Ashburton Guardian, Megna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1897. THE SHOW GROUND.

The Committee of the Ashburton A. and P. Association has decided to do nothing this year in the direction of altering the arrangements at the show ground ia the way of increasing the accommodation. The reason assigned for this decision was the very cogent one that the finances did not yet warrant the expenditure that would be necessary. The Ground Committee brought up a report on the subject, and made certain proposal which, had they been accepted in full, would have meant the shifting of the chow bodily into the second paddock, the one in which the jumping contests were held last year. The Committee wets almost if not altogether unanimous in the opinion that increased accommodation, both for the public and the exhibitors, was much wanted, but the proposals of the Ground Committee, though evi dently well thought out, and the best that could have been made while keep ing within the financial ability of the Association, were looked upon by some as too sweeping for or,e jear, and as a consequence a motion was carried to limit the shifting to the sheep pens only.. $«t tfeere wars others who did not like tU

idea of a " piecemeal " show—part in one paddock and part in another— and ou second thoughts it was decided not to shift even the sheep pens. The result of the deliberations, then, at Tuesday's meeting, is simply that until more funds are available nothing will be done. The Ground Committee pro posed to erect a skeleton shed, that could be covered with canvas on the show day, and left open and mncovered during the remainder of the year, but •ould at any time that funds were available to do so, be covered with corrugated iron. In this shed the produce, etc., exhibits were intended to be displayed. It would also have provided an office for the Secretary and a luncheon room for the Committee and judges. But there was a look of makeshift and temporariness about the idea that did not seem to take with the members of the Committee. The Association hag been in exigence for about twenty years, and tne show ground, as it is now, has been improved bit by bit every year until it became what it now is. It was cut out of the tussock, as the town and thecountyhav* been. There are hundreds of men and women still in the district who can remember the scene the whole county presented before the plough had been fairly set to work, and before the pines and cypresses that form the tree-belts of the show ground were planted. Those people know the work that had to be done before Ash burton county presented the fair picture that it does now, and many of them are on the Committee, The homesteads they live in are pictures of beauty. The chief town of their county is one they need not be ashamed of. There are beauty spots all over the land that have been called into existence by the hard labor of men who meant to make a home, in the fullest sense of the word, out of the rough country they had adopted, and those men know what had to be done by toil and sweat before all this was brought about. Old Ashburton farmers feel that their work in this direction is about completed, that in their day and generation they have borne the burden and the heat of the day, and that further improvement of the county must lie to the hands of the young men who call them father. They feel that to begin afresh and break up new land is not their work ; that the work of a lifetime or the best pirt of it, ought to show better results than a show in a canvas marquee or a calico-covered skeleton. It was easy to see that this feeling predominated among the pioneers at the meeting on Tuesday, and one could not be astonished to find that though the old hands are "still game to go into a tent" if they must, they woald like to see, after all their toil, the Association " that hadcometodtay/'butwasbrought there by themselves all the same, located in something less flimsy than a calico covered frame. Hence the decision to do with the solid thing they had for a time, until they could replace it permanently with some thing still more substantial. We respect them lor their decision. Then, thequestionof thetenureof the land was brought up. Sooner or later this will have to be settled. It would be unbusinesslike for the Association to lay down foundations of buildings on the show grounds in either paddock until they know exactly on what terms they can claim a right to do so. The County Council as at present con stituted is made up of a body of gentle men who would be the last men in the world to do the Association an injury. The same may be said of the Saleyarda Company. But what we would like to see would be the land vested in the A. and P. Association, now a corporate body, for market and show purposes. The Association is made up of the farmers of the county, and there is no reason in the world, when the Association is so much in want of fund j, that the lOd per score of sheep that now goes to make a dividend for the Saleyards Company share holders should not go to the funds of an Association existing wholly for the benefit of the men who have to pay that lOd per score. The sting of this article, if it has any, is in the tail, as stings usually are, and we close it with the remark, which is a crystallisation of the argument of it, that the Asso ciation should endeavor to have the cattle market reserve vested in itself instead of in the County Council; and having done so, carry on the sales as they have beep carried on in the past, reap the profits and add them to its funds. The Association is one for the public good—the Saleyards Com pany is a private concern. The sup porters of the Company are the farmers, who are also the members of the Association. Those farmers pay lOd a score to the Company on the «heep they bring for sale, and a guinea a year for membership of. the A. and P. Association. If fc*»t l»Qd were in the hands of the A. and P. Association the lOd a score would go to making capital for the Association instead of dividends for the Saleyards Company shareholders, and very soon the Asso ciation' would be able to build produce sheds and other edifices in brick or stone, instead of having to humbug with canvas-covered frames.

Current topics appear on the first page of to-day's issue; and on the fourth page will be found commercial news, items from our Paris correspondent, and a report of the meeting of the League of Wheelmen and the Cyclists' Alliance.

Local and General.

..„ , 4k It is said that an expenditure of several thousand pounds is necessary to pub the sill of the Calliope Dock at Auckland in proper order. An exchange asserts that the Minister for Lands intends to ask for power to borrow £750,000 in order to purchase Glenmark and Waikakahi for closer settlement. Mr Thomas Denniaton, father of Mr Justice Denuiston, died at Christchurch on Tuesday; aged J§.— Mr Gporge Leslie Lee, one of the oldest Canterbury residents, and for many years returning officer, died at Ghristchjjroh yesterday; aged 83.' The Woodville XS^mftter has just heard of a very narrow escape from a terrible acci dent that happened at the Coppermine a day or two ago. The men employed at the mine had instructions from Mr George, the mine manager, to keep the dynamite in a tin of water close to the smithy fire for the pur pose of keeping it eofb. On the day in question the dynamite was placed close to the fire as usual, and all hands went to work in the dtiye. When they returned at the dinner hour all that oould be fonnd of the smithy was the anvil, and the evidence that a very large explosion had takes. pUco. Smote New Vtnut,

At a Committee meeting of the Tinwald Racing Club it was unanimously resolved that the Club hold only a one day meeting, on New Year's Day, in view of the Ashbur ton Racing Club's proposal to hold their meeting on Boxing Day, clashiug with the Caledonian and Rakaia sports. Two of the North Otago Mounted Rifles, who represented Oamaru at the jubilee cele bration—i roopers Grant and Henderson —have joined the Permanent Artillery, and take up their duties at once. The Wellington Pott states that a pro posal that the capitation grant to Education Boards should be increased in o derto enable cooking to be taught in the schools is being considered by the Minister for Wduoatien. A member of the Westland County Council was fiaed by his colleagues £5 because he refused to apologise for stating that the chairman, being a publican, was not capable of knowing what was meant by sober workmen. The London solicitor who knocked off a gentleman's hat at the Imperial Institute, and followed it up by an assault, being under the mistaken impression that he had not raised his hatduritig the playing of the National Anthem, wag sentenced to a month's hard labor. The following are the leading scores in the chess match now proceeding between five members of the Ashburton Chess Club •.— G. F. Dodda (ecr), won 6, lost 2; S. Salek (pawn and move), won SJ. lost 2£; Dr Hunter (acr), won 5, lost 3. One more round has to be played, or. four games by each player. Surprise weddings have taken place in Alabama. No one bub those intimately concerned know the details. People take their seats, and at the proper pkce in the service the bride and bridegroom rise from the midst of the congregation and approach the altar. The man Thomas Whyte, alias MoLellan, mentioned in our telegrams as having been arrested at Otorohangi for burglary at Auck land, was, we understand, some year or two ago, arrested by Constables Pascoe and Moore at Springfield, for housebreakiug at Chrietchurch. He is baid to be an Aus i tralian, and a very rough customer. ' What is paid in London for some good things when not in full supply is shown by the following written to the Sydney Bulletin by a travailing Australian :—The other day I went into a shop in Jertnyn street and asked the price of the fruit. Grapes 7s a pound, nectarines 24s a dozen, cherries 5s a pound, bananas four for 6d, and so on. The London Daily Mail oontains a state ment that several English firms are very indignant that the contracts for the traotion plant for the London Central Railway, under ground line, amounting to hundreds of thousands of pounds have been given to Americans. Messrs Friedlander Bros, announce & hor&* fair for to-mo»row, for which something like eighty entries have been already received, including a number of pedigree draught mares. The same firm will also submit on Saturday Clydesdale and trotting stallions, after which the usual Saturday horse sale will take place. Kaiser William recently met with a curious accident just after he had been expounding the Scriptures to a selecb congregation of sailors and marines. His Majesty was looking on the coast scenery from the after deck of the Hohenaillern, about 11 o'clock on a Sunday morning, juat before delivery of reports, when a sail fell in a heap and struck him in the eye, badly bruising it This is the third accident that has happened to khe Kaiser on his yacht. We observe by a report of the Waiwhero Sluicing Company, held at Christchurch yesterday, that last year £1945 worth of gold was taken out of half an acre of their ground. .Ab this Company has, we under sand, but one head of water, and has pug to contend with, the Barrytown Com pany whose ground nearly adjoins, and who have forty heads of wa er, capable of putting through eixty tons an hour, and having no pug to deal with, would appear to have a splendid prospect before them. Sir,—A gentleman informed us a few days ago that some tailors make suits for about half the regular prices for first-class tailoring and then give an extra pair of trousers over •• for nothing t" We frankly admit that we cannot perform such impossible tricks as those •• wizards of finance" profess. We have every facility for competing with the keenest legitimate trade but we never countenance " sweating." We employ fi'st elaas tradesmen and pay fair wages. A few of our old customers have tried the so-called 14 cheap suits," and found them " dear at any price," and many new customers who have admired first-class tailoring on their friends have simply remarked—"l want a suit like you made for Mr ..'* Our turnover for the last six months shows the largest amount of business we have ever done in one season. This fact speaks for itself. We have just opened a splendid assortment of new summer goods in all departments; and by recommend ing only materials we can guarantee, com bined with good fit, best workmanship and style, we have determined to maintain our reputation as " the leading tailors and out fitters." Customers requiring suits for the show are respectfully invited to favor us with their orders as early as possible as we have already a " rush" of orders in hand.— Craighbad & Berryman.

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON WOOL MARKETS.

Pr« S3 Association — By Electric Telegraph Copyright. London, September 15. The Antwerp wool sales opened yesterday. The attendance was good and the bidding animated. Compared with the April-May series good wools showed a rise of fire centimes. The prices for inferior classes were maintained.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS.

Sydney, September 15. Wheat, chick, very scarce, nominally 4b ; milling, 4a 8d to 4s 9d. Oats, firm ; New Zealand feediDg medium, 2s 4d ; prime, 2s 51 to 2a 61; local prime, 2a 3d. Barley, Gape, nominal } English, 3s 3d to 3s dd. Peas, Prussian blue, sa. Potatoea, fair de-* mand % New Zealand Derwents, prime, £3 si; Ballarat, £3 si; Circular Heads, £3 5s to £4. Onions, Victorian, prime, £10 10a ; New Zealand, nominal; San Francisco, £11 103 to £12. Butter, factory made, ll£d. Cheese, New Zealand, very large, 4d to 4^,-d ; medium, 4£d to 5d ; loaf, s|d. Bacon, s£d bo 7d. Hams, New Zealand mild cured 9d, i Melbourne, September 15 Wheat, 5a lOd. Oats, Algerian feeding Is id to Is sd; milling. Is Bd. Potatoes Ballarat £2 l§s to 15217s 6d. Onions quiet, SlO ss. --..•. Adelaide, September W Wheat, 5s 6d. Oats, dun 3s, Algerian white, 3s 3d to 3s 6d, nominal.

Swimming.

Press ABBOoiafcion.—By Electric Telegraph copyright.

Lfi^DQF, September 14 Hellings and ijindberg, of Sydney, and Stratton, of New Zealand, took part in a Ninety Yards Handicap at the Zephyr Club's Carnival yeaterday.and they gwatnsplendidly. Hellings and Lindberg won their heats, Hel lings' time being 56^ec. The final heat proved a most exciting contest, and was won by W. Henry by a touch in 62sec, Lind berg second, and Hellings third.

THE CORRICK CONCERT.

■-— «■ ■■—.— Last evening a fair audience welcomed Mr Corrick and his talented family and friends to lhe Oddfellows' Hull. Mr Oorrick is one of the old identities of Canterbury, it being nearly twenty-five years since he came to Christchurch from Nelson in search of health, which his hearty appearance to-day proves he did not week altogether in vain. He was blessed with more than renewed health by the change of residence. If it should be asked what that blessing vmsisted of, we point for answer to the amuble lady and charming songstress who shares more than his name with him, and has given him the talented family whose musical tastes and instincts he has ao well trained and developed. Old Ashburton residents who remember Mr J 8. Savage will remember also the friendship that existed between him and Mr Corrick, and the assistance on many occasions that Mr Corrick gave to his Ash burton brother-in-law. Nor was Mr Savage the only brother-in-law Mr Corrick had in Ashburton, he being able to claim Mr H. M. Jones as another man lucky enough to have secured as a life partner one of the family of brilliant contraltos. Mr Corriok is thus not by any means a stranger to the " Hub of the plains," and haa scored many a success here, both as an individual per former and as an impressatio. Some of the beet concerts ever given in the town were conducted by him in the old Town Hali but he had noc then round aboub him the talented family he haa now. Old Presby terians will remember the inauguration of the pipe organ that adorns their Church. It is the only one in Canterbury, we believe, outaide of Ohristohurch (though we apeak from memory in this statement, and are, of course, subject to correction); but at that opening 0, girl of tender years, who had literally to ba lifted up to her seat on the organ stool, played a solo on the organ, and the performance was considered marvellous for her years. That infant has now grown to be a handsome young lady, and it was Bhe who bore the brunt of the piano work at the concert given by the gifted family of which she is a member. Since her dimpled fingers ran over the then new manual of the Preebj tcrian organ, the keyboard has been manipulated by many, some of whom have long ago gone to the undiscovered •otautry, others have entered upon the sterner business of life, and let us hope that love and happiness will be their lot to the endj but the old hearts who love to hear the old songs of the sanctuary sung to the melodies that pleased the ears and warmed the hearts of those (and their fathers and mothers before them) who laid the founda tions of this country in the colony we are building up in those sweet islands of the Southern seas, will not readily forget the sweet melodies that little child then phyed on the great resounding organ. One could run on over pages of memories like these if he i were to allow his pen to runaway with him, but the exigencies «f space and ■he rl ness «f things call a halt and point to the subject in hand, which ia the concert given by the old friend of whom we have been writing. It began with Yoiti's dip into the realms of Scotch music for a chaplet of gems with which to wreathe a Burns' anniversary. " A nioht wi' Burns " is a very well arranged selection of old Scotch melodies to which the poet composed verses, and so well did those verses fit that scarcely a trace of the old words is to be found now among the Scottish people, the bara'a longs having completely ousted the ancient ones, and only in some "volume of forgotten love" are the old words to be found. The orchestra, made up of the Corrick family, six in number, with Miss SimmoEids, and Messrs Peachey, Gordon, and Gates from among our local talent, all under Mr Corrick's wand, played the piece divinely. It adds much to the enjoyment ot % concerted piece to bear it performed without the attention being dis tracted by the gesticulations of a conductor waving his arms like a wind mill, and giving audience and performers alike notice of the " points " that are to come, and so distract ing from the pleasing effect of changes, the great charm of which is the suddenness with which they burst upon the ear. The players knew their work bo well that Mr Oorrick who led was able to stick closely to his violin and neve* obtrude "leadership" upon his hearers during the progreaa of the piec'p. The overture from the "Bohemian Girl " was the other purely orchestral item, equally well played. Place aux dames. Mrs Corrick's voice is as sound and rich, and as tastefully managed as it used to be in the early days, and gives no sign of wear. Her "Dream voices" was a sweet ex position of a sweetly pathetic theme, and in the second part her singing of "At my window," ao captivated her hearers that, in response to the encore she received, she gave the evergreen " Ben Bolt" in such a charming, style as to win rapturous /applause. Miss Alice Corrick needs no praise at our hands. Since she first stepped upon the concert platform her ctreerhas been one round of pronounced success. When it can be said of any lady that three of the great musical societies of the colony have hired her services and paid her expenses of travel from one end of the colony to the other to sing the difficult soena and aria " Was this the man ?" from Verdi's " Traviata," there can be little room left for carping by country people like ourselves. Her singing of that fragment from the great work was delightful, and so was her treat ment of her encore song " I was dreaming.' Miss Ethel Oorrick, a little laps of twelve 1 sang her little songs "Grandma's advice," etc., with a taking archness that did not fail to please. The company sang in concert the bufiVsong " A jolly good laugh," and the plantation song " The ringtailed coon," adding greatly with each to the enjoyment of the audience. Mr Corrick's violin solo was in keeping with the traditions of his playing that ha^e been handed down to us, and the clarionet playing of Master L. Corrick, was wonderful for his age ; so were the violin work of Miss Ethel and the cornet of Miss Ruby, a tot of eight who seemed as much at home with her instrument as Mr Gordon himself, who played with her. The basso of the company was Mr A. F. Young, a brother of the Dunedin basao who *o charmed the patrons of the Cycling Cabs first concert in Ashburton with his grand baritone voice and excellent phrasing and enunciation. The younger is not a whit behind the elder brother, either in voice or execution, and his •* Skipper of So. Ivea," '•The Admiral's broom," and "Father O'Fiynn," were amongst the most enjoyable items ot the evening. Mr C. Read haa not -ung in Ashburton before to our knowledge. He is a tenor of full and rich tone, wide compass, with high and low register equally good, and his " Coming of the King " waa remarkably well sung, the rendering of the lines " Hail, all hail" being tellingly effective. As encore he sang, •• Love's serenade," and in the second part he gave " The death of Nelson," as it is seldom sang on our stage. With Mies Corrick he sustained his part admirably in the duet " Home to our Mountains," Master Corriok's funny songs were also much appreciated. Mr D. Ryan, the ever popular humorist had to respond to triple encores forthe side splitting pieces of fun he flung at his audience. Hit Irish stories are well cold indeed, but to hear himreoite Hamlet's Boliloquy "with cork arm accompaniments " is a memory that should keep one amused for many a long day. The company sang the Royal anthem in concert, the first note of which brought the whole audience to their feet.

GERMAN NEW GUINEA.

Murder of the Director-General. Press Association—By Electric Telegraph- Copyright. Sydney, September 15 The representative of the German New Guinea Company, of which Herr Yon Hagen was Director Genera], has received details of the latter's murder, committed by a New Ireland trooper engaged by the German authorities, on August 25th. The same trooper had previously la^de himself notorious by murdering Herr Elbers (a distinguished explorer and a perspnal friend of the German Emperor) and his lieutenant, in whoqe bodyguard the trooper was included upon an exploring expedition In the interior of New Guinea. The trooper was arrested for the murder of Herr Elbera but escaped, and while baing panned itat Her? Yoa Hftges,

CABLE NEWS.

Some and Foreign, Press Association —By Eleotrio Telegraph- Copyright. Sentence on Filak. London, September 14. Reuters Bombay correspondent re ports that the trial of Bal Gaogadhar Tilak, editor of the native newspaper Kesari on the charge of inciting dig affection amongst tha natives, has con cluded. Tilak was found guilty and sentenced to eighteen months' im prisonment. New Zealand's Legislation. The Daily News, commenting on an interview with the Mon W. P,, Keeves, Agent General for New Zealand, in which the latter described Hew Zea land's compulsory arbitration in con nection with strikes, observes that New Zealand exhibits » beacon to the world, Tiie Hot Springs. London, September 15 Mr Beeves has returned from a visit to the leading hot springs in Savoy, J France, Switzerland, and the Rhine Valley, He considers Rotorua springs compare favorably with thoae he has visited, and that the Colonial springs have a great future before them as social attractions when they have been developed and conducted by expert physicians, and the qualities of the waters have been analysed by a Euro pean expert of repute. A Narrow Escape. Madame Sarah Bernhardt, the eminent actress, and the Marquis D'Harancourt, narrowly escaped being killed through approaching too close to the edge of the cliffs at Belle Isle at the entrance of Morbihan Bay, on the west coast of France. The Currency Question. The United States Special Currency Commissioners to Europe desire to elicit whether the Australasian colo nies will open mints for the free coinage of silver if an international agreement is arranged on the basis of a ratio of 15£ to 1. The Evacuation of Thessaly. Constantinople, September 14 The foreign Ambassadors here have adopted the Marquis of Salisbury's proposals for the evacuation of Thessaly, I The Powers propose that Greece shall sanction an international com mission to administer the revenues allocated for the payment of interest on the debt, Rusaia advised Turkey to evacuate Thesaaly in a month after the war indemnity loan had been issued. The resumption of commercial and maritime intercourse between Turkey and Greece has been arranged.

The Federation Convention.

Tho Question of Deadlocks press Association—By Electric Telegraph— Copyright Sydney, September 15. The Committee set up by the Federal Convention have finished the clauses dealing with the money Bills and have set to work to review the schemes suggested for dealing with deadlocks. A. proposal which emanated from the New South Wales Assembly, providing for a rtferendum, waa first, dealt with. Under the scheme any proposed law adopted by the majority of the Commonwealth shall be sent on to the Governor-General for his assent as if it had been passed by both Houses. In the event of the Commonwealth nob deciding in favour of the proposed law, it cannot be again brought for ward for three years. The Committee decided to permit a general debate on the whole subject rather than confine it to the New South Wales scheme rigidly. The debate occupied the Convention the whole afternoon and evening, and practically resolved itseli: into the problem as to whether there should be aome provision for deadlocks or none at all. The idea of the referendum was in some quarters regarded as not English, and would make equal repre sentation to the smaller States nothing but a delusion. Sir John Forrest expressed the opinion that if the larger States feared coercion by the smaller ones then New South Wales and Victoria had better federate them selves. Several South Australian delegates felc that the establishment of the referendum would be giving the rights of the small States away. Mr Barton did not think there was any absolute necessity for making arti ficial provisions against deadlocks. There were sufficient safeguards in the constitution which provided with per fect clearness that any Bill dealing with money could only be originated in the Lower House. Sir George Turner declared against the referendum, and advocated a double dissolution, If these were found in effective then the referendum might be resorted to. Received Wakapuaka, Sept. 16,10,15 ft.ro., Guakoian Office 11.10 a.m. The division on the deadlock question will probably be taken to-day. The proposal fora national referendum is likely to be defeated by 2to 1. Even a dual referendum which requires a majority of states as well as a majority of people is strongly opposed. The idea which finds most acceptance and is most likely to be adopted is a double dissolution. The Co a yen tip n will probably adjourn early next week. It is hardly likely that the Finance Com mittee will draft their report before the the Contention closes. It is almost cer tain the Convention will re-assemble at Melbourne to give the final touches to the measure before submitting it to the people, also to fully deal with the question of finance.

THE LATEST.

Home and Foreign.

Press Association-By Electric Telegraph- Copyright. Received Wakapuaka Sept. 16, 9.50 a,ai. f Guardian Office 10 30 a.m. Bimetallism. London, September 15 It is reported that as the result of the visit of the United States Bimetallic Commissioners to Europe there is no (? a) likelihood of an international monetary conference being arranged. nit Andrew Oiarke, Agent-General for Victoria, asked that in the event of , such conference being convened the claims of the Australasian colonies for representation should not be lost sight Victorian Tobacco. The Admiralty authorities have ex pressed willingness to give Victorian ( grown tobacco a trial in the navy.

Australian.

Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.- Copyright. Received Wakapuaka Sept. 16, 10.15 ».m., Quakdiak Office, 11.10 a.m. The Broken Hill fire. Stdnmt, September 16. The seat of the fire at Broken Hill mine has been reached and the men are ' now fightiog it at the 300 feet levd by pouring *ater on the burning timber.

CORRESPONDENCE.

(We do not hold ounelves zwponeib'e for tfet opinions expressed by oar oonwpondente;

LIABILITY OF MEMBERS OF LOCAL BODIES.

TO THI KDITOE. Sib,—l hare occasionally noticed in the ■' list of accounts passed for payment by local governing bod»3 that the nastes of certain members of these bodies appear m having rendered accouats for goods supplied. lam under the impression that an Act was passed ' some time ago which made it illegal tor a member of any local body to enter into a contract with the body of which he is a member, and if I remember rightly, any ■ person who takes the trouble to sue the member so transgressing is entitled to receive , #10 from such member. Can yon let me know through the columns of your valuable paper whether the Act I refer to is still in force; also, whether a person being a member of a local governing body who tmppliea that body with goods is breaking the law and consequently liable co be pro ceeded against under the Act I refer to.— I am, etc., Rate»atb». [An Act was passed in 1885, entitled " The Local Bodies Contractors Act, 1885;' which lays down that a member of any local body ia liable to be sued by any person for moneys received by him either for goods ' supplied or work done for the local body of which ho is a member, and in addition the person suing such member may recover £10 and costs of suit. As this Act has not been repealed or amended it is dear that any person who takes the trouble to sue a member of a local goveraing body for the recovery of moneys paid to him for goods supplied or work done will find himself £10 the richer and the defending member will be also compelled to refund to the local body the money received by him. Moreover, every member of the local body who joins in passing any such account for payment is liable in the sum of £10, which may be sued for by any person.— Ed.]

WHAT'S O'CLOCK?

TO THB EDITOR. Sm,—l thiuk it is high time that atten* tion should be called to the unsatisfactory fact of the Town and Railway clocks being at variance with one another. On several occasions lately persons have missed the train owing to keeping the town time, which is slower than that of the railway. , It is very annoying, after yo j have walked two or three miles on a frosty morning, to . reach the station only to find the train in motion, although by the town clock then . is fully and a minute and a half to spare, and you find you have to wait} until 3.40, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Thursdays and Saturdays forthenexb train to Christohurch. Only this morning a gentleman had to ran to catch the train when he thought, as shown by the town clock ha hal plenty of time. Hoping this difference of time will no longer exist,-—I am etc, Thus Timk.

PRINCE RANJITSINHJI ON FIELDING.

.»'■■ ♦ The art of fielding ab cricket i« most exhaustively discussed by Prince Ranjit* ainhji in the Windsor Magazine for August. 14 The importance of good fielding U very easy to demonstrate. Each catch that is missed simply adds another batsman to the opposing eide. If five catches are dropped, the side that drops them has to all intent! and purposes fifteen men to dispose off in stead of ten; and each man who thus re ceives a second innings starts with the ! advantage of having more or less gob used to the light and the state of the wicket. Again, let us suppose that each man on a side give* away in each innings three runs which he might have saved by a little more dash and keenneßS. Not only has the opposite side 33 mor« runs added to its score without the trouble of making them by their own efforts, hut the side which gave the runs away has 33 more runs to get than they need have had, and consequently has given itself so much greater chance of meeting with bad luck. A run saved is more than a run gained ; it is a run that need not be got. Runs vary in value. It is infinitely more than three times harder for a side to get 150 runs than it is to get 50. Zb is infinitely easier for an individual to save 20 rnns by good fielding than it is for him to make 29 by good batting. In a particular match the best batsman in the world may twice fail te soore. Suppose he is a bad fielder, and gives away, »i he well ought if fielding in the country, 25 runs eaoh innings. Not only has he made no runs himself, bat has burdened the rest of his aide with the necessity of making 50 runs more than they otherwise would have required. He hat practical'y deducted 50 runs from the soore of his side. Let us imagine that but for hi* bad iielding there would have been only 100 runs to get to win. As it is, there are 150. Clearly, as far as concerns him, 50 runs must be scored, before one is counted. In a way, the strength of a fielding side must be measured by its weakest member, as that of a chain by its weakest link. Whenever there is a really bad" fielder on a side, more balls aeern^ to go to him than to anyonp ewe, ' Put him where yon wiil, he seems to afitragb the ba'l. If there is a catch to be caught that would win the match, it seems always to seek the hands of the weaker brother. If he missea it, the efforts of the side are all spoilt and rendered futile. Mistakes cannot always be avoided, but with proper measures taken their frequency may be astonishingly diminished."

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BICYCLES. BICYCLES. ■ GREAT REDUCTIONS IN THE PitlCE OF WHEELS. ______ "WAYERLEY" 2 t AND MONARCH J BICYCLES AT PRICES NEVER BEFORE HEARD 01 IN ASHBURTON. HAVING obtained the benefit of the late Reduction in Price from the manufacturers we can quote Lower than erer either for Oash or Time Payments. Firifc-oU-w Gentlemen's Machines with all the Latest improvements from £18 10s, usually sold at £33 10s. Wo can supply Second-hand, Machines for the use of Beginners learning to ride, and thus save them from disfiguring » new machine. JOHN ORR & CO. LABGB STOCK OF EXTRAS OF ALL KINDS. REPAIRING DONE BY FIRST CLASS WORKMEN. STARTLING ANNOUNCEMENT GREAT BOOM IN THE BOOT TRADE, MONSTER REMOVAL SALE AT McDonald & mcdiarmidu COMMENCING ON FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 17, AND CONTINUING FOR ONE MONTH ONLY. OWING TO OUR REMOVAL to more commodius promises, we h*ve determined to hold ft Gig*ntio Clearing S»le. We hold by far the largest stock of Boots and ishoes in Ash burton, and to save expense and trouble of removal we will offerour goods •I prices hitherto unheard of in this town. Make no mistake, we mean business. We want the cash. Yon oan have the BOOTS AT YOUR OWN PBIOES. LOOK AT THIS:— Men'« Strong Watertight Balmorals, usually 10a 6d, now 7a lid. Men's Strong Close Balmorals, good value at lls, sale price 7s lid. Men's Strong Nailed Bluchers, at 4s lid per pair. GentlemenVGood Tan Walking Shoes (*ll leather), cheap at 8s 6d, now selling at7s Id Gentlemen's Blank and Tan Canvas Shoes from 4s 6d per pair, usual price 6a. Ladies' Glacie Evening Shoes, clearing at 2a 9d per pair. Ladies' Fatent Leather Evening Shoes, clearing at 2a lid per pair. Ladies' Pine Quality Calf Skin Shoes, sewn, 8s 6d per pair. Ladies' Fine Quality Morocco Shoes, «ewn, 8s 9d per pair. Ladies' Brussels Carpet Slippers, leather soles, sewn, 2a lid per pair. Ladies' Prunella Slippers, patent cap, 2» 9J per pair. Ladies' Prunella Hoaee Boots, patent wing, 3s lid per pair. Ladies' Black Velvet Slippers, clearing at Is 6d per pair. Ladies' Strong Leather Garden Shoes, 3s 3d per pair. Ladies' Strong Leather Walking Shoes, with toeoap, 5$ 9J per pair. Numbers of other Startling Lines, which must be seen to be appreciated. Nothing like them ever seen in Ashburton. Remember the SALE STARTS ON FRIDAY, the 10th iaet. Don't mias it. Com© early and secure the 'pick of the Bargains. Remember the Sale will continue for a short time only, as we mutt be in our new premises vithin a month. McDonald & mcdiarmid, BOOT MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS, Man»ger-J. NICHOLAS. EAST STREET, ASHBURTON. MITCHELL & TURNER —ARE NOW SHOWING— PER 8.8. RAKAIA.2I CASES 4 BALKS. PER S.S. WAIMATE, 12 CASE*, \ M. &T. / \ A / pRINTS . CARPETS SQUARES MUSLINS OILCLOTHS OREPONS QUILTS BLOUSE GOODS . CURTAINS SERGES GLOVES SUNSHADES AND UMBRELLAS. TO ARRIVE SEPT. 6, S.S. AOTEA, 10 CASES, 3 PAOKAGES,;4 BALES, DEESS GOODS, JACKETS AND MANTLES, MILLINERY. FOUR TRUNKS CARPET SAMPLE If Yard for the Price of 1 Yard. WEDDING PRESENTS, BIRTHDAY PRESENTS, AND PRESENTATIONS. 6 REASONS 6 CTTHY THE ABOVE SHOULD BE PURCHASED FROM S. SALEK'S THE LEADING JEWELLERY ESTABLISHMENT IN THE DISTRICT. I.—The Largest Slock to choose from. . . 2 —The Newest Stock from which to raake a selection. 3 -The Very Latest Styles and Fashion in Jewellery are to be seen there. 4.—The Greatest Variety o f Novel and Unique Articles suitable for presents is found ia the establishment, s.—Prices charged are the LOWEST, 6.—And Everything is marked in plain figures. S. SALEK, THE LEADING WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER, EUbT STRUT.



P bhe INo.ioes. — NEW ZEALAND ~ ~~ | CLOTHING FACTORY WE are now opening up NEW GOODS for Spring and Summer wear in all departments, and the general verdict is that we have more than excelled ourselves in the (selection of the latest styles and choicest | novelties for this season. THE FINEST DISPLAY >WR SEEN; IN ASHBURTON will now be seen at our branch in the following— MEN'S AN!> BOYS' CLOTHING, i In Newest Tweeds and Serejea. HATS AND CAPS, LATEST SHAPES. STRAW HATS, Our Famous " Club make," white & colored. BOOTS AND SHOES, Special Summer makes. TIES TIES. Nothing in Town to equal them. BOWS. BOWS. Artistic Designs; LINEN COLLARS, See oar Latest Shapes WHITE AND COLORED SHIRTS, With Soft and Dressed Fronts. Summer Underwear, Pyjamaß, Hose Braces, Gloves, Rugs, Trunks, Hat Bands, Tennis Shirts. THE HEADQUARTERS FOR CYCLISTS. Knickers, Hose, Sweaters, Bags, R-icing Shoes, Racing Suits, Balls, Lamps, Oil, Wrenches, Pumps, Saddles, Etc. AGENTS FOR " The Osmond," " Towns end," •• Melton/ and " Globe " Bicycles. HALLENSTEIN BROS. & CO., A. G. BARTON, Manager.' 9 • fi © bn O £9 d « O g P-. W & H p PP OQ nofjbeoers</ac/e(ffo\ cSp lay. # tetf[esfsafe//?/fus//mas/a. \ fTOLD BY A|.L GROCERS , ■{. . ■ -" ■ —' » Church Services, T. STE PHBN'S CHURCH Aahburton. THURSDAY—Men's Confirmation Glass (in the Church), 7.30 p.m. — Short Service, 7.30 p.m.} Choir Pra^'to"! 8 P' m> SUND \Y SERVICI^ 10.15 a.m.—Preparation Class in tne Schoolroom, 11 a.m.—Morning Prayer and Holy Com munion. 6 30 p.m.—Evening Prayer. REV T. A, HAMILTON.



No* to tin »rifle«l With. (From "Cincinnati Gazette.") Will people peyer learn that a "cold "is an accident to be dreaded, and that when it occurs treatment should be promptly applied,? There is no knowing where the trouble will end s and while complete recovery is the rule, the exceptions are terribly frequent, and thousands upon thousands of fatal illnesses occur every year ushered in by a little in judicious exposure and seemingly tricing symptoms. Beyond this, there are to-day countless invalids who pan trace their aorn plaints to •• colds," which at the time of oocurence gays no concern, and were there fore neglected.—When troubled with a cold use Chamberlain's Couch Remedy. It is prompt and effectual. For »«!• by A»h burton Drug Co*



Don't Cough. — Relief can be obtained immediately. Use ' KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES'—weII known as the utterly unrivalled Cough Remedy. Strongly re commended by many eminent physicians. They at once check the cough and remedy the cause without any after effectj the most j delicate can therefore can take them, One Lozenge alone gives ease—one or two at bedtime ensures rest. Sold everywhere in tins Is l£d each Many Ladies complain that the Tea they have been using has neither strength nor flavor. If they try Kotti Tea they will H mHlQad Trvtb«No4a.tß/V6i*»uptrb



Simon 3. H&rtman, of Tunnelton, Westy*, has been subject to attaqksof colib about once a year, and Would have to oall a doctor and then suffer for about twelve hours as muoh m some do when they die. He was taken recent ly just the same as at other times, acd ooa* eluded to try Chamberlain's Colio, Cholera and Dianhoea Remedy. He says: " I to»k one dose of It and it gave me relief in gve minutes. That is more than any thing tlse has tv«r done for me." For mm biM, bm"toq Drug Co,