we are certain, was not at all familiar to a very great majority of those who buy and sell. The case de cided was that of Fairbanks, Lavender and Son v Low Brothers, and was a «ait to recover J8874 15s 3d for sad dlery supplied. Plaintiffs are a firm of manufacturers in Walaall, England, and defendants retail saddlers at Goie and Balclutha, Otago. Defendants ordered (through plaintiffs' agent at Dunedin) 263 lines of goods. Some of these lines of goods were more fully described than others, but all of them, in addition to any description, referred to, a number in a catalogue published by plaintiffs, and in the hands of parties when the order was given. The goods were supplied, and the vessel arrived. After shipment drafts on defendants at two, four, and six months for equal third parts of the invoice price and the usual forwarding charges were sent, along with the shipping documents to the manager of the Bank of Australasia at Gore, to present the bills to defendants on the arrival of the ves*el. Defen dants refused to take either bills or goods. The reason given for refusal of the goods was that several of them were not as ordered, and one line was not sent at all. There was much correspondence on the matter, and the plaintiffs were willing to allow for what was not in accordance with the order and what had not been sent at all, but defendants held out, and the amount was sued for. The value of the goods not in accordance with the order was £15 and the single line notsent £1 16s. It is not necessary to go into the long details and legal arguments of the learned Judge, and we shall con tent ourselves with a reference to the hard fact into which, after all is said and done, the decision crystallises. Ihe jury found easily that out of the 263 lines ordered 259 were according to order, three were not, and one was not sent at all, and looking at the equity of thecase thought a payment of £10 less than the full claim would meet the plaintiffs' case., But this was not the law in the matter Justice Williams decided that the whole thing hinged on a quettion of law, and he translated that law to be that, plaintiffs having failed to send everything just as ordered, could not recover the value of what they did send from the defendants who had re fused delivery. The learned Judge quoted authorities and cases by the soripf ul to prove that a contract of sale must be carried out to the letter, fail ing which the purchaser need not ac cept delivery, and can repudiate the oontract. It is not always possible to fulfil an order of 263 lines just exactly as it is given, and under the law aa de. Hned by the learned Judge such an order as the one in question must be considered as one contract, and cannot be carried out by instalments. It will therefore be recessary in view of pos sible contingencies such as those in the case just decided to introduce a clause in the agreement providing for inability to fulfil the order up to the last letter, but the whole cas« will doubtless be a revelation to many, and the decision of it in favor of defendants affirms a principle of the very last importance, The following is the conclusion of Mr Justice Williams' clearly thought out and well reasoned judgment, and will u^'jbtless be read by importers with much interest ?--Fo d°ubt it appears hard that where an order w given for specific goods and the seller does his best to fill the order, but does not do so exactly, the purchaser should have the right to reject the whole—the vendor, however, in sending the goods relies more on the business common sense and good faith of the purchaser than on his legal- rights. He may properly assume that the purchaser woull not have ordered the goods un less he wanted them, and that if the purchaser gets substantially what he wants he will not, against his own interests, throw up the bargain, al though he may have the legal right to do so. The risk is one which a vendor in ordinary circumstances might well take. If a vendor wishes to protect himself absolutely he should insist on the terms of the protection he requires being inserted in the written instru ment. I have taken some time to consider the case, and have looked at it from every point of view I could think of, and regret that I have been unable to arrive at a different con clusion. The question, however, turns mainly on the construction of a written instrument, and it would be a greater mischief to tamper with the settled rules of law on that subject than in a particular case to come to a harsh .conclusion. Judgment for the de. tendants, wjtib. costs as per scale on \ amount claimed \ geopnd counsel, £S 8s; costs of motion, £30 J .costs of interlocutory, £1 Is.

A FEW REFLECTIONS.

What may be the ultimate effect of conferring on lovely woman a function that has in this country hitherto devolved upon men only is, to say the least, problematical. But there is no doubt at all that the immediate result has been to create a good deal of pleasant excitement amongst us. When an extra was issued from this office on Tuesday, announcing that the Governor's assent to the Electoral Bill had been given, some of the most active and prominent of the local supporters of female suffrage almost jumped for joy. Indeed we believe one gentleman whose place of business is not far from East Street, actually did perform a pas seul in the exuber ance of his delight. If the news had such a striking effect upon those who are merely actuated by the chivairic, benevolent, and philanthropic desire to see women and men enjoying equal political rights, what might not be expected from the new recipients of the franchise themselves ? As a mat ter of fact there was considerable agitation amongst certain sections of the feminine community in Ashburton, and immediate steps were taken to hold a meeting the next day, which is referred to in another column, But the most noticeable effect we should, think was experienced by the registrar of electors, and probably by those whose business is in the immediate vicinity of his office or the staircase leading thereto. For all day yester day thßre was a procession up and down those steps of ladies with pronounced views, of friends, both male and female, of those concerned in the liquor traffic, and of those devoted to its suppression—all impatient to have their own or some other persons' names enrolled as electors of the Ashburton or Bangitata electorate. We wonder whether in that moment of triumphant satisfaction any wave of pity surged up in those gentle breasts for the sufferings that were being endured by the registrar and the inhabitants of the adjoining premises. Not that there was the least lack of decorum—far from it. Not since Mr Photographer Gadd occupied a room on the same floor as the office of the registrar, have those duaty stairs been trodden by visitors more deserving of our respect and admiration. But no matter how decorous they might be, their continued tramp, tramp could not do otherwise than up3et the nerves of the occupiers of places immediately adjacent to that where they made their first appearance in the political arena. As for the registrar himself, he cannot fail to be deeply affected by the novelty and, may we say, gravity of the sitnation, aid we shall not be surprised to learn that by the time the elections are over our local registrar and most of his confreres, are com pelled to apply for leave of absence to recuperate. Seriously, however, we think everybody will soon begin to understand thatthechange inaugurated on Tuesday last will make a greater difference in the little things of life than the majority of us have expected. We have just affirmed a principle which in theory is sound—beautiful; but we have now to learn what its practical application will be like. So far, everything is very nice. We await with curiosity, not to say doubt, the result of further developments. While we are referring to the chief alteration made in our political posi tion by the Act which has just come into force, it may be as well to draw attention to two important clauses that refer to electors of both sexes, and certainly ought not to be over-looked. Clause 18 provides that every person who, at the commencement of this Act, is to hia knowledge registered as an elector , , , in. mpre districts than one, and who , , r is entitled to have his name retained on the rolls for such districts, shall within forty days next after the aforesaid commencement, choose the district and the qualifica tion in respect of which . . . he elects to continue to be registered, and within the aforesaid time shall notify the registrar of such district that he desires his name to be retained on the roll of the said district; and such registrar shall inform all registrars of the districts on the rolls of which he shall notice the namp of the person sending him such notification of the fact, and those registrars shall there-; upon strike out the name. The clause j goss on to state that f( any person who,j knowing his name to be on more than one roll, fail* to give the notice required within the given time " (i.e., forty days) "shall be [liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds (£5), and shall not be entitled to vote at any elec#on so long as he knowingly allows his name to, remain on more than one roll." This is a provision that requires to be carefully attended to for a person might disfranchise himself in a very simple manner, to say nothing of making himself liable to a penalty. Another jmportant clause is 42, which refers to purging the rail, in which is a provision that "the name of every person who, not being a candidate at an election occurring in the district at which a poll was taken, and not being prohibited by law from voting at such election, appears from the certified electoral roll transmitted by the returning ofEcer of the district . . ii'Ot tp have voted at such faction, shall be removed from the roll." The iialfcs $re purs, to draytr special j attention to the pro*iswn ? yhich ap pears a good one. It will purge the roll in an expeditious and economical manner, and it will parbaps act ftS an

[ inducement to electors to record their [votes. Space does not permit us to deal further with the new Act in this issue, but we think a measure of so much importance as the Electoral Act of 1893 ought to be studied, or at least carefully read by every "person" j likely to be affected by its provisions.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

"Skipped by the Light of the Moon," by the Gourlay—Walton Company to-night. ! Acceptances and entries for the Selling Race, at the Geraldine Kacing Club's meet-, ing, close on Friday, September 22. A large number of claims by women for enrolment was received by the registrar of electors yesterday at Christchurch, and to* day the registrar here has had his hands quite full with applications We are requested to state that the word "Residential ' written in bold letter* across the face of the claim for enrollment on the residential qualification will materially ex pedite work in the registrar's office, and it will be all the better if the word is witten in colored ink or with a red or blue clay pencil. 'An open air meeting of the unemployed was held at Christchurch yesterday, and a deputation was appointed to wait on the local agent of the labor bureau; As a result a further batch of eighteen men will be sent to road works at Cheviot. At a meeting of the Belfast Co-operative Bacon Curing Company yesterday it was decided to wind up the Company volunta rily. It is reported that the total liabilities amount to £446, and that there was a defici ency of £179, necessitating a call of 3s 3d per share* A grand evening concert promoted by Mr Lionel Broad, will be held in the Old Men's Home to-night, when recitations, comic and sentimental aongs, etc., will be rendered by several of our best local talent. Admission is free, but a collection will be taken up, pro ceeds to go to the Home's library fund. A well-known medical practitioner in Auckland, annoyed and disgusted at the numerous applications to him to perform illegal operations, has placed in the hands of the police authorities a letter from a " lady " offering him any fee he would aame if he would perform an operation for her. Whether the police authorities will institute a prosecution remains to be seen. On Tuesday Mr M. Hobbs removed his strong team of racehorses in training to his new stables at Ashburton. Prime Warden, Saracen, Lord Zetland, Lady Zetland, Palliser, and Tohunga, all looking in the best of health, were Bafely transferred to their new home near the Ashburton racecourse. The stables erected by Mr Hobbs are in the most approved design, and are very con veniently situated for training. If Dr Murray-Gibbs is right, the only chance for man to maintain his intellectual pre-eminence is to prohibit or restrict tea drinking by women. In an article in "Hygiene" the doctor attributes the prowess of the Femnist movement to the stimulating effect of ''China fragrant herb." -la other words (as a contemporary some what humorously r? marks), the struggle for women's rights resolves itself literally into a storm in a tea cup. The following sad tale is told by the " Lyttelfron Times :"—At the inquest on the body o; a child who was found dead in bed on Tuesday morning, the mother stated that she had b»en supporting herself and two children on 2a 6d a week. She received this amount from the Charitable Aid Board, which also granted her 3a a week towards her house rent. She sometimes earnel a few shillings at washing, but latterly, owing to the weak state of her children, she had not been able to earn anything. Her meals generally consisted of bread and butter and tea, and she had not eaten anything else for five days. In the early days Mr John Lloyd Crawley, auctioneer, Ashburton, in making a ros trum of a farmer's trap, frightened the horse with his outcry, and was carried as far as the gasworks before the animal was halted. At a sheep sale near Tinwald on Tuesday, Mr Hanmer, of Miles and Co., made use "of his gig as a rostrum. He had a gentleman in the trap with him who was waving the auction flag to call the bidders, when the blinkers came off the horse, and Dobbin made off. After good time made in the sale paddock, the race ended in both the occu pants being shot out of the trap, but for tunately neither was seriously hurt. Advantage was taken last week of the presence oi the Christchurch vocalists, and the Timaru members of the Orchestra, to hold a special practice of "Judas Maccabacus" by the Ashburton Musical Society. A highly satisfactory rehearsal was the result, and at the subsequent practices, which are now held bi-weekly good work has been done. The concert will take place in the Oddfellows' Hall, on Friday, September 19, and in addition to the special engagment of Miss Bell and Herr Puschell from Christ church, the orchestra will be strengthened by the Messrs Wood, including Mr Ellis Wood, the " cello " player. The London correspondent of the " Wes tern Daily Mercury " has had from one who had witnessed it a delightful picture of the life of the Duke and Duchess of York while at Sandringham. •' The Duke has vpent much of the day in the old tub on the lake, rowing the Duchess on the limited expanse of water, and passing most of his time in fishing. The young couple took a huge number of new novels away with them, and they have now made a collection of wedding numbers. These have caused both gratification and amusement—the latter especially from the extraordinary anachro nisms committed by many of the artists.'? A well attended meeting of the Women/a Franchise League w,as hpld yesterday after noon in the Templar Hall. The object of. the meeting was to take steps to have a? many as possible of the women in the county registered. For this purpose a ■upply of the proper forms had been obtained, and all present filled up claims, which were wit nessed by such ladies as had already inter viewed jbhs registrar. Claim forms were distributed, and the ladies whig t.Qok charges of them were understood to essay ih& duty at once of interviewing their female neigh bors and getting them registered. The business was gone about in a very practical manner, and we shall probably hear that the members of the League have been no laggards in carrying out the task they have set themselves. Hollo way's Pills.— The Gr^eat Feed.— The blood is the life, and on its purity £ur existence depen-ie. These Pills thoroughly cleanse the vital fluid from all contamfcna. tions, and by that means strengthen and invigorate the whole system, healthily stimulate sluggish organs, repress over, excited action, *ud establish the circulation and secretions throughout; every' part °i Vhe body. " Th* balsamic nature of Holloway's Pil's exercises marvellous power in giving tone to debilitated and nervous eqnsfcitu ions. These 'Pills remove 1 all obstructions; , both in the bowels aad'elsewhere, and are ! on that account, much sought for'promot ing regularity of action jn young females ' and delicate persona who 'are uatueaHy 6 weak, pr have from some cause become »o< *

The Albion Cricket Club opened their season on Wednesday afternoon in the Domain. Sides were chosen by Messrs E Davis and S. Boyle, and a very enjoyable game resulted. His Honor Mr Justice Denniston was engaged at the Supreme Court, Timaru, on Wednesday in hearing the civil action G. J F. Lublow v C. H. Dowding, C. F. Tod hunter, and B. Todhunter, a suit for damages for interfering with water rights. A special, jury was summoned, but were discharged, counsel agreeing, the witnesses being in attendance, to take the evidence at Timuru, and then to remove the case ,to Christ church. The case is an Ashburton one, of a complicated kind, and evidence necessi tated lengthy reference to maps and draw ings, quite an array being spread out in Court. It is expected that the evidence will be completed to-day* A curious incident happened in the R.M. Court, Milton, on Monday. A receipt was put in by a witness dated lOth.July, 1892. A penny stamp was on the receipt, and across it was written " 10/7/92," and the signature of the giver of the receipt. The 8.M., after scrutinising carefully the receipt and holding it to the light, passed it to Mr Stewart, the counsel on the other side, with a hint to look at it. Mr Stewart held it up and discovered the legend,' • Use Kaitangata coal, cheapest and cleanest.". The stamp was one of the new advertisement stamps. Next came the question : When were adver tisement stamps first issued ? The Kaitangata Company's manager was communicated with by telephone, and the Chief Secretary to the Post Office in Wellington by telegraph* The former answered that the company gave no instructions for the advertisement till December 16, 1892. The latter wired: ---" First issue of stamps bearing advertise ments was towards the end of February." The local postmaster was put in the witness box and proved that this wai February 1893. The conclusion was inevitable. The heathen Chinese ia not the only adept at " tricks that are vain," and documents put in from the witness box v are not always what they .seem." Th« result was not favorable to the side on which that witness testified. Let no one say in future that advertisements on stamps are profitless to the public.

CORRESPONDENCE.

(We do not hold ourselves responsible lor sna opinions expressed by our correspondents.)

ASHBURTON LIBERAL ASSOCIATION.

TO THE BDITOU. Sib, —As regards Phoolosophical Radi cal's threat of exposure, he knows where to find me ; and I am ready and willing to afford him reasonable facilities for the operation. As regards his counter chal lenge, it is a trifle cool on his part to ask me to deposit £5 or any other sum before he will tell us the truth, and more especi ally as he only undertakes to prove that the Association had less than one third the number he at first said It had ; but as 1 1 am anxious to love my enemies within reasonable distance I accept his challenge. I desire to point out, however, that I said the Association had 79, not 75, as he puts it. With this amendment I agree to the conditions laid down by him with the ad dition that the word " member" shall only mean those who in addition to the entrance fee of I-", paid the first levy of Is made on November 15, 1890, and that I shall have an opportunity of seeing the evidence, and calling rebutting, evidence if necessary. I enclose my cheque for £5. lam, etc , Radical. [£5 cheque received.—Er>.]

Ariel Bicycle Club.

Tin cycling season was formally opened yesterday afternoon by the Ariel Bicycle Club, and favored with a beautiful day, the opening run was a most successful affair. Ihe numb«r of liders who took part in tho run and the interest taken by the public, prove that Ashburton does not intend to he left behind in this popular pastime. Punctually ab two o'clock the membnrs of the Club assembled at the Post Office, where, afoer very little delay, they were photographed by Mr Sid, Robottom. The order "mount" was then given by the captain, Mr J. Jor bee, and the cyclists, to the number of about a score, forming quite a picturesque sight, rode along East Street to Burnett Street, thence to Cass Street, and regained East Street by Wills Street. Numbers of people lined the footpath all along the route. The "procession then took a straight line for Stone's Hotel at Tinwald, the starting point for the Club's road race, followed by a good sprinkling of the Ash burton public, who seemed to forget the tedious walk in their enthusiasm t-> wit ness the first race of the season. Follow ing were the starters:—T. Clarkson, scr. ; J. Forbes, 4 minutes ; E. J. Craighead, 5 minutes; James Wilson, 7 minutes; J. Andrews, 9 minutes ; C, Henry and A. McKay, 10 minutes ,* J. Burns, 13 minutes. The route chosen was by the Wheatstone road to Mr Bond's store, and back to the Tinwald hotel, from the conversation of the knowing ones the limit man was expected to keep in front, with Forbes as a good second, and the unanimous impression was that the scratch man had been set too severe a task. But the tipsters were wrong, and the result was a fine tribute to the handioappers. Punctually at three o'clock, by which time about two hundred persons were congregated at the starting place, J. Burns was sent on his way, followed in the order of their handicaps by the other seven riders, all of whom, judging from their initial pace, had great intentions Ho change took place on the road down, except that Craighead, who complained of stitch, dropped back, and though Clark son reduced the handicaps, the merry way in which the handicap men met him on their return journey seemed to preclude all possibility of his over-taking them. The latter part of the race, however, brought the limit men back, and the fcm back men commenced to close up. About two miles from home Clarkspn passed Forbes and Henry, and though the former made % good attempt, he failed to hang on, and the scratch man, evidently in first-class condition, kept to his work, and passing Burns about three quarters of a mile from home, after riding a really grand race, landed an easy winner, in 41 minutes 46 seconds, J. Forbes also finished vzell, a gopd second, with Burns close wp" third.- "Tfce wjn ips 'yen?. popular and G>rkson an crossing the tape received quite an ovation for his plucky riding Cardy Henry was on fortunate ia coming to grief on the re turn journey, but luckily was not seriously hurt, and was able to remount An inci dent in the race amusing to the onlooker, but not at all funny to thß subject, was tsat of one of the long handicap riders,: about ffour miles from h'6irte! «*# put,, 1 lying fuji Wretch "oyer » waj:er 'age,. quenching hjsi overwhelming thirst. Mr P. Mainw»riii« w*a referee, and Messrs Clark and Miiller judges, the former gentleman also filling the office of tim?-, koeper. Mr T, Hawkins held the tape j '- *,hfl Wbeatstone end. The distance ana 2 mile8 > «"»»J» j will be seen by the time, the winner rou. ' at an average rate of a fraction over three minutes tcr tho mile, certainly a meii fcorious performance. The first and second men ro^e Boyd's 'AWanta HUMthburti, "

PARLIAMENTARY.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Wellington, September 20, Ihe Council met at 2.30 p.m. LAND AND INCOME ASSESSMENT BILL ifte Land and Income Assessment Act Amendment Bill was committed with out amendment and put through its fin*l stages. & CONCILIATION AN© AfiBITBAWON BILL. fh?r« i ° *^°V; ry moved the comroital of tion Bill. ooM*K«t'-on and Arbitra- Mr Rurg, Mr Oliver, and Mr Bolt spoke in favor of the Bill, The de/r-ate was interrupted by the dinner adjournment, ' ag?eed r<T ming the Becoad «**«* was The Bill waa committed, and proeren reported on clause 3, re «*»■ The second reading of the Conspiracy •jaw Amendment Bill was agreed to, and it was referred to the Statutes Revision Committee, The Council rose at 10.10 p.m.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

The House met at 2.30 p.m. MOTION JCOR ADJOURNMENT. Mr Fish moved the adjournment of the House, and referred to the Government Railways Bill at some length, contending that the House would be perfectly justi fied in resisting to the very utmost the passing of such a measure. He also re ferred to the Electoral Bill, and said that the Government were anxiously insincere over woman franchise, and had sent the Bill up to the Council, fervently hoping and praying that that Chamber would re ject the franchise. He had the fact* in his possession (and he might be taunted to show them some day) which would prove to the House that the Government had been guilty of the grossest political trickery over this Bill, and would con vicce hon members chat Ministers were not fat to be trusted by them any longer. He referred at considerable length tothe candidates whom the Christohuroh liberal Association were selecting for the Canter* bury seats ats the nexc election, and strongly commented on what he regarded as the machinations of the Minister of Labor, Mr Reeves characterised Mr Fish's utterances with respect to candidates as untrue. Mr Fish evidently found himself m «w position of one who had been left out. Hence his volume of abuse. RKPUEd TO QUESTIONS, In reply to Mr T, McKenzie, lie Reeves said that, in order to meet the loss that would accrue to Education Boards as the result of the measles epidemic, payment would be temporarily made on the working average instead of the strict average. In reply to Sir John Hall, Mr Cadman said that 128,000 claims to vote had already baeo sent out by the Government. GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS BILL. I The motion for the committal was agreed to on the voices.

(fbom ova own correspondent.)

Welukoton, September 21. XThe Railway Bill passed through oom« raittee practically unamended. The Opposition abandoned their intention of active obstruction, leaving it to the Council to throw out the Bill, the House rbing shortly after three. The Premier wanted to take the third reading right off. * but the Committee objected.

Liberty or License?

From Chnstchurch TfluTH. We think unprejudiced persons who hare no desire to blast the peace and quietude of their neighbors by aid of trumpets and bhawma and cornets and other diabolical contrivances, falsely called " musical instruments," must be heartily sick of all the puerile fu?s which has been made about the imprisonment of the Salvationist Kerr. This man deliberately broke the law and knew ho was breaking it. He invited the penalty and got it at the hands of a magistrate who was not afraid to administer the law as he found it. Immediately arose from one end of New Zealand to another hysterical streams of indignation. "Religious liberty" was in danger, we were told, the charter of oar sacred liberties was attacked. And of conrse a Government which has no backbone of its own, and shivers ab every loud cry which is delivered by any portion of the population with votes, back down in the most abject manner, stultify the magis trate of their own creation, and onoe again bring the administration of justice into contempt. We have a great respect for the Salvation Army. We believe that they tackle asocial work which too many of the Churohes neglect. We believe that they, by sheer self-sacrifice and by uncon ventional methods, have rescued hundreds from the mires of drunkenness, vice, and obscenity, that they have curled a good, rousing, practical gospel, which has a fine substratumjof common-sense, into the dens and purlieus of our cities. If they had not done these things they could not have justified their existence for a week. But, because the Army has in Urge measure justified its|exis(,ence, if has won no right to count itself superior to the law. If the law be bad there are methods of altering it. Definance of tha law is not one of them. The Salvationists are entitled to fullest and truest religious liberty, and, speaking generally, that liberty has been freely accorded to them through out the world, and in no country on earth more generously, even lavishly, titan in New Zealand. But what is true liberty? It is the fullest and freest exercise by one man of all liberties which are not inconsistent with the liberties of others. Immediately one man, or one section of society, begins to usurp the rights of others, license usurps the place of liberty and tyranny that of freedom. Kerr assumed that he and his snail section of Milton society had all the rights, and the balance of the people in Milton had consequently no rights. So he let go on his qornet, regardless of the peace, pomfort and quietude, of hfs fellow nien. Had there been no law. as the defenders of Karr'would appear to suppose, the annoyed Miltonians might have protested against Mr Kerr's cornet with shot-guns. Happily there was law. Thafc law was invoked, an<j Mr Kerr was punished, perhaps rather severely—that is a matter of opinion. But he was not punished for serenading the Almighty with a cornet more or less out of tune, but for disobeying the law. Those who would prove that Mr Kerr's incarcera tion was an"! infringement of religious liberty ny^st firsj;, we take i£, prove tf|at Christianity "or"Scripture" enjoins tjie public playing of cornets and: big drums in the streets on Sunday or any day. And they will have considerable difficulty in doing that. The Salvationists must know that their description of music is highly offensive and often hurt ful to some people. Robust men doubt less can listen to and survive even the mosfc ay/ful varieties of. Salvation drum ming ahd drphingl; but hoy about sick . persons and young children'; how* about the invalid who has iu«t fallen intp % slumber which may be the means of sav ing life, and who is suddenly wakened by often terrible and discordant banging and ioharmonious strains ? We would ask the Salvationists to exercise a little of that -Witv which they so emphatically and properly preach. They MB not the only people who are doing good work in the world, arid; even if they were, they would obtain no right thereby to trample, on U)Q rights of p%rf ? '■ ' ' ■ •• *•■ -i-

THB ABBBURTUN GUARDIAN ; THURSDAY, SEETEMBEK 21, J893.



" THIS~ WEEK G. J. NEILL and Co. ARE.SELLING- Berlin Wool Is lid Beautiful Dress Goods 3d per yard Splendid Plush U 3d per yard White Calico 2s lid per doz Grey Calico Is lid per doz Double Bed White Twill Sheeting %l DouMeßed Unbleached Twill Sheeting 9^l Heavy Flannelette 3M Cotton Shirting 4|d Men's Tweed Suits 17s 6d Boys Tweed Suits 4s lid Men's Tweed Trousers 5s lid „,„,,. Men's Tweed Overcoats (with c»pe)Jl7s 6d BOOTS- BOOTS. BOOTS. WE STAND UNBIVALLED. Women's Morocco Shoes 4s lid Women's Streng Leather Shoes <wl6d Men's Leather Elastic Sides «a 6d Men's Colonial made Nailed Shooters A Bs.6d Men's Colonial made Bluchers (all siws^os AT Q. J. NEILL & CO.'S. FRIEDLANDER'S CORNER, EAST STREET TERMS-CASH. NO DISCOUNT. TsHBURTON FURNITURE WAREHOUSE. jC3L T. H. Undbill and Co-, LATE PICKFORD AND UNDRILL, CABINET-MAKEES UPHOLSTERERS, PICTURE-FRAMERS, ETC. — NOTE THE ADDRESS — TANORED STREET, next Building Society's New Office. WILLIAM SPARROW, Tailor and Outfitter. HIGH-CLASS WORKMANSHIP GUARANTEED. *N ESTABLISHED REPUTATION FOR PERFECT FIT AND STYLE -A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF TVTEKDS AND COATINGS MELTON^ TROUSERINGS, OVER€OATINGS, «&c. WATERPROOF COATS IN STOCK AND MADE TO ORDERJ MEN* UNDERCLOTHING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. ALL THE NEWEST STYLES IN HATS AND SCABVES WILLIAM SPAR MOW, BAST STREET, Next J. SEAT* & 0O.» Seed Merchant*.



Wanted WANTED, a g^od General Servant. Apply between 3 and 5 o'clock to MM Fergus**, "Larkbeare," Winters Road, 9 167 MBS HOMERSHAM will resume her usual classes tor Drawing and Painting on Saturday, SSrdjnß^^JJga HAVE a Star Cycle up to.date. Ladies' or Gentlemen's. All latest Improvements; first class finish. Cash or terms.—H. M. Jones. WAKE'S Pianos are first class for style, tone, durability and finish, with and without patent tuning attach-' went. Easy terms.—H. M. Jones. ! PIZS POULTRY.— Sittings Silver Wyandottes, Partridge Cochins. Also Leghorn Chicks for sale. Apply Mail Office. 9 __» \iTaNTED KnownT^Fiuest Seed Yv Potatoes; Breeze, Prolifics, and Oaroaru Derments. - Stephens Bros., Market Houw. _ 91U COME One, Come AlL—Old Mens' Home, Thursday, September 21, 1893. Comic and Sentimental Kn+ertain ment in aid < f the Lib aiy Fund, a col lection will b« taken up in the room. •• Sifeter Msry walks like this, ho, ho, ho a 128 WANTEfTlinown, that Mr* Jarvis. Monthly Nurse, has removed to • larger house on Alford Forest Rrad, near Woollen Factory, where she will be pleas-d to receive patients. Best r jferenoes. Twrms moderate. 9 130 IF yot want fitst-class fruit go to AD4MS* for Fji, Tahiti, Auckland and Sydney Oranges, Citrons, Lemona, etc. AILWAY. Book Stall.—A very large and choice lot of books to select horn. L 1?? OOKSin greac variety to suit all classes of readers, at the Railway BookStall 7102 \I ,• ANI'ED Known.—To make room W for Spring Boots I will give ten p«r cent for cash. Repairs done at once cheaper than ever to stay bad times over at J. Moison, Premier Bootmaker. 8 18 ANG! Bang 1 Bang 1 Guns !,Guns ! Guns! by the best makers and itted with all the latest Improvements, Powder, Shot, Caps, Cartridges, Wads, aaJ Oases at J. W. Hardley's, K'.at Street. Gana repaired. KBAXINGS COTOK LOZENGES cures Cough Mtluna, Bronchitis. Medical testimony tates these mo otber medicine is so effects in tha cure of those d*ng«rfm« maladies. One 'Lozsmge *Jone gives easay on« or tw» at bedtime enaares rent. For relieving diffioutty »t bnwtUiog they w» invalunWe. %T con wtln m «<itm» mt »»y violent druir. Sod^y fkl kv*l|tl it i''V. U W 19411W »«ft.



1 \\7 ANTED Known—Some wonderfu W job lines n Drapery, etc., now oelng sold; also presents to all purchasers. H. 0. Seger9, Melford fiouse. CVTANTED Known.—Gents, Summer » ▼ Merino Sock B^d, Cotton Drawers Is lid.—Mitchell and Turner. i'Xjrr ANTED Known.—Just opened ▼V Tennis and Summer Hats, Print Shirts, etc.—Mitchell and Turner. VPHE Good Samaritan, lor the Imme- JL diate relief of pain.—Light's Cash S.ore^ f «tt ANTED. All to see Mitchell and I VV Turner's Print Window. l~Vr7 ANTED Known— W. H. Collier's VV noted four clasp Kid Gloves, 2s 6d, have just arrived in all swes. SUITS to measure, during thft sale, 49a, 555, 60s, 70s, and 753. Fit and workmanship guaranteed.—R. &lcorn, Saunders' Buildings. WANTED Known—" The Corner " is showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing. — W. H. COLLIKK. M O to Hakdley Bros, for Bargains IT in Blankets, 49 pairs of large white suitable for double beds only, 16s 6d worth 25a. Extra large Grey, only 10s 6d worth 18s 6d, Selling rapidly.— Hardley Bros, Arcade. MEDICAL Coils made and repaired on the shortest notice at easy prices at A. J. Walker's, Old Kinder garten. WONDERFUL Satisfaction.— The special nickel watch made | for S. Salek, Bold at 22s 6d and 25s is the best.—Obtainable only from S. SaleK, Jeweller. 7 63 S~~ OMERSET Meat Mart. The oldss the largest, tha best, and the cheap 1 Mfc. Small ftoods a specialty. Ful weights guaranteed. A trial solicited. -W. J; SiLOOCK. _4t182 BOOKS in good order and complete bought or taken in exchange. New Stock arriving every week. Circulating Library.—J. Marsden, Newsagent. ~\\f ANTED Known—That A. J. VV Walkme repairs Bicyolee, Sewing Machines, Lawn Mowers, Medical Cods, and all descriptions of light machinery. YOUNG Ladies' Journals (September), "Review of Reviews," Weldon's Journals, Ca^salls' Royal Academy Pic tures, Boys of England, (New Volume), New Games including Tiddlady Winks Is. New Books and Fancy Goods, Boxes Notepaper and Envelopes, etc.—L. F. 4VPAEWBS and Co, Stationers/ Hall.



TTSE H. G. Flowbr's Sulphur Tablets, U Cough and Eucalyptus Drops, and stop coughin ___ „ DOX'E Forgec to send your Bicycles along to the Old Kindergarten to oe repaired, at moderate rates. ANTED Known—For good value in first class Drapery, Millinery, Boots, Clothing, etc., go to Melford House. Beautiful presents now giving away to all purchasers. RESENTS--Beautiful Presents now being given away to all purchasers of Drapery, Millinery, Boots, Clothing t<s.—H. C. Seqer3, Melford Houso. WHO is your Plumber 1 Why, J. W Habdmy, who is a Manufacturer of Spouting, Ridging, Steel Gutters, Baths, Sinks, Tanks, etc., and who has n hand the largest stock of Pumps and Pipe in town. _ fTTHEBEdo you geo your Ironmon- W gery? AtHAKDunrsof course, where we get the best value in Sheet Lead, Nails, Locks, Hinges, Plough Chains, Rope, Wire Knetting, Gorse Knives, Spades and Forks, Lamps, Fender and Fire Irons, and anything yon reqolw- For a Few Days Yf E ARE CLEARING OUT THE REMNANTS AND ODDMENTS Of OUR WINTER STOCK AT A GREAT SACRIFICE. Soeclal Value in BOOTS and SHOES. Infants' Boots from 9d Boys' Boots 4s 6d Men's Beots 4s 9d Women's 3s lid Hardley Bros., ARCADE. 9n_ NEW ZEALAND €lotiii\ca Factory HEW OOODi. Men's StTOW Hats from Is New Tennis Hats from Is lid New Tweed Hats from la Ovdr 1500 Hats in stock. New Washing Ties from 41 New Tennis Shirts from 3s 6d New Collars, New Shirts, New Studs. iNSPECr OUR NEW STOCK. CLOTHING DEPARTMENT Boys' Sailor Suits from 7* lid Men's Sac riuits from 30* Men's All-wool Trousers from 9d 6d. ALL NEW PATTERNS. TAILORING DEPABTMENT Men's Suits to measure from 49d 61 Men's Trousers to measure from 17s 6d BOOT DEPARTMENT. Men's Nailed Balmorals, 9a 6d Men's Bluchers, 6s 6d Boys' Strong School Boots from 5s od. NEW ZEALAND pLOTHING -pACTORY. ALEX. HENDRY, Manager HTew Jeweller/. STew Jewellery. Mew Jewellery. "TUST OPENED UP-A consignment U from Home of the very latest style and newest designs in Gold and Silver Jewellery, Silver and E.P. Ware, etc. Inspection invited of the very choice and High-class Stock, which will be found equal to any in Christoliurch and at LOWER PRICES. A Splendid Selection of GOODS, SPECIALLY SUITABLE FOR PRESENTS. S. BALEK, WATCHMAKER, Manufacturing Jeweller, -: a> td :- OCULIST-OPTICIAN. East Street, Ashburton. ! The Establishment for first class Watch and Clock repair ing. Charges as low as is consistent with SO UXD $ RELIABLE » ORKMANtiIUP



ColemaNk and Son sEacALTPTic Extract is the Ainiy genuine in the market, and was awarded medals T»l diploma? at Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide bating all conipiptifcoiMS. For all affections of the CUe3t aad Lungs, GQnsunjptioiJ, Asthma, Coughs Gravel, and Kidney Complaints, it ft,as 50 equal fWt«-A3HBU&TOW »BDO COMPASS