Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, MAY 14, 1888. CURRENT TOPICS.

ment when it assembles will without loss 1 of time attack the regular work and do what is right m the interests of the people, with the least possible delay. It is some satisfaction to' the Protec tionists m Parliament, and out pf it to find that the revenue necessary to carry on the work of the Government will be raised by an increase m the Customs duties of those articles which can be produced and manufactured m the colony. Five of the Ministers are known as Freetraders, but they will have to give effect to the voice of the Parliament as well as the popular voice, and make some arrangement to secure for. our local industries, a full and secure measure of Protection. The tariff will be revised throughout and this will be done during the next fortnight so that when the Financial Statement comes down the whole subject of Protection will be dis cussed, and we have no doubt, the Protectionists will get their own way m this-* particular instance. Increased duties on tea and sugar, are said to be what the Government intend to impose, but this- class of Protection is not likely to go down with the House. We cannot | produce tea m New Zealand, and aB yet no real attempt has been made at manu facturing sugar. These two items, therefore, are not likely to be among those levied upon to increase the revenue. More retrenchment is still the cry m Wellington and every civil servant quakes m his cookhams until the Civil Service Bill decides who are or who are not the favored ones to be retained m office. It seems the Public Works Office is doomed to go and then there will be a huge, addition to the ranks of the unemployed. When the Bill deal ing with the civil servants is passed the salary of every public servant will be stated, and after that no further reduc tion will be made. AU civil servants will be classified and increase m salary will only come with promotion. The new Electoral Bill, to be intro duced this session, is said to be one m which the Hare system of representation will be brought into operation, and the system of public nomination and show of hands is to be done away with. The latter has always been an absurd addi tion to the formulas of our Parliamentary elections, and it never was any good. No one will regret its being wiped off tho Elections Act. Under the new Act the present loose system of registration will also be altered, and every man wish ing to be registered will require to sign his application, upon which he will have issued to him an elector's right. As these voters' rights are to be re newed every three years . the roll will practically purge itself. Ballot boxes will after an election be returned un opened to the chief returning officer, and by him the returns will be made up, so that some delay must necessarily be ( oocasioned before the result of an election can be declared. It this way greater secrecy of the ballot will bo observed ; indeed, the whole system will be com pletely secret. The measure will per haps be modified from the lines on which it is announced to run, but a measure of the kind is greatly needed. No person will have more than one vote, and, so far as we know, no provision j will be made for female sufferage. I

The rate of wages paid to laborers m this oolony, as compared with those ruling m Victoria, has been the subject of discussion m high places recently. It has been contended that . railway laborers are much better paid m Victoria than tbey are m New Zealand, and some trouble has been gone to by those who hold the New Zealand rate to be higher, to prove it so. It would appear from an official document issued by the Victorian Railway Commis sioners, that the wages of porters, car cleaners, and railway laborers is from Is 6d to 6d higher m New Zealand. A porter m Victoria receives 5s per day, m New Zealand 6s 6d ; a car-cleaner 6s, m New Zealand 6s 6d ; a laborer 6s, m New Zealand 6s 6d. The statement upon which these fignres are based gives names, ages, and pay per day for the three classes of laborers under the Vic torian Railway System. Tho Trades and Labor Council of Auckland, has called these figures m question, but we cannot e ?ee, on the face of the official document, how they are to be refuted. Improvement m the designs of school buildings is a thing to be welcomed by parents, pupils and teachers. The usual style of Bchool architecture and finish has faults of a more or less serious character. In general, little attention is paid to comfort, convenience, or light. The arrangements made for the latter are of the most unscientific kind, and myopia with its attendent evils is more than cultivated by the bad lighting of the general run of our school buildings. Cur school architects will have to be educated up to a much higher point than they are at present before they will be compelled to adopt any other style than that of an oblong building with heavy overhanging roof, unsightly, and not at all what a school building should be. In Auckland a school architect has risen superior to the fetters of old time ideas, and has produced what from des cription appears to be a good design of a building. If all that is claimed for it is true, a revolution m the building and finish of schools may be looked for, and | it may be a model for the rest of the world to improve upon. Every class | and every individual m it is under the j superintendent's eye without his moving a step except to turn his body, and as I the head master, writing to the designer of the plan, says : — ' The classroom is identical with the " visionary scope," so that children m the back row are con trolled by the eye with as little trouble as those m front. 2. The vision of children is naturally concentrated on the teacher. 3. The teachers are within reach of the principal, who does not lose valuable time by trotting through long and widely-distributed rooms over trifling inquiries. 4. The principal is enabled very readily to answer all en- ' quiries, and investigate complaints. 5. A more perfect supervision of pupil teachers is at once apparent, as the principal can immediately step into any of the rooms, and put the pupil teacher right if he sees one at fault. 6. The * marching m and out are under control ofthe principal, 7. During examination the inmates of the classrooms will be under the eye of the examiner, be he inspector or otherwise. 8. The truant officer, members of committee, and other officials will be able to see at a glance the state., of attendance. Another and most remarkable feature of this building is the rapid means of exit allowed. The whole building could bo emptied m two minutes, no matter how many were con tained m it.' The Legislative Coiincillora and the Representatives of the people, are once moro assembled m the Empire city to devise means and ways to carry out the good Government of the colony. The Governor has delivered his so-called speech and it has been received with no iota of excitement by the Representa tives. The speech was words, words and little more, strung together to mean almost nothing. The Government who prepared tho speech were careful to say as little as possible, except upon mere commonplaces. It is a pity all such formulas as Governors' speeches are not consigned to the limbo of rotten institu tions. What good they do or ever have done, has never been very apparent. Like many other useless forms they are tolerated because we are rot Radical enough to sweep them all away at once, j A reform is coming about yearly, how ever, and little by little tho useless pageant of the Governor, reading a made up speech that he had no hand m writ- I ing will be done away with and Parlia-

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The.Committee of the Tradesmen's Racing Olub meet this evening to settle accounts m oonneotion with the recent race meeting, King Humbert of Italy will visit the Italian Exhibition at London m June, m company with Menotti and Ricoiotti, the Bona of Garibaldi. The German Lloyd Steamship Company have lost during ths past year £23,000, Chiefly owing to branch lines or disasters to their vessels. The twelve oldest men m the Greenwich Union signed an address to tbe Guardians, their united age being 1021 yearß, the oldest being a centenarian. A peer whose revenues have been reduoed to aminimum has lately acoepted an engage ment as " town traveller " to a well-known firm of pianoforte manufacturers. The Eev J. W. Inglis, well-known through out New Zealand, and who was for many years minister of the Presbyterian Church, Ballarat, has been appointed assistant to the Bey Dr Steel, pastor of St. Stephen's Presby terian Church, Sydney. Lieutenant Stuart Mesaum, R.N., formely of H.M.b Nelson, the flagship of the British squadron on the Australian station, has been allowed by the Admiralty to acoept service m the Victorian naval foroes for a period of three years. A meeting of the Wakanui Protective Works Committee was held m the School room on May llth, Mr Jamea Brown being m the ohair, the following resolution waa carried :—" That the subscription list stand open till 31st May; that every person who has failed to pay his subscription by that date be struok off the list of subscribers, and that the balance now m hand and also what may be reoeived by the 31st May be divided pro rata amongst the subscribers who have paid the full amount of their respective sub scriptions. The Amerioan correspondent of the «' Dun edin Star" says:— "A woman's oouncil, composed of delegated women from all parts of the world, is now m session m Washington. They seem to be divided into throe seotions. The first comprise those who want the suffrage not partial and tentative (as under several of our States), on sohool and municipal questions, but unrestricted and national. The second are the temperance advooates, and they inolude some of the ablest and best women of this and other countries. The third comprise those who care nothing about politics,* but are anxious for free and equal education, and the removal of every barrier against the employment of women m in dustries and the professions. The performance of oovering a half-mile m lmin 54 2-sseo., accomplished on Maroh 3rd at Oxford by Mr F. J. K. Cross, stands out as one of the most remarkable pedestrian feats that .-this wonderful age of athletic excellence har produced, and it may rank with the mile m 4min 12f sco of W. G. George, the 800 yds. m 303e0 ot H. Hutohens, the high jump of 6ft 4ih of Mr W. Byrd Page, and the two miles m 9min ll^seo of W, Lang. These are all feats of superlative excellence amidst a number of sufficiently wonderful ones. Speaking of amateurs only, the half mile record is one that has been subjected to a steady lowering since amateur pedestrianism began to be systematically praotised. Some one has always been at it. The mile and the quarter-mile reoords have stood for consider able periods, until some giant at either distanoe appeared and hacked off a great piece, but the half-mile was never very long at rest. — English paper. Holloway's Pills.— Weak Stomaoh.— The wisest oannot enumerate one quarter of the distressing symptoms arising from imperfect or disorded digestion, all of whioh can be relieved by these admirable pills. They remove oankery taste from the mouth, flatulency, and constipation. Holloway's Pills rouse the Btomaob, liver, and every other organ, thereby bringing digestion to that healthy tone wliioh fully enables it to Jconvert all we eat and drink to the nourishment of our bodes. Hence these pills aro the surest strengthened and the safest restoratives m nervousness, wasting, and chronic debility. Holloway's Pills are infallible remedies for impaired appetite, erucations, aud a multitude of other dis^greeablo Bymptomß whioh render the lives of thousands miserable indeed. These pills are; approved by all olasses.

Nothing so vividly reminds us of the brevity of life as a thirty-day promissory note. There are 3000 persons m the United States who profess to be able to heal tbe siok by the Christian science, or faith-oure formula. Mr and Mrs Foley are announoed to appear m the Oddfellows' Hall on Thursday evening. The programme that has been prepared ia a very attractive one. A batoh of M.H.R 's, includiug the members for Waihemo and Waitaki, passed through Aahburton on Saturday evening en route for the Empire oity. Aoeording to a New York manufacturer of ohess-boards, there is a big boom m chess just now. His sales last year were over three hundred thousand boards. Lord and Lady Granville are growing are anxious about their son, Lord Leveson, aged nineteen, who swallowed half-a-orowh while conjuring last Christmas. Miss Helen Taylor, stepdaughter of John Stuart Mill, is visitiDg ia Amerioa. She is a member of the London Sohool Board and devoted to the Irish oause. The number of telephones m the United Kingdom of Great Britain, reported on Jan. lst, was 13,000, while m the United States, at the same date, ther were 163,500. Mr Jolly, the oldest printer m the world has just died m Dublin aged 104. He printed the first sheet of the '•• Edinburgh Journal " 70 years ago. Lees, the Australian pugilist, is willing to acoept Kilrain's offer for a fight providing the latter will bring himself down to equal weight. Eilrain has, however, declined. At a meeting of the Ingleside Committee of the Caledonian Sooiety, held m the Secre tary's office on Saturday last, it was resolved that the next Ingleside be held on Tuesday, 22nd inst. The question of faoilitating and cheapen ing the cost of exchanging land and acquiring land for road purposes by looal bodies was disqussed at the last Waikato Counoil meeting. "* A force of 2000 colporteurs distribute ser mons among the non-ohurch-going people of Berlin, Germany. More than one hundred thousand sermons are thus distributed m eaoh week. Mr Aldridge leotures m the Orange Hall this evening on " Man here and hereafter." The subject is said to be a very interesting one, and probably there will be a large attendance. It will be Been from'our telegrams that an unusually heavy down pour of rain fell at Auokland yesterday. In Christohuroh too the rain was steady and heavy. The Minister of Works of New South Wales contemplates the early introduction of the eleotrio lighting system m railway carriages. He is oaref ally watching experi ments whioh are now being oonducted on the English railways. Very shortly after the death of his first wife a Scotch laird made arrangements for a second marriage, and on asking his Bon a well-known author, to be present on the oooasion, the latter replied that " he regretted he was unable to attend, m consequence of the reoent death of his mother." The English football team met Wellington on Saturday and after a moat determined struggle the game ended m a draw, both Bideß sooring three points. Several of the Englishmen were knookod about and m this they find excuse for not winning the matoh. The matoh with Auckland is now being looked forward to with interest as the general opinion is that the Englishmen will not have an unbroken record throughout their tour. We are often wondering how the Irish oan live m the hovels into whioh they crowd. But it would seem that they might express the same surprise respeoting the housing of some of the? agricultural labourers m Berks. Last week John Oostin, labourer, at Shinfield, was summoned for overorowding his dwelling house. The house was shown to have one bedroom, without fireplace or ventilation of any kind, m whioh the family of 11 slept. —"Truth." The conventional nonsense wbioh appears m the hysterioal daily papers about the " oonsternation " whioh has prevailed Binoe Thursday at Berlin is more tban usually absurd. Was an infirm old man of 91 supposed to be immortal? During the last year the Court physioians have been most persistent m warning Prinoe Bismarok that the Emperor might die literally 'at any moment. Although His Majesty was nomi ! nally consulted, as formely, on State affairs, his faoulties had failed sinoe his illness last year, and he has latterly been' quite incapaci tated from transacting bußinesß.— " Truth " The advantage of early sowing and almost neoessarily consequent early ripening m this distriot are well exemplified m the magoifioent orops of oats harvested by Mr Hugh Patterson of Waikaka Valley. The grain, which is of the variety known as " Pedigree " is simply superb, running six bushels to the bag and could not probably be surpassed m any part of the world. A sample has been sent to the Melbourne Exhibition, where with others of equal meritjof the various kinds, it will serve to illustrate the grain producing oapacity of thia part of the world. — " Invercargill News." gJThat indigestion or stomaoh gas at night, preventing rest aud sleep, will disappear by using Amerioan Co. 's Hop Bitters.

TIE AMERICAN BLIZZARD.

There were some peculiar experiences connected with the great snowstorm m America last March. Ia Philadelphia the milk supply ceased. In New York, says a caustic newspaper correspondent, while thousands were suffering u;ider the blizzard tho Board of Aldermen met, and true to their instincts, passed a resolution instructing the mayor to hoist the Irish flag on the Oity Hall on St. Patrick's Day, which Mapcr Hewett, however, refused to do. Theatrical travelling compan ; e3, be'ng snow boand, had to put off no end of appointments, and amugenu nta were for a time practically suspended. Some of the railway tunneli were blocked iv a curious maDner through the snow entering the air openiugs as well os the entrances, then becoming frozen Into blocks of io9. Twenty funeral . at Brooklyn were caught m snow-drifts on Maroh 13th, and the corpses had to be placed m the nearest hou;es for tha night. Trains, with mem bers of the New York Legislature, arrived at Albany afer two days' blockade. The members wore almost starved, and had to pay 4dol apiece for pies, 2a each for sand wiches, Is a piece for eggs, and, tell it not in^ Gath, a bottle of whisky — precious stimulant — was sold by auction on the train and realised 50dol. .

OBITUARY

The death is announced of Mr James Morton, who at one time was the con trolling power cf the city of Glasgow Bank. '* Originally a humble vendor of I ml k and butter, he afterwards became a stationer ln Glaaeford street. While m that business he evinced speculative ten dencies of a very pronounced order, and he waa largely concerned m the railway dealing which led to tho commercial crisis of 1847. L-xtterly he engaged m various ventures m connection with sheep farming m New Zaftland Mr Morton's connection with the Oity of Glasgow Bank's failure beoameonly too apparent when he himself failed and the actaal position of affairs was fully dlaolosed. It waa found, ln hie examination In bankruptcy, that he had actually drained the reaouroea of the Bank far beyond Ita capital, and that the money BO' procured waa unproduotlvely invested. For a time, indeed, he must have been absolute matter of the bank and all Its belongings, The crash sent him once more into comparative obscurity, and he again set himself to the buslneaa In whioh he was engaged m hla you'h — namely, that of selling milk. Even In the zmlth of his commercial greatness he Bpent muoh time, trouble, and money over the teaohlng of Sabbath schools and other methods of social Improvement. He waß, m short, a aeries of contradic tions, and hia death at the Norses' Home, near the Infirmary, was a touching end to a ohequered oareer. "

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourselves responsible ior tie opinions expressed by our correspondents.

ASHBURTON VOLUNTEER.

THE BDITO Sik,~" Truth" m hla firat sentence maintains the report waa oorrect. In hla second paragraph he tells us it waa after the company movements of tbo Rifle? that the Major expressed himself " highly pleased,' etc., and that he was muoh mare complimentary than would be inferred from the report, and m the third part of hia letter he says the report was fair. It would be instructive and interesting to hear " Truth " explain how a report oan be "accurate," "not complimentary enough," and at the same time " fair." Had the author of tbe report inserted after the word offiaera '* Major Newall expressed himself highly pleased with the company movements of the Rifles, and notloed a marked Improvement m the manual exercise of the Guards " his report would have been a true one, and no one oonld take any exoeptlon to it ; but, putting it as he did, the inference to be drawn waa that at the conclusion of the pirade the Major, m making his final remarks, made nse of the words to whichl objected. The word "drill," as he used It, oould only be nnderatood to mean the whole of the work done, and I repeat that In that aense Major Newall made no allusion to either one company or the other, but as before stated expressed himself highly pleased and particularly notloed that every one present did hia work with great spirit. I am, eto., Jambs Keib,

THE PAPAL DECREE.

10 THS EDITOR. Sir,— An there la a vory great intereet taken m the alleged Papal Deoree, perhaps yoa wonld permit me to point out a few reasons whioh, to my mind, prove that the publio generally are, m all probability, \ much mistaken. Wbat the Pope has condemned is not by any means olear. The telegrams, too, are very unreliable on that sobjeot. Mgr. Perßloo, we are told, was boycotted by tbe people of Oork ; but he waa at the time m Rome 1 But If, as Is reported, the Pope has oondemed the " Plan of Campaign " and ••' boycotting," ao much the worse for the Pope and the Vatioan. Boycotting is aB old as Christianity, and was praotised oenturies ago m Franoe. Why it should be oon* demaed now when it is most needed Is a puzzle, while lt was never before con demned by Pope or Cardinal. Assuming that theae things have been condemned by the Pops, his Deoree will be disregarded as completely as was the Rescript of Oardlnal Slmeoni. No man, whether he Is Pope or not, has any right to try to foros any man to speak to, or deal with, any other man ; and if the Pope has tried to do this so muoh tha worse for himself. I think some sort of Deoree has been issued by the Pope ; but to speculate on what It is is premature. The Plan of Campaign Is a perfeotly just way of deallag with an j ast landlords. If rente, fixed by a partisan Court, oompoaed entirely of the oreaturea and hangera-on of the landlords, oannot be paid owing to the lower value of agricultural prodnoe, it is rldioulona to think that the tenants ought to pay the rents ln full and leave tbeir ohildren without food. If the Pope hns condemned them for not leaving their children to starve, I say again bo muoh the worse for the Pope. O'Oonnell often Bald, "as muoh religion as you like from Rome, but no politics " ; and again ; "I would as soon take my politics from Constantinople as from Rome." Mr Parnall la the political Pope of Ireland,, and Irishmen will not tolerate any Inter ference with bim by Leo XIII. As Aa for the College of Cardinals they had better look at homa and try to find a remedy for the state of affairs which their own neglect has helped to bring abont ln Italy iv general, and Rome In particular. Mr Dillon spoke the sentimenta of every real IrUhman when he said Irishmen oould manage their own political affairs without foreign interference. But whatever the Pope has or haa not condemned will not make the slightest difference to the Nationalists — they will pursue their own course, even though the Pope, who ought to be their friend, should desert them and lend hla aid to their enemies. Irishmen, remember that the Pope's espeoial representatives m Ireland (Cardinals Culleu and McOabe) were the bitterest enemies of Irish rlghta — they were, m faot, " Oastle Bishops." Both theaa Bishops lived to repeat their mis deeds ; but their opposition oould not atop the progress of the Irish movement. Nothing can stop that but an Irish Parliament m "College Greek.

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

[Per Press Association.]

THE BISHOPRIC OF CHRIST CHURCH.

Lonoon, May 11. Bishop Kennion has declined the Bishopric of Christchurch.

THE SUGAR BOUNTIES.

London, May 8. The sugar bounties protocol has been signed. The bounty delegates have agreed to draft a treaty to submit to the various Powers, intimating their views. The treaty will be signed on August i6tb.

THE GOVERNOR OF NEW ZEALAND.

It is reported that Sir Wm. F. D. Jervbis, Governor of New Zealand, is likely to be appointed for another terra.

ROYAL MARRIAGE.

.Berlin, May 11. The marriage of Prince Henry of Prussia to Princess Irene of Hesse is fixed for the 24th inst.

THE GERMAN EMPEROR.

Sir Moreli Mackenzie states that the Emperor's throat is slowly improving, and that the oesophagus is not affected.

SLAVERY IN BRAZIL.

Bio »c Janiero, May 11. The Chamber of Deputies have passed resolutions m favor of the im mediate and unconditional abolition of slavery.

AUSTRALIAN.

(per press association.)

VICTORIA.

Melbourne, May 13 . The Bank of Australasia has de a dividend of 12 per cent. 1

AUCTIONEER'S REPORT.

V Mr Alfred Harrison reports his weekly sale ending Saturday, I2th May, aa'fol lows : — Cows— The weather being so bad pre vented a number of entries from coming forward. -Pigs— Very fow were penned, but those lines whioh were yarded Bold at prices quite equal to late rates. Poultkv— Fowls, Is 6d to 28 4d ; ducks, 2s 9d. ' Produce.— De-wonts. 4s ; ch : ok wheat, Is 9i to 2s ; oats, Is 8d ; sharps. 5s 6d to 63 ; braD, 3s to 3s 6d ; ooions, id -to Id ; oarrots, la 6d to 2s 6d ; mutton, Id to I_d lb ; carcase pork, 3fcd lb ; apples, 3a 6d. Implements— Ploughs, harrowß, haic^ ness, etc., sold at market rates. A large quantity of furniture and effeots, • drapery, etc , sold at fair prioes. '■

HORSE MARKET.

Mr T. Bullook reports for the week ending Saturday, May 12th:— There waa a smaller entry of horses than at the previous Saturday's sale, viz., 28, but amongst them were a number of good draughts, for wbioh biddings were fairly spirited, and np to £26 to £26 15a was obtained ior geldlnga of a good stamp. Oqe would have thought that the large number of 90 bones sold by myaelf and Messrs Frledlander Broa. the previous day at the ' Oounty Saleyarda would have stooked tho - ' market, but still there appeared to be phnty of buyers, aud ont of the total entry of 28, 15 were sold at the following prices, viz :— Galdlnga of a good stamp, 5 year oldo and aged, £26 and £26 15s, and for. .one of a lighter atamp, £18, medium draughts of a lighter description, 4 and 5 ' yeai a old, £11, £16 10s j aged, £9 10s to £12 ; inferior, £6 10 j. Light harness horses again dull of sale, and only those of a medium stamp changed hands at from £4 17s 6d, and one of a better, stamp brought £9 ; hacks, £5 to £7, according to description; aorabbers, from 10s to 30a. Sandrles— Double furrow plough, - £9 ; quantity of long pata, la 6jd.per ' bushel; seoond-hand harnessj new horse covers, &o, at market rates. MM_nom__________________U MB ___________>

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

[per press association J, Auckland, May 12. About 1000 signatures have now beon affixed to the petition against the property.: tax whioh is shortly to be presented to "' the House. The ' ( Evening Bell " '' newspaper has suspended publication, the journal being Issued this eveniog for the last time. For thelast forty eight hours the down, pour of rain m the vicinity of Auokland haß been unusually haavy, the average being, 2|incheß, or 270 tons per abre. ; V The rain caused the earth to give way at Hobson street outting, and a house, fortu- . nately unoccupied, was precipitated into X... the roadway. Grbymodth, May 13. The Wareatea arrived at one o'clock bringing the Te Anau's Ohinani^n. There was no demonstration of hostility what ever. A orowd collected to see them land. Most of them seem to have been m the colonies before. There are many old Grey Valley miners among them . They will bo : sent up the Grey Valley at once, and dis* '. tributed among abandoned workings. The Chinese new arrivals wore leaving town all the. morning at an early hour,

MAGISTERIAL.

SOUTH RAKAIA— FRIDAY (Before Captain Wray, R.M.) HOBSB AT LABQE. For allowing a horse to be at large m the township, B. Druey was fined 5a and •", costs, 7a. ASSAULT. Elizabeth Gleeaon was oharged with assaulting Elizabeth Barrett. After hear ing evidenoe, which proved there had been ill-feeling between the parties for some time, the Bench stated its opinion that the affair was only a neighbor's quarrel, which should have never oome to court. No doubt a trifling assault bad been oommitted, and defendant would have to pay the coats, 125, . CIVIL CASES. T. MoGuire (administrator m estate of the late Q. Robinson) v F. Barns— Olaim £3 6s 6d. — Defendant swore that he was a temperance man, that he had never run up an account at Mr Robinson's hotel, aud that he had always paid for everything he got at tbe time. — There being no one to prove delivery of the goods, judgment was given for defendant. Same vE. McAnulty— Olaim £3 Is 6d. Defendant had sold barley to Robinßon, and was given to understand that the account was Bottled when he received the money for it.— Judgment for plaintiff for 7s 6d and costs. A number of cases were settled ont of court, and m others judgment was oon-* foased.

PARLIAMENTARY NOTES.

» (From our own Correspondent.) Wellington, May 12. ' Major Steward's " Education Franchise Bill " defines the term " householder "to include any person whose name appears, on an electoral roll, and the parents or guardians of all ohildren attending sohool. It proposes to abolish cumulative voting at School Committee elections. The report presented by the Hon G. Fisher relative to the amount expended on Bchool buildings Bince the coming into force of the Education Act m 1877 shows that "the Provincial Governments, under their education systems, had spent no money whatever upon erecting sohool buildings. The Government of the colony since the passing of the Education Act has provided £90,000 more than was necessary tb ertct buildings of a lasting and durable oharaoter (briok or stooe), and sufficient m number and capacity to accommodate the largest attendance of children yet recorded m the publio school hißtory of this country." A very interesting debate is anticipated over the proposed amendments m tho Rules of Procedure, Rumor has it th^t some ofthe independent ciasß of speakers, on both sides of the House have deter* mined to oppose their introduction tooth ond nail, and to-uso every legitimate means of obstruction. It is anticipated that the first Policy Bill to come up for diaoussion on Tuesday will be the " Chinese Immigration Aot Amendment Bill," which the Government are anxious to have placed on the statutes ; and that having been disposed of, they will take up the Electoral Bill j Dick Seddon has arrived with all his war paint, aud he states that if he had been here on Friday the debate on the Address-in -Reply would not have gone off as quietly as it did. Wellington, May 14. I learn that amongst other proposals m the way of retrenchment, Government intend to dispense with the services of all Under-Secretaries to Ministers, except one for the Premier, who m former years waa the only Minister so honored. It is be lieved that the gentleman to be selected for the position will b& Mr A. M. Ameliua Smith, at present Under-secretary to Mr Fisher, and who is the oldest private seo retary m the service. Moat of the members have now arrived, but up to the present nothing has been done m the way of holding a meeting of the Opposition to elect a leader,

THB ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, MONDAY, MAY 14, 1888



DIARY.



Moon's Sun Sun Moon Moon ago at ' I May Rises. Seta. Rises Beta. noon. a.m. p.m. 14 Monday .. 7.9 4.43 9.30 7.8 2 15 Tuesday .. 7.10 4.42 10.22 7.64 3 16 Wednesday.. 7.11 441 11.11 8.47 4 17 Thursday .. 7.12 4.40 11.55 9.45 5 p.m. 18 Friday.. .. 7.13 4.39 0.34 10 48 6 19 SaturJay ... 7.14 4.39 1.11 11.53 7 20 Sunday .. 7.15 4:38 1.42 * * 8



Moonlight Evenings.



The Moon at 3 days old shines till about 8 o'olook. Tbe Moon at 6 days old Bhineß till about half-past 10 o'olook. The Moon at 8 days old shines till nearly 1 o'olook m the morning. The Moon at 12 days old shines from sundown till about 4 m the morning. The Moon at 15 days old is full, aud shines ali 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 shinesti 11 morning The Moon at 27 days old rises about' 4 a.m. and shines till sunrise. mmmmmmmmmmmmm^mmmimmmmmmmmmmtmmmmmmm^mmmmm



THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN.



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The Government Statist of Viotoria has I sent to Lord Knutsford an interesting report I upon Viotoria, giving the probable population of Australia for decennial periods, beginning with 1891 and ending with 1981. In 1891 it is oaiculated that Australia will not have 4,000,000 inhabitants, but m 1901 there will be rather more than 5,500,000, whioh, rising with giant strides, will by 1981 have increased and multiplied to the enormous total of 93,865,138 souls. Liver coughs often taken for consumption are f. Hf e,a almost instantly with Hop Bittera if you use the genuine American Co.'



j Wanted WANTED— Comfortable house 4. or 5 bedrooms, rent moderate. Send full parliculars to X V Z , Box 24, Ash- * bmton. ■ 5 133 WANTED Tendera for Outting 50 Tooa (more or less) Oat Sheaf Chaff. For partloulars apply Clabk Bbos. Dromore. 5°128 VXT ANTED to Sell —A First-class Piano V? grand action. Cash or torms very liberal. Apply Hayes and Co. OOTS.— We havo reduced our Boot List, and are selling them wonder- fully cheap.— Tl 0. Segeks, Melford House > _--_----_-_«-____-_--_-_-_ | IF you want a genuine Ashbnrton Tweed Suit to measure, or ready made, or Boota that' will keep yonr feet dry, at prices marvellously low, oome to the Aehburton Clothing Mart, Saunders' buildings.— Robert Alcorn \YT ANTED Known.— Melford House YY is now shewing a splendid assortment of Drapery, Millinery, Cloth- ing, Boots, &o, very cheap. "\1 7"AlSTED —Every one to eorne and V V Bee the nicest lot of Glass, China, and Earthenware ever shown m Ashbnr- ton, and the Cheapest ever landed m New Zealand. Imported direct from the Manufacturers. — Robert Aloobn, Saun- ders' Buildings. Stll WINTER.— Wei are now ahewlng a Splendid Assortment of Ladieß and Children's Ulsters m all the leading . styles, very oheap. — H. O. Seders, Melford Houae. CTTANTED Cash. — Moir'a Oatmeal VV (251 b), 2s 6:1 ; Candles, 5d ; Vestas, 5d doz. ; Ooffee and Milk, la j Ooooa and Milk, la ; Corn Flour, 4d ; Fruita m Syrup (21b tin*), la. Crockery, Glasaware. and Ironmongery. — J. Mc- Gregor, Tancred atreet. WANTED Known.— Oheap Jack haa opened a shop m Oompton's Buildings, Moore atreet, with a large atoek of Fanoy Gooda, Crookery, Music, &o, <rhich he will sell at Oaeap Jack prioea, vie., 30 per cent nnder any other shop In town. NOTICE. IN Thanking my numerous Friends and Customers m Tinwald and surround- ing Distriot, for the liberal support they have given me, I beg to assure them that I am carrying on the business of GENERAL STOREKEEPER AND BUTCHER exclusively on my own account, without connection with any FIRM or PERSON, or m any way as an AGENT for others. Soliciting a continuance of your favors, which aball have pfumpt attention,' whether left at the Store or forwarded by my cart, now running the Town every morning . Morro : HONESTY and CIVILITY. ] 6*38 J AMPS GUDSELL TRY KIRKPATRICK'S SPECIAL QUALITY FRESH FRUIT "X" -J A. M S— NOTIOE. OUR Special Quality "X" brand of New Season's JAM is made from Freah Fruit, within a few houra after it haa been gathered; it thus retains the full flavor of the Fresh Fruit, and la the best quality it ia possible to make. CAUTION: None is Genuine unlesß our Name ie stamped on tha Tin, and has our regis- tered Tiade Mark, the letter " X," on the - Label . S. KIRKPATRICK AND CO., MANUFACTURERS, NELSON. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING_ FACTORY^) NEW GOODS I NEW GOODS 1 ! FOB THE AUTUMN and WINTER Season are to band, and we would request intending purchasers of Clothing to pay our establishment a visit previous to purchasing elsewhere, and See our Men'a Sac Suits from 37s Gd ■ Latest cut and good value See our Men's Tweed Trousers from 10s 6d Well adapted for good wear See our Men's Tweed Overcoats from 40s All Colonial Wool and nicely made See our Men's Moles from Os 6d Own make, impervious to wear See our Boys' Frilz Suits from 10s 6d Parents and Guardians come & inspect See onr Boys' Trouaer Suits from 22a Gd Colonial production, well aod truly made. Purchase yo*..r Clothing direct from the Manufacturers. —TAILORING— We are doing a very large business m this Department, and wonld request all requiring a first-c ass suit, Colonial tweed, made to measure, to entrust their orders with ua. We can offer you 600 different patters to select from, and can give you value unsurpassed Fit, Btyle, and work- manship guaranteed. —HATS. HATS. HATS. HATS— Any shape, style, or B ? ze m Btock. This Department is fully supplied with all the latest novelties. The Mercery Department you will find replete with every necessary requisite m Men's Youths', and Boys' wear at prices I which cannot be beaten m Aehburton. Encourage. New Zealand Industries and buy from the New Zealand Clothing Factory. Agents for the celebrated Wortheim Sewing Machines, which can bo had on easy time|payments. I W. H. WEBBER, - Manager. I



J. QUAKE & CO. PRODUCE AND GENERAL MERCHANTS, FINANCIAL AND COMMISSION AGENTS, BEG to announce tbat they have COMMENCED BUSINESS m Havelock ■tteet, Aahburton, with a Stock consisting of— OATEN SHEAF AND STRAW CHAFF FEED OATS, HAY Iff TRUSSES BRAN, BHABP3, FLOUR TEA, SUGAR, POTATOES, FOWLS' WHEAT PLOUGLi SHARES, &c. &o. Cash Parchasers of WHE4T, OATS, BARLEY, &c. and all Farm Prodnos. Mortgages and Loans on Land and Stock arranged at Loweat Rates of Interest. AGENTS FOR N.Z. Accident Insurance Company. __, ■  : _ 5336 * Jg_±*A SE LLING OFF. q * o : ||l||p| 6rfat Badncttons. /^jprs\ £ BS|||glg I ab PER CENT DISCOUNT ((Cx^^^^ *"* 2 ' fIK^PCK * 0R OKE MONTH.vfe H f *W * T? TV/fUBRAY, Jeweller, having secured the Premises lately Q >J Kw» JLVJI ocoupled by Mr Neate, Ohemlst, HlsMnow offering hla ._, jjj STOCK at a <fl DISCOUNT OF 8s IN THE £ PREVIOUS TO REMOVAL. 3 26 \a^mmmmm—mmmmmmmmmm ' n '■' ' i .1 ■ 1 .I— — _. m— ' , McCallum and Co., PAINTERS, GLAZIERS, PAPERHANGERS, SIGNWRITERS, Etod. - ■■ ' 11 < TITE dealre to inform our Olienta and the Publio of Aahburton, that we have oom- VV menced business m all the above Lines, and solicit their patronage. This Department will be under the management of Mb GEO. VINCENT, late of Mb J. B. Cha-PMah's, and as we import MATEBIALB of the best brands only, and shall employ only FIBST-CLASS Worsmen io do our Work, Clients can rely on obtaining the utmost VALUE, as well as satisfaction, for their MONEY. OILS, BAINTS, VARNISHES, WINDOW GLABS, BRUSHES, Etc., Always m Stook 4 We have 60,000 pieces of PAPERHANGINGS. due to arrive, of the very choicest PATTERNS and COLOBB obtainable m London. McCallum and Co., TIMBER ANDICOAL MERCHANTB, PAINTERS, PAPERHANGERS GLAZIERS, Etc., EAST:STREET, ASHBURTON. — W H. COLLINS, Manager. THE STANDARD FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE OOMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. WITH UNLIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDER?.; CAPITAIr-^1,00b7000 STERLING. HEAD OFFICE 7 ? DUNEDIN. INSURERS have tbe most undoubted Security under this Company's Polioie s together with an assurance of Prompt and Liberal Settlement of Claims FIXE acd MARINE BISKB accepted on all descriptions of Property and Merchandise also Crop, Stack, and Machine Risks at Lowest Ratea of Premium, fidelity of Persons holding situations of trust guaranteed. OFFIOE : HEREFORD STREET, CHRISTCHURCH. (Opposite Bank of New Zealand.) tfcs; ARCHIBALD SCOTT, Manager for Canterbury. AJLBEET BOBF.BTS. AGENT ASHBURTON Important to Grain Growers. 0 Atmolsr ! ! ! A FTER the gratuitous puffin the " Weekly " and daily " Press," and the present .XX advertisement m the " ABhburton Guardian" respecting tho Poisoned Wheat prepared by the so-called Patent Process of Mr J. M. Cambridge, on behalf of the Ashburton Drug Company, I deem it my duty to draw the attention of Graingrowera to the fact that the prooi.es In question ia not patented In New Zealand, nor ia It likely to be, for the almple reason thßt tho various advantages eet forth are exactly those whicb I have ntrlotly observed m tho preparation of my Poisoned Wheat for the laet three years. Copy op Telegram*. UAZELDEAN, Esq , Patent Registrar, Wellington. Please reply whether J. M. Cambridge, Ashburton, has obtained or applied for any patent m connection with Poisoned Wheats, and If so post copy of specification. Aahburton, 30th April, 1888. O. M. Brooke. Mr C. M. Brooke, Ashbnrton.— No application received from Mr Cambridge. Wellington, May 1, 18^8. P. Waldeqravb, Deputy Patent Officer. If Agriculturists want a satisfactory ond reliable article (not an experimental one to which you have hitherto been ohkfly treated) Brooke'a Poisoned Wheat is the preparation to use, as the following testimonials hereby teatify : " I have the honor by direction of the Board, to inform you that yonr Poisoned Wheat ia proving highly satisfactory, and to request that you will forward me twenty bushels more of exactly similar quality at your earlies convenience. — Youra, etc., Road Board Office, Jflrwee. 14th July, 1886. Albert John Francis. I have great pleasure to inform yon that the-Poisoned Wheat the Board received from yon glvas satlefactlon, and beg you will forward at your earliest convenience eight bushels more, the same sample as before. — Youra, Ac, Road Board Office, Temuka, 23d Juno, 1886. Gekorge Dyson. I have tho honor by direction of the Board to request you to forward £10 worth cf yonr best Poisoned Grain, the seme ao the last lot received from you lust aeason, j which was everythiDg that could be o'esired. I used Borne a few day* ago, after hav- ing it frcm la6t season, end It was m firßt-rate condition, and very effectua'. ' District Office, South Pvakala, 4th June, 1886. A Makeig PREPARED ONLY BY " ' \ C. M. BROOKE, (» ate or Kaiap.i) ~ CHEMIST, ASHBURTON. POTATOES! POTATOES! POTATOES! mHE Undersigned has now for SALE, by Bag or per Ton, a splendid line of Prime Blue Derwents, Grown on good ground, and warranted to give satisfaction. PLOUGH SHARES! "PLOUGH SHARES. fIANSOME and SIMS' and HOBNSBYS, (ALL SIZES.) ANGLO-AMERICAN DRILLS. DRAIN ANDJPLD PIPES- Cape Barley, Cape Barley. NELSON, MOATE AND CO.'S TEA AND OOFFEE, AND ALL KINDS OF GENERAL STORES. G EIO R G Ei! JAMESON. ASHBURTON- ' * j