The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1883. General McIvor’s Expedition to New Guinea.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1091, 3 November 1883, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1883. General Mclvor’s Expedition to New Guinea.

) For a country not conspicuously 7 favored by nature. New Guinea has re- } recently attracted a large share of attention. Queensland’s wishes respecting annexation and the refusal of the ; Home Government to accept her view of the matter have been exhaustively j discussed and debated. We had * almost grown weary of the subject when j a fresh interest was imparted to it by a proposal emanating from a General ; Mclvor to dispatch a colonising and trading expedition to New Guinea. > General Mclvor is represented to us as an officer sometime of the Servian * army, but who has now hung up his j sword. Apparently the General feels that his work is not yet done. He has ) made no great name for himself. A I malign influence, we suppose, at the > Servian headquarters has studiously * kept him and his merits in the back- . ground. He is painfully conscious that ’ the cognomen of Mclvor will awake I no enthusiasm in any part of the world. . These better reflections have naturally S led him to look around —and a new avenue to fame opens up before him. A benighted race in a far off land is . entirely without teaching and is lament- ’ ably ignorant on matters of trade. ; Why should not he, General Mclvor, go and instruct this race and I establish a mutually beneficial trade > with them. Prompted then by a generous philanthropy and in ’ stigated perhaps by a sense of the . insufficiency of his Servian pension, . General Mclvor has determined to ; make his home among the natives of New Guinea. Of course, it is not to be expected that the General will give effect to his lofty aims without pecuniary encouragement. Certainly not ! Twenty thousand pounds are needed to start him and his party on their way, and without ,£20,000 promised or paid up General MHvor will not stir. But we will suppose this difficulty got over the expedition safely landed at its destination. What a beautiful spectacle it will be to behold General Mclvor seated before his hut thoughtfully intent upon explaining the merits of glass beads to a knot of eager Pupuans and offering these gauds in exchange for cocoa-nuts. But after all it would be well not to be too sanguine concerning this enierprise. That very important personage, Lord Derby, has pronounced against it, and the Queensland Agent-General, Mr Archer, hag written a letter to the Times in strong oppositiod to the project. It is true that General Mclvor seems disposed to carry out his project in defiance of all opposition, but whether he will do so of course remains to be seen. The s s. Hinemoa and Wanaka arrived at Lyttelton to-day, and the Bio Loge from Mauritius. His Excellency the Governor arrived at Lyttelton this morning by the Hiaemoa. He is accompanied by his aide-de-camp, Major Eccles. Last evening a complimentary dinner was given to Mr H. Britton, at the Somerset Hotel, prior to his leaving Ashburton. The Wellington Racing Club have decided to abolish the qualification fee which was inserted in the Summer programme in error. The eleven to represent the Borough Club in their match against the Geraldine Club on the 9th inst, at Geraldine, will be chosen from the following, viz: Messrs Crocker, G. W. Andrews, Prebble, j Pooka, L. F. Andrewes, Robertson, Simpson, Quain, Coffee. Amos, Purchase, Davis, 0. It. Andrewes, Marsh, Groves and Yonables. A scratch match will take place on the Domain ground on Wednesday afternoon, commencing at two o’clock, when all members wishing to play are ' requested to roll up. ; We have been requested to remind intending exhibitors at the Show that entries will close 1 on Wednesday next. It will thus be seen there 1 is no time to lose. The Show takes place on ; t the 14th inst. J Gorged Livers, Bilious conditions, const!; pation, piles, dyspepsia, headache, cured by r “ Wells’May Apple Pills.” 5d and is boxes S at druggists. Moses, Moss and Co., Sydney ; General Agents for Australasia. 2 J

The silver cups pieaented as prizes at 1 E the forthcoming Agricultural Show in 1 Ashburton are to be seen in the window I of the New Zealand Clothing Factory. 1 The Venerable Archdeacon Harris will ] preach to-morrow morning at St Stephen’s Church, and at Winslow in the after- t< noon, and Tinwald in the evening. ° A squad of the Ashburton Rifles fired j, fifteen rounds per man at the range yes- 1 r terday morning at four, five, and six I r hundred yards, the highest scorers being t Capt. Douglas and Private Crocker, who 1 j tied with 36 points each. ( In the New Plymouth Supreme Court, ‘ Boswell, charged with fraud, and Weir < for making a false declaration, were dis- 1 < charged by order of the Judge, as the 1 facta alleged did not disclose any offence 1 The Grand Jury threw out the bill against 1 i Weir for arson. The criminal sessions I then closed. 1 Wo learn that telegraphic advices have 1 been received that a the half-yearly I meeting of the Bank of New South Wales hold at the head office in Sydney, on 31st ultimo, the usual dividend and bonus, at I the rate of I7|- per cent per annum was declared, and LIO,OOO added to the reserve fund. 1 The case of McGregor v. Boyd was con- 1 tinned at Wanganui yesterday, further witnesses for plaintiff being called to prove that undue influence was exercised by the I defendant over the late John McGregor, and that he was mentally incapacitated I from transacting the simplest business I affairs, and from conversing or under- | standing what was said to him. The I plaintiffs’ case is far from being closed, and it is anticipated the trial will last several days yet. 1 The building for the Union Bank of Australia in Christchurch which has just been completed will be opened on Monday next. It is said to be a very fine ] ’ substantial building, and is the first 1 erected in Christchurch out of the ’ Anama quarry stone, belonging the Hon 1 S. W. Peter. This stone, which is very durable, has a very pleasing appearance, f and no doubt will be largely used in " future where durability is studied. The privileges in connection with the s Ashburton races and show were sold by f Mr Bullock at the Arcade this afternoon, 3 when the following prices were realised: Races : gates, Jansen, LB2 ; publican’s » booth No. 1, Butler, LSI ; publican’s booth No. 2, Butler, LCO; confectioner’s booth, Davidson, LlO ; right of sports, j Corbett, L 3 10s; cards, Ward, 9s per doz g Show : Publican's booth No. 1, Butler, 1 Ll 7; publican’s booth No. 2, Beecher, L2l; confectioner’s booth No. 1, Davidson, L 4; confectioner’s booth No. 2, - Davidson, L2; right of sports, Ward, L2 15s. ♦ The small birds’ egg and head competition is evidently going to bring forth a = field of youthful collectors, if the handsome prizes which are to be given at the = forthcoming Agricultural Show can do it. Messrs Thomas Taylor and James Bishop have forwarded L2 2s to Mr George Jameson, the secretary, which will be V given as additional prize money for the , largest collection of small birds’ eggs and heads. The money will be distributed as ’ follows:—10s 6d will be added to both S Messrs Harrison and Small’s prizss of 21a e and 10s fid as second prizes in each case, v provided the number of heads for the first y prize be not less than 500, and the num•J her of eggs 700. i A Maaterton baker, perplexed with the i intricacies of the ?new Adulteration Pre--1 vention Act, wrote to the Government a asking what was meant by “French loaves.” In reply, he got the following • letter, and, it is needless to say, is as s much Juiystified as ever-—“I have the i honor to acknowledge receipt of your S letter, asking the meaning of certain S clauses of ‘ The Adulteration Prevention s Act, 1883.’ lam directed by the Colonial i Secretary to recommend you to consult your own solicitor on these points, as it is e not the practice of the Government to in V terpret the law for private individuals.— :- G. S. Cooper.” It is reported in the dist trict that the letter has made the baker e “crusty.” A meeting was held of the Winslow r Races and Sports Committee at Harris’ V Hotel on Thursday last, Mr James in the chair. The following officers were appointed : Pres’dent, E. G. Wright, Esq ; M.H.R. ; Vice-Presiden% J. Carter, Esq ; judge and handicapper, M. Stitt, Esq.; ’• starter, W. Simpson, Esq. ; clerk of , course, H. Fowler, Esq.; clerk of scales, i 0. Jephson, Esq. Mr Harris proposed e that the same programme be gone through v as 1 'SI year with the exception of the 1 Winslow Cup, value 5 guineas, with 20 1 sovs added. This was seconded by Mr - Corrigan and carried. Mr James proi posed—“ That the right of sports, gates, ~> booths and cards be put up at auction at f the same time as the Caledonian sports’ 3 privileges.” Carried. Subscriptions to • the amount of L 7 2s were promised in the room. Proposed by Mr Harris, se- ’ conded by Mr James and carried—“ That • Mr T. Hicks bo appointed Secretary and J Treasurer.” It was resolved—“ That Mr , Harris arrange for advertising, and that [ nominations be sent in addressed to the I Secretary at Harris’s Hotel not later than the 20th inat., with names of horses, age, color, etc.” It was decided that in the event of a walk over only half of the : stakes be awarded. A vote of thanks to the chair closed the meeting, which was adj iurned until November 22nd. The programme of the horse races appears in our advertising columns. The following story is told of the late John Tirafcs, formerly a sub-editor of the Illustrated London News : —Timbs, having a woodcut of a hop-field, sent a proof of it to a special correspondent, and asked him to go down to Maidstone, visit a hopgarden, take note of all he saw and heard, and describe the scene as faithfully and as accurately as he could. The “special” went down into Kent, spent a day and a night among the hop-pickers, and then came home and wrote his descriptive column. The next day he took it to the office, and handed it to the venerable sub. Mr Timbs adjusted his spectacles, and began to read; but before he had got through the third side of the copy he burst out with —“ What’s this, Mr Jones ? Do you really think we could put this in—oaths, intemperance, impiety, debauchery ? Why, sir, what were you thinking about? This will never do." “No, I thought not,” replied the writer ; “ but you remember you told me to describe exactly what I saw and heard—” “ Yes, yes; but really you know,” angrily interrupted 1 imbs, “ this is too gross, too gross.” “ Perhaps this will do better,” calmly remarked the “special,” handing him another manuscript. “ Read it, sir, read it,” said the sub-editor. The journalist read it, and his hearer was charmed with such well-tuned phrases, such happy conceits, such poetic descriptions! “Yes, that’s better, Mr Jones, much better just what I wanted. Allow me to congratulate you.” “Ah,” said Jones quietly, “ I thought you would like that ! It is what I wrote before I went down to , Maidstone !” Obstructions ef the kidneys and attendant organs will prove fatal if not removed by Hop Bitters. Read.— [Advt.] Mother Swan’s Worm Syrup —lnfallible, 1 tasteless, harmless, cathartic ; for feverishness, * restlessness, worms, constipation, is at daig- ' gists. Moses, Moss and Co., Sydney, General Agents. ' “ Rough on Rats.” —Clears out rats, mice, ‘ roaches, flies, ants, bed-bugs, beetles, insects, skunks, jack-rabbits, gophers. Drug- j gists. Moses, Moss and Co., Sydney, General 1 Agents. 2 1