SHIPPING.

tQVf'' OF'LYTTELTON. Arrived. Yesterday. tJy Anito,' J .« yj, irom Melbourne, ’via Hobart and Southern ports. ®eiaeoa r -a.a, r from Nelson, Pioton, and IfeUiogton. vi i u LafMku a>i a • hy Yestkrjjjju. £ Taiaroa, as., fo? , . ( Pane(Uo. ,■ w-^.D ern : -KS&o ; a . jCSstrel, ketch, for Oamaru. : ;r.j Margaret, ketch, ; fpr Le Bon’ftßay, ri ;, Kestrel, ketol^to^G’K^ih’aßay, ; ■■smppnffl^tE^itAjMs.^ Ywjardayl.'. j L Sailed— iSaeigy*, ; v Napier.' Groton, tor Wellington. ; \ Arrived— , H

DAILY MEMORANDA.

SAM!S * : V’. Ur T. Bullock, at-the Arcade-Town Room^Land, Knit and Forest Trees', at noon. At hia Sale Tarda—Shrubs, &c., at noon. Jokb x Matson, Cox and Cte,.at-Waterton Stentf-Liveand Dead Stock r at 12 Aj# -i-. Tor ho-.viii-u r •• Thursday, - June 7. - f- Coxand Co. y at Waterton—Town; F«mp lave and Dead Stocky o’clock sharp. •■•■•■• O',-- mtis nl June'S*" , mdi Oo.y at the Tinwald Stocfc,Farm Ita timamaMj amusements. &o -> *"i' 'Miv j®*'”? Alluihly Meeting, In .%/ r i£uxmio titjtje! ■ Treasure ;*!; Ctjinady -ILL' ■!»!»* aI- Borough GhambOTj-a^odMock. UPPSEJ appwtidn Road Board District-—-,! (fahofiiT emmiicn of mrnnlmn f notnina- TjatfUfey 27UJ, ptflling day 7»h daylof Jna- ■ ~-.TAWJI'-. o X Monday, Jons A ■ AshfeMCa*:/Boteugh—Annual Licensing JhoeAth. Wednesday, Junb 6. ; Raakfasiit, Magistrate's Court, Ashburton— m>nAl cTirnwuifli? meeting for. ■ Aahbug- ; fttb > A .

BIRTH.

Douglas. —On Thursday, 24th May, at Ashburton, Mrs W. St George Douglas, of a son.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas et Prevalebit. FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1883.

We are obliged to hold over our leader and other matter now in type until - to morrow, owing to pressure on our space.

The Wellington tobacconists and others who are threatened with prosecution for Sunday trading intend holding a meeting and arranging to fight the matter out. Considerable public feeling ia manifest at Auckland over the action of the trustees of Mr Costley’s estate in directing the s*le of the landed'estate. A public meeting of citizens is spoken of. Edward Hughes, alias Edwards, ar rested at Wellington yesterday on a charge of pawning a diamond ring, sup posedTo "have been stolen in Christchurch, was remanded for eight days. The Belfast Refrigerating Company have ordered a Third Haslam machine, which will enable them to freeze 400 sheep a day, instead of 260 as now. Stor age accommodation is to be increased to allow 10,000 carcases in the store at a time.

The practice of laying down poison for dogs promiscously without giving any warning cannot be too strongly con demned. During the past few days w'e hear that two valuable greyhounds be longing to Ashburton residents have been destroyed in this manner, the animal in. one : instance being worth more than L 25. Owing to the incessant rain at Auck land yesterday the Yolynteer review, under Colonel Lyon, did not t*ke place, though the force paraded at the drill shed. Colonel Lyon presented the prizes of .the'Auckland Rifle Association. After the artillery salute the rain came down in torrents, and a thunder storm passed over the town.

The largest dividend ever paid by the totalisator in New Zealand was secured yesterday by the lucky investors on a mare named Polly, who won the Trotting Race at the Dunedin Birthday Meeting. Out of the L 354 in the machine only L2 was on Polly, the dividend being no less than L 169 6s, the rider being one of the lucky ones. On the outside totalisator the dividend was L 72 13s fid.

A fire occurred in Hereford street, Christchurch, yesterday evening, by which a portion of a house belonging to Mr R. Westenra, and occupied by a Mr T. Flem ing, music teacher, was destroyed. Owing to the scarcity of water the chemical fire engine had to be used, and through its influence the fite was confined to the back part of the house. Mr Fleming’s furni ture was very badly damaged, and was un insured, and his loss, therefore, will be a severe one. The house, we believe, was insuced.

At the Auckland Chamber of Commerce meeting. Mr Oppenheimer spoke in favor of representation < f this colony, and Auckland especially, at the Calcutta Ex hibition, and moved —“ That the Chamber gives an expression of opinion whether it is desirable that New Zealand should be represented at the forthcoming Inter national Exhibition, to be opened at Cal cutta in December next. ’ Messrs J. McCosh Clark and Stevenson opposed the motion, and an amendment by the former gentleman, to the effect that it was un desirable that the matter should be dis cussed at present, was adopted.

Holloways Ointment and Pills.— Diseases pf the Bowels.—A remedy, which has been tested and proved in a thousand dif ferent ways, capable of eradicting poisonous taints from ulcers and .healing them up, merits a trial of its capacity for extracting the internal corruptions from the bowels. : On rubbing Holloway’s Ointment repeatedly on the abdo men.-a rash appears, and,as it thickens the alvine irritability subsides. Acting as a deri vative, this unguent draws to the surface, re leases the tender intestines from all acrid mat ters, and prevents inflammation, dysentery, and piles, far which blistering was the old- though successful treatment, now from its painfulness fallen-into disuse, the dis- ; : Cqvery of this Ointment;having proclaimed a. remedy possessing equally derivalive % se.i. oer-, ectly painless powers.—[Advt.]

SPORTING.

THE GRAND NATIONa£ STEEPLE CHASES. r Yesterday the great event in steepleohas ing took place on the Timaru racecourse. The"Bpecial arrangements of the Railway department for the conveyance of the general public to the course were very complete, and the reasonable rates charged for passengers conduced to bring out a larger number of the general public than had been anticipated. The weather, which at times was very threatening, managed to maintain its prestige as Queen’s weather without the genial influence of anything more than a few rays of the sun during the forenoon, but later on the day was dull in the extreme. The attendance on the course may be put down at about a 1,000. There were present the usual attendants at race gatherings, the publican’s booth and the toialiaators, all of which seemed to be fairly busy. The course was not by any means the best that could be selected, and the rain of the previous evening had made it extremely heavy and slippery. The following, are the results The New Zealand Ghahd National Handicap, of 200 sovs, with a sweep stake of 6 sovs each for acceptors, to go to the second horse. Distance, about 4 miles. Mr Adams’ Kosciusko, 6 yrs, 10st ... 1 Mr Lunn’s Canard, 12st 61b 2 Mr I*. Butler’s Quamby, 6 yrs, list 81b ... ... 3 Mr Pilbrow's Clarence, 13st ... - ... 0' Mr Pilbrow’s Barbary, aged, 10st ... 0 An even start was effected, all going off at a slow pace. Barbary led over the first jump—a double ; Quamby, coming up last, baulked, but at the second attempt got over. All went nearly round the course in good style, Barbary leading, followed by Kosciusko, Canard, Clarence and Quamby in this order. ; Coming to the double over the road out of race course, Barbary baulked, and at the second trial fell, but was soon up and off again. Clarence jumped the wrong side of the flag, and went no further. Canard and Kosciusko went ahead together. The next round, at same double, Barbary again baulked, and was taken home, leaving only three in the race. These kept fairly well together the last round, Kosciusko having a slight lead of Canard, and Quamby about a chain in the rear. One time Quamby looked like winning, but could not keep up his spurt, Kosci usko won by three lengths from Canard, who was about the same distance ahead of Quamby. • The long race over the heavy ground told on the horses, who <;ams in covered with. foam and mud on pulling up. There was no betting. There were 122 tickets On the inside totalisator, 14 being on the winner ; dividend L 7 17s. On the outside totalisator there were 221 tickets, 27 on winner ; dividend L 7 7s.

Maiden Plate of 100 sovs, with a sweep . stake of 5 sovs each, to go to the second horse. Weight for age. About two ; miles. Mr A, Frisby’s Captain, 5 yrs, list 121 b _ ... ... (Armstrong) 1 Mr E. Hill’s Master Morris, late Te Whiti, I2st 31b ... ... (Hedge) 2 Mr R. Rutherford’s Commissioner, late Dexter, also ran for this. The start was made north end of the course. All went off at an easy pace, and the way was shown over the first jump by Master Morris, Commissioner next, and Captain ,a-length or two behind. The first-named two rose together at th? next two jumps, and on taking double into the road, Commissioner assumed, the lead. Captain, in the meantime, im proved his position slightly. No change took place until the. double, into the course was reached, when Commissioner fell on to the road, giving his rider, Charles Joyce, a good shaking, and he did not. persevere with him fur ther. 1 The other two in the meantime had>' raced on, attd on taking ..the Park paling fence at the north end’ of the course, Master Morris fell, but Hedge had him soon on his feet again, but it was of no use, as Captain, who had taken the jumps in splendid style, won easily in a canter. At one time the race promised to be a very exciting one, but Commis sioner and Master Morris’s falls damped all ardour, and the finish of the race was a very hollow one. There were seventy three subscribers at LI each on The in side'totalisator, thirty-one being on the winner, and the dividend L2 2s. On the outside machine there were 182 subscri bers, sixty-three on the winner ; dividend L2 7s. Hunt Club Cup, of 100 sovs, with a sweepstakes” o! 5 sovs each for accep tors, to go to' the second horse ; weight for age. About three miles. Mr J. Pilbrow’s Clarence, aged, 12st31b (H.- Lunn) T Mr P. Jones’s Waverley, 4yrs, list (O /mer) 2 Mr H. Lunn’s ch g Canard, list 121 b, was scratched. Consolation Handicap, of 50 sovs, added to a sweepstake of 6 sovs each for ac ceptors. Apout two miles. Mr Rutherford’s Commissioner, 10st‘ 41b... .., ... (Sheenan) 1 i Mr P Butler’s Quamby, list, and Mr P. Jones’s Waverley, 10st, also started. Mr Loan's Canard was scratched. DUNEDIN RAGES. The winter meeting of the Dunedin Jockey Club came off at the Forbury yes terday, under depressing circumstances as regards weather. Heavy rain having been falling through the night, and a light drizzling rain during the morning, the course was necessarily in a sloppy condi tion, and the attendance was completely spoiled. The following were the results Handicap Hurdle Race of 50 sovs ; the second horse to receive 10 sovs from the stake. One mile and a half. Over seven flights of hurdles 3ft fiin high. Mr Robertson’s Wild Boy, aged, lOst 51b ... ... ... (J. Cotton) 1 Mr A. Smith’s Marksman, aged, Sat 91b ... ... ... (T. Cotton) 2 Mr W. Allan’s Our Pony, aged, 9*>t 31b, carried 9at 61b ... (J. Allan) 3 Maiden Plate of 40 sovs. One mile and a quarter. Mr J. Stephenson's Captain Webster, 2 yrs ... ... ...(O’Connor) 1 Mr R. Browne’s b f Molly JBawn, 3 yrs (Derrett) 2 Mr H. Driver’s Prospero, 4 yrs (J. Cotton) 3 Mr McLennon’s Barney, 3 yrs (Rudings) 0 Birthday Handicap, 100 sovs; second horse to receive 20 sovs from stake. One mile and a half. Mr J. Stephenson’s Taiaroa, 7st 101 b (O’Connor) 1 M* J. Cotton’S Adamant, Bst 121 b : j (Owner) 2 Mr 0. MoQuarrie’s Coldstream, 7st 31b • (Bridge) 3 Mr Onslow’s Coupon, fist Sib (W. White) 0 Novel Rage of 80 sovs. Mr Owen’a Clinkerina ... (Taggart) 1 Mr Dodson's Misa King filly, (Deotit>) 2 Mr Aitkenhead’a Magician ... ... 3

Tradesmen’s Handicap of 6(Jr : i sovs. ; ? second horse. 10 ah v s /->1 mile, and a dit: tanoe.' ■■■/ ’{sV ' - ;. : A Mr J. Cotton’s Adamant ... (Cotton) r ' 1 Mr Onslow’s Coupon ...' (White) : 2 The Hack Race. Eugenie ... 1 Amulet ... ... ... ... ... 2 Jasper 3 Consolation Handicap, of 40 sovs. ; second horse 10 sovs, Mr Dodson’s Miss King filly (Derritt) 1 Mr McQuarrie’s Coldstream, fist 101 b (Taggart) 2 Mr Browne’s Molly Bawn, 7st 101 b (Dunn) 3 WANGANUI 'STEEPLECHASES. The Steeplechase Meeting took place yesterday. The weather was fine and warm, the attehdance good, and the course in fine going order, notwithstand ing a week’s rain. The arrangements were excellent, and no accidents worth 'record ing occurred. Wanganui Handicap Steeplechase, of 226 sovs. Distance, three miles. Mr James Munro’s Ruahine (Owner) 1 Dr Connolly’s Dhudeen... (Edwards) 2 Mr J. Steven’s Diomedea(A. Cameron) 3 Selling Steeplechase of 30 sovs ; 1£ miles. Mr A. J. Keith’s Bugler (A. Keith) 1 Mr G. Nicholson’s Dan ... (T. Watt) 2 Maiden Steeplechase, of 100 sovs ; dis tance, 1£ miles. Dr Connolly's Ngata ... (Brown) 1 Mr D. Scott’s Abolition ...(Campion) 2 Mr Maurice O’Brien’s Reliance (Hope) 3 Grand Stand Steeplechase, of 75 sovs ; distance, 3 miles. Mr Henderby’s Mount ... (Hope) 1 Mr W. Douglas’ Pastime... (Lyford) 2 Mr J. Stevens’ Diomedes (Campion) 3 Consolation of 40 sovs. One mile and a half. Lady Bab 1

ENGLISH DERBY. telegrams—copyright. ] London, May 23. The Derby Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Sat 81b- The , owner of the second horse to receive 300 sovs, and third 150 sovs out of the stakes. About a mile and a half. 216 subs. Sir F. Johnstone’s oh o St Blaise, by: Hermit—Fusee, Bst 101 b ... ■ ... 1 Lord Ellesmere’s b 0 Highland Chief, by Hampton—Corrie, Bst 101 b ... 2 Lord Falmouth’s b or br o Galliard, by : Galopin—Mavis, SstTOlb ... ... 3 [ln the latest London betting to hand, May 21st, St Blaise is quoted at 5 to 1, and Galliard 100 to 30, but Highland Chief’s name is not mentioned.

COURSING.

ASHBURTON COURSING CLUB. The weather on Wednesday night was so bad that it was feared the coursiug meeting arranged for yesterday would not come off. Fortunately, however, the fates proved propitious and the proverbial “ Quean’s prevailed, and yester day’s meeting*wasTh every way successful. A large number of horsemen and several buggies started from Ashburton for the scene of operations at a little before ten o’clock, and by the time the Tinwald boundary of the Lagmhor estate was reached the cavalcade of beaters must have, amounted to over a hundred. This number was further increased as the day went on, many arriving from the country districts,- including not a few ladies, who apparently took a keen interest, in the sport. The first: pair of puppies were in the slips at about a quarter to eleven, and a start was made. When the end of the first paddock was reached,; a hare was started, and from that time to .. the end of the day the sport went on mer rily. The coursing was throughout ex ceptionally good, albeit the hares seemed to be rather too clever for the dogs, and some of the runs were very gruelling. ; In the Puppy Stakes, among the most notice able features was the contest between Miss Pearland Una, both running neck and neck till nearly to the finish, when the fawn did some very clever work and carried off the victory. The course between Black Charlie and Count Lallah was also ex citing, and as the greater part of it was: run in' lull vie w it was doubly interesting . to. the spectators. The Count did: all the scoring at the commencement, ,but Charlie came up at the -finish, and soma people thought he would be accorded the prize, but the judge ruled otherwise, the black puppy's work being more apparent than real. The two black bitches,. Maiden. City and Black Bess, ran: a very long course, the hare not being sighted at first. The former, however, won oompar tively easily, as she did in, the second round, when she met Don Juan. So far as the Puppy* Stakes were decided yester day, it was left a very open question who would carry off the prize, the three in being Una v ßundoora, and Maiden City, all of whom ran remarkably well. There were nut so many entries for the All-aged Stakes, but .the sport was none the less interesting.' The first Course, that _be- tween Joe and -Le.Loup, was certainly the best of the day, .both dogs working splendidly, dlthough the brindle was per haps the cleverer of the two. Ouida and Tarragon were also r well matched, the scoring being equal up to the finish, when the black secured the victory by a kill. ; The run between Lady Bird and Bend 'Or was rather one-sided, the lattar being out of condition. It was only possible to de cide one event in the second round of the All-aged, Joe beating Tarragon after an exciting course, as a heavy mist came on abont 4 o’clock, preventing any further business being done. Everything passed off without a hitch, the weather being all that could be .desired up till late in the afternoon, and those who were present thoroughly enjoyed a good day’s sport. Mr Chatteris’s judging gave universal satisfaction, and a word of praise is due to Mr Leach for his slipping. The fbl-' lowing are the results of yesterday’s coursing : The Lagmhor Puppy - Stakes, for 11 puppies. Winner, L 3 10s ; runner up, LI 16s ; one dog, 10s fid. PIBST BOUND. Mr J. McCdnnel’s f b Una beat Mr Alexander’s blk and w b Miss Pearl. Mr Inder’s wfb Lady Sykes beat Mr Healy’s blk b Lady Sail. Mr Mutter’s w f d Count Lallah beat Mr Inder’s blk d Black Charlie. Mr Ticket's w f d Bundoora beat Mr Inders w f d Rakaia Spring. Mr J. Tait’s blk b Maiden City beat Mr Crook’s blk and w I> Black Bess. Mr Smythe's Don Juan ran a bye. SECOND ROUND. Una beat Lady Sykes. Bundoora Beat Count Lallah. Maiden City beat Don Juan.. . The Birthday Stakes, for all-aged dogs. Winner, Ll) 5s j runner up, L22s. Mr Inder’s b d Joe beat Mr W. Zan der’s f w d La Loup. Mr Kemp’s blk d Taragon beat Mr F. Hill’s f w b Ouida Mr Alexander’s bd b Lady Bird beat Mr F. Hill’s f d Bend Or. Mr Hill's w blk d Prince Charlie ran a bye. SECOND ROUND. Joe beat Taragon. Second Day. There were only five events left from yesterday to be decided,, and an early start:was made jbhis morning for. Fairfield* and the courses were soon disposed of. Hares were very plentiful but undeniably

||ild{' Cfjady Bird and Prince Charlie were first in the slips, /and a very exciting course resulted when a hare was sighted. Charlie ran very well, but got a bad spill, letting Lady Bird score three points.. The black and white ultimately the kill, but this put him out of it, Lady Bird was declared the winner. Bun-’ doors then met Una, and the former led to a racing hare and won all fthe way, never: letting the red score a point. Maiden City having run a bye, the final course of the all-aged came off, Joe meeting Lady-, bird, Joe had it all hi* own way from the start, and led by about six lengths to a strong hare and won easily, the bitch only scoring pnce in a long course. In the fiaal course for the puppies, Bundoora led Maiden City and scored twice, letting the black in, A good give and take course followed this, Bundoora ultimately win ning with a clever kill. The re ,'ts of to-day’s work are as follows : ! Popp* Stakes. THIKD ROUND. Bundoora beat Una. Maiden City ran a bye. PINAL BOUND, ' ' Mr Tiokell’s wf d Bundoora, by Sweep —Flying Fish, beat Mr J. Tait’s bk b Maiden City by Spring—Duchess. All Aged Stakes. SECOND ROUND. Lady Bird beat Prince Charlie. PINAL ROUND. Mr Inder’s bd d Joe, by Encore Nibbs beat Mr Alexander’s bd b Lady Bird, by Balchristio—Bess.

THE LITTLE TREASURE COMPANY

The crowded attendance at the Town Hall last evening sufficiently testified the popularity of MiSs Amy Horton in Ash burton.. The opening piece- was : the comedy of “ The Little Treasure,” a bright and sparkling piece, well suited to : the powers of the company. As the heroine, Gertrude,- it heed scarcely be said that Miss Horton was the life and soul of the comedy, her acting being natural and un affected. The introduction of a song containing allusions to local celebrities was much appreciated by the audience- The other ladies—Miss Gwynn Herrick as Lady Howard an 1 Miss K. Fisher as Mrs Meddleton— had not very much to do, and they did that .little with ‘ intelligence. Of ■ the gentlemen, Mr Jerrames was decidedly the best, his acting as Captain Walter Maiden blush being very comical. Mr Ft'. Crook as father of the Little Treasure, * Sir Charles Howard, was rather stiff, the character not seeming to be in his lide. : Messrs Yernon and Horace were respect tirely entrusted with the very' mihot characters of Fluttermore and' JAllem bourne. The scenery was well arranged, the interior of the Howard mansion being specially effective. The comedy was well received, but it was evident that the farce* which followed Was more to' the,' taste - of' the audience. This -yras entitled ‘‘ Turn; Him Out,” and Mr Crook and Mias Hor ton brought the house down by their amusing rendering of the parts of Nico demus Nobba and Susan. The former showed that beds more at hdine in low’ comedy than he is at the “ heavy father ” business, and his efforts were greeted with hearty laughter, Mr Jerrames was funny as a conventional swell, and Mr Yernon made a fairly successful Mackintosh Moke, while Miar Herrick: played that gentleman’s wife with effect. The Same programme will be repeated this evening.

EUROPEAN ITEMS.

For aome time past pauper immigrants have been crowding into Boston from all parts of the world. The evil is constantly growing, and it has now reached such, proportions that the Governor of Masaa chusettahas appealed to President Arthur, urging him to adopt immediate measures for the prevention of the indiscriminate immigration which is now going on. A Bill providing for the tranaportaion of habitual criminals ~from France to Noumea' has been introduced into the Chamber of Deputies. Some' discussion arose upon the measure, but the. first reading was eventually agreed to. At a meeting of the Colonial Institute Mr William Campbell read a paper upon the shortening of the present passage from England to Australia by means ef the “ overland route. ” ■ i : A detachment of French troops' has ar rived onthe Congo, whither they were despatched in consequence of the hostility shown by the Natives toward < M. de' Brazza and his followers. The Portugese residents and the Natives regard*, the ex pedition as unjustifiable, and they strongly protest against the■ troops .. re maining there.

General Grant denounces the Fenians'! in ifew York as abusers of American hos pitality. Two. thousand Chinese have sailed from Tientsin on au expedition to the south, the specific object of which has not tran spired. On receipt of the information the French Admiralty at once issued instruo-; tiona for preventing the landing of the, Chinese at 4nam. • ' ~

; A meeting of influential shipowners was held in London to consider the proposed duplication-of the Suez Canal. After a long discussion a motion was carried con-; demning the proposal, although it was generally admitted that the present canal is inadequate for- existing requirements: An executive committee was appointed to deal with any further scheme which may be proposed,' and this Committee is to re port to-a 1 meeting to be called ait a future date. The gentlemen present at' ’ the meeting were owners of ships representing an aggregate of over 3,000,000 tons; The ; Times in jx leading article supports the proposed duplication, the cost of which, it estimates, will be about L 6,000,000. The Khedive of I gypt has repudiated the claim put forth by Baron Lessepa for the sole right to control any scheme which mayibe adopted by either widening or duplicating the Suez Canal. It is officially reported that Russia has commenced to fortify the Polish frontier. It is reported that Turkey intends to demand the restoration of Cyprus, should the. British Government fail to enter into: a guarantee to protect Armenia from attack.

Several eminent lawyers have been consulted in reference to the monopoly claimed by Baron Leasepa in,connection with the schemes for th,e alteration of ,the Suez Canal. They are of opinion , that the cliam of Baron Lesseps is unim peachable so long as the traffic require ments are satisfied. The Sultan has consented to introduce a series of reforms in connection with the Turkish rule in Armenia, proposed by the European Powers. JELii assent is made subject to the provision that the Powers will guarantee the undisturbed •ontinuance of the suzerainty. The firm of Messrs Lewin and Mosley have suspended payment, the liabilities being L 600,000. The Egyptian Treasurer’s Statement for the last financial year shows a deficit of L 40,000.

THE PALMERSTON SUICIDE.

The- following particulars are giverf of ihe determined suicide of Chas. Marsom, ot Woodville:—On Saturday morning last the deceased appeared in his usual , good health and spirits, b,ot those who conversed with him re marked a. peculiar look of wildness-in in his eyes. About noon he took his usual walk across the bridge, and after' proceeding, about ten chains on the Palmerston side of 'the gorge, Ke descended down, the: steep. distance of about 70ft, and went out on

a rock idling ou[ inß where the about forms a succession of then . diverted! i|||mself 1 put his Jhat (a gfSi felt, one) coat, and k a <# v his p‘P e * to bacco, and a two-snimhg piece. Two Scandinavians who were travelling

along u a Join, J)Tl6vlr?/ On looking down— they-sftw-Marsom i utnp • water. Sinclair, the Bank of New Zealand agent at Woodville, was also a witness to the act of Marsom. Information was at once sent to Constable Motley, at Woodville, who proceeded imme diately to the spot and took possession of Marsom’s coat and other articles left by Marsom on the rock. The con stable found in one of the coat pockets a Bank-book, showing Marsom’s credit at the Bank of New Zealand at Pal merston to be Ll4O. In the meantime his wife and friends grew anxious, and on Wednesday, not knowing he was at Woodville, commenced to search for •him throughout the Palmerston dis trict, but of course without avail. On Saturday Mr Gardner received two letters dated Woodville, Thursday, 16th May, signed Charles Marsom, in which he stated that he was mad, and had a dreadful secret weighing on his mind, and that he would either poison himself or his body would be found roo yards below the Manawatu Gorge bridge. Although a diligent search has been made, and the river dragged, the body has not yet been recovered. The un fortunate roan was married about three months ago to Miss Emma Gardner, of Sanson. He is well known throughout the district as a hard-working and a temperate. man. ; : . f -|le A was,ayoi^ five years of age, and leaves besides his wife an aged father and two brothers.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

ASHB ORTON. -To-day. ■ | y r ''■ jr "■* J" Before Jeaeph^Beswick, Eaq., R.M.

; DRUNK.—Charles Robinson, for being drunk and damaging; -was (fined ss, and to pay 6s 6d for damages. Creating a Disturbance —John Mur phy, alias ■ Dublin’ i Jack, wSR! brought up charged with creating a disturbance at the.Methven Hotel. He was also charged with being drunklat' theTailway statibn, and aiso with assaulting the, station master.— Henry.. .Bailie to the prisoner having *eoMy -i6 '-'lne' : 4iot4f over night, and the following morning he created a great disturbance, and went ■ about challenging men’tb fight him; ' — Gillard, station-master at Methven, gave evidence to the effect that prisoner ctms on the platform of the station on Wed nesday and using abusive language and assaulting him. Witness put him into a cart, bound him, and took him to the police.—Sergeat Felton said that the prisoner catno; tojhitti' had been to Christchurch with more than L2O in his pocket, and had come back penniless. PritohSniild he was suffering from an illness, and at his request wit neßSjSant for a doctor.—The Bench fined prisoner L 5 for assault, LI for creating a disturbance, and to pay—los for the doc tor’s fee, with the alternative of a month’s imprisonment. Breach of the By-laws. George Cates Wat/ tined 1 20-i for 'tt'bteafcH'Of the Borough by-laws. ; Cruelty to Animals —A charge against iltnsjug|k wpa ; dismissed',-the ‘Bench adviaihg'him not to put the animal in a cart, if it was as dan gerous as alleged. Trespassing jk sP-orbur* i&w Game.— Henry Martin pleaded guilty to this , offence .and was,fined *Os. ! BaisAcff ‘’"dp ‘Gaming- -'-aotj ’'Lotteries Act.—Matthew Charles Sheppard was charged with the a_bove offence. Mr Loughrey appeariyd* fbr ’ the defendant. There were several informations, and it was decided to hear the ones brought, under the Gaming and Lottenbh Alexander Cameron, porter of Selwyn, said that he remembered Joeing at the Ohertsey Hotel on tn 'cbmpany with certain men. They were playing 'euchre, in the tpnrpQm.. pL hotel, for shillings and drinks/ u Mottey changed hands, but did not know any man who lost, 9r..wpp.j ; Saw defendant in the first part of the evening. The drinks weresup ‘ plied by the barman of the hotel. —Ctoss eKatpinpd W>S. swear ha saw cards played on the evening of the 28th, but remembered being at the hotel; .ouAhktrdata.; gNo /monpy was on the table, and anybody coming in casually would not know that they were playing for money. .pefendipat, was not present at ahy 'timh I catds were being played.—Frederick Bowler, tele graphist at Selwyn, .deposed he was at Ohertsey last mohth; being in the company of certain men at the Ohertsey hotel, . Could, not, airor to, a parfiofilar date, hut it ; Wras and they were playing euchre for a shilling a corner. Defendant was not present during Another party was playing in the same room, but witness could .not bay, what toey were playing for.-^-TP^Mr’Botignrey; Defen dant could not have told that money was being played for, as no coin passed hands. —John Downey, laborer, gave evidence similar to that of the previous witnesses. —to Mr Lopghrey;,!fhe barman could not have known thWt morfeiy ‘was being played for unless he came in when coin was passing.. He did. not come in during, thoaetimresto witness’s'knowledge. ’’The drinks were paid for by the winner of the game, but the barman would not know this.—Henry Wilson'said he remembered playing euchre in the Ohertsey hotel with certain men. Lost 15s or 16s during the evening. This concluded the evidence for the prosecution.—Mr Loughrey called the attention of the Bench to Section 8 of the Licensing Act, in which it was enacted that gambl ing may not/be allpwejit ih .publio He argued that a room in a public house in the meaning of the Act was a private place.—The Bench said that there was a case to answer, but acceded to the request of Mr Loughrey to state a case. —M. C. Sheppard, for the defence, said he re membered being ill on a certain evening, but could not say it was on the 28th. Did not know that cards were being played on that evening.—The Bench said that time Would be taken to consider the decision.

a; Bkbach of the Licensing Act. —The hearing of the informations under the Licensing Act against the same defendant was adjourned to Thursday next, on ac ■ count of the license of the hotel not being forthcoming. civil. CASKS. Grigg v. Black, claim L2B 6s 2d, for grazing horses.—Mr Cowlishaw appeared for plaintiff, and Mr Wilding for defen dant. —John Grigg, being sworn, detailed the terms of the agreement made with the defendant in regard to grazing the letter’s horses. The account had been sent in to defendant, and no objection had been made at the time, but subsequently he re fused to pay the grazing account alto* gether.—To Mr Wilding : Mr Black has a contract with the County Council for ■ making a large drain.. Claimed from de fendant for grazing on that portion of the paddock where the works were going on. Witness paid one-third of the cost of the works carried out by Mr Black. Was aware defendant was on the land as a eon

tiaotorj JE6~ifth»lUounfsl Jlp ■ ek*pibod by Mr Cowlishaw : The vea of the‘paddock was ■ 800 acres, and, the drain W,orks would occupy about 15 acres. Had reduced the price to Mr Black from la 6d td jAonaocount of this.—J.BlaOkdepostcl tttat hjs contract with the Copnty Cpnnoil lasted from the 21st September to 22ud , JBpbruary. Had six teams at the work* at times, apd sometimes more, and. aop|A> fibres" las#.' ' Thirteen' horses were there ' ■ atj the and it -was six •erpeka after .that when; there .were six teams or twenty-four, horses. With the eiceptipnj pf : )fpur peeks’ hapvesfc »pd/. sdme days when seToral, horses were at Alford iforest, 'six teams on the works.—To Mr Wilding : The whole „ o| tHe 1 w’at'' While 1 thd''ohbtraeVwak ‘ going 6hV' ; Bid ’fadtipibmise “Mr Gjrigg anything for grazing. Had never on land, had.,a contract.,-..The land was marshy, and hot good'feed for the R h'dr%Bß? 7 ' The dpne feed bnl^ the. grass oh. Mr Glriggk land. Did not think r the Jtbraes benefited, much ,^ni. r the*'grass.' The Lowdliffe prdpeftyi’ hd» I witness’s bprqea,. Paid IS ,:,to -If pfet ~ week, for Vjrfinwdg, . ,‘ ; English’" grass,. ' wheh ho did; hot ,', feed them himself.—Re-examined by.',*, Mr Cowlishaw ; Had got iEDglish'''graSß pSddocka at-ls at f - -l/Vatertou./ '..Could nbt say what was the usual, l ppce he,"paid.; v Mr - (Trigg’s land was thick with English"' *■ gtess at the time witness’s horses were on it 3;, Hhd' conversation 'With : plaintiff JHF sopply of provisionsj’ and ’ then told" bint*' that he (witness) ; thought the J charge of Is 6d too much for tha.grazing, and Mt Gjrigg reduced the price to Prior,<to this he r Had obtained supplies from Mr Glrigg.— .Wilding : When;ie had u.) pltid ’ plaidttflf: onti a' previous n pocasihn;j j it Was fW ;howaaiiibelongink i; *tt ll, Q®B" , #' i loy'v* but'doing.hisi (defenf&mt!f);!WdEl£}«* s-i The Bench thought that, the partiiMfinighfcdj cpme to some settlement oat of Court. —Mr OdwHishaw saidthat odder the oir " [chmstanees he -would ■ prefer that the casdl'OT LshdMd^ su «imed , b^^^ Wilding argufid on behtdf iof .the;defend- .. aptthattho plaintiff-should -banon-auited.—■ ThW f’bfittty Council was the propetLparty to be sued, as the defendant was workings in a contract uodeE He would call Mr MacGddn'to proVe tne-cdttom on stations not to charge contractora-for the Cowifchift ob* r * jfected to .aay T; witoeßaes-being [( paJlpd t: as Mr Wilding had cloVef his' case .—After atgUihftft, tbe''Hehch'lfllo'wdd' .the' witness* T to be called.—Dojifld .Maplean, deposed that-he bad never known - a charge- to-be- - thaderfor grazingLCbnfcractbtd’bbfßes'WhUßJ'! aj contract was being carried out.—To Mr j Cowlishaw : Could .not,say anything of the custom .-when' the- i obntract want through of .gjgjfarjfc, > for for li2S 12s and coston ,r - H . j I Qrigg v." ! Sutherland:—This case was ;^, 4 a| } lpw r hg cases :■ —Orr.y,.;Mwl3iam, claim—— L9JLOa 6d; .Qrr.v.

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I 'IfeEDTEiB’S TBEKORAMS*—COP7BWBT • 'X-'* j ;• Review. -•.-■t-.jA, : I: MbSboubnb, Yesterday.-:’".' I At, the volunteer review held jhere tffi . day w,poo men were under arms. uTher.J weather was rainy.. .. ■ ; .-j-.r. u-.uo^a • <■■- Sporting; ' " i ‘ r , ( ' 1 i v. SYDNBT,Yeaterday.i - <oi •’ 5 ■ The Sydney. Turf Club., meeting.' -to day was well'gttended, and the weather 1 wasfine. The Birthday Cup was won ~ a ftSer at>rlHianf; raeeVwitbh" 5 Morpeth second,- and Normahby third. \ Sifted; this mo^?ng— Uriidh' ship Waihora, for Auckland., T A.R O. Meeting, -i. : rf.- , ADBLAlDß,yeßte3r^y.;V > I'i’ '"; Xhe races which were to have., plaqe to-day, the .second.’ Adelaide RaGing ,C’lub 7Nfeeting, ;hay(s[ 4 2 been postponed on aocQuntit,of>tbcj. heavy rain [which.has. been failing'since an eariyijhpur. .vuv? ; i <> <:;:jox?IT i , maker*' who was expeyed.fr.qm uthe r .f%,j) Closure on" Saturday, has issued.Ahwnbiis against the Adelaide RacingTClub for Lc.ooo dafffages. r ' ‘ ° .

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*_ [peb PRESS association.] - Something, Wrong- Auckland, To-day. : Some dissatisfaction is expressed at the character of theWeatmeath Immigrants. Some ..of-the singlewomen.-- have_been_ seen-lbunging about the public homiesff' drinking. ' / >J'- *7i'* i - A Large Meeting. - - - - Two thousand persons were present at . the , temperance meeting yesternight. This is the largest meeting ever held m{ Auckland. . - , i : : aportihjc. t At the Te Awaruutu races Bewi won both the Te Awamutu Cup and the Wai kato Stakes, and Wakatu the, Hurdles.— The racing stock ‘ sbld’to-day at auction were—Billingsgate, 120ga ; Katipo, 45g»; Elleralie, 27gsLady (by Malta—the Duke),* 40gs; Xantippe (with foal by,. Cap-a-pie); L 27 10s. k ' The Electric light. < ‘ WELtiNGrow/To-day. a 1 The Government printing office was'l Successfully lighted with electricity ; last night.-'-’ ’ : Y -‘ . ■■ -'“X-;: A Peculiar :: i A fpw‘days back A. H. Mslcplm,a> merchant of Wellington. was Arreiated here on a warrant issued at Palmerston North, charging him with larceny aa a bailee. The information t ahd Mr Malcolm, it ia.' understood^'hW served a notice on Mr Charles Trjcklebs.uk, settler, of'Palmeratqn North, who lajd tba. ln-r; formation, demanding a public apology.tq/ be inserted twice in all the . newspapers.;; between Taranaki and Wellington.; fail ing .compliance with theae daipande,; Mr-1 Mslcoljtp says he..will apply ~ for to' arpest Mr,Trioklebank on je; penury*;, and bivil. proceedings commenced for, the, recovery qf/.datpt^s ! ' Spds.egce .fanpaitfce4./7 ! The pentendeof death paaaed.op Veitch for dhild murder at Wangjanhi Giai/ been . pommuted to penial servitade, foftrj- Ufe. V ' • ’’77;;i'7'..77> ' ; The Omapere. .. . .. WjgstpOßT, To-day. 7? 1 1 The !l Ozuapare'wjts .got .off uninjured.' : . ! S ’" : ~ .. Body Eomid.' 1-1 ■ " 7;; * Ckbistobubos, TtKliy. I" I The bddy of the whfa dm the t<ii\ whom repeated ssarohes’lwVlsimeit’ was found by a shepherd this morning,

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