THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN.

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LOCAL AND GENERAL

There are said [to be 800 men unemployed m Christohuroh. A man named JJamos Lawrenoe was arrostod m Lyttelton yesterday, on a warrant from Timara, on a charge of larceny as a bailee. " From here to Heaven " is the sensational heading of a leoture advertised to be delivered m Wellington. The subject is said to oause exoitement throughout America and the world. Mr T. Pratt, native member for the Southern district, has been having a talk with his Kaiapoi constituents before going North. The Auckland beekeepers want a duty of 2d per Ib. plaoed on imported honey. It was stated that adulterated honey waa being imported into the colony." Mr W. B. Hood, of Mount Somers, failed to Becure a win m his draught matches with the Herd Laddie, though he gave the cham pion Borne trouble to beat him. A carriage painter named William Young emplojed Bt the Government Workshops, Addinßton, died suddenly at Sydenham on Friday, being siezed with an epileptio fit. The English Footballers received £208 as their share of the proceeds of the two matches with Christchurch. It wiH be seen that Canterbury gave over £100 less to them than Otago. . j Mangahane heads the lists with list 81bs for the Great Northern Steepleohase at the Auckland K.O. Winter Meeting, and is also top of the list for the Hurdles at 14at lOlbs. Peter Osbeok coming next with list 21bs. The late Mr William Moody, who was drowned at Timaru, is said to have had his life insured for £2000. Thia was a fatherly provision for his wife and family of six children, aB well as his aged mother, who lived with him. Mr J. D. Foley appeared m the Templar Hall, Tinwald, last evening. There was a good attenianoe, and the programme was one through to the evident satisfaction of [hose present. Payments m connection with the Trades men's Eaoing Club's MeetiDg were -made to-day, when the following stakes were paid over :— S. Alexander, £28 10s ;M. and O. Hobbs, £23 15s; H. F. Pitt, £23 15s: J. O. N. Grigg, £19 ; T. Harrold, £14 15s ; J. McDonald, £14 15s ; A. J. Kelly, £9 10a ; R Rutherford, £9 10s ; O. J. H. Neate, £4 15s : C. G. Primmer, £4 153. Total, £152.

Cupid ia always shooting "and for ever making Mra. A recent Masonio Fair m New York netted £15,000. An Amerioan team of baseball players are coming to Australia. # It is an easy thing to be a philosopher, but it is hard to make it pay. Berry, the hangman, boasts that he has performed 130 executions. La Crosse, " the national game " of Canada, is being introduced into Christchuroh. 11 If Shakespeare were alive to-day he would be a journalist insteatof a dramatist." Birds of a feather flock together, but women with high hats sit all over the house. Prince Bismarck declines the title of Dukß as he unable to support the dignity. It is estimated that the population of Aus tralia at the end of Deoember waß 3,500,000. Three hundred more stoats and weasels are to be sent out to New Zealand from England. A firm at Garden City, Kan., has contracted to furnish a Cincinnati park with 1000 prairie dogs. The sarcophagus containing the body of Alexander the Great has been discovered at Saida. The man who is always " putting m his oar " when other people are talking generally gets into a row. Rev T. De Witt Talmage will be installed as Chaplain of the Thirteenth Regiment at New York, A boy of five years, son of Mr Geo. Cullmore, of Wai«iti road, near Timaru, was drowned m a dam near his father's residenoe on Friday evening. The first underground railway m London was opened 1863 from Farringdon street to Paddington. The Bystem is now so extended that 136,000,000 passengers are oarried on the underground railroads every year. The Duke of Westminster and the Baroness Burdett-Ooutts have gone into partnership as oab proprietors as the London Improved Cab Company. They have placed 950 of their cabs on the streets of the British metropolis. " Webster's Spelling Book " has probably had a larger sale than any other book except the Bible. Over 50,000,000 oopies have been sold, and it is still being issued at the rate of 1,000,000 a year. Mra John P. Graoher, who died recently at Reading, Perm., had a matrimonial experience which would be hard to duplioate. She was only forty years old, and had been seven times married. Some of the oldest members of the United States Congress take a bath as the last step m preparation for making a speech. They write the speech, oommit it to memory, take a bath and then deliver it. Nelson is all exoitement over a silver lode discovered at the Owen, The lode is reported to be three feet thiok, and the ore very rioh. Ten parties have pegged off thirty aores, and there was a raoe to get apploa tions m. There is on view at Mr H. Zander's shop an interesting exhibition, consisting of a number of tho ooins that were struck m com. memoration of the Queen's Jubilee. The pieces of money represented are threepenny, sixpenny, shilling, florin, four shilling, orown and sovereign. A sound sentiment is expressed by an eminent authority when he says : — " Revenue laws should be enaoted with reference to. our local conditions and wants. We should legislate m the interest of our mankind at large. Not until we are able to oontrol the the markets of the world can we afford to , adopt Freetrade." • A young man of 21 years, named Duflot, son of the Canadian Doctor of that name, who is at present m Christohurch, wa3 drowned m the Halswell, about three miles below Tai Tapu, on Friday. Deceased was only a few days m the colony, and was out shooting on the river when his boat capsized and he was drowned. The "Silver Wedding" celebration has been a dismal failure. Excepting a few zealous toad-eaters and a distracted crowd of cadging snobs, there has been no inclination to present gifts to Marlborough House, and throughout the country the anniversary has been simply ignored, and, when mentioned, has only been ridiculed. The jubilee was quite a sufficient Royal anniversary to suffioe for the next half-century. — " Truth " The Cbristohuroh tradesmen are up m arms against bazaars, and at a meeting last night it was pointed out that tradesmen were frequently called upon by customers to con tribute, gratuitously, goods of various kinds to be disposed of at bazaars. These goods having been obtained for nothing, are often retailed by the stall-holders at prioes less than they would be sold by the tradesman, who is thus " hoist with his own petard." Sir Charles Dilke, m a paper on Army Reform, demands an easier and looser uni form ; the present " smart " dress being use less for campaigning purposes. As a means of attracting superior men of culture into the army — men who will not submit to coarse barrack life— Sir Charles proposes a short service for reoruits of this character and liberty to live where they please at their own expense, provided they attend to orders. This relaxation of service is allowed m Russia. The Rev Dr Jefferis, the well-known|Oon- ! gregational Minister of Sydney, m dealing m a|leoture with the higher eduoation of women, and enumerating the professions open, and not yet open, to women, said : — " As for law the gates of it are as yet barred against your entrance, and I fear it will long be bo. Lawyers are wedded to old time formulas and ancient precedents. Woman's wit, clear and luminous, with its intuitive perception of worth and justice, would revolutionise law and the interpretation of it. But even that may come." It appears that £84,116 is the total amount of the Women's Jubilee Offering, and £10,000 of this is to be wasted on the statue of the Prince Conaort, which is to be ereoted m a remote part of Windsor Great Park. Con sidering the prodigious number of statues of " Albert the Good " which are to be found m all parts of the country, it does seem highly foolish and absurd to throw away so large a sum m erecting another, whioh, moreover, is .to be plaoed on a spot that very few people are ever likely to visit. It would surely be more rational, if it be neoessary still further to commemorate the Prinoe Consort, to place the statue on the Castle, at Windsor. It is, however, satisfactory that the soandalous design of removing the statue of George 111., at the end of the Long Walk, m order to make way for the Prince Consort, was aban doned.--" Truth," An action for damages against a oonviot who iB praotioally imprisoned for life may appear a Bingular kiDd of suit, and one which would afford the olaimant but little advantage m the event of its suooess. Suoh, however, ia the nature oJ the proceedings which are contemplated against the man Reuben Hind, who is at the present time fulfilling a sentence of 21 yeara' imprison, ment for arson m Mount Cook gaol. It has been ascertained that the prisoner inherited oertain interests under the will of his father, who was a citizen of Nottingham, and it is concluded that it is from these interests that Hind's regular remittances were derived. Steps are therefore being taken by Mr Jelliooe, on behalf of Mr John Beok, owner of the mill which was destroyed through the prisoner's crime, for the issue of a writ claim ing damages, m the expectation that if a verdict should be gained the reaouroes m England could be levied upon. Mr H. D. Bell, who is representing New Zealand at the Sydney Conferenoo on the rabbit question, m a letter relating the pro ceedings of the Conference Bays, apropos of the microbe experiments: — "The Com mission has of course been mostly ooncerned with M. Pasteur's proposal, m whioh the eminent French scientist has so much con fidenoe that he has sent out three represent atives to introduce it, and prove its entire effioaey, I may say at once that the Com mission do not view with entire approval the extent of knowledge and of preparation dis played m the enterprise, whioh, m fact, { appears to have been oonduQted with extra ordinary looseness up to the present junoture, j but nothing has yet transpired to warrant any j loss of hope m tho ultimate value of M. j Pasteur's suggestion, and very great care ban been taken by the Commission to give a fair and full trial under the amended conditions. Evory reasonable facility will be offered for a series of scientific, and praotioal experiments,"

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1888. NEW .ZEALAND'S FUTURE.

Major Dane, a rather clever and very " cote " Yankee, haß been touring round New Zealand for the last twelve months seeing what was to be seen m a quiet way, and being generally everywhere warmly received. Before he left Auck land he treated the public there to his views on the colony and his impressions as to what he believed it wanted to develop it into a most thriving part of the British Empire. His remarks are of some weight as the Major is decidedly a man of the world, and can see fr&m experience what is the drawback which prevents progress m New Zealand. It is homes that people should try to make m this colony not fortunes, if general prosperity is to be a looked for result. The pioneers of the ear'y days were men who looked not so much to the accumulation of wealth, as a de sire to carve out for themselves a home and a comfortable life far from the land of their birth. There were parts of New Zealand with a soil and a climate fit to satisfy anyone, and the Major pro ceeded to say of some parts of the North Island. " Nature had there bestowed her choicest gifts. There also was classic ground, where Christianity and civilisation first found a foothold, and the missionary planted the Cross. When he looked upon that land he wondered why men stopped m the cities. A land where Nature filled her lap, and said to them open your mouths and I will fill them ! He had also seen the Nova Scotian settlements, where indus trious men, coming from a hard and un genial climate, were now settled on land, where the summer smiled, and which only wanted to be «• tickled with a hoe to laugh itself into a harvest." That land wanted only population. It would come from the other colonies— it would come from his own country, it they would not enter m and possess it." The folly of men crowding into the cities and leading a hanging on sort of life when there were settlements where they might take up sections and live comfortably upon them by throwing some little energy and enterprise into their was clearly shewn. The country was a truly grand one for the young men of New Zealand if they chose to profit by it. There should be no cry of the un employed heard. Of the resources of the colony the Major spoke as follows : — -" He had travelled eight hundred miles m stagfi coaches throughout the colony, and had viewed scenery which had not come up to expectations, while other places which had not been mentioned to him he hnd found to be beautiful. Com ing back to the North Island, the lecturer took his hearers to Napier, described the famous fertile runs of the Hawke's Bay squatters — where ho found homes marked by culture and refinement. In that sparsely settled country would yet be thousands of homes of prosperous agriculturists. Then he saw the, rail roads, and went over them — splendid bridges built to last for ever — and they were waiting for a population, which could only come whon the railways were taken from "the Government and Corpor ations entered into competition. He remembered when it cost £30 from San Francisco to New York, now it was a fourth of that. When there was one company it said " You shall not come," when others came they said " Do come." It was true the Government gave more money to the companies than the rail roads cost, and millions of acres of land, but the people gained m the long run. Competition was the soul of business and development. In all his travels m New Zealand ho saw no bad land ; some parts where better than others, but none which m America, Canada and Nova Scotia would be regarded as bad. Why m Nova Scotia they had to shoot the peas into the fields, and sharpen the noses of the sheep to give them a chance to get the grass ! The men were com ing here who would take that land. Their tramp might even now be heard . The country wanted population — millions — and waß capable of taking fifteen millions. There were too many shops— too few farms. Every hamlet was full of shops doing little or nothing, and others going to start. There were too many clerks for Government billets, for banks, insurance and loan companies ; too few to take off their coats. Only two men m the State mode wealth, the farmer and the mechanic, the others only used it. Factories were coming, farmers were coming, and they wanted more mechanics and more farmers. But labour wanted too much. Capital did not got its share. Labour was entitled to its share, but not more. In the States it .could bo had at 4s a day, and at 5s a day they were overrun with labourers. Those who deluded them selves with the idea that they could go to California and make fortunes would came back shorn lambs. New Zealand could grow fruits successfully with California, and why should they not send some of their young men there to learn the art of fruit canning, meanwhile planting and grow ing the fruit trees. The Protection that was wanted was diligence. They might have two State farms, away from the cities, to learn tho youth so disposed farming m all its branches, not with a view to making fortunes, but to found homes for themselves. It was not factories but farmers who made England ; and when agriculture declined, England felt something was wrong and was trying to remedy it. He heard colonists be moaniug the fate of the colony, saying ({ we are ruined and bankrupt." New Zealand certainly had a healthy debt (laughter), there was no doubt about that, but, like the young men who had contracted debt and had been pulled up, the colony had her life before her, and I

could now take off her coat and liqui date. The lecturer advocated taking up the colonial debt by degrees m the country, and having it held "m the family;" the interest would circulate m the country, while at present it drained away, England, m this matter, being practically a foreign country. He had seen America ruined three times, financi ally wiped out. In 1857, every bank m America went but two. Credit was an enemy : pay as you go. In the North of Auckland, the country was regarded as so poor, nobody would trust the settlers, the consequence was, to day they . had comfortable homes, all free, In 1873 America was ruined again, money went m at one pocket they didn't know how, and went out they did not care where. The smash came, and Congress had to come to the rescue. The sponge was put through the slate, and those * lost who could afford to loose it. Then they began on a cash basis. Now it was 30 days and payment ; not six months and never 1 And when ha heard men talking of New Zealand being ruined — a country where every thing and anything could be produced — where even laziness was almost re warded, he felt it was impossible to ruin it. The outlook for New Zealand is a bright one, Major Dane seems to think despite the croakings of the " Standard" and such one sided writers as Froude. The idea that New Zealand was ruined was heartily denied, and the Major was tempted to say indignately " Is'ew Zea land ruined 1 Why they might as well say the sun was ruined because a cloud passed over its face. No, commerce was i setting down on surer foundations. It wa& m commerce as m nature. Tarawera had let out its pent up forces, spreading i death and desolation, but the resurrected forces of Nature was restoring the verdure and enriching the soil again ; so the convulsions m commercial life were but the preludes to a better and more fruitful harvest. Why should such fertile tracts be lying waste m Waikato ? On one farm he visited he saw 37,000 bushels of wheat grown, averaging 43 bushels to the acre ; m America they were satisfied with 33 bushels to the acre. A young man who took up his 50 or 1 00 acres and had it stocked and cleared was m a sense rich. But the young men would come there ; they would take up the land ; and make their little homes first, and their big homes by-and-bye. In America they paid no man's passage to the country. If he was not able to save enough to take him out of the country he wished to leave he was not much account. Once, however, he landed at Castle Garden, they did all they could to place him on the land and settle him comfortably. But for that policy America would only have two thirds her present population to-day. New Zealand was not a nation yet ; only a few jealous towns and districts. It would not become a nation till it had suffered sufficiently — until it had learned the lesson that the prosperity of one was the advantage of all, and the adversity of one was the misfortune -of all. The whole system of Government was vicious m principle from the very beginning. The people of New Zealand had a strong sense of justice, and would rise m their might and remove all obstacles to prc gress," In speaking like this, Major Dane has done some service to the colony. His words are not those of one who like Froude just looke_d m upon us and then went straight-away, and wrote a garbed account of what he saw and heard. Major Dane went quietly through the colony and had the advantage of seeing it under different aspects, What he tells us is to a great degree true, and colonists will have only themselves to blame if they neglect to take advantage of the opportunities which Ho around them. The feeling of depression need not be intensified by listening to the croakings of those who have some object m des crying New Zealand.

PARLIAMENTARY.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Fhiday, May 11. The Spoakor Look the chair at 1.30 p.m RETRENCHMENT AT BELLAMY'S. Mr MarueH bmught ap the Recess Qougo Oomm tteo'a report, whlqh ang »oated reforms that would reduoo the expenditure m connection with Bellamy's £66 10a por month. Tha Committee inter alia recommended that an entrance fee to Beliamy'a nhonld be oharged to new members, similar to the ooarae adopted by other coloniea. ADDRESS IN-REPLY. Mr Pharnzyn gave notice that ou Tuea day he would move the adoption of the addresaln-rep'y. APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES. The appointments of the usual senatorial Committees were given notice of by Mr Stevens and the Attorney-General.

HODSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Friday, May 11. The honse met at 2 30 p.m. ' NOTICES OF MOTION, ETO, j Notice was given by Mlaisbera of the appointment of the nsual Sessional Oom mltteeß Mr Fergus gave notice of the introdoo tlon of the Naval and Military Settlers and Volunteer Land Bill. Mr Beetham gave notice of a motion that a portion of the prooeeda of the totalisafcors on racecouraaa be given to oharltable aid. QUESTIONS. Mr Hobba a3ked Government whether they intend to introdure a Bill at an early date this session to finally settle olaima of old BOttlerß and volunteers to land. Mr Fergus said a Bill would be Intro duced shortly giving effeot to those claims. Major Steward asked the Minister of Native Affrirs whether. li is his intention to Introduce early In the session a BUI to make provision for taalf-oaates m the Middle Island whose olaima to land have i not as yet been dealt with. ! Mr Mltobelß&n Bald a Bill was now m coarse of preparation dealing with this subject. Mr Fitzherbert asked 'the Minister for Pablio Works whether Government pro pose to appoint Commissioners under the Government Railways Aot, 1887 ? Mr Mitohalson aaid Government in* tended to make the appointments when suitable persona for the offioa were found. THE CHINESE INFLUX. Mr Reeves;(St Albans) asked the Pra mier what steps, if any, Government pro pose to take to prevent a large number of Chinese now m New Zealand waters from landing m the colony ? Sir H. Atkinson said it was not pro posed to take any such step. He did not think, m faofc, that there were any Ohineae now on the water. With the permission of the House, however, he would explain the provisions of the Bill he was to intro duce that afternoon, That BUI provided all the penalties provided m the Victorian Bill, and made it penal for any ship to bring moro than one Ohinatnan for every 100 tons, heavy penalties being provided for, Government had done this believing that there would be no difficulty m bring ing aaoh a Bill into operation, for as the House was aware this question could only be dealt with by the approval of the Imperial Government. It was a question of foreign policy, and Government did not consider it advisable to go further m the matter at tha present time. He hoped, however that the Bill would be assented to at once, and that it would prove effec tive. With regard to the Chinamen already on the water, they bad been carefully examined m order to see that no Infections diseases were introduced, but Government considered it would have been a breaob of faith to prevent them from landing m New Zealand, and that if suoh preventive measures were taken complications might follow which would be worse than the in crease of population of the colony by IQO Chinamen. (Hear, hear.) At the same time they felt atrongjy that such importations should be put a atop to. Government had reoently been m communication with the other Australian colonies on a proposal of which hon members would bo aware, to holdjjajOonfereLCd on this question. So far as the Government of this colony were concerned they were of opinion that if possible the Home Government ahould be moved to enter into Borne Buoh treaty as as that recently made between America and China. He had, through the courtesy of the American Consul at Auckland seen a copy of this treaty, and the Government was of opinion that it would suit this oolony. The Government, however, had not felt justified m taking action which might lead to serious complications. (Hear.) With reference to the proclama tion of Ohinosa ports as infeoted, the Premier added that Chinese ports were proclaimed m 1881. The proclamation of that year would be repub'iahed, and notice sent to the Australian Governments that any ehlpa bringing Chinese passengers wonld be liable to be quarantine.

EVENING SITTING.

The Houae resumed at 730 p.m. THE ADDRESS IN REPLY. Mr Pyke moved the Addrcss-in-Reply to the Governor's Speech Referring to the depression, he said it was brought about by the people themselves, and it rested with the people to free themselves from it. There was no colony which had not had its period of depression, and a few years ago Melbourne was In the name condition. He did not hesitate to say that the gold-mining industry had never received the attention it deserved, and the proper development ,of that Industry would lead io enormous benefit to the colony. The river Molyneux alone con tained enough gold to pay off the national debt of Great Britain, He was not pre pared to Bay that the fortifications of the colony were so complete as shadowed forth m his Excellency's speech, bat he was not afraid of any foreign foe coming to attack us. Referring to the present Lsnd Act, he said it was the only sensible Land Act that had ever been m force m the colony, and it was a vast improve ment on the previous Act, whioh was injurious to the interests of the colony, He wished the Minister m charge of education had a little more backbone, and adhered to the proposals he had made last eanaion for preventing children of tender age being sant to schco'. Ha also thought a little more religion ahouid be taught m schools, and he hoped bofora the session was over some Bill would be brought m to amend the present Act m the direction of teaching children Bible les3ons, other wise he should prefer to see the echools abolished. Coming to the Chinese ques tion, he did not look at Chinese arriving m the colony with any particular dlffivor, as the climate of thia country was auch as would precludes them from coming here In any great uumbera. There wb» no doubt, however, that if they weee allowed to laud m Australia it would be ruinous to that colony. As to Iho attitude of the Imperial Government on the matter, that Government would have to choose between maintaining amicable rela tions with China or with the colonies. He referred to the legislation proposed on the question by the present Ministry, and said that whatever restrictions wero Im posed by the Houae, they Bhould provide against any return tickets beiug isiued to Chinamen leaving the colony. Ha thought a sum of money would have to be put on the ostimetes shortly for the destruction of ferrets, which wore a greater pest than tho tab .-ire, The rabbit eklna now ex por ;■•.; f cm the colony were a valuable t'S|i).'. and he did not agreo that tha

nil I. - _ —»__»• .-«._ _» < , - rabbits were anch a nuisance bb alleged. Referring to the tariff qaeation, he said be had learned, while In Victoria recently, ttiat neither fceetrade or protection waa a necessary factor m the advancement of a country. He found also that m that country manufactories had falUo Into the handa of large syndicates, who bought out smaller men and mon^po'ised tha rnanu fac' uring Industry of the oolooy. What would happen here would be something of a oimllar kind. Ha objscted to the Hara systsaa. He also regretted to Bee that no provision waa made for giving the fran , ohiaa to women, and he hoped that omis< blod would ba rectified when the Bill oima down. He pointed out that there was no. organised Opposition at present, bat he appealed to hon members to sink all minor prejudices and do their best for the good of the colony bb a whole; Mr Carroll seoonded the Address. He Oomplimented the Government for the ~ manner In whioh they had dealt with the Civil Servloe, but hoped they had used no unnecessary harshness In the retrenchment details. He did not think the present Lmd Act had had a sufficient trial to prove it, efficiency, but he believed that m time It would ba very beneficial to the country. The Native question was a very grave one, and he bad every hope that the present Government would pass some measures which would suit the interests of Natives generally|better: than the law *rhioh at present existed. There was a general desire on the part of Natives for ths repeal of the Native Land Administra tion Aot, because under that Aot Natives coold not dlspoaegof their lands except ' through Native Committees, whioh re sulted m nothing being done undar the Act at all. What the Natives wanted was f roet'-ide m their own lands, and mat sufficient reserves shoal \ bo set apart for themselves and their children. The Natives were also anxious that the NAive Land Oonrt Aot should be amen ded, as great evils existed under that Aot, They would prefer, In faot, that that Aot. should be done away with altogether, but suggested that It should be amended so as to facilitate titles to their land. He held that the solution of the Native difficulty lay In the sub-division and mdi* vldaallsatlon of Native Lands. la his opinion the time was not far off when the races should be put on an equality, and that the same law should apply to both/ He had every confidence In the present ' Government submitting proposals respect< ing Native lands whioh would give satis faction. Native legislation should not be a parliamentary question, but both sides of the House should combine to 3o justloe to the Natives. He annoonoed himself a freetrader, and contended that protection existed at present. If mote revenue were required he suggested that considerable revenue could be raised by taxing totalisators and by having every ticket stamped with a 2d stamp, it would contribute about £20,000. ' The motion was then pat, and agreed to on the voloes. , : , On Mr Carroll's motion a Committee was appointed to prepare the AddresvUi* Reply, whioh was afterwards adopted. The House rose at 8,50 pm "

THE MARKETS

(PER PEEBB ASSOCIATION.) » London, Way 11. 4^The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,320,000 quarters ; for the ContinenV 420,000 quarters. The American visible supply of wheat is 31,600,000 bushels. The weekly returns of the Bank of England, published to-day, show the total reserve m notes and bullion to be .£11,200,000, and the proportion of revenue to liabilities $6 per cent. An Adelaide wheat cargo on the spot has been sold at 35s 6d j off coast cargo m iron bottoms, 33s 6d. The market is firm, and prices are dearer. Flour is quoted at 245. • ■ •

PARLIAMENTARY NOTES.

(From our own Oobrebpondbot;.) Wellington, May 11. Major Steward this afternoon gave notice to move further amendments to thoae proposed by the Government when the House. oonsldera the suggested altera tions of the Standing Orders, whioh he informs me ha will do as follows :— (1; To discontinue the praotloe of reading, by the Speaker, of the Governor's speech at the first sitting of the House and to substitute the practice of laying the oama on the table. (2) To enable Bills not completed before the prorogation to be proceeded with at next following session of Parliament. The latter practice ia adopted m America. Mr George Hatchlson f ßJ"Employment of Females Bill," which will be introduced by him, is to extend the provisions of the original Aot whioh limits the hours of labor of females employed m retail places of business within boroughs, but says that the hours may ext9nd from any hoor In the forenoon till any hour m the afternoon provided that time of suoh employment shall not exceed eight hours m any one day. Mr Goldie is moving for a return show ing the number of Police Inspectors m the service of the oolony on Ist November, 1887) suoh return to include the name, age, length of service, including provincial service and salary paid to eaoh, with name of district In whioh saoh Inspector was then located. The first note of warning In reference to the campaign against the totallaator, which will be waged daring the Beiolon, wrb given to-day by Mr Beetham, who gave notice of a resolution to the effect that m the opinion of the House it ia desirable that a portion of the money re ceived as percentage on the working of the totalisator should be appropriated to the purpose of hospitals and charitable aid. Mr Mltohelson will shortly, I understand, bring m a Bill to deal with the whole subjeat, but it is not thoroughly drafted. Mr Billanoe is expeoted to arrive on Monday next. Notloe of the naval sessional committees was given to-day. ' Mr Hutchison is desirous to have a committee appointed to enquire into the position of the defences of the oolony. Mr W. P. Beeves is enquiring of Government If they will make arrange ments with the Union Company to bring members to Wellington m time for the opening of Parliament. The Government have promised to Mr Levestam to provide work for the un employed of Nelson on the same terms as m other large towns, but the work must be outside town. Mr Fergus introduced a Bill to-day to deal with the Old Soldiers and Volunteers' land claims. Mv Vincont P/ke was m great form In moving the Addreßs- In- Reply. Mr Taylor ia moving for the introduc tion of all correspondence m regard to the mall contract between Springfield and the West Coast, Mr Richardson has given notloe to In* troduce a Mining Aot Amendment Bill, and Mr Fisher Auckland Girls High School Bill and Codlin Moth Bill.

THE ASHBUKTON GUARDIAN, SATUBDAY, MAY 12. 1888



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J. QUAISTE & CO. PRODUCE AND GENERAL MERCHANTS, FINANCIAL AND COMMISSION AGENTS, BK* ,t© •nnotJDoe that they Intend COMMENCING BUSINESS In Hat«lock street, Ashburton, and will open on Saturday, the 12th iust. —WITH A STOCK CONSISTING OF— OATEN SHEAF AND STBAW CHAFF TEED OATS, HAY IN TEUSSES BEAN, SHABPS, FLOUE TEA, SUGAB, POTATOES, FOWLS' WHEAT PLOUGR SHABES, &c. &c. Caen Purchasers of WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY, &c. and all Farm Prodooe. Mortgages and Loanß on Land and Stook arranged at Lowest Rates of Interest. „ KE36 j SEL ™ OFF - @ i o Great. Bednctiops. /%o^l £ IIIIiIIIP ib PER CENT DISCOUNT {(C^^^^M 1~ll ~ l a ijjliill fob OHE_MOK-:rttfe«sjy O' "O I\/fURRAY, Jeweller, having secured the Premises lately Q >J JL\>» JjlL occupied by Mr Njsatjc, Chemlat^lsJlnow offering his ' M STOCK at a </> DISCOUNT OF 3s IN THE £ PREVIOUS TO REMOVAL. 3 26 McCallum and Co., PAINTERS, GLAZIERS, PAPERHANGERS, SIGNWRITERS, Etod, "VI T E desire to inform our Clients and the Public of Ashburton, that we have com- W menced business m all the above Lines, and Bolicit their patronage. This Department will be under the management of Mb GEO, VINOfiNT, late of Mr J. B, Chapman's, and &b ye import MATERIALS of the boat brands only, and Bhall employ only FIRST-CLASS Workmen to do our Work, Clients can rely on obtaining the utmoßt VALUE, as well as satisfaction, for their MONEY. OILS, PAINTS, VARNISHES, WINDOW GLASS, BRUSHES, Eto., Always m Stock j We have 60,000 pieces of PAPERHANGINGS due to arrive, of the very choicest PATTERNS and COLOBS obtainable m London. McCallum end Co., TIMBER AND COAL MERCHANTS, PAINTERS, PAPERHANGERS GLAZIERS, Etc., EAST^STBEST, ASHBURTON. ... ... , . W. H. COLLINS, Manager. THE STANDARD FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. WITH UNLIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS.; CAPITAL— £I,OOOJOOO STERLING. HEAD OFFICE~7 DUNEDIN. f NBUBERB have the most undoubted Security nnder this Company's Policie 8 | together with an assurance of Prompt and Liberal Settlement of Claims FIRE and MARINE RISKS accepted on all descriptions of Property and Merchandise also Crop, Stack, and Machine Risks at Lowest .Kate* of Premium, fidelity of Persons holding situations of trust guaranteed. OFFIOE : HEREFOBD STREET, CHRISTCHURCH. (Opposite Bank of New Zealand.) , ..: ARCHIBALD SCOTT, Manager for Canterbury. AL.BEBT ROBEHTS. AGENT ASHBURTON Important to Grain Growers. O AtJTIOJST 1 ! 1 A FTER the gratuitous paff In tbe " Weekly " and dally " Press," and the present ■"■ advertisement In the " 4shbarton Guardian " respecting the 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 dnty to draw the attention of Graingro * ers to the fact that the process In question 1b not patented In New Zealand, nor is it likely to be, for the slmplo reason that the various advantages set forth are exactly those which I have strictly observed In the preparation of my Poisoned Wheat for tbe last three yearß. Copy of Telegrams. JLUebidean, Eeq , Patent Registrar, Wellington. Pleaee reply whether J. M. Cambridge, Aahburton, haa obtained or applied for any patent In connection with Poisoned Wheats, and if bo poßt oopy of specification ABbburton, 30th April, 1888. O. M. Brooke. Mr C. M. Bjrooke, Ashbnrton. — No application received from Mr Cambridge. Wellington, May 1, 18 9 8. F. Waldegravr, Deputy Patent Officer. If Agriculturists want a sathfaotory and reliable article (not an experimental one • to which you have hitherto been chiefly treated) Brooke's Poisoned Wheat Is the preparation to nse, as the following testimonials hereby testify : " I have the honor by direction of the Board, to Inform you that your Poisoned Wheat is proving highly satisfactory, and to request that you will forward me twenty bushels more of o^aclly similar quality at yonr earlies convenience. — Youra etc Road Board Office, Klrwee. 14th July, 1886, Albert John Francis. J have great pleaanre to itsform you that the Poisoned Wheat the Board reoeived from you R iv3& satisfaction, and beg yon will forward at your earliest convenience eight boshela more, the earns! sample ca beforo. — Yours, &c. ; Rosd Board Office, Temuka, 23rd Jnne, 1886. Qeeorok Dyson. I bavo ibe honor by direction of ths Board to request you to forward £10 worth of yow best Poisoned Grain, the Baraa as the last lot reoeived from you l&st season xvhica was everything that could be desired. I used some a few days ago after bay- Ing U frcm last season, and it was m firni-rate condition, and very effectual Dißlrict Office, South Eakala, 4th June, 1886. A Mxvvin PREPARED ONLY BY C. M. BROOK E, (f ATE OP KAIAPOI) ~ OHBMIST, ASHBURTON. POTATOES! POTATOES! POTATOES! fJIHE Undersigned has now for SALE, by Bag or par Ton, a splendid line off I Prime Blue Derwents, Grown on good ground, and warranted to give Batlsf*etfoo. ' PLOUGH SHARES^ PLOUGH SHARES. \ BANSOME and SIMS' and HOENSBY'S, *' (ALL feIZES.) ANGLO-AMERICAN DRILLS. DRAIN ANDIpLD PIPES- Cap© Barley, Cape Barley. . NELSON, MOAIE AND CO.'S , TEA AND COFFEE, AND ALL KINDS OF GENEEAL STOEES. GEORGE JIMBSOE ASHBURTON. .