The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1890. LAND FUR SETTLEMENT.

As the Lancta Department, when it ( | has land to sell, persists in giving the l smallest possible publicity to the fact, and as ot all things which make for the prosperity of the country it is most desirable that settlement should be en couraged—the first requisite to which is a knowledge of the lands available; therefore wo propose, though at our own cost, to give our readers the fullest obtainable information and that in the most prominent way, by placing in our leading columns matter which ought to have been fully and freely advertised. Yesterday we published the full details with regard to some 16,000 acres which, on and after March zo } will be open for r application in the Hinds Kangitata dis trict, and now we disentomb from tbe " Gazette," where it is virtually buried, similar information with regard to other lands which will be open for application for purchase or lease in the same district on and after the ijsth March. .These are as follows : — Surveyed Lands Section ~~~~ ( Oaßh T ot. Block. Distriot. Area. P"° r fl Lot. per [ I Aare. ~~ Fibst-Olass Land- ' Ashbarton Oounty.—Between Hinds and Bangitata Bivers. Lithograph 16. I' a. b. p. £ b d Alford 51 0 0 1 0 0 „ 1194 181 7 6 On Gawler Downs; hilly land, well grassed; difficult of aoceee. 35884 I VIII. I Sh'p'rd's 1390 011 5 0 I I Bush. I | Stony plain, one mile South of Mayfield, adjoinining water'raoe near Mr Mably's farm. 35834 IX. I Sh'p'rd's I 91 0 0 j 1 10 0 j I Bush, j j Stony land, near the sheep-yard of the Shep herd's Bush station. j IX. I Sh'p'rd's j 332 0 0] 1 10 0 | I Bush. | 1 Stony land, north of and adjoining Doyle's farm. 35888 ! XIIII Sh'p'rd's I 1026| 110 0 | I Bush, j | Small piece below terrace. Sh'p'rd's < 35890 XV Bush. 104 230 1 5 0 35891 XVI „ 18 017 1 5 0 35880 „ „ '47015(1100 S-ony land, on the Oraoro/t Bun lighter Boil than the upper part of the plain, but capable of being ploughed. 35878 | I. | R'ng't'ta | 45 2 711 5 0 35879 | 111. | „ j3Blloj 110 0 Stony land, on the Oraotoft Bun, light soil with here and there patches of manuka, ploughab c, but turnip atop not bo certain as on the higher land. 85881 VI. R'ngiL'ta 77 231 1 5 0 35882 „ „ 1051 30 1 5 0 35883 VIIII „ 183 0 15 0 Light stony land, fairly grassed, oapablp of being ploughed, but not suited for cropping. 35903 | XIII | W'et'rf'Jd I 78 019 | 1 10 0 Light stony land, adjomiog Mr Miller's land. , 35867 I. I Hiads ... 1106 812 | 1 5 0 36020 „ I „ .. I 3.6 229 I 1 5 0 35868 „ | „ .. | 23 088 | 1 5 0 Light stony land, fairly grassed, capable of being ploughed, but not suited for cropping. 35874 V. Hinds.. 12 2 2611 50 35875 V.VI „ .. 104 334 | 1 5 0 35870 V. „ .. 243 20 1 50 85871 | „ „ .. 212 11 1 50 Light stony land, about oue and a half mile north of Hinds township. 35877 | IX. j Hioda... | 33 3 7| 1 5 0 Light stony land, adjoiog Beotion 31729. - y | Shepherd's ' ' J Bush. H2o oo 126 V., IX. I „ 576 o o 1 2 6 Very stony, dryland, below high terrace of Ra"g!ta'a Rive . VII.. XII. I Sh'p'erd'sßush | 256 o 0 | l 50 St'-ny plain, one mile south of Mayfield, ad joining water-race near Mr Mably's farm. IX. I Shepherd's Bush | 147 o 0 | 1 10 o Stony land, near the sheep yard of the Shepherd's Bush Station. Shepherd's X. Bush 75 0 0 X., XI. „ 3;3 o o XHI.XIV. „ 3800 00 110 0 XIV.  430 o o „ 1, 830 o o X., XIV. „ j 560 o o V^ry stcny land, on the Cracroft Run, interspersed throughout with fair soil, difficu't to break up, and not sutable for grain-growing, but good turnip crops and fair grass can be obtained. XIV.,XV. I Sh'p'erd'sßush | 653 o o | 1 5 o Stony land, on the Cracroft Run, lighter 1 soil than the upper part of tne plain, but cap- ; able of being poughed. I, Rangitata .. 369 20 1 1. 111 „ .. 2768 0 o 11. „ .. 203 001 5 o M j  ». 239 O O „ I  — 322 o o ) Stony land, on the Cracroft, Run, light soil, with patches here and there of manuka, plougbable, but turnip crop not so certain as on the higher land. V. Rangitata ... 290 114 >  „ .- 409 o o „ „ ~ 280 0 O I I 5 O V..VI. „ .. 370 o or VI. „ .... 147 2 o 266 2 0 ' Light stony land, fairly grassed, capable tf being ploughed, bu not suited for cropping. V. I Hinds | 171 l 4f 1 5 o Light stony land, about one and a half miles north of Hinds TowDship. The following lands will be open for application on and after the 20th March :— SURVEYED LANDS. Section Oash or Block Distriot Area price Lot praore First Class Land, Ashburton County—Between Hinds add Rangitata Rivers. Lithograph 16. AR v £ SD oI 70 I. Hinds 95 3 31A 8 76 „ „ 200 013 .. 77 „ „ 150 0 01 10 O £ 78  .. 149 338 * W9. ». » 104 3,30; Description of Land: Part of old railway reserve ; well grassed} light stony land. (80 ] I. Hinds 238 2 20") 81 „ „ 234 2 o 82 HI. R'ngitata 247 3 4 83 ,t >. 247 137 85 „ „ 150 o 24 86  „ 166 2 2 86a „ „ 160 o o o 87 „ „ 233 126 $ 88 „ „ 226 318 Si 90 11, 111 „ 2542 11 f 5 ° £ 91 » „ 276 3is W 96 V. „ 191 215 97 11.  241 2 S 98 L, 11. „ 280 o 8 1 99 V, „ 136 017 106 IV. „ 208 036 101 1. „ 279 017 102 IV. „ 199 2 61 1103 „  2000 SJ Desciiption c' Land ; Part of old railway reserve J very 'ight stony land, fairly grassed, I <sarl J?e ploughed, but not suited for raising grain props 1 takgs grass fairly it not previously cropped, „ /13 IX. Hinds 235 ° IP\ % 15 » m 316 O O -' •16 „ „ 307 o o S 17 .. » 3" o 0 * VlB „ „ 3"o ol wIO „ „ 800 2[ ' »~ • 12 VJjf. R'ngitata 242 3 9 PS- 13 .• » 33 326 « S»J 4  .. 79 122 (2^l 6 „ „ 68 20/ Description of Land: Old lailway reserve between Hinds Ealing; light stony land, fairly grassed ; not suitable for cropping, as the soil would soon become exhausted. We shall icliow this up to-morrow by Babltehing, in tbo game Wty the P«

ticulars w th reference to lands between the rang tata and the Orari.

SALMON AT LAST.

Over and over again it has been stated that the acclimatisation of salmon was an accomplished fact, but over and over again investigation has proved that the report has been illfounded aud that what wore supposed to be salmon were after all only salmon trout. We have, how ever, just come across a paragraph in the "Barjgitikei Advocate" which looks more like the real thing than any news we have before seen. That paper "is informed that salmon folly 2ft long have been seen in the Turakina river, in batches of a dozen at a time. They were going np the river from the s°!a and leapt the rapids in the real galmon style." This, indeed, looks like salmon at last, and it is to be hoped that steps will be at once taken to verify the good news.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hobart is suffering from an epidemic of burglars, who are doing a brisk business.

Wood, a native of Australia, intends attempting to swim the Niagara rapids shortly.

Owners of racehorses who intend to take part in the Geraldine meeting are reminded that nominations are due on the 28th inst.

The sum of £724,118 was recently an nounoed as six months' profit of the Bank of England.

A selector named Clarke, in the Coonamble district (N.S.W ), has been aommited for trial for •• dummying."

The Viotorian Government have deoid 0 ereot a new lunatio asylum upon the cottage system. Estimated cost, £120,000.

The question of establishing a reformatory for boys is now engaging the attention of the Colonial^Trea&urer of New South Wales.

The sole survivor of the battle of Trafalgar is believed to beEmanoel Louis Gdrtigny, who is living at Hyeres. He was a cabin boy on board the French ship Radoutable.

The Victorian Government Astronomer reports that the weather in Melbonrne during January was hotter than during tha same month in the last 30 years.

The next outgoing San Franoieoo mail will olose at the Ashburton Post Offioe on Friday, 21st inst., at 6.15 pm. Money orders muai be obtained before 3 p.m.

At the Dairy Produos Show at the Exhibi" on Friday and Saturday some thirty-six tons of oheeso and five tons of butter will be in competition.

The Mount Bisohoff tin-mining company in Tasmania has paid its shurehoieers 145 dividends, making a total of £976,500. Tbe shares are £5 eeoh, and the dividends have amounted to £82 5s 6d per share,

" I have here an article on ' How to Manag6 a Wife,'" remarked a nun as she advanced to the editor's desk. " You are unmaried, I bfllieve," replied the editor. "Yea; why?" •• Nothing. I just thought so,"

The Oompte de Paris will spend the remain* derofhis daya in Eagland. The oount has had a touch of gout of late. For a time he, is more interested^ his toeß than in his mani festoes.

The natives living at Maungatautari are at the present moment in a semi-starving con dition. Their orops thia year have proved a tailure, and if they cannot reooup themselves they will most probably leave the distriot.

Mr Tregear of Wellington has received from the King of Hawaii a presentation copy of his Majesty's new book of ancestral songs, etc The Ksog, who is an accomplished linguist, thus adds one more to the list of royal authors,

Among the,name3 telegraphed to ua last night ot tha ouoL-essful oaaaidat.es in the Senior Civil Service (xaaaiatuion are thosa of Etnma Amelia Orf and Marj ny Ana Wiiham -800, Ashburton, the only Oauterbury candi dates mentioned.

It is believed that tha oldest clergyman cow in the Ohuroh of England is Archdeacon Jones late Arohdeaoon of Liverpool who attained his ninaty-eighth year last month, aud has been in hoy orders for seven■,j four years.

M. Wautwaller, a Swiss engineer, has applied for a concession for an under-ground railway up the Jungfrau mountain. He pro poses to reach the summit of the mountain by means of a tubular tunnel. The Eiffel Tower as a curiosity will have to take a seoond plaoe should the scheme be successfully oarried out.

We remind our readers of the Oenoert to take piaoe this evening ia St. Stephen's Schoolroom, in aid of the Amberley Church Building Fund. We omitted to state in our loaal of yesterday that Mr W. B. Dixon, of Bakaia, was the vocalists. Miss Traumann has also kindly consented to play a pianoforte solo.

At thrt Police Court this morniDg, before Mr B. Alcorn, William Simms, was fined 5s for having been drunk, Wm. Lambert was fined 5s for a similar offanoe. lambart is an old offender. Charles Lewis and Joseph Wade were fined 5s for having been drunk, and sent to gaol for 21 hours for having been illegally on tbe premises of Mr A. Berg.

A Home paper stataa that a horrible cia oovery was made at Carlisle on the morning of the 27th December. A man named Thomas Birketc, who lived by himself, had. not been seen for some days, and his room was entered by the police. His dead body was found, the fleßb. of the face, the nose and ears, naving been completely devoured by oats, of whioh he kept several. Three of the creatures jumped out of the room when the window was opened.

The judgment of Solomon was recently nearly enacted by a Transatlantic justice in Georgia, Two parents claimed the same negro baby, and evidenoe was so even that the puzzled judge suddenly thought of the wise king's expedient. He neized upon a bowie knife and proposed to halve the child, but both claimants rushed forward simultaneously crying '' Bobs 1 don't kill him. You may have him !" So the judge had to deoline a present of a blaok baby that he had no use for, and was as far from a decision as ever.

One of the great Sheffield steel firms has Buoceeded in produoing an armour plate of such hard, touohened steel, as to enable it to resist the racking effect of the modern steel armcur-pieroing projeotiles. Hitherto i has been necessary to provide the proper tough ness for steel plates by welding a wrought iron plate to the back, but if this invention should really be suooeuaful, there will be a great saving in the cost of tho armour plates, and they will be more eJlaotive.

Major Steward, M.H.8., having communi cated with the Grown Lands Department with reference to the circulation of the lithographs of the lands to be opened next month for application, has received a memo from the Chief Commissioner's Offioe intimating that " lithographs have been send round to all the Railway citations aud Poet Offices, to all land* holders surrounding the blocks to be opened, and to all parsons who may write or otherwise enquire for them, f am now sending them out to the looal bodies including the Waimate Oounty and Borough Oounoils."

An extraordinary case has just oome before the Court of Vienna, where a groom, in the service of the Baroness Stahlberg, brought an action against his znistress for damages as compensation for injuries received in her stable?, which he described as " a paradise for horses and a hell for men." The Baroness, the man stated, entered the stables at noon and stayed there till early (he next morning. During the time she was there she fed the animals with sugar aud oakes, and encouraged them to kiok and bite grooms, whom she kept in constant attendance upon them, often keep ins; them up all night tq wash and feed tho horses. " When I was badly bitten by the horse Mamsi" the plantiff stated, in giving his evidence, "the Baroness laughed heartily, and told me to kneel down and bind up her hoofs. This I dsolined to do, saying I would sooner attend on a dozen foxes than Mamsi, and the Baroness said that she would disu^js me frc-m her service for insulting her horse." The oaee was adjourned, as several former grooms and Btablomoa of the Baroness also appeared in tbe Ppprt to lay complaints for injuries, bites, and kioka reo'eived in the stable of toe Baronem Ptahlberg, {

We have to congratulate our young towns man, Mr J, R. Bland on his maiden effort as an auctioneer, made to-day at the Ash burton saleyards. A pleasing change has taken plaoe in the weather. A fairly heavy shower fell over night, and to-day the intense beat we have been experiencing for some time bad given place to a nice cool, rather moist atmosphere. The change will do a world of good, An incipient fire was discovered yesterday morning by Mr W. Rouse, Methvon, in one of the rooms of his own hotel, the Canterbury. Going upstairs at about half past eight in the morning, he saw thick smoke in the passage. Traoing it to its apparent source, he opened tbe door of one of the bedrooms, and found a pile of clothes burning on the floor, the occupant of the bedroom being in bed asleep. The fire was quickly extinguished by Mr Rouse, who found that the boards beneath the burning clothes had been considerably charred. How the oiothing took fire can only be surmised.

Wine at £400,000 a bottle is a drink that in expense would rival the luxurious taste of barbaric splendor, when priceless pearls were thrown into the wine oup to give a rich flavour to its contents; yet in the oity of Bremen just such a costly beverage may be found. In the wonderful wine cellar under the Hotel de Ville, in the Rose apartment, there are twelve cases of holy wine, each case insoribed with the name of one of the Apoßtlea. This ancient wine was deposited in its present resting-placa in the year 1624, 265 years ago. One oase of this wine, con sisting of five oxhofts of 204 bottles, cost 500 rix-dollars in 1624. Including the expense of keeping up the cellar, interest on the original outlay, and interest upon interest one of these oxhofts would to-day oost 555,657,640 rix dollars; three single bottles, 2,273,812 rix-dollars; a glass, or the eighth part of a bottle is worth 340,476 rix-dollars, or about £54,476; or "at the rate of 540 rix dollars, or £55 per drop.

The fire yesterday afternoon did very oon siderable damage—far more than was asoer tainable last night, Thanks to the Fire Brigade, who had out their full length of hose about 900 ft the fire was prevented from extending to Mr Bullock's private house, Had the building taken fire the matter would have been a serious affair indeed. It appeare that it took ita rise in a paddook belonging to Mr Purnell, and rented by Mr A. M, Pearson. It had been oaused by a man who was work ing in the pandook. To get rid of some rubbish he set fire to it, but the flames soon ran beyond hie oontrol, and covered he paddock he was working in, extend ng to Mr Robinson's paddook adjoining the dividing fenoe whioh was destroyed, as well as an out house and six bee hives full of honey, 1 From this paddook the fire spread rapidly, and it was only the opportune arrival of the brigade, and ihe lucky faot that there was ia a lagoon near by a fair depth of water that danger was averted from Mr Bullocks pro perty. Inoluding the loss already mentioned, Mr Robinson had also lost aboat £6 worth of harness destroyed. The crossing bridga on the road near Mr Bullock's was partly burned, and Mr Charles Reid's paddook of wheat just escaped. Another paddock of wheat in stook, also we believe the property of Mr Rubinaon, was. saved in the niok of time. Tbe experi ence of this fire shows the immense superiority of the steam fire engine, over the o)d manual engine, and proves the wisdom of those who advocated the procuring of a steamer a

SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EX TRACT.—In protection of the worldwide fame our manufacture has acquired all over the globe, we publish the following:—Hazard, M.D., Professor of General Pathology and Diseases of the Mind and Nervous System, says in an editorial published in the " Clinical Reoord:" —" We have examined half-a-dozen specimens of different manufactures; the preparation of Sander and Sons was the only one that proved to be reliable and correspond ing to scientific tests." Another concoction called " Refined Extract of Eucalyptus " has made its appearance since. This product stands, according to Dr Owen, foremost in causing injurious effects That gentleman communicates, at a meeting of the Medical Sooiety of Victoria, that a child living at Fitzroy became most seriously indisposed through its use. In another case a lady ttates on the strength of statutory declaration that Bhe suffered cruelly from the effects of the same concoction. To guard the high reputation of our manufacture we feel warranted in exposing the above faots, and desire the public to exeroise care and precau tion when buying. SANDER and SONS — AdvC," .- 7

CRICKET

(PER fjtißSfß A8SO0IAXIOH.)

Timabtt, February 18.

For the match tiju*k O*Dtarbuty v New South Wales thete ie a fine but anil day, The home team, who wont Id first, made 89 cUno In r two hnnri' Innings'

SOUTH RAKAIA SCHOOL COMMITTEE

A special meeting of tha übove was he'd in the Libra y on Monday evening. Present — Meaßra Hardy (Ohahrjaan), Oxley, Dowiing, Liddy, O. Dixoa and flarvey.

It was resolved to vote for Mosara Perryman, Allwright and HasJatn as Riemb jrs of the of Education.— Tbe sub-committee appointed to enquire re stealing; gum saplluga reported — " That while fully impressed with the gravity of tha cases brought under their notice, member* are of opinion the deli quencieshavingfceenthosubjactof investi gation and comment, % reonrrenoe of such depreciations is not likely to take place, and would recommend that i. the parties referred tj express regret for their notion no further pro ceeding be tikfm. Should a contrary Kttltuda ba asaum d the sub committee reoommend that the clrcamjt&nooß be reported to tbe Board of Education, with »r<qujotfor that body to dual with the matter.

The report was adopted un n'«t;ua'v. Ik itos decided to arrange with Pro feeior De Lorre to give en enterUtnment In tba Town H*ll.

The oorro«pondeat of the '• Aehburton Guardlun " submitted a 0 >py of the last report ot the Committee appearing \a that paper eUtlng that he hud been «coused of forwarding * tury vindictive reporc re gum thefte and he asked for an expresuion of op InioQ as to tho fafrnaes of tbe report. The meeting uoauloious'ty approved of the report »nd thought those Implicated in the thefts should be thankful tbe report wua ■uoh a mild one. At the surue time It wss pointed out that the words (* relative of one of theHe who was present was requested to leave the tuooa) was In oorreot; It sh< ci d have read " oue of thoie implicated."

After discussing other ma tier.) the meet- Ing adjourned,

MAORI DEEDS OF SALE

Mr Wfckefield in his book on New Zea ■ land tells a curious btory about the early deedß of sales of land between the Pakeha •nd Maoris, which if qorrect will ceit icly open Henry Qeorge'a eyes when he conieß be)e to lecture on his tingle tax. Mr Wakefield introduces this subject by saying "Theee early land transactions had Boma very curious ■ nil amusing fstares." Tina is bo'v he describes wh t tock pluco : "It was an ingrained Idea with tha Maoris that in eelliog tin land nothing was con tracted away from the t.ibo except what was aotua'ly exploited in the deed. The land belonged to tho purchaser, it is true but there was not! iag in the deed to say that the tribe had parted with auy of their rights in the tn ea, the grasu, the atroama, the fia'j, thu birds,' or anything else except the Boil itaelf Thus tbe pakeha Jt'uro- ( poan) found himetU exposed to inoeeaknt | trespaFs, or claimn to entry, whioh prac flo'illy nullified his title." All this how ever, was carefu ly provided toe by the threwder Europeans He sayß : " There are deeds still in existence wh'ch, to ob viate this (that is, to obviate the Maori olaicu for tbeir natural rights), are bo d/awn a3 to set Jforth in ihe minutest detail the s*beclute sale of all natural ' objects upon or below the 'and to be con- \ veyed, even mentioning such intangible \ oasementß as the Bunshine, tho alr,iithe r»lo, and the milt," '

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

[PSB PEE3B ASSOCIATION.] " SWEATING." London, Fabraafy 16 »nd 17. The Sweating Committee has been net up again.

SENTENCE ON BENZON.

Benzon was found guilty of forgery, and sentenced to three months impri sonment.

NEWFOUNDLAND FISHERIES.

A modus vivendi is being arranged with regard to the French claims on the Newfoundland Fisheries.

"MR ABINGTON."

" Abington " has brought an action against the Pelican Club for reflections cast on his connection with the Slavin- Smith fight.

EMIN AND STANLEY.

Emm is prostrate with grief and amazement at statements made in Stanley's letters reflecting on his hesitancy and indecision.

LICENSING.

Lord R. Churchill has introduced a Bill giving popularly elected District Councils the control of licensing, sub ject to payment of compensation.

VICTORIAN DIVORCE BILL.

The Lower House of Convocation has agreed to a, resolution requesting the Bishops and Lords to oppose the passing of the Victorian Divorce Bill.

POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH RATES.

Lord Knutsford writes that the postage and telegraph rates will be reduced whenever the receipts become sufficient to reimburse the bulk of the cost.

SHOCKING CRIME.

A girl of fifteen, who has been missing from West Ham, a suburb of London, foi a fortnight, has been found out raged md strangled in the cupboard of an empty house.

SECESSIONS TO ROME.

Since the commencement of the trial of the Bishop of Lincoln for ritualistic practices, several clergymen; holding high positions in the Church have gone over to the Church of Rome.

TYNDALL AND GLADSTONE.

Professor Tyodall,.i« a letter to the Press, characterises Mr Gladstone as the wickedest Englishman of the generation, and asserts that it he suc ceeds in Ireland the scenes of the Transvaal ;ind the Soudan will be re peated.

AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION.

Tha " Dai'y Telegraph" strongly ad vocates the federation of the Australian colonies, and asserts that for federation common naval defence is absolutely necessary. If the latter is adopted it considers the interest on borrowed capital will be diminished.

TREATMENT OF SOLDIERS.

Berlin,-i)\'braary 16, A rescript of the Emperor William enjoins officers of the army to refrain from ill-using soldiers.

THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY.

The Emperor, in a speech to the Council, states he has remitted- the labor question to a Committee. Bis marck was present.

MURDER IN CHURCH.

Chicago. JTubruary 16.

During a service in one of the churches in this city, a chorister was shot dead by a man whom he had attempted to reclaim. The assassin, while in the act of being arrested, com mitted suicide.

GENERAL BOULANGER.

PABIS, Fabraary 17.

Five invalidated supporters cf General Boulanger have been re-elected for Paris constituencies.

MADAME MELBA.

Madame Melba (Mrs Armstrong), the Australian cantatrice, has scored a brilliant success at Monte Carlo, in Gounod's "Romeo et Juliette."

THE DUKE OF ORLEANS.

The Duke ot Orleans is permitted to receive visitors. Boulanger considers the young nobleman's conduct plucky, but foolish, inasmuch as it is impossible hT aiy National champion to risk a coup d'etat. Victor Napoleon is agitat ing on behalf of his party.

AUSTRALIAN

(PER PRBBB ASSOCIATION.)

Sydney. February 17

A general strike of journeymen bakers is threatened on the question of the employment of non Union men.

A heavy rainfall has been experienced throughout the colony, and here alone four and a half inches has been registered since yesterday.

Information received from Broken Hill states that a house occupied by a family named Cantlon was destroyed by fire, and three of the children burned to d^ath

THE PARELL COMMISSION

(i'Kk fJAKS;* tMSOOIATIOW.)

London, February 16

The report of the Parnell Commis sion also finds that the defendants were parties to the no-rent manifesto, and that Le Caron's statement as to con spiring to expel the English garrison from Ireland was partially confirmed. There is some excitement in the lobbies over the report. Mr Gladstone will confer with his I colleagues as to the action to be taken. I Mr Parnell considers he is exone rated. Sir Charles Russell professes satis ! faction at the result, whilst tbe " Times" !is triumphant. It is probable the Government will remain quiescent tmtii the Opposition move in the matter. The " Freeman's Journal" and the «Pall Mall Gazette," in articles criticising the report of the •' Times "- Parnell Commission, claim that the members of the Irish party have vindi cated their character.

GOOD NEWS FOR THE BLIND

Happily we believe that bat very few persouH iv tbti town and county are affl oted with blind ness ; bat tbcM who are caned to mffei thii deprivation wi 1 doabt- Icis ba glad to heur that we have now among us a vliltor who will be »blo to do much towards the alleviation of their lot, This ia Ml- Tighe, a native of New South Wtiles, who having bean himself blind for tha paufc ihlcteen yeara has been for the post ten occupied in teaching othts blind persons to read, write, and work «t nuoh oooupatlon» aa are possible to them Id t^eif own homes. He wai appointed In 1883 by the Australian SoHetyforlherali of iheßliodtovisUQieenthndt'oEthepac poae of eaiabllaolng • aaburfl for tbe de*f, daoab and bllad—a mteston which he ao oont.plisbed with much sooceaa, being In charge of the school for a period of five years at the expiration of which time he was recalled by the Society aad aoked to come over to New Zjaiaad for a like poipoee, He accordingly arrived in Auckland tt the beglnniug of last year where be h»s baen th« masuu of establish ; ing a Sjoloty known aa Frionda ot ihe Bllad of which the fit, Rev the B.uhop of Auckland Ib President. Mr Tighe is now visiting tha variouß oentrea of pupa lation tn the Sjatu Island tor ihe purpose of interviewing and placing ihlmseltujn communication with the blind and re latives of the blind, aad purposes nuking arrangements to visit tuem at thair homes to give them iastruotloa. fie Otara with bim ihe moiC naiiafaotory credentials, of which It wili doubtless anffica to give the following :—" Bishop* Court, Aookland, Oct. 24, 1889. This h to iutroduoa Mr Tight), Toucher of ihe Bind, to all who wiah to help thoni ■ufieiing fcom bllndneai in New Zealand. Me Tighe ii himself blind, but is an experienced and tuooees'al teacher. Ht> ia employed by tt>e Asaco'atioD of the Friends of the Blind, established in Auok land in April, 1889, and is now on a too; through the oo.ony for tha purpose oi visiting and teaching (where pusiibld) paiaoua enff ring from blindneaa. All who read this letter ar« reapeotfulls requested to inform Mr Tlgbe cf the abudea of blind people In their neighbor hood and to help him tv find them. The Aaoooiatlou hope tven;ua!)y to build a Bobooi <and an Asylum for the Blta<~i — W, G., AuckHnd." Mr Tighe bstaying at il*i.xy'a Oonsaietolal H. el •ju may be seen between 8 and 10 &.va ( and botweau 12 n^ou t»nrt 2 p.m

CORRESPONDENCE.

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

THE WATER QUESTION.

XO THE EDITOR.

Sir,—One more word about the water supply, then I must leave the mat er to more able pe.is than mine. Mu~h to my astonish ment I find that some settlers, who aie more than amply supplied with water through the medium of the water races, have the audacity to suggest that the river shou d not have a stream flowing down its course at all, but merely be used at an outlet for storm water. A nice state of things this would cause. No scientific engineer living could foretell the evil that wou.d take place if such a sate of things were allowed to be brought about. Our rivers have now already been drained to such an extent that all the underground reservoirs supplied by the river are quite, or nearly by this time, exhausted. WeUs are going dry that have never been dry before, not even when the river was dry in 1886. And we know these wells are fed by the river, or why should the water riss in them when the river rises or get discolored when the river is discolored.

No one can tell what will take place if the source of these underground reservoirs be allowed to dry up. Instead of our wells being sixteen or twenty feet deep they will have to be <=ix y or eighty ieet, or perhaps more. What would be the effect on the Borough of Ashburion, or bow would it affect the Canter bury MilL, .he proprittors of which, ia order to obtain water for milling purposes, paid the . authorities for a supply, and then besides had I to huild and maintaia several bridges at their own expense, and what for? Where is the water to-day? Would the Borough of Ash burton be content with a dribble from a watfr race, and for which precarious supply they would h *ye to trust to the caprice of the water raDger. Would not the inhabirants of the Wakanui d'strict be better supplied if the North branch were allowed to flow on down its full length. The opponents of water flowing down the river bed maintain that under the present state of affairs the few are suffering for the many, I maintain that it is quite the reverse w th the Borough of Ashburton, the inhabi tants of Wakanui and the Forks districts, and residents on the lower portion of the 3\orth branch. If these are not ia the majority as regards numbers they are in other respects. "Wh'Cil part is the most heavily taxed, the Forks and Wakanui districts or Dromore? and which part is the best supplied with water to-day ?

Why should the water wheel at the Canter bury Mills be rusting on its .axis, while its more fortunate brother out on the Plains is humming away and cutting chaff at the rate ot 1J ton per hour, with the same water that the proprietors of the above mills paid for to drive their flour mili ?

Why, if they could speak, the very fish would cry out against the present muddling way our water is managed, for have they not perished by the dray load in the North Ashbutton and Wakanui creek.

The authorities in the County Council seem determined to make us trust in the skies lor' our water supply, as they do not appear to take the slightest step to alleviate our sufferings, when these same sufferings are to a great extent caused by the Council taking our water away from us. My advice to the inhabitants of the Boiough of Ashburton, of Vvakanui, the Forks, and the North Ashburton is 1 his: If the Council won't rectify their errors and give us back our proper water rights, then let us combine and take our case to the highest tribunal in the country. In England, Queen Victoria would not dare de prive her subjects of water in the manner our Cointy Councilhas done.

If this state of things goes on, ourtivers and springs will be dried up, our wells will have to be made much deeper, the miller will be deprived of the water power he is justly en titled to, the town of Ashburton will be blotted, clean off the face of the earth on the occasion of the first conflagration that takes place, an 1 an innumerable host of other evils will follow on the drying up of our rivers, our seasons of drought will be much more fiequent and severe.

The tiver is drer to-day than it was in 1867 as at that time there always was water in the holes, and it only ceased running for a few hours foi a short distance above the site of Digby's bridge, and this was the first time it weatdry in the memory of the oldest settlers. The next time was 1886 and then it only ceased running for a few hours for a short distance above Digby's bridge and it has never been dry before or since till the present time, and it has never been dry through its whole length.

We will trust in the Almighty, We w«ll trusi in the clouds and sky, Then turn and fight the enemy, That drains our flowing rivers dry. Apologising for encroaching so much upon your space. —I am, etc., OCTAVIUS DIGBY,

SILENT SONGS.

Afar on the pathless prairies The rarest of flowers abound, And in the dark caves of the valleys There is wealth that will never be found. So there are sweet songs in the silence That never will melt into sound. The twilight illumines her banners With colors no artist can teach, And aloft in the clouds there are sermons Too mighty for mortals to preach, So life has its lovely ideals Too lofty for language to reach. Afar on the sea there's a music That the shore never knows in its rest. And id the green depths of the forest There^ are chairs that carol unblest, ; So deep in the heart there s a cadence Aad a music that's never expressed.

ASBURTON BOROUCH COUNCIL

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of th fc Ashburton Borough Conncil was held las aight. Present—His Worship the Mayor (presiding), and Crs Williamson, H. Fried londer, Kerr, Cuthbertson, Scaly, Brooke, Bird, Alcf arhne, and Scott. FINANCE. The Mayor reported tbat the debit bilance at the bank was £1372 «s 7& The amount received from alt sources since last meeting had been £126 8s 7d, and of rates were still outstanding. SALVATION. ,„.- --.^^w. Col. Taylor of the Salvation Army, wrote stating that a notice of assessment had been served upon him. The Army's barracks being used as a place of worship, he claimed the building was not liable to assess ment. . , .{ ;.» It was decided to settle the matter before the Assessment Court. '.:'• ' GAS LIGHTING, i_ The' Lighting Committee reported as follows:— " Your Committee have the honor to report that a-meeting nas been held with a s deputa tion of the Gas Company, consisting of Messrs Bullock and R. Friedlander and the Secretary when, after full discussion of the' matter, the following ofier was made »n-the part,of the Gas Company :-That one day's lghting at every moon and one hour, each evening 00 the 4th, sth and 6th days after the full moon be added to the late arrangements; that is, that the dates of lighting be from the 23nd February to the 22nd Ctetober, lamps to be extinguished at it p.m., and on the 4th, sth, and 6th evenings after the full moon, at ,10 p.m. instead of 9 p.m. as before, and not to be lighted for 7 days before the full mppn, inst-ad of 8 days according to'the former agreement, and three days after. Ihis service to be performed for the same sum as the late contract, viz, £\ l2s 6d pe. 1 'tip per annum, or alternatively, should the Council'prefer on alteration made in the number of days and hours of lighting, that the conditions contained in ihe late contract be con* tinued, for the sum of £\ 7s 6d per lamp per annum, or 5s per lamp reduction on former price--. The said prices to include lighting, cleaning, etc.'' The offer of the Gas Company was accepted. WORKS COMMITTEE'S REPORT. The Works Committee reported as follows '. —The Works Committee have met a deputa tion from the Hampstead Town Board in conference as to improving .the .Nortiwast Town Belt between East street and the S E. Belt, and make a recommendation to the Council that a sum not exceeding be expended on the N.E. Belt, oh the condition that the Hampstead Town Board pay half the cost. The Committee also make the folio (ring recommendations:—That tenders 1 »bec*lkd for keeping the lamps in repair for 12 months —those now wanting repairs to be done at once; that the footpath on ths north-east side of Tancred street east terraced ; that a fence be erected along the race between the swim* ming bath and the paddock rented byHr Tasker.—An application w«s received from Mr Fen'on, champion bicyclist of Australia, for the use of the running track for two hours on Saturday evening, the 32nd iost.; aad asking the change. The Domain Committee considered the, charge should be £S S' P** 1* m advance, and a rep y was sent to that effect: Further correspondence on the subject will be laid before you.—The laoorgmghave-been engaged in clearing side channels,' picking large stmes off the roadways, and general maintenance work. As the supply water races in Winter's Road and Alford forest Road ate now dry, the Works Commit'ee instructed us to set the men at work at the annual clearing of the main races. The Council decided to spend £25 on the formation of the r.orth-east Town Belt. It waa resolved to reface the piece of aspha't referred to in the report, and. the clause dealing wih fences in the Domain was referred to the Works Committee. Wiittea and telegraphic correspondence was read between Mr J. B. Fenlon and the Council on the subject of a probable hone v. bicycle race to come off on Wednesday, February 26. The horse was to run inside the track, and the bicycles on the track- The Councillors seemed to consider that £$ 3s, as mentioned by Mr Fenlon, was gui c enough to pay for the use of the track if no gate money were to be charge!; but if gate money were to be charged the money ought to be £s'ss. The Mayor thought the Domain oughc not to 1 c opentd to any body who charged gate money for less than £5 ss. , , A The matter was referred to Crs Friedlander and the M;yor to arrange. , ,>,.> In connection with the present state of the channels, Cr Bird sud some of them were in a bad jtate. The Clerk said the water ranger had bsen taking charge of the bad places and clearing them out, FIRE BRIGADE. The Fire Brigade wrote mentioning the re election of their officers, and presenting an account for 16s. The letter was received and the account passed. The Engineer to the Fire Brigade wrote calling attention to the shrinkage in the spokes and felloes of the steam engine. Cr Keir was entrusted with the respond* bility of seeing to the wheels being put right. Cr Keir reported having, with Cr Bird, in spected the Brigade and plant at the usual half yearly inspection and found everything satisfactory. QUESTIONS. In reply to Cr Keir, the clerk said -that the Inspector of Nuisances was entitled to a month's notice. Cr Scaly asked how long the supply of water in the Domain reservoir would last. The Engineer said, with a smile, that the water was very low. Cr Keir asked what the cost of making a connection between the north and south branches of the Ashburton river would be. The Engineer replied that he had only Mr Baxter's opinion to go by—the County Engineer—and that gentleman had fixed the cost at between £&o and £400. borough solicitor, Cr Brooke moved the motion standing in his name to the effect that Mr Crisp be re tained as Borough Solicitor until the end of September. . „.•'•■ ~ Cr Friedlander, rising to a point of order, asked that a resolution of a previous date be read fixing as a retaining fee for the Borough Solicitor, so that that officer's services may be secured preferentially in any case the Council may have to bring, it; into Court. - ' Cr Brooke proceeded to speak to his motion, and sud that as there were no cases before the Cjuncil in which Mr Crisp had found it advisable to appear against the Council recentiy, he hoped the motion would be carried, with an additionathat Mr Crisp continue his services on the former conditions, —no retaining fee, and payment for work actually done, . ' Mr Outhbertson seconded the motion. Cr Friedlander asked why, if the Council considered Mr Crisp still held the "position of solicitor, it had passed the resolution at the former meeting. . k , V $, ! Cr Williamson said that when the matter was brought up first, he was of opinion tha; 'Mr Crisp was the Council's solicitor, bet he was informed by several Councillors that Mr Crisp did not consider himself such. He thought the best way out of the difficulty was to give Mr Crisp a month's notice and inform him that he was at liberty to again apply for the position. He moved in this direction. • ; Cr Friedlander seconded the amendment. Cr Keir supported the motion. Cr Scaly thought the notice should be <-*. tended to three months. Cr Williamscn was willing to extend the term, if his seconder were willing. Cr Friedlander said the quesir_ ; n _ o i v -j the position of the Council's ter ants £\SS pleases, and all matters ,£&£ Cr Scaly said the atfvi ce of Solicitor tM« «V *Usa2 a was somewhat leng'hy on this subject, and after Cr Brooke had replied. -Jntl^ f" ded that Mr Cris P rcCeiv« «* aS " With the °P tionof applying . Cr Friedlander asked that the Clerk be instructed to write to Mr Crisp stating that the Council would not have advertised for a bolicitor but for remarks made by Mr Crisp himself to the effect that he did not consider himself Solicitor for the Borough. The Council (then proceeded to consider the schedule of duties of the Borough Solicitor, which having been re fejrrei to the .Clerk to draw up in crder, and bring up at next meeting, PAYMENTS were nassei,

THB ASHBTTRTON GtTARDIAtt, TCEHOAT FTfITftJABY 18. 1890.



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