The Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1890. CHARITABLE AID.

That something needs to be done to put the matter of the administration of Charitable Aid npon a better footing is generally admitted, and it will be re membered that, recognising this, the Government last session brought down a Bill with a view to meeting the I difficulty. Ihe proposed measure, though containing Borne good features | was as a whole condemned as unwork \ able, and consequently failed to pass., ; Whether the amended Bill to be brought down next session will meet with a better fate remains to be seen, but mean time it is becoming daily more apparent that the whole subject is one which urgently needs consideration. _ For example, we notice that matters in re lation to charitable aid have come almost to a deadlock in Oamaru. In that town, or we should rather say in the district of North Otago, there is an in corporated Benevolent Society, having its head-quarters in Oamaru, which since its foundation some nine or ten years ago has done much good among the sick and distressed, its funds being derived from voluntary subscriptions aided by Government Bub.idy. We, how ever, observe that at a meeting held a day or two ago the Chairman said that their funds were nearly exhausted, and would be entirely expended by the end of the month. The local Charitable Aid Board has also no funds, and what is to be done in the circumstances is not very apparent, unless the latter can meet and make a levy upon the contributory local bodes. There are it seems a number of persons dependent upon the Society for relief among whom it is said there are none but really deserving cases. What these unfortunate people are to do if their only means of subsistence is withdrawn, we do not know. The case is one which emphasises the necessity for some change in the law which will provide against the occurrence of so distressing a contingency as the break down of the only organisation available for the relief of the distressed. The case at present is only the,case of North Otago, but similar difficulties may crop up anywhere, and therefore the sooner the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act is amended the better.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There have been no police oaeea before toe Justioes since laet Friday. The annual tea meeting of tha Aehburton Presbyterian Church has been fixed lor Tuesday, 29.h April, in the Oddfellows' Hall. The smallest eugina in tho world has jusfi b9en ficished in Baltimore. It oan be covered by a thmble. Three drops of water fill the boiler. The Portuguese Geog aphio Sooiety pro poaee, wi h th 3 aid of the Government, to organise a national oompany to explore the •illogod immei3e richas of Mozimbfquei A large meeting of. farmers at Leesb oa Tuesday evoning passed a resolution asking Sir J >hn Hall, member for the dißtriot, to use hia influence With the Government to have the 3booting season opened on April Ist. I hear (writes a London correspondent) tha 1 Mr Phil Robinson will shortly resign the cdi 01* 3bip of the '• Sunday Times," end that Me G. A. Sala will be invitod to accept the same. Mr Robinson is expected to leave England for ibe United States. Me St Maur, the comedian, Bays that he ran a eemi-'unny column in a weli-known evening pap.if once, and nearly killed the editor by til ing full Bpeed at the most prominent shareholder of the company owning the paper. Mr Harry Eiley hap, according to (ho " Otago Daily Times " ac length sucoeadedin gaining the eumrait of Mount Earnsbaw, at ,the head of tho lake, and fixed a ilig there. Ha was acoompanitd by Muir, photographer, fho Ebv Mr Green, cf Mount Cook fame, failed in his attempt on Mount JE^rnshaw. The L^rd Mayor is the recipient of muoh ou'ioua correspondence. Among the oddest letura whioh have reached Sir Henry Isaaos since hi 3 election is ono from a gent'eman wl o proposed, for a modest salary, to write all his Lordship's speeches throughtu; his public appearances of the year. A large number of oases of mild influensi or tevere oold aie reported in Ghristchurob. The attendance at the schools has diminished chough not seriously. Seven teaohera are absent from Eiat CbrJ3t^huroh School from this oause, and two or three from saoh of thfl other large sobools. The patients recover in two or three days' time. The Turkish man-of-war ship Eizegrou has been lying at Singapore harbour for several months past, unable to pay ihe port does end without sufficient money to buy enough coal to take her to Japan with a decoration for the Mikado, whioh the Sultaa forwarded J>y her. Qjly tha Su,bline Porte would permit suoh a diegrapeful atate of affaire, ; Tho globe in the Paris Exhibition yepre tented the earth on a scale of one millijntb, and was eearly 100 ft in diameter. Paris occupied about one third cf an inoh. All Ihe great lines of communication by land and sea were shown in detail, The earth'e dqily rota tion was precisely imitated by cloc&wcs^r, a point ou the globe's equator miying an eightieth p£ an inch per seoond. For mauy yea^e the Rothschilds bad a curious way of proyidjng a tjrthday present for all female children born to them at their ooming of age. As soon as the child was bom, six pearls were put aside for it of the value of £500. This waa repeated at every suooessive birthday, aa<? gfc the aga of 21 the fortunate young lady was presented with all the pearls thus collected in the ebapo c£ a necklace. We learn from the " Press 1' that for fvll } ot.= ments of land in blocks opened for application I on the 25th instant, between the Hinds and Rangitats, there were oa that day some fifty applications received. A few of them were for oaeh purchase?, but the majority were for land under the perpetual lesse system. The Land Board will deal on tha 3rd April will all applioauons made between now [and then. ' A Lent without fasting in the Eoman I Citholio world wmld oertainly be memorable, but that it may ooour this year in some p',aoa3 appears poesibla from a telegram received by ihe London Tablet from JJome la this it is stated that a decree has been issued by Cardinal Monaco La Valletta empowering tho bishcpß in every oountry visited by influenza to absolve the faithful from the obligation to fast and abstain iftjtil further notioe. A rather extraordinary case at Ohrjgtchuroh oocuired early on Tuesday morning, Smoka was no iced issuing from a cottage jh Lyttel ton street, ia th£ occupation o| Catherine Ryan. The door was burst open by & neighbor, who found a woman trying to raise a fire in a box, into which she was stuffiing old rags. The fire was put out. The woinao, named Mary MoMahon, was arrested ,f*t?d brought before the Police Court, and remanded till Friday. A Jitile boy passing aloDg by the gully between Oice3us mine and the townspip last Sunday rcorning (says the "Ntnthorn Beoorder " picked up a pennyweight piece of gold, and on looking about ha discovered a number of fragments t.biofciy impregnated with the precious metal. A party of ever $ dozen soon joined the child, and to the great astoniebment of all everyone on the soene svbb picking ap nice little Epeoimenß, whioh weze Btrewn over aores ef the gully and along the adjoining spur. Whether the specimens : oame from a reef further up the hill or were ! for some unknown reason strewn about is not known, It orushed, all tha pieces would, produce fully 2oa 9' gold, &

The electrio lighting r.t the lighthouse on j Oapo de la Hava in Franoa is generated irorn a motor whioh is ran by the wind. The Dunedin Trades and Labour Council, at the request ot the Wellington council, is about to try and form a "Union in connection with the Roslyn, Moegiel, Ashburton, and Oamaru woolen mills, where there are about 800 employes. ) The Colored Minstrels gave their seoond performance in the Oddfellows' Hall on Tuesday evening, to an evea more densely orowded, and, if po36ib.le, more appreciative audienoe. The Company left for Teomka by the midday train to»day Owing to the diffiouHy experienced _in preparing the room in which the exhibition was to take plaoe, the Giant Family were unable to open to-day in Montgomery s< Buildings. They will, however, be ready to-morrow, and the levees will be held daily during the remainder of the week. It is stated id the Sydney Telegraph that a letter has been reoeived from the Rev Principal Rimy, of Edinburgh, statiDg that Professor Henry Drumtnond, author of " Natural law in the Spiritual World " and ] "Tropical Afioa" is thinking of visiting Australia. A oooferenoe of Presbyterian clergy was hastily convened and it was unanimously resolved that Professor Drum mond be invited to visit New South Wales. We learn from the " North Oiago Times \\ that a remarkably narrow eeoape from a fata accident occurred on Monday afternoon at Eiohmond's crossing. While Mr T. Brooks, in the employ of Messrs Bisset Bros, was driving a cart across the railway, the engine of the express train struck the cart and smashed it to pieces. Fortunately the driver was thrown clear of the line, and sustained no serious injury under the circumstances than a dislocated shoulder and the shook from the fall. The horse was not injured in any way. Dr Garland attended to Mr Brooks, and put hie arm right. Mr Brooks says he never saw the express till it was right on him, and had no time to get out of its way, Mr Edison has added a new horror to ex istenoe. He attaches an instantaneous photo graphio oamera to his phonogragh, plant his two lethal instruments right ia front of an orator, and sets them to work. The phono-. graph reoords every syllable that falls from his lips, every "hem" and "er"and mis pronunciation, while the lightning oamera simultaneously photographs eight or twenty times every seoond the movements of the speaker. Then, the photographs are pro jected by a magia-lantera the size of life, the phonograph is set going, and the oration oan be re-delivered acl infiiiittm, As the magic lantern oan magnify a pioture to any size, we shall see some day a twenty foot orator fitted 'with a speaking trumpet orating to 100,000 persons in Hyde Park. A general meeting of the Ashburton Hovers Football Club was held on Monday evening, at which a very large number of members were present, Ttie following offioers were elected for the eeason:—President, Mr D, Thomas j Vioe-Presidente, Ray E. A. Soott and Mr A. Harrieon; Hon-Secretary and Treasurer, Mr O; B. Knight; Committee, Mesara W. Kidd, H. Moas, W. H. Webber, B. Low, and H. Stewart; Gaptairj, Mr 0. B. Knight; Vioe-Oaptain, Mr H. Stewart. It was deoided to open the season in Aahburton with a matoh against Lsoston on Eister Monday, and that in view of this match praotioe should stiirt at once. In the mean lime two delegates were appointed to wait on the Oounoil re the Domain Grounds. Judging from the meeting on Monday evening none of the energy shown last year has fallen away, and this season should prove just as interest ing as its predecessor. Twenty years ago there roamed over the i plains and mountains of the far West of Amoiioa nearly 9,000,000 buffaloes. To-day there are less than 500 bead of the animals in existence. Thoro are but 85' head of wild buffaloes, 304 alive in oaptivi'y, and about 200 under the protection of the Government ia Yellowstone Park. There are aiso said to bo about 550 head in the British possessions | north of Montana, but tbi* ia rumor. Of the 85 head of wild buffaloes which are known to esisf, 25 are in Texas, 20 in Colorado, 26 in Wyoming, 10 in Montana, and 4 in Dakota. Tho statistics have been carefully gathered by the officials of the Smhheonian Institution, and it is absolutely known that the number sated eompii'e3 all the wild bii£f*!oes of the world. The skeletons of the numerous herds of a score of years ago are bloaching on the Western plains, a tribute to the prowess ol the Amerioan Nimrod,

LATEST CABLE NEWS

[by elkotsio telegraph—coprßraiiT. [Pbk Press AfsocivnoN]

THE FLOODS.

hspsnY, Much 26 . The heaviest rainfall on record has fallen since Sunday lasf, and all the country districts are flooded. The weather, however is now clearing. Brisbane, March 25, Fears of another flood are .entertained. Charters Towers is under water, and railway communication with Sydney is still interrupted. At Townsville the witer has touched the highest point ever know 1, and boats iiaye been en gaged in rescue duly all night. A hurricane drove the residents to take refuge in the schools and hotels. The' damage done is calculated at £10,000. Fifteen houses have been wrecked, and 30 blown oft' their piles- Two deaths are reported.

LOCUSTS.

Adelaide, M-.rch 26. 4 piague of locusts has caused great destruction.

THE ADVANCED WOMAN

Sho went round «nd asked pubso/lptions Fp ■ tb6 hoathou b'aak Egjrptisna And fchp Tpira dol Fuo,'Br,p, So tin did 5 F^r tha lilbss roun^ AMabase*, And the mea of Madairaien, ' • Aid the pooraoula of Alaaka, Bo ale did ; Slia longed, she siid !o buy i JAlf oake snd j^ta snd pie For the Anthr,Qpphigi, , So tho &ii. How oho lovei tha cod Nojr ,7?g'an, And tbo poor half-melted ft'e :>jeah, And the dear Molncci poop!o, to aho did ; She cent of red tojmto To the tribes »t ,tho e^u^tor, Cat her husband ate potutQ, JSo ho d id ; Po&,r helplose, homalosg thing (My voice iA'.ea as I sing) ' He tied hi-? olothea with string i Yes, ho did, '

THE MARKETS

(PER PBEBS ASSOCIATION.) Sydney. Mairoh 25 Chick wheat 2s 9 d to 2s lOd, milling 3s 7d to 33 8d ; oats are quiet and | steady at 2s Id to 2s 3d ; barley, Cape 2s 6d, English 3s 9d, nominal ; chaff up to 4s lid ; potatoes, New Zealand 75s to 803 ; onions, 15s ; butter lOd to Is, factory-made Is 2d to Is 3d; cheese 2d to 4^d, loaf 5d ; bucon- New Zealand 9d to 9id ; hams, New Zea land lid to Hid. Melbourne, Maroh 25. Wheat is in stronger demand ; old 3s i lOd, new 33 8d ; oats, Calcutta 2s 4d, Victorian, stout, 2s 10d ; prime seed 3s 6d ; bwley, feed 29 9d, malting 33 lOi; peas 3s 3d. Adelaide, Maroh 25, ( "Wheat, 3s 5d to 3a 6d. I London, Maroh 24 Colonial stocks are rising. Ihe Queensland loan is quoted at 2£ per cent premium.

THE LABOR TROUBLES

[per press association ] London, March 25, The masters have promised to grant the demands of the Newcastle engineers in May, and the strike is at an end. The Fireman's Union threaten to block Liverpool's trade if blacklegs supersede-the men who are out on strike. The Medway bargemen threaten if the strike is not settled by April ist to withdraw the bargemen below Tilbury. This will involve 20,000 man. A strike of 40,000 Etst End tailors is imminent, as the result of a failure to obtain relief irom the report of the Sweating Commission. Fearful distress is anticipated. The Liverpool dock owners have paid no attention to the request of the strikers to be allowed to work apart from blacklegs. There are sufficient non-unionists available without taking on strikers. The Yorkshire colliers have not altogether ' resumed work, pending concessions to the banksmen.

BISMARCK AND THE EMPEROR

(7KB PEEBS i88O0IATiu« ) Berlin, Maroh 24. It is rumored that the Emperor William intends to include the chief party leaders in the new Ministry. The Emperor has informed the Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria and King Humbert of Italy that the recent change of Chancellor will not affect the foreign policy of Germany. It is reported that Count Kalnoky, Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sigaor Crispi, Premier of Italy, and Herr de Caprivi, who succeeds Bis marck, will shortly meet to discuss the situation. Msroh 25. The Emperor has writteu a letter to Bismarck stating that tho latter's re signation is a blow as severe as the death of his grandsire. Bismarck may possibly accept a title on the condition that he dees not altei his name. Count Herbert's resignation has been accepted, The Emperor has appointed the re tiring President of the Prussian Minis try to a poet in Hanover. | The Emperors of Germany and Austria will have a meatiug shortly, Both the latter and the King of Italy have written to Bismarck, regretting his resignation, and admitting the value of his services in the cause of peace.

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN. (P 5K P.'.J33S ASSOCIATION.) LOHDow, Marph 24. and 25 The Budget will be brought down on April 14th. Socialist candidates will oppose John i Burns for Battersea. Tbe Government has promised to j reconsider the rjuestpn of Volunteer equipment. I Nonconformists have repudiated Mr John Morley's utterances on the edu? cation question. Her Majesty, accompanied by Prin cess Beatrice, has started for Aix les Bainsj in France. The Bank of Australasia has declared a dividend of 12^ per cent., with a bonus of 6s. The Colonising .Committee has re sumed its deliberations. Sir J. Fer gusson is Chairman. Mr Gladstone states that he does not intend to retire from political life until Home Rule Ijas been achieved. Mr Chamberlain states that the success of the English occupation of Egypt justifies its continuance. Betting on the University boat race has veered round to 6 to 4 on Carh biidge. The Oxford crew is regarded as being over-traifled? " Negotiations for a Canadian-Atlantic Mail Service have been renewed, and as ctrcng financial backing has been secured, are likejy to be successful. Lord Dunraven has retired from the Sweating Committee because his draft report was not considered by them. Archbishop W"a^sn has issued a pastoral" letter, enjoining the clergy to establish Temperance Societies through? out the parishes under his jurisdiction. A Russian 4 per cent Conversion Loan of 75,000,000 roubles is an nounced to be issued shortly. The 4llotrpent Act, 1887, Amend ment Bill has'been read a fecosd time in the House of Commons. County Councils will administer its provisions. St. Petersburg, Mcrch 24. Russia has interned Ishak Khan in Simarcan^ Ro^e, March 25 A Conference of vylcse growers 5 has begun; its deliberations'. Paris, Maroh 25. France continues ihe temporary commercial convention with Turkey. "•' ' PbetoriAi March 25 President ICruge'r proposes tha£ the settlers in the Transvaal shall be per mitted to vote after two years' residence. Washington, Maroh £5, President Harrison has issued a provdbmatpn warning trespassers against infringing 0$ the Behring's Stiaits Fisheries. Zanzibar, M«rch 25 The Portuguese at Mozambique, under orders of the Governor, relused supplies to a British man-of-war and insulted the officer. Bkl&bade, Mtrch 25 Servia has begun fortifying the Bul garian frontier,

AUSTRALIAN.

[PEB PRBBB ASSOCIATION.) Sutdney, March 25 Parliament assembles on April 29th. MEIBOUBKB. March 25 Parliament will meet the third week in May. A youth named Bennett shot his uncle dead out of revenge for an alleged assault on his mother.

ASCENT OF THE SUTHERLAND WATERFALL

Me William Qalll writes as follows to Me 0. W. Adams, Chief Surveyor, i OtBgo:-J Oa Sunday, Matoh 9,1890, after break fast, I loft the beach bat In my usual ' c lmbing costume, taking with ma tslso a billhook, a ropa for lowering, an alpen* stock, and a pieoa of oalloo, on whloh were painted with hematite my name md the date. The fall oomea down a precipitous o'iff, wtrch ?orm< a sad3la between Mount Sutherland *nd Mount Mart, and op this faoa to the top I had determined to go, Oa leaving the base I kept on tba left or eftstorn side, about tbree or four chains distant from the edge of the fall. .The olimbing np to the bead of the lowest leap la not very difficult, but beyond that It begins to get steeper, and as the faoa is of smooth granite rock one has to be careful; while in some places where there U neither hand not foothold, cnwliog on all fours ia the only way of getting up. Of oou;en, by keeping oloaar to the fill I ooutd hiva token a-Ivaatige of the ecaat herbaga which there offers a preaarloui handhold, bat, owing to the quantity of spray brought down by the fall, I judge*! it batter to keep aw»y if I wished to mike thu ascanfc with a dry skin. Oa getting up aboat 700 or 800 ft I encountered a thick growth of a nasty kind ofaorub, whloh exteddad up tithe top of the middle leap, and this, with the increasing steepness of every foot, and the continuous spray whloh now oama down on me from the npper leap ilka ceio made my prograta exceedingly slow. With every foot higher I climbed the air beoame keener and ooldor. I had to oteep is best I o vuld through thla stunted aorab aa it wou'd delay me too muoh to ass the bill-hook The shingle and water grass that sur fouudad tha foot of thia leap ara re markably leval for si great a height; la fact, tho foot of thla leap fa not unlike 'he foot of the lowest leap, Tha uppes? loap doßoendlDgperpeudloalarly, strike) a tookp pool, oroatlog a powerfal bha*, which drives tha spray with bilndlug force In all dlreoUona—sometimes dowu the middle leap, Bomstlmes right out towards Moant Hart. A carious thing oooara hare. The water rushaa from the pool dowa a rtoe fully two chains long, b.'foro It takes Its aeoond grout leap.. The grade of this rsce ia, i chould lay, about one foot In sixteen. But now commenoes tbe real cUmb ; a steady hand and a strong norvo ato.all that keep me from dipping if I chaaca t) look dowD, and the loaat slip would eead mo down the pa* pedicular rock to bo daehod to pieces hundreds of feet below. Aa I was noarinp; th 9 top I had to work to tha left to avoid a high pecipica, and at last, aftor three aud a half hoars' harJ climbing, rcamooutou the brow of the oliff. Tho spot where I came out wa* about three or four chains to tha left tf the fall* 1 trave h'd down this brow, wbioh in fornv-tlon h somewhat aimilir ti B<l!o.n Saddle;'and now 1 stood at the tuoatnit of tha h'gheat waterfall in the world 1 As I Stood I turnsd towvrds tho south and discovered a beautiful like about a mi'e wife ; but its length I was unab'a to guo:s, ai the casern end w^a that in by a ebouldor of Mount H*rt The lake is fed by the immonoo glacier on Mou^t Snthirland; while lower down sovcal spa ;!1 watorfills aad streamleta from Ihj glaciors emptying th m3i)lvaa in'.o the lake formal a pr^tt? speo'ae'e On the south side the lakp is total'y h'.mraedinby a range of peaka,'which I have ranaad the ''Nicholas Mountains,' at thi foot of whion Is a pebbfy shore ; but on tho north aide Mounts Suth rand and Hart d^scand p rp^ndioular'y t) the water's edgo, Th<) viaw ftom tha brow on which I was standing was indesoribjb!y magnificent, This lako 'a tha rassivoU* of tbe Suther land waterfalls. The outlet or hevi ia:e is a deop chaaca about 100 yards in length, 12ft wide at the bottom, and with steep sides, in Bone plaoss over 60't in height. The water ruihsa through tbia obasm with groat force and awlftneaa, making a' torelble no.aa, I tiJok that thla ohaem hai a fall!of about Ift it. 12ft, or possibly lft in 10ft. Oa tha Mount 'Hart aide I waa abie to deaoand in the ohtam to tho vary waser's edge, »nd I msnaged to go up tha'race towarda the hka for aboat 25 y^rds ; and although the entrance at the lake o uld ba Been veiy p!a:nly, bayqad that it appears fmpoasib'e to ga, Witbln kbout ten yards from the lower end of tb/s chasm the water strikes a face of rock, and after making a pretty curved leap in tha air ("somewhat after the manner of th 3 Bown FA), bst on a ematler Ecale) it fal a a^airt; to shoot along with in creased rapidity uitil it disappears oyer the face of the oiiiE, aud from th's pokt i's coarse ii teit seen from bolow, Ulosa id the edge of this chasm, and as near to the top; of the fall as there waa holding g;rour.d, I erected my calico $:g, which can be each by the naked eye from any popt whence the Tall itself is visiblo. Oa my return i meney I o»me down from flig to base h\ two hoefs and a half without h ssratch or bruiae, P.3.—The Sutherland Fall is 1904 ft high, and strikes the rocky precipice twioe in its descent", forming threa leaps, the upper being 815 ft, the middle one 751 ft, and'tUe lower

INTERPROVINCIAL

(PBR PRESS AQBOOIAriOST.) AuosiAiip, March 25 Seven persona wore fin:d 'to-day in sums of £2 and £1 and costs for having aold adulterated milk. Tfao funeral of tho late Father Hallnm took place to?day.' ' A Becmiom Maaa waa offered tat bt. Patrick's Oathedrel by Father Hackett, several ofcaar priests being present, and the cortege then left for Waikomiti Cemetery, whore the remiins of tbe deceased gentleman were inteired. The Evangeliat, Henry Vsrley, arrivad this eyeniDg from Sydney. A public meatirig to formally receive him. w-ib ho'cl at (he Young Men's Christian Aasoc'ation rooms. Me Varley 'delivered an address in wbich he protested against ilia denomi national ejsiem of the Churches, and pleaded for Christian unity. Wellington, March 25 Henry Burton, charged with permitting gamb'jig onbia pro'inisos, was fto&d £15 Hyman Hyams, who wae mulcted in £150 dimagea for bioaob of promise at Nelson, has filed h;.a petition ia bank* rnptoy. Tho creditora are Mits Charlotte Mills, £166 3s; E, Q, Jttiooe, £62 5j 8d ; Mra'Hy^mSj 1 £3. DprNiDiN, March 2$ The CrcßO.nt eatata, Stirling, v»8 aolcl by auotioQ to day in small farms. Eleven out of sixteen farms vreti of at the sale or privately afterwards, the total of the sale being £6306. Tha farms ranged from 28 to 160 aces, and prie?s ranged from £4 to £i 5 15s per aore, ?2 acres rflalisiar tbe 'atte" pr/on.

THE INFLUENZA.

. (per pbbss association.) AUCKLAND, Mitch 95 At tha meeting of tho Sweating Com missioners to-day, Me Sprang, ehorfhind clerk, waß aefz?d wit'a La, grippe, aod had to be sent home. Mastbrton, March 25. ZoflueDzi h»B broken out. bee, but la a mild form only.

SPORTING

AUSTRALIAN HOKSttS AT HOME. [PSB PaESS ASSOCIATION,] London, March 24 Normanby and Jflut»roh ran last in the Trial Stakes at the L'noola mdetiag- Batting Is 18 to 1 against Natellan and Klrkham ooup'ed for tha Derby. Plutarch atortpd In the Trial Stakes at tha L'ncola meeting merely to ascertain the colfttive form of Mr White's hordes* i

TROUBLES OF AUSTRIAN ROYALTY

The troubles of tbe Austrian Royal Family seem to have no end. The Em press is growing more depressed every day, and the court physicians are at their wits' cad. Her Majesty's latest delation Is that the Arohiaohesa Stephanie was primarily responsible for the Grown Prince'a death, and aba hatea the poor woman accordingly. The Arohduchess heraelf wlahea to oontrgci a morganatic marriage with a young Austrian noble, and considers the Emperor a perfect mon ster of hard-heartedness beoause ha will not give his oonsent. His Majesty Is also much upset concerning the public dlsgraoe of the Aroh&oke John, whom he has just been ob'lged ti strip of hla titles and raiuoe to the rank of aoommon civilian. John Orth (as his late Imperial Higane&s Is now called) will la fature be liable to eiaotly the same punishment for rioting, drunkenness, &0., as John Smith Of any other body, and U is folly cxpeoted that betore long he will be sentence! to a pro traoted term of imprisonment. Naturally the Rmpeioc did not psooeed trt these extreme meisores till everything else had baon tried. The youag man's debts were paid again and again, and he has been given freah start after fresh start, always however, with the same descredliable i risalt—a new- btaak ont.

A RAILWAY DOG

Napoleon, a dog belonging to the driver of looomotlvo No* 66, running on the Denver aid R'.o Gfando Ballro»d, mait ba a remarkable example of hli special. He has been engaged with hla master, who resides at BUlda, Colorado, for the past two years and a half on the aamo englaa, His apprenticeship commenced a v > the early age of six months. His first ttip was not a saooeas, on aooount of feight, but this wsa speedily overcomes He caa now go Into tho roundhoasa where tffenty oLbt engines era kept, elng'e oat and raoant his ovrn machine, and la the absnnos of hU nm'es and tha fireman, defend !|| agi'nai all Intruders. He rlde» on the fireman's side of the otb, with both h!a front paws and head banging cat of tha window, Intently watching tha track. Ha frequently eoaata oattla a mlla or more distant. When they appaar In eight, ho bscomoo greasy excited, looking first at the cattle and tbea at his maa'.er, as though trying to make him comptoaend the gravity of the situation. Cn nearer approach ha Eets np a cry similar t) that of a huoaan being If n.O;B3ary to ojme to a full stop, he boundu out of the cxb, rona ahead, and losos no li<n i in convincing the treapa^ssra of the impo tmc3 oi fiodn^ same other cimping grcund. When necessary to comrauolaate with help at the watering stations. fre<juant'y at long diatanoea from tha track, a note is written and given to the dog, who del vita ie, aid speedily returns wl h a ivply, S'gaala to Ptart fror^ his o^n engine ftre interpreted by h"^, bat li 9 pays no moro heed to the whistles and balls o£ othee engines than to catt'e th^i may b3 aaf.ly gras'mg on the sidos of tho road- Hia olfactory powers aresokcea that ho his frequently given his ma3tor t'maly warning against stock, that, if etrack, might have reaalted. dis astrously. He is wdlknowa to all railway employees between Ogdan and Salida. If accidentally lef c at a^y of thi stations, he returns to Sa'ida by the first train, —Iron.

IRISH LAND PURCHASE.

MR BALFOTJR'S BILL, (PER P8833 ASSOCIATION;) > London, Maroh 24 Me Balfour, Secretary for Ireland, in troduced the Jrish Land Parchase Bill iv the House of Commons to day. He contended it wag an improvement upon, was cheaper and more rapid of execution than Lord Ashbourne's Act. Parchase would be voluntary, and there was no risk to the British taxpayer, though British credit was utilised. The maxi mum advance would be twenty years' Feut, leee loqal *ents paid by the landlord. The total amount of adva'nee3 would be limited to thirty-three millions '(repre senting capitalised value of numerous Imperial annual grants for Irish pur poses), plus ten millions provided under Lord Ashbourne's Act.- The money jy'riutd be re-lent' as it was re-paid, ' Mx Q-ladgtone admitted v the coura geous policy on Mr Balfour's part, and promised that the measure should have unbiassed discussion on his side of (he House. The Bill was read a first time, and j&e geooijd reading sat down for April 15tai, '•' l • London, March 25. Mr Gladstone, speaking at a meeting of the National Liberal Club, said Mr £alfour,'s Trish Land Furchage Bill was a bold bid for popularity. The measure involved large pecuniary liability to the British taxpayer. Mr Balfom 4, in speaking to the Bill, contended that the collateral securities provided, rendered it impossible for the Treasury to suffer sixpence loss. The congested districts would receive a special contribution of one and a half million from the Church surplus, Landlords would '* receive* 2| per cent stock or Consols.- -■ r The Bill has made a favorable im pression in the House of Commons, ex copt among the members of the Parnellite party. The Bill creates a central land depart ment, "provides for' payment pf 4 per cent for forty*nihe ; years, ' and insures freehold. ■ A Special Board supervises and amalgamates holdings, and controls immigration and emi gration, as well as seed supply md fisheries. Tenants pay heavier amounts for the" first fire years', in order to form an insurance fund and erect laborers' cottages, in other re spects the Bill is similar to Lord Ashbourne'a Act. It is understood that Messrs Parnell and Davitt are opposed to the measure.

THE CZAR AT HOME

To see the Emperor to best advantage he must be sought in the bosom of his family. The Czar has most wonderful strength of muscle. He can bend a horse shoe or strangle a bear by mere force of ham\ Once. while in Denmark, when a conjurer was showing his skill, the Czar offered to produce a specimen of his own abilities; he took a pack of cards and tore them through with the greatest ease. At Gatschina he loves to go . fishing with a harpoon by torchlight. Like Mr Gladstone he is fond of felling trees, but unlike that gentleman, he equally enjoys saw* ing them into lengths, The Czar has five children, three sons and two daughters. The Empress has her daughters much with her, and has not even a so-called governess for them.; Her own personal attendant, and her and her iady of honor serve also for them. Inpait, this springs from the Emperor's love for simplicity of life, but in part also that they try to surround themselves with as few people as possible, so that as little as may be concern" 1 ing their private life should transpire to the outer world, of whom they are, and not with out good reason, much afraid. The Empress superintends in person the education of the two little Grand Duchesses, Xenie and Olga, aged fourteen and six. The Emperor in his leisure moments tries to do the same, for hi* boys. '

A WHOLESALE MARRIAGE MAKER

Some Amusement was caused in the Fitaroy Police Court the other day, when the Mayor asked the Rev Nathaniel Kinsman how many marriages he had celebrated since he combined the calling of an auctioneer with that of preach* ing the Gospel and joining couples in the bondl of holy matrimony, "Six thousand seven hundred and eighty one," was the answer. Inspector Brown: How many years have you been at this interesting business, Mr Kinsman! #The Rev Gentleman; Twenty-six years; When I first started I got very few; but tome* how they come in wholesale now—(Laughter). Since I performed this marriage on the- llth December of last year, I have celebrated 107 I marriages. Igo in for it now wholesale,—; (Laughter).) " \ Mr Kinsman has given up auctioneering, and this year did not apply for a license. Can it be tbat tying people wholesale pays better than knocking down their goods retail } ■ '

BISMARCK'S RESIGNATION

[A Pbophsoy ] The ion rose red o'er all the world, the moon had rcreamed and fbwn ; -- The wlad waa hashed, the ooean itlll; the awful news was known, With troops of tpaolel constables the oapltali were Hoed, For In the eky these wordi appeared: " Prluoe Biamtiok h»> resigned 1" Vfliuvim aiapted fait, the ilven bank their bounds; There was a ran on all the banks for several million poands. Ten thousand inattei thea were drawn the potentates to bind : And kingdoms rooked thencelve* to aleep, foe Bismarck hai resigned 1 Then mothers aezad their babies and fled to undiscovered spheres — A. yawning ootttqaaka swallowed op the Bcltiah Honae of P«ars; The Fa&erlaad went off in pops, no pUoM coald they fiad, . . And earth flaw off to endless ipaoe, fot Bismarck had resigned. That night the troe New Zaalandef arrived with osrpet b»g, And on the rnlna of a world he atnok his native fltg; . J And there alo&e he smokes his pipe, and whispers to the wind— : • *' It'a vary lonoly here at nights, now Bismarck hja resigned." ■_■; PcTohaaco ia other happier 4»ys, when people coald not read, Lsbs fatal the reenlt had been of BU marck's dreaded deed j - Petohsnoe a weaker rase of men would matter "Naver mind} The world rutty jaet 68 wall ga on, though Bismarck has resigned." , G. R. Sims.

"MR ABINGTON."

The following ctbkgram, from an Am* tralian paper, did not apparently reach New Zailand :—" The owe of Darblahlre v. Darbiahlre and Btlrd came od b fore Mr Jostles Batt and a oommon *ju;y la the Divorce Divlsloa of the High Court of Justice to-d»y: The petitioner, Ifr F/anola Parblahlre,: the well known gentleman cricketer, applied for a dlvoroa from his wife on the gronnd cf her adultery with Mr George B»ird, and oialmed £10,000 damage*. The respondent was the widow of Mr Lytton ttdward- So them, the well-knowa jaotor, ajtd (s now herself acting under the name of Miss Agnes Hewitt. The co-respondent! Mr Georga Bilrd, la a partner In kfaaj famous Gartsherrle ir mworks, and nndat his raolng came, 'Mr Ablogton," hat reoently been very prominent before the pabllo la conneotlon with the Siifln? - Smith fight at the Pelloio Qlab. -.<fhf.; jar/ fouad for the petitioner, and awoMij the damagsß at £600." ~ Tha Wanganni "Hera fd" eaya: Mr " Abington "Baird, jadgingby the extoat to which h3 figures in cablegrams,' la a moet important figure ii England. Noth ing coold be mote erroneous. He is IbMl unworthy son of a very worthy father, The Bairds of QartßherriaHftere wen five brothers), four of whom became gteaf coal tu&etersVm&dd their Start in life by a lucky hit, One brother botreht (wo acres' of worihless land in Lanarkshire.for £12Q' from an; old Irißhm«n, and' there was found the first of the celebrated caal pits, It was the fathi? of tni present Mr Baird who wofi a eoverejgn from Mr ftjtfrry, tbA well-known sportsman and ooalmaater, by repeating the twenty-third Paa'm when Mr Merry ohal'eaged him to repeat tha.. Lord's Prayer. Mr Marry did not know : tho difference, and paid over the bet. Mr BainJ, senior, at his death, left large euniß of money to tha Scotch churches." Tha foregoing partlou'ars are not preo'aely" accurate ia %\\ J seep^ota. The brothers W.lfacn *.»n«l l>ayid were, the pioneers of tke great buainefs with ■whish the name of Baird ia aopooiated. . Thty purqhased their property at Qartshame to search for coal, bat found irog insVaad, though later on coal was alajj discovered !on the «ame gtcmtiy.- Bab-'- BCfluently'they introduced th# eyetem of Iron Final ting whjoh U«4 iw foundations of the vast foitono of to© family. , ,■

A NICE CHRITMAS FIND

Charles Rol', of Newark, accidentally broke an old mirror on th.c eve. of Christmai, It had'been' given to him years 'ago by his graoq* father. The glass was shivered tomtoms, and an old age-yellowed piece of parchment wia disclosed to view for the first time in a century j and more, as was proved by (be nature of the i document. For seventy-five years Roll and.;,; his relatives have been endeavoring to gain -^ additional evidence with which they could j I lay claim to. a wide stretch of land in the 'Mohawk Valley, along the banks of the Mohawk river*;' Roll knew perfectly! well that his Dutch ancestor, Jacob Roll, hadewned a .large tract of land tnere which, had- beetk abandoned during the French and Indian wars, but he never found any papers by which he could fix the position of the land. The document which dropped from the m\n6f back four weeks ago was, the .important missing proof, t&at the heirs of Jacob "RaJl, of whom there ara «O. hvitt icma.htmn «—*.—!,. Having found it, they will press their claim to . the property at Schenectady (N.V«)» *a'ue4 at 6,000,00b301. The piece of tol4ed parchmeirt was a Seed from the Indians to Jacob Koll f giving Roll a clear title to a tract of land four ■' ! miles in length along the Mohawk River, beginning in the city of Schenectady and running back from the river nine miles. The whole town of Amsterdam is believed to be included in the Tndian deed, as are also taluj able properties of the New York C«*f«J Railroad,

THE ASHBTJRTO& GUAESiAft, WEDftKSDAt, MARCH & 26, 1890.



JOHN C, CORK] B4.RBISTEU AND SOLICITOR Buiiooks Aro^de, BuriVHt Street, A&hKiuton. L F, ANDREWEB & CO, ' Monster Bazaar. THE ANNUAL BAZA.AB and Sale of Work in connection with the Parochial District of longbeaoh, in aid of the Church Funds, will be held in the TEMPLAR HALL,T£HWALD, ON EA9TER MONDAY, 7th April, 1890. Bazaar opena at 1 pm, Luncheon provided on a liberal scale at a v.ry moderate charge. Any contributions of produce or live Btcok may be left at Mb Hbsbltine's Shop, Tiowald, tni they will be thankfully acknowledged. Admission 6dj Children half-price. Jl An express wil leave from the Post Cmca AohburtoQ at intervale. Bfß2 Sporcmg. UDDINIJAm TO, AUTUMN MEETING. TO be held on the Ashburton Racecourse on Wednesday jnd Thursday, iPBIL 23rd"~and 24th, 1890 President—E. G. Wright. Vice-presi dent—John Grigg. Judge - Matthew Stitt. Stewards—C W. Purneix, E G. Crisp, W. B. Denshire, Hugo Friedlander, J. C. N. Grigg, T. Leahy, "W. Lyttelton, E. Saunders, M. Stitt ano D Thomas. Treasurer—David Thomas. Clerk of f cales—R. Fried lander. Clerk of Course—A. Hews in Handicapper—J. Crusswell, Starter —David Thomas. PROGRAMME. [Afifitoved by the Committee of the Canterbury 1 er Jockey Club. First xace each day to start at 1 p.m; FIRST DAY. .—HURDLE RACE HANDICAP, of 45. soys j second horse to leceive 5 soys from : the stake. Two miles. Over eight flights of hurd'es about 3ft 6in high. Nomination I soy ; acceptance, 1 so». a,—LONGBEACH PLATE, of 25 soys; second her eto receive 5 soys from the stake. District horses only. For three year-oltfs and upwards. Weight for age. Winners sitce August Ist, 1889, of any race or races (excluding selling races) of the individual or col'ective value of £20 to cirry 41b extra; of £40, 7lb extra sof £70, iolb extra; of £100 or upwaids, Idlb ex'ra. Maidsrs having started twice or ofte- er al'owed—three-year-olds 7lbs ; four-year-olds and upwards, iolbs, Peoal-ies and allowances to be calculated to time of starting. One mile. Entrance « —ASHBURTON AUTUMN HANDICAP oi 60 s jvs ; second hone to receive 5 soys from tl'e stake. One mile and a half. Nomination, 1 %soy; acceptance, I soy, 4.—NOVEL RACE, of 25 soys. The winner to be sold by auction imm diately after the the r cc, the whole of the pro ceeds to go to the finds of the Club. Weight, Bst, any overweight to be de clared. Half a mile. Entrance, 103. S.—DISTRICT WELTER HANDICAP, cf 30 soys; second horse to receive 5 soys from the stake. District horses only. One mile and a half. Nomination, 15s ; acceptance, 15s. 6.—FLYING HANDICAP, of 30 soys; second horse to receive 5 soys from the stake. Three-quarters of a mile. Nomi nation, 155; acceptance, 15s, SECOND DAY. I.—COUNTY HURDLE RACE HANDI CAP, of 35 soys; second horse to receive | 5 soys from the stake. District horses ] only. One rrile and a half. Cyer six ] flights of hurdles about 3ft 6in high.. Nomination, 15s; ac-ept-ince, I >Js. | 2.—GRAND ST \WD HANDICAP, of 501 soys ; second horse to receive 5 soys from j the stake. 1. ne mile aad a quarter. Nomi nation I soy'; acceptance 1 soy. 3.—WAKANUIHA^DIC-^P, of 30 so's; second horse to receive 5 soys from the stake. Disttict horses only. One mile. Nomination, 15s; acceptance, 15s. j.—DISPOSAL STAKES, of 30 soys. The winner to be sold by auction immediately after the race, the who'e of the proceeds to go to the funds of the Cub. Weight, Bsl, sny overweight to be de clared. Three-quarters of a mi'e, Enl ranee, los. S.—OPEN WELTER HANDICAP, of 35 soys; second horse to receive 5 soys from the stake. The winner of the Grand ' Stand Handicap to carry iolbs penalty. One mile. Nomination, 15s; accept ance, 15s. 6.—HARVEST HANDICAP, of 30 soys ; second hor c to receive 5 soys from the stake. District horses only. Ihe winner of the Wakanui Handicap to carry 7lbs : penalty. Three-quarters of a mile. Nomination, 15s; acceptance, 15s, RULES AND REGULATIONS. 1 The meeticg will be held under the Rules of Racing, 2 No entry will te received except on the condition that all claims, disputes, and ob jections aiising out of the rac;ng stall bt decided by the Stewards or whom they may appoint. Their decision en all points con nected with the carrying out c f this programme shall be final. , 3 A district horse shall mem any horie that has been commonly resident in the cistrict between the rivers Selwyn and Waitaki frem January 15th, 1890, and up to the date of the meeting, and owned ly a person who has resided in the said district durirjg the same period. 4 Owners are responsible for the proper weight I eing carried in the Longbeach Plate, and at the time of entry must Dotify to the Secre'ary what penalties or allowances are up to taat time accrued or c'aimed. 5. Five per cert, will be deiucted from the gioss of all moneys payable in accordance with this programme for the expenses of the course. 6. All Eomina'ion, acceptance, and entrance fees to go to the funds o.' the Club. NOMINATIONS, Nominaf ions for a'l Handicaps, accontbaiiied by fee, name, pedigree, a%e, description, and performances of horse, and colours of rider, must be in writing, and ia the hands of the Secretary not later than 9 p.m.- on SATURDAY, April 2th, 1890. WEIGHIS. Handicaps fcr the first day's races will I c publ'shed en or abojt April 18th. Handi caps lor the second day's races will be published, at or about 8 o'clock in the evening of the first day's racing, ACCEPTANCES AND ENTRIES Acceptances for the first day's Handicaps and Entries for the Longbeach Plate and Novel Race, must le in the hand? of the Secrdaiy uot later t.>an 9 p.m. en MONDAY, April 21s , 1890 ; acceptances for the second day's Handicaps and Entr.es fo the Disposal Stakes not later than 10 oV'ock in the eveaing ot thcfiist da/s|races, _. %*& G gISSET, Secretary



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The best medioine is Sander and Sona' Eucalypti Extract. Test its eminent power ful effects ia ooughs, oolds, influenza, etc.— the relief is instantaneous, Thousands give the most gratifying testimony. His Majesty the King of Italy and medical syndicates all over the globs are its patrons. Bead the ofiioial reports that accompany each bottle. We have no occasion to offer rewards in proof of the genuineness pf our references. The official reports of medioal clinics and univer sities, tho official communication of the Consul-General for Italy at Melbourne ; the diploma awarded International Exhibition, Amsterdam —all these are authentic docu ments, and, as such, not open to doubt. We add here epitome of one of tho various cases treated at the olinio of Schultz, M.D. Pro fessor, etc.—" C.8,. 24 years old ; conges tional abscess on the thigh. Incisions made in two places. Although Lister's dressing was applied, the secretion became, two dayi later, very copious, and had adopted a foetid decomposed character. The temperature rose enormously. In consequence the dressing was removed, and in its place were made during thfl day-tims repeated irrigations with Eucalypti Extract. The cffepsive footer dis appeared very soon, the fewer abated within n few days, and the patient recovered alter the lapse of several weeks. In this instance we must not lose sight of the fact that the latter fcr&ataent payed the patient's life.' — (Advt.) ' 3



For many yeara Mr Tuppar, who receivad half the profits, derived an income of from £500 to £800 a year from "Proverbial Philosophy," and from first to last bis reoeipte on acoount of the book were £10,000, as he teUuußio big "AvUQfaiognpby."



The "North Oiago Times" saya that influenza is very prevalent in Oamaru at the present time, and in a good many houses all the members of several families have been looted At the same tin*] I