The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1883.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1038, 3 September 1883, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1883.

The heavy rain on Friday and Saturday has not had the effect of flooding the Ashburton river, but we learn that the Rakaia was higher than usual this morning, though nothing serious is anticipated.

Foreign letiars for James Ahern, J. Allen, John Black, David Dawson, Mrs W. Ford, and Walter Staff were received at the Ashburton Post Office during the month of July, and are still unclaimed. The police made a visit to several of the hotels in Ashburton on Saturday evening after the prohibited hours. Whether they managed to discover that any breaches of the Licensing Act were being committed will not be positively known till next Court day. A meeting of Dunedin shareholders in Lankey’s Creek Goldmining Company, Reefton, was held on Saturday evening. Great dissatisfaction was expressed at the conduct of the mine, and money was subscribed to send a person to inspect and report.

At the Police Court this morning two men named James Grigg and John Gough were fined 5s for drunkenness. James Johnston was brought up on a charge of being drunk while in charge of a horse at Methven, and also with having wilfully damaged a railway truck. He was remanded till to-morrow.

The Cygnet, from Samoa and Apia, reports a hurricane in the islands, and the loss of the whaling barque Especulador, belonging to Thomas Henderson, junior. No lives were lost. The insurances are not known. A number of other vessels were wrecked at the same time.

At Christchurch on Saturday Minerva was sold for 750 guineas, and The Jilt for 450 guineas to Mr Hamilton. It is announced that Natator has been sold privately to go to .Wanganui. Grip, The Painter, The Poet, Hilda, and If So were passed in. Forest King was bought by Mr Honeywood for 75 guineas. Mr C. C. Dacre, of Auckland, has received letters from Melbourne and Sydney expressing the inability of the yacht clubs at those places to send representatives to take part in the proposed intercolonial race in Auckland, for which it was propped to offer a prize of L 250. An attempt will probably be made now to send an Auckland yacht to Australia. We have received the first number of the New Zealand News, an illustrated journal issued in Dunedin. If the future numbers are kept up to the standard of this issue the publication will be a credit to the colony, the illustrations being not only very good but also tor the most part depicting scenes in New Zealand. Dunedin enjoys the lion’s share this month, a supplement being a birds-eye view of that city. A colored plate, entitled “ The Prospector,” is presented with the initial number of the Neivs, which journal we wish every success.

The injudicious use of metaphors, says a Home paper, has occasionally created great amusement in the House of Commons. Mr Cfillan, M.P. for Lmth, a staunch opponent of the Sunday Closing and Permissive Bill, and personally a great benefactor to the revenue, replying to the Irish Attorney-General, said:— “ The facts relied on by the learned gentlemen are very strange. Now, Mr Speaker, I can swallow a good - deal. (“Hear, hear;” “Quite true;” “Begorra, .you can,” and roars of laughter.) I repeat I can swallow a good deal—(Hear, hear, and fresh roars of laughter)—but I can’t swallow that. ” A few night’s before, in a debate which had to do with the Jews, Baron de Worms had just remarked, “ We owe much to the Jews,” when there came a feeling groan from a well-known corner, “ We do !” The people of Methven are decidedly unfortunate in the weather whenever an entertainment takes place in that go-ahead little township. Friday evening was no exception, but in spito of this the schoolroom was well filled, and the dramatic representation of the celebrated trial scene from “ Pickwick ” was given to the evident satisfaction of those present. The following was the cast :—Mr John Louden, the Judge ; Messrs Julian Jackson and William Morgan, Buzfuz and Stubbins ; Mr Coward, Weller ; M" Claridge, Winkle ; Mr Oookson, Mrs Cluppins ; Mr Barrett, Mrs Saunders ; Mr R. Patton, Pickwick ; Mr Hussey, Mrs Bardell ; Mr Bowler, the Usher. Everyone of the performers entered into their parts con amove, and it was evident that great care had been exercised in the preparation of the scene. After the trial scene was concluded, several songs were rendered, the evening winding up with a dance, which was kept up till the small hours of the morning.

Mr Crum notifies that all dogs trespassing on his property in Princes street after Wednesday next will be destroyed. Mr Poyntz advertises garden and flower seeds, also a small consignment of superphosphate of lime on sale.

Mr A. Harrison will sell several sections of a stable and shearing shed at Tinwald for the County Saleyards Co. Tenders are invited in this issue for erecting land by public auction on Saturday, particulars of which will be seen elsewhere.

The Presbyterian tea meeting takes place on Tuesday, September 18. Particulars will be found in another column =•

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