SHIPPING.

PORT OF LYTTELTON. Arrived. =l-, SATURDAY. Go-Ahead, s.s., from Dunedin. Waipa, ship, from London. Spec, schooner, from Havelock. Grafton, s.s., from Oamaru. Sailed. Saturday. Grafton, s.s., for Wellington. Hawea, s.a., for Wellington. To-day. Go-Ahead, 5.8., for the North, SHIPPING. TELEGRAMS. Wellington, Saturday. Arrived —Southern Cross, from Auck ' land Via East Coast; Wallace, from Nelson and West Coast ; Rotorua, from Auckland via the East Coast; Hawea, from the South. t._, Sailed—Westport, for Westport; Wal lace, for West Coast; Southern Cross, for i (be South. Dunedin, Saturday. Arrived— Adieu, brigantine, from Grey ■j,piouth.

COMMERCIAL.

Ashburton Guardian Office, Momlay Afternoon. Mr Alfred Harrison reports his weekly sale as follows:—Horse sale very dull. Pigs low in price, bat all lines were cleared. Fowls, is 6d to 2s 3d per pair ; ducks 3s fid per pair; tur keys, 5s each. Produce—Potatoes, 50s to 60s per ton ; carrots, 40 per ton ; chick wheat, 2s in.to-3s per bushel : oats. 3s to 33 fid per bushel ; r,<'.barley,. 3? per bushel ; onions, id to per lb. Tea, 21s per box, guaranteed. Cheese, 5 ’ per lb. Harness and sundries -sold fairly well, though sales are now very dull,, ansi money particularly valuable.

■r ;: Mr T. Bullock reports for the week ending .•'May 37th :— Horse Market—At the Bazaar, s ‘ BurheEt street, on Saturday, 5 1 horses were : '’ entered for the day’s sale, a very large propor tion of which were of a very inferior descrip tion. .There was a large attendance, and for .. good, useful farm horses the biddings were spirited ; but for aged horses, inferior draughts, 8 in factj for all inferior horses, there was no de { thand whatever, and those that were disposed were sold at very low prices indeed. It is a wonder where so many scrubbers come from ; it appears that farmers and others owning such are very desirous to get rid of them at any price rather than keep them on their farms ; consequently there are a great number of this description offered. Hacks —A few were offered, but there appears to he no demand at ‘present; a few inferior changed hands, lout at ' low prices. Out of the total number entered (SI). I sold 22 as follows : —Good, useful farm horses, 2 at L2l each ; medium draughts, L 9 lOS to I. 14; aged and inferior draughts; I 4 153 to L 7. A pair of unbroken colts brought Lao; two other unbroken colts, one three (fears old, L 7 ; one do., L 6 15s. Several three year olds, of an inferior description, from L 3, L 3 ios, to i-5; hacks, L 6 10s, L 6 103, L 4. Scrubbers, a number changed hands at from L2 5s to L 3 10s.

DAILY MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALES Tuesday, May 30. Mr T. Bullock, at the Homestead of Mr J. Thompson (near the County Sale yards)—Farm Stock, Furniture, &c.; 1 o’clock. Saturday, June 3. Mr. T. Bullock, at his rooms, East street • —Landed Property ; 1 o’clock. Tuesday, June 6. Matson, Cox and Co., at the Tinwald "Yards—Stock. ■ : MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS, &c Monday, May 29. Uorough Council, at Borough Council Chambers, at 7 o’clock.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas Et Prevalebit. MONDAY, MAY 29, 1882. Our Volunteers.

TOWN EDITION [lssued at 4.40 *j. m. j

Ever since the memorable Parihaka campaign the Volunteers of New Zea land have occupied a position of in creased importance in the eyes of the public. Happily the recent native difficulty on the West Coast was quelled without a drop of blood being spilt, and the circum stance was chiefly attributable to the presence of the Volunteers, who awed the rebels into submission, and thus averted what might have resulted in a serious disaster. For the readiness with which the -men went to “ the front” all honor should be accorded to them, and if there was no fighting our Volunteers were not only prepared to fight, but to sacrifice their lives, if necessary, at the call of duty. To sneer at the men because they returned from the North Island without having tasted powder, as some sneered at them, was an exceedingly poor return for what they did. They knew not at the time they were summoned to the front what dangers they might have to encounter, for they could not forsee any more than the public at large how the threatened hostilities would terminate. The result of the Parihaka business has been to direct public attention to the Volun teers; people have become conscious, all at once as it were, of their value. Quite recently a board of officers was appointed to draw up recommendations to Government for the improvement of the service, which recommendations we published in our last issue. Although somewhat stringent, at the first blush, we should be glad to see these sug gestions favorably received, for there can be but little question that their adoption would prove highly beneficial. The strict discipline which the men would have to conform to under such regulations as those proposed would, in all probability, have the effect of in ducing not a few to secede from the rrnks of the “ irregulars” in disgust, but this would be a matter of but small consequence —the “ true grit ” would remain behind. The new system would have but the effect of winnowing the chaff from the wheat. Up to the time of the late Maori scare Volunteers were hardly regarded in the light of regular soldiers, who could be depended upon on an emergency arising, but having been tried and not found wanting, the Government has evidently determined to increase the efficiency of the service as much as possible. Such a recogni tion ot their value to the country by the Government will no doubt be re garded as a high compliment by men who are made of the right stuff. Those Volunteers, however, who joined the ranks for the mere sake of “ playing at soldiering” will doubtless view the pro posed changes in a very different light. But, as we have remarked before, this is a matter of no moment. Such men, if any there are, will very well be spared

Inebriate Asylums.

In a recent issue of our Christchurch contemporary, the Lyttelton Times , ap peared a letter from a Dr James Rus sell, earnestly advocating the establish ment in this colony of asylums for the reception and treatment of inebriates. The letter is deserving of careful consideration, for it deals with a matter of very grave import ance. ' There is, unhappily, an enormous amount of drinking in this Britain of the South, as our police re ports and gaol statistics abundantly testify. Indeed, there can be but little question that, in proportion to the size of its population, New Zealand pro duces a larger per rentage of habitual drunkards than Kngland, Ireland, Scot land and Wales put together. The evil is admittedly a terrible one, and what is done to remedy it ? The prison, the lunatic asylum, and the magistrate’s warning, are, as Dr Rus sell points out, the only means that this Christian country provides to reclaim the habitual drunkard and induce him to turn over a new leaf—and this is

precisely what they do not do. Take the case of the miserable creature who makes his appearance at the Police Court, perhaps for the twentieth time (such cases are not rare, even in Ash burton). Ile stands there hopeless, for he knows the gaol awaits him. He lias parted with every atom of self respect, and he is about to be sent where he is not in the least degree likely to recover it. How can he be expected to reform in a gaol ? It can only add to his degradation, and he sinks beyond the hope of rising. A few more weeks or months go by, and this man will very likely appear again (after many re-appearances in the interval) but this time he is charged with “ lunacy from drink.” His features and man ner bear evidence that the charge is well founded, and on the doctor’s cer tificate he is committed not to the gaol this time, but to the lunatic asylum. To the lunatic asylum to be treated under the same roof as the people whose madness is not the result, in many cases at least, of drink, but is of a permanent character, which a few days or weeks detention is not likely to cure, and with these unfortunate people the dipsomaniac must neces sarily come more or less in contact. Is it expedient or advisable that this should be the case ? Is not such treat ment calculated to have the worst pos sible effect on the victim of drink en feebled as he is in most cases, both in mind and body ? For more than twenty years past there have been inebriate asylums in America, where the patient is surrounded by every comfort, and re ceives every attention his case may re quire. He finds a pleasant home where he meets with cheerful companionship, health-giving recreation, and watchful supervision. In short, everything that it lays in human power to do to wean him from old habits and restore his self-respect is done. One of the best known of these American institutions is the New York State Inebriate Asy lum at Binghampton. Here accommo dation for 200 patients is provided, and the arrangements are of the completest. Forty per cent, of the cases are said to be cured. The Asylums are supported by the State, but the money is wisely expended, for it restores so many to useful positions in society, and pre vents their becoming a burden on the country. In England and Scotland several Asylums of this kind exist, but have not proved so successful as the American institutions. In Melbourne there exists an Inebriate Retreat which, notwithstanding early struggles is now, we believe, doing good work. With so many encouraging examples before us of the good that can be accomplished by the systematic treatment of dipso mania, would it not be well that we, in New Zealand, ceased to utilise the gaol and the madhouse for the recep tion of the inebriate, and adopted a more humane system by which to effect his cure and restoration to society?

Ashburton at the Exhibition. —We notice that Mrs Kingston, of Ashburton, received an “honorable mention ”in the awards at the Christchurch Exhibition, for cushion and crewel embroidery.

Attacked by a Boar. —A son of Dan iel Colley, of Pungremii, near Auckland, was horribly gored by a boar on Saturday, which ripped both legs almost from tho knee to tho thigh, and completely ripped open the bowels.

Struck Oil. —Considerable excitement was occasioned at Greymouth on Satur day, by a rich strike of stone in the Keep It Dark, Reefton. The sample is richer than anything ever seen on this field before. It is estimated that four bags of stone brought up contains from two to three hundred ounces of gold. The gold is being retorted. The same shot of gold has been passed in the lower slopes, though not so rich. There is a great demand for shares.

Sale of Racehorses. —Mousetrap was submitted to auction at Tattersall’s on Saturday, and was knocked down to Mr Dosborough, of Southbridge, for 40gs. Mountain Deer was purchased by Mr Lawson, of Southland, for GOgs, but neither Katerfelto nor Trovatore changed hands. Messrs J. T. Ford and Co. sub mitted Clarence and Flap Jack, the former falling to the nod of Mr R. Richardson for 180 gs, the same gentleman securing Flap Jack for 31gs.— Times.

The Fancy Dress Pink. —By all ac counts the fancy dress rink to ho held on the Bth of June, at the Town llall, is likely to be a great success. Those who would like to be present as rinkers, and who have “ nothing *o wear,” need only apply to Mr Robert Elston, at the Town Hall, when they will be able to select cos tumes from a very largo and varied stock, and will thus be enabled to attend the festival in any “rig,” from a Prime Minister’s to that of a negro minstrel.

The Accident to Dr Ross.—Wo are happy to bo able to state that Dr Ross is progressing as favorably as can bo ex pected. It appears that it was the for midable water-jump at Tinwald which brought the worthy doctor to earth. He was riding his recent purchase, Musket, at the timo, and had successfully negoti ated the obstacle, but owing to the slip pery nature of the take-off, the horse lost his footing and stumbled, the doctor’s legs being jammed between the side of the ditch—and which forms part of the jump—and his horse’s shoulder. This ac cident cast quite a gloom over those pre sent at flio limit, and although we trust the doctor will soon bo about again, bis genial presence can bo ill spared in the field, while those who are dependent upon his professional care will not feel very favorable towards the sport of which he is such an ardent votary.

A Singular Coincidence. —The “own correspondent” of the Lyttelton Times at Wakanui is evidently a remarkable per son. In to-day’s issue of the Times ap pears a letter from Wakanui, in which the “ own,” speaking of the collection of agri cultural statistics, says I think that an easy and inexpensive, and at the same time reliable, method of gathering this kind of information would bo to require all threshing machine proprietors to send an account of the number of bushels of grain threshed by their machines to some person appointed by the Government for the purpose.” The suggestion is a very valuable one indeed ; but—ah, those bnts !—it is not exactly original. It his already been made by Mr Hugo Fried lanclor at the County Council table, and has been justly commended. The Waka nui correspondent’s notion of seeding in the item as his own is suggestive of Sir Fretful Plagiary and the critic in Sheri dan’s famous comedy. “Perdition catch my soul, but I do love thee still,” ex claims one of Sir Fretful’s characters. “ Strange,” says the critic, “ but those words appear familiar to mo.” “ Impos sible,” says the author, “they are abso lutely original.” “Possibly,” responds the critic; “ but they occur in “ Othello ” nevertheless.” “ Then,” says Sir Fretful Plagiary, “if they do, all I have got to say is, that it must be a case of two great men having thought of the same thing!”

Clearing Sale.- Attention is directed to the clearing sale of Mr John Thomp son’s stock and farm plant, which takes to-morrow at Mr Thompson’s homestead, near the saleyards. Mr Bullock is the auctioneer.

Artistic. —We have been shown some very pretty little pictures by Mr G. F. Henry, bookseller and photographer, of East street, which are decidedly worth framing, and are well adapted for hanging in hod-rooms or parlors. Some of the pictures may be seen in Mr Henry’s win dow.

Awkward. —We understand that the Government has given notice to occupiers of corner sections of the Railway Reserve on either side of the lino to remove their buildings, Ac., within ten days. The no tice also states that after the Govern ment has obtained the space necessary for their requirements, present occupiers will be to tender for the balance of the sections. Several of our most enter prising townsmen will, through this action, be put to considerable trouble and expense. Exhibition Award to Ashburton.— Amongst the Exhibition awards we are glad to notice that Mr George Wood, of the Lion Brewery Company, in this town, has succeeded in taking the bronze medal for stout in bulk. The judges stated that the other prizetaker’s exhibit with Mr Wood’s stood out distidctly superior to the other competitors. As this was the first brew of the new brewery, Mr Wood deserves every congratulation from his fellow townsmen on the success of his first exhibit.

The City op Perth. —The hull and sails of the ship City of Perth were sold at auction yesterday for LBSO. As the vessel is said to be worth LIO,OOO the purchasers ought to make a “liao” out of their bargain. Speaking of the sale the Timaru Herald says : —The purchasers of tho City of Perth, of whom Captain McGowan, late of the ship Bouvenue, is one, intend to use every exertion to get her afloat, and with this object in view have secured the services of the tug Lyttelton, to come about Wednesday or Thursday. They have also hired two centrifugal pumps capable of throwing 1,500 gallons per minute, to pump her oat, and these are expected from Port Chalmers to-day. A number of men, under the direction of Captain McGowan, were employed on board the City of Perth yesterday in dismantling the vessel. It is intended to strip her to her lower masts, and to discharge all but about eighty tons of grain out of her, so as to lighten her as much as possible. Up to yes terday afternoon there was no appreciable sign of the water in her hold increasing, and she was all afloat at about half-tide. We trust the spirited enterprise of those who have bought her will be rewarded in tho way it deserves to bo, and that ere tho present week is out the City of Perth will be in dock in Port Chalmers. Asuburton Hunt Club. —Tho hounds met at Tinwald on Saturday afternoon, when there was a very fair muster of the usual followers. Owing to the absence of the secretary, who had selected the country, there was a considerable delay before Mr Saunders was able to cast off. The first obstacle, a bare wire fence, which the rest of the field wisely avoided, brought the huntsman down, but, not withstanding the fall being an unusually severe one, he was with his hounds at the third fence, and occupied his customary position for the remainder of the run. The hounds travelled at a great pa;ie, and soon had the bulk of the field in trouble, but a few of the best mounted stuck to them and enjoyed a very pretty run. We must compHment the huntsman on the condition ho has brought his hounds to; they work with a dash and accuracy which would not disgrace many more pretentions packs, and there appears no disposition to complain of the pace on the part of tho hardest rider. The second run was over the Tinwald Steeplechase course, tho sen sational water jump being the first obstacle. Unfortunately this brought a majority of those who attempted it to grief, and Dr Ross, one of the pluckiest and most popular members of the club, sustained a fractured leg, as briefly stated by us on Saturday. The next meet will be at Chertsey, on Thursday, at 2 p.m.

Police Court. —At the Court this morning, before Mr H. Alcorn, J.P., and Mr T. Bullock, J.P., Thomas Hunt, lately seaman on the City of Perth, was charged with doing wilful damage to a railway carriage, and also with wilfully annoying the passengers in the train. It appeared from the evidence of two plate layers and Daniel McFarlane, guard, that the defendant got into the last train from the South at the Hinds station on Satur day night. He was very troublesome, and after making some disagreeable allu sions to knocking out the brains of his fellow passengers, and remarking that he would make the guard’s head “like a boiled cabbage,” the defendant delibe rately kicked in the panel of the door communicating with the next carriage. On arrival at the Ashburton station ho was given in charge.—Mr Pilkington, station-master, said the damage done would amount to 40s.—Defendant : I saved a railway truck the other day, and they gave me half-a-crown; but for kick ing a carriage door lam charged 40s. I

hardly know what I did I had had a glass or two too much.—The .Bench said the case was a very serious one, and fined defendant 40s or fourteen days on the first charge, and 20s or seven days on the second, also ordering him to pay for the damage done. George Campbell was ch; irged with being drunk in a public place in Ashburton at five o’clock last evening.—Defendant : Let me off, your Worships, this time, and I will go and take the pledge right away.—Sergeant Felton remarked that this was not the first time the defendant had made a simi lar promise.—Fined 20s, with the alter ative of forty-eight hours’ imprisonment. Richard Baile was fined 10s for drunk en ness.

Thk Deferred Payment System.— A mooting of deferred payment settlers was held at Dunedin on Saturday. Thirty were present, several representing entire districts. The result of the deliberation was embodied in a petition to Parliament, which will bo sent round for signature. It urges that many bought their lands at a time of land fever, and paid beyond the real value. That in order to avert the confiscation provided by the Land Act in cases whore payments are in arrear, they have had to borrow money, with which they have p .id in full the remaining un paid instalments, though in such cases they have received no rebate of interest from the Government, and consequently are practically paying interest on the same sum of money to the Government and to their mortgagors. That by the Land Act, 1877, the Legislature did not j intend to raise the price of laud to L 3, hut Judge Williams advised the local Board the Act had that effect. That consequently many paid L 3 an aero for land really only intended to be charged at 30s. That the provisions so raising

the price wore repealed during 1379, but such repeal was not made retroactive, as many in purchasing wore led to expect it would be, and that in the opinion of the petitioners their lands should be revalued by competent and impartial persons, and a rearrangement of the terms of payment also effected. Further, that the Bill prepared by Mr J. A. Connell, of Dun edin, is eminently suitable to their case, and is approved of by them, except that personal residence on pastoral deferred payment land should bo retained. The meeting passed a special vote of thanks to Mr Connell for his exertions on behalf of deferred payment settlers.

Brickyard Improvements —Owing to t’ e i 1 creased demand for bricks, Messrs Friedlander Bros, are about to make very considerable improvements in the Kolmar Brickyards, on the North East Belt. The work will commence directly, and in a few days we purpose giving our readers a de tailed description of the improvements. Wakamji Roll. —The last supplemen tary electoral roll has now been printed, and contains 337 additional names of persons entitled (?) to vote, making a total ..f 1793 on the roll. Taking the census return for Wakanui as showing 2,300 per sons, including men, women, and children, the district is having the benefit of the franchise as well as could bo expected. It is, however, extraoriinary that such a large number of names should now be added to the roll. Out of 337 new names, there are only 11 names of farmers claim ing under the property qualification, 3 only of whom live in the district, and only 41 claim under the freehold qualifica tion.

CABLE NEWS.

LATEST FROM EUROPE

[per reciter's agency.] Money and the Markets. London, May 26.

Consols are unchanged at New Zealand securities continue at the following quotations : —Five per Cent. 10-40 Loan, 1889 Loan 105; Four and a Half per Cent. 1879-1904 Loan Colonial breadstuffs continue dull at 52s for Adelaide wheat, and 51s for New Zealand, ex store. Adelaide flour remains at 355, ex store. The total quantity of wheat afloat for Great Bri tain is 2,300,000 quarters. Australian best mutton tallow has advanced 6d to 445; best beef remains at 42s 6d; best Sydney copra has declined 10s to Ll 5 per ton ; galvanised iron, 26-gauge, remains at Ll 7 10s. The Wool Auctions. At the wool sales to-day the lots catalogued comprised 10,200 bales. Prices are firmly maintained. Coarse merino wool is now a halfpenny to one penny lower (sic) than the closing prices of last auctions. The wool market will be closed until Wednes day next, the 31st May, for the Whitsun holidays. Frozen Meat.

The ship Dunedin, from Port Chal mers, with a cargo of frozen meat, has arrived at London. The Ladies’ Race.

The Oaks Stakes was run at Epsom to-day, and was won by Gehimniss (by Rosicrucian —Nameless), St. Mar guerite second, and Nellie third. The Australians at Home.

The cricket match Australians v. Surrey, at Kennington Oval, was re sumed to-day. The weather was very fine, and there was a very large attend ance. The wicket was rather bumpy. The Australians continued their first innings, and were all disposed of for too runs. The following were the highest scorers :—Murdoch, bowled, 28 ; Horan, caught, 20. The fielding of the Englishmen was excellent. The Surrey eleven then went in for their second innings, and were all disposed of for 46 runs. Garrett and Boyle bowled splendidly, the former taking six wickets for three runs, and Boyle four wickets for sixteen runs. At the close of the day’s play the Australians had lost two wickets for 98 runs. Bannerman scored 28, and was bowled. London, May 27. I 1 At the cricket match to-day at the Kennington Oval, the Australians re sumed their second innings, and suc ceeded in putting together,the required number of runs—119 —for the loss of only four wickets, thus winning the match by six wickets. McDonnell was bowled for 35, and Horan for 33. In Good Condition.

The cargo of frozen mutton on board the ship Dunedin, from Port Chalmers, arrived in splendid condition. It was placed in the market to-day, and realised an average price of 6d per pound. The Cricket Scandal. James Lilly white, who accompanied the last ,team of English cricketers to the colonies, has written a letter deny ing the truth of the reports recently circulated regarding an alleged con spiracy between the Englishmen and certain Australian betting men, affect ing the result of the last match played.

Adjourned for the Holidays. The House of Commons stands ad journed to Thursday next, for the 'Whitsuntide holidays. Ten Years. The youth named Albert Young, aged 17, formerly employed as a clerk in the railway telegraph office at Don caster, who was arrested last month on a charge of sending a threatening letter to the Queen, with the object of ex torting money from her Majesty, has been found guilty and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. The Egyptian Difficulty.

In the House of Commons to-day the Right Hon. VV. E. Gladstone stated that the Government declined to pledge England not to use force to bring about a settlement of the crisis in Egypt, and added that the entente cordiale be tween France and England was as close now as it was at the time of the Cri mean war.

Cairo, May 2G,

The Egyptian Ministers have defi nitely refused to accept the ultimatum delivered by the French and English Consuls-General, and have referred the Governments of England and France to the Sultan of Turkey for a reply. The Khedive lias intimated to the French and English Consuls his accept ance of their ultimatum, and his Minis ters have consequently resigned their portfolios.

Cairo, May 27,

Since the resignation of the Council of Ministers, the Khedive has issued a proclamation announcing that he lias assumed supreme control of the Egyptian army. Many of the generals are, however, openly urging the depo sition of Tewfik Pasha, and have sent a demand to His Highness, that Arabi Pasha should, within twelve hours, be reinstated as Minister of War. The Khedive has resolutely refused to agree to this demand, and the position of affairs is deemed most critical.

AUSTRALIAN.

[I»KR UKUTBu’s AOENOV.] Th 3 Alhambra. Sydney, To-day. Arrived, yesterday afternoon —Al- hambra, s.s., from New Zealand.

True Charity. Mr Thomas Walker, of Yarralla, who is about to proceed on a trip to Eng land, has distributed the sum of Lio,ooo among various New South Wales charities. Aquatic. The Krug champagne sculling trophy, which was rowed for on the Parramatta River on Saturday, was won by Fittes, the Victorian amateur scul ler. The Prahran Tragedy. Melbourne, Yesterday. The Victorian Government offer a reward of L2OO for information leading to the discovery of the perpetrator of the dynamite explosion at Prahran on the 18th inst. Bravery to he Rewarded. Melbourne, To-day. The Victorian Humane Society pro poses to give rewards to the survivors of the recent disaster at Timaru. Compensation. Mr Edwards has been awarded l4;ooo and Mr G. Tunson 1,2,500 for injuries sustained at the Joliraont rail way accident last year.

TELEGRAMS.

[PKK PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Explosion of a Kerosene Lamp. New Plymouth, To-day.

A kerosene lamp burst in the sitting room of Sergeant Major GoodaU’s house last night, setting fire to the room. The flames were subdued before they got a fair hold on the house. The furniture, etc., was damaged to the extent of L9O. The paper and ceiling of the room was burnt. Both were insured in the South British office.

The Persecuted Jews in Russia. Wellington, To-day.

An influential meeting was held at the Synagogue Chambers yesterday, to ex press its sympathy with the continued dis tress and persecution suffered by the Jews in Southern Russia. A subscription list was opened, and L 55 subscribed in the room.

The Bible Wanted.

Dunedin, To-day,

The Bible-in-Schools Association have adopted a petition to the General Assem bly, praying for the introduction of the Bible in State schools. Crushed.

At the Seacliff Asylum works on Satur day, Nicholas Ooughan, one of the work men, went to set a stone. He saw the machine was in notion, and in turning, the fly-wheel stood directly beneath the gate containing the saw. He touched the wheel, when the gate descended on him, causing injuries from which he died in the Hospital on Saturday afternoon.

THE UNION S.S. COMPANY’S NEW FLEET.

[by telegraph. J Dunedin, To-day.

The Union Steamship Company have on the way out, or under construction, ten new vessels, five being intended for the intercolonial and five for the costal (rade. They are all of the same dimensions, viz ; —2Bsft. in length ; 36ft. in width ; and 25ft. in depth, or a triile larger than the Rotomahana. The first of them, the Manipouro, is now due at Melbourne, to be followed by the Wairarapa, Hauroto, Waihora, and Tararua. The Manipouri will replace the Albion, and the Wai rarapa the Rotorua, which are to be em ployed exclusively on the Coast. The Wai hora and Tararua will the rephce Ringa rooma, which with the Arawera, are to bo utilised a? extra boats during the summer, and as relieving boats in the winter. The Hauroto, which has a carrying capacity of 2,000 tons, is to be employed in the Syd ney trade. The smaller boats are to be used on the coast for general cargo pur poses. One of the new steamers will be called the “ Express ” boat. She will be employed on the run from Lyttelton to Wellington, Taranaki, Onehunga, and back, performing the round trip once a week. She is to be similar in size to the Hawea, and will steam fifteen knots, and have accommodation for 100 saloon pas sengers. She is expected to make the trip each way in thirty-four hours’ steam ing. The Hero wrl at once replace the Taiaroa in the Fiji trade, for which a spcial steamer is building.

ASHBURTON WOOLLEN FACTORY.

A meeting of shareholders in the above Company was held this afternoon, at the upper chamber of the Town Hall. There was a large attendance, Mr T. Bullock occupying the chair. The Chairman said it very gratify ing to see so many present, as it evinced the lively interest taken in the highly im portant project. As an impression had got abroad that the machinery obtained for fthe factory was of an inferior kind, steps had been taken to ascertain from Home, what the price would be, and the very best machinery obtainable. It was not contemplated to use the plant just purchased, but portions of that machinery were worth the whole price paid by the company. The starting of the factory was such an important step that the company did not intend to go to work without having appliances of the best description to be had. He was very pleased to see that the total number of shares applied for was 1,143, and Messrs Scott Brothers had ottered to take two-thirds of the value in shares of the machinery taken from them. He might add, for the information of the shareholders, that the company did not intend to use water-power, as had been rumored, but would work the fac tory by steam. Mr Purnell enquired whether the com pany would start with the present share list, or would wait until that list was larger.

The Chairman replied that the com pany were prepared to go on at onco. Mr Pavitt enquired how many share holders there were.

Mr Poyntz, the secretary, said that there wero about 120 shareholders. Mr E. G. Crisp then read the headings of the articles of association, from which it appeared that it was proposed to call the company “ The Ashburton Woollen Factory Company, Limited,” and that the capital should bo L 25,000, in shares of L 5 each, to bo paid by calls not exceed ing 10s each, at intervals of not less than three months each. The remainder of the articles wore of no interest to the general public. The articles wore adopted as road. On the motion of Mr Purnell the num ber of directors was fixed at seven.

The following directors wero then ap pointed :—Messrs E. G. Wright, D. Wil liamson, Bullock, A. Orr, J. Orr, J. Ward, and 11. Friedlander. The meeting then terminated.

MR SAUNDERS AT BALING.

On Friday evening Mr Saunders met the electors of Wakanui in the ferryhouse, Ealing. On the motion of Mr Tilson, Mr D. Jackson was voted to the chair, and intro* duced Mr Saunders with some reference to his long public career, which he said had always given the fullest satisfaction to those who had entrusted their public interests to him.

Mr Saunders spoke for an hour and a quarter, and answered questions for nearly another hour. Mr McDowell asked why the ton per cent had been restored to the upper civil servants and not to the wages men ?—Mr Saunders said that the real cause no doubt was that the upper civil servants had powerful friends at Court, and the wages men had not, but the present Minister of Public Works had said in reply to a ques tion that the reason was that the upper civil servants had been reduced by a mo tion of the House, and were restored by the same power ; whilst the wages men were reduced, not by any action of the House, but by the regulations of the de partments with which the House" had hot interfered. He had always found every Uo vernraent willing enough to discharge or reduce the wages of men, but never to )do either to the upper officers, with whom they came immediately in contact. Mr Briggs asked if Mr Saunders would favor the transfer of the railways to a pri vate company I —Mr Saunders said he thought not, unless there was seme better way to secure the colony in the matter than any he could think of. Mr Tilson asked why the charges on the Canterbury railway a were as high as the Otago lines, which cost twice as mqqh to make and to keep in repair?—Mr iSsWn dors said because the Otago element, had always been in the strongest force both in the House of Representatives and in the Government. Mr Horsey asked if Mr Saunders would be in favor of putting on duties to favor colonial industries? —In reply, Mr Saun ders went at great length into the ques tion of Free Trade and Protection, point ing out the delusion of Protection, which was especially injurious to farmers and to {arm laborers. The modern history of the world was proving in a most striking man ner the injury that Protection did tp any country that adopted it. Mr Horsey asked if Mr Saunders would be in favor of steam direct communication with England ?—Mr Saunders said every one would of course like to see direct steam communication with England, but he (the speaker) supposed that the real question was how much was it worth while to pay for it ? He did not think with Mr Mao andrew that it was worth while to pay LIOO.OOO a year to take home frozen potatoes, but if a service could be estab lished at a reasonable outlay such as the colony would be willing to contribute, and not merely to borrow, it would be far , more advantageous to the colony than the San Francisco service had ever been or ever would be, Mr Briggs asked if Mr Saunders/ did not think the Dog Tax objectionable ? Mr Saunders said that the Dog Tax and registration were necessary to protect sheep owners, and ha thought it would be a mistake to risk any relaxation of that law.

Mr Briggs : Don’t you think a tax on guns would be better ?—Mr Saunders said that boys under a certain age might very properly be prohibited from using guns, but thought there was a great need for guns to keep down the hares and other vermin that had bean introduced by game preservers. He abhorred anything like Game Laws.

Mr Briggs asked if Mr Saunders did not think that the Education Act went too far or not far enough 1 That it spoiled boys for ploughmen, without fitting them for anything better ?Mr Saunders thought not. The best ploughmen in the world came from the country where The boys were most universally educated, arid Burns was made fit for something beyond ploughing by the meagre education of a village school. There were many circum stances in the colony calculated to make our young people impatient of a life of anything like drudgery, but he thought that universal education would not tend in that direction, but rather to show the true dignity of labor. Mr Briggs asked if Mr Saunders would favor a new loan I —Mr Saunders said he would not. It was quite time that our Governments were taught to live without loans. Mr Richardson’s remarks on this subject (which were now repeated by Mr ivess) were plausible, but were quite de lusive. as there was no power to overrule the supreme power of Parliament, or to compell them to spend the loans on any specified works. So long as the Govern ment and Parliament could finger bor rowed money, the present extravagance would be maintained, and borrowed money would bo used to keep it up and to close the eyes of the electors to the calamities that must result from such ex travagance and from such overwhelming indebtedness. Rather than open the door to such certain evils, ho would complete any necessary or probably profitable public works by treasury bills, and then let the bills bo exchanged in London and trans ferred to a permanent loan. This was the only way that would prevent the money being made an improper use of, and scrambled for in the House. In reply to farther questions, Mr Saun ders said that he did not know what was meant by the Eight-hours Labor Bill. Tf its object was to define definitely that where not otherwise arranged eight hours labor was to bo understood as the length of a day’s labor, there was no harm in it. If it aimed at still further protecting help less women and children, who were not

free to make their own bargains, and might in some eases suffer from the brutality of heartless or drunken parents or husbands, it would have his full sympathy. But if it was an attempt to interfere with the bargains which adult men should make for the disposal of their own services, it was a senseless interfer ence with the liberty of individuals, a gratuitous insult to the common sense of working men, and a mischievous violation of the first principles of I'heetrade. Mr Ivess’ positive promise that ho would at once reduce the cost of law suits and conveyancing, had no doubt been made in the confidence of blissful ignorance. Neither the one nor the other would ever be effected by him. The ablest and best educated men had made very slow work at it, and no others could hope to achieve anything. Mr Ivess could only be a ninety-sixth part of the House at the utmost ; but as a new, an inexperienced, and an uneducated man, ho would really bo very much less than that. Neither Mr Ivess nor himself had received the

necessary education to undertake work like that, and both the House of Repre sentatives and the Legislative Council were very jealous of being led in such matters by ignorant men. especially when the ignorance was so dense that they were

themselves unconscious of it. Men who openly avowed their ignorance and knew what they could not do, wore much more leniently” treated by’ their superiors in education. There wore too many lawyers in the House, and too many newspaper proprietors too, and the farming interest was not by any means adequately repre sented.

Mr A. Jackson proposed—“ That hav ing now hoard both candidates, this meet* ing is of opinion that the Wakanui elec tors b*d better send a steady horse that knows his work, and will do it to Parlia ment rather than a restive colt that knows nothing of the work, and will very likely jib.”

This was seconded by Mr G. Tilsou. Mr J. Clow asked if that was a vote of ooqlidenoe or a vote of thanks 1

IHE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, MONDAY, MAY 29, 1882.



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The Boys’ and Youths’ Clothing is especially recommended, and Parents and Guardians will find it advantageous to make an early selection. The Stock of Men’s Clothing is simply superb, and the variety of Hats, Hoisery, Blankets, Flannels, and Shirtings second to none in New Zealand. A.OENT3 FOK THE CELEBRATED WjSBTHBIM Machines. Ashburton Branch: W. SPARROW,



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