COMMERCIAL.

GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

Syndey, July 19. Wheat, chick, 3s 3d ; milling, nominally 3s 6d; flour, New Zealand, up to £8. Oats are firm ; fair feeding, 2s 8d ; heavy, 2s iOd ; Tartarian seed, 3s. Barley, Cape, Ba. Bran 8-Jd. Pollard B£d. Peas, Prussian blue, 4s 2d. Potatoes, local, £5 5s ; Circular Heads, £6, firm. Onions, Victorian, £5 sa. Butter, dairy made, first quality, lid to Is ; factory, best quality, Is 3d. Cheese, prime, 4£d. Bacon, 6d to Sd. Melbourne, July 19. Wheat is m moderate demand at 3s ; flour, steady, stone made, £6 5s to £6 12s 6d; roller, £7 ss. Oats, Algerian, £1 10s to 2s Id; Tartarian, 2s 2£d; prime stout, 2s 4d. Barley, thin English, 3a. Adelaide, July 19. Wheat quiet, 3s; flour, roller made, £7 15s to £8. Oats, 3s 3d to 3s 4d. Barley, Cape, 2s 6d to 3s Id. Bran B*d. Pollard B^d.

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET.

Christchubch, July 10, A large entry of most classes of stock, especially fat sheep, came to hand at Aldington market to day. The attendance was good, and business m most lines was fairly brisk. About 9000 Bheep, fully two . thirds of which occupied }he fat pens, came to hand. A medium entry of fat cattle met a bi isk demand, while a small entry of stores sold fairly well, and a large entry of pigs was more than sufficient for requirements, Store She*p.—Something like 3000 store sheep were entered. The quality was very mixed, and the sale, except for ewes close to lambing, very dull. A number of lines were passed. Fat Sheep.—Between 6000 and 7000 sheep were m the fat pen?, and whilst the quality was decidedly better than u-ual, a large number of merinos and some half finished crossbreds detracted from the appearance of the entry. The «a'e opened without animation, but showed an improve ment as it proceeded. Buyers for export were not doing business, and the supply was more than equal to local demands, consequently business dragged con iderably. Fat CaiTl-E.—A medium entry, made up mostly of heifers and second quality beef, with one or two pens of really good steers, met a ready market, and prices were about on a par with those ruling last week. Store Cattle.—A small entry, consisting mostly of cows and yearlings, met with a •lightly improved sale. Pigs.—The pens were well filled, porkers and stores predominating. Good bacon pigs alone maintained their values, a considerable drop beiog noticeable m all other sorts.

LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Messrs Miles and Comp*ny, L'mited, (E. W. Hanmer, auctioneer), report on the weekly stock sil« held at the Ashburton yards on Tuesday, Jti'y 18, as follows :—A very small mirket was collected at this fixture, the totals proving less than any former ysrdng of the present year. The large attendance of the public, including a good proportion of buyers made business lively, an I m several instances enhanced figures were obtained A summary of 2222 sheep, 24 head of cattle, and 20 pigs was comprised mainly of stores, which were all disposed of to the satisfaction of vendors. In the butchers' pens about 100 sheep formed the supp'y, and for the few better Borts offered m this department exceptionally high prices were secured. We reache i the top figure m 17s 3d for two-tooth crossbred wethers, other sales being 17s Id and 13s9d, and merino wethers 9s and 4s. Only one entry of freezing sheep of good quality t» as marketed, and being passed at auction was sold privately at 17s 6d. The balance of the yarding consisted chiefly of breeding ewes m lamb which met with spirited compttitioa, crossbreds selling from 15a 9d to 8a 6d, according to age and condition; sound mouth merinos, 8s 6d; failing mouths and gum-ries, 8s 3d, 53 lid, 5s 7d. Good store lambs sold at advanced rates at 11s to 9a lid. A line of crossbred wethers for finishing realised 15s. We sold 83 crossbred lambs at 10 1 9d, 7 crossbred two-tooth wethers at 17s 3d, and privately we disposed of 500 merino ewes m lamb at 8a sd, 300 crosbred ewes at 12 s.

PIGEON SHOOTING.

The following are the rerults of the pigeon match held at Mr Burnard's paddock yesterday:— No. 1 sweep, 103, of 5 birds.—Mr E. Tasker killed 5 birds, 1; Messts Oolton and Oorbitc, 4 birds, divided second prize. No. 2 sweep, £5, £3, £2, of 7 birds.— Messrs J. Thomson and H. Bailey killed 7 birds, and divided first a^d second prize ; Messrs Bailey (second nomination) Mid Oorbett, 6 birds, divided third priza. No. 3 sweep, 10a, of 5 birds—Mr J. Thomson killed 5 birds, 1; Messrs Oorbitt and Burnard, 3 birds, 2. No. 4 sweep, £1, of 3 birds,—Mr J. Robb kiiled S birds, 1; Mr J. Ashton, 2. Mr A. J. Kelly anted as secretary, and satisfactorily fulfilled tne duties of referee.

The West Coast Coach Accident.

Wbllington, July 19. A further telegram from Lyell states that the maila were all recovered this morning. Mrs Mitchell's spine is paralysed and one leg broken, She is also very badly injured on the head. Mr Mitchell is badly knocked about, but not seriously. Mr Dixoa's head is very badly hurt, and h,e is also supposed to be internally injured. One of Mr Gleuny's knees is out of joint and crushed. Mr Cummins left for Ree,fton hospital, not ■erlously hurt, all the others are unin jured. A doctor is m attendance. At Reef ton all who were Injured m the coach accident have been removed to Lyell, where they are being attended to py Dr Gaze, of Westport, The coach is now *t the bottom, of the cliff on the river beach, and bu.t little damaged. Dr Gaze reportß hopefully on the case of Mrs Mitchell who was most injured. The escape of the passengers from instant death is recorded as wonderful.

MAGISTERIAL.

ASHBURTON-THURSDAY.

(Before Mr 0. A. Wray, R.M.) Drunkenness and Obsckne Language — Jerome Camille admitted this offence, and being an old offender was fined 5a on the first charge or twenty-four hours' imprison ment, and sent to gaol for forty-eight hours on the second. Civ.l Oases —J. G. Resfcell v James Mc- Millan, £4 12a ad. Defendant admitted the debt, and judgment went for the amount with costs. J. G. Kestell vE. Price—judg ment for amount claimed, £3 2a 9^4 0. .S. Smith v John Humphreys, £20 9a 8d for in terest on mortgage. Mr Wilding as agent for plaintiff produced documents to prove (he debt, stating that defendant admitted ow'mgit last weef. The mortgage was only on sufferance at present: Judgment for Dlamtifffor£l9 Us Bdi Robert Meynell v P Good, £4 12s 3d, Mr Wilding, for de fendant, offered to confess judgment m this case if no further apt|an was taken till after next sitting, when plaintiff had a cross action that would be brought. Mr Crisp, for plain tiff, consented to this course. John Henry v Michael Scanlon, £9 4s. Mr Crisp for plaintiff: Mr Cuthbertson for defendant, plaintiff was nonsuited with lfc §d costs.

CORRESPONDENCE.

/ (W« do not hold airseives responsible lor the j opinions axptcssed by our correspondents.)

THE ASHBURTON SEAT.

TO THE EBITOR, Sir, —As a member of most of the temper ance societies of this town, 1 would like to know what right Mr I. R. C. C. Graham has to stand as a representative of the large body of temperance people m this town. I am not aware that he has been requested by one Society to represent them. If so, I would like to know which. Indue time the temperance body will select their own man and stand by him. —I am, etc., Direct Vktoist.

CHESS.

ASHBURTON v TTMARU.

The second match between the Chess Clubs of Ashburton and Timaru took pkce on Wednesday evening at Timaru, and resulted m a win for the latter by one game. The following table shows how the scores were made up :—

Two games were played by each pair except Mr Salek and Rev Cocks, and the whole match was conducted io the plea santest manner. The visitors were hos pitably entertained by the Timaru Club after the match, when Mr CJordon Wood, the captain of the home team, expressed the satisfaction the visit of the Ashburton players had afforded his club. Mr Crisp, captain of the visiting team, m acknow ledging said the Timaru players would be heartily welcomed m Ashburton if a re turn match could be arranged.

PARLIAMENTARY.

Wellington, July 19.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

The House met at 2.10 p.m. HANSARD. Mr Richardson referred to the Hansard reports of members' speeches during the present session. Some of those reports, he said, were very good, but others were simply execrable, and he thought that some steps thould be taken to ascertain who was responsible for this state of things. The Speaker said that he would bring the matter before the Reporting Debates Committee without delay. THE MINISTRY. The Premier eaid that he desired to j inform the House that the Hon Mr Montgomery had accepted a seat m the Executive Council, and had been sworn m that morning. As to the other two portfolios, those of Justice and Native Affairs, he might say that Mr Reevea would take charge of the Justice Depart ment. As to the Native Department, the Government were still of opinion that that j Department should be abolished, but they had come to no definite conclusion on the subject. Mr Carroll, however, would look after Native legislation m the mean* time. THE FINANCIAL DEBATE. Mr Duthie resumed the debate on the Financial Statement. He said that it was impossible to understand the condition of the colony, and no assistance was given to members m the Statement to enable them to master the accounts. The surplus had beep stated, and an ex aggerated account had been sect to Eng land, there being already an attempt to deceive the London market. The Gov ernment were rj. ending a large amount of borrowed money, and were largely in creasing the public debt. The debate was interrupted by the 5 30 p.m. adjournment. The House resumed at ? 30 p.m. Sir Robert Stout said that m the course of this debate reference had been madt to the past and he was proud of it;. It had been sneeringly said that when a Liberal Government was m office their finance was always weak ; but he repudiated that assertion. He defended the administra tion of the Grey Government of which he was a member, and said no Government had ever been m office that was more saving m ordinary departmental expendi ture than that Government. Notwith standing the tremendous drop m the land fund m 1879 the deficit of the Grey Government was actually only £81,000. Coming to the present Financial State ment; he disagreed with the exemption of improvements, as it was the duty of the Ministry to make their finance as strong as possible, arid they could not afford to make the exemptions. Members of the Opposition appeared to be very forgetful on this point, for only three of that party voted last year against the exemption of improvements. He also opposed the in crease m the graduated tax, although he believed m tha principle of progressive taxation, if it were not made penal. He denied that the farmers were being treated more severely than other people under this new form of taxation. They should now begin to have a sinking fund. He considered that the time had come when 1,000,Q0Q acres of land should be set apatt as a permanent endowment for hospitals and charitable aid, the land to be held on real perpetual lease with no right of purchase whatever. After a passing reference to the Cheviot purchase, he went on to explain and defend the term "new Liberalism," which they had heard so often. Now Llheralisra did nothing to interfere with the self-reliance of fchp people, and on this account he sup ported the go-operative principle, as it taught self-reliance. There were two things the State wo^ld have to face m the future, via., to preserve the good name of their statesmen, and pay them properly for their work. If they kept their finance strong and went on modera tely with their public works ; if they kept up the efficiency of the Civil Service and made it a predit to tl^e colony, he believed that there was a great future before the Captain Russell congratulated Sir Robert Stout on his speech, and also complimented the House on Mr Mont gomeay's accession to the Cabinet. He felt sure he would strengthen the Go vernment. Captain Russell was sorry that he could not compliment the Trea surer on the Financial Statement for there was very little finance m it at all. The profits on the railways had enor mously increased since the Commissioners took them over, and he failed to see why the control should be taken out of their hands. He disapproved of the proposal to remove the taxation from improve ments as it w'oul^ relieve those who could well afford to pay. He explained his views on taxation generally. He did not object to reasonable taxation, but what was objectionable was the uncertainty as to what might happen owing probably to the' ill temper of particular. Ministers What the countrjman objected to was that an undue amount of taxation was being placed on him m order to relieve the man "m town. Mr Allen moved the adjournment of. the debate, The motion was agreed to. The Hoire rose at 1.20 a.m.

The American Salesman Again.

A t the JR.M. Court this morning, Jo^epl Edwards waa charged with a bteach of tht Auctioneers Act, 1891, by selling without a license. Mr I'urnell for the prosecu tion ; Mr Stringer for the defence. Mi Purnell, m opening the case, said defen dant had advertised his sale and offered his goods publicly, stating what price he would take for the articles, saying " I will not tak9 " such a price or such a price, but I will take a certain sum which he named. Defendant was now charged under the second section of the Act, whichdefines what are " sales by auction," amongst which definitions is the follow ing :—" Any mode whereby the highest, the lowest, or any bidder is the purchaser, or whereby the first person who claims the property submitted for sale at acertain price named by the person acting as auctioneer is the purchaser." Mr Purnell argued that under this section there need be no competition, and that the word "outcry" m the Act would cover the ch&rge now laid. It was sufficient if any bidder might be the purchaser, and differed materially from selling goodu to a known purchaser over a counter. The defendant had attempted to evade the Act, but had not succeeded. It was plainly set forth that the goods being sold to the first person who claimed them at the offered price constituted auction selling under the Act, and competition was not essential. The interpretation clause showed that the Act was to be con strued to cover a case like the present. He called Constable Hunt, who knew defendant. Had seen him selling. Was at the Odd fellows' Hall on the evening of July 8, about 8 o'clock. Defendant had adver tised his sale, and there was no charge for admission, and the hall was full There was a platform m the centre of the hall extending from the stage. The goods were fetched from the stage to the platform and offered for sale. Defendant told the audience he would sell twenty of one lot, forty of another lot, and so on. He sold three articles m the first lot. He had the anicles m his hand and said the purse wan worth the whole lot, the knife was worth ts, but "I will take Is for the lot." A man held up his hand and the goods ware handed to him by a young lady, who took the money back to Mr Edwards, and other lots were sold m the same manner. Edwards offered a purse by itself, and said any one could have it for a pound. A man took the purae and kept it. Saw the man hand something m exchange which the assistant took to Edwards. Saw Constable Watt buy a purse, knife, and pencil m a lot for Is. Mr D. McLean took a similar lot. Razors and strops were also sold for 2s 6d. Cross-examined by Mr Stringer—De fendant brought out a lot of the goods, and had them m front of him and puffed his wares. Ihe articles m his hand were a sample of the 'ot before him. Ho an nounced the price at Is, and seat the attendants down the staging with the goods and they sold them to the public m the hall at the price Mr Edwards put on them. When the sale of these articles began to flag, other goods were offered m the same way, a piano being played m the interval. Twenty or thirty lots of the first articles put up may have been sold. There were four assistants selling and the four may have been selling at once. By Mr furnell— Edwards held the articles m his hands and said he was going to sell them and " here was one lot of them " and he would take Is for them- Each lot was taken by itself by the assist ants, and they returned with the money to Edwards as each lot was paid for. Constable Moore said Edwards offered the five articles and said " they are worth 4s, but I will not ask 4s, or 3a, for them, but will take Is for them." The assist ants then took the goods amongst the crowd. CrooE-examined by Mr Stringer—Can not swear that Edwards sold the identical goods which he held m his hands. He must have sold large numbers of each 1/% i Uould not say if he sold them -'^ oufc *JV" v BJ M*Pu.™eU~^"uld not*s*V Edwards handed ih.Z Identical goods he offered to the assistant to sell. Constable Watt said he bought a purse, a knife, and a pencil for Is. Edwards said he valued them at more. Gave the shilling to » girl. Thomas Birch, storeman, saw a razor, brush, and strop put up. Edwards said he would not take 10a or 5s for them, but would sell them for 2s 6d, and some one held up their hand and took them from the attendant, who had gone into the hall. Would not swear the identical lot Edwards held m his hand was sold. He may have put that m his pocket. Mr Stringer for the defence would not call any evidence. There was no conceal ment about the process of selling which was exactly what the prosecution had taken so much trouble to prove. Com petition was the essential part of an auc tion sale and there had been none here. There had been no bidders, and the goods were sold at a fixed price. The defi nitions m the Act had only reference to the " first person " taking the articles where there was competition, and further there was no evidence thats the particular goods dilated upon by defendant had even been submitted for sale. The Magistrate said there was no doubt a conviction could not be had on the evidenoe although it might be that defendant had simply dodged the The charge would be dismissed.

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIANS FALL ENGLAND.

London, July 18. The attendance at the cricket match |at Lords to-day is estimated at 16,0CQ. The weather is splendid and the wicket m better order. The following are the scores. Austbalians. —First Innings. Lyons, b Lock wood 7 G. Giffen, b Lockwood ... ... 0 Bannerman, c Shrewsbury, b lock wood 17 Trott, c McGregor, b Lockwood ... 33 McLeod, b Lockwood 5 Gregory, c McGregor, b Lockwood,,, 57 Graham, c McGregor, b Mold . 107 Bruce, c Peel, b Mold 23 Turner, b * lowers ... 0 Trumble, not out , ... ... 2 Blackham. lbw b Mold 2 Sundries .„ ... ... ... 16 Total 269 Mold took 3 wickets for 44, Flowers 1 for 21, Lockwood 6 for 101. Graham's I score included one five, twelve fours, two throes, and nine twos. He received a great ovation on returning to the pavil lion. The last three wickets only addel four to the score. The fielding of the Englishmen was very lax after Junch. (Received July 20, 11 a.m.) London, July 19. A.H England had losb eight wickets m their second innings for 234 runs when rain came on and put a stop to play. The match is abandoned, bhrewsbury increased his score to 81 and Cru.n?. fc o 77 Gregory was severely bruised by Mould when batting and was unable to field. Walter Giffen took his pjase. Gunn played a stylish innings but gave several chances and was eventually disposed of by a splendid catch. Shrewsbury was at the wicketa three and a halt hours for his runs.

THE ABHBURTON GUARDIAN* THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1898.



Wins. 1 Willis 1 Crisp 1 Dodds 1 P. Clark — Salek 1 Alcorn 1 Bell — Owen — V. Steward 2 Leitch

Draws. — Clark 1 Haesall — Snushall — G. Wood 1 Key Cocks — Dr Xeid — Low — Bowron ~ Dr Cox — Young

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The Minister for Labor has made provi sion for fifteen men going from Christchurch to Cheviot on Saturday m addition to the fifteen for whom he provided work at Bittern,



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LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S HIGH CLASS TAILORING. WILLIAM WILLIAMSON, UOLEMAN'S BUILDINGS, EAST STREET, HAS lately returned from London, where he spent eighteen months, studying the cutting under the latest and most improved scientific principles ; at the same time gaining more experience m the leading Ladies' and Gentlemen's Tailoring Establishments of the West End. He is therefore m a position to assure his Customers that orders intrusted to him will be finished m a style not to be surpassed, 7J129



i Prepare for a Rainy i>ay. HAVING PURCHASED a choioe lot of Manufacturer's Samples of Waterproof Coats, very much below the regular prices, we have decided to give our Customers the benefit of our BARGAINS. Men's Tweed Waterproof Overcoats, sewn throughout, usual price 38s, reduced to 25a. Men's Tweed Waterproof Overcoats, sewn throughout, usual price 455, reduced to 32s 6d. Men's Tweed Waterproof Overcoats, sewn throughout, usual price 60s reduced to 455. Men's Tweed Waterproof Overcoats, sewn throughout, usual price 665, reduced fco 48a. Men's Tweed Waterproof Overcoats, sewn throughout, usual price 70s reduced to 52s 6d Men's Tweed Waterproof Overcoats, sewn throughout, usual price 80s, reduced to 655. OB SERVE. fcj?" Wo are now making MEN'S SUITS to measure, m our well-known style FIT and WORKMANSHIP, from 15s to 20a LESS than Christchurch advertised prices for same Quality. Largest Stock of Tailoring Goods m the District to select from. GENTS' BOOTS and SHOES of the Best Quality. HATS, SHIRTS, TIES, and every description of seasonable MERCERY, etc., at LOWEST PRICES. craigheadXberryman, THE LEADING TAILORS AND OUTFITTERS, ASHBURTON.



Tenders. ~"~ TENDERS. TENDERS are invited for Carting Coal from Mount Somers mine to rail way station for six months. House and pad docking at pit free. Tenders close THURSDAY 20th. W. J. HARRIS, 7 119 Mount Somers. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE ASHBURTON ELECTORATE MRJ.W. SAWLE having expressed a wish to stand for the Rangitata Electorate, instead of the Ashburton one, as previously arranged, I deemed it best, m the interest of our Common Cause, to comply with his request, and retire m his favour. Such being the case, I now respectfully solicit the support of the LIBERAL and TEMPERANCE VOTERS of the ASH BURTON Electorate at the ensuing Election, as there is no other candidate yet m the field advocating these views. I. R. C. Cunninghame GRAHAM. 7 124 *~~" M. MM- Ml*"~~" SIDE OF THE QUESTION. How the Liberties of the people will be promoted by an Amendment to the Licensing Act. Ufa Tiiob. E. Taylor, OF CHRISTCHUROH, CTTILL REPLY to Mr W. W. Collins t T at the Oddfellows' Hall, on TUESDAY, the 25th Inst. The other side are particularly urged *o attend. 7*123 TO THOSE WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. TIS4.AC KNOX, wish to contradict a J report for which ray wife is re sponsible, and whkh report is likely to injure the character of Mr H. Argyle and he^ei.-) to state th« said report is without th© sl'^atest foundation of truth.-«-Signed 7*126 ISAAC KNOX, MONEf. jQiy I X and £400, two special sums, c*S/#-lti to lend, on good freehold security T. BULLOCK \S}O ACRES for Sale. Nice little home- JL^lOgtead. Situated about 4£ miles from Hinds Railway Station, near Maro nan, Canif or table Dwelling House, Gar den, Orchard, Stable, and other build ings. Inspection invited. Easy terms. T. BULLOCK.



HINDS SaLEYARDS. SPECIAL ENTRY. MRJOBNG.^isTF.^ :' ( ._ con . junction wi»* the x^w Zealand Loan ana ercant ii e Agency Company, per the New Zealand Land As sociation) will sell— PRIME FREEZERS. 4-00 Bred LAMBS~a gra"<l line. OAA MERINO EWES m h»mb to ij\J\J Border Leicester rams Q^A CROSSBRED TWO-TOOTH £O\J EWES m lamb to Shropshire Rams. JOHN G. RESTELL, 7 §122 Auctioneer.



BULLOCK'S ARCADE. AT THE SOLICITATION of many valued Clients, I have determined to hold Auction Sales at the Arcade of DAIRY CATTLE, PIGS, POULTRY. AND SUNDRIES EVERY SATUEDAY, Under the management of D. T. Matsox. FIRST SALE SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1893, at 11.30 a.m. D, THOMAS, 7f27 Ashburton. T HAVE now made satisfactory arrange -1- ments by which I can take Delivery of FAT PIGS (dead), a D d render account sales to Farmers within twenty-four hours. Any number taken, but they must have been well fed and properly dressed. This should be the best and safest way for Farmers to sell their Pigs. No guess work about it. Foi particulars apply D. THOMAS, 7§128 A-shburton. Mr John G. Restell.



FOOTBALL » PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. Brisbane, July 19. j The New Zealand ers played against I eighteen seniors to-day, and won the game by five po:nts to nil. , FOR COLDS, COUCHS, HOARSENESS, AND ALL Throat and Lung DISEASES. As an emergency medicine, a safeguard for children an ever-ready remedy fo be relied upon m.cases of colds, coughs, croup nf 10°Plnl?- C0«gn> influenza, and all diseases of the throat and lungs, Ayer's Cherry Pectoral has no equal m pharmacy. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Coi, Lowell, Mass., U. 8. A. &#— Beware of cheap imitations. The name-Ayer's Cherry Pectoral- Is prominent on the wrapper, and is Mown m the glass of each of our bottle Mr D. Thomas



TheONSLOW Biscuit. The latost and most deljcata biecuit manufactured by A«lecbrook and Co.



COLBMANE AND SON SBUCALYPTIC EXTRACT iS the only genuine m the market, and was awarded medals and diplomas at Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide, boating all competitors. For all affections of tuo Chest aad Lungs, Consumption, Asthma, Coughs, Gravel, and Kidney Complaints, it has W equal. Paw company.