The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas, et Prevalebit. SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1882.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume III, Issue 683, 8 July 1882, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas, et Prevalebit. SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1882.

TOWN EDITION. [lsstied at 4.40 p.m.j

Tenders. —The Mount Hutt Hoad Board invites tenders for formation.

The Exhibition Doll Show —The Doll Show at the Exhibition yesterday was a great success. Miss Verrall showed a number of magnificiently attired dolls.

A- Wise Precaution. —By proclamation iu the Gazette, kerosene and any distilates of petroleum will for the future come under the Dangerous Goods Act, 1869, irrespective of their standing the fire test of 110 degrees Fahrenheit. L. O. L., Ashburton. —The members of the above Lodge are requested to meet to-morrow (Sunday) morning at the Lodge room, at 10.30, for the purpose of attending a special seivice at the Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. A. M. Beattie.

To Celebrate the Event. —The pupils of the South Rakaia School have received a holiday in consequence of one of their number named Wm. J. Doherty having gained a scholarship, coming out second in the list of C scholarships at the recent examination.

Upper Ashburton Road Board.—Tenders were opened, as advertised, for the following works, and resulted thus : —(1) Planting reserve, Messrs Sealy Bros.; (2) fencing gravel reserve, Strutliers ; (3) ploughing gravel reserves, C. Smithel ; (4) clearing tussocks, etc., (footpath), 1:1 oldburgh ; (5) ditch shoots, etc., Winchmoro road, C. Smithel ; (6) Maronan road, not accepted ; (7) ploughing and spreading gravel, Mr Anthony Thomas’ road, O. Smithel ; (9) rc-forming Winter’s road, J. Grifhn.

A Gueymouth Romance. —From Greymouth comes a story telling enough to furnish Miss Braddon with materials for a three-volume novel. Yesterday a young g woman named M'Lean, the daughter of a Coal Creek settler, seeing her boat drifting away, ran into River to catch it, and got out of her depth and was swept along with the current. She managed to catch hold of the boat, and was drifting down the river holding on. An alarm was raised, and Captain Chalmers, of Eliorton, seeing the state of affairs, pulled off his clothes and jumped overboaru, and caught the boat as it and the woman were floating by, and brought both safely ashore.

Mount Hutt Road Hoard. —Messrs W. L. Orr and James Dent have been nominated to fill tho vacancy in above Board. Poll on 20ih, the polling places being Barrhill schoolroom, and Road Board office, Methven.

Wakanui Road Board.— lt will be observed from our report, which appears in another column, of tho meeting of the above Board, held to-day, that it has decided to alter the day of its monthly sitting from the first Thursday to the Saturday in each month. This will be found, we should imagine, a far more convenient arrangement.

Elgin.— The monthly meeting of the Elgin School CommLteo was held on Wednesday the sth inst. Present Messrs John Cochrane (Chairman), Andrew Latham, David Cochrane, and Thomas Trevnrza. The master’s report was read, showing that the attendance had increased during the past month. A communication from tho Rev. Mr Standaim asking for the use of the schoolroom on ’ Sundays for holding service, was granted. Accounts amounting to Ll 4 15s were passed for payment, and tho Committee adjourned to Wednesday, 2nd August. Music Everywhere. When it is known that there are more than one hundred pianos in this district, besides a much larger number of smaller musical instrument’, such as the organ, harmonium, violin, guitar, clarionet,flageolet, flute, cornet, bugle, trombone, cuphoniam, saxhorn, bombardon, symbals, triangle, drum, accordian, concertina,etc., all of which require learning and skill, before music can bo produced, and we consider the large number that often congregate to listen to music performed on these various instruments, we might well say music’s everywhere. Now, what every lover of music wishes to know is where they can get their wants well supplied, whether it be for instruments, music, tuning, or tuition. The address is H. J. Weeks, Messrs C. Begg and Go’s, branch, Tancrcd street, Ashburton. _ Pianos by Biinsniead, Erard, Ibnch, Ronisch, Schaller, Baucer, Hummel, Ward, Soiedmayer, and Smith organs, all guaranteed and kept in time for sis months.—[ \dvt.] Poultry, Pigeon, and Canary Association. —A meeting of the above was held last evening. There was a capital attendance, Mr Sam. Saunders occupying the chair. Seven silver cups were offered bv various members of the Society, for

competition in the various classes; for particulars see advertisement eisewhero. In counting points for the champion enp (t i be awarded to the largest prize-taker in all classe.-), the fo lowing method will be adopted :—First prize takers will bo awarded two points, and second ditto one point. It was decided, iu view of the largo number of entries anticipated, to engage the upper room of the Town Hall to show canaries and pigeons, as the whole of the body of the hall will be filled with poultry alone. Marshalls \v r ero appointed in the various classes. We are requested to remind exhibitors that ihoy must be careful to see that they get a receipt for their exhibits as they hand them in, as upon the production of said receipt they will be alone enabled to get their exhibits back when the show is over. Country exhibitors should send in their entries without delay nosv, so that the catalogue may be proceeded with. There is every prospect of a highly successful exhibition, numbers of entries having been received from Christchurch and Timaru.

Fdwin James.' — i marred career, and a miserable end, is the story of Fdwin James. Though not possessed of great abilities, he yet was once one of the most rising and thriving of English lawyers. As a bold criminal pleader, lie stood in the front rank, and, it is estimated, was earning six or seven thousand a-year when ho was disbarred in 1862 for accepting a largo bribe from a defendant, while pleading for the plaintiff. When defending counsel in the celebrated Bernard c vse, he was the most prominent man of the four. When disbarred, he owed LIOO,OOO, which he could not pay. When lie went broken and disgraced to America, ho nearly starved. He was member for Marylebone in the House of Commons, and appears as Mr Stryver in Dickens’ “ Tale of Two Cities.” For some years he has been a sad and seedy object in London streets ; a living lesson of warning to those who make baste to be rich, and sell their honor for paltry coin. He was his own worst enemy, and an instance of complete insincerity, combined with unlimited impudence. His want of prin ciple wrecked Ins life. He was clever, but not good. There is no more to be said of him.

The R '.v. Mr Gillies. —That lively Evangelist, the Rev. A C. Gillies, says the Bruce Herald, is iti Wellington, aid has boon engaged in a trial of strength with “ Asinodcua,” the popular contributor to the New Zetland Mail. It appears that Mr Gillies wrote a very coarse and insulting letter to the Mail, which, out of consideration for the reverend gentleman, was suppressed, and a quiet note sent informing him of the fact. This was followed by a reply from Mr Gillies, which is very properly published, and we should imagine would completely destroy that gentleman’s prospect of usefulness and success in that part of the country, or anywhere else it may be published. It is one of the most abominable effusions we ever read, insulting not only the paper but the very country itself. The letter concludes as usual with an order to stop the paper, adding that he has paid for it to the end of the year, and leaving it to the editor’s sense of honesty to return him the rest of the money. “ Asmodeus ” then sits upon Mr Gillies, and informs him th it he will not get his money back, and that they (the Mail ) will not soil their fingers with it, but that it will be handed over to the Benevolent Institute. Mr Gillies’ public utterances in Dunedin were (says our contemporary) of such a nature that wc are surprised respectable clergymen associated with him. We are still more surprised now.