Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1895.

\ touching caremony took place recently in the saloon of the Castle Lini Royal

honors v 'ii the brave,

mail steamer, the JSorham Caatlf, to wit, the presen tation of medals and re-

wards for bravery to the captain and officers and men who assisted in the rescue of the crew of the sailing vessel Fascadale, which wan wrecked off Natal on February 7. The rescue was mainly due to the dauntless courage of Mr Frank Whitehead, chief officer of the Norham Castle. He plunged into the roaring and surging eea with a life line, and was met by a boy immsd Ferris—as brave as himself—who leapt from the wreck with another rope ; the two ropes were knotted together, and made, really, > a line of life, for along Ib passed seventeen of the crew of the ill-fated Fascadale. The honors were many: Lloyd's silver medal, a silver medal from the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, *ell, among others, to Mr Frank Whitehead's lot while the captain's (Robert Duncan) re ward was also a silver medal from the Liverpool Shipwreck and „ Humane . ffcctety. There were also gifts*of money to everyone, among them being % present from the Castle Line Company to each individual ; Sir Donald Currin, on the Company's behalf, asking Captain Duncan to accept £100, and Mr Jenkins, the officer in charge of the second bo&t to put off to the wreck, £25. The men also ware thought of, receiving a month's exra pay. But at the ceremony all these things valuable enough in themselves, and nica to hive, counted for lictle beside tha large-heartedness shown by Mr Whicehead. In accepting his honors Mr Whitehead modestly said, 'lama sailor, and sailors are not good at speeches. I thank you gentlemen for your kindness. I hive nothing to say about myself. But I should like the boy not to be forgotten." The officer's words bore fruit- Mr Rouge raont, Vice Chairmin of Lloyd's, at once said that he thought he might undertake to say that tha brave lad, Ferris, should receive the bronze medal of the Corpor ation of Lloyd's.

Mr William Archer has an article in the Contemporary Bcview for March in

the MUSIC halls,

which he says things about the music hall, its songs and singers,

that will probably be fche reverse of pala table to music hall managers, and eqaally so to {.afcr.gng of these public institutions. We have n»» music halls pure and sample in New Zealand, but moat of the travelling companies who visit us for our entertain' ment, and who do not confine their per formances to the legitimate drama, are made up of music hall artist?, purveying music hall fare. The songs they sing, .yhefchep comic or sentimental have all been written for music halls, and their performance of theßji is usually a copy in style of some more prominent performer at Home. Mi* Archer finds the music hall just aa it is and lie applies the foot rule to it and its songs thus: —The j#usie hall is still the hojpe of rampant, blatant,, and incredibly brainless vulgarity. <Qrrosa indecency has been almost stamped out, though it still pears its head her,e and there; but I cannot discover the slightest movement in the direction #£ reined or thoughtful art. broadly (.peakjing, the upb of the music Ijal) {g pimply the art of vulgarity; and f$ thab «fc, »s f a apy otfrer, there #r? innumerable de«re t ? °* "ll***?. ?eni» 9, ? nd »^UH proficiency. ?* *« mTIHI fW fhese degrees ; let us *>" tt? fc » dabbler in vulgarity is a mu^.. *B?rJ painful spectacle than a finished anu. forcible master of the art. But why we j ihou!4 exak ana glorify thii irt, »u4 decry'

other arts in comparison with it-, is, more than lean understand. Is it nut rather »n appalling thought that, while thousands of song* are every year written for the music halts, and have been for the last half-century or e>o, not one aorig of them , all, not one verse, not one linefr tn them, has passed into literature! They contribute a few c*nt phrases to the journalism of the moment, hen pass away an 1 are heard no more. I hay .>. just been w«ding through several printed collections of music hall songs, and find it impossible to convey, without pages of quotation, any adequate idea of the rank imbecility that characterises them, almost without exception. What ii most striking is the utter poverty and monotony of their topics tbe Bordidne«s of their view of life, th« baseness of their ideals, the insincerity oC their enthusiasms, the total abaence of healthy paßsion or indignation, and even of genuine unforced gaiety or sentiment Their humour is that of th« mock valentine, their pathos that of the pave ment artist. They pass from praiaes of debauchery and psema of rowdyian to grimy cail matures ot the > o diners of lower middle class life, inept jocosities on love and marriage, birth and death, and patiently insincere criticisms, on public events Their philosophy ia.il (jnoanj anil i shallow knowingness, their patriotism is cheap and empty bluster, uefe have a thousand * comedians ' been impersonating character of one «ort or another, year out, year in, for half a century, yet not one of them has created a figure so true, or so happily fantastic, as to have become a legendary type, such as, for example, Robert Macaira or Lotd Dundreary. We do not even owe to the music halls that popular hero ' Ally Sloper.' -

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr Leary ex Mayor of Dunedin died in London yesterday.

The New Zealand Shipping Company has sold the sailing ships Waipa, Waircu, anf), Huranui.

A man named James Alexander, re siding at St. Albans, died suddenly from heart disease yesterday morning.

It is stated that the refusal of station holders to put up swaggers has resulted in a eavmg of meat to the extent of three pheep a week on some of the Wairarapa stations*

The following adverrisemaut appeared recently in the Sydney Herd'd :—' Mothers engaged in business—Steady elderly man would help housework, mind children day time, and give 5a week for comfortable home, town or country. 1

An information for embezzlement has been laid by Mr Greville, auditor, against J. Heard, the Christchurch city rafe col lector. A n alleged shortage of £194 has been discovered in the accounts. An ex amination of the books has not yet been completed.

A recent cable message from London stated that Messrs Weddel had chartered the Southern Cross for the Australian live cattle trade. The Southern Cross is a steel'single pcrew steamer, with a gross capacity of 5050 tons and a horse power of 8938. She was built at Belfast in 1892.

The Star of the East Lodge, No 62, 1.0.Gr.T., held its usu»l weekly meeting last evening, Bro. Korff, C.T., presiding. There was a fair attendance of members Important correspondence was received from the Grand Lodge. A varied pro gramme was gone through and the meeting closed.

A par^y of youn* men were telling wha| they would an if they were shipwreched far out upon the sea, and left buffetting upon ths waves without a plank to sus tain them. Each one gave his opinion excepting Paddy Murphy. 'Bid ce<is to ye for a cowardly set of spalpeens ! Ye'd all be after savin 1 yourselves and nnt try ing to ifdve one another. Why, it's Paddy Murphy that would awim to shore an' thin coma back and thry to pave another.' i monthly meeting of the Asbburton Presbf ferian B*nd of Hops was held on Monday evening, attendance was good, and the Rev G B. Xriglis presided. Recitations were given by Misses Gerty and Olive Medding. Maude and Maggie Harrii gbon, Mary Norman, and Messrs Hardley, Sando, and Hones. Readings were given by Messrs flardley. Wilkin aoii, Smith, and the Secretary. Master John Smith, played a violin solo, and the Chairman and Mr Howes, gavd addresses.

Yesterday, Mr DwiJ Thomas held a highly successful sale of farming stock and plant at Roxburgh Farm, in the estate of Friedlander Bros. There was a very large attendance of buyers from all parts of the country, and everything was cleared at very satisfactory prices. Fat crossbred ewes realised 7s 9J, 500 lambs 6s 2d, four and six-tooth crossbred ewes in lamb 6s, four and six-tooth fat ewes and wethers 9s 7d ; draught horses £15, £13, £9 10s, £6, and sundries and implements at comparatively higher rates.

Among the criminal appeals disposed of in the High Court at Madras the other day was one from Satrru Ksnnazz*, a ' doctor' among the hill tribes in the God avery district, who appealed against the sentence of transporation for life passed upon hira by the Sessions Judge of the district on a charge of having, on Aupusb 14 last dashed out the brains of a child named Valadu. who had been brought to hi:n for medical treatment. The appell ant admitted che murder of the child, but said he had been inspired by his godd'ss to offer a human sacrifice. Their lordships dismissed the appeal, confirming the sentence passed by the lower court.

Another credulous Frenchman has been fleeced of the sum of £1000 by a strangar who, following the procedure of a previous swindler, had stated that tie was an attache ab the Italian Embassy in Paris. It ap pears that a rich manufacturer and his daughter had met this plausible young man at a hal masque. There the young lady I f_^l a victim to his charms, and the engage ment of the couple was ratified. At the house of his prospective father-inrlaw the stranger painted in glowing colours the profits of an undertaking into which he wished to enter, and the unsuspecting parent, bitten by the greed for gold, advanced a sum of £1000. Only a few days later he learned that the youth had no connection with the Italian Embassy, and his arrest followed. Uflfortunately, however, he ha-l spent the whole of the money. The Oamarv, Mail states that Mr Sey mour, after a fortnight's inspection of Balruddery, says that a very large area of the estate is auriferous, and that two or three hundred wen could make a living there were it not that the water is scarce. In the gulliea, however, a limited njiiviber of men could always earn ttle^^JJjngf a day by cradling. Mr $*Vs&F»~<r^Htat that, if water were on the fU^it^i^ would be fat\ preferable .totivit at Livings stone. But it is the reported discovery of a rich reef by Mr Fuller that excites inte rest in Bifl ruddy. It is stated by him that the reef is 3ft in depth, and that a quantity of stone that was crushed by Mr Gardiner atTapui yielded at the rate of 21oato the ton. The reef is, if all be ttue we hear, no casual and broken outcrop, for it was traced for a chain and a half by prodding a crowbar into the soil, and at places where it cropped out slightly Mr Fuller broke oft' the exposed quart^ arid covered up the places with soil. Pdre Blqod is the Secret ojt Health Gordon^ £i#op pMI cleansp the system of all impure bfood, ' cjire iudmestioG,cQn. Btipation, liyer complainL pains in bacjc and sides, biUousugss, sick headache; rejnove. Dimple*, sorofuia, gcurvvi eto. hirst bo 6s; two >*«• Wtl f**m *' Wi W*» Box 234 Duaedia ' ' >

A correspondent of the Hawke's Bay Herald writes that he has noticed of late a strange bird swooping down on his garden whose mission appears to be death to Bnails, The bird appeared not unlike a hawk/ but smaller, and is also ljk) a hawk in his flight. He swoops down, seizes the snail in his claw.s, and after ri ing some distance is seen to pluck tha mollusk from is shell, which is dropped on the ground again,

On Tuesday, the tw lfth appropriation of £800 in tha Ashbuuoii Industrial Building Society was sold by auction in thd Urange Hall by Mr R. Friedlander— one share realising £33 10j, and another £29. These prices repr«sent go much premium, and must be regarded, in view of the depressed times, as highly satis factory, and a proof of the recognition by the public of the sound principles on whioh the business of ihe sociesy is con ducted The thirteenth appropriation will take place on June 11, by ballot.

A mistake of two French soldiers has I cost one oi ihem his life. They were j stationed at Oran, and, wishing to escape further military service, determined to hide themselves in the hold of an English staamer lying at that port. Buc, unfortu nately, they mistook the vessel, getting in consequence upon a French craf c There they stowed themselves away in the stoke* hold, coming upon deck when tftey supposed they were far from land. Naturally the captain at once ordered them under arrest but upon arriving off Pauillac one of them escaped from the cabin in whioh he had been confined, dropped overboard, md at tempted to swim ashore* Swept away by the tide, he was drowned, and his com panion, who had witnessed his unavailing struggles, waa taken ashore under escort without offering the slightest resistance.

The case o! Johnacone v Oldham, men tioned in Monday's cable messages, was one of which the main facts are as fol lows :—Johnston© and Co., of Sydney, contracted for the supply of tinned meat' to the Vf ar Department of the Nether- Unds Government, and arranged with Oldham and Co., of Patea, to furnish them with the goods. The Netherlands Government alleged that the meat was not what was stipulated for, and John stone and Co., were obliged to pay com pensation, and then sought to recover from OJdham and Co, Th«y were unsuc cessful in the Supreme Court at Welling ton, and also failed in the Court of Appeal. The case was carried to the Privy Council, where Oldham and Co. for the third time secured judgment.

The cargo of the Gulf of Genoa, which recently left Sydney, is described in a local paper as a 'huge floating meat market.' The description continues: — 4On deck there are stalled live cattle, some of them monsters, weighing about a ton. The place looks like a cattle show, but down below there is meat enough to stock a few of the big shambles at home. Prehaps a betber idea is obtained of the contents of the holds of this steamer in the statement that 1000 bullocks andjover 25,000 sheep had to be slaughtered to provide her meat freight. Not satisfied with that quantity, 3000 cases of preserved meat weie stowed away. For dead weight 12,000 bags of ore w*re dropped into the hold, and to finish off 4000 bales of wool found comfortable room. 1

CORRESPONDENCE.

(We do not hold ourselves responsible fur the ooiuious expressed by our correspondents)

THE RIVERS.

TO THE EDITOK,

Sir,—l am glad "Old Colonist" has called attention to the balance sheet of the Ashburton Acclimatisation Society, and beg to assure him that there is no reason why he should not equally join the few (as well as any one else who wishes to «lo s>o) who have the monopoly of the fifching But I can assure him chat there is no monopoly, and if he wishes to join the society he can do so on payment of twenty shillings for the full or by payment of 12 < 61 for che half season, and his wife or daughters if he has them, can enjoy the privileges of fishing in all the rivers in the South Island for the sum of ss, and his sons under sixteen years of age, can fish the whole season for 10s. From his letter, 1 should Bay he has never sub scribed anything to help to stock the waters of Dew Zealand with fish, and yet on payment of the small subscription mentioned above, we, the members of the various acclimatisation societies, are wil ling thab he should share in the advan tages we have created for him. As to his objection to our Sodety paying a ranger, to keep poachers, men who spear fish in the spawning beds, and who would net every fish out of the stream and so destroy i the lab vrs of the few for the benefit of the many, I think very little of his objection ; and as the feei are fixed by the Govern ment of the coantry I fear his objection | wilfnot carry much weight. I should have no objection to a smaller fee and from many points a smaller license would be an advantage, bub sufficient funds must ba raised to pay the ranger ; and I think this season since the Society has pild a ranger, there has been less illegal fishing thin hitherto. I would also re mind him that for the small fee entitling him to fish throughout New Zealand, he will get better fishing than he could ob tain either in England, Scotland, or Ire land or any continental country for £300 a year. I could subscribe myself Old Colonist, probably with more justice than your correspondent, as I came out in I&SX, bub I am not afi&id te sign my own name. —I am, etc., A. H. Shuky, Hon. Sec. Ashburton A.S.

GATE OR DOG-WHICH IS WORST?

to the: editoe. Sib,—Will you allow me spaca to call the attention of the ratepayers of the Cold stream and of the Rangitata Road Board Districts, to the actions of their respective members. . The Rangitata Road Board has given our Engineer, IV^r Baxter, notice to remove two gates, (which are well hung and in nobody's way), from off a certain road very little used and along which perhaps not more than a solitary parson travels in the course of ft week, Our Rangitata members will nqt allow a hara to cock its ears before looking back to view fhe approach of Its natural enemies, if they can avoid ib. Our Coidstream members, on the con trary would not turn a lion off the roads. I was passing on horseback not long since between the Hinds and Ealing, when a savage beast of a dog chained in the Great South Road, flew at tip horse, which naturally took fright, an4l was near being pitched into a wire fence. In case of a fatal accident, whq would be liable for damages? The owner of the dog, the Road Board, or the owner of the wire fenqe. An a much travelling man, I prefer ft gate to a sentinel dog.—l am etc,

SPORTING.

Londow, May 15 At the Newmarket second Spring Meet ing held to-day, the Newmarket Stokes resulted as follows:—The Owl 1, Solaro 2, Sir Vesto 3.

MAGISTERIAL

ASHBURTON—THURSDAY.

(Before His Worship the Mayor (Mr J. bealy). and Mr T E. Upton, J.P.'s.

j Breach of Oemeiery Act, 1882. William Uishop was charged with huryiog the body of a child in a place, other than a oametery, namely A!ford Forest. Ser geant Mo Her stated he did not wis l to press for a heavy penalty as the child, a still born one, had been bun id .as it wan, in ignorance of the law; and without any wrong intention. The case whs brought principally to let the public know they muse not dispose of bodies in au irregular way. Accused was fined Is and expenses 9i, and ordered to rtrajve the body to Alford Forest Cemetery. Civil Case -~H. M. Jones v John Jeffs, china 10j 6d, judgment by default for plaintiff with coatH.

The Markets.

London, May 15 The total quantity of wheat and flour floaat for the United Kingdom is 3.780,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,620.000 quarters. The American visible supply of wheat is 72,300,000 bushels.

The shares of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, are quoted at £2.

At the wool auction a medium catalogue was offered, and good sales were effected. New Victorian wheat is offering at 24s ; old South Australian at 25a 6d, sellers' prices.

Narrow Escape.

Auckland. May 15

Mr Kaye, of the firm of Kaye and Carter, Christchurch, and Mrs Kaye, who came i from the south to attend the wedding of i Miss McCorquodale, had a startling experi ence last night. They drove down in a cab to catch the half-past ten ferry-boat. The cab pulled up just outside the waiting room on the tee, and Mrs Kaye alighted and walked over the wharf into the water. Her husband immediately sprang to her assist ance, though he is unable to swim. The driver of the cab, a man named Wiley, jumped in to the aesiatance of Mrs Kaye, and kept her afloat until a boat that was launched from the ferry steamer picked them both up. In the meantime the by standers had thrQwn a lifebuoy to Mr Kaye, which he secured. He was also picked up by the boat, both being landed on board the ferry steamer little the worse for their immersion. It vta.% very dark and raining at the time, the accident occurring through Mrs Kaye thinking that she was on the main ferry tee. Great credit is due to Wiley for the plucky manner in which he went to the rescue of Mrs Kaye.

The Uriwera Difficulty

Rctorua, May 14 The natives at Tewhaiti threatened to tie up the native guide of Mr Phillips surveyor, if he persists in proceeding with him to Bhow the country. Inspector Emerson has tele graphed to the Defence Minister, stating the position of affairs-. The co-operative works are being pushed jon. An interpreter is badly wanted.

SCHOOL COMMITTEE

AiiinciiftToir.

The monthly meeting of the Ashburton Borough School Committee was held on ' Monday evening last. v Fiesent—Messrs i Braddell (chairman), Craighcad, Tucker, ! Bean, Chapman, Watson, Macphewon, j Meddins and $ilock. : : COKBESPONDIiNCE. From the Board of Education, acknow ledging advice of the election of the Com mittee ; confirming the appointments of E. A. Bel! and R. Douglas as pupil teachers, also forwarding the Inspector's report as below. inspector's xeport. Timetables — Satisfactory provision is made for all subjects in the syllabus. Organisation and Instruction—The staff has been disposed to the best advantage, and in all parts of the school it is evident that the headmaster has secured loyal co-opera-' tion and support from the teachers. The attention of those concerned was drawn to some details in the work, but, so far as may be judged from inspection, all classes are receiving efficient instruction, and have I made good progress in the labors of the year. Owing to an epidemic nearly half the i children in the infant department were i absent, but ample evidence was available to show that this important division of the school is under excellent management. In the trouble taken to preserve reading sheets, and in providing other convenient wall furniture for teaching purposes, an example has been set which is well worthy of imita tion.

Others matters—Regarding other matters dealt with at inspection, such as order and discipline, supervision, condition of build ings, cleanlinesß, etc., the state of the school is very satisfactory. Better arrangements might, however, be made for warming the rooms on any exceptionally cold day. The quarterly returns and schedule of salaries for April were alto received. The Manager of the Union Bank wrote, i in reference to the Chairman operating on the Committee's account, and the Chairman i stated the matter had been attended to. An offer from the Hampstead Committee to furnißh a quantity of ink was declined with thanks. CANTERBURY COLLEGE. A communication from the Canterbury Progressive Liberal Association in rtference to the management of this College was ordered to be received only. mastkk's report. This report showed—Number on roll, 510; highest attendance, 438; strict average 415. The master thanked the Committee for meeting his wishes in changing the date for the holidays, and his reference to the character of concert and prises was held over for consideration at the August meeting. VISITING COMMITTEE. The Visiting Committee recommended some small repairs, also " that no expendi ture exceeding £2 in one month, and no single item exceeding £1, be incurred with out the sanction of the whole Committee, except in oases of urgency." The recom mendations were adopted, and Messrs Meddins and Tucker appointed for next month. ACCOUNTS. Accounts, amounting to £4 9a 2d, were passed for payment, and the Committee adjourned.

FRUIT.

Adelaide, May 15 Messrs Black and Palmer, the New Zealand Pomologists, are visiting the fruit growing districts of South A us tralia. They will endeavor to obtain as many samples of dried fruits as possible, and exhibit them in New Zealand.

NON-SUITED

Brisbane, May Id

In two cases brought by Messrs Brown and Reid against the Speaker for expulsion from the House in September last, both were non-suited with costs. An appeal will probably be lodged.

THE COREAN WAR.

.. » Yokohama, May 14 The Japanese are excited over the cession of the Liaotung Peninsula, and intensely disappointed at the action of the Government. The Mikado has issued a warning to his subjects to be • moderate in their behaviour. m. m. London, May 14 The rimes states that the first Chinese loan is not likely to exceed twenty millions sterling, and will be offered at 6 per cent. _ . Svdhet. MayU Owing to thn prospect of a great Chinese loan being issued, the market for silver stocks was very active to day. Sharp advances were recorded, and there was a strong tone.

FROZEN MEAT

.__._, Lohdok, M»y 14 Mr H. Campbell-Banne. man, Secre tary of State for the war department, replying torn question in the House of Commons said frozen meat was gener* ally not inferior to home killed, and itt use in the army would cause a con* siderable saving.

PRIVY COUNCIL

LoNDOff, May 14 Sir W, V. Harcourt's Bill, providing for the appointment of colonial judges to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council will be introduced in the House of Lords immediately.

CHITRAL.

Ojxcura, May 15 The Chitral tribesmen nightly harras General Lowe's expedition and have cut the wires in the Swat valley.

THE FRENCH IN AFRICA

Paris, May 15 M. Grodet, Governor of French Soudan, has been recalled owing to his permitting the natives to regain the right bank of the river Niger.

ARMENIA.

COSSTAMTINOPLB, M«y 14 The note sent by Great Britain, Russia, and France respecting reforms in Armenia insists on one-third of the officials being Christians, that the Great Powers shall have the right of veto in the selection of Governors, a mixed gendaimerie, regular assizes, prison inspection, the Kurds to be disarmed, sufferers by the recent atroci ' ties to be reimbursed, and the appoint ment of a commission to watch over ' the administration of Armenia. The commission has discovered in Gelly* goozan a burial pit containing the re mains of the inhabitants of several , dsstroyed villages. May 15. Great Britain, Russia and France intend to establish consulates in . Armenia and their representatives will supervise the carrying out of tho necessary reforms. It is also intended to establish communes for controlling the laws and collecting taxes locally.

The Dean Poisoning Caae

Sydney. May 16 Before the Dean Commission, Mr Pilcher, who is appearing for the de fence, announced that the theory he intended to set up was that Mrs Dean had been an arsenic eater for years. This he would prove beyond doubt. Evidence has also been received regard ing antecedents. Mrs Seymour (Mrs Dean's mother) is an important wit ness for the prosecution. Counsel for the Crown admitted that she had been sentenced for being concerned in a tobbery at Melbourne.

The Steamer Perthshire

Brisbane, May 15 Consequent on an outbreak of pleura* pneumonia on the steamer Perthshire, the Government of New Zealand ad vised the Queensland Government that vessels from Queensland with cattle on board will be prohibited from calling at New Zealand.

COAL

Bbisbamc, May 15 An important discovery of coal has been made at Oawriein Toowooomba district. A seam of good coal, three and a half feet thick, was struck at forty feet from the surface, and traced for two miles.

GROUNDING OF A VESSEL

Stbkit, May 14 The Aberdeen White Star liner Nineveh, from Melbourne, grounded in a dense fog three miles south of Botany Heads, but floated off four hours later without injury.

Judge Molesworth.

Melbourne, May 15 Judge Moleeworth, in reolying to the Premier in reference to the remarks he made from the bench in connection with T. fi. Davies' insolvency, says he spoke in the public interest. It was not for the public interest that an insolvency Judge should be subject to a dependent position, and that there should be reasonable ground for the public to fear in doing what be believed to be his duty. Be might, against his own interests, be offending influential members of Parliament. In cities there were a number of cases where such members, with wide reach ing social influence, became insolvent for amounts ranging over a million, and Judges had to decide all cases without the intervention of a jury, thus urging a strong plea in favor of making the Insolvency Court indepen dent of political influence. His Honor : further says that a statement on the subject of judical independence waa 1 signed by all the County Court Judges, and presented to Government last August, but up to the present it had not been answered. He also alleges that, in applying for sick leave, he was treated as a mallingerer, and that in December last steps were taken by the Solicitor-General to remove him from Melbourne, but afterwards abandoned. In conclusion, he says it certainly appears to him there are good ground! for believing that the public, who are . sufferers, where members of Parliament are concerned, might not belisve thu Judge in such a position is able to dispense impartial justice without far. fevers or affection, '■

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN: THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1895.



hi: sic ess Notices NO MONEY. NO MONEY. '—-— to: " TT is almost impossible to give things away, but never mind, conn and try G. J. NEILL. FOR DRAPERY, CI.OTHIIirG, & BOOTS. Make no error j he is cheaper than any other in Canterbury. DreUß Goods 4id DAble Width Dress Goods Is 6d now la White Calico, Is lid d« zen Double Bed white Twill Sheeting, 9_d Fl&nnellettas 2* lid dozen Plaids, 8_ i aud 6^d Towels, 2W each Oretonhe3td - Blankets, B'anVets. Double Bed Colonial All Wcol Fknnel, white, grey, and pink, Blankets 25s 6d, reduced to 18s 6d B_d Ladies' and Children's Ulsters and Jackets Corsets, Corsets Millnery at your own price Ladies Stockings 6d clFt°hil^g. Men's Tweed Suit, 18s 6d Colonial Heavy tweed Sniba. 32s 6d, re- Men's Saddle Tweed Trousers, (all wool) duced to 21s 6d. I3s6d Men's Tweed Trousers, 6a lid liin'a Tweed Overceita with O»pea, 18a 6d Boys' Suits, 3a lid Boys Caps, 6d each Socks, Shirts, and Hats, at your own price BOOT ~BOOTS. The maker of oar Boots guarantees satisfaction, or he will replace them. NEILL'S FOR BOOTS. Men's Bluchers, 43 lid Men's Balmorals, 7s 6d Children's Strong Leather Boots from Women's Strong Leather Boots, 03 lid 3a lid, this la no rubbish Women's Strap Shoes from 4a lid Women's Carpet Slippers, la 3d. QwrtlTLL FRIEDLANDE R'S CORNER, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. Agent for Yarmouth Oil Skins. FLETCHER BROS. ARE SELLING /^1 BAIN AND PEA FED BACON AT FAOTOEY PRICES. Finest Cured Haras ... ... ... ... ~. ... 7|d per lb JFinest Cured Bacon (pale or smoked) ... ... ... 6£d per lb Finest Cured Rolled Bacon (Pale or Smoked) ... ... 6£d per lb Finest Lard in Bladders ... 6_d per lb Finest Lard in Sausage Skins 6d per lb Sterling Factory Full Cream Cheese 6d per lb Fern Leaf Separator Butter lid per lb Beat Dairy Butter *. ... 9d per lb Prime Dairy Butter 7d&Bdporlb COFFEE. COFFEE. COFFEE. We are giving Special Attention to our coffees. The Berries are selected with the greatest care, freshly roasted to our order, and are ground on the premises daily and are only mixedwith a very small percentage of chicory of the finest quality. We can con6dently recommend it as superior to I any thing in the m»rk6t. No 1 Coflee Finest Quality, Is 8-1 No 2 Coflee, Good Quality, Is Gd No 3 Coffee, Good Valne, Is 4d Pure Coffeo ... ... 2s Od Whole Roasted 2s Ocl KEROSENE. KEROSENE KEROSENE. When you are requiring Kerosene it will be to your advantage to enquire our price beforo buying elsewhere. POTATOES — BEST BLUE DERWENTS, 3s 6d per bag; 2 bags for Cs GJ, Delivered within the belts. %$T NOTE ADDRESS, FLETCHER BROS., CASH SUPPLY STORES, EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. GUARANTEE. William Sparrow / iIIARANTEES to give (he Best Quality Tweeds and Coalings that money cart VT procure at the following prices :— BEST QUALITY TWEED SAC SUf-T ... ... ... £3 15s _>KST QUALITY-TWEED TROUSERS £1 2» 6d BE T QUALITY HOUGH SERGE SAC rtUIT ... £3 lm BHJST QUALI'LT WILSON S BANKOCKBUUN SAO SUIT £3 15s HttST QUALITY No. 4 FOXES hERGK SAC SUIT ... £3 12a 6d BKST "QtJALU V ,WORSTED CO\TIJSG (Bound), \ „, with BEST 'IIIOUtfERING J x* Retuember these Prices are for High Class Workmanship. No Inferior or second class work turned out. FIT AND STYLE A SPECIALTY. WILLIAM SPABBOVT, EAST S'J'EEKT. N. B.—l liaveno(" imported any new and Improved Botch Making Machinery into the Trade. BACON, BACON. Grain anrt Pea] IX7 A N TED KN O VVN. -F. S fwd at Factory pi ices. Finest ?T Jeffries, leading Confectioner Smoked Pale Haras 7id per lb, Jbinest and Fruiterer of Ashburton, East Street, Smoked Pale Sides ana Rolls 6_d per lb. next the Corner. Ice CreamP, Fresh Finest Factory Cheeso 6d per 10. Kote Fruiis, Confectionery, Summer drinks or •ddress-FiKTCHBH Bros., C«»di Supply every descriptiun. Ice ab reasonable Btur<&, Aahbunoa* I wt«a, hAiw IWvw « eyewaUy. l*4sa



"Wanted. LOST— Bunch Keys (six). Finder will greatly oblige by leaving at Mail Office. 5 136 - , ■■ —:— ■ ■■■ r ii i I OST, from Ash bur tou fi>ai« iarua, » *-* month ago, Black Collie, Wbite Ring round neck, answers to name of "£cott." Finder kindly communicate with Cluos Bros, Fairfield, or Mail Office. 5 125 Tj^Oß SALE, prirate'y, on Saturday, at ■*• Mr Alfred Harrison'^ y.»rds—Prize Poultry, Houdans* Partridge Cochii s. laying Pullets. 5 137 "Y7"OUNG Ladies' Journals for May, JL WeJdon's Ladies' Journal for April. Children's Bazaar. New Books and Magazines now in.—H. M. Jones CARSON AND GO'S Stocktaking bale Now on. Groceries, Ironmongery, Brushware, Glass and China, at very low prices for cash. 5 129 Or. de JBllttlto —May JB4. pHOTGE FRUlTS.—Peaches, bananas, ©ranges, lemons and tomatoes, at H. A. Flower, Fruiter and Confectioner, East street, W A NTRL»- Everyone to visit our Large Show Room now replete with new styles for the season.—Mitchell and Turner. WANTED KNOWNvIThe celebrated Yarmouth Oilskins can be ob tained afc W. H Collier, "The Corner." OWN Make in Ladies' and Children's Underclothing, Aprons, and Pina fores ; also a good assortment of Calicoes, Ofualins, Flannelettes, Trimmings etc., at Mrs Alcorn's new shop, Baker's Buildings. CXr ANTED Known, that the crockery * and earthenware business of the late W. J. Hampton, East street, will be carried on by Mrs Hampton in Burnett street, opposite the Club. 5 24 ALL persons owing Accounts to the late W. J. Hampton, furniture dealer of East street, are requested to pay same at once to Mrs Hampton, Burnett street. 5 25 riHOICE New Season Fruit. Grapes, y Peaches, Pines, Plums, Bananas, Apples, Apricots, and Tomatoes ; the best in town.—Adams, Senders' Buildings. WANTED Known —^The" Misses Urquhabt have started Dress making, and having a thorough knowledge { of the business, combined with moderate charges, hope to receive a share of the Dublic patronage. Address: Tancred Street,* next to F. W. Hall, Herbalist. WANTED Known.—Lowest possible prices for Men's Knit Under clohhinor. Shirts, and Heavy Boots.— Mitchell and Turner. T3OTATOES, Potatoes. Finest Blue XT Derwent; Potatoes 3s 6i per b*g or two bags for 6a b'd. Delivered anywhere within the Belt, Finest Separator Butter lid per lb, —Fletcher Bros , Aahburton BOOKS.— My Shop will be Closed up on Saturday night, Jane 1. Be in time for extraordinary cheap bargains— John Marsdbn, Tancred Street. * Lit Accounts Owing to Joseph £*- Taylor. East 6treet, Ashburton, must be paid on o»* before Monday, IVlay 20. or will be sued for without farther notice. All goods will be sold for Cash Only from this dace. 5 9? WAITED KNOWN.-Warm carpet slippers for Winter wear, «irls 9d, Is, w( man's Is 9J.—W. H. Collier, 4 The Corner." WANTED Known —Great Bargains are now being given for Ca^h in all departments. Before laying ont your money for Drapery, Bootp, etc. give us a call.—H. C. Segers, Melf.ird House, C».SH, CASH. Drapery, Boots, Cloth ing, etc. New Goods just opened. Everything reduced for Cash. —H. C. Skggrs, Melford House. j FT ANDREWES & CO.—Sale now *~^» on of Surplus Stock of Fancy Goods, Toys, Books, Stationery and Account Books, and all at greatly reduced prices for cash, at L. F. Andrewbs & Co \J OTICE ! Notice Sport for all i \ Guns let out on hire or sold on time payments. Having a professional Gunsmith on the premises, I undertake to repair Guns of any description. Gun fittings in stock. Prices low.—J» W Hardley, Ironmonger, etc BOY'S and Girls Own Annual, British , Workman and Workwoman, Infant's Magazine, The Prize, Child's Companion, Ohi'.dren's Friend, Little Dot, Family' Friend, Band of Hope, Toung England, and other New Books at Lowest Prices.— L. F. Andrbwbs and Co. 11 98 BANG ! Bang i Bang ! My new sea son's stock of Ammunition to hand Eley's, Kynock'a and, Ohio Cartridges, Powder,. Shot, Caps, Wads, Cases and all sporting materials of the first quality at J. W. Hardley's, Gun Emporium WANTED Known—We are reducing the whole of our Drapery, Boots, Clothing, etc, For Cash. New Dresses, New Jackets, New Hats, etc , will all be reduced.—H. 0. Segeiw, Melford House. ROBERT ALCORN has opened in Baker's Buildings, next the Court house, with a stock of Clothing, etc., bought at Edwards, Bdtmett's and the Kaiapoi Sales, the cheapest lot of goods ever brought to Ashburton. Also an assortment of Boots. WANTED.— 1000 Men to look at the Cheap Drapery from Australia, afc Melbourne prises. " The Blue House " is the place to get it, at the Corner nf Arcade, and do«.'t you forget it. 4 240 /"I ONS ! Guns I Guna ! My new stock \Ji of dans] ust to hand direct from the manufacturers. Double and Single Barrel Breech Leaders, Rifles, etc. In spection invited. No old sfcopk fco select from at J. W. Hardle^s Sporting Repository WANTED Known — Mrs Hooper (monthly nurse) is open to accept eng^/nents. Apply, by letter, to Mrs Hooper, Alford Forest Road, Ashburton, 11*134 _______________ WANTED Known—That ijf you are in want of a firati cl#ss article in sum • vn&* Boots and Shoes, you cannot do better than call at J. Moison « ; you will gob tlio very bast at reduced prices. As for his own make, they are well known to the delight of the wearers, tftrjOWghout the; Isjstrailasian colonies. Repairs well done a»d aionce Premier Boot Maker, Town Ha 1 Boot Store E-^fc street, A&hburton \ 11/ ANTED K»owq.—■ Spectacles, Eye , Vtoteebom* Gogglm, FfMeta, and everything **• <*■*»* l™ •* S' SiLEK's, Optician. i QP* CIAL KOTICE.—Suits a/M* Sili|** O Garments made to measure. - * and style with prices to etnVthe times. Large purchase Heavy Kaiapoi Trousers and Knit Underclothing.—Mitchell and Turkey. WAJVa'-ED, Everybody to use Titan Soap, greatest marvel 'if the ago, H, 7 4 \FVVJi, Sole Ageut, ;



Business Notices. j WINTER. 152 Men's, Boys' and Youths' Tweed Overcoats, with Cape, to be cleared this season at 20 per cent under ordinary prices 69 Boys' and Youths Macfarlane Over coats, new shape, to be Sold at 12£ per cent lower than last eeaaon 28 Boys' Double-breasted Reefers from 10s 9d WATERPROOF COATS. Our Coats are to be seen all over the Country. SPEC I A L. Ladies' Waterproof Cloaks made to measure; all Sewn Seams. A SHBURTON ~Q LA.NKETS, xX jD Large Double Bed Biza, WINTER BOOTS. It 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. SALEK'S, WATCHMAKEB, AND manufacturing:jeweller i EAST STREET. AT THIS JEWELLERY ESTAB **- LISHMENT IS TO UK SEEN THE LARGEST AND CHOICEST dTOCK JEWELLERY & SILVER WARE In the District 5 81



Holloways Ointment and Pills.—As winter advances and the weather becomes more inclement and trying the earliest evi dences of ill-health must be immodiately checked and removed, or a slight illness will result in a serious malady. Relaxed and sore throat, quinsey, influenza, chronic cough, bronchitis, and most other pulmonary affections will be relieved by rubbing this cooling ointment into the skin as nearly as practicable to the seat of mischief. The treatment, simple yet effective is admirably adapted for the romoval of those diseases during infancy and youth. Old asthmatic invalids will derive marvellous relief from the use of Holloway's remedies, which have wonderfully relieved many such sufferers, and re-estrbl #sh health after every other means had signally failed.



For Indigestion, the best remedy is un doubtedly Norton's Camomile Pills. They can confidently be recommended as being mild in operation and absolutely free from injurious drugs. Acting atance as a splen did tonic and a gentle aperient. For nearly 100 years they nave proved unequalled for Indigestion, Dyspepsia, sick Headache and for Liver and Stomach compla to. Sold in bottles li l^d, 2i 9d, and Jls, by all Medi cine Vendors throughout the world, A imple, Mffl. U}d. cecUiij wptdy