THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN.

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DIAPY.

(Moonlight Evenings. The Moon at 3 days old [shines till about 8 o'olook. The Moon at 6 days old shines till about half-past 10 o'olook. The Moon at 8 days old shines till nearly o'clock m the morning. The Moon at 12 daya old Bhines from sundown till about 4 m the morning. The Moon at 15 days old is full, and shineß all night. The Moon at 18 days old rises about 9 p.m. and shines till morning. The Moon at 21 days old risos about 11 a.m. and shines till morning. The Moon at 24 days old rises about 2 a.m. and shines till morning, The Moon at 27 days old rises about 4 a.m. and Bhines till sunrise.

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

[We are m receipt of an able and interest ing letter by "A Protestant," In reply to "J.0.M.P," on the subject of Indu! -genceß, but, oa tho whole, think it best not to give it publication, "A Pro teatant's " first letter asked information as to the meaning of the term "Indul gence " as used by the Roman Catholic Blehop on a recent public occasion, and as ondeistood by- the members of that Church. Another correspondent — 11 J C M.P.,"— having supplied the information sought, the matter nanßt end there, as we do not think that it will tend to edification to permit of the opening op of a theological and historical controversy. To do %o, would be to enter upon a paper war, of an almost Interminable character, and one which would be certain to result m awakening more or less of hostile feeling. Corres pondents, on both sides, will therefore please understand, that so far aa our columns are concerned, the discussion is now closed. — Ed.]

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1888. OUR DAIRY PRODUCE AT HOME.

Our cablegrams to-day contain the announcement that " freßh butter, New Zealand, is at 88s per cwt. Australian is at 5Gs to 755. The market is weak." Only about a month ago, through the same channel, we learned that New Zealand butter had been sold m Grlas • gow m small parcels at a shilling a pound, which was considered slightly above its value, although at the same date best Cork butter was fetching 126s per cwt. Now these wide discrepancies prove very clearly one of two things, via,, either that the butter sent Homo from the colony is not a fair sample of what New Zealand can produce, or that m the butter trade, as m the frozen meat trade, the return to the producer does not represent tho true value of bis produce, but that the middleman is swallowing up the lion's Bharo of the proceeds. The latter may be, and wo fear is to some extent, the case, but there is also reason* to think that ex porters are not sufficiently careful as regards the quality of tho article sbipped. What is wanted is that the butter should bo thoroughly worked and prepared and of even quality throughout, that it should be made up m convenient sized packages, and that the most scrupulous cleanliness should be used, and every care taken that the butter on arrival should present an attractive appearance. If all these things arc duly provided for, there is not the Bmallent reason why New Zea land butter should not command as high a figure a« the best Danish, which now tops the market. For it is certain, as can be seen on visiting the dairy pro duce shed at any of our local agricultural shows, that our pastures are capable of producing and our dairies of manufac turing as prime an article as can be

prod need or manufactured m any part of of the world. Bo also with cheese, the quotations m London are painfully low. And we fear that with cheese even more than with butter the fault is very largely our own. Evenness of quality through out a shipment is not sufficiently studied, nor perhaps the making of cheeses of the proper color, and size to suit the tastes and prejudices of the British consumer, attention to which is 1 absolutely necessary if we would secure the best results Writing on this sub ject the " Southland Times " points out, that hitherto the arrangements for trans port have not been all that could be desired, a good deal of the cheese sent to London having suffered more or less injury during the voyage. The "Times," however, alludes to the fact that great improvements >are being made m the mode of storing both cheese and butter m the direct steamers, but points out that specially insulated chambers add considerably to the cost of freight, and that "unless the quality of the article shipped m this fashion is tip-top it will simply not pay to send it Home ; for it ought to be borne constantly m mind that inferior qualities really bring prices below their value. This is the case m all kinds of produce or mer chandise : the very finest qualities bring perhaps a little more than their actual value— -being m iact tancy or luxury prices — while the inferior qualities, as we have just said, are unduly de preciated. The producer should thus study quality above all things, careless ness or unskilfulness entailing a loss always out of proportion to tho in feriority of his handiwork." Care and thoroughness m this, as m all other matters, will be found to pay m the long run ; indeed, to be the only guarantee of success, and we entirely concur m our contemporary's remark that "it ought to be written up m every dairy and dairy factory that it is quality that wins the prize."

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mis Amy Sherwin, and her oompany appear at the Oddfellows' Hall this [evening.

The Sons of St. Patriok will hold a ball this evening m the Store opposite the Salvation Army Barraoks. The Ashburton Lodge of Draida will hold a sooial gathering m the OddfellowB 1 Hall on Wednesday next. I Farmers will be interested to learn that a " trial of the Massey Reaper and Binder, of wbioh such an excellent record has already been given, and which the makers claim to be " the simplest, strongest, lightest, and beßt ever used id a harvest field," will take place on Wednesday next, at 1 p.m., on the farm of Mr James Bishop, about 3£ miles from Tinwald. At the B.M. Court this morning, before Mr D. Thomas, J.P., a first offender for drunken ness was fined se, with the usual alternative. Four boys were caught robbing an orchard last night. They will appear ;before the B.M. on Thursday next. It is probable that a licensee of a country hotel will be proceeded against; on the next Court day on a charge of having used a defioient measure. It appears that one day last week four men sent to the hotel m question for half a gallon of beer, and this was supplied m a tin utensil. The men not being satisfied with the measure sent it baok, but could get no more beer. They retained the utensil and cave information to the polico,, m oonsequenco of which it is probable a case will be brought. Friday's storm was general throughout the provinoe. The rain has been generally wel comed, being muoh needed for the grass. The Waimakariri rose m heavy flood, but fell rapidly on Saturday morning. At the Ororge. the river on Friday nigbt rose ten feet bub , fell five feet on the following morning. At Kaiapoi the water broke through the embank, ment at Obarles street about one o'olook on Saturday morning, and the northern part of the town waß flooded. The water, however, did not attain within two feet of the inunda tion of last June. The greatest height was reaobed at six a.m. No damage ocoUrred to the railway, but a good deal to the small bridges, the culverts, and the corn m stook. Not muoh live stook was lost. The Rakaia Bridge was bo far repaired this morning that trains were able to cross. Up to the present the value of the gifts received by the Pope is estimated at 60,000,000 lire, or about £2,400,000. The Midland Bailway Company are at present landing a large quantity of railway material at Greymouth and it is expected that active operations will shortly be resumed. A lad named Hewer was drowned m the harbor at Akaroa on Thursday afternoon. He was out boating with a companion named Brown, and the boat oapßized, and Brown was 1 drowned. The cultivation of the olive m California promises to be [a great suooess. The trees begin bearing m three years, and oontinue to yield for centuries, Some of the olive trees are already eight years old, and produoe 250 bushels of fruit to the aore, representing £250 m oil. It is a curious fact that the house of Commons has had three blind members during recent years, and that two of them (Bobertson and Fawcett) have sat for Brighton. The other, Mr MoDonald, is an Irish Episcopalian clergyman by profession, but left the church some years before he beoame blind, on aocount of religious doubts of a somewhat pronounced type. He now sits for an Irish constituency as a Parnellito, Dr. Robertson is a cheery and indomitable old man, who, finding hia eight hopelessly gone, entered himself as a law student at Gray's Inn (at the same time as his own son) and beoame the life and soul of the students' mess. Fifty-five years ago, when London waa quite a small city, with a population of ovor one million and a half, 31,000 persons were a pprehended for having been drunk and disorderly, m the course of twelve months. Last year m a population of over five millions, the number of suoh apprehensions had fallen by more than a quarter ; and the ratio was adout 4 per thousand instead of 20, My wife and daughter were made healthy by the use of American Co. 'a Hop Bitters, and I recommend it to my people. — Methodist Clergyman. Bead Holmway's Piiii.s.-~Enfeebled Existence. —This medicine embraces every attribute required m a general and domestic remedy. It overturns the foundations of disease laid by defective food and inipuro air. In obstruc tions or congOßtions of the liver, lungs, bowels, or any other organs, those pills are specially serviceable and eminently successfwl. They should bo kept m readiness m every family, being a medicine of incomparable utility for young persons, especially those of feeble con stitutiona. They never cause pain or irritate the most sensitive nerves or most tender bowels. Hollo way 'a pills are the best-known purifiers of ihe blqod, the most aatiyo pro moters of absorptioja and' secretion, wheftby All pojsopoua and obnoxious partioles' are .MWOjed from both, solids apj( fluids,' ,

HORSE MARKET

Mf T, iSulloofc repot te for the week ending Saturday, I7;fi March ;— Thera wub a very good attoudanoe of farmers and other country settlers, but only 19hor8es were brought forward for tta day's sale, a very medium lot. No good draughts were entered. There were buyers present for draughts of a good "stamp which oould not ba supplied Out of the day's entry of 19, 9 wore sold as follows, viz. :— Agod dr.ughts, of a fairly good alamp, £12 10a, £13, £15 ; inferior, £7 s< ; 4 year old, rather light, £14 10a ; 1 year old, £12. Hacks and light harness horaes, biddings blow, £3 10a, £3 153, £4 ss, with lifctle doraand. Sundries — Dray*, £4, £9 2=j 6 1 : 3 furrow plough, £7 15 3 ; B \ ag \ e f urrow £1 ; saddles and bridled, £1 He, £2 la A quantity of harness and sundries at market rates. Oo Saturday noxt, 24th inst., I shall offer 3 trucks of draught horses from South, on account of Mr Moßride, which will be duly advertisad. Previous to the usual horee sa'e, I offered two properties at Tinwuld, viz., T.B. 527 and 530, fronting Graham's Road| with a four-roomed house thereon, which wa* sold for £121. Lots 504, 505, 608 and 509, containing cne acre, fronting Harland and Grovo streets with 4-roomed houee thereon, also brought £121. During the last few weeks, privately and by auction, i\ have sold the following properties, viz. :— SO acres at the Hinds, S& 4629 » afc £5 P« acre; R.S 26685, 100 acres Newlauds, Wakanui Hoad District, at £3 10a per acre ; R S 26716, about 109 acres, New lands, £3 10s per acre; 11. 8. 25503, containing 200 acres. £2 10s per acre ; 257A acres, part of R B.s 26108, 20917 at £4 per aCre 'n7j An improved farm of 185 acres, near Winslow, at owner's reserve. Lots 441, 442, 443 and 444, one acre, suburb of linwald, £55. T.». 1207, Cameron street, Ashburton, with 5-roomed house thereon, £176 10s.

A TERRIBLE FIRE.

A TOWNSHIP DESTROYED.

a * v., , Waipawa, Maroh 17. A terrible calamity has happened at the Seventy-Mile Bush, Norsewood, a village aettlement, was destroyed, being swept away by fire. Dwellings, oharchea, aohool, and publio hall are destroyed. The aettleis are rained and m great distress. ft „.. c ffAPiHR, March 18. On H r iday afternoon a fire broke oat at Norse wood and burned all day and far into the night, destroying nearly the whole township. Owing to the wires being down full information has only last been reoeived. About ten o'olock a furious gale rose and brought sparks from a dealing some distance away. The wlnda prevailing on prevloua day H had dried everything to tiuder, and the sparks set the grass and logs on fire, which noon spread, and m a short tlmo the fire waa raging over the country towarda Noras woud village. Unfortunately there woro very few men at home, the majority being away at work, many of them at conaiderable diatanoes. The women and the few men m the settle ment were powerless to oheck the spread of the flimea. and It Is dojblf ul If all had been at home whether they oould have been more BUcoesaful, ao eparka were flying on the wings of the gale aa thick as hall. By dlat of almost soperhuman efforts a few places were saved by draping them vrlth bJaokets kept contlnnolly wet 'I hg was an arduous task ; the snffocatlng smoke and the intolerable heat being aggravated by the torrifio force of tho wind, which had now become a hurricane. It was goon aeen that to Btay m the village waa Impossible, and the women and children began to hurry a way by tho road still left open. They oould take nothing with them, and the fire waa left to work itu will. and news coming of the disaster the school waa dismissed, but a9 some of the ohildren essayed the task of returning home, and were driven bdok by the smoke and flames, the schoolmaster with com mendable disoretion reassembled them and marched them to the To Whiti clear ing, a mile away from the school towards Kapua, Here they and several f umilies remained till rain came on m the nicht. when they Bought for shelter, with the settlers round about or returned to Noreewood and obtained aholter m tho hotel building, which was crowded with women and children, now without house, or home, or raiment. It is impossible to detail the progress of the fire, for it seemed to break out simultaneously m all parts of the town- Bhip, and many places were burned after the people left, The following places are known to have been totally destroyed :— Lutheran Church,— a finebuilding, WesleyanObaroh, Public school and master's residence, the Club and Scandinavian Library, Tem perance Hall, Hern's bakery, Paterson's blacksmith's shop, Hegle'a Btore, Thomas son's saddlery, "Vfceslake's store aod dwelling, small store, occupied by Mr J B. Dunk, Sanders', Oleen's, Boworman's and Magmissen's bouses, Mortensen's accomodation house, Rev Bees', Rev [ Christoffersen's, Rev Neilsens, Ole , Christoffersen'B Karvi's, Jobansen's Nicoli's, Hanson's, Tonkelsen's, Ingle-' [breden's, P. Sorensen's, Joseph Moran's, 1 Mrs Ingwoldsen's, Olsten's. Wqolstea's and BolmeB 7 houses.

Besides these, many barns, outhonaes, stockyards, and miles of fences were de atioyed, and it Is feared that news of further disaster from surrounding oloarlngn will yet be received.

Ormondville was next attacked, and an Important country bridge was destroyed. The church Boomed doomed, when a heavy downpour of rain set m.

At Mangaioroa ihe fire reaohed to the railway line, and a strong party of men were set to watch the b!g trestle bridge, which waa iv some danger.

The new country bridge at Papatn waß threatened, and was also anxiously watched. Tlie buah on both sides of the line atKapua was all ablaz*, and famished a grand sight to the paasengera by the late trains.

4t Ashley-Clinton the settlers were threatened with a devastating fire, and aa It was two dwellings were destroyed — those of William Oook and Christian Jonaen. A large stack of hay waa blown completely over durlug the gale, And was afterwards destroyed by the rain; The thunderstorm at this point was truly awful, and the residents of the Ashloy Oiinton district had but little sleep through the long wild night.

Great as the disaster waa, it certainly would have been greatly magnified but for the proviclental occurrence of one of the most terrific thunderßtorma ever ex perlenood m the district. The rale literally poured down m torrents. The whole country waa almost Incessantly lighted ap with vi.vld lightening thanes, while tho thuader crashed immediately overhead with awe-inspiring violence, AH night long the Btorm raged In fury, and the rain obliterated the last smouldering embers.

Dczhib of poor settlers vrlth wga families have been made homoless, orhave suffered severely, and publio subaoriplons aro already being raised to allevlatt tho distress.

The Insurances on tho bulldicgs, sto,, destroyed are not yet known, bat at) not large, considering the magnitude 0 the fire.

THE RIGHT OG PRIESTS TO MARRY

The Supremo Oouit of Appsa!, the French Honae of Lorda (legal section) haß jast deolded, for the first time, the question, •< Havo pr'eska the right to murry ?" M. Storlin waa formerly a Catholic prloßt, andjduring theyear lß7o-71 wag distinguished for his zaul and physical bravery as military chaplain. After the war he went to reside ia England, and there married, eight ysara ago, a "Modlle. Houpin, with the full knowledge and oon sent of her father and fam ly. Two ohlldren were the iauue of this uaion. H!a wife died after the birth of the seoond ohlld. __ M. Sterlu returmd to Ffanoe, formed a society called " Eooleaiaatfcsl L'berty," of whloh he ia President, and the Rev Hyacinthe Lypaon a member The sooiaty advocates the liberty of ihe oler^y to nurry, tha separation of Ohuroh from State, etc. M. Houpio died a short time ago; hia family united to exc l ule hl3 grandchildren, the infanta of Madame Sterlln, from the rights of aucoeaßior, on the grounds that they were illegimate, being the children of an ordained Oatholio c'er^yman. Firßfc tried before the regional Oonrt of Amiena, wh'oh de cided In favor of Mi Sterlin, the oieo was brought before Bucce«ive higher tribunals, till It reached the final Appeal O;urt, where all the Chief Judges were united In ooancil. It la that body whloh haa jaat decided that nothing In the Code prohibits any person In holy ordera from marrying. This ruling has created a veritable sensation.

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

HOME AND FOREIGN

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THE SIKKIM AFFAIR.

Hong Kong, March 15. The Chinese Government have di rected the Thibetans who have been raiding Sikkim to evacuate that State.

SHIPPING CASUALTY.

London, March 15.

The ship Loch Garry, which left Melbourne on December 21st, ran ashore at the mouth of the Thames, but was floated off successfully and towed up to the docks.

GENERAL BOULANGER.

Fabis, Maroh 16.

The dismissal of General Boulanger from the command of the Thirteenth Army Corps at Clermont-Ferrand is generally approved. General Boulanger publishes a statement that bis visit to the city m disguise was m consequence of his having received news of his wife being seriously ill, and that he had been refused leave to visit her.

PRINCE OSCAR'S MARRIAGE.

Stockholm, March 16

The marriage of Prince Oscar of Sweden to Miss Ebba Munck, a rela tive of the late Professor Munck, the Norwegian historian, was conducted privately, only his mother, the Duchess of Albany, and his cousin being pre sent,

AUSTRALIAN.

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VICTORIA.

Melbourne. March 17. The abolition of the French wine duties and the withdrawal of large sup plies of Spanish wines to make brandy, are expected to result m a large in crease m the sale of pure Australian wines m Europe. Midwinter, after all, has declined to join the Australian team for England. His place m the team will be filled by WarraU. The team is now composed as follows:— McDonnell, Turner, Ferris, A. Bannerman, Jones, Trott, Blackham, Edwards, Boyle, Warrall, Lyons, and Jarvis. Bonnor is expected to join the team ia England.

NEW SOUTH WALES.

Sydney, March 17. In consequence of the number of disorderly scenes m the Legislative Assembly recently the Government -tew* --••wtirew- T.-U— xirc — ia-»*au»h -o **r*zZZ ment for a copy of the procedure rules adopted by the House- of Commons, with a view to proposing the adoption here of such of the new rules as may be suitable to the circumstances of the Colonial Legislature. There have been over sixty incidents of a disorderly character this session. Information to hand from New Guinea states that the German Com pany has spent over ,£250,000 m ex ploring the country. All the harbors m German territory have been surveyed and a number ot stations have been planted along the coast. Large sugar plantations have been started, which it is anticipated will prove very successful, native labor being cheap and abundant. The Company is encouraging emigra tion from Australia. The ship Aristomena, with 2700 tons of coal on board, consigned to San Francisco, caught fire at Newcastle at five o'clook this morning. The fire is supposed to have originated m some flax, which was stowed under a lecker. The pumps were set to work at once, and an immense bodj of water was put into the ship, when she showed signs of sinking, and the officers decided to run the vessel ashore. At four o'clock this morning the fire was got under without the ship having sustained any serious injury. The cost of repairs is estimated at Newcastle, Maroh 17. A strike is imminent at the South Waratah colliery mine. A dispute with the men as to the rate of pay for taking out waste is the cause of the disagreement.

QUEENSLAND.

Brisbane, March J7.

An elderly man, "named Isaac Greer, wounded his wife severely last night, and then shot himself dead. The couple had only been married twelve months, but they quarrelled frequently. It is stated that Greer was drunk when he fired the shots.

A mining party which left some time ago to prospect Josephs river, Ne<v Guinea, have returned to this city, i They report that they have lost every- Uhing, and that their lives were en dangered by the cupidity and hostility of the natives. They only escaped with their lives by stealing four canoes, and dropping down the river m the darkness, the natives having previously plundered all their goods. The party say that the Government, as repre sented by the High Commissioner, gave them no assistance whatever, and is doing nothing to facilitate parties, going inland to develop the country.

INTEPROVINCIAL NEWS

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Dukedin, March 17. Mr Mackerzle of Baiolutha estimates his loss at £2003 above the insurance and Me Dunaa hia at £200.

A BRUTAL ROBBERY.

OAPrURB OF THE PERPETRATORS [PER PRES3 ASSOCIATION J DuwjßDitf, March 19 0 A daring and brutal daylight robbe-y was perpetrated a I Dunedin early on Suta day evening. At a quirter past aix the streets aro always comparatively qaiot, and on Saturday suoh business thorough- a as ss Bond and Crawfoid otreeta are deserted. It was m this locality the outrage occurred, on one of the vacant allotments bet^etn Bond and Crawford streets. William Slattery 19, who has bedn working up country, wj.B ' driuking with two companions in -a neigh borlug hotel on Saturday afternoon, and they left the premises and proceeded together down Jatty etreet. Taming to tho right Slattery was suddenly assaulted by the other two. One struok him a blow on the left temple with a gin bottle which shivered m his hand, and both struggled with him upon the ground, and managed toetifla their vlotlm'a cries while they r>fled his pockets. Slattery, how ever, waß oonsoloaa, acd, resisted stoutly, eaoceediog m holding on to h!s parse with one hand. The ruffians tore his trousers pccket asveral inches down, and extracted 17s 61. At this janoture an alarm waß raised by an unaeeu spectator, and, they were obliged to deoamp. A female Ber vant m the New Zealand restaurant, Princess street, south, happened to be at the back windows, and had seen every thing that passed, well enough to be able to identify the men. She raised an alarm promptly, and several people were quickly on the spot. From the description given by the servant there was no diffioalty m subsequently capturing George Anderson, and Charles MoUrath, Both bear In different characters, MoGratb, who was picked out by the servant from among several other men, was known to Slattery, and tha latter lent him £2 or £3 a few hours before the robbery. The injuries sustained by Slattery proved to be very severe. He haa been removed to the hospital, where he laid m an unconscious state until the following morning. He will be unable to leave the hospital for some days.

SPORTING.

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LOWER HEATHCOTE RACES.

Following are the results of the princi pal events at this meeting on Saturday. Open Huhdlbs. 45 soys. Mamoc ... 1 Golden Butterfly 2 Kockot ." 3 Dividend, £2 6s. Maiden Plate, 20 soys. Raven ... l Briar Leaf ... 2 Alanna 3 Handicap Saddle Thot, 45 soys. Wanda ... ... ... 1 Bob Gawn 2 fidget „ 3 Dividend, £3 11s. St Pathick^ Handicap, 60 soys. Hormitage ... 1 Normanby ... ,„ \u0084, 2 Lavender , 3 Dividends, £1 14s 6d. Flying Handicap, 35 soys, Red Ensign 1 Erin-go bragh \u0084„ ... 2 Tornado ... ,„ ... 3 Dividend, £2 10a 6d.

NAPIER RACES.

Napier, Maroh 17. SECOND DAY. At the second day's raoas there was a good attendance and fine weather. Re sults: — Grandstand Handicap, of 125 soya j one mile and a diufcapce. Tongariro ... ... ,„ \ \ Whisper <=- ... 2 Cinderella \u0084 3 Time, 2min 3538C3. Dividend, £6 18a. Hawke's Bay St, Leoer, of 300 aova j one and three quarter milea. Sextant 1 Waterfall 2 Golden Great 3 Time, 3mln 32secB. £1 3s. Second Handicap Hubdlh Racib, of 100 nova ; three mtleß. Ohemlat; ... 1 Tees Sco 2 Germaine ... ... ... 3 Time, 6mln 2Oaecß. Dividend £6. Burke Memorial Stakes, of 250 aova ; oaa and half milee, • St. Olaic 1 Silence ,„ 2 Whisper 3 Time, 2mln 40 2-sth boob. Dividend. £17. Juvenile Handicap, of 100 soys ; three quarters of a mile. Redwood X Fair Ellen .„ , 2 Adulation ... 3 Won easily. Time, lmin 19seos. Consolation Handicap, of 60 boys ; one mile. Antelope ... 1 Cinderella , ,„ 2 Waterfall ... 1 ... 3 Timo,.lmin 44 4 sth boos. Dividend, £3 83.

MASTERTON AUTUMN MEETING.

Wellington, Maroh 18. Tha autumn meeting of the Masterton ©paki Jockey Club was held at Opaki, Results:— * Huddles; Reputation ... \ Alexander, the rider of Freebooter, who foil, had an arm broken. St Patrick's Handicap. Pilgrimage 1 Little Scrub 2 Dividend, £31 10a. The Flying Stakes and Grand Stand Handicap were won by Revoke; At the conclusion of the Handicap Hack Race, great sensation was caused by H, Campbell, a well-known settler, trying to seize the horse Ngarata. T. A. Lyons, who ran the horse, resisted, and after an exciting struggle boch were arrested, but Bubseq jently bound over m their own recognisances to appear at the Magistrate's Court on Monday. Campbell alleged that he gave the horse to Lyona to break iD, and that he never returned it.

WAIMATE MEETING.

At the Waimnle races on Saturday, Snowdrift won the Hurdles and Hollywood tit Patrick's Handicap. The latter winner paid a dividend of £16 4s.

As aq indication of the uneasiness inspired m Austria by the massing of Russian troops on the frontier, and of the general belief m the imminenoe of war, it may be mentioned that the demand for Kussian grammars and dictionaries m. Vienna is greater than the booksellers can Bupply, and that the offloers m the army are applying themselves with all dihgenoe to learn the language of the enemy. We may add that m Germany a knowledge of Kussian is a sine q\& noil for admission to the Bta£f of the army, and that Prince Bismarck speaks it fluently, as also does Count voa Woltke, as a matter of course,

THE BELLINGER CASE.

Pr.u Pkeß3 .Association^

New Plymouth, March 19. Judgment was given m the Bellinger case ht noon to-day. The Court sus pended Captain Benson's certificate for six montd and recommended under Sec tion 24 that the certificate of a first officer be issued , him instead. The Court cen« sured the mate for turning m before ho was properly relieved. His certificate wes returned. The engineer's certificate was plso returned as thoro was no evidence that he had onything to do with tha casualty. No order was made aa to costs.

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourselves responsible for (Lo opinions expressed by our correspondents.

TRANSUBSTANTIATION.

TO THE EDITOR.

Sir,— Beforriug to an editorial " Notice to a Correspondent," which appeared m a recent issue of your papor, permit me to point out that you are m error m writing of the doctrine of Tranßubßtantiation aB having been a subject of controveray for eighteen centuries. The word " Tran eubatantiation " waß never used until about A.D. 1113, and it was never defined by any Council until A.D. 1215, m the 4th Lateran Council by Pope Innocent 111. The first to introduce the controversy was Paschasins Radbert, m the year 845, and the controvarey arose on the occasion of a book written by him being presented to Charles the Bald. The emperor com manded two distinguished men of learning, one of whom was John Scotus, to give a trua exposition of the doctrine which Radbfcrt was Bupposad to have corrupted. The controveray was occasionally revived up to 1215, whioh brings us wonderfully near to Reformation times. The pious and learned Berengarius warmly contested the new doctrine, and it was openly denounced by Wickliffe. There is a good deal more that could bo said, bat if men cannot reason calmly on the subject it had better be dropped. lam, etc., One of Your Headers, March 17th, 1888.

RETRENCHMENT.

TO THfl EDITOR.

Sir,— J think it is high time that the Borough Council showed their interest m the welfare of the Borough by reducing the valuation ratan to 9J la the £ instead of la, more sspoolally as they have been vesyoareful to put r atop to every class of employment. — I am, etc., George OateS.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

(per press association,/

Insurance. New Plymouth, March 19. The goulh British Office has £50 oa Townsend's shop, and £150 on Shearer's shop. Tho Victoria hag £30 ) on Shearer's stock, and the Equitable has £700 (re insured for £200 m Liverpool and Lancashire, Tho New Zealand has £200 on Laurence's buildinsr, and £200 on his stock (reinsured for £150 m the Colonial) ; £100 on Townsend's building. The greater portion of the stocks have been saved. The Mail Steamers. Wellington, March 19 The s.a. Alameda with the English mail of the 22 ad nit , left San Franolsco for Auckland on the lOch inßt., three days late. The Marlposa whloh left Auckland on the 27th ult. with homeward malls, arrived at San Franclaoo^a tho I7ch in»t, i.i — t— -_ a aio»»-*'tiate, A Mine Accident. The Minister of Mlnea han received a -. telegram from Clyde, stating that Junes Streetham, aged 27, has been suffocated In a coal mine belonging to M* Buckley at Blaokman's, At 9 o'clock on Uanday morning he deßoended a shaft to asoe^ta the depth of the water, and after bev^™ below a few minutes was bslng hauled Uj, by his brother when he fell oat of the bucket. He made a second attempt to ascend but again fell. The depth of the shaft h 35 feet Alleged Criminal Assault. Ghristohuroh, March 19. Walter Walla was committed for trial to-day on a charge of criminal assault on a middle-aged woman In Bedford row on the evening of Maroh Id Mr Mitclielson. Dunedin, March 19. The Minister foe Pabllo Works this morning went ten miles np the Otago Central line, and inspected the Wingfttul viaduct. Daring the day he has received several deputations and leaves for Wel lington to-mcrrow m order to be presaDt at the opening of Major Ropttta's home, when a Urge gathering of Natives U ex« peoted.

THE LATE KAISER.

THE FUNERAL CEREMONIES* [by electric telegraph— copyright] (PBR PJRESS ASSOCIATION/;) (Received Maroh 19, 1,30 p.m.) m , , Berlin, Maroh 16. 1 The funeral of the late Emperor took place to-day. The weather was bleak , arid cheerless, but an immense crowd assembled at the doors of the Cathedral, The whole length of the route was draped " m black and lined by infantry four deep, The decoration of the streets especially "U nter den Linden," was most elaborate, forming a pleasing spectacle. The service m the Cathedral before the procession formed was most solemn and impressive. At the con clusion the coffin containing the remains of the late Emperor was placed on a funeral car, and the cortege proceeded along the Unter den Linden, towards Brandenburg gate to the Royal Mauso leum at Charlottenburg. The roadway was strewn with leaves and wreaths and even the sound of horses' hoofs was inaudible. The Emperor and Empress Victoria, the Dowager Empress, Prince , Bismarck, and Count von Moltke did not attend the funeral owing to illness, but the Emperor and Empress Victoria watched the pro cession as it passed the Palace of the. late Emperor, and were observed to be weeping bitterly. Prince William fol lowed as chief mourner accompanied by foreign royalties^ including the Princ<3 of Wales and Prince Albert Victor of England. The coffin was covered witjj. the banner of the Empire, and tlie late Emperor's charger was led behind tfte car, After the funeral service was concluded at the Mausoleum a blessing was pronounced and the Artillery fired a. salute. Memorial services were held m all the capitals of Europe out of respect for the memory of Kaiser Wilhelm.

THE ASHBURTON GrUABDIAN, MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1888



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