The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER, 20, 1885.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1331, 20 November 1885, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER, 20, 1885.

The London Variety Company will appear at the Od (fellows’ Rail this evening in a varied and attractive programme Popular prices, Is and 2s The annual Show of the North Otago A. and P. Association was held yesterday. The weather was very b >isterou», and the attendance was a little short i-f last year The show of Ayrshire cattle and sheep was good. The principal prize cups were won by the following exhibitors : —Thoroughbred horses, Mr J. Spence ; Ary shire cattle, Messrs A. and J. McFariane; strong combing merino sheep, Executors of the late Mr A. McMasier ; Leicester sheep, Uon M flolmas ; Lincoln sheep, Hon M. Holmes; dairy produce, Mrs R Meek. The Association has made extensive improvements on the Show Ground, and most of the exhibits yesterday were under shelter.

Messrs sharman and Stoodley’s International Circus, of ivhich our Christchurch contemporaries speak in the most fay >r able terms, will show in Ashburton this evening at the rear of the Post Office The Company is not a large one, but is reported to be one of the moat compact and entertaining troupes that has visited the colony for some time. In his brief notice of th« concert given in aid of the Convent Schools, our reporter inadvertently omitted to notice the contributions of Miss Savage and Mr A, Harrison. We need hardly say that the items rendered by these popular amateurs were among the most successful of the evening.

Holloway’s Pills, —The sudden changes frequent fogs, and pervading dampness sorely impede the vital functions and conduce to ill health. The remedy for these disasters lies in some purifying medicine, like these Pills, which is competent to grapple with the mischief at its source, and stamp it out without fretting the nerves or weakening the system, Holloway’s Pills extract from the blood all noxious matters, regulate the action _ of every disordered organ, stimulate the liver and kidneys, and relax the bowels. In curing chest complaints these Pills are remarkable effective, especially when aided by friction of the Ointment on its walls. This double treat ment will ensure a certain, steady, and beneficent progress, and sound health will soon be «-est*blUhed,-*A<4vt

His Lordship »lie Pr mate will hold confirmation services in St Stephen’s church on Advent Sunday. The Wealeyan Methodist Union, now sitting in t hristohurch, adopted the following resolution at their sitting last n'ght:—That thit meeting exoresseu de vout gratitude to God that, the recent ex poetise of inun 'i-a'ity in England has awakened the Christian Church to battle with the mighty evil, a d the Legislature to pass the Criminal Law Amendment Ac; and prays the Conference to petition the New Zealand Government to raise the age up to which young women are pro. tecied to 18, and to tako such other means as may tend to stop the brothels and to punish the procuration and sadne* tion that are causing misery and ruin to tens of thousands.

It has lately been rumored, both in Hawkes bay and Wellington, that tenders would shortly be called for the Manawatu Gorge Railway The Minister of Public Works, while strongly convinced of the importance of the line, as the connecting link between the East and West Coast Railway, has been debarred through the action of Parliament from calling for tenders, and cannot possibly do so before next session.

The choir of St Stephen’s Church, with the aid of several well-known vocalists, have in active rehearsal Mozart’s “Twelfth Mass.” Satisfactory progress is being made, and the piece will probably be produced shortly before Christmas. The business at the Resident Magistrate’s Court this morning was of an unimportant character, but a point of some general interest was raided during the hearing of a civil case, in which the plaintiff claimed from the defendant compensation for damages alleged to have been sustained by a horse, the property of the former while in charge of the latter. The injury and its extent were admitted by the defendant, but it was contended that it Was the result of a pure accident, and that no negligence on the part of the defendant bad been shown. The Magistrate expressed his concurrence with the view submitted by Mr Wilding, for the defendant, and quoted the following :—3 Gampbell? 5 (note), Cooper v Barton : In an action for not taking proper care of a hired horsa, whereby his knees were broken, plaintiff must give some positive proof of negligence, and it is not enough to | rove that the animal was returned by the defendant with his knees broken, although he had often been let ont before without having fallen down 1 e Blanc J. Plaintiff proved damage occurred whilst used by defendant, It was contended by Park, for plaintiff, that as it was shown that the horse was a good one end not in the habit of falling, it must be presumed the fall was occasioned by negligence, and it was for plaintiff t > prove the contrary. Le Blanc J overruled this.—Mr Branson said that under the circumstances he would ask for a non-suit.—The non-suit was granted. The Wellington Post, recently referring to the appointment of Mr Walter Reeves to a position in the Civil Service, mistook Mr W. P. Reeves, son of the Hon W. Reeve*, Managing Director of the Lyttel ton Times Company, for the furcnoate appointee, and criticised what It termed “ a Ministerial job" in no measured terms This morning the Lyttelton Times, under the heading “A paltry libel,” publishes the article from the Post and a letter from Mr W. P. Reeves, which are introduced by the following remarks : The Wellington papers are becoming notorious for the carebss indifference they display in making libellous attacks upon public and private persons alike, for which there is often not the faintest shadow of foundation. Below we reprint an article from the Evening Post of Saturday last, in which the writer makes an entirely unfounded libellous attack upon the Ministry and a private citizen of this town, under the plea of airing his fierce public virtue over the discovery of a 8 audaloos job. It would hardly be sapposed that this gentleman might, by simply walking down the street and making proper enquiries at the Government offices, have made himself acquainted with the facts of the case, and so saved himself from disseminating falaehoolds, and otherwise making his journtl ridiculous.

Of the late Stanley Huntley, the humorist, author of the famous Spoopendyke pipers, the San Francisco Argonaut writes “ Ha was one of ttie most versatile men upon the American Press. He began his professional life as a lawyer. Ele became a reporter at the age of 23, and in that capacity worked for the loading papers of New York, St Louis, and Chicago. In 1879, while our soldiers were searching for Sittingjßull, he went into the North-west territory, and found the re -oubtable warrior and obtained an interview with him for the Chicago Tribune, Shortly after this Mr Huntley returned to New York, and took employment on the editorial staff of th*Brooklyn Eagle it was several months later he began the humorous work that made him known from one end of this country to the other. The “ Spoopendyke ” stories achieved an instant success. They were afterwards collected in book form, and their sale reached nearly 600,000 copies. Dr Boseby, Congregational minister for the past 14 years in Dunedin, was a passenger for Melbourne yesterday, having accepted a call to Ballarat. The following story about the potentate who has so suddenly become an important personage in Europe is going the rounds of the Borne papers:—Some time ago Prince Alexander of Bulgaria proposed for the hand of a princess belonging to one of the great reigning families. Alth-rngh the lady herself was not altogether averse to the match, her parents scouted the idea, telling the too nmbitlou* suitor that be must rise a good deal higher before he would be fit to mate with their daughter. The prince took this rebuff in good part, merely remarking, “ Very well, then, since you will not accept a mere prince for a son-in-law 1 must try to make myself a king,” This was regarded at (he time is a mere idle vaunt, but Prince Alexander’s present enterprise gives the utterance something of the character of a prophecy. Along the Austro-Russian frontier the Russian border guard has lately been so Considerably increased that the sentries are standing at J.OO paces from one another It is seated that the object of the Russian Government in using so many sentinels, is simply to prevent smuggling. As, however, most of the men employed are recruits, there have been some unpleasant incidents, such as trespassing on Austrian territory and driving back Austrian subjects who were on their own soil. The Austro-Hungarian Government has had to complain, and the Russian Government has promised to prevent a recurrence of such irregularities.

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Messrs Matson, 0 >x and Co. held their first wool stile iu Ashburton at their stores, Went street, this afternoon. There was a very large attendance, including havers From England, Urn Australian colonies, and all parts of New Zealand. The catalogue c iiDpri.-' d about 260 lots, and satisfactory prices wore obtained throughout the sale. Mr David Thomas, who offi ciated as auctioneer, opened the proceedings with a few appropriate remarks, and then invited the buyers to lunch at Quill’s Hotel. Fuller ptrliculars will appear iu to-morrow’s issue. At the Wesleyan district meeting, held in Dunedin yesterday, a resolution was passed sympathising with the efforts now being made for the promotion of social purity, and recommending the Conference to urge the Legislature to raise the age of protection to females, and make the laws relating to social immorality more equal in relation to the sexes.

During the journey of the morning train fr>m Luuisden to Invercargill on Saturday last a passenger gave birth to a child

The late Judge W., on a visit to Niagara, when the car was in use on the inclined plane, raise 1 and lowered by steam p wer, went into the starting house to witness the descent, too timid to go himself. After the car started, fully impressed with the danger, he turned to the man in charge and said: “Suppose, sir, the rope shou.d break?” The man, with a serious countenance, and a single eye to bnsines*, replied: “Oh, that woald be all right—they ail paid before they went!” The manager of the refreshment bar at a Chicago concert hall where classical music is performed has published some novel and instructive statistics as to the comparative effects of different musicians on the appetite of the audience. Wagner calls forth a demand for lager beer; Stranss exhilarates, and causes champagne to be largely ordered ; Mendelssohn takes away the appetite, and no one wants ham sandwiches after his music,' and, the candid caterer adds, *' as 1 make 86 per cent on ham sandwick es, I don’t think maoh of Mr Mendelssohn." This ready tends to show that the great masters breathe their own spirit into their music, for while Wagner comes from a beer drinking race, and Strauss from a lighter-hearted people, Mendelssohn, as a Hebrew, woald naturally have had a strong distaste for ham sandwches.

When interviewed by a deputation at Hamilton, Mr Ballanoe ridiculed the icea of railway reform advocated by Mr Vaile. Captain Steele, replying to Mr Ballanoe, said the supporters of reform were quite prepared to back their opinions, and he for one was quite willing to guarantee a sum towards indemnifying the Government ag«inst loss in making a practical test of Vaile’s scheme. He was all the more willing to do this because he was sure that he would never be called upon for his contribution. After some farther conversation Mr Ballanoe said the matter had assumed a different phase, and he wonld bring it before the Government. We are much pleased to learn that M T. Jacks m, of Methven. was not a member of the ill-fated New Guinea Exploring Expedition Mr Jackson left New Zealand intending to join the party at Sydney, bnt reached that city two days late—an accident he probably deplored at the time, but now, doubtless, regards as a fortunate dispensation. The expedition consisted of the following:—Leader, Cap tain H. 0. Everill; zoologist, Dr Hoeske, of Adelaide ; zoologist assistant, Mr Foggatt, Melbourne ; surgeon and geologist, Dr Burneys, Melbourne ; sub-leaders, Mt Godfrey Hemsworth, Brisbane, and Mr H. 0. Oreagh, Manning River ; general collector, Mr K. Broadbant, Sydney; botanic collector, Mr W Baurlin, Sydney; photographer, Mr J. H. Shaw, Sydney; artist, Mr A. J Vogau, late of Auckland ; and Mr W. H. Hastings, licensed surveyor, who was to assist the leader in astronomical work. Eleven Malays, specially engaged for the expedition, were picked up at Thursday Island. These included two quartermasters, a carpenter, a cook, and a mandjr, and as the leader of the party spoke the Malay language fluently, it was anticipated there would be no difficulty in dealing with them. The Queensland Government detailed the steamer Advance to conpoy the Bonito from Thursday Island to Aird river, where the work of the expedition would actually begin. It was intended, however, to obtain interpreters before entering the river. The expedition was supplied with a fine surf boat, fitted as a lifeboat, and sufficiently large to carry the whole party comfortably. The Bonito was to be left at the base of operations on the Aird river, in charge of tbe nautical subleader. At t e annual meeting of the Union Oil, Soap, and Caudle Company, hoid in Auckland yesterday, the report showed a loss of 1178 on the year, besides L 674 carried forward last year to suspense account. The principal omses < f the loss are cost of production during the greater part of the year incurred by defect in plant, and waste arising fmm defe dive manufacture and depreciation in value of tallow. There have been heavy stocks on hand and a continuous fall in prices during the year, with severe competition.

Referring to the marriage of the Princess Beatrice, the St James’s Budget said ; —*' Just in time to reach Osborne before the bridal party started for the Church, several solemn Highlanders set out from Balmoral in charge of a precious parcel. They hastened with it to Osborne House, and it passed not out of their keeping for a moment until they placed it in Royal hands The Highlanders love their Queen not less than she loves them, and they wished to do her youngest daughter a high honor. Thera was .a profusion of flowers at Osborne, but this Highland gift was the bouquet which the bride carried to church. As they say tn the country where it. was gathered, she “ was married in it.’ 1 Happy is the married life of her whs wears the white heathpc at her wedding ; and the m st conspicuous flower in the Highland bouquet was a sprig of it plucked from che hills about Balmoral, if this bouquet had not arrived in time, the Archbishop of Canterbury must have waited for it. White heather is Princess Beatrice’s “luck,” and it was indispensable for her to bold it during the ceremony.” Roman society has been a good deal scandalised by some very ugly transactions which have been br nghc to light in connection with the gambling affairs of people in high life A few months ago the

Brazilian Minister at the Court of King Humbert was caught cheating at baccarat, and advised tq leave Rome within fort> days by the president of the club at which it took place. The diplomatist declined to do so. Then his name was dropped out of the invitations to the Royal dinner table, and Baron von Kembell, the Ger» man ambassador, bluntly told him, “ you are socially damued.” The Brazilian Government having been informed of his

ulß*looQ'iy) u« Wflß aoCftlavQa OIQGO iQBQ two young nobleman attached tq the Vatic in Court, Marphese Pacoa and Conte Vin.i, have gone wrong. They not merely cheated at cards, but forged and swindled, and then levanted. It is said that there are 50,000 young men beiring titles in Italy who are too proqd to work, while some of them are jpoor enough to Stoa). Now money is sq scarce it behoves every one to be bn the alert and endeavor to make there twenty shillings go as far as possible. One glance at H. E. May And Co.’s advertise ment, which appears in our columns this evening, should convince one and all that the proprietors of The Hall, High street, Christ cliurch, are determined to dp their part. The prices quoted fqr the various items are, we believe, lower than on any pier ius occasion, and should induce all buyers of Chap ry and Cloth iogtp five