The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prevalebit. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1884.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1394, 2 December 1884, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prevalebit. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1884.

A meeting of the Chertsey Library Committee was held in the public rootL of the Library last evening. Present— Messrs Mangham, Childs, Todd, McDowell, Downie, Wells, and Patterson. The minutes of the former meeting having been road and confirmed, the election of a Committee for the ensuing year Was proceeded with, with the result that Messrs Maugham, Todd, McDowell, Wells, Patterson, Childs, Murphy, Campbell, Lomas, Lewton, Downie, Wilkinson, and Stringfellow wore duly elected. Mr M.ingham was re-appointed chairman ; Mr Todd, secretary ; and Mr Patterson, treasurer. Messrs Todd and Wells promised to divide the librarian’s duties between them. It was proposed and seconded that the secretary’s report and the treasurer’s financial statement be adopted. This was put to the meeting and carried. It was likewise proposed, seconded and duly carried that a vote of thanks be passed to the retiring Committee. The Chairman was also authorised to* let the room to any applicant at a rate fixed by the Committee, also to decline any application, if expedient, at his discretion It was intimated that Mr Russell, a lata subscriber, had presented the Library with a handsome book, and it was resolved that a cordial vote of thanks be sent to that gentleman for his kindness. After a vote of thanks to the chair the meeting adjourned. The Wellington police have laid an information against an employer of female labjr named Henry Edwards for keeping girls at work after hours on Baturday, and also for not providing proper means of

ventilation. Tho Premier left Wellington for the South yesterday afternoon. The only Ministers now in Wellington are Sir Julius Vogel and the Hon Mr Buckley. The Minister for Public Works is expected to return from the South on Wednesday, and the Hon Mr about Friday. Mr G. Fisher is a candidate for office on the Government Insurance Board. The Dunedin Herald says that it is rumored that the Hon Mr Stout intends to bring an action against a leading Dunedin newspaper for alleged libel ia a leading article recently published. The Naitangata Lake Coal Co, Limited, will immediately proceed with the construction of their railway, which is to be seven and a half miles in length. The line is expected to be in running order in eight months. Mr Shelford, a member of the Legislative Council of the Straits settlement, has arrived by the Coptic. He will make the tour of New Zealand and visit the Hot Lakes before returning to Singapore. A holiness camp meeting has been held at Port Albert, Auckland, lasting for several days, at which some extraordinary scenes of religious frenzy are stated to have occurred. At tho quarterly meeting of the Auckland City North Licensing Committee the solicitor of the Licensed Victuallers’ Association made application for an extension of the hours for hotels from 10 to II p. in. The application was refused. There was a fair attendance at the meeting held last evening in tie Arcade Chambers for the purpose of taking into consideration the steps necessary to the formation of a Benevolent Association for Ashburton. The chair was occupied by Mr Ward, who, in opening the proceedings, regretted the apuhy shown by the people in this district regarding such an important master as the' relief of the needy. There was a balance of some Lll in tho hands of Mr Weeks, and this would be handed over immediately should tho meeting decide in favor of tho formation of the S cieiy. The Rev E. A.

Scolt, in moving that a. Benevolent Society be formed on general principles for the town of Ashburton, spoke at some length on the benefits that would accrue from an organised system of charity. He had no doubt that if a Society were formed the Government would assist with a subsidy. The Hev J. Nixon seconded the resolution, and expressed an opinion that the people of Ashburton would support the movement, and added that the sympathy felt with the good work must not be measured by the attendance at the meeting. After some further conversation it was decided that the following gentlemen form a Provisional Committee o draw up rules and report to a public meeting to be held at an early date, viz The Revs E. A. Scott and J. Nixon, and Messrs Ward, Mayo and Jones, A vote of thanks having been passed to the chair che meeting adjourned. The local industries of Ashburton are growing apace. A visit to the principal workshops in this town will conyince any Of our readers that there is still a splendid future before usif we only patronise those of our enterprising

townsmen who are determined to do a legitimate business with small profits. In Burnett street the workshops of Messrs Mecch and Co. present a busy appearance, and having improved machinery are able to turn out an excellent display of household furnishings equal to any in Canterbury. We anticipate a great demand ana a satisfactory profit for the manufacturers in return. In hast street Messrs if.

and Co. have also opened a show room, where is to be seen some very fine furniture suitable to all classes, aifd we believe at prices that mus. command a ready sale. Our advtce is inspect Meech and Co.’s slock 1 for house furnishings. We know that there is nothing on earth equal to Hop Bitters as a family medicine. Look for. —[a DVT- j Wells’ “Rough on Corns.”—Ask for Wells’ “Rough on Corns.” Quick relief, complete, permanent cure. Corns, warts, bunions. The N.i£, Drug Co., Genera Agents. I

The Auckland Star opened its new offices on Shortland and Fort streets yesterday. The building is a palatial one of four storeys,'and" has a frontage of 80ft by 157 ft deep. The cost is stated to be L 20,000 The proprietors have issued a lithograph of the building, and in the desciiptive account is published a statement of two accountants, showing the circulation to be 9,866 copies daily.

The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, have received the following cablegram, dated London,

291 h November, 1884 :—“ Wool.—The sales closed to-day at the level of last series, except for clothing washed, short staple merino s:ourod, short staple merino heavy in grease, and coarse scoured crossbred, for which classes the market is easier. The sales comprised about 135,000 bales. 10,000 bales hold over for future disposal. 70,000 bales have been taken for export. Continental demand is good, but the Home buyers have purchased sparingly. Wheat.—Adelaide iwheat, to arrive, iron ship, is worth c.i.f. 34a 6d per 4801bs, January bill of lading (now crop) Tallow. —Market flat. Mutton and beef are both worth 31s per cwt. Leather. — Market drooping. Best sides worth ll£d per lb.” William Horrell, a ploughman at Coal gate, was kicked by a horse on Saturday, and was so severely injured that he died from the injuries he received. An influential meeting re the West Coast railway was held in Christchurch last evening, when it was decided to under;ake preliminary arrangements for the construction of the line, and a Committee was appointed to take the necessary steps. The meeting was a private one, and the details have not transpired. Mr W. B. Moss, the local canvassing

agent of the Australian Mutual Provident Society, delivered a lecture at the Templar Hall, Tinwald, last evening, on “ Successful co-operation,” There was a fair attendance, and at the conclusion of a very interesting and practical address the lecturer secured a number of proposals for assurance.

The anniversary festival in connection with St Andrew’s Church, Tinwald, will take place to-morrow. A tea and concert will be given m Messrs Friedlander Bros. ’ railway store, Tinwald. We have to acknowledge the receipt of an admirable almanac for the coming year, issued by Mr T. F. Farley, of East street. The design is entitled “ Waiting for a customer,” and shows a newsboy engaged in selling London daily journals. The picture is not only appropriate to Mr Farley’s business, but is altogether one of the beat specimens of color printing we have seen for a long time. Monthly subscriptions and other payments are due to the Ashburton Building (Society to-day, and may be made to the manager, Mr Joseph Ward, at the Arcade i Chambers, between six and half past seven o’clock this evening. At the .Resident Magistrate’s Court this morning John Scrimgeour was charged with having been drunk in a public place using indecent and abusive language, and violently resisting the police. Mr Baddeley, U.M., presided, and fined the ac cused 20s and costs, 50s and costs, and 20a and costs, with tfte alternative of two days, fourteen days and seven days’ imprisonment respectively in each case. “ German Syrup.” —No other medicine in he 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 Jree af 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. Three doses will relieve any case.— [Advt.] Christmas presents free of charge.—Last year we are informed that over 9,000 presents were given away during December and the early part of January by H. E. May & Co., The Hall, Christchurch. Phis year they are doing the same, and this is how they do it : Every customer is presented with a ticket equal to 10 per cent, on the amount spent by them, so that if you spend Lio you can choose anything up to Li, if L 5 is spent a tos present will be given, if £-3 a 6s present, if a 2s present, but if you only spend One Shilling you will get something. And every time you come duri g this month of December and up to January the 6th you will get a present. If you do not wish to spend a lot of money in one day’s shopping you can get } our tickets for what you have spent, and so on each time you come, and then get one really handsome thing equal in value to all the tickets you hold.— [Advt.]