TO CORRESPONDENTS.

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The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1888. OBSTRUCTING THE THOROUGHFARE.

The result of the case brought before two of the local Justices yesterday by the Ashburton Police against the Salva tion Army, will we think be satisfactory to the public generally, and cannot fairly be complained of by the Army itself, Neither m the attitude of the prosecu tion, nor iv that of the Bench was there the slightest color of persecution, indeed tho Magistrates avowed their own belief that " the Army as an organisation is doing a large amount of good," and the penalty imposed was studiously moderate, and merely sufficient to vindicate tho law and the rights of the public. Under these circumstances we should have liked to see Captain Harvey pay the fine as an admission of having broken the law instead of electing to take the alternative of 24 hours' imprisonment. This latter course looks very muoh like seeking to pose as a martyr when martyrdom was wholly unnecessary. The Public gener ally endorse tho view taken by tho Bench that the Army is doing good — albeit m a somewhat peculiar way — and for that reason not a little inconvenience and even danger has been submitted to with very little murmuring by persons using the public streets and footpaths, but at the same time tho public generally will con cu>witk the Bench that there must be a "limit to this sort of thing, and that tho public convenience is rot to be wholly set aside, nor life and limb endangered by the unchecked vagaries of any organisation engaged m howsoever good a work. The fact is that tho Army m some instances has presumed upon the public forbear&npe, and wo know of in- ! stances m which their actions have j involved very much more than incon venience to travellers upon tho roads. On Sunday week to our own personal knowledge some ladies driving to church m a town not a hundred miles from!

Christchurch were unable to cross a bridge upon which tho band of a detach ment of the Army was playing, and had to turn round and drive m auother direction, aud it did not need tho sworn evidenco given iv tho Court m Ash burton .yesterday to allow that young and high-mettled horsey often rp fuso to face the flaming torches of Salvationists marching through the streets at. night. There is, as wo have said, every disposition both on the part of the general public and of tbose whose duty it is to administer the law to givo to the Army every reasonable latitude and indulgence, but there is a limit to ererytbJDg, *nd the Salvationists cannot

bo granted any special immunity for breaking tho law. Tho charge of yes terday was for a breach of Bubsection 12 of section 4 of " The Police Offences Act, 1884," which renders it penal for any person to " wilfully or negligently incumbor or obstruct" a public thorough-: faro, and it is worth noting that while this subsection protects the public generally m tho right of user of public roads, subsection 30 of the previous section (section 3) of the same Act was specially introduced — curiously enough oq tho motion of the Chairman of the Bench, Major Steward — for tho special purpose of protecting tho meetings of the Salvation Array against disturbance. ISo that while the latter are protected to the full m their right of worshipping m their meeting-houses without hindrance, interruption, or annoyance, they are by the same Statute required to respect the rights of the public to freo and unimpeded uso of the public streets and roads. The liberty of the subject may not be pleaded as an excuse for interfering with a Salvation Army meeting, and on the other hand the Salvation Array cannot be excused for obstructing tho public thoroughfares. They have the right to pass along any thoroughfare with a band playing if they so think fit (though here we think tho law is defective a=» any band, Salvation or other, ought to bo compellable to stop if there bo any apparent danger of frightening approaching horses), but they have no right to stand upon a public road, gathering a crowd about them, to tho impeding of traffic or tho incon venience of passengers. This is common sense as well as common law and wo hope that our friends of the Army will be careful not to offend m this way m future. As a matter of fact this largely depends upon whether the local captain is discreet or otherwise, and we have it on good authority that only onco during the term of command at Ashburton of Captain Harvey's predecessor was there any cause of complaint on this score, and that on its being pointed out to bim by the police, ho at onco promised that it should never occur again, and it never did. The Salvationists will gain m public estimation by respecting tho law, and can scarcely gainsay tho reminder of the Bench, that there is the highest of all warrant for tho dictum that it is their duty to do so.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There are nearly 300,000 Chinamen m the United States.

The oldest titled person m England is Viscount Everly, aged 90 years.

Queen Margaretoollege, Glasgow, is the only women's college m Sootland.

Tho first nolioo ol aurora boreaUß m England was on Maroh 9th, 1719.

Chinese nightingales are the fashionable dr-awinp-room bird on the oontinent now.

The first oolipse upon record was a lunar one and was observed at Babylon 751 B.C.

An orange tree m tho gardens of Versailles is over four hundred and fifty years old. It was planted by Eleanor, of Castile m 1416.

A Government inspection parade of the Ashburton Volunteers will be held at tho drill shod this evening. A good muster is requested.

A new diamond has been discovered m Wadjra Eover, m tho presidency of Madras. It weighs over Bixty-seven oaratß and is valued at £16,000.

An error occurs m the quotation for wheat given m Mr D. Thomas' report published m Saturday's issue. For " from 3s 2d to 8s 6d In trucks at Ashburton," etc, read •' from 89 2d to 83 3d."

A small fortune was reoently picked up at Marblehead Neck, Mass. It was a peculiar substance floating on tho 00a. It was found to be a genuine lump of ambergris, valued at £610.

Talk of easy divoroes m tho Unitod States after what happened m Frankfort-on-Main reoently, where a married woman was pro. nounoed tho party at fault, and legally divorced because— Bhe did not know how to cook.

In fifty years, if the present rate of increase ia maintained, France will rank sixth only among European nations. In 150 years she will have sunk almost beneath consideration m a world of Russians and Germans, Anglo- Saxons and Chinese.

The "Otago Daily Timeß" publishes a "cryptogram," after the fashion of Mr Ignatius Donnolley, to prove that " The Mystery of a Hansom Cab " was written by Sir Robert Stout. Tho skit is dooidedly olever, and very amusing reading.

•'Did you ever," said one preaoher to another, •' stand at the door after your ser mon and listen to what people said about it as they passed out ? " The other replied : I did once " — a pause and a Bigh— " but I'll never do so again,''

Eleotrio rifles are the latest. Instead of the ordinary peroussion firing devioe, a dry ohloride of silver battery and a primary ooil will, so it was lately stated before the American Institute, fire the rifle 30,000 times without recharging.

An Englishman who* was spending his summer holidays m America laßt year happen ing to take up a little book on geography "for the use of schools," sow the following question and answer : " Where is London ? " *< It ia the ohief town of a small island oft the coast of France."

Eighty million baskets of peaob.es are ex peoted from Delaware and Maryland this season. This orop will be tho largest ever gathered. The Jast year's orop, including New Jersey and the Hudson Valley, only amounted to 4,500,000 baskets. . They are paoked m neat orates of only twelve dozen peaohes, each peaoh being kept separate by piste board partitions.

A parcel containing a suit of olothes made from New Zealand tweed was forwarded by the last English' mail to tho Lord Mayor of Dublin for presentation to John Dillon M.P., now incarcerated m Dundalk gaol for political offenoGß. The present is from a number of Mr Dillon's admirers' in Blenhoim.

The torpedo for whioh the Home Govern ment gave tho young Australian Brennan auoh a vast sum of money is already well nigh obsolete, being superseded by the Nordenfeldt, everywhere admitted to be the torpedo of the future. The Nordenfeldt oan travel for two miles, is both propelled and steered by eleotrioity, and can be fired with equal facility from the shore or from a vessel.

Certainly the Most Effeotive MEDICINE m theworia is SANDER and SONS' ! EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Teßt its eminent powerful effeota m. Coughs, Colds, Influenza, etc, 1 the relief is instantaneous, Thousands give the moat gratifying testimony. Bead this certificate :—" 24th April, 1885.— Messrs Sander and Sons,— lt is with the greatest of pleasure that I testify to the oxoellenoe 0* yourEuoalypti Extract. Having had inflam mstion on the bone of the leg, whioh oame on after a Bevere attack of low fever, I w aa attended by Dr J. Boyd, who had made etrenuous efforts to save my leg, bnt without Buocosa. Ho found it necessary to amputate my limb, Having heard m the meantime of the wonderful cures workod by tho Euoalypti Extract,' I pbtained a bottle, and the extract had not been applied more than an hpqr when I began to feel greatly relieved, Aftejr apply, ing the extraot every four hqqra |pr nfne or j ten days I was out of all danger. I would ' persuade all who may be affected with any auoh disease to give the Euoalypti Extraot a irial, and I am convinced that they will find tt the most wonderful of medicines.— Youra etc, E. J. Gubnow, Wattl Istreet Sandburet » f

The b.b. Rimutaka arrived at Plymouth on the 2lßt inßt. with her frozen meat m good condition.

Mr James Porter notifies that he has a quantity of maorooarpa and pinus insignis trees for present planting, at bis nursery, Allenton.

At the R.M. Court th's morning, before Mr A, Harrison, J.P,, Jeremiah Coohran, for drunkenneß3 and refusing to leave a public house when ordered to do so, wae fined 10s and cos's, or twenty-four hours.

Mr W. Zander has on view at his Bhop m East street a very fine assortment of fishing tackle. Lovers of the gentle craft will find that he is m a position to supply all their needs m the way of minnows, Hneß, rods, etc, and there is no need for them to send else where for articles which are to bo had looally.

A singular scene has just been witnessed at Colchester, when the volunteers enoamped on the Abbey Fields were paraded to witness the «• drumming out " of a private of the 3rd Essex Volunteer battalion for negleot of duty and insubordination. The shoulder Btraps and buttons having been torn off the culprit's uniform, ho was marched under escort to the railway station and summarily dismissed.

A special cable message to the "Melbourne Telegraph " states that the retaliatory debate m Congress upon the subject of the Canadian fisheries was romarkable on nooount of the virulent attack made upon England. Ono senator said he cared no more for tho British Navy than for a woßhtub armed with crackers, and another characterised England as a clammy devil-fish among the nations.

At the Rink de Paris last evening the May pole praotioe went off without a hitoh. To night the usual programme will be gone through with the addition of Sir Roper de Covcrley on skates. The manager is m nego tiation with Professor Rollinston, the great bioyole rider,, to give an exhibition m the Rink. The box plan of reserved seats may be seen at Mr W. Zander's.

We are requested to oall the attention of breeders and others to Messrs Friedlander Bros annual horse parade sale of thoroughbred and Clydesdale entires and pedigree mares to be held at their horse bazaar on Saturday next, 29th inst,. full particulars regarding which will be found m our advertising columns. Mr Gawn's horses will arrive by express on Thursday evening and will be stabled at Totty's where they oan be seen by intending purchasers.

Captain Harvey, of the Salvation Army, who, yesterday, went to gaol m default of pay ing the fine m whioh he was muloted for obstructing a publio thoroughfare, was lib erated at 10 o'clock this morning. He was met at the Polioe Station by his fellow mem bers of the Army with the band. A horae was m readiness on which to mount the liberated Captain, and ho was triumphantly esaorted through the principal streets, the band playing and the members all showing their joy at his releaße. At one point of the maroh a halt was made and the prooession photographed.

Settlers and farmers will soon be on the look out for draught sires for the coming season. One of these was m town yesterday, viz., " Conqueror," the property of Mr T. Langley, of Newlands. He has wintered very well and although not rolling fat, yet is m fine condition and Ehows his grand legs, quarters, and aotion well. His hair is of a Bplendid quality and quantity and the stock from this horse should hold a very good position m the county, his blood both on the sire and dam's side being unexceptionable, Lord Salisbury his sire, holding a wonderful record c f prizes m Sootland and Otago. Says the New Zealand correspondent of the " Australasian " :— British capitalists are beginning to go into the frozen meat trade, and there is no saying what tho result of the Competition may be. For instance, I know of one English syndicate who are buying any quantity of mutton ol prime [quality at 3d per lb at the slaughter yard m tho colony, the seller retaining the akin and offal. This gives them about 12s 6d net for a 701 b sheep, without any risk or trouble whatevei. If suoh prioes as this become permanent, there will be an enormous export, and every inoh of pasture land will become valuable. The first of the regular monthly moetings of the Meihven Band of Hope was held m the Schoolroom, Methven, on Thursday,2oih inst. The President, Mr John Alison, occupied the Addresses were delivered by Messrs ■AHucm-and Grainger, and Mm Scott, of Syden ham. The ohildren, under the direction of Mrs Alison, sang a few songs very effectively, whilst the recitations given by Miss Annie Anderson, Miss Ethel' Alison, and Master Charles Shann were very good. Songß were also contributed by Mrs Rands, and Messrs T. Grainger, H. Rands, and J. Alison. After a social cup of tea had been handed round and about fifty pledges were signed, "God Bave the Queen " brought a very pleasant evening to a close.

The following ia taken from a North Island exobange : — A few days sinoe a well-known grazier, who was taking hia breakfast at alooal hotel with the landlord, happened to enlarge Upon the rise m the prioe of sheep, and the arm tone of tho wool market. " Why," he ex* claimed, " wo will make & fortune ; but what is the use of talking to you about wool," he said to the landlord, "you oan only feel an interest m the prioe of whisky." " Oh, I don't know," rejoined the boniface, " I feel a little interested m wool. I'll bet you a new suit of olothes that I shear more thousands than you do hundreds ; because I run a whisly fhop you must not think I have no other interest," The bonifaoe is a share • holder m a station on the Murrumbidgee, whore there are 9Q.00Q shoep sheared an nually. The New Zealand settler ehoara 600,

A well-known paper published m Boston, whioh recently offered Mr Gladstone £10Q for an artiole not exceeding the length of a leader An a morning newspaper, has just (writes a correspondent of tho " Liverpool Mercury ") offered Mr Browning £250 for a short poem. Mr Browning has declined m a cbaraoteristio letter. "If I oould write m that way for anyone," he says, I would con sider this request from Boston. But I simply can't. An English magazine offered me a large price, whioh I refused, and then a still larger, which I again refused. Then

they sent me a blank cheque and asked me to

fill it out to ray own satisfaction, but I re turned that also. I cannot bring myself to write for periodicals. If I publish a book, and people choose to buy it, that proves they want to read my work. But to have them turn over the pages of a magazine and find mo, that is to be an uninvited guest. My wjfe liked it. She liked to be with the others, but I have steadfastly refused that kind of thing from first to last." The extraordinary development m eleotrio lighting due to the discoveries of Mr Sohaus? ohieff may possibly revolutionise the illumina tion of our dwelling houses, oflloes, etc. The Melbourne public have had the discovery plaood before them through the agency'' of Miss Alice Cornwall, who has secured the patent rights for the colonies, and has given praotioal demonstration to the Melbourne publio of the wonderful results to be attained by the aJopiion of tne light. A Dunedin contemporary says that a resident of that oity has been m communication with Misi Cornwall, with tho view of Boouring the patent right for New Zealand, and haa reoeived a

cable plaoing the same under offer to him at a substantial prioe. The Sohausohieff lamp is obarged by the very simple process of pour ing prepared sulphate of mercury into the battery. In this zino plungers and carbon plates are immersed, the lid is aorewed on, and a bright light burns steadily until the chemical energy of the combination is ex hausted. One battery, not rnuoh larger than a foot warmer is suffioiont to illuminate a railway carriage. There have been several suooessful trials of the lamp m Melbourne, and m some of the Viotorian mines. It is claimed that the light is oheaper than gas or kerosene. Professor Blaok, of Dunedin, i« said to bo convinced of tho great value of the battery and its applioation to eleotrio light" ing ; m f aot, he has m a report on tho light gone so far as to say that " the highly favor able testimony of Sir W. Thomson and W. H. Preeoe, Eeq—the highest living authoritie« —puts it quite above oritioism. There can not be a doubt as to the adoption of tho Schausohiefl at the best light of the age."

The best Remedy for Indigestion.— Norton's Camomile Pills are confidently ecommended as a simple remedy for indigeg tion, which is the caiise of nparly ftU thp diseases to which we are subjeql. Norton's Pills, with justice called the "natural strcngthener of the human stomach," act as a powerful tonic and gentle aperient, are mild m their operation, and safe under any circum, stances. Sold m bottles afc is ijd, 2s od 4s, by all medicine vendors throughout.the, world

THE MARKETS

[Pjjb Pbess Association.]

London, September 22

The English wheat market is un settled, pnd prices are irregular. The Continental market is declining, and the American is also changing for the worse. Australian wheat, ex ware house, is 40s; New Zealand long berried, is 41s. For forward ship mentg, buyers offer 38s 6d,

Consols are iooJE^ ; New Zealand five per cent loan, 104^ ; New Zea land four per cent inscribed stock has advanced to par.

New Zealand hemp is £26 15s to per ton.

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

[per press association.]

Auckland, September 24 The bootmikera on strike state that they h*vo not threatened Waurtnan with peroonel violnnco should he return to work at Garrett Brjs' factory.

Tbo Rev Father Oostollo, who has been m charge of the Roman 0 tthollc pariah of Paruell, was pteie'ited yesterday with a tflhtimouiftl and a puree of sovereigns previous to his departure from Auckland

A settler rismod Rudolph RUter, a Gorman, who haa been residing at Three Kings, Is reported as missing. He went out nearly a fortnight ago to look for a horse which had strayed, &od he has not yet returned to hiß home ; but It Is almost impossible that any person should be lost fa that vicinity. Nblson, September 24. Three hundred bale's of Ne'aon bops wore sold m one line for Australia last week, the lrgeab transaction yet reported here. The pr'oj has not transpired. Blenheim, September 24. A stabbing affray ooourred at Port Underwood on Saturday, Edwin Baldiok stabbed hh brother William with a aheath knlfo m hie side. The assault arose oat of A family quarrel. Baidiok has been arrested la Pioton. The exact extent of the i> jury la not known, but it is believed to be aerlouc,

Wesxporx, September 54 The Bteamer Aorere got safely off the beaoi at Karamea. Chhistohuroh, September 24. At the Police Court to-day a Oliineflo storekeeper named OuttOhuog Heing w&8 fined £10 for allowing fant^n t) be played m hia house. Nineteen Chinamen oaught by tbe police playing the game were fined 10a each.

Jai». Cottar, Andrew Black and Richard Chamberlain were committed for trial this afternoon on a charge of aoaaultlDg and robbing l£dffd. Dosmond, wheu drunk, of £14, on September 35 h

Mr A. M. Ol'ivier has ekoted tbe follow ing to play a cricket match against eleven of the English footballers on Friday : — Birnes, E. Q. Cotterlll, Fowke, R. D. darcuan, Rayner, Wilding, Crawshaw, Reeves, Frith, Garrard, Halley, Emer gencies : (batsmen) EL. M. Beeves, Labatr, Whoatley ; (bowlors) MoMurray, Ashby, Ouff. Ddnedin. September 24. It Is stated that a local Company Is about to make proposals to the Govern* ment to oonstruot a r.tilway to connect with the northern line by way of Kalkorai Valley, to be worked m cod j auction with tho Goveroment railways.

THE LONGBEACH DRAIN PIPE AND BRICK WORKS.

The above works have been In opera tion aome twelve m)D'ha or bo, dnd are now m full going order and turning ont largo quantities of superior drain pipes, these .articles . being _.. in. maab greater.. demand m the district «nd locality of the works than are building bilcks ; In fact at the. time cf oar repreßsntative's visit to the works there were only a few score drain pipes m Btook, tbe draining opera tions on the LoDgbeach Estate and also on the surrounding farms using up the pipes as fast as they are turned out of the fcilus. The works are under the direct supervision and charge of Mr James Hlllyer, a practical day worker and one who has had considerable experience of the trade In other parts of New Zealand aa well bb In the Old Country, and ho states that the olay m the Longbeaoh pits ia fatly equal, if not superior to any he has seen In the colony for brick and pipe-making, the latter eapeotally. Up to the present time moat of tho olay used has been made np Into various s'zed drain pipes, ranging from 2-inoh to 9-lno.h, bat 3 and 4 Inch pipes are those 'mostly used so far, a total of 200,000 p'pen m all having been turned out since the works commenced, and about 60,000 bricks having blbo be&n prodaoed.

The locality of the works Is on the road from Willowby towards Longbeaoh, olobq to the Longbeaoh Road Board's offices, this position having been ohoaen after a searching examination of the Longbe»oh Estate for n Buitable olay bed, combined with other advantages. The clay now being worked ia In a bed of about four feet thiokneas, and extends for a number of aores, bo tho supply of tho raw material is practically unlimited, and to show the faith of the manager In the undertaking ws may mention (hat he has purchased a blook of land from Mr Grlgg, and ia bow building thereon a comfortable two-storey briok dweUng-housa. This will bo the first briok houa i m the district, and will ba a very oomforttblo dwelling whan finished, the walls be(og built hallow, ao that dampness, will not be poseible m tbe Interior of the rooms, and each room on the ground floor being provided with a fireplace. Woven men are now em ployed on the works at the various details of pipe-making, and the maohlnery ia driven by an §horso power engine. One of the machines In a oombtned pegging and pipe moulding plant, oapable of turn ing out any efz;J pipe from 2 Inohes to 9 lnohaa In diameter, it being also used for machine briok making if required, and another machine turns ont drain pipes only. The buildings consist of a perma nent kiln for burning pipes and brioks wiih three furnaoeo, (che bricks of which thia kiln Is built were made on the ground by Mr Hlllyer as a trial of the quality of the day and they have stood the teat very, satisfactorily), and large aheda roofed with galvanised iron and fitted np with raoks for drying the pipes and containing the raiohinery m m<i. A good many of tho farmers m the locality have made pur chases of drain pipes from the worka s<noe they were opened., but Mi Qrlgg has not been able to e apply all the demand, he having gone m for very extonslve drainage operations on the Longbeaoh estate, and these operations areexpeotodloextsnd over some yeare, ao that, even if only tbe Long beaoh orders were exeouted at the works, their oontlnuanoe la certain for a long time to oomo. There Is no doubt, how ever, but that, as the farmers see tbe value of the work done and the results accruing from Mr Origg's expenditure on draining, they will be ready to follow salt as soon as possible. "M Hillyer hopes to * be able to forward samples of his pipes sod bricks to the next A and P. Show m Ashbutton, and If so, it may be taken lor granted that the products of this new local industry will be carefully examined, and the results considered very oreditable to all concerned.

THE MINERS' STRIKE.

< PKR^*S^ar ation. ) 1 A Committee which has utTa^k^^. to mediate between the masters ana the miners, has" drawrr up a report which, it is hoped, will prove accept able to both parties.

DEATH OF MARSHAL BAZAINE

[PBR PRESS ASSOCIATION ]

Madrid, September 23

The death is announced of Baziine, Field Marshal of France. He was 77 years of age.

THE REBELS SHELLING SUAKIM

(PER PRES3 ASSOCIATION.)

Cairo, September 23

A British gunboat and a battalion of Egyptian forces have been ordered to Suakim^to prevent the advance of Osman '^Digna. Tbe rebels, who number iooo strong, are engaged m shelling the town. An Italian gunboat, which was stationed at Massowah, has gone to Suakim to assist the garrison there against the rebels.

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

VICTORIA.

Mklboubnb, September 24

Severe thunderstorms have been experienced m Victoria and Tasmania. On Saturday a woman named Hawkins was struck by lightning and killed near Launceston, and at Chiltern a man named Brooney met with a similar fate.

The Electoral Bill provides for an increase of the members of the Legis lative Assembly to ninety-four.

GRAIN SALE AT STUDHOLME JUNCTION

The Watmate correspondent of the " Lyttelton Times " telegraphs that a big grain sale at Studholme Janotlon on Monday attraoted buyers from North and South, and the attendance was therefore large. The news by wire of the depression of the English market had the cffoot of making buyers dautlous, and bidding was not of the briskest oharaoter. The sale was oondacted by the Loan ani Mercantile Company nnder instructions from Mr F. M. Rickman, of Waimate. Oats moved much more briskly than wheat, 3500 sacks finding purchase™ at an average of Is lid on trucks at Studholme. One thousand Backs of milling oats weat to Messrs Vrlpdtander Bros., Aehburton, at 2i . 1300 sacks feed oats went to Mr Fleming Danedln, at la 10£ d ; while other lines of Dan, Danish and Tartarian brought the same figure, the prlno'pal lines going; to Tlmaru and Dunedln, In wheat 1000 sacks Velvet Ohafi went to the TJmaru Milling Company at the top price, 3i 5i ; 2000 sacks of red wheat went to Messrs Hog, Howlson and Niool, Danedln, at 3i 3d ; 400 Backs Velvet Chaff to Tlmaru at 33 4d. Two thousand saoks of wheat were withdrawn at 8a sd. A good deal of grain was, however, sold at a sitlsfaotory price privately.

NARROW ESCAPE OF THE PRINCESS OF WALES.

(JPBR PRESS A8S00IATIOS .) VißNlfATTSspt6Tnber-&8r---. H.R.H. the Princess of Wales and her daughters had a narrow escape from death to day, while out driving at Gmunden. They were being driven m a pony carriage by an equerry, and when near one of the level crossings of the railway line, the h.ors.e backed into a passing train. The accident happened m a peculiar manner. The carriage was crossing the line, when the automatic barriers fell, thus preventing the carriage from making an advance or retreating. Colonel Stanley Clarke, who was attending Her Royal High ness, was successful m dragging the carriage to one side of the level cross ing just before the express train passed. The Princess received a severe shaking, and returned to the Palace.

[The ra lway m question is a branch of the Lie z-SaVuirg line, having iti terminus at Gmunden J London, September 23. At Marlborough House it is denied that the life of the Princess of Wales was imperilled m the accident at Gmunden.

ESCAPE FROM GAOL

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

S Inveroargill, September 24. A young man named Rudolph Radka, who wa* onimitted for trial o» the 17th lnat., on a charge of arson, esoaped from (he gaol between 10 o'olook bat night and 6.30 thla morning. At the former hour, the lndloator on the cell door showed that It was looked, bat Radka mast have tampered with it In aome way bo as to make It give a wrong reading, for the (tell was vacant this morning, an.d a wire clothes line dangling over the front wall showed qnly too plainly the means used to effeot escape. Ones oat cf the cell Eadka had Blmply to unbar a door, pick up the clotheo line, make a loop m one I end, throw It over one of the amall turrets surmounting the front wall, haal himself up, lower the line on the other side and drop on to the ajrphalt pavement outside. j Be wore his ordinary dree», which, of course, favori his chance of nuking good his attempt at securing liberty. The alarm was promptly given, and \he polloe and warders are now econrlng the country _, Latek. The search for Kadka has so far proved unsuccessful. A man believed to have been Radka »as Been ranning along the street near. the gaol at 3.30 thia morning. The person who bbw him notiolng his rapid pace enquired If there was b fire, but reoeived no answer.. The latest report Is tbat a boat la missing from the vioinity of (he jetty. It is stated that Eadka had been visited pretty frequently by ac quaintances sines his Incarceration. No tnoe has been found In the call of the tool by which the look of the door was poked,

MELBOURNE TOWN TALK.

(From oub own Correspondent.)

Nothing of any importance his trans* >^od with regard to the coalatrika sinofl P^T^wroto. We m Melbourne had forntfea n^ ttl . Aa j. eßt i ma t e of any like'X hood or a settlement arising tiom Iho conference latelj held, and so nobody is v ry keenly disappointed at the resnlc. The public is bearing the small depriva tion of comfort, i 1 the shape of half gaa and hizh prices for combustibles philo sophically enough, and would euffir little

if things were to go on co for the nsxt

six months. In the meantime ingenious anH never reciting speculators and eyndi • oito-rr.ongers are turning the stato of ajflc lira to account m ■ their own-, wpy«-v.» Already tbe prospectus of morj than one Victorian Coil Company has appeared m the papers, and though, perhaps, thay won't pay dividends for years, they certain'y will serv*e their purpose, of putting money m the projectors' pockets. I heard, by-the-way, one of our big speculators talking over this strike ques tion . •« i'd strike 'em "he eaid . « « I tell you what it is. It wants some Melbourne men to have a hand m it. If half a dozen of us who can afford it were to buy up Newcastle, w»'d change things there and soon bring this blessed strike to an end." The man I heard say this m the Athenwum Club is a great boaster, bnt the idea of buying up Newcastle oertainly amused me. ■ .

There wai, by.thrway, quite a knot of prominent raon smoking their poat-pran. dial oigar last Saturday, when thiß con versation took place, Among them was a woll known Collins street solicitor who, has made a large fortune outn'da his pro* fessioH — m land. Wa)l, the t. k went on about tbe strike, and one gentleman largely connected with the coal industry gave hia views on the matter. '•♦ People don't half realise how serious the positian is, 1 ' he said. "I do, and I tell you the supply of coal is getting smaller and eraailer. The price is rising, aud the public will get loco and less ooal, unless the masters and men — «— «." " Ooalesc©," interrupted the Collins street solioitor smoothly, which I thought very smart. The anecdote is a trivial one, but a pun is a pun after all.

In these light and bizarre paragraph! *ooh weighty matters as transpired at the causa cetibre of Toy v. the Oolleator of OustoKiß oin hardly find fitting memorial. But I suppoee I must say something of what has been the great sensation of the week. Of course all my readers must be aware that the Chinaman Toy was a passenger on the fateful " Afghan," and was refused a landing In Australia. Senoa these tears— Jiinc illae lacryma; —that Is to say, the trial. And now the six mighty jadiolal minds of the Supreme Oourt have given a verdiot against the Government and found that the ezolnitoa of aliens Is illegal and unjustifiable. The jadgment came as a shook to all. The dootrine that the Government can do do wrong has been so generally aooepted, that Constitutional law has been regarded merely as an abstract theory. And surely It is the very Irony of fate that an awakening to the stern truth should have been brought about by a Chinaman. Great Heavens t what a humiliating dtnouement after all our gasconading and rhodomontade and high-handed autcoraoy that a more Inilgnlfioant wretch of a Chinaman should have taught the whole of Australia a lesson. It Is a national disgrace, for alt the oolonies are sailing m the same boat and must; share the obloquy. The out come of it fall we have of course not yet seen, but I think now the Government will have to defend many an aotlon of the same kind. It Is terrible to think of— that the Gillies Ministry, m yielding to the voice of popular clamour, should have plunged the oomtry into suoh a slough of predicament that it may take thousands to eztrloate It. /

* ***""«*»«* tnr*n hour OV 00 l&»t wee***" at the spring sate r~oT~gtffir guaep up at the head of Collins street, and was muoh impressed by what I saw. It seems a remarkable thing to ma to see mere four legged anatomies of enloutad wool sold at foot, five, and six hundred guineas eaoh. But such was the. oase, and I suppose they are worth the money ta those who want them. After I left the> salelweUto the Public Library. Oot of cariosity I turned up the Australian Year Book, and turned up to ths figures of our wool exports. ' Then £ could understand soraethrog of why sheen, fetched such prices. I found that last year there were about a million and a quarter bales shipped from Australasia. I suppose £20 a bale would be a fate average all round. Take It lower, even to aay the value was £20,000,000 only What an industry! What a gigantic Industry! What does It not suggest! The immense amount of money it brings to us—the enormous amount, of labor It employs— the fine fleets of veiHQll It requires—the great factor It. is in?tht> making of theas colonies. Truly, Au*. tralia owes muoh to wool. After sating theae figures I am sure now thai gold la good, wheat is good, wine 1b good, bat wool Is best of all.  ... ..{■ '>'-'.- The Assembly, by an overwhelming majority of 61 to 25, has at last rid itself of the burden of the wantof-confidenoe motion, whloh, like another Old Man of the Bea, has for nearly a month hung round ita nebk and brlppled Its action. The termination of thla orlsit Is at all events a t relief to the country at large, and a ajjghi of eatlsf action is being breathed throughout all the oolony at the prospect of some, progress being now made, wtthpraotioal business; In the Honso, I heard last night that Mr Wrlxon the Attorney- Oeqeral, v^lll shortly take his neit on tha Supreme Court BeDoh, and that tb© Premier, Mt GUllea, will , relieve . Sir Graham Berry of the Agent-Generalship early In the beginning of the year. Sit Graham will then return to Vlotorla, and following the example of Mr Service, seek a seat In the Oounoli.

I muafc cay something about the tbaatrai, whioh, however, just now are rather m the doldrumß, and load iv complaint against the Exhibition, with He attractions of evening concerts. The only new thins to mention is tho troupe of Spanish students brought out by Martin SimoD sen, which appeared for the flwt time at the Royal on Saturday fcyening. Th© entertainment is deoidedly novel, though v O s^ no f very varying features. ; :The Students" proper number 16, and play on njendolines, guitars, and one or two other string Instruments. Theirexeoa. tion is marvellous, and the musio they difloourse highly effective. Then there is a ballet with two principal figwxmUs. and also a lady singer. The entertainment is wholly Spanish, and is a mixture (accord, ing to the proffcamme) of bpktoa. caret* leras, tarantellas, fandangbs; i and other long-named itema of doubtful nature. Mr Biraonsen tells me he ib going to send this troupe right through the colonies, so I dare cay most of my readero will have* an opportunity of hearing it.

And whilst ou the subject of theatrloal*. I might as well finish np by telling jou •bout a charming yoong lady I had the pleasure of hearing a day or two ago. This is Miss Detohon, a yjung American beauty over whom London loolety appears, to have gone half crazy for the put Im, years. She Is now In Melbom-^ t m j i m going to make ae-sktended Australian tour. The entertainment she glrea Ii of a moat nn Jque description* Gifted with • Toioe of almoßt TenttUcqaiU power Mlia Detchon- Imitates thews' of -bird., bringing them Into her raoHatloiH In $h» moat natural and surprising manner. Ta me the thing w»» new, and I enjoyed It Imuently, I daresay u»y readers will thluk so too whe« they have »h opportu nity of fudging. Farewell I **

THE ABHBUBTON GUARDIAN, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, l&o



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Wanted I — — . • i \\J ANTED Tenders for darting F-ax. v\ Apply 5t the Mill to Wevmouth "Bobbbis, Hlods. 9 121 ni ANTED Known— That Haybs ant> \\ Co. has 250 Splendid Tweed Trousera Your pick for 10a 6d. f~*i UEATESl 1 Kale ot the day, every- VX thing cheap for Cash — U. C. Fegers Melford House, BOOTS. BOOTS.— Keep tho foot dry and gave doctor's bills. Quality 1b everything m bad weather. I guarantee every pair. Best value fn Now Zj&'and at Ashl urton Clothing Mart., .Saaudara Buildlngß. — Robert Alooun. LADIES' Jackets. — Just Opened o few Ladies very superior Jackets, both m style and quality. Will be sold at les? than half their prloe tfmintj oor present Sale. — n,O.SEGKns, Melford House. "X 1 /"ANTED —Everyone to come and VV oce the nicest lot of Glaus, Ohitss, and Earthenware evrr shown m Ashbar- ton, nnd tho Oheftpect ever landed m New Zealand. Imported direct from the Mannfftotnreca. — Robert Alccrv bun- ders' Buildh.** til * — _ . QITOCKINGS— 700 pair* of Ladies and j^ Children's sample Host juat opened (landed nnder the old Tariff.) All quality to be aold cheap during our sale. — H. C. Segers, Melford House WANTED Known— That H. Dudley still sweeps Chimneys, and at low prices ; no reasonable price refused. All orders punctua'ly attended to. H. Dudley, Moore Street. 8 141 WANTED Cash. — Molr's Oatmeal (251 b), 2s 65; Candles, 6d ; Vestas, 5d dcz. ; Coffee and Milk, Is ; Cocoa and Milk, la ; Corn Flour, 4d ; Fruits In Syrup (21b Un»), 1" Orockeryj Glassware, and Ironmongery. — J. Mo- Geegob, Taucred street. WANTED Known— Albert Orum having purchased a Firat-olaßß Plant, is now Sweeping Chimneys m a careful, o'eanly manner, at lowest rates.. Orders may be left with J. Ranger, East Street, oc addressed to A. Drum, Wakannl Road. 8 66 "II r ANTED Known—New Goods. W New Goods for the spproaohlng Season to hand at the New Zealand Cloth- ing Factory. WANTED Known— 2s3 will purchase a 40s Tweed Suit at the Now Zealand, Clothing Factory. \ I /"ANTED Known— We undertake VV to give the very best value obtainable m Men's and BoyaV Clothing, all our own make and made irom pure Wools, at the New Zealand Clothing Factory, WANTED Known — Wo aro the Cheapest and Bo3t Houso m Ashburton for tihirfs, Bugs, Scarfs, flats, &c. Splendid variety to select from at tho New Zealand Clothing Factory. rTT ANTED Known -Our Boys' Cloth- VV ing iB unrivalled. Parents and Gaardiana see our Boys' Suits, nicely made ; Coat and Knickers lined through- out, from 10s 6d, at the Now Zealand Clothing Factory. WANTED Known— Tho Wonderful A'erthem dewing Machine, with the new high arm nnd all the latest I improvements, may be had on the Time Payment System at the New Zealand Clothing Factor/. earnestly i invited* \TCTANTED Known—We are still 6 VV making Measure Suita at 565, nod Trousers to measure at 17b 65, Cord Vesta from 125 6d to measure at the New Zealand Clothing Factory THE FEDERAL COFFEE PAL AC P, at the corner of Collins & Kino Streets, Melbourne. Now open for business. The Federal Palace ia only two minutes walk from the Central Railway Station - and the Wharves. The Palace contains 550 rooms, comprising Drawing, Dining, KeadiDg, Sitting, Billard, Bed, and other rooms. Special accommodation for families and permanent boardere. The Cuisine and Table appointments for the daily luncheon are a speciality. Particular care exercised to eecure perfect immunity from Accident by Fire. All charges moderate. 9 26 GEO. COHEN, Manager. JAMlPflllO. ♦ Soeob time since we published a small paragraph en the unsatlsfßotory nature of mach of the jam retailed m the colony. This reached Meters Kirkp&trlck and Co., of Nelson, and they went to work m a very practloal fashion to prove that the j* ms manufactured by the firm were of the best quality. Two esses of assorted jims were sent to this office, with a re- quest that we would thoroughly test the j*m along with other brands, and give oar opinion. We »re huppy to statp. frankly and fully that, we navo been very much surprised, as prior to the receipt of Messrs Kirkpatrlck's gift we were unaware ' that New Zealand oonld boast of an in- dustry of which It has so mnoh reason to be prund. The various sorts of jam were tested by a number of persons, who compared the samples with other brands, and i he general verdict la thm not only are Mvanrft Kukpatrlck'a productions far ftud away better than any other JNew Zealand brand we can obtain, but they* are superior to iSngUaa 3*oaa m belog fresher. The nearest approach to the excellence of the Nelson jam was that contained In tins bearing the name of a Tasmanlan firm, bat even In thta com- parison the Nelrfon article came out a long I way best. We are pleased to be able to give unstinted pralae to a genuine local industry, the product of whioh we can unreservedly recommend to consumers. All of the many poraoPß who have tested the Bamplea are loud In their pratse, and we must unreservedly congratulate Meagre Klrkpatrick and 00. upon taming oat a genuine fruit j<m fit to grace the tabioß and p!aise the palates of the most luxortoas and faatldtouß. — " Hawke'a Bay Herald," July IBch. S»*ples of Klrkpatrick and Co' 3 "X " brand of jam have been forwarded to ne and we are free to confess that they appear to be m every way excellent and »s they become better known m the local market will meet with much appreciation from the heads of households. The maker asserts that none but the purest frui'B grown m Nelson are used m hie manu- factures, and we are content to accept that assurance. O--rfalnly . t,ho j«m» poesies ft richness ami r *«'■. qb» »t flag'" that bears that assertion oat.— -Donedtn £#Uif," July 3.



D. Thomas. fTHHE next Chertaey Sale will he on JL Bth October. Wool. Wool. Wool. D THOMAS (late of Matson, Cox, • and Co ,is prcparod to make LIBERAL CASH ADVANCE 3 At low rates of Interest npon tho ensuing CLIP OF WOOL, Flaoedjin Mb hands for Falo m No* Zea- laDd or elsewhere. I No charges for offering WOOL m 'Aehburton. Periodical Sales will behold thioußhoufc; the Season m my Sto-es, West Street, Ashbarton, which, having been bnilt for the purpose, are admitted to be the^beßt lighted m the disrict. No Commission on Advances. D. THOMAS, Aih burton. TO LET. "1 OAA ACRES of Land, situated at JLtJUU Mayßeld, Hinde, and known as BnrgcßsJFarm. D. THOMAS, 6<>i£4 Aehburton. JOitfDON AND LANCASHIRE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. I HAVE been appointed Agent for the above Company, and am now prepaied to take riski on Baildlngß, Stock and dopi at current rates. D. THOMAS, Ashburton; Skin Sales. I uhaU hold Fortnlgbtly:Saleß of the (above throughout the Seaßon, at my WOOL STORES, West Street, Ashburton commencing FRIDAY, 29th JUNE, at 12. o'clock, D. THOMAB. I have the following PROPERTIES FOB SALE. "1 PC f\ acre8 ' Wsktnul > B rem<3 Ian ' JL tJ \J and improvements A A fl *o r «>i Wtkannl, iplendlc tfctta fatm HQA acre*, newßakaU, uplendit l»nd, all In crop, no hou»i •jQAA acres, near May field Af\f\ »cres, Maronan, tuemock QfTQ aores, West Melton, gooc A "1 "1 RCret » Edendale, near F«c- -rJIA L tory, grand dairy f«rm easy terms "1 C±C±C\ acre», Kyle, splendid pro- ±OOU perty Q/1 f\f\ Mrell i Alford Forest For information apply to D. THOMAB, Ashburton. 1 have oten appointed Agent FOB THB Mercantile Finance Co,, CHRISTCHURCH Who are prepared to advance Money' BILLS OF SALE, MORTGAGE OF STOOKI CROP LIENS, or other Sacarfty D. THOMAS. s ~" Agricultural Implements. I AM APPOINTED SOLE AGENT IN ASHBORTOJT gPOB Jombrb booth McDonald & o C w rlyle|lmplement Works, | Ohrlstohroh. SAMIjEJImPLKMBNIR^OW xfANDy 1 inspection Invited. T>. TfJOM'AR. ft^ 0 ftte.O^ATeQNACo iM f )