The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit SATURDAY, JUNE 1884.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1274, 7 June 1884, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit SATURDAY, JUNE 1884.

The meeting of tha Debating Society last night was fairly attended, and the discussion on the question “Is a change in the Ministry desirable V was a spirited one. On the vote being take i the majority were in favor of the affirmative side. At a Committee meeting held previous to the debate it was decided to give an entertainment at an early date, and those present formed themselves into a Committee to make the necessary arrangements. Although intelligence of the writ for the Ashburton seat having been issued was received here on Thursday afternoon, the document did not reach the Returning Officer till this morning. It is made returnable on the 16th July. The day of nomination of candidates is fixed for the 25th inflt, and iho oloctioii will take place on July 2. The meeting of the Longbaach Road Board called yesterday lapsed, there being no quorum present. At the Police Court this morning Robert Alcorn, Esq, J.P., fined a first offender for drunkenness ss.

At the meeting of the Wakanui Road Board held this morning the folio ing particulars of roads within the Mount Hutt Road Board District were read from the Chairman or that body ; Roads shingled, 71 miles; formed only, Similes; unformed, 68 miles. A dispute has arisen between the Anglican Bishop of Dunedin and the Rev .. L. Stanf rd, who recently conducted Urakanui College. It appears from the correspondence published that Mr Stanford, who is about to enter business as a barrister, desired -o resign his license to officiate in the diocesa, and the Bishop in answer to this request writes that such a change of profession is incompatible wit h the position of a priest in the Church of God. The writer goes on to say that unless the rumors are proved to be false he intends to take steps to have his correspondent publicly degraded from the ranks of the clergy. Mr Stanford retaliates with a very trenchant letter, in the course of which he says :—As a clergyman in your diocese, I have known from time to time of my Bishop being a land speculator, mixed up in the conduct . f pottery works, and bargaining over an annuity. To your conduct of these numerous speculative enterprises I have heard many hard epithets applied, and have said nothing, feeling that if. was your concern and ° not mine. You appear to have thought it not inconsistent with the office of a Bishop, an Overseer of the Church of Christ, to mix yourself up in no small decree with such purely worldly and secular affairs. I, on the contrary, before entering on the honorable profession of the Jaw, thought it better taste to resign my profession as a clergyman. There is, therefore this contrast between our actions—you’remain a Bishop while spending no inconsiderable portion of your time on, these secular affairs. I resign mj- farr a calling before devoting-ruY attention to the profession of a b-rrisler and solicitor. The fi.iai reply of the Bishop is as follows: my action. I have only to say' that the matter is so novel, and to my mind so very solemn, that I shall not allow myself either to be hurried into precipiiate action, or to be turned a*ide from any course upon which I may eventually decide.” The whole of the correspondence is published in tha public press, and the spectacle of a Bishop quarreling with one of his former curates in certainly not edify ing. Remember that a little Hop Bitters saves big doctor’s bills, and cures when all else fail. Uead.—[Advt.] Tic-Doloureux, Toothache, or any other neuralgic pain speediiy yields to Baxter s AntiNeuralgic Pills. .£SOO will be paid for any case that Mop bitters will not cure or help. Doubt not* See. —[Advt.] ... - “ 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 distributee 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 German Syrup will cure them. The result has been that Druggists in every town and village in civilised countries are recommending it to their customers. Go to your Druggist and ask what they know about it. Sample Bottles 6d. Regular size 3s. 6d. Thre« doses will relieve any case.—[Advt.] (

At a meeting of the local Masons held last evening it was determined to establish a Society to be called the Ashburton Masonic Literary and Debating Society, and Messrs Dempsey, Dimant, Hogg, Craighead, Chapman, Felton,. Sparrow, Crisp, Davison, and Stephenson were appointed a Committee to draft rules for the approval of a future meeting. The Bazaar which has been occupying the Town Dali during the week will close to-night. This evening a number of musical selections will be contributed by Mr Sidney Wolf and others, and there will be several other special attractions.

A Political Reform Association was instituted at Titnaru last night. At a public meeting some 300 people attended, but most of them came in too late to hear the thing explained, and one of the last speakers throwing cold water on the proposal as presented, fewer joined than was expected by the promoters. Only fortythree enrolled themselves. It is proposed to adopt the programme of a similar organisation in Auckland, and to make the Society a sort of Debating Club for the" discussion of political matters. Mr Hamerslcy, solicitor, who was not present till rear the end of the meeting, was elected President. It is intended to hold another public meeting at an early date for the purpose of explaining fully the objects of the Association. An extraordinary bequest has been made by an old Wellington resident recently deceased. In the early days of the settlement he experienced some kindness at the hands of Sir William Fiizhevbert, and in recognition of this, he being a member of the Roman Catholic Church, has bequeathed the sum of L 25 to Bishop Redwood, to be expended in masses for the repose of Sir William Fitzherbert’s soul when the Hon Speaker of the Legislative Council should die.

Tiio -vano-of indoooirt 113351111 against' Oapt. Scotland, of the ship Crusader, was remanded for a week. Bail was allowed, himself in LIOO, and two sureties in the same amount.

A Maori petition is being signed in the Waikato against the proposed Lands Bill for presentation to the Assembly. The first signature is Rewi’s.

A case came before the Dunedin Magistrate yesterday, in which a young man over 6 feet in height put in a claim of infancy. It was shown that he had bought some sixty-eipht cords of wood, paid L 5 on ccount, and on being pressed for the rest he set up the above plea, as he wanted twelve days of being twentyone. The Magistrate said it was an unsatisfactory casj, but he could do nothing but decide according to the law, which did not hold the defendant responsible. William McLachlan, one of the first settle; sof Otago, died on Monday. He arrived in Otago nearly fifty years ago from Sydney in a whaler. His wife was the first white woman who landed in Otago.

The action brought by George Thorne against the Government Insurance department, claiming damages, will not come on for hearing until August next. Sir George Grey addressed a meeting at Ormond on Thursday night. His speech was similar to that delivered in other places, fn his speech at Gisborne Sir George read an extract from the prospectus of the Eucla Land Company, which proposed taking up 16| million acres of land in Australia. Sir Julius Vogel was down for 150,000 acres, and the Earl of Carnarvon, Sir R. W. Herbert, the permanent Under-Secretary of the Obhmial Office, Sir A. Stepney, W. L. McKennon and Colonel Wade for 64,000 acres each. He was glad that the Gisborne people had not elec ed a largo Australian squatter. Ho would take an opportunity of bringing Sir 'll. W. Herbert’s connection with the Company before the Uowae of Commons. The meetings at Gisborne and Ormond were orderly. In both places votes of confidence in Sir G. Grey as leader of the Liberal party throughout New Zealand were carried, and three hearty ringing ohoora wore given.

Mr Murphy, the Secretary, was voted by the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association half the profit on

the “ New Zealanid Shorthorn Herd

Book,” of which he is editor. The profit already amounts to L 127. The Association resolved to issue a herd book for other than shorthorns. At a meeting of the Christchurch Public Library Committee, the following resolutions were agreed to—“ That this Committee have heard with disappointment and regret the reply of the Board of Governors to the proposals submitted to that body by the Committee, having for their object the maintenance and management of the Public Library at 'Jhristchureh.” “That the reply of the Board of Governors renders it impera. tively necessary in the interests of the public that a Bill should be introduced into Parliament during the present session, if practicable, haring for its object the allocation of the endowments vested in the Canterbury College for the benefit of the Museum, the Public Library, and the School of Technical Science, so that each of these institutions shall have an equitable share of those endowments set apart for its benefit, and also providing for the handing over of the control and management of the Public Library to a governing body other than the Board of Governors of the Canterbury College.” The Committee requested the Mayor to call a public masting to sanction the above Messrs .Wynn-Williams and Joynt are entrusted with the drafting of a Bill in accordance with the principles involved in Mr Joynt’s,resolution. Thick Heads, heavy stomachs, bilious con. ditions —Wells* May Apple Pills —anti-bilious cathartic. Jd and is. The N.Z. Drug Co General Agents. Don’t Die in the House.—

“Rough on

Rats ” clears out rats, mice, beetles, roaches, bed-bugs, flies, ants, insects, moles, jackrabbits, gophers, the N.Z. Drug Co., General Agents.

Wells’ “ Rough on Corns.”—Asl- for Wells’ “ Rough on Corns-” —Quick relief, complete, permanent cure. Corns, warts, The N.Z. Drug Co., General

Agents. The most vexing problem of the day is how to dress well on a small income. This can be solved by paying a visit to H, E, May AND Co., of Christchurch. They are now selling the balance of a very large purchase made from the trustees in the estate of Messrs Hudson, Rid ey and Co. at actual landed cost, kindly read their advertisement which appears in our columns. See the goods at the prices there mentioned, and you will be more than satisfied that they are far below the ordinary trade prices.— [Advt.]

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 v ilue. As soon as it has been tested and proved by the whole world that Hop Bitters was the purest, best, and most valuable family medicine on 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 su'tcring invalids to u e their stuff instead, expecting to make money 011 the credit and good name of H. B. Many others started nostrums put up in similar 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. All 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 Bißers, with a bunch or cluster of green Hops on the white label, and Ur Soule’s name blown in the glass. Trust nothing else. Druggists and chemists are warned against dealing in imitations or counterfeits,

Sir William and Lady Fox left Wellington for Sydney yesterday m route to iingland.

The proprietors of the Marlborough Express have been served with a writ hy the Directors of the Marlborough Freezing Company for alleged libel. The claim is L 2,000.

Wednesday’s Oamaru Mail contains an amusing burlesque of the Governor’s speech, of which ic was pretended that advance copies had been received. Our contemporary thus amusingly treats of the recent increase in the railway tariff: — “ With a view of offering substantial encouragement to industry, my advisers, a few months since, determined upon an increase in the railway tariff The success that has attended this wise determination on the part ray far-seeing advisers has far exceeded their moat sanguine expectations. Of this we have abundant proof in the fact that where farmers were previously impelled to send their grain to market by the railways, they have now, by reason of the encouragement and assistance afforded them by my advisers, been induced to adopt the more selfreliant and profitable policy of carrying produce to market by drays and carts. This has had the desired effect of relieving

the railways of a large portion of the heavy traffic by which they were overtaxed, and of affording employment for an increased population. 1 need scarcely point out to you lha many directions in which this will have a beneficial effect upon the colony—the encouragement it will afford to the breeding of a better class of heavy draught horses, the stimulus it will give to that most important industry the waggon-building trade, the increased demand it will create for many descriptions of our abundant and varied timbers, and the enlarged demand for road metal and labor. With the object of offering still greater encouragement to industry and the development of the resources and natural

wealth of the colony, my advisers have it in contemplation to make other important changes in the conduct of the affairs of the colony. Of these you will be further advised by the Honorable the Colonal Treasurer, and I need nut, therefore, refer further to the pleasant surprises in store for you than to remark, in passing, that amongst the number will probably be an increase in the property tax.” Holloways Ointment and Pills. — Notable Facts.—lntense heat augments the annoyances of skin disease and encourages the development of febrile disorders; therefore they should, as they can, be remove by these detergent and purifying preparations. In stomach complaints, liver affections, pains, and spasms of the bowels, Holloway’s ungerit well rubbed over the affected part immediately gives the greatest ease, prevents congestion and inflammation, checks the threatening diarrhcea and averts incipient chohra. The poorer inhabitants in large cities' will find these remedies to ,be their best friends when any pestilence rages, or when from unknown causes eruptions, boils, abscesses, or ulcerations point out the presence of taints or impurities within the system, and call for instant and effective curative medicines.— [Advt.] ■