The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prevalebit. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1883.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1092, 5 November 1883, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prevalebit. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1883.

The friends of Mr Thomas Toppin will kindly note that the funeral of Mr Toppin’s son John, will leave the Royal Hotel to-morrow, at 3.15 p. m. instead of 2 p. m., as was previously advertised, and the interment will take place in the new instead of the old cemetery.

The adjourned general meeting of the Ashburton > awn Tennis Club will be held at Quid’s Hotel, this evening. The business consists of the election of officers for ensuing year, and receive report of outgoing committee, etc.

At the inquest on the body of a man, name unknown, who died on the roadway in Victoria quadrant, Auckland, the postmortem revealed heart disease of long standing. There were no papers on the body to give a clue to identity.

A man named William Ritchie was found hanging to a tree quite dead, at Stony Creek, in the Sefion district, on Saturday, at about midday, by a man named Hans Shaw. Information was given to the Rangiora police, but no particulars could be obtained. Tlie deceased is a well-known resident of the district. He had lately been in very low spirits. A German named Buck, alias G. Jones, wanted by the police on account of having uttered numerous forged cheques, was arrested on the Rotnmahana, at Auckland, on Saturday. Buck is charged with feloniously uttering a forged cheque for L 9 on the Union Bank of Australasia with intent to defraud. There are several charges of a similar character against the prisoner. ,

Carriage lamps and lamp chimneys qf Auckland manufacture are about to be used on the Wellington railway lines. Ah order for six dozen of the former and twenty-four dozen of the latter have just been executed for the Government by Messrs Cook and Sons, Freeman’s Bay Glassworks.

Services of song are Ihe order of the day. To-morrow evening we are to have what our America friends would call a “ live ” entertainment. “ John Tregenoweth ” is selected from Mark Guy Pearse, and is worthy to rank with “Billy Bray” and other stories by the same author. It was given in Auckland last year with great success by the United Bands of Hope,' Mrs Hampton acting as reader. It is rather a bold attempt on the part of the children of the Methodist Sunday School, but with some help from other schools, and an efficient reader to give voice to the extracts, we anticipate that the audience will be greatly pleased. The Rotorua, which arrived at Wellington from the South on Saturday afternoon brought ia tow the barque Caberfeidh, which left port early in the morning, bound for Greymouth. The barque was towed to the paten', slip. The Cabarfeidh had accidently got fast on Baarett’s reef, and had to be towed off. Captain Henderson perceived that the barque was in distress five miles before the Rotorua came up to. her, and immediately got ready her lines, so that no time was lost in getting her off. The extant of damage is not yet known. At the R. M. Court this morning, before H. G. S. Baddeley Esq,, R.M., David Gray, alias MeKellop, was brought up charged with the larceny of three shirts from Messrs Priedlander Bros.’ store. The case being proved, prisoner was sentenced to two months’ hard labor. Jas. Roach for being drunk was ordered to be kept in custody for one week. There were two charges against Richard Poole—being drunk in a public place and malicious injury to property. On the first charge he was fined 20s or 48 hours’ imprisonment and on the second charge ho was fined 20s with 2s 6d damage, or 14 days. A case against Charles Counter, charged with violent assault with intent on one Roaannah Hill, was remanded to the 12th Nov.

On Saturday the children attending the Chensey Public School were treated to a very pleasant day’s outing. Accompanied by their teacher, and Messrs McDonald, Doig, and Downie, members of the School Committee, and by several ladies and other friends of the school, they proceeded by the first train to Christchurch. Arriving there, they proceeded at once to Lyttelton, where they had a cursory look at the harbor, a stroll through the principal streets of the town, and paid a flying visit to the Government steamer Hinemoa. Returning to Christchurch they visited the Museum, public gardens, and Cathedral, and were evidently highly gratified with all they saw. Substantial refreshments were provided at intervals during the day, and Mr McDonald (chairman) and the other members of Committee present were indefatigable in attending to the comfort of their little friends. By the last train from Christchurch they reached home. Altogether the excursion was a great success, and will be long remembered by the little people for whose amusement it was provided. Mr Hutchison, who has for a considerable period occupied the position of accountant in the Bank of Lew Zealand here, left on Friday evening for Christchurch, to fill a post in the same Bank in that city. During his residence in Ashburton Mr Hutchison made himself popu- ■ lar amongst a tolerably extensive circle of acquaintances, and was also well liked by. the Bank’s customers. His friends deeming that it would not be fitting that he should leave the town without some mark of their esteem, and his departure being too abrupt to permit of any demonstration of an elaborate nature, determined to present Mr Hutchison with a parse of sovereigns. The pi esetotation took place at Quill’s Hotel yesterday afternoon, Mr Jones, of the Union Bank, acting as spokesman for the subscribers, of whom a large number were present, while many more were absent through other engagements. The gentlemen present all heartily concurred in wishing Mr Hutchison future prosperity, and likewise pledged his health in the flowing howl. Mr Hutchison made a suitable response.

A public meeting will be held at the Library Hall this evening for of electing a Committee and transacting the business in connection with the Public Library. The mdnthly meeting of the Ashburton Building Society for the purpose of receiving payments arid transacting other business of the society takes place to-mor-row evening at the usual time and placed. The Melbourne Derby was run on Saturday last, and on the receipt of the special telegram, which reached the office at 7 o’clock the same evening, wo published an “Extra.” A full report of the race appears in another column, also a .table showing the winners of the race since 1860.

A match was fired off on Saturday last between the Kaiapoi Riile Club and the Ashburton 1< ifles attheirrespective ranges. The teams consisted of ten men a-aicle, and the firing was seven shots at each range of 400, 000 and 600 yards. At Kaiapoi, the tiub made a total score ot 455 points—Mr F. Parker, with 57 to his credit, and Mr W. .Fraser, with 53, being the highest. The Ashburton Rifles made a total of only 360. A strong N.B. wind blowing straight across the range militated against the Ashburton men, whose scores were consequently far below their usual average, the fDst man being Private (I. Pa kin with 52 points, Bugler Savage coming next with 47, and Private Leitch third with 44 Thus it will be seen that the Kaiapoi team were the victors by 95 points. The wind was very unfavorable at both places. The Ashburton branch of the North Can'erbury Educational Institute met in he Borough school on Saturday, 3rd inst. It the absence of the President the chair

was occupied by Mr Low. After some routine business had been transacted, the chairman called upon Mr Wallace, Tinwald School, to read his paper. The subject selected was “ Geography,” and the writer chiefly referred to it in a practical way, giving hia opinion as to how it should be best handled, so as to be of the greatest service to those under instruction. Many

of the suggestions brought forward by Mr Wallace were fresh and instructive, and showed deep and careful thought. The paper was criticised by those present, who all seemed pleas#! with the writer’s style of treating what is generally considered a dry subject. At the unanimous request of his critics, Mr Wallace consented to read his paper again on l’t December; when the next meeting of the branch takes place. After a vote of thanks to the writer of the paper had been passed, the meeting- adjourned. ■