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The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1888. LIFE OR DEATH.

There is somethiny exceedingly path etic about the case of the Emperor Frederick, and which appeals so power fully to the public sympathy "that it is not wonderful that an almost personal interest is taken the world over in the varying conditions of the royal patient. I We detest as profoundly as the reddest • of red Republicans can detest the snob bery which exaggerates the virtues and minimises the vices of thoso who are born in the purple, and the Jeames-de- Pluche-like fiunkeyism which fawns at the feet of the wearers of crowns or coronets, but we have as little in com mon with those who regard all possessors of power and place with a bitter enmity which refuses to recognise any virtue as possible on their part, and declines to extend to them a kindly and gracious sympathy when troubles that are com mon to all humanity fall upon them. For surely if a kingly sufferer deserve no more sympathy than does the meanest liege who suffers like him, he deserves no loss, and it is precisely the fact that bereavement, sickness, and death come to prince and peasant alike that brings into play the oft-quoted sentiment that " a touch of Nature makes the whole world kin." We do not envy the feelings of the man who can regard unmoved the story of the Emperor Frederick. Physically a splen did specimen of manhood, towering among other Royalties like Saul among the prophets, his presence was a remark able one, and his prowess as a soldier and his gentleness as a man are not more admirable than his devotion as a son, his faithfulness as a husband, and his tenderness as a father. Hitherto his public record has been as blameless as it has been brilliant and thus his loss to his family and people >70_ld be all the greater. But apart from all this his known desire to preserve his country froai the horrors of war, to carry on the pro gress ot Germany in peace and prosperity, renders it a matter of pro found interest to millions that his life should be prolonged, and great indeed may be the issues which hang upon its slender thread. Hence, for all those reasons, the bulletins arriving from day ! to day are eagerly scanned,and thousands upon thousands, even in these distant seas, are fervently hoping for a favorable termination of the limperor s sufferings. During the last week it has seemed as if the cherishing of any such hope were hoping against hope, but we are glad to sco by the latest news to baud that the malady appears to have taken a turn for the better, and that there begins to be reason to think that it is possible that the royal patient may yet bo spared to reign for many years over the Empire' which was consolidated by the grand old man who passed to his re&t a iq\y weeks ago. It is to be hoped for the sake not only of Germany but of Europe that this wiil be so, for thero is only too much reason to fear that the issues of peace or war hang upon the frail thread of the Emperor's life.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The arreßt of a legless beggar in Paris has led to the revelation that crippled mendicants , are manufactured in Catalonia for the streets of Paris. " Parents are Baid to amputate the limba of thoir children for the purpose of providing thorn with a paying profession in after-life. I A New York dootor cays people might as well eat sawdust as oatmeal for breakfast. If that doctor only knew how many agile paragraphera vail .vouchsafe the remark that he probably bases his declaration on the faot that sawdust is very fine board, he would have restrained himself from philantrophio motives. Said one merohant to another, " I will take the 4.40 boat." " I will bet you twenty ] pounds you don't," said the other. " Done," replied the first, went together, and, j sure enough, tho dlo boat took them, but neither took the boat, finding it utterly im possible. Twenty pounds changed hands while they were crossing the river. Talking about tho depression in Dunedin, a writer in tho " Evening Herald " sayß:— " town where (besides tho large shops) there usod to be eighteen or twenty small drapers and where to-day there are only two 1 In a' town whioh a yoar ago had seven shop-keepora of one kind in one of itß streets and to-day has only one\ In a town in whioh eight grocers have closed their stores in two months!" The " Oaraaru Mail " learna that M Alexander Thomson, of Kakanui, has ohar-r tered the steamer Tekapo for a trip to Cal cutta. The steamer ia expected to leave New Zealand ports about the end of next month. Her cargo will consist chiefly of horsea, specially selected for the Indian market, and of the number — some 215— ove 100 will be taken from Oamaru] together withr all the fodder for U3o during the voyage. " Eouan on Eats."— Clears out rats mice roaches, flies, ants, bed-bugs, beetles, inseots' skunks, jack-rabbits, aparrowa, gophers. At Chemists and druggists, \

The smallest people in the world are said to be the Akkas, of the Monbuttu oountry, Central Afrioa. Two skeletons of this interest ing raoe, male and female, being onty 4 feet in height, have arrived in England. An Irishman was engaged in onttinp ice from a pond, and was handed a cross-cut saw to commence operations with. Looking at the saw and at the man who was to help him in working it, he at longth laid it down on the ice, pulled oat a penny from his pooket, and turning to his companion, said, " Come, now, let us have fair play; heads or tails who goea below ? "

A 'private letter received at Reefton from Broken Hill says that town land at Broken Hill is rising rapidly in value, frontages in the the prinoipal thoroughfare,. Argent-street, being expected to reach £200 per foot before the year is out. Mr T. Hunter, late of Reef ton and Dunedin, who has oleared £40,000 in silver transactions, has left Broken Hill for Melbourne, hia health having completely broken down.

The " Timaru Herald " learns that Messra Atkinson Bros., who have, sinoe the reoon struotion of the Ashburton Woollen Manufac turing Company, acted as manager and traveller, respectively, lately resigned their positions, having secured a lease from Mr Wcol of the Timaru Woollen Mills, where they will carry on business as Bpinners and manufacturers. Work at the Timaru mill will soon be in full swing.

The Dunedin " Evening Herald " reports that a resident of Ravensbourna, while on his way home at a late hour one night last week, was accosted in a quiet part of the road by two men who inquired the time. He took out his watch, when the men made a grab at it, but its owner suooeeded in keeping a hold of it. Had not some persons then opportunely made their appearance this affair might hate gone further.

The annual tea meeting of the Flemington Presbyterian Churoh, whioh takes place to morrow (Friday) evening, is being eagerly looked forward to. The ohoir have prepared several musical selections, and in addition to the local ministers who are expected to speak, the Rev Charles Murray, missionary from the New Hebrides, is announced to take part. He will also addresa the congregations on Sabbath 29th, at Tinwald, Flemington, and Longbeaoh. The Sydney correspondent of the " Mel bourne Age " writing of the New South Wales Land Bill, &ays:— "The Land Bill is still under discussion, both inside aud outside the House, and the more it is disseoted the more its unsoundnesß is apparent. If ever there was a time when a Land Bill demanded un flinching scrutiny and most careful and far seeing attention to detail, it is the present. Already 40,000,000 acres of the public terri tory have been alienated, and it is somewhat startling faot that this vast extent of country is in the hands of some 500 persons. An artiole called frigiline (says an ex ohange, has been brought out for the preserva tion of milk, oream, butter, lard, soups, eggs, fish, poultry, meat, fruit, jellies, ve^et ibles, etoj It is a prepared powder, dissolvable in hot water at a temperature of between 70deg and lOOdeg Fahr. It is then allowed to 0001, and is used aocording to directions. The powder is white and perfeotly tasteless. It is stated that milk oan be kept by it for weeks, whilst tho price of the artiole is very oheap. If frigiline oomes up to only half what is said of it, it is one of the greatest blessings in a hot oountry that has been devised.

A man has been been sentenced in Sydney (says the " Dunedin Star ") for stealing an umbrella, This should be a caution to umbrella and stick " shakers " generally, and especially to those individuals, not altogether unknown, that pick up these unoonsidered trifles when accidentally left in the tram-oars. The popular delusion that umbrellas and s ioks are fair game ha3 beeu thus rudely dis pelled by the Sydney Bench, and the incarce rated gentleman will have the opportunity of reflecting at his leisure on the instability of the moral code as applied.to potty larceny.

On the railway line at the Thames, which was begun two years ago, which has never yet earned a sixpence, and where the permanent way is getting overgrown, and is mouldering away, the Eailway Department have been prescient enough to put up huge notices — "Stop! Look out for the. engine I " As the residents of that distriot have been " looking out " for two years, and no engine has been visible as yet, wo would suggest .that the Dopartment should get the notice-board re painted, and should substitute " Look out for the Millenium 1 " or Borne equally apposite legend.

An English exohange has the following : — " The excavations now in progress at Sidon are likely to throw considerable light upon the Old Testament Scriptures. Already 18 sarcophagi have been discovered, some being of very large Bize and in perfeot preservation. One of them contains the body of a man and a large amount of jewellery. The features and body were intact, with the teeth verfeot. The inscription on the lid is in seven and a half lines of Phoenician characters, with also some Egyptian hieroglyphios, the stone being blaok basalt from Egypt. The date is as yet only conjectured but it is thought to be betwoen 800 and 1500 B.C. The writer of a letter from Syria asks—" Who ia ho ? What if he should bo Ethbaal, 'King of the Sidonians 1 ' "

A blatant, braying sample of the loud mouthed, self oonscious, look-at-me variety of men took his seat in a. street car, and called to the oonc!uotor— Does this cargo all the way up ? " Yoa sir," responded the conductor politely. " Does it go up as far as Liverpool {street ? Want to got off thero." " Yes, sir," was the reply. " Well, I want you to tell nio when you get there. You'd better stick a wafer on your nose, or put a straw in your mouth, or tie a knot in one of your lips, so that you won't forget it." "It would not be convenient for mo in my position to do bo," said the conductor, courteously ; " but if you will kindly pin your ears around your neck, I think I will romember to tell you." Amid the roars of the passengers, the man said he had " forgotten something " and got off at the next oorner.

.Who shall discover the seoret of the gift of art? (asks Andrew Lang in "Longman's Magazine "). The Christy Fund has bought and bestowed on the British Museum some relioa from the Bone Caves in France. Here are sketches etohed on bone and ivory by men who were contemporary with the Mammoths, men who lived before the Glacial period. How long ago is that ? Probably it must be computed in hundreds of thousands of years. But the sketches have the freedom of a Landsoer, and are jottod down, here and there on the stones, as Raphael jotted down hasty studies. They are as f&r removed from other savage art as is the art of Leech. The very implements of this astonishing pre -glacial people have a Greek refinement and delicacy of curve and tapering outline. Did they migrate south, before the advano ing ice, and become the ancestors of the Greeks ?

Mr Inuea, of Brookley, Kent, writing to Mr W. __ Murray (at ono timo member for Bruce, and now of Auokland) states that Mr Inuea, jun., of Messra Lewis and Innes, 21, Great St. Helen's, London, E.G., thiea years ago reoeived a shipment of butter from Sydney which proved a failure, as it melted in the tropics. Iteoently a further oousignment of Sydney butter was sont Home in the refrige? rator of one of the steamers aud sold at 112a per owt. Since then they have reoeived about 150 tons, which have sold at prices varying with quality from OSa to 110a per cwfc. The last oonaigment hung a little, as oontinontal shippers have been lowering their prices, but the quality being all right, it movod off satis, faotonly. Mr Innes, sen., who is about 80 years of age, communieatos thoso faols to Mr in the hope that they may prove of interest to dairy farmers in New Zealand. '

Thousands die annually from somo form kidney diseaßo that might have been pr . vented by a timely uee of Hop Bitters. Rea Holloway's Pills.— Enfeebled Existence. — This medioino embraoes every attribute ' required in a general and domestic remedy It overturns the foundations of diseases laid by defeotive food and impure air. In obstruc tions or congestions of the liver, lungs, bowels, or any other organs, these pills are especially serviceable and eminently successful. They should bo kept in readiness in every family, being a medioine of incomparable utility for oung persona, especially those of feeble oon. titutions. They never oause pain or irritate the most sensitive nerves or most tender owels. Holloway's Pills are the best known urifiers of the blood, the most aotive pro otera of absorption and secretion, whereby 11 poisonous and obnoxious partioloa aro omoved from both solids and fluids,

HOUSEHOLDERS' MEETINGS.

LAURISTON.

At the meeting on Monday evening the following gentlemen were eleoted a 0 >m mittse :— Measra R. Alexander, Bnohan, Dent, J. A. Johnston . Maidanp, D. Ross and White. Mr Johnston was elected Chairman.

METHVEN.

Meairs R. Puttoo, W. Morgan, Duff, D. Henderson, Shaud, V. ftouso and M. Gfsinger, ware elected the Oommlttee. Mr Morgan was elected Chairman.

ACTON.

The annual meeting of hoaseholdern was held In the Dorle sohoolroom on Monday evening. ' There vraa a good attendance considering the state of the weather, and Mr McLean was voted to the chair.

The Chairman on behalf of the late Oommlttee read a report congratulating the householders on at last having Buoh a good sohcol ereoted and famished wf'h every requisite by the Board of Education. The aohool work was progressing most satisfactorily, and a hr.po was expressed that it might oontinaa to do bo in the future. It was very pleasing to have to report that the , appointment of Miss Fisher as mistress' was a decided \u25a0aooesß. The attendance at present was only seventeen, bat hopes were entertained that this number would materially inorease.

Oa the motion of Mr D. Duaoan, sooonded by Mr M^orrow, the report and balance-sheet were adopted.

A. vote of thanks to the outgoing Com mittee and Miss Fisher, the teacher, was unanimously carried,

The following were then elected for the eneulng year : — Mesaes MoLeaD, D, Daacaa, Morrow, W. Harrison, J. J, Duncan, W. McMillan, and W. Stewart.

A vote of thanks to the chair terminated the meeting.

The no w Committee then met and unanimously elected Me McLean chair man, After arranging the plaoe and hour of meetings to be held eaoh month the Committee adjourned,

THE RABBIT CONFERENCE.

DETAILS OF M. PASTEUR'S SCHEME.

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Sydney. April 25.

M. Loir has supplied full particulars of M. Pasteur's scheme to the Rabbit Conference. It appears that during M. Pasteur's investigations of chicken cholera about two years ago, he ac cidentally discovered that rabbits were especially susceptible to the malady. M. Loir says it is impossible to give direct proof that human btings are not susceptible to the disease, but he states that no case has ever been reported, even where diseased poultry were eaten. The microbes would die at a tempera ture of 57 degrees, and the virulence of the disease would be much weakened by exposure to air. There is no danger of the disease being conveyed through cows' milk, even if the animals were fed on poisoned tood. M. Loir states' further that no animals except rabbits are affected by the disease. During the first few removes of the disease from rabbit to rabbit, the virulence of the disease increases, but it soon attains its maxim intensity, and then becomes more virulent in rabbits than in fowls. The answers given by M. Loir to ques tions asked in reference to experiments conducted in France seemed to indicate that injection formed only a smali por tion of the experiments, which were generally carried out by direct poison ing. The representatives of New South Wales, Victoria, and New Zea land have been appointed a Committee to conduct experiments, and the Con ference has adjourned pending the report of the Committee.

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS

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Auckland, April 25. Graxo foara are entertained for the aafety of Mr John Browu, atorekeeper to t'ie Pabllo Worka dop»rtraent, Auckland, who has been missing since last Saturday week About a fortnight ago, Brown waa despatched to Hamilton to Inspect a quantity of sleepers, and he w«!B last seen on the afternoon of the 14U1 inat on the Hamilton bridge. Enquiries have failed r,o discover his present whereabout?, It la feaved he has beon drowned in the Waikato river

Wellington, April 25. An old man named Jas. Gou'd, 74 years of age, was found dead under Im bed this morning. He has been supported by the Bonevolent S;cioiy lor tbo last three yonrs. He died from general debility.

I Owing to Indisposition the Native 5 Minister was uivtble to loavo Wellington t'-duy to ba present at the Native meet- Ing at Wanganui.

At the Education Board to-day the following resolution was proposed,— "This Board in recognising the diffi oalUoa In which Sohool Committees ora plaoed Id defraying necessary expenses by reaa-m of reduced capitation, hereby authorise Committeei to make a charge of cue shilling par quarter upon all pupila from soooud upwards, and sixpence per head ou all balovy that olaß3, Buoh money to be expanded by the Committees lu the purchaso ov eohool stationery, etc, <nd oihor matters conducive t;> the comfort find instruction of the ohiidnm." Tha Chairman ruled the motion waa ultra vires. Opinions were expressed that the Board would have to reduce salaries in order to carry on.

Wakoanui, April 25. Tho boxing matoh waa won by S : aviu in six rounds, after a well contested fight. Laing took his punishment well, and up to 4ho third round, was considered to have ho beat of it*

Dunedin A,pril 25. In Gray v Equitable Insurance Company, in which Mr Jiistioe Williams had reserved a point as to whethor the Company hud a right to ostablish branches in Australia, judgraout was to-day given in favor of tho defendants with costs on tho highost scale.

WON HIS BET

The following story of how a hat waß lost and won ia from an oxohingo :— lt waa ia 1811, when Captalu Decatur of the United States Navy, commanding the frigate United Stitup, mot Captain Cardon of tho British Navy coinuiundiug the Macedonian. It was ju6t prior to the war of 1812, and while talking about the chanced Garden a.ifd to Deoatur : " If you and I ever moot aftor hostilities are declared, I'll bot you a «ilk hafc that the Macedonian will capture tho United Sfcatoa." " I'll bot you a silk hat you don't," was the reply. Tho two frigates met on October 25, 1812, arid after a bloody fight the English fl»g was lowered. Deoatar hastened on board the pr'z?, and Oarden tandorod hia sword, "Damn yoar aword, Oarden," s»U Dooatur. iv I bat yoa a silk hat, and >\i wo'co a long way trom a hattec, I'll take < the one you wear." The hat was given, '

THE EUROPEAN SITUATION.

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Paris, April 24.. The Corate de Paris approves of the proposed revision of the constitution, and states that monarchy alone will guarantee order at home and peace abroad.

The Government intend to ask the Chamber of Deputies tb vote a'sum of fifty-two million francs in aid of the defences at Brest, Cherbourg, Toulon, and Cambray.

It is stated that eleven thousand men are required to raise the army to an efficient state.

M. de Freycinet has stated that it is the intention of France to have a million of men stationed on the frontier and another million in the interior, and also that it is proposed to extend the terms under which the men will serve to twenty five years.

St Petersburg.. April 24. The Sr. Petersburg journals are complaining of the massing of troops on the frontier by Austria. Vienna, April 25. The " Pesther Lloyd " considers that Russia will gradually undermine the whole of Eastern Europe and incite the populace to sedition.

THE MARKETS

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London, April 24 New consols are yi below par. At the wool auctions 1400 bales were sold.

London, April 25 An Australian wheat cargo of 4000 quarters, April shipment, has been sold at 335 f}£d', 9000 quarters of March shipment, and 8000 of May, have been disposed of at 33s 3d.

The New Zealand Loan and Mer cantile Agency Company, Limited, has received the following cable message from London, dated April 24th ; — Wool — The sales progress firmly. For superior greasy and coarse cross bred the market is firmer; other descriptions are unchanged. The total quantity catalogued to date is 192,000 bales, and the total withdrawn is 13,000 bales.

Wheat — Market steady. New Zea land wheats (average and long berried) are worth 35s and 34s 3d per 4961b. Quotation for New Zealand wheat, new crop, f.a.q. c.i.f,, to arrive, is nominally 31s per 4801b.

New Zealand Hemp — Medium is worth 10s per ton.

PROTECTION MEETING IN DUNEDIN.

(PBB PBKBS ASSOCIATION,)

Dunbdin, April 25. A largely attended pablio meeting was held thia evening to consider tha best tnathoda to be adopted ko retain and em ploy oar population. The Miyor was in ) the obair. The prinoipal speakers to the motions were Mr Fish, Dr Fitohett, and |Me Downia Stewart, M.H.R.'a, and Mesara Scnbla McKenz'e, and Barron, M.H. R.'s, sp >ka againac f.ha motiona. All the three latter had a diffi culty In getting a hearing, but Mr >JcKeTz!e at last auooeeded, though Messrs Allen and Batron were only partially sucoeaaf a). The resolutions which were declared to be carried unanimously were — (1) That strenaou3 efforts be m&da at once to retain our population ; (2) that one of tha beat methods of retaking and finding empl >y« mant for our population is the institution of a strong protective tariff on such artioleß as oan b9 advantageoualy manufactured in the oolooy ; (3) that an Inoomo tax add a graduated land Ux should be substituted for the present property tax ;, (4) that the resolutions be forwarded to the Premier. Mr Soobie Mackenzie' proposed an amendment, which the Mayor declined to pat, on the ground of its not being an amendment. Ifc was— "That, In the opinion of the meeting, it is essential that at a time of depression like the present no burdens Bhould be laid upon the people of New Zealand other than such as are abiolutely necessary to supply the me&nß of administering the colony's afhira, and meeting its obligations. (2) That in order to restore ooufidence, publio borrowing should cease for a time, and the colony abonld be made to live within its own resouroes and every effort directed to the roduction of taxation."

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

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London, April 24. Mr Gladstone, in moving his amend ment to the Budget Bill, equalising the charges on real and personal estate, challenged the Union party to support the proposal, as its adoption would not affect the Unionists' arrangement with the Government. Sir Michael Hicks- Beach considered the invitation merely an attempt to overthrow the Govern ment, and the Unionists should regard it as such. Lord Hartington, in reply to the challenge, said the Unionists were consistent in opposing such ab stract resolutions as that proposed by Mr Gladstone, and that they intended to support the financial policy of the Government, which had been generally approved. The second reading of the Budget Bill was agreed to upon Mr Goschen promising a modification of the pro posed wheel tax, to which much oppo sition had been shown. London, April 25. In the House of Commons Mr Justin McCarthy, M.P. for Londonderry, tabled a motion condemning the increase of the sentences recently imposed by the Appeal Court on Irish subjects. Sir W. V. Harcourt, speak ing on the question, said that the machinery of the Appeal Court was simply an engine of brutal and furious oppression, and it was useless for the Government to assume ignorance of what was takftigplace in connection with affairs in Ireland. Mr Balfour, Secre tary for Ireland, denied that there had been any interference by the Executive Council with th'e administration. Mr Ciadstone said the Government were responsible for the introduction of the foul and odious inequality injthe enforce ment of law in Ireland, for which there was no precedent, and he asserted that the Appeal Courts had been cruelly and wantonly used against those in custody. The motion was negatived. In the House of Commons, the motion of Mr A. C. McArthur, that the Government be requested to support the efforts taken by colonial Govern ments to suppress the sale of alcoholic liquors to the Natives in the Pacific Islands, was adopted.

CONDITION OF THE EMPEROR.

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Berlin, April 24. The Emperor continues to improve in health, and is getting; much stronger. On the arrival of Her Majesty the Queen he warmly welcomed her. Her Majesty the Queen has visited the Empress Augusta, and expressed surprise that the Emperor Frederick was looking so well.

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

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MR WILFRID BLUNT.

London, April 24. Mr Wilfrid Blunt, who was defeated for the Deptford seat, will contest the Dublin election.

NEW GUINEA.

The memorandum from the colonies with reference to creating a sovereignty over New Guinea will be submitted to her Majesty on her return from Berlin.

OUTBREAK OF PLEURO PENEUMONIA.

A serious outbreak of pleuro-pneu raonia in Ireland, and also in Kent,. is reported, In order to prevent the spread of the disease, over a thousand head of cattle have been destroyed.

THE IRISH APPEALS.

In the House of Commons, a motion,; censuring the Irish Judges for incfeas- ' ing the sentences on those sentenced for inciting to resistance was rejected by a majority of 54. The appeal of Mr Jasper Pyrie, M.P? for Waterford, who was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment for inciting " resistance to the Sheriff, was successful^; and the conviction has been quashed.

THE POPE'S INSTRUCTIONS.

Bomb, April 24. His Holiness the Pope has instructed ; Bishops in Ireland to order the clergy to abstain from taking part in any.' illegal meetings in that country, and also to avoid connection with any secret or political societies.

AUTONOMY FOR SAMOA.

Washington, April 24,. \ A motion has been submitted to Congress, requesting President CJeve^* land to procure autonomy for Samoa.

AUSTRALIAN.

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VICTORIA.

Mblboubns, AntH 25. The Railway Commission has defi nitely declined to appoint an iride- * pendent Board of Inquiry into the charges alleged against Mr Allison Smith's management.- , -. Sir Jas. Service is a candidate for the vacancy in the Legislative Council, caused by the death of Dr Hearne, who represented the province of Mel bourne. Dr Hearne's term as member would have expired in November next. A man fossicking at Wedderburn, a mining town, situated on Karong creek, 146 miles north-west of here, has un earthed a nugget weighing 540ZS. At a stormy meeting of the Secular ists^ Association, Me Joseph Symes re proached in strong terms the Anarch iats, whose object he declared was solely to secure funds from the Secular ists, with which to purchase dynamite.

NEW SOUTH WALES.

Sydney, April 25. The House last night agreed to vote' one thousand pounds as a grant to the widow of Wirrall, gatekeeper at the Homebush railway station, who lost his life in unsuccessfully attempting to rescue a child wandering on the railway line from an approaching train. Sir H. Parkes, in submitting the vote to the House eulogised the action of Wirrall as an example of brilliant heroism.

An extensive three-storey grocery warehouse in George street, occupied by Barlow Bros., was considerably damaged by fire last night. The stock was insured for The damage is estimated at from to ;£15,000. Benfield, postmaster at Palmer's Island, Clarence River, has been ar rested for embezzling about a thousand pounds of Government money. Smith, the principal witness in the Mount Rennie outrage, while in Bathurst gaol awaiting sentence on a charge of arson, for which he had been convicted, came face to face with Donellan, a youth concerned in the Mount Rennie outrage, but whose sentence of death had been commuted. The latter rushed Smith and attempted to strangle him. The gaol warder over powered Donellan and removed Smith to a place of safety. i A large proportion of the ammuni tion imported from England tor use in the heavy guns placed in the batteries at the Heads has been condemned by the Military Board. His Excellency Governor Lord Car rington, accompanied by Lady Carring ton, left to-day in H.M.S. Nelson on an official visit to Norfolk Island. His Excellency will return in about three weeks.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

Perth, February 25.

There is great depression throughout the Colony. At Rockingham, the centre of the Taradale Jarrah Timber In dustry, over one hundred and fifty men have been thrown out of employment.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

Adelaide. April 25. A severe drought is threatened in the northern and central portions of the colony, and disastrous results are ex* pected. Young lambs are dying in great numbers.

QUEENSLAND.

Brisbane, April 25. The reports received from the sugar districts show that the crops are in a backward condition, and that the yield this year will be below the average.

THE ABHBPBTON GUABPIAN, THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1888



DIARY. ~~] Moon~~ i Sun Sun Moon Moon age at j ' April. Rises. Sots. Rieos Beta, noonday i ; p.m. a.m. 9 23 Monday .. 6.44 5.13 3.43 2.12 U g 24 Tuesday .. 6.46 5.11 4.16 3.23 12 25 Wednesday.. 6.47 5.10 4.49 4.38 13 26 Thursday .. 6.48 5.8 5.24 5.55 14 ,27 Pridav.. .. 6.49 5i6 6.2 7.12 15 i2B Srturday ... 6.50 5.4 646 830 16' 29 Sunday .. 6.131 5.3 T37 0.46 17 MOONLIOHT EVENINOS. The Moon at 3 days old shines till about 8 o'clock. The Moon at 6 days old shines till about half-past 10 o'clock. The Moon at 8 days old shines till, nearly 1 o'clock in the morning. The Moon at 12 days old Bhinos from sundown till about 4 in the morning. The Moon at 15 days old is full, and shines all night. . The Moon at 18 days old rises about 9 p.m. and shines till morning. The Moon at 21 days old rises about 11 a.m. 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 shines till sunrise.



No hospital needed for patients that use A <• siiHh Oo.'s Hop Bitters, as they oure so sy.i: .;;\u25a0•/ ufc Uome, See and. believe, \u0084,-.: v£B



A frontage in Elizabeth street, Melbourne, has just been sold at £1200 a foot. Soott'a Hotel in the same city haa only 60 feet ol frontage, and it is not a remarkably imposing building. It is the leading hotel in the ooloniea, however, and was reoently knooked down at auotion for £100,000.



"Buohd-Paiba."— Quick, complete oure, all annojing kidney, bladder, and urinary diseases. At chemists and druggists Kemp* thorne, Prosser, and Co., Agents OhriuU ohuroh, . i -



wanted. WANTED a Good Ploughman. Aoply to G. Jameson. 43:186 WANTED a Girl to make herself neeful. Apply Mas J, McGregor, Tancred street. 4 188 ___, {, i*,HE Tender of Mlohakl Graob, for Drain Cleaning at Liwcliffe, has been accepted. 4*185 \Ar AN TED Bonrd and Realdenoe by YV Young Man la pilvata family. Terms moderate. Addresa : " P.F.M." "MaH"Offioe. 4 189 WANTED— To Lat, Qono Cutting and Grubbing. For partioularß, apply to O. Piciby, Winohmore Road. I^lßl "T\/ ANTED Apprentices to the Dresß- VV making. Apply Miss Kemnitz. John Orr and Oo.'a 4 173 VXT ANTED to Soil— A J irst-claas Pi aQO Y t grand action. Cash or terms very liberal. Apply Hayes and Co. UOTS.— We have reduced our Boot ' LUt, and are Belling them wonder- fully cheap.— H. O. Sbgers, Molford House WANTED everyone to secure a supply of Ashburton Colored Flannels, Scarlet, Blue, Navy. Pink, and Marone, at less than the price of imported at the Ashburton Clothing Mart, Saunders' buildings, and nowhere lese at any price. WANTED Kuown.—Melford House la now shewing a splendid assortment of Drapery, Millinery, Cloth- ing, Boots, &o, very cheap. A SACRED CONCERT, (< The Brave Covenanters," will be given by the Choir of the. Ashburton Baptiat Churoh, in the Oddfellows' Hall, on Tuesday, lat May, 188S. Admieelcm, la. Doors open at 7.30, commence 8 o'olook. I+ll3 "II rANTED -Everyone to come and VV see the niceat lot of Glass, China, and Earthenware ever shown in Aehbur- toa, and the Cheapest ever landed in New Zealand. Imported direct from the Manufacturers. — Robert Aloorn, Saun- ders' Buildings. 3+ll WINTER.— We are now .shewing a Splendid Assort meet of Ladies and Children's Ulsters lu all the leading styles, very cheap. — H. O. Segers, Melford Houae. WANTED Known— The next "Ash- burton Temperance Sixpenny Saturday Night Concert " takes plaoe in the OddfellowB 1 Hall on Saturday, 28th Instant, at 8 p m. Chairman : Dr Trevor; Leoturer, Rev. E. A. Soott. The Vocal and Instrumental Manic will be "Al at Lloyd's."— J. O. Duncan, Seoretary.' 4 170 *'——._—————————————————————————__——_-_______ ' WANTED Cash. — Motr's Oatmeal' (251b), 2s 6J ; Candles, 6d ; Vestaa, 6d doz. ; Coffee and Milk, 1b j Ooooa and Milk, Is ; Corn Flour, 4d ; Fruits in Syrup (21b tine), la Crockery, Glassware, and Ironmongery, — J. Mc- Gregor, Taucred street. F. B. Yon SCHOENEBERG, Cabinet maker, Upholsterer, Undertaker, and General House Furnisher, (Late of Cbristchurch), Eist Street, next Wm. Patching. Furniture to any design or pattern at Christchurch rates. The latest patterns produced. Pianos ropolished at very low rates. Repairs dono on the premises to complete sal ief action of Customers. Funerals conducted with approved style and economy. TRY KIRKPaTRICK'S SPECIAL QUALITY FRES H FRUIT -J A. M S— NOTICE. OUR Special Quality "K" brand of New Sar.eon'a JAM ia mado from Freßh Fruit, within a few hours after it has been gathered; it thus retains the full flavor of the Fresh Fruit', and is the best quality it la possible to make. CAUTION: None ia Genuine unless our Name is stamped on the Tin, nnd has our rjgit- tered Tiado Mark, the letter "K,"on the Label. S. KIRKPATRICK AND CO., MANUFACTURERS, NELSON. Important. fnHE Proprietors of the NEW ZEA- -1 LAND CLOTHING FACTORY, at the request of a large number of their Cuatomera, have decided to continue thoir Ashburton Branch. Our Manager, has just selected an entirely NEW STOCK, Suitable for the approaching Season, and with a view of commanding a Large Business, ho has our inatrnc- tions to mark ALL GOODS &.T THE Lowest Factory Prices. Our Clothing being manufactured of the beßt New Zealand TWEEDS, well cut < J and well made, Ia known as Buperlor to any other make, and obtained the \ GOLD AND SILVER MEDAL FOR ] EXCELLENCE ; AX ' WELLINGTON EXBIBITION. { HALLENSTEIN BROS & Co. r A new and varied Stock of / HOSIERY, HATS, c SHIRTS. SCARFS, * TIES, PORTMANTEAUS, I &o , &0., n To aeleot from, all roaiked at the Lowast a Fiotory Prices. W. 1-1. WEBBER, b *> "9 Mauagert (



THE CHEAPEST PLACE IN TOWN . "-_-\u25a0_\u25a0\u25a0_\u25a0--__\u25a0\u25a0__»* O *-k_________________i \u25a0 • ZKALAKDIA 800i 1 STORE EAST STREET ASHBURTON " GRAND SUCCESS." '' GRAND SUCCESS." — i i MITCHELL & TURNER HAVE ver^mnoh pleaeure in thanking and announcing to Their numerous Friends and Customers that success having at' ended their efforts since removing to Fowler's Bufldings. especially during paßt Season, they are encouraged to hold out Bpecial inducements for coming Winter Season. Purchasers will find a Splendid Assortment of Men's and Boys' Overcoats, Winter Suite, Trousers and Vests, &o, comprising Ashburton, Kaiapoi, and other Colonial Makers L-.dies 1 and Children's Ulsters, Jackets, &c. Blankets, Pugs, and Flannels N.B.— Sae our Dress Goods, Homespuns, Serges, and Tvreeds. Fair priors, excellent quality. Shirtings, Linßeys, Flannelettes, Quilts, Hosiery, and General Winter Goods BOOTS AND SHOES. ' ALL WHO WANT A FIRST-CLASS ARTICLE SHOULD PAY US A VIBIT. MITCnELL~& TURNER TAHCRBD STREET. * MJ*a. SELLING OFF « @ £ *i lillisl! i5 per cent disc ° unt [iC!^i *"* "O "lITURRAY, Jeweller, having secured the Premises lately O h4 Xli. i3_L ccoapted by Mr Nkatb, Ohemiot, ia now offering hia ,_* M STOCK _t » " <O DISCOUNT OF 3s IN^ THE £ PREVIOUS TO REMOVAL. 3 26 * 111 B?4T|cJ* .g3. •SSMJJS' ? l ill lii-iil ni mil* iHiViilpMii'll __ m _: *-3 »'hlja'-'_i_£3' w > «« »< _3°_,,«_^ '- S oS"2 !=ai & ! 5-S-S _2_ulh-s EH 1*2.3:5 2 &%z as£ai McCallum and Co., PAINTERS, GLAZIERS, PAPERHANGERS, SIGN WRITERS, Etod, "TI 7"E des!re to inform our Clients and the Public of Ashburton, that we have com- W menced business in all the above Lines, and solicit their patronage. This Department will be under the management of Mb Gl_O. VINCJ-NT, late of Mb J. R. Chapman's, and sb we import MATERIALS of the best brands ODly, and shall employ only FIRST-CLASS Workmen to do our Work, Clients can rely on obtaining the utmost VALUE, as weU as aatiaf action, for their MONEY. OILS, PAINTS, VARNISHES, WINDOW GLABS, BRUSHES, Etc., Always in Btcck j We have 60,000 pieces of PAPERH A NGINGS duo to arrive, of the very choicest PATTERNS nnd COLORS obtainable in London. McCallum ??nd Co., TIMBER AND COAL MERCHANTS, PAINTERS, PAPERHANGERS GLAZIERS, Etc., EAST STREET, ASOBURTON. W. H. COLLINS, Manager. DIPPING REASON, 1888. . BROOKE'S "Perfect" Sheep Dip. IS THE BEST FOR THE WOOL, AS PROVED BY PRACTICAL TESTS. T>REPARED in accordance with the latest advancements in chemistry as applied to _L the Woollen Manufacturing Industry. It h a denlded Improvement on the old fashioned dips and only requires a trial to prove its superiority. At the late Sheep- dipping Competition, conducted by the Canterbury Agricultural and Paatoral Associa- tion, the K^iapoi Woollen Co,, on behelf cf the .Association, for wool dyeing and general manufacturlng,pnrpoaeß, awarded the first place to Brooke'o " Perfect" SheeD Dip ; in fact, Brooke'a Dip was the only one that actually Jmprovad the wool in thin Important reepeot, the undipped wool being second, ffhilst all the others were more or less dißOolnred. The Association also pronounced BROOKE'S "PERFECT" SHEEP DIP to be superior to the Zealandia, Little'e, Hatch's, Cooper's and McDougall'B and also leave the wool In better condition than Thomas' Dip. Brooke'a Dip havlne con- sequently been proved to be better than the English Dips, your practlqal support of the colonial article is respeotfnJly solicited. To enaure Brooke's Dip being \u25a0 m or o thoroughly lasting In its good effects, in future it will be sent ont 20 per cent stronger free of extra charge. Proportions for use.— One Gallon of Dip to 100 Gallons to water. Mixes readily with cold water ; does not require etirrlng while dipping Remarkably emollient, leaving the wool In perfect condition, without the sllghtes \u25a0tain from the first day of Dipping. Concentrated in composition to reduce coat of carriage, and put up in a portable handy form for use, It ia also one of the choaneat Dips in the Market. l REDUCED PRICE : 14s per tin, to make 200 gallons waßh j 70s p Pr casa t_'ntug 5 tins, to make 1000 Gallons ; 66a per case for not Übs than 5 caoea Ptokages free. * _.h5 F." MAKEIG, Agent, Ashburton] THE STANDARD FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. WITH OJNMMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS.] CAPITAL— £I,OOO7OOO STEELING. HEAD OFFIdiT DUNEDZN. JN_UJ_ER3 have the most undoubted Security under this Company's Policies I£. together with an assurance of Prompt and Liberal Settlement of ridrm. FIRE ]and MARINE MBKB accepted on all descriptions o!^Property and Merchandise alao Crop, Stack, and Maohine Ri B ks at Lowest Kates of Premium. .fidelity of Persons holding situations of trust guaranteed. OFFICE : HEREFOBD STREET, CHRISTCHUBCH (Opposite Oank of New Zealand.) ARCHIBALD SOOTT, Manager for Canterbury. ALBEBT EOBFiiITS* AGENT,, ASHBURTON