SHIPPING.

POET OF LYTTELTON.

Arrived. Yesterday. Tarawera, as., from Melbourne, via Southern ports. Takapuna, b.b., for Manukau and way porta. Grafton, 8.8., from Oatnaru. Wanaka, b.b., from Wellington, Picton, and Nelson. Sailed. Ykstbrday Wanaka, b.b , for Oamaru and Dunedin. Takapuna, a s , for Wellington. Tarawera, as., for Wellington. Grafton, 8.8., for Wellington and West Coast ports. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Auckland, Yesterday. Sailed— Manapouri, for the South. Dunedin, Yesterday. Arrived—Mahinapua, from Greymouth. Sailed—Mahinapua, foe the South ; Taiaroa, for the North. The Rotomahana will sail for Mel bourne on Tuesday.

COMMERCIAL.

Ashburton Guardian Office, Friday afternoon. The following is the Christchurch Com Ex change report for the week ending Friday evening, the 30th hist There has been a fair enquiry for lines of good sound nulling wheat and sound heavy oats for local con sumptio'v but no orders of any consequence for shipment, excepting a few small orders coastwise, shippers beyond the colony giving their attention principally to wool at this time ?f War.' Grain docs not meet with much en tury, parcels of any magnitude consequently being difficult to quit. Barley, excepting for feeding purposes, is almost entirely neglected. No material alteration in values. - Wheat; Sound nulling, 3s tod to 4< per bushel, de livered in Christchurch ;" second quality, 3s 3d to 3s sd j chick , wheat, is lod to as 3“ bushel—Gats : Prime milling, as id to as ad per bushel, f.0.b.; bright short feed, is lid to art inferior and discolored, is 8d to is lod per .bushel. t-Barley : First-class malting, 4s to 4s 3d per bushel; second quality, 3s 3d to 3s 6d ; feed, is lid" tar as ad per bushel.— Potatoes : a?s fid to 30s at country stations.— Cheese and Butter : 4 fid to 5d for the former, 6}4d to yd for the latter, kegs extra. Messrs Robert Wilkin and Co. report : At the Addington Yards on Wednesday, 7.384 sheep and 370 head of cattle came for ward. Fat sheep : The supply was fully equal to the -requirements of the trade, the quality of whick was above the average. Prime wethers shorn, sold readily at from aj£d to per lb; ditto, in the wool, at 3#d per lb, 1 here was an over-supply of fat lambs, for which de scription the sale dragged, and late prices were Ijarely maintained* Stores met the usual keen Cbti&tition as experienced for some months past, A special line of crossbreds in the wool realised from 15s gid to 16s lod. Fat Cattle: A-iubderate supply offered, and late quotations barely reached. We sold, on account of Mr S. Buxton of Rangitata, an even line of shorn wethers fit for freezing purposes at 15s 3d each; on atcount of Messrs Jnwood Bros., of South bridge, a draft of prime shorn ewes at 16s fid,; 'jaccottnt! of various owners, crossbred wethers-, in .wool,- at iys fid and 18s; fat lambs, from 8s fid to 9s gd; fat cows, from L$ to ,L 6 SSI ditto, calves, to 165.- Sheepskihs, Hides, Fat, etc.: We held our usual weekly sale onThursday, when we cata loged 2, iyß;rheepAins, Bo bags fat, and 58 hides. - .There was a marked improvement in the piioes for skins compared with last week’s rales/" 'Out‘Highest price realised was for a heavy ling otoMr-H. B. Lane’s crossbreds, which reached Ss 4d, and the top price for butchers’ merinos was 5 s f° r Mr “• CooperVltoe. We sold country mennos is lod, 2s 6d, 3S 6d, 4s, 4s yd to 5s id ; country crossbreds, is gd, 2s fid, 2s gd, 3s Bd, 3s nd to 4s id;- Butchers’ merinos, 4s, 4s 8d to Ss ; butchers’ crossbreds, 4s, 4 s Sd» 4 s 9d to 5s 4d , lambkins, yd to is; butchers’pelts, 3d to tod. Fat we disposed of at from 2d up to 2 fid per lb: all the tots offered commanding keen com petition.' : Hides, green, 3#d; wet salted, 3#d; dry salted, 3%d ; cut and damaged, 2 *|d; calfskins, 3%d per lb. Messrs. Miles and Co. (per J. T. Ford) re port *n the Addington \ ards stock sales ■ as follows i —A fair supply of both fat and store sheep penned. At the opening of the sales the biddings, for fat sheep were languid, and several tots were withdrawn, but these were afterwards sold privately. As the auction sales progressed a few lines were bought for freezing purposes, which helped to raise prices, so that on the whole there was no material from previous quotations, but it is evi dent that when sheep are not wanted for ex port values- will recede. Prime crossbred wethe s (shorn) sold at from 15s to 18s, and crossbred wethers and maiden ewes in wool at from 18s to 21s; light crossbred wethers and ewes at from lis fid to 15s each; fat merino wethersin wool from 12s fid to 15s each; shorn do from ys 6d to 10s fid each, A large line, of crossbred 4 and ewes and wethers, first-class stores in wool, brought from ijsgd to'lfis fid; and shorn beriho wethers, stores, sold at 6s 3d Fat lambs, of which there was a large entry, sold at from ysßd to lis 3d each. Fat cattle, a mode rate entry r (but quite sufficient for re quirements), met t dragging sale throughout, with a slight decline on former rates. Store cattle —A somewhat lighter entry, and the de mand more brisk, but prices about the same. Pigs—A large number brought forward. Large bacon jpigs selling at from L2 to L2 JOs ; porkers at from 24s to 3ys fid ; stores at from 13s to 235. W,e quote mutton in wool at 3#d per lb : shorti at from 2d to 3d per lb, accord ing to quality. Beef from 20s to 23s per lO olb. ‘ The total numbers of stock yarded were 7,3(84 sheep, 3yo head of cattle, and 233 pigs. Privately during the week we have sold 700 sheep for freezing at prices equal to above quotations. Wool—We held our first wool sale On Tuesday, 17 th inst, when we submitted about 600 bales. There was a large attend ance of local buyers, and competition was fairly.brisk qtprices from id to ifid, tower than-last season’s. The Sydney Markets. The New Zealand loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report of the Sydney, markets, under date Nov. 21, as fol lows -Wool: Quite an impetus has been given to the trade by reason of the strong de mami and keen.competition, on American ac count, for light free wools. These have realised within the past fortnight figures which must have been in the highest degree Satisfactory to growers, and will no doubt, go a tong way to determine hesitating holders to try the local markets. Large catalogues are now being offered almost daily, and the amount of busi ness doing is, very considerable. The market continues firm at the following rates :—Light Free Combing, good ,to fine, I2d to I4fid ; fair to goqd;>ij£d to lod ; low qualities, fid to scoured'fleece, ißd to 2id; scoured pieces, lsd to ißd.—Sheeepskins show a slight improvement in price, and increased briskness in demand. We quote :—Full.woolled, sfid to 7<i; , Medium; 3d to sd. —Tallow; A slightly' easier tone pervades this market, though the demand is fair, at following rates : —Best mutton, L 35 per ton ; best beet, L 33 per ton; mixdd and inferior, L2B to L3o. Oats : Wc offered some 15,060 bushels at .our sale a day cr two since, and had to withdraw abouMHie-haff,'business being very flat, conse quent upon the heavy decline in maize. We made sides as' follows —Bright potato oats, 2s yd per bushel; bright Danish, 2s 3d; dull ♦artarians, 2s id.

DAILY MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALE'. Batokdat, December 1. Mr T, ;BuHock,i ftt the Arcade, Burnett etreet—Town and Rural Sections Tcesbay, December 4. Matson, Coxand Co., at the Ashburton B^leyards —Stock. . / •. MEETING i, AMUSEMENTS, Etc This Evenikc. Town HalWWityntott’s Combination, at Somerset Lodge, Monthly Meeting in the MaaoniO.H«ll,S«7. 30p. m. Saturday, December 1. Wakanm Road Board, at Road Board oftes, Mooro *tr*et, at 10.90 a.m.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prevalebit. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1883.

Nothing has been seen in Dunedin of the comet reported from Queenstown, and it is thought probable it was only a meteor streak. Mr Mirchelson will be invited to a con ference with the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce about public works in that pro vincial district. A Mr and Mrs Baxter, of Dunedin, celebrated their golden wedding yester day. They are aged seventy two a:id seventy respectively. The Willmctt Company arrived by the express this morning, and will appear at the Town Hall to-night in tho celebrated drama “ The Colleen Bawn.” Consider ing ho v popular this Company became during their recent visit here we anticipate a good house for them this evening. The public meeting at Dunedin in re gard to the stoppage of work on the un employed section of the Otago Central line was attended last night by about 300 people. Resolutions wore carried urging prosecution of the works, and appointing a vigilance Committee to look after this and other matters The principal speakers were Messrs Bathgate, Bracken, Pyke, Fergus, Fish, M. W. Green, R. Wilson and others. The first number of a new periodical entitled the Australian Graphic is just to hand, and its appearance justifies the claim that it is a new departure in colonial journalism. The illustrations, which are numerous, are reproduced by a process invented by a colonist, Mr S. H. Crocker, of Sydney, and judging from the results in the Graphic we should say there was “ money in it.” The pictures are printed as they come from the hand of the artist, who is his own engraver, so that it will be seen that this process is far cheaper than wo-d engreving. The drawings themaelv B are of unequal merit, but* several of them are very well done and would do no discredit to an English illustrated paper. As the periodical is issued at the low price of threepence it should command a large sale, especially as the letter press appears to be good of its kind. In an article published in the Mel bourne Age for the special benefit of its country cousins, who at carnival time are the favorite prey of “confidence” men and other sharpers, the following descrip tion is given of a new variation of the match-box trick, to which our own poor country has the honor to give a name. This is the “ Maori ancestral bones trick.” 'I he magsman introduces a neat little ebony box in the shape of a coffin, and tells some ingenious bei about having just returned from NfW Jtodand, whiro he re ceived it from aMaitl -■hief, who, after the manner of his pv pie (this on the au thority of the magsman), carried about calcined bonedust of his ancestors in it. The coffin can only be opened by touching a mysterious spring, which is an excellent reason why those present should bet drinks, and finally large sums, as to their capacity to solve the riddle. This swindle has been a favorite in Melbourne for some months.

We (Auckland Herald) are informed that Mr Gudgeon is writing another work on the war in New Zealand, which should be most interesting, inasmuch as he in tends it to be full of startling incidents and individual acts of bravery, performed by both Maori and European, during the rebellion of 1860 —many of them deserv ing the New Zealand Cross, although as yet never re orded. The author will also give a short biography of all those who diet receive the New Zealand Cross, as well as of tic.i leading spiri s of the war, each chapter to be illustrated with the photograph of the individual in question. The work will bo published in four parts, which, when bound together, will form one large volume.

The fifth annual gathering of the Sun day schools of tha borough and surround ing districts will take place on Sunday afternoon, .toe. 30th, in the Town Hall. It is expected that there will bo not less than 1,000 scholars and toacbeis present from the following schools : -Episcopa lian — \shbmtnn, Tinwald, ant Elgin;

Wesleyan Ashburton, Wak-snui, and Grcens‘rect ; Presbyterian Ashburton, Tinwald, and Plemington ; Primirive Me thodist —Ashburton and Newlanda; Bap tist—Ashburton ; Unaectarian —Willowby and Waterloo. Mr J. Leggett will pre side. Mr S. C. Farr, president of the Canterbury Sunday School Union, is ex pected to give an address, and the minis ters of the town will also take part in the service. The senior scholars from all the schools are vigorously practicing the musical part of the service, and it is ex pected to be the most successful gather ing yet held. Mr T. Bullock and Mr Andrew Orr have generously undertaken to bear the expense of the Hall. It. is proposed to form a branch of the Can terbury Sunday School Union in Ashbur ton.

A curious complication has arisen over the election of the new Grey Board of Education at Greymouth. t appears that tl e Chairman of the present Educa tion Board, after taking legal advice, tele graphed to the Government a whole string of reasons to show that under tha West land Education District Subdivision Act the proposed new election could not be proceeded with, in consequence of the Subdivision Act and Edu ation Act, 1877, not reading together. The Government were asked for advice and assistance in the matter, but they repudiated acting in the capacity of legal adviser to that body. Some of the Board were forgoing on with the election, on the ground that the Go vernment must validate their Acts if they erred ; but others refused. After a deal of discussion the following is the substance of the resolution come to: —“That the Government having declined to advise or a-sist, and the opinion of the Board’s solicitor being that the electi m of a new Board cannot be gone on with, the Board decline to incur the responsibility of pro ceeding with the elections under the Westland Education District Subdivision Act ”

Between four and five o’clock yesterday afternoon an accident occurred at Lytel ton by which a man named Benjamin Gregory lost his life, and H. Ryder, a fellow workman, had one of his legs broken. The men were at pick and shovel work on J. Stinson’s contract for forming a road from Norwich Quay down to the site of the proposed new steamers’ wharf near Peacock’s Jetty. Gregory was dig ging underneath the rock, undermining it so as to bring down a fall of earth, when a solid block of the stuff, fully a ton weight, suddenly gave way, and falling upon him crushed him to death. Ryder, who was working near him, was als > struck, and one of his legs was broken. T. Newton, one of the workmen, had a few minutes previously cautioned Gregory to be careful, and from an examination of the ground at the back of the fatal slip, distinct traces of water were tc be seen, the face being quite wet. Gregory is a resident of Christchurch, said to be mar ried, Jand appeared to be about 50 years of age. His 1 ody was taken to the morgue. Dr H. MacDonald was on the scene of the accident a moment after it happened, and had the injured man Ryder tiken to his home, which is in Lyttel ton. Another of the workmen was re ported to have been hurt eirlier in the day by a fall of earth at this same piece of ground.— Frew.

Some time since considerable discussion took place in the newspapers throughout the c atony as to the charges made for pro fessional assistance to the Resident Magis trate’s Court, being endorsed upon the summons with the authority of the Court. A good deal of the discussion turned upon the effect of the practice which had for a long time existed upon cases where no professional assistan.-e was needed. The effect was shown to be an additional item of expense to the defendant. It was held by the Court that a defendant could not be expected to pay the costs of tho plaintiff for professional assistance where no professional assistance was necessary. This was a common sense view of the mattter. The same view appears to have impressed itself upon the mind of tha Minister of Justice, who evidently thinks that a defendant should not be charged a fee that was never earned by any one. Where a defendant “confesses judgment” without giving trouble of any kind to the Court for hearing, no fee should be charged. The costs, on the issue of the summons, had been already declared. Formerly, it was the practice to charge a person who con fessed judgment a fee of two shillings. The Department of Justice have now issued a circular to all Clerks of Resident Magistrates’ Courts that in future no foe shall be charged upon a confession of judgment. The Western Morning News of a recent date says :—The advantages of life insur ance are exemplified under peculiar cir cumstances by the following incident: — About twelve years since Captain Jen nings, of (.■errans, left England shortly after being married. He never returned, but has been navigating in the South Pacific. In April last, while sitting on the stern of his vessel in Maryborough River, Brisbane, he fell overboard, and his body was not recovered until the fol lowing day. A newspaper containing the sad intelligence was received at Helston, where Mrs Jennings resides, and it was re« ported that the deceased had effected an insurance on his life in an Australian office. A few days since Mr Best, of Hel ston, who interested himself in behalf of the widow and chi;d,received most gratify ing information. In answer to letters which ho wrote to Victoria and Queensland tha manager of the Mutual Assurance Com pany of Victoria and Melbourne informed him that Captain Jennings had insured his life in that office for LSOO, and that the policy was still in the hands of the company, as the deceased had not paid the first premium in full. This gentleman further stated that as it was the first case of the kind that had occurred the Board, having sought a legal opinion, had de cided to recognise the claim. Captain Jennings died intestate; his widow will therefore take out letters of administra tion, and when the usual formalities have been complied with the amount will be paid to Mrs Jennings, and she will also become possessed of any other property or effects which her husband had. The prompt and handsome manner iu which this colonial society met the claim, and the suggestions tho Board offered in their correspondence for facilitating the ssttle ment of the business are praiseworthy, and deserve to be publicly recorded.

Mother Swan’s worm Syrup. —lnfallible, tasteless, harmless, cathartic ; for feverishness, restlessness, worms, constipation, is. Moses, Moss and Co., Sydney, General Agents. 3

Mias Rosalind H. Young is a resident of Pitcairn Island. She is a des cendant of one of the mutineers of the British ship Bounty. A retired sea captain, who visited the island not long ago, draws this picture of Miss Young :—Her father is pastor of the island church and teacher of the school, and she is an assistant teacher. She is about twenty-six years old, and weighs 2001 b, never had a shoe on her foot, and if necessary, could swim off to a ship four miles from the island and back again to the shore, and then go into the little church and play the organ nearly as well as any young lady in the States.”

Holloways Pills. —Nervous Debility.— No part of the human machine requires more watching than the nervous system —upon it hangs health and life itself. These pills ar the best regulators and strengthened of the nerves, and the safest general purifiers. Naue sea, headache, giddiness, numbness, and men tal apathy yield to them. They dispatch in a summary manner those distressing dyspeptic symptoms, stomachic pains, fulness at the pit of the stomach, abdominal distension, and over come both capricious appetites and confined bowels —the commonly accompanying signs of detective or deranged nervous power. Hollo way’s Pills are particularly recommended to persons of studious and sedentary habits, who gradually sink into a nervous and debilitated state, unless some such restorative be occa ionally taken. —[Advt.]

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

ASHBURTON.— To-day. (Before H. C. S. Baddeley Esq, R.M.) CIVIL CASES. Fitzgerald v. Fhzgerald, claim cf L 54 9a 3d—Mr Wilding appeared for the plaintiff and Mr Crisp for defendant. This was a case in which a man sued his brother for money for work done and cash lent. It had been adjourned from last week in order that the matter might be settled by arbitration, but this had not been done. For the defence, Mr Crisp put in a set-off, which materially lessened the amount of the claim. Part of this was admitted by Mr Wilding, and after evidence had been taken, his Worship gave judgment for L 44 14s 4d, and costs L2 2s 7d, including L 27 paid into Court. Poyntz v Shepherd, claim of LI Is for valuation —The defendant objected to pay the amount because he had not received the loan he wanted, but as an agreement bad been signed judgment was given for the amount claimed.

Doherty v Brankin, claim of L 8 10a for the value of a horse. —Mr Wilding ap pealed for the plaintiff, and on the motion of the defendant the case was ad journed for a week on payment of the costs.

OUR NEW MINISTER.

The New Zealand Hetald mentioned the other day in an article justifying the appointment ot Mr Mitchelson as Minister of Public Works, that that rising young statesman had been ap prenticed in early life as a carpenter, and that the colony would now get the benefit of his “ mechanical training.” It seems, however, that the Govern ment did not consider Mr Mitcheison’s juvenile acquaintance with the car pentering a sufficient qualification for the post of Minister of Public Works ; for they have now apprenticed him to Mr C. Y. O’Connor, C. E., the Under secretary for Public Works; and he is immediately to enter o.i a course of study in the outlines of engineering. Mr Mitchelson, we are informed, lias not yet seen a railway, except toys like the Auckland and Drury and the Wel lington and Hutt lines; and with his mechanical turn of mind, it will no doubt be a great treat to him to be shown the real thing, and to ride in a fast train and have the principle of the locomotive explained to him. He is just now starting, we observe, on a fort night’s tour of instruction on the Southern railways. We hope care will be taken to have him accompanied in his travels by some trustworthy sub ordinate, until he gets accustomed to the motion. It would be a sad finale to his brilliant career, if he were to share the fate of the Maori who, never having travelled by rail before and wishing to get down for something, stepped off the train whilst it was running at full speed, and was surprised to find the earth jump up aid hit him at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour, killing him instantly. Mr Mitchelson, we are grieved to see, has rather put his foot in it by his first feat of administra tion, He caused a telegram to be sent on Saturday last to Mr Blair, the Engineer-in-Chief for the Mid dle Island, acting on which that officer at once dismissed too men from the works in progress on the Otago Central Railway, and gave notice to the rest. This clean sweep of the new broom naturally made a ter rible dust in Otago, and there is no

saying what the consequences might have been, had not Mr Mitchelson tele graphed to the Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce at Dunedin, throwing the blame on Mr Blair, who he said had evidently misunderstood his instructions. At the same time the Minister “insisted”—these young fel lows always “ insist ” —on the necessity for discharging the men, though he said he might take some of them on again on the reletting of another contract. His explanation, in fact, was rather more bewildering and exasperating than the instructions which it was intended to explain. Poor Mr Blair, He has had things pretty well his own way with Middle Island Railway works for the last ten years or so, and all he does not know about them is not worth learning. It must be rather trying to him, there fore, first to be ordered about by Mr Mitchelson—who has never been in the Middle Island—and then to be made a fool of by having it published abroad that he has “ misunderstood his instruc tions. On the other hand, it must be a novel and pleasing sensation to the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce to find the Minister of Public Works ac counting to them for his actions, and throwing over the highest officers of his department in order to avert their righteous indignation— 7imaru Hetald.

A PIOUS BIGAMIST.

A bricklayer’s laborer named Alfred John Ellis, aged twenty-two. was ar rested on 12th November in Carlton by Detective Charles, on warrant, on a charge of having committed bigamy by marrying one Annie Jackson whilst his present wife, Helen Ellis, was alive. The circumstances of this case are rather peculiar, as the accused is a member of the Salvation Army, and met his second wife rather less than a month ago, her brother being also a member o f the Army. It appears that on the 24th August, 1880, the prisoner married a young woman named Helen Williams at Ballarat, and lived with her until about the middle of last October. Two children were born of the mar

riage. Siome time ago the prisoner joined the Salvation Array, and accord ing to his own statement he was com pelled to leave his wife, as she was not a “ believer.” He accordingly de parted from Ballarat, leaving his wife and family to shift for them selves. He came to Melbourne about the 20th ult., and took up his lodgings with a Mrs Jackson, who keeps a small grocer’s shop in Bouverie street, Carlton. By this means he became acquainted with Mr Jackson’s daughter, twenty-one years of age. Her brother was also a member of the Salvation Army, and as a natural consequence the j two men were great friends. The pri soner became enamored of Miss Jack son to such an extent that he was un able to continue his work. His passion to a certain extent must have been re ciprocated, as lie persuaded the young woman to marry him, and the cere mony was duly performed on the 31st ult by the pastor of the Methodist Free Church, Gore street, Fitzroy. The marriage took place unknown to Mrs Jackson, but the girl says that her brother was cognisant of it. After the marriage the girl returned home, and remained there two or three days, when she left and went to live in fur nished lodgings with the prisoner in Greeves street, Fitzroy. On the third morning she obtained pos session of a letter addressed to her husband, which revealed the fact that he was a married man and had left his wife and famiiy in Ballarat. She re tained possession of the letter, and left a note for the prisoner telling him she had discovered everything. She then returned to her mother’s house and in formed her of what had happened. Mrs Jackson provided her daughter with money, and she went to Ballarat about last Thursday to have an inter view with the first wife. The latter was found in great distress, and was afforded some slight assistance by the prisoner’s victim. The result of the interview between the two women was that on Saturday last an information was sworn by the first wife, and a warrant was issued for the prisoner’s arrest.— Argus.

A LUNATIC’S LETTER.

An extraordinary and at the same time amusing letter has been sent to the Victorian Minister of Public Works by a resident of Williamstown. The following is a copy : On the 2 ist of last month I wrote to a relative out of the colony that I had been dreaming about a diamond mer chant and another man. I had not read the list of racehorses up to this time (October 21), bnt looking down it I saw First Water. Being a term used among diamond merchants, I construed the diamond merchant of my dream into First Water, and that he would perhaps be a winning horse. He did win—but not the Cup. I have more than once written to the Govern ment about coal being discovered at Prahran and at Gardiner. I dreamt several men stood about an opening on the allotment I owned on the Wattle tree road, and that they held up lumps of something like coal, and they were all in good spirits. I wrote of this again, thinking your geologist may be induced to try that locality and get the award. Should you say this ought to be done through the member, Mr A. T. Clark, I am immediately brought to another topic (though my aim is the same), clairvoyance, or cetti respoiidetet— the ability or condition of mentally mentioning, another feature of which is commodious or advantage. To refer again to Mr A. T. Clark. Some time ago it was mentally men tioned to me as if from Mr A. T. Clark “If you come or apply in a proper manner you will be attended to.” As long as someone is fto decide about the proper manner you will see this is where the so-called advantage comes in, and this leads me on to what is said of me by the Government, that I was dis missed, and that I am of unsound mind. I, on my part, say nothing would be said about the soundness or unsoundness of my mind but for large private property, that in my opinion I am kept out of it by its being so said of me. It some times passes through my mind that if I get very large private property I will give certain sums to certain people. Referring again to Mr A. T. Clark, if I am right with regard to a certain sum of Li,ooo or Li,500, as the sum I would give to a certain person if I get the property; I think it likely I may get it. An admiral being in the colony I refer to my having said I was the author of improvements in lighthouse lighting. There may be but little proof single-handed, but I am sure an ad miral came to 56 Leadenhall street, and that a large reflector was shown me, and the number of gallons of oil used in one night was spoken of. That fact alone, to some extent, connects me with the Admiralty. - I am not wishing to force myself upon the notice of land or sea officials, beyond that I want the letters rescinded that say I was dis missed and of unsound mind.

SPORTING.

WELTICTQTON lUOES [by telegraph.] Wellington, To-day. The course is in splendid order. There is a poor attendance. RAILWAY STAKES. Sir George + Administrator ... ... t Dan ... 3 Dan was a bad third. Time—2min 30yjec. The Poet was scratched. Later. Sir George walked over for the Railway Stakes. hurdles. Orient .. ••• 1 Bob 2 Liability ... ... ... 3 DUNEDIN SUMMER MEETING. Dunedin, To-day. When the proceedings commenced at Forbury there were 1,000 present. Hurdle Race. Cararea ... ... ... 1 Little John ... ... ... 2 Wild Boy 3 In this race, Cararea, ridden by James Cotton, at the start was a warm favorite. At the second hurdle Encore fell, and at the last one on the home run, Melbourne came to grief, Little John was a good second, Wild Boy third. Time—3mins Ssecs. The dividend was L2 4s 6d. The Maiden Pla ■ e. Don Jose ... ... ... 1 Hazard ... ... ... 2 If So 3 This race proved little more th>n an exercise canter- for Don Jose, who was a

hot favorite. Neera was the only other starter. Time—2min 23sec. Sx. Andrew’s Handicap. Taiaroa ... ... ... 1 Lady Emma ... ... ... 2 Violin 3

The St. Andrews Handicap furnished a pretty race. There were six starters, and Lady Emma was a firm favorite. Taia roa at the fall of the flag went to the front, O’Connor forcin' the pace, and de spite the vigorous riding of Wattie on Lady Emma won comfortably. Violin, who bolted half a mile before the start, was third. The Jilt, mir Bey, and Bine Jacket also started. Time—2min 43sec. The dividend ’..as L 5 on Tsiaroa.

WRECK OF THE TRIUMPH.

[special to press association.] Auckland, To-day.

Messrs Shaw-Savill’s direct steamer Triumph left for the South last night. She was observed this morning hard and fast on the Shearer rock, about a mile east of the Tiri Tiri lighthouse, at the en trance to the Hauraki Gulf, twenty miles from Auckland. The rook has two feat of water on it at low water, is steep, and is marked by a buoy anchored in fourteen fathoms of water. The Stella and other steamers have gone to render assistance. I.ATEP.. The steamer Triumph struck on the south-east side of Tiri Tiri on the fairway for the lighthouse. She is on the rooks, at the foremast water-tight compartment. There is 12ft of water in the compartment. It is supposed ah lo is through, but it cannot be ascertained yet. It is believed that she can be got off, having gone on for four hours !h; „bb tide. There is 17 fathoms astern, ami the crew are now shifting cargo afr, in the Impo that she will float. Ihe 17ft of wate: is abaft the forerigging, so that she is hanging by her bow. "it was a e'ear night, though dark. '1 he pilot left her outside Hangi toto at nine o’clock, and gave the captain his course. The steamer was going at a rate of 11 knots, and strnck very heavily. No light has been thrown on the cause of the disaster as the ourte should have taken her miles away from Tiri Tiri, and the lighthouse was right ahead of where she struck. The captain was on the bridge at the time. The vessel had been chartered to go down and take cargo off, which comprises—a quantity of railway iron from London for the South, fourteen bales wool, etc. The Triumph is 1,797 tuns register, and was built in 1880.

THE ANNEXATION QUESTION.

[bbgxer’s telegrams—copyright.]

Sydney, Yesterday. The Conference resumed its sittings this morning. It is understood that the New South Wales and Queensland dele gates are in favor of a resolution being passed confirming the annexation of New Guinea. Mr Service’s resolutions on the subject of Pacific annexation are now under discussion by the Conference. This afternoon it was definitely decided by the Convention that members of the Press be excluded. The question was put to the vote, and the Victorian and New Zealand delegates were in favor of the admission of the Press, but the other dele gates voted against it. The Con vention decided that the memorial pre pared by the European residents in Fiji may be presented by a member for con sideration. At this morning’s sitting Mr Service’s proposals in favor of the annexa tion of the Pacific Islands were discussed at greet length. At the afternoon’s sit ting of the Conference a long discussion took place on the draft of a series of re solutions tabled by Mr Service, and affirming the annexation of New Guinea, New Hebrides, and other islands in the Pacific. The text of the resolutions are withheld from the Press. The farther discussion of Mr Service’s motion stands adjourned till to-morrow. [Received Nov. 30, 1 p.m.] Sydney, To-d,»y.

The following information has trans pired regarding the series of resolutions tabled by Mr Service at the Conference : —(1) That it is necessary to prevent New Guinea and the islands from the equator to the New Hebrides falling into the hands of any foreign Power. (2) That to preclude such a disaster it is desirable to urge the Imperial Government to an nex or establish a protectorate over those islands. (3) That the colonies are willing to bear a reasonable proportion of the cost of such annexation or protec tion. (4) That the colonies protest against the proposal of the French Go vernment in regard to the recidivistes and appeal to the Imperial Government to prevent such a dire calamity as is threa tened. (o) That in view of the foregoing and many other important matters the time has arrived for binding the colonies in a Federal Union on such matters as the Convention may determine. It is under stood that there is some divergence of views amonq the delegates on the question of annexation, some being in favor of limited action only. Mr Griffith, the Premier of Queensland, has tabled a series of resolutions similar to those of Mr Service, but limiting the annexation to New Guinea, and urging the immediate establishment cf British jurisdiction there. Mr Dailey, Attorney-General of New South Wales, proposed an amend ment on Mr Griffith’s motion. The amendment is similar to the first and second clauses of Mr Service’s motion, but omits others. Hon F. Whitaker has has strongly advocated that the Confer ence should define the relations of the Navigators and Friendly Islands towards Australia.

CABLE NEWS.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

[reuter’s telegrams—copyright.] A Fenian Plot. London, Nov. 28. A plot to blow up the Manor House in Mayo, Ireland, has been discovered by the Irish Constabulary. A large number of persons is believed to be implicated in the conspiracy, and thirty t suspected persons were to-day arrested on charges of being concerned in the projected outrage. Monetary and Commercial. Consols have advanced to New Zealand securities remain at last ' quotations. Adelaide wheat, ex store, remains at 46s 6d; and New Zealand ditto at 38s 6d to 44s 6d. Australian tallow—Best beef, 38s 6d; best mutton, 39S 5 d - The Wool Sales. At the wool sale to-day 7,800 bales were catalogued. The tone of the auction showed a hardening tendency. Great Fire. Paris, Nov. 28. A disastrous fire occurred at Rou baix, in the North of this country. Two large factories were totally destroyed during the conflagration. The Tonqnin War. In view of the possible failure of the negotiations which are now proceeding to bring about an amicable settlement of the Tonquin difficulty, active pre parations are being made for the imme diate despatch of reinforcements to the French Army in Anam. A force of 6,000 troops is now held in readiness to start in case it should be deemed necessary to send them.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1883.



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