TELEGRAMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 995, 14 July 1883, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[PKK PRESS ASSOCIATION.] The Catalonia/ Wellington, To-day. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s steamer Catalonia only left the Cape on July 2nd. No reason is given for the detention. Methodist Union. Christchurch, To-day. The Committee of the Methodist Union have made a series of recommendations as to the various funds, settlement of properties, and duties of church officers. It was affirmed that all ministers would be profitably employed, and no serious difficulty is apprehended concerning finance. Joined the Majority. Dunedin, To-day. Mr James Marshall, President of the Dunedin Jockey Club, died this morning.

Mr Rusden, in his ponderous and jaundiced “History of New Zealand,” is occasionally, remarks a contemporary, beguiled into metaphor, and then he becomes unintentionally and unconsciously comical, as when he tells us, for instance, at page 259 of h a first volume, that “The company were not slow to reflect upon Now Zealand the malign rays with which they had deflected the Colonial Office from - its uprightness under Lord Normanby into ’ the crookedness of Lord Russell. ” The reflection and deflection of a ray of light are very familir phenomena, but we never beard of such a ray, malign or otherwise, deflecting a political department into the deformity of a statesman. Certain popular beliefs are gradually becoming things of the past. The author of “ Eighteen Months’ Imprisonment,” a work just out of the press, writes : —“ It is a prevalent and very erroneous impression to associate voracity and sharp dealings with the Hebrew race, for I have found, from experience (and 1 am admittedly an authority), that for meanness, haggling and exorbitant terms, with a cloak of hypocrisy to cover this multitude df sins, the Hebrew is considerably out--distanced by his Christian confrere. I might, indeed, go a step further, and add that, barring a repellant manner during the preliminaries of a transaction, but which is superficial, the dealings of the children of Israel are based on strictly honorable and considerate grounds. No one has ever heard of a Jew robbing you first and then prosecuting you. They are invariably satisfied with one course or the other.”

The Fiji Times says :—The New Zealand steamer brought with her on her late trip a number of visitors, anxious to see for themselves what progress the colony is making, and to form an opinion from personal observation as to its future prospects. Amongst those were Mr Reader Wood, formerly, a member of the New Zealand Ministry ; Mr Cargill, a leading Dunedin merchant; Mr Warrick Weston, the Inspector of the New Zealand Insurance Company ; Mr Street, a gentleman prominent in business circles ; Mr Anderson, largely interested in pastoral pursuits ; and a number of other gentlemen of New Zealand note. These visitors express themselves as being very favorably impressed with the prospects of the colony, and as being surprised at the amount of capital now invested in prosecuting its industries. They have also expressed surprise of a different character at the form of government under which the cjlony is expected to progress, and declare themselves astonished that Englishmen should be called upon to submit to it.

One phase of Irish distress, which advocates of the National League choose to ignore, finds sad illustration in the following extracts from a late copy of the J3allina Herald (County Mayo), and is worthy the consideration of those whose attention is turned to Celtic woes : ‘ ■ A Distressed Landlord.—An owner of property in the Barony of Erris, but at present, resident in the Killata Union, had applied to the Belmullet Board of Guardians for outdoor relief for himself and family, stating they were destitute, his tenants not having paid any rent for five years. The Belmullet guardians had to refuse the application, alleging that applicant was no longer resident in the Helmullet Union, and Col. Knox' now said that he was aware of the condition to which ap-plicant-had been reduced, but legally outdoor relief could not be given. He said he had a note from applicant, who was Waiting to take advantage of the emigration grant to leave the country with his family, if assisted. Col. Knox added that he would try and obtain help from Mr Tukd’s fond for this sad case. ” This particular landowner, as is well known, is but a typical case. The decision of the tenants to pocket their rents instead of paying a share of the harvest proceeds to the landlord has notoriously reduced numbers of families from comfort to a poverty of more or less abject.

Biliousiness, drowsiness, jaundice and rheumatism, Hop Bitters removes easily. See.— |AdVT.] 3

“Rough on Rats.”—Clears out rats, mice, roaches, flies, ants, bed-bugs, beetles, insects, skunks, jack-rabbits, gophers. 7 d. Druggists. Moses, Moss and. Co., Sydney, General Agents. 2

Gorged Livers, Bilious conditions, constipation, piles, dyspepsia, headache, cured by “ Wells’ May Apple Pills.” 5d and is boxes at druggists. Moses, Moss and Co., Sydney, General Agents for Australasia. 2

Wanted Known—That J. Meech is importing all his own goods, which enables him to sell cheaper than any other furnishing house in Ashburton. He has every class of furniture to suit all parties, from the kitchen to the drawing-room. All kinds of cutlery, crockeryware, fenders and fire-irons, iron beadsteads, carpets, table cloths, matting, and druggetling. A variety of tinware and other cooking utensils, etc. A splendid lot of Vienna chairs in walnut and maple. Feathers, flock, horsehair, fi and wool for furniture and mattrasses—in fact g' every article for house furnishing. Owing to * facilities afforded to him, enables him to sell cheaper than if in East street. Furniture exchanged, and parties selling out will find that he gives the highest price for furniture. All hinds of furniture repaired; practical workmen kept. Agent for the celebrated Dunedin blind-maker, - Spring window rollers kept in stock. Carvings ’ x. and turnery sold to the trade. —J. Meech. " Note the address, next Bullock’s Arcade. — [Advt.]

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