The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit. MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1885

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1556, 15 June 1885, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit. MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1885

The Choral Society have kindly consented to defer their practice, fixed for this evening, to enable the Parliamentary I nion to hold their first meeting in the St Stephen’s Schoolroom. The half-yearly general meeting of the Ashburton Kacmg Chub will be held at the Club’s room to-morrow evening, at a o’clock.— n important meeting of the Committee of the Ashburton County Bunt Club will be held at Quill's Hotel on Thursday evening. We have received from the Government Life Insurance Association a (number of papers referring to the annual meeting of policy holders and the appointment of local boards.— We have received from the composer, Mr W. H. Webbeof Auckland, a copy of •' My love waltz," the music of which appears to be pleasing and expressive.

The half-yearly inspection of! the Ashburton Rifles will be made by Adjutant at Mr T H Zouob's grain store, ereuing, at 7 o’clock. By invitation of Mr E. F, Wright, the inventor of the contrivance, wo inspected a skeith harrow attachment for ploughs, working at Mr S. Mullins’ farm this afternoon. The object of the inventor has been to economise labor, and this he has succeeded in doing in a very marked degree. The “ attachment ”is exceedingly simple in construction and can readily be adapted either to single, double or treble furrow ploughs, and this enables ploughing and a thorough harrow'ing. to be accomplished in the one operation. Adapted to a double-furrow plough it may be described as two projecting elbowed’ iron beams, screwed on to the beams of the plough immediately opposite the mould boards. By means of small clamps ordinary skeiths are fixed on the projecting beams, the edges of the skeiths being about Ain above the level of the bottom edges of the mould boards, and the inner

aides of the skeiths being about 4m from the face of the mould boards. As the mould boards bring the mould into a ver tical position the skeiths slice the centres of the edges of the mould, which then falls over in the sam i position as in the case of ordinary ploughing. This, followed by a singol stroke of 'ined-h»rrow«, produces a complete pulverisation of even tussock land, and farmers t cqainted’ with the difficulty of forming a good eed bed from stiff land will at once r ecogniso the value of Mr invention. Mr R. Patton, of Mount Somers, woo manufactured the “attachment ” exhibited this afternoon, has executed his part of the undertaking very creditably, and

the work done in our presence was I of such a high order that we have not the least hesitation in pronouncing the invention a success, and one that should prove not only remunerative to the inventor, but a great bona to all those engaged in agricultural occupations. The Ashburton hounds met at Ohertsey on Saturday afternoon, and sharp to time a oast was made in Messrs Scarlett Bros’ property. A hare was soon found, but a formidable wire fence prevented the bulk of the fold enjoying the run that followed. However, three other good runs over the properties of Messrs .'carlett, Wilkinson and White afforded capital sport, although the prevalence of wire occasioned a number of falls, one of the victims, Mr Sands, being rather severely shaken. There was a largo dal 1 out, including Mrs Upton and Misses Pixky aud Rees. Notwith standing the danger of wire the (adier rode boldly and well, and were always amongst the foremost of the field. Among the gentlemen we noticed Messrs Upton, Denshire, McLean (2), Helmore, Dixon, Reid, Gitaou, Rees, Sands, Strouts, Osborne, G. Merewether, Hampton, Sugoniu, Evans, Coward, Wroughton mdDr Leahy, The furred tongue, bad tasting mouth and niserable feeling, says you need American :o.’s Hop Bitters. Read and believe, ‘ BucHU-fAißA.”— Quick, complete cure, ill annoying kidney, bladder, and urinary liseases. Druggists. The N.Z. Drug Co. ! General Agents, 2

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The Star of Me'hven 1.0G.T. Lodge held its usual weekly meeting in th« Schoolroom on Saturday evening. After the usual Lodge business was disposed of and four “hard cases ” duly initiated, the room was oj ened to the public. In a very short time it was very nearly fullAfter partaking of the light refreshments bountifully supplied by the Lodge, Bro Sando, of Timaru, produced his magic ' lantern, and exhibited a unmoer of very interesting views, giving a bri t but interesting description of each. Several members of the Lodge rang comic a ,d 1 sentimental songs during the evening A I hearty vote of thanks was passed to Bro. I Sando for his kindness, and the company I dispersed fully convinced that there were I worse places to spend an evening than in I the 1.0. G. Lodge. It is the intention I of the Good Templars to give open Lodge I nights morooften than hitherto, which will I doubtless mane their institution more I popular and be the means of adding many | members to its ranks.

The contractor for the construction of ] the Ashburton Traffic Bridge, Mr Thomas, commenced to drive the first pile of the bridge this morning. The piles, which are of iron bark, are each 26ft long, shod in the usual way with iron. A “monkey” weighing Iton 7cwr is employed for driving, but, owing to the hardness of the river bod, the progr«as made this morning was vary slow. The material estimated to be used in the construction of the bridge is—2B2 piles, 424,000 ft of Kauri, 87,000 ft of iron bark, I and about 20 tons of iron, a -d its tetal I length when finished, exclusive of apI preaches, will be 1,828 ft. The work of

the northern approach is being rapidly pushed on by the contractors, Messrs Baylisa and Go., a laigo quantity of metal being already placed in position. The following is the text of a letter addressed to Mr H. Cross, B A., by the Tinwald School Committee—“Tinwald, June 10,1885. H. Cross, Esq., 8.A., Dear Sir, —I have the honor, by the direction of the Tinwald School Committee. to ncesent vou with the following

tr J ~ address and testimonial : —Ac a meeting of the above Committee, held on June 6, 1885, it was unanimously resolved that | you be presented with some small token of our appreciation of your services while acting as temporary Headmaster of the Tinwald school. Considering tne nature of your appointment, we are extremely pleased to note the enthusiastic and energetic manner in which you ' ava fulfilled your duties. The tone and discipline of the school daring the time you have had charge has been remarkably good, «nd y ur management has given every satisfaction. In addition to paying a small but well-deserved tribute to your natural ability as a teacher, we beg your acceptance of the accompanying pencil case as ■ a small practical token of our appreciation of your much valued services. Wishing you every success and advancement in your profession, we hive the honor to be, Sit, yours most faithfully, F. S. Shearer, = Chairman ; J. W. Smith. Secretary. ”

The half-yearly general meeting of the Methven Racing Club was held at the Methven Hotel on Friday evening. There was a fair attendance of members, and Sir J. Jackson wae voted to the chair. An apology was received from Mr Coward, the Hon (Secretary, stating that urgent private business prevented him from attending. In the absence of the Secretary, Mr J. 0. Me William read the statement of accounts for the last year, which showed that if the few members who were in arrears paid their subscriptions, there would be a small balance to the credit of the Club, in addition to hurdles, posts md other necessaries. After a discussion of a conversational nature, if was resolved that the Club be continued for another year, bat that the date of the race meeting be altered. The following officers were elected, subject to their agreeing to discharge their respective duties :—President, Mr J. C. Wason ; Vice-Presidents, Messrs W. 0. Walker and D. Cameron (Springfield); Judge, Mr D Cameron (dunes); Stewards, Messrs G. H. alington, W. Wright, T. R. Cunningham, W. :.owse, R. Alexander, A. McFarlane and R. Patton ; Treasurer, Mr J. Jackson ; Starter, Mr J; Devery ; Olerk of the Scales, Mr J. Hinbs ; Clerk of the Jourse, Mr G. Coward ; Handioappers, Messrs W. Rowse, J, Gilchrist, and J. Devery ; Committee, Messrs J. Jackson, W. Rowse, G. H. Alington, it. Patton, James Nee, N. Duff, R. Alexander, J. 0. McWilliam, T. R. Cunningham, L. Senior and G. Coward. Mr G. Coward was unanimously re-elected Secretary, and a cordial vote of thanks was passed to him for his past services. Mr Osborne, the of the horse Marmion that was disqualified at the last meeting, being in attendance, a meeting of the Committee was held to consider his application to have the disqualification removed. After hearing Mr Osborne’s statement it was resolved to postpone the consideration until July 10th, for the attendance of the Stewards who were present at the meeting whan the horse was disqualified. The Wellington correspondent of the Press, telegraphing last night, says : Members are pouring in rapidly n >w, and there will be a strong muster by Tuesday when the debate on the Address in Reply will bo resumed. At present there are no rumors of any amendment to the address, though there seems much unanimity of opinion that the Speech from the Throne j

is a mere string of tedious platitudes, capable of being twisted into meaning anything that Sir Julius Vogel and his colleagues choose. Some informal meetings of members representing the various shades of opinion, will probably be held morrow morning to lake a preliminary survey of the situation in all its bearings I hear great dissatisfaction is expressed by the Legislative'Council generally at the recent numerous additions to their numbers, and there is some talk of moving for a call of the Council to consider a resolution csnsuring Ministers for their action in this respect. The Hon G McLean is said to be the moving spirit in this agitation, but he is cordially supported by many of the Councillors, who appear as a body to disapprove vary strongly of this indiscriminate pitchforking of new members into that august body. There is a go d deal of chuckling over the astute I way in which Sir George Grey has taken the wind out of the Government sails by his motion relative to assistance by the colonies to the Mother Country in case of need, and Ministers are said to be much annoyed at be ng thus skilfully deprived of the credit of taking the initiative in such a popular movement. Mr George Donne, of Christchurch.

known in sporting circlet as “ Mr Bates,’ has filed his schedule of bankruptcy. Liabilities L 3.706, assets L 5,660. Our cablegrams this evening announce that the resignation of Mr Gladstone and his colleagues has been accepted, and that Lo r d Salisbury has undertaken the formation of a Conservative Cabinet. That husband of mine is three times the man he was before he began using “ Wells Health Ker.ewcr.” Druggists. The N.ZDrug Co., General Agents. 2

I “ German Syrup.” —No other medicine n 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 distributed jree of charge by Druggists in the United States of America to those atllicted with Consumption, Asthma, Croup, severe Coughs. Pneumonia and other diseases of the throat and lungs, giving the afflicted undeniable prool that German Syrjjp jvill 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 i 0888 wil foliBVB j

Mr Sando, travelling agent for the National Mutual Life Association of Australasia, Limited, addressed a pubic meeting in the Schoolroom, Methven, on Friday evening Owing to several other meetings being held on the same evening the'attendance was only limited Mr J. Oanrder was voted to the chair, and briefly introduced the speaker, who explained the advantages to be derived from life insurance in general, and by insuring* in his association in particular. The usual vote to the chair terminated the proceedings. Mr Kerr, the new member for Waimea, | in the course of one of his election speeches, gave vent to the following sentiments on the beer trade; —“ lam not one to rob a poor man of his beer, for I take a drop myself occasionally, but I think the brewer can pay more. I know men who have made their fortunes at brewing when they had to pay never less than 6s for barley, and they said they could manage it upon Bs. Now they got it 3* 6d, and paid the grower when they lilted, and yet the beer in those days was as good as now ( i voice : Aye, and better too.) And now we pay exactly the same price, and I notice the glasses ate ■mailer ”

A correspondent haa written to ua com- * plaining of the length of time, before the ' crossing of each train, the Ashburton bridge is closed. On enquiring we find the bridgekeeper, against whom the letter is directed, acted strictly within the letter of his instructions, and much as we sympathise with oar correspondent, we think it better to let the matter pass, and bear the annoyance, with what patiencs he can, until the road bridge is completed. The meeting of the Mount Somers Road Board, fixed for to-day, lapsed, no members of the Board being present at the appointed hour Mr Audley Edward Merewether was r 1 t jm- >3 * a. « • n t a a w rt

the only candidate nominated to day to fill the vacant seat on the. Mount Somers Road Board, and was declared duly elected. The Evening Post of June 13, says : “ \ laugh was caused during Mr ti. S. Fitzherbert’s speech last night by his reference to the fact that his proposed amendment of the Gaming and Lotteries Act was lost owing to several of his supporters being engaged in playing lawn tennis when the division took place. Mr Fitzherbert admitted being himself fond of lawn tennis, but said he thought constituents ought, when they elected their members, to have it understood that they were not to play lawn tennis all day long.” i Our Mount Somers correspondent, [ writing this afternoon in reference to the suicide at the Mount Somers Hotel, says: , —Jenkins had been threatened with a i law suit, and had made some property r over to another person (a lad) He feared [ the lad would keep the property for him j self, and became uneasy. This ap- ’ pears to have preyed on his mind lately. A melancholy incident of the Soudan

campaign is related by a contemporary. After the troops had arrived at Ghakdul wells, a rest was ordered At 10 o’clock at night shots were heard in quick succession, and it need hard'y be said th it each man very soon handled his rifle. Half an hour afterwards one of the Goldstream Guards was carried into the camp shot through the skull. Ha was alive, bat unconscious. He had left the c-unp to search for water in order to alleviate the sufferings of his comrades. The sentry on duty seeing the dark figure crouching about naturally suspected it was one of the rebels and fired. The poor guardsman hastily turned towards his assailant, when a second shot struck him in the skull. Suspecting that something

was wrong by the cry that broke almost in death from our comrade, the sentry immediately advanced, and found out hia mistake, and brought his unfortunate messmate with 'all possible haste inte camp, where he expired on the following morning. This was the fifth of the Guards who had been killed by the hands of his comrades. Only ten days ago one, on being challenge i by a sentry, remarked ‘‘ We are not speaking English,” when he was ;<t once bayoneted through the heart. The usual monthly moating of the

Committee of the Methven Liorary was held on Friday evening. Present—Messrs R, Patton (chairman), J. Jackson, N Duff, J. Hibbs, J 0 Me William and G. S. Aliugton. The Treasurer, Mr Alington, reported that the last entertainment had placed a small amount to the credit of the Committee. It was resolved that the School Committee be asked to remit their charge for the rent of schoolroom. A vote of thanks was passed to the Amateur Christy Minstrels for the assistance they had given at the entertainment. The Secretary reported that the books which arrived lately had been oata logued and numbered, and were ready for distribution Messrs J. Jackson and G H. Alington were appointed a Committee to carry out the resolution passed on December 29,1883, re a suitable memorial to the memory of the lare Sir H. A. Anderson, and to report to the next meeting. After passing sundry accounts and disposing of some r mine business, the meeting adjourned. I

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