MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close for the following places as under subject to the necessary alterations :— TUESDAY, November 7. For United Kingdom, and Continent of Europe, via Naplea, and also for Northern Ports and Australian Colonies^ except Tas mania, per Wakatipu, at 6.30 ».!». Due London December 20.

Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1893. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The monthly meeting of the Ashburbon Co-operative Building Society was held on Thursday. Present—Messrs K. Zander (chairman), J. Sejily, T. Scaly, Mitchell, J. Haseltine, Fooks, and Macpherson. It was decided that the coming appropriation should be advertised. The Chairman complimented the directora on the p'ogre3s the Society had made during his absence on a visit to England, and pursuant to promise, as over 500 shares were now taken up, he entertained them to champagae. The Dumber of shares taken up is now 514. The judging competition at the EUesmere Show, on Tuesday, was very successful. The arrangement was to gue^s the deid weight of a bullock and a pen of five fat wethers shoyi non the ground. The day after the show the animals were slaughtered by Me3srs Cooper Bros., butchers, and weighe:! when cold, under the superintendence of a Sub-Committee, consisting of Messrs Fred. Jameson, H. Phillips, and L. Mathias. The tickets were sold at Is each, and these were marked with the weight guessed and de posited in a locked box. Oi.e hundred and fifty-eight tickets were sold, and ssveral of the guesses for both sheep and cattle were very close. Messrs J.T.Matson,H Gardiner, and Alexander McLachlan being the suoccss ful guessers of the weight of the bullock, 7281b. Messrs W. B. Willock, 3901b, and G. Baxter, 3971b, were the nearest to the weight of the five sheep, the actual weight bei-g 3881b. The weights put in for the bullock ran from 5761b to 8961b, and for the sheep from 23SJlb to 4601b. An interesting sequel has been added to the story of the Lord Chief Justice commit ting a lad to prison for 48 hours at Leeds the other day for applauding in Court. The astonished lad was conducted to the Town HalJ, but at the close of the case Lord Coleridge bad Mm once more called up. Addressing him, he said that while he re tained a strong disapproval of any manifes tation of feeling in a Court of Justice, he was perhaps wrong in not making allowance in his case, people who were better educated and ought to have taught him better, having set him a bad example. He thereupon set the lad at liberty. That night his loidship wrote to the youth, requesting him to call at the judge's lodgings on the following morning. The lad presents: d himself accord ingly at nine a.m. Lord Coleridge's health was not robust during his stay in the city, and that morning he was somewhat indis i posed, but on learning that the youth was below, his lordship sent down Lady Cole ridge with a kindly message and a half-a --sovereign for him. Probably in no other country in the world (says " The Forum"') are banking f icilities so extensive as they are in Scotland. In every town, large or small, there is a branch ot one or more of the great city banks, and even every village with the least pretension to size can boast of one. While in England there is a bank, or branch bank, to every 10,000 population, Li Scotland there is one to about every 4000. The banks are not proud, and they accept at interest deposits of sums as low as £5 and allow current accounts to be opened with trifling balances which in England, as a rule, would be looked at atkance, and prob ably turned over to the savings banks., The depositors in Scotch banks who have not more jLh#u £100 to their credit, on deposit receipt or on eurren,t account, comprise about tnree fourths of the whole number. The result is that the aggregate banking deposits of a comparatively poor country, with fewsources of natural wealth, and with a population ct little wjore than 4,000,000, exceed £03,000,000. And it msy observed that a sum equal toprehaps onerthird or one-half as much again has been placed on fixed deposit by Scotch depositors with the banks doing business in the colonies of the empire. An officer of the United States Navy in Eurppp writes in a private letter to the -edjfcpr ,of ,tl\s ''Array and Navy Journal' (New york){— "No doubt you have been posted regarding the movements of the British and French fleets last mouth. I have Haen the two, and the general opinion among our naval officers is that the French have better organisation for battle and concentra tion than the English, Their ships for fight ing purposes are better than the English, and their torpedo boats ape^d pf anything. We saw the squadron of the North at worfe afc Cherbourg. The movements of the torpedo boats were perfect. The British system of getting their men together from the coast guard is very fine. I taw a ship c/^me jnt£ Queenstown with a skeleton crew ; 300 coast guards men arrived next evening (with'n twelve howrsj), w<6.r« <B*en off afc once« and every re.an knew his d\iky aboard ship. The ship was coaled and off tp sea within twenty four hours. I tell you these French are ready for war, and having but few Bhipj: abroad they have their whole fleet to work with." J

t The southern express to-night is carrying the largest number oi passengers tint ever 1 fb Duncdin by any one train for the far north. So says a telegram from the Press Association. In connection with the distribution of the Cheviot estate, Mr John T. Matson has been asked by the Lands Department to undertake the sale of the land, which is to be offered on November 17, and has replied, agreeing to do so. Mrs Heron who was taken to the hospital in consequence of the collision on Saturday fortunately was not seriously injured, and is now able to get about. The narrow escape, however, should be a lesson in many ways. Persons should be extremely careful in traversing the railway crossings. The friends of Mr William Bickerstaff, at the railway goods shed, will regret to learn of the sudden death of wife on Sunday, Mrs Bickerstaff, who had been ailing somewhat lately, appeared to be in better health than usual, and was preparing to go to church about aix p.m when she coughed slightly, and immediately blood issued from her month. Drs Trevor and Leahy were called in, but she expired about ten p.m. from rupture of a blood vessel. At the R. M. Court this morning—before Messrs D. Thomas, R. Alcorn and Alfred Harrison J,P.'s—William Corbett was con victed of riotous behaviour while drunk in Burnett street on Saturday last. He was fined £1 or forty-eight hours' imprisonment for resisting the police, and sent to gaol for seven days for using obscene language, the sentences to be concurrent. Patrick Cashan was fined 10s or forty-eight hours imprison for being drunk in Tancred street. In the "Gazette " oi October 2, an area of 620 acres of land oi. thePareoia estate, adjoin ing the township of St Andrews, acquired by the Government under the Land for Settlements Act, is formally declared to be Crown Land. This announcement will shortly be followed by a proclamation stat ing the conditions under which, and the date whereon, applications will be received for the sections into which the land has been subdivided for settlement purposes. On Friday the members of the Methven L.U.L., No 56, celebrated their first anniver sary with a ball in the Methven Schoolroom, which was tastefully decorated for the occa sion with flags and evergreens, besides a very handsome banner, kindly lent for the puspose by the Ashburton brethren. About fifty young ladies interested in the old cause were present. Songs were sung at intervals by Messrs R. Lynes, J. T. Mangin, R. Seivewright, J. Gorir-an, and T. Burr. A most enjoyable evening was spent. Danoing was kept up with spirit till small hours, and a successful ball reflected great credit on the managing committee who had taken con siderable tronble with its arrangements. Ample refreshments were provided during the night. Mr Walker, Lauriston, presided at the piano in a most satisfactooy manner. The ball closed with the singing " God Save the Queen." In one of the Bombay papers a remarkable case is recorded. In a certain presidency two men were under sentence of death for murder in gaols in different parts of the oountry, and both appealed for mercy. It was finally decided that one of the men should undergo the dreid penalty of the law, and that the other should be reprieved. Telegrams to this effect were despatched to the super intendents of the respective gaols. The telegraph superintendent forwarded" tbe messages. The extraordinary result was chat the wrong man was hanged, and that the murderer whom it was the inte?j(fe"of the authorities to leave to his fate was re prieved. The telegraph superintendent explains that the error was due to the tact that the difference between the names was so slight—only an " n " and an " m." The "New Zealand Times," the Well'ng ton morning paper, and the Government orgin, has the following about Mr Joseph I vess's bribery charge:—That "wandering politician " is making political capital with out offending the principles of Christian charity. It is a notable device for getting the suffrage both of the children of the world and of the children of light; and it is as new as it is notable. Unfortunately for its pious author, the device is quite unwork able. The practice of giving every detail of an attempt to bribe the great incorruptible Ego, except the important detail of the unscrupulous briber's name, it is too obviously convenient to be permitted. A prosaic generation—with the exception of those critics who are politically biassed as well as prosaic—invariable regards the with holding of a name as a proof of feeble un derstanding, if not of deliberate invention. Having thus warned this lineal descendant of " the Seagreen Incorruptible," we chal lenge him to produce his man. The director of the gre^t Lick Observa tory in California (Mr Holden) points out how the pratical turn of the Americans is illustrated by the way in which they have applied astronomy to the uses of daily life, Their public lands are laid out in rect? 'angular plots; every important seaport has its noon time-ball to regulate the chronometers of ships; all railways and most towns have accurate time signals furnished by observatories ; local timea are practically abolished, and standard time (which is nothing but the exact Greenwich minute and secondi with the hour decreased by five, six, seven, or eight) is universally employed over the whole of the vast terri tory of the United States. Thousands of local times were changed iuto standard times over that whole territory in a single day, without the slightest accident or de tention, pn more than 100,000 mile 3of railway. Mr Holden instances (says London paper) a large number of ingenious devices for saving labor or increasing accuracy in making astronomical observations which were invented by Americans. In his opinion they were largely due to the in ventive faculty of the people being deve loped by the exceptional difficulties of the early settlers.

THE SENATE.

[PER PRE3S ASSOCIATION.]

Washington, November 3. The Senate has passed the Chinese Exclusion Bill extending the pro visions of the Geary Law for six months.

The Defence Question in New South Wales.

PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.

Sydney, November 4. Major-Geueral Hutton represented to the N.S.W. Government that the efficiency of the forces would be im paired if reductions in the estimates were insisted upon by them, but he recognised the right of Government to say how much they could afford to spend. Sir George Dibbs, who has been interviewed on the matter, denied that strained relations existed between the Commandant of the Forces and the Government. He added, however, that MajorrGeneral Hutton had come here with a lot of strong Imperial opinions, and he had to learn that things in the colony are done in a far different style to that which prevails in the Old Country. (I He is a good so'dier," said Sir Dibbs, " but he writes and talks too much. He means well and is a smart officer, but has much to learn in regard to official duties. When he has learnt this he will get on better." Much dissatisfaction is ex pressed at the action of Government in dispensing with the annual volunteer encampments.

CABLE SUMMARY.

A slight earthquake, extending over a large area, was felt in Wales. Lord Glasgow, Governor of New Zealand, has had a lengthy interview with the manager of the railways on the subject of railway management. The Turkish Ambassador in London protested against what he alleged was an indecent travesty of the Sultan and his harem in the New Gaiety bur lesque v Don Juan." The authorities interfered in consequence, and the character of the iSultan had to be suppressed.

SPORTING.

Melbourne, November 4. Following are the results of the principal events :— Melbourne Stakes, weight for age; 1J mile.—Loyalty, 1; Newman, 2; Jeweller, 3. Time—2min B|sec. V.R.O. Derby, 1J mile.—Uarnage, I ; The Sailor Prince, 2 ; Pounamu, 3.

C.J.C. SPRING MEETING.

Chri^tchubch, Novembeer 6. Boulanger was scratched this morning for the New Zealand Cup.

RICCARTON TRAINING NOTES.

Response, going; two miloa, covered the last at racing speed, leaving behind the final four furlongs under SOoCcs. Rose feldt and Ua went a useful mile and a half. Skirmisher was better than Dil emnn at j>ix furlong*, whicb distancs both Vogelsang and Au Revoir going separately left bshimj |n'Jfc«*^i|ap, going ill fine style. Prime \vaVs?« finished the last six furlongs of his exirciee fast, and he is looking vi ry highly trained. Beadonwell beat the Workman at four furljngs. The others out did useful work. Response is a good favorite for the big handicap.

The Christchurch Show.

THE ENTRIES.

The following is a li *t of U\e entries for the coming Metropolitan Show- The entries for last year aro also given for purposes of comparison, from which it will be seen that there ia a very large in crease in the totals, the present being the largest entry ever received by the Canter bury A, and P. Association :—

The Premier's Tour.

[per press association.]

Makton, November 6. The Hon R. J. Seddon addre'sed a large meeting ab Ohingaiti on Sa furday night. As to Mr Tvess's candidature, he said that gentleman had placed himself in a falae position, for when Government accepted Mr Stevens as the candidate for Ringitikei, Mr Ivesi was in New South Wales, and had he prospered there he would not. now b9 causing anxiety to the Liberals in New Zealand. At the con clusion of Mr Seddon's address Mr Ivrsi made an explanation to the effect that Mr Mackay, the County Engineer, had met him at Hunterville, and, speaking of the election, said " I know somebody in Martin who would give you £250," Upon his questioning this, Mr Mackay repeated it emphatically. From the conversation he (Mr Iyess) had with Mr Floyd at Ohingaiti, he concluded thi't gentleman was willing to arrange terms with him to withdraw. Mr Floyd ad dressed the meeting, indignantly denying that he had offered any money, A motion of thanks to the Proooier, and confidence in the Government was passed without I dissension. Later. Mr Mackay, in a letter to the ''Ringi tikei Advocate" to-day denies he ever mentioned the matter of a bribe to Mr Tvess.

THE LIE DIRECT TO MR IVESS.

Marton, November 6. Mr Ivess is persisting in his candidature for RangttikeJ, having to-day made arrangements for continuing the campaign. Mr MpK»y has instructed his solicitor to take proceedings against Mr Iyeas for asserting he attempted toibrida him.

ROAD BOARDS.

SOUTH RAKAIA.

The usual monthly meeting of the South Rakaia Road Board was held on Thursday. Present—Messrs Lyttleton (chairman), Coater, Stringfellowyßichards, and Lambie. clbbk's report. The Clerk's report was read and con sidered. The action of the Chairman and sub- Committee in accepting tenders^ etc., during the month was approved. Ec metalling cwo miles on lower end of tiie Wakanui Boundary road, it was resolved to forward the correspondence to the Wakanui Board for its opinion before deciding the matter. VILLAGE SETTLEMENT THIRDS. Further correspondence received fron Sir John Hall, and it was decided to write to the Crown Lands Department for ■ a reply to the Board's last communication. On the motion of Mr Coster, seconded by Mr Lambio, a hearty vote of thanks I was accorded to Sir J. Hall for the trouble he had taken in endeavoring to get payment from the Government of the balance of arrears of Village Settlement thirds, acknowledged by the Parlia mentary Committee to be due, but still withheld from the settlers. A letter was received from the Com missioner of Crown Lands re payment for water race through Lewis Village Settle mont, and it was resolved that the Chair man should interview the Commissioner. LEVEL CROSSING. The Railway Commissioners wrota, in timating that on the receipt of the Board's cheque for £17 10s, the formation of a i level crossing over the railway at the south belt would be gone on with at once. It was decided to have the work done, and a cheque ordered to be forwarded for the amount, EXTENSION OF TIME. Mr MvjAnulty was granted an extension of time on bia tussocking contract. Mr Thomas applied for an extension of time for skim ploughing Beach road. It was found that the time had over expired, and the work was not commenced, and it was decided to cancel his contract. The same also applied for £4 on his mainten ance contract, but the Board could only pass £2, MISCELLANEOUS. Mr J. Boag received permission to take gravel from Hatfield pit on the usual terms. * Mr E. McAnnlty applied for payment; of his contract for road formation- and some extras.—The Clerk was instructed to inform him that until the work was completed according to specification no payment would be made. The Commissioner of Taxes wrote c Mr Gh McLean's valuation, and authoris ing an alteration on the roll. Attention was drawn to the bad state of a water race crossing in the township, and it was decided to write to the County Council on the matter. It was resolved to retain three acres of land for gravel purposes on Thompson's track, near Somerton. It was decided to purchase small birds' eggs and heads, provided the Council gave a grant. Mr Oxley's application to cut down pine trees on old pound reserve was refused. ACCOUNTS, Accounts for £85 7s 3d were passed for payment and. after transacting routine business in connection with the cemetery, the meeting closed.

UPPER ASHBUKTON.

The first meeting of the newly elected Board was h^ld on October 30. Present —Messrs McLean, Sargent, Stitt, Tucker, and Campbell. The clerk took the chair and read the returns of the election, whi :h had resulted in all the old members beiag re-elected. On the motion of Mr Stitt, seconded by Mr Sargent, Mr McLean was re-elected chairman and treasurer. CORRESPONDENCE. From the Ashburton Borough Council, stating that Mr W. H. Collins had app'ied to it to fi'l up pirb of the gully on the east side of the N.E. Town Belt fronting his property, and that the work would be done provided this Board would pay half cost. From Mr John Corbitt, stating he would keep the ford in repair across the north branch, river Ashburton, to the Winchmore school for the sum of £6 per aonum.—The clerk was instructed to reply that as the amount asked was more than the Board considered the work was worth, they decUned to accept the offer. From the Paymaster-General, inform ing the Board that the sum of £103 2s 6d had been remitted to credit of this Board's accounts af the Union Bank of Australia, Ashburton, being 75 per cent of subsidy under the Local Bodies Finance and Powers Act, 1885, and section 9 Appro priation Act, 1893. From the Ashburton County Council, forwarding copy of the engineer's report relating tj a water supply for Messrs Hickman. From Mr G. Willers, asking the Board to cancel his lease of gravel pifa reserve at junction of Winter's and Alford Forest roads, as the Board have now opened an other pit on the reserve and rendered it practically useless. Resolved that the Board cancel the lease. ROLL ALTERATIONS. Mr B. O'Connor asked that lot 6, part res. 264, be pub in the name of Mr John McMullen. Mr Thomas Carroll asked that 1 to 3 part 10092 be put in the name of Miss E. B. Hannaford. The clerk was instructed to make the alterations, subject to all rates being paid. EXTENSION OF DISTRICT. Mr Herring interviewed the Board re the Board taking over a portion of the M'lunt Somers district, and intimated that he woull be responsible for all costs. —The Board resolved that it would ex tend its district if Mr Herring could get the two-thirds petition of ratepayers re-1 quired. GORSE STUBBING. Mr Stitb stated tint he had let the gorse stubbing on rea. 1402 to Toomey for the sum of £3 —It was decided that Toomey be let the work of stubbing the gorae on reserve adjoining the Winchmore school. fORDS. It was resolved that W. J. Thomas make fords where required and shingle same at £1 each. ACCOUNTS. Accounts amounting to £117 17s 7<3 were passed for payment, and the Board adjourned.

LONGBEACH.

The monthly meeting of the Longbeach Road Board was held on Saturday. Present—Messrs J. Grigg (chairman), James Croy, James Bishop, and E. Horsey. CORRESPONDENCE. Correspondence was read from Mr H. Rosendale, requesting thab his name be taken off the valuation roll for R.S §1013, 21014, etc., and that of Mr J. Lloyd substituted. — Alteration was ordered to be made. From the Audit Cffice, re expenditure of funds. A. letter from the Coldstream Board, objecting to certain items in statement of accounts, was referred to Mr Grigs?. birds' eggs. It wfis resolved to purchase the heads and eggs ol small birds afc 2s per hundred;' WINBERMERE KOAD. '' ' It was resolved to call for tenders for shingling a portion of Windermere road.' surveyors' report. ! The Surveyors reported as follow ;— Shearer's Road—The contractor JiaS started work stringing tin* road. "~* 1

Lower Terrace—lb is estimated that the contract tor shingling this road will be complebed next week. Longbeach Road Formation—The con tractor has not yet started work on this contract, Road through Mr Strange's—ln com pany with Mr Croy, we have inspected the road. The portion beyond the high terrace is difficult to trace, and in the absence of survey marks only an approxi mate position could be ascertained It is proposed to make a track about twenty feet wide. We estimate the cost at £—. , As the bridge on this road is in an unsafe condition, it will bs necessary to take up same and make ford in lieu. The maintenance man has been engaged in patching roads, fencing off .Lower Terrace road, erecting gates, etc. TENDBKS. I1; was resolved to call for tenders for forming road through Mr Strange's pro perty, and to advise Mr Strange that it was the intention to open up this road. ACCOUNTS. | Accounts amounting to £115 3s Id were passed for payment and the Board adjourned.

THE UNEMPLOYED.

By Donald Oliver. In compliance with the wish of some of my working acquaintances I have penned a few words on the subject of the unem ployed. Your paper is the only one pub lished in Ashburton and therefore is the mouthpiece of the Ashburton people. May I presume on your good nature for sufficient space to publish what I wish to say 1 I will begin with the ladies, and say with you, Mr Editor, " God bless 'em." I called a short time ago on two of the en franchised, and had the privilege of assisting them to nil up their enrolment claims, While doing so, I assured them that they would be perfectly free to vote for whomsoever they thought fit, when they went to the polling booth. One of them, however—whose good sense I will always admire—said she intended to vote for the candidate who would, if elected, assist in making laws for the protection and encouragement of the employers of labor, as her husband depended on em ployers for his living. Now, had Solon himself returned to earth again and said this, he could not have hit the nail of the unemployed difficulty better on the head than this lady elector did. Because, it is mainly due to what the Government has been doing, and the uncertainty as to what they may next take upon themselvas to do, by way of discouraging capitalists, that a great number of the hands are now idle, are out of employment. The working men and the working women of the country will, no doubt, should they prove weak enough, be schooled into the belief that labor and prohibition candidates are the only ones who ought to be supported. They will be told that if they vote for euch candi dates great good to the working man. Now the great good (viz , twenty pounds per month) will result only to the candidates themselves if returned, but nob the smallest advantage can be gained from the putting in of such members by the wonting portion of the community. Would any working man in this county be a penny better off if the hotels in Ash burton were all closed but one ? Assuredly not. And is there any amongst them simple enough to believe that the colony, in its present imperconious condition, would benefit by depriving itself of the half million of money it annually gathers into its coffers from the duty on beer, spirits, and wine % Cannot everyone who chooses to view this matter with his mental eyes open, see _that this h-ulf million would have to be made up annually, either by borrowing or by add ing heavier duties to those we already have to pay on aU Other dutiable goods ? The cry is, that more labor members should be put into Parliament, and then there would be more measures carried in favor of the wonting man. What, let me ask, in the name of common sense, couM be done if there were thousands of laboring men waiting for work, and dozens of labor members in Parliament to represent them, if there were no em ployers in the country with capital willing to give them work ? Let me tell the working men, —and, mind, I have been a working man all my life, —that if they expect employment to becom a plentiful, they should stand up in the spirit ef the lady above quoted, and do thtir utmost to put in members who will undertake to assist in establishing and upholding laws by which every description of employer in the colony may be encouraged and pro tected in his or her lawful business, what ever it may be, against uncertain and un equal taxation, compulsory resumption of land, as well a3 against all faddists and o*-her disturbers of the State, with which the colony is at present cursed. What good can working men expect to gain by putting into Parliament a member whose "one idea" reaches no farther than to spend his three years in the House at a cost of £720 to the country, wrangling over direct veto, and the closing of public houces. Lots of good, sober working men have told me over and over again, that Mrs Butler alone gives more meals and shakedowns on credit, (and as often for nothing at all) to chaps out of work than all the teetotallers in Ashburton put to gether j and Mr John Herring's open? handedness in this direction is well known, and almost prpverbial. Yet that section of the prohibitionists whose minds run in what may be termed the narrow gauge would, if they had the power, turn the hospitable lady and her family, along with aU others engaged in the same trade, out on the grass. I will here say a few words in justice to another class ef settlers who are kind to working men when seeking employment. A type of this class of colonists exists in the person ©f the Hon. John McLean, of Lagmhor. I know something of what has been doing on this estate during the last nineteen years, and I have good authority for aajing that nothing short of ten thousand pounds have been expended during the period in giving food and ac commodation to men looking for employ ment. No working man should ever be so ungrateful as to join in any movement tending to the hurt of such men as Mr McLean, who has ever been most liberal in giving food and shelter to their class when most in need of it. But although such men as Mr McLean pay large rates and taxes, give good wages for every description of work they require to have done, feed and warm the poor swagger, etc., they are only considered by some o the meirjbers of the present Government* as "social pests. 1 It is high time the working man rubbed his eyes and saw on which side his bread has the best chance to be bettered. The prosperity of the country, everyone knows, makes the prosperity of the town. The country, however, must not be al lowed to lie idle, but be worked to do this. But how can the owners be ex pected to turn their land to the best ac count, by employing labor, while the Government of the Jay openly declare that they will have laws made by which they can take any man's land from him by compulsion, and give it to whomsoever they please. Now it is the working men of the colony themselves who are encouraging the Gov ernment to do this. Infacb, the working men are persevering in a course, that, to use a vulgar expression, is quoting their own thro'»ts, ' l ■ Let ua ghnce at what would be the result of the Government taking Messra Grigg and Cameron's estates from them. These estates would be cut up into small farms and disposed of by ballot; but as likely as not every allotment would fall

into the hands of applicants who would arrive by thousands from other provinces. Tha families of these selectors would most likely be able to do all the work required on the selections, thus depriving every laborer in the Ashburton district of all the work they are in the habit of getting j from those two celebrated colonist?, who are, year after year, employing men, horses, and implements by the hundred. I Small farms are, no doubt, excellent things for those who have them, and can with the help rf their families make a hring-by them. But they*are no usa whatever in helping a laboring mac to make a few pounds to enable him to get * farm for himself. He must look to the big employer for work to do thi?, and therefore, I repeat that we ought to return members for our naxt Parliament who will set about helping the working man in the only way by which it can be successfully done-that is, by legislating in such a manner that confidence may ba restored to the employers. Every working may ought to beir in noind that it is in consequence of the change in the mode of taxation, imposed upon the settlers of the colony by the present Government, that capitalists have had to curtail all their operations requiting labor. A veil of uncertainty as to what next may happen—hangs over banks, merchants, landowners, farmers, squat ters, storekeepers, and others. In fact it hangs over every one who is in a position to employ labor. And this has been brought about by the working popu lation themselves, who, by their num bers, can with their votes turn the scale either for gded or for evil according as they vote for the right or the wrong men. They put in members at the last election to represent them who at once looked after good pay for themselves, and then made those who trusted them believe that work in every shape would be forthcoming in plenty. The man whose money was to pay for thia work is not considered by member or laborer to be worthy of having a single thought bestowed upon him. The innocent laborer is told that the man able to em ploy him is only a " social pest." Tom and Disk walk jauntily about for some time believing that the milleniutn has come ; John Bull growls quietly and buttons up his coat. ■ This is the game that has been going on for some time, and now the working man and his better half have it in their power to bring back some of our lost prosperity by putting in the right sort of members. It they do this, John Bull's hand will find its way into his pocket again, and honest working men will soon get another chance to earn a little money. There is a whisper abroad that one gentleman seeking e'ection intends, if returned to Parliament, to endeavor to get a share of the education fund for the Catholics. Now, considering that we have driven the Bible and all religious iabtruction out of our schools, from one end of the colony to the other, in order that the, pathol:.cs may share without scruple our free secular education, I think we have done enough. Indeed my own private opinion is that we have done f« too much. Our gracious Sovereign the Queen had, at her corona tion, to take an oath that she would to her utmost power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by law. Now, apart from other weighty considerations, it does not seem to me that we are acting loyally either to God or the Queen in banishing the Bible from our schools. And, if I hai despotio power, the Bible would be read by the young in every school in the colony within a month, in which case, I would then give the Catholics a share of the grant for education, so that their children might be brought up without hindrance in the tenets of the faibh of their ancestors. Ib does not speak well for a people or one individual to abandon the faith ot their forefathers.

Tinwald Town Board.

The adjourned monthly meeting cf rhe Tinwald Town Board was held on Friday, | Present—Messrs M. Redmayne, J. 6ud sell, T. Stone, and T. Williams. Correspondence was read from the Comptroller and Auditor-General re ex penditure of funds. It was resolved that it was not neces sary to incur any immediate expenditure on the drain through Mr Kirdy's pro perty. Business ot a minor nature was dis cussed, and after passing accounts amount ing to £35 15s 6d the Board adjourned.

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourselves responsible tor sue opinions expressed by our correspondents.)

A.C., Ashburfcon.-—Twaddle, perhaps, you cannot help writing, but you need not be impertinent. Tou can say what you like at a public meeting, if the meeting will let you, and yourself will be held responsible for what you say. But if we let you say rude things through our columns, we will be held responsible. W© decline the responsibility, and not even with thanks.

Mr Thomas Wilson, of Seayiew, writes on both sides of the paper, and while he gives " Paterfamilias" a lot of good advice, would also giye us the trouble of re-writing his letter, We ha.ye enough to do without sxtra labor of this kind. The point of his letter is that he has fenced in no land but his own. Some of it was so long unfehoed that " Paterfamilias " and others like him fancied it was theirs to do as they liked with. Mr Wilson fenced when his own horses got out, and he olalms the fence as his boundary. It " Pater familias " cares to employ a surveyor, and proves the fence to be on anybody else's ground Mr Wilson will remove the fence.

A DISCLAIMER.

TO TH« EDITOR, Sir,— An impresson apparently having got abroad that some remarks made by me in the Arcade at the Rev L. M. Isitt's meeting were a reflection on the business integrity of the temperance portion oft he community, I wish to state publicly that nothing of the kind was intended. My experience as a business man is that cotal abstainers as a body will compare favorably with any other class of the community,—l am, etc., D. Thomas;.

The Ashburton Seat.

MR PURNEIiL AT PENDARVES/

Mr Purnell addressed the Ashburton electors at the schoolhouse Pendarves, on Friday evening. The night was wet and dark, and there was a moderate attendance in consequence. Mr Bruce occupied the chair. The candidate's address was delivered to an evidently appreciative audience. After a number of questions had bean asked and answered, Mr Hurley moved, Mr Stringfellow jiinr., seconded!, a hearty vote of thanks to Mr Purnell for his address, which was carried unanimously, A vote of thanks was also pissed to the chair.

rftl ASfißt)tl!rON GtJAfcßJAft; MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1898.



looa. iheep ... »•• ••• 599 tattle ' 115 lorses ... • 231 )ther classes- Figs 4° Dogs 16 D.*iry Produce 80 Cured and preserved meats 26 Seeds and manures ... 29 New Zealand manufactures 65 Carriages... 60 Implements 400 Extra exhibits 100

387 101 208 33 15 58 64 14 50 58 360 17

Totals 1761

1365



QWTNG TO DULNESS OF THE SEASON G. J. NEILL and Co ARE SELLING %S£ SS&^S'aSSIS" - -, law p*- White Muslin 4£d per yard Good Washina Print 3^d N«w Dress Goods 4jd Double Bed White Twill Sheeting 9 2 d Children's Sunshades la each CLOTHING- -" CLOTHING- SsEn^OLONIAIf°TVfB!BD SUITS. GUABANTEED ALL WuOL, 21a Boys' Felt Hata Is 3d Bten's Felt Hats BOOTS. BOOTS, BOOTS. In BOOTS we DEF? COMPETITION for Quality and Pnce. Men's Bluchers 53 Men's Nailed Shooters 8* 61. Women's Strong Boots 63 9d Alf-i-^^^^ ft I NEILL <& CO.'S. FRIEDLANDER'S BUILDINGS, EAST STREET. CASE.-SMALL PROFITS AFP QUICK^RETUR»S. ~~ THE ESTABLISHMENT FOR SATISFACTORY WATOH AND CLOCK REPAIRS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION AT CHARGES AS LOW AS IS CONSISTENT FOR Sound and Reliable Workmanship IS S.SALEK'3, . n Crated " Speoialite " Spectacles and patented system of AGENT for I-^^^^uriSg Comfort and Correct Bi«ht. r „ ruatomers Old Jewellery into New and Fashionable A Speciality made of Converting Ourtoj^^ .^. lewellery—Silver and Electro-Plated, etc., NStf Q0)0=1 in G>U an l t^ e s toc k to select from, spesiaily suitabla for inaj", fo hano- A large anu v WEDDING AND 8..«W» »«" H. HAl.Kli EAST STEEET.



Wanted . F~~OUBD^ti^C^tSy. Purse con taining money. Apply ***** Bros. _____ .„— _— ■ -— TT\O be Lot.-Tyro-roomed House with T gco«? garden in Allenten. Apply »fe TrTiORTco-Operati^Store^U^ ~XXEW SmokeFßirracouta and Macke- JN rel (cheap), Bananas, Lemons ton gN , Tomato Sauce, Marmalade, acd Plants at Whittinoton's- TV'fEW Zealand Blarylo7l8?4. Office JN and Pocket Series now in stock. - H. M. Jones. . I" ATEST~Novelties in I j Colored Photographs of Naw Zsa land Views (beautifully done) for s< nitng Home. —H. M. Jonej. DTAiiE3lo7lß94.-L. F. Andkewe asp Co. ___I( /CHRISTMAS Cards for your friends i' VJ the Old Country at L. F. Andkkwes AND CO. ___ -■ SPECIAL Gospel Meatings will be held (D.V.)on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday evenings at the Templar Hall, Wakanui Road, Y3O o'clock. All free. All, invited. ___iL? IUJI Oranges, and ripe Bananas for sale by Mks James, East Street. 10 101 . „ DO2^'T Forget to send your Bicycles along to the Old Kindergarten to pc repaired, at moderate rates. TntED Known—That A. J Walkbb repairs By ycle?, Sewing Machines, Lawn Mowers, Medical Coils, and all descriptions of light machinery. I" F yoc want fiist class fruit go to Adams' for Fiji, Tahiti, Auckland and Sydney Oiangee, Citrons, Lemons, etc. M" EDIOAL CoiiTmade »nd repaired on the shortest notice at easy price? at A. J. Walker's, Old Kinder garten. . COFFEE as a Beverage ie more pala table and wholeEome than Tta. Cse Oriental Coffee HERBAL Beer, Ginger Beer, Rasp berryade, home made Jams and Marmalade, and all fresh fruit in season. ~~" Houi-t, East Street, Ashburton. 10 18 WANTED— Buyers of drapery and clothing, to see the value we are are offering.—Mitchell & Turner. BOOKS in good order and complete bought or taken in exchange. .New Stock arriving every week. Circulating Library.—). Maksden, .Newsagent. f| HE Best Nickel Watch in the Market J for 15s. Usually sold by Jewellers at from 203 tk> 25s each. Specially made In England to our order.—John Orb, and Co. y 19j /iRICKETand Lawa Tennis Material v^ just unpacked at reduced prices. New Books, Games and Fancy Goods. All goods reduced in price for cash this month. —L. F. Andrbweb akd Co, Stationers' Hall. j BOOKS in great variety to suit all I classes of readers, at the Railway Book Stali^ 7102 S~OMERSET Meat Mart. The oldest the largest, the bost, and the cheap Mfe. Small Goods a specialty. Ful freights guaranteed. A trial solicited. -W» J. Siloock. 4t182 ""^iicT HesfTea IN CANTERBURY for the money, and f r«o from any excess of astringency. —■ COUNTESS 2s, ASK TOtJTI OBOCEES ONEtFto" LEND on first dam Freehold Security. Three «maii sums of £400, £300, and £150. j T. BOLLOCK. ! TO LET temporarily, for Grazing only, 372 Acrea near the County Saleyaids. j Apply to T, 1 UidWUK. v



WANTED. —Everyone to know that we have too much Stock, snd too little money.—Mitchblt. and Turner. S~~~TUDY Health and use Jumbo Brand Baking Powder. Purest and best. [REWOOD, short lengths and dry fcr aale. Orders left with Mr James, Fruit Shop, East street, or at Mayo's Garden, Hampstead. 10 «.5 WANTB'JJ Known—W. H- Collier^ noted four clasp Kid Gloves, 2S Sd, have just arrived in all Bir.es. [IT ANTED—Mothers of families to VY know that we cannot be beaten for value in Drapery and Clothing.— .VJiicnEix & Turner. __________ PRESENTS— Beautiful Presents now being given away to all purchasers f Drapery, Millinery, Bootß, Clothing )cc— i±. C. Skgers, Melford Houso. FOR Bread, Scones, Pastry, etc., you will find Jumbo Baking Powder i asur passed. _ ORIENTAL Coffee is the blend of the Choicest Ceylon and Mocha, Try it. T\rANTED Known—" The Comer " k » ▼ showing a magnificent New Stock of Drapery and Clothing. — W. JEL OoXItER, _ _. % S^fjlTS to measure, during the sale, 495, 555, 60a, 70s, and 755. Fit and workmanship guaranteed.—R. AILCORN, Saunders' Buildings. TVICKEL Watches at 12s 61, usually -*-' sold by ironmongers at 15*, The 22s 6d and 253 lines stil! maintain their 1 supremacy orer all others at the prices [ Obtainable only from S. Salek, Jeweller. WANTED Known—Some wonderful job lines n Drapery, etc., now being sold; also presents to all purchasers. H 0. Segbbs, Melford House. WANTED Known—For good value in first clasa Drapery, Millinery, Boots, Clothing, etc., go to Melford House. Beautiful presents now giving ' away to all purchasers. BANG 1 Bang 1 Bang 1 Guns I Guns ! Gunal by the best makers and atted with all the latest improvements. Powder, Shot, Caps, Cartridges, Wads, and Cases at J. W. Hakdlet's, East Street. Guns repaired. HO is your Plumber ? Why W . Habdlby, who is <t Manufacturer of Spouting, Ridging, Steel Gutters, Baths, Sinks, Tanka, ptc., and who has on hand the largeat stock of Pumps and Pipe in town. WANTED Known.—To make room for Spring Boots I will give ten per cent for cash. Repairs done at once cheaper than ever to stay bad times over at J. Moison, Premier Bootmaker. 8 18 f JTTHEBEdo you gee your fronmon- W gery? At Hakdley sof course, where we get the best value in Sheet Lea:l, Nails,, books, Hinges, Plough Chains, Rope, Wire Knetting, Gorse Kiives, Spades and Forks, Lamps, Fender and ¥'m Irons, and 9*)ything yon require The Holidays, IN Order io keep pace with the rush of Tailoring Orders already received, we have en^rfged a number of estra hands (first-class tailors). Customers requiriog New Suits, etc., for the Holidays, should leave their orders aa earl/ aa po3sible. JUST OPENED OUT Newest Materials for Suits, Coatings, Trouserings, Fancy Summer Vestinga, Cricket, Tennis and Cycling Cos turner exs,s. Ocarama. Thre) Ha- es of xTovelties in Ties, Hats, Shhlbg. etc., for the present season. GBSTS' BOOTS AND SHOES. CRAIGIIBAD & BERRYMAN, THE LE iDING TAILORS AND OUT FITTWR3, I 4» H B .ff tt QJ 0 N|' |



NEW ZEALAND i i.otiiivc; Factoby SPECIAL DISPLAY OF NEW GOODS FOR THIS WEEK. BOOTS | HATS NEW PATTERNS "ROOTS! HATo iiuui& . Q Men , a Boy& , & BOOTS Youths' Suits; HATS BOOTS FATS BOOTS Tennis Shirts Cricket Shirta HATS BOOTS Cycling Shirts HATS BOOTS HATS BOOTS All New Goods . hatß . BOOIS " HATS BOOTS White Shirta Regatta Shirts' HATS BOOTS Oxford Shirta HATg BOOTS The Largest stock HATS ■ROOTS n Ashburton, HATS BOOTS — HiTS BOOTS TIES. TIES. TIES HATS BOOTS ®cc our Special Dis play in Windows. HATS BOOTS HALT.ENSTEIN BROS. ALEX HENDRY, Manager;



SAI*'I»EM A Sons'KiicalyiitJ Extract There are imitations of Eucalypti Extract in th market now, products of simple distillation forming vudo resinous' oils. In order that these crude oils may not be taken, Our Pi*r« Volatile Euca lypti Extract, which is recognised by tho medical division of the Prussian Government to be of perfectly pure origin, as per information forwarded to us through the Consul at Melbourne, March 2y 1878 we state: — It is proved by tests made by the Mediclal Clinics of the Universities at Bonn and Groifswal!, Prussia, and reported by Dr Scnulz, Professor of Pharmacology at Bonn, and Professor Dr Mosler, Director of the Medical Olinic at Greifswald, that only produces that are saturated with. Q?ygGii and freed of amds, resinous and otljer'subsfcan.ces, adherent to primary distillation, will develop the sanative qualities proper to the plant, SAKDEB & SON'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT according to these authorities, and according to Pro fessor Dr Lister, of England, and to Drs Bauer, Mclntire, Wood, Hazard, etc., of America, is the only extract correspondingto scientific tests, and the only one which possesses the proper therapeutic value. All other crude oils are to be classed among the turpentines, which have, when used as medicine, no therapeutic effect and are abaudoned as an internal medicament. Those so called Eucalypti Extracts, which may have ieceiv&d dlst action at Exhibitions as commercial articles and are usod for JiiechaL.ic.al pur poses only are discernible:— ' •' '"■ 1. By their deficiency in pungent odour (whJoh our product, the only genuine Eucalypti Extrac . de yolops most freely through its surplus of 6"xyj?e ). 2 By tkoli' alcoholic thin and mobile appearance, being redifoed In fljjwiflc density through the presence of acid* " s ' ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ 3. By their tasto,' the result of the conteafcting dency of resins and tennates. If those crude oils, so callei eucalypti extracts aro &ppli*jd ty pjistake in oaises of croup, bronchitis, diph tMvia, internal innammations, dysentery, wounds, thu the'qiuscqueucesre most appalling. For safety alwav ask always for S»u«l«*r and Soiih' J2nfculvptl jfexirucj and get the did, well-tested' atfd 'roliobio I prcDttlalloa.—Sandhurst, Victoria, Aus.t?ftHfc«- '■- 1



Hollovvay's PiLLS.—Changes of tempera ture and weather frequently upset persons who are careful of their health, and parti cular in their diet. These corrective, puri fying, and gentle aperient pills are the best remedy for all defective action of the diges tive organs. They aSigmeftf tUe appetite, strengthen the stomach, correct biliousness, and carry off all that is noxious from the system. Holloway's Pills are composed of rare balsams, unmixed with baser matter, and on that account are peculiarly adapted for the young, delicate, and aged. As fliis peerless medicine has gained iame in the past, so jt will preserve it in the future by its renovating and invigorating qualities, a^a the' impossibility oj( its doiog harm,



TUB BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION-Norton's Camomile Pills are confidently recommended, as a, simple remedy for Indigestion, which it >the cause of nearly all the diseasts to which we' are subiectiJ Norton's Pills, which <( Justice" called the "Natural Strengthener of the Human Stomach'," act as a power . ful tonic end (tentle. aperient, are mild in their opera- I ion, and sate ur a any circumstances. Sold in bottles, at Is ljt 2i Id, by all ' medicine vendors throughout t world. ■ " ■ • I The Qnslow Biscuit. The latest and most dalf cate Biscuit manufactured by Aulgebrook wrf W 1 l ' r»; ■''