Mail Notices

Mails close for the following places, as under, subject to the necessary alterations, j TUESDAY, July 1. I For Northern Ports and Westporfc, per j Botomahana, at 6.30 p.m

ALTERATION IN THE CLOSING OF MAILS.

On and after the Ist July, the express mails for North will close at 6 p.m., and the pillar boxes m East and Burnett streetß will be cleared at 5.30 p.m., m consequence of alterations m the Railway time-table.

MARRIAGE.

Smith—Andebson,—On May 29th, 1902, a* Greenstreet, by the Rev. G. B lnglis» Wallaoe Charles, youngest son of J. M. Smith, Esq., the Willows, Flemington, to Mary Ann (Minnie) youngest daughter of Henry Anderson, Esq., The Laurels, Greensfcreet.

Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1902. Local and General.

The Airship Disaster—An account of the disaster m which M. Severe and his engineers were killed will be found on the fourth page of this issue. Weatheb Report.—Captain Edwin fore casts :—Strong winds from between north east and north and west; glass fall after 12 hours from now. Trap Accident.—Mr David Thomas had a narrow escape on Friday while driving over the Ashburton bridge. His horse slipped on the wet boards and fell, and Mr Thomas and Mr C. Thomas were thrown out, the former being a good deal shaken, although the latter escaped injury. Handsome Gifts. — The Presbyterian 1 Theological College, Dunedin, has recently received two handsome gifts—one of £300 from an anonymous donor to found the "Ebenezer Book Buraory," and one of jBIGOO from Mrs James Clark to found a scholarship. Tub Rev. C. S, Ogg.—A Wellington tele gram received to-day states that the Rev. C. S, Ogg, the venerable pastor of St. And* rew's Presbyterian Church, fell down a flight of steps yesterday and was rendered unconscious for some time, and is now m a condition that is considered serious. Returned Troopers.—Trooper J. Mc- Naught and Bugler E. Tovey returned to Ashburton by the express to-day. Many friends were on the station to welcome them home. Remarkable Fatality.—A telegram from Hawera states that at the inquest on the body of James F. Hicks, a young man who died somewhat suddenly on Saturday morning, the medical evidence was to the | effect that he died of blood poisoning, pus ' from an abscess through bad teeth getting into the wind pipe. A rider was added that no blame was attachable to the dentist. Colonial Troops at Home.—The Prince of Wales inspects the colonial con tingents on Tuesday at the Horse Guards parade. The Duke of Connaught com mands the troops. ' Horse Fair.~Up to the present Messrs Friedlander Bros/, Ltd, entry for their next horse fair on Thursday is 90 head of all descriptions, particulars of which will be found m our advertising columns. Personal. —We regret to learn that Mr J. T. Cooch was taken seriously ill on Thursday, and this afternoon we were informed that his condition is causing his riends much anxiety. Serious Accident—As Mr Nicholas* junr., was driving into town on Saturday evening, another vehicle, approaching m an opposite direction, ran into him. Mr Nicho- j las was thrown out of the trap and badly j hurt. He was conveyed to the Hospital, and up to noon today had not regained con- j sciousness. Local Enterprise.—ln order to keep pace with the increasing demands upon his business Mr Albert Crum has just imported an engine of sufficient horse power to en able him to turn out brick and pottery work more expeditiously. It is Mr Crum's intention to have the engine at work as soon as possible. An Honest Policeman.— Constable Beattie, of Waitara, had to enforce the Waitara town by-laws against himself on Monday last. He prosecuted himself for allowing a horse to wander, and the Justices fined him la and costs. The constable's excuse was that the horse had got out of the paddock. The Late Bishop Cowie.— An Auck land telegram states that feeling references to the death of Bishop Cowie were made m all the Anglican and many other churches yesterday. Messages of sympathy were recieved from all the New Zealand Bishops, and from many representatives of other denominations, including the Roman Catholic Church. The Timabu Poult bt Show.—A feature of the Timaru Poultry Show on Saturday was the exhibit of poultry for export. In this class 22 birds were shown. After being shown alive they were killed and dressed by a Government grader. They will be sent to England after being frozen, and the prize will be awarded to the pair bringing the highest price m London. The first prize is M 5s and the second £2£s. Winter Shows.—At the banquet m con nection with the agricultural conference m Dunedin Mr vStudholme proposed " The Otago A. and P. Society," and m doing so said that it was a great loss to Canterbury that they had not been able to make a financial success of their Winter show. They would make another attempt, and he trusted Otago would come forward and help with exhibits, and that they would send some of their marvellous Swede turnips. Journalistic Enterprise—Our contem porary the " Weekly Press " has issued a Coronation number, which is quite a work of art, and is also valuable from a historic standpoint, since, m. addition to a great deal of interesting information about King Edward VII, and Queen. Alexandra, there are references to all the sovereigns of Eng land,, from William the Norman. The number is got up most artistically, and should be worth securing as an evidence of the journalistic enterprise of the colony.

Correspondence.

We do not hold ourselves responsible for opinions expressed by our correspondents.

THE DUTY ON TOBACCO.

TO THE EDITOR. Sib,-—Would you kindly insert this letter seeing that we smokers have for a very long time borne the woeful 3s 6d per lb on ! tobacco. I would like to ask Mr McLauchlan, M.H.R., if h.e would use his efforts to reduce this shameful duty of 3s 6d per lb. Seeing that this is Coronation year, we smokers ought to have at least 2a per lb reduced.— I am, etc., George Cates.

PIT HOODLUMS.

TO THE EDITOR. Sib,—The thanks of the public are due to your correspondent" Disgusted Listener" for calling the attention of the police to the disgusting behaviour of those brainless bipeds who go to our public entertainments apparently tor the sole purpose of annoy ing respectable people by their apish hab its. "c Manners none and customs beastly " fittingly expresses their whole behaviour. If there is anything to be learned by a study of the Ashburton pit—would it were a bottomless one—it is a pathetic fact that these specimens are speedily reverting to the original type, as indicated by the " Monkeyisms " displayed on Wednesday night, though m justice to the zoological specimen it must be admitted that he does not smoke, use obscene language and low personalities, especially m the presence of female members of the tribe ; he also had sufficient manners to sit bareheaded so that others may get a glimpse of the stage occasionally. On the whole he is to be pre ferred to the species that frequent our pub lic entertainments. It is to be hoped that the police will take the hint and see that, decency, at any rate, is observed at these places m future.—l am etc., Darwin

THE VESTED INTEREST QUESTION.

TO^THE EDITOR. Sir,—l notice that Mr A. W. Lane has a letter m your columns bearing the above ( heading, and dated June 18th, m which he ' tries to make out a case for compensation for himself and every other publican m New Zealand. Now, sir, Mr Lane is no doubt aware that the vested interest and compensation question was tested many years ago m the highest Court m England, and that neither m that country nor m this has the vested interest theory ever been upheld m law. So that when he entered the business he must have been aware that he had absolutely no vested interest m the license granted, and therefore no claim whatever for compensation, if at any time he were refused a renewal. He says that the present Licensing Committee, who were elected by a majority of the people, and are therefore the voice of the people, compelled him to re-build or forfeit his license. Well, sir, if he had taken the trouble, he might have found that the present Licensing Committee were elected by less than one fourth of the voters who voted at the local option poll, and that for every one who voted for the Committee, there were two who voted no-license; so much for the voice of the people. Again, sir, both he and the Committee knew that the people had the power to refuse all licenses, and this is not a newly acquired power; they had it before Mr Lane purchased the Somer set, and if he has failed to (mark the trend of the mind of the public m relation to the liquor traffic, he must be blind indeed. He says that the erection of a large building m Ashburton for the purpose of a boarding house would be perfect madness. I reply, sir, that the granting. of a license to j a large building erected chiefly fcr the ] sale of intoxicating drink would be worse j than madness—it would be down-right wickedness. He aaks "Why did the Metropolitan Temperance Hotel m Christ church close its doors ?" The answer is, because of unfair competition with a favoured monopoly; and yet m despite of this unfair competition other hotels that do not sell intoxicating drinks have kept their doors open. He say 3wo have shops enough and rents are low here compared with other towns. Is it not strange then that ho has arranged to build two more shops on the site of the old Somerset. Of ! course, shop rents are low—compared with those of licensed houses. A man, is not j likely to get from £850 to per annum j rent for an old ramshackle like that, which is now moving down Burnett street, ex cepting it is favoured with a license to sell intoxicants. But, sir, when hotel rents are lower and the twenty to thirty thousand pounds per annum now worse than wasted on drink m Ash burton ia turned into other channels; shop rents will go up. and busi ness generally will be very much more prosperous. Mr Lane has entered into a speculation and taken the risk, and that, no doubt, with his eyes open to both the possibility, and the probability of No license being carried m the near future; and if eventually he finds that he has made a mistake, I think sir, that the great maiority of your readers will agree with me that he has only himself to blame. He says that he will write no more as he pre fers to speak to a man to his face. Well, sir, I shall be glad to meet him at his convenience before the Ashburton people m the Oddfellows' Hall and debate this j question, and let the people decide who ! has the best of the argument.—l am, etc,! Anti-Humbug.

THE TECHNICAL CLASS AND BOROUGH EXPENDITURE.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—-Your article m Friday's issue of the Guardian on the above subject, con tained so many surprises, that the writer has taken some little trouble to look into the matter and with your permission will give another view of the same subject. You appear Sir, to have forgotten the fact that the ratepayers first authorised the ex penditure on the new municipal building, the Council being merely the medium through which the money was spent, and not voting the i>lloo as you put it. The £150 odd lor furniture was really J2140 odd including the £30 for chairs and to furnish five room 3 for this sum was surely not ex travagance, especially when we remember that the building was useless until fur nished, Don't you think Sir, that the privilege of having our children see their future King and Queen was cheap at £25 ? and if I mistake not,, knowing that some i such expenditure would be necessary, you I strongly supported the gentlemen who were responsible for the visit. As I am taking four items seriatim the £50 for fireworks comes next, and the records show that it was the ratepayers' committee that autho rised the expenditure of this amount of the subsidy, and not the Council ,which simply passed a sum 'Coronation' purposes with certain reservations as regards a permanent memorial. The subsidies to the Band and ; Beautifying Association (both laudable ob- j iects) you have for some reason omitted from your strictures. Councillor Reid was absent from the meeting m which the Mayor made a remark on "spasmodic economy" to the Councillor of all others wh<? persistently opposes outside expendi ture, tfiis, i suppose, is a slip of memory, f underhand thst £5 was all the Technical Committee expected from the Cquncil, and this sum was accordingly voted. Certainly one councillor wished to heap riches on the committee, but found no supporters. Now, Sir, I have no doubt but that you will be ! very thankful to me for putting you right on this matter, and you know 'fools still rush m etc./ but the matter being a public one is my excuse for troubling you.—l am, 6 tic* ■"'*' The Other Side. [3?he Mayor's remark about " spasmodic i economy" was made to Cr Ijavis and not j Cr Beid as statecj. ' The views expressed., | m oyx article Jioweyer., are, we believe, the views of the majority of the rate payers of Ashburton, who will probably j agree tfaat our correspondent's special j pleading does'say much for the 'other.' side ' of the guestiop.—Ep.]

Farewell Sermon.

' The Eev. W. Lamb, who for the past ' three years has been pastor of the Ash [ burton Baptist Church, preached his fare j well sermon m the Tabernacle last evening to a good congregation. The reverend, gentleman has accepted an offer from a pastorate m the Wellington district, whither he goes shortly. During the time Mr Lamb has laboured among the Baptists of Ashburton,he has made himself extremely popular by his unassuming manner, and devoted attention to the work connected with his church. Last evening he took for his text the 20th chapter of Acts of the Apostle 3, the 22nd verse, where St. Paul, m his farewell discourse to the Ephesians said, " For I have not shrunk to declare unto you all the counsel of God," and he also quoted the same Apostle m the Ist Epistle to the Corinthians, 2nd chapter, and the 2nd verse, " For I determined not to know anything among you save Jesus | Christ, and him crucified." This, the pastor j said, was a solemn time with him, the j solemn parting time between true Chris- j tians, which came even harder to him than the parting with ordinary friends. The good-bye to the old people he found par ticularly hard, as no doubt he would never more meet them on thiß earth, but could only hope to mingle with them again m their eternal home. He had done his best the three years he had been among them to reach their hearts, not by the flowery and eloquent language of the latter day preacher, or by elegant discourses on science, politics, etc., so dear to the modern mind, but by simple unadorned language to lay before them the Gospel of Jesu3 Christ. Like St. Paul, he stood before them m fear and trembling, realising his respon sibility to God; he could only exhort them to repentance, to hold fast to the blessed faith of Jesus Christ, and when each one's time had come they would be able to give a good account of their doings here on earth. Now that the time of parting had come, he stood before them once more like Paul, to exhort and pray with them; he had exam ined himself and his life for the last three years, and he felt he could stand there before God and men, and say that he had truly endeavoured by God's help to preach His Gospel. He would never stand there m the pulpit any more, m all probability, but he hoped they would all agree with hin. that he had done his best; and, wherever stationed, he would always try to live up to the standard of his calling. He prayed with them all that night to seek God's peace while there was time, before the darkness of eternity closed around them.

CRICKET.

Australians v. An England Eleven

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. London, June 28 The England eleven, m their second innings, scored 203, and the Australians put together the requisite runs with the loss of three wickets, thus winning the match by seven wickets.

The Colonial Premiers

United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph — Copyright. ■London, June 27 The Prince and Princess of Wales have invited Mr Seddon to dinner on July Bth. London, June 28 Sir E. Barton is president of a committee which includes Mr Seddon and the other Premiers, the Agents-General, and leading Australians m London, m support of a ball at the Crystal Palace on Wednesday m aid of King Edward's Hospital Fund. The Premiers are re-accepting engage ments, and are overwhelmed with public and private hospitality.

The Premiers' Con ference.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph, Sydnet June 28 The " Daily Telegraph, " commenting on the Imperial Conference, says that from the reoent speeches of English statesmen and colonial Premiers, it becomes more and more evident that the differences of opinion which exist m regard to the questions of Empire defence and commercial relations are as hopeless as the material difficulties m the way of them which, as a matter of fact, the advocates of union have never seriously dis tussed. In reference to Mr Seddon's suggestion that New Zealand is willing to give British trade preference without asking for any return, and thus supply an important money contribution to the navy, the " Daily Tele graph " says : —The obvious commentry is that there is nothing to prevent New Zea land giving preference. No one has object ed, or is likely to do so, but where is the contribution to the navy to come from if New Zealand gives preference to that ex tent ? It will not collect duties,and the Bri tish Government will not get the remitted taxes. How, then, the navy is to be bene fited it is impossible to conjecture, unless New Zealand shall pay a subsidy to the j amount of the remitted duties." j

The Drought in Aus tralia.

I Sydney, June 28 At the annual meeting of the Sheep Breeders' Association, the President stated that m the past few years the sheep m this State had declined from nearly seventy millions to forty-one millions at the be ginning of this year. They would do well if they finished the year with twenty mil lions. Including the loss of the present season's lambs that would mean a loss this year of forty millions of sheep.

Sporting.

At the second day of the Tahuna Park Trotting Club's meeting at Dunedin on Saturday, Mr E. Thomas's Boldrewood, scr, won the Winter Oats Handicap, of 40 soys, two miles; dividend, £3 Bs.

THE N.Z. CUP.

The following are the weights for The Nsw Zealand Cup, of 1500 soys $ two

THE KING'S ILLNESS.

Pronounced Out of Immediate Danger,

The following cable was received at this • office on Sunday, and was at once com municated to the ministers of the various churches m this town: — Received June 29,9.45 a.m. London, June 28, 11.10 a.m. Official.—The King is out of danger. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Coypright. London, June 28 The bulletin at 10.30 a.m. announces that the doctors are "happy to state that they consider the King is out of immediate danger. His general condition is satis factory. The wound still needs constant attention, and under the most favourable circumstances recovery must be pro tracted." The two o'clock bulletins will be discon tinued. The doctors' concern chiefly attaches to tke wound caused by the operation. The bulletin at 11p.m. stated that the King had had a comfortable day, and his strength was well maintained. The wound j occasionally causes him discomfort. ■ The doctors consider that the calmness and pluck of the King have done much to help him through the critical stages. Electric fans maintain a suitable tern perature m the sick room. Thinking of the Empire's disappoint ment, the first words of the King, on recovering consciousness after tho opera tion on Tuesday, were, '"Will the people ever forgive me ?" The Queen at intervals reads the newß papers to the King, who is permitted to smoke m moderation. At noon yesterday the crowds before Buckingham Palace cheered when the more favourable bulletins were issued. The Daily Telegraph Cape correspondent states that the leaders of the various churches, including the Dutch Reformed Church, offered special prayers for the King's recovery. At Lord Milner's instance, prayers of in tercession were offered m the churches throughout the Transvaal. The Prince of Wales has asked Sir Ed mund Barton to convey his thanks to the Australian people for their expressions of sympathy. The Queen has written to Sir E Barton to express her warm thanks to the Com monwealth for the loyalty and sympathy so generously expressed at a time of much trouble and anxiety. Many home coming steamers celebrated the Coronation joyously, calculating the moment when the King was crowned, and only learned of his illness on arrival. The Campania, on her arrival at Queens town, reports that amidst the Coronation festivities on board m mid-ocean, a Marconi message from the Saxonia was received, announcing,the illness. Prayers were sub stituted for tj|te music and songs. MESSAGE TO THE GOVERNOR Sir Joseph Ward telegraphed at II o'clock on Sunday :—" The Governor has received the following cable from the Secretary of State, timed 4.20 p.ml London 28:—' Bulle tin this morning states his Majesty the King out of immediate danger, but recovery must necessarily be protracted. * "

LATER NEWS

THE DOCTORS' BULLETINS.

United Press Association—Ey Electric Telegraph—Copright. Eeceived June 30, 8.40 a.m. London, Jane 30 The morning bulletin showed that the King passed a good night and feels stronger, notwithstanding some discomfort from his wound. Nothing has occurred to disturb his satisfactory progress; At 4.30 m the afternoon he was progressing m every way satisfactorily and was feeling less dis comfort.

Message of Thanks.

(Received June 30, P. 34 a.m.) Melbourne, June 30 The Governor-General has received a cable from Mr Chamberlain expressing the thanks of the Queen and Eoyal family for Australian sympathy.

Secretary of State's Message

United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph. Wellington, June 30 The Governor has received the following cables from the Secretary of State, timed 4.20 p.m.. London 28th:—Bulletin this morning states His Majesty the King is out of immediate danger, but his recovery must necessarily be protracted."—J. G. Ward.

Messages from the Acting-Premier

Wellington, June 30 The following was received from the Acting-Premier at 11.10 a.m.—To editors of all newspapers, ministers of rehgion, Mayors of all Boroughs, Chairmen Public and Local Boards, Members of Legislative Council, and Members of House of Eepresentatives. —" Have just received the following cable gram from Mr Seddon, dated London, 12.15 p.m., 29th.—His Majesty had a good night and his improvement is maintained,—J. G. Waed.

Intercessory Services.

ST. STEPHEN'S. At Sfc Stephen's Church last evening there was a very large congregation. During the service, the vicar, the Eev E. White house, announced that he had received two telegrams, one from the Acting-Premier, I and another from the Press Association, [ announcing that the King was out of danger. In consequence of this good news he would ask them to sing Hymn 379, "Now | thank we all our God." The other hymns I were Nos. 165, " "O God our help m ages past"; 279, "Oh help us Lord each hour of need"; and 20, "At even ere the sun was set." The vicar chose his text from St. Paul's Epistle to the Phillipians iv., 6—"Be I careful for nothing, but m everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, iet your requests be made known unto God." In the chapter from which the words were taken, St Paul was endeavouring to teach the leading characteristics of a Christian life. A Christian had a way of living which was quite distinct. In showing the people the Christian way of living, he was following m the footsteps of our Lord. A man's Christianity was not intended to i make no difference to him, it was intended to make all the difference m the world; and so there was a Christian altitude to all the sorrows and trials that came to them. The ordindary strokes of grief would come to them just the same. Some Christians thought they should be exempt because qj their Christianity. This wag never | promised to them. The first characteristic of the Christian way of living was that there was joy m it; it leads a man to look j on the bright side of the dark things of life. This implied a great deal to Paul. i If there was ever a man affected it was the great Apostle. He was persecuted by those j who had the power of the Ruler, ancl by the mob, who had the power of the mob. His friends deserted him. In fact, every possible trouble was heaped upon him. These things touched him as they would others, as sorrowful. But his Chri^tinnifsy, helped him to bear them cheerfully. Then, there was another characteristic, that of self cpntr-qj whi^ we needed to instil into qur people, today, and which would be, the. j real solution, of some of our greatest ques tions. Justas they were, asking God to complete the work he had begun m the recovery of the King, the news can^Q t'h^ti he was out of immediate danger. Not that on tfyis account wp should, cease, our sup pUcatjqns for hj comp^e. ' recovery foj;

every life is subject to danger. But the great anxiety was removed. This was such a revelation of God's presence m our midst as the world had never seen, for weeks and months preparations had been made for a great Coronation. It was not presumptuous to say that not a power under heaven could arrest those celebratiocs. But God had inter vened. Had we ever thought of the real cause of some of the greatness of the British Empire ? The Coronation meant the con secration of the King to God. The sicknesa of the King had brought about the con secration of the people, a greater consec ration still. Elevating our King on the throne, is m a sense removing him from us; elevatinghim to the height to which no other on earth can aspire. But his illness had I brought him to the level of all, and had m I stalled him m the affection of his people.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

At the forenoon service m the Presby terian Church, the Rev G. B. Inglis preached from the text—" Boast not thyself of to morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." M r Inglis said that he had expected to preach a Coronation ser mon that day, but God had ruled otherwise and, instead, they had to intercede for the life of the King with the King of Kings. The hymns sung were " 0 God Our Help," " God Moves m a Mysterious Way," " Thy Way, not Mine, 0 Lord," and the Psalm, " God is our refuge and our strength." Before commencing the service m the evening, Mr Inglis read the telegram seat by the Acting-Premier to all ministers of religion, chairman of public bodies, etc, and the official telegram sent by the Press Association to this office, stating that the King was out of danger. He said these messages would be received with deep thankfulness by all. The King m his ill ness, had received the be3t medical skill that it was possible to procure, and was baing attended by the best nurses, and some people might be inclined to say that under these conditions he was bound to improve, but while he (the speaker), gave all credit to the skilful doctors m attendance, he could not help feeling that the hand of God was working through it all, and we should remember that God overruled all for good. Appropriate psalms and hymns were sung, and Mr Inglis thanked God m his prayers for the improvement m the King's health.

CATHOLIC CHURCH.

At the Catholic Church last evening Dean O'Donnell informed the congregation that an official telegram had been received by the Press Association stating that the King was out of danger. He said that everyone would be glad to hear this good news, and he trusted, the improvement m the King's condition would continue.

SALVATION ARMY

When the official telegram stating tkat the King was out of danger was read at last evenings service the audience signified their giatification by clapping their hands and stamping their feet.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph

TiMARU June 30 Reference was made m all the churches yesterday to the illness of the King, and a special prayer was offered for his speedy recovery. Copy of Mr Seddon's cable was read at the evening services, and much gratification was expressed at its contents.

Primitive Methodist Church.

The series of special evangelistic services commenced m the Primitive Methodist Church yesterday by the connexional evan gelist, the Rev. G-. H. Mann met with very encouraging success. The services through out the day were well attended, there being a particularly large congregation at night. In the evening Mr Mann sang a beaittiful solo, entitled "Will there be any stars," the congregation taking up the refrain very heartily. The subject of the discourse was " Feeding the multitude, or our personal responsibility." The sermon was well re ceived, and was calculated to do much, good. In the afternoon a special addresa was delivered to the young people. In the evening Mr Mann took as his subject, " Repentance, what is it ?" and urged that this was a fundamental doctrine of the sacred Scriptures. He contended that there •was an essential difference, which needed to be more fully understood, between ponance and penitence. The missioner sang, " Count your blessings," the choir and congregation singing the refrain. Mrs Marsden also sang very sweetly, imme diately after the address, " The Wonderful love of Jesus." The mission promises to be a very successful one, and will be continued every night through the week. During the evening telegrams regarding the improved condition of the King were read out; one m the morning and one at night, the tenor of these being mentioned elsewhere.

South Africa.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright , London, June 27 Fourteen hundred Commonwealth troops sailed from Durban for Australia m the Manchester Merchant today. London, June 28 Four hundred and seventy-eight Boers at St Helena signed the oath of allegiance. They marched to the harbour carrying Union Jacks, and headed by a band, ana embarked, amidst immense enthusiasm.

News in Brief.

! Mr F. W.Page, Chertsey, has a testi monial re his second to none water raco cleaner m our advertising columns. The takings at the Otago winter show for three days was .£521, as against J6700 for five days last year. Lord Kelvin says that the change from horse to motor vehicle will solve London's greatest problem 0 £ this generation—the crowded state of the streets. The cost of firing a single shot from a 16in gun would pay a private soldier for five years. j While the Channel fleet was at Perro recently 3000 liberty men landed and spent £600 m the port, to the great delight of th« local shopkeepers. I Messrs Strange and Co., Christciiurchj announce that Sir Kerr, one of their cutters will pay a visit to their Ashburton branch on Saturday to fit on orders m hand and book fresh orders for suits. A Victorian settler has promised to be queath his household and landed property, to the value of £250, to a hospital as a me morial of the establishment of peace m South Africa. With this issue we distribute on account of Messrs McKee and Co., Wellington, an advertising sheet, containing portraits of His Majesty King Edward VII., - Lord Curzon, Lord Mitow, Sir W. Laurier, Hon. E. J. Seddan, and Hon. E. Barton. Very rapid progress is being made with the building of the Eoman Catholic Cathe dral, Christchurch. The contractors, by tho help of the machinery afc their command, are "enabled to. push, forward the work with considerable expedition*.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN: MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1902



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Warning the Pabmees' Union—Mr John Koberts, C. M, G., speaking at a luncheon to members of the Agricultural Conference, warned them not to adopt any thing m the way of a political platform. It had been suggested that they should follow the example of the farmers' Vnion, but he was of opinion that the Farmers* Union would produce a great deal of irritation by making itself a political organisation. He thought that moral suasion would accom ojlosh more for the agricultural and pastoral industry ifchan any political platform would accomplish., tf c hoped jfchat jbhe Committee -of Management whfch jjad b^een set up to giye effect to the decisions of the conference would do so by majring represenfcajbiQnjj to the Governm#nt persisting m tb,em tfll their requests were complied with. If one Minister waa unfavourable, lefc them try another. Mr Eitchie, of the Agricultural Department, had expressed a great willing ness to assist the conference, and he thought they could count on his support and on the support of the officers of the Agricultural Department. 'p'fij^RlNa—On Saturday, July 6th, Mr yQp^s^nting Messrs strange and Gompa^y'g fai#Q.w % rJ#?hvirch Tailoring Department, will gay a^#fy§jp yjs^t to Ash burton to fit on orders already eatepte'd fo his firm, and ,to book fresh ones. Mr Ken*, whose ability as a cutter is well known, will p$ jn attendance at Strange and Company's Agency (Mr Sandery's) on the da^efypm 1 p,m to 6.30 p.m. Messrs Strange and G;o op celebrated' for thejy •".out/' and their natyo'^a §rs invariably flighted. jEJetter tail<?ring is not to b]p }mA i» Australia, and yet thie firm-vs chargeg are steicitiy j^a.9^ble.—,(Ai?vT^ 6 |506 Smoke New ¥§nu§



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