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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7733, 1 March 1909, Page 2

The Ashburton branch of the New Zeukind Farmers' Co-operative Association (acting in conjunction with the National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd., and Mr W. Pickles) reports the private .sale of 807 acres, on account of Mr E. J, V- Grigfr. of Akanui, to Mr .7. M. Thompson, Wakanui, at a satisfactory figure. The land, which was a portion of the original Lonebeach estate, has realised considerably over £20,000. qr-remits T-T. McElrea and Stephens aSi J Private W. Gourdie will represent the \shburton Rifles and Guards at the Trentham shooting matches. The Ashburton Volunteer Fire Bri-o-ado competition tram left for Auckland by Saturday night's express, Jne team will be absent about two weeks. Miss E. Choar- who .ia.s r-signed :. r position as pupil teacher at th.> t>c.r out]] School to complete her educational "studies at Christchurch, was presented by her pupils with a Bible and an author's standard work, both handsomely bound, on Friday last. The Government has instructed Mr John Forrester, the present land ranger -to proceed with Mr Williams to Mi Tripp's Orari. Gorge station for the purpose of valnating it for closer settlement. Mr Forrester will leave Ashhurton for the Orari Gorge by this afternoon's train. Richard's Entertainers made their second and what the management said would ak" ''c their last appearance befor.--> an Asnburton audience, on Satiird'pv night. Only about fifty people were" present, but this did not prevent the company from going through the complete programme. The whole entertainment was good, and it was unfortunate for the company, which deserved better patronage, that it found the people of Ashburton in no mood for such pleasures as it had to otter. The exports of the South Island as estimated by Mr Robert McNab between 1830 and 1840 averaged at Wst £400 000 a rear. In 1907, according to the Year Bo^k. the dominion s exports Wrested £20068.957. and assuming that the South Island was responsible for half of this amount— £10.000.000—the progress of the •■ country in the 70 years between, the appointment of the first Governor Captain W. Hobson. in January 1840, and the succession to office of Sir Joseph Ward's administration is indeed worthy of note. Some may wouder whether the same increase—2so per cent— is likely to be. recorded for the next 70 years. The Rev F. Tsitt is expected to be present at a meeting of the Ashburton No-license Council this- evening. Immediately after the sale of the Springfield Estate on Saturday lot 1 was purchased by Mr 1). - McCrenor, and lot 3 by Mr James Lilley, both 'oiiyers being' residents of the county. At Gisborne on Saturday, states a Press Association telegram, John Gallagher and William Pollard pleaded giiilty to n charge of carrying on business as brewers without a license and selling liquor without a license at the railway camp, Waikoka. The Crown prosecutor said that the Act allowed for only throe per cent of alcohol in hop beer, but the drink defendants manufactured contained 6.39 per cent. Pollard had been convicted for the same offence at Raurimn. Gallagher was fined £10 or thirty days' imprisonment for brewing, and £10 or thirty days' imprisonment for selling and Pollard was lined £20 or two months.' imprisonment for selling. The vital statistics for the Ashburton registration district for the month of February are as follows: Births, 17 males and 9 females, 26: deaths, 5 males and 3 females, 8; marriages. 3. The figures for the corresponding month in 1908, wcr.o: Btrthg, §4, deaths 3; mar.ringfis 6i A meeting of creditors in the estate of Emma Elizabeth Hughes, who was adjudged bankrupt on February 23rd, was held in the Courthouse this morning before Mr J. Davison, the deputy official assignee. The swam statement of the bankrupt showed liabilities amounting to £110 7s 3d, the chief creditors being, Mansfield B.rotheivs (Christchurch) £17 and Anderson' (Chvjstefuirc'h.)' £17 4s, Y\ hitti(k,;!- .Brothers (Christchurch) £10 I'Qs"(3d, Chapman ntul Davis (Ashburton), £10, Cadbury Brothers (Wellington) £S 53s 6d. The assets, consisting of furniture, were valued at £25. As \\ sufficient number of proved creditors did not attend the meeting it was adjourned sine die, Buyers at tho. CWl&ate stock sale on Friday !;isi, included farmers arid dealers from tho Ashburton county. There was a total of 10,300 sheep and lambs offered. Fat lambs are now feeing sent forward in larger- itiliribtnvj for freezing export puv-poseg, and farmers, no doubt, are induced to soil in view of the rate nt which the feed has gone off during the past two weeks. Most of the stock,, especially lambs, are fat, so that if the weather continues to keep dry, fanners will be compelled to dispose of their lambs, independently of price, rather than allow them to fall off in condition. The leaves of root crops have withered considerably during the past two weeks, and blight is making it appearance as a result of the dry weather. What with the condition of the roads and the root crops, rain is very urgently needed. This morning another large line of 21 double-decked trucks frorti the upper district passed through Asjiburtoii for the freezing works, At a general meeting of the Canterbury branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, held in the Trades Rail in Christchurch on Wednesday, the following resolutions were carried: "That this branch requests the co-operation of all branches in urging upon the Minister of Railways to recognise no other body of men connected with the railway service than the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants and the Railway officers' Institute," "That this meeting of the Canterbury branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants expresses it hearty sympathy with the movement for a universal half-holiday, and would urge all members to support" the proposal at the poll-to--**; taken on April 28. The Centra] M^hqdjsi. Mission Committeo. in has' decided to appoint Mr James Gilrnonr, of London, to an important position on the mission staff. As Colonc] Gilmoui-,'of the Salvation Aiuny-, Mr Gilmour was associated with Army work in Sydney as far back as 1884. He later on was appointed to the charge of the work in Aew Zealand, Still late, a special office of trust was made for him at the headquarters in Melbourne. Afterwards he was transferred to London, where ho was appointed one of three to whom was given the charge of the important international affairs of the Army. For family reasons he has found it necessary to return to Australia, and has therefore resigned from the Army. Cabinet- has decided to accept the tender of the Canterbury Farmers' Cooperative . Association, Timaru, for a supply of grass seed for the improved farm settlements in Taranaki The cost will be about £4000. A noticeable business change takes place to-day, by which the old-cstab-ished businesses of Messrs Andrew Orr and Co., Ltd., and Grant and Moore become amalgamated. The management of the amalgamated business will be in the hanclsf of Mr S. Grant, while the financial and clerical affairs will be looked after by Mr P. L. Orr, Messrs Jeffs and Frost announce that they have taken over the butchery business in East street lately canied on by Mr W. 11. Shattock, and solicit a fair share of the public patronage. Members of the Ashburton public school cadets who took part in the shooting matches at Redcliffe returned to Ashburton by this morning's express, j The Nelson meat works were opened I near Stoke this afternoon. They will put through between 350 and 400 sheep daily. , ■'. ." ? *

Mr Hugo Friedla'ider. in speaking to our reporter im Friday, did not mean to convey the idea that the people of Christchurch did not wish at some future time to have a canal, but simply that for the present they 'were satisfied; and though the canal question will come before tke Harbour! Board for settlement very shortly and! u'.' l1 '„I' ol' the tijll(} '^ing", he dispo -r-.l \ or, .Mr J' nedland<?r does not go so far as to say that it will not come before the Board again some time hence. Mr J'nedlander thinks it necessary that i;e should make himself quite clear on those points. The Rev G. H. Mann, of Geraldine when preaching in Timaru on Sunday night, protested against the action of picnic parties from Timaru passing through Geraldine. He said that the members of some of these parties (young men and women) spent the Sunday picmekmg, and had no compunction in driving through the Geraldine township (when Church services were on), singing disgraceful songs, screamnife and yelling, and generally behaving in a most disorderly fashion It Th!J ffondo. r» he added, that some of them escaped the police. Captain Edwin telegraphed to-day as follows: Easterly moderate to strong winds; the glass shows little movement?