RAILWAY TIME TABLE

Tbainb Abbivb at Ashborton— -From Christ ohurch and the North, at 10.15 a.m. (express), 4.85 p.m., and 7.10 p.m. From Timaru, 10.45 a.m. From Dunedin and South, 5.27 .m. (express). From Mount Somers, 10.6 a.m Tbainb Leavb Ashburton — For Ohrißt ohuroh and North, at 7.10 a.m., 10.55 a.m., and 5.57 p.m. (express). For Dunedin and South, 10.25 a.m. (express). For Timaru, 4.45 p.m. For Mount Somera, 5.5 p.m.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN.

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MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close at the Ashburton Post Offioo follows : — For Christohurch and North at 6 a. in 0.30 a.m., and 5 p.m., daily. For Ohertsey Rakaia, Sen., at 10.30 a.m and 5 p.m. daily. For Dunedin, Tinwald, Winslow, J oldstream, Ranetftata, Orari, Winc__6_ter, md Geraldine, at 10 ».m. daily. For Temuka, at 10 .m, and 4.30 p. m ully. /Tor Timaru and South,! at 10 a._n., and 30 p.m., daily. - For Greenstreet and Ashburton Forks, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 10. 30 a,n_. For Wakanui, Elgin, Seavlow, Seafield, id Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and turdays, at 6.30 a.m. For tfount Somers, dally at 4.30 p.m For Mayfield aud Ruapuna, on Mon d»ys and Thursdays, at 4.30 p.m. For Ashton, Waterton and Longbeaoh, 4.30 p.m. dally. For Fle-nington, on Mondays, Wednes Uya, and Fridays, at 4.30 p.m. For Newlands, on Tuesdays and Fri at 10.80 a*m. Mails arrive at the^ Aahburton Post .Uee— -faun Ohrlßtrhuroh and Rakaia at 10.15 . m., 4.85 p.m., and 7.20 p.m. From Ohertsey &c. at 10.15 a and ,35 p.m. cu.ly. From Dunedin »ud intermediate places 5.3° *\m daily. * _ Irom Temuka an Timaru at 10.40 a.m p 6. 50 p.m daily. From Greenstreet and Ashburton Forks, Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 4.45 p.m. From Wakanui, Elgin, Seaview, Sea field and Kyle, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, snd Saturdays, at 5 p.m. FfO-U Mount Somers, dally at 10.5 ; m. * From Mayfield and Ruapuna, on Wed oesdays and Saturdays, at 10.5 a.m. From Ashton, Waterton, and Long at 10 a.m. daily. From Newlands, on Tuesdays and Fri at 2.30 p.m. From Flemington on Tuesdays, Thurb days, and Saturdays, at 10a.m.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1887. THE "YELLOW AGONY."

Those who from the experience gained by actual residence m San Fran* cisco, and those also, who know some thing from what they have read of the evils of what is termed " the yellow agony" will regard with anything but com placency the announcement made the other day that between 30 and 40 Chinese laborers had arrived m Auck land under engagement, it was believed, to West Coast coal mine proprietors. For nothing could be more disastrous tz the well-being of the colony than the letting m of a flood of Mongolians labor to compete with the' European labor, with which the market is fully supplied, while the establishment of Chinese quarters m our chief towns, with their dens of immorality and dirt, would be a social disaster which could not be too deeply deplored, and the possibility of which must certainly be averted. We have no prejudice against the Chinese, and willingly admit that the presence of a few heie and there, scattered among our population, is an advantage rather than otherwise ; the Chinese market gardeners of our cities and towns, for example, doing good service to townspeople by supplying them with vegetables, m the cultivation of which they are adepts, and while they form but an infinitesimal percentage of the population their presence among us may not only be tolerated with equanimity but even regarded as desir able. But it is quite another matter when the Asiatic element assumes any thing like large proportions, and when Chinese labor is brought into competi tion with that of Europeans to any great extent. For, independently of the danger to health and morals in volved m the presence among us of a large Chinese population, it is to the last degree' impolitic to permit of the displacement of European m favor of Asiatic labor. For while the China man can, and will, work for wages immensely lower than will any white man, he does so because he lives on rice and vegetables and indeed can thrive when a European would starve. Thus, while m the country, he purchases little or nothing from European store keepers, consumes little or no meat, and spends the merest trifle m clothing, contributing, m consequence, scarcely anything to the Customs revenue, and supporting no industry of the colony; and, worse still, the money which his miserable style of living enables him to save he carries awjy with him to the Flowery Land, to which it is his one object to return. Thus the Chinaman is not a colonist m any sense of the term, he brings nothing into the colony, he displaces useful colonists, and ends by taking out of the country the money which, if earned by Europeans, would have remained m it. On all grounds, therefore, as we have already said, a large influx of Chinese is not only to be deprecated, but must be prevented. We had been under the impression that the Act passed some four or five sessions ago would have proved a sufficient safe guard. Under that Act, as our readers are aware, every Chinaman landing m New Zealand is required to pay for permission to set foot m the country, but it seems that — why we cannot understand — m the care of the Chinamen who landed at Auckland, as above mentioned, the payment of the head-money was only insisted upon m the case of ten or a dozen of them, the others being permitted to land upon the understanding that they were only visitors to the colony and under engagement to return to their native country at an early date. We were not aware that the provisions of the Act could be relaxed m this way, and if this can legally be done under the Act, as it at present stands, then the sooner the law is amended the better. It may be (indeed it seems likely) that Chinese labor js somuchcheaper than European, that it will pay employers to import it even if the landing fee be insisted upon m all cases, but if so, then the remedy is obviously to increase the fee from ;£io to or such larger amount as will effectually prevent the swamping of our labor market e in any direction by the importation of a horde of the almond-eyed subjects of His Imperial Majesty the Brother of the Sun and Moon.

Biliooanesa, drowsiness, jaundice, and rheu matism, Hop Bittern remove easily, if those pwi« by Amerwas Co, pet

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

St. Stephen's Anglican Church was, as ifl customary, decorated on Easter Sunday ; the lectern, choir stalls, and the columns of the nave being wreathed with evergreens, inter spersed with chrysanthemums, dahlias, sun flowers, and other bright blossoms, and crosses of soarlet berri. aon a background of dark green foliage were disposed on either side of the chancel aroh and m front of the ; reading desk with good effoot. Aroud the i opening of the arch, which was surmounted ' [with a very tasteful cross of the blossoms of . lilium, lancieolium, were the words ! " Thou art the King of Glory, 0 Christ " m soarlet letters edged with white. There were large congregations and the serTioes were eonduoted by the incumbent the Rev. E. A. Soott. To-day has been observed as a close holiday m town, and the streets wore a deserted appearance. A large number of people went to Christohuroh by the early train, some made their way to Chertsey to attend the sports there, while others, whose tastes were that way inolined, left for Longbeaoh where ( a coursing gathering was held. The bazaar at linwald also attracted its quota. The quarterly meeting of the Mount Somers Sohool Committee waa held on April 6th. Present: Messrs D. Maofarlane (chairman), J. Hood, and R. Jones. The Master's reports for January, February, and March were reoeived. — The Chairman asked the com* mittee to confirm his aotion m leasing the small paddook to Mr T. Hix. He also in* formed the Committee that all salaries were paid.— lt waß resolved " That holidays be given from Friday, April Bth, to Monday, April 18th. . That outstanding accounts be paid* That requisites required by the Master be obtained." The Chairman waß empowered to make application to the Board for a pupil teaoher.— The Chairman stated that he had visited the sohool on various occasions while work was m progress, and he had been glad to notice that the work was going on smoothly, and that 'the attendance waß good. The " giant baby " which has been exhibited for some months past at Home died m January laßt m the oity of Gloucester from an attaok of bronohites. This prodigious infant (fifteen months old) weighed no less than 98lbs. Herr Erupp has intered into an agreement with the Japanese Government to erect a branch establishment m tbat country which will furnish all the large ordnance whioh Japan may require. The Canterbury Coursing Club's first meet ing of the seaßon was held on Friday and < Saturday. The All Aged Stakes of 20 subs at £3 3s, resulted m a division between A. McCaußland's Nassau, D. M. Ross's Mararoa, KDd D. O'Brien's O'Sullivan. The Puppy Stakes of 20 at two guineas was divided between H. Wharton's Jugurtha, Glen 2nd, and J. R. Sewell's Sea Hook. On Saturday evening last Mr Ivess ad dressed a meeting ofjthe Wakanui electors at t_e Sohoolbouse, Kyle. Mr H. Parsons waa fjted to tbe chair, and m introducing Mr Ive3B, said that he had always opposed that gentleman at previous eleotions, but he was now prepared to admit that he had proved himself a better member than he expected, and he was determined to support him against all oomers at the next election. Mr Ivess then delivered his address, at the olose of whioh, is reply to questions, he said that he would endeavour to Beoure an amendment m tha , Looal Bodieß Loans Act to enable money to be borrowed from the Government for irrigation purposes. He would do his boat to obtain payment of all claims under the Forest Trees Plantation Act. The Govern ment laßt session introduced a clause m the Powers and Contraots [Bill to enable a num. ber of claimß to be met with money m accordance with a provision m the Forest Aot, 1885, but the clause was rejected m the Oounoil. He would support the abolition of the Upper House. He did not think that the Hare syßtem could be advantageously adopted m New Zealand. There being no further questions, Mr R Mulligan moved " That a vote of thanks be tendered to Mr Ivess foi. his interesting address, and that this meeting desires to express its renewed confidence m him as member for Wakanui." This wa seconded Jby Mr Lambie and carried by accla mation. A vote of thanks to the Chairman dosed the meeting. A valuable library has just been disposed of by «« art union," that is to Bay by lottery, m Oamaru, and the "Mail" notes as a curious series of coinoidents that a book intituled " Modern Judea " was drawn by the Hon Mr Shrimeki, the "History of Free thought " by Sir Robert Stout, and a volume intituled " Where are the dead ? " Mr Sidon, a local undertaker. As showing the rapid strides which have been made m eleotrio lighting, the " Electrical World " says that m 1885 there had been established 96,000 aro lights under the Brush system and 181,403 under the Edison or iocandescentjjsystem. The grand total of capital invested m the eleotrioal business and its related industries is given as 150,750,000 dollara, or say, roundly, £50,000,000. An Auokland paper Bays tbat Mr Maurioe Kelly, of the Wade, is exceedingly ill. He is 101 years of age. Tho fastest vessel m the world is the Frenoh torpedo boat Ouragan. She has made about twenty nine miles an honr. America is a big customer for tho wool m England, Scotland, and Ireland, taking m 1386 rather more than half of the total dip — twenty-one millions of pounds; Some idea of the immensity of the glass trade and manufaoture m the United States may had from the faot that a Bingle order just delivered by a Pittsburg faotory to a Now York house inoluded 5,000 barrels ef glass tumblers a'l of the same pattern, each barrel containing twenty dozen, making m all 1,200,000 tumblers. The artifical honey now mado m New York is so olose to the genuine that only the ex perts can detect the difference. It is m racks, the same as the natural product, aod now and then tbe wings and legs of a few dead bees are to be found to further the deoeption. It can be sold at a profit for ten cents per pound, and the honey bee may go. A floating dock, capable of accommodating the biggest war Bhip, and of propelling itself from port to port where its services may be required, is to -be constructed as an experi ment for the British Government. It is to , cost £100,000. For a day of ten hours, a woman m Germany working m tho fields gets Gd to Is 3d, a man lOd to 2s. Seamstresses get 10 J to 2s, machinists and carpenters 2s Gd to 'Is, and masons 4s. As a feat of engineering tho tunnels of the St. Gothard and Mount Cenis have been surpassed by a tunnel near Sohe_a_it_, m Hungary. It is 10J miles long, about 10 feet high, and 5 broad. It has taken nearly a century to oomplete, and coat #5,000,000 and its purpose ia to oarry off the water from the mines. The work haa suffered long intervals of stoppage, onco for 30 and again for 20 years, and is estimated to effeot an annual wvie 8 °t ..50,000-

PARISIAN GOSSIP.

(FROM OUR PARIS CORRESPONDENT.)

Parts, February 15 A practical joke, which was something beyond a joke, has just been played on a retired picture dealer, M. D , who has a large collection of ptmtings at his residence. He wen; to Nice a short time back, leaving his house m the charge of an old man servant. A few days later \ some young men, dressed as painters and | carrying boxes of colors, called at the ' 'bouse, and said that they had received ' orders from M. D— — — — to varnish and . restore some pictures m hiß gallery. The man, unsuspectingly, allowed them to enter , and they shortly after left. M. D ■ •-, ; I who has just returned home, stood aghast , at the transformation bis pictures had undergone. Madonnas were smoking { j pipes, a John the Baptist wearing a Chamberlain glass m his eye ; Hippocrates i wearing a box hat, eto. The authors of this costly piece of fun are supposed to be young painters dissatisfied with their dealings with M. D— — — . ' ! A statue is about to be placed m the cathedral of Rouen to Oavelier de la ' Salle, a native of that town, who firßt planted the flag of France m 1687 m the territory which afterwards became the State of Louisiana. Tbe hero is repre sented with flowing hair thrown back, and a curled moustache, giving him a proud air as described by his biographers. The French Government has granted a pension of COOfr. a year to Mdme. Le Goff, mother of the medical student who died last year through an operation of transfusion of blood, to which he had voluntarily submitted to save the life of a patient. A band of young conscripts have made a theatrioal display on Ine Place Riroli, Paris. Kneeling bareheaded before* the statue of " Jeanne d'Arc," they sang the little-used national air, " Mourir pour la Pa»rie." An old lady, who was passing, was so overcome with this display of patriotism that she fainted, and had to be tended m a neighboring chemist's shop. The women's rights journal, the "Citoyenne," has put forward afresh c'aim, and supports it by a very plausible argument, lt demands that the places of inspector of meat markets should be given to females. Women, it says, buy the meat and cook it, and should therefore know more about the quality tnan the " swells" who are sometimes appointed Full atatißticß are now published rela tive to the persons under treatment at the Pasteur Institute. The total number under treatment during 1886 was 2,682, of whom 31 died, being at the rate of 115 per cent. The number of those bitten by animals proved by experiment to be mad was 1,538, of whom 16, or 1 04 per cent. died. The intenaitied treatment which M. Pasteur has recently adopted has been extraordinarily successful m cases where patients wore bitten about the head or face. Out of fifty cases no I one has died; whereas had they not been under treatment the mortality would probably have amounted to 40 or 44 per cent. The " Kolnische 7eitun?" eaysloO,CoO new repeating rifles have been distributed ; to the German Army since last autumn, and one-tbird of the forces are now m possession of the new weapon. It is : added that from the 19th inst (February) 1 250,000 men will be thoroughly well i practised m the use of the new weapon. [ M M. Loisean and Lettane, inventors of an automatic danger signal for railways, , have submitted it to the committee for ' assuring the safetj of passengers. The r committee intend to compare the inven t ion with systems already existing. 1 An illustration of the extraordinary i Kkill applied to the falsification of pic tures has just come to light m connection : with a picture by Habey just offered for sale at the Hotel Drouot. A careful examination by an expert proved, that the work m question, which figured as an oil painting, was a water color drawing by 1 the master, cunningly transferred to an oak pane), and transferred to an oil i painting by the copious use of thick var ; nish, such as is used for carriages The skill with which the fraud was accoin i plished was such that Its discovery was only due to a mere accident. An Arab, named Mahomed-Ben-Sarbi, who was buried last week at Blidab, had lived to the age of one hundred and nine years. He had an astonishing memory, and would relate at great length his , recollections of the 18th century. His ' youngeßt Bon, 72 years of age, was the chief mourner. The high prices realised at the Hotel Drouot for Stradivarius violoncellos the . other day were east into the shade by that paid for a bow by Tourte. The products . of this unrivalled workman, the Cellini of the fiddle-bow, are becoming scarcer year by year, and are eagerly disputed by > amateurs whenever one is offered for sale. ; But such a price as was paid for the speoi i men m question (eleven thousand francs) , haß nevor bofore been heard of. It was a remarkable instrument. The bow itself was of tortoisesbell, with mountings inlaid 1 with pearl .and gold. An eccentric Italian at Milan, named i Vito Cercolone, belonging to an old i family, has bequeathed his fortune, ' amounting to 600,000 lire, to King Hum bert. The bequest is accompanied with ' several strange conditions, among which is one that the testator shall be buried m • the middlo of a field The King of Italy, according to a tele gram m the '" Temps," has expressed his firm conviction that the peace of Europe will not be disturbed France and Russia, he recently observed to a senator, are both pacific, and Prince Bismarck's utter ances m the Reichstag are {.but the ex pression of the views of the Emperor and of the Crown Prince. His Majesty re gards the attitude of France as calculated to reassure everybody. The latest method of obtaining a livelihood has been illustrated by Charles Tarlier, 62 years of a«e, who haa been m the habit of stealing billiard balls from publichouses, substituting m their stead so many balls m plaster. ' Ho seems to have eked out an existence by selling the genuine articles to the publicans whom he had, robbed. It waß the other day decided by the Higher Commiß-ioners for the F-xhibition "f 1889, that the Agricultural Show shall occupy an area of 26,000 metres along the Quai d'Orsay, and that special build ings may be erected on tbe Esplanade des Invalidos for machinery. The telephone rate between Paris and Brussels is fixed af; three francs for five minutes' conversation ; and, subject to a deposit pf 60 francs, and the adaptation of the apparatus at his own expense, any Parisian already having a telephone can communicate direct from Brussels. The cen.ua return of foreigners shows that France, with a population of 38,000,000, has 1,115,000 aliens, the pro portion boing thus about 1 m 34. In Paris and* its suburbs thero are 213,000 foreigners out of a population of 2.961,000 inhabit aais, or 1 m 14. In the Nord the proportion is 1 m I£, and m the Bouches de Rhone 1 m 8, whereas Vendee has only 1 foreigner m 3000 The English m Paris have increased m 3& years from 11,000 to 14,000.

Canadians are learning to their sorrow this winter that their great Pacific railroad is too far north, that indeed, it is impassable during a part of the winter season. For about three weeks a large part of tha western seotion has been praotically abandoned, owing to deep snow and landslides. In the Selkirk range the snow sheds wore orushed and the ap proaches to Vancouver, the western terminus, are |>Iq. faded by ice.

POISONING BY TINNED MEAT.

DEATH OF HaKUENE M._?.R.

News from Auckland states* that the audd«.n and unexpected death of Ihaka te Hakuene, M.H. ft for the Northern Maori dia'rict, took place at Russell on Wedneaday last. Ihaka and other Natives <vere attending the Synqd In Auckland, and dined with Archdeacon Clarke en Sunday, a joint of roast beef and a dish of tinned beef being among the- things provided. Several Natives, inoluding Ihaka, partook of the latter and beoame very 111. They oonßulted Dr Hopper m Auokland, who advised them to remain, but Ihaka with two others belonging to the Bay of Islands districts returned yesterday per Clansman, being anxious to be with his friends. Ihaka ainoe his arrival gradually got worse, and expired at 5 o'olook.

A SECOND VICTIM.

A latter telegram adds:— With refer ence to the poisoning of Ihaka Hakuene, MER., Arohdecon Clarke States that on Saturday last a party of Maori clergymen, the Beys Rsnata, Hone Papahia, and Rukene Pareta, and also Ihaka Total, M.H.R., and Revs G. Walpole and W. jßaatty were Invited to lunch with him. Amongst tbe food was a beefsteak pie, and some compressed corned beef was made into haricot steak, and was eaten the sama evening with .ut any ill t fFeots, thus proving that poisoning was due to defeotlve tinning. 'J he remnant of hari cot was added to the beefs! e.k pie next day. The four Maoris, Mr Walpole, Mr Beatty, and Mrs Clarke, wife of Aroh deacon Clarke, partock of the dish on Saturday night. About nine hours after* wards, all with the exoeption of Mr Beatty were taken violently ill, the symptoms, being purging and vomiting. Mrs Clarke appeared most seriously aff ao ted, although Mr Walpole also suffered a great deal. Last night Mrß Clarke was still very ill, athmgh the doctors considered she was nearly out of daDger. Mr Walpole is almost well again. Archdeacon Clarke attributes the poison ing to the preserved meat having been twloe cooked. The doctors who attended the p.tients have refaaed to give informa tion to the press. Renata Tongato, a Maori minister, died at Mongooul this morning from the effeots of eating tinned meat at Auckland on Sunday last. Be was a minister residing at Pecia, near Mongouul, for a number of years. Up till tbis mo ning Mrs Clarke's life was considered iv danger, but she is now apparently getting better.

WHOLESALE MURDER.

The Vienna correspondent of a Home paper telegraphs: — "An innkeeper re siding at Leitomisehl, In the neighborhood of Brunn, has juat been arrested, together witb his wife and son, on the charge of haviog perpetrated 11 murders, amongst their victims being a wealthy oattle dealer and a young baron who had lately won money m a Littery The body of the latter was found tn a field cloae to the inn. A Bhort time ago a lady of means who lodged there suddenly disappeared, a circumstance that aroused suspicion, and led to a judicial investigation, whereupon one of the servants revealed the crimes of which the innkeeper and his family are accused, "

KIDNAPPED BY GIPSIES.

The lnafc papera from Home contain a moat carious account of a dear case of child stealing by gipsies. Wainatoad Plata, on the botderß of Bpping Poreßt m Eases, haa always heon a favorite holiday reaort of L >ndoQerß, and m August 1884 a little boy, 10^ years old, Darned Frederick Ruaaall, (he son of parents m a respect able position at Fulham, went with some frienda to speud the bank holiday. Ab he did not return at night, and hia com panions could not give any account of how they had missed him, aearch waa made for him under the belief that he had lost himself m the woods or met with aome accident, Months paßaed away, however, and at last bla parents gave up all hopo of ever Beeiog him sgain. They never did S9O him again until the Bth of January, 1837, when his father met him with a band of gipsies at a place called the Freemaaona'-road, somewhere m (ha outikirta of London, and took possession of him. The boy had actually been beguiled away from hia party at Wan atead Flats by a g'pay woman named Louisa Gumbroll and her reputed hus band, and carried off m a van. His ad ventures daring his captivity were quite thrilling. Nobody ever yat waa able to explain satisfactorily why gipsies steal children, and certainly their object m this caae !b a oomplete mystery. . It was not a matter of adopting a child for love, for they always treated little Freddy Rusaell very unkindly. Yet they do not seem to have had any idea of matting money by him. They did nothing with him, m fact, except to take him about with them hupping m Kent, horae couping , and carrying on questionable gameß at the races at Ascot, Hampton, and Epsom and wandering about the oountry, picking up a living a* best they could. Toe frightened lad escaped from them once, but fell into the hands of another band of gipiios, who acting on some peculiar code of honesty, took him back to his original captore. One day they returned to Wanstead Flats, and Freddy, rt cognising tha oountry, slipped away and walked to London and on to Fulham, begging on the road. He made for hia home, but only to find it occupied by strangers from whom he could get co news of his parents He then got employ meat from a greengrocer at Fulham and shortly afterwards met a Mr Elgar, a rataaioanry, who interested himself m him, and got him admitted into De Bamardo'a Home for Friendless Bjyj at Stepney Causeway. Here he might have been ex pected to be safe ; bat it was not ax De B irn^rdo's boys were allowed occasionally to go out m partieß, and one day when Freddy wag strolling about with a number of his matea near the East India Dook toad, whom should he see but the gipsy woimin, Louisa ! She immediately selzad him, scolded him for running away, and carried him off and put him once more m the van. Next doy the band left London and wont to Green Lanes, Tot tenham. Here Louisa and her mother had a quarrel, and the mother got a policeman and pointod out Freddy as a stolen child ; bun Louiaa denied it, and i the policeman went away. The next morning farther police inquiriea ware in ' atituted, but the family quarrel had been made up, and Freddy was hidden under the bed m the van, both women swearing thero waa no child there. After that he might have remained Kith the gipsies ail his life if Mr I?us3ell had not met them y pure chance and recognised his son. The whole story would be quite incredible if it were not perfeotly true. It throws a atrange light on the accuracy of many passages In Dickens' works, for example, whioh have been condomned as unnatural, improbable, nnd meaningless. The per sistency, of Louiaa m capturing and re capturing F.eddy Ruiseli affords a strik ing counter-pat t to the narrative of Nauoy and Oliver Twist j and of the two, per haps, the adventures of Freddy are the more bewildering and una< omntable.

FASTER VOLUNTEER ENCAMPMENTS

.-. -CKLANDj April 9. Ths Volunteer review and .ham fight |t.-.laj. wsb a great success. Ther- were |ICCO Volunteers euiaged. The infantry i acted very wel', and the cavalry and mounted infantry splendidly. Colonel Mahon was m command of the attacking • party, whioh left the Lake Takapun. en campment, with No 3 battalion and a two* gun battery. On attempting to cross Shoal B.y causeway they were encountered by mounted infantry under Major Harris, wh) worked splendidly, and successfully exploded a mine by Lieutenant Falconer, of the Torpedo Corps, blowing "up the bridge and stopping the advanoe of the attacking party. This was one of the features of the Jay's operations. The mine was exploded by electricity, and was oiarged with 1501 b of gelatine ootton, gun cotton, and guupowd.r m equal propor tions. The ezp'oß.on threw the materials 150 ft into the air. After a sharp engage ment the attacking party had some of their men outflanked and taken prisoners. The main body were repulsed, and retired upon Lake Takapuna A Battery bringing up their two guns, and galloping off t© avoid oapture by the cavalry nnder Captain Smith. Colonel Roberts commanded tha defen«i|ag party, and Colonel Lyon was nmplre in-chief. The only acoldent whloh occurred was that Bugler Nairn, of the Gordon rifles, was kioked on the forehead while holding the horae of a staff-officer. He is not serlrosly injured. It is stated the men had not been long m oamp when a few unpleasant incident! arose. It seems that one of the To Awa mutu Cavalry considered himself aggrieved by being kept se long on guard, and on being Bpoken to by his officer he refused duty. Two men then attempted to arrest him. These he struck, but wai soon over* powered, and lodged at the guard tent;, Later io the day, it m stated, an offiaero. one of the naval brigades was plaoed nnder arrest by Captain Llroby for gross insa* bordioation. The charge against this officer will probably fo a m the subject of an inquiry. It is also understood one of the cavalry ba* been dismissed. New Plymouth, April 9. Ori Saturday night the town was crowded* with Volunteers on furlough. They cai r ted on high jinks. They took posßession of the Salvation Army barrack! taming out the lights and oreating a general uproar m tho service. A pioket of navals was detailed from the camp to preserve order, and after some time the men .were'got out of the army barracks, but the set vioes had to be dl.o ntinued. The Salvation Army was requested by the authorities not to hold service for fear ol disturbance, bat refused the request. Up to late at night the town wai orowded, and the streets were taken possession of by the Volunteers, but no acoldents ocoarred, and no harm was done to property. The arrangements for the sham fight at Pareora on Saturday were the best that hay a been made for any one yet held, and the fight Itßelf more nearly approaohed m its working oat to aa aotual engagemant. The idea of the fight was that the UTor thern brigade was covering Timaru, whloh was supposed to be threatened by an enemy represented by the Southern brigade. No arrangement was made, as on prior occasions, as to who was to be defeated, but the brigades were to stand on their own merits and the railway was not to be available. The division staff, acted as umpires. The fenoes were ordered tn be protected from damage, and the gates only were to be uaed. The whole of the mon worked splendidly, especially tha Artillery, under Captain Martin. There was an acoldent m the- oamp on Saturday to Private Clark, of the Rich mond R.fl.s. He was jumping over a pile of rifles, when he fell and broke the small bona of his leg. It was speedily act. by Dr de Lautour, and the man is now doing well. He was afterwards removed to tho Tima tv Hospital. Nothing wis done m camp on Sunday but churoh parade, which wss held at 11 a.m. An excellent service was given by Divisional Chaplain the hey W. B.doliffe, and the les.ona were read by Colonel Bailey, The chaplain preached a short but eloquent Eest-r sermon. The camp was crowded with visitor} from Timaru, and a number of expresses '■ ran out with passengers, and quite an : array of ladles gracad the church parade.

HORSE MARKET

Blr T. Bullock reports for tha week ending Saturday, 9th April :— 24 horses were brought forward for the day's safe, amonget them were some unbroken 3 year* old cults and fillies, medium draughts, for which biddings were fairly spirited. Other entries were only of a very medium stamp, Out of the day's entry of 24. 16 wore sold as follows, namely, 3 3«yeaa-old and 1 4-year-old, unbroken, medium draughts, brought £18 lOi, £17, £15, £14, respectively ; aged draughts, £6 10j, £7, £7 153. £11 10a; light harness horse* £4 to £4 15s, and for a fairly good stamp £10 was obtained. Haoks—only those of an inferior description were offered. A number ohangod hands at from £2 5a to £3 10s. Second-hand spring trapi brought £10 ; harness and sundries at market rates.

A CHAPTER OF HORRORS

We are remmdaa occabmnally that New Guinea is atiil outside the pale of -c(viltsa> tion, and that its people are' cruel and savage. Here is a nice little ohapter of horrora: — Not long ago some new dabas or Baored housea bad to be consecrated at Motomotu, so one of the ohiefs went away for change of air, and presently re* turned with parts of 22 ears, which he had cut off from as many victims. Soon after the same people cut off ft party of their neighbors who were fishing, and killed 19, moßtly women and children. Then Kalp In Hood Bay goe* m for a little devilry. ' They are old enemies to the Qaalbo, an inland tribe, but peace was made between them and has been for Borne time observed. A party of Qual boana came into a feast at Kerepunu, and were waylaid by some young men from Kalo, and all killed. Kind alto gether perished — two men, two women and five children. 4.mong the latter were two bablea, and the wret hes killed the poor little mitea by holding them voder the water anddrownlagthemlikekittenß. Then at Aroma a poor blind man waß buried nHvo. His relativoa tied a ropa round his neck and waint, and then dragged him to the burial place, where, m spite of his cries and entreaties, they effected their purpose. On the same day a little | illegitimate child shared the same fate. | His mo her loft him m charge oP her | father, and when she c»me back at night ha waa gone. He i too, had been burled alive.

TWE ASHBUBTON GUARDIAN. MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1887



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