THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN.

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DIARY.

Moon's Ron Sun Uoon Moon ago at February. Htees. Sets. Bhcs Bete, noonday p.m. aw. 4 Saturday ... 5.7 7.3 10.68 U,« 21 6 Sunday .. SO 7.19 11.30 p.m. 32 6 Monday .. 6.10 7.17 - • 068 23 n.m. 2.7 7 Tuesday .. S.ll 7.16 O.iß 3.14 21 8 Wodnesday.. 8.13 7.16 1.4 420 26 0 Thursday .. 5.14 7.13 1.69 6.19 j>a 10 Friday.. .. 5.15 7.12 2.68 6.10 27

Moonlight Evenings.

The Moon at 3 days old shines till about 6 o'olock. The Moon at 6 days old shines till about bal/rpast 10 o'olook. The Moon at 8 days old Bhinea till nearly 1 o'clock m tbe morning, The Moon at 12 dayo old chines torn sundown till about 4 m the morning. The Moon at 15 days old is full, and shines 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. apd shineß till morning. Top Mflpp at 24 days old riaes about 2 a.m. and ahineatill morning. The Moon at 27 days old tlaoa aqout 4 a.m. and shines till sunrise.

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The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1888. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wp. ere m reoeipt of a latter from on« who \u25a0igna with the legend " A No c of Warning," eomjilßiniog of the exhibition of a nu.ubo' of photographs contained m a framo hnnfting outside 4 certain tußinean establishment m [ East street, which ha oharactera as "an i insnU to the public taste, degrading to the public morale, and an outrage to public as well as private deoenoy." Before publishing this letter (which, besides the foregoing severe expressions, contains stronger remarks than vro Bhouid care to admit into our oorrospon denoe column), we have stopped rouni end taken a look at the photographs m question. We find that the,* are merely a Collection of representations of popular actresses and danseußes m stage costume, and are quite unable to deteot anything which justifies the terms employed, Low dreasoß and tights are doubtloßß not quite the bind of costume m which one oaree to see one'a daughters, " sisters, cousins, or aunts " arrayed, but after all, so far as many of these pictures are con cerned, much more exception might fairly b« taken to what ladies of the highest rank are pleaied to oeneider full dress for balls and Court functions. Benan m his new book, " The History of the People of Israel," writes five hundred pagei to prove that Abraham never existed, that Moses waa a rebogade; Egyptian, and . tba David waa a brigaod, a bandit, sq mania, ood evea a worshipper o Bi»J, I

Thiß morning before Major Steward, J.P,, ) two " drunks " were severely fined 5s eaoh, with the usual alternative, one of them being further ordered to pay 20s the cost of convey ance to the lock-up. A seoond death from sunstroke baa ooourred this season. A man named Cbeenall, wb,o was working near Methven, sustained a sun* stroke about a week ago and died m the Hospital yesterday. A North Island exohange says that "as wheat threshed from the stook oannot be successfully treated by the roller system of making flour, the propietors of these mills are ; refusing to purchase from farmers who thresh oat their grain direct from tbe a took."

A. ; "Do you know where the custom of mothers taking their marriageable daughters to tbe watering plaoea originated ? " B;"I have no idea." "Well it dates fcackto the days of Abraham. You know it was at a well that Bebeooa found her husband." A patohwoik quilt, made by ohildren m the United States, and an Indian shawl, the gift of Queen Viotoria, were buried with Jenny Lind at her request. News comes from Presoott, Arizona, of the discovery of a wonderfully rich ledge of gold baaring rook, 20 inob.es wide, on the Hassa* yampa Elver. The assay shows 100,000 dollars per ton. Tbe pieces of the rook, when broken, hang together by the gold m them. romantic story oomea from Nagambfo, Victoria. Forty years ago a courtship took place between a young couple, who, however, became estranged. They eaoh formed new alliances, and, after many years of wedded life, they found themselves widower and widow respectively, after rearing large families j They resumed the courtship of tb?* /oath, I and are now united.

The menu for the Oentsnrx i ntato ban* quefc at Sjdney was of .uite a r€oJierohe character. In anticipation of the event an order was sent to England some months ago for 200 pheasants, 200 partridges, 200 grouso, 200 solea, and 100 salmon. These delicacies, packed m ice, arrived by the steamship Lusitania m ample time for them to be used m connection with the State banquet.

The Baroness Burdett-Ooutts has just reoeived a bequest of £1,800,000 from a relative. The Kansas Penitentiary olaimß to have within one of its cells a son oi one of the Siamese twins. He is a horse thief. At Hanley two butchers were sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment for torturing a sheep by skinning it while alive. The Germans have trained pigeons for use m time of war. The Russians are training falcons and hawks to catch tbe pigeons. A richly cut solid plass badstead was recently made at a Birmingham (England) faotory for a Calcutta millionaire. The King of Burmah also has one. Princeas Beatrice of England is to be created a duchess m her own right, so that her son by Prinoe Battenberg will inherit a peerage and sit m tbe House of Lords. "Why, Bobby," said bis mother, very muoh shocked, «• where m the world did yon J hear tbat expression ? " "I heard pa say ic ' when be was patting up the stove tbiß morn* ing," explained Bobby. A, reporter who attended a banquet eon eluded bis description with the candid state* ment that •• It is not distinctly remembered by anyone present who made the last epooob."

It is understood that if Vioe-Admiral the Duke of Edinburgh be appointed. to the Ports- { mouth oommand, Vioa>Admiral Sir Anthony H »Bkins will taka over the command of tbe Mediterranean Squadron. According to the " Wangonui Chroniole "a Maori seer predicted that there would be an eruption of Tarawera beforo the 10th met. Tbe Maketu natives are laying m tin days' stook of provipions. Prayer servioes are held hourly among the tribe. Statutory Declaration.— l, Franz Raabe, Ironbark, Sandhurst, m :be colony of Victoria, Australia, do solemnly and sincerely declare that on the 25th June, 1877, my son Alfred, \u25a0ix years of age, was accidentally but* with an axe on his knee. lat once took all pains to secure medical assistance However, m spite of all efforts, on the 27th August, 1877, the opinion was given by Dr Maogiilivray that an amputation of the injured limb had become imperative, m order to save life. At this juncture I called on Messrs Sander and Sons, procuring boa.- c of their Extract of tho Eucalyptus Globulus, and by the application of the same I had the satisfaction of seeing my son within a fortnight out of all daDger, and to-day he is recovered. I may jußt add that it was when the crisis had been reached .that the Extract referred (o was first applied. And I make this solemn declaration, etc — Fiunz BjuCj^. Declared at Sandhurst, m the colony of Viotoria, Australia, this seventeenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and seyenty-Beven before me, Morita Oobn, J»P. — (Advtj

CORN EXCHANGE.

The followi- g s tv 1 • oru rCxohauge re port for tho week ending Friday, February

Witn the warm, dry weather of the past week, harvest opera' l<mi h&vebeeu pusher on with mnoh rapidity, and the grain le golnj into otaok m capital condition With another few weeks' fiae weather, we shall see the bulk of the harvest eofa. A few lines of wheat have been threshed from the utook and placed on tbe m%rket. bat buyern, having lait year's experience frtsh on > heir memory, deoline to operate, preferring to depend upon the old stocks from whi<!h fro oompJe'e their order* O»ti are off.- ring freely, feat we have bat limited bu ineas to report. A fair amount has boon shipped to Australia and coast frlie. Wh*at;— A email local trade Is bpfnp done, aud a few small lines are being sen* South. Pearl still oonMnaug to command most attention, at 3< 2J to 3s 3d, and Han tor's nod Tmonn at 3* to 3« 2d Chicken wheat, which, has been ff^rim rathnr frvly, h^s rene^d to 2» 9 ! f>< who!*, «j d JJ* 5J t 2 6 ' for **co d* Bnyfjs dec ijt»« '}q\*\# tusiricsa m te* whets. Oats.— A good trade han bt-< n «low during t-e we»-k, and p.fc n »ro mor. "" »1© 1 thtsn t^<y trero n week •a<? Heavy abort old fend are worrh Is 81, and lorp d«>BOM|.ti»its J.< od. New «.jtop cim he pnrch'Sfd at \:\ lee* mory Barley.— Samples < flaring are vory f »lr malting, rather small, hut good color aid q-tflity, with thin skin. Sales have been made at 4s at country ata»lons where delivory pan bo mado prompt, for prime lines of malting. Inferior and second data m selling at 'As to 3i 3d. ByEGRABs — Buyers are not particularly anxious to operate, t-ven nt the low prices quoted vlzs,, gi to g» $d, and farmers find themselves obliged to hold back for the autumn market.

Cocksfoot.— Only emMl lines are offering, which are being taken op at 3d ; decent efzad linen would find buyers at 3£d for prime heavy sp<>d. Dairy Pkoduob -We have ao altera tions to Rote ju values Theab vefiaotatfona are those paid tc farmers and delivered f.0.b,, Lytteltm

BUSH FIRES.

(P3R PBESS ASSOCIATION.)

I Wellington, Febrrjcry 9 The weather at M»«tarton Is vory dry and windy. Bush fires are r*g na all \u25a0 round. A man came iv this morning from Hast well, a clearing between Mauricevilie and Kkatahuna, and re ported six people bnrnt ont. It is Bloce rumored that a fatality has occurred through the fires, MiBT*RTON, February 9 One of the largest and most destructive fires that ever recurred In the bu»h la now raging. Yesterday afternoon and evanlng i the whole of the Hastwell se tlement for a

I dlntt»nca of one and a half mile was a burning mm Trtffio tlli this morning wan entirely suspended. A small number of farm settlers were burned out. From what can bo gathered the following had their holdings oouanmed by the fhmea : — ,Taa. Capper, John Mooroook, John Frtser, Donald Aekew, DjujUs Robinson, and J*s. Oreighton. Oappor aud Moor cock era (naurnd In the London and G obe for £50 and £125 respectively, bnt thia by no meant covers their loas The othen are uninsured and loss everything — m fact are rnlned. With the excaption of Robinson, toe settlers hare large families. Andraon'a blaokrratth s shop, a d Janet and Go's sawmills are m danger. Bush fires are also raging at the back of Oarterton, at Upper Taneru and Fern ridge distriot. The acoldent referred to In the prevlou? telegram turns oat to be unconnected wi.h buih fires, and the fatalities repotted \u2666re now denied. The accident occurred »n the contract work* at Kkatabnoa and Vlangamahoe railwaw line A man named J'Brien went over an embankment with * horse and truck. He was brooch t to Vfaaterton and taken to the hospital, where he lies atiil insensible. He Is a married man with two children.

INTERPROVCNGIAL NEWS

PBE PRESS 4SSOOIATION.) Auckland, February 9 The yacht Storm ird, which left Port Albert on the 28th inst for Wairoa with N. McOormey, the owner anl Mrs! Cameron, and a boat hand on board, has ' not since been beard of, and it is feared that a casualty has takes place. Wellington, February 9 One effect of the new omnibus soheme is that the Tramway Company intend to app'y to the City Council for permission to extend their lines m various directions At p'e-ent the buses are being largely patroniied.

Oama.ru, February 9. Major-Oeneral Mr George Whitmore m spo'ted the Volunteers here this evening. There were 330 on p*nd<», and arter inspnetion the Major-Geoeral addressed • few oongrafulatory remarks to the men, complimenting them on their drill and on the good turn oat. At a nv^tinx of settlers at Kurow last night, which was largely attended, a vote of censure was passed on the Government for showi g a disinclination to cut up ti>e Kurow run intosmall gra-insr areas. The meeting expressed a desire to have the run subdivided. Dunkdin, February 9. Th« Dirpotors' report cf the Wmtport Goal Company states that, after deducing all oovts and oharg.»s, there f B balance to credit of £9936, from whioh ft is proposed to p»y a dividend of 2$ per oeut, aba .rb!o« £5179, and carrying forward a ba'anoa of £3488 Dnring the year the Adelaide office has b«en closed, and the register trans ferred xo Melbourne. ather an nnuiual oiia was bofore the Polloe Court to-day, when John W Huutrr was charged with deserting bis wife. It appeared 'he husband, who is 80 years of \u25a0go, and the wife 63, were only married last year. The buibaod shortly alter wards btoime queer m tha head, and had to go to the hospital. On going baok home, he told his wife he oonld not keep her. It was stated m Court that the hunt and was willing his wife should go back, and the Bench decided they would inflict no punishment ; as they had tmrrlti they had better make op their minds to live together. The Com rl •\u25a0(oners ar>polnted to enquire into the shifting of the foundations at Seaoliff decided to-day not to admit the Press or the publlo, although the Premier bad given Lit permission. A heavy south west eale has been blow ing all tbe afternoon, A number of honaei have been unroofed arjd fences damaged, but nothing serious bo far. - IxvBRCURon,!.. February 9. Ihe \u25a0.». lnvetoargiil returned to day from Port Pegasus, Stewart Island, with etourtionitti The weather was not good, i( nt was fair while the steamer was at the Itland. A party of diggers was found at work, bat had nothing of importance to •how. '• hey were joined by others who wett orer by the steamer. Those wh tried got oolor almost everywhere, but none seemed Impressed with the district •s a payable gold field. Some specimens from a reef were br uisjht over. Port PegtßUS is a fine harbor, and the scenery aronnd is picturesque, but the country la very broken and peaty to the water's edge. Beveral beautiful waterfalls were seen, one of great height. The weather here fs exceptionally bad %nd ioolement. There have been only four <Uy» on whioh rain did not f a\l staoe Hvh Jdunary. A s yet there fs no sign of a change for better. Tonight hbavy hail showers are fallipg.

CHRISTCHURCH HORSE MARKET

Messrs J. T. Mataon «nd Oo report as follows :— For last Saturday's sale an entry of about 60 horeou o •me to hnnd, including a lice of Jsor 16 head ohiefly farm h rsep, from Invercarg 11 Bou eof th# latter were useful stamp*, and sold up to £16 and £16 ; » ufc, on the who c, they mat with an md fforent sale, i.c , for any bat the beßt. A pair of black maro-, light draught**, sold at £14 and £19 roflpeotive'y, a mure, hui-ablo for spring dr*y, at £12, p ir of plough horses at an nverngo of £16 10s uneful ha' ks at £13 to £1 », lighter sorts up to £5 10s. Foi Mr- 6> (iou d, jurt , we sold a pair of p'oujjh horties at £14 and nutner us light jpjKe.ii ot a vry iu«dwm eta np ior i uh ownefß, a piic9*u,j to £7 t8 Wo r/Bgrgf that wo cannot ieoor« »ny improvitmeat m ftp fpp^ of tho market, and can ny Lppe that' Hie co tmeiice* ujonf oi au umn ploughing will again gjve un impeius to puces.

WORTH A TRIAL.

A relublo farmer, writing to ap agricultural journal, saya if yon bore a quarter of un inch hole iuto theheurt of a tree that is infected with insects and mjeot as much dry, common sulphur as posaible. thun it Bert a abort p!ug to ket-p the eulphur m place, it will cure blight, moire the tree strong and heathy, and m np way ir jure it. 'i his is a very valuable boon to fruit growers, os the sulphur goes through all tUo p/jrto of the treo, be-ng übeorbod irpni the hearh apd mases it a good heathy color. 'J he writer of this , item Buw trees tbat were nearly dead from sonio kind ot insect that were living and , had a beau tif v! thrifty green unpeaianoe after being treated as above. Th<a is one of jblie mopt vuluaMa discoveries of the age to fiHit-Rrowawi, £n4 we present it fur the benetit of our readers.

IRISH AFFAIRS

[Psa Pbkss Association.]

Doblin, February 7. Mr Shaw Lefevre, who has taken a prominent pan m several of the rerently proclaimed meeting-?, intends to hold a meeting at Loughrea on Friday next. The Magistrates of that place are con sulting the authorities as to what coune to adupt m the m «tter.

THE PEACE OF EUROPE.

r PBB FKKSS ASSOCIATION ]

Vienna, Febraary 7. The Government have asked for a vote of half a million oi florins for the purpose of increasing the L»ndwehr.

London, February 7. The Press generally contrast Prince Bismarck's warlike actions with his peaceful words recently uttered. St pBTERaicRO, February 8. The " Mjscow Gazette," referring to the situation, says that it is impossible for Russia to ttust Austria and Germany, and advocates the establishment of an Anglo-French Alliance. Berlin, Fatraary 8. Prince Bismarck has announced that if Russia asked the support of Ger many to regain the preponderating influence m Bulgarian affairs she once possessed by diplomatic means, the re | quest would be granted.

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

HOME AND FOREIGN

(per fbess association.)

THE SUGAR BOUNTIES.

. Vienna, February 7. The leaders of the sugar manufac turers m Austria have petitioned the Government against the convention drawn up by the Sugar Bounties Con ference.

LORD F FE.

Berlin, February 7. The Earl of Fife's visit to this city is m connection with private business affairs, and not due to a mission from the English Government.

THE UNIONIST PARTY.

London, Fabroarv 7. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, m the course of a speech yesterday, besought the Unionist Party to reform the bonds of the Church before the political pendulum swings to anarchy.

HOME RULE DEBATE.

A Home Rule debate has been arranged for at the Oxford University. Among the speakers on the occasion will be Lord Randolph Churchill and the Right Hon. John Morley.

MOSCOW UNIVERSITY.

Sx. Petbhsburo, FVbmnry 8 The Moscow University, which was closed m the middle of December, owing to the coniinuous rioting of the students, has been re-opened.

THE FLOODS IN CHINA.

HongKwo F*bru«ry7. The amount of destitution caused by the recent disastrous floods on the Hoang-Ho River has now been esti mated. Fully two millbns have been utterly deprived of their possessions.

THE FRENCH FLEET.

Paris, Pebratry 8 It is announced that the Govern ment intend to reiuce the French •quadrons on foreign stations, m order to increase tne strength of those m European waters.

COLONIAL AMMUNITION.

London February 7. The operations of Whitney's Am munition Company, Auckland, will probably be extended to Australia.

EMIGRATION.

The Imperial Government are afford ing facilities to the Agent General to confer with the Imperial' Institute authorities relative to »he Emigration Department which is about to be es tablished m connection with that in stitution.

TROUBLE IN INDIA.

Oaloptta, Feabrary 6. A force of Kutsis attacked a party m the ChiUagong Hills, In t»-e Bengal Presidency. During the fight which ensued Lieutenant Stewart and two men were killed.

VICEREGAL CHANGES.

London, February 8 It is officially stated that, for private reasons, Lord Dufferin, Viceroy of India, retires at the end of the year, and that he will be succeeded by the Marquis of Lansdowne, Governor General of Canada.

Lord Stanley, ot Preston, G.C.8., President of the B )ard of Trade m the present Salisbury Administration, suc ceeds the Marquis <»f Lansdowne as Governor-General of Canada.

AUSTRALIAN.

(PER PKKBS ASSOCIATION.)

NEW SOUTH WALES.

Syi>NßY, Pebru«ry 9, A little girl, ten years of age, was run over and cut to pieces by a tram this morning. This is thi sec md child killed within the pr-t week or two.

Fe^uary 9, The right to charge for admission to )the Agricultural Show Grounds, which an? part of Moore park, was tested m the court today, when a number of men who had fo'ced an entrance to the Centennial Agricultural $hqw were si)rnmopfid for f:he charge of admiss ion. After argument i?y counsel the court gave judgment against the Agrii cultural Society. This decision is re garded as disastrous to the Society, who have just expended a large sum m the erection of new buildings.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

Pebth, (W,A ) February 9. Particulars are to hand respecting the recently-reported affray at Sharks Bay between the Malay pearlers and the whites. It is alleged that there was a con spiracy on the part of the Malays to : murder all the whites, the discovery of which resulted m a melee m which several Inlays jyere killed as pre viously reported* ! *

SPORTING.

DUNkDitf .\OLiiJS.

(Pur Pbbss

DuNKunr, January JO. At Forbury th?s m "nm^, Bt. Clair did a mile fiat with jst I/ea. Snapthot did an eaty three milo cantef Te»ford waa restricted to ilnw work. Apropos, Silver mark, n\d F«mt Lorrf, m clothing, wt?nt abUt two miles, opnrting ros^ion tlly. A'l the Oup bor«a look well, the last named bein^ specially gt. La Rose hid au easy two-mile gallop. Somneil o+n terod and spurted. Cinderella was restricted to wi»lkin.» exsrciie.

THE TOTALISATOR CASE.

Wellington, February 10. The ease of Nathaniel IJathnn, a turf commission age at againet the Island Bay Racing Omb was decided m the B.M. Court thfs morning, The plaintiff had invented £30 on the horse Mnrlboroutch for a raoe at last meeting of the Inland Bay Racing Olub. Maryborough lost th« rao«, and as toon as it wa* over plaintiff erved de'endaut's agent* with notions not to pay out the dividend on the race, aa he contended that the people worki >g the machine were f-takeho'de a, and thnt until the ataka h« d was p »id over either parry lad a right to repudiate the agree mont and reover the money deposited w nether the wagor was i lega« or no^, and it was immaterial wneth r the repu nation was bef re or »<f ter the t-vent H s <Vo<-Bliip give judgment an follows :— He found aa a fact that defendants worked a totaliaator at Island Bay Park rao ra et iqk U'ldt-r a dcenao from the Colonial

\u25a0ecrttary ; that rh«y reoeived £30 from plain' iff for whioh amouut he backed the horse Maryborough again>t tho fi*ld ; that they received other auras from « itaer peieons on the same and other horses running m the same ra»e ; that after the race was won and beforo 'he money w»s pud out th»y received from plaintiff a notioe repudiating the wager, and demand log the ref and of hia money and he held under tho de iaiou of Richmond J iv Dark v la'aod Bay Park Company that defendants were stakeholders and not agents of plaint ff. and that he is entitled to recover m this action At the r. j qu«6t of di-fendan s' < ouosel, His vVorship found as a fact hit invest >ra looked to be baid their dividend out of tha money received by tho c who worked the machine from invent rs less, a percentage to those who worked ti e machine, the' amount of dividend to be determined by defendants {\u25a0•y dividing «he amount received from investors lets the percentage anoonget the holders cf tick ta on the winning horse.

ARTESIAN WELLS

A scientific journal gives some Interest ing f<»o a regarding artesian wells. Among the deepest m America are the walls at Nontuuptoo, Mass , 3700 foet deep, and that at St Louis, 3180, which farnrshes a large supply of salphur water. The deepest well to the world ia m Prussia, \u25a0» 8 vernraent wo k, and something ovei 400) feet deep, and furnishing hon water, I ha largest w«H In the world is believe' to be that at Pa«ay nmr P»ris It is tw feet i . d' m>'»»r, 1913 f e8 t deep ad delivem 3,795 000 fe »lu»ns per d*y, Tn fc most ooloorHted is at Crenelle, a suburb of Parip, with a oepth of 1802 feet and s. de ivory of 880,000 gallons p«r day, wit!, a force eoffi jient to rai*e It 120 f et. above the surface. Wells 1600 and 1800 fe«» deep a -*» «aid to exist m the proviooo of Tong Kaoin China.

TEE COST OF RABBITS.

The battle with (he rabbit peat is costlou th*se Australasian colonies an enormnu* amount of money every year, and nv\ s • 'tnti wholesale method of extermiuatin.4 the creatures it . discovered and pnt Int • practice, it seems hardly possible to form any estimate of what the tuture cost vri 1 be, A New Ztaland iqitatter, who has e^n nearly or altogether rained bj rabbits, has writ'eti a pamphlet, Id whfob ha gives a record of htt exp> ri»aoe with the put. He write*: -'ln Australia. 10 yuars ago. 'he puopie grudgingly sp*nt a few thou •id poandi fighting the rabbit*. Now they are sorry they did uot \u25a0pc« d a few millions trie-Uifiatitiiem ; and la 10 years heco»» they will be eorry they dli cot spend 50 mi lions of pounds." Tula looks like an exaggerated statement bot the Sydney "Mail" s»yi :— "Our »abbit» are vow oiati g, irrespective <•» the value of gran* consumed, about £10! C per day, so tr>« 60 million estimate may not be so great an exaggeration as some readers may soppose." The following items will give some idea of what the rabbits are costing the various govern ments. In Victoria the »monat required f r the work « f rabbit extirpation on O"wn lands during the financial yeat 1887 Bin £25 010. Tha money provided by Parliament for thn destruction of rabbi « «>as In 1879 80. £I2W \u25a0 188 >-8l £2600; 1881-82, £10,000; 1883 83 4!12.< 00 ; 18*3-84, £ 0 000 ; 1883 85 £12 000; 1585^6, £33 000; and ie 188* 87, £25,422. The sum of £33,00 C voted m IBi6 86 included £11,010 ex pended dnriug the previous year, whiob increised txpenditnre was re-dered Imperative m irder to oarry ( ut tho pro visions of tho new Act paawd la 1884. la IS©* Sjuth Wa'^s the coat of ad ministration for 1885-86 was £15,300. The expenditare m JN ttW doath Wains hat b»«en nearly £120 000 per annum for the 1 st thr § y ars, and, judging from recent reports, will not be less this year, whilst «t the same tim* the pest has increased rather than derrovied. In South Aus tralia, notwithstanding the unfortunate depression that existed there, the expen diture from the pasHiug of the 1835 Aot to the ißt June, 1886, is given ai £4^,688, nearly donbe «.u a. In New Zealand at least £40,000 h-ss been expended yearly for tome itue p«st. It la s^id that m Sou'h Australia rahbita are spreading m an alarming mannor. Experiments are there being carried on with diseased rabbits «h«it had been imported; though snme rattle* wore urging th*t before g vernmcat • : 0 iooed the sprtftdrg of any d's.aßM, i«t» oountry should know a lit le tnore about It. T-'ie «qu«tfcer previously alMed to, considers that m the OtUtie «iiQ robb<ts there is nothing better or m >re 1 0 momfoal than feDoing. Ho was:— 'Thß fences ehou'd run up t' e "pura and along the sunny aide of tlw aaddl.s Ihe fences across flats, liable tv bo flooded, ould o^v.oualy fte «o very hard to m .intaia effective that they *t prtaen' nppeu'r to re our great »st difficulty Bui wou d i ,t pay b tter to keop'a uxnn at every bu h foncf, thab to keop him inside of it as we do now. catobrag the rabbjtß af t*r they have done tfyo da^iajie? In many pne-s cquiJ r^n up to the bl-ffa wherpthey would be vejy e»eyto rntintaiu. Three-foot nottjog of 'J inch m* ah ia quite sufficient, if only 4 inches m the grouud, because a rabbit will not start to burr jw far enoueh baok to get un^or it, but starts bo close that the wire baffles it. A strained wire six inches abovo tho nettiog njakea it au indefinite ani nwkward object to jump • and then a rabbit is pliydoa.ly unfitted to climb, bo that there eeod be no fear of ench contingencies " Though iv the Auokland ppovicj? tho rabbit p«st is as nothing compared with what it is m the : doutb Idland 1 and m Australia still a northern exohange ur^es thut settlers should use every endeavor to keeo rabbits m check, and every en o^uragement should be given to sportsman &n.d |ad.^ to sjioot <md] hijut thorn.

THE LAW AS TO BEES

A point of law of an uDusoal kind cam iid for di^enssion m the R.M. ('our Cbristchnrcb. the otbtr day. On Ch'ist mas Dny one of the hives of bees belong ing to a l>ee mag » r xn Sj'denhani swarmed. Th^y flli^ht^d m a neghboring gardfin, and the owner of tho hees wished to follow them for the purpose of recap ure, but the ownor of the garden Baid he wou'd chuck liitn oat if he came m aft r the bees. The-bee-mHßter bein< afra d. did not go m, Hod lot-t hia he-fs, and sued for their value From the discussion which took place it appears that the owner of beos haa a right to follow his bees on to the land of another m order to retake them, butinorierto justify the treopaw, the .bees must have settled H wan doubtful if th<«y hai ' done so, and therefore jadg. meat was for defendant

A LUCKY BUTCHER.

A young man named Charles Stan*, mon, driver of a butoher's order oart at Namurkah, Victoria, reoalved the gratify, ing intelligence a few d»vs ago (i"»ys the " Melbourne Telegraph ") that hit family h** been bequeathed a property valued at £60,000 by an aged relative who lived In Irmaod. Tho letter unnoonolng fch« newa was lying at the Mtldon pmtoffloe fot about a year, while advertUementi wart inserted m the Melbourne papers offering a reward for Information of the where abouts of the legatee Sinnamon. Finally he was found and the letter, on being opeoed, revealed the news that houiei and property m Belfast! Ireland, valued as before atated, had been- willed to the family. The intero ' and rent had ao> cumulated alnoe tha death of the relative to the amoont of about £6000. Tha family have been In poor cirournstanoes for a number of years past, most of tha members being In various parti of the nlony earning their living by hard work. Young Sinnamon was receiving £1 10s per week. They Intend leaving for Ireland In a few weeks' time.

THE GREAT VINE OF KINNEL.

The Back Hamburg vine of Klonel, a former st*t of the M»onabß, near Killln, at the western end of Looh Tay, m Perthshire, ii one of the great sights of the Breadalbane country. It is now, the largest specimen of a growing vine In the United Kingdom. The Marquis of Bread* a'bane, on whose grounds of Aaohmore It is situated, io justly p»oad of this splendid vine, and hau arranged that It may be seen by the publio every Wednesday between the hours of ten and two o'olock. When we^awit thiaaatumo, about five hundred branches of lusoious'grapos were hanging from it, which, at an average of two pounds per buooh, means about half a ton of grapes. The yield of this prolifio vine In reoent years is interesting. In 1«79 the yield was 1,179 bnnohes } bnt 376 bunohes bolng taken off green only 8 >3 were left to oome to maturity. In 1880 the yiflid wan 1,274 Hunches, 560 taken > ff, and 714 left to manure. In 1833 the yield was 2 103 bunch c ; In 18R4, 5{,102 : n IMS, 2 Bi4; «n 1883 2867: and m <=87 it yielded 2 648 bunobei. 500 only btlng left to mature It now fi is « glass home two hundred and seventy fo^t long, U growing as rapidly aa ever, and is remarkably healthy looking. The stem, a little way above the a»r< und, before: It sends out its brandies, measures one foot ten inches m olroumferenoe It is worth a-ldiog that the fruit of this vine Is not \u25a0old or Belfi h y used In any way ; bnt, with commendable liberality, the Marchioness of Breadalbane seeds a hundred bnnohes at a tima of these 'ukolous graphs to the ha»pi»aU and nfirmaries of Edinburgh. G'asgow, and Dundee. — •' Chambers' Jonrn^l."

TERRIBLE ADNENTURES OF A SOMNAMBULIST.

An engineer on the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad noticed, one night recently as his engine was travelling at a rapid rate near An&lomink, something white on his cow-ontoher. He climbed ont and walked along th» guardrail to the smoke ttok. Peering oui and lc king down on <be p<lnt, he was horrified to see the blanohed face of a young woman turned upwards, with terror m her eyes, white she gasped the bars < f the oowoatohet \u2666o bold herself on her perilous per oh. She was m her niuht-oiothes. The engt'n hastened b»ck and reversed bis engine. When it had come to a stand still, he hurried out and with difficulty loosened the woman's grasp on the ban. It «»s some time before she resovered sufficiently io give any aooount of herself. t*he then said that her name was Susan Oooley, the daughter of a well-known resident of Inalomink. She is a somnam bulist, and she must hare got np In h«r flleep, walked down to the railroad and olimbad npon the oow-catoher unobserved while the train was standing at the station. The first she knew was when she was awakened by the whistling of the engine. J t was then some time before she realised where she was, and when the knowledge of her situation cimo to her she became paralysed with fright and seized the pilot-bars mechanically. She was sent home,

ONE OF THE LOST ARTS

' There Is some onfermeated wine,' said a wine importer, < that will keep as long as is desired.' ' Is there anything peouMar about tba method of keeping it V 1 0h, yes. The pnre juloe of the grape Is pressed into the bottles. Then some olive oil ia poured m at the top of each i bottle. This effectually excludes the air, and none oan work down into the wine to ferment It* At the same time any air that was In the jaioe finds its way ud through the o»l.' ' *

'Is this a new discovery ' ' Tes ; it has been brought into use within a few years. 1 * But one would suppose the oil would flow into the glass when the bottle wai put m use.

1 That is prevented by sopping np the oil with cotton when the bottle is uncorked. The ootton absorbs It little by little. All that is needed is a little patience.'

The rpirfer mentioned the matter to a doctor of divinity doted for bis researches In anolftDt history and the manners and customs of nations. \u2666 That is a real dlsoovery ?' said he. • That is one of the lose arts thas Wendell Phillips did not mention m ft is celebrated leoture, This art of keeping qnform^nted wl'ne wag praotioed by the Egyptians u»ny years before Christ, Bat It was lost It has now been rediscovered and is coming into general use.'

JHB ABHBUBTON GUARDIAN, FRIDAY, FEBKUABY 10, 1888



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