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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1547, 8 July 1885, Page 2

Messrs Matson and Co. report upon today’s Addington Live Stock Market as follows :—The inclement weather caused an extra small market for sheep ; they wore therefore hrm at late rates, and in some cases there was a. slight advance. Prime crossbreds brought 15s to 17s; second quality, 12s G i to 14s ; prime Merino, 12s 3d. Average quotation, a shade over 2d per lb. No stores were on offer. There was a very small entry of fat cattle, and trade was rather better, say to the extent of 10s per head. Best quality, l»s to 20s per 100 lbs. There was a moderate supply of store cattle, and the bulk were sold at unaltered rates. In pigs there was a full market, but competition was barely as good for medium weights. Others were unaltered. The Committee of the Ashburton Racing Oiub will meet at the Club’s room, this evening, at 8 30 o'clock. The adjourned meeting of the Ashburton Borough Council will be held at the Council Chambers, Library Buildings, this evening at 7 o’clock. The attention of members of the Star of the East Lodge, 1.0.G.T., is directed i to an advertisement appearing in this issue. Traffic on the Bakaia-Aehbnrton Forks Railway is suspended in consequence of damage sustained by the line from floods We have received from t}ie New Zea land Loan and Mercantile Agency Company their annual report upon the wool ueaaot 1884-6. Owing to the inclement weather, the meet of the Ashburton Hounds, fixed for yesterday, was abandoned. There is some talk of forming a Political Association in Ashburton to scrutinize the Electoral Rolls and to generally watch the interests of electors. The officers and employees of the Railway Locomotive Department have pre sented Mr Alison D. Smith, who is leaving for Victoria, with a handsome gold railway chronograph and an address. The departure of the Aorangi from Lyttelton is delayed till to-morrow morning because the inclement weather has delayed her loading. She takes a large cargo of wool and grain and 3,718 frozen sheep, also a trial shipment v£ 100 bales of hops from Nelson, and about WO passengers of all classes. There was a fair attendance of members of the Ashburton Guards at last night’s drill when Sergeant Jones, the Government Drill Inetruotor, inspected the Corps and put the members through a variety of movements. Sergeant Jones expressed himself as highly pleased with the physique and progress*! the Corps. The eigth annual meeting of the Union Insurance Company was held £5 Christchurch yesterday. The Directors .pointed out in their report th it the rates current for fire insurance wore not adequate to the risk, and that rates ware undoubtedly hardening .in New .Zealand and Australia. ’ The retiring Directors, the Hons J, T. Peacock and Mr Reeves auv INJi <i. G. Stead were rejected. The report wis adopted, and a 10 p«c cent dividend declared. For close confinement, want of air, sedentary habits and brain and nerve tire, trust in Hop Bitters (Americat) Co.’s). Read j

The Waterloo Cup Coursing Meeting commenced at Plumpton Park this morn ing. The result of the events telegraphed up to the hour of our going to press appear iu this issue. Last eveninga meeting of the combined Committees of the Ashburton Rifles sad I Guards was held to consider what steps should be taken towards the erection of a drill-shed in Ashburton. Lieutenant Fooks produced a ground plan of the proI posed building, and a Sub-Committee I consisting of the officers of both Corps I was appointed to carry the matter through. I It is probable that tenders will be called I for the work very shortly. The GovecnI ment have, as already announced, granted I L 250 for the construction of the building. I In connection with our report of the I last ordinary meeting of the Winslow I School Committee we have been requested Ito state it was Mr Bell’s, and not Mr I Hayman’s, seat on the Committee that I had been vacated.

At the Christchurch Supreme Court Criminal Sittings yesterday J. H. Roberts, for larceny as a bailee of a cheque, the property of Mr Robert Patton, of Methven, was sentenced to six months imprisonment with hard labor. The ordinary monthly meeting of the South Bakaia School Committee was held in the Library on Monday evening. Present —Messrs Hardy (chairman), Turner, Fletcher, Broadbent, Phillips and Reycraft. Several items of correspondence of minor importance were disposed of. The masters’ monthly report was read, and showed the attendance to have been fairly satisfactory. Mr Turner informed the Committee that he was aware that corres-

pondence had passed between certain I householders and the master in reference I to an alleged illness amongst the children J attending the school, and expressed sur- I prise that the matter was not mentioned I in the report, and moved that the report I be referred back to the master, requesting I him to report fully to the Committee and I forward copies of all correspondence on I the matter referred to. The motion was 1 carried unanimously, and It was resolved to hold a special meeting on Monday next to consider the master’s reply. It was decided to close the school for the winter holidays forthwith, and to re-open on the 27th instant. Several routine matters having been disposed of, the meeting adjourned. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather last night a fair number of the members of the Ashburton Fire Brigade mustered at the monthly meeting hold in the old Borough Council Chambers. In the absence of Mr Oaygill (Captain), Mr P. Walker was voted to the chair. After the preliminary business in which the month's accounts were passed in the usual form, Deputy-Foreman Davis moved that a meeting be called on or after the 13th inst to receive the old uniforms from the members of the former Brigade, it being understood that the Borough Council are taking steps to supply the present Brigade with new uniforms by that date Seconded by Fireman Parkin and carried. Fireman Higgins then drew the attention of the meeting to the inefficiency of the Brigade in reference to hook and ladder drill moving that the latter drill bo made distinct from engine drill. Secretary Keir suggested that Deputy-Foreman Davis bo instructed to overhaul the hook and ladder gear and instruct certain members in that particular drill. Deputy-Foreman Davis, ifter giving the meeting satisfactory verbal evidence as to his proficiency in raising and lowering ladders, eventually agreed to instruct two amateur members inthatdrill, mentioning more especially the latter part. The monhly Committee was then formed, consisting of Messrs Walker, Davis, Parkin senior, Parkin junior, and Lowe; after which the meeting adjourned. Mr Smith, the agent for the Rita-Rad-o'iff concert party, will remember the West Coast (trip of the company with feelings not altogether akin to joy. When in Greymouth he was robbed by some rascal of all his luggage except a rug and an overcoat, his loss Including some valuable jewellery and important documents which cannot be replaced. The goods were stolen from the Tramway Company’s shed, and the police have as yet no clue to the identity Jof the thieves. Besides this mishapfthe company were unfortunately bar bound for ten days in Greymouth. The Manchester Courier says :—“ We have spent millions in the neighborhood of Suakim, we have poured forth the blood of our soldiers like water, we have swallowed all our objections to blood guiltiness ; and now that at our expense Suakim has become a desirable setport, clear of enoum ranees, and exposed to no serious military dangers, wo are to hand it over to Italy, who has not lost a penny or a soldier in its defence. Here is the nett result of the diplomacy of Her Majesty’s advisers, backed by a grant of eleven millions of hardly-earned, illspared British mopey. Russia receives a considerable extension of territory inAsia, Italy becomes possessed of a useful port upon the Red Sea, and England —England pays the bill with her blood and money, and is saddled with a burden of humiliation and contempt such as was never imposed upon her in the worst days of the Second James." The greatest appetizer, stomach, blood and iver regulator on earth—American Co.’s Hop Bitters. Look for and read That husband of mine is three times the man he was before ne began using “ Wells Health Renewer.” Druggists. The N.ZDrug Co.. Gaaeral Agents. a 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 44 stamps. “ 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 thouwd small bottles of this medicine were distributed free 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 th,e afflicted undeniable proof that German Syrup will cure them. The result has been that Druggists in every towm nd village in civilised countries are recommending it to their customers. Go to your Druggist and ?sk what they know about it. Sample Bottles 6d, Regular size 3s. 6d. Three oses wil relieve any case.—f Anvr.'