The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1888. NOMADIC MINISTERS.

Cabinet Ministers is likely to take place | during the next few days. The Minisier for Education and the Defence Minister will probably leave for Auck- land on Friday, and tho Minister for Public* Works expects to be able to go up North on Tuesday, while the Colonial Secretary hopes to be able to take his departure for the South during the next few days." Of course the business which takes all these gentlemen to " a' tho airts " may be legitimate enough, but if Parliament is to meet m the first week of May, that is to say only nine weeks hence, there must be pressing business m Wellington which should, bring them all together again after aj very brief interval indeed. For unless, presuming upon their supposed safe tenure of office, the old Atkinsonian policy of delaying all large measures till tho close of tho session is to be again pursued, if, as should bo the case, the principal work of Parliament is tobe laid before it promptly on its assembling then there is, even now, not a da? too long a time to enable that work to be prepared. For there are some very ! knotty questions to be disposed of dur- ing the coming session, '1 here is mth Tariff question alone plenty of work cv out, to say nothing of some very trouble Borne matters m connection with th North Island Trunk Kailway, the Utag Central Bailway, tho New Plymout Harbor and, not improbably two o three more harbors, the proposed repea of the Crown and Native Lands Ratin Act, the passing of the New Electora Bills, and tho question of the Canter bury runs. There is work m connectio with oil these matters which is bristlin

with difficulties, and work which cannot be performed successfully without much and careful consideration, and that careful consideration m ill be an im-i possibility unless Ministers restrain their highly nomadic tendencies, and stick a little more closely to their offices than at present they seem to be disposed to do.

We reprinted the other day from an English paper an article headed "In and Out of < ffice " which showed m startling and amusing contrast the in consistencies ot no less a statesman than the Hon. W. E. Gladstone, and we need not go beyond the bounds of our own colony for evidence that m the matter of piping our tune m Opposition and dancing to another when m power political Pompeys and Cossars all over the world very much resemble one another. For example, one of the oft reiterated charges made m the Press and m Parliament by the opponents of the Stout- Vogel rleitnc was that under it, Ministers spent a great deal too much time and money m gadding about the country, and that it would be infinitely better if they would concentrate them selves at head-quarters a littlo oftencr and a good deal more continuously. It was pointed out that unless Ministers spent the most of their time togethct it was impossible that they could take counsel of each other as they should do, and that for want of such counsel they were led into all sorts of inconsis tencies to Bay nothing of extravagances, and so on, and so on. Now it is un doubtedly quite possible to err and to err very grievously m this direction, but we have never, no matter what Party was m power, joined m the chorus of condemnation so often thoughtlessly raised against Ministers for travelling about the country— on the contrary, we hold that m order to the intelligent ad ministration of the departments— -those of Lands and Public Works especially — it is absolutely necessary that Ministers should visit the localities and make themselves personally acquainted with local wants and conditions ignorance of which must necessarily lead to many and costly blunders, but at the same time we agree that it is also desirable that the whole Cabinet should have frequent opportunities of exchanging ideas face to face, and that the personal presence of all the Ministers m Welling ton at one and the same time and for perhaps the greater part of the time

during every recesß is imperatively nec-

cesßary.— -Yet it is not a little remarkable that the present Government are appa rently more given to running about the country \han their predecessors were, and that only for very short periods since Par liament rose have all its members re-

mained m the Empire city at any one

I time. Recently they have beeu co I gathered together, only* however, to /disperse again, for ihe << Wellington ' r Fort " e»ys :—« Quite a scattering of

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The " Daily Telegraph » reports that amongst other produce which is being ex ported from Napier to London is tall fesouo seed, Mr Ormond during the last fortnight having shipped away 1000 bags, the Rotoma* hana taking 700 last Sunday, and the Mararoa 300 the previous week for transhipment at | Sydney and Melbourne. From these porta the Beed will be forwarded by Orient steamers to London. Tall fesoue grown m England not germinate if sown m that country, but it has been proved that New Zealand grown seed will; hence its value. This last season has been an excellent one for that crop, and on old river beds the yield has been ; exceptionally heavy, j Duri Dg the intense fogs m England on January ioth to 13th, tho Birmingham cor reapona ont of the "London Telegraph" wited ._.,, Many oi the ill-educated people herfl wer6 to a ay thrown into a state of abßolute terror by a report whioh gained wide, flpread oreaenoe that, m consequence ot the oonj unot j oa of Mars and Uranus with Meroury mi n an evil aspeot, there would be earthquabea and other dire calamities, Women kept their beds> and wou,a not lefc . . . their ***** »«end Behool; man, ignorant cP Porn Bs°nB met'? P^y, females of the, class com. t ™»] ' «een m gmahops bought Bibles; and - *eQ*? rs of the Ration Army held forth on c the Dmne wrath .mmed.ately impending o »ia lon? ™» suoh Remarkable instance of h the samval of superstition was witnessed. r The ••Southland Times" makes the l astonishing statement that a young man g named Patrick Heffernan was charged at l Brisbane with a breaoh of the Immigration Aot, m attempting to leave for Sydney almoßt n on his arrival. He was sentenced to four g months imprisonment.

A Hartf oofc, Coon., man has invented an ap» paratus for timing horses. A olook with three hands— minute, second, and quarter seoond— is started by the official timer. When the winning horse touohes the wire the olook is stopped by eleotrioity. At the same instant the current opens a oamera, whioh photographs the horse and the olook face.

Chicago haß just celebrated the 50th an* niversary of its foundation, the city having been formed m 1837, with 4170 inhabitants. The rapidity of its growth is without parallel, even m the United States. In 1840, 4479; 20,963 m 1850; 109.2C6 m I860; 298, 977 m 1870; and 503,185 m 1882— suob has been the growth of Ohioago. Holloway's Pills — Teachings of Expert enoe. — The united testimony of thousands extending over more than forty years, meet strongly recommends these Pills as the best purifiers, the mildest aperients, and the surest restoratives. They never prove delusive, or give merely temporary relief, but attaok all ailments of the Btomach, lungs, heart, head, and bowels m the only safe and legitimate way, by depurating the blood, and so eradi cating those impurities whioh are the source and constituents of almost every disease. Their medioal effioaoy is wonderful m re newing enfeebled constitutions. Their aotion embraces all that is desirable m a household medicine. They expel every noxious and effete matter; and thus the strength is turedand the onergiea stimulated.

Messrs J. Scaly and Co. have m their window some fine apples of last year's growth, they were grown by Mr Coobrane, of Elgin and are of the Cambridge pippin variety, showing the remarkable keeping quality of this sort of apple.

The returns of Ashburton Hospital for the month of February are as follows :— ln Hospital on Ist Feb., 8; admitted, 11; dis charged, 8 ; died, 1 ; remaining on 29th, 10.

The Matron of the Ashburton Hospital wishes to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of frui f , honey, and jam from Mrs Herring (Alford Station), and of fruit from Mrs Porter and Mrs George Lee, for the use of inmates.

In oonneetion with the re-hearing on Thursday of the case Primmer v Spring, our report was slightly inaoourate m Btating that a mistake had been made by the officer of tbo Court m filling m the date of the summons It should have been stated that tho defendant mistook the date.

A large batch of drunks was dealt with this morning by Major Steward and Mr T. Bullock, J.P.'s. Three first offenders were fined 5s each, with the übu&l alternative, one of them also be'Dg required to repay the oost of cab hire. John Heron, second appearance, was fined 20s, or twenty-four hours. John Grieve Smith, for obstructing the police, was fined 20s, or iurcy-eight hours, and also ordered' to pay oab bire. Patrick Splaice, for drunken ness, was fined 10b. William Braoken was ordered to pay 10s 6d, amount of damage to constable's uniform, or forty-eight hours.

At the Upper Ashburton Licensing Com. mittee's meeting to-day there were present Messrs Scaly, Thomas, and Bullook, Mr Scaly was eleoted ohairman, Thiß was all the buainese.

The Ashburton Suburban Licensing Com* mittee met to-day at noon. Present — Messrs Scaly, Thomas, MoLean, and Bullook. Mr Thomas Scaly was unanimously eleoted chairman. The Sergeant of Police reported that tho houses m the district were not provided with fire-escapes for the bedrooms, and the Committee deoided to adjourn till Firday, the 23rd inßt., tho licensees to receive notice to provide, m the interim, the required appliances to the satisfaction of the police.

The work of prospeoting at Alford Forest being attended with great difficulty, owing to the rough bush covering the country, Mr Walker, the Chairman of the County Counoil, has applied to tho Minister of Mines for a grant of £250, for the purpose of constructing prospeotors' traoks.

We are m receipt of another number of Leslie's Parliamentary Portraits, containing really excellent sketches both as to pen and penoil work of Mr Taylor, member for Sydenham, and Mr Grimmond, member for Hokitika.

The 25th Feb. was the first anniversary of the death of Mr Maoandrew, M.H.R. It was also the 18th anniversary of the departure from New Zealand of the last of the Imperial troops.

The " Bruoe Herald " says that good white clover seed is worth 9d per pound, and suggests that the growing of this crop would be very remunerative to farmers.

The "Auokland Bell" is responsible for the tremendous "ouffer" that, "Call it inßtinot, or reason, or whatever you like, every dog m Auokland knows the city dogoatoher so well that as soon as they perceive him you oan see the dogB 1 paws go up to ascertain if the collar is still there. If it is not they make tracks."

A visitor to Shannon, on the Manawatu Company's line assures as ("Wanganui Herald ") that the mosquitoes there are so numerous that m the morning Bottlers sweep up those that have been billed by the candles *or lamps, and light the tiros with them !

What may jbappon to a farmer m Waikato is exemplified m the bankruptcy of a Mr Bmale. Some time ago Mr Smale bought a farm of 350 aoren at £8 an aore, and improved it at a coat of £1000, the farm was mortgaged for £1000 and was Bold by order of the mortgagee, realising £300.

SANDEIt and SONS 1 EUCALYPTI EX TRACT.—In proteotion of the work wide fame our manufacture has acquired all over the globe, we publish the following :— Hazard, M.D., Professor of General Pathology and Diseases of the Mind and Nervous Sjstem, saya m an editorial published m the " Olinioal Record : " — " Wo have examined hali-a-dozen specimens of different manufactures; the preparation of Sander and Sons was the only one that proved to bo reliable and correspond* ing to scientific tests." Another conoootion called " Refined Extraot of Eucalyptus " has made its appearanoe since. This produot Btands, according to Dr Owen, foremost m oausing injurious effects. That gentleman oommunioatos, at a meeting of the Medioal Sooiety of Viotoria, that a child Hying at Fitaroy became most seriously indisposed Lnrough its use. In another case a lady states on the strength of statutory deo'aration that she suffered cruelly from the efforts of the same concoction. To guard the high reputation of our manufacture we feel warranted m exposing the above facts, and desire the publio to exercise care and prooan* tion wheo boyiog. PAtiPfift and. &QW>~ 'Hi.) \u0084., ..^..^ 9

TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.

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Sydney, February 29.

The boiler of a ferry boat on the Manjio River exploded yesterday, when the vessel was off the town of Vallejo, Upper California. The vessel was blown to pieces, and seventy persons who were on board were either killed outright or terribly maimed.

THE WRECK AT NEW PLYMOUTH.

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New Plymouth, March 2.

The ecqniry into the Bellinger etrlklog on the Waiongora reef, off Wultara, olosed last evening. After hearing the evidence, Mr Thompson, Oolluotor of Customs, telegraphed to the Marine Department, Wellington, taking for an .official enquiry before a Resident Magistrate and Nautical Assessor, as certain things wore disclosed m the evidence necessitating snoh a coarse; Captain Bendall, of the Under writers' Association, m at Waitara.

The Galrlooh is now trading to the breakwater, owing to there being Icbs water m the Waitara river than has been known for yearn

SOUTH RAKAIA ROAD BOARD.

The usual monthly meeting was held on Thursday. Present : Meßßrs Coßter (chair man), Lyttelton, Tuoker, Mulligan, and Stringfellow. The Clerk's report was read. He called the attention of the Board to placeß on Bushy Hark Road where water-races were leaking badly The Chairman undertook to see Mr Baxter on th« subjeot The Chairman stated that the Counoil bad made arrangements tor Mr Joshua Tucker having a supply of dog collars on hand.

Mr Windsor wrote re acorned moneys for Bale of settlement sections, and asking for certain information.

Si-Tbe Ct)t«irman stated that he had replied to this.

The County Council wroto stating that no more culverts were to be removed without special permirsioa.

A number of persons who had been applied to for rates wrote asking that alterations be mado on the roll, as they had disposed of their properties. — Appli cation granted.

Tbo matter of metalling a portion of Bushy Park Road was loft m the hands of Mr Ktringfollow and tne Olerk.

The Clerk was authorised to have race crossings improved on the main river road.

Accounts for £37 19s 2d were passed for payment. The Poundkeeper's book was inspected and the meeting adjourned*

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

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Wellington, Maroh 1.

A number of communications have passed between the Government and the Agent-General with reference to the (bating of the new loan, and no loan is to be plaoed upon the London market juat at present, the Government having m*de arrangements which will obviate the neoes aity of borrowing at Home for some little time to ccrae.

The Ouatoraa returns In the oolony for the last month, the eleventh of the finan cial year, are now completed. The Oastomn duties oolleoted at the foui principal porta laat month were as followa; — Wellington, £15 775 4s Id ; Auckland, £29,139 5a 3d ; Lytteltoo and Ohrlet ohuroh, £18 080 11b 2d ; Danedin, £25,275 2a 7d. In the totals of the month's duties £6093 3s lid was made up by amaller ports. The estimated monthly average of the custom* duties for the year was £104,166 13 i 41, that for laat month would anaoaut to £^35,83?, whereas the amount aotually collected has been £157,784, or £11,950 above estimate.

The beer duty collected amounted to £4634 2b oi, the four prlnoloal oltiea contributing &b follows : — Wellington, £409 17a 4d ; Auckland, £939 3a aid ; jDnrletchurch, £967 13s lid ; Daaedln, £1075 7« Bd. For the eleven montbi the total amoant of beer duty ejected has been. £47.342, or £2158 below the average eatitutted lot that' period, which WM£i9»sl)o.

THE EUROPEAN SITUATION.

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St. Petersburg February 29. In consequence of the panic on the Bourse yesterday, Bank shares have fallen 25 per cent, and rouble notes are now below iad. England haa replied to the Czar's note on the subject of the deposition of Prince Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, that she is unable to advise the Sultan to demand such a course until satisfactory proposals have been formulated for the future government of Bulgaria. Vienna, February 29. Government has decided that the strength of the Austro-Hungarian effective army shall be increased pro portionately to that of the army of Germany. _____________

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

HOME AND FOREIGN

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THE SWEATING SYSTEM.

Lond >N, Feb'aa'-y 29

The question of the sweating system, with its attendant evils, and unrestricted foreign immigration, has been discussed by the House of Lords, who u>-ge, as a means to stamp out the evil, improved sanitarianism, registration of workshops, greater supervision by Factory In spectors, and the establishment of a system of four years' apprenticeship. Foreign paupers are induced to come to England by offers of work when there is absolutely none except under the sweating system, which renders them mere slaves, and leaves them to starve. A Select Committee has been appointed by the House of Lords to deal with the question.

THE PROCEDURE RULES.

Eight of the procedure rules have been adopted, and five now remain to be dealt with. Theje is not likely to be any opposition over the remaining rules. Mr Edward Harrington, member for Kerry W., strongly opposed the proposed rule increasing the Speaker's power m dealing with cases of gross misconduct. The rule m question empowers the Speaker to sus pend or expel any member guilty of gross misconduct.

ENGLAND AND VENEZUELA.

JSkw York, February 29. It is stated here that the Venezuelan Government have despatched 500 troops to oppose the British occupation at Caron i River,

SENTENCE ON MR PYNE, M.P.

London, February 29.

Mr Jasper Pyne, M.P, for Water-, ford, has been sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment for inciting resistance to the Sheriff, Notice of appeal was giveD.

THE ABYSSINIAN WAR.

Mashowah, February 28. The Negus has summoned all his subjects to extirpate the Italians, and a battle between the Abyssinians and

Italian troops is imminent.

AUSTRALIAN.

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NEW SOUTH WALES.

Sydney, Maroh 1.

Mr Varney Patkes, a member for one of the seats for the district of Central Cumberland, m the House of Assembly, has resigned, owing to pres^ sure of private business.

Silver stocks are temporarily de pressed.

The Zigzag Colliery at Lithgow is partly at work again, the damage sus tained by the recent accident, which was not so extensive as at first be lieved, having been repaired.

In consequence of the great number of suicides during the past few weeks, "Rough on Rats," and other patent poisons have been brought under the provisions of the Poisons Act.

The new Fire Brigade Station was opened this evening. It cost^i^ooo, and contains all the latest American and English appliances, including engines which can be m full working order m fifteen seconds,

VICTORIA.

Mhlbourne, March 1.

Sidney Jenkins, formerly manager m the Bank of Australasia, has been ar rested for the larceny of 500 cancelled notes from that bank. Accused left the bank about the time it was reported that the cancelled notes were m circula tion m December last, and although he has done no work since he always had plenty of money.

The Board of Conciliation have settled the dispute which existed be tween the employers and employees m the iron trade. They have fixed eight hours to be the day's work, to be paid at a minimum of 6s gd per day, over time to be paid at a fixed rate.

Victoria will be represented at the Tariff Conference which is to be held at Brussels.

Captain Whitney, of Auckland, has written to the Defence Minister relative to the establishment of a cartridge factory m Victoria, and the latter is of opinion that arrangements may be made if a suitable site can be found.

A tender has been accepted for lighting the Exhibition with electricity at a cost of

QUEENSLAND.

BmtjpANE, March 1.

A great eight hours demonstration took place to-day, and a Congress of Delegates from all the colonies will open to-morrow.

The Tradss Union intend to con sider the Chinese question. They complain that the regulations recently framed by the Government of South Australia are quite inadequate to meet tfoe evil, and urge that nothing short of prohibition will obviate the difficulty. They contend, further, that it Will' be necessary to place certain restrictions on the Chinese already m Australia. A deputation from the Union has inter viewed thePremier, Sir Samuel Griffiths, who characterised the conduct of the South Australian Government as dilatory m the matter. He was afraid the country would be swamped with Cjiirjese while they dallied with the question, \u25a0

TINWALD MARKET.

Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agenoy Cmpary Limited, report as f llows : — At Tinwald Yards, on February 28th, there wore fair entries of sheep and cattle. The market was dull throughout. We Bold for Mr John Gtigg, heavy long wool ewes 6a; fat mnrino ewes made 3 < 61 ; prime half-bred Down lamba, 6a 4d; aged croaabred ewe?, 3s and 3a 3d ; for vrard half-bred two-tooth Downs, 6a Id ; fat cows one! heifers, £3 to £4 10d.

THE MARKETS.

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Melbourne Miroh I. Wheat is easier, and 5000 bags have been sold at 3s sd, but shippers decline to give the price. Flour is m fair de mand, but last quotations are unaltered. Prime malting barley is 5s 6^d Feed grain is depressed. Maize, 3s 6d to 8s 7d. Adelaide, March 1 Wheat, at Port Adelaide, 8s 2d ; outports, 2a lOd to 8s ; roller made flour, £8 to £8 10s ; bran, 6£d to 7d ; oats, 2s Id. Sydney, March 1. Wheat is rather dull at 3s 41 to 3s 6d for new and old shipments. Oats dull at from Is lOd to 2s, feed sorts, 2s 2d milling 2s, seed maize (best quality) 3a 3d. Warnambool potatoes £12 15s. There are no others m the market. New Zealand bran 6(1, other kinds 6£d. Pollard scarce, 7fd. New Zealand bacon 9£d, hams, Is to Is Id per lb. Butter m good demand . Factory-made is quoted at lOd to Is. Cheese unim proved at from 5(1 to 6d for loaf size.

CORN EXCHANGE.

The following is the Oorn Exchange re* port for the week ending Friday, March 2ao\lrißß: —

The bulk of the crops may now ba Bald to be secured, and stacking m preference to thrashing out of the stook more general th*n has of late years been the case, doubtless the low price now ruling has a considerable bearing on far mers patting their grain Into stack. We mast exempt, however, barley, for which there is a good demand. Freights are still agalnet shippers, and until tonnage can be obtained at reasonable rates, with the preßent prices ruling In England, we cannot look for satisfactory outlet m that qaartar. Wheat — Samples of the new crop baing now on offer transactions have taken placa at quotations which may m the meantime be taken as its present value, though there are indications that these prices will give way when the few orders m hand are filled, and threshing beomeß more general. Quotations, 2i 7d to 2s 9d for prime milling. Oats— A quieter tone prevails, the samples offering are good, being especially bright m color. Prims milling are worth up to Is 8d ,* short bright feed, la 6d to Is 7J.

Ba'kley— The enquiry for prime malting still erlata, and considerable business has been done at quo atloos. Prime malting meets with ready sale at 4a 3d ; second quality, 3a 6d to 4i. Gbass Seed - Ryegrass Is neglected, bb is usual at this period, farmers being too busily engaged otherwise to thresh, and consequently fevr samples are offering. Quotations are nominally for farmers parcels 2a to 2a 4i. Ockksfoot— The difficulty In obtaining freights retards business. The season's standard is fully up to the average, with a good oolor. Sales have been made at 3£3 to 3£d for bright heavy seed. Dairy Produce — No alteration can be noted m prices. The proposed establishment Of a butter factory m tho Oxford district should commend itself to farmers m the looallty, and were saoh factories general an artiole of even quality suitable for export would Boon establish a good name m foreign markets.

The above quotations are those paid to farmers, and delivered f.o.b. Lytteiton, sacks extra.

ADDIMTON LIVE STOCK MARKET.

The " Press " reports as follow* of Wednesday's market . —

The supplies of stock on all sides was •mall, and the attendance of buyers barely up to the average.

Fat Cattle— The limited entry wan oomprlsed of about eijaal proportions of •Hers and heifers, a few pens of the former being good quality and weight, the latter mostly a poor lot ; the demand was not over brisk, and, consider* Ing the short supply of last week, and the present email entry, this Is to be wondered at, and values showed barely any improvement. Good lineß of steers •old at £6 5s to £6 15i per head ; helfera and cows, from £3 to £4 17* 6d ; from IDs to 17a per 100. b being the ruling values, according to the quality. Store Cattle— A moderate number yardea, a few good lineß among the number. Buyers not very anxious, rates about on a level with late quotations. A line of well-grown three-year-old steers, nearly fat, sold at £5 per head ; a line of t«e year-olds m baokward condition, at £2 17a 6d ; other lines at recent values,

Dairy Cattle— A fair entry of mode* rate quality, demand only middling. The best young oows sold up to £6 sa; ordinary sorts £3 to £4

Fat Shbbp — k tmall entry, quality varied, demand both local and for export, and daring the earlier part of the sale brisk with an advanoo of from Is to Is 6a per head, towards the clone of the sale, however, competition gave way and the market closed on a level with last (reek's priceß. The beat" cronabred wethers Bold at from Ss 3d to JO* 6d per head, light welghto 6t 9d to 7* 94 and crossbred ewes 6a to 9a, merino wethers 5s 3d to 7a per head, the best mutton selling at from l£d to lsd per lb down to I£d for medium and inferior.

Stoke Sheep— A moderate number of store sheep offering, The demand for young sheep, both wethers and ewes, continues good ; Bales to-day of the former going to 6s 8d per head, and for the latter 6s Id. A number of old sheep were yarded. Fax Lambs— A fairly large entry, some lines of exceptionally good quality being on offer, the demand was active, buyers for export taking all the moat suitable lines, for whloh from 7a to 8i Id was paid. Second-rate sorts sold at from 5a to 6j, inferior 33 upwards.

Pias— A very heavy entry, last week's market bribglng sellers to the fore. The demand was again good, bat value show a falling off from that market, but were still high Small stores sold at from 9a to 11s, strong stores 16s to 245, porkers 26j to g3s. • «

The " Taieri Advooato ' reports that a well known farmer of burly build, residing a Bhort distance from the Outram railway station, determined upon taking advantage of the fine weather on arecent Sunday and started hia men harvesting. Such a thing as this oould not fail to attract attention and the elders of the West Taieri Ghuroh took the matter into consideration. After duo deliberation a resolve was oome to and the minister of the ohuroh called at the farmer's residence with the information that he {the farmer) was not to attend the Lord's Table any more.

'5 Bough on Oatabrb" correots offensive pdoifi at pnce. Complete cure of worn obronio t ajej : aleo unsaualed ai garglg for diptjUjerit, tore throat, 4

ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL.

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Aahbu? ton County Council was held this morning. Preseut :— Messrs W. 0. Walker (Chairman), E. G. Wright, J. Gngg, J. Holmes, Jas. Brown, 0. J. Harper and K. 8. Coster. chairman's statement. The Chairman said the Helwyn Ooaaty Council writs to say that as the fees received for pilotage at Dobbin's ford are not anffioient to maintaiu the ford, they hare decided to oloae It and forward an aooount of amount dae by this Council to date for this ferry. — A copy of the pro* posed new Bylaws for the Aahbarton v traffic bridge has been furnished to the Council's solicitor so aa to enable him to draft a speoial order, and a letter from him m reply will be read to-day, point ing out certain things requiring amend ment — The Committees appointed to consider regulation for traotion, engines on road a and to deoide the question of maintenance of Boundary road, Wakanul, and South Rakala Road Boards have met since laßt meeting of the Oouncil and will present their reports at this meeting* —I have written to the Road Boards ii the county reminding them to apply for the subsidies due, and m oases where Road Boards ere not striking rates applica tion will be made for the subsidy to be paid to the Oounol for the rate now being levied by this body —The amount of rates paid to date is £747 17s Od.— The Government has acknowledged the reoeipt of the letter forwarding copy of the resolution re erection of the rabbit fence. At the instance of Mr E: G. Wright, on behalf of persons Interested m prospecting In the Alford Forest dis trict, and who plaoed before me the diffi onltlea under which they labor In conse quence of the rough bush, eto, whloh oovers the ground they are prospecting, I, m con junction with him, made enquiry from the Minister of Public Wotka as to the probability of obtaining assistance from Government, In accordance with the Information we received, I have made application to the Minister of Mines for a subsidy not exceeding £250 for prosy peotlng tracks, so that the Oounoll may be m a position to oonalder the matter as aooa as possible, should they be of opinion that it is desirable to undertake such work. I have not yet reoeiVed a reply. EKGINBBR& RKPORT. The Engineer reported «a follows :— Ashburton-Rangitata Water Supply : The Bources m the Upper Hinds distriothave been bo low during the month that the races dependent on them have not been fully sup plied, while the races m Ealing and Cola* stream districts partially dependent on them had also a short supply for a few days. The latter has now been remedied by the olearing and enlarging a portion of the R race through Grown Lands, which race connects with supply from South Ashburton river. The auxiliary supply from Streamlet near Hinds gorge has done good Bervice bo far as the upper portion of the T race is concerned, but it is inadequate at this season of the year to reach down to the junotion with the St race. Several of the races havd been overhauled recently, and others are m progress but a' good deal more requires to be done before the system as a whole can be reported as satis factory.—For the supply of settlers m the Waterton distriot, the artificial out at Mr McQuilkin'a is being oleared out at their joint expense. This will improve the supply to some extent, but m order that a permanent supply might be obtained it would be neces sary to have a connection formed with Ford's creek. This might be made either along the upper boundary of Mr William Anderson's property, or otherwise a cut might be made from Ford's oreek to Wheeler's oreek through Mr Osborne's property. In the latter oase the severance would be considerable, but there would be muoh better fall that way. A Beriea of levels would have to be taken to determine declivity, depths of exoavations, etc, but I should judge the expense of both routes to be about equal, and the cost m each caße of all necessary works to be about £17 or £18, and a coat of about £8 a year would have to bo incurred m keeping the main olear from Ford's Greek to upper end of Mr Huston's property. Plains Water Supply : This servioa on the whole has been satisfactorily kept up during the month. The Pudding Hill supply has been all taken up by the E races, but it is not getting any lower, and may now bo expected to stand out during the season. The races m Lower Acton district were somewhat intermittent about the middle of the month, but are now running more steadily. A little additional boulder work has been execuccd m oreek at Drayton. Several miles of raoea have been oleared out recently m a satis* \u25a0 f aotory manner, and portions partially oleared preparatory to annual overhaul which takes place next month. The supply m the Wakanui Greek is now getting very low, but the raoea 1 depending on it are as yet all fairly supplied. On account of the continuous lowering of the " water level m the river, the temporary dam at inlet of race at River Road has had to be f made up from time to time, which has kept the d greater part of that race supplied, and m the c present condition of the river the supply :• oannot be inoreased exoept at very con* d Biderable cost. The Ranger reports that be IQ has several times found the raoe broken down i- at flume near Mr Wm. Brown's, k and tho _• water turned out of the raoe.

Hampstead Water Supply: Having oon* farred with the Borough Engineer on this aubjeot, I find the Borough Counoil is likely to undertake soon works for an enlarged service from the Domain towards the point on' Wakanui road on which the Town Board wieheß the supply to be delivered, and I believe the Borough Oounoil would be pre* pared still further to enlarge said servioa to an extent whioh would be equal to the Hampstead requirements provided the Town Board defrays the extra cost. The County Council's contribution might therefore bo made available for this route instead of that originally proposed along North Belt as ift seems that would interfere with the levels of the street lines and cause inoonvonient sever* ance near the lower end of the Borough. Tinwald Town District Water Supply : Tha supply whioh the Town Board wants is for flushing the streets, the main to be brought towards the hotel, and branohes along Graham's road and South road. The water or portion of it oould be returned to County race, but it would be better probably not to do so as it would be eubjeot to pollution to some extent. ' " v '*'\u25a0-.

Wakanui Creek Improvement: The work authorised will be commenced early next week. The contractor has reoently been engaged on several minor works neoessary for the keeping-up of the water supply m various parte of the county. water races. In the course of a discussion on the question of water raoes, Mr Wright said there was one matter whloh the Council would do well not to lose sight of. A number of races had been constructed through Grown lands, thus considerably enhanolng their values. The Government had hitherto refused to contribute towards the m«lnteoanoe of these races, whloh entirely devolved on the Ooun'cU. He noticed that the Government were goirig to sell the old railway reserve, from Tlnwald to Rangitata, and he thought the Council should make applioatlon for a portion of the prooeeds, as the lands had been directly benefited by the expends ture of County funds. Mr Holmes thought the suggestion a wise one. He notioed that at a sale of land m North Canterbury, the Minister had agreed tQ'oet aulde a portion of tb,B proceeds for Ehe tiunstruotlbn' o! tafttiv raoes instead of roads.

Mr Grigg said that he entirely agreed with Mr Wright. He wai on the point of moving, when the nubjdot was broached by Mr Wright. The Chairman said that from hla ex perience of Governments he was rathei dabioua whether past expenditure wan recoverable. The Oonnoll might, how* ever, make application foe a grant on behalf of irrigation or extended water works In faturo.

Mr Grigg wa satisfied the Oouooll oonld make oqt a good case, and bo moved — "That a statement be prepaid showing the extent of water raoos ! Id trhla ooaaty, passing through Grown Lands, and their proportionate post uolaalve of he»<3

THE ABHBURTON GUABDIAN, FBI DAY, MARCH 2, 1888



THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN.



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