Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1895. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is probable thab the New South Wales Premier will visit New Zealand during the recess.

The programme of the Tinwald Racing Club's summer meeting, to be held on January 1, appears on the fourth page.

It has been arranged to open tha Ash burton Rifle Club's shooting season next Thursday, the 21sb inst., when Mr Shaw's trophy and other priz.s will be fired for.

The troubla with the Coolgardie tele graph ooerators has been amicably arran ged. Tne men have practically obtained their demands. The Perth operators, while disapproving of the extreme action taken by the fellow officers at Coolgardie, decline to fill their places.

Sir H. Norman, Governor of Queens land, was accarded an enthusiastic farewell on his departure. The occasion was seized upon to make a great public demonstration, and universal regret was expressed at the loss of the popular Governor. He joins the Mararoa at Sydney,

The usual weekly session of the Star of the last Lodge, IO GT, waa held in the Templar Hall last Wednesday evening— Bro Hunter, OT, presiding. There w<vs a full attendance of officers and members. Three candidates were initiated and one proposed. A considerable amount of business was transacted. Among other things it wa._ decided that the lodge hold church parade on Sunday, .November 24, being Temperance Sunday. The lodge then went into committee.

The New Resoue Home of the Salvation Army, Hellier House, Grey street, Auck land, waa opened on Wednesday in the presence of a number of ladies and gentle men, by the Mayor of Auckland and Mapr and Mrs Holdaway. The Home has twenty-four rooms, and is well adap ted for the work for which it is set apart. During the year forty-eight woman passed through the Home and a large percentage are doing well. At the Prison Gate Brigade Home at Panmure fifty-six men havepassed through, andmaoyhaveproved satist .ctory cases.

The children attending the Elgin Presbyterian Sunday school had their ijurst annual treat on Friday, November 8, At 2 p.m, about 100 children and friends gathered in the sshool ground, and indulged in various games during the afternoon. The parents provided a sumptuous tea, to which all did justice, after which the Rev G. B, Jngljs, in the name of the teachers, presented ea#h child attending tho school, with a book. A-ddressea were given by the Rev Mr " *vu_ Messrs Orr and Craighead. Mr Inghs _ -,a,cl a hearty vote of tljanfes Protheroemo. - Marshall. Hardley to the teachers—Messrs, _ Kennedy and Kennedy, and the Missos _ '_, and Williamson- fjr their work amon fe the children, which was seconded by Mr Lamb, and heartily carried. The children returned home after having pasoed a most plaasantday. The first track races of the season under the auspices of the Amateur Cycling Club were held on the Domain Oval yesterday afternoon. Following are the results : — One mile Bicycle Handicap (points for Mr Preston's trophy)—N. i Jones, 170 yds, 1: H. Herman, |o©yds, 2 ; W. Shearman, scr. 3. J. Cheeseman, C. Campbell, and F. Tucker also started. Owing to an aceidant to his machine, Tucker had to retire in the first lap. Jones rode gaMely, leading from start to finish, Herman twenty yards away second, Shearman a good third. Time—2..s&. 100 yds Flat Ra«e—E. Matson, 9yds, 1 _ R, Morgan, Byds, 2; R, G. Shearman, .yds, 3. L. Broad sor, J. McTeague 4yds, H. Curtis syds, W. Thiel 11yds, F- Henry 7yds, anc O. Smith l%ds, also started. This was a splendid rice,, it being anybody's till the finish, when Matson came on and breasted the tape a foot in front of Morgan, Shearman a jfew iwhn my' Writ Time—lo 3 8&h m>

A Telling Sermon.

Preached by the Rev. Mr Fox o.sr Sunday November 10, at St Stephen's.

Nehemiah IV.—l, 2, 14,—But it came to j pass that when St.nba.llat [the Horonite] heard that we builded the wall, he waa wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said What do these feeble jews ? will they fortify themselves . will they sacrifice 1 will they make an end in a day ? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rabbish which are burned ? * * * And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them : remember the Lord, which is great and ter rible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your house..

I think that nob even the least observant amongst us can look upon the world in which we live and refuse to acknowledge that in many respects it resembles a field of battle. We are told in our bibles that there was war in heaven; so our own experience teaches us tbat there is now, and has . been for many centuries, war on earth, and this warfare is a warfare between j good and evil, between purity and im purity, between life and death, between the soldiers of God and the servants and the slaves of the wicked one! Whatever may be the true solution of the great problem of the origin of evil and of its exhibition in the world, it is certain, both from the records of reva iation and from the testimony of our own senses that arrayed in steadfast opposition each to the other, engaged in vehement and perpetual combat, have met, and still continue to meet and to contend on earth, the hosts of Satan and the armies of the living God. . . . Let it then suffice for us to

know, as we must know, and to assert that upon the side of the most high God, and answering to the roll call of of His immediate summons, are in cluded, not only the hosts of angels and warrior angels who serve Him day and night continually, but all those holy and humble men who in their day and generation refuse the evil and choose the good—the glorious company of the apostles, the goodly fellowship of the prophets, the noble army of matyrs, the holy church throughout all the world ; and, before all and over all, the leader and commander of His people — Jesus the Saviour of the | world 1 The other side of the picture: —Other and more graphic pens than mine have attempted to pourtray the leader of all those adversaries of God j who have set themselves up in rebellion I against His laws, and have rejected and reviled the ambassadors and en voys of His peace. Suffice it for us to know and to confess, that in the ranks of Satan, and led by that arch-enemy of God and man, are to be found in all the various forms and in all their thinly disguised or obviously repellant shapes the myriad embodiments of evil, the countless incarnations of sin. Pride— The pride that brooks not the supremacy of the Most High. Blas phemy—The blasphemy that blas phemes the very hand which still averts its just and awful doom. Scorn —The scorn that looks contemptously on the sufferings of the crucified Christ. Impurity—ln all it thousand ramifications, in all its overt acts, in all its secret and corrupt lurking places. Murder—That destroys and defaces the image of God and bars out piety from its stony heart. False hood—That betrays a trust and shakes to its foundation the basis of all just and righteous dealing between man and man, and between man and God. Meanness, covetousmess, and all those other breaches of revealed com-

mandment which are no less disastrous and destructive to true happiness of us onearththan they are the acknowledged adversaries and enemies of God in Heaven. Thus then, and in such absolute and utter variance both of character and condition, the forces of God knd the forces of the devil meet with and oppose each other. And now comes the all important question, be sides which all other questious of mere worldly expediency and common cus tom pmst shrink into insignifigance— Witt which of these two contending hosts shall we throw in our lot; under

which banner shall we consciously and intentionally enrol ourselves ? Under that of Christ or that of Satan. I say conciously and intentionally enrol our selves ; for there probably is not a single individual present here to-night who has not been already solemnly pledged and enlisted into the service of Christ. But this fact, certain as it is, great as it is, and helpful, most helpful, as it ought to he, both in reminding us of our privileges and in enforcing and emphasising our responsibilities, cannot blind us to the other and most lament able truth, that besides all other and leas conspicuous forms of sin in our selves and those of our acquaintance, there are to be found (in the streets and laneß of the larger towns and cities of this our adopted country, or in houses and places of resorb so vile and so abominable that, except in thought, and then only for a moment, we may not, and we dare nob, follow them) other pledged soldiers of the cross who have turned traitor in the day of battle, and have renounced their fealty to the ]png of Kings! Poisoning God's pure air with their obscenity, breaking in upon the holy stillness of the night with the " iQud l^ugh that speaks the yacant uiind," clustered in knots and groups at the street corners, which of us whose business or whose pleasure take, him oi}t at nfg^t hq,s not seqn with sorrow and disgust and indigna tion, the gatherings of idle and disso. lute young inland boys,--" larrikins" as we call them,—who, h av_ng shaken off all fear of God <jf they ever _>ad any fear of God) al! parental control (if indeed their parents ever rendeavoured to control or restrain them) nqw assert their liberty by their license, and pro claim their freedom by their too evi dent servitude under sin ! What are these and such as these, I ask you, but the kasoy sort of camp-followers and hangers on of the armies of Satan, the more regular and disciplined soldiers of w hich, though awful in their blasphemy, are at least splendid in their strength ? Yes, shameful and humiliating as the confession is, we must needs confess, that after ail o#r .centuries of Christi anity, in spite o| our i#ucb vaunted education an(* progressive civilisation, there are still to be found (if we may t r «st report) not in decreasing but in steadily increasing numbers, these social pUflfl* *J?ots beneath the

fair surface of our self-conceit and £ satisfaction, these sad evidences of, demoralization, impurity, and impend- \ ing spiritual decay and death ! This } is the : evil but what ia its cause and ' what is its remedy ? Shall we look \ elsewhere across the seas and ask why it is that under a rule far less benefi cient than ours the virtues of obedi ence to parents, of .self-respect and respect for others, can and do thrive and flourish . Shall we look elsewhere, (for instance to Japan) and see, as we most certainly can and may there see, how, under a far less complete and benign revelation of God's presence and God's pleasure and God's love than we enjoy, reverence towards God and regard and respect for man, shame us —yes, completely shame us, —by the unmistakeable and odious contrast we present? Our inferiors, as in some respects they undoubtedly are inferior, that is, to the really religious, industrious, law abiding and dia- j ciplined citizens amongst üb) it is an undoubted fact that in the [ matter of respect for their religion, in the matter of obedience to and love for their parents, in the matter of reverence for all proper and constituted authority, in refinement, in docility, and in patriotism—(shall I say in courage)—to say nothing of love of art and admiration of the sublime and beautiful in nature, the ordinary Japanese youths are immeasurably the superiors of those hordes of idle, loung ing, dissolute young men who are the puzzle and the pain of every right thinking man in the community. One occasionally hears the opinion ex pressed that these colonies of Austra lasia are developing a particular type of ignorance, impertinence, and irrever-1 ence, which is especially their own. j Verily we are inclined to enquire where and how, either on earth or under the j earth, did this most detestable and mosj; pernicious type originate ? Was it in the slums of London, or some other vast and populous city that it found its root; and have we grafted on that already rotten and blighted stock, the germs of some other new and nameiess transatlantic, or rather trans pacific villany ? Or is it, indeed, some entirely novel and grotesque embodi ment of the spirit of the age, some true yet terrible picture of these ill disciplined and swiftly-changing times. •' But what!" some easy and self satisfied optimist will be inclined to exclaim. " Are you not satisfied ? What could we have done more for our children than we have already done and are doing for tbem. Have we not given them all the advantages of a new and free country ? Have we not rescued them from the thraldom of class distinctions and taught them to regard all men as equal . Have we not provided them with an education second to none of its kind that we at least care to discover ? And, lastly and finally, have we not, by the voice of the people (which for us at least has all and more than all the authority of the voice of God) solemnly declared and pronounced these, the creations of our genius, to be very good . " And yet in spite of our self-glorification, is it not true that what may be called the purely secular system has in many oases most conspicuously and egregi ously failed ? For youths still haunt and disgrace our streets who have been emancipated from the hated slavery of class distinction, youths still assail our ears with nameless oaths and indecen cies, oub of whose mouths, in very recent days, has proceeded all the collective wisdom of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth standard teaching? Youths still blaspheme their God and use their slight acquaint ance with His now neglected Word, nob for the purpose of worship (that indeed were far from them) but for the replenishment of their awful stock of blasphemy, of oaths, and of execrations. Yes, it is true, disguise it how you may and denounce it as an untruth (as many amongst us doubtless will), that in spiti of the many noble deeds of many noble men, upright youths, and docile children, which stamp and seal them as Gad's servants indeed, there is yet a large residuum who are still the declared opponent^ and enemies of God, and fight under the banner of the opposing hosts of evil. And the remedy—what is it ? Is it not in a greater realisation by parents of their God-given task of training their own children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Is it not in the better discipline —if necessary the more severe discipline—and training of the home % Is it not in t|ie assumption by the father of the authority and the dignity of true fatherhood, the practice by the mother of the virtues anc| the attractive charms, of true and holy motherhood ? Have these poor youths, whom we have just been considering, and whom we have perhaps too harshly judged, ever known the true meaning of that sacred word c ' home," and come under its refining and elevating influence ? Pro bably (most probably) not. Their fate has most likely been to be sent to school at far too tender an age, altogether unprotected from the many dangers and temptation, which neces sarily beset aliindiscriminate collections of young people. Their fate has been to be looked upon as encumbrances, in the house, to be got ou;t of the way on every possible occasion to ensure greater quiet or greater freedom for their parents. Possibly they have been sent on Sundays to the nearest Sunday school, iuat as a sop qr a salve to their parents not too tender consciences, for failing themselves to give them the religious instruction they qught ua questionably to receive at home. These poor youths have never been taught by that best of all religious teachers (namely, a parent), those most im porta!. •"■ of all lessons — gentleness, docility, self-sacrifice, self-discipline, and love to God. They have never been tapgl,t tMt life is a warfare, and that the'battle of M& must be . qught whether they will or no, and that victory can only be obtained by steadfastness, purity, industry, and courage. They have never been accustomed to kneel down as members qt a. holy family beside the sacred hearth of home, and thera aqknowledge God as their heavenly Father, the shepherd of their lives, the succour and saviour of their souls. And therefore their lives are spent none the less in hard and bitter warfare, not on the side of the pure and spotless pnnst but on the side of the wprld, the flesh, and the devil. Therefore their armour consists, not ia the iMsM $ fo#hi m

helmet of salvation, the breastplate | of righteousness, and the sword of the I spirit, which is the word of God—but for armour they clothe themselves with cursing like as with a raiment, and' shoot out their arrows, even bitter - words! Yes! "There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, or to a nation, but the end thereof are the ways of death." There are those amongst us, ' who, like the Horonite of old and his t , companions spoken of by the prophet Nehemiah, laugh at, despise, and scorn us because, in endeavouring to make j Christianity enter more into the lives \ and homes of the people we seevn to | them to be attempting to revive the stories of a by-gone religion out of the heaps of rubbish that are burned ; but let " us not be afraid of them, but ratter let us remember the Lord which is great and terrible, and let us fight for our brethern, for our sons and for our daughters, for our wives and for our houses," believing in the darkest hours, and in the most hard fought i field, that now, as ever, "the God of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our refuge." For you also whom lam addressing this evening, there is a battle to fight, a battle against the enemy of your souls, who would bid you no longer put your trust in God j a battle against the devil who would even now persuade to you renounce your allegiance to the Most High and cast in your lot with the godless and the profane. And besides all this, there is the battle against the daily and hourly temptations which in a small and to some extent isolated community like yours are sure to beset and harass you —the temptation to little acts of spite and jealousy, the temptation to inordi nate self-love, to impatience, and to repining at what is now perhaps your humble lot. Do not give way to them but fight them manfully and fight them boldly, and be assured that when the i last grains of the sands of time begin i to trickle through the short hour-glass of your earthly lives, you shall hear the i shout of victory, the victory of good i over evil, the victory of the pure over i the impure, of Christ over Satan, and ■ enter pardoned, ransomed, and forgiven i into the joy of your Lord !

MAGISTERIAL.

ASHBURTQN-THURSDAY.

(Before Mr 0. A. Wray, S.M )

ALT.EGED BREACa OF FISHERIES CON SERVATION Act, 1884,—Philip Crura, Kobert Dorm, and Thomas McClatchie were charged with taking fish without a license in the Ashbarton River at WesrerfieM. Philip Crum was farther charged with obstructing the ranger, William Jackson.-Mr Wilding appeared for tha prosecutiati. and Mr Crisp for defendants, who all pleaded not guilty.— William Jackson, ranger to the Acclima tisation Society, produced an appoint ment signed by the secretary, Mr Shury. Ha had lost the Governor's warrant appointing him, but produced the Gazette notice. —Mr frisp objected to_ the Society« appointment being put in.-- The S.M. slid he would take it for what it was worth.—Witness was in the Ash burton River near Westorfield on Sunday, October 6, and saw McClatchie and Crum in the main stream. D.nn was on the bank. They were all on foot crossing the river Saw them a mile and a half off. They left the water for five minutes after witness came in sight. They were look ing in the water. They were standing on the bank when witness got to them. They said they had nothing on them, and they went up to their trap and stopped a bit. Witness rode away and left his horse »nd walked back on. of sight. Saw accused yoke up their horse and drive up to a creek at Westerfield mill, and r>onn and Crum went into the creek, and McClatchie held the hovse. Watchad (hem up the creek a a»od way, and then went up and asked McClatchie where the others were, and he said just under the bank. Looked, but could not see them Asked McCl-Hchie to show him, bub ha could nob find them. Told him he (witness) knew wherethey were. Followed them up the creek, and they came out of the water. Asked them to give up what they had Crum refused. Searched Dorm who had nothing. Then Crum was willing to be searched. Searched him partly, and found a fuse (produced) under his waistcoat. Asked him where the dyna mite was, and he said * Don't you touch me again,' and would not submit to being searched further. Left, and Crum followed him three or four chains, and then said witness could search him. Told Cmm he had thrown away the dynamite. Searched McClatchie, who had nothing on him. Witness left and the accused went away towards Lagmhor. By M* Wilding —There was nothing but trout they could be aftwr. The fuse was the kind used by poachers. It was a waterproof fuse. Knew Dorm and Crum had poaqhed before. None of fchem had licenses, bat McClatchie took one out tbe following morning. Two or three days after, and before the information was laid, MoOlat. eWe asked witness to let- him out of it. Told him he would have to report him to the Sooiefcy for attempting to take trout. By Mr Crisp—His ss^ary was 25* per week. Did not tell anyone he expected to make more out of fines than salary. The depth varied very much in the creek There was water cress in the .rap, and MoClatchie had a young bird, The fuse had not been u.ed. It was tied round Orutn's waist. There was no cap on the fqse. The fuse would not injure any thin" unless there was a cap on it. The Act gave him power to search men. Had no warrant when ha searched Ccum. Oruro did nob ask for it, nojj.did he refuse to be searched till Sffcer the fuse was taken. .Saw no dynamite, but concluded they had it when he found the fuse.—A H. Shury said he was secretary to the local Acclimatisation Society. Jackson had been paid ranger foi? .he past three months. Sent his official appointment to. kirn by, letter. Knew the river well. There were trout in the creek where these men had been. Dynamite wntf-t kill all fish within twenty or thirty yards of it McClatchie wrote asking to be let off. Agreed to, if he would turn Queen s evi dence. Subsequently he wanted the case brought at once, as he was going 'o Christchnrch.—Mr Crisp contended that the only persons who could mike an appointment of a ranger was the Minister of Marine and Commissioner of Customs, which was not the case here ; and, more ! over, the statute gave the ranger no I authority to search tiny one.—The S.M. ; said he would hear the evidence as to the poaching—Philip Crura, one of the defendants, remembered being* ab Wester field on the date named. Went to get watercress, and see if there was good fishing ground there, as he intended to take out a licens# next week, Pjd p., as he wa.s undey the i^iipreqsion the Society would not give him one. Had no appli ances with him for catching fish when he went to Westerfield, and had no intention of catching fish. Had yards of fuse at home ; used it for blasting concrete. Did not know how to use it for fishing, j McClatchie and witness grossed the strew to see wha_fc Bonn was at. He was chasing a young dottrel. Thought nottrng of Jackson's object when he came up. Jackson wanted to search Dorm*: He IB*rche4 Dana and fowelf. Tlw fuw was;

tied round his waist for a belt, as he had no braces on. When Jackson wanted to search him again witness asked for his authority, and refused to be searched. Subsequently allowed him, to save any further trouble. Cows had eaten the first lot of cress they gathered, and they were getting another lot. when Jackson came up. By Mr Wilding—Had not used dynamite for eighteen months past. Had none now. Gob the fuse in Ch ht church about three years ago. Sometia.es used fuse, or rope, or fencing who for a belt. Left home about 9 a.m. on October 6. Was looking for likely places for trout, bub was not locking for troufc. Had been convicted for netting. By Mr Crisp —Only gob what dynamite he required from time to time, and never had any left.—-The S.M". thought there was no uae in going further, as there was not suffi- . cient evidence to convict. The men may have been there for troub, bub there was no proof. Bo eh cases would be dismissed. Factories Acx—F. Peter v Andrew Morgan, Inspector of Factories. This was an appeal by Mr F. Peter against the direction of the Inspector to alter build ings and ereob others. Mr Purneil fox appellant ; Mr Wilding for respondent. , The grounds of the appeal were thab the Inspector had exceeded his powers, and thab the accomodation was sufficient. Mr Parnell said bis client was required bo erect a building 40fb _. 13ft wibh thirteen compartments, having eight bunks in each. Also to remove all bunks from another building, and take down a partition in bhe cookhouse, and other alterations. Mr Purneil contended that the Inspector had no power under the Act to require new buildings to be erected. It was limited to amending and improving existing structures. An Act of this kind, which infringed very greably ou private rights, musb be very strictly construed. The buildings in question were only used once a year for a inenth at shearing time, and were therefore on a different footing to an ordinary factory. Moreover, they were asked to destroy everyday con veniences for the sake of one month's special accommodation for shearers, who had always been contented. Moreover , the Inspector's instructions were very indefinite. There were no windows, doors, or height mentioned, and all Mr ; Peter was required to do was to build a i box 40fc by 13ft, The accommodation had been sufficient for forty years, and there had never been any complainta before, and he would show thab there were persons behind the Inspector • who had prompted hie action. Although Mr Peter considered the request very un reasonable, he had suggested to the Inspector that he might use bents in the shearing time, and the Inspector st*ted that he had been sab upon, and could not help ib. Mr Wilding agreed with Mr Purneil that the Act was one of the moefe ill-conceived and badly expressed prodne . .ions possible ; bub he thought that th© Court should not interfere with the In -3 spector bo long as he was acting fairly and \ reasonably within his authority, and there b was no standard of accommodation in the f Act. Mr Purneil called Joseph Tweedy , a farmer living on Anama Estate on his I own freehold, who said beformerly worked f on Anama station and was often thera now. . The accommodation was as good now as . ever it had been. The buildings were . mostly of cob ; part of Mr Peter's own , house was the same. The men slept and. b ate in one large room, the cooking was. . done in another. He preferred Mr Pefcer'k . accomodation to many other places ; the - bunks were more comfortable. Never b heard complaints from the shearers, and . they would soon find faulfe if there , was ground for it. The shearers went oYit i at 430 a.m, andrefcusned to breakfast at _ 7- The cookhouse is the same as ever ; a nev.r heard the oook complain. It used . to be the custom for shearers to cab and • i sleep in the same room. Could nob _ay . wh.t was done where there were new { buildings. By Mr Wilding.—Did nois . eat in the same room as he slepb in ab I home. Mr PebtV_ hub was aboub 36ft by 1 l.ffc. Ib was perfectly dry, and was very _ comfort able. The meals occupy a very . short time out of a shearing day.— 1 Samuel Mijler,another farmer ab Mayfield, , waa often aboub tha shed. Considered Mr , Peter's buildings very good and suitable* 1 f>r the shearing time. By Mr Wilding.— i Had been doing contract work for Mr . Peter. Had been at the station during; _ shearing time over twelve years past, and never heard a complaint. — Osborne* a Mcftillum, wool claaser, had been classing _ at Mr Peter's for the >aab four years, 3 and considered the accommodation as good f a,s ab other places. Ib was a very usual t thing for meals to be served in the same i rcom as they slept in. Had never heard I any complaints. At Cameron's, the , men slepb over the dining room* s Cameron's accommodation was inferior .o« . Mr Peter's. Un^er.t-ood he had put up. _ new buildings last year ; bub had not seea I them. Mr Purneil—Yes, ab ths request, i of the Inspector —Mark Arnold was also* 1 always satisfied with the aec'>ma.oda-io__. J at Mr Peter's. Shore there four or fiv» . years, and never heard any complaints, i Having meals in the sleeping room was t customary, and he did nob think ft ob j, jactionable at shearing.—Robert Kean j worked at Anama during shearing times, j Considered tha accommodation good. \ Never heard complaints amongst the men. j It waa usual to eat and sleep In the same (. building. By Mr Wilding—Worked afe ? Mr Peaches. Had separate dinlne and! I sleeping rooms there. Hakatere was. „ worse than Mr Peter's —Alexander Boyd, _ \ «hepherd at Mr Peer's, aaid the cook , j house was divided Into bwo parts. Two . men and a boy slepb in one part generally. r There was plenty of room' there. Would. j rather have tbe building left as ib is now with the partition up. The cook had plenty of it.om, and never complained, j J nor did the shearers of their aooemmoda , tion —Frank Peter (appellant) received [ the Inspector's notice on October 3. , Morgan had been there aboub ten days before. He is pplfee constable at Methven. , Knew nothing abou. his qualifier'ions as i a judge of shearing accommodation. He said ib was nob sufficient, an**, thera should , be a separate room for sleeping. He wanbed a room, Mit by 13fb erected for I sleeping, and al! tbs bunks taken out of the other for a dining room. Asked the , Inspector if tents would not do. and he ; said personally he thought they would, ) but he had been sat upon by shearers, ; and it would have to he done. The pre« sent buildings were qiai.e sufficient. The , dining room was. 36fb by IGft, and new ones would cost from £100 to £120. The old ones are slab and cob with iron roof. The place was always whitewashed and done up for shearing. These buildings , were only used at shearing time, and new ones would be a dead loss. The station had belonged to his family for nearly forfy years. Witness had been, managing for seven years. Never had but one complain,., which was about a. cook, md he was sent off. Had applica tions from 100 shearers to go on his board. ; His men were always satisfied, and he considered his accommodation as good as. most others. Alterations to the cook house would Integer® with the ©rdinary station handa. AH the men interested objected ta the partition in the cook house being pulled down. By Mr Wild ing—Had aboub twenty-eight men ' employed at shea_in_; time. Last season waa unusually wet "and shearing lasted nine weeks. Shore froxs 18.000 to 22,000 i sheep. Had an estimate of £75 for one building for Alford forest timber, but the mills could nob supply it ab present. By Mr Purneil—The cost of all the buildings and alterations would come to perhaps £120. The constable Bald nothing about the position o. the bunks when he was there. Any work done lately was in the ordinary course of Duttinpf the place m repaiv for flhtiulsf .--Mr Wilding woul^

THE ASHBURTON GUABDI&N : FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1895.



Business Notices. ] Cheaper Than Eyer. G. J. NEILL IN Premises lately occupied by F, Nqi.es, Bootmaker, next Sheakman Bros Ladies* Trimmed Hats 4s lid ..,_.__.__. Boys' and Girls' Sailor Hats lOd each MILLINERY OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. .Ladies' Norfold Bodice 2s 9d New Dress Goods Goods 6|d Good Washing Prints 3a lid dozen New Dress Goods Is Good White Muslin 3s lid dozen Corsets 2s 3d pair GLOVES AND RIBBONS AT YGTJR OWN PRIOE. Men's Ml Wool Colonial Tweed Suits 10s 6d Boys' Trousers at Any Price Mea's Kaiapoi Tweed Suits 22s 6d Men's Trousers 5s lid Boya' Suits 3s lid HATS, CAPS, SHIRTS, AND TIES AT HALF PRICE BOOTS. BOOTS, BOOTS, All Our Boots are made Specially to our order. Every Pair Guaranteed. Men's Nail Shooters 7s lid Z omml* *u°™ k* B,™ Men's Bluchers 4s 9d Women's Shoes 5s lid Mea^ ImBOOIS S6iND SHOES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION G* J* NEILL, BPRNETT STREET NEXT SHEARMAN BROS. TEA TKA. TEA. GREAT REDUCTION. GREAT REDUCTION,



FLETCHER BROS., HAYING cleared out of Jbond, Large Parcels of Tea at 3d per lb Beduetion on the old tariff, we are enabled to sell better Tea at a Lower Price than anyone in Ashburton Get Our Quotation Before Buying Elsewhere. Seeds ! Seeds !! That are Sure to Grow. TUBMP SEED. Our Turnip Seeds are grown from Specially Selected Roots by growers ot repute in the South of England. The following varieties are in stock :- Carter's Elephant Swede Aberdeen Green Top Yellow Improved Skirving* Purple Top Aberdeen Purple Top Yellow Swede Mammoth Purple Top White Devonshire Greystone Etc., Etc. Rape Seed. Rape Seed. BROADLEiiF ESSEX BAPE. _ rwixTx nimArna FIELD CABROTS. FIELD CABBOTS. As in the case of our Mangel Seeds, these have special atten tion by the careful selection of well shaped Boots from which the Seeds are grown. James' Scarlet Intermediate Giant Green Top White Scarlet's Short Horn Belgian, &c, &c. Manuel Seed. Manuel Seel The Greatest possible care is taken in growing all our Mangel Seeds. Grown from selected roots, they cannot fail giving the greatest satisfaction. m , m Mammoth Lons Bed, Champion Orange Globe, Etc. BE SOTBA«DGET°OUR QUOTATION BEFORE BUYING ELSEWHERE Seasonable Goods. We have just received and to arrive several large con signments of Seasonable Goods specially selected for us. j 10 Oases Sheep Tongues, lib tins 5 Cases Fresh Herrings 1 Ca.es Sheep Tongues, 21b tins 3 Cases New Zealand Mullet 10 Cases Salmon, Cocktail Brand 2 Cases 21b tins Corned Beef 2 Cases 21b tins Corned Mutton 3 Oases Preserved Pears 3 Cases Preserved Apricots 3 Oases Preserved Peaches 15 Oases St Georges' Jam., lib tins 10 Oases Jam, 21b tins 5 Cases Strawbery Conserve (most 50,000"CoTkB. 50,000 Corks. To Herbal .Beer Makers and Others. We have iust landed 5 bales of some of the Best Shape and Size Corks which have ever arrived in Canterbury, which we are enabled to quote at Very Low Prices for Large Quantities, FLETCHER BROS, CASH. SUPPLY STOBES, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON, AND 116 and 118 High Street, Chris .church. j_.dvert.sed Agents for Nmmo and Blair s Reliable Farm and Garden Seeds



Special and Grand Display OF Summer Dress Goods, '17*MBRAGING the Latest Novelties in both Cotton and Wool Materials Washing Silks for Blouses, Artistic Millinery Plain and Fancy silks for Trimming Stylish Jackets and Capes Ribbons and Laces, the latest The Newest in Blouse*. JUST OPENED A FEW CHOICE AND HIGHCLASS CARPET SQUARES AND RUGS. Japanese and Chinese Mattings and Mats, Oilcloths and Linoleums 18 inches to 12 feol wide. 130 patterns to select from. VERY SPECIAL TWO TRUNKS LADIES GLACE KIDD SHOES. STARTLING VALUE, Ss. Od. MITCHELL AND TUMEE. TANORED STREET.



Wanted. j t^OR SALE—Picked Blue Derwenc s Potatoes. Apply at Once.—Heney Zander. 11 74 ■i.y ANTED— A Smart Boy for Office. * Apply, in own hand writing, « Office,' Post office, Ashburton. 11 78 I F the Lady who took the wrong Shop *- from the Tinwald Hall o« November 1 will return same to this Office, she will get her own. 1171 lOST, between Domain and Maais -* trate'a Court, on November 13, Cape of Overcoat. Finder please leave at Mail Office. 11 79



LOST, a Gold Diamond Ping. Reward Offered. Finder communicate with Mail Office. 11 66



WANTED Known.—For a first-class article in Ice Creams goto EL A. Flowee,, the old reliable Ice Cream vendor. Parties supplied at shortest notice. Ice always in stock.



LETT S DIARIES for 1896. Rough Pocket and Medical Diaries, New Zsaland Diaries, Date Blocks. New Goods jnab opened up. Stationery, Plated ware, and Fancy Goods ; Scripture Texts, new and pretty designs. Orders for Christmas numbers now booked,— H. M. Jones.



WANTED Known—For good value in Drapery, Millinery, <S_c, go to Melford House. Tickets tor presents given to all eaah purchasers.—H. C. S_.a_.K_.



JUVENILE DEPARTMENT. NEW ZEALAND pLOTHING FACTORY. BOYS' MELLVJLE SUITS, Ashburton Tweed. 34567 8 9 10 8/9, 9/6, 10/-, 10/6, 11/-, 11/6, 12/-, 12/-, 11 12 13/- 13/6. BOYS' TWEED SAILOR SUITS. 3456 7 8 9 8/9, 9/-, 9/3, 9/6, 10/-, 10/3, 10/6. BOYS' SERGE MARITIME SUITS, Our own make. 3456 7 8 9 10/9, 11/6, 12/6, 13/-, 13/6, 13/9, 14/6. SPECIAL. If your Boys are hardto fit, we will make a Suit to fit them at the above prices, BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. Boys' School Boots from ... 4s 6d Bojs' Oanvas Shoes from ... 2s 9d i ___ NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. Sole Agents for the famous " Victory" Sewing Machine. ALEX. HENDRY, Manager



WANTED Known—Thab H. Baik stow make to order every description of Trap Cushions and Trim mings. 8 81



WANTED Known—Newest Goods in Drapery and Millinery for the Summer Season, direct from London— W H. Collier, he Corner.



WANTED Known—We are now showing all kinds of Summer Drapery, Millinery, &c. Everything marked as low as possible.—H. C, Segers, Melford House.



WANTED Known—For Ashburton Show, beautiful Trimmed Hats and Bonnets; also Ladies' Mantles, Capes, Jackets, Corsets, &c—Andrew Orr. 10112



TO LADIES —Spring Cleaning. Before re-arranging your rooma pay us a visit. Our Stock of burnishing Drapery is very large, and includes everything necessary for the beauty and comfort of a home.—Mitchell and Turner.



DIARIES for 1896. A new and choicp selection of Christmas and New Year Cards now opened up, and others arriving by every mail ; also Cards with New Zealand scenery for distant friend.. Orders now being booked for Christmaa Numbers of English and Colonial Illustrated Papers now arriving. All Goods reduced this month for cash at L F. Andrewes and Co., Stationer's Hall.



WANTED— Every man to try Mellor's Bluchers, only 4s lid.



WANTED— People who are in need of Good Strong Durable Fnrniture to cave their orders with H. Bairstow. 8 80



/ "1 ENTLEMEN who wish to dress ~r comfortably, and with good taste nnd economy, should visit our Clothing and Outfitting Department.—Mitchell and TT7RNER.



WANTED Known—Mellor s Boots and Shoes stand like brass ; try a pair. \}i RANTED Known —We are now ? giving Tickets for Presents to all cash purchases of Drapery, Millinery, &c. —H. O. Segers, Melford House.



* I/ANTED Known—Mens Shearing V V Shoes Is 6d, Ladies' Leather Strap Shoes 4. 6d, Men's Carpet Slippers Is Ud, Youths' Bathing Pants 4d and 6d, Boys' Jersey Suits half ordinary price— Andrew Orr. 10 111



•.&7ANTED Known—so pairs Ladies Ar and Girls' Leather Top and Canvas Tennis Shoes, at half usual price, for two week, only. —Andrew Orr. 10 136



VI/AFT^D Known—lf you are hard V\ on Boots try Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store.



WANTED Known—Stacks of cheap Boots and Shoes at Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store.



» | OLID AY Suits—A. IS ice Kaiapoi !~i Suit for 27a 6d, Boys* Knicker and Cambridge Suits from 7s 6d, Men's Scuts to Measure from 45a, Fit and Workmanship Guaranteed at R. Alcorn's



U7ANTED—Everybody to examine VV the Goods and Prices at Mbllor's Zealandia Boot Store.



. * / ANTED—Ladies to see the latest '• 'v styles in Boots and Shoes.— Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store.



OWN Make in Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes, Maelins, Flannelettes, Trimmings, etc., at Mrs Alcorn s new shop, Baker's Buildings.



\\T ANTED Known—Repairing made " to look like new. Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store.



WANTED Knowa— Girls' neat Kid Shoes 5. 6d at Mellor's Zea l-india Boot Store. ,



WANTED Known—Mellor's Zea landia B.ot Store has Ladies' Kid Shoes at 6s 6d.



i k RANTED Known—Mellor's? Zea- W landia Boot Store is the cheapest Boot shop in Ashburton.



T7AN TED Known—Go to The Corner \j\, *"* Newest Style 6in Drapery and Jm- L w **• OpUier. Millinery—W. _ _____ —. _



. ** Onrlfi.. Not_C9 pORKS, CORKS. 50,000 , - . thers> V^ to Herbal Beer makers ana . « W_ have just received five bales Oi splendidly shaped Corks, which we can quote at a very Jow price for large quantities* Fletcher Bros., East Street, A.hburton



WANTED Known—Men's Suits 17s 6d, Kaiapoi Tweed Trousers 9s lid, Knickor Suits 4s Ud, Caps 6d.— Ihe Corner. W. H. Collier



MEN'S Bluchers ss, a good Strong Nailed Shooter at 8s 6d ; a nice assortment of Ladies' and Children's Boots and Shoes from Is 9d a pair at R. Alcor_.\s



MRS ALCORN having secured the services of a London Milliner, will now be able to Supply Ladies' and Chtt dren's First-class Millinery in the most Artiatia *and Fashionable style in New Z.aland. A nice assortment of Dress goods in stock WANTED Known—No old fashioned Goods at Mellor's Zealandia Boot Store. ( DRESSES ! Dresses ! Dresses ! Trim mings of all kinds. Millinery and Mantles, Jackets and Blouse", New and Stylish Goods ab moderate prices.— Mitchell and Turner ~~"^dlUke Jiagemwjifw Vmm 'Mam



LADIES. -yOUR ATTENTION is DIRECTED TO THE j STOCK OF BELT BUCKLES I 1 * iin | ■mum i m ■_■ ■■ —mmmm»m—mm ■ v ■"W mil AT S. Sale¥s t ! WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, East Street. Engraved Buckles ... 3s 6d to 8s 6d Antique Clasps ... 3s Od &4s 6d Belt and Buckle^Oomplete ss. These ake the Very Latest Styles.