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Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 841, 13 January 1883, Page 2

Factory Cheese. —The first instalment of cheese manufactured at the Flamington factory has now been placed on the market, and is now on sale at the establishments of Messrs Friedlander Bros., Orr and Co., and R. Alcorn. The Weather. —The weather during the past few days has been showery and unsettled, and rumors of the rust having made its appearance in the late sown crops make farmers rather uneasy. We hear that a great deal of the oat prop ho» now been cut, and only fine dry weather is required to secure it in splendid condition.

Important to Bankrupts. —An Auckland telegram says:—ln Chambers, Mr Justxe Gillies stated that in cases where debtors conceal any of their creditors’ names by omitting them from the schedule, and obtain their discharge without the omission being repaired, the concealed liability holds good, and the creditors may seek to recover when they can. A Complaint. —At a meeting of the Timaru Chamber of Commerce yesterday, Mr Moss Jonas mentioned that very few telegrams concerning New Zealand affairs were published in the Australian papers. During a stay of a fortnight in Melbourne he had only noticed one telegram, and that simply referred to shipping. It is of course natural that visitors from this colony to Australia should regret this fact, but it must be remembered that the papers in Melbourne are published for the benefit of the people residing there, and the absence of the news referred to is evidence that our affairs do nor interest them.

German Manufactures in New Zealand. —A German business man in New Zealand writes to a German contemporary to say that on an average each mail brings him a dozen letters from manufacturing countrymen, begging him to secure agents for the sale of their goods. This, however, he is rarely able to do, from the fact that most of the houses in the colony are more or less dependent on English traders. “As long as we do not possess a large German firm in New Zealand,” writes the German business man, “ it will be impossible to establish any paying trade relations between Germany and New Zealand.” No doubt German enterprise will soon supply this want. Railway Tariff. —A meeting of merchants was held at Oamaru yesterday, to consider the railway tariff. Af'er discus sing the tariff from a variety of standpoints, it was resolved that a copy of the c mparative tables that had been compiled by Messrs Aitken and Evans, together with a report from the chairman, be forwarded to the Chambers of Commerce at Invercargill and Timaru, and .that those bodies be asked to co-operate with Oamaru in endeavoring to secure a rectification of the inconsistencies and injustices of the railway tariff, and to make any suggestions in regard to the subject which they might deem desirable, v.ith a view to taking united and prompt action.

The roRBEs Lectures. — There has been an unvarying aeries of overflowing bouses daring the week in Christchurch to hear the valiant soldier and distinguished journalist who is to lecture in Ashburton next Monday and Tuesday. The public, in fact, find his lectures the most fascinating of all means of becoming familiar with the battles, sieges, and military events of oar time, and the great actors in them. People not only went in by train from all directions to hear Mr Forbes, but a correspondent states that every evening a large number of carriages and other vehicles stood outside the Oddfe'lows’ Hall, and tramways run to all the suburbs after each lecture.

The Peninsular Election. —Bishop Moran’s meeting last night was very enthusiastic and orderly. He only spoke for half an hour, and principally on the education question. A considerable number of questions wore asked. The Bishop declared himself strongly in favor of a Land t°x, and would make land bear the greater proportion of the burdens of the State. A vote of confidence was carried. The Tablet (Roman Catholic organ) says : -—“ As some people entertain a doubt whether Bishop Moran is in earnest, we are authorised to say that if the electors of the Peninsula will do him the honor of returning him to Parliament he will be found in his place there, and that ho will there and elsewhere devote- his best energies to promote their interests.” The Trades and Labor Council will support Mr Lonnelly for the Peninsular election, and anew candidate has come foaward in the person of Mr James Wells.

Sir Julios Vogel’s Farewell. —The following is the peroration of Sir Julius Vogel’s speech at the Invercargill banquet on Thursday night. It had been originally his intention to write to the newspapers a letter of farewell expressing his gratitude for the princely manner in which he had been received during his short vist. He thought it especially kind of them to enable him to do this much more appropriately in words ; not that any words he could utter could do justice to the way in which he had been received, or express his feelings on the subject. Not only had old friends gathered round to greet him, but political opponents, who perhaps had treated him with but scant courtesy at times, had forgotten their old animosities, and had met him with outstretched hands, as though no gulf ha 1 ever existed between them. It might be that these would be his last words uttered in this country, but it was deeply gratifying to him to know that he bora with him the good wishes r.f the people. Life was uncertain with the young, and how much more so with one of his age, and who had but recently gone through a severe illness. But it was pleasing to him to know that should it not be his destiny again to visit these shores, the possibility existed that his sons in future might do so, and that they would then hear their father’s name mentioned with respect and esteem, whilst it was doubly pleasing to anticipate tha‘‘ should ho ever visit them again they would welcome his coming amongst them. In conclusion, he desired again to express his deep sense of gratitude for their kindness towards him. He knew the winged pen of the press and the lightning of the telegraph would convey to all parts of the colony such as were worthy of these his farewell words. 1

A Warning. —ln another column will fre/ound an announcement by Mr Baxter, 'the County Engineer, relative to waterraces on the Ashburton and Ralraia plains. The Frozen Meat Trade.— The ship Dunedin sails from Port Chalmers to-day for London. She takes 8,271 carcasesi of mutton, almost the whole of which are shipped by the New Zealand and Australian Land Company, principally from their Pareora and Totara estates. -The San Francis o correspondent of the Otago Daily Times tlynks it quite probable that the frozen meat trade from New Zealand may be extended to that country. A Mistake and its Consequences.— The following extract is from a Cairo paper :—“ The Bedouins were greatly puzzled by the garb of the Highlanders, who, they came to the conclusion, were not soldiers, but the wives of the soldiers. Distance of course encouraged this delusion, as bare legs were obviously more discernible than the men’s faces, covered as they were with veils. The Bedouins noticed that the soldiers’ women camped by themselves, and they resolved to go down and spoil the infidel soldiers of their wives ; and a body of them actually went, with a result which must have added to the wonderment of both, for the British harem turned out with rifle and bayonet, and very speedily thirty or forty of the amorous Bedouins bit the dust. After this episode the soldiers’ wives were not again attacked by Arab sheikhs who wanted to replenish their harems with English moonfaces. ”

A Nuisance.— The Timaru Herald calls attention to the fact that men, pretending to be harvest hands, are causing much annoyance to residents in the district by their behavior. The following is given as an example : —We heard the other day of an uncommonly cool case. A man called at a comfortiiJ" Timaru, and on the door being opened by the lady of the house, who happened to be expecting a visit from some neighbors, walked into the drawing-room, and sat down in an easy chair. After some parley, he induced the terrified lady to “ lend ” him LI. He then helped himself to a stiff glass from a tray which was handy, and was proceeding to light his pipe when a man on the place put in an appearance. The free-and-easy one instantly made himself scarce and has not since been heard of. But there are more of his faternity about, and the sooner they are brought to their bearings the better.

Our New Governor. —According to the following paragraph, taken from the London letter of the Christchurch Telegraph, the Home papers do not seem to have a very high opinion of our new Governor :—“ It is to be hoped you folks in New Zealand are satisfied with the action of the Colonial office in selecting Sir William Jervois ‘of all people ’ to fill the vice-regal throre at Wellington. No one here seems to think much of the appointment. The wealthier classes of Anglocolonials pine for some aristocrat with special social prestige, such as the Duke of Buckingham, who is said to have cast sheep’s eyes recently at the Australians. Others thought of a young and comparatively inexnerienced diplomat, or picked out that favorite of fortune, Lord Gifford, Y.C., as the man. Sir George Bowen is known to have asked to be allowed to finish the term of his service, as Colonial-Governor at Wellington, and the names of several other erstwhile Australian viceroys have been mentioned for the post. The wildest imagination, however, never dreamt of Sir Wm. Jervois in connection with New Zealand. He was appointed to Adelaide in order that he might superintend for some time some principal Australian forts, and this done the reason for his existence as Viceroy seemed to have vanished. Hear ■what the leading Liberal organ of public opinion in London says of the appointment ‘ Why General Jervois should be selected for one of the most difficult and delicate posts in the whole colonial service it is not easy to understand. He is an able engineer and a gallant officer, neither more nor less ; but it is a statesman that is required for New Zealand. Without grudging honors or rewards to meritorious soldiers, one may be permitted to regret that they are so frequently rewarded at the expense of the Civil Services. The best of staff officers do not necessarily make good colonial Governors, nor the best of Admirals a Minister plenipotentiary, though Lord Malmesbury thought otherwise, and Lord Kimberley appears to be of the same opinion as Lord Malmesbury.’ The Standard and other notable papers have paragraphs to the same effect, but if New Zealand herself is satisfied no one else has a right to grumble.”

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