Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1890. OUR NEW BISHOP.

Bishop Julius has come and gone, leaving behind him, in the hearts of all, a profound conviction that he is the right man in the right place. In i this pushing, hurrying, struggling, I practical, questioning, and even scepti cal age, the Church needs strong, able, and enthusiastic leaders, who will neither let religion be crowded out of life, nor sneered down, and who are capable of delivering the message of God's evangel in a form which will arrest attention, and .with an earnest ness and faith that must win their way to the hearts of the people. And in our new Bishop, thank God! we have just such a man. It is not alone the eloquence and force of his diction which constitute the secret of the in fluence which he wields over all that hear him—albeit these are such that it is a pleasure of no common kind to listen to him, whether in the pulpit where he speaks with the unfettered freedom and power of one who needs no written words, or even notes, to direct his utterances ; or whether at the reading desk, when the text of Holy Writ and the glorious liturgy of the Church, as read by a master of elocution, fall upon the ear with a force and beauty which some of his hearers appreciate almost for the first time at their true value, —it is more than this, it is the firm conviction, that is at once established in the minds of all who are privileged to listen to him, that he that speaks and reads is no mere professor of the Christian religion, but one who is a profound believer in the faith which he professes, one whose heart is in all that he preaches, and who has himself a firm hold of that Cross which he uplifts as the sign of salvation to the world. It cannot but be that in these days of free-thought, and even educated infi delity,—be it avowed or disavowed, — there are some, perhaps many, in the vast congregations which assemble everywhere to hear the new Bishop, who go to church rather for the intel lectual treat provided than from any belief that the listening to the preach ing of God's Word-is the way to derive spiritual benefit or folessing; but we venture to say that, deep down per haps, in the hearts of even the most sceptical upon that point, there are chords which will vibrate to appeals such j^s. his, ajid that there are none who hear him but will feel a con viction that there are great verities in that religion which he preaches with such heartfelt earnestness and power. More, were all or even most of those who are called to the episcopate such as he, the doctrine of Apostolical succession would be in a fair way to general acceptance; while, had the clergy of the Anglican church generally anything like his qualifications the healing of the divisions of Christendom, and the gathering of all the Churches into one fold, would be a possibility the realisation of which would be within metisureable distance. There is another thought which will sug gest itself to all Euglish church men, and that is the splendid vindica tion of the wisdom of tho £ramers of the constitution of the !tSTew Zealand Church which the choice of Bishop Julius affords. Thanks to their fore sight and sound judgment, the Church has the right of selection of her own chief pastors without reference to the Crown—which is to say the Ministry of the day—and as this, it seeni3 to us, is the more Scriptural method, so also is it evidently the more suc cessful. "Thank God for our new Bishop!" is the aspiration not only of every devout English church man, but of Christians of all denomina? tions, nay, of all lovers of the Colony, of all well-wishers of New Zealand, and heartily indeed is he welcomed as a power for good among us by men of all creeds, and even of no creed at all. Let us hope that he will be enabled to fulfil the high anticipations that are entertained of him, and that he will have strength vouchsafed him for the heavy and arduous work which lies J before him. As a preacher his success j is assured, but it yet remains to be seen what are his capabilities as an organiser and administrator. Firm he undoubtedly will be, and if only he be wise as he will be firm, then will his career as Bishop be exempt from that friction with those over whom he is called to rule which is the danger that lies in the patlrof the administra tion of all strong-minded men. That the great Head of the Church will vouchsafe to him that wisdom, and that his episcopate may be one long period of peace, prosperity, and pro gress is the earnest prayer of all the j faithful in his diocese. J

LOCAL AND GENERAL

An hotel is to be erected, it is alleged, at the foot of the Great Pyramid. Kentucky has two comities in which there is not a single church. The French Government has just for bidden all military physicians to make any üße whatsoever of hypnotism Mr Christie Murray declares the Wan gauui river to be the most beautiful he has yet seen in the ■world. It is notified in this issue that the pupils of the Ashburton High School will ro-asscui able on Monday next, 2Gth iiist., at the usual hour. The Minister of Mines (the Hon. T. Fergus) will address his constituents at Queenstowii this week —probably on Thurs day night. At Eastbourne a gipsy woman known as Naomi was sent to Dewes for a week's hard labor for pretending to tell the fortune of a servant girl. In Hungary a man convicted of bigamy was compelled to live with both wives in the same house. Hcuce bigamy is rare in that country. The youngest life convict in the United States is John Wesley Elkins, 12 years of age, who had just been sent to prison for life for the murder of his father and mother. Europe is increasing its national in debtedness to the extent of about £100,000,000 a year, while the debt of the United States is decreasing at the rate of £20,000,000 a year. A smart little boy in Georgia, who waa kicked by a mule, instead of saying naughty wprds or going home crying to his mother, tied the mule within five foet of a beehive, backed him round to it and let him kick. ; The International Electric Congress will [ meet in Paris in June next. A supplementary vote will be asked for of the Chamber in order .to receive the delegates with all the hospitality due to tfceiji,

Of the 603 candidates ordained deacons j and priests in the various dioceses of the | Church of England at the Christmas ordina tions, there were 162 graduates of Cambridge, and 80 graduates of Oxford. Tbe "Post" says that a youth named George Colclough, who some four years ago was in the employ of Messrs Nelson, Moale, paid Co. in Wellington, has been proved the heir to a fortune of some half a million ster ling. Mrs Henry Hunt, Wakanui road, has sent us a magnificent collection of chrysanthemum '* blooms of the incurved, Japanese, and other 1 varieties, yellows, whites, bronzes, and crim sons. Many of them measure fully five inches in diameter. Mother - (to baby): It's muzzer's little ootsy tootsy; muzzer loves her little darling baby. Fanny (who has just been spanked): | Don't believe her, baby. When you (sob) §row up she'll spank you, t-too ! —" Texas if tings." "Ma," said Bobby, "is it wrong for little boys to tie tin kettles to dogs' tails ?" "Decidedly wrong, Bobby; I hope you'll never do such a thing as that." " No, indeed ma," replied Bobby emphatically; "all I do is to hold the clog."—" Harper's Bazaar." In consequence of the Queen's Birthday falling this year upon a Saturday, his Worship the Mayor, by advertisement in another column, requests the burgesses to observe Monday, the 26th host.", as a holiday in honor of her Majesty. Monday next is to be observed as a postal holiday in honor of her Majesty's Birthday, The local Post and Telegraph Office will, however, be open from 9 till 10 in the morning, and from 7 till 8 in the evening. No mails will be made up after 10 a.m. Belgian farmers have become alarmed at the way in which the frog 3 are being ex terminated by French pot-hunters, and have petitioned the King to forbid killing frogs during certain months of the year, as is done with game. The farmers regard the frogs as valuable slug and insect destroyers. Following is it appears the correct read ing of a telegram published yesterday:— "There is further trouble at St. Mary's on-the Hill. The Bishop allows the articles objected to to used on Saints 'days, and the majority of the congregation intend push ng matters to extremes." The following is the route which will be aken by Bishop Julius in tho course of his visitation of this part of the diocese: Arriving at Geraldine yesterday, he will remain in that neighbourhood until to-day inclusive, proceeding to Pleasant Point to morrow (Wednesday), to St. Andrews on Thursday, Waimate on Friday, and Timaru on Saturday, where he will preach on Sunday next, returning to Christchurch on Monday. The "Daily Times" says:— The switch back railway was offered for sale by auction by Messrs E. C. Reynolds and Co. at their rooms on Saturday, there being a large attendance on the occassion. The bidding started at £80, and after brisk competition the railway was knocked down at £125 to Mr 6. S. Smith, who bought on behalf of a syndicate. We understand that it is the in tention of the syndicate to erect the railway at the Caledonian grounds. A Wellington telegram received last night says :—The cable-repairing steamer, Scotia, has returned to port for a further supply of cable. She was successful in picking up the defective Strait cable ; but as it was found to be :in-a.very bad condition, the ends were, buoyed and the ship came'on here, not having sufficient new cable on board with which to splice the defective parts. It is expected , she.--will go out again on Tuesday morning, -and • that the cable will be in working order again in a day or two. The town of Ontario, in California, has a tramway in one of the principal streets on which are some very steep inclines. The car is dra^m up hill and along the levels by a pair. of. mules ; but as they are not required on the down grades the animals mount the car, and ride with it to the bottom, where they are again harnessed. To this end a platform with folding slides i 3 added as a sort of scable tender to the passenger depart ment. Prince Waklemar of Denmark is testing a new submarine boat, built after the idea of Jule- Verne's famous craft. It is like a fish in form, and can go bolow the" submerged chains in harbors, can run round buoys, and can cut cables with the shears at its keel. It is as easy to hang on the davit 3of a vessel as a lifeboat. Two men who work the vessel have stayed in it several hour 3 undor water without feeling inconvenience. They take with them a supply of oxygen, and they can eat their meals quite comfortably. The in ventor is M. Goubet, after whom the boat is named. At a country school not quite 100 miles from Oamaru one of the members of the School Committee wr~ c-,—-'" ■ lass of boys. One of the ■_ ", was: Who is Governor of* New Zealand ? The question put clown two lads, but the third and fourth held out their hands. The third exclaimed, in his turn, "Tom Duncan." But as the examiner .showed by his counten ance that the answer was not correct, the fourth boy became enthusiastically eager to give his answer, " The Hon T. W. Hislop ! " Perhaps it may be said that if these boys know nothing of Lord Onslow, they are not absolutely ignorant of the identity of some of his Excellency's " trusty and well-bclovei counsellors."—" North Otago Times." The " Hawera Star " says :—A' handsome memorial cross has recently been erected by the Te Ngutu Domain .Board close to the place where Major Yon Tempsky fell. The cross stands about twelve feet high and is made of the best quality concrete. A large, marble slab with lead letters bears an inscrip tion to the effect that the cross is erected in memory of the officers and men who fell at the several engagements at the pah, of whom a full list follows, The cross is placed on a slight rise on the reserve and is backed up < by native shrubs, so that it stands out well in the landscape, and cannot fail to attract the attention of eveiy visitor to the reserve and of passers on the AhipaipFroad.

Wesleyan Conference

• —* [TEH I'UESS ASSOCIATION.] Sydney, May 19. At the Wesleyan Conference the Rev. Mr Pitchett's scheme for giving power to annual conferences was car ried. S The Rev. Mr Simple, of Victoria, ' exchanges with the Rev. Mr Taylor, of Palmerston North. | The debate on the class test con cluded to day. The Rev. J. J. Lewis' amendment was lost by 60 to 45, and the original motion was carried by 57 to 50. The Committee appointed to report on the question of membership recommended that class meetings should be taken to mean regular week ly or monthly, fellowship meetings, that attenders should be enrolled in class books, that the 'minister should have power as leader of the meeting to add tlie names of those attending for thres months to the roll^if-no objection israised,and that tickets should' not be withheld on account of infirmity, affliction, or other sufficient caus©, The report was adopted 1 '

THE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND.

MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS IN LONDON. [pee pbess association.] London, May 16. Major George, the colonial repre->* sentative of the Bank of New Zealand, has met with a favorable reception in financial circles. He is confident that if Mi 1 Hean reports favorably the management will be removed to Lon don, and the prestige of the Bank gradually and completely restored. London, May 17. On the publication of Mr D. Hean's report on the position of the Bank of ISTew Zealand, shares fell three-quarters, but are now steadier. Latest quota tions—Old shares £5, new £8. Lai'ge shareholders met at the Bank to-day, and it was agreed that it was desirable an immediate transfer of the head office to London should be made, and that additional strong names should be placed on.the London Board; also to write down the capital by the ascertained deficiency, and place the' surplus value of sites and premises in the colonies to the reserve fund. They also agreed that dividends should be confined to a moderate amount until a strong reserve fund had been formed, and that a.meeting of shareholders be called to elect a new Board when Mr B^ean returns to London. There was no .approach to a panic, and the Directors were prepared to meet any emergency. In an article on the report the "Standard" states that the banking business is still excellent, and asserts that most of the current profits for years has been swallowed up in efforts to cope with depreciating property. There seems to have been an error in the Press Association telegram regarding Mr Hean's report received on Friday night. We learn from the Bank authori ties that the correct figures for the loss on the globo accounts and the surplus on the Bank premises are respectively £349,000 and £150,000. This, of course, puts the matter in a more favorable position.— "Press."

The Ink Plant in New Zealand.

Writing to -the "Bush Advocate" (published at Danevirke by our old friend Mr Glayton) Mr W. Colenso says:—ln your paper of the 13th inst, you inform your readers that "In New Granada a plant grows that is locally known as the ink plant; its scientific name is coriw ia th mifolia. Without any previous pre paration its juice can be used as ink, etc." I suppose you are not aware that this same plant is common here in New Zea land, especially in certain localities. I originally detected it, 45 years ago, grow ing profusely among the common fern on the hills near Pohue (on the old Maori track to the Mohaka river at Taupo), and afterwards, though more sparingly, near To Pakipaki, and also on the low grounds between the river Ngaruroro and the Middle road, north of Havelock. It is still more common in Otago, and is the " ground tutu " of the settlers in those parts. "It is nearly allied to our common, large, and well-known tutu (pronounced "toot" by settlers), coriaria ruscif li>, of which the juice was largely used by Maoris some 45 or 50 years ago as a sub stitute for ink, in the scarcity of the British article. I doubt, however, its nermanencv.

The Weather.

THE MORTGAGE.

———♦ We worked through spring and winter, through summer and through fall; But the mortgage worked the hardest and the steadiest of all; It worked on nights and Sundays; it worked each holiday ; It settled down among, us, and it never went away. Whatever we kept from it seemed almost as bad as theft; It watched us every minute, and it ruled us right and left. The rust and blight were with us, some times, and sometimes not; The dark-browed scowling mortgage was forever on the spot. The weevil and the cut-worm they went as.well as came ; , • The mortgage stayed for ever eating hearty all the bame. It nailed up every window, stood guard at every door, And happiness and sunshine made their home with us no more, Till with failing crops and sickness we got stalled upon the grade, And there came a dark day on us when the interest wasn't paid; And there came a sharp foreclosure and I kind o' lost my hold, And grew weary and discouraged, and the farm was cheaply sold. The children left and scattered, when they hardly yet were grown ; My wife she pined an' perished, an' I found myself alone. What she died of was a "mystery," an' the doctors never knew ; But I know she died of mortgage—just as well as I wanted to. If to trace a hidden sorrow were within the doctor*' art, They'd ha' found a mortgage lying on that woman's broken heart. Worm or beetle, drought or tempest, on a farmer's land may fall, But for fir.sfc-cla.ss ruination trust a mort gage 'gainst 'em all.

The Sculling Champion ship.

, [pub, press association.] Sydney, May 19. • Negotiations for the race between Kemp and O'Connor have come to a deadlock, the former insisting that the stake shall be £500 a-side. The latter's backers con-, sider that as tho majority of Champion ship races have been for £200 the Cana dian should not be asked to put up more.

Wreck of a Steamer.

RESCUE OF PASSENGERS AND CREW. [pee press association.] . Suez, May 19. The Palacoota has arrived h§re, bringing'the passengers and crew of the British India Company's steamer Dacca, outward bound to Australia. The Dacca struck on the Daedalus reef, and sank jjn. 200 fathoms,

TELEGRAPHIC.

ROME AND FOREIGN. [pee press association.] London, May 16 to 18. ' H. M." Stanley is betoothed to 1 Dorothy Tennant, artist. f Mr Parnell has resumed attendance in the House of Commons. It is reported .the divorce action O'Shea v Parnell is being settled. Lord Rosebery is about to resign the chairmanship of the London County Council The Irish Tenants, Relief Fund has been closed with a total subscription of £60,000. In the House of Commons, Mr Howard Vincent has given notice ot { motion in favor of Imperial federa tion. W. S. Caines' amendment opposing compensation being granted to pub licans was rejected by a majority of seventy-three. Mr Gladstone, in a letter to the Press, expresses the opinion that the excessive massing of the Chinese is a social evil justifying repression. Mr Newton, solicitor, has pleaded guilty to a charge of being concerned in a conspiracy to defeat the ends of justice by inducing witnesses connected with the Cleveland street scandal to quit the country. Sentence has been deferred. He stated he was innocent of the charge of blackmail. His clerks were discharged from custody. Paris, May 17. General Boulanger announces his in tention of retiring into private life. It is said, however, that he is confident that his cause will ultimately triumph. Constantinople, May 17. The Kurds and Turkish insurgents in Armenia have murdered a number of Christians and burned the churches. ■ St Petersburg, May 17» The Government has forbidden an influx of Chinese on the Eastern frontier. Sofia, May 16. It is alleged that Panitza was tortm*ed in order to extract a confes sion from him. New York, May 18. One million American workmen have, signed a petition to the Czar requesting , him to improve the administration of the penal establishments of Siberia. I The Government have discovered twenty-one Chinamen who entered the United States, through Mexico, and steps are being taken to send them back to China. Rio de Janeiro, May 17. Several revolts have taken place in Brazil, and general uneasiness is felt. General Fonseca, the President, is be coming very unpopular. Buenos Ayres, May 17. The attempt of America to overawe the Argentine Republic is being re sented, and it is considered unlikely that the treaty with America will be completed. ~-

Fisheries Dispute.

UNCOMPROMISING ATTITUDE OF FRANCE. [per press association] Paris, May 17. M. Ribofc, Minister of Foreign Affairs, states that France is quite decided to maintain her rights in New foundland, and that the onodus vivendi was only adopted in order to avoid a conflict. The Chamber of Deputies has adopted a resolution relying on the promise of M. Ribot to uphold French rights without any limitation.

Settlement of Africa.

[per press association.] London, May 16. Much uneasiness is felt at the rumored assents of Lord Salisbury to the excessive extension of the German sphere in Africa New is to hand that French Missions in Uganda have agreed to co-operate with Germany. London, May 17. The Marquis of Salisbury insists on the Zambesi and Shir<s rivers being international highways, and that_Eng-_ land should not undertake territorial obligations beyond her strength. Berlin, May 17. It is denied that Germany will surrender Uganda. London, May 18.. In the House of Commons, replying to a question, Sir James Fergusson re pudiated the surrender- of any. portion of Africa to Germany. " '** \;' '

INTERPROVINCIAL

[per press association.] Wellington, May 19.' The Appeal Court on the motion of the Canterbury Law Society has suspended a Chris bchurch solicitor for two years for excessive charges to his client and ordered him to pay 25 guineas costs. In the case Bertie v Equitable Insurance Co. the" Court reversed judgment of the Resident Magistrate and Justice Richmond, find ing the Company had issued a policy" to Bertie different to that which he was led to believe he. was getting. Judgment in Te Kooti's case was not delivered and the Court adjourned till June 16th. The Minister of Lands states that re ports received from infected sheep dis tricts "throughout" the colony are of a highly satisfactory nature. Practically the colony is now free from scab, but cannot be officially declared so until the period of probation agreed upon some time ago has elapsed. The work of killing wild sheep in Nelson, Marlborough and Auckland is being rigorously carried out, and large numbers have been destroyed this season, but none of those killed were infected, even in the slightest degree, with soab, Chrlstchurch, May 19, On Saturday morning, William, a son of William Frizzell, farmer, Eyreton, aged fourteen, fell thirty-four feet down a draw well, through a rope breaking. Both legs were broken, a.wrist dislocated, the nose broken, six teeth knocked out, and he was gashed and bruised. He was attended to by Dr. Murray, and is now progressing as -Well as can be expected. The Catholic laity of Christchurch have drawn up an address to the Pope, to be presented by Bishop Grimes on his visit to Rome. It expresses admiration for the work of Bishop Grimes and Arch bishop Redwood, satisfaction at the progress of the Catholic Church through out Australasia, and the growing influence of the Catholic press in New Zealand, and hopes that His Holiness may be spared to witness the restoration of the bemporal power. ,' Dunedin, May 19. ■ There is further •trouble at St Mary's- Dn-the-hill. The Bishop allows certain irticles objected to to be used at All Saints. Mr Day and a majority of the

congregation are pushing matters to an extreme. Alexander Rogers, clerk to Captain Fox, has been committed for trial for embezzling £154 8s lOd money of Ellis, shipowner, Sydney.

CORRESPONDENCE.

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

FEEDING SHEEP ON OATS.

TO THE EDITOR. I Sir, —Would you kindly grant roe-space J in your valuable paper to say a few words in reply to Mr Jackson's letter of the 12fch instant, in which he asks me some questions, and has something to say on the subject of feeding sheep and Scotch men on oats. . I feel sorry that poor "Collio " became unwell on hearing Mr Jackson read my. letter. If he had understood it properly he would have known that the shaft from my bow was not directed against him, or his wise and faithful race at all, but against his owner, when that owner compels him to become a minister of unnecessary pain and disturbance to the most valuable animal we have in the colony. I quite agree with Mr Jackson that the wethers I wrote about were great fools to refuse to eat turnips, if the said turnips had 90 per cent nutriment in them. I also agree with him when .he says that " some turnips do not have 20 per cent in them"—of anything good I suppose. I further agree with him that oats and chaff given daily, in judicious quantities and equally shared by the sheep along with turnips, are very good things for fattening. 'When, however, turnips are to be had, I believe sheep can be fattened quite as well, and in a much cheaper and less troublesome manner without either oats or chaff; The past experience of hundreds of us proves this to be the case. I am not, however, seeking after any new information about turnips, I know all about them already; what I am anxious to see proved, is how it will pay to feed on oats and chaff without them. But 1 here comes something to stagger me, Mr Jackson writes "look at the fine class of men we can turn out in Scotland—fed on oats —big bones, broad shoulders, and well put together." As I never heard anything about those graminivorous northern Patagonians before, they must have disappeared from the earth long anterior, to my..adveht onl t, their .deca dence being accelerated, no douut, by the same' cause which militated against the. wethers I mentioned—tbey must have tried to subsist on oats alone. Lastly, Mr Jackson wants to know, " How many lbs of turnips would a 901b sheep eat per day when fat, and how much more will it eat when half fat—of turnips with 90 per cent in them." Now here is a problem more perplexing than that which was given the great Archimedes to solve ; he did know partly what was in the crown, but Mr Jackson, like a disciple of Blackstone, carefully avoids telling us what was in the turnips. It might be 90 per cent of air, or 90 per cent of athole brose. Ah, Jackson, Jackson ! You and I can can never settle these knotty questions, till we foregather at the clachan, and have a long crack over a gill of the dew of Ben Nevis. Then Adam, for the sake of Auld Scotland, you will have to tell me what was in the neeps. lam, etc., D. Oliver. Chelmsford, May 19bh, 1890.

DR. ELMSLIE AND SOCIALIST.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —"Socialist" has evidently mis understood the meaning of one sentence in my letter ; and as. J^3m.jlesu:ojiS„of. removing a wrong impression from his mind, I must trouble .you again. ' His statement that Dr. Enislie said the preaching of the Gospel would not bring in the millennium during the Gentile age is quite correct. Unfortunately he has taken the fourth sentence of the second paragraph of my letter as a contradiction of this statement. Nothing was farther from my intention. That sentence rightly read, expresses the doctor's claim that Christianity, wherever honestly received, would .reach men's hearts, and revolu tionize then* characters, but not bring in the millennium, because of its reception by the comparative few only. If "Socialist" was present at the morning service, he will doubtless remember how forcibly it was pointed out that at present there was not any such thing as a Christian nation, or even a Christian community in the correct sense of the term. And though," in spite of listening attentively, "Socialist" did not hear anything about.the weak points of Tem perance Societies , and Trade's Unions,' I maintain that the Doctor -did emphati cally and forcibly point out that the weak ness of these organisations lay in their utter inability, to reach men's hearts and overcome the evil: therein, and that he dwelt on this "at some length. I take this opportunity of saying that "Socialist" appears to have rather misunderstood the motive of my reply to his first letter. It was- not -written 'in defence of Dr. Elmslie's views. Hedoes not need my help. 'But, to my mind, " Socialist" put a very wrong construction on the sermon, and it was my .desire- to ■,correct this',. and state what was actually said. It must now be left to other hearers to say which of us is right, and should this, eventually prove' me to be in the wrong, I shall be more careful on another occasion to assure myself, of having rightly heard and under stood what was said before running into print. In his second letter "Socialist" has somewhat shifted Ijis position. He would now discuss with me' what should be the. attitude ~of Christianity > towards .human organisations for tlie "ihiprovemeht ~of man's condition. This I must decline. •I should,first want to know what may be hs attitude towards Christianity, and in' the second place I do not consider tho columns of a newspaper the best place for such a discussion. I am, etc., J [This subject has now been quite suffi ciently ventilated, and there is nothing to be gained by pursuing it further.— Ed.]

Horse Market.

» Mr T. Bullock reports for the week ending Saturday, May 17 Lh :—There was a larger entry than for some time past'; 68 horses were offered by auction during the afternoon, out of which 28 were sold as follows :—Medium draughts, 4-year old, Lll 10s to Ll6 ; 5-year-old, LIG 5s ; do, of a lighter stamp, Ll2, Ll3 15s ; 6-year-olds, light, Ll3 10s, Ll4 10s; 7-year-olds of a good stamp, Ll6 ss, Ll6 10s • of a lighter description, Lll 10?, Ll3 5s ; aged, LlO us, Lll us, Ll2, Ll3 10s, Ll4 up to Lls j 3-year-old, of a light stamp, broken to plough, L 9. Light harness horses, L 8 10s, L 9; 2 and 3 year-olds, unbroken, L 7, L 7 los ; a pair broken -\n Mn.?lo jir.il d^ihl, 1 hirncss brought 1.1.'i. I |.i<rl.«-.'(-it jir-oM filly, unbroker-. i■■ - »-i_rl: i I.* ,")-, ; •'-. !uI)!k i-. lA, LI 2s, 6d, Li 7 a Ud. The prices obtained for draughts are from sL3 to L 5 per head less than they realised two or three months ago. ' Sundbtks.—Drill, LIG ; D.F. ploughs, L 6 17s, L 7 ; light spring dray, Ll3; spring trap, Ll7 10.s ; dray and frame, L 8 ; a set of harrows, L 3 los ; grubber, L 2 15s; collars, harness, and winkorsj LI to LI 2.s per set; cart, saddle, and breeching, L 2.

COUNTRY SALE.

On Thursday, 15tU inst., I held ft'

clearing sale of farm stock, implements,--.-; ,&c., at Mr James Heron's, Longbeach. j| The prices realised for horses were as •; follows:—Draughts. 7-year-olds, Ll4 10a '■'■. to Ll7; 6-year-olds from Lls to L 18; " aged, from LS 10s to Lls 10s. These. prices are also about L 4 or L 5 per head " ; less than were ruling some short time ago. Implements, cattle, pi^s, and sundries brought satisfactory prices. , . On account of other vendors, —Draught horses, 6 and 7-year-olds, Ll3 to Ll4 5s ; aged, L 6 to L 9 10s; D.F. ploughs, L 3 to L 9; McCormick twine binflfer, L3O.

The Markets.

[PEE PRESS ASSOCIATION.] ■} ' ■ London, May 18» Adelaide wheat, 39s 6d ; Victorian, . 38s Gd; New Zealand, long berried, 37s 9d, active. New Zealand wheat, on : the passage, averages'34s 6d.-- -~\ ' ' London, May 19. The average price of wheat in country * markets is 32s 6d. ■" "-'"■'■ ■JL

England and Portugal.

[PEE PREBS ASSOCIATION.].^'?»< ~ . , ie/ . • • ' *} . Lisbon,- May 1& The Portuguese Minister for Foreign : Affairs, speaking' in the Chamber-;of Deputies, said the Government had resolved not to concede a monopoly of the Zambesi and Shire to England. ■

Petone Woollen Mills.

FAILURE OF THE ARBITRATION.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) .■ :> v (■•-•' ■, a (? v / !/ .. ! :-'i- ~, ■: - - WeiAlNgton, May 19. When the members of the .Committee \ who were appointed "to arbitrate' 1 in the -•' ---dispute; between the -Petone' Woollen Mill Company and their employees met to commence their labors to-day, it was discovered that, through some oversight, - the Trades and.Labor Council had bound itself, in the deed of submission, to prove - what it did not pretend to establish— . namely, that a Trades' union at the mill was formed in December laat/oiriiVthat ;.". it waws in consequence of their, connection ; with that particular Union that the | operatives weredischarged. "'*: ' -? d !' Mr D. P. Fisher, representing the Trades and Labor Council, admitted that he could not prove the complete formation '■'.-. of the Union in December, and the mem- ' bers of the" Committee "were unanimous that the, whole'arbitration hinged upon' that question, , Mr F,iaherL therefore withdrew from the arbitration, and/atfthe representative of the Company Had not ; authority to agree to unconditional" arbi tration thbmeetingbroke'up'

MAGISTERIAL.

RAKAIA—MONDAY. (BeforeMessrs C. A.-O. Hardy, W. L. ; Allen and E. S. Costor, J.Fs.) » BREACH OP LICENSING ACT.' I Police vA. 0. P. Knyrett, adjourned f hearing. This case was further adjourned r at the request of the police' tilHMonday !■'■ 26th. ... ;- CrVIL CASES; •'•'"' '-*■''- : McDowell v Knyvett, claim for goods supplied, £19 9s 2d. Mr Outhbertson' appeared for plaintiff. No^ appes'rance of defendant. Judgment for full amount, with costs and solicitor's fee. Stringfellow v. Todd, : claim ' 24s for depasturing two cows for twelve weeks. After hearing a good- deal of evidence judgment was given for'lßs, ,the\Bench being of opinion that Stringfellow was badly treated, as he had done a kind and ': neighborly act in permitting Tbdd to. run " -the~cuws in lua ysAAxxks7~~~~TT~~~^fX7 ;■ J . Several other, cases^ were settled,oijt of '- Court. -• ." " . . ,": :',";'*;;

EUROPEAN SITUA- TION.

- '♦ — '—. • ..-*;" ----' [per press association.] \ ■ • ' , Berlin, May 19. The Emperor of Germany, speaking , at Konigsberg r said breakers of'the peace would receive a lesson they would not forget for, a century. Bismarck will pay a visit to England in; June. He asserts .that Russia intervene if France* .is attacked, similarly Germany .willinterfersl if Austria is assailed. ,: , :;£ '■'.:• Pakis, May I9i Theßussian Government has ordered a million of the new French riflffi to.be deliyered in October. \ '■; %;: ;|';; ~ ■ r St. pETE^tmG^,Mj^ g l9, The Porte not" having answered the demand, for payment. pi war in^ demnity, the Russian Governntent has strongly reiterated th&fequest.

New Plymouth Murder.

[PER PRESS_ASSOCIATION J ,"" ; ■■ ,r, New; Peyjsjkmjth;; May 19. At the R. M; Cpurt i|o-*lay, ft Mahi being brought up on remand; Mr ;3anmelß> said it was illegal to detain the accused on the charge of murder. The E.M. replied that he could not uphold this contention and remanded Mahi for another week. The inquest was resumed, .wj^n Rickerby, the-gaoler* gave eyidence as to the clothes Mahi had on "when he entered %e;,prison. rj [\ . I 'S L 'T 0 F.t A. T ■- Te Aramu, an elderly Maori, deposed to seeing Mahi "with other [Natives in New Plymouth on Friday. He was ftboflt town during the whole of; the^ornhig. He was with^Qkeroa.. He'theh'ia^LMhhi. This was on Friday morning. They saluted each, oth^r outside the butcher's ■ shop which is close.to the restaurant. It - : was; befpre dinner.; Crown Prs^ect||or >• wanted at this stage to treat the^ witn|es as a hostile, one; but the Coroner/ruled that he could not be treated aa siichj.v/Wit ness said he called at twelve o'clock, dinner time, and saw Mahi before and after dinner. Had told Major Brown, that he had seen liim before and after dinner. On the inquest resuming at 3 p.uir, . Philip Hopkins, runner of the,. "Daily News," stited that on Fri<Jayi' 11th April, ' he saw the prisoner' hear 'Dr'tJciitham's house, and walking in the direction of tho I'ctTitulipn grounds. Tlij.s was about William'Webber,- ropomaker, alfloistaited that lie saw- the prisoner on the same morning going in tho direction of the re creation grounds,, ■ Agnes Allton, captain of the Salvation Army, deposed that the prison e'r came to. her house on the Saturday that Maloney was *ound dead. Tire prisoner was also at hor h«"se twice on the previous F ; ridjay . between 1 and 2 p.nj. -.The prisoner t>ft!id her (id that he'owed" hey. ' She asked him where lie got the money, and the prisoner replied his'fiithor had'sent" him £5 from Parihaka. . The prisoner had attended several meetings of the Army,

IBS ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, TOBSDAY, MAY 20, 1890.



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"VTTANTED Known —On^ hundred Prepared only by * » and Ladies' and Children's Prepared only by Waton bought a great bargain (good SW AN N /^ HEM IS T qualities), now selling very cheap—H. C. WANN (jHBMIST, Seqers. Melford House. rr>HE Patent Candle Extinguisher can Pue Castiglione, Paris. X be Set to Extinguish at any time f #>^^ t »g\ required ;it will save insurance premiums Vs£s /^^TiT"^ your nouse an<* your e > Pr*ce Is > Sole ■ "^ta xwuivwiikk Agent for Ashburton.—R. Alcorn, JiJ PJjßfiSSy Saunders' Buildings jtt lSS#^\ \ \f ANTED KnowrT- The Cheapest *fgL ' yiv jT V V Shop to buy Tinware and Gal- JFj fkisLfX. J vanised Iron goods in Ashburton, is at \jK' jSs*H£J£ Hannai-ord's, Burnett Street. A /rwNs^S *ar^e sfcoc^ kept on hand. Tin and Iron t/ \ r^^T^^sS ware goods made and repaired with dcs TEETH WiTM^EEIiJ Patch THE CHRISTCHURCH DENTAL JZuiTi^tiZ, ' SURGERY, lubUc Aotlces- n c n t. i an- v i. f TINWALD COAL AND FIREWOOD Corner of Cashel and High streets. DEPOT . A /"CLOTHIER has for IV| " ■"■" ~ •"■•'■'*' \^j castle, Westport, Grey Valley, and Mount ' , SURGEON DENTISTS. Somers Coal Firewood and States Prime Oaten Straw and Sheaf Chaff I And at Dunedin and Westport. Ashburton prices. • P Q f\ (\ To lend on approved di iJ y~J J freehold security. _ JOHN C. CORR, TTTE have gained the FIRST AWARD Barrister & Solicitor W at the Dunedin Exhibition for Burnett St Ashburton, Artificial Dentures and Mechanical Appli- ancesfor the Mouth, and it is with the ,-/-'--~ /• greatest confidence that we guarantee the *//f;'> '•'-•". > _''.'' .-'/•/>-• highest class work and perfect fit at the ■ most moderate cost. PHOGRAPHERS, 218, High Street, A Single Artificial Tooth, 10s. Christchurch Complete Set - Upper and Lower- —ASHBURTON HIGH SCHOOL. temporary and permanent, i-lU lUs. Natural, Durable, Comfortable FsHhlisl.ed 1881 Artificial Teeth Replaced Temporarily al- UsfcabUbhed lWbl. most immediately after the extraction ™ piL fbU ia h of decayed teeth or stumps without extra ]-> of ft Üboral educfcon- {| fee or charge. Special subjects of study may be pur . . , , , . „„ sued where circumstances require' a de- Arrangements can be made for par. oi re from ordina s^ool course> monthly payments. Head Ma3fcer . Mr Jt E Buohanah. ADMINISTERING NITROUS OXIDE lsfc B'A -' (London), GAS several times daily for the past ten v P years, we fearlessly assert that extraction * . a j £3 o 0 o teeth under its influence is perfectly ' " punless and positively safe Q | o^.e J ■'290 Fee for AdmhTstration, ss. . M™£ g^j} '"^ r-^^ t \J Q Extracoon, 2s 6d. fcerms< ah fee 3 are payable in advance. Artificial Teeth and Dentures made by r^i H"XR"L E"S"l5"R"Al) DELL other dentists repaired or remodelled at v^ JD small cost. 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AhipaipFroad. SANDER AND SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.--In protection of the world wide fame our manufacture has acquired all over the globe, we publish the following :— Hazard, M.D.,- Professor of General Patho logy and Diseases of the Mind and Nervous System, says in an editorial published in the "Clinical Record ":—" We have examined half-a-dozen specimens of different manufac tures ; the preparation of Sander and Sons was the only one that proved to be reliable and corresponding to scientific tests." Another concoction called "Refined Extract of Eucalyptus" has made its appearance since. This product stands, according toDr i Owen, foremost in causing injurious effects.' That gentleman communicates, at a meeting of the Medical Society of Victoria, that a child living at Fitzroy became most seriously indisposed through its use. In anteoer case a lady states on the strength of statutory declaration that she suffered cruelly from the effects of the same concoction. To guard the high reputation of our manufacture we feel warranted in exposing the above facts, and desire the public to exercise care and precaution when buying.. SANDER and SONS—(Advt.) i ' t



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