The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1883.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1099, 14 November 1883, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1883.

The Ashburton portion of the ’Frisco mail arrived and was distributed to-day. Woodyear’s Electric Circus will make its first appaarance in Ashburton to-night, the site procured being the paddock adjoining the post office, where the tents were in course of erection to-day. The celebration of Luther’s fourth contenary took place at the Baptist School, Christchurch, last night, under the auspices of the Pro'eatant Alliance Friendly Society. The Mayor was in the chair at the public meeting, which was preceded by a soiree.

Win. Ellis, a settler of Orakaa, Auckland, who was not quite right in his head, got hold of some virdigris and nitric acid on Friday, a portion of which he drank. He lingered until yesterday in great a»ony, when he died about noon. The stuff was used for foot-rot among sheep. From quite an early hour this morning Ashburton presented an animated appearance. Numbers of country people from all parts, on horseback and in traps of all descriptions, wended their way to the Show ground. By the express train a large crowd arrived at the saleyardshiding and at the railway station.

The drawing of the “ Robin Hood” consultation at Christchurch, which was published by us the other day, resulted in the first horse in the Melbourne Cup being drawn by a constable in Dunedin; the second went to a farmer at Waimate, and the third to a miner on the West Coast. A well-known coffee merchant in Christchurch drew the first prize in the New Zealand Cup, and seoonl and third horses went to a banker at Westport, and the son of a publican in Christchurch respectively. As the 6 [o’clock tram was proceeding along Ingestre street, Wellington, last night the pin of the swingle tree broke, and the two horses broke away, pulling the driver over the splash board. Two residents of Haining street, named John Taylor and Joseph Ccksvrorth, attempted to arrest the progress of the horses, but were knocked down, one of the horses falling on Taylor, who was badly injured, and taken to the Hospital. He lies in a critical condition. Kckswortlv escaped with slight bruises. Another visit from the “healer,” Mr G. M. Stephen, may be looked forward to shortly, says the New Zealand Times. According to advices received by a Wellington lady the ether day from Mrs Stephen, her husband and self are at present at Brisbane, and doing well there. Mr Stephen’s power has increased rather than diminished. They purpose leaving Sydney for New Zealand by the ’Frisco mail steamer on the 29th inst, and will work their way south fiom Auckland, as they dil at their last visit. A serious accident happened at Nelson yesterday to Captain Whit well, of the steamer Charles Edward. The steimer is undergoing repairs, and he is superintending the alterations. While a donkey engine and boiler wore being removed he proceeded to render assistance to the men as the boiler was slipping. His clothes caught and he was unable to escape, being thrown against the bulwarks. He sustained a compound fracture of the right thigh. Two projections of the boiler also pierced the flesh of the thigh to a considerable depth. The loss of blood was great. The bone has been reset. In the office of the Agent-General for New Zealand (says “ Anglo-Australian ”) I saw a telegram dated Christchurch, Sop-

tember 26th, 4.15 p.m., and received in London, September 26th, 9.1 a.m. Making duo allowance for the difference in time between the two points, this is pretty prompt, and certainly brings the two Britaina into wonderfully close proximity for familiar communication. How marked an influence it would soon have on our social relations with the Austral colonies could ocean telegraphy bo but materially cheapened 1 Even bad eggs have their use—apart from elections. There are four firms in Philadelphia, it is said, that make a business of collecting from grocers and market men the eggs upon whose flavor a id fragrance age or too tropical weather has wrought sad ravages. These are opened and graded. Those hopelessly corrupt are sent to tanneries for polishing purposes. Those that are merely too emphatic in tone for culinary purposes are separated, the whites from the yolks, the latter being used by morocco manufacturers, and the former—says unscrupulous report—by confectioners. At a private meeting of the Christchurch Presbytery yesterday, the report of the Committee of Enquiry on the case of the

Rev. J. W. Cree was given in and adopted, and the following decision unanimously agreed to : —That the Presbytery finds from the report received that there is not the slightest proof in 'support of the serious charges circulated against Mr Cree; that the Presbytery records its great satisfaction with this result, and also its sincere hope that good may be bo brought out of evil in this case that the ministerial usefulness of Mr Cree may bo increased, and that a conciliatory spirit may be cultivated by the people of his charge and by all parties.”

A strange scene was witnessed the other day in a parish church in the West of England. There was a congregation of about 600 persons, and the vicar preached, referring in his sermon to the joyful festivities in the neighborhood in honor of the coming of ago of the lord of the manor’s eldest son and heir. He expressed the opinion that while “my lord ” was very generous, it would have been well if he had abstained from giving beer, seeing that so much drunkenness prevailed. This annoyed a member of the congregation of the agricultural class, who publicly asked the preacher what it mattered to him, and said if they waited for the vicar’s liberality they would have to wait a long time.

Why be sick and ailing when Hop Bitters will surely cure you? Read and know.— Advt.]

To-morrow and Friday the Ashburton Racing Club will hol'd their Annual Spring Meeting, which promises to be an unqualified success The entries are numerous, the course in excellent order, the weather propitious, and the management have.made every arrangement for the com fortof theirpatrona. The band connected with Woodyear’s Circus will be on the ground and perform selections throughout the day. At the Wellington Magistrate’s Court yesterday afternoon, a case of some interest to cordial manufacturers was decided. Mr K. Cooper, who is tarrying on the business of cordial maker on • liorndon Quay, was charged with having sold seven bottles of lemonade containing John Lewen Bacon’s trade mark. The evidence of the complainant, and aerated water maker, was to the effect that he has taken out the trade mark composed of letto-s “J.L. B.” in an oblong figure, and had notified to all cordial makers in the city that he would take action against any one found guilty (f using his bottles. He had spoken to the accused on the snbj set, and she appeared to think it worth while while to run the risk. Three witnesses swore to receiving the bottles of lemonade bearing Bacon’s trade mark and Cooper’s labels. For the defence it was contended that the bottles had not been filled with the knowledge of the defendant. A fine of 20s and costs was imposed. Holloway’s Pills. —Health or Wealth.— No sane person would hesitate an instant in the choice between these two conditions. Now is the season to secure the former cither by restoring or confirming it. These Pills expel all impurities from the system which fogs, foul vapours, and variable temperatures ingender during winter ; this medicine also acts most wholesomely upon the skin by disgorging the liver of its accumulated bile, and by exciting the kidneys to more energetic action ; increases the appetite for food and strengthens the digestive process. The stomach and liver, which most disorders originate, are fully under the control of these regenerative Pills, which act very kindly yet most efficiently on the tenderest bowels.—[Advt.]