SHIPPING.

TORT or LYTTELTON. Arrived. Yesterday. Olyndor, barque, from Newcastle. Minnie, ketch', from Little Akuroa. ».•&!> Awaroa, schooner, from WanganuL ' , ( Wakatipn, As., from Sydney via Wel lington. Sailed. „. ' ;* Yesterday. ■ ; Antelope," cotter,’ for Akaroa. • Margaret, ketch, for Mclntosh Bay.; Wakatipn, as., for Port Chalmers. "'’liofcfet A'linjriiJ n.a. .iiii.i. 1 ■ "

it . , SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. geo-ii'. : WkiiiHGTOii. Yeatenlay. Arrived—Waihera, from 1 the South; Arawata, from Melbourne, via South; ;■ ° the North.’ ; Sailed—Mahinapua, fen? Port Chalmers; Haves, for " the South ;. Grafton, .for 4< . Oamaru.. and Lyttelton ■ Waihora, jfor , .Sydney,-via and the East Coast. 9 Timabo, Yesterday. Arrived—Waitaki, from Dunedin; Kan garoo, from Westport, tj - : Sailed—Waitaki, for Northern ports; j. ) Clifton, for Adelaide. Cleared—Endeavor,for Wellington. , Dwhbbdi, Yesterday. ’’Sailed—Rotomahana, ior Melbourne, via the Bluff, .

DAILY MEMORANDA.

. AUCTION SALES 9 1 l< Monday, Matl4 liV W. B. Moss, at the residence of G. D. Branson —Household Furniture, eto., at 12 noon. •- ">"■ . ‘ Tuesday, Mat 15. Matson, Cox and Co., at the Ashburton Yards I —Stock. , Thursday, May 17. ..'j - Messrs B. Davis and Go. ,at Rakaia— ;-s - • Fortnightly Sale of Stock, at 12 noen. Friday, June L il ’”'Mat^on,' Cox. and Go., at Witerton— A - Farm,. Live and Dead Stock.; at 12 !; noon. . 1 ■ MEETINGS. AMUSEMENTS, &o ! ■ Monday, May 14 ; ' Borough Council, at Borough Council V.. Chamberi, at 7 o’clock.; : l! , 'Town 1 Half—Concert, at So’clook. ( t'c’-'' W*dhmdaxvMayl6, • > Oddfelldws’ New 1 Hall-—Concert and ball. .Fbiday, May 18. ! Soiree and Concert at Chertsey ; Tea at _ 6.30. ■ . r Upper Aahbmten Road Board District — '' ' “ ‘ Annual meeting of ratepayers. May 18th. ti, , Tuesday, May 22. "Yea and Public Meeting Wesleyan Okoirch, at 6.30 p.m. . , r , Public, Meeting re storm water, at Town tJBW, South Rakaia, at 7.30 pm. j 1 ; May 28. ; _ . Pppejj. Ashburton Road Board District— General diction of members ; nomina tion May 27th, polling day 7th day; of V: ; - Monday, 'June 4 _ > Ashbdrton ' Borough—Anbual Licensing : -|tteetingfor,Borough, June 4th. Wednesday, June 6. j.Resident Magistrate’s: Court, Ashburton — Annual Licensing meeting for Ashbur t ton district, June 6th, j

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit. SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1883. Wanted—An Opposition.

The date for the opening of Parlia ment has been fixed, and in little more than a month hence the representatives of the people will have arrived in Wel lington, aftd the work of another session will have commenced. We have fre* quently expressed a hope that an Oppo sition worthy of the name would have been organised during the recess, and we have carefully studied the speeches of those members of the so-called Liberal party who have addressed their constituents, in order to discover if there is any chance of its formation. Previous to the Colonial Treasurer’s tour the political world, so far as this colony was concerned, was in a state of utter stagnation. One or two of the lesser Parliamentary lights, indeed, de livered speeches, but very little interest was felt in their utterances beyond the constituencies they represented. But Major Atkinson’s startling proposals served to arouse the sleeping energies of our politicians, and latterly a good many addresses have .been delivered,- chiefly by members of the Opposition. The members for Akaroa, Timaru, Roslyn, and Dunedin South and East have each spoken in turn, but those who expected to find in what they said a clear enunciation of the policy in tended to be pursued by the Opposi tion during next session must have been disappointed. Their sole aim ap peared to be to heap abuse upon the present Ministry, who the people were asked to believe were solely bent upon one aim, namely, the ruination of the colony. This kind of thing is not likely to carry conviction to the mind of any person who takes the trouble to think for himself, and the success that has attended the policy of the Government is sufficient proof that they may confidently be trusted with the administration of our affairs. But at the same time it serves to show that the Radical Party is as disorganised as ever, and this begets the melancholy reflection that in all probability as much time will be wasted in factious opposi tion during next session as there was from the same cause last year. The latest voice from the other side has come from Waimate, where the mem ber for that district addressed his con stituents on Monday evening. Me W. J. Steward is principally known as the author of a measure having for its ob ject the destruction of those feathered songsters which are the abomination of our farmers, while he has a leaning to wards denorainationalism and an ambi tion to reform the present Education Act. He may not be one of the shin ing lights in the New Zealand Parlia ment, but he has the unusual merit among members of the party he be longs to that he uses tolerably temper ate language towards those who differ from him in opinion. There is no need to enter into MtSTEWARiys speech in detail, as the greater part of it is merely a repetition of the arguments against the Loan policy of the Govern ment and Major Atkinson’s scheme for the relief of poverty that we have had over arid over again. What he said concerning the state of parties is, how ever, perhaps worthy of special consid

eration. When the New Parliament was elected, it will be remembered that the Opposition claimed (a have a rmjority. The precise number of this majority was variously estimated, but there seemed to be no doubt of its actual existence. And yet when the question came to be tested, the result showed that there was something wrong in the calcula tion. How this state of affairs came to pass is, in Mr Steward’s opinion, susceptible of easy explanation. He sa y S : —“ it is to be found in the fact that there are in the present House, as perhaps in every House, political weak lings, who are ready to sink party | principles if only they may obtain their j due or undue share of the loaves and fishes. Not for a moment that I would insinuate that there is so low a standard of political morality that members will give their votes in barter for personal benefits, for that is not the case; but that there are members who set the consideration of what they can obtain for their constituents above all considerations of party principles, and who practically, if not avowedly, give their support in exchange for an equivalent in votes or works for the special benefit of the particular localities they represent.” This cer tainly is an easy solution of the ques tion, but we doubt if it is quite the correct one. Charges brought against members of their having sacrificed the interests of the colony for the sake of obtaining some slight benefit for a par ticular locality are as easily made as they are difficult to refute. The Op position may solace themselves with flattering unction of this kind, but the true reason they lost ground last session, we venture ,to think, lies in the fact of there being too many leaders. Mr Steward reiterates the old charge which is brought against every Ministry, that their principal object is to retain office, and that they will stick at nothing to attain their end. Does any body believe that the Opposition are actuated by any higher principle ? It is only natural that the Government should wish to keep their places, if for no other reason than to carry out the policy they have initiated. The member for Waimate also referred to the very common opinion that if the present Ministry were turned out there could not be found men in the Opposi tion ranks capable of taking their places, but according to Mr Steward, there “ are as good fish in the sea as ever were caught,” and he considered that “if the Ministerial side of the House took ship to England or Hong Kong to-morrow, it would be found that New Zealand would still survive, and that the creditable administration of her affairs would still be possible.” We all know perfectly well, as the French say, necessary men do not exist, and there . may be several heaven-born statesmen in the Opposition camp who have not yet given any sign of possessing ex traordinary ability; but we sincerely trust that such an event as that referred to by Mr Steward will not happen. No doubt New Zealand would survive the catastrophe, but on the whole the colony may be congratulated on the chances ot it occurring being extremely remote. The experience of last session ! showed that there is little probability of the Ministry being defeated on any im portant question, but, as we have fre quently said, a healthy Opposition is a good thing, and it is just this kind of Opposition which is wanting at the pre ' sent time.

Mr Costley’s freehold estate is to be at once sold by the trustees. Its valuj is, L 30,000. The balance of the estate is in cash at the different banks in fixed de posits.

A shipment of ostriches is expected at Auckland by the steamer Westmeath, as a nucleus for the ostrich farm to be com menced at Bombay settlement, near Drury. The pottery hands at Milton, who were thrown out of work by the fire which oc curred some months ago, will resume work in a few days, though not under the auspices of the former Company. The Walton Park Coal Company’s miners have resumed work. The direc tors on. Thursday mat the miners, and satisfactory terms were arranged between them.

Thu prospectus of the Auckland Far mers’ Co-operative Association is pub lished. The capital is LIOO,OOO. It is proposed to erect dour mills, erect stores in the city, and supply bakers, store keepers, etc. One object of the new ven ture is to make advances to farmers at the beginning of the season. Some question having arisen as to the position of members of Bead Boards, the Government have been advised that in cases where no fresh elections of members have taken place the old members retain the<r positions until such time as their successors (if any) ate appointed. In connection with the elections which have already taken place, it niay be mentioned that these are perfectly legal.

The old Licensed Victuallers’ Associa tion of Wellington was yesterday wound up at a numerously attended meeting of the trade. Mr P. K. Watty, Secretary, was presented with a magnificent gold chronometer and chain, valued at 80 guineas, a gojd and diamond locket being added by one of the members. The meeting afterwards resolved to establish a new Association, and Mr Watty was elected Secretary.

Twenty-five Chinamen were brought up at Greymouth yesterday afternoon for playing fan tan. The Court was densely packed with Chinamen and Europeans. The alleged bankers were acquitted on the ground of insufficient evidence. The keeper of the gambling house was fined LlO with the alternative of one month’s imprisonment. Two of their countrymen (cooks), who were apprehended amongst others, gave sufficient evidence to enable a conviction to be obtained. Twenty three were fined 10s each and costs, the alternative being hours’ im prisonment. On a leading Chinamen guaranteeing the money would be paid by ten the following morning all the pri soners were liberated. All their gambling implements were confiscated.

On receiving a petition from the natives praying for commuting the sentence in the case of Mikaire Te Papa, His Excel lency the Governor stated but for the petition coming from the Maoris for par don of a Maori, he would not have re ceived it, as to do so was contrary to all legal precedent. A jury having, after a regular trial, found a man guilty, that man is presumed in the eye of the law to be actually the man who committed the deed, whatever may be the doubi on the minds of individuals, and the only grounds for reversal of a sentence is the arising of new evidence, which would up set that on which the verdict was founded. When such is the base the condemned has the regular course prescribed by law open to him fur procedure. His Excellency however, he would lay the petition before the Council in Wellington on his return there, with the view of having the matter enquired into.

A young man named Joseph Aclensen was taken in custody at Wellington; ori( Thursday afternoon ori a chargem,inffict jV ing serious bodily harm upon May Sheedy, a resident of Christchurch. He was brought up at the Magistrate’s Court jes terdaj morning before Mr E. Baker, J.P., and admitted to bail en his own applies, lion. No evidence was aduced, but it appeard that the parties in the case were employed at a well-known hotel in Christ church until tho 2nd inst., on which day they had a disagreement, the accused bringing matters to a clilhax by pouring a quantity of boiling hot tea down tho girl’s back. The female was very seriously injured. She was obliged to enter the local hospital for treatment, where she still remains.

Tho Clyde paper says:—“A case, the first one of tho kind yet tried under the 143rd section of the Licensing Act, 1881, was heard before Major Keddell, R.M. at Clyde, on Wednesday, and a conviction obtained. The section reads :— ‘ Every person found drunk in any highway or other public place, whether a building or not, or on any licensed premises (the italics are our own), may be apprehended, and on conviction shall be liable to a penalty of not less than five shillings nor more than twenty for the first offence, and in default, imprisonment.’ The accused referred to was in a bedroom of the hotel at the time, yet he was apprehended. There were circumstances surrounding this case that made the arrest perfectly justifiable on the part of the police, as just prior to seeking shelter he had acted in a manner fully warranting it.

The following petition is being signed in Dunedin by the Roman Catholics : “ Ihftyour petitioners are conscientiously opposed to the system of public education established in ■ this colony ; that they have in consequence established Roman Catholic schools, and maintain them at their own sole expense ; that under these circumstances they find themselves ag grieved at being compelled to contribute to maintain a system of education from which they derive no advantage, which puts them at a great disadvantage, and which is practically the cause of their being subjected + o double taxation ; that they are persuaded one of two things should be done, if they are to be treated according to justice and equity, viz. : Their schools should be pat on a footing of equality with public schools, or they should be exempted from taxation for public school purposes; that they respectfully pray your honor able House to take the premises into con sideration, and advise such measures; as will secure to the Roman Catholics of New Zealand justice and equitable treat ment.”

A miner named Thomas Priest, while working in a tin claim about a couple of miles south of Tingha, some few weaks ago (says the Sydney Evening News) came across a crystalline mineral substance of a very peculiar kind. It is transparent, almost colorless, very hard and brittle, and has the appearance of lumps of gum or resin, but is clearer than either of those substances, and a striking peculiarity about it is that it is studded thickly with grass straws, plainly discernible. Priest showed specimens of the mineral to several experienced miners, but none of them could recollect having seen any thing of the kind. It was obtained at a depth of about 20ft, and there was only a small quantity of it, about 251 b weight. Priest having ransacked his mineralogies! vocabulary in vain for a deflation of the substance, struck out for himself into the field of conjecture, and pronounced it to be petrified water. The grass straws tun ning through it confirmed him in this opinion. Authorities, however, think it is a spar of some sort, or an agate. He has brought some samples of it to Sydney, desiring to be authoritatively advised as to the nature of the mineral. Mr Thomas Bul’ock’s new Arcade in Burnett street was opened to-day, the oc casion being celebrated by an admirable luncheon, served up in host Quill’s best style. At least 200 people sat down at noon, but a great many more were pre sent, and these partook of Mr 6ullock,'s hospitality later on. Among those who supported the chairman were Mr Ivess, M.H.R., his Worship the Mayor, Mr J. Garter, and Mr O. P. Oox. After the good things provided had been done' full justice to, and the usual loyal toasts had been drunk, the Mayor proposed the health of Mr Bullock: He spoke in high terms of the enterprise of the proprietor of the Arcade, and said that those -who knew Ashburton a few years ago would never have believed that such a building would have been erected in so short a time. It was a sign of the progress the town bad made, and it was gratifying to him to be present on this occasion.' The toast was drunk'with great enthusiasm, musical honors being accorded, and cheers given with much gusto. Mr Bullock briefly responded, as there was a large number of people whom he. would like to see in the places of those now at the table. The opening was in every way a success, and all presentenjoyed themselves thoroughly. There was a large entry for to-day’s sale, and the bidding throughout was brisk. “ P.R.” writing on March 9th in Know ledge —Mr R. A. Proctor’s paper—dis courses as follows fas to. the “ trade ” usages in regard to frozen meat sent from the colonies ;—Not long ago there arrived in London in sound condition a large con signment of New Zealand mutton and beef. Pull 24,000 legs and shoulders of the former were cast on the market one morning, yet the most searching inquiry among probable consumers of the Antipo dean meat fails to elicit a trace of its ulti mate destination as food. I have inter rogated various butchers, but none of them have seen this meat, and all agree that their customers would never buy it. Some say that Bast-end butchers “ clear ” the market for a “ low-price ” trade; others opine that it goes to the suburbs, but all affect utter ignorance as to the pre cise way in which this mysterious meat has gone into consumption. It is a sus picious fact, certainly, that certain butchers who formerly had offal in abundance, are now innocent of such profitless accessories to the trade, and those who keep animals suffer great inconvenience. If it is gently hinted to one of these purveyors that colonial carcases come without offal, and that this perhaps accounts for the present scarcity in some quarters of the special dainties of cat and dog, he turns virtu ously indignant, and angrily repels any base and insulting insinuation on your part that possibly the key to the curiotls enigma may be found in Australian meat. There is an obvious wrong somewhere. Jesting aside, the enormous demand for butcher’s meat in this country renders consignments like that of the Sorata a mere drop in the ocean. The unfortun ate part of the matter is that so much colonial meat is consumed by persons ignorant of its origin, that the popularisa tion of Antipodean beef and mutton is, pro tanta, checked, and the public at large receives no benefit whatever from the importation of meat at 6d or 7d per lb. Now, it is well understood by those acquainted with the colonial pastoralists that directly they can distinctly see the way to a general popular demand in Great Britain for colonial meat, the necessary organisation for sending a really adequate and regular, supply will be forthcoming, and then, of course, the retailers will be compelled to sell at a reasonable profit and price. At present the butcher’s hole and-corner policy—equally selfish and short-sighted—is postponing the time when the seventy or eighty millions of Australian sheep will be really as much ours as though they fed. in English pas> tores. ,j

Damages in this, libel' action Rev. W. iCree v. Society are laid ot L 1,500. ' At Christchurch yesterday Frederick King was committed for trial to-day for setting fire to his boarding-hou e on April 23rd with intent to defraud the Scottish Imperial Insurance Association, in which office his furniture was insured for LIOO. His wife, Ann Georgina King, was also accused, but was discharged. Harry Jackson, charged with shooting at Mr John Deans a year ago, was committed for trial. Francis Gerard Bailey, charged ’ with horse-stealing, was discharged. As a Chinese market gardener was leisurely making his way up Cass street this morning, seated in his cart, and sur rounded by all the vegetable delicacies of the season, the blinkers of the horse sud denly came off, and the animal bolted. The reins gave way at the nme time, and John was rendered powerless, being only able to stand up in the cart and trust to providence. It appears that one of the usual houses of call for the vendor of green meat is Beecher’s Hotel, and thither the horse repaired ; but on this occasion the want of a guide wss severely felt, as the cart was brought into violent contact with the lamp-post opposite the building. The result of the concussion was that the occupant was shot up into the air as if he had been made the victim of a dynamite plot. The Flowery-lander found himself seated on the ground amid a shower of vegetables and broken glass, the lamp being entirely smashed. The cart did not overturn, and the horse, relieved of his load, proceeded to amuse himself by gambolling on some vacant sections near at hand. Finally the animal took to the road, and very soon the vehicle was left behind in the highway, and it was some time before the horse was captured. The cart was pretty much knocked about, and the Chinaman was considerably shaken, and received a nasty cut on the face, but otherwise was not injured, although he had a narrow escape. MrW. J. Sykes, dental surgeon, will be in Ashburton on Monday next, and may be con sulted at Mr J. M. Cambridge’s, chemist, East street, between the hours of II a.m. and 5 p.m. on that day.— [Advt.] In reply to the Chertsey correspondent, re inferior bred, I ask Chertsey to give the Free Trade Bakery a turn, not to saddle all Ashbur ton with the name he has done without letting the public know who is supplying Chertsey with bread, B. Lancaster, Free Trade Bakery, Somerset Butchery.— Advt. During cold weather nothing looks more cheerful than a pleasant room well furnished with household requisites of a kind both use ful and ornamental. To get such you must use your own discretion, so as to please the eye and not hurt the pocket. Just beyond the Arcade the establishment of Meech'is to be seen, which now embraces the whole 0f45, 46, 47, 48, 49, and 50, Burnett street East. You can purchase almost any description of* furni ture here at Christchurch and Dunedin prices, and the stock is large and varied. Remember the address—J. Meech, Burnett street, Ash burton. — [Advt.] [Correspondence.] ; '

AN EVIL AND ITS REMEDY.—To the Editor, —It is a healthy sign of the times when our local papers are beginning in a fearless manner with bankrupts and the bankruptcy laws. The time has come when something must be done either by the legisla ture or by business men themselves to put an end to a state of affairs which is a disgrace to our boasted civilisation. We (the under signed) have been doing business in Ashbur ton about 3*4 years, and the money we have lost during that period by bankrupts, levan ters, and blacklegs generally amounts to a great deal more than the margin usually allowed for bad debts. If the law cannot pro tect us then we must protect ourselves, and there is only one way to do so; viz., to abolish the credit system altogether. This system has been the curse of other countries besides New Zealand, and past experience has proved it to be rotteh to the core. Owing to recent heavy losses we have resolved to sell for cash only in future. The honest man who is willing to pay his 20s in the £, and pay as he goes, will find this no disadvant age but a great gain, as he will be able to obtain a first-class article much cheaper than he would under the old system. We shall exert our selves to the utmost as heretofore to give our customers full satisfaction, and every order will be executed in our usual first-class style—but we shall no longer run any unnecessary risk. Under the cash system we are prepared to offer a special line of tweeds at the following unusually low prices :—Gentleman’s suit made to order, £2 ißs fid; ladies’ tailor made ulster, £2. All other goods in proportion, for cash only: Craighead and Co., tailors and clothiers, Tancred street.

Holloway’s Pills are strongly recom mended to all persons who are much reduced in power and condition, whose stomachs are weak, and whose nerves are shattered. The beneficial effects of these Pills will be percep tible after a few days’ trial, though a more ex tended course may be required to re-establish perfect health. Holloway’s medicine acts on the organs of digestion, and induces 'complete regularity in the stomach, liver, pancreas, and kidneys. This treatment is both safe and cer tain in result, and is thoroughly consistent with observation, experience, and common sense.. The purification of the blood, , the removal of all noxious matter from the secretions, and .the excitement of gentle action in the bow els, ; are the sources of the curative powers of Hollo way’s Pills.—Advt.

THE DYNAMITE CONSPIRATORS.

On April 5 the police made a raid on suspected localities in Lensem street, Lady-wood (Liverpool), and dis covered a Fenian nitro-glycerine fac tory in full operation. The premises were taken two months ago by White head, an Irish-American, who had a sign hung out in front of the place in dicating that his business was that of a paperhanger. A considerable quan tity of nitro-glycerine was seized by the" officers at the same time. Information now in the-hands of the detectives tends to demonstrate that this place is the central manufactory for explosives, and the most important depot of all the infernal contrivances in the King dom. • At his examination evidence was given showing that the police de tectives had followed Norman, who was arrested in London, from Whitehead’s house to Liverpool. He took away from Whitehead’s a box. Among other materials seized at the so called paper hanger’s were eight gallons of mysteri ous liquids in tins, some sulphuric acid, and a quantity of nitro-glycerine. Whitehead, when arraigned, assumed an air of indifference, and also refused to answer any questions. The man first arrested in London near Fleet street had engaged rooms on Southampton street, at the corner of the Strand. He gave the name of Ormund, and stated that he was a medical student, but subsequently he said his correct name was Norman. The first inquiry for rooms was made by an elderly man. The bag of explo sives was taken to Norman’s lodgings by a person of rakish appearance, who looked more like a tramp or street idler than a porter or friend of a student. It is believed that this individual and the elderly men have been captured in the persons of two men arrested at Lam beth. One of these men had in his pockets and sewed up in his clothing a large sum of money, a portion of which was in American coin. One Lambeth prisoner had secured lodgings , in. the name of Wilson. His movements ex cited so much suspicion among his neighbors that he left his, room yesterday, saying that it was ' his intention tp go to Wolverhamp ton. When he returned at noon he was surprised to find five detectives

availing undoubtedly carne direct from Birmingham. Whjere he was stbppin|g was Just over office in which- is printed the “Coiurt Circular,” The proprietor of that sheet recently received a letter containing dire threats* the.origin of which he now has 'no difficulty in tracing to the prisoner. The fourth arrest was Henry DaUqn, who came from the United States tWo weeks ago. He was found in the rooms of the American Exchange, He made no resistance,. Dalton was' in gaol at Stockton Yards! .. i

There was no less sensation in the House of Commons when the arrests were announced than elsewhere. IjJir William Harcourt, in a brief speech outlining the facts, confirmed what had up to this time been mere rumor—that Norman had been arrested. He addjed that 1501 b of highly explosive liquid had been found in Norman’s quarters, stored in Jskilfully-devised rubber bags. He also confirmed the discovery of the dynamite manufactory at Birmingham. He said, further, that considerable amounts of the same kind of explosives had been discovered in the rooms 'of the Lambeth prisoners, and part of the money on one of these men was iin American bank notes. Dalton is sus pected of being the perpetrator of the outrage at the office of the Local Go vernment Board at Westminster. Nor man describes himself as a coachman, Wilson claims to be a clerk, and Galla gher a physician. . .

INQUEST.

An inquest was held at the Hospital tor, day on the body of Joseph Mulligan, who,. was found dead in his bed at the Chertsey Hotel on , before the Corofiet (Dr Trevor) and a jury, of whom Mr St! Hill was chosen foreman. The body having been viewed, 1 The Coroneceaid-Jthafc cer tainly one of sudden death. A certificate of death was given by a medical man, but from circumstances attending the matter,, a doubt was thrown on the bond fides jof - this certificate. The doctor had be(eh summoned to attend, but he had not put in an appearance. I The following evidence was taken 7 Henry Hampton, fatmer, living At Chertsey, deposed that he knew the de ceased,. Joseph Mulligan, ,whp was. a farm laborer,’ formerly in the enaploy of Robirt Hampton. On the 26tb April he was paid off, Oq the Monday r following the deceased stated he had a cheque Sof; L 22 13s Bd. On the Friday following deceased left; in gpod/hqalth for Rakaia. On Monday, 30th April, saw him at the Chertsey Hotel, when he asked witness ;to “ shout ” a drink fpr himj ah his money was all gone. He then seemed sober. He had lost a cheque for LlO, which he had. obtained from.the hotelkeeper, Shep hard. Deceased promised to come to wopk’ for witness on the following but he did not come till Thursday, when he was then drunk. Witness took him into the house, and next morning he wjaA so bad that he could not work. He said he had never felt so bad after a *' spred ” before,, and the next dayhe j was np bet ter and complained of his head being very; had. He refuaed to take any dinner on < the next day, and fre voraitted blood. On Sunday witness wished to call in a doctqr, but deceased would not hear of it. Wit ness on that day went to the Rakaia, and’ came back with a constable. Found on arrival the deceased lying in the tussock unable to stand. Obtained a trap and brought him to the hotel. The last time witness saw, deceased alive was-on last Sunday sitting on the steps'of the hotel. Informed the landlord of the deceased having vprqited bipod. , . T , , ■ ’ By . the ■ Jury told witness that his money was all spent on the Mon day following the Friday when he had re ceived the pheqqe, : .with ttys .exception bf : a cheque given him in change by Shep pard, which ho had lost. Knew deceaaed

fortenyetrfs. -V j *: By the Coroner —"Was informed by the deceased that he had never reached the Bakaia, and'that'he had remained at the Chertaey Hotel all the time. ! : William Hilliard, mounted-constable in charge of the Bakaia Station,: saidthat he remembered the last witness coming on the 6th May to Bakaia. Accsmpanmd Mr Hampton to Ohertaey.d and fouiid deceased lying in the tussocks nekr the hotel. Deceased told witness that he was d.to Sheppard’s hotel, where he had been invited. Shej> hard had said that if he would come he would make it all right. Deceased was very weak, and only able to walk a vety short distance. , He said he had been ‘drinking at Mr ■’Shephs ! r'd’s,‘ < ‘arid that the latter had changed a cheque for him aud ited given him ; another qheqna- for LlO, which he had lost, as part of the change.' Asked deceased if he wished steps to he taken respecting the lost cheque, and he answered,. “ No j;l;db.inot wish the police to interfere." Witness asked Mr Shop: hard about the cheque, and he said he had written to'AshbqrtOd to/stop payment, of it, and that he had received an answer that it had been paid in. Mr Shephard said he did: hot know who hdd ; paid the cheque in, and that it had been drawn payable to exchange. Beceived from the registrar a certificate, produced, signed Edward 0. Foot, stating that deceased' had died from heart disease. He also summoned; Dr Foot ti tha inquest. William Cox, at rekeeper at Bakaia, said that Dr Edward Foot was lodging with him up till last night. Remembered Sheppard coming for the doctor on the morning of the 9th. The doctor left about 11 o’clock, and returned at half past 8 in the evening. At that time he was quite intoxicated. Yesterday , the doctor tojd witness that medicine should have been sent to the deceased, and that if he had received it Mulligan would pro bably not have died. The doctor came home last night so drunk that witness re* fused to admit him. Sergeant Felton said that the reason he had called this witness was to show that the doctor had given the certificate of death at a time when he was not sober enough to know what he was doing. Edward Hogg, cook for a threshing ma chine camp at Chertsey : On 26th April left the camp and next day saw deceased at the Chertsey Hotel. Deceased was then drinking, and also next day. Wit ness was also drinking, and both wore “ half-seas over.” Left on Saturday and returned the following morning, when he again saw deceased at the hotel, and he told witness that all his money was done. Deceased was suffering from the effects of drink. Remained at the hotel on Sunday and Monday. Both were drinking, but not heavily. On Tuesday deceased was spending money freely, and was under the influence ef drink. On the 3rd inst. witness helped deceased into a trap to go to Mr Hampton’s. Did not see deceased till the following Sunday, when ho re turned to the Chertsey Hotel. ;

This witness here said that he wished to make a statement, and on the Coroner acceding to the request, he said that lie had travelled a good deal, and, had been in the habit of drinking, but fie had never known any place where liquor had knocked him down so easily as at the. Ohertsey Hotel. i , The Coroner said that it was quite ia proper statement to make, and ho hop4d the witness would benefit from the ex perience he had had. i 1 Hugh Dodherty, servant at Hotel, deposed he knew the deceased.'; Remember Seeing him at the hotel. Had only seen him the worse for drink once, on 1 the day he left the hotel with Mr Haxnp

ton. •On the 10th May, about -.6 o’clock ' I in the morning, wentinto the room whore , the deceased was sleeping and found him lying dead in the bed. On the 7th, wit-! ness found a lilO cheque (produced) in ■ the waistcoat pocket of deceased. Would - say positively that he had seen deceased sober for days together at the hotels Sergeant Felton said that this' witless was well-known to the police as an habi tual drunkard, and no reliance was to he . - placed on his word. -H« had called f him to show ,tho class of people at this hotel. Matthew Charles Sheppard, landlord of the Chertsey Hotel, said that deceased came te his hotel on a Friday (the date - of which he, could not 1 remember. ' His employer, Mr Robert Hampton, came that evening and witness', thought he stayed that night, but- would' not be cer tain. Deceased remained till the follow* - ing Thursday when he went away with Mr H. Hampton. On the Sunday following (May 6) witness was Informed deceased• was ill. He put a horse in the buggy and went with two others to see him at Mr -Hampton’s. Offered. to drive deceased down to the hotel, but he declined saying that if he came.he would walk. Witness returned for the deceased, batsaw-thim about 200yds. from - the hotel andbjdught him back. Shortly after ' deceased .went to bed, and in answer to a request'wit* neaa ;l gaye him some soiip. to Christchurch on the foUowi^g^y ; on returning was told that deceased had got up, but had .gone to bpd again. He then said ‘ that he felt' better, " and at, , his request witness gave -him iome 'vriak brandy and water, and left some and arrowroot for him during’’ the-fright. On Tuesday deceased'was r m mnbh the . same state. ; Offered’to obtain a doctor, but it was declined. On Wednesday went* to Rakaia to fetch Dr Foot, jmd.,he came at witness’s request. - The doctor : on. see* ■ ing the deceased saidit JwM.'a..casfc» of 1- heart disease* and witness asked what* he should do. Told, the I. he had treated the man, sand-was told that he could not;doibetter;i/tDc Foot promised to return the following . day. ' Saw deceased again early on Thurs day-morning, and at his. request gaVo him ' ■ a little brandy, which the dodtdr hid'Aaid : would do him no harm.-. -.Atabout 6 o’clock-Doherty came to wltneas^a-door •i find stated that he thought Mulliganswaa 1 dead. Went to the room and found .that 1 deceased was dead, but .warm. Rode im mediately to the doctor at* Rakaia, and asked him to give a certificate of death, ; and he said he would lodge ft'! With' the ' registrar. , > 'By Sergeant Felton : Did not say any* L thing to the doctor about - making it all 1 right about the death. Deceased gave J witness a cheque for L 22 odd,-and took as ’ chonge cash and a cheque for .LlO. ; De ! ceased told witness he had lost,, the ' cheque. Did write to Ashburton to stop * the cheque, but had since iiscovered that > the letter had not gone. Did npt raqem ’ ’ her telling Constable. Hileiard|thathehad received, an answer from the Bank. Re* 1 speoting the cheque for LlO produced, witness obtained it from his sjife qn. Mon ■ day, the 7th, who had received !it . from JPooherty. - .

By the jury : When.the doctor came on .the Wednesday to witness 1 ! house ha .was perfectly sober, and he.left in less than half an hoar. By Sergeant Felton: Only wished to bring the deceased back to the hotel oat of compassion and not to get hint i Odt of the hands of the police. • CM William Graham Rosa, duly ?qualified - medical practitioner, said that no had made a post mortem examination of the deceased. The only external marks':’of violence was that the skin of the nose was taken qff for about, half /an inch. The. body is that of a 4hin, spare man. The lungs were: slightly conjested, the liver was enormously large,' and in the condition of a* chronic drunkard’s liver. The brain was . healthy, although there was an effusion into i the meninges. The heart was perfectly healthy in every way, . all “the valves were , sound, and the cavities held water. ' The stomach had on the leaser curvature a small, per forating nicer, about'the size' of s goqse quill in diameter:’' The stomach'was almost empty. - The right kidney was hbnhal, but the left was entirely ' des troyed by suppurated nephritis j'Vritness 'believed the cause bfideath -to have-been rupture of the perforating nlceri ■ ‘ - ;1 - By the Goroner.. ■ Excessive drinking would ;have accelerated death by inducing the more rapid perforation of the uldbr. There was no sign or odour -of -slwhol' about the stomach.

A telegram was read by Sergeant_Fol tqn, who said he had just received it from Dr Foot. It stated that hehadloslthe train 1 , and was" unable to procure * a hots©, and could not consequently attend the inquest, /v • ■{ The Coroner said that the medical-evi dence showed that death had not. ; re sulted from alcoholism, and the' therefore retard a verdibt df dwh naturalcauses. There tfaij, another question, and that was the maniier in which the hotel was managed, as disclosed by ' the evidence of JHKupEon and Hogg. The , latter* d^ter^/rradit for the evidence ha gave,aa, thooghrhis manner was peculiar, doubt that it was true: It a wßs.afapiwn that a drunken debauch had be,en going on for some time, audit wesfor the jury to consider if they should appends a;rider to their, verdict, to express any ppinion'on the question. The jury returned a verdict of “Death from natural causes,” and added the fol lowing rider —“ From the evidence pro duced in this case, we recommend the Licensing Bench to take into considera tion the propriety of withholding the license of the Chertsey Hotel tUithejQs* vernment can see fit to establish police supervision at Chertsey.” ' . .

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