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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1057, 23 January 1884, Page 2

In reference to a letter which appears in another column we have to express our sincere regret that an incorrect report regarding'the information against Mr Quill was given in yesterday’s issue of the Guardian. The charge had nothing to do with gambling, the information laid by the police being simply for “ keeping a licensed house open during prohibited hours for the sale of liquor. ” The error arose out of a misconception on the part of our reporter, which nobody can be more sorry for than we are ourselves. At the Wesleyan Conference yesterday afternoon, the examiners of the ministerial candidates were appointed for 1384 Scandinavian and Maori work was reviewed. Revs E. Nielson and Hetriaka Warihi addressing the Conference. The report of the Rev. Mr Best on Chinese work was read and received. The Rev. J. Lewis brought up the annual pastoral address, which was adopted after some discussion.

Hop Bitters gives good digestion, active liver, good circulation and buoyant spirits. Read larger.—[AdVT.]

Flies and Bugs.—Beetles, insects, roaches, ants, bed-bugs, rats, mice, gophers, iack-rab-bits, cleared out by “ Rough on Rats. ’ Moses, Moss and Co., General Agents, Sydney Town Hall, to-morrow night.—The Druid variety entertainment comes off in the Town Hall to-morrow night, and we would advise everybody who can possibly do so to go and see the Chinese giant, Siamese twins, Indian Cannibal, Little 80-peep, Chinese Dwarfs, Old Mother Gum, the Fat Boy, the Circus Lion, the Electric Light, Crocodile island In Sambo’s Town, and Sambo’s song and dance. To coiv elude with the comedietta ojf “Doing my Uncle.” New scenery, specially obtained for the occasion. 'lhis class of: entertainment ought certainly to be well patronised.—Adv t. To-night there will be a full dress rehearsal of the above variety entertainment in the Town Hall.— Advt,

The entertai mont got up by a number of cricketers in aid of the Ashburton Cricket Club, which takes place on Feb. Ist, promises to bo a success. The farce, “Whitebait at Greenwich ’’ will be played and a number of solos will be given by Ashburton and Christchurch amateurs.

Our Waterton correspondent writer : The weather in our district has been very unpropitious, and in consequence of this the harvest will be late. Luckily the hay has been well got in, and we were fortunate in escaping from the hailstorm which visited other parts of the county last week. The crops are, taken altogether, the best ever known in the Waterton district, especially those of Messrs Grigg, Bell, White, Sargisson, Donaldson and Moses. The cold weather experienced in Nelson has seriously affected the hop crop, and while one large grower estimates his yield will be less than half the average crop, some expect to pick not more than a fourth of that last year. The first pocket was sold on the 15th February, 1883, but this year the crop is very backward, the poles not being covered in many places. The city authorities in Christchurch have taken away the license of the Great World Circus engaged by the Exhibition Committee as an attraction, but the tent has been pitched within the quadrangle, and performances given in defiance of the Council, who consider the circus unsafe 1 near steam engines and in so confined a spot should a panic arise There is some talk of an appeal to the law. The forty-fourth anniversary of the foundation of the colony was celebrated at Wellington last evening by a dinner, at which about 300 old colonists who arrived in the colony before the grarting of the constitution in 1853 were present. Sir Wm, Fitzherbert occupied the chair, and the Hon Major Atkinson was present, and apologised for the unavoidable absence of Mr Bryce. A number of excellent and interesting speeches were made. At the annual meeting of St Matthew’s Church, Dunedin, Bishop Nevill made reference to anonymous correspondence which had been going on in the Press, which he said gave him considerable pain, as he thought annual meetings were the places to discuss such questions, but he felt sure the views expressed were not those of the majority. He was unable to report any progress towards making St Mathew’s a Cathedral Church. The revenue for the year was L 930 ; expenditure, L 1,260, showing a deficiency of L 330. On Monday a trial of the McCormick twine binder was |held at Waterton on the estate of Mr William Moses, but unfortunately an accident happened to the machine. The horses attached to it took fright and bolted, jumping the fence round the paddock. The pole was torn aw >y and the binder with the driver was left behind. The local blacksmith, Mr Miller was, however, equal to-dhe emergency, and the machine was soon put into good working order. The crop operated upon was of oats, about 50 bushels to the acre, and those who saw the work done by the reaper and binder were thoroughly satisfied. At the Otago Presbyterian Synod meet* jng yesterday, the Rev J. Lothian proposed—“ That this Synod express their satisfaction that a movement has been originated in several branches of the Presbyterian Church in Great Britain and the colonies, having for its object the careful revision of the Westminster Confession of Faith and other subordinate

standards of the Church, with a view of ascertaining whether some brief and more available compendium of fundamental doctrine may not be secured, which shall be more suitable than the existing formula for office-bearers affirming their adherence to the Church.” Themotionfound no seconder. 'I he question of union with the Northern Church came up in the form of a motion —“ That in view of the vote taken at the previous sederunt it is not advisable to proceed in Committee, and resolved to discharge the Committee on union at present, in the hope that a more favorable opportunity may arise for reopening the negotiations for union. ” An amendment, “That the Synod deem it inadvisable to amend the scheme in Committee, but agree that it be carried as it stands to the Presbyteries and Kirk Sessions for their consideration,” was carried by thirtymne votes to twenty-two. It was resolved to send the scheme of union down to Presbyteries and Kirk sessions, the report to be given to next Synod. The case of Walter Searle and Francis Fulton v. the New Zealand Insurance Company came before the Dunedin Supreme Court yesterday, being a claim of LI,BOO insurance on the cargo of barque Ulysse and interest. The declaration alleged that Captain Pelison, master of the Ulysse, insured at Oamaru in July, 1878, a cargo of wheat and flour valued at L 3,800, with the local manager of the defendant Company, and paid a premium «f L 76 on the same. That the vessel sailed from Oamaru on the 27th July, and in the course of the voyage struck and became stranded upon a reef near Torres Strait. After failing by ovary other means to float the vessel, it was resolved for the common safety to jettison a portion of the cargo, which was accordingly done, and part of the goods, covered by insurance, were thrown overboard and totally lost; it further alleges that the vessel was got off the reef, and on October the 23rd put into Pott Louis, Mauritius, Jor the purpose of being examined. It was then found that a portion of the cargo was damaged, and in accordance with the surveyor’s recommendation it was '.sold in order to enable repairs to be executed to the vessel, so that she might proceed on her voyage. The whole of the cargo had to be discharged, and loss and expenses wet e incurred in discharging and re-load-ing the same, and the cargo became so injured that the plaintiff, W. Searle, was unable to dispose of it, and it had to be sold by public auction in Capetown to the loss and damage of the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs had performed all conditions entitling them to recover from the defendants the ameunt claimed in this action, but the defendants had refused and still refused to pay the said amount. The defendants pleaded denying all the material allegations in the declaration, and for a further plea alleged that after the commencement of the risk in the policy mentioned, and before the loss, the ship without sufficient cause or excuse did not proceed on the said voyage but deviated therefrom. A quantity of evidence taken on commission in Mauritius, France and the Gape was read. The case was not concluded yesterday. That weakness and lassitude so frequent in fast-growing children may be easily remedied by a few doses of Hop Bitters. Read.— Advt.] Mother Swan’sworm Syrup. —lnfallible tasteless, harmless, cathartic ; for feverishness, restlessness, worms, constipation, is. Moses, Moss and Co., Sydney, General Agents. 3

Mother Swan’s Syrup —lnfallible tasteless, harmless, cathartic j for feverishness, restlessness, worms, constipation., is at druggists. Moses, Moss and Co., Sydney, General Agents. “ German Syrup.”—No other medicine in the world was ever given such a test of its curative qualities as Boschee’s German Syrup. In three years two million four hundred thousand small bottles of this medicine were distributed free of charge by Druggists in the United States of America to those afflicted with Consumption, Asthma, Croup, severe Coughs, Pneumonia and other diseases of the throat and lungs, giving the afflicted undeniable proof that Gerpnan Syrup will cure them. The result has been that Druggists in every town and village in civilised countries arc recommending it to their customers. Go to your Druggist and ask what they know about in. Sample Bottles 6d, Regular size 3s. 6d. Three doses will relieve an y case,—[Advt.]