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Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1896 NEW ZEALAND CATTLE.

» : — . The "tick plague" has necessitated the laying down of cast iron quarantine regulations m regard to the importa tion of hides, and the tanners of the colony, are busy button-holing. They tell us that the hides they import from Queensland are far and away superior to the average hide obtainable m New Zealand— superior as to quality and larger as to size. One is rather astonished to learn this fact, if fact it be, as New Zealand people have generally built themselves up m the belief that the Australian cattle wer.e inferior to ours. Does it now turn out that it was but a dream and a fiction, the hbtfcTn most NevvZeaianJfciic enter tained, that thefcerds of cattle reared* m wild mobs on the Queensland and New South Wales plains, or rather allowed to rear themselves, were re markable rather for their want of quality than for their excess of it, for their ugliness and degeneracy than for their symmetry and high breeding, for their " runtishness " than for their condition ? Yet it seems so, if the tanners are to be believed. Thera is an old Scotch proverb that " hair and horn grow fast on shargars (weeds)," but the cattle that yield hides of larger size and better quality than those of New Zealand cannot very well be called " shargars." Or are we, m face qJLwhat the Dunedin, Oarnaru, Timaru, and Christchurch" shows bring under our notice, to believe that New Zealand cattle are on the average but "shargarß"? We do not include the Ashburton Show m the list, for the reason that our best breeders do not show extensively at our annual fixture, and beyond a few individual animals, it is seldom that anything very special is made intheßhape of a cattle show. But at the other shows named we have have seen really fine displays of cattle. Are we to understand that a colony that can put m her show pens repre sentatives of the very aristocracy of the Ayrshire, the polled ADgus, the Durham, the Friesian, the Hereford, and the shorthorn breeds, and those representatives shown m the very pink of condition ; can boast, too, of pasture that nothing m the world can equal for cattle raising, and a climate that seconolsthepasturein everyway — are we to understand that suqh a colony must play second fiddle m pattje to Queens land and New South Wajes with their " dessicating climate," as Mr Donald Oliver tritely described that of Mildura? Yet it seems like it. Here we have been bawling out for years about the dairying industry and what we ought to do with it. Leading agricultural and pastoral speakers and writers have been urging the encouragement and cultivation of that industry with all the eloquence and energy they possess, and the industry has certainly been striding onward to some extent. But we wer6 not prepared to have it pointed out to us by the tanners that ; our bovine stock was inferior to that of Queensland. One may have the assur ance perhaps to dare doubt the state ment of the $anners, wno $&d their trade to some extent jeopardised by the quarantine regulations] but as a sort of corrqboratioa of what they say a return is pointed to, prepared by Mr J. D. Ritchie, head of the Stock Department of New Zealand, and published m the Gazette of the colony. Mr Ritchie finds that at the. date of his compilation, March of this year, there were m this colony cattle to the number of 1,044,775 head. That sounds formidable as to numbers, but the next set of figures are of a stagger ing nature. Of that fairly substantial total only 145,251 are of recognised breeds, all the rest— B99,s24— are classsed as crosses 1 This word " cross " is m breeding like charity m Christian ity it covers a multitude of sins. But it is like charity only m one sense — the covering. It doe 3 not palliate. It covers Mr Ritchie's meaning that a very large proportion of the cattle of New Zealand are mongrels unworthy lof either the rich pasture that feeds them or the genial climate m which they live. And this m a colony that is looking to the dairying industry as one of the great enterprises of its future — an industry m whose interest it has already begun to cumber its statute book with special legislation. £n view of Mr Ritchie's figures, it seems that it is time for a grading up. The American cattle trade to Great Britain would have been impossible had the ranches gone pn witb, the

mongrel stock they had on Ivind when the taade be* an. But they did not go on. They killed every bull they had, and supplied their places with pure stock from England, sterilising every bovine male that was born of other than a pure strain on both sides. Thus they 11 graded up " their herds, and if the dairying industry m New Zealand is to lake the place we would all like it to do the lessons Mr Ritchie's figures teach must be laid to heart and the r»> chers' example followed. And the latter can be done without going out of the colony, as our shows prove.

All the Tear Roundhza tbe following lively article on the blunders m Bible knowledge that the bible m Board school chil schools dren make :— Every

year a certain pro- 1 portion of the children of the London Board schools enter into a competitive examination m Scriptural knowledge for tbe • Peck Prizes," which consist of handaomely-got-up Bibles and Testa* ments. They are 'paper- work 'examina tions, and the following are a few of the many curious ' hash ' answers that have at various times been put m at them.' 'Abraham was the father of Lot, and ad tew wives. One was called Hishmale and tother Haggar, he kept wun at home, and he turned tother in to the desert, where she became a pillar of salt m the day time and a pillar of fire by night.' ■' Joseph wore a koat of many garments. He were chief butler to Faro and told is dreams. He married Potiffers dortor, and he led the Gypshans out of bondage to Kan a m Gallillee, and there fell on his sword and died m sight of the promised land ' " Moses was an Egypshion, He lived m a hark made of bulrushes, and he kept a golden calf- and wor«hipt brazen snakes, and he het nothing but kwales and manner for fourty years. He was kort by the air of his ed while riding under the bow of a tree and he was killed by, his son Absolon as he was hangin from the bow. His end was pease.' Of the numerous stories told m connection with diocesan inspection * exams/ m public elementary schools, the two fallowing are perhaps the best known and most worth quoting. At one of these exams, a boy asked, to mention the occasion' upon which it is recorded m Scripture that an animal spoke, made answer : ' The whale when it swallowed Jonah.' The inspector, who was somewhat of a humorist, maintained his gravity and asked : • What did the whale say V To which the boy promptly replied : ' Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.' Another inspector, finding a class hesitating over answering the question, ' With what weapon did Samson slay^tho* -Ffrrristinesi' and wishing to prompt them, significantly tapped his own cheek and asked :

VVhat is this V and his action touch ing c chords of memory,' the who'e class instantly answered : • The jaw-bone of an ass.'

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Fff.irts are being made to introdupe the cultivation of linseed m the Marl borough district.

It i -i computed that there will be twice as much land under crop m the Oamaru district this year as last.

Darlington, . although the Bmalleab municipality m Mew South Wales, is the only one that can boast) of a credit balance.

A team of ten New Plymouth gymnasts, it is stated, is thinking of going to Wel lingtou to give performances during the Exhibition.

The owner < f the licensed premises m the Otaria district, which has .been tacked on to the Clutha electorate, only took over the hotel. about a month ago. A visitor to Master ton —Miss Nickless —has presented to the Maaterton Museum a piece of olive wood from the Mount of Olives, and a seed from a cedar of Lebanon,

According to Mr Brabant, S.M., whose district extends from Wanganui to Horo whenua, the Maoris are not decreasing, while the number of half-castes show an increase. .-.?.. At Woodville the other day a boy named O'Mara tried to ram some redhot clnddrs into a dynamite cap, which exploded and blew the. tops of . three of his fingers oft.

"The drink bill m New Zealand m 1869 was £1Q 10s per head o! the population $ it is now £3 0s 5.1. Every year the amount per head is getting small by degrees, and beautifully less.

The number of visitors to the Sydney Museum during the month of July was: On week days, 7761, being an average of 303 a day ; on Sundays, 3427, being an average of 872 a day.

A recent Melbourne insolvent who bad handled hundreds of thousands of pounds, came m o Court with £10 of clothes as assets. His deficiencies amounted to three or four fortunes. /

A private letter to a Christchurch resident from a Canterbury man m Auck land 6aya:— 'You might imagine yon were m Colombo street*, every second man hails from Christchurch.

A. stampede of a mob of sheep took place on a station near Milton recently, with the result that they rushed down Into a steep gutly one on top of the other, some 600 of the mob being destroyed by suffocation. , r ; ■

A. new use has been discovered for hops —namely, the curing of bacon, Ib is found that a sprinkling of hops m the brine when bacon and nams are put m pickle adds greatly 'o the flavor of both, &nd enables them to be kept an indefinite period.

The Press records the precautions taken by a suburban Borough Council against, the undesirable burglar, who, however, has not yet visited the municipal archives. The receptacle of their books and small cash has been embedded m a mould of concrete, which leaves only the strong door exposed.

The Rev Haskett Smith, whose-dis courses on ' Jerusalem,' etc, created so much interesb a short time back, has arrived m Auoklani from Sydney. It is understood that he intends nuking a tour of New Zealand on his own account. When last here he was under engagement to Mr R. S. Smythe.

Mr W. Pierce'a now hat, which was lost, is In thi*» office. If he will c»H and pay usual tax, he will get hid ' potai.'

At a meeting of the officers of the Auok land Garrison on Saturday, Colonel Gor ing presiding, with reference to the New Zealand Rifle As3ooiation Championship, it was resolved to interview the Mxyor of Auckland and obtain his assistance.

The Wellington shopkeepers are rebell ing aguns: b;ing levied on for * ntribu '■««w l ° to™*™, etc. At a meeting of the lr<ide s Association resolutions were pass d p'e.lging those present to dis continue the prachfce of giving goods, and to rake means to eecurothe cooperation or all tradesmen-

The Pirlfam-nfary correspondent of the Dun-din .Vtof says:-- The opinion ia generally emertained that the Govern ment will not now proceed with the inquor Bill this session. It U asserted that the Premier h s counted the cost* and has deoi ! ed to throw m his lot with the anH-prohibitioniscs during the coming The jKelbourne Full Court recently ordered a borough councillor at Port Fairy to pay £3400 as penalty for having sold material and performed work for his council to the value of £20 The £3400 la made by the minimum fine of £50 for e»oh oue of sixty-eight days that he continued to Bit as courcillor after the breach of the Act. ........-"

_ A singular aooidjfati; has befallen Mr R. rhorpe. of Napie*. He was cleaning a bicyole, hung up on a clothes line for the purpose, and using a oloth to remove the dirt from ihe machine, when the duster became entangled m the chain wheel, and m an instant the index and middle fiotrer of his right hand were chopped off at the first joint.

Ihe low-lying lands m Hawke's Bay are once more subjected to floods. The rain kept on continuously all Saturday and on Sunday night the downfall was on precedentedly heavy. Reports from Meanee, Papakaru, and the neighouring country show that those places are badly flooded, but Olive escaped as, through the aotion of the River Board, a good mouth was made to the river.

* ** % aa Association telegram from Auckland say* that Mr Stevenson, F.R. A.S. , states that very hicrh tides will be experienced on the flew Zealand coasb,<rtr""~ the Bth and 9.hinst. Be also stateathat tne period from September 6 to lOis one during which atmospheric or" Biesmio disturbances may occur. If seismic they will probably be along some line of weak ness m the terrestrial crust.

We remind our readers that Mr Hurst Seagers lecture this evening should be a great attraction. The limelijrht views will be something special, beini? under the charge of Mr Bickerton, of Chrut church. The young people Rhould on no account lose this opportunity of having what must be an object lesson of a very practical character, not only m history— but m technical education.

The scheme formulated by Mr T. H. Hogg, of Wellington, with the object of improving the relations between the master baker and^ their employees haß been approved,* and a Board, consisting of employers and employees, is to be established m Wellington, and after it baa been m existence a few months similar bodies will be formed m the other centres of the colony.

There will be at least seven Bteamera loading horses for Calcutta m the Austra lasian colonies very shortly. Altogether, it is computed that the total export this season will reach about 6000 head. Uew South Wales supplying the majority. The steamers, among which is included the Fultala, are nearly all qf the British India Company's line. Aboot 110 horses will be shipped at liyttelton by the Fultala.

There are people m the Ashburton county who seem to fancy the robbing of county plantations is no crime, and that the blue gum saplings can be cat and taken aw^y jaat when they choose, and without leave asked or given. This was done seme time ago on reserve 2816, about two and a half miles north of Winslow. The County Council is offering a reward of £10 for information that will lead* to the cpnviotion of the thief. The theft is of a kind that ought not to go unpunished. The prisoner Anderson, who escaped trom the Nelson prison gang on Friday last, was caught on Saturday evening at Wangaraoa, some miles south of Nelson. Anderson was found hiding m the Ecrub, m which a settler's dog scented him. Constable Kelly covered him with a revolver, handcoffed him, and brought him into town on Sunday morning. The prisoner walked through part of the town on Friday night and met a number of people, but he said they took no notice o£ him.

A young man- named Toy was brought into the Wanganui Hospital (says the Wanganui Eerald)' from Raetihl, suffering from a very painful illness. His is an instance of the hardships which those m the back coon, try have occasionally to endure. As is well known, Jtipiriki la the terminus for the river steamers, and to reach the boat the 'pdor sufferer had to be carried a great distance— nearly twenty miles -across a rough country track. Some thirty of hfg feHowrsettlers and companions formed the escort and took f turns ' m carrying him to Pipiriki.

The Pomahaka Case.

SENTENCE OP TWELVE YEARS'

IMPRISONMENT.

Dunedin, September 5 Mr Solomon asked for a mitigation of the sentence, on the ground that the verdict.of the jury expressly excluded the notion that the woman was pub into the river except for the purpose of conceal* menb after the result of the blow struck during an unpremeditated quarrel. He also asked the Court to draw an analogy between the present case and Mollaney's, m which four months' imprisonment was given for an assault committed' wi flt a more serious weapon, also" m a quarrel,' and which did end m death, The Judge said there was not the slightest analogy between the two cases. Mateon's manslaughter was a kind of manslaughter very nearly approaching murder, and it would be quite out of the question to inflict anything but a severe punishment). The sentence would be twelve yeans' Imprisonment with hard labour.

TBE ASHBUBTON GUARDIAN I MONJDAX, SfcI>TEMBER 7, 1898.



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STEPHEN'S OHUROH | Ashburton MEETINGS MONDAY— Limelight Lecture, ♦• West- minsttr Abbey "—by Mr E. Haisc- Seager, m aid of the Sund y Schools Pi ize Fund TUESDAI M O:L , 715 p.m. WffiDNESDAY-Vestry Meeting, 430 pm Broiherhood of St. Andrew, 7.30 p.m. THUuSdaY- Mother's Union. 3 p,m G F.S , 7pm-, (addresses ly Mrs Scott). FRIL' AY— Short .^ervioe, 730 pm Choir Practice, 8 p m. SUNDAY SCHOOL I X VMINATIOSS SATURDAY-2 y.m , Harap<tead, In fanta to .Standard II C. SUNDAY— St. Stephen's, Standards IV and V, 9.45. 2 p.m., Hampstead, Standards IV and V- MONDAY— 2p.m., Sr. Stephen's, Infants to Standard 111. SUNDAY SERVICES. 8.30 a.m — Holy Communion, Rev T. A. Hamilton.- --11 a.m.— Morning Prayer, Rev J. F. Teakle. 3.30 p.m— Holy Baptism, Rev T. A. Hamilton. 6 30pm.— Evening Prayer, Rev T. A. Hamilton.



Wanted. A SHBURTON Junior Cri.kat Club. JLJL General Meeting on Mond-ty, 14: h mat., at 730 p.m. 9 37 VY ANTED ~ A Good Plain Cook. TT Wages, £35 a year. Apply V once to Mrs Ran dell 9 38 TPRESH Fish, To-night. Blue Cod, JD Rock Cod, Herring.*, &■. Deep Soa Fihing C. mpany. opposite Mail Office. 9 40 SUNDAY School Festival. — Baring Square Wes)eyan Ohurch, Sunday, S ptpmber 20. Preacher — Rev. O. Porter,' of Ohrlatchurch. 9 36 WESTMINSTER Abbey -Tonight. September 7, at 7 30— Mr Huksi Seagbr, A.R.I B. a. Tickets can be obtained from Mr H. M. 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PUBLIC NOTICES O iJ . . ■w - H W ■'3 H H P5 g § . c , & % if o I S .- S ■ S • * 06. m O g a 1 si s «■ S T 5 is i >■• «• i B « . ie% 2 • i i« I tf S S . * * fix I ' g CO I •s -. . h . . ."• ■' ■ ■ HALLENSTEIN BROS • pIAVE received tKeir Trousers v - First Seleotion of New to Spring TROUSERINGS Measure suitings and COATINGS 17s 6(1 _^ ► first-class tailoring AT \ . . Suits to Greatly Reduced Prices Measure We Guarantee Every SSm. Garment to he Well- made and a — Perfect Covert ' ** Fit. Ouats -~^ HALLENSfEIN BROS/ T0 NEW ZEALAND Measure CLOTHING FACTORY. &&» (3d, Alex. Hendry, Manger. WATCHES. WATCHES. WATCHES. THE ESTABLISHMENT FOR WATCHES |OF EVERY DESOBIPTION|'iS B. SALEK'S, EAST {STREET, ■ Rotherham's English Levers, apeoially made to S. Salek's order, are THE BEST. "TUST RECEIVED, a shipment of O S. Salbk's famed DIXIT DIXIT DIXIT WATCHES. -The only aENUINE Dixlt has "S. SaXiBK, Aehburton" engraved on dial. J&- See that you get it. For ONE MONTH ONLY these Watches are offered at the specially low price of 15/- 15/- ISA eaoh at S. SALEK'S WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, EAST STREET. I VTEW Turf Register, 10a 6d ; Young IN , Ladies' Journal for August; Weldon's. Dressmaker and Children's Bazaar, July ; Quarterly Something to Read ; Scraps and Snapshots ; Half-yearly Boys of England ; * Virginia ' Waltz, 2s ; Gold and Silver Paper for Fancy Dress. Large selection of Fans. — Andrewes, Anderson, and Qo. j WANTED ftnown— Men's Mercery,, Clothing and Boots. For Goods ! ihab wear well, fit well, and look well, try that old established firm— Mjighell



Public notices. [iiiiuiii: 1 iiiiuiii: IK if! SPRING AND SUMMER. Tub* KLIIK HOUSe. The ■Hi UK HOUfIK! AFTER Carefully Studying the adaptability of Ashburton for a Strictly Cash Drapery, Millinery, and Clothing busi- ness, HAVE IECIDED TO GO RIGHT INTO IT, and having made Satisfactory arrangements to lease, m con- nection with the present 'Blue House/ . ■ ,--~- r "'"">" those Premises Teit Dcor to J. ORR & CO., will be enabled to Keep the Stock necessary for carrying on a Large Business, by giving Tlie^ Ilicst Value IN THE TRADE ON STRICTLY CASH PRINCIPLES ONLY. Spring, Spring, Spring Goods, OPENING DAILY. THE BEST VALUE IN THE TRADE. liOOk Out! Xook Out ! Look Out! For Startling Values m Future Issues. Come Now and Inspect the New Goods, AT THE 'Blue Roiise,' Between JOHN ORR & CO. andtlie CLOTHING FACTORY. EVERYTHING NEW, EVERYTHING CHEAP, FOR GASH ONLY



Business Notices THE CHEAPEST HOUSE IN CANTERBURY. G. J. NEILL DRAPERY, CLOTHING, AND BOOTS. (CORSETS 2* 6d, CORSETS 2i 91, Few Dress Goods Reduced 50 per oeob r New Velveteens Reduced, All Wool Fhrinel (Colonial) 9£J Flannelettes 3s 6d doz Silesia 3s 31 doz Blankets about half-price Double-bed White Twill Sheeting 9£d Double-bed UibleaoW Twill Sheetiig, 9Jd Large White and Brown Turkish Towels, reduced from Is 6d to Is c l oTTiTi ng. Men 8 All Wco! Tweed Suits 2U Meri'a Tweed Trousers 5i lid Men's Overcoats, Macintoshes, Oilakin O )ata, and Leggins, reduced 50 per cent Boys' and Youths' Suits half-price. Men's Caps, Boys' O»pa, Braces And Shirts, ab Ridioulous Prices Men's Woollen Socks, 7sd pair" BOOTS. " BOOTS. We Defy Competition. Every pair Guaranteed to wear Every Pair Made to Our Order Men's Nailed Shooters 7s lid Men's Light Shooters 83 6d Men's Watertight Bluchers, pegged, 7s lid Women's Strong Leather Shoes 43 lid A. Large Assortment of Ladies' Best French Glaoe Kid Boots and Gloves to choose from. ' ~ * ■■•;■.;■■•..?•■■ ; ..'; ■'• ■'■■■■■■ ■ J v 13. Ji IUKIIjIi, Friedlander's Corner, East Street. I • - CHEAP MONEY. I have various Sums of Money for Investment at Low Bates. I would suggest to my Clients and Friends m the Ashburton County who have mortgages running at Call, the advisability of having these mat ers fixed up now that money is so r Cheap, otherwise they may be m danger m (he near future. * D. THOMAB, Ashburton FOR SALB 486 acres near Lismore, Well Fenced and sab divided, ail m grass, Plenty 0* Water. E«sy Terms. Price Low. . 98 acres First-quality Land, Thoroughly Improved, and one of the best pieces of land m Longbeach. Very eisy terms. .^ ; _. 100 acres land, Fenced, Well watered, all m Grafs, adjoining Springburn Pailway Station, being B.S. 29674. A L S O,— 833 ACRES, being R.S. 25048 and 30068, Shepherd's Bush District. First-class land, fenced and subdivided. Price, very low. 1098 ,4creß, being B.S. 27081, 27888, 27889, 27390^ situated nearDrombre, and known as Bobert Claik's Farm. The land is m splendid order, fences good, j water m each paddock ,; 400 Acres now being put into Crop, i»ith which Grass Seed will be sown. The balance of the land is m clover, two and three years old-— a splendid strike. Easy terms. Price very low. Several other Properties, Ashburton Town Sections, and MrsQuion's House DAVID THOMAS, Ashburton. Working Men Wanted fpO KNOW THA.T WE ARE SELLING MEN'S LONG DOUBLE OILSKIW COATS V |^, These are all Usual Pirice 20a- For 10 s6d Brand New Goods MEN'S STROKG DOUBLE OILSKIN GOATS- I 'Si m and Usual Price 15s-For"Bi-6^^ f 3«W *»»«»» - . MEN'S. DOUBLE OILSKIN TROUSKBS GUARANTEED^ Usual Price— 7s 6d for 4s 9 J J Thoroughly Waterproof. We have Also received a Large Qaantity of Ail Wool Tweeds, genuine Bargains, New Patterns, Strong end Durable, of which we ar making : MEN'S SUITS TO MEASURE Usual Price £4 10s — For £3 103 ; Usual Price £4 — For £3 Men's Trousers to Measure, uaual prices, 25s— For 19a 6d £^°Our Reputation is sufficient guarantee for the fib and wear of these Suits, etc THE LEADING TAILORS & OUTFITTERS, ASJtIBURTOF. AGKNTS FOR—A bmigbr'r Chrlstchurch Steam Dye Works. Ladieß' Dreeses. otc, Dyed like New, and pressed ready for wear. KAIAPOI HOUSE f pHE past geason having been a very successful one with us, X we have accumulated a LOT of Eemnanis m all Depart- ments. These we have determined to Clear at ANY COSTr REMNANTS IN OIL AND FLOORCLOTHS REMNANTS IN LINOLEUMS AND CARPETS REMNANTS IN FLANNELS AND CALICOS REMNANTS IN FOBFARB AND SHEETINGS REMNANTS IN FLANNELETTES AND SHIRTINGS REMNANTS IN DRESSES AND CASHMERES ; All above will be displayed on Counters, and MARKED m PLAIN FrSUJBES. Also ODD LINES m SHOWEOOM, &c, &c. MITCHELL& TURNER. A FREE GIFT. THE DRESDEN PIANOFORTE MANUFACTURING & AGENCY COMPANY are GIVING AWAY ONE AMERICAN *BELL' ORGAN, sft lOln high, mirror back, ten stops, knee swells, two seta of reeds and cctave couplers, valued at Twenty-Five Guineas. For full particulars apply to— Mr Horace A* Oate^ AGENT FOR ASHBURTON AND DISTRICT d FREE 'Gi*FT. '■■'