The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prevalebit. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1883. DEATH.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1096, 10 November 1883, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prevalebit. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1883.

DEATH.

Sandoe. — On Nov. 10th, at Ashburton, Amelia Elizabeth, daughter of James and J. Sandoe, aged 6 weeks.

Anniversary sermons in connection with the Primitive Methodist Church will be preached to-morrow by the Rev J. Sharp, of T imam. The usual tea will take place on the Show day in the Oddfellows’ Hall.

The District Court did not sit this morning, on account of a message being received from Judge Ward stating that he was too Mil to come to Ashburton. The Court therefore stands adjourned till next month.

Flora Webb, wife of Dr Webb, committed suicide at Dunedin by cutting her throat yesterday morning. She came to town about three weeks ago, and had been living in private lodgings. She had been drinking ever since her arrival. Dr Webb came from down country a day or two ago, and finding his wife in liquor, went to live at an hotel.

The librarian (Mr Poyntz) will be |in attendance at the Public Library this evening for the purpose of giving out books to the subscribers. As fresh books will have to be ordered from England almost immediately, it is necessary that the public should join as early as possible, in order that the Committee may ascertain the class of books which is moat re* quired to suit the subscribers’ taste, s Mr Gladman, the Principal of the Training College for teachers at Melbourne, has, at the request of the Hon. Mr Dick, agreed to give his services as examiner in the subject of school management, at the next January examination of candidates for certificates under the New Zealand Education Department. Mr Gladman is the author of a very popular work on school management, and is regarded as one of the highest authorities on the subject in England, as well as throughout the Australian colonies. If there was any doubt about the merits of Martini-Henry’s performance in the Yictorian Derby, remarks the Timaru Herald— and we maintained that there was not —he placed his qualities beyond all question by his running for the Cup. He seems to have made nothing of his handicap, but to have simply run. away with the race from all his competitors, and done the distance with ease in loss time than it ever was done in before. This is racing extraordinary, and it at once places the Musket stock side by side with the best blood in the world. Many years ago New Zealand racehorses used to have a very high reputation on the Australian turf, but lately, for some reason or other, they have failed to make their mark there and have pretty nearly gone out of fashion. Now, it seems, the Auckland Stud Company have fairly restored the prestige of this colony as a producer of first class racing stock, and henceforward it is to be hoped we shall see as brisk a trade in blood horses between Australia and New Zealand as there has recently been in draught horses. This ought to be a really great horsebreeding country. Last year horses to the value of something like L 50,000 were exported hence to Now Couth Wales and Queensland; but that is nothing to the business that might be done with Australia and, still better, with India, If dealers could depend on always getting a regular supply of the right stamp of horses. That, however, is just what they cannot do, for very often not only are there no horses of good quality available for export from New Zealand, but there are not nearly enough to supply the local demand. The main reason of this, we think, is that horse-breading has not hitherto been gone into generally as a business on a large scale. Like all other businesses, it requires capital and system, to succeed ; aud those are what the Auckland Stud Company are now putting into it.

At the annual meeting of the Ashburton Gas, Coal and Coke Co., the report and balance-sheet, which appeared in our issue of Thursday, was adopted. Mr Bullock, in moving its adoption, said that 46 chains of new main had been laid down, making a total of 5 miles 17 chains. It was the desire of the Directors that the price of gas should be further reduced lOd per 1,000, and he hoped this would be satisfactory to the consumers. In answer to Mr H. Friedlander the Chairman said that the cause ot the increase being only L 43, was that consumers had observed greater economy in the use of gas, and the fact of the leakage being this year 13 per cent instead of 12 per cent as it was last year was accounted for by the greater length of the mains, which resulted in more exhaustion. Mr G. Jameson was elected auditor, the fee being fixed at three guineas, and it was resolved that the audit be taken half-yeaily. Messrs E. G. Wright, M.H.R., A. Orr and H. Friedlander were elected Directors. It was decided that the Directors be recommended to pay an interim dividend at the end of each half-year, and also to increase the discount by lOd per I,oooft. After a discussion as to the price charged for gas used for stores and engines, which Mr Cookson thought prohibitive, the matter was left in the hands of the Directors After the usual votes of thanks the meeting adjourned.