The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1884.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1282, 17 June 1884, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1884.

The Manapouri with the Brindisi mails arrived at Auckland from Sydney at halfpast one o’clock this morning. A grand sacred concert will form the fourth of the series of sixpenny entertainments, and will be given to-night at eight o’clock in St Stephen’s schoolroom. The programme is excellent. Mr Wolf will play two movements from Beethoven’s sonatas, and many of the best vocalists in Ashburton are giving their aid. It is half-expected that Mr Piiachel will be present. The thermometer at seven o’clock this morning in Ashburton stood at 20 deg., Fahrenheit, and at Alford Station at 10 deg., Fahr. This is the greatest degree of frost registered at either place for some years. We are informed by Mr Herring of Alford station that the thermometer at his residence yesterday morning stood at 13 deg., and during the day rose to 70 deg., which is an extraordinary variation seldom recorded.

At the sitting of the County Council to-day, Mr Julian Jackson called attention to the fact that several landowners within the county had planted water-cress in the races, and the rangers were directed to see the cultivation of this savory but troublesome weed discontinued. A meeting of the Ashburton Coursing Club was held at the Somerset Hotel last evening, Mr Alfred Harrison being in the chair, ” There was a good attendance of sporting men, tut the number of entries received for the meeting arranged to take place to-day was so Small that it was resolved to prolong the time for sending n till this evening at eight o’clock. Mr H. P. Hill was appointed to act as Judge ; Mr M Healy, Slipper ; Mr J. Tait, Slip Steward ; and Mr Co-belt, Flag Steward. The scene of the coursing will be Lagmhor, Mr McLean having again kindly placed the estate at the disposal of the Club. It was resolved that any person entering dogs for the July mepting must become a member of the Club on or before the 20th. inat.

At a largely attended public meeting held at Oamaru last night, it was decided to form a Political Association.

There will probably be three candidates for the Oamaru seat at the next Parlia mentary election, and two for the county. Mr M. W. Green and Mr J. Fulton already intimate their intention of standing for their respective constituencies of Dunedin and the Taieri.

Mr Fergus, M.H.R., for Wakatipu, arrived at Dunedin last night from Tas mania. •

The Otago Harbor Board’s works at the Heads were formally initiated yesterday when members of the Board and other gentlemen visited the spot -by steamer. The first blast was fired to procure stone wherewith to build the main mole for the improvement of the bar.

A public meeting at Waikaia has carried a resolution requesting the Otago High School Commissioners to reconsider their determination re the disposal of land and to agree to one-third being disponed of on the perpetual leasing system. The publicans of the Dunedin Bell and Dunedin Leith districts have petitioned the City Council to remit the full rates on their properties, consequent on the depreciation in value through the ten o’clock licenses being enforced They also take occasion te remind the Council of the loss it will suffer in gas revenue by the change. The petition was referred to the Finance Committee.

The Black Forest Station, Mackenzie Country, with 11,000 sheep, has been sold to Messrs Donaldson and Gunn for L 10.250. The sale is made on account of Mr G, A. Sutton.

Amusement was caused in the Invercargill Police Court yesterday by the hearing of an action, Hatch v Hayward, rival dip manufacturers, The ’ plaintiff sought to recover damages from the defendant for having thrown dip over him at a public trial. It was shown that Hatch was there by the invitation of the proprietor of the farm to see the sheep formerly dipped. The plaintiff made a slighting allusion to Tomlinson and "Hayward’s (Jip, and Hayward threw a pannikin of dip over him when he refused to go away. The Bench held the case should never have come before the Court, and imposed a fine of one shilling, each to pay his own costs.

Guthrie and Larnach’s Company was formally wound up yesterday, the shareholders receiving a dividend at the rate of Is in the £ for their L 5 shares. The meeting was purely formal. It was to receive the report of the liquidators, who merely repeated their report presented on the 30th October, 1883, when they entered fully into the whole statement of accounts, delaying the final distribution, however, till advices could be received from England or elsewhere of any claims which might arise. The final abstract of accounts as submitted at yesle day’s meeting wak as follows :—“ Open credits, L 8,072 0s Id; bills payable, L 57.615 3s 3d ; rents accrued to June 20tn, 1883, I 533 Is Id ; Bank of New Zealand, L 155,826 17s 9d; mortgage on Gatlin’s mill, L 1,500 r dividend due to shareholders (41,877 shares at ss, L 10,469 ss; interest on above, L 509 19s lOd ; commission -payable to liquidators on L 236,350 3s 2d at 1 p r cent , L 2363 16s—total, L 236.890 3s The new mills were sold by tender for L 4,000 ; Owako mills were sold by tender for L 4,500 ; Gatlin’s Mill was sold by tender for L 4,000 ; Manukaa mill was sold by tender for ■ 10,000. The vessels were sold by tender for L 5.000. The Crawford street freehold was sold by tender for L 2,200. The sale of all the remaining assets of the Company, as per agreement with the Bank o f New Zealand, June 20th, 1883, L 206.680 3s 2d ; interest on dividend, as per contra, L 509 19s lOd—total, L 236,890 3a. ” A formal resolution was carried declaring the concern wound up. The Bad and Worthless are never imitated or counterfeited. This is especially true of a family medicine, a;uj 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, 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 suffering invalids to use their stuff instead, expecting to mai-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. 1 11 such pretended remedies or cures, ho 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 w> ; te label, and Dr Soule’s name blown in th glass. Trust nothing else. Druggists and ch .mists are warned against dealing in im ta» tions or counterfeit'