The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit. THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1883.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1017, 9 August 1883, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit. THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1883.

Mails lor the United Kingdom, etc., vi® San Francisco, will close at the Ashburton Post office on Saturday morning, at ten o’clock. The steamer Hoihow took the remains of 286 Chinese away to be re-interred in the flowery land. It is understood that L 7 per body is paid for their conveyance to Hong Kong.

A new Company was formed this morning for the purpose of prospecting the hills for gold and minerals, having its head quarters in Ashburton. The services of a very old miner and one who has been for years shepherding on hills have been engaged, and a start was made this tnerning. The country taken up is that known as Mount Alford, and if any dependence can be put upon the value of the supposed diamonds, the newly formed Company has a good thing in store for the shareholders, as an immense quantity is known to exist in this locality. The name of the Company is the “ Fountain Head Oold and Mineral Prospecting Company.”

The dole of sailing the ss. 'itonia J hns hf-en postponed fr*<n the 15th to the | 21s;, i.:-.;. u, cmsequence of a f**rf»r of T-r.?,n ’.n,o' ! r : 7 !o -mo ■ 1 •; ..w’’, hipmvnt of j.cu-at to j Oiv ; .ortvT-.rd::d ; in fact. liu= large.?;. that • hsa ever yo*. been r..sd«i U:':n the A • trft'A a 'o >, co. i > At .'i siuim* -rm.v 'T < Wellington jo o« «.••••, before ";■ r J uat'ce ] Richmond, Mi lu. Shav., loading counsel' for the plaintiff, intimated that he and Mr Bell had agreed that beth motions for a new trial in the action of Hunt v. Gordon

should be granted. Rules to be returnable in two months’ time. His Honor accordingly made an order to that effect. Mr Bell asked that proceedings should be printed for the Court of Appeal, to which his Honor consented. Samples of supposed diamonds from the field at Alford Forest are becoming very plentiful in Timaru, and excite a considerable amount of curiosity. Yesterday the Serald office was besieged by people desirous of inspecting the specimens forwarded by Mr J. Thompson. Among the visiters were several who had a personal knowledge of the Cape diamond fields, and these stated that though the stones resembled some which were found at the Cape, they are not at all like rough diamonds. Some of the specimens from Alford Forest were tested yesterday by local jewellers, who declared without hesitation that they wore not diamonds. The Christchurch 1 Supreme Court has issued a mandamus ordering the Rangiora Lice sing Committee to reassemble and hear Lee’s application for a renewal of a license to the Royal Hotel, JWoodend. At the annual meeting the application was refused on the ground that only one house was required, and Lee’s was the least central. A. memorial against any license being granted had been read, and the Committee retired ostensibly to consider the objections made to a signature on the memorial, but came back into Court with a decision to grant only one license, thus not complying with the wish of the memorialists. At the same time their decision in favor of one house was given without Lee being heard in support of his application, and hence the present mandamus.

The hounds met at Hunt’s yesterday, and notwithstanding the very unfavorable weather—from a hunting point of view—the limited field enjoyed a capital run. With commendable punctuality Mr Smith got his excellent little pack away on a very shifty scent, followed by a small field of seven or eight. Crossing Mr Hunt’s front paddocks the drag turned abruptly to the right of the homestead, a timber jump and a succession of nice fences preceding a long stretch of unobstructed country to the road at Smith’s. Here the hounds, hunting under difficulties with great dash and lots of music, got rather the better of the field, and led at a right merry pace towards Mr Jones’s the kill taking place opposite that gentlemrn’s residence. Amongst those following we noticed Messrs Hunt (b), Wroughton, Graham, Brett and a stranger always in front, while Mr Smith handled his hounds carefully and well. We need hardly mention that the. Messrs Hunt were simply themselves in arranging and carrying’out everything connected with the run. On Saturday the hounds meet at Mr Miller’s, Winohmore road, for hare hunting.

At the Dunedin Supreme Court yesterday Judge Williams gave judgment in the appeal case of the Harbor Board v. Cates. In this case the Court below had decided that the Board were liable to damages done to a vessel by another vessel, which was in charge of their pilot, but his Honor reserved decision, holding that the Harber Board had a duty to supply a pilot service to the satisfaction of the Grown, and that a contract for pilotage existed bei ween the Board and the vessel, so that the Board’s pilot being in charge of these vessels did not render the Board liable for damages which she might do while in his charge. In another case Mollison v. the Victoria Insurance Company his Honor delivered judgment in favor of the defendants. The case was that Mollison sold goods to one Dunlop, of Invercargill, on bills. These goods were insured in the Victoria Company by Mollison, but no transfer was asked for when the goods were sold to Dunlop. The goods were burnt before the bills came due, and Mollison then claimed the insurance from the Company, but the Judge ruled that even if Mollison had an insurable interest in the goods whilst bills were running it was not covered by the policy in question, and he expressed the opinion that at the time of the fire Mollison had not such an insurable interest.

An influential deputation of the Council of the New Zealand Rifle Association waited on the Hon Mr Bryce at the Parliament Buildings last evening, with respect to Government aid for the Association for the ensuing year. The deputation was headed by Sir G. S. Whitmore, who entered at length into the success which had attended the Dunedin meeting, and pointed out that by a liberal grant from the Government the association had been enabled to offer an attractive prize list. The prize money at the last meeting amounted to nearly L 1,500, the attendance of competitors being upwards of 300, of whom 100 went from the North Island. At the Nelson meeting in March 1882, the prize money was only LSOO, and the attendance somewhat about 100. Sir George pointed out that by making the meetings peripatetic,*the interest evinced by citizens in the different towns visited by the Association would naturally tend to encourage its usefulness. The Hon Mr Bryce replied that he had the interests of the Association at heart, and he would have communicated with the Association on the subject of the grant if the present deputation had not waited upon him. Ho promised to lay matters before the Cabinet with a view to obtaining their assistance during the present session. The Hon Mr Bryce expressed his pleasure at the large attendance at the Dunedin meeting, and wished the Association every success. The Council of the Association propose to hold the next meeting at Auckland.

Professor Sample delivers his lecture on horse training at the Oddfellows’ Hall to-night.

The prospectus of the Golconda Diamond Company appears in another column. William Ferguson and John Leckey, contractors, have filed a declaration of inability to meet their liabilities.

Stanley and Darbyshire’s Juvenile Opera Troupe are announced to appear in "The Pirates of Penzance ” at the Odfellows’ Hall, on Friday, August 17.

Far, far better for you than beer, ale, 01 porter, and free from the intoxicating effects, is Hop Bitters. Read. - [Advt.] 7

Flies and Bugs.—Beetles, insects, roaches, ants, bed-bugs rats, mice, gophers, jack-rab. bits, cleared out by “ Rough on Rats. ’ 7^dMoses, Moss and Co., Sydney, General Agents. Wanted parties about to furnish to know that J. Meech is selling all his goods at a sacrifice, being over-stocked and wanting the money. Drawing-room Suites from 10s, warranted ; Good Bed-room Suites, remarkably low; Drawing-room ; ' Fancy Walnut i Tables, Japanese Tables, a splendid Inlaid Walnut Sideboard, Marble Slab, with Plate Glass back, to be sold cheap. Iron Bedsteads, Crockery-ware, and every requisite for house furnishing etc. Funerals conducted on the cheapest scale. Practical workmen kept in all its branches. Agent for the celebrated Venetian Blind Makers, Dunedin. Carvings and Turnery of every kind. All kinds of furniture exchanged and highest price given for furniture. Note the address—Next Bullock’s Arcade, Ashburton.