The Ashburton Guardian. Manga Est Veritas et Prevalebit THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1885.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1430, 15 January 1885, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. Manga Est Veritas et Prevalebit THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1885.

A practice of the Western Fire Brigade under the direction of Lieutenant W. E. Dolman, was held last night. There was a good attendance of members, and the various evolutions were creditably executed.

The Kaiapoi regatta was held yesterday in wet weather. The race for champion fours was won by the Kaiapoi Club, . the Union Club being second, and the Canterbury Club third. Among the curiosities of advertising may bo mentioned an incident in the lives of Lord Byron and Dr Rowland, grand father tf the present proprietor of the well-known Macassar oil, Kalydor, and Odonto. The physician wont in quest of the poet, and asked him in some way lo bring the first of these preparations before the public mind and eye in the he published. Lord Byron, who was at the moment somewhat flushed with wine, aaid, “If you will undert.ke to cure me when I am iU, I will do all I can for you.” The poem in hand happened to be “ Don Juan,” and in the description of Ms hero’s mother the poet wrote the well known lines :

Nothing earthly can surpa s her, Save thine incomparable Macassar. An inquest was held at Patton’s Hotel, .Methven, on Tuesday, before Mr H. C. S. Baddeley, II.M , District Coroner, on the body of John Welsh, who died on Sunday under circumstances described in our issue of Monday. Dr Ross, who had made a post mortem examination of the body, deposed that death had arisen from cerebral hemorrhage, and a verdict was returned in accordance with the medical eviienco.

We understand that the Rev Mr West, of Southbridge, will preach in the ChertBey schoolroom on Sunday first at 6 30 pm. Inf irmation of interest to the Presbytery of Chertsey and neighbourhood will be given after the service. The Wellington correspondent of the

New Zealand Herald writes “ Some amusement was created in press circles today at the receipt o£ a cable last night by the Press Association, which stated that ‘ Lord Derby had informed the Governors of the various colonies that Germany had annexed New Zealand with the consent of the British Government,’ The manager of the Press Association wisely refrained from sending this news out to the morning papers, and to day had the message repeated, when it was discovered that a mistake had been made in the Adelaide office, and that the message should have read: ‘ Lord Derby has informed the Governors of the several colonies that Germany annexed the northern portion of New Guinea without the consent of the British Government.’” The San Francisco mail arrived at Auckland last night. The Ashburton portion of the mail will probably;be delivered early on Saturday morning. Mr T. Bullock held a highly successful land sale at the Arcade, Burnett street, to day. The following were the principal prices realised : —Tinwald sections . No. 43, with store and dwelling, L 8 0; No. 62, with grain store, L 220;6 0; No. 73, with butcher’s shop and dwellinghouse, L 270 ; No. 70, with bakery, 1.135; No. 71, L 95 ; \o. 148. with cottage, L 75; No. 14.9, with cottage, L7O; No. 151, with dwelling, L 135 ; No. 38, L 55 ; No. 263, LlO dhope : Lot 6, L 7 ; Jot 11, L 8 10s ; lot L 49, L 9 10s, The ordinary monthly meeting of the Mount Somers Road Board will be held at the Koad Board office, Mount Somers, to-morrow.

It is currently reported that the AgentGeneral having failed to convince Lord Derby of the wisdom channeling Samoa, the New Zealand Government have abandoned all idea of that course. One of the electric comicalities, says the Scientific American, of the Philadelphia Exhibition was the illuminated colored gentlemen who politely distributed cards to astonished visiters. The Edison Company conceived the idea of so locating one of their lamps that it could be seen by all, and to do this most effectually they placed it upm a helmet surmounting the head of the colored party. Two wires led from the lamp under his jacket, down each leg, and terminated in copper discs fastened to his boot heels. Squires of copper of a suitable size for him to stand naturally upon were placed at intervals in (he floor, and were electrically connected with the dynamo. So with each heel in contact with a plate he was enabled to make and break the circuit leading to hs lamp, the movement required being so slight as not to attract attention, and bis hands being free to handle the cirds. Many nervous persons were startled by the sudden flashing of the light, and so great were the crowds that continually surrounded this individual that he was frequenty obliged to change his quarters in order to keep the passages open. As a farther improvement it was the intention to place copper strips under a carpet and provide the heels with sharp points, so that each step would be illuminated. This simple exhibition led many folks from the rural districts to inquire as to the cost of such an appliance, as it was j ist the thing they wanted “to carry around the house”

The Christchurch Hospital enquiry was continued in Christchurch last night,when the City Council Chamber, where it was held, was crowded to excess Dr Nedwill closed his case, and Dr Stewart opened his defence, but had called no witnesses when the enquiry was adjourned till Monday evening. It has transpired that the patient on whom the impugned operation was performed was William Strickland, and that he was an old man about 60 years of age. Weakness and sickness changed to health and strength with Hop Bitters always. See. — [Advt.] “Rough on Rats,” —Clears out rats, mice, roaches, flies, -wits, btd-bugs, beetles, insects, skunks, jack rabbits, gophers. Druggists, The N.Z. i> ip Co,, General Agents, 2 Tic-Doloureux, Toothache, or any other neuralgic pain speediiy yields to Baxter’s AntiNeuralgic Pills. Nothing purifies and enriches the blood and destroys all poisons in the system like Hop Holloway’s Pills. Liver Complaints. —The digestion cannot be long so seriously disordered without the derangement being perceptible on the countenance. These pills prevent both unpleasant consequences ; they improve the appetite and witli the increase of desire for food, they augment the powers of digestion and) assimilation in the stomach. Holloways Pills deal most satisfactorily with deranged or diseased conditions of the many organs engaged in extracting nourishment for our bodies from our various diets—as the liver, stomach, and bowels, over all of which they exercise the most salutary control. By resorting at an early stage of this malady to these purifiying and laxative Pills, the dyspeptic is speedily restored to health and strength, and his srllowness gradually vanishes.—fAdvt.l

“ 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 ol this medicine were distributed Jree sf 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 Svrup 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,-—[Adyt.]

A public trial of the Champion Light Binder was made to-day at Mr S. Hardley’a farm near Tinwald. The crop operated upon was an average one of oits, somewhat patchy and in parts “laid,” but the machine, under very disadvantageous circumstances, did really excellent work and won highenoomiums fromthe farmers I present. The Champion is a comparatively new ramhine in this district, a - | though it has long been a favorite in America and parts of this colony. It is claimed for the Champion that it will cut cleaner, elevate straighter, bind tighter, separate better, and is easier raised and lowered than any other binder made, and without venturing to employ the superlative, we can assert after a very careful examination of the machine, that wo have never seen a binder better calculated to substantiate its claims. The different parts are well and strongly made, while the draught is exceptionally lightthe latter being a very important consideration in this district, where horses are expected to work long days during harvest. The work done to-day, on rough ground, was well and cleanly cut. The tie was exceptionally firm and regular, and the whole machine ran with remarkable smoothness. Messrs Warder, Bushnell and Glessner are the makers of the Champion, and Mr Edward Reece, of Christohu’-ch, is the New Zealand agent. Later in the afternoon one of Walter A. Wood's new binders was exhibited in the same paddock, but time will not allow of an extended notice in this issue. That husband of mine is three times the man he was before he began using “ Wells Health Renewer.” Druggists, The N.Z Drug Co., General Agents, 2 Another unfortunate. —Again we must draw the attention of our readers to the fact that a .£2,424 stock of Clothing and General Drapery, in the estate of Dennis O’Connell, trading in Lyttelton and Cristchurch, now bank- 1 sjpt, was purchased by H. E. May & Co., of* the Hall, High street, for or only little over one-third of its value. H. E. M. and Co. are now selling it at half the marked price, which surely ought to secure a speedy clearance. 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, 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 c very way trying to induce sulering invalids to use their stuff instead, expecting to make money on 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 Iheir 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 white label, and Dr Soule’s name blown in the glass. Trust nothing else. Druggists and chemists are warned against dealing in imita tions counterfeits.