The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1884.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1401, 10 December 1884, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1884.

, c We have to acknowledge the receipt o l an illuminated almanac from Mr J. McGregor, of Tancred street, which is ceriainly one of the beat we have yet seen. The title is “ Strawberries and cream,” and the picture is composed of a portrait of a charming young lady surrounded by a border of fruit. Messrs Andrewea .Bros, have also sent us their almanac for the coming year, the subject being a little girl, who has managed to besprinkle her pretty dress with ink, in undertaking literary pursuits at too early an ago. The enterprise displayed this year by the Ashburton firms in this distribution of pictorial calendars is to be commended, as it encourages a taste for art, while at the same time it shows that business is looking up in this town. At the Christchurch District Court yesterday several hours were devoted to argument in the appeal case Hopkins y. the Christchurch Drainage Board, in which the drainage rate for 1884 was sought to be quashed on the ground that Woolston had been overcharged. Affidavits showed that Woolston, a rural district, was rated for LII2 12s Bd, while the actual expenditure in that district was only L4O ss, the balance being made up of office expenses, rates remitted, and Board of Health charges. His Honor gave judgment for the appellant and quashed the rate on the ground that the charges for office expenses, etc,, had been estimated in proportion to the expenditure over the whole drainage area instead of in proportion to the expenditure in each'sub-dstrict. Dr K-yworth has been appointed surgeon to the Napier Hospital. The Colonial Secretary will leave Wellington on Monday next for the outh tie will be accompanied on his visit of inspection by Mr Cooper, Under Secretary, and Mr Mitchell, of the Hansard staff. Mr Buckley hopes to reiurn in a fortnight. It is expected that tenders for the construction of locomotives within New Zealand will be called in two months The delay has been occasioned by the time required for preparing the necessary drawings, etc. The hearing of the charges against William Waring Taylor was resumed yesterday, when the prisoner was charged with misappropriation of proceeds of certain Colonial Bank shares, Loan and Investment Association shares, mortgages in Canterbury and Wellington belonging to the New Zealand estates of the late Mr May, representing a value of upwards of LIO,OOO. After a number of witnesses had been examined, accused was further remanded until to-day. At a meeting of shareholders in the New Zealand Laud and Mortgage Company', Sir Fredk. Whitaker, chairman, stated that the London directors contemplated declaring a dividend of 7 per cant, on the first year’s operations, in February next.

Daniel Tookey has offered to supply the Auckland Harbor Board with a method to prevent the destructive ravages by seaworm in the the timber of the wharves and other places. He says, after numerous experiments, he'has succeeded in',discovering a method by which these ravages may be prevented.

A correspondent writes to the Timaru Herald as follows On Saturday evening Dat an accident occurred to the evening coach from Geraldine to Orari. This, but for the masterly manner in which the horses were managed and the pluck displayed by the coachman, Mr Robert Scott, might have terminated in loss of life. It appears that on attempting to cross the Waihi at B irc'.ay’a corner one of the horses jibbed when about the middle of the stream, and the coach was in gteat danger of capsizing. To prevent this the driver brought his coach round till the wheels of the fore carriage were hard up against the plank forming the crossing, and so standing in aline, with the water way. Without a moment’s hesitation the driver, divesting himself of his coat, waistcoat and mail bag, jumped upon the pole, and with great risk to himself succeeded in detaching the horses from the coach, and letting one loos a he rode on the other to the shore. Thus the coach was left in the stream, the wa'er rushing in at the door and half filling the inside, while the passengers, three in number (two outside and one inside), presented a picture of helplessness which, but for the danger of being at any moment cast into the current, was a most ludicrous one to behold. A horseman fortunate'y appeared on the scene, and observing the danger galloped off to the nearest resident and in a short space of time Mr McKenzie appeared with a horse and dray and quickly rescued the pa .sengera from their unpleasant predicament. To get the coaclx out of danger was the next care. «>ne horse being found unable to move it, another was got, and with the assistance of Mr Kclman and sons, afcer breaking two chains and getting | a good wetting, the coach was saf ly brought to land. Upon iha horses again being harnessed the one which had been the cause of all this trouble again refused to m ,ve. Mr McKenzie, however, attached one of his horses to the pole and dragged the coach along until the jibber, finding it useless to resist, gave up the struggle, and his head being turned towards home he went away willingly enough, and the coach, which had left Geraldine at 6 p.m., returned at 8 p.m. none the worse v for the accident. Don’t Die in the House. “ Rouugh on Rats ” clears out rats, mice, beetles, roaches, bed-bugs, flies, ants, insects, moles, jackrabbits, gophers. The N.Z. Drug Co,, General Agents,

“ 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 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 beep that Druggists in every town and village in civilised countries are recommending it to their customers, G-j to your' Druggist and ask what they know about it. Sample Bottles 6d. Regular size js. 6d, Three doses will relieve any case,—[Apvr.J

Mr and Mrs Sidney Wolf had a very narrow escape from a serious accident last evening. It appears that on return-

ing from Wakanui the axle of the trap in which they were riding broke, and the occupants ware thrown into the waterrace. Fortunately no bones were broken, but both Mr and Mrs Wolf were con si-derably shaken, while they were completely drenched by the Water into which they fell. A ch-ngo of clothing, however, was procured through the kind'-ess of some VYakanui friends, and Mr CocKson, the local schoolmaster, piloted them back to town, where they arrived not much worse for the accident, although a serious disaster might easily have happened.

A somewhat singular accident occurred

to David Dewar, of Milton, the proprietor of a traction engine and threshing mill. He was camping for the night oa Round Hill, and having disconnec ed the travelling gear was intending to pump some water out. The engine being on an incline started off with the mill behind it and soon got great speed. A man named Kelly was also on board and jumped off, but Dewar stuck to it until it ran over an embankment and capsized. He was severely crushed. He had one rib severed from the backbone and three others fractured, and was badly cut and bruised. The engine and mill, etc., were completely wrecked. The Kaikoura will take 800 carcases of frozen mutton from the Now Zealand Refrigerating Company. The second scraping of plates at Red Queen mine, Westport, gave 140 oz lldwt from 97 tons stone. Nona of the lately struck rich stone has yet been crushed.

An Australasian draughts touroamen

is to be held in liunedin on January the Bth, and it is expected to last a week or ten days. Sev ral leading players from Victoria and New South Wales will compete.

A public meeting in celebration of the Wycliffe quincentenary was held in Dunedin last night in Knox Church. There was a moderate attendance. Addresses were delivered by various clergymen. The half-yearly general meeting of the Ashburton Pacing Club was held at the Club’s roim last evening. There was a fair attendance, and Mr C. W. Purnell occupied the chair. The Treasurer sub mitted his usual half-yearly balance-sheet which, on the motion of the Chairman, seconded by Mr M. Frieilander, was adopted. It was resolved to recommend the Committee to appoint a local handicapping Committee for all races. r t was determined to hold the usual Autumn meeting, adding L 450 to tho programme, and to leave the arrangement of detai-s to the Committee. Messrs T. Bullock and H. H. Seoretan were elected members of the Club. It was resolved to hold a general meeting on Saturday, December 27th, for the election of members and consideration of the following motion of which Mr M. Friedlander gave notice, viz.:—“ That general rule 5 be rescinded and the following substituted, viz —All memoeis of the Club shall be entitled, on the production of their member's ticket, to free access for themselves and one lady to all parts of the course and stands, and to free access for one vehicle to the course and enclosures assigned to carriages.”

The Anglo New Zealander of October 24th, says : The Danish barque Union of Rome, Captain Falkmann, from Uleborg, for Penarth Roads, was towed into Cowes by the steamer Kbkatall, of :Middleborough, on October 20ih, waterlogged, .with her hull consi !erably damaged, foremast, foratopmasc, bowsprit, jibboom and sundry gear carried away. The vessel had been in a collision with the new steamer Kaikoura, belonging to the New Zealand Shipping Company, on the midnight of the 19th, when off Darleton Head. The Kaikoura, after leaving a boat with the barque, then proceeded to London. Captain Crutchley attributes the collision to the barque improperly altering her helm. The Katkoura’s bow is damaged. ' An influential meeting of citizens was held at Christchurch yesterday, at which the Mayor preside 1, to arrange for a banquet to Sir Julius Vogel on his visit there. An executive committee, composed of the heads of moat of the leading Christchurch firms with other gentlemen, was app -inted to arrange details. Wo aro pleased to notice that Mr David Tiopett, of Tinwald, has secured the prize offered by the Washdyke Saleyards Co. for the best design of yards. Mr Frank Lowe, of the same place, is the successful tenderer for the erection of the yards.

Mr J oseph Mackay, whose case in connection with the Government Insurance Company created much attention some time ago, appears to be an eccentric individual. He was recently lecturing in Wellington on behalf of the Equitable Assurance Society of the United States, and the entertainment, from all accounts, cannot be said to have been high class. The Nevj Zealand Times says of it:—“The whole affair was a sorry farce Mr Mackay apologised for the absence of the Mayor, whom he had expected to take

the chair, bat who had said he was afraid to venture out in the night air. Another apology was made for the non-appearance of the oianist, who hid ‘ kindly volunteered his aervi es for the occasion,' but who had not shown up. Under these rather unpropitiom circumstanc is Mr Mackay opened the entertainment with a very broad (so far as dialect wos concerned) Scotch song, during which the vocalist Kent through a variety of contortions, partaking of the aerobatic. He gyrated round the stage, and finally went upon his knees, to the amusement of those present. He then gave a recitation in broad Scotch, after which the entertainer remarked thas ho would proceed with his lecture. Mr Mackay remarked that he had been very badly used by the Government Insurance Department, but as he was there for the purpose of lecturing upon the advantages to be erived from the Equitable Life As surauco Company of the United States, ho would forbear saying anything further

on the su 1 j oct. The lecturer thereupon fully entered upon his grievances, and left his company In the background. At this stage, at the request of the lecturer,

Mr John S. Harris took the chair, and from this time almost to the close the audience indulged in cat-calls and other interruptions. The claims of the society

which the lecturer represents were almost altogether lost sight of in a recital of his grievances ; and after an address of two and three-quarter hours, daring which the lecturer spoke on almost every conceivable subject except the one he had advertised, Mr Mackay resumed his seat.” Indigestion and Liver Complaints.—For these complaints Baxter’s Compound Quinine Pills have proved a specific, acting powerfully on the liver and mildly on the stomach. Sold everywhere, or post free from J. Baxter, Chemist, Christchurch, for 19 or 44 stamps. 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 oc Co., The Mall, Christchurch, fliis 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 los present will be given, if L 3 a 6s piesent, if I 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 6lh y m will get a present. If yon do not wish to spend a lot of money in one day’s shopping you can get jour tickets for what you have spent, and so on I each time you come, and then get one really handsome tiling equil in value to all the tickets j you hoIj.—[ADVT.J ' . ■ I

It is scarcely necessary to remind our readers that the short season of the Pollard Opera Company will commence in the Town Hall this evening. The youngsters arrived from Timarn this m >rning, and were immediately conveyed to their places of abode during their stay here, the young ladies going to the Somerset Hotel and the boys to the Central i ho Company is a n merou-. one, containing no loss than twenty-six girls, while they bring their own scenery, so that the operas will be suitably mounted. The opca to-night will be Liecoq’s Little Duke,” the music of which will probably he now to most people in Ashburton, although it has long been a favorite in Europe. As the reserved scats wore rapidly being taken up during to-day, a good attendance is ensured, and if report speaks truly the entertainment will be worthy of the heartiest support. We may mention that the Town Hall has been thoroughly cleaned and the seating made comfortable.

MrE. Wakefield, M.H.R.,gave a lecture lust night on the “ Prose and Poetry of Greater Britain.” The Governor presided, and there was a large attendance. A man named Thomas Piaskett, while taking a load of coal, from Ooalgate to Hovorata, fell off the dray, a wheel of which passed over his body, inflicting injuries of which he died in a few hours. It will bo seen from a notification

appearing in another column that the meeting of the shareholders of the Ash-

barton Woollen B’actory Company origin ally convened for Monday next will not take place on that day. In lieu thereof an extraordinary general meeting will bo held on Friday the 19th instant. The ordinary monthly meeting of the School Committee was held last evening. Present—Messrs Sealy (Chairman), A. Orr, Cra ; ghead, Andrews, Zouch, Reid, and Dolman. Several letters were read from the Board of Education re the aide school, and confirming the action of the Committee in reference to the opening of same, appointment of mistress, etc. It was decided to close the school on Friday next for the Christmas holidays for five weeks, and to hold their annual treat and distribution of prizes on Monday next. The Chairman and Mr George Andrews were appointed a sub-committee to carry out the details in connection with the treat, and Messrs Reid, Zouch, and the headmaster were appointed to collect the prizss which have been promised by residents in Ashburton. A .vote of thanks was accorded to the donors of the prizes, aid to Messrs Walker and Grigg, M. ET.R.’s for their donation of a guinea each towards the prizr fund. Messrs A. Urr and Craighead were appointed a visiting committee for the ensuing month. It was decided to write to the Board enclosing a list of articles required for the side school. After passing j several accounts for payment the meeting adjourned. The local industries of Ashburton are growing apace. A visit to the principal workshops in this town will convince 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 legitimat,- business with small profits. In Burnett street the workshops of Messrs Meech 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 Kast street Messrs M. and Co. have also opened a show room, where is to be seen some very fine furniture suitable to all classes, and we believe at prices that must command a ready sale. Our advice is inspect Meech and Co.’s slock for house furnishings. We know that there is nothing on earth equal to Hop Bitters as a family medicine. Look for. — [Advt.] Wells’ " Rough on Corns.”— Ask for Wells’ “Rough on Corns.” Quick relief, complete, permanent cure. Corns, warts, bunions. The N.Z. Drug Co., Genera Agents. i