The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1888. INTERCOLONIAL FREETRADE.

A conference of representatives of the various Chambers of Commerce and of Manufactures throughout was held m Melbourne last month, and daring its sittings a very interesting discussion took place upon a resolution submitted by Mr L. L, Smith m favor of the establishment of Freetrade between the Australasian colonies, with a uniform tariff against tho rest of tho world. In the course of the debate Mr J. Q, Rpok. of the Canterbury Industrial Association, gaid that tho difficulties which stood m tho way of Intercolonial Freetrado were not nearly so great as tho Emperor Willian} I. had .encountered and sur mounted m blending the German States into ono great and powerful nation, and urged that tho fact that the wagoa paid to artisans and laborers wore uniform throughout the colonies, and of the adoption of tho eight hours' system throughout Australasia, rendered the establishment of a uniform tariff so much the more easy of (jccomplishmout, inasmuch as " tho manufacturers of the colonies stood practically on tho camo basis, and what would suit one man ought to suit the whole of them." Mr Bovan, another representative of the same Association, remarked that New Zealand, South Australia and Queens land, had lately been bringing their tariffs up to the lotol of that of Victoria, and m that manner paving tho way for the assimilation of the tariffs of tho colonies. Enough good could bo picked out of tho various tariffs of the Austra lian colonies to make ono upon which all could agree, and tho people of Aus tralia ought to bo given to plainly under stand that federation was coming aud they must prcparo for it, and all gi?o way a little for tho common good. It was also predicted by several of tho speakers that Now South Wales would shortly adopt a protective policy and thus paro tho way for assimilating the tariffs of all tfio colonies, while Mr Ifook pointed out that " what the people would have to guard against was tho admission free of duty of articles made by tho pauper and prison labor of Europe and America and tho coolie labor of Asia." The project thuß sketched out of an Australasian Zollro rcin is far moro feasible and practical that any of tho schemes of political fedo ration which aro from time to time put ," by theoretical politicians, and or »'- # — „ | Br g 0 number of thinking n aTC4 ', that if ft could aen who are of opiu... k 0 brought about it would w o . dVantagoously. The first step towards iv 1 would be tho adoption of a protective h( »nff all round, for paradoxical as it m my Bcem, tho first requisite «,o the itablißhment of Intercolonial Freetrado re ould appear to be the adoption of a 7* rotertiTt pgiioy fey each »od ill. J Zl

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Nominations for the raoe meeting of the Tinwald Kuoing Olub oloso at Scott'a hotol, Tinwald, on Saturday evening at 9 o'olock. Roßorvations of 1,896,000 acres of land, valuod at £4,256,000, have been mado by tho Viotorian Govornment aa aa endowment for educational purpaßea. Tho annual Garden Parly m connection with St. Stophon's Church waa held tbis afternoon, and will bo continued this evening. A report will appear m to-morrow's issue. The Bishop of Tasmania hap announced hia intention to retiro from tho See m order that |he may have proforment m . Great Britain. Royal marriagea are evidently infeotioua. When tho royal marriage tdok plaoo rooontly at Turin over a hundred oouplea wished to bo united at tho same hour, and tha foroe of offioiala at the municipality had to be in orease'd. The Watkina poaition-finder, for which tho British Government paid £46,000, has boon proved to be very efficacious m finding vessels and othor objeata that could not be soon from the battery wbioh was aiming>t them, and ■uoh 'objects were struok very frequently by the guns from suoh battery, although invisible therefrom. There seems to be an endless end paying variety of trados m Paris. An old miser known for yeara by tho cognomen of "Pore Boulanger" m the preoinota of the Hallos Oentraleß, gained a livehood by galvanising the ourioua at one penny. ahead. He waß found dead m a illthy attio the o^her day, whereon a search bonda and cash to the amount of upwards of .40,000 franou were diseovored. ' ■ ■ y The death is announoed of M. Juloa Loon Fontaine, formerly Profesßor of Mathematics at tho Lyceo, St. Louis and Oondorcet. >Io 1871 he was appointed Dirootor of Domains by the Commune, and for seizing the property of M. Tbiers, m pursuance of a deoree of that Bolf-oonstituted authority, ho was aentenoed, after the emiuito had been vanquished, to 20 yean' penal servitude. England imported during tho first nine monthß of this year live animals for food at the valuo of £5,982,482, aB against £4;820. 262 for the previouß year. Tho valuo of tho oattlo waa £4,031,961. Of dead meat the value was £11,061,143, wbioh ii nearly the Bamo amount aa last year* and of this no less than £4,749,122 waß for baoon. Butter and oheese was imported to the value of £6,608,421 and £3,394,225 respectively. A viotim of morphine, thirty years of age', has just been Bent to the infirmary at the Paris Prefecture of Polioo, for attempting to com mit Buioido by burning charcoal m her room. Fortunately Bho set fire to her bod curtains, and thus aroused tho attention of her neigh bors, who rcßOucd her from death. She has been a consumer of morphine for several years, and it is stated that m a fow weeks a chemist furnished her with two hundred franca' worth of the prenioioua drug. There aro at present printed m P&ria no less than 1648 periodical publications, viz. ; Ninety-four political, 56 literary, 66 illus trated, 16 diplomatio and economical, 17 insur ance, 63 Oatholio, 21 Protestant, 2 Israelitio, 21 masonic 27 military, 25 sporting, 146 financial, 85 industrial. 20 theatrical, iB4 jurißtio, 34 advert ißing, 60 fashions, 66 oom-. meroial, and 143 mioollaneoua journals; bosides 83 literary and political, 184 modical and pharmaoeutio, 128 artiatio and tocb.no> logical, 71 scientific 72 eduoational, 34 administrative, 43 Rgrii 'tural and hortiou}* tural, and 32 bibliograpbto reviews, The French Transatlantic Company hap for a long time past carried out suooeaafully experiments with oil bb a menns of calming the sea m ooean voyageß. Usually the oil is placed m perforated oanvae bags which arc suspended from poles foroward and amid ships, the waves m the immodiate neighbor hood of tho vessel being thus offootualh subdued, however rough the weather may be further off. By a recent disoovery fcubee filled with oil aro now fired off m all direo tions, and the steamer is thus surrounded with a smooth sheet of water for a distanac ot 000 yards. } The special correspondent of the '• Press* telegraphs tdat Minißtora will complete tlw tour of inspection of the Otago Cantral or Friday, but will pot roach Wellington til Sunday week. Tho Premier proceeds tc Auckland some timo m January, and wiJJ address a public meeting on tho Frbpertj Tax and other questions. Ho will be aedbm panied by the Minister of Works. In receiving tho Naseby deputation to«day Mr Mitchelson said Parliament would meet m the middio ol June and the Estimates will bo brought down m August. Ho also promisod £6000 towards tho construction of a road from Oamaru to Naseby by Maerawhenua route. Writing of tho Melbourne Exhibition our own correspondent says:—- "I think one of mo&t interesting, oxhibits of tho whold show ia m tbo Armanen|i Court«r-tbo (Kolly armour). It is tho gonuine artiole and not the stage property oarted round the coutry by the famous Kelly Dramatic Company. It is undoubtedly a ourioiity, for though the work of a mero country blaoksmith, " and simply made of beaten out plough shaves, for a timo it defiod the bullets of our mounted police. The fine&t wrought armour of anqjent timep waß never ablo to do that, and so this bullet. dinted, roughly-hammered cuirass is undoubtedly a wondorful example of skill and untaught art," A dcoißion just given by the Court at Bordeaux is of oonsidorable importanoo to those who frequent gambling olubs. A waiter m a olub at Bordeaux Buod ono of the mom. bers for a sum of 150 franca, whioh he allegod he had lent him. From the evidenoe adduocd it appears that the loan was made jn tho form of 1.0.U.'b given by other members, aqd that they wore played away by the borrower. The Court, on tho ground that the waiter bad lent money for an illegal purpoßo, qow eentonoed him, and oondomnod him m the costs of tbo action. This decision will go far to do away with the sentimental feelings about " debts of honor," whioh so often lead to the ruin of young men, Aooording to our Melbourne comsponden tho oontinuod drought ia being very aoriously felt m that city. Ho writes ;-—" Already broad, moat, potatoos, oggs, and buttor havo risen m price and it is to be feared Higbo commodities will go still muoh higher. The' news from all round continues very black and dismal, and unless there is a broak-up of tho dry weathpr, fho worpt renults are to be feared. In town the hot weather i>ag b^on detestable. What wjth ita gutter per/umes, andalimited aqpply of wator, and the hea.t, we Melbourno folk will be doiqg what Bistnarok threatened tbo Parisians with— -frijsijljng m our own groaso. Altogether tho summor opons unpleasantly, and the outlook for the noKtfpw montna is moro unpleasant still." The following m fironj a Kentish paper :— Thoro is a plant of tho' lilium auratum speoies grown by James Lilly, gardener to the laic Mr J. G. Lonsdale, of Sandgato, whioh is said to pomplotoly wolipsfl that grown by thegardenor to Lord ipiingdpu, containing 139 blooms, and whic was Haid to be the finest plant of ita kind a tho United King dom. Tho plant grown by Mr Lilly which he has oxhibitod for aovoral years, m 1881 had 265 blooms ; m 1882, 268 ; m 1883, 269 : m 1884, 302 ; m 1815, 307. In 1886 it was exhibited at tho Art Troasuroß Exhibition at Falkestone, whon it was Oft Gin m height, 37ft m oiroumferenpe, and had 815 perfectly aevoloped flowers, eaoh measuring 8i inches loross. In 1887 it lairly oxceltod itself by putting forth no lobb than 600 enormous and perfoot blossoms. Tho oloning meoting for the year of the rinwald Goßpel Temporanoo Sooiety and ?and ofHopo was held" pn Tuesday evening n tho Fresbytorian Ohuroh. Tho Bey A. 3iako oooupiod tho ohair. A number of reoi ations, readings and songs were givon, and ho ohairraan drew attention to the acoount >f Mr D. H. Brown's viHit to Australia as eported m the " Guardian " showing what ifforts wero incumbent on us if wo wero to naintain tho premier position m tho matter if tomporanoo m thooo oolonioq. Mr Wai to [avo a vory appropriato addroae to the young leoplo which waa vory attentively listened to, md proposed a hearty vote of thanks to the ihairman, his wife and daughter for their Worts iq the oaujpe of temperanoe m the plaxsa : "- the past four years, This being yery -HedandfluHsblyrepliod to tha ! oartily aouu» .. ' * • *'o«8, leeting was brought to „ . ..„ | Skinny Men.-" Wells' Health R newer istores health and vigor, cures dyspepsia, ii ipotence, sexual dcWlltj. At chemists and t, S pt^ Ornc ' PlOßser r Wd Cp., 4

J. Oumojings, aged 66, a blacksmith at« Lsmbton, Now South Wales, has just beonl apprised of tho faot that he is the heir to a fortune amounting to one million sterling m < property and oaeh. Eleven years ag^o Oum- j mingd went to England m reply to an advert isoment, but owing to want of funds was unable to prove bis claim to the fortune loft by, Sir.,oharleß Graham m Scotland. The estates are said to extend from Dum burton to Stirling. Two Sydney men pushed Gammingg' olaim, with the result that he b&a at length been successful m asserting his right, • The Prince of Wales haß a moat noted • relationship. Leaving the Pope out of the question, the Prince of Wales is allied to nearly half .tho crowned heads of Europe. He is, uncle, of the Emperor of- Gormany ; brotbor-in-law of the Grand Duohees of Rusßia, the wifo of tho Duke of Edinburgh; of jLouis IV of Hesse, widowor of his sister AUrie ;' of Christian* of Sohleswig-Holstein, buaband of his Bister Helena ; of the Prineesß 01-Waldeok and Pyrmont, widow of his debased brothor, tho Duke of Albany t of Prjnea Henry of Battenburg, husband of the Prjlnoeßß Beatrice ; of tho Ozar of Russia ; of Frtderiok, heir to the throne of Denmark ; of King George of Greece and his wife, the Pnnoesß- Olga of Russia ; of the Empress of Russia by hia own wife, Princess of Denmark, oltbe Prinooss Thyra and her husband, the Dpke of Cumberland, tumbled . from the throne of Hanover by Bismarck ; and of the Prince Waldemar of Denmark and his wife, Prinoesa Mary of Orleans. - Breakfast and lunoheon and dinner are ail the same m Africa. There is no beef nor mutton, nor bread, nor flour, nor sugar, nor salt, nor anything' whatever, except an occasional fowl, which an Englishman oan eat. Hence the enormous outfit which ha must oarry with him. No one has any idea of what oan be bad m tins till he camps out abroad. Every conceivable digestible and indigestible is to be had tinned ; every form of fish, flesh, fowl and game. Every species vt vegetalbe and fruit, every, aoup, sweet, and entree ; but after two or three months of this Bort o! thing you loam that this tempting sem blance of variety is a gigantio imposition. The sole difference between these articles lioß, like the Rhine winos, m the label. Plum pudding or kippexed herring taste just the 3ame: Whether you begin dinner with tinned calves-foot jelly or end with tinned ealmon makes no difference ; and * after Bix months it is only by a Blight feeling of hard ness that you do not Bwallow the tins themselves. — "Drummond'sTropioalAfrioa." Wo dip the following important testimonial from tbo " Illawarra Meroury " (N.8.W.) of the 30th Maroh. It needs no oomment • -«• Mr John Loveday, of the Bulli Mountain, writes to us that after Buffering for four years with aonte gravel, he h»8 experienced alniOßt oomplete relief by using Sandor and Sons' Euoalypti Extraot. He gays seeing the said Extraot advertised m the 'Illawarra Meroury,' his intense suffering induoed him to obtain a bottle of the medicine from Mr Hosking ohemist, of this town, and (hat the use of it gave him great relief at onoo. He states that between the 10th Maroh instant, when he obtained tho first bottle of the extraot, and the 19 ih, the use of that medicine oontinued to afford him relief, to whioh he had been a stranger for four years. Mr Loredaj writes aIBO that he has found the Euoalypti Extraot a curt for rheumatism as nell as gravel. Ha requests us to publish this information through the • Mercury.' W« have much pleasure m complying with Mr Lpveday's request, whoße word oannot be doubted, and who can have no object m view other than a pure desire to benefit suffering humanity." (Advt.) 3

INTER PROVINCIAL NEWS.

(PBB PRESS ASSOCIATION,) " 'Auokiamd, Deoember 12. An antl-poveny S iclety has been cv Übl'ahed at Cambridge. Upwards of 200 tooa of potatoea have been nhlppod thla aeaaoa foe the South from Ittunukau alone, The Ron Mr KjohatdsoD, m reply to a , deputation this morning, Btatoa~Ttiat tne Waltemata Oonoty Oounoll will reoelve authority to expend another £150 upon . ihe relief works m the Waltnkurel, and that he wished It to ba dlatlootly under stood that that would be the last grant of thj»t oharaotar that woold ba made by Government, Bishop Stuart, of Walpu, returned to Auckland by the Tarawera, which arrived frqmJSydney hat night. He has been attending the Lambeth Conference, m London. The Inaaranee on the Phoealx hotel »t Morrfivllle, burned this morning, was £700 m the South British office, whilst the Imperial offioo held a policy of £600 on the atook and furniture. Wellington, December 13. ThU afternoon W. H. 8. Moorhoose, captain of tho WolHngton Artillery, was united In the bonds of matrimony to Mlbb Jensle Hunter, a daughter of the late Mr Q Hunter, who wbb oqo of the mont raspookod Bottlers here. The bridegroom Is the only bob of the late Mr W. Befton Moorhoase, who many years ago was Superintendent of Canterbury, The presents total 120, Including a cheque for £1000 from Mra W f B Rhodes, a relative : of the bridegroom. , Inspector Thomson reoeived a telegram r from the Upper Hutt thta morning, which afated that a man ntmod Joe ltouse bad 1 hanged himself, 1 Orlando Qarrlngo, an old and reapeoted 1 lettler, died naddenly at Ferorldge yea -1 terday evening. A fatal aooidont happaned to a daughter of A. Graßge, Tenui. She waa playing with her brothor when hla hat blew off into tho Tenui river, and m trying to cave It ahe fell m, and before assistance arrived ahe waa drowned. The father reoovored the body about an hoar after. B. Pepper, saddler, Otakl, haa issued a writ against Constable 0«r, plalmlug £200 damage for falae imprisonment. The oaeu ariaea out of the arreat of Pepper In August last on a charge of larceny by Carr, who was then stationed at Otaki. Ohbi&tohuroh, December 12. Tho o'iqahiittee of the Canterbury Jookey Olab considered • proposal to changa tho date of the Metropolitan meeting, and d«terralno4 to (afce no steps In tha matter at present. The raoahorflea Manton, Loohlel, British Lion and Eaid proceed to Auckland by the Te Anau to morrov?v , pUNEDiN, December 12. The University Council to-day deollned to grant tho library hail foe the meeting pf the Ggnejal Auglloop Synod, on the grounds th,at (f It wore given it would be dlfQooU to rofuao applfoatlona from pthor bodicß. At the B«nevolont Traßteea' meefinp, notice was glyen of a motion to invite legal praotttlonera to oondnot grntla any oaaea In oonnectlon with the Trustees. The Chairman reported that he had paid a aurprlae visit durlug the nlgbt time to the Institution, and waa oatisued that the arrangements were perfect, and left nothing to be desired. He Buggeated that other Trustees sbould also pay aurprlae vlolta . At a meeting of tho committee of the Sooloty for the Prevention nf Cruelty to Anlmala, Mr Sleslnger, V.S., reported that the oruel practice of burning lampaa In horsoa, which has been aim oat aboliahed here, was atlll continued m the North Island, and alio Denr Nolaon and on the We»t Ooaat of the South Island. The Committee resolved to draw attention of the Preaa m theuo dlstrlota to tho matter In hopo that the aubjeot would be taken np and the praotloe aboliahed.

DISCOVERY OF TIN AT STEWART ISLAND

(Pbr Pbehs Association.) Invbroargill, December 12, The dlaouvory of oiroaoa tin at Stewart Ifilaud appears to be of some importance. The looallty (a Port Pegasus, on the south atst corner of the Island, where Swain and party have boen prospecting for gold for a long time past. While at work they came abrois what appeared to be garnets, or rubles, and sent the specimens to Pro feacor Black, who thought the matter of sqoh Importaroe that he visited PegaßUs. He oume over yesterday and returned to day. What his estimate of the value of the find la,- is not known, but an asaay m»de hero of 118 grains gave 65 1.25 th, of metal ; o'earod of impurities, 49 1 25 th, or nearly 50 per oent. Tha Professor thinks this rather under the true quantity. It appears that some one hat been In oommunioktlon with Australian oapitalists to forestall the prospectors, and a party is now on the way «to PogaßUs to aeoure the ground. The prospectors, however, came noroas yesterday and scared a lease of 640 acres, paißßlng thu rivals windbound m a cutter ut Port Adventure. It, Is said there is plenty of ore to be got, and a Company to work tho ground is already spoken of.

MELBOURNE GOSSIP.

t>— . (From our own Correspondent.) Every broad-minded person who has the caaae of true religion at heart will rejoice over one of the statements made by Bishop Barry, at Ballarat laßt week I am a broad minded person and rejoice aooordlugly. His Lordship speaking of the late Lambeth Oonferenoe said, thai II with regard to the re-union of the Oharoheß of Christendom, It had boon re solved to hold oat the right hand to fellow ship to ali ohnrohee, luoln ling the Church of Home." There Is a fine Christian ring about this resolation which I like exceed ingly. The heathen has bad reason to m«kn 80;.'in of ub for our squabbles long enough* The heatheu enjoy a this satanlo sort of pleasure, and njw when we deprive him of 1c he will baoome a Christian if on no higher grounds from sheer ennui It is the bent move made by the charohea yet. Another incident of the Conference re lated by the Bishop, if not so edifying, was at least ourlouu. It appears that tho Biahop of Darham read a p^per (n which he stated th*t " with regard to the sanctity of marriage, the most difficult aspaok was the question of polygamy of heathen converts." The subject had been keenly debated, and It had been decided that the polygamy of ohlefs precluded them from being baptised, aud neoeaslta.ed their remaining m the position of oateohumens, although their wives might bo admitted to baptism at not being consciously polygamous" There is an Innocent subtlety abom this which reminds me of some of the spider-thread splitting arguments that usud to occupy the minds of tho schoolmen In the middle ages If some of the right reverend divines who met at Lambeth had ever seen the wlvoa of an eminent nigger tearing each others' hair, out of jealousy, renumber, they (the dlvlnei) would soon oome to a conclusion as to whether the simplest of these married female heathens were conscious of polygamy or not, Is all reverence dead T Mr Speight— our Mr Oonapl»te Vlotorlan Railway System Spoight, bear m mind— has beon ■nubbed— aotually snubbud— by a com monplace foor-fcr a-Phllllng South Aus tralian Mlnlßtor of Kduoatlou, Mr Speight -Sppiß«oondeji tptell an interviewer that •'in his oplnloffr~toiographio- f«K,uui«»,. ■hould be given to tha Irrigation colony of Renmark." Very kind of him to take the trouble to nay so, you would think. And what thanks does he get ? Well, he Wad simply told by the aforesaid ordinary person that •• it would be better if he confined hlmielf to bualaeas connected with his own colony." We are now wait- Ing for Mr Qlllleo to send an ultimatum to South Australia demanding the head of that Minister fellow on a oharger, m default, war to the kenlfe.and the cadets ordered aorn»s the border, It would be too barbarous In the present depressed condition of the slater colony to send fie mounted rifles across, as they would roln her m a three weeks campaign, merely by the amount of food they consumed,. ' The Exhibition goes on its heavy monotonous way, and has so become part and parcel of the place that nobody i aeems to pay it muoh attention, or regard it now as a ourloelty at all. It has oomo to this— that the only attraction thare now is the muslo, People go to the concerts beoause they are good and oheap, and after they are over, stroll about for balf-an-honr or so, and then disappeir. Nobody thinks of looking at the exhibits — exoept those who put them there. Nothing could be more melanoholy and deserted than the various courts, and no greater Ignorance or indifference about suoh things oould be shewn than Is the case with the genetality of the people he «. As to the Exhibition being a great national teacher. I have oome to the con clusion that that is all bunkum. As long M It amuses the people they go ; when they are tired of it they leave it severely alone.* I don't even notloe that visitors eeem impressed with what they see. They look Indifferently at the various objtiotß— ma,uy of wb.lqh qre • • oavlare to the multitude," utter a few oommonplaoes, and stride off to the refreshment bars. Very awful this, you will say, and shows terrible want of appreciation. But after •11 human nature la human nature, and the age is unimpressionable, I must oonfess that tho Commissioners are beginning to wake up at last. They are comnaetiglog to maka a g ßß at effort to make the show p pulnr. At first they relied (foolishly enough) for soooess on tho educational aed utilitarian phase of the thing ; now they are beginning to be alive to the faot that the people want amusing and not eduoatlng. &o they are going m fjr side ahowa galore. Besldeo the roaring switchback railway, they have now an electric tramway m the grounds. Thoy ore going m for athletic shows, military displays, various other kinds of tournaments, M*orl dancprs, flower shows, el hoc genus omne. In a word they are trying to transform the dead-and-alive «how. fanotlon into a variety side-show entertainment I hope the Commissioners may bo successful ; for tho gross expendi ture of tho whole affair during the six months is likely to go up to the neighbor hood of £200,000, and taking tho average of what has been done, tho gross receipts may pouelbly tot up to £00,000. Certainly not more, Hence we a,re faoed with a defiolt of over £100,000, and my readers will admit this Is rather a severe burthen for the taxpayer to bear. Mr Gillies' brilliant Exhibition conception was oor talnly lmpressivo, but it is proving a very expensive one for the country —a very expensive one Indeed.

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

(Pkk Prbsb Association.; '

SIR M. MACKENZIE'S BOOK.

London, December 10 I Sampson and Low, the publishers of; Sir M. Mackenzie's book intend instituting proceedings against the " Standard" newspaper for prematurely publishing the work.

AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS.

\ At a meeting of the County Cricket Council W. G. Grace stated that Turner and Ferris were both willing to remain m England, provided they could obtain appointments m some English Bank.

OBITUARY.

London, Deoember 11. Mr J. Ryland merchant.

THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY.

The cruisers for the Australian Station will be named Pandora, Pelorus, Persian, Phoenix, Psyche. The torpedo catchers will be called the Wizard and Whiting.

THE QUEENSLAND GOVERNOR

Sir H. Norman, Governor of Queens land, is ;j expected m London from Jamaica on December 20. In the House of Commons' Baron de Worms, denied that the, Queensland Premier had protested against . Sir Henry's appointment. He further stated that Government did not consider it neces sary that a conference on the subject should be held.

THE PARNELL COMMISSION.

During the proceedings before the Parnell Commission to-day Sir C. Russell, counsel for Mr Parnell, sug gested that Mr Gladstone bad counte nanced secret societies by way of coun terpoise to the Land League.

WOOL SALES.

Later sales have not disclosed any change m the prices ruling for wool.

COLONIAL ITEMS.

Mr Westgarth has expressed the opinion that a colonial 3 per cent loan could readily be negotiated next May. Replying to a question m the House of Commons, Sir Jas. Fergusson said friendly parleying was still going on withythTft 1 Chinese Government m refer ence to the recent difficulty between that country and the Australian colonies.

ANARCHIST OUTRAGE.

Wabhington, December 11 The Anarchists of Chicago have blown up Schnafeldt's distillery with dynamite, causing great damage.

FRENCH POLITICS.

Paris, Daoembdr 11, M. Cheseret, a Communist, hat been elected to the Chamber of Deputies.

BISHOP BARRY.

The "World" states that Bishop Barry, of Sydney, will probably be offered the position of Bishop co adjutor to the See of Rochester.

COLONIAL SECURITIES.

The Council of the Colonial.lnsthute propose .to interview Mr Goschen to protest against the grievous injury that will be inflicted on the credit of the colonies if trustees are prohibited from investing m sound colonial securities

SIR J. YOGEL ON FEDERATION

Sir J. Yogel, speaking at a meeting of the Colonial Institute, urged that Imperial federation ought to be in disgoluble on the ground that it would be cruel to allow the colonies to believe they could break away whenever they liked,

CENSUS OF THE EMPIRE.

London, December 12. Mr Goschen has returned a favor able answer to the deputation which waited on him to-day to urge the desirability of taking a quinquennial census of the Empire.

NEW WAR SHIP.

The new warship. Medea underwent a< twelve hours trial m accordance with the new naval regulations^ aqd suc ceeded m obtaining a minimum speed of *8 knots.

A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.

A destructive fire has occurred at Doulton's pottery works, Lambeth. The factory was a large and handsome block of unusually elegant design.

RESIGNED.

Lord Hartington has resigned his membership of ihe National Liberal Club.

RUSSIAN LOAN.

The Russian loan has failed m Berlin and London where, m accordance with the arrangements of the syndicate who undertook to float it, portions were put on the market.

THE FRENCH BUDGET.

Paris, December 12. The French extra war budget has Ipeen voted by the Chamber of Deputies

GERMAN-NEW GUINEA

Berlin. Deoember 12. It is understood that the German- New Guinea Company will not continue operations unless Germany subsidises a line of steamers m connection with the Imperial mail service.

THE SLAVE TRADE.

Rome, December 13. Italy will actively join m the blockade of the East Africaa coast.

KING MILAN.

Belobadk, Deoombor 12, The abdication of King Milan, of Servia, is considered inevitable unless Austria intervenes.

AUSTRALIAN.

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NEW SOUTH WALES

\- Btpnby, December 12. The weather is dull m most part ol Australia, and it is raining at MacLeay Heads, Ternora, and West Kempsey, m New South Wales.

ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET

Ohristohuroh, Deoember 12J [ The market waa very large both m cattle and sheep. Tho attendance waß better than it has been for somo weeks. The weathdr was fine and inolinod to ba boietorcufl m the morning. I(j changed shortly after noon and a Bhower fell.' After 2 o'olook, however, it oleared up and it was warm and pleasant. . ; Fat Oattle.— There was a large entry and tho quality was good. Prime ox, beef is maintaining its prioo, and there is a marked improvement m all kinds. . Nearly every head entered sold at 18s to 20a per lOOlbs for prime ox carcases, and some prime heifers from the Lincoln distriot fetohed well up to ,16a per lOOIbs. .-..." ■• Store Gattlh.— -Three or four useful lines of ohoioe heifers and stgers ohanged hands at an adyanoe on previous sales, and there was a spirited competition for this 'class of atook. Some, well trained dairy cows fetohed good prices, from £4 5i to £51756 d being pro* onred for good sorts. Messrs Bennetts Bros: ' cold for various olienta a line of fiftQen*month old steers at 82s 6d; 2-year-old ateera at £8 ; eighteen-montha-old heifers at 34a lOd; three, year-old heifers at £3 17s 6d ; two-year-old heifers at £1 17s 6d ; 17 heifers, the same age, at £2 ; a few. store cows, dry, at £4. Fat Sheep.— Over 5000 were yarded, and though there wbb no 'direct purohaße made for freezing, buyers are watobing the market, and anything of ; good quality realises prices equal to former quotations. The presence of one or two Bouthern buyers has given some* what of a stimulus to local pprohaiera. There was no notioeable alteration m the price of really prime mutton, but anything of a deoidediy second rate oharaoter suffered « ( drop of from 6d to Is per head: Store Sheep —There was a small entry ol good quality. Prioes were uhohanged. '.. Lambs.— There was a nioe supply of lambs, and those of good quality sold well from 69 6d to9s9d. ■ • . Pigs,— The demand for store pigs was m exoess of supply, and everything with any pretension to breeding realised a good prioe; Porkers were scarcer, and the price may be quoted at 3Jd for prime.

THE LEGEND OF LADY ANN G.

On a gorgeous bed m a gorgaoui room, > Old and wioltod, as I've heard toll. A lady lay at the point of doom— A lady believing m Heaven nor Hell, One by one relation and frUndt Sadly bade her a last good-bye ; Nor did their presence her soul offend, Though they oamo hoping to ice her die. While Bhelay.afcretohed on that dying bed, Gasping, faint, and weak as flhe lay, • The parson sought her and solemnly gaid • I wot, my lady' 'twere well to pray I 1 Then the la3y gathered her failing breath, And ourued the priest with both lips and eye, : drying, • There's nothing m death bat death I 1 And bade ham forth from her ohambsr fly. • If it be true I've a aoul to save,'. She pried m ooorn^' as you say to me, Then seven tall plants shall grow from m» grave— . . ■ "* Aye, seven tall plants of the eyaamore tree !» That priest was a faithful priest of God, And it irked him to leave siioh a sinner so; But when she bad* to a*lv» forth with a rod .What could that good man do but go? Or ever an hour by the oafltle clook, Farther the weltering sun had sped. With horror they Bee, round her bed whb'flook. That the wioked old lady was dead— was dead 1 '■'•.'■• • • » Should the reader ot this, upon any day Chance to wander thro' Hertfortahire ; And into the ohurohyard of Tewin Btray He may see for himself what I tell him hert. For there thro' the tomb of the Xidy Ann (An Earl's daughter was lady Q ) ' Plainly tower' up before woman end man, Seven Btont boles of the sycamore trts? Bursting iron and splitting stone, ' .■■ ■> F^H m h th ° dePth " ° f th<J ™ U th6j tpAtXg to And all whelook on this marvel own •■■ That the sexton's Btory MUot b* right. Mas 0. Jomumu

THE LETTER LORD SACKVILLE WROTE.

The following la • copy of the letter written by Lord SaokvlUe preference to Amerlosn polltios. »cd whloh wm tho cause of a diplomatic rapture between Eogland and Amerloa, happily of jap very serious moment. Lord SaokvUle, It U »»ld, on September Htb, at Beverly. Maaaaohueseta,. received a letter from • resident of Pomona, OmllfornU, . stating that he was a Britlah naturalised oUlasnT and Inquiring for Information as to tho prevailing party view* In connection with the pending eieotioa. On September 13th tha Mlnliter, It is stated, sent from Beverly the following letter, marked •■ W !^ M *7"fflr,-r «»■ m ; e oei P t rS yonrletterof the 10th instant, and bag £■ " y hi th X * X ' a "f B i > f )reol * t 9 *ha diffionltj In wbloh you find yoanelf m o&stlnjt jroar vote. Yoa »re probably awtro that any polltloal party whiok openly farored the mother country «fc tb« preaent moment would, lqie, popa larlty, and that the party In. power I« fully aware of this faot. The party, however, ii, J believe, still desirous of maintaining friendly relations with Great Britain, a.od la still as desirous of settling •II questions with Canada, whfbh havo been unfortunately reopened slnoe the re traction of the treaty by the Repablloaa msjorUy -In the Senate, and by tho Freflldont'a tnosaage.to whloh you allude. All allowances moat, therefore, be made for the polltloal situation, as regards tha Presldental election, thus created. It I* however, lmpoßslble to predlot tha oourse, wbloh Preildent Oleveland ma* nnrsue In the matter of retaliation, should he be eleoted : but there Is every reason to be- Here that, while upholding the position he has taken, he will manifest a spirit of conciliation la dealing with the question Involved In his measage. I enolose on attlole from the " Hew York Times " of August 22, and remain, yours faithfully. L, 8. Saokvillo West." 7 *

A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE

A universal language must, writes Professor P. A. March, m the « Forum, 1 be a growth. Some national language must expand until it covers the wholo world. ■ Of late years the English languago alono hoi been much ipoken of as likely to grow bo great. Hardly any philoßophio linguist attempts to forecast the future without some discussion of the destiny of English; and De Candolle oaloulates that within a hundred yean Englishwill bo spoken by 860,000,000 of I? 6*^*!? 1811 and Frenoh by 96,000,000. At present the population either apeakjng the EngHah language or under tile denomination of English speaking peoples number more than 318,298,000,, or one-fourth of the popule*. tion of the globe. The English speaking raqeß oooupy one fourth of the dry laud of the earth, and own nearly two-thirds of tbe tonnage of the ■hips. They live In all regiona ; they handle all articles of trad* ; they preaoh to all nations; they command one-half of tha world's gold and silver, and dlitribute more than two thirds of the Bibles and Testaments, More than one half of the letters mailed and oarried by the postal eertloa of the world are written, mailed, and read by the Engliih speaking population. The expectation that English will come Into universal use Is not based upon anything In tha nature of the languago, but rather on tha oharaoter apd olroumatanoss of the people. The Engliih people hare been the great oolonUtots ot modern times. They have taken possession os America, of Australia, of South Afrloa, the regions whloh are to bathe seats of nt>w empires and they control and assimilate the populations whloh flow Into thsta and whloh grow op on them.

THE ABHBURION GUARDIAN; THURSDAY DECEMBER 13 1888



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bummer 1888, X/atbjst JNovelties 1 ' . IN ALL DEPARTMENTS, NOW ON VIEW AT THE . •• NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY, Ererythlng Now. Now Sbjrtf. New Underclothing, New Tiei, New Hats, New BnlU for Boy«, New Salts for Men, Everything New and of the LATEST FASHIONS. Set oar Wlndowi, andjjadge foi yoarseWoi SPECIAL. Suits made to moaeure in good style and from, tbo newest checka and etripes from : £2 16s. ENCOURAGE LOCAL INDUSTRY AN© SUT FROM THB New Zealand Clothing Factory. W. H. WEBBER, DIARY . I ■ Moon* December Ban Sun Moon Moon ago a Rises Sots. Rims Set*, noon; 10 Mondny .. 4.15 7.80 ILJ9 0.28 6 pjn. 11 Tuesday .. 4.15 7.31 0.21 0.65 7 12 Wednesday.. 4.18 7.32 1.23 1.21 8 l:-. Thursday .. 4.1 8 7.88 3.23 1.46 8 14 Friday.. .. 4.16 7.34 3.22 2.» 10 15 Saturday ... 4." 6 7.35 4.22 2.34 11 , 16 Sunday .. 4.17 7.36 6.21 8.0 12 I _>. ' Moonlight Evenings. The Mbon at 8 days old shines till about ' 8 o'olook. < The Moon at 6 days old shinos till about , half.pasfc 10 o'olook. , The Moon at 6 days old Bhinoa till nearly o'olook in the morning. | The Moon at 12 day? old ebinoa from anndown till about 4 in the morning. | The Moon at 15 days old is full, and ehinos all night. | The Moon at 18 days old rises about 9 p.m. . and shines till morning, , The Moon at 21 days old rises about 11 , a.m. and shines till morning. The Moon at 24 days old rises about 2 a.m. 1 and shines ill morning The Moon at 27 days old rises about 4 a.m. and shines till sunrise. TO CORRESPONDENTS ' Attention to the following rules will save the wrlten of correspondence a good deal of trouble : — We oannot under- take *n jrotqrnjgJQoted oommuploattons. No notice oan oe taken ot abobyJUous : oommnnloatlom. Whatever Is Intended \ for Insertion In thia journal tnnet be | aoihentioated by tho name and addreas of the writer, not neoessarily for pnbli cation, bnt as a guarantee of good faith Let'em and other oommnnioatlono in- i tended for Insertion In the newv column should be addressed to Tub Editor ; I apd hll bnalneai oommunioatlone, In- oladlng advertlsementn, addressed to Thb Ashbprton Publishing 00.



Wanted j WANIED Known — Mrs Mbroh, Dressmaker, has returned from Sydney, nnd re -commenced business m (founders' Buildings, next Mr R. Alcorn's. 10 78 A'body Kens ye BOXLN'i NiUHT WANTED Known. — Thnt Miss Edwabbs, Tailoresß, is prepared to make Boyi' Clothing, nlso Cuffing, Strap ping, repairs and alterations, «fee — Miss E»wards, corner Moore street and Belt. 11 105 Oum'r Atsliin tv BOXING RIGHT ANTED KN'JWN— That the Anni- yeraftry Tea Mooting of tho Waknnui Weeleyan Church will bo held on Friday evening next, the 14th, at tho Sohool.'oom, Wakanui. Tea from 5.30 12f57 _ GREAT Clearing Sale of Boots —We li&vo. n»vor marked any so ohoap before. -H O. Skoehs, Melford Houhb. riTANTED Known.— Boautjful Milli VV nsry. A ohoioe assortment' is now being shown ; ulso Sunshades, Silk Gloves, Laces, fccarfe, &o, at Andrew Obb'h, __ L: SHEEP SHEARS, 11 A'e, BB A'a, and BB^lNZ'b; and gennlne Turkey Stones. — RoBSfcT Aloojkn, Saundera Buildings. :;■ WANTED Known—We We the Largest arTd bast assorted Stock In the Dlatriot of Men's Bat* and Caps In all the leading shapes and ntylos. — J. Obb AND Co. Daft Wullie BOXING NIGHT BEFORH buying Boots and Shoes, eto, o*ll and inspect our Clearing prices. Will be to your advantage. — 11. O. Big brs, Melford House, WANTED Known— We do the largest Tailoring Trade m the District. Ferfeot fit guaranteed and every garment warranted thoroughly shrunk. — J. Okr AMD Co. | _j "tIyTANTED Known.— Support Looal VV Induatry. Buy your Suits A »<h- burton Tweed from 30a ; raudo to mfiasuro (and choose your own Tailor) from £Z 10s.— Andbkw Obb. " Be Wise Mon" BOXIN > MGfIT WANTED Kuown— We hold an Immense .Stook of Tweods and Ooa'lngs to soleot from. A firstolass suit made to measure from 60a. — J. Oak and 00. "Tl rANTED everyone to know that VV J. C. Dunoam is a Land Broker, lioenaed to prepare and, rogi&ter Transfers, Mortgagee, Encumbrances, Leases, Regis- tration Abßtruots, Powßrß of Attorney, Applications to briog Land under the Act, and every description of instruments uctdor tho Land Transfer Act. — J. O. DpnoaN, Arcade, Ashburton. IQtlOl WANTED Known.— Andrew Orb is giving a Groat Bargain m Boots* Girls' School Boots, .Women's Boots, 6s 6d, Men's. Auld Freens BOXING NIGHT SALE of Boots and Shoes. We have marked our large stook of Boots and Shoes with the Intention of clearing them this month. Come and o_ve money. — H. O. Skokkw, MUllucd fljjo'ae . FOR gennlne Aehburtoa Tweed Suits re-dy made, or to mcoonro, fit and quality guaranteed, and at prices un- rquaUed, go to R. AtooßN, Ashburton Clothing Mart, Sounder*' BalldiDes. WANTED Known— That Mus Bill, Monthly Norse, has removed from Peter Street to Dr Trevor's house, m Moore Btreet. 10t39 XMAS, Xma«.— Andrew Obb is show- ing JSovelties m all Departments for Xmas Presents. WANTED Known— We hold a large end well-assorted Stock of Meo'a and Boys' Clothing, made from Colonial Tweedt, In every size and style.— J. Obr and Co. ANTED Known— That S. W. Aloorn and Co. are selling at Warehouse price, a splendid lot of Lidlos Bilk and Onhmere Mantles, and Satin and Fancy Sunshades, boaght a bargain. No valaa like them In Ashbarton. Jock McKaw BOXING NIGHT "YTTORHTKD Tweeda.-A 'Beaotifnl VV Assortment of Woreted Tweetia HB exhibited at the late Show, Specially made to order for Andrew Obr. ~TYT ANTKD Known— We hold a large VV and varied Stook of Men'a White and RegftU* Shirts, Scarves, Tiea, dollars, Gloves, B r aoes, Umbrellas, Rugs, eto. — J. Obr and Co. _^ TTTANTBD Moro Known— That 8, W; VV Alcobn and Co. is the cheapest Hound m Aehburton. Great variety of Drees materials; Priutß and Fancy Galatoas to chooHe from. 11 159 "ANTED Known— Our Stook of Boots and Shoes cannot be sur- prised for variety, quality, and cheapness. — 3 . Ohr and Co. Deooh Slainte BOXING NIGHT MRS ADAMS has removed to Saun- dora* Buildings, opposite Railway Btatioo. Oreirel Silks, Wools, ,aod Fanoy '■>ooda of evorf description kept m stook. Agent for Eoliuse Dye Works. Registry Dffioe for Servants. 10 92 ANTED KNOWN— That I have appointed Mng Adams solo agent n Ashburton for tho Kclipao Dyo Works, Dbristohuroh. Ladios dresses and gentle- men's clothes cleaned or dyod. tioal 3kins, Gloves and Fealhera, Silks, Damned Curtains, Table Covers, Sashoß Cleaned oj Djed, eta, ond all kinds of animal skins irefcßod anc 7 made up to order. — A. J. Jhapman, 161 Armagh street, Chriet- )buroh 130 PARK STREET HOSIERY WOBKS. (Near Presbyterian Chutoh.) J.Dalgleish Practloal Hosiery Munufaotnrer. Woollen Shirts, Drawers, Socks, snd Jtocklngs of all colors, for Gentlemen, jtdles, and Children, made to order. 12 52 Reid and Oray HAVE to inform their Farmer 'b^ Ao ' and Customers generally that MR f HN TAYLOR hbß eon appointe - lanager of their Aehburton Bronohfrom l us date n BIN IER KFjPAIRS ex^oated bhenply b 3d ezpeditioußly. a , BINDER TWINE of the Bost and it hcapeat Quality, tj OROKR~EARLY. a Of Bee our Latest BINDER and you will w



D. Thomas* I HAVE for gale— Traotion Threshing Plant with New Combine, Clayton and Shnttleworth ; beat m the District ; »11 the latest improTemente 1 , I HAVE FOR SALE- Several very deeirabie Farms, including some of the t Mt Wakanui land. X HAVE FOR SALE— Forster Combine * JBerator cheap I HAVE FOBS ALE— Robey Combino Angle Iron Framo ; nearly now ; only tkreehed 48,000 Bushelß. Price £100. ~~D. THOMAB. Ashburkon. T AM A OABH BOTEB OF ' ETEGB^SS IN ANY QUANTITY. D- THOMAS, Ashburton. PERIODICAL SALES AT METHVEN^ MY next Ba!e of LIVE and DEAD BTOOK for the METHVEN DISTRICT WILL BQ HELD IN METHVEN On Thursday, 20th December 1888 Messrs HIBBS BROS, hare kindly consented to receive Entries, Client* will oblige by making their Entries as soon as possible, bo that they may bef properly advertised. D. THOMAB, Aehburton. Wool. Wool. Wool. I' AM prepared to make Llbercl Cash : Adranoee op the growing ollpi of Wool Placed (n my hands for sale or sblpmen either In Ashburton, Ohrlitchnrob, or any other Market. « Wool Pseks and every requUite on Psleat lowest prloes. If no Sale effeoted|no Commission or OhtrgM isidt, Sink tile early In November. D, THOMAS, 10 112 Ashburton. D. Thomas, (Late of Matbok, Cox and Co.)i 1 UOTIONEER, LAND, INSURANO & »nd ESTATE AGENT, VALUATOR, WOOL AND GKAIN BROKER. ASHBURTON. Loans negotiated. Weekly Sales of Lire Stook, Tlnwald an Ashburton alternately Fortnightly Sales of Bheepsklna, Fat, Hides, etc, on FRIDAYS Bales of Wool tbrougnoat the Season , Grain Boacht and Bold on Commission ' Clearing Sales as per arrangement ' AGENT FOB— Matson and Co., Obrlstoburoh ' Mercantile Finance Co., Obrlstchnroh ' Colonial Investment Company, Dunedin I National Mortgage Co., Ohrlstchuroh < Booth, Maodonald and Co., Ohrlstohurcb 1 Morton and White's Sheep Dip < Buckeye Reaper and Binder * London and Lancashire Inanranee Co, < Aiaham's Foot Rot OomposUton, ' 6 D, THOMAS, Ashbarton. j LONDON AND LANCASHIRE FIBB INSURANCE COMPANY, E I f HAVE been appointed Agont for the I above Company, and am now pro* " jared to take Klsks on Buildings, Stook Crops at onrrent ratet, ] D. TFOMAS, I ArbbtjftonJl tt ai