The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1887 LOCAL BODIES AND THE JUBILEE.

It would have been wiser on the part of the Government if they had taken means to ascertain the mind of hon. members generally (as could easily have been done) before giving notice to introduce their Local Authorities Jubilee Expenditure Bill. That Bill was designed to enable any local authority should it see fit, to contribute out of its funds any sum or sums of money, m taking part m the Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen m the present year, and, as drafted, provided that such contribution might be by way of grant or subscription to one or more objects of commemoration either i/; or out of the colony, or might be expended m public rejoicings or demonstrations of any kind m the colony. In moving the second reading Sir Julius Yogel admitted at once the inexpediency of enatl ng the ratepayers' funds to be ex pended without the colony and indi cated that m Committee the proposals of the Bill would be modified accord ingly, but he went on to show that without special authority, such as the Bill would confer, no governing body could expend any part of its funds for any such purpose even within the country itself. It was shown that the O'ty Council of Dunedin and the city fathers of one or two othei municipalities, desired to go m for Illuminations fireworks, etc, and that this could not be done under the law as it stands except at the personal cost and charges of the Councillors them selves. But admitting that this was so, the general sense of the House was strongly against the proposals of the Bill, and we think very properly so. Not that the House is out of sympathy with the public rejoicing at the com pletion^ fifty years of Her Majesty's beneficent and gloriousjreign, but that it was shown conclusively that any special legislation, such as that proposed, musl have had the eflect of almost compell ing local bodies to vote furids for jubilee rejoicings even when they had no funds to spare, and were perhapj even heavily m. debt, lest by not doing as others they should incur the stigma of disloyalty. At the same time the House was placed m a difficulty, as ii would not have looked well that a Eill with such a title and object should be absolutely rejected and thrown out. The Government, therefore, acted veiy wisely m withdrawing it, but would have been wiser, (as we have already said) ii they had made a little enquiry before bringing it forward at all.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

&- Th« Financial Statement was delivered m the House at Pepresentatives last evening. No intimation of hte Jptention of bringing it down was given by the Treasure* till yester day afternoon. Our Alford Foreat correspondent writes staifflg that is rumored that an attempt will be made to upset the recent eleotion for the Mount Somora Boad Board, when Messrs W» V, Chapman, A. Macfarlane, ana T. Harri son w.ero £at#rnj3£l« It is said there is some informality m cxMiAe/Jitton with the proceed ings. Tho promoter* of tho meeting to bo held j to-morrow night for the purpose of consider, j ing how tho Queen's Jubilco may be best locally celebrated, do not deserve the blame that has been cast on thorn for not taking steps to make the meeting a representative one and not having resolutions prepared for it. 'Tho l£ayor assures us that steps have been .taken to hritig the matter under the laiico of the ,repr,es,entg,tiy£ men of the lißtrict. A meeting for tho purpose of draw ng up KiSolutionß for submittal to the meeting o-morrow was h@ld this afternoon. '[ B Major Douglas has received a telegram, rom Colonel Bailey, stating that the Ash-i >urton Eiflcs havo won the third prize for ijje shpoting. This, no doubt, refers to the Government t>rl«es for last year's class firing, md should encourage .our jps&l volunteera to jo m for practice this yostX. HolIiOWAV'b Ointment akd Pijir,s.— ColdH, ■ 3oug#B, Shortness of Breath. — These maladies early and unremitting attention, for i neglectecUtbpy often end m asthma, iimebjtfcj ,or fionrnWi-iUtn, The Ointment veil ?übbed unon itie chest and back, pene .rating th« skin, is absorbed and carried i lirectly to the lungfl, it expels all mFurities. All the Wood m the body is perpetually passing through th,o lunga, and all noxious particles tending io disease ;an fea ,7uiokly, thoroughly, and permanently loufraUkefl, rendered harmless, or ejected from the eypterti. gpUoway's Ointment and Pills perfectly acco«4>V^ t b »s pui-itication ; md through the blood t*w« .clejiß^d, the influence of these wonderful med^ofiitn.onts reaches the remotost parts of the human bqdy, and thus cures all diseased action' imi wto9s w vsterpal,

A Yiotorian constable who had charge of a man to be brought up for misdemeanor accidentally allowed him to escape, and, to avoid getting into trouble, paid another man to personate the prisoner. The arrangement was, however, exposed through the original offender getting drunk and coming back to the station m search of a favorite pipe. The constable will probably get into trouble, his ingenuity not being appreciated at head quarters.

The new South Australian Parliament is largely composed of new men. In the new House there is a substantial majority m favor of Protection, an absolute majority m favor of the payment of members, and there is a large majority who will support an inorease of the land tax. A progressive land tax and the sale of Crown lands are favored for roducing the defioit. The Government propose to drop the property tax and submit this programme : — Beorganigation of the Crown lands leasing system, the appointment of civil service and railway boards, amalga mation of the existing land and income tax by abolishing the exemption clauses.

A typhoid patient m tho Melbourne Hos pital, while convalescent, ate some grapes given him by a friend named Williams, ana died soon after. At the inquest Coroner Youl said that m fever cases special pre* cautions had to be taken that improper food should not be given. In the Alfred Hospital recently a man had died from the effects of eating fruit surreptitiously given. Th'*s was a [similar case, where an ignorant, though well meaning, man had given a patient danger ous food, which the dootora prohibited. Although morally guilty of his death, Williams was not criminally responsible ; but it would be well fer everyone to understand m future, after this warning, that a person giving prohibited food to a patient and causing his death might bo prosecuted. The jury returned a verdict -that the deceased died from perforation of the intestines during typhoid fever, caused by grapes improperly given him by John Williams. A rider to the verdict recommended that caution notices should be posted m each ward warning persons not to introduce improper food. A similar case has just been reported from tho Castlemaine Hospital, where an apple was given a convalescent hospital patient, and caused his death.

THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH TEA MEETING.

Notwithstanding tho unfavorable weather last night, the above affair came off very successfully m the Oddfellows' Hall, a very largo number of visitors being present at tho tea, all the tables being crowded soon after tho doors wore opened, and a great many people having to wait for a second sitting. Tho various tables were loaded with all the delicacies and tempting dishes usually found at meetings of this chnracter, and a very profuse as sortment of choice cut flowers greatly assisted m making up an exceedingly at tractive display on all the tables Tho tables were provided by, aad the good things dispensed to tho visitors m the fol lowing order :— No 1 table, Mrs Lamb, assisted by Miss Lamb and Mrs Mul linß ; No. 2 .-.table, Mrs Jamieson, as 6isted by the Misses Jamieson (3) ; No. 3 table, Mrs A. Orr, assisted by Misses Orr, J. Arthur, and O. Alcorn ; No, 4 table, Mrs Rutherford, assisted by Mrs Loahy, Misses Dick nnd M. Arthur; No 5 table, Mrs Kidd, assisted by Misses Kidd, Shury, and Allsn ; No G table, Mrs Grubb, ns sisted by the Misses Grubb (3); No 7. table, Mrs W. A ndereon, assisted by Mrs Church : No. 8 table, presided over by Missos Boyle (2), Bennetts, and Deakin ; No 9, bachelor's table presided over by Misses Hepburn, Patterson, ond Hous ton. After tho tea tables had been clearod away, and seats arranged, the hall very soon tilled with a large audience for tho usual nftpr meeting, for which a very at tract ye programme was promised, and by the applause at frequent intervals, those present mußl havo considered tho promise fully ennietf out, the speeches being very good m each case, and attentively listened to. A number of printed programmes were distributed to those taking part, nnd this attention eoemed to be much appreciated. The chair was occupied as usual by the Rev A. M. Beattie, ond^ the mooting commonced by choir and audience singing yerseg pf the 100 th psalm, followed by a short prayer by tjio Chairman. The choir then gave a spirited piece, " Wako the song of Jubilee, and the Chairman fchen gav^ a short address on Church mattors geneially. Mr Webßter then sang "The English man," and was succeeded by Rev E. A, Scott, who took " Leisure hours nnd how best to spend them " for his theme, bring, ing m happily, the hope that the Chair man's enforced " leisure hours " for the next few weeks (caused by his ill-health), might bo productivo of greatly increased energy and strength for his wpik. Miss H. Barratt then sang "Consider tjj.o Lilios," ond the platform was then taken by Rev Stewart of Rakaia, who made a very characteristic and highly amusing speech, on tho good work done by toa meetings, both for church work, mucic, and finance. Tho glee tC Now pray we fo.r our country," by the choir, was followed by a trio by Misses Boyle (2), and Miss H. Barratt, «• Oh, softly breathe." Rev D. McNicoll then addressed the meeting, his remarks being based on "various ways of preaching." Miss Deakin then gave the solo " Dublin Bay," followed by piano solo by Miss Orr, "Highland Gems," Mr and Mrs Gamble fyon treat ing the audience io a"due,tfc, "Ring out Wild Bells." Mr Kneen, who had very kindly conducted for the choir, then sang " Cleansing Fires," and Mr J, W. Sawla followed, his spee,oh being dev.qted £o the subject of " After meetings, and how to Improve them," Mr ' Atkinson's solo, *'The Outpost," jyas then gjyep, and "Mr J. Ward's vory amusing reading «/Tljo Bashful Man" came next. Miss Kidd, tho popular orgaDist of the Church (who, Mr Knoen,very kindly p!aycd tho a^aocpanitnonta on piano and organ) then B>ng "Heaven and 'Earth," the choir giving the anthem " How Boautjful," Mr Simstson closing"' ilia ' musical 'part by singing -'.'The Imp Ohojft." Votes tff! thanks to the In4|#s providing jtableb, ; special reference being made co ths W.prjfc done by tho ladies at the bachelors table were proposed by Mr Baxter ; to tho organist, cfaoir £nd singer, by Mr Hogg ; and to tho speakers by ji£r Webster, were carried by acclamation, aud £bio very successful meo'ing m every way 'was then cl«so4 by the Chairman pronouncing the benedicti n

LOSS OF A VESSEL.

: Wp^ikq^on, May 1,0. The agents of the SJiaw, Sftvilla and Albion Company have received a teiegrom from Napier this afternoon, stating that tho ship Northumberland had parted cables at eleven o'clock this morning and drifted on the banU two miles to the westward, A lifeboat soon want t.o her assistance, bat was driven ashore, The ste^tnftf Sir Donald has gone to her assistance, and j the Weka will leave In an hour. )f the Notthumboiland gets over the bank, she might i& alright. There Is a heavy sea and gale.

LA'f'EE. Telegrams state that the ship appears to be rjding at anchor. The Sir Jpor^a'd Is alongside, 'i fee J^ortftumbprland arrived at Napier from Lyttelton laut'njgiht;, ' She has 1000 tona of her original cargo, pricoi, pally material for the Wairoa bridge, 500 tQDB of wheat for London, and 500 tons of coal Sh# is under the command of Cap tftlpTodd, ".

CORRESPONDENCE.

» We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents. ,

THE ASHBURTON PERMANENT BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—As tho above Society is accns tomed to advertise the advantages which it offers to investors, will you afford me space to state my own practical experience of those advantages, as a warning to tho unwary. s' Last August 1 met a Director o/" the Society, who wavmly urged me to hecome an investing member, telling me that the subscription was only 5s a share a month ; that interest at the rate of 7 per cent per annum was guaranteed upon all monies so paid m, and m addition, the investing members were ontitled Co a share m tho profits, which made a Lrge addition to the interest, while, the deposits with interest added could be withdrawn at any time. Allured by this seductive bait, I pro ceeded to the Society's office, whore the manager (who is likewise a Director), cor roborated bis colleague's assurance. I accordingly applied for ten investment shares, And my enlightenment com menced. As the issuo of the shares began m the previous February, it was necessary for me to pay 7 months' subscription at once, viz ,£l7los, at which, of course, I do not complain, I was then required to pay £]. 5s entrance fees, and 10s working ex penses. These little flies m the ointment tho seductive Director, doubtless through inadvertence, had omitted to tell me about. However, I paid the money ; but then came the further demand of 3s 9d for in terest. Now, as the borrower, and not the londoi, generally pays the interest, I naturally asked why, seeing that I was lending the Society £17 10s, I should pay interest for it; whereupon it was suavely explained to me that inasmuch as I was to be paid interest for my £17 10s from February, and as, if I had paid my subscription of £2 10s every month, the Society would have had the use of those subscriptions, it was only fair that I should reimburse it for the loss of interest thuß entailed. There was a certam amount of plausibility about this argument, so I parted with my 3s 9d and left the office, reflecting that I had advanced my money on very peculiar terms indeed, but flattering myself tbat I should receive my reward at tho end of the year. I paid my subscriptions punctually every month, spurred thereto by the consciousness that if I paid any subscription a day too lalo a sharp fino would be imposed, although tho rules do not provide for the Society paying fines to investing members should it fail to keep its engagements with them. By the end of January last —the close of the financial year —l bad paid altogether £30 sub scriptions, and £1 18s 9d entrance foes, working expenses and interest. Now for my reward. In April the Directors make a division of profits amongst the investing mombers to tho extent of 3 per cent per annum ; m other words, tho investing mombers are to receive 10 per cent por annum upon thoir subscriptions, instead of the 7 per cent guaranteed. It did not require a skilled accountant to compute the amount of interest which had then accrued to mo ; I therefore made the calculation aud found it to bo £2 1h 3L The Society, how ever, by some inscrutable process of calculation, insists that it only amounts to £1 Us Bd, and accordingly credits me m its books with the sum of £3111s 8d as being the total value of my shares on Ist February, 1887. You will thus observe that having boon induced to deposit my money on the distinct guarantee of 7 por cent interest and a share of tho profits, the net rojult of tho year's operations is that instead of receiving interest, I am mulcted m the sum of 8s Id, I nctuaHjr paid m £31 188 9d, and I am credited with £31 11s 8d only. 1 have confined myself to a narrative of the baro faefs of tho case Your readers can draw th.cir own ponclusioru I am, ctp., Victim. PS. —I may add that m the beginning of February I had to pay 10s more for working expenses, so that I am now 18s Id to the bad.

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

; ■ c Wellington, May 10. It is understood that the Government S do not look favorably upon the sugges^ - tions of releasing certain prispners on the 1 occasion of the Queon'a Jubilee. The Wellington Gaa Company Intend ' to extend their operations to the Hutt and Petone districts. Gbeymottth, May %0, John Reid, J. P., a very old settler m Grey Valley, owner of the sawrcill at Ahaura, was found dead yesterday under a dray load of timber. It is ruppored that the dray oapsz>d, and so killed him.

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

I [ftEU^rfiß TELEGRAMS— COPYKIGHT.]

ERUPTIONS IN CALIFORNIA.

London May 0. Eruptions have occurred m Cali fornia, by which the town of Monte zuma (Monterey) was destroyed. The loss of life was great, and enormous damage was caused by the unexpected outbreajc. I^any heartrending scenes were wi'tuesseij m the devastated dis trict. ' ' ■ '

POSTAGE RATE.

Jfie Agent-General for Victoria, acting updty a telegram fro^> his @overnment ; l?as proposed t.o the £ost rna_stgr.-(ien l era^ jtlpt a thre.epenpy rate of postage be. levied Pi? letters parried wholly by sea between England and Australia.

THE AFGHAN TROUBLE.

to $ cjuestion, Sir . J. E. Gorst, Under-Secrerar'y for India, sfatpcj that tjie latest hews from 'Afghanistan showed a number of actions jbad* been fought between the Ameer's troops and the rebels. Both sides claimed the victory, but there was undoubted in form^tJjßn to prove that the Ameer was holding his own, and had ptrpngly forti fied Herat. lV • fT " "'? "

IRISH AFFAIRS.

JL.OHUOJ-:, Z^iiy 10. The IJouse ojf (Commons h@s been sitting all night m Committee on toe Irish Crimes $ill. Owing lo the obstruction the nfohuc was twice adopted. Finally Mr Smith, First Lord of the Treasury, proposed that it should be applied to all remaining acajen.draenis on the first section of the Bill together, Jsr Iyeona-d Courtney, Chairman of Committees, refused Ig put the question, and ultimately" the amendments were proposed singly and ■ rejected. !

» Rough on Corns.." — £sk fo? Well' j ! "Rough on Corns." "Quick relief, bomfcrote ' wennanent oure. Corns, warts, bunions I ' %t ohamM £,nd dru££is,ts. .? I ' ••JRooon on itou." — "IJough on Itch , i.< rea skin huniore, eruptions, ringworm, j tetter, salt rheum, froetod feet, chilblains - (Ob, ivy poison, barber's toh, 3 \ i

FINANCIAL STATEMENT.

r : r - — • — ?*— The Colonial Troaaurejyl;he Hon Sir J' Yogel, delivered the ffainolal statement, m the House of /Representatives last evening. The Statement Is a lengthy one, and from/ full report supplied to us by the courtpdy of the Government, we make a fe^/excerpts : — The Expenditure For The Financial y ' Year 1886-87 I nave pleasare m stating that the ex penditure daring the bßt financial year showed a Baling of £98,626 on the amount estimated. The savings of all kinds amount to £129,870 and the excesses to £31,251, resulting m a net saving to the extent I have jasfc Indloatad. The largest items were — Railways — £65,511; public works (consolidated revenue acoount), £12,035; Education Department. £ll,88o; Oußtoms, £10,839 ; defence, £8982 ; and Mines, £7411, The excesses m expendi ture were principally £14,338 for services not provided for, and £10,023 for the postal service. The latter chiefly arose through the additional cost of the services beoause of large premiums earned, and through under-estimated expenditure for the maintenance of telegraph lines. Tbere was a saving on the estimate for sub sidies to local bodies, but the expenditure will come m during this year, as I shall have ocoaulon to repeat later. The Govern ment have m every way exorted them selves to conduct tho expenditure on the most economical scale. The Kevenue On Tub Year IBBG 87. The revenue showed a less amout than estimated of £192,493. The following were the principal items of deficit : — Customs, £124 235; starapi, £16,337; and railways, £153,81?. The Customs duties I shall again refer to, As there waß a saving on the estimate of railway expenditure of £65,511, the net loss on the railway estimate emounts to £92,302 The loes arose principally during the earlier portion of the year, towards the end the traffic uhowod a marked increase. The lots on stamp revenue I attribute to diminished business- The Post Office and telegraph service a?o considered to have earned about £10,600 over the returns estimated, but it is difficult to exaotly determine the amount of stamps sold for postal and for other purposes. The depasturing licenses yielded £6266 more than was anticipated. The miscel laneous revenue ehowa a largo exceas on the estimate— no les3 than £101,231. It arose m this way— The accumulated sink ing funds on some of the English loans were much above what were required to meet the respective, debts to which they belonged, I a r kod the Agent General to oall the attention of ths trustees of the Sinking Fund to the loan of 1863 to thf fact, and they, m conformity with the law, released £104.749 under the Act of 1863; being the excess accumulated up to 1884, and they released £39,755 under the Act of ISBI on account of the exoes; since that period. The amount set free under the Act of 1868 reverts to the Consolidated Revenue; that belonging to the subsequent period la applicable to paying off the debentures created m the colony, and the amount has gcoordinglj been ao applied: As regards the deben tures created here on acoount of the aocrued sinking fund, I am pleased to be able to state that out of the amount already mentlonod as released under thf Act of 1834, and from the result of the drawings of tho bonds we hold by con version, we have paid off no loss than £302,600 of iho dopontures created. Oul of a total of £750,903 created since 1884, we havH paid cflf already no Idbs than £343,400, Tho Treasurer here emphatically denied that there was a particle of truth m th. statements which have been made, that Now Ze-aland securities have fallen m value, because of what has unwarrantably been termod the seizure of the sinking fanJ, After speaking on the matter for Borne length he proceeded :— Wnen ao count is taken of the Supplementary Estimates brought down after tho Finan c'al Statement last year was delivered my expectations amounted to a small Burplui of £1500. I greatly rogrert there ie Instead a dtfiefsney, bat considering the fears which' have been expressed of ite amounting to a very large Bum hon. members will I believe, be gJad to loam that it amounts to no more than £92,293, I cannot accept any blame for this result. The circumstances which usually lead to the estimated revenue falling short have been conspicuously present. Moreover, I informed the House before last seeslon terminated that I feared the expected revennewould not be realised. This ia the first deficit einco I resumed office m 1884, and I think I have reason to be gratified that such is the case, and that the present amount is pomparatively so small, seeing hpw huge have been the disappointments durjog this period m other plages. The amount of the defi ciency pan be lndenlifiod ia the statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Consolidated Fund by deducting the credit balance of £186,805 from the outstanding deficit bills of £279,100. Fuiure Expenditure The Treasurer referred to the fact that the Government had constantly had under consideration tlje quegifon of reducing the public expenditure and went on to pay :— It is evident that retrenchment m tho publio service may be of two distinct characters, one comprising a reduction of the seiy'ces provided, the other a reduc tion ip the way the sQryig.ss are carried out. Ministers have not thought them selves justified m depriving the colony of any of the services to which it has been accustomed, and which Parliament has sanctioned. They have, however, m every oase which seemed to them practicable diminished expenditure without impaiii g efficiency. Thare ara three classes of the publio service— The first class, oxelu Blvely engaged' m collecting revenue; second, the class which renders services, and receives m the aggregat3 remunera tive payment for the Barae ; third, the class which undertakes useful duties, for ivlich Httlo or no revenue h cHllcc'.ed. v The Customs aptly 'illustrates the fitat, the Post Office the ae'eond, and the depart ments "of Justice' arid Education two kinds of tho third claua. Uia evident that aa regards the first of the three classea there is no possibility of abolition; The one ot jeot In the interest of retrenchment is to carry on such services as oheaply as is consistent with efficiency. The same remarks oppjy to tf.o second class also. With regard to that c'lasD there arises the question of tho extent to* which considera tion should be glyen to Sparsely-popu lated diatrictq. Tho extepl and nature of the departments coming within tho third category mnßt entirnly depend upon the decision of Parliament Ho Govern ment has the right to alter their oharaorer Without the eaciJtioii of the Legislature. iJwHlbe HQfarNttojl ttot,fl» regards all three classes f admit there may economies consistent with efficiency Ho then want m io consider whether the expense of various departments could be reduced without their' efnolohoy' being ourtailed. He "believed a"'good deal of paying could be effected m the 1 Legislative Departments and It was pronosod to rofor the matter to a Seleot Commirtee. ' r j?he departments of Justice and Native Affairs could not well be curtailed without their utility being greatly lessened. As regards thp Education Department he Bald that there were few, if »sy, . parsons, who fai'el to recognise that' m the intevesl of the' remote future of the oblony it was imperatively necoesary that its people should be educated. Although the Mines Department only directly raises a small revenue, its Importance is infinitely great aa regatds the indirect efreotit haa both i on the public revenue of the tolony'^anfl tho private revbriues'of the colonists. The Defence Department, excepting the police, ( ia one which at first Bight appears capab|e

of curtailment, but before arriving at Bach a conclusion it is necessary to remember that each time that a telerably well founded rumor of war circulates, an irresistible demand avlßes for a thorough system of defence. The expense entailed by the hasty provisions demanded In times of emergoncy ia muoh greater m amount and less useful m result tnan that which it Is neceanary to employ to keep a regular and properly trained foroe. It would be a false economy, now that this system has been attained, to relinquish it because the air is leas full than usual of warlike echoes, Any retrenchment of the kind might, nnd probably would, be followed by a greater expenditure on a recurrence of warliVe prognostications. Th.3 Committee would, he thought agree with him that the usefulness of the revenue-yielding departments, and of those that neither directly no? Indirectly yield the revenue cannot be reduced, or m other words that the publio service must be maintained at no less than iti present standard of efficiency. They now came to the question common to all the brandies of the publio service : oan the same efficiency be obtained at lesi than the present ooßt ? This opens a wide field of inquiry, and'the Government have been unceasingly ang-ged lv studying it since Parliament last ueparated. The subjaot involves the consideration of the numeri cal strength of the civil servants, of the amount of their salaries and of the nature and conditions of their engagements ; and when a conclusion with reßpect to the paßt oharacter of the service has been arrived at, thare remains the difficult task of determining m what respeot there should be a change m the future. He claimed credit for tho Government for effecting considerable savings, and beaideß present reductions the Govern* ment have laid the train for large savings of expense m the future. Before detail ing these steps he wished to say that he thought that ten years hence, the differ-* ence m the cost of the Civil Servioe between what it would have been under the provisions ?prior to last year, and under the sew conditions, will be equal to a redaction of 20 to 25 per bent, supposing of course! the new conditions will be maintained. The reductions the Government have made occur principally under the following heads:— (a) Reduction on travelling expenses ; (6) Doing* away with effioes and dispensing with officers J (c) Amalgamation of .'offices ; (d) Saving In appointments to vacated offices.' Under these heads the alterations already made will result m a oocsiderable saving, and the steps taken to continue efforts m the same direction will lead to yet large! savings m tho future. To secure these the Government have determined that when vacancies occur the office vacant shall, if possible, bo amalgamated with some other office, or, failing this being practicable, that there shall be a consider able saving m the salary attaohod to the appointee to tho vacant office* Th? scale of reductions has been laid down, and many hon memoes* will appreciate the mportance of the future provialon made by Ministers! whiob, however, is ot course open to remission by future Govern* ments, that where any departure If pro« poaed from the conditions jqat men tioned the Cabinet shall be consulted. The Government have very carefully con sidered whether it was desirable that a rateable reduction should be made m tho salaries of the Civil servants. They felt reluctant to adopt this course, because of its wearing the appearance of specialising one class of the community for sur jeotlon to an income tax, but as the House ha§ indicated itsresolve that the cost of tho service should ha reduced one or two courses only was opea, either to arbitrarily lessen the salaries of some officers, trust ing to their not been m a position to refuse to accept the lower* salary offered, or to make a fairly granduated reduotlon all round. The latter seemed the more considerate course, because of its probably proving of temporary 'character. More* over, the civil servants must be aware that there has of late been a general fall m the rate of salaries outside the Govern ment service, and they must blbo know that the cost of living and commocfitl'ej has beoome bo much Ibbs during the last few years that any amount they receive now represents, aa compared with the same salary a few years back, a larger purchasing power. The reduction con templated is nob of an extent to fall heavily on tho officers, especially receiving a low rate of remuneration, Salaries up to £150 will not be affected ; over £150 not exceeding £200, a deduc tion of three per cent h proposed ; £200 --£3OO, 4 per cent ; £300-£4OO, 5 per oent ; £400 to £500, 6 per cent ; £500 6& per cent. The reductions m any one olass are not to make the salaries smaller than the last salary m the class preceding. Thp plan will not apply to the oncers m top Agent-General's Department, as tfcey o.re subject to the English Income tax neither will it Include policemen or men In the. permanent militia, qor man on vaggs, whether weekly' or monthly, m any der psrtment, nor gaol or lunatio warders. It will not apply to persons whose salaries \te permanently fixed by Aots ; Ministers, however, have acoepted it aa regards their own salaries. It will rest with membe | to apply It tft their honorarium if they eeej fit. They may desiro thas a percentage shall be deducted' gdrvoeporiding with that levied on similar amounts. The eo.tna| amount the deductions are expeoted to yield is about £20,000. PDTUBB REVENUE.' In regard" to this Sir Julius said i— "There may not this year be muoh material natural increase In any item of revenue, whilst with the same causes still at work, quite independent of the pros perity of the country, there may be less collected on small Itemß, so that, with estimatoß of expenditure sugh au I; b'aVs explained, and "similar revenue, and witl f out the £100,000 unexpectedly obtained; there fs obviously likely to be a consider able deficit for the year, Independent of the defioit of the past year. Viewing the large deficits m alaoafc osery yo^ujry and every colony m tlib' world, land' tha complacent manner ia wh'ch''they have) been hold ovor until the return of better" times, we m'ghfc regard the adoption of a similar course aa onp npt without a^glj} precedent, but essential, I 'do not rev commend this mode of action. Though the depression existing m this colony ia nothing compared with what other coun tries have had to contend with, and although it has Affected our revonue to some extent, sue. wusb qj a gonslderdbie portion of the lbssibf'revßnueQiai taottiinVjj to do wl% the dttpresßion/'but is obnuel quant upon oiroumaiarideß of a~quit« eaU«« factory nature. We have not, therefore, I think, any good excuse for postponing the equalisation of revenue and expendi ture were there even no Bpecial reason fc| its beipg desirable to avoid postpone ment. '-Hon.' nieurfera " L hbve " bblrfc| » arnat rfieal abouti the depreciation m, the value of New ZeaUind Btookt^ and the harsh things which hare been (jaid about the fiojbnp. Without going Into the at ten'discuaßel 'question" of who is v respdnßlble"for tb'o statements, ie is beyond xlbubt they have been' used to bear New Zaaland Btockc' The price has considerably rapoveppd, but thp market jg still BODBitive. Jn ordinary ciroumstanoeS accumulating a deficiency^ as has been done on a large scale by other oolonle'B, would excite little or no remark, much less disapproval ; but after all that' has been safcf ot Neu'Realand, it is |n pay opinion expedient that the colony shoula sbo'w that it can make its revenue beet Its expenditure. The Government urge this consideration on hon. members as • duly demanding their attention. The" Customs revenue last year was £1§ 1,235 Icsq than the eatima^a/and that was leau than the actual receipts of th& previ6us year by some' £4000, so that the] revenue for 1§36-y 1b leu ty^nor j

THB ASHBPKfOJ^ GDABDIAN, WEDNBSDAT, MAY 11, 1887



Wanted. ITT ANTED KNOWN. — That MKB W MEECH, Dressmaker, has Re- noved from Burnett street to premises m /ameron street, next Post Office. WANTED known that HAVES & CO. havo Large Stocks on hand. For mrticulais eeo our.^dvertisemonts m lire iaper. TUBILEE Presents, Fancy Gocds, Toye, ) &c, selling Cheaper than any other louso m Town at H. M. Jones', East and iurnett streets. WANTED Known— We have a large assortment of Ladies' and Chil- Iron's. Macintoshes, Ulsters, Jackets, Millinery, Dross Stuff, Boots, Clothing, &c. Clioapoat first class Goods m Town. El C: Segeks, Molford Houae. WANTED known— l have jaat opened np a useful assortment of house- hold Crockery, Ironmongery and Brush- ware.— James MoGkeoor, Grower, Etc., Tanored Street, opposite Arcade. TUBILEE PUMPKIN— Every person tf purchasing 5a worth of Goods will bo entitled to One Guess, (103 Two Guesses, and so on) as to tho number of seeds contained m the Jubilee Pumpkin now on view m our window. — B. C. Segers, Melford House. JUBILEE PUMPKIN PRIZE.— As we (J intend making this a great success we have decided to double the number of Presents, making m all a total of about 300 to be given away. A lot of Jubilee Presents just opened, (more m a few 'days.)— H. O, Segers, Melford llouso. WANTED tho Public to look out for tho Ashburton Patent Jubilee Washing Machine A great success and no puff. Duo notico of a public trial will be given. Washing no more trouble.— Samdel Bardley, Inventor, Enst street, Ashburton. 4 310



Trees Trees Trees x ]. notice toTlanters. Victoria House, THE undersigned begs to call the *,>....,.. ( attention of farmero, settlers and 1 N Consequence of Hcquis.te Alterations to Premises, which will affoid greater others to his extensive stock of FRUIT 1 fecilitusfor conducting our rapidly increasing business, it has been found AND FOREST TRKES, »mong which ueceasary to Greatly Reduce our Stock within the next few weeks. •re about 3.0C0.C00 Forest Tree?, lnola- I urge nnd liberal Inductions are now made m every Department. £!f iS? vel°ol P Prd r * 8 2SS 000 kS? 108°°- Bolders of GlaSß^ a ' c Gjft Co »P ODB «« ~qnoßtod to present the same as early as nils one and two yoara old ; 100,000 convenient to enable the (J if t Distribution to be satisfactorily closed. Plnoa Lariolo; 3'0.0D0 Silver Birch; -«.. 10,000 Pinos Austrlaca; all other kinds DTMANT &i CC\T?, In proportion. All kioda of Cabbago AJS.OXI\J^ X 1X» V^V/XL/, Plants on aalo, and a few thouannds of nmeu-RAT n«APin?q mn-nnTVDa * ▼cry early Strawberry Plants. GENERAL DRAPER?, CLOmiERS, &c, N.8.-All orders by post, or othorw'w, Eaßt and Tmcred ntleti Ashburton. shall receive ray best attention. » • c *°" l ' u * wu ' JAMES PORTER, " T7~ ~ — CLIFTON NURSE Friedlander Bros. Public Notices. Allonton, Ashburton r2B ~~ NOTICE TO THE LADIES OF — ASHBURTON. tucker A restell East Street Auction Room paulingm™ removed to |yUIVfn « lItOILLLj IM. WALTON COTTAGE, TIMBEE, COAL & GENEKAL AND Q^een lane, Hampstead, i 45 merchants, HOBSE BAZAAR • — HAVE much pleasure m informing their . ■■ . ■ enstomors and others that thoy are now receiving FTIHE [undersigned, having Jbcen urged by Fresh Supplies of Timber OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS SUITABLE FOB f ° r peuodlcal T\ T> T T T C[ B ™°ZS B * Pt7BPOSES> Auction Sales fi^ LDI Bed ond White Pine Boards and Scantlings ,-, Bosticatcd Weatherboards OF -» SEMSSSw!.*.**. LAUD, FABM STOCK CHAMPION and Lining. — produce, "n"RTT T q We are now daily expecting from Anokland i/XVXJ-iJJO. a OARQO of * MJ> ASSORTED kauri timber. GENEEAL MEKCHANDISE -p -ra;- R ri'ma », l-inch and i-inch Shelving „ . , C ■ Jj ' T. and G. Flooring and Lining Havo Plwßnre.m^DDCuncing that Mouldings, Architraves, Skirtings. they have engaged TTAVT O. Trrror<TT A dl?T\ Oat Btocka of Kauri are kept nnder oover m •"■ A V A W *■ U • K '^— AoJ^i^ onr Sheds, West Street Yard, so that the Mt IPCtCr WllliaillS, Timber is clean, dry, well eeasoned. and fit for _ „ T immediate nee. Late of Oamara, who has had Bevcrol years' FnOM THE Executors of tbb Late oxperienco m the Auctioneering Business, for Largo Stocks of .. .. .c . ... . B. WILKIN AND Co. YD L TIMBER holding of Sales at their dtoks sashes NEW AUCTION BOOM AND their stock HUBDI^ AND .GATES, HOESBBAZAAE, n-ggfi^ -*<** o aka . lra »« ?omalytbe ZTvlZvu* i, aow CHAMPION DRILLS Sheet Lead, Sheet Zinc, Patent Roofinc ». • a^i j , ii A " Hails and Wire Nails, Staples bomplatt-.-d up for that purpose, AND Steol Fencing Wire and Barbed Wire ,__ tofitfl, Bails, Stakes, If trainers and Sheep YardUßilß. All Lani, Stock, Produce, etc., entrusted to EXTRA.B "* - " thß i for Pale by And ion tiill be submitted SOW BEING DISCHARGED, hr Mr WIIiIiIAM g, ,ho will have entire IS PBEPABEI> » «'O »an Bteamers and other teasels, TSTOWfllHtfif* CObttolof this branch of thtir bnsinosß, and £$ Westport coki •■»»*•«-•»»—^ Supply the Same Bpeaa. qaoutions for orders b y ih. t,«ck PB0M1?I AOOOUtII SiLB9 ' MODISBiIB " load at any Railway Station m tho district, ( EARGES, <b STRICT ATI\KSTION A T "*"* Tj tl o wißhcß of clients, they will secure a fai /Nrri/NT , TrT . < - <T^ -^t> T /- ti« MOTJKT BOMEBS COAL , lOT o[ rul)lic patro .. g e. CHRISTCHUECH PBICBH. fcflpt m atock fcr retail purposes acdeupplied »j-i-r- --by theftrnck at pit prices, ~~" — " m. . !tl:Ob3stcroin distributor known is found nfldnlflF Sillfi?! (ID SaffirdflVQ '** the Champion, nnd it poeneFßes fivo 'TylpTtPT* ffr *R Oof nil ll0 O U1(U » WW m OttlUlUajfb necessary points for a perfect distributor A UUJ^CI %JU XVCk>LCaJ« -which con bo found on do other machine, April at 188" 0F i-Tiz. :— r ~ ' '" r ••""" ' ■ — » ■ ' -*.«-, *.^^^ , 1. The stream of grain must be of - , FARM PRODUCE, FURNITURE, uniform size from the timo it is first +iTAi/M/\-rTTmTA-.-» taken possession of by the feeding nTSSOT JTTT(W HORSES, CATTLE, PIGS, & mechanism until it is delivered, or it A/XUIOvJJU JLJLUJ/l will be cramped nnd uneven. FARM IMPLEMENTS. 2. It must lie on a moving surface OB 1 during its entire passage ; m other . _ — — • I words, it must bo a positive forco feed. , PA 'RT'Nr'FITiJPITTT'P 3 - The stream must not be divided or m MAViiJtIJJXVWUiiI , BA.LEB [OF ETOCK" AT COUK3T PALE; by paddles or projections on the . YABirS^ERY TUEBDAT. l^td." E ° WiDS *" ' 4. It must be of size sufficient to j N Cohseqaence of tho DISSOLUTION ' allow the largest grain sown to lie closely X of PARTNERSHIP wo will offjr the ni^flrfpam-p^n «„* r.«w t«/.,i k^^ /™, m the chinnel without vacant ■spaces. tthole Of our Olear.nglFarm.faks and other Lcc*l bah* .om R The Btroflm muet movQ . Q parfcß Mondayß, Wcdneedoys, Thnradaye.t vath a uaiform velocity whicn niUßt bo and Frtfajs. mder the control of the operator. EXTENSIVE STOCK, «. a n T to. dißttibu ' ors rausti of courap} be ,a.. ._. ... ... , .. .. The feeders of the Champion fulf 1 all CONSISTING OF Hat |of . Opening b ß ieinlntnrendvertißom<jnt- cf the aboyo conditiaDß) aro pet fect """ jraln measures : tho quantity being con- DRAPERY, FRIEDLANDER BROS. pinions nnd gives a perfectly oven flow PETER WILLIAMS',' of grain, thus enabling the farmer to i^T / r^ r PTXT~\T/ r "1 ,„„:„,,„,. sow tho smallest possible quantity of V^JLjVJ J. JtLJLJN VjK 012 Auctioneer seedj flnd ftt the tim? to occupy •every available inch of soil w-'th the ■' — . roots of a wheat plant, which will gather up the food that wou'd otherwise be ap- _ , ■ % ■ propriated by a worthless weed. The _l_ . -v /^v m -s ; ~ beauty of machine work is its perfection jr\\ )C y Pj'S and accuracy, a difference 'of twenty. five aJVVXk; \T7TTt A i>xn T3TT"VU«T>Cf Pounds m (service and durability. £9000 £9000 WE AXE BU^ ES HARDWARE Whe^ ""'% ' and f;Oats y ; Y&x||j • GENERAL IRONMONGERY EarlevViPlV 1 TRY £7500 £7500 Grass SeedH^i XIBKPATRICK'S — * -*" r.. :.:•--• — ] - . — "*-~ NEW SEASON'S r* T A OQ [DIGHf ST PBIOE GIVEN; &£ T k H T GLASS, >^.a&^i A A M EARTHENWAEE, fbiedlandee ' beos. — and SPECIAL, NOTICE. r<DAr<T?DTT?C< 1 *~~ ' TT-IRKPATBiaSTNEW SEASON'S VJilUvljlVlJjk), IV JAM is made from NELSON nrivmtin rim ii^imnTfiriTi GROWN FRUIT, and boilod within a £1900 £1900 WANTED, TO [PURCHASE natural flavor of tho freeh fruit. Jboiv At euch prices as will command a KIBKPATRICK'S NEW SEASON'S CLEARANCE within Two Months. IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT 'AM is the most delicious preserve m the market. " 2000 SaCkS FOWWeat Donotbe^uaded to buy cheap and t*\/\s\j inf eri brands Jam, the remains of old As the DRAPERY, IRON MONGER V, etock, which must be sold at any price, and CROCKERY STOCKS are our own bnt ASK for KIRKPATRIQK'S NEW Importations lately landed (some still to -jn> TTpTyr A TSTDTTT? TVftAS SEASON JAM, and see that you get it. arrive) bought direct from the Manufac- J? X Uilfli All lAliJi lUlUfte -* * turers, purchasers will have an oppor- THE BEST IS ALWAYS THE ' tunity of getting NEW GOODS, and at CHEAPEST. Kirkpatrick's New Season SUCH PRICES aB will bo better than •, ami the beet, buying from BANKRUPT STOCKS at ' .-.-* ony price. r - WE ARE PREPARED TO RECEIVE "— ~ • CAUTION J ' the sale will commence Grain for Storage None i( ; genuine unless our name . lifl V • *m rvTTo stamped on eacli tin, and baa our 1 0N AT OUR registered Trade Mark "Lord Nelson' r TTTTT'PQ'n A V ASHBURTON AND TINWALD on tho label. ' GRAIN STORES D„. . T. ,x n i2ikmay. AT S.Kirkpatrick&Co. — LOWEST CURRENT BATES. MANTJF4CTUEEES, On & AKJOBN. rimnwl - p =,Mtf| FBIEDLAW3)ER BEOS- 1