THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN.

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MAIL NOTICES.

Pmnce of Walks' Birthday. Note. — Friday, 9th November, will be observed as a holiday, and the Post Office will be closed. Mails usually despatched on that day will close at eight o'clock on the previous eveping, and on the same evening the office will be open between 7 and 8 o'clock for the delivery of correspondence only. The Telegraph Office will be open from 9 till 10 m the morning, and from 7 till 8 m the evening. _____________

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1888. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The town m Kansas most noted for divorce suits is named Concordina. There ara seats for 33,000 amusement seekers m the Philadelphia theatre. The centennial gift of £10,000 m £100 donations to wipe off the overdraft of Mel bourne Hospital was all subscribed m a few days. Recent reports of the International Sun day Sohool Union show that there are 1,504,613 Sunday sohool teachers m the world and 12,680,267 scholars. Ur T. Duncan M.H.R. for Waitaki, was banqueted at Rurow on Thursday evening, when a gold watch and chain and a jubilee sovereign were preaentpd to him. Mr Ander son, M.H.R: for Bruce, was apaong those present. There are about 30 grand dukes m Russia, all of them being near relatives of the Czar. Each receives from the State an annual pension amounting to £16,000 and the majoiity of them have large private fortunes besides. A orooodile 14 feet long haa been shot on the Daintree river, Queensland. In its stomach was found a Father Matthew tem perance medal, bearing the name of A. D. Edwaid3, and the date 1880. Nothing is known of any person by that name being missing. An English lady iayß " the art of conver sation is unknown m New Zealand." Where ever she went for fifteen months the talk among her acquaintances was all on the wanning wiih kerosene one half the time and the sins of the servants the other half. The law m France and Germany is that every time a person ia detected selling adulterated articles of food and drink he is compelled to put notices of the faot m his windows, and to pay for the insertion of the same m all local newspapers. The " Waimate Times " says :— During the hearing of the case Green v Bunting, at tb.3 looal Court the other day, the plaintiff produced a curious kind of ledger, m whioh the patties recorded their transactions. This was made up of a copy of the " Otago Daily Times," several copies of the " Waimate Times," the inside of nn envelope, and other odd papers, tied promiscuously m a bundle. Tbe records were jotted down here and there on the unprinted margin of the newspapers, sometimes by Green, at other times by Buntinp, and the " entries " were mostly made on a Sunday m plaintiff's barn, Tbe dates of tbe publication of the papers, and tbe date of the postmark on th.o envelope, served to tell the dates on which the business recorded was transacted. Keating's Powder destroys both moth, fleas, beetles, and all other insects, whle quit harmless to domestic animals. In extermina ting beetles, the success of this powder is extraordinary. It is perfectly clean m appli cation See the ar»icle you purchase is Keatings as imitations are noxious and in effectual. Sold m tins, 6d,ms, and 2s 6d by all chemists*

It is intended to hold the annual garden part j m oonneotion with St. Stephen's Church eatlj m December. At a Maori wedding at Eototua lately, some lit'le amuaeißent was oreated by the large curtain ting (no other being available) con tinually alipping off the bride'B finger. How ever, m syite of this little difficulty, Mr! Spencer succeeded >n going through with the ' oeremony m a verw satisfactory manner: At Ceylon the great reservoir, which covers : seven equare .miles, has been repaired, and the valuable work of "irrigation "whioh it accomplished even as far back as the fifth century is again going on. The reservoir supplies towns . and villrges for fifty milea around. Mr George W. Cablo enumerates BOrne of the things the blades m the United States have done Bince they wero emancipated. Prominent among these ia their increase from 4,000,000 to 7,000,000. He 3aya they are multiplying faster by natural increase than any other raoe on the continent -or m the world. The " Dnnedin Evening Herald " is struck with the muscular development of the many ministers of religion at present m Dunedin attending the Synod meetings, and is of opinion that, whether m the vineyard m which their toils are more properly spent, or on the more homely potato patch, most of them could do a day's work. At the R M. Court this morning, before Mr B. Aloorn, J.F., James Harrison, a man who on Monday was convicted of drunkenness, was brought up oharged with having been illegally on the premises of Mr T. Bullook last evening. He was ordered to be im prisoned for forty-eight hours. On a oharge of drunkenness he was fined 203 and coats, with the alternative of forty-eight hours' imprisonment. The Rink will be open to-morrow evening, and a notification appears stating that it will also be open on Friday evening the occasion of the Prince of Wales' birthday. The fees have been reduced for the latter evening. On Tuesday next A. Wilkia and B. Elston, jr , will compete for the professional championship, and endeavour to lower the time made by Mr 3. Olark, the present amateur ohampion. In a table of altitudes at Yosemite Valley at the baok of a card issued by Leidig'a Hotel, m that neighbourhood, it is stated that tbo Loya or Sentinel Fall is 3270 ft m height, the To-Semite or Large Grizzly Bear is 2034 ft, m three leaps of 1060, 534, and 500 ft, and the Eung-00-too.koo-ya or Long and Slender "Ribbon Fall," 3800 f- The To-coy-ac (Shade to Indian Babybasket) or Royal Aroh Fall ib also given at 2000 ft, The ohampion " marryist " hails, as might have been expected, from Chicago. Mr Brown, as he modestly calls himself, has, it is said, conducted no less than 32 wives to the altar, and has subsequently, with all due legality, escorted 31 of these trusting females to the local divorce oourt. But Brown has either ma ried once too often, or divoroed "■not wisely but too well," for it is now stated that he is m the hands of the Chicago polios for what are vaguely described as " escnqxieries do marriages" The Madrid correspondent of the " Daily Cbroniole Bays : — " A dUol of the most fero ciously bloodthirsty character has just taken place m Gergal, a small town m the provinoe of Huelva. Two young men who.were.en gaged to sisters quarrelled over some trifling 1 matter, and agreed to settle their dispute by 1 a duel, m which both should be wounded and ' one at least should be killed.' The conditions agreed upon were that the right foot of the 1 one should be tied to the left foot of the 1 other, and then, each being armed with a dagger, they were to stab one another by tarns until one should die, These barbarous i conditions were carried out to the letter, and ' with the most cold-blooded ferocity, and m the presenoe of Beoonda Each of the com. batants received seven wounds before one of i them expired, whileßtill tied to Mb antagonist The other was also removed m a dying state.'i A great conflict between poaohers and watchers took plaoe at Gutter Hole fishing near Newburgh, on the Tay, The poaohers, who had been for some time under suspicion, numbering about thirty, were surprised by a party of watcherß, who intercepted their flight and attempted their capture. Several severe injuries were inflicted and received on both sides, and, m trying to escape to Mvg T drum Island, two young man who were bad Bwimmsrs were drowned, With the exoeption of four who were oaptured, m a more or lesa bruised or mained condition, all the poaohers escaped. A great deal of excitement bas been oaused by the affray, and, as is inevit able m cases of this kind, a good deal of the popular sympathy is on the side of the offenders against the law. The monthly meeting of the Mount Hutt Road Board was held on MoDday, November 5. Present— Messrs Wm MoMillan, J. John ston and D. Cameron The Clerk's report waß read. — It was resolved that as Mr Maca vey has not re-commenced work on Maginnis' road, fresh tender? be called for the work.— A ciroular from Mr B. Gray ye sorub extermina* tor WAS received. Letters wer6 reoeived— (l) From the Receiver of Revenue of Crown Lands— (2) From Mr W. F. Somerville— (3) From the Ashburton County Counoil, and Mr W. Gerard re Black Mountain Track.— It was resolved that the Board adhere to their former resolution to contribute an amount efiual to one half of Mr Gerard's rates towards this work.— lt was decided that the Board advertise their intention to strike a rate of 3-10ths of a penny m the £ for the year end- j ing 31st March, 1889.— 1t was resolved to have repairs made on railway road at Lauriaton, and on the middle road at Springfield.— Mr Holmes' charge of 3d per cubic yard for ahingle wbb considered excessive, the Board being willing to pay 3d per yard as they had to others — Accounts to the amount of £112 4s 2d were passed for payment. A lecture on "The First Artist" was delivered, under the auspices of the Art Sooiety, by Mr O. E, Hugo m the Society's Rooms laßt evening. These was a fair attendance, the chair being occupied by the Rev E. A. Scott. The Lecturer began by deprecating the devotion of energy to grasping for wealth, instead of Btriving for perfection of pind. He traced Art baok to the Greoian period, when Zeuxis painted grapes so faith fully, as, it is said, to deceive the birds ; then baok 2000 years to the banks of the Nile where the carved sphinxes stand. Still further back he traoed it to rude drawings of horses on a piece of reindeer horn, whioh he seemed to think were the work of an unknown artist m the prehistoric age. These had been found m a cave m Dordonne, m Franoe. Several sketohea had been found at Cromag non and fit Mentone, whioh showed that the race were tall and muscular, intelligent, and of a reddish-brown color. The lecture was a mpst interesting one, and the quotations from authors, anoient and modern, showed that Mr Hugo had made deep researches m connection with the subject. Several of tho*e present took, part m the disoußsion, which ensued at the close of the leoture, and Mr Hugo replied to several questions whioh were asked. The Chairman referred to the subject matter of the leoture as showing the necessity that existed for a reference library, Buoh as the Association aimed' at possessing. If those present had studied such acientifio subjeoti it mast have been from private eonroes, «s there were no works bearing op the.m jn the public library. He hoped suitable works would ba obtained. The customary vote of thanks to the Chairman and Leoturer brought the pro -1 oeedinga to a oloae.

A distinguished American just arrived from Hamburg tells an interesting anecdote of the Prinoe of Wales. '• We were dining one evening m the Kursaal," said the genialJSfew Yorker. "I put to the Prince point biaok the question, 'Why do you like American girls so muoh ? ' • Why,' he replied,' because Amsrioan ladies always have something to say and always know how to say it very well. To borrow a orioket simile, with English ladies we have to do all the batting, fialding, and bowling ourselves, while your American girls cut and do the running themselves." A Ohristohuroh paper says that an eight ypar-old son of Mr John Bamett, had a very narrow esoapa from a serious accident on Wednesday night. The boy, whilst suffering from nightmare, got out of bed about 11 p,m., unfastened the bedroom window, and olimbed outside. Mrs Barnett, who wns downstairs at the time, hearing the window open, at once went upstairs Jo hor son's room, where she found the boy wai missing All doubts of his whereabouts were settled by the boy Binging out to hia mothe*. Mrs Barnett . opened- the window and found her son hanging outside, a distance of nearly twenty feet from the ground. It appears he had tumbled out of the window, and saved himßelf from a severe fall by catching hold and hanging on the window sill with his fingers until resoued. To make the feat all the more wonderful tha ledge of the window is only a narrow one, and made with a sharp slope downwards. • .

THE SWEATING SYSTEM

PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, November 6. Enquiries made by one of the staff of the local papers with reg&rd to the sweat ing system prove that there are some factories In Wellington whioh pay such lpw/ rates for piece work thru employes are compelled to work all day and night m order to gain means of bare nubslstenoe.

THE BRITISH NAVY.

A correspondent of the " Melbourne Age" gives the following list of vessels In oourse of building for the British navy : —

la addition to these 30 gunboats and tcrpedo cruiaora are la course of oonßtruo tion.

ASHBURTON SALEYARDS COMPANY.

The sixth annual general meeting of shareholders tn the Ashbarton County Stock and Saleyards Company, was held at the Arcat'e Ohatnbera yesterday after noon. There was a Bna»li attendance of shareholder*, Mr G Jameson, Chairman of Directors presiding. The- Dlrooiora 1 oeporfc.was as follows :— The Directors have pleasure In submitting to shareholders the annual statement of account* showing a credit balance of £273 103 2d, which they recommend be allotted In the following manner :— To payment of « dividend at the rate of 10 par cent, £180 ; to transfer to reserve .'fand f which will then stand at £500). £50 j to carry forward the balanco of £43 10i 2d ; thus making up the total of £273 10a 2i. Now that a satisfactory advance has taken place In (he value of sheep, the Direo'ora confidently look for ward to a larger turnover of atook during the coming year, and a consequent in araaae In the anm < collectable for yard feei, etc* The report and balanco -sheet were adopted. It waa resolved that the dividend of 10 par oent should bo payable on Tuesday next, November 13. Messrs T. Bullock and O. J. Harper the retiring Directors were re-aleoted, and Mr J. Q. Reutell was re-eleoted auditor At a subsequent meeting of Directors Mr G. Jameson was re-elected Chairman of the Board.

THE EMPEROR WILLIAM

. THE PRESS AND THE EMPEROK BOLD isPEAKING [BY JBLECrKIO TELEGRAPH— OOPYBIQHX. (PBR PRESS ASSOCIATION.) (Received November 7, noon.) Berlin, November 5. Political circles m this city are much exercised over the Emperor's reproof to the German press, which, it is under stood, was expressly intended as a bint to the Liberal organs. The latter have not been slow to retort, and some scathing articles have been published by the Yarions papers, which exhibit a bold ness of opinion unparalleled m the history of Berlin journalism during recent years. The excitement aroused by the incident has been heightened by the Emperor refusing to ratify the election of the Mayor of Kiel, who is a Liberal.

SPEECHES BY MR GLADSTONE.

[Per Press Association,] Londov, November 5. Mr Gladstone, while proceeding to Birmingham, where he takes part m a Liberal demonstration, met with an ovation at all the stations en routs. On his arrival m the city he was accorded an enthusiastic welcome, the streets being lined with thousands of people. His reception at the Town Hall was most imposing. In reply to the address of welcome, Mr Gladstone said he hoped (<he people of Birmingham woijld n.ever forget the aei'Tices rendered by Mr Bright, their representative m . Parlia ment. In referring to affairs m Egypt lie said they were England's greatest trouble. The Fisheries' Treaty had been an egregious failure, and the Sackville- West incident m America he considered a serious slight on England. Speaking of the administration of Ireland, he main tained that the only trophy the Unionists possessed Vfas the Coercion Act The local control of the liquor traffic was a question of great moment, and had been rendered imperative. Mr Gladstoue, m his speech at Bir mingham, twitted Mr Balfour with absentee administration of affairs m Ire land. In the future he thought the l Great Powers would become overcast owing to the Balkan difficulty. He ridi culed the legislative triumphs claimed by the Unionists, and said the omission' of the licensing qlaußes'had rendered the Local Government Act passed last ses sion practically a bjank. He advocated one roan one vote, reform of the land laws, and right of the Scotch and Eng lish to raise the question of disestablish ment of the Church. Mr Gladstone predicted the downfall of the dissentient Liberal at the uext genera} ejection,

THE MAORI FOOTBALLERS.

(P3R PRESS. ASSOCIATION.) London, Novercbir 5. The Maori footba'l team to-day defeated Stookioa by two goals to a try.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

(Pflß Pbess Association.)

FATAL COLLISION.

London, November 5 A collision has occurred off the Isle of Wight between the English ship Sax mundham and a Norwegian barquei i the name of which is unknown. The Saxmundham sank m a few moments, and twenty-nine of her crew were drowned.

STANLEY.

" The Times " discredits the in formation received respecting the Stanley expedition.

SIR J. YOGEL,

Sir Julius Voge"s novel will be pub lished m February next.

HOME RULE FOR SCOTLAN.

The Scottish Liberal Association have declared m favor of Home Rule for Scotland.

THE CZAR'S ESCAPE

St. Petersburg, November 5

The Czar and Czarina met with * splendid reception on their return to the city to-day, and were heartily con gratulated on their miraculous escape m the railway accident. It is asserted that the accident is due to excessive speed, which had been specially ordered by the C*ar.

THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Washington, November 5. The Presidential campaign has con cluded. Several processions attended by enormous crowds have taken place m New York. Both parties remain confident, and the Democratic party r.re laying odds of 4 to i on the return of their candidate. The writer of the letter which elicited Sackville West's reply, m which he favored President Cleveland's re elec tion, is a Californian lawyer, who wrote under the cover that he was born m England, and formerly a resident of Canada.

AUSTRALIAN.

(per press association.)

NEW SOUTH WALES.

Sydney, November 6

The damage caused by the fire at Broken Hill township is estimated at between seventy and a hundred thou sand pounds. The insurances on the property destroyed are believed to be insignificant.

INFERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

*er pbess association. J

Auoki^nd, November 6 A child named Bean was drowned on Sunday at Pokeno, having fallen into a ClOak. l.n extraordinary meeting of the Taupiri Extended Coal Mining Company was held , to-clay to consider the question of sinking two shafts on tho Company's property, which, with other expenses, will involve an outlay of from £8000 to £10,000 It was agreed to increase the capital of the Company to £34,000 by the creation of 12,000 new shares of £l each, the whole of the new issue to be offered to the shareholders at pa?. It is reported th it the Ohaeawai Quick silver Mines, Bay of Itlanris, Company will commence working about January. Wellington, November 7. During the month of October the area of land disposed of for settlement was very large compared with that taken up In the quarter ending September. Daring last month the cash sales were 10,222 acres; deferred payment, 9694 acres ; p r-petual leases, 39,685 acres; total, 59,601 acres. For the September quarter figures were— Cash nalea, 17,016 acres; deferred payment, 9637 acres ; perpetual leases, 44,433 acres j total, 71,086 aorcs. For the past month the area taken up nnder the perpetual system amounts to ovor 110,000 acres. The Minister of Mines has received a letter from the Premier of New South Wales, iut'mating that notice had been issued m the "Gazette" of the 2nd October cancelling so much of the regula tions of the 22nd May, issued under the Imported Stock Ac ■ of 1871 aud 1883, as will admit of foreign cattle being intro duced into New South Wales on ninety days' quarantine. A despatch has been received by mail from the Agent-General referring to his proposed visit to Freiberg. He states that he arranged with Professor Roberts Austin to accompany him, with a view of obtaining a complete report upon the most recent process m use there for treatment of oree, as well as other proc.essep m use m United States and tlsewhere with which Professor Austin is familiar. Sir Dillon Bell adds that Sir Saul Samuel had informed him that he was deputed by his Government to make enquiries of the same nature, nnci to appdint competent exports to go to New South Wales. They therefore came to the conclusion that it would be an advantage to both colonies to act jointly and share the expense of the report. Dunbdin, November 6. There are at present under charge of the Industrial School 472 children, of whom 77 boys and 44 girls are m the sohool, 76 boys and 46 girls out at service, 96 boya »nd 98 girls boarded out, and 26 boys and 11 girls iv charge of friends. On the school being inspected to-day, 91 p©r cent piesed the standards. There are 166 banking accounts m connection with children out at service, who \liave over £2000 to credit m the Post Office Savings Bank. At the Presbyterian Synpd the Rev Dr Stuart was appointed Moderator for next yo.ar. Revs Beard and Skinner were appointed deputies to the Northern Churoh. The mission report gave an encouraging account o{ the work m the Now Hebrides. It is proposed to send another missionary to the islands. This proposal was adopted, and the Rev. Bannc-man^ Convenor, wa« appointed to visit tho i,slandß and report. Reference was made to the r.cent anti Chinese feeling and agitation, which it was said interfered with missionary work, and was therefore, condemned,

The best Remedy for iNDiGESWtoN.— Norton's Camomile Pills are confidently reqommended as a simple remedy for indiges tion, which is the cause of nearly all the diseases to which we are subject. Norton's Pills, with justice called the "natural strengthener of the human stomach," act as a powerful tonic and gentle aper^t, are mild m their operation, a»d s.afe Under auy circurru tances gold m bottles at is i*d, 3s ed 4s, by| aU^medicine V^adQr^thrgughoutJthe

CHERTSEY

(From our own Correspondent.)

Mr Andrew Pucves,ihe Scottish vooalla^, gave an exoel'ent entertainment m the echoo'.room, Ohertsey, on Monday evening. There was a very fair attendance, bat the audience would have been a vary much ; larger one, had the affair bean accorded greater publicity. However, Mr Pncvea waa at his best, and went through what he profoaaed con amors and In oapiULstyle. He reesmblua tho <ata Mr David Keaoedy m mauy respros — !o his prepoaasoaing appearance and ''pawky" manner, tho eympathotio quUity of his voioa, the gennino >ycnp:io!ty of hii style, and the otrocg na ionality of hii expreaalon. Hia enteitainniont consiatei of an admirably ohoaen Silection of tho fineat lyric gems of Scotland, inttrap. r.ied with aa eppro priateiy aide-Bpiittlng budget of Lumorons recitations. He waa particularly happy In each conga as '' Wab'a me for Priuce Charlie," " Scotland yet," "The Rowan tree," '• A mau's a man for a 1 tuat," and many more of the finest gema of Soottiah minßtrelay. H's rccitatlona were excellent —rendered as they were . with genuine dramatic force, and a high perception of Scottish humour and charioter. Mr Purves is not only a fioe interpreter of the songs of his fatherland, but an excellent actor to boot, and well worthy of patronage anywhere. To ailow the vocalist to rest hla voice during the entertainment, Mr D. Todd. oon tribnted a oouple of violin solos during the evanlng which were well received, Mr W. Strachap, who presided as Chair man, passed a high oucomluin on the entertainment whioh was really one of the beat we have had hera for many a dey. A vote of thanks to the chair concluded the entertainment.

WAKANUI ROAD BOARD.

The ordinary monthly meeting of the i Wakanul Road Board was held on Satur- 1 day. Present — Messrs M Bruce (Chair man), J. Brown, W. T. LUI, and (*. Ooe« GOBRKSrONDEHO S. Letters were .cad (I) From Gommid atoner of Cro/rn Land*, informing the Board that Koaerve 1768 waa not vested In the County Council, and that It was intended to cut np tho reserve Into email allotments. — It wa* reßolved to reqneat tha Government to tike Kesorva 1416 for a village eettlenunt, aa the Board has opened a gravel pit m Reserve 1768— (2) From Me H. Frledlander m answer to the Board's letter re ploughing on the aides of the Oherteey road near Dandaa. «~The Surveyors were instructed to ace that Mr Friedlander leaves the ro*d m a p»Dper state.— (3) From Receiver of Land Revenue. J.he matter had been attended to. — (4) From Ashborton Ooanty Council informing the Board that the Oounoll had deolded to let the Board attend to the water race croealnga m the district -—It waa reaolvad on the motion of Me Brown " That to prevent any misapprehension tha Board thinkß it right to inform the County Ooanoil that the Board does not recognise the Wakanui oreek ai a water raca under the oare of this Board." (5) From the ason re bridges over Waka nui oreek — Received. (6) From Hamp stead Town Board forwarding copy of reaolntlona passed In referenoe to the maintenance of the boundary roads. The resolutions were agreed to and the Chairman authorised to sign an agreement m oonjacction with the Chairman of the Hampatead Town Board. (7) From Under Seoretary for Public Works forwarding copy of proposed amendments to Public Works Act, . PETITION. A petition was received from a number of ratepayers asking that the tusßopks on the Wakanal township road should be cleared. Mr Leddy Interviewed the Board m support of the petition. — Ifc - F«a reaol^eid Jo_ _oall_lQE-tendßriior this work, and alao foe clenrlng the teaaooka. oft road from Ohailnz crogj to Pitta gate. WAKAKUI GREEK. It was reßolved, " That m the opinion of the Board, the only remedy against the Wskanni Crack difficulty, is that the same be prnclaimed a public water oourae by the Aahburton County Coanoil." It was resolved to instruct Messrs Wild ing and L3wls to write to the mill ..pro prietors and send the vlewe of the Board on the eubjeot, and inform the mill proprietors that the Board wishes to oome to some definite understanding with reference to the maintenance of forda and bridges over the Wakanul Creek. BIRDS' EQ(?S. It waa resolved to pay 2j 6d per 10J for birds' eggs and heads. TENDERS; Tenders were opened for reforming part of Dromore Road, and tbak of T. Blaok barn, at 2a 3d per ohain, was aooepted. PAYMENTS After paßiing aoooants, thL Board ad journed.

CORRESPONDENCE.

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

SUNDAY DRINKING.

TO THE B^TQB. Sir, — It ib an open secret, or perhaps I ■h >uld say a well known fact, that Sunday drinking is systematically carried on Jo. ■averal, if not m all, the hotels of ABfcbar ton. No one thinks of denying it, the Magistrates know it, the Police acknow ledge it; it is >\ trm'om whioh soarcely bears repeating. A married woman came to me on Monday last to tell me that her hasband came home on Sunday afternoon, very much the worse for liquor,. She said she could not bear it any longer and asked me if I could do anything. She meutioned that some fout weeks ago, she had occasion to go one Sunday evening at six o'clock, for a reason which yonr readers can guesa, into orq of oar hotels *nd saw there, with her own eyes, some 20 or 30 parsons, including one man of very good position, to all appearance drinking. I have been to several of the Justices of the, Peaoo and they say that nothing can be done. I have been to the Police and they tell me that the law is bo framed as to loave innumerable loop-holes for escape and to render a conviction amost impossible. They nay, too, that the sympathy of the public Is with the breakers of the law, and that when a. o&ae. howaver Btrong, is brought hefore the Bench it almoßt invarwbty breaks down. - 1 would gla.djy help the person to whom I hftve referred, m her very proper qesire for protection and redreßß, and the more co that she is probably one of a large number. But, unhappily, I know not what to do. Can you or any of your readers suggest anything, or mt^t we quietly ait down and let thjnga take their oourse. This ie^ I know, only one aspeot of a very la»ge question, the whole of which seems to me m a very unsatisfactory posi tion. If a man were fouad ia the eireot unconscious through an overdose of laudanum, it would Boon be found out from Tifhp.m the drug was procured. But i a thousand persona may be" found iv a helpleni state of intoxication, without any searching enquiry or an enquiry of any kind, being made as to who served the liquor and received money for the liquor or even as to the kind of liquor that was supplied. This may be all according to law, but if so, I submit that the law is m an egregiously had ata.t e and neada amending, ? I .pfla, etc., The Parsonage ' ' Ashburton, November, 7th 1888, ]

THE BOOTMAKERS' STRIKE.

(per press Assoai trios,) Auckland, November 7. Tho Operative Bootmakers' Association met hat Dight, aaa reaolvod that the men on eirike at Mo Arthur and Oo.'a factory should not return to work, The Manu facturers Aea: elation allowed the men till tbla morning to reaume work. They have not done bo, and is expected the employers will close all factories and declare a general lock cnt. Tho Mannfaotnrlog Bootmakers' Ab sooiation meet to-night to consider whether or not a general look on 1 , will be declare d . It is believed they will ask tfi c Operatives' Association to refer the-^fa pute to orbltraMon. - .

SPORTING.

V.R.O. SPRISG MEETING. The principal event of the meeting on Tuesday resulted as follows : — 1 Mbiboubnb Ocp, a sweepstake of 25 sova each with 3000 sova added. Two miles. Mr D. Wallaoe's b h Mentor, by fiwlvallor— Nlghtmarp, 4yra, Bst 3-b (O'Brien) 1 Mr S. L. West's b h Tradition, by Rlohmond-^Bridal Wreath, 4yrs, 6allllb (\aplnali; 2 Mr S. G. Cook's oh g The Yeoman, by The Englishman—Springtime, syrs, 7at Blb ... (Rammage) 3 The other starters were— Australian Peer (9st B.b), Malaa (9st 7lb), Oarlyon (9st 3ib), Arsenal (9it), Ben Bolt (Bit 9.b), Bravo (Bat 51b), Cyclops (Bst 31b), Reoall (7st 71b), Spade Guinea (Bit lib), Aristo crat (Bat), Dlok Swlveller (7st 101b). Ohio&go (7st 9.b), Whakawal (7ut 7ib), Lord HeadlDgton(7ats'b), Melos (7at 61b), E™l<»n (7st 5 b), Ensien (7at 6lb), Pbaon (7st3lb), Toochatone (7 s 1 31b), New master (6st 13lb), King of the West (6at lllb), Maggie (6jt 9ib). E.D (6it 81b), Menottl {6st 7lb), Beryl (6st 71b), and Ilex (6at 71b) Betting at the post : 4to 1 Chicago, 6 to 1 Whakawal, 7 to 1 Mentor, 8 to 1 Tradition and Carlyon, 12 to 1 Bravo, 15 to 1 The Yeoman and Ensign, 20 to 1 Australian Peer, Malaa, and Arsenal, 100 to 3 the others. After a slight delay at the post, the flag fell to a good start, Tradition on the ouifslde balng the first to move, and Meloa the last. After Tradition came Lord Beadington, Mentor, Malaa. Bravo, Whakawal. Crossing the tan Malaa supplanted Tradition, and had Mentor, Spado Guinea, Newmaster, Bravo, and Whakawal io. oloae attendance. : As the field swept past the stand Qpade Guinea bad charge of affairs, but she waa soon dtspoßeessed of her advantage by Meloa* their eloaeet attendants being Newmaater, Mentor. Bravo, Diok Swlveller, and Whakawal. No material alteration took place In the- position of the horses until nearing the bridge, when Cyclops and Tradition made a forward movement, and at the abbitolra the former wai leading, with Whakawal, Bravo, Australian Peer, and Ensign following In the order named. When hardly half a mile from homa Oyolops waa still In front, with Bravo, The Yeoman, Whakawal, Mentor, and Tradition In a cluster at his heels. En sign had by this time fallen back,, having met wi.h the accident mentioned below. As they neared the straight Bravo closed on the leaders, and was the first roaad the tarn, followed by Oyolops, Whakawal, Mentor, The Yeoman, and Tradition. Much the same order was preserved until half a fnrlong from the winning port, when Mentor went up with a rash and secured the lead, both Tradition and The Yeoman at the same time passing Bravo, Oyolops, and Whakawal. Mentor con tinued on full of running and won. by » length and a half from Tradlt'on, who was a length In front of T/ne. Yeoman. Then followed Oyolops, Whakawali Bravo, Bastralian Peer, and Reoall in the order mentioned. Time -3«ln_ dQiaao. Ensign, ifie winner of the Derby, broke hia leg dutlng the Oup ra Q9 , and bott» Spade Gainea and Dick Swlveller broke down. Both Ensign and Spade Guinea had to be desfroped. (Received November 7, 12.30 p.m.) Melbourne, November 7. Fifty-seven thousand people went by train to JFlemington yesterday to lee the Gap ran. • Mr Donald Wallace, owner of Mentor, wins about £14 000 by hit horse's vlotory. Oyolops bolted near the abbatolrs during the Oup raoe. The only performance of any note on the training ground this morning was a fast half mllo by Sinecure. .

C.J.C. SPRING MEETING.

The following events were deolded aftei we went to preaa yesterday. Wwcomk Stakbs, of 300 lova; fire furlongs. Mr E. Outta' Oynieca, Bst (WUliama) 1 Me D. O'Bclen's Dunkeld, Bat s!b (Ooohrane) % Hon. W. Robinßon'a Mettie England. 8»tBlb (White) 3 Oornnna, S&voy, Retina and Alaaoo alao ran Time— sOfaeoß. Divldenda. £6 8a and £9 15a 6d, * SbMJNO PX.ATB.HANDIOA? ; 75 BOTI. Ott» mile. : . All H. Lunn'a Ooant d'Ors&y, 7at 51b _, _, ("Leeaoa) 1 Me W- G. Dennett'* Bronte, 7afc (Stowe) 2 Mr P. Paaettl'a Rswl, Bst 6lb ■ , (Stratford) 3 Jaok, Blaelight, Wnlrana, Roaebad. Alanna, Doabtfal, Idalla and Forward. alao ran. Time— lmln 45iaeo8. Dlrl denda—£3 17a 6d and £2 15a. RIOOABTON WJEMEB HaHDIOAP } 100 OOVB. j; Six forlonga. Me J. Stevenaon's L» Rose, 9at 121 b „ „ « • (Ohapman) I Mr P. Butlec'a Repoae, Bat 121 b „ (Holme*) 2 Mr F. Panettl'a Mikado, Bat (Stratford) 3 Erin-go-bragh, Richmond, Sir J alias, Red Enßfgn, Mata Mata, Vlnco and Credulity alao ran . Tlme-lroln 17*iecs. Dividends -£ 5 19 i and £10 3s 63. The Soratch Selling Rioa of 30 bots wa» won by Mr P. Butler's Moai RoaeAom a, field of thirteen.

SECOND DAY.

(From our ovr« OauBESroNDBNr.) Ohrisxohproh Rackooctrsis, Nov. 7, Following are the results of the necond a«y*a raolng of the C.J.O. Spring meet- Ing:— Hurdih Raob Handicap, of 10D sovi. Mr D, Rotherford'a Irish Kirn?, list _, 3lb ■: .„ (Kinggnj i Mr D. Rutherford's Mtinboom, Bit i 2Ib ~,— «• ••• (RWlnga) 2 Mr O. OOonnot'a Raven, 9at 121 b (Owner) 3 Premier, Mao and Panlo also ran. Time— 3mtn 9ieo. Dividend— -JE9 2s'; outalde, £9 lla 6d. Sklung Raqh, of 75 boys. Seven furlongi Messrs M, and 0. Hobba' Jack, Bst 61b (Sharp) 1 Me c. Panettl'sKswi, 9it6lb ._ (Stratford) 2- Me P. Battler's Repose, Bst 111 b (Holme*) 3 Mallgoer, Bronte, Silver Qaeea and Sylph ran. Time — lmln 32seos. Dividend — £9 3j 6J; outside £12 lla 6d. Derby Stakes, of 750 soys ; one and % half miles. Me P. Batter's Manton, Bafc 101b tt «r «v. (Clifford) 1 Hon. W, Robinson's Chain Shot, &jt -, 10 / L b , • ... (White) 2 Mr 0. A t TarnbuU'a Wolverine, Sit ' Wib (Sharp) 3 OalrassJer, 88t 101 b (J. Keen) also nn, ' Manton led all the way and won by half ft length with ease. Time— 2mln 4Q«Co. Dlvidoud— £1 15s.

TELEGRAPHIC MEWS.

[THE ASHBPRION GUARDIAN; WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 7, 1888



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