Ashburton Guardian. Manga est Veritas et Prævalebit FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1895.

The Church Monthly for March contains the first part of a paper by Mr Gladstone on "The Lord's Day." MR Gladstone He begins by saying : our "the "The citadel of Christi lord's day." anity is in these days be sieged all round its cir cuit. There ia one point, however, in that circumference where the defence presents to U3 certain particularities. That point is the article of Sabbath, or more properly of Lord's Day, observance. And the particularities are two, widely separated from one another. The first is that among the forces employed in defence there are important auxiliaries who put wholly out of view the revealed sanction and the properly Christian motive ; who are not and do not profess to be available for the work of active defence in other. parts of the precinct. The. other peculi arity is this —that very many of thdse" defenders whuse motive and profession are not secular, but distinctly religious, are singularly ill-equipped with consistent or perspicuous ideas of the subject,. and,, what is more, that in their ordinary practice they systematically and very largely make o?er large portions of the day, if not to secular occupations and amusements, yet to secular thought and conversation. This is done without deliberate or conscious insincerity ; yet we must all feel that when the margin be tween profession and practice has become, and is allowed to remain, enormous, real j insincerity lies perilously near," Mr Gladstone proceed? to dhcuss.the subject frm these two standpoints, and he adds : "We may, after all this, admit that the aggregate of evidence for the obligation of meeting together for worship on the Christian Sabbath, or Lord's Day, is not literally homogeneous ; but we must assert and in sis c that its several parts are in keeping one with another, and that its combined force is conclusion. Ho Chris tian can entertain a reasonable doubt as to the solidity of the foundations on which the established tradition and practice yest." ' ■- ■■ V L

In New Zealand it ja common to hear the public school pyetem attacked as godless, immoral in che sense the,, that the morals of the public school children ate not cultir system. vated, and these neg lected must naturally run ovev the waif like Uje wild vine, and; the future of New Zealand under its; school system is looked forward ito with/ something akin to fear and trembling. The New Zealand pessimists have their counterpart in England, who are deeply aieoppointsd •* the rtoulti u£ School

Board education on the rising generation. \ The School Board has now existed for twenty-three years. Has, it is asked, the system of education which ifc introduced assisted to lesson juvenile delinquency ? Has any perceptible improvement taken j place in the conduct and character of the ! rising generation ? Hub it laid a founda tion for the hopa that it will have any marked effect in reducing the number of habitual offenders in the future '( There is, alas! too much reasun to fear that only negative answers can be given to these queries. Juvenile delinquency has increased at a rate almost alarming. The children of the poor of today have less regard for law or authority. They are mora prone to acts of wanton mischief. Wnderess, incivility, indecency, and pro fanity are more than evi-r fpatures in their speech and behaviour. Veneration or respect for age and experience is a diminishing quality. Drinking and smok ing have become habita ,»t a much earlier age. The whole tone of the conduce of the children of the poor is disappointing and regrettable. And what does the child take away from its Board school generally, if it does .not take some notions of proper behaviour ? To read and write, < in a fashion } but what else ? It has lonj been known, says one writer, that many of the best teachers in the emp'oyment of the School Board have formed very decided opinions as to the non-moral effect of the present system of teaching. Of course they do not suggest for a moment that there is the slightest immorality in it;. but they are very pronounced as to its non-moral tendency. They complain that their time is so much tskei* up with " cramming,'in order that the Government grants may be secured, thai it is impossible for them to devote themselves adequately to suoh moral training of the children as should form one of the chief essentials of their lives. If, instead of the "craoamlng" that has been going on for the last three and twenty years, there had been a healthy " standard " of conduct steadily taught to the children, the results would have been very different, and we would not be deploting the increase of juvenile delin quency and the other unsatisfaotoiy characteristics ot the children of to-day. It half as much attention had been given towards teaching the young to be truth ful, thoughtful and useful, kind and civil, courteous and polite, cleanly and orderly, as there has been given to " cramming," we venture to think that the outlook as regards our habitual offenders would not be so dismal as that which unfortunately prevails. If every child on beginning its school career was properly grounded in rules of good conduct, not only while attending school, but when at home or on the street, a foundation would soon be Ivd on which would rise the improved feehaviour of our young men and women.

There are people who fancy that far too much luss has been made over the alleged outbreak of pleuro plkuro pneumonia, pneumonia among the cattle now era voyage for England in the Perthshire. They ate Queensland beasts, and the calling at Lyttelton of the vessel convey ing them was in no way connected with any live cattle tr&de intended to be em barked in by New Zealand graziers. But the incident is of vast importance to New Zealand for all that. In the tirst place we cannot be too careful to prevent the introduction of stock disease of any kind into this colony, and the authorities therefore did a wise thing when they made the inquiries they did. They killed one apparently infected bullock and held a post mortem examination of its carcase, similarly examining the carcase of another of the beasts that had died on Tuesday. The examinations proved the existence of pleuro'pnenmonia in both cases, and Schedule A of the Stock Act includes this disease, in its list of banned diseases There was no intention ot landing; any of the cattle, and the carcasee of the bullocks operated on will be carried out to pea with the vessel, dropped overboard, and left as sweet morsels for the sharks. There need thus be no fear that the visit of the Pert hshire will leave any pleuro-pneumonia behind to infscfc New Zealand cattle. ]But the Perthshire has called at a New Zealand port, ani she sails without a clean , bjll from that port. Itis quite within the bounds of possibility that the disease may ic*iise great havoc among the whole ship-' ment, and should any palpably infte^d bullocks reach England there will be the customary scare that always follows an Incident, of that kind. The live cattle trade is not a popular one with the Home cattle raisers, and they will undoubtedly make the most of the Perthshire affair, and not by any means to the benefit of the future of the trade. But the worst feature of the matter is that the average Englishman knows so very li 1 tie of the geography of this hemisphere that he cannot discriminate between Australia and New Zealand, notwithstanding that the two countries are separated by twelve hundred miles of sea, and as Lyttelton was the lastpcrt of call weare bound to coma in for a share of the pleuro-pneumonia sus picion, if we do not gat classed by the Privy Council with the " infected country " from which those bullocks came. Ifc is satisfactory to see our local autho-, rities moving promptly in cases like that of the Perthshire, but it is not satisfactory to anticipate that the incident may have the effect of killing the live cattle trade just at a time when as an experiment it wiß showing large possibilities. At the same time the incident should stir the graziers on the other side to more active efforts to get rid of pleur^-pnenmonia On the whole question the Lyttelton Times makes ths following ri marks:—The strict enforcing of the regulations will almost certainly preclude stock being carried on foreign vessels celling at New Zealand ports, and as the big cargo steamers, such »s the Perthshire, depend on this colony for much of their cargo, they will dispense with the live cattle ■ rather than with the de»d meat trade TfijSj' together with the inevitable declara tioti ;bf Queensland, and probably the whole of Australia, to be an infected country, should hasten the stamping out of pleuro-pneumonia in Australia. Until this is accomplished the live cattle trade, ' of which so much was expected, -must remain in abeyance.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The apple crop in Nova Scotia was | worth a million last year. Paper stockings are coming into exten sive use in Germany. They are said to prevent colds. It is estimated that 90,000 conversations take place daily over the telephones in New York. Mudie's Circulating Library has three million books constantly in circulation, and employs 178 people. Professor Dolbear says a powerful searchlight could project a beam to Marp in four minutes. It could be ssen and responded to if th^ Marsiana have the apparatus that we ha* c. Holloway's Pills and Ointment,— Bilious affections, with all their^pneomitant annoyances induced by atmospheric changes, or too liberal diet, should bo checked at once, or serious consequences may ensue. When any one finds his ideas less clear than usual, his eyesight dimmed, and his head dizzy, accompanied by a disinclination for all exertion, physical or mental, he may be quite sure that he is in immediate need of some alterative medicine. Let him at once send for a box of Holloway's Pills, a mild course of which will remove the symptoms, 3>nd speedily renew his usual healthful feeling. If the bowels be irritable Hollo way *» Ointment should be diligently rubbed over the stomach and liver every night and

A project ie on foot to build an electric railway from Valparaiso, Indiana, to Chicago. A general meeting .of the Model Yacht Club wi]l be held at Mr Braddell's office at 730 this evening. Business, to idopt new rules; receive entries for Mr Murray'd trophy, and general. It la estimated that the population of the colony at the end of M *rch, exclusive of Maoris, w»s 365,365 mil**, 324,110 females. total 689,475. The Maori population is estimated at 41 993 The grand total for the colony is 731,468 The Ptar of the East lodge 1.0. G T. No. 62 held its usual weekly session last even ing. The Lodge Deputy installed the officers for the ensuing term. One candi date was initiated and another was pro poaed. B*veral accounts were passed for payment and a considerable amount of routine business was transacted. It is understood (says the Olago Daily Times/ that a lawsuit of some magnitude will come before the Supreme Court shortly in connection with a recent large transac | tion in wheat in Canterbury, A milling firm in Southland will be the plaintiffs and the grower of the wheat the defendant. Probably the case will have more interest in Ash burton than appears •n the face of the paragraph. There was a good attendance at the Rink last night, notwithstanding the wet weather. The race between the Maori and Ashburton girls was won by the former—a wheel breaking with the latter towards the last lap, and just when a dead heat was in fair promise. The race will be run again on Saturday nights. Mr Torepe, a young Maori skater, won a race with Mr L. Andrews by the closest possible difference. From Auckland the Press Association telegraphs that the unemployed have arrived at Tewhaiti, and are in camp twelve miles to the Uriwera side of Gala tea. The Hon. Mr Carroll consulted the Patakeukeu people,, who promised to sup ply sixty natives to assist Mr Webb, the sarvayor, to lay off the road. As the result of letters written by Mr Carroll from Ruatokl. no opposition was offered. Mr A. H. Wilson, the surveyor, is super intending the details. We are infoimedthat a subscription list is in circulation in aid of Mr o*, P. Hpatten, who had the misfortune to lose his left hand on Tuesday last, through an accident in connection with Hight's steam chaff-cutter, at Newland. Mr fioatten ie well known throughout the district; and we feel sure hio many friends and the public generally will show their sympathy with him in his great loss, by responding as liberally as possible to the appeal made. A concert will also be held at an early date. An Auckland telegram sates that the return of the bullion received from ihe Waihi Mine for the past month shpws thai for the twenty-eight days ending May 4, 2190 tons of ore were crushed and treated, yielding £7540 worth of bullion, an average of over £3 8s lOd per ton, which is an im provement upon the previous month. Th« total bullion produced by the mine up tc date reaches considerably over a quarter ol a million, the exact figures being £269,644, There is no news yet of additional stamps having been started. The Post reports that the shipment ol i timber to London by the barqut Rangitikel at Greymouth is expected to bt completed this waek, as on Friday lasl only some 80,000fb were required to finish the 350,000 ft of her total loading. The vessel finishes loading at Picton, aiid will be towed up the Sounds by the steam tender Duco. There is some talk of thfi iShaw, Savill and Albion Company sending the Himalaya to Greymouth for a shipment of timber, but no definite arrangements have yet been made. The Wellington Post says Mr D. J. Nathan has accepted an invitation to ad dress a meeting of farmers at Feilding on Friday next regarding his proposals for the expansion of the frozen meat trade. He will also, in response to an invitation, diecuss the same subject with the Mana watu Agricultural and Pastoral Associa tion on Saturday, The Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Association has requested him to ventilate his views before it during its annual show, and he has arranged to visit Dunedin for that purpose early next month. The Committee of the Wellington In surers* Protection Association has. says the Post, invited the Fire Underwriters' Asso ciation to a conference at the Chamber of Commerce, with the object of obtaining a substantial reduction in Ere premiums and the discussion of such other matters as are considered oppressive to the insured in that city. It is considered that a reduction of 50 per cent, should be made, and it is understood there will be no difficulty in getting the business taken at about this rate by outside underwriters if the heal offices are not disposed to meet their policy-holders in a liberal spirit. It having been suspected that ewine fever had broken out in the southern part of the colony, specimens were obtained and forwarded to the Department. In the absence of Mr Gilruth, the Government Veterinary Surgeon, the specimens were submitted to Mr J. R. Charlton., M.R.C.V.S., and he found unmistakable evidences of swine fever present. Upon his report definite steps are being taken to eradicate the disease. Swine fever is very dangerous, and when once firmly established plays havoc with a herd. Not long ago the Imperial Government, we learn, spent £180,000 in suppressive measures, and now spend some £20,000 yearly in order to get the disease stamped out at Home» The first meeting of the year in connec tion with the Seafield Band of Hope and Temperance Society was held on Friday May 3 The chair was occupied by the president, Mr Jos. Clucas. An attractive programme was gone through, and a.very interesting address was given by the Rev. Mr Olphert, who also gave a recitation. Songs were sung by the Misses Richardson, Collison, Bruce and Moore (2), An amusing reading was given by Hugh Colli son. and recitations by the Misses Hard wire, Oollison, Baylis (2), Moore (2) and Willie Crompton, Willie «elly, Hugh Colljson and Freddy Lunt. A dialogue by Mrs Moore and Miss Fargheir com pleted the programme. A hearty vote of thanks was parsed to all who had helped to make the gathering a success.

Ashburton Rifle Club

The championship match was fired on Thursday afternoon under unpleasant con ditijbns—a cold, squally afternoon, with a strong wind, and a slight drizzling rain at intervals, was not the sprt of day for good shooting. The conditions were seven shots at 200, 300, and sQOyds ; highest scorer, to be the holder of the champion cup for the year and £\ cash j second prize 12s 6)d ; third pri?e 78 6^. All cempetitor§ fire.d from scratch. Appended $re the scpres pf the three prize winners '.—

The cup has to be won three times by the same winner before it can become his pro perty. Messrs Salek and Morrison have each won it twice, Messrs W. Pearson and R Dorm onoe. The match committee have arranged the following handicap matches, to be fired on Thursday half-holidays :-—A ten shot match at 200yds—first prize 12s, second "V>s, third 7s, 1 fourth ss. A ten-shot match at 3QQyds, and a ten-shot^match at 500 yds. JSich matc)j for the same value of prizes. There will ia}g(j be a trophy foj the highest »fe'3reg*te io the three nwtohei, ,

Lord Salisbury holds five acres of land i in the vicinity of Charing Cross (the very heart; of London), for which his ancestors ' paid 10s an acre. It was secured &sgraz ing land 250 years ago. A magnificent object lesson on unearned increment here. Professor Blackie in his will has, it it* understood, lefb only somewhat over £4000. having convayed the hulk of his property to Mrs Blackie some time before his death. His Modern Greek library, said to be one < i the fine t in exist* nao, he leaves to .Edinburgh University, and after Mrc Blackie'a death a John Stuart Blackie Travelling Scholarship in Greek will be founded. The Chinese have been ftlnrst beaten out of the English market for tea. At the present tim« barely one-tenth of the leaf consumed in Great Britain comes from the Celestial Empire, and ie now looks its if the enterprising Japs are determined to secure a portion of the trade which is still left in the hands of China The North American market is already largely sup plied with Japanese tea, and now the Japanese are fxploiting the Russian market, whilst it is further suggested that they should supply the French and the Engliuh consumers of the cheering beverage. Madame Modjeska, whose expulsion from Russian territory was announced by cable a few days ago, is a famous Polish actress. At the Women's Congress at tbe Chicago Exhibition of 1893 the regular Polish delegates failed to appear, bo Madame Modj©ska volunteered to go in their place, and gave an address in favour of the movement for Polish independence.. Since then the Russian Government has forbidden her to play in Poland, and at Warsaw she has been kept out of the theatres. She had previously been in formally notified that she would ne\er again be allowed to appear on the stage in Russian dominions. According to the annual report of the Sew South Wales Minister for Education, the total number of technical classes in operation in that colony during 1894 was 191, and the enrolment of pupils numbered 6543, or, deducting all cases where students entered for more than one class, the number of individual students was 4928. The number examined, Including public school pupils tested in manual training, was 2457, of whom 1644, or 70 per cent.. satisfied the examiners. The teaching staff consisted of 89 persons. As regards expenditure, the total sum spent on technical education during 1894, including £4888 19s 6d on the Techno logical Museum, amounted to £21,21410s 3d. Of this sum £17.936 3s 3d was a Parliamentary grant; the balance repre sents fees paid by students. In a paper recently read before a meet ing of the Society of Arts, Mr H. F. Lester, hon. secretary of the London Model Abattoir Society, said Parliament had never yet pronounced frankly and boldly against the private slaughter house system in favor of abattoirs; so some towns which had built excellently equipped abattoirs found that they were of no use, as the batchers preferred to go on killing where they had been accus tomed. In London the County Council had done admirable work by declining to renew the licenses of the most offensive private slaughterhouses ; yet those which remained, in too many instances, sinned againßt all known sanitary and huimne principles. The fact that while in 1887 only 27 towns in England and Wales had adopted the abattoir system, the number in 1892 had increased to over 50, indi cated the rapid advance of the movement. The Duke of Orleans, who met with a serious accident while hunting last week, is the heir to the French throne, and still has hopes of one day regaining the sceptre wieldod by his ancestors. In the course a of conversation recently publ shed in a French paper he said :— "How and when I hopo to ascend the throne is my secret and the secret of the future. I can only tell you that lam labouring for it, and that I shall struggle till I succeed. And if the danger becomes too threatening for our unhappy country, then—do you wish me to speak out ?—when the deliver ance of Frano i& at scake and when one rspresents the right, to save her one returns as best one can." The Duke, who is a chartered life Fellow of the Imperial Institute, has placed his collection of sporting trophies, costumes, arms, fabrics, [ and curii6ities—collected by him mainly in British dependencies, aad now at Sfowe House, Buoks—at the disposal of the president, the Prince of Wales, His Royal Highness has given directions for the collection to be placed in one of the galleries of the Imperial Institute.

Prince Bismarck has been unbosoming himself to some visitors who lunched with him at Freiirichsruhe nob long ago. 'I have seldom been a happy man,' he remarked. 'If I reckon up the rare minutes of real happiness in my life I do nob believe they would make more than twenty-four hours in all. 1 The Prince, however, still remembers a really happy moment in bis yoath. la was when he shot his first hare ! In later years it gave him pleasure to see his irrigated meadows and plantations thriving, and at home he i took pleasure in his wife and children. It | may be doubted whether the majotity of mnkind are ever or for long really happy. We are in ourselves what we are, and most of us lack the gift without which the enjoyment of happiness is impossible. According to the Prince, the old Emperor William hid it in a degree, possessing as he did the sanguine and phlegmatic temperaments combined. Clearness and calmness kept his mind and heart in the finest harmonious equilibrium. But for th» greater par of mankind misery is our apportioned lot, There Is, as Burton has it, nothing so prosperous and pleasant but what has some bitterness mixed with ic. The life of man is interminged with hopes and fears, with joys and sorrows, with pleasures and with pain?* The heart, says Solomon, even in the midst of laughter, is sorrowful, and the end of mirth ioheavinees. Happiness, pure and unalloyed happiness, is nota plant of earthly growth.

. Writing upon workshops and driuk, the Hospital says :—ln the firsb place it ought to be demonstrated whether drunkenness is or is not actually a producb of the modern workshop ; and it should be demonstrated by facts and concrete evidence, not alone by arguments addressed to the understand ing of that limited class who have had the advantage of an elementary specific train ing. Next it ought to be shown, and still by undeniable facts, not by general reasons of an abstract or specialised character, what is the extent of the drunkenness what is the approximate number of drunkards who can be proved to be annaally manufactured by unhealthly workshops. Thus we should get a complete picture of the whole deadly circumstances of the case ; and we should be able to go to the Legislature and say, so many tens of thousands of our toiling industrial classes ar« made drunkards annually by unwholesome workshops, so many in consequence are annually consigned to premature graves ; and so many tens of thousands of widows and orphans are thus thrown annually upon public charity or upon the rates. This ought not to be sit must nob be, The State has the power to decree that the creators and the utilisers of factories and workshops shall make their factories and workshops healthy. They shall make them healthy, or they shall nob make them or utilise them at all. For tub Blood is the Life—Clarke s World-famed Blood Mixture is warranted to cleanse the blood from all impurities from whatever cause arising. For Scrofula, Scurvy, Eczema, Bad Legs, Skin and Blood diseases, Pimples and Bores of all kinds its effects are marrellqui. Thousand! of testi. menials. Beware of worthless imitations «&<! »wb»titutw . Q

PLEURO-PNEUMONIA.

TUB PfiRIHOHIRBi CATTIK,

A POILMORrKm JKLVAIKIWA fJOi

Lytteltori Times Mr Gilruth, veterinary surgeon to the Stock Department, arrived in Lyttelton on Thursday morning, for the purpose of taking steps in connection with the Perthshire's cittlj. one of which nad been stated to be buttering from pleuro* pneumonia. After visiting the steamier and inspecting the stock in company with IMr Hoiderneis, chief inspector cf the disiict, a consultation was held with Cap tain Wallace, of the Perthshire, who is the person the authorities regard as hav ing c mtrol of the animals. It was re solved to slaughter the beast which was ,n ill-health. Tne department rested for 'ts authority to so act on auction 16 of the .^tock Act, 1893, which reads as follows.—' " if upon examination of any Btock the inspector thinks the same to be diseased, he is hereby authorised and empowered to kill one or more of such Btock, for the < purpose of deciding whether each stock are diseased or infected with an infectious or contagious disease." The animal, which was stationed in the after part of the ship, and which has been troubled with a nasty cough since ita arrival in Lyttelton, <*s killed during the forenoon and its lungs were taken out for the purpose of deciding whether or not it was suffering from pleuro. A bullock which had died on Tuesday, and which was to be dropped, overboard when the ship got outside, was also opened. Mr Bart-AUbon, who is in charge of the con signment, inspected the lungs of the beast slaughtered on Thursday morning, and did not hesitate to say that no sign! of pleuro were present. The lungs were inflamed as the result of a severe cold, but nothing more serious had, in his opinion, de veloped, EBSULT OF THE PGST-MOBTBM. No information as to the result of the post-mortem was obtainable till late in the afternoon. As the time for the steamer's departure drew *near, a rumor tv the effect that the Government had refused to grant her Customs clearance, without which she could not proceed to sea, gained currency. Upon inquiry being made at the Custom-house, this statement proved to be correct, but the cause of the action taken was unknown, and Mr Holderness and Mr Gilruth both stated that they were still unable to dis close any particulars. It transpired at a later hour, and when the steamer had left the wharf for the stream, that the local authorities were awaiting instructions from Wellington. The result of the post mortem examination had been wired to the Stock Department, and when a reply was received action would be taken. About 4 pm. the instructions arrived, and were to the effect that the steamer was to be allowed to proceed to sea. Mr J. A Gilruth gave some informa tion as to tha investigations. He stated that the examination was made by Mr J. R. Cbarlton, M.R.C.V.S., and himself, with the result that the bullock killed on Thursday was found to be suffering from contagious pleuro ■ pneumonia, showing signs of an old cyst having recently started afresh. The other animal, which died on Tuesday, and which was also examined, showed sighs of gangrenous pneumonia. Mr Gilruth stated that Mr Oharlton and himself concurred in this opinion. Both bodies were loft on board the steamer, and will be thrown over board when she gets to sea.

OTHER DETAILS.

It appears that the consignment of cattle, consisting of about one hundred and fifty head, was taken onboard the steamer at Townsville, in Queensland. Some of the cattle died on the voyage between Townsville and Sydney, but were replaced at the latter port, and further deaths occurred between Sydney and Lyttelton. On Monday Mr J. R. Chart ton, M.U.C.V.S., was requested by the Government to inspect the consignment* and upon examination he decided that one of the animals, a roan bullock, showed symptoms suspiciously resembling those of pleuro pneumonia. On Tuesday one of the beasts died. On Wednesday Mr Charlton made another inspection, when he again expressed the opinion that the roan bullock was probably suffering from pleuro. On Thursday morning Mr Charl tor was joined by Mr J. A. Gllruth, MRCVS., the Government veterinary surgeon, who had just arrived from Wellington, and both gantlemen went on boaid the vessel. Mr Gilruth, after an examination of the stock, picked out the animal about which Mr Charlton'* had suspicions. This bea^t was selected for slaughter, and a post-mortem examina tion revealed 'the presence of pleuro pneumoiiiaeontagiosa, affecting two lobes of the right lung. , It may he stated that no better opinion on the subject of pleuro-pneumonia than that of Mr Charlton is obtainable in the colonies. For six years he held an appointment under the Privy Council of Ireland to deal with contagions diseases, especially pleuro-pneumonia among cattle, and within the twelve months prior to his departure for this colony, he conducted for the Privy Council one thousand post mortem examinations. THE AGRICULTUHAL AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATION

A t the meeting of the oommlttee of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association, on Thursday, the President)' (Mr I. G. Staveley), in referring to the matter said it was a pity that the Gov ernment had not insisted upon a post mortem examination of the beast that had died, in order that any doubts might have been set at rest as to whether the animal was suffering from any infections disease or not. The refusal of the captain to allow the beast to be opened on the vessel should not have beeu permitted to stand in the way; as the body oould have been removed to the quarantine station) where the examination could have taken place. He was afraid that rumors th»| an outbaeak of disease had taken place amongst the cattle might reach the Old Country, and this might have a bad effect <on the trade in meat from New Zealand, owing to the ignorance that prevailed in Great Britain a* to th« precise Jooality of the colony, which w*s too ofren con founded With Australia, »n.d if might probably be ccnoluderi. *ronv the t*ct of the vessel having last, left \ New Zealand> port, «h*t; the cattle belonged to this colony. He sugges ed rhat the Govern mant shonld be communicated wiih, and aked to send a repcrt to the -Agent- General in London, pointing out that the cattle had nob touched the shores of this colony* Mr S. Garfcrth said he had seen the the cattle on Saturday. Several of them looked rather " tucked up," which he at tributed 'to the animals not taking to their feed and water. He was satisfied that there was no disease, bat that some of the animals were suffering from a severe chill, which was probably the effect of their having been taken straight off the runs in their wild state, and the shipping and change of conditions had excited them and made them feverish. This, he was satisfied, accounted for the death of one of the beasts which took place on Tuesday. They appeared to be a fine lot of cattle, ranging trom five to six years old. The meeting expressed approval of Mr Staveley's suggestion, and he at once, telegraphed to the Government.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN: FEIDAY, MAY 10, 1895.



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Notiesa . " bXdHt i m c s- NO MONEY- NO MONEY. TT is almost impossible tt> give things away, but never mind, coma and try G. J. NETLJL FOR BKAPEHY, CIiOTHIHTG, & BOOTS. Make no error ; he 13 cheaper than any other in Canterbury. 1 Q n|< . fm Dress Goods 4&i ., y Double Width Dress Goods Is 6d now Is White Calico, Is lid d< aan "' Double Bed white Twill Sheeting, 9|d Flannellettas 2s lid dozen Plaids, B£d and 6£d , , Towflls, 2id each Cretonne 3id Blankets "Blankets. Double Bed Colonial All Wcol Flannel, white, grey, and pink, Blankets 253 6d, reduced to 18a 6d Bfcd Indies' and Children's Ulsters and Jaokets Corsets, Corsetß Millnery at your own prioe Ladles Stockings 6d clFt°h7ng. Men's Twead Suit, 18s 6d Colonial Heavy Tweed Suite, 32a Mfrt- Men's Saddle Tweed Trousers, (all wool) daced to 21s 6d. 13s 6d Men's Tweed Trousers, 6s Hd Men's Tweed Overcetts with C»pes, 18s 6d Boys' Suits, 3a lid Boys Caps, 6d each Socks, Shirts, and Hats, at your own price "BOOT ~BOOTS. The maker of our Boots guarantees satisfaction, or he will replace them. N KILL'S FOR BOOTS. Men's Bluchers, 4s lid Men's Balmorals, 7» 6d , > . ; Children's Strong Leather Boots from Women's Strong Leather Boot*, 03 lid 3a lid, this is no rubbish Women's Strap Shoes from 4s lid Women's Carpet Slippers, Is 3d, q. j~nlTll FBIEDLAK.DE R'S CO RNER, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Agent for Yarmouth Oil Skins. FLETCHER BROS. A RE JUST LANDING THE FOLLOWING GOODS FOR COMING SEASON, 100 CASES WHITE ROSE KERO- 50 C ASES « LIGHT OF THE AGE " SENE 8 150 per cent Test. KEROSENE, 150 per cent Test. These two brands of Kerosene are the Safest and Best Light-giving Oils Procurable. 5 Tons Moir's New Oatmeal 5 Cwt Oatina or Rolle-J Oats in Packets 5 Cwt Germina and Bags I Ton Golden Syrup in 561b tins | =Ton Black Treacle Ia 561b tins 5 Cases,, „ „ 281b „ f 1 Cases „ !5 „ 281b „ S „ „ ,- ij l4lb » 2 „ „ „ „ Hlb „ 5 „ „ m »» 71b ; , 5 „ „ 1, >i 71b „ 5.,   5 . 41b » 5 „ „ „ „ 41b „ 5 „ „   21b „ 5 „ „ „ „ 21b „ I Ton Wheatineal SUGAR. SUGAR. SUGAR. Wt. have just made a contract with the Auckland Sugar Refining Cora- j pany to be supplied with their finest No 1 Sugar at a greatly Reduced Kate. \ Enquire o;ur price before going elsewhere Dairy Salt. Dairy Salt, We bave just redeivod a Consignment of the Finest Refined Dairy Salt. £ Tons Fine Salt in Icwtbags 2 Toes Fine Salt in 561b bags 'I ,: n » 141b » : % » \» » llh » ■■ ■: ••r;f •- :■ '. ■ -.-- ■ . ' JUST ARRIVED—A Splendid Line of Hudson's Water Biscuits in 41b tins, to be cleared at Is 7d per tin. lin3 Free. FLETCHER BROS, ciSH SUPPLY STORES, ASHBURTON AND CHRISTJHtftOH. — IMPORTANT.— THE CORNEB-Has the pleasure to intimate that it is to-day prepared in all departments with overjtinng New for Autumn and Winter wear. Great show of New Winter Dress Materials. No lady visiting ou L>rress and Millinery Department can possibly be disappointed. MELTON CLOTH, especially suitable for children's dresses, Is 3d pp.r yd HEWY DIAGONAL SERGES, Very Strong Is 6d per yd ALL WOOL DIAGONAL SERGES, in All Colors Is lid per yd ALL WOOL FANCY SERGES, guaranteed fast colors 2s 9d per yd TRIMMINGS IH BEVERS, JETS, GIMM, BBAIPS, IN ALL COLORS. —MILLINERY DEPARTMENT - We ar« now showing the Nsweat Stylos in Jackets, Waterproofs, Tunics, Hate, trimmed and untriaxmed, Corsets, Underclothing, etc. • BLANKETS. "" BLANKETS. Best Value in the County, Colonial Flannels in all Colors, Bid, Linoleums, Oilcloths, a New Stock Just Arrived. —CLOTHING DEPABTMENT— Men's, Youths*, and Boys' Colonial Tweed Suits at Astonishingly Low Prices Boys' Serge Varsity Caps 0s 6d Boys' Plush Varsity Caps Is Od Boys' Serge Sailor Caps Is Od Youths' Tweed 3vercoats with Capes 83 9d. SUITS, COVERT COATS, AND OVERCOATS, MADE TO ORDER DEPABTMENT— Boots Shoes and Slijpers for Men, Women, and Children, ' at price* tint will astonish you. W. H. O OLLIER THE "CORNEB."



Wanted. I Uf ANTED — All members of the I Model Yacht Club to meet at! Mr Braddell's office This Evening, *x.) 7.30. Business important. 5 65' MODKL Yacht Club.—The first heat 1 for Mr >V. G. Murray's tropl.y will be sailed To-morrow, starting at 3 p.m. sharp. 5 96 • »EVI>.W of Reviews for Apri'. -*■•' The Windsor Magazine now to hand. Cheap line School Bags, Books and Slates.—H. M. Jones 5 94 ALL Accounts Owing to Joseph Taylok, East street, Ashburton, must be paid on or before Monday, May 20, or will be sued for without further notice. All goods will be. sold for Cash Only from this dabe. 5 99 JLBAVB IX TO M8"-1BAT 24 JAPS and Ohinkiee.—Most extraordi nary Cheap Sale of Books is still going on at J. Maksden's, Tancred street. CXXANTED Known, that the crockery ' and earthenware business of the late W. J. Harrpton, East street, will be carried on by Mbs Hampton in Burnett street, opposite the Club. 6 24 ALL persons owing Accounts to the l*te W. J. H»mpton, furniture dealer of East street, are requested to pay same at once to Mrs Hampton, Burnett street. 5 25 BIGYCLES.—Orders now being booked for our nexb shioment Cushions, jElfrt 95::Dunlop Tyres, £16.—Carson and Co. 5 4 /CHOICE New Season Fruit. Grapes, -\J Peaches, Pines,.-Plume, Bananas, Apples, Apricots, and Tomatoes ; the best in town.— A dams, Siundera' Buildings. Yl/* ANTED Known—We are reducing V f the whole of our Drapery, Boots, Clothing, etc, For Cash. New Dresses, New Jackets, New Kats, etc., will all be reduced. —H. C. Segeks, Melford House. BHARPS,8 HARPS, Sharps. Bran, Brau. If you are requiring either of the above for your Pigs or Cattle enquire our Price before buying elsewhere. Special quota tions for ton lots. Flour at Mill Price.— Fletcher Bros , Ashburton. QPJCOIAL NOTICE. —Suits a<id Single O Garments made to measure. Fit and style with prices to suit: the times. Large purchase Heavy Kaiapoi Trousers and Knit Underclothing.—Mitchell and TURNEH. WANTED.— 1000 Men to look at the Cheap Drapery from Australia, at Melbourne prises. " The Blue House " is the place to get it, at the Corner of Arcade, and don't you forget it. 4 240 G^.SH, CASH. Drapery, Boots, Cloth ing, etc. New Goods just opened. Everything reduced for Cash.—H. C. Segers, Melford House. WANTED Known —Great Bargains are now baing given for Ca^h in all departments. Before laying out your money for Drapery, Bootf, etc . give us a call.—H. C. Segers, Melford House. WANTED Known—Lowest possible prices for Men's Knit Under clo^hiner. Shirts, and Heavy Boots.— Mitchell and Ttjrner. OWN Make in Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina? fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes, V[ualins, Fhnnelettes, Trimming", etc., afc Mrs Alcorn's new shop, Biker's Buildings. | /CHOICE FKUJT-S.—Peaches, bananas, ©ranges, lemons and. tomatoes, atj H. A. Flower, Ffuicer and Confecbioner, [ Fiasfc street, I — - WANTED- Everyone to visit our Largo Show Room now replete | with new styles for theseason.—Mitchrll and Turner. ! \ AN TED KNOWN. -l^Teie^brlted ! V*' Yarmouth Oilskins can ba 6b*-\ tamed at W. H Co Her, " The Corner." j NOTICE ! Notice . Sport foe all Guns let out on' hire or soldon tima payments. Having a professional Gunsmith on the premises, I undertake to repair Guns ot any description. Gun fittings in st^ck. Prices low.—J. W Hakpley, Ironmonger, etc' BACON, Bacon, Bason.—Bast Grain Fed Bacon from the Waterton District. Sides 6d par lb ; Tiimming Slices, sd; Best Cuts, 6|d. Cheese, Cheese, Cheese.—Best Local Lteirusand Akaroa s|d and 6i per lb. Look at our window. —Taylor, East street. English Vinegar, 6d per bottle, Worcestershire Sauce 4^d 4 ; BOY'S and Girls Own Annual, British Workman and Workwoman, Infant's Magazine, The Prize, Child's Companion, Dhi'dren's Friend, Little Dot, Family Friend, Band of Hope, Young- England, • and other New Books at Lowest Prices.— L. F. Andrewes and Co. 11 98 BANG ! Bang ! Sang ! My new sea .-■' son's stock of Ammunition to hand Eley's, Kynock's and, Quo Cartridges, Powder, Shot, Caps, Wads, Cases and all sporting materials of the first quality at J. W. Hardley's, Gun Emporium ROBERT ALCORN has opened in Baker's Buildings, next the Court house, with a stock of Clothing, etc., bought at Edwards, Bannett's and the Kaiapoi S^les, the cheapest lot of goods ever brought to Ashburton, Also an assortment of Boots. GUNS 1 Guns! Guns I My new stock of Gunsj ust to 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 /"IHRISTMAS Presents, Choice Orna k^J ments, Zithers and Jew's Harpg, Balis ard Dolls for everybody from Id each; Jointed Dolls for 63, Sleeping Beauties Is. Chinese Conquerors 6d, Russian Embassies Is, Walking Men, Talking Dolls, Scotch Greys, and Ennis killen "Dragoons all wonderfully cheap at Mrs Alcorn's Ladies-' (Jnderclothing and Fancy Bazaar, Havelock street. WANTED Known -That if you are in want of a first class article in sum mer Boots and Shoes, you cannot do better than call at J. Moison s j you will get the very beat at reduced prices. As for his own make, they are well known to the delight of the wearers, throughout the luGtraJaai&n colonies. Repairs well done and at once Premier Boot Maker, Town Ha 1 Boot Store Evfc street:, Ashburton POTATOES. Potatoes —Just arrived i a Consignment of the Finest Blue Derwent Potatoes, from the best potatoe growing district in North Canterbury, to be sold at a very low price. Special quotation for tan lota. —Fletjcht^ Bros , Cash Supply Stores, East Street. Ash tujrton. • WANTED KNOWN. — F. S Jeffries, leading Confectioner and Fruiterer of Ashburton, East Street, next the Corner. Ice Creams, Fresh Fruits, Confectionery, Summer drinks of every description. Ice at reasonable ratyy. Mes ftuora » eputwlty, 1*153



Wanted WANTED KNOWN.-Warm carpec slippers for Winter wear, girls 9d, Is, >r man's Is 91— W. H. Collier, " The Corner." WANTED Known. —Spectaclos, Eye Protectors, Goggle**, Folders, and everything in the optical line at S. Sikrk's, Optician, L' F. AISDREWES & CO.-~-sale now • on of Surplus Stock of -Fancy i Goods, Toys, Books, Stationery and Account Books, and all at greatly reduce^ prices for cash, at L. F. Andrewks & Co \\T ANTED Known — Mrs Hooper * * (monthly nurse) ia open to accept engagements. Apply, by letter, to Mrs Hoopbb, Alford Foreßt Road, Ashburton, 11*134



WINTER. 152 Men's, Boys' and Youths' Tweed Overcoats, with Cape, to be el flared this season at 20 per cent under ordinary prices 69 Boys' and Youths Macfarlane Over coats, new shape, to be Sold at 12J per cent lower than last season 28 Boys' Double-breasted Reefers from 10s 9d WATERPROOF COATS. Oar Coats are to be seen all over the Country. SPECIAL. La'dieß* Waterproof Cloakr made to - measure ; all Sewn Beams. X SHBURTON ~D LANKBTS, ! . Large Double Bed Size, ___ WINTER BOOTS. Ib will pay you to Buy your BOOTS from the NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. ALEX. HENDRY, Manager. NEW WEDDING PRESENTS. CHOICE BIRTHDAY PRESENTS, AND PRESENTATION GOODS, AT S. SALE K'S, WATCHMAKER, ] AND MANUFACTORING JEWELLER, EAST STREET. AT THIS JEWELLERY ESTAB LISHMENT IS TO BK SEEN THE LARGEST AND CHOICEST STOCK OF JEWELLERY & SILVER WARE In the District. 5 84



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