The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit MONDAY. MAY 26, 1884.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1263, 26 May 1884, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit MONDAY. MAY 26, 1884.

The attendance at the evening school conducted by Mr Hogg, 6. A., under the auspices- of the Caledonian Society, is steadily increasing, and now a class of over a dozen young men is in regular study. Mr Hogg’s labor of love gives young men an opportunity of utilising the idle time that lies upon the hands of so many of our youths during the winter, and it is gratifying to see it takan advantage of.

There will he no practice of the Choral Society this evening. To-day was observed in Ashburton aa a close holiday, and the streets as usual presented a deserted appearance. A good many people left for Christchurch by the morning train to attend the Grand National Meeting, while others no doubt took advantage of the fine weather to enjoy a trip in the country. May we take the liberty of calling the Town Councillors’ attention to the state of a portion of Havelock street west, where the road is so soft that traps have to exercise greet care indeed to avoid being bogged. In that quarter of the town, notwithstanding the outcry by the neglected north, there is room for very great improvement indeed.

The Ashburton hounds met at Oorwar, Barrhill, on Saturday. Th-re was a high nor’-west wind blowing, which made it impossible for them to show good sport, although one or two short runs were obtained. The attendance was much smaller than anticipated, but wa noticed Messrs Evans, Tickel, Reid, Claridge, Wroaghtt n, Devery, Dixon, Mutter, and a few other wall known sportsmen taking part in the proceedings, Perhaps some owners of unregistered dogs are unaware that the police a e now on the look out for dogs (but more especially the owners of them) on. which no license fee has been paid. It would be well for such owners to make a note of the hint above given, as they will assuredly be prosecuted if collars are not in vast ad in forthwith. That a large nutn ber of dogs are still unregistered is a fact to which evidence is borne by the register, which shows us ya less than 150 dogs paid for, and we know there are far more than that number of mongrels in the borough. Sir George Grey addressed a crowded and most enthusiastic audience at the Thames on Saturday night. The Mayor was in the chair. The speech was mainly devoted to replying to portions of the Premier’s speech on last Tuesday. The meeting lasted two hours, and was all through in sympathy with Sir George In addition to replying to the Premier ho gave the leading portions of speeches as delivered in Auckland and elsewhere. At the close the -following resolution was moved by Mr Speight, and carried amid tremendous cheering—“ That this meet-, ing once more welcomes Sir George Grey to the Thames, thanks him for his address, and, rejoices to find him as able and as determined as ever to struggle in the interests of the great mass pf the people against the jobbery and oppression of those who too long have ruled the destinies of the country.” The meeting broke up with cheers for Sir George Grey. MrM. W. Green addressed his coustuents at North Dunedin on Bat irday night. He spoke strongly in favor of Nationalisation of the land. A vote of confidence was passed, only three hands being held up against it, aud an amendment in favor of a vote of thanks only was not seconded. The six-roomed dwelling house aud shop

of George Taylor, at Winchester, was totally destroyed by fire on Friday night. The stock and furniture were saved. The insurance is unascertained.

Messrs Shaw, Seville and Albion Com

pany’a chartered steamer Victory, Captain Elcoate, arrived at Wellington from London via Plymouth, at 9 o’clock yesterday morning. She came direct from Plymouth, and the passage, which was an uneventful one, occupied fifty-six days. The Victory brings 50 Peerage passengers and 370 Government immigrants (including 117 single girls) for all ports Two deaths occurred among the married immigrants, those being Wm. Harrison, aged forty, from apoplexy, on the 11th May, and Bathilda Person, aged thirtyeight, from abcess, on 24th May. Dr Miley, in hia report, speaks highly of the attention paid to the passengers by the officers of the ship, and he states provisions and water were in abundance and of good quality. The health and behaviour of the immigrants, he mentions, has been exceptionally good. The Victory has 2000 tons of cargo for all ports. The single women were landed this afternoon and seat to the Immigration Barracks, The Commissioners appointed to report on Goodall’s scheme for the Napier harbor works, Mr Napier Bell and Mr Scott,

handed in their report to the Harbor Board on Friday, but in the hurry of sending the copy the concluding paragraph c ntainifig their conclusion was omitted. This they supplied to the Chairman yesterday. They say—The conclusions we arrive at are as follows :—That there is sufficient evidence, so far as it goes at present, to conclude that it will take many years before the shingle will accumulate so as to endanger the works, and that by removing the shingle by dredging the danger may be delayed indefinitely.

The writ for the East Coast was issued on Saturday morning, and will be telegraphed to Gisborne. Richard Giblin, with several aliases, under remand at Greymouth, for issuing false cheques at Oamaru, made a bold attempt to escape yesterday morning while in the yard. He cleared a fence, and a moat exciting chaae resulted. A number of townspeople joined in the hue and cry. He was at last run to earth under a private residence. Remember that a little Hop Bitters saves big doctor’s bills, and cures when all else fail. Read.—[Advt.] will be paid for any case that Hop bitters will not cure or help. Doubt not. See. —[Advt,] Mother Swan’s Worm Syrup—lnfallible, tasteless, harmless, catharic ; for feverishnessrestlessness, worms, con tipation. is at Drug, gists. The N.Z. Drug Co., Generul Agents. 3 Flies and Bugs.—Beetles, insects, caches, ants, bed-bugs, rats, mice, gophers, jack-rab-bits, cleared out by “ Rough on Rats. ’ 7%iThe N.Z, Drug Co., General Agents. 3 Mother Swan’s worm Syrup.— tasteless, harmless, cathartic ; for feverishness, restlessness, worms, constipation. is. The N.Z. Drug Co., General Agents. 3 The Bad and Worthless

are never imitated or counterfeited. This is especially true of a family medicine, and it is positive proof that the remedy imitated is of the highest value. As soon as it has been tested and proved by the whole world that Hop Bitters was the purest, bestj and most valuable family medicine bn earth, many imitations sprung up and began to steal the notices in which the press and the people of the country had expressed the merits of -H. 8., and in every way trying to induce suffering invalids to use their stuff instead, expecting to mal e money on the credit and good name of H. B Many others started nostrums put up in simi lar style to H. 8., with variously devised names in which the word “ Hop ” or •‘Hops ” were used in a way to induce people to believe they were the same as Hop Bitters. . 11 such pretended remedies or cures, no matter what their style or name is, and especially those with the word “ Hop ” or ‘Hops” in their name or in any way connected with them or their name, are imitations or counterfeits. Beware of them. Touch none of them. Use nothing but genuine American Hop Bitters, with a bunch or cluster of green Hops on the \yt ! a b,el, and f)r Soule’s name blown |n tii glass. Trust nothing else. Druggists and ch .mists are warned aaainst dealing in im tattoos or counterfeit

Information reached the Lyttelton Police Station on Saturday night that a fatal accident had occurred at the Heathcote Valley Station. Sergeant Mason sent through two of his staff to investigate the case, and went through himself yesterday forenoon. The sad occurrence resulted in the death of a railway workman named William Lockwood, whose body was found in a.frightfully mangled state between the Heathcoto station and the entrance to the tunnel. From enquiries made it seems that the deceased had a half holiday on Saturday, and was seen at about ten o’clock at night quite sober. The presumption is, as he left the Valley Hotel to go to his brother-in-law’s house, that he stumbled over the wires that work the signals for the tunnel, and falling upon the rails was rendered insensible. The 10 p.m. train from Christchurch to port must have passed over him, for his body was found between ton aud eleven o’clock, as stated above. The discovery created quite an excitement amongst the residents at 'he Valley, who speak of the deceased in terms of sincere regard. He had been but a few months amongst them, having removed to the Valley from Timaru with his wife and two children, for whom the deepest sympathy is felt. — Press.

August Flower. —The most miserable beings in the world are those suffering fromdyspepsia and liver complaint. More than 7£ per cent of the people are afflicted with these two diseases and their effects ; such as sour stomach, sick headache, habitual costiveness, palpitation of the heart, heart burn, waterbrash, gnawing and burning pains at the pit of the stomach, yellow skin, coated tongue and disagreeable taste in the mouth, coming up of food after eating, low spirits, etc. Go to your druggist and get a bottle of august flower. This valuable medicine has cured thousands and thousands of sufferers, and is known in all civilised countries. Two doses will relieve you. It costs only 3s fid a bottle. Sample bottles, fid.—[Anvx.

Holloways Ointment and Pills.— Diseases of the Bowels.—A remedy, which has been tested and proved in a thousand different ways, capable of eradicting poisonous taints from ulcers and healing them up, merits a trial of its capacity for extracting the internal corruptions • from the bowels. On rubbing Holloway’s Ointment repeatedly on the abdomen a rash appears, and as it thickens the alvine irritability subsides. • Acting as a derivative, this unguent draws to the surface, releases the tender intestines from all acrid matters, and prevents inflammation, dysentery, and piles, for which blistering was the oldfashioned, though successful treatment, now from its painfulness fallen into disuse, the discovery of this Ointment having proclaimed a remedy possessing equally denvative, yet. nerfectly painless powers.—[Advt.