Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1894. THE SHOPS ACT.

It would be well for every shop keeper and e^ery employer of clerical assistance in his business to procure as soon as possible a copy of the Shops and Shop Assistants Act, and make himself thoroughly acquainted with its provisions, against New Year's Day, the date on which the Act comes into operation. The officers upon whom-the duty devolves of seeing the Act carried out are the factory inspectors —• in the Ashburfcon district, the Sergeant of Police, who is a sort of Pooh Bah, and carries on his back the cares and responsibilities of more officers under separate Acts of Parliament than he can count. He is saddled with the duty of carrying out this Act under this clause—" It shall be the duty of every inspector to see that the pro visions of this Act are properly carried out, and to prosecute all persons guilty of any breach thereof," When the Act comes into force, it will de volve upon the Borough Council to fix the day of the week on which the half-holiday is to be observed, and when all the preliminaries have been arranged and the machinery set running, the employers of clerks and salesmen and saleswomen will find their trouble begin. Most people have read the t.'tle of the Act without troubling to go very deeply into its provisions. Such casual readers will perhaps be surprised to learn that the Act places under the eye of. our Sergeant of Police the banks of the town, the offices of the mar chants, and in fact all offices with but very few exceptions. The Minister of Labor rather ground his teeth at hav ing to make his Bill include the " aris tocracy " of the colony, but he had to bow to the amendment of the M Lords i! and accept the provision which they added as follows:— The closing hour of all offices shall not be later than five o'clock in che afternoon of each week day except Saturday, when the closing hour shall be uofc later than one o'clock in the afternoon: provided that cashiers, ledger keepers, and cashbook keepers in any office may, before leaving their offices, balance the books in their charge of the day's transactions ; and pro vided further that exception shall be made in respecti of not exceeding six days in each calendar month when employees may be re quired to continue at work or to return to work for not exceeding three hours in any one day: It is further provided that this section shall not apply to shipping, tram way, and newspaper offices. The clause before the one excepting shipping, tramway, and newspaper offices is intended apparently to meet such cases as the rush in the grain and wool seasons, but the extension it affords, if the past be any criterion, will go but a little way in overtaking the work, and, while " overtime " cap not be worked in this way, the mer chants will have to go to the expense of extra clerical labor, It is also pro vided that for the purposes of balance making offices areexempted twice a year for periodsof four weekseach. Possibly by judicious arrangement of work this four weeks' grace can be made fit into the busy season, and thus reconcile merchants to the somewhat annoying provisions of the Act. The exemptions are certainly of an important nature, but they would have been of a far more useful character had so many days' exemption in the year been given, with power to utilise them at will. This principle is adopted in regard to the close days at the Domain, aud works satisfactorily enough in that connection. A.nd the s.ame principle would have wopked equally well in regard to, tjie, offices of grain and wool merchants who in their respective seasons, requiro a deal of overtime, and have but little to balance until that overtime lias been worked and during a great portion of, the year have plenty of time on hand, or at least may not during that time, find that on one single day they have necessity for even a single hour's over time. There is one peculiar oversight, however, in the Act which may have the effect of altering the whole working o£ the offices, without reducing th<? ; and without running counter to ttye Act. It ig in the fact that lyhile cast iron rules are laid down as io closing hours, not a word Is said a-V jo when work may or may n,qt begiu, iftd .clerks as a rule are not limited in ■|jeU' ho^jira of work to so many pf.r |ay ,o.r we/jk. W/e sajr this overs'£,ijt ifay haj/e .cerfcajin p/jfcqts, b,u|} .we lai'dly suppose it will, £hx)ugb.| it certainly makes them possible, (We s&u hardly realise bank clerks, < for nstance, getting up at threse q'cloc]^ ia ( be morning, performing at) elaborate

toilet, and appearing at the bank at' four to begin a long day, instead of remaining till that hour in the morn ing to finish a long night, The shipping, newspaper, and tramway offices enjoy com}iete imtnunnity from the inspector's oversight, but the Act gpnerally is so worded that careful reading of it will suggest a good many ways of evasion by others than those exempted This, however, is none of our business. All we have to do is, having referred to the Act, to remind employers that, however hard they may think its terms, they will do well to study its provisions, and so order their houses that New Year's Day will find them ready for the Act's coming in fotce, and ranging them selves in line with the law-abiding people of this land of many laws.

1 The London Financial News says that a French contemporary, with unusual cour age, declares that the ex protection. treme protectionist policy of 1892 has been, un doubtedly, most adverse to Parisian in dustriea. It says that morocco and other fancy leather articles are now only made for home sale, although their prices have fallen. Manufacturers of artificial flowers and feathers for millinery purposes have entirely lost the Swiss and Spanish markets, while the demand for their pro ducts in Belgium and Holland has seriously declined. The earnings of workpeople in these industries are stated to have fallen From 3C per cent to 40 per cent. The prodnction of " articles de Paris " ia in a ■fair way to extinction, and even the de mand for gloves has fallen off enormously, though it is only fair to suppose thab the depression of trade in the United States may account for the latter feature. In any case, ultra-protection does not seem to have had the anticipated result in France.

The following is an extract from a letter on the present Japanese-Chinese war by an educated Cninaman re obiental siding in America: "Japan civilisation, is an Oriental nation, but not a virile one, and she has succumbed to Western influence and become the entering wedge for the Western form of civilisation into the east. The virility of Oriental civilisation is ,found in China. China — and China single-handed— must fight out the inevit able battle to a finish with the civilisation of women and the West. She will fight it out, and the older, manlier, grander 1 civilisation will triumph over the puny civilisation of the woman-ruled races and effeminate creeds of the West. China has bulk—homogeneous, cohesive bulk—both in religion and race. The West is divided against itself. In religion it has a multi-' tuc?e of sects all ready to turn upon each other. In time of war. as in timea of peace, the almighty dollar rules, and each nation, like each man, will turn a traitor for temporary gain. When it comes to this final struggle between this manly, virile, civilisation of the East, and your besotted, foppish, woman-ruled, debt burdened, and divided civilisation of the West, where will the victory lie? Ihe fn-st gun in a struggle that it may take a century to settle has been fired. When the last has been fired tli9re will be but on« ruler, one triumphant, conquering rac?, and one religion in all this wide world."

There is a mournful pathos in O'Donovan Rossa's letter to the New York World describing his visit to Ire o'dokovav land after nearly thirty KOS3A. ymvn spent in exile. The old rebel finds that a great change has come over the country. It is no longer the land that it was in his hot blooded days. "Ideas which were once deemed almost divine, and which were able to stir the nation to its profoundest depths, have lost Mieir ancienb chai-.ia." The spirit of rebellion h»s died oat. "Patriots" no longer meet in public house back parlours to drink whisky and plot treason. Farmers' sons instead of sbcretly drilling in lonely glens and dreamirg dreams of overthrowing the Saxon power in Ireland, now jofn the constabulary force or drift away to Eng land or America to make money. The whole scene has changed. A new genera tion has sprung up. The wild spirit of revolution that was rife in Rossa's day has either wholly passed away or only flickers here and there like an expiring candle in its socket. The clords of the rebel harp are broken, and no longer respond to the frothy rhetoric of an ex ploded and discredited "cause." Rossa finds his occupation gone. The old rebel still talks cf Ireland as a nation in chai s, but no one heeds him now. And his soul is sad within him.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A young man named Charles Lang, while riding down Willis street, Welling ton, fell oat ot the saddle dead. Over 250 persons booked at Ashburton to-day for the two trains which left for Christchurch. The excursion train which passed through from the south carried about 250 passengers for Christchurch. A child named Elizabeth Gillespia, eighteen months old, while playing behind horses, near Ityastertan, was kicked on the head and killed. The Agricultural Depattment is sap plying New South Wales with humble bee a for fertilising red clover. The ex periment has been successful so far, bufc is being persevered with. Mr J. 0 Shorland (Pioneer Bicycle Club) has decided to attempt to lower the Christehurch-Dunedin record. He will be paced as far as Dunsandel by his club mato, Mr H. J. Pither, and if the weather holds up, expects to arrive at the several j places somewhat as follows: — Leaves Christchurch 10 p.m.; arrive Ashburton 1. 30 am. Friday ; Geraldine 4 a.m ; f imam 5 30 a.m ; Makikihi 7. 30 a.m.; Oamaru 11 a.m. ; Palmerston 2 30 p.m. ; Waitaki 5.30 p.m.; Dnnedin 7 p.m. The present record is 26tir smin, and is held by Mr A. C. Duff. Our New Zealand politicians have their faults, at least so the National Association tells us, but their brethren in the South American Republic can give them points and run rings round them every, time. How Is this for h\gh ? A cuta Yankee pror moter, who thought he understood thecus* toms of the country, called on the President to get a certain concession signed, 'If your Excellency will sign this,' said the Yankee, • I am authorised to hand you 50,000 dollars, and no one will know anything about it.' 'Make it 100,00 J dollars,' replied the President, 'and I don't care a who knows about it.' The deal was done. Thus the Timam Herald :—Mr John Rutherford's hen emu appeals to have regarded the laying of eight eggs, already recorded in thess columns,' as fcha limit 6i [her maternal duty.' VV'ith a callousness begotten of a diet of cast horse shoes and j road metal she vacated her nest and lef b the future care of het unhatcheJ. family to her husband. Six of the eggs were removed and the male bird set about the incubation of the remainder. The sitting n'ace was in tlje open, and to'guard against cramp smd rheumatism-serious complaints for a'bird made pp principally of leg's—was covered with a tent. After eighty days one eipu Hatched put, and is now a lusty young tyrd about tfye sise of a turkey, and wi|h th.c tj;ad!tjp.nal appreciation: p,f fchjngg mawfcjbk ' ......

The Sultan is conferring the Order of j Osman on the Queen. ' The Volunteers left for Christchurch by the five minutes past eight train this rooming. Tney will take part in the milu»'y tournament in the Christ church drillsheds this evening. '\ lie Ministers, who are afc present in Chriotchurcb, held a Cabinet meeting ye-uerday, but departmental work only w.is clune. Tho Hon. J. IVS'Kenzie was present at the Agricultural allow, while the Hona. It, J. freddon, J. G. Ward and J, Carroll attended the race meeting at Ric c vrton. While engaged in cutting the trunk of a large tree at the rear of a building at CascU-maine (Victoria) some workmen found a dog's chain eighteen inches long tirmly embedded in the wood, and coiled round a centra' core of about five inches thick. The chain had apparently baen fixed to the tree about thirty-five yeara ago. Messrs Landells and Preston have re ceived from England per the Tainui, scori signment of bicycle extras. The consign ment includes some model lamps, roadster and racing saddles of the latest designs, in fact most of the ordinary bicycle acces sories of the most recent patterns direct from the Home market. Mr J. k. Shorland left Cathedral Square at tea o'clock last night on his Danedin record ride. At Rakaia he came to grief at a newly formed water race, but though he injured hie machine he suc ceeded in reaching Ashbarton afc a quarter to two o'clock. In this town he took a quarter of an hour's spell, changed machines with apaoemaker,and proceeded on his iourney. The weather of late has been almost perfect. Sufficient rain has fallen te moisten the ground well and coming as it did on two occasians in the night and or another on a Sunday it has not interfered with holiday makers. To-day there has been a warm wind raising the dust some 'what, but not in the awful mannei adopted by our time honored nor-westera, The holiday has been thoroughly observed to-day. All the shops wer< closed and everyone appeared to hav< taken a holiday either at Christchurch the Beach, or elsewhere, a-, any rati scarcely a soul was to be seen in town— thadayhad|morethesemblance of a Sunday t;han a weekday, and the solitary reportei looking out for news could only bring ir the fact that the " streets were deserted.' The Salvation lasses in Paris havi created quite a sensation by abandoning their old-fashioned 'kiss me nobs' am adopting a pretty little round hat of white straw with a slightly upturned brim allowing passers-by to get a view of tht girls' faces and also of the manner in whicl their back hair is arranged. This is th< summer bonnet at present worn by th< officers, and the French edition of th< War Cry (En Avant) announces there is t stock of them on sale. Lord Aberdeen left London afc mid night in a sleeping car for the north. It the morning, when he was awakened, h< saw a stranger opposite him. * Excuse me,' said the stranger, ' may I ask if yoi are rich ?' Somewhat surprised, his lord ship replied that he was tolerably well t( do. * May I ask,' continued the stranger ' how rich you are ?' ' Well, if it wil do you any good to know ' was the reply, 'I suppose I have several hundred thou sand pounds.' 'Well,' went on tht stranger, /.if I were as rich as you am snored as loudly as you, I should take { whole car. so as not to interrupt the sleej of others.' Our cables inform ua thir Li Huns Chang, the C Jtntnandant of the Chineai forces has been ordered to Jf ekin. It he': wise he'll stay away. Last time his Roya friends invited him to Pdkin he yen thoughtfully sent word to them fco fine accommodation for a guard of fifteei thousand soldiers who were accompanyinj him. His visit was deferred, and h< saved his bead, but for the reverses re cently suffered by the Chinese army some one will have to answer, and it is to b feared the head of the astute Li will agaii be in danger. Some of the medical fraternity in Dune din have had a very strango c%se befor them lately, A young girl had beenmucl troubled with sneezing, and the doctor appeared to be unable to do anything fo her, the sneezing continuing for severa days. Eventually the girl in her sneezin; paroxysms emitted through her nostril quite a number of worms—common earti worms of a red color, suah as can be seen ii any garden. A theory has been broashei that the embryo of the worms gainei access to the nostrils while the patien was smelling flowers. However, we hay nothing to say about the theory, but w believe the case is unique and of grea interest to the medical fraternity. Th worma were not all expelled at the or». time, but were blown through the nostril in ones and twos for several days. The monthly meeting of the Tinwal< School Committee was held on Tuesday Present — Messrs Clothier (chairman) Giles, Hampton, Stephens, and GudselJ The master's report showed the roll num bers to be—Boya, 86 ; girls, 69; total 155. Average attendance for the pas five weeks—Boys, 73; girls, 57 ; total 133. The master drew attention tc th< state of the pump, and other small work inside the school, whioh were authorise* to he done before nexb meeting. A cop; of the regulaHons regarding regular atten dance was teceived from the Board o Education, who requested the Committei to strictly enforce the attendance of rhil dren between the ages of seven and thir teen. Messrs Stephen and Hampton wen appointed Yi&iting Committee for the com ing month, Accounts to the amount o £3 18s lOd were p »ssed for payment anc the meeting adjourned. The anniversary of the Watertor Wesleyan Church has baen celebrated during the past week ; and has paased ofl very satisfactorily. On Sunday sermons were preached to large congregations—in the afternoon by the Rev T. G. Brooke, superintendent of the circuit, and in the evening by the Rev C. Abernethy, special music being rendered at each service by the choir. On Tuesday the nsual tea meeting was held, and the day being par ticularly fine, was patronised by visitors from all the surrounding districts The tea was held in the Library Hall, which had been v<»ry tastefully decorated for the occasion.' TaMes, lad,en with everything tha.t gqod cooks could suggest to tempi the appetite, were arranged across the room, and were presided over by ladies ol che congregation and friends, while the bachelors saw to their own table. As visitors continued to arrive to a late houi to the tea, it was 7 30 pm. before ar adjournment could be made to the church for the public meeting. The Uttle church was soon crowded to excess, and extra sitting accommodation bad to be provided. The Rev C. Abernethy presided, and gave a summary of the year's work. The Secretary of the trust account gave tke financial statement, which shewed that the year ended with a credit balance of 18a 8i j while the congregation for circuit purposes had raised over £40 during the year. The other speakers were the Revs r. G. Brooke and J. Cocker, and Messrs Chapman and Goldfinch. Several selec tions of music were rendered by the choir luring the evening the baton of Mr Fhoin»s Wheeler, Miss Toad presiding at the organ. The meeting closed at ten j'clock, after the usual votes of thanks tiad been passed. RHEDMATis^.—Dr |$. t^don's remed sever FAtyS in permanently' curing" rheuma iistft, lumbago^ sciatica', gout, etc, one bottle njreS relief, price 10& 'post free. J. W 3laytq»j P.O, 805 334, p,iwe4ifl

COMMERICAL.

London, November 7 At the invitation of Mr forest, a number of merchants inspscted the Queensland beef, and dined off it at the Imperial Institute. Mr Forest said the colonies were large con sumers of English goods, and expected to git a fair field for their own products. Jtle urged that Great Britain should foster colonial tra''e to the mutual advantage of both the Mother Country and her offshoots vShe was compe'lel to import thirty-two per ! cent of her meat, while Australia, exclusive of New Zealand, scarcely supplied oneppre r cent. Sir Saul Samuel said they had no right to expect that England would show favor if it; was not deseived. Colonial meat must be judged on its intrinsic merits, and if it could not stand the test, it would suffer. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,180,000 quarters, and for the Continent l,190 ; OQ0 quarters. South Australian wheat now unloading has been sold at 23s 9d. A South Australian wheat cargo, ex Boutenburn, sold at 23a 9d; Victorian, ex Brookhall, sold at 245.

Metropolitan Show.

The judging day of che Metropolitan Show on Thursday attracted a fairly numerous attendance. The weather was beautiful, and the various exhibits were examined very carefully by the visitors. His Excellency the Governor visited the ground during the afternoon, and was escorted round .the Show by the Presi dent, Vice-President, and Sir John Hall. The following are the more important, prizes that came to the district: - Sheep. —Merino fine combing—Ram under 18 months—W. Lyttleton 1 and 2 ; ewe under 18 months—W. Lyttleton 1 and 2; three ewes under 18 months—W. Lyttle ton I.—English Leicesfcers— Ram under 18 months—H. E. Peryman 1, J. Bonifant 2, J. M. Furee 3 and v he, *'. C. Marray he, James Little c; three ewes under 18 month'? —D. Grant 1, James Little 2 and 3, Jonathan Sowden v he, J. Boni fant h c and c. Hampshire Down.—Ram above 30 months—A. O'Brien 1 and medal, O. R. Wilkin 2, M J. Friedlander vh c, Max Friedlander he. R*m above 18 months and under 30 months—A. O'Brien 1 and 2 ; ram under 18 monHis*— Max Friedlander 1 and 2, M, J. Fried lander h a. Ten flock rams under 18 months (prbs at which they will be sold to b6 stated, not to exceed £6 6s)—Max, Friedlander 1; three ewes above 18 months, with lamb at foot—M, J. Fried lander I and medal, Max Friedlander 2 ; three ewes under 18 months—Mai Friedlander 1, M. J. Friedlander 2; ewe under 18 months —Max Friedlander 1, M. J. Friedlander 2. Crossbred —Five ewes or wethers under 18 months, the progeny of merino ewes and 'ong-wo oiled ram of any pure breed —W. Lyttleton 1 and medal. Five ewes or wethers under 18 months, the progeny of long-woolled ewes and any short-wool Down or merino ram —Max Friedlander 1 and 2. Shropshire Down—Ram under 18 months—School of Agriculture 1, J. and A. D. M'liraith 2, John Borton 3 and vhc, J. E. Upton he. Ten flock rams under 18 months (the price at which they will be sold to be stated, not to exceed £6 6s)—T. E. Cpton 1, P. Cunningham 2 Three ewes under 18 months—T. E, TJpton 1, John Bortoa 2 aod c, P. Cunningham h c. Ewe under 18 months —C. Lewis 1 and 2, T. E. Upton 3 and v h c, John Borton he and c. F&t Hieep.—Five crossbred Down wethers over 18 months and nob exceeding 30 months—Max Friedlander 1 and 2, H. F. Gray 3 and c, John Deans vh c. Five crossbred down wethers under 18 months —John Deans 1 and 2, Max Friedlander vh c and he. Five long wooled wethers under 18 months-—J, Sfiringfellow 1 and 2, J. Eaglesome vh c. Ten wethers, of any breed or cross, suitabl9 for the frozen meat export r.rade—-John Daans I, Samael G*r forth 2, Miles and Go's special prize an-1 h c, Max Friedlander v he. Ten wethers, of any breed or cross, suitable for the frozan meat export trade—J. Stringfellow 1, D. McMillan 2, John Deans vhc,G. D. Greenwood he. Five ewe or wether lambs, unshorn, short wooled, for butchers' purposes only, price not to exceed £I—Cashmerel—Cashmere Estate 1 and 2, Max Friedlander v he. Messrs Pvne and Co, £5 5s for the best pen of crossbred wethers (of any age or breed) moat suit able for the frozen meat export trade—J., Stringfallow. ! Cattle, —Alderney or Jersey—George Gould^ Bilberry, 1; and Clematis, c ; D. Morrow, Montalto Buttercup, 3rd, 2. Ayrshire—Bull of any age—J. M. Reid, Lord Glasgow, 1; R. Brown, Sir Colia 11. 2. Bull calved since June 30,1892 —Hay Smith, Clampebt, 1. Cow of any age, in milk or in calf—Hay Smith, Cowslip 11., 2. Heifer calved since June 30, 1892— J. M. Reid, Daisy 1 and Violet h c. Heifer calved since June 30, 1893—Hay Smith, April Flower 11. 1 and Primrose 11. 2. Cow with two of her progeny —Hay Smith, April Blower, 1. Horses—Mare in foal, or with foal at foot- John Small, Mias Palmer, 1 and President's prize ; John Boag, Magnolia, 2. Gelding foaled since June 30,1891— John Small, Nugget, 1; John Boa?, Seddon, 2. Filly foaled since June 30, 1892—John Shearer, Lass o' Gowrie, 1; John Boag, Lady Franchise, 2. Colt foaled since June 30, 1893—John Small, SUr Colin, 1; Frizzell, Better Times, 2. Pair of geldings, the property of one owner which have been regularly worked —John Small, Wallace and Prince, 1. Pair of mares, the property of one owner, which have been regularly worked—John Small, Polly and Fanny, % Gelding of any age—Joh,a Sm.&U, Farmer, 1. Dry mare of any age—John Small, Lady, 1. Best mare with two of her progeny— John Small, Miss Palmer, 1. Dairy Produce.—Fresh butter (not separator), not less than 31b in rolls—Mrs McDowell (per Ash burton A. and P. Association) he. Salt butter fit for ex port, in jars or tins of not less than 101b —Mrs M'Dowell (per Ashburton A. and P. Association) 1, Sefton Dairy Factory (D. J. M'Gowan, manager) 2, Mrs Black 3, Central Dairy Company, Limited, Addington v h c.

THE WAIRARAPA DISASTER.

Auckland, November 8 Me Little, the uuderfcaker, is seriously ill from blood fokoninjr, caused by hand ling the bodies at the Great Barrier. The Areylo, from the Barrier, brought seven bodies for burial, including the Misses Scouliar. Two other bodiea iden tifi.d aro be'ieved to be—Chick, of Port Chalmers, and David Drybrough, of Sydney. H.M.S. Royalist is searching the ■ coast, fto far about seventy bodiea have been recovered. Wellington, .November 8 The Mayor's fund has now reached £351. Mr A- Black, one of tha Wairarapa survivors, has arrived in Wellington, tie states that he dung to the davits near the bridge all night, and from his position was able to see all that went on on the bridge, and he was, he says, the only survivor to see the last of the captain. During the early part of the night the bridge was crowded, chiefly with women, and the waves broke five or six feet over them. Gradually the terrible impact weakened the structure. About daylight Mr Black could hear the ladies crying out that the bridge was going, and soon after wards a heavy wave smtshed up the star board side, and carried into the sea the crowd who had been huddled up on the bridge. For a time they were washed in and out with the wreckage, struggling, and then all was over. When the wreckage waa finally washed over, there only remained on what was left of the bridge the captain and a young lady saloon passenger. (This, it is understood, was Miss Knight.) The captain was standing by her and speiking to her. the waves from time to time coming over the two ; but it might have been, Mr Black thinks, a quarter of an hour after the wrecking of the starboard end that the captain walked two or three yards from the lady, clinbed on to the port rail of the bridge, and plunged head firsc into the sea. A few minutes later the lady fell from the bridge and was washed away, leaving what had proved so delusive a haven of refuge without an occupant. Mr Black saw all this from a distance of nine or ten feec from the chief actors in it. . At the relief concert on Tuesday night, Mr W. Ferguson, one of the survivors, will give an oral description of the wreck. Westpobt, November 8 William Manderson, who was drowned in the Wairarapa wreck, was formerly a deputy in the Westport Coal Company's mine, Denniston. He bad been on a visit to Coolgardie, and was bringing over his brother's wife, ft Sydney resident, who was also drowned. Oamajut, November 8 At a public meeting to-night a com mittee was appointed to raise money for the Wairarapa fund. Five Oaroaru residents are now reported to have lost their lives by the wreck- Messrs Harland, Bailey, Cree, Dean, and Hastie, and a sixth is spoken of.

THE INQUIRY

Auckland, November 8 Mr A, J. Chamberlain, passenger, said: —There was a good deal of confusion, but no pmic. I saw the captain on the star board side of the bridge and heard him say, " Hurry up, lads ! " When asked, "Up to the time you* were washed off the steamer, did you. notice anything done by the officers 1 " Witness replied, "Nothingc»me under my nctica excepting what was done by the* starboard boat* I don't mean to say nothing was done." Witness further said: "I certainly thought the chief officer should have taken control when they got on the, rocks." Asked as to the second officer, Witness said: "I was not looting' to him, but to tho first rfficer, aai com plained that the chief officer, when asked to secure the oranges that were being devoured by the hangry and thirsty survivors, to provide against the possi bility of prolonged detention on the rooks, replied that he could not do any thing, as the people were hungry and thirsty. Witness said he went and spoke to the people himself, and they agreed to collect and save the oranges. You think there was. a necessity for some one to take the superintendence 1 Most decidedly. There were fifty or sixty people on the rocks. We looked to the captain first, then to the chief officer* I do not consider he took control at, alt. At that time he may have been prostrated the same as others, bat he was certainly not as much knocked about; as some of the men I have mentioned. Witness, however, added that he could not offer any opinion whether anything more could have been done towards sav ing life He thought the chief officer mistaken in supposing that he saw a raft with people on it going seaward. Pro bably it was a mass of broken wreckage. Cross-examined, witness said : " Ftota the time of the steamer listing, it was as much as they could do to save them selves. He kaew that the purser parted! with some of his clothing. Sydney Cecil Smfch % of Sydney, a saloon passenger, said that during tho evening (six o'clock) he said to the captain " I suppose we are near the Bay of Islands <?" He replied, but witness could not say whether the captain was jokine, .*' I wish you would tell me where lam " or words to that effect. Witness knew the captain personally. Towards ten o'clock he made a reply to the Bame remark to the effect that "we are very wide of the Poor Knights," and after wards, that if he saw the Poor Knights he would then know where he was. All the evening he was very anxious, He said to Chick in witness' hearing that he had. smoked more cigais that day than he had* smoked for the last month. The captain then walked to the port side and looked* seawards ; that was about a quarter past ten o'clock. The evidence of other witnesses war, unimportant The enquiry has been adjourned till Monday.

SPORTING.

C.J.C. SPRING MEEriNCfc.

Christchuboh, November 8 Tbc following concludes our report of yesterday's racing:— Metkopoi.itan Stakes—Prime Warden 1, Skirmisher 2, Royal Rose 3. Thirteen others started. Won by a length and a half; three lengths between second and third. Time—2.36. Dividends~£l7 2s Sd and £22 10s. Waikakai'A Relief Fuxd Plats.—Safe guard 1, Naucilus Shell 2, Cannonball & Five others started. Won by a length. Time—so|sec. Dividends—^ Is 6d and 1 £5 7s. • Epsom High Weight Welter, of I2O» sovsjl mile.-J3usybody 1, Speculator 2> Goodwood $ Nine others started. Wott I *wriry by two lengths. IXnctends—£2l Sfc <jld and £30 Is. Auction Handicat».—-Watchword U The winner beat six otheirs. Time—l.Bl. Divi deads—£3 14s and 1 £3' S3.

ffiE ASffIUKTOK GrUABDIAK: Ml DA*, NOVEMBER 0, 1894



FpttIKDBRESTiox, the best remedy fa un doubtedly Norton's Camomile. Puces, They can confidently be recommended as beinff mild in operation and absolutely free from injurious drugs. Acting- at once as a splen did tonic and a gentle aperient. For nearly 100 years they have proved unequalled for Indigestion* Dyspepsia, sick Headache a»di for Liver tnd Stomach compla its. Sold ir* bottles Is Hd, 2« 9d, and Us, by all Medi^ oine Vendors throughout the wtrid, A imple, B»fe, aad certaio remedy.



DOLLAR CIQAFETTES — S»J, N holders or photos,— IJjgssY ?4j(»w s Who'e



|AVUI!H£ Son* Bnoalypl « There arp imitations of I|floalyp.ti« Bjctr^cfc in th market now, products of a'r^pl? distillation formin de resinoas oils. Iv order that these crude oil pjay uo.t be talijen, O.tlß P^IVB VoJjATIIe EDOAistP'i* Exteact;, whic *> is recotmised by the medica divisioa of ihe Prussian Government to. be of per fectly pure origin, as their information forwarded to us through the Consul at Melbourne, March 2,1878 we state ; - is proved: bjr ta^U by the MeJloal Clinic« of he Universities at Bonn nn^ Griefswal'', Prussia- and reported by Dr Schulz, Professor of Parmacology. at Bon, t.Jd Professor Dr Mosler, Director of the ' edical Clinic at Greifswald, that only product? that are saturated with oxygen and freed of a'ads, resinous and other substances, adherent to primary distillation, will develope the sanative qualities proper to the plant according to these authorities, and accoi'ding to Pw ssor Dr Lister of England, and to Dys Bauer, clntire, Wood, Hazard, rtc., of Ame^ioa^ is, tfe* only extract corresponding to scientific antf tie rnly n which possesses the prope? ijh.eiskpeußio val'io. Sander <fc Self's Ekjcaiyfxi Extract Ali o^her cm6a oils are tq be classed among the turpentines, wiioh h eve, when used as medicine, no th^apeniic effect and are abandoned as an internal ip l edK#aient. These so called Eucalypti Extracts #hich may have received distinction at Exhibitions aa eommerciel articles nre used for machanioal pur oses are only discernible:— By their deficiency In pungent odour «BF, product, the only genuine Euoalypjij Extracts de velopes most freely through. ;*« surplus of oxygen) By their aicoholig, tli^'iSud mobile appearance being recuoed & specific density through the pjea^ca af.ikiida ; By their taste, the result of th contracting ton ; dency of resins and tennates. If these' crude oils, so called eucalypti extrapia V* applied by mistake in cases o croup, brcinc^i«i,djph theria, internal infammations, dysecttgy, wguaas, thsj. consequences are appalling Fojj.aafkty always ask for Sander and son«. TiS^iOBH Ex-i^Acr andeet the old, we!Hos'«d awd reliable preparation.—3and hurst, 'V&ioiWAustralia. ' ' SENDER AND, SON'S



- NEW ■ ] \ ■■ ■ SPRING AMD SUMMER GOODS OPENING UP THIS WEEK. NEW ZEALAND t CLOTH INS FACTORY, NEW GOODS 1 /TEiS'S New Shape^ NEW IVL Hard Hat. GOODS Men's New Shape Soft NEW Hats GOODS Men's New Lounge Hats 1 NEW _i| OZ weight GOODS Men's Mew TeDnis Hats NEW Men's, Boys' and Youths' GOODS Straw Hats NEW GOODS —SPECIAL NEW GOODS The New Swimming Com- NEW bination Suit GOODS NEW Meß'**£J^ Bl*Ck GOODS New Tennis Sashes NEW New Cycling Shirts GOODS New Tennis Shirts NEW New Cricket Shirts GOODS NEW —SPECIAL— GOODS NEW 1»O1 New jTies and GOODS Bows NEW GOODS NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. ALEX. HENDRY, Manager 1



Wanted^ j U; bo Purchase, two good Heier Calves, suckers ; Short- i horn brted preferred. Good price will lv> \ given. Apply Mail Office. 11 29 \"4 ASTKI) Known—The Cot^cTls ** showing a magnificent New ,St.oel> of Drapery and Clothing.—\V. fi, COLLIBR. _. WANTED Known—Spectacles, Eye j Protectors. Goggles, Folders, and ■ everything in the opucil ipe at >S. Salek'h, Optician x ANTKD Known — Tho Cheapest lioii^e iv tc wn for First-class Millinery aid Drapery is H. C. Segeks, ! Melford House. W / ANTED Known—Special line of ■ * V Gents' Kegatta Shirts, nil sisos. with or without collars, 2s 6d. —W. H. Collier. JCE CREAM, Ice Cream, Ice Cream, now ready at H. A. Flower's, Ease street, Ashburton. Ice supplied at shortest notice. 10 114 T^DWARDS, Bennett's Sale. Grand lot *~* new and fashionable Furs and Mantles ; half price. Come and take your pick at Mbs Adam* YSTERS, Fried Flounders, and Whitebait every right at Jewitt's, Deep Sea Fishing Company, opposite Mail office. > 9 168 OWN Make In Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes, ttfuslins, Flannelettes, Trimmings, etc., at Mbs Alcohn's new shop, Baker's Buildings. "ANTED KNOWN-Dressmaking prices to suit the times. Material dresses from 8s 6d, Prints from 7s 6d. Fit and style guaranteed.—Miss Murphy, Old Kindergarten, East Street. t VTANTED Known-Before "buying W your Hats come and see our Stock. Greatest variety to choose from in Ashburton. All marked very Cheap. — H. 0. Segers, Melford House. BUTTER, BUTTER, fresh and good 6d per Ib, Just arrived—A Line of BBA Shears, also a good assortment of Turkey Stones. Come early and get your choice. Note address—Fletcher Bros, East street (next Bank of New Zealand; Ashburton. "D EOENT Arrivals.—Ladies'andGentle -*-*; men's Summer Boots and Shoes, Cricketing and Tennis Shirts. Unlimited selection of Summer Ties and Hats.— Mitchell and Turner. "DOLLAR CIGARETTES—3d. N" holders or photos—Hebry Zander, Wholesale ag\nt. T ARGE Purchase Embroideries at ~*-^ Edwards, Bennett's Sale; over ninety pieces to choose from. Ladies' Trousseaux made on short notice. Orna* ments, Fancy Goods, and Dolls' Prams at Mrs Alcorn's new shop, Havelock Street W"E Hold a Large Stock of the Latest JSovelties in Materials for Blouses and Walking Dresses. Just opened, ex Pakeha and lonic, Dress Goods of choice selection, Sunshades and Umbrellas.—Mitchell and Turner. BANG ! Bang i Bang I My new sea son's stock of Ammunition to hand Eley's, Kynock's and, Cluo Cartridges. Powder, Shot, Caps, Wads, Cases and all sporting materials of the first quality at J. W. Hardley's, Gun Emporium. GUNS ! Guns ! Guns ! My new stock of Gunsj tisfc fco hand direct from the manufacturers. Double and Single Barrel Breech Leaders, Rifles, etc. In spection invited. No old stock to select from at J, W. Hardley's Sporting Repository NOTICE 1 Notice Sport for all Guns let out on hire cr sold on tima payments. Having a professional Gunsmith on the premises, I undertake to repair Guns oi any description. Gun fittings in stock. Prices low.—J. W Hardlky, Ironmonger, etc ROBERT ALCORN has opened in Baker's Buildings, next the Court house, with a stock of Clothing, etc., bought at Edwards, Bonnett's and the Kaiapoi Sales, the cheapest lot of goods ever brought to Ashborton. Also an assortment of Boots. BLANKETS bought at Edwards Bennet's Sale, a special line of Double Blankets at 7s 9d. Ex*ra large and heavy 15? 6d and 16a 6d.--Robert Alcorn, Baker's Buildings. TUST Opened, a splendid line of fashion f able Dress Stuffs, in Cardinals, Maroons, Navies, Browns and Blacks. To be sold under wholesale price.—H, C. Segers, Melford House. TO LADlES.—Spring Cleaning—We have just received Three Cases of Curtains and Liberty Muslins, together with new Patterns in Carpets, Oilcloths, and Linoleums. China Matting from B|d per yard.—Mitchell and Turner. "THHERE are two qualities of Health •*- Tea, both unsurpassed for strength purity and lovely flavor. Prices, 2s 6d and 2s per lb. Ask your grocer for Health Tea, and see that you get It. Wholesale at Zander's WANTED —Every Lady to try Madam Balcomue's Patent Ex panding Belt Corset, guaranteed whale bone throughout. Orders left at Mr E, Hall's, Herbalist, Ashburton, will receive prompt attention. 10 86 ANTED Known—That owing to the success of the Pale now being held up at Saunders' Buildings, epposite Rail way Station, it will be continued for another twenty-eight days. lam not advertising a few cheap lines, but the whole of the stock. Don't lose the oppor tunity of securing genuine bargains—A Lawbie. 7 166 HAKATERE.—The Somerset Meat Mart has l,ong held " the cake " as the heat and cheapest shop in town for cash purchasers. The old reputation will be maintained. Mutton §i per lb, $aus agea 4d per lb. All other lines reduced. For Cash only.—W. J. Silcock. 8 f>2 SWEEPING Reductions. —Is Books for 9d, Is 6d Books for Is, 2s Books £or Is 6d, 2s 6d Books for 2s, and all other's at equal rafe of reduction at L. F. Andrewes A*jp Cos., Cash Sale. 618 LATEST Telegram.—The Governor of Victoria has ord,ere<jl that none but Health Tea shall be used in, Government House CTTAR:' WAR —Great; Sacrifices as » Go'ids muse be sold .cheaper than ever, to make room for otjl^er gqods to arriye shortly. Books and Magaaines, Writing Papers and Envelopes, Pocket Books, Parses, Writing Cases, Ink stands, Pictures, Music, Accordeons from 7rf 9d, (Concertinas, Violins, Banjos, Zither Hsrps, Photo Frames and Album*, Scrap and Postage Stamp Albums, Indoor OaojfiS, Scfeo.ol Bass, and a great variety of good? 1;oo numerous to mention; all at greatly ajuced prices for cash this month at L., F. Andrew < no Co 's. Cheap Sale. NO Stimulant has given so much favor wi:h the Natives aa Health Tea lb TOUst he good ; ask your Grocer for it E(j#ray %&#W* Wholesale Agent



t THE PREMIER TEA ~ Qf THE. WORLD. Bichcut**^. J/»TelleKt flavour. More economical thaij ,any otker Mnc!. Eccomrnended by the Med^?!l) Faculty. . All Injurious, Inqreoients REMOVED. Promota* *igcßtion—Rtrcngtbcn« thu con gtituticm. It's numerous c<*«jp.stitoj;3 are falling auraf like m&gie, A BLESSING TO MANKIND. Prices, 2a 6d and 2= per 1b Aefe joar Grocer cr it. HKNBf 2ANEER, Wholesale Agent 'Wanted. niLIPPERTF FLOPS Is. New Booka JL? just arrived. Ciiculating Library. Terms e^ey. Latent new books added to Library every month. Subsc ibers lo Library can exebanjre Books at Bookstall or Shop. Most popular library in Ash bnrJon. Kight Id tfooks for 6d, four^d Boo!c.s for 61, two 4d Books for 6d, three 61 B)rks for Is. Plain, Fancy, and Mourning Stationary. Text, Birthday, Christ m»s, and N^w Year Cardp, Picture 800k<?, Pnrapf?, etc Kverythinet good Cheap, andin great variety.~J. Maesdek WANTED Known -That if you are in jyant of a tirsu class article in sum mer &«•-*« Shoes, you cannot do better than c*li#£.J. Moison's ; you will s?et the very beat at educed prices. As for his own make, theynre well known to the delight of the wearers, thrq^^out the lustwJaslan colonies. Repairs well <k*ie j,nd at oae&. F> emier Boot Maker, Tpj^p / K(»U B»oti Stot-fc, ifoafc street, Aahburton. 1



Aahburton, November 7, 1894. To the Town Clerk, Aahburton, TT"/ E BEG to request you (in the W absence of Mis Worship the Mayor) to CALL A PUBLIC MEEfING of the inhabitants of Ashburton to make arrangements for Collecting Donations in aid of the Sufferers by the Wairarapa disaster. (Signed) R- M. CUTHBERTSON R. BIRD W. H. COLLINS D. WILLIAMSON And 30 other Burgesses. £N RESPONSE to the above Requisi tion, I HHRKBY CONVENE A PUBLIC MEETING to be held at the Orange Hall on MONDAY NKXT, the 12th uist., at 8 p.m. CHAS. E. FOOK3, Town Clerk. Ashburton, November 7. 1894. 13542 ■ L 0 ¥ T A REVOLVER, between Winchmore School and Ashburlon. 5s Reward on iirder leaving same tit H&il Office. 11§51 TO LET—Small Shop, with dwelling at.t*cbed. weH tituated in Burnett Sfcieet. Good cotkir.g r%nge. T. BULLOCK. UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND, LIMIT*!). QPECIALLY REDUCED PAS- O SAGE RATES by the following Steamers from Lyttclton: — SiSt XlAUliOlv) — Afovt'iiilivr V S.S. TAKAPUNA— >lß:EK.rii : S.S. TALUNE—*"*::;„.»., «I S.S. MABAROA—•¥: r r*S& r io T0 i<ALO()X STEERAGE .Wellington ... £0 10 0 £0 5 0 Kapicr ... 10 0 010 0 Aueklaad ... JlO 0 010 0 Sydney ... 210 0 15 0 RETURN TICKEIS-, Co»stal at proportionately Kedueed Eite», Bydnev £4 Saloon are available to retura from Melbourne «i» Hobart ami Bluff. Exira charge for Deck C-ib'ns, Mararoa. I All tickets permit passengers t© fcreak j j journey and proceed on or retu 0 by acy ot ( i( the Company's steamers, i Prly V, FKRRIMAK, ' ! Ps Agent, Ash^jttrton, '



; mm Business Ro^ee-. _ I NEW COODS. NEW GOODS. 1 TO MEET THE TIMES. OWING to the scarcity of money and dulness of trade generally, we are over stocked. To ensure a speedy clearance, we have marked the whole of our Stock at the Very 1/OWfM 1»oe sH»r* Prler*. KOW IS YOUR TIME. MAKE NO MISTAKE. G J. SyWl L 1/S IS THE SHOP FOR A GENUINE kABGAIN. New Prints, guaianteed to wash, "^'l I Nbw 'ami Fashionable Dress GcoJs, double New Gilateac, v-pry »tr<vng, (H 1 width, worth 2s for Is 31 ftew Delaines, vny preity, 7£(l, guaranteed j Calicos, 2s lid dozen to wash I lloubie-bed Sheeting, whito twill, 9-il Kew Dtess Goods 5s lid, dress worth double | Towe's, 2£d ; C9tton Shirting, 4Jd MILLINERyT~MILLINE RY IN ALL ITS BRANCHFS EXCEPTIONALLY CHEAP. Strong Corsets, 4s 6d now 2a lid j Children's Sunshades Is Ladies' Sunshades of every description | CLOTHING. CLOTHING. Men's Suits, 13s 6d . Boy*' Tweed Suits, 4s lid Men's Colonial '1 weed .Suits, 37s 6d now 27s Straw Hats for men and boya at any price 6d Hats, Socks, Shirts and Ties afc your own Men's Colonial Tweed Suits, 4fls now 32s 6d | price boots" ~~ boots. We were never beaten, and we defy competition. All our Colonial Boots are made specially to our order, and we guarantee them. If not as good as recommended, we will replace them. -JUST TO HAND— 120 pair of Ladies' Lace Shoes, 43 lid Children's Tan Shoes and Slippers* specialty Ladies' Tan Strapped Shoes, 6s lid with sox to match Ladies' Canvas Shoes, tan and black Men's Colonial-made Shooters, naj led 7s lid Ladies' French Glace Kid Shoes, the l?est to j Men's Colonial-made Shooters, nailed 8s lid be had in New Zealand J Men's Balmorals aid Cookhatns of every Men's Bluchers, in lid I description, C 0 M E AN D SEE. G. J. NE ILL'S FRIEDLANDEJR'S CORNER, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON JOHN WILSON, PAINTER, GLAZIKB & PAPERHANGEB, Corner ol Arcade and Burnett Street, ABhburton NEW SEASON'S WALL PAPERS Just Arrived BEST ASSORTMENT IN TOWN. ESTIMATE OF HOUSE DECORATIONS GIVEN FREE. W. H. COLLINS & CO Paper-hangings. E^aperhalngm^. SIX BALES Containing 1800 PFEGES of THIS SEASON'S WALL PAPERS, WHICH MUST BE SOLD. rpHE Consignee not being able to complete his purchase, these Goods have been handed over to us and WILL BE SOLD AT REDUCED RATES TO CLEAR THE LINE W H COLLINS cfe GO- Royal Insurance Company Grey Valley Coal Company .««««, V nn J Springfield Pottery Company VUJIiJNIC> tfUK 1 Corben and Co s Enamelled Mantelpieces McKerme's Furniture Renovator a ßlack Ball Coal Company