TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 965, 9 June 1883, Page 2

TELE GRAMS.

' [FKR FBKBB ASSOCIATION.] ' A Lively Li%aor Auckland,, To-d#y. John Purcell and'James. MUb.weca arrested yesterday, charged with .obtaining L2O from, a publican'at the under false pretences. They represented ( they belonged to a sohooner, and had smuggled whisky and rum for fialet, ; jThis is not .the first time Purcell has Tiotinused tha publidans by "tbe fiotittetu liquors. Ti 'Apub licah at Parnell bought a

ouk of- whisky from Purcell a short tin v ago, and he said the cask contained nothir i ,bm water. Another publican at Kewto . purchased a quantity of brandy and rui ..from him, the casks being filled wit . , . water from Freeman’s Bay, and wheel® up to the Newton publican. - The vie tin . hare felt so humiliated that they neve acquainted the police. . , A Presentation. New Plymouth, To-day. -a; j;iThe Good Templars last night presente -r . Sir Wm. Fox . with a silver inkstand, i: ■ - token of their, appreciation ofjiia service .. L : I', in the temperance cause. ' With regard to the Bruce vacancy, th *■, 'Milton correspondent of the Soutfom Fre :ty ••■ipj.jj, writefc':—“ A great many specula //ijfotaa'are jW>ing the rounds as to who ; wil 511 ’ ■he the successor to our late respectei , 'member, Mr Rutherford. Mr R. Stout ' of Dunedin, was the first whose name I wa. brought forward, and a large number o ‘ . Rectors' were disappointed when it iwa< J 1 | Understood that that gentleman had n« t '.' u ,intention of standing. The next name lf '‘' mentioned'was that of Mr Henry Clark, r, “ ." 'pf Clarksville, but that gentleman refuse! • ' to stand owing to the present. State -of his health. Mr Robert Gillies ''has publicly announced hie intern ... tion of'contesting the seat, and is now busily engaged in canvassing the district. From this gentleman’s former knowledge of the Iccality, it is anticipated that he will - receive a large amount of support. '*• ■ Mr'Jas. Adam, of Bon-Accord, who| op- - pbsed Messrs Rutherford and Murray:last election, is mentioned as likely to enter the, field.again ; but unless the electors >'■ ■•■hat'd greatly changed their opinion since - l >. 'the last/feontest, his chances of success are indeed'small. ’’ Mr Mosley, who contested ,thb'electibn of 1879 against Messrs Mnr-i-s. ■' raj* and'Dyer, has, I understand, been :l »‘ sounding the feelings of the constituents s! " : :asto theambunt of-'support likely to be L> - -accorded in ; the event of his standing, j A ■ ,J ‘'requisition is in circulation requesting! Mr Donald Deid, the local solicitor, to cjffer > . Mncuelf as a candidate.” i ’ -Mi* Octavios 0. Stone, who-has been Contributing to the Queenslander an* interesting account of his' recent travels in New- Guinea, writes thus of its zoology and botahy :—The only animals found in the 1 peninsula are a species of roo, considerably smaller than that) of Aiuftndia, which .are exceeiingly plepti- _ ><ul ; the pig, which is frequently kept in ■ c ’-i a domesticated state .by the natives ; the: deg, resembling-the Australian , to found- x in ovary .village y the flying squir.(;f,!jpel|.!h»tidicooty rat, opossum; and cusqus. £ ir,‘ The opossum, is. very tare in the neighborft' .haodi.of Annanta, but' l procured pne* t male specimen ■; the cuscus isfound! at and' further ■ north 1 in considerable H .j ,numbers. -Reptiles, become more nunior-. .jicj.UWCaa the lowland to -the west of the gulf y-wAt approached, only one snake being seen pj... during our travel inland. .Birds numerous, 50j,-.Uiid ! xny .collectors' .obtained about _ ififty odfjijdifferent:Bpeciea,:aome of which it is fcer.i lieved-arO 'quite -new. Flowe.-a are very ,u.-: ( Searco> but orchids,. lilies, jasmine, habis-Imt-dfis, and a few flowering trees are found oi.nAesfe qnd-there. ’’•• j .Vj , -j' fREADIT ALL. IT MAY SAVE YOJITR -V-*xIJFE.—Hop Bitters are the purest and best i; medicine ever made. They are compounded from '•;S; hopsj.'bnchu, mandrake, and dandelion. " The . ji - most renowned, and valuable mediin the world; and in addition contain all K;. the bept.apd most effective curative properties ; other bitters, being the greatest liver I ■' blood purifier, and life and health tl1! t iest6ring agent on earth.” They give new life Jlf ‘lurid’vigor'to the’aged and infirm. “To clergy‘indn, lawyers, literary men; laborers, ladies, and f .r- ■ jjl thdse whose sedentary employments cause v -'irrcgulariticsof the blood, 'stomach',' or, kidneys, or who require an appetizer, tonic, and mild stimulant, these Bitter are invaluable, being, highly curative, tonic, and stimulating, withoutTntokicating. ” ' “No matter what y<mr o , v .feelings or symptons are, or what the disease ailment js, .use Hop Bitters. Don’t wait ' unfil , you are sick, but if you only feci bad. or miserable .use the Bitters at once. It may save ■* li: ybur life. Hundreds, have been saved by doing '< J Bol'at a tnflihg cost.” ' Ask yoqr druggist or !! r: jphysician. “Do not suffer yourself or let your •it-liffidnis l suffer, but use and urge them to use n>Hpt> Bitters.” “Remember, Hop Bittersi is u;. i ntt" vile,- - drugged, drunken nostrum, ‘ but t;he purest-and best 1 medicine ever made, tmd ; nq Vlf,person ordamily should be* without it.” Hop . t OBiUeiSt iManiilactaring Melbourne, AiisRochester, N.Y., U.S.A., Toronto, Antwerp, Paris.—[AovTi], <!■.- j %>For contihuiiion of reading ■ matter iee , ■ w.c '■■ - - fourth page. • ■ | ': town Edition.! ,* -■ > [lssued at 4.30‘?.tn.J