The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1882.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume III, Issue 656, 7 June 1882, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1882.

TOWN EDITION. [lssued at 4.40 p. rn. j

Police. —There was no business at the Court this morning.

Mr Saunders at the Town Haul.— Mr Alfred Saunders will address the electors of Wakanui at the Town Hall tonight. The Reading-Room.—We have been requested to state that the Reading-room will bo closed on Thursday evening, owing to the Fancy Dress Rink in aid of the Library. Accident. —Through a landslip in a cutting near Shag Point, yesterday’s 4 10 p.m. mixed train from Oamaru to Palmerston ran off the fine, but no one was injured. Wakanui Road District. —A meeting of ratepayers in the above district will bo held on Thursday, June 22, for the purpose of electing a member for the Board in the place of Mr Hugo Friedlandcr, who has resigned.

Rangitata Traffic Bridge. The piles having been successfully sunk for the Rangitata traffic bridge (despite the gloomy forebodings of the Geraldine County Council), the Ashburton County Council, at its to-day's meeting, resolved to call for tenders for the erection of the superstructure. The Fancy Dress Rink.—ln connection with the fancy dress rink to be held to-morrow night, we have been requested to state that gentlemen only in fancy dresses will be .allowed to take part in the dances, and ffhqse ladies who are not ' members of the Rink Club, who also wish to participate in this part of the programme, but who are no(j in fancy dresses, will have to obtain tickets from the Secretary. County Council. The ordinary monthly meeting of the above was held to-day. A report of the proceedings appears elsewhere. At one time it seemed probable that the meeting would lapse for want of a quorum, but at about twenty minutes to twelve the Chairman, Mr Walker, arrived, and a bare quorum being present, the business was proceeded with. The roads are not exactly in a state to render travelling particularly pleasant just at present. Mr Andrew McFarlane, the newly-appointed member for the riding of Mount Somers, vice Mr Cameron resigned, put in a first appearance, and took his seat at the table. Horticultural Society. The ordinary meeting of the Horticultural Society was held last evening. There was a very satisfactory attendance, Mr A. Garrison in the chair. It Was decided, after a long discussion, to hold the first spring show in connection with the Society on the 2nd of December. As this will be the opening spring Horticultural Show held in Ashburton, it is hoped that all interested in horticulture will aid in making it worth seeing. The date for the autumn show was fixed for the first Saturday in March. At the conclusion of the business, Mr A. Harrison on behalf of the members of the Society, presented Mr Poyntz with a handsome silver cruet, in recognition of his efforts in connection with horticulture. The cruet bears on a silver shield the inscription, “ Presented to S. E. Poyntz by the Ashburton Horticultural Society, 1882.” In making the presentation Mr Harrison, in a neat speech, re'erred in complimentary terms to Mr services. Mr Poyntz replied in suitable terms, referring to the assistance he had always received from the committee, and to the harmonious manner in which all had worked together. The proceedings then terminated.

Licensing Act Amendment Biil.—The Press’ special wires : —The Licensing Act Amendment Bill, introduced by the Hon. Mr Dick, provides that the Governor may make, alter, or abolish districts. Whenever any district is altered, but not abolished or the boundaries redefined, it shall not be necessary for new appointments to be made therein, but tin Licensing Committee and all officers duly acting in the district before the alteration shall continue to act for the district as altered. Sub-section 2,3, 6,9, and 15 of section 13 are repealed ; and in lieu it is enacted as follows : —l. The local body having jurisdiction within any district shall appoint returning officers for the district. 3. All costs and expenses incident to the election of any licensing committee shall be paid by the local body. 5. The places at which the licensing meetings are lield are not necessarily to bo within the limits of the licensing district to which such meetings relate, if they can be more conveniently and no less effectually hold outside of such limits. Applications for the renewal of licenses need not be advertised. Section 74 is repealed, and in lieu thereof it is hereby enacted as follows :—ln a place or district where, owing to the sudden increase of population or otherwise, the necessity for publicans licenses exists, the Governor may appoint a person or persons to exercise special authority in the granting of licenses, and to define the limits within which the authority is to be exercised. The temporary transfer of a license is to be registered, and the license not to be retained. In section 109 the words “ out of such fees ” are hereby repealed.

Not CoatiNG. —Mr J. Ivess requests us to state that there is no truth in the paragraph which we published on Monday to the effect that a schoolmaster from one of the Roman Catholic schools on the Coast was about to join the staff of Mr Ivess’s paper. All we can say is that the paragraph was clipped from the usually wellinformed Grey River Argus. Ashburton Bridge. —There is a great probability of the much-needed widening of the approaches of the above bridge being taken in hand very shortly now. At to-day’s meeting of the County Council it was resolved that the Borough Council, and the Upper Ashburton, and the Longhead! Road Boards should be written to, and asked to contribute each a fourth part of the cost involved, the County Council undertaking to find the other fourth and carry out the work.

Copyright. — Mr Feldwick’a Protection of Telegrams Bill protects press telegrams from places outside New Zealand for thirty-six hours after the publication ; provided that such period shall not exceed forty-eight hours from the time of the receipt of such message ; and the publication of the whole or any part of such telegram, or of the substance thereof, or, excepting the publication of any similar message in like manner sent from the same place, of the intelligence therein contained, or any comment upon, or reference to such intelligence, shall be deemed to be the publication of the same. Penalties (amount not specified) to be imposed for infringement of copyright. Simultaneous publication in one or more papers not to give a right to copy without permission.

Appeal Court. —ln the Appeal Court yesterday, judgment was given in the case of Smyth v. The Queen. This was principally one of the Brogden claims, the contract having been transferred from Jerusalem Smytlie to Rrogden and carried out by the latter. Judgment was given against the Brogdens mainly on the ground that they failed to prove the Minister’s authority or written orders for the extra work which they carried out under the verbal orders of the Government Resident Engineer. This judgment renders nugatory the awards given by the arbitrators and by Judge Richmond in Chambers, both of which were in Brogdens’ favor, subject to the judgment of the Appeal Court on points of law. The judgment was that of the Chief Justice and Judge Richmond ; Judge Gillies dissented.

Tinwald School Committee. The regular monthly meeting of this Committee was held last evening. Present— Messrs Clark (chaiiman), Lewis, Smith, Jephson, Jones, and Teppitt. Accounts to the amount of L 7 10s lOd were passed for payment. The chairman reported that Mr Allsop, the late master, had left the school, and that Mr T. M. Wilson would open the school on Monday next, Juno 12th. In the meantime the schoolhouse and premises are to bo thoroughly cleaned and repaired. Re the supply of books, it was decided to give the master a book capital, and that all books be sold to children at an advance of ten per cent.; any moneys accruing from this charge to be devoted to a prize fund at the year’s end. Tenders were requested to be called in Tinwald for the office of caretaker to the school, stating what price per week the duties will bo performed at, particulars of which may be had from Mr Cyril Jephson. Fuel was ordered to be obtained. Messrs Teppitt and Lewis were appointed a visiting committee for the month. The Committee then adjourned, Holloway’s Pills. Liver Complaints.—The digestion cannot be long so seriously disordered without the derangement being perceptible on the countenance. These pills prevent both unpleasant consequences ; they improve the appetite and with the increase of desire for food, they augment the powers of digestion and assimilation in the stomach. Holbways Pills deal most satisfactorily with deranged or diseased conditions of the many organs engaged in extracting nourishment for our Jodies from our various diets—as the liver, stomach, and bowels, over all of which they exercise the most salutary control. By resorting at an early stage of this malady to these purifiying and laxative Pills, the dyspeptic is speedily restored to health and strength, and his sallowness gradually vanishes.—[Advt.]