THE CORRESPONDENTS

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The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1888. NEW ZEALAND'S AD VANTAGES.

) In tho course oi a very sensible and 1 able speech at the meeting of the Christ - P church Chamber of Commerce the other • day — and en passant it may be remarked , that such speeches are generally to be > looked for from the Presidential chair 3 of that body — the now President Mr A. \ Kaye contrasted tho lot of tho farmers -' m New Zealand with that' of farmers m r other of tho Australasian Colonies. In f so doing he brought forward Borno very [ noteworthy facts, and showed with great clearness tho advantages of New Zoa . land. Among other things ho said :— ," " Farmers are proverbially hard to > please, but as regards wheat growing ' they aro m an enviable position, for it ! has been carefully ascertained that, . taking wheat at about 3s per bushel, the not profit m New Zealand is greater ; than the total value of the crop ot any t other of tho colonies of Australia; and f. that our yield, on an average of yeara, J is more than three times that of South Australia, nearly two and a-half times , that of Victoria, and nearly double that f of New South Wales. Tho average I yield of wheat for fifteen years part of 5 four of. tho wheat -growing colonies has ■ been :— £ s. a ' South Australia, 804 bushels per > aore, at say 3a on farm . . • . 1 4 1 ; Victoria, 11.64 bushels per aore, at , say 3s on farm  .* . . 115 6 New South Wales, li'Bß bushels per aore, at Bay 3s on (arm . . ..236 ) New Zealand, 26*16 bushels per ; acre, at say 8a on farm . . . . 818 6 , By above you will note that the balance m favor of New Zealand over 1 Bouth Australia is £2 14s sd, Victoria " £2 Bs, New South Wales £1 15s ; and , were wo to compare with Canterbury alone the difference would bo still ■ more striking, as it will be roadily ad -1 mitted that the Canterbury farmer is ' much better situated than one m any other province, owing to the nature of the land and the easy way it can be cultivated. Taking oats, the comparison shows practi cally the same result for fifteen years—- South Australia, 12 -55; Victoria, 21*42; New South Wales, 20*72 ; and New Zealand, 82*16. We can carry more sheep to the acre m New Zealand than m almost any other part of the world j and whereas m nearly all partß of Aus tralia they count how many acres to the sheep, we, m New Zealand, count sheep to the acre." These are facts which should not only convince our own peoplo that they are happy m being located m this colony, but which cannot be too widely published at Homo and through out the world, as they present tho very considerations which are likely to deter mine those who aro looking out for now homos to turn their Btops hitherward.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

All the ports m Portugese India aro in fected with obolera. A canal will soon be constructed between the Bfeok and Caspian Seae. Palti's profits for her fifty concerts m 3outh America were £35,000. The sights of the now British rifle allow for an elevation op to 2800 yards. Mails now leave London daily direot for Constantinople by the new international rail way route from Paris to that city. Tho Auckland correspondent of the " J?rosß says that " a Hallelujah Baby Show " is to be hold there next week m connection with tho Halvntion Army. In the Artie regions there are 762 kinds of floworo; 50 of these nro confined to the Arctio regions. Theße Polar flowers are all white or yellow. Tho population of the Japanese Empire at the closo of 1886 ia.Bet down at 38,507,000. For a number of years past tho average annual increase appears (o have beon about 840,000. A little boy who has been used to reoeite i his elder brother's old toys and olothea re cently asked ; " Bla, phall J have to marry his widow when he dies ? " ; ! Skinny Men.—" Wells' Health Renewe i restores health and vigor, cures dyspepsia ] impotence, sexual debility. At chemists and I druggists. Kempthorne, Piosser, and Co., J i •gents Ciui&tshurcb, i

Farmers haro been enablod to make fair progrese with their shearing, and wool is coming pretty freely into town for the sales on Friday. Clergyman, examining a Sunday Sohool olaes : — " Now, cnn any of you tell mo what aro sins of omißsion ? " Small aoholar : " Please sir, thoy'ro the Bias you ought to have committed and haven't..' m The season so far haa not been of a "ve.ry favorable character. The crops, oven on the best land, are baokward, and in some places are looking very indifferent indeed. Warm weather is badly needed to enable thorn to make progress. A ourious and significant faot has been noted in oonneotion with the drought in Australia, namely, that this year the native birds have not only neglooted ;to build nests and are not rearing any young, but that in some distriots they are dying off in large numbers. ; Members of the Ashburton Eifles, Guards, and Cadets are reminded that the Govern mcnt inspection parade is ordered for seven o'clook this evening when a full muster is deßired. Volunteers who have not attended <, the requißite number of drills will have only, one more opportunity this year to qualify for capitation, unleßS special parades be ordered. The Oamaru morning paper of yesterday says that during the past week the oropß have made muoh progresp. South of Dunedin, however, tho crops are very baokward, and in exposed places aro being ' perished ' by the unfavorable weather. The seaeon has not been by any means a favorable one for the agriculturist. A fanoy dress and masquerade oarnival will be held in the Oddfellows' Hall to-morrow evening to wind up the skating season. The affair, it is anticipated, will prove very suoceßS ful, and the lessee has made every arrange ment in his power for the convenience of his patxona. The services of .the Ashburton Band have been secured for the ocoaeion. The Wellington Land Board have deolded to place no fewer than 95,000 acres on the market next winter: The area of the blookb to be offered ia as follows; -Otamakapua* Eangitikei (Curl's clearing), 15,000 ; Pohan gina, 15,000 ; Puketoi-Makuri, 15,000 ; Ota makapua-Rangitikei, 10,000 ; Puketoi (south west), 10,000; Mangatainoko, 9000 ; Omahini- Wairoa, 7000; Waitotara, 7000 ; Horowhenua, 4000 ; Mangahao 3000. A Victorian has been spying out the bush distriots of the North Island, with a view to seeing if any of our woods are suitable for tho furniture trade as veneers. He has eeodred several totara trees, which will be tested and Bent Home in tho care of an expert. Should the trial shipment bo satis faotory. a big export trade oould be done in the article, and as it is simply using up what is not wasted, the new industry ought to be a profitable oue. The Right Hon. Charles Philip ydrko, fifth Earl of Hardwioke, who ia mentioned as a probable Governor of South Australia, is 52 years of age. He suooeeded to the title in 1873, having for eight years previously repre- Bsnted Cambridgeshire in the House of Commons in the Conservative interest. He saw some military service in India. He was Comptroller of her Majesty's Household, 1866-68, and Master of the BuokhQunds 1874-80. An exchange narrates how in a ohuroh not ft hundred miles from New Plymouth on a rooent Sunday, when a looal preacher oconpied the pulpit, one of the congregation missed the number of the hymn that was given out, and naturally leaned forwarded to a neighbor who sat in the next seat, and queried, "What is it?" The questioned one, whosb family oirole had that day or the day before that been inoreased by the advent of another ohild, and npon whioh his thoughts must have been running at the: time, replied, " It's a boy." ' The Hons Sir Hi Atkinson, Messrs Mitohel eon and Fergus, Mr Blair (Assistant Engineer), and Mr Hann»y (of the Railway Department), passed through Ashburton By express train this morning on their way South. Wo understand that they were to go right through to Inveroargill, and to prooeed thonoo to Queenßton and Lake Hawea, thence following tho route of the Otugo Central Railway to the Maniototo, after which they will cross by the Livingstone or Otokaike route of the pro posed road or railway from tho interior do Oamaru. After visiting tho White Stone City, thA party will, it is understood, prooeo'd to Waimate and thenoe to Timaru, on thoirirny North. A. 'most exciting race took place the other day between tho two rival railway companies in Pennsylvania, on their parallel linos," whioh run side by side for a diatnnoe of twelve miles from Beaver Falls to Wampun". The pas sengorg entered fully into the spirit of the contest, cheering and encouraging the engi neers to do their very utmost. Finally, the Pittsburg Company's train ran into the station a length ahead of its competitor, having accomplished the distanco of twelve miles in 10£ minutes. A groat deal of money ohanged hands, and the winning driver and his mate were well recompensed by their pasßengers. The New York lady who recently spent 600 dollars on the funeral of her dog, has been outdone by another American who bequeathed his watch and ohain to his father, and "loft " hig dog 2000 dollars; Tho will instructs the trustees to feast the fortunate animal with all the delicacies of the eeaaon, It may h&ppon, however, that in the long run the trustees will oollar more of the 2000 dollars than the dog will. It was an American youth, who, when told by his fathor.that he had bequeathed him tho wholo of his foitune and appointed a trustee, requested his father to rewrite the will and leave the fortune to whomsoever he liked if only he appointed the Bon trustee. The Tinwald Distriot Sohool Committee held their monthly meeting on Wednesday, 28th Nov. The attendance for tho past month has been as follows :— Average attend* anoe Boys, 49-9 ; Girls, 40*6. Total 90'5. Roll number, Boyß 57, Girls 52. Total 109. The alterations in the infant room have been completed and the new arrangement is muoh more advantageous for teaohing. The question of the Christmas holidays was oon sidered, and it was resolved to break up on' Tuesday, 17th December and re-open on Monday, 13th January. It was also deoided to have a children's oonoert, eto, on 4ho, breaking up evening, Tinwald sohool children to pay one ponny admission, other Bobooli ohildren to pay 3d, and adults 6d eaoh, tho' proceeds if any after paying expenses to go to the children's prize fund. Tha examination of the sohool takos .place on the 6th of Deoember. The caretaker's aooount for the quarter wan passed for payment, The meet, ing then adjourned till tha last Wednesday j in Deoember. The monthly meeting of the Aehton School Committee was held in the Sohool room on Monday, the 3rd inst. Present : Messrs T. Taylor (in tho chair), J. Shearer, J. Croßsan, D. Ryan, J. Ashton, and William Wilson. Tho minutes of last mooting were read and oonfirmud. Correspondence was from the Board notifying that the examina ion will take place' on Nov.. 28th ; and from the Department enclosing copies of report re sohool buildings. The Master's report wafl read and deomod satisfactory. Proposed by Mr Shearer, and seconded by Mr Ryan, " That one week's holiday be granted at Christmas* the Bchool to be closed on the 24th Dec and re-opened on the 2nd Jan."— Carried. It was proposed by Mr, Aahton, and seoonded by M£ Shearer, " That prizes be gjvon to the sohool ohildren, and that a subscription list be oponed for the purpose of providing funds for tho same."— Carried unanimously. A list was drawn up and £2 5s wob Bubfloribod by thoso present. Tho Master applied for a supply of penholders,' whioh was granted. The Chairman was directed, on receipt of tho oflioial report, to convene a speoial meeting. The Chairman was appointed oolleotor and troasurer of the prizo fund. After a small account had been passed for payment the meoting adjourned; Holloway's Pills.— Enfeebled Existence. — This medicine embraces every attribute required in a general and domestic remedy It overturns the foundations of disease laid by defective food and impure air. In obstructions pr congestions of. the liver, lungs, bowels, or any other organs, these pills are specially serviceable and eminent y successful. They should be kept in readiness in every family being a merlicine of incomparable utility for young persons, especially those of feeble con stitutions. They never cause pain or irritate'' the mo3t sensitive nerves or most tender bowt Is. Hqlloway's Pills are the best known purifiers qt the blood, the most active pro moters of absorption and secretion, whereby all poisonous and obnoxious partioles aie rcmOV?d from bQth gc-lid^ and, fjujdj,

DUNEDIN GRAIN SALE.

Afc tho iir*<n sale on Monday oats were ; f r .->rn 21 to 4 1 lower Ui»n l«st wes k, owing to nuwii of tho rftinfcll m Aastralla, and Kevo*»l ptimo lvi« wen* riot sold at a prloa which ratigod from 3» 71 to 3a lOd Whoiit, on tho other haud, showed a small inoroftPO, and sold op to 4i 9J.

THE COLLAPSE OF THE LAND BOOM.

(fan press association.) Auckland. December 3. . Advices by the Z^alandlft ot&tj that the land boom in Melbourne has oollspsed. 000 gontlomMi, writing to a fritnd in AackUod, says : — " Tha groat land boom had igLOmlaloußly collapsed, and a general aliasing of bodloa ia no«r being wit neaaud. The coloaeal fortunes which we wore told had been made now only itppoor on paper, and tboß^nks, like some vorrolons monßter, are seiz ng victims In all direeUoos Of oootsf, largo eacns of money have been made, bat mostly by tho original owners, who pn-tert early io the year for ORsh. The Bpeculßtir.o, pare and aimple, bave only bills to fall back upon, and those tho Banks will not dieoont at any price. One of tho leaders of tho boom has deputed it prudent to forfeit no lean tfyin £62,000 hard cash In deposits sooner thap go on with payments. His case la that of many others.

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

(Per Press Ahhociation.j

GOVERNOR OF CAPE COLONY.

r r ■■-'■■ ■ London, Deqembor 3 It is reported that Sir H. A. Blake will succeed Sir Hercules Robinson as •Governor of Cape Colony m April.

GENERAL BOULANGER.

Paris. Deoerober 3. . Yesterday an orderly procession of forty thousand marched to Montmartre cemetary and laid wreaths on the Thibauden monument. At the cere mony General Boulanger denounced Napoleon, and repudiated any desire to imitate him. After the ceremony a disturbance occurred between the Paris students and Boulangerists; otherwise the proceedings were quiet.

AUSTRALIAN.

T_R_A (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

VICTORIA.

Mblbournr. December 3. The Commissioners have decided definitely to close the Exhibition on 31st January,

NEW SOUTH WALES

Sydney, December 3. ' Weather reports from different parts of- the continent to-day show that m Victoria the weather is fine and hot, without any rain. In Queensland rain was pretty general all over the country on Saturday and Sunday. Light showers were falling to-day. The rain m the latter colony has had the effect of greatly improving agricultural and pastoral prospects. In this colony (New South Wales) the weather is fine with the exception of the districts of Ballana and Lismore, where light rains are falling. . In the Supreme Court to-day a sheep farmer named Markham recovered .£15,000 from Government, being the p.rnount of damages claimed for the value of sheep which plaintiff alleged had contracted scab m the Government quarantine ground, rendering necessary the subsequent destruction of the whole flock.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

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0 Property Sale. 11 Auckland, Deoomber 4. ! r The Waiwora Hot ?prlnp:a Hotel and r Sanatorium have been sold to a Mel bourne syndicate. The terms have not 0 transpired, 3 Fire. H The residence of Funcke, tunner. c Punmuro, was destroyed by fire, supposed to have been caueed by a detcotivo j chimney, Irjßuranooa aro not known k Q The lnaaranoo nn the Pnnmure Gre Ie a £200 m the New Zealand office. '• Labor, d The Hospital and Charitable Aid BSard 3 last night resolved to advoriise m the local papers to tho public requiring labor inviting applications from ouch to the relieving offioe for services of labordrd, female servants, young womeu, youth*, etc. Bupreme Court. Tho oriminul eeußioua of tbe Supreme Court open on Monday next. Fourteen canes are sot down, including utto.nptod murder by a woman, two of horse steal ing, others of burglary, larceny and embezzlement. Post Sessional Address. j Bawkba, December 4 Mr Merchant addressed hia Stratford constituents laat night. Bo said though the Treasurer estimated to receive in oreftßod revenue this year to the araoun of £378,000, the first oiz months had only yielded an Increase of £322,000. He ( considered the financial position serious, He believed further retrenohmont potaible : and necessary, tie wonld give • geieral sopport to Ministers, but would not give them strict party allegiance. Dray Accident-, i Mr P. Maxwell, of Ok»iuir», met with < a dray aooldout and ia not expeoted to < live. the Vacant Judgeehip. Wullingtow, Deoember 4. < Ministers deny tbe statement that tho J Solicitor-General has boon appointed to < the vacant Judgcohtp, bat still refuse to j make the name known. { '

The Musical Festival, The receipts at the Mnakoal Festival were about £50 mo-o than the expenaea. The local mombjra of the Society propnae to get up the oratorio of " The Messiah " at Ohriatmae. Postponed. It is raining heavily, and tho oompli mentary raoe meeting to Mr Donne, Secretary of the Island Bay Racing Glub, has bedri postponed until Batocday. Licensing. Dujnedjn, December 4, Tho Olty Lioenaiug Oomraitte pererap torlly rßfnood to hour oV j ctlons to tho reuowal of r» Hoonßo to Mrs Nioholion though the Good Templars oppor-rud by ooanael to support the objootlona and oall iittOntiQD to the deoloion of fcho Oourt of Appoal. L Tho Weather, Ihe weather hag oloarej, and is now fine. Committed For Trial. Harry Oonn, hau beeu cam milted for trial for horao Btoalini^ nt Prtlmeratou.

Keating s Powder destroys both moth, fleas beetles, and all other insects, while quite harmless to domestic animals. In exteruunit ing beetles, the success of this powder is extraordinary. It is perfectly \lean in appli cation. See the article you purchase is Keatings as imitations are noxious and; in ffi&W w ßtin SfHlvand?s6 a by

DEATH OF EARL SEAFIELD

( PKH I'IIKSS AHSOOIATION. ) Oamahu, December 3 Hla Lorclchlp Franoia William Ogilvie Grant, tcuth Earl of SeaSeld, died at hie real ;enoo at Oautaru about noon to-d.iy, of * heart dlßenae at the early age of 41 yonro. Hia death las c«nt qnite a gloom over the plaoo, h!n Lordship b>lng macb rosproted for bla Hboiality and hia genetal sterling qual t'po His oldest son, Jamos Ogilvle Grant, Vi3ouant BoldhaveD, aged eleven yoara, takes thetltlp. (From opr own OonuBSPONDBNr.) Oamaru, DeoemVor 4 The funeral of tho late E-rl of Seafie'.d ia fixed for half-pact two on Thursday, It will prob*bly be a Manonio funt>r»).

THE FROZEN MEAT TRADE

(P.EB PKRSS A83O0IATI0N.) Wbixinoton, Peeombe* 3. De) nils of tho oohemo elaborated in London by Meß«r3 Ell worthy, lXwideon and others for the ealo and carriage of frczm meat from this colony, mentioned in the oable tews blx weeks ago, were reoolvod by the Rimutaka'n mail and dlßouiaed In Wellington by the represen tatives of the various shipping aompanlea to day. It ia proposed to aubtnlfc them at once to tho various parties interested, Following are the main features :—{l) The meat is to ba paid for in cash apon shipment gat the rate of 2^l per 1b and fr< zen nn board. At the rate charged for freezing, this practically means l£d to the grower as a minimum, no matter what prioe m»y rale In England.-— (2) The above applies np to the average prloe, reaUoed in London, of 4Jd. Of what may be got over this amount, 40 par oont goes to the grower, and ovor 5i 80 peroant. On these terma, provided the average London prloo 1« 3f 1 the groweVs would receive 2£d. Frosen freights would be : Id, and tho London obarges, including marine insnr«nca against all risks, would be $d. The same return to the growers rules up to an average London prioe of 4Jd, but freight and London charges gain trie avd vantage of tho rise, the former being then 1 3-lOtha. Abovfl 4|d and up to 5d the grower reoaivea 1 JOfch of | » penny for every farthing rise, which at an average prioe in London of 4| I leaves him 2Jd. At 6i the crovrere receive 2 3-sfcha of a ponny, and 80 par cent of fill exoesa over sd. The basis of the proposal is that tho growers of Now Zealand meat shall receive a good minimum price with participation in all improvements in the Lindon market, while tho steamers shall be frae from the present unoertain'y of procuring oargc. The scheme haa already been favorably o^mmen ted npon here.

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

[Per Prrßb Assooiation.J

Auckland, Dumber 3. Tiro boys^ about nine years of ago were m a canoe on the Mangawera oroek, Tauplrl, on Sunday, wh n theft boat npaet, Ona namad Stubbin swam aahore, bat the oiher lad, Andrew Haddon, tho son of a settlor at Tauplrl, \rae drowned. A wonun named Bllon Mallet, whilst suffering from the effects of drink, threw herself Into the harbor yesterday after noon, but was speedily roßoued. The American toara of football players will arrive from San Fcanclaoo on Satur day, and play that aftornooa at the Tram way Company's grounds at Epjoro, One of tho teams represents Chicago and the other all America. It; Is not yet clodded whether they will go Sooth, The liquidators appointed by the Nor h Now Zaalaod Woollen Company have ft»Hod^-to-reooLsji^aoitjftb]o offara for the plant and business, whibTare now to be submitted to aootlon. Whilst sto'-ira'nq to her borti, the Zealandia ran into tho ond of the wh\rf for a distance o! 12 feot. The vessel reoalved no damage, Napier, D?oomber 3. An hjtolkeopar at West Ollvo, named Rqddick, wia fined £10 at the Napier Resident Magistraib'ti 0 >urt this morning, for allowing dice toj> be p!ayod on his liojnsed prem'ses. Wamqanui, December 3. A firm of land agents here report a rone ved demand for large blcoka of un improved land, mainly from Investors m Melbourne. Nkw Plymouth, Deoember 3. The alleged porjary cases, In wbioh Jessie and Martin Petrle, Jamas Mo Linohlin, and Albert Edward Nelson are all charged with having committed perjiry In a olvll case heard m the Dlssrlot Oonrf on November 5.h, 6th, and 7th, can^e on for hearing thle morning mnd are ixpooted to last for a week. The charge against Jessie Petrle is now going 00. Wblmngton, December 3. Final judgment m the Oroti case «ras delivered m the Admiralty Court by the Chief Justice. His Honor ordered chat of the moneys paid Into Court by the late owners of the vessel £516 should be paid to Oapt Robertson for wagos and disbursements while aoilng as master, and £363 to Mr Jelilooe for costs, eto. This afternoon v man named Tuomas Tomperley was arrested upon a charge of threatening to commit aulolde Temporloy, It appears, went Into a chemist's shop m this city and enquired for poison, which he announced hla intention of taking, to rid himself of the cares of the world; Blenheim, Deoember 3. A lad named WebJlnga (13), while ont with two companions yustorday, reolved a gunshot wound likaly to prove fatal. One of the party j iklngly presented a gun, believing it to be unloaded, and the Bhot entered the groin and passed through his hody, doing sad damage. Tho patient Is In a critics! state, Paimbrston North, Deoember 3. Tho oosh> oic from the offioe of the Club Hotel, containing £15 In silver, was stolen »t three o'olrok on Saturday afternoon daring the absence of tho Inudlord, No olue to tho oulprlt has been disooversd. Cheistouueoh, December 3. Some oases of wanton deatrnotlon of oattlo have ooourred m the vioinlty of Papanni, between 3 and i. miles from Ohrlstoburoh, during tho past few weeks. A ball belonging to a furmer named MoConneli and another belonging to one ' Higga havo be^n shot doad and mutll«ted. The oatragea are believed to be the work ' : i ■ t

of one man. Meaara Mataon and Oo aold the oaroasea of sheep aaved from the fire at Belfaat this afternoon. Fnlly 4000 were really prime mattou, only a few being discolored by amofce. The ealo waa dull. 2000 were aold from 4a to 5i for oaroaae, averaging 7610b, 600 going to Tlmarn, Oamaru, and Danadln, the remainder to Ohriatoharoh bayert. All the damaged oaroates will bo bailed down hero. A woman named Fanny Alioa Parkea entored Barrett'a hotel thia afternoon and oallod for brandy, after whioh ahe turned giddy and died In a few minutes. Dr Roblnaon wua pasting and attended, but oonld render no aialatanoe. The oauae ia supposed to be heart disease. Dunedin, Deoember 3, Tha animal matriculation examluatlpna oommenood to-day, when the nnmbiro? oandldates praaent was 121, of whom 3$ hro girls ; 17 arb for junior Boholarahlpa, 20 for the preliminary medical examina tion, and 14 for matriculation purely The Rot Dr Stuirt, of Kuox Ohurch; who arrived f om a visit to the Home Oonntry at the Bluff to-day, was met at Moagiel on his way overland, by office bearers of the Oharoh, and heartily wel oomed. | A bazaar, held to raise f-jnda for a Doralnloan Convent Sohool, extending oyor foqc Dl^t^ c«lUea *s^ (

THE PARNELL COMMISSION.

(per ntrcsß arscoution,) Lo jdon, Doceraber 3. As an instanco of the arduous nature of the labors of the Parncll Commission it may bo mentioned that tho shorthand record of the evidenco ainonntß to six hundred folios of foolscap daily.

HORSE MARKET

M • T. B'lTlock r; ports for the week endio.i?" S.^nrd.y December Ist :— 33 horsrn.wero brrcjyht forward for the d-y's aa!o. AnnoL'iit t'io.i» wera a number of , U'tfui ine'l'um r^aigU's, wbioh were mi'S'lyMl B'-'id at v.ry aalis f actory pr'oer, ' up to "£?5 10i bti»g obtained for a qo : din.i ; f"i* !.rclc3 and light hainsß? hfiißen 'hk'dirg^ were »i»r.in 'ungutO. Oot of thadaiy'rt ant-y of 33 16 ware sold as follnwo, v Zi. : — MorJinm drunqhti, six yaaroUa, £J5 10a, £19 5«, £21 10-, and for r rso'tflui? of a bottcr stamp £25 10s ; fiv« ylo*r oMe, of m I'shter dofC'iption. £12 10% £16 lOi, £lfl ; aged, £4 5s to £10; 3 jnd 4 year olds, £8 5 !, £13, aro >rding to description ; light, harness horses, £12 10i • hacks, £5 ss, £5 15). ' Bandfioe, saddle, h^ruea?, &o , at market raton^ ■

GROWTH OF THE ENGLISH.

» 1 The British raoe increases In a ratio so much faster than other nation* that unless some extraordinary oheok is put upon its proUnonean, it is an eisy matter of rnathe ma ioal oalouliition to ascertain when it will outnumber tie population of all nations of the world put together. According to re . liable statlatlop, Gerauny donblea its popa- Ittlion every ICO years, the Ruaaiaoa di.to, the French every 140 years, the Italians evory 135 years, the Spanish every 112 years, but m the British Isles the popula tion la doubled cv j ry 53 years, and In tbe colonies, with the Ualtad Slates, every 25 yeara, or a mean average for the British race of 41 year*. Oanad», with its papula* tlon of 5 million?, Is as popaloua and powerful us Ei^limd was In the days of Oromwoll, and m a hundred years, if unoheoked, will be as powerful as England is to day. Australia Is as powerful now as was Amerloa when she declare! her Indi-pendc-ince, and there appears nothing to hiador thcaa South Pacific colonies from booomlng a oeatury henou as strong nnd powerful as are the United States to* day. So euprome already has the raoe become that the English lacguage will carry a man over the whole world. Presi dent Eliot, of Uavard College, m a speech he madu on this eubjec, te'ated that 01 one oocasion he sat cown to dinner at a Swlpb inn whore thero were sixteen belated travellers representing six differ ent nationalities!], ani the only laagaaga they could speak was English The per oentßge of English epeaklog people m 1801 was 12-9, wh'oh waa conalderab'y below all t l ie q|her% The percentage In 1883 was '""27*l, which was 13 per cent over Frucc^O over Germany, 16 over Spain, and lOover Russia.

THE MARKETS

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London, December 1. New Consolr, 96%; New Zealand Fours, 98^. The stock market shows a rising tendency. Australian wheat, ex warehouse, 445. The market for business is restricted. Copper—Chili bars, 15s. Tin— Straits tin, ;£ioi ss ; Austra lian tin, 10s. ..Iron — Best Scotch pig, No 1, f.0.b., 42s with a rising tendency. The English wheat market is firmer ; Continental is a little better 5 American is tending upwards. Australian flour, ex store, 30s ; New Zealand flour, 255; colonial beans, 395 : oats are firm at 265. At the wool sales to-day there was increased animation m bidding, and the improvement m the prices since last auction ranged from 5 to 10 per cent. French and German buyers opeiated freely. It is expected that the a Ivance m some kinds will be more pronounced as the sales progress. Up to the present the chief advance has been m. merinos. American buyers purchased large quantities. The cata logue to date included 35,800 bales, of which 35,000 were sold. The money market is changing for the better, owing to the increased de mand for export. Three months' bills are-quoted at 4 per cent. Tallow — Australian mutton, 345; beef, 32s 9d.

HAMPSTEAD TOWN BOARD

The monthly meeting of the Harapstead Town Board was held on Friday. Present: Messru Fawcett (Ohalrraab), Hunt and Andre wo. A letter wag read from the Wakanul Road Board agreeing to the resolution passed by the Town Board re boundary roads, und desiring that an agreemont ba drawn up and Bigned. The overseer's report was re&d and m reference thereto the olerk was directed to make enquiry as 10 the ranger's power to prosecuto the owners of trespassing and straying cattle. It was aleo resolved that the^ ranger hay» the driving fees. The vVorkß Committee reported that thoy hud fonnd that the road leading to Lancaster's slaughterhouse had not been dedioated to theTßoard, and that the latter oould not, till this were done, undertake any works on the road. la regard to the boundary road the only work reoommended was the filling up of hollows and the con struotion of a ford. The comocittoo re commended that work on the road at 'Netherby, bo carried out at onoo; it would oost from £12 to £14. A reoommonda tion was also made that footpath on South road should be shingled before winter. It was resolved that the Board could not legally expend funds on the road to Lancaster's slaughterhouse till it was de dicated. The opinion waß also expressed that the work applied for would be of bo |

, benefit , but when the ftoad was dedicated c tho first aix or seven ,ohaine would bo formed, with a footpath on one side, i It^waa roaolved that before winter a t ooup'e of da; a 1 work be done in making ' a ford and filling hollows on Boundary 1 road. Any farthe- expenditure was oon i atdered unnecessary on aooonut of tho en ; oroao'imflnt of the river, and the faot that I tho opening of the slaughterhouse road , would meat all requirements. Tho olerk i waa Inatruatcd to give notloe to a land owner to clear gorao off thiaroad. The formation of William street, Notberby, vfai dlreotedj to bo gone on with at onoe. It wao resolved that thejßoard's oottage ba offered to tho Overseer at 2a per week, Mf Andrawa to have neaeaaary repairs done. Xfc wao resolved that the largo etonea bo removed from the footpato on tho Wakanai road, »d4 that tho footpath on South road be ahlnglod; It waa teaolvod that ut aomo oonvenlent time Geoen Lane ahoald bo reformed, with a 6ft foo.palh on one aldo. The Olork waa inatrcoted to obtain 50 dog collars, and after paaalng aooounta for payment the Board adjourned.

STOLEN ANTIQUITIES

The authorities of tbe British Mu-oum, ar.d to Ips 9 degree tbe curators of tbe Sonth Kensington Museum (s3fs the -London correspondent of the "Liverpool Poet "), find themselves m a rather awkward position. Sime time Pgo the authorities of the British Mosenm pur chased ft magnificent marble bust of tbe Emperor Adrian. It wbb a work of the finest antlqao art, and the prloe was execodine'y reosonabla. The authorities were rmtarally proud of their latest acquisition, and one day Invited a woll kpown gontlenun oonneoted with tbe nlplemstio world to view the treasure, The Greek, as coon as he sat eyes on the bust, recognised. in it one of. the most valuable treasures In the Royal Mv ;•••!» at Athens, He communicated with his Government, with the most astound ing results. It was found that not only had the bust of Adrian been stolen from the Athens Museum, but that many other priceless treasures had disappeared, if, Trlcouple, the Grecian Premier, on' hear* Ing from the Gr« els Minister m London, gave directions foraatrlot enmlnutlotfof the national oolleofclons, not only In the Central Museum at Athens, but through* out the oountry. It was discovered that looting bid been general, and some high official personages In Athens have been bed responsible- for the , thefts, which have been carried on In the most audt cloas and systematic manner for sv con siderable period of time.

A WONDERFUL SIGHT

1 " Talking about birds," said a veteran f aea-oaptaln to no Alta reporter," when I - waa a youngtter aboard a Boston dipper • In the Ohio a trade I saw about the btgpeat i, and most variegated oolleotfon of birds a that over met a sailor's eye, and bid 2 shellbacks see ooras queer things in their ,- oraisas. • - - 9 "We were off the Bio de la Plata, 5 Eight bells had pit (track, and \x watches had been changed,' when - suddenly awsy td the southwost 4 aa ionaltealmttl black speok showed 1 itself on the borlson. Larger and f larger; It grew.; The mate, an ancient I mariner; looked at it Intently for r a few momenta, then went below tind r examined the barometer. There was no g ohaoga there. What oould be the a mitter 1 He oalled the captain and pointed 3 oat to him the onuse of his anxiety. It • had now attained the proportions of a e 'opiall. Its lower edge was lined with"* II bright silver streak. That streak wii • foam, the water charned into milk, \x Another look at the glass. Still no change i therp. The captain's farrowed Visage a assumed a peoalUr, puzzled expression* a .Surely that was a hlaok olond stealing up, • fall of wind, and the tquall would looa e be upon as. Bat why was the barometer r silent ? The old man looked up uneasily 1 at the light solle. Blaoker and bigger n grew the oiouda and* longer and whiter; 3 grew the - ail vet' edge beneath , 'Lower r hit «y the roy— ' Ho was jast about to I, finish the order, the glasses glued to hla eyes, when 'Never mind I'-^be had changed his mind. «• Bang 1" went the filanees es the old man closed them sharply, and tornfag arouad glanced qu'zzloally at the mste>| who responded with a look of Inquiry, ' What do you think V asked the captain. 5 ' Don't know/ answered the mate shortly. g l Well, they're birds" was the answer. " Yes, thafc_ black oloud was birds. It extended' over two point* of the compass ■ now, and wan still Increasing, In another • Rcoond tbe naked eye could distinguish their Individual forms. They were birds . indeed. Myriads of them. Every spades of sea-bird was represented In that vast army. There war the albatross, sailing ' majestically aloru, its huge wings out spread ; the curlew with Its long, bpsax— '} llko bill and taper lego ; the black diver i and its rod-throated oousin ; the beautiful , frlgftto bird, or bo'aun, as sailors ball: It; ;• loa-birdß flaw neok-and-neck with gollle. mots. Bnobi Bor noddles jostled seagulls and snowbirds. Here the stormy petrel uttered Its peou'lar ory, and there the nape plgoon showed Its mottled breast. 1 Besides all these, hnndreds of sp^olei un e known to the ordinary sailor, and perhaps r to the ornithologists. - s " In another ten miantes they covered e half the sky, a solid black mass casting an ever-inoreaalng shadow over the reflective, deep And that sliver lino of foam ; wbafc > was that A great army of porpoisea. s The Beoret was out. These sea-pigs, la s an Immeose front, miles Ions;, were parsp* • Ing the smaller fish on which they prey, f They were driving vast shoals cf bonlto, flying fish and others before them. These fish, terrl6od, hopeless, sprang from the water In their great agony and were • " oaught. For the birds above swooped] 3 npon what the porpoises below failed t,a oatoh. It was a wonderful sight. Hang • Ing beneath tbe bine vault a huge dark veil of birdß. Birds everywhere as far aa the eye could reaoh, north, Boutb,'eaat and west— all birds. The noise of their myriad wings sounded like Ibe noise of a rushing, mighty wind. The sun; was 1 obscured ana thus to add to the solemblty : of the scene a dusk settled on the witen. 1 Then a deep awo fell upon the little knot of human witnesses of the Divine power. 1 Never before had anyone of these grlszled i seamen beheld ouoh a sight* All work 7 was forgotten In the contemplation of > that wondrous soene. And still the mighty aerial prooession Went on ; and l still thb great host of fish harried on their L way punning and panned ; and stlHihe ' vessel rolled heavily* But tbe flap flsjp of the sails was no longer heard. The nolsa of tbe myriad wings, loud ao the harrl> cane's roar drowned all olio. . ', "In another minute that line of rolling bodle? was within • blncnlt-tbrow of. the ship's 'side. Then a curloni thing ooonrred; That long line wheeled correctly as » regiment of grenadiers to the eastward. Our ship as it lay there divided the Hoe as it swept round, bnt did not break its symmetry, and the seaplgv, driving their shoals of T/iotiias before them, were sbon away übder v otir stern, still wheeling until they .dlsVp. paired to the southward. But' the Vast cloud of birds still darkened the sky. Thousands settled on the spara aid rigging and on the sea also, until to fire • musket amongst those floating bodlea meant death to a score. For half an hour the iftin was hidden, and we were bathed In toelul* datknesi. Then- a bre»k oooorrsd ln ihe prooesßion, and soon a little blaok speok was seen to the southward. It was %\f9 birds disappearing. But not all ' wept. Millions had settled down on J the sea, until so far as the eye oould. reach the water was covered with them. They remained there all night, and so great was the noise of their oroaklogand shriek- ( Ing that no sleep visited tha weary sailors in their watoh below; For two d»y«v«re lay thao beoklmed, the blrda drifting lazily about with us on the waters, gorged with fiab, quantities of Which floated around dead. On the third evonlng a flish of lightning from the southwest caused the old man to shorten aall, and before midnight we were Iyingr to In a raging pamporo. \^hen next morning broke we were the pent re o( • vast ctvole of broken water. The birds had vanished. One gloomy bape devil 1 alone remained circling about the iblp, solemn and sombre, like the genius of the storm or the forerunner of fatality."

THE ABHBPBTON qPABDIAI^, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1888



< DIARY. < Moon 'j| Decotnbor . Rnn Sr.n Moon Moon ago a Rises Seta. Tlifc* HetN noon; ft. si. p.m. j B Monday '..'4.17 7.23 4,0 O.r>2 id 1 4 I'ncsdny ..4.10 7.24 4.48 8.8 0 j 6 Wednesday., 4.10 7.26 5.43 0.19 1 ' 6 Thursday .. 4.10 7M 6.47 1021 2 7 Fri.luy.. .. 410 7.27 7.52 11.14 3 8 .Sntorday ... 4.16 7.2H 0.4 11.52 4 0 Sunday .. 4.15 7.20 10.12 • • 5 Moonlight Evenings. j 4 The Moon at 3 aave old shines till about I 6 o'oloek. ' . Tho Moon at 6 days old ehinoa till cbbut half-paet 10 o'olook. Tbe Moon at 8 days old shines (ill noorly ; o'clock in the morning. The Moon at 12 days old shines from , sundown till about 4in tho morning. I The Moon at 15 days old is full, nad shines . all night. Tbe Moon at 18 dnys old riooß about 9 p.m. and Bhinee till morning. . Tbe Moon at 21 days old rißes about 11 a.m. and shines till morning. ' Tho Moon at 24 days old rises about S a.m. and shines. 11 morning Tbe Moon at 27 days old rises about 4 a.m. " and shines till eunrieo. 1 -



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