DEATH.

Harrison—On May 21st at Allenton, Thomas, beloved husband of Sarah Ann Harrison. Aged 38 years. (His end was perfect Peace.)

The Ashburton Guardian Magna et Veritas et Præevalebit WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1890. THE CASE OF BERNARD CULLEN.

. That has happened in connection with this case Avhich might have been predicted with absolute certainty—the appeal has been dismissed. In point of fact His Honor Judge Ward could have taken no other course. Had the question at issue been whether Cullen had been rightly convicted, that is to say had it been capable of being shown that there was evidence sufficient to justify a presumption of innocence, or of mistaken'identity, or that the evidence was insufficient to establish his guilt—then it would doubtless have been competent to the superior Court either to quash the conviction or order a re-hearing, but as the identity of the accused with the person who committed the offence, and the.offen.ee itself were not denied, it remained that the intervention of. the superior Court ,was asked on the sole contention that the sentence was disproportionate to the]"merits of the case, or rather, perhaps, we should say the demerits of the prisoner. Now this was to ask the Judge to overrule the discretionary power as to appor tionment of penalty accorded to the Court below—to ask him -to do what is never done and hence the appeal necessarily failed. But those who have moved in the matter should not let it rest here. Having put their hands to the plough, they must run it right out of the furrow, and the step -which now lies before them is a very obvious one— they mustlay the'matter before theMin ister of Justice, Unquestionably public opinion is that the sentence of three months hard labor is altogether ex cessive, and that for once the local Benoh has made a-mistake which should be remedied. Should the Minister endorse that opinion (and in view of his action in Morden's case there is room to hope that he will), then a few days will see Cullen set at liberty. By- that time he will have received a lesson that should teach him to respeqt tfr§ authority of the police in future, and the worthy Magistrate who (no doubt with the best intentions) has, in our opinion, erred on this occa sion on the side of over-severity, will have received a hint which will pro bably save him from forgetting on another occasion that justice should be tempered with mei'cy.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Most of us Avorry over our trials but the lawyers worry if they haven't any, Stoats, weasels, and- mongoose are now protected under the Rabbit Nuisance Act. Mr C. H. Mills, of Havelock, will at the next election contest the new "Waimea-Picton seat against all comers. Where can we Jlnxl,, a,*-woman's -head- auct uetraying none ? On a postage stamp. Olaf Kraker, an Esquimaux woman, is to lecture in England. She is the. first person of her race to ascend the rostrum. Newcastle, New South Wales, becoming ambitious. Going to build the biggest dock in the world, La Grippe has takon a firm hold at the Kohimarama School. Twenty-three boys are confined to bed. Waiter (at the Club) —"There is a lady outside who says that her husband promised to be home early to-night." All (rising) —" Excusemea moment." The private wealth of Australia is c- ti mated at £1,136,000,000, whilst the public debt of the colonies is £176,000,000. In Auckland fifty-one drapery and clothing firms havo expressed a willingness to give their employees holidays on Saturday after noons. It is said that Mr Valentine, who represents Waikaia, and Captain Me Kenzie, who formelry represented Mateiura, will oppose the Minister of. Lands at the next general election. Cricket has caught on to such an extent in Samoa that the Natives neglect their good crops in order to play the game. They often play 150 a-side and the game lasts tan days or a fortnight. The " Illustrated Sydney News " of May 10 contains some graphic, illustrations of scenes at Bourke during the great floods, picture sque peeps in New South Wales, views of Levuka etc. It is an excellent number. It appears that ground olive stones are used to adulterate pepper, and the Governor has accordingly ordered that the ground stones shall hx future be subject to a duty of 4tl per lb. "Yes, Sir," said Mr^Gallache, "it was funny enough to make a donkey laugh. I laughed till I cried," t And then, as lie saw a smile go round the room, he grew red in the face and went away mad. It is rumored (so a North Island paper says) that the staff of the Bank of New Zealand in this colony has been submitted to the' pruning knife by the London Director ate, and several very high officials will be dispensed with. At Wildon, in Styria. Austria, a, special commission counted two thousand two hun dred bunches of grapes on one particular vine. This prolific vine is 22 years old, and, seven feet above the ground, divides into five branches, which, resting on a Avire fence, cover a courtyard measuring about 140 square feet. The variety is an Isabella, belonging to Labrusca. The Dunedin grocers and merchants have come to azi understanding with a view to pre vent undue competition, The grocers are to cease marking the price of goods, save bacon, butter, and eggs, the merchants entering into a bond, with a penalty of £50, not to supply any grocers marking the price of goods, the) grocers being similarly bound not to dual with merchants (supplying such tradesmen, According to the " Dunstan TJmfcd," a hard winter is likely to be experienced in the goldfielcls districts. Heavy snow has already fallen on all the high ranges, whilst in the low country the frosts are very severe, ice covering all the standing pools. Food for stock is dreadfully scarce, and with the J prospect of a long and hard winter, there are bound to be heavy losses. The " Otago Daily Times " says the lux ury of a hot supper hitherto provided by the Union Company for passengers connect ing with their steamers at Lyttelton by the Southern express will now have to be dis , pensed with, as we are informed that the Cooks and Stewards' Union have decided that it entails unnecessary work on their' members for so late an hour. Hong-Kong is'a little England, the crea tion of English energy, enterprise, and in dustry. Forty years ago it was a barren rock, inhabited by a few squalid fisherfolk. To-day it has a population of 160,000 souls, and a reverue of £250,000 a year. Of late , years it has added sugar-refining to its other industries; and what with its banks, its | manufactories, its newspaper, its tramway,. and its docks, it is one of the most thriving , »laces in the world,

■The schools at Gisborne have closed for a week on account of "the influenza. On her last trip between Sydney and Auckland the Alameda made the passage in 3 days 17 hours 46 minutes. ', Twenty-two persons have been killed and a hundred injured by a gunpowder explo sion at Havannah. Mr Gladstone thinks England should address a friendly remonstrance to the Czar regarding the Siberian atrocities. The "Economist "states that the dividends paid by the Australian Banks are the largest in the world. A man named Thomas Thompson, of Inland Patea, has been fined £45 16s for sly grog selling, with the alternative of two months' imprisonment. He chose the latter.. - It is telegraphed that Dr Hodgkinson (the present member), Mr Hirst (a former mem ber), Mr McKinnon, Mr J. W. Hamilton, and Mr Cuthbert Cowan will be candidates for the Wallace seat at next election. Since writing the article on the case of Bernard Cullen, which appeal's in another column, we learn that Mr Crisp, solicitor, is interesting himself in giving practical effect to the suggestion therein made, having drawn up a memorial to the Minister of Justice, which has already been influentially signed. ' The directors of De Beere Company, in the Kimberley, South Africa, mines, gave a Christmas picnic to their 3000 employes, at which were eaten 1200 fowls, 400 turkeys, 150 geese, 100 hams, 10001b of spiced, roast and boiled beef, and 1800 pigeon, veal and ham, • and chicken and ham pies, washed down with 5000 bottles of English and German beer, 100 cases of champagne, 200 cases of claret, 100 cases of Burgundy, be sides brandy and whisky. An Atlantic steamer reports passing on Feb. 4th, in latitude 43 north, longitude 50 west, an iceberg 200 feet high and 1000 feet long. Another steamer reports seeing one in the same locality—probably the same berg —200 feet high and 600 feet long, and a field of ice not far away. The latitude is that of the north of Spain and the State of Massa chusetts, and this far southing of the ice will lengthen the steamer track for the summer. It is reported that an absolutely certain remedy for hydrophobia has -been dis covered by Dr Bokai, the Professor at the Transylvanian University of Klausenburg. It consists of a simple mixture of chlorine and bromine, sulphurous acid, and perman ganate of potash in aqueous solution with eucalyptus oil. With this the wound must be thoroughly washed, and then dressed with a piece of lint which has been soaked in the mixture. If the treatment is followed within a reasonable time after the infliction of the bite it is said to completely destroy the virus. The latest and worse than foolish craze on the part of some notoriety hunting women (writes a lady correspondent of the'' London Echo ") is a crusade against the side-saddle on horseback. Quite an animated con troversy has been raging in the columns of the leading journal of country pursuits upon 1 the subject, and some infatuated females declare that they can rida greater distances with less fatigue astride -.|. ■■ i ■ ■!■. : '.■ V.'<. Inquiries at some of th ■ I■. .. ■ • •\\ V " reveal the fact that v■' '! ■■..:■■ !";■ purchasing men's saddles for their own use. It is difficult to think that so ugly a fashion will find favour. The " Financial News "of March 18 says : Merryweather's portable hydraulicking machinery—made on the lines of their well known steam fire engines—has produced quite an excitement amongst owners of gold and other mines, for Messrs Merryweather and Sons, . the inventors of the scheme, are deluged with in quiries from South Africa, New Zealand, New South Wales, etc. One of the Gold Companies referred to in the " Money Market j Review " of Saturday last has had full par-1 ticulars, and- is working out the scheme in a measure on the Marry weather system, with the gratifying result of an increase in the price of its Shares. The late Mr Merry, the sporting iron master, who represented the Falkirk Burghs, knew,more, of• racehorses-that <vf politico , j ikib it was noted by his friends that he never ■ fail to vote in a satisfactoiy manner. When some one asked how he contrived to secure this result, he frankly confessed that lie always watched how Mr Crum Ewing, the ' member for Paisley, was going, and followed him into the same lobby. The late Mr Biggar it sterns, followed a similar plan when he first entered Parliament. He knew nothing of Euglish questions ; but his votes on these were decided on Mr Merry's method. " I always follow that bald head," he said pointing to Sir Wilfred Lawson's pate, " and then I know I am right." In reference to a paragraph recently published in some of the newspapers in the colony to the effect that it was the intention of the Government to disband the present Volunteer force at the end of the present year, we (Colonist) have it on very good authority that no such intention exists. Whatever reductions of country corps may be made, we understand that there is no in tention of reducing the Volunteers in such ocalitie3 as Invercargill, Oamaru, Timaru, Blenheim, Nelson, Wanganui, Napier, etc., but that on the contrary it is probable that in those places the capitation grant will be slightly increased, and that some of the conditions of earning capitation which are found to press hardly on Volunteers, will be removed. We are glad to be able, to mention the above, so as to remove any misappre hension which may exist among our local Volunteers as to the retention of their services by the Government. Writing of Walter,Besant's life of, Captain Cook, a London special makes these remarks: —As might have been expected, it is very readable and veracious; not wholly to Cook's credit. Mr Besant does not mince matter's, and shows that while we must certainly, attribute bravery, honesty, and modesty to the great navigator, the first explorer of New Zealand, yet he cannot escape the accusation of cruelty. It was a feature of the times, as a critic says, " to cut a Friendly Islander's arms to the bone, to chop off another native's ears, to shoot men as they swam, to job boathooks into their bodies, to burnhousesand boats, allabout such a trifle as a small goat, which was conduct a trifle worse than ill-considered." Yet New Zealanders, above all men, cannot but feel a regard and respect for the memory of this man, and to j them I can heartily commend Mr Besant's brief and cheap biography, The London correspondent of a contem porary writes :—The Scotch gentry have as a whole declined to know the new Duchess of Sutherland, and His Grace (who no longer bears any resemblance to the Bayard sans peur ct si ns rcproclic of twenty years ago) is furious. According to report, the vindictive old man has revenged himself on those tenants whose wives declined tq recognise Her Grace by evicting them. Be the reason what it may, several of the gentlemen holders on the estate are leaving. In fact, one of the most prominent is the Duke's late agent. I am told His Grace, \y]\o is quite irrational on the subject of his marriage, and seems to think it ough't to cover a multitude of ante nuptial indiscretions actually had the hardi hood to propose the Duchess's presentation at Court. The Lord Chamberlain referred the question to the Queen, who, on (lit, sent the Duke a message which made his cheeks flush and his ears

From the Bar to the Barracks.

«> — It is not of tfen that a lawyer of any note joins the Salvation Army. There is no inducement for him to do so. TheArmy is not rich in this world's goods, and conse- 1 quently has but few conveyances to be I drawn. In Auckland, however, a lawyer, who was once a prominent man in his profession, has joined the Army, and is head of the Prison Gate Brigade. How came he there ? Drink was the chief cause. Years ago we remember him in Otago when he was an able man, and one of the i most active and best looking fellows in t that city. His name is Mr G. K. Turton 1 He was at the time we speak of a member J of the firm of which the late Mr Macassey, \ was the head. His career has been a most chequered one since that time. Those who knew him in the days of his prosperity would have little dreamt of ever seeing him in the uniform .of the Salvation Army. He seems to be doing good work now, or trying to. His old I friends would be glad to see him pull himself together once more , and make a new start at his profession if he could at all do so.—Ch.Oh. " Telegraph."

The Railway Employees.

[per press association.] Wellington, May 2L. Mr Millar, Secretary to the Maritime Council, has received the following letter from the Railway Commissioners in answer to the requests preferred by the deputation which waited upon them last week :—"I have the honor, by direction of tiie Railway Commissioners, to inform you that they have given the matter their careful consideration, and are willing to pay as from 18th June next the ordinary rate per hour for casual labor employed at ports, such rates not to exceed Is 3d per hour for general cargo between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. With regard to your further suggestion, that none but members of the Union should be engaged, I- am directed to say that the. Commis sioners will give the preference to Union men, but will not guarantee to utilise it exclusively, and they reserve the right to use other hands if necessary."—E. G. Piloher, Secretary.

New Plymouth Murder.

* [per press association J New Plymouth, May 20. Marion Cooper further deposed that the Maori she saw in the Recreation grounds had a smaller hat, and not of straw, but it was like that Mati now had on. She was doubtful about it • being Mati whom she met. Florence Crozitr, a child nine years old, who was not sworn, said she saw a young Maori -with a straw hat about nine o'clock on Friday morning. She could not say how he was dressed, but he had a •blue and white ribbon round his hat. Otto Arnoldt deposed that the accused had no money, and slept at the gasworks several nights before the murder was com mitted. He had an old pair of slippers on, and no drawers or waistcoat. On the Friday evening (the clay the murder was' committed) prisoner had a new pair of boots on, and had a melon, showing that he had got money somewhere. Saw prisoner in a fruit shop that day. Major Brown stated that when he in | .terpreted the charge of larceny of boots i and clothes to the prisoner, Mati Kai stated that the waistcoat was given him I by his parent at Parihaka ; the drawers he purchased for 2s from a settler named Toogood, near Pihama; the boots he purchased at Opunake for 15s 6d. Francis Richards, a boy about fourteen years old, stated that he knew prisoner. lOn-Fridfty, AptUll, tiel/wtstsu LWelVe ailCl '. one o'clock, he saw a person crossing the 1 Avenue road from the racecourse, who he was confident was the prisoner ; but he was a good distance away when he saw him. The person jumped over the raoe cpurse fence, crossed the road, and jumped I over a gate on the other side and dis appeared from sight. Wellington, May 20. Government have acceded to the request made by Mr Samuel, who is defending the Maori charged with the New Plymouth murder, that he should be allowed the services of an interpreter, so that he may converse freely with the prisoner. Wellington, May 21. Government have declined to provide counsel for the accused at the murder inquest at' New Plymouth, but in the event of prisoner being committed for trial, Government would then engage counsel. New Plymouth, May 21. The remainder of the evidence taken last night was respecting the make of the boots found on Main when arrested. The inquest was adjourned at 11.30 till 2 o'clock to-day.

The Biters Bit.

♦ An extraordinary story is told by a Smyrna correspondent of the " Levant Herald." Two Greeks presented them selves at the palace of the Grand Rabbi of Smyrna, and asked to see him on very important business, The Venerable Abraham Falacci .being unwell, they were asked to come another day. Next day they called again. The rabbi not having yet recovered, his son,. a man of ,45, learning that their business was urgent, asked if they could not explain it to him. After some desultory conversation, they consented, at the same time requesting to be conducted to some remote apartment where there was no danger of being over heard. This being done, one of them said to him :—" Everyone has his particu lar religion ; we are aware that part of yours is to offer at Easter a Christian child in i sacrifice ; now we are ready, for the sum of Ll4oo' to furnish you with a fine plump and healthy Christian child, a little Greek girl of four years, for your sacrifice, and the child shall be obtained in such a manner as to ensure the most profound secrecy." The rabbi's son, as may well be supposed, was thunderstruck at the proposal, but he dissembled his feelings and stated that before he could enter into any definite arrange ments with them it was necessary he should consult his father. They having assented to this he withdrew to his father's room and briefly related to him the story of the grim proposal. Speaking in the Hebrew tongue, for fear the men outside should understand, the father told him to despatch a messenger speedily to the headquarters of the police, requesting the chief of the police to send immediately an officer with a body of gendarmes, and then to go back and keep the Greeks under the pretence of dis cussing the price of their crime. Emin Efl'endi speedily answered the summons, and on the arrival of the zaptiehs the rabbi posted them behind, the door, con cealed by a heavy curtain, and sent word to his son that the men had come; this message, like the previous one, being delivered in Hebrew. One of these indi viduals asking what the man had said, Nissan Pklacci answered tjiat his father, although ill, ' wished tp see them. Ushered into the presence of the rabbi, he began asking them in Turkish, so that the officials might understand the affair, how and where they go J} the child, how the sale was to be effected, and many other particulars. The examination.,, of the case satisfactorily concluded, he whistled, the police came in, and, having manacled the men, led them off to prison. As they were led through the streets some inkling of tho affair seems to have got abroad, and the police had to be strengthened to repress the people, who 1 looked as if about to take vengeance on ] the miscreants

The Markets.

[per press association] Sydney, May 20. Wheat, chick feed 2s 7d to 2s lOd ; milling 3s 6d to 3s Bd. Oats, Is 9d to 2s. Barley—Cape, 2s 6d to 2s Bd. Potatoes—New Zealand, £3 to £3 ss. Onions—New Zealand, £i 5s to £i 10s. Butter—Dairy made, lOd; factory made, Is. Cheese—Loaf size, 4£d. Bacon—New Zealand, in cloth, 9dto9|d; hams, New Zealand, lid to ll£d. Melbourne, May 20. Wheat, 3s 9d to 3s 9|d; barley, 4s Id to 4s 4d; peas, 3s 2d. Adelaide, May 20. Best samples of wheat are scarce \ shipping parcels, 3s 9d to 3s 9£d.

The Latest Craze.

The people of Oakland, the suburban city of San Francisco across the bay,* have been going through a fanatical religious excitement during March the equal of which has not been witnessed in America since the Millerite excitement of fifty years ago, Some of its features are probably unparalleled in the history of emotional religious insanity. Some months ago a Mrs Woodworth appeared in Oakland as an evangelist. She erected a great tent, and preached "The Wrath to Come." At first her audiences were small, i but she soon had an immense following among the Scandinavian population, and not a few amongst the lower class of Americans. Her meetings were t finally attended by thousands, and the ' scenes that were witnessed would have done credit to a well-stocked insane asylum. People went into trances lasting for hours, Mrs Woodworth had visions,, and her zealous followers had them also, and at one time it seemed' that all the weak minded people in the place would go mad. In the midst of the excitement Mrs Wood worth had a special vision, and prophesied the destruction -of San Francisco and Oakland by an earthquake and tidal wave. She left the city soon afterwards, but her followers were not discouraged. One of them, a Swede named Erickson, turned street preacher, had a vision, and fixed April 14th as the day of doom. His prophecy was accepted as gospel, and, though he himself was sent to the insane asylum soon afterward, the "Doom sealers," as his adherents are known, were not shaken in their faith. Another crank, named Bennett, took to a bicycle and rode wildly through the streets calling on the people to "flee to the mountains " and escape the flood. The Doomsealers in Oakland number 1000 orTnore. They have im plicit faith in Erickson's prophecy, though by the time this is read in the colonies the "fate of San Francisco and Oakland 1' will be known. Hundreds of them have gone to the country, more are camping on the mountains at the back of Oakland ; many have sold their homes and personal property and have left. The bubble will burst, of course, after the 14th ; but if we were to get a little shock of earthquake, such as we often have, before that time there would be thousands of frightened people in Oakland, who will not confess to a belief in the. day of doom.—San Francisco correspondent of "New Zea land Herald."

Latest Parisian Fashions.

(from our own correspondent,) Some very pretty new fashions in cloaks and mantles have been produced. A travelling cloak is of grasshooper-green cloth in a long redingote fastened across a plastron of black velvet. Below the waist i^i ■■:■■.:..i. •■'.,:.!:,. hf.h:*:ii.-.-.-i.-^ \-« ■: J ■■■■ , ■ ;,. ■ ■■. -.:;■ i ..■■ . , the neck and cut off at the shoulders. This cape is known as the Halgian Abbot's Collar. The wide sleeves were finished with velvet wristbands. Very large designs are to be fashionable on silk and wool fabrics, and everything is to hang as plain as possible. Some early spring skirts have a velvet band at the edge, and another at a little distance above. The bands are from three to four inches wide, and correspond with the general coloring. There are now on an average seven single widths in a skirt, four at the back, two at the sides, and one in front. No steels are-added, and only a small pad; some women do not have even 'this. The " gigot" sleeves are quite in the height of fashion still with fur jackets and gowns. They are in two styles; one is cut on the cross, very large and gathered at the top, graduating till below" the elbow; it is so tight that it is buttoned up the inside of the arm ; the other is a plain sleeve with a wide one over it from shoulder to elbow. The over piece, which resembles a long puff, is frequently of another material to the gown or if not, the lower part of the sleeves is different from the rest. Not many new jerseys have appeared yet, but all have high raised sleeves. A red silk one with cuffs, high collar, and small yoke of black velvet is., pretty for quiet home wear, and there are black jackets with red vests, braided with black, which are comfortable and stylish. Half-fitting black brocade jackets, with lace waist coats and trimmings are worn by elderly ladies over the same or other skirts. Tinsel is the most fashionable style for the present, silver tinsel, not gold, wrought on handsome satin foundations for court trains or the straight front of skirts. The effect of a silver brocade on pale green pink, heliotrope or blue is most charming. That satin is to be worn there is, no* doubt, and most of the newest designs are on satin grounds. Plain satin is also to be much used, and the shades are especially lovely. Passementerie is decreed to be en rbgle again, and many new designs are shown. Colored passe menteries and all kinds of bead trimmings, in glittering colors and choice designs, will be placed upon- the corsages as vests and jackets,, and a shower of beads will be placed on the side panels of the. skirts or arranged across the front of the otherwise simple skirt. For the demi-saison there are a number of new fans, all of which are embroidered elaborately. Paris, March 25, 1890. _ _ _"~" _ I

CORRESPONDENCE.

ORDINATIONS IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

[We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our corres pondents.] i

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—Your issue of yesterday states that of the 603 deacons and priests ordained in the various dioceses of the Church of England, in England' at the Christmas ordinations, there were 162 graduates of Cambridge and 80 of Oxford. I have before me a carefully summarized statement of these ordinations, and find that while your figures 603 and 162 are correct, there were 198 graduates of Oxford ordained instead of the 80 you mention, During the year 1889, there were 1470 jnen (deacons 473) ordained of whom 003. were Oxford and Cambridge men, that is 60 per cent, and 1072, or upwards of 74 per cent, were graduates of some university. The report from which lam quoting goes on to say that "per haps the most hopeful feature about our present results is the steadiness with whichthe educational level of our candi dates is being maintained." I am, etc., E. A. Scott. The^Parsonage, Ashburton. [The figures quoted in the paragraph referred to were given on the authority of a contemporary. We are glad to receive * our correspondents correction.—JSd,

Serious Charge Against Missionaries.

* _ > The following telegram from Adelaide, which was published in the " Argus " of the 6th in st., explains a cable message which appeared in our issue of the same date and one since received relative to the treatment of the South Australian blacks by missionaries:— i The letter below has been forwarded by the Commissioner of Police to the Minister i of Education, and Mounted Constable '. Willshire (the writer) has" been asked to report specifically upon the letter of the missionaries, which appeared in the " South Australian Register " of April 1. The communication, of which the follow ing is a copy, is with reference to a state ment made by the Rev W. Schwartze at at a meeting held on January 9 last in Adelaide. Finke River. I have the honor to inform you that since the Rev W. Schwartze's statements appeared in the " Observer " of January 11, 1890, the better class of people up here are quite indignant. They say no blacks were ill-treated, and Mr Schwartze never left the mission station, and that what he' has said he has heard from wild aborigines, who had no idea of date, day, time, or number. lam sorry to see the blacks running away from missionaries. They tell me that they are so badly treated they won't stop there. I have seen a lubra-chained to a heavy log in the hot sun at the mission station. Messrs Kemp and Schulz (missionaries) stood there with me, and asked me to tell the lubras not to go away again, which I did. George King, the mailman, has seen four or five at once with heavy chains on both their necks and their ankles, at the mission station. He has also seen the missionaries in the blacks' camp, threatening them with firearms and breaking all their spears up. King is a trustworthy man, of excellent character. I am allowed to state that the following gentlemen will answer any questions that may be asked of them in reference to the missionaries : —R. C. Warburton, manager, Eldunda ; C. Gall, J.P., manager, Owen Springs; James M'Donald, manager, Glen Helen ; and George King, mailman, Finke River. The reason no reply came to hand in refe rence to Mr Schwartze's assertion was that there has not been time for them to appear, and also that some of these stations do not get their mails every month, as the distance is so great. Old infirm cripples of both sexes can wander where they like, and the missionaries will not trouble «bout them, but if a boy or girl go away they ride after them with long whips and revolvers up and down the Finke. I have seen this myself. The missionaries x stated in their last annual report that they had about 100 Natives at their place, , This is not true. My camp, Glen Helen station, Ellery's Creek station, and the mission station altogether could not, 'in my opinion, raise 100 Natives. There was a letter in the " Observer" of February 15,. 1890, signed "Bushman," who said the missionaries may do some good, but there are very few blacks at their stations, and those blacks who leave their stations and get into the bush again are leaders of all the mischief, and are the greatest liars ,and blackguards amongst the blacks. This I believe to be only too true, since I am "well aware that the boys who run away from the mission station, if they cannot get employment on other stations, join the cattle killers and become notorious outlaws. I make it my business to be courteous to the mission aries, and offer to assist them in any way that lies in' my power, but at the same time it behoves me also also to look out that they do not injure me. lam desir ous of doing my duty ;i!id irrrpinT irv posiiini!, (iiml T. Miorofi ■>-, unv "■.;■: '.'.> my MijMd-i-;! 1 '>!li<!i(i> for tlieu 1 perusal. [The Government have ordered a Com mission of Inquiry.],

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN". [per press association.] Sydney, May 20. In the Legislative Assembly Mr Dibbs suggested that the Federation debate should be postponed owing to Sir H. Parkes' illness. The Premier requested that the debate should pro ceed at the end of the week, when the Government would further express their intentions. At the Wesleyan Conference, the exchange of the Beys Simple and Taylor was rescinded, and the Vic torian conference was directed to make a suitable interchange for Mr Taylor. It was agreed to form Queensland into a separate conference at the end of 1893. The next general conference w»s fixed for Adelaide in 1894 r . n ' Melbourne, May 20. A Woolgrowers' Union has been formed, with a Council, to enable all the Colonies to act in unison in cases of dispute. Brisbane, May 20. A private cable message announces that the passengers •by the British India Company's Dacca, wrecked on Daedalus reef, are destitute. It is be lieved that three hundred immigrants were on board. It is expected that the Palacoota will bring them on to Australia.

MAGISTERIAL

ASHBURTON—WEDNESDAY. [Before Major Steward, J.P.] DRUNKENNESS. John O'Neill, for being drunk and incapable on the; traffic bridge at 8 p.m. on the previous day, wasffined 2Qs or 48 hours. A first offender was dismissed with a caution. LARCENY. % Mark Arnold, arrested on warrant issued at Blenheim, was charged with the larceny of a horse, saddle, and'bridle, the property of one P. O. Sullivan, of Sprihg- Jands. On the application of the police he was remanded to Blenheim to be brought up on the 29th inst.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[per press association.] Auckland, May 20. The quantity of flax sent by the Alameda was fourteen . hundred and ninety-five bales from Auckland, and one hundred and forty-five bales from the South. Mr Blair, Engineer-in-Chief for the Colony, has gone to Russell to inspect the roufce of the proposed tramway from ( Kawakawa and Kamo to : Puhipuhi. Napier, May 20. A new journal, called " Labor," is announced, to be run in the interests of working men and the candidature of Mr W. J. Harker, in opposition to Captain Russell, at the next elections, The IJawke's Bay Gounty Council yes terday passed a resolution undertaking to make and maintain a road to Taupo, vi& Waipuna and Tehooto, and biuld a new bridge acrossthe Mohaka, provided the Government will grant a subsidy of £2500. This new route, avoids the worst feature of the present Taupo road, of which tourists complained. Wellington, May 20. The Scotia left again for Cook Strait •this morning. Dunedin, May 20. j The Hon T. Fergus leaves for Queens town in the morning, and will address his constituents there on Thursday evening,

DISTRICT COURT

ASHBURTON— TUESDAY. (Before His Honor Judge Ward.) IN BANKRUPTCY. In re Cornelius Fanning. Public ex amination. The bankrupt was also charged with extravagant living. Mr Cuthbertson  appeared for the Official Assignee, and Mr Crisp for bankrupt. . ' lkjt Cornelius Fanning, examined by Mr. > Cuthbertson, said he waa a single man, a „. laborer, living at Methven. Had been in the district for 20 years, and had, barring accidents, been always in work. Had ~ been 10 years at Winchmore. For the last 16 years had averaged £100 per annum. Left Winchmore 2* years ago, and had been working at Mr Brown's, Mr Friedlander's, and Mr Cameron's; during that time. During four weeks with' Mr Brown, of Highbank, had been earning £4 a week, but in an ordinary way got '; 25s per week and found. When bankrupt; filed he owed about £40. Some of it had .; r been owing a good while, but some of it *; was hot paid because he "had not been H' billed for it.. At the time of filing owed * Hibbs Bros £14. Made arrangements to/j pay £2 a month, but- Hibbs declined to . t arrange without a guarantee. Had to file *l, then.- At the meeting of creditors ad- J mitted -having spent or lost £15 in May. Did occasionally take liquor. Watr-work—" ---! ing right up to the date, of his bankruptcy and had been working ever since. - t . By Mr Qrisp—Had, - had. am accident which necessitated visits' to Christahurch to see medical men. Had been dealing : with some of his creditors for 20 years, and they were willing that. he should, go „ on again. Gave Mr Hibbs an order .for.-,. £5 on Mr^Brown, but the-manager re- 1 fused to honor it because Mr Brown was '- away. HadaskedforhisaccountfromHibba 1 half a dozen times,, and he could have paid. I. it while in Mr Brown's employ. Did:nofc;.. get a correct account until he got It with- V the' summons. No other creditors'had pressed him. • ,;. - • , Mr M. Inghrßrowri, manager, Highbank, produced hia wages book, in'which Fan ning's earnings were shown. The_ £4 a week term of 4 weeks 4 days was ilk the; r harvest, twelve months ago. Fanning had ". not been working for witness for 12 months. , , [ , :. His Honor said itwassimply absurd that ' a man earning £100 per annum shouldrv take advantage of. the Act to cover »ri indebtedness of £39. . The Act was not intended to enable a man to rob his creditors, and this was what he was doing. If any of the creditors chose to sue on a - judgment summons an! order",would issue j* at once. His Honor would not declare* }'_ the public examination closed. In Re T. and R. Morgan. Public ex« animation adjourned sine die. In R* Ei W. Osborne. Order for discharge granted. {, - Bernard Cullen vH. W. Felton. This was an appeal on the parl of Bernard Cullen against a judgment of Mr D. Shea Lawlor, who sitting.- as a Justice of the Peace, on the 3rd .of May last,-- had sentenced the appellant to pay a fine of ■ i £20 or to go to prison for three months j. '•-. having found appellant guilty of resisting and assaulting the police. ' " There was no plea of innocence of the offence set up, and His Honor said he could certainly hear the case again and decide as to the guilt or _ ■ innocence of the appellant, but he could. not traverse in any way the penalty imposed by the Justice, who exercised- • the discretion he was allowed. There was no appeal against the penalty. . Mr Crisp, in that case, would have to withdraw the appeal, and carry the matter, lief ore theJßlinisterjof^jMafcicfl^bufc mean-r~ while was there no means of getting the . young man out on bail pending the appeal to. the Minister of Justice ? His- Honor had no power to .move in " that matter. . Mr Corr, who appeared for the Justice, asked for costs, but His Honor disallowed these. „ The Court adjourned. ■

Australian Mutual Provi dent Society.

..+. . The Australian Mutual Provident Society's annual report, to' be: presented to the annual meeting, shows the new '" business for, the year to be largely in excess of the preceding year, and, with two exceptions, the largest transacted by the Society in a single year. "* It consists of 11,664 policies, assuring £3,679,459, with a total. of new premium^' income of £133,411, The accumulated fund has been increased by £742,311, and now amounts to ready nine millions sterling. The Society distributes a cash surplus of £426,494, which will provide reversionary, bonuses to policies of about £882,500.

Shropshire Downs Sheep.

In tlieir .report of Shropshire:, sales during 1889, Messrs Lythall and Co.;. seoretari.es to the Shropshire Breeders' Association, offer congratulations to their patrons and friends on account of improve* ment in the prices obtained.. The in«-i ---creased value was partly owing to tKe foreign demand, Shropshires having been purchased to go to all parts of the - world. It was pointed but in the report thst foreigners only buy,from registered flocks, ;r. and sheep from pure registered flocks fetched . fully 25 per cent more than. ■; those from unregistered flocks. Alto gether, 1701 rams were sold by. Messrs j Lythall, 393 ram lambs, 9339 ewes, and -\ 791 ewe lambs., Mr Graham's- average < was the highest; they also sold the, highest priced ram, ;viz., 200 guineas. 7 Messrs P. and G. Evans sold a ram for 180 guineas, and Mr JV 8.. Farmejr one, for 145 guineas, Mr T. Manselfa ram lambs mad^ th§ highest average," as did, . his ewes.and §we iambs. • Thie average for, j.< rams was higher generally than in 1888, but about fifty less came to the hammer, and there were slightly fewer ram lambs, ewes, and ewe lambs sold than in the/, previous year. '." v - ,' ■

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIANS y OXFORD UNTVERt STTY. - [PBB PRESS ASSOCIATION.] j London, May 19. \ The match between the Australians arid Oxford University was begun to-day. t, The former went in first, and succeeded in 1 putting together the respectable scotfe djf. 234. Lyons played-a lucky innings for 33, and Murdoch made 45 in quite his old stylish form. Besides these Turner 5.9, Charlton 41, and Ferris, np.t put 34 .hit. the bowling about: freely, The weather was showery. The University made a bad start, losing four wickets for 3 runs in the short time that remained forplay.

Horrible Fate of Smung gled Passengers.

, _^ A Blocking discovery was made ill the. ; Japanese steamer Fushiki Maru, which l. , arrived at Hongkong on the 26th March, . having left Nagasaki on tha 21st. .For . some days a bad smell had been noticed , in the engineers' measroom, which gradui ally grgw' worse, and was attributed :t« dead rats. After a long search it was, on , - the 26th traced to a. compartment above ." one of the water tanks,. alongside the! •* engine-room. On, the manhole. being 'I' opened a rush of fonl air took place, and ; six naked bodlies were seen. The coal in the main hold was quickly removed to get t . '■* atth6sUdingdoortothet^nk,and when this j was opened*a'horrible sight was revealed, Eight dcvid bodies and four still alive were disclosed, all completely naked, their clothes tawing been diseased, on "WCQUftt}

THE" ASHBtTRfOM GUARDIAN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1890.



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