The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. SATURDAY. MARCH 15, 1890. DISCIPLINE IN SCHOOLS.

The position of a schoolmaster is high and honorable, as his responsibilities and influence are also high, bat it is one inrolving much anxiety and many difficulties, the weight of which we fear is only too often underestimated. Were it not so we should not so often hear and read as we do of parents who, instead of helping to support the master in the discharge ot his duty, interpose obstacles in his way, and are instantly ready to take sides against him if in the enforce ment of necessary discipline it happen that their own children are the subjects of correction. In tho case of our larger public schools where hundreds of children of both sexes are gathered together— and these of necessity gathered from all quarters, asjwell from ill regulated and badly brought-up families, as from orderly and well conducted households, especial vigilance needs to be exercised or evils of the most deplorable sort will ar i ß e—nay, we know, in some instances have arisen and do arise. The case of immoral conduct on the part of a boy, as towards a female pupil at Akur akura, near Hawera, the other day, is not by any means an isolated one, and the action of the master in flogging and expelling the offender, was only what should be expected of every master in similar circumstances who desires to do his duty by the school and towards the parents of the children committed to his charge. It is astounding that the father of the boy in question should have thought otherwise, and should have brought an action for damages in the District Court against the master for discharging his obvious duty, but it is still more astound ing that the School Committee, which had previously held an enquiry, after deciding that the boy had been properly whipped, nevertheless, proceed to rein state him in the school, declaring that he had been improperly expelled. Surely they must have forgotten the couplet of Dr Watts,

One sickly sheep inteots the flook

. And poisons all the rest And the still higher authority which lays down the axiom that " Evil com munications corrupt good manners." It is, however, perhaps quite as well in tho outcome that the Committee and the father acted as they did, for the result has been a thorough vindication of the master in open court, and a verdict by a jury that the master was justified inas much as the boy had been guilty of im moral conduct in word and deed. The plaintiff has very properly to pay for his lescon, by having to defray the costs of the case, and as for the Ahurahura School Committee we should iraagiae that at the next annual meeting they will receive their lesson afe the hands of the householders.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The recent treaty between America, Great Britain, and Germany ia regarded in Somoa as satisfactory. The proposed Canadian Commercial Con ference of the colonies has been deferred for the present. Tha consumption of boot blacking in England for one year amounts to a value of £560,000. Tho Melbourno detectivea have discovered ft complete coining plant in that city. Spurious half.sovereigns, supposed to coma from it, are in circulation. Station-master to a euspioious-looking lady (aged) who faa3 just entered a first-olaS3 apartment: "Are you first class, ma'am?" Aged Lady : " Yes, thank you ; how are you?" Out of 10,460 children attending the BOhoolß in the Wellington educational District, there are 130 with deficient sight, 47 partially blind, 57 cripples, 235 inartionlata or Bt'immerer?, end 143 of weak intellect. The proclamation suppressing the Chinese Beoret societies has been published all throughout the Straits Settlements. The property of the sooieliea may be disposed of, though the Government do not deßire to confiscate it.

The Wellington "Evening Press "under, stands that the of Sir Harry Atkinson beooming a candidate for the Nelson seat at the next general election is openly diouseed in certain eicoles in Nelson, It is said that his ecocees is oertain it he chooses to stand. Dean Swift Bays that it was the opinion o f certain virtuosi that the brain is filled with ■ little worms or maggot?, and that thought is produced by these worms biting the nerve?. Hence tho expression " When the maggot bites " means when the fancy strikes us. A new artificial cork has been made by Potel, a German scientist, from a mixture of glue, glycerine, and tannin. It is elastic, impar. vious, Btrong, and durable, and very cheap. The oorks are moulded. The mass is also applicable to other purposas. A Philadelphia physician says that a great deal of what pasE63 for heart disease is only mild dyspepsia, that nervousness is oommonly bad temper, and that two-thirds of the so called malaria is nothing but laziness. Probably he doesn't toll his patients so, but there is no doubt a good deal of truth in what he says. A young man named George Ford died recently at B&oup from the tffeots of taking cayenne pepper. 'A few minuus after taking it he was found on his knees, gasping for breath end after struggling for several minutes he expired, A doctor who was called stated that death was caused by the action of the pepper on a weak heart.

The London correspondent of an exchange learns that gir Julius Vogel is HUdy to make a nioo little profit out of his connection with the company which has been formed to work the oil springs at Taranaki, that is assuming the enterprise to be a payable one. He has been allotted a very substantial interest in shares. The following extract from a publication in a Bio paper, outlining an official inventory of tho Brazilian Emperor's property, speaka eloquently of the benefioenoe of Lorn Pedro : —" The furniture and fixtures of the palace are said to ba old and shabby, probably not worth, all told, over 7500 dollars. Gonneoted with the palace of St Ohristofaro there are also about 100 houses built by Dom Pedro as a sort of asylum for paupere, of whioh tha .va'iuo is not given. Eeports of the wool crop of the Biver Plato are not good. There has been a fearful epi demic among the sheep, which have died off in large numbers, and this has been further aggravated by a loDg wet summer. It is esti mated that there will be shipped from Buenoa Ayree this peason 120.Q00 bales of sheepskins, as ogajost ,(5.5,000 bales last year. The market will ba supplied with about the usual quantity of Eiver Plate wool, but a much larger i proportion than usual will ba skin wool.,

The programme of the annual concert in Bid of tbe lundß of the Convent Sohools, to be given in the Oddfellows' Hall, on the even ing of Monday next (St jPatriok'B Pay) appears in another column of this issue and promjsps quite a foaat of good things. A visiting priest, now stayiDg with the Kav Father Chastagnon, end who h a very oompetent musician, in to take part, and the names of Mrs Crisp, Mips Henry, Misa Hollowoy, Mr Flower, Mr Stevenson, Mr Mileom, and many more whioh appear among the list of vocalists is a sufficient guarantee of the excellence of the menu to empp a crowded house, to say nothing of the' sttraotjions p£ a reel by the Ligmobr Highlanders and a reel to be danoed by that genial veteran apd universal favorite, Mr Donald Mokean. The doora will be open I at 7.30 spd the gpnpert wiUj oommeuoo at S O'oloojt ehurp,

It is Bind, that if a thorough search of Sydney parks, domains, etc., were made it would be found that around tbe city every night nearly 2000 man sleep in the open air.

Mr Alfred Barclay, LL.B., etc., eldest son of the Eev George Barclay, has been appointed lecturer on constitutional law in the University of Otago.

A visitor to the Great Barrier Island, Auck land Harbor, Bays men are preparing the ground for active mining of antimony. The reef i 3 of large size, and the tests have been highly satisfactory. A syndicate has a lease of 700 aores, and if the reef turns out well they will employ a large number of men.

Nearly all the Maoris on Great Barrier Island are Mormons, under the leadership, or pastorship or wkatevor-ship they call it, of a half-oaste named John Palmer. They have a church and sing well. For the information of those who have but one idea of Mori monism, it may be added that these Mormons stick to one wife.

We learn from the •• Lyttelton Timijs " that the Rhodes' family have authorised th c Cathe dral Chapter to proceed with the Work of restoring the spire, on oertain conditi one. It is stated that tho expert in the oonstrufotion of buildings in countries eubjeot to earthquakes, who was oonsulted, has recommended that the structure should be restored in fire-briiok

The " Temuka Laader " Bays tb&it Mr J< Mundell, of Geraldine, has growing, in his garden a young apple tree that has done remark ably well this season. Although thisi is only the second year it has borca fruit, la ll I picked from it a fair-sized oase of apples. Some of these measured no less than 14 inches in oiroumferenoe, and bix of them turned the scale at s£lb, or an average of nearly a pound eaoh. The " Echo !de Paris " statea that it has reoeived from its St Petersbnrgh correspon dent an almost incredible story of an attempt to poieon the Czar. It appears that the German uniforms intended for Alexander 111. are made in Berlin, and recently after his Imperial Majesty had worn one of themi he felt a strange tingling sensation, whioh was after wards diagnoised by the dootora as being a symptom of outaneous poisoning.

The Wellington correspondent of^e Pre«B telegraphing on the 14th inst days:—the Bishop of Wellington went luy oountry yesterday, and mill be absent moreftbmn a fort night, so some time must elapsa before any answer can be reoeived from, bim to the memorial of the Christohucch Standing Committee, From a conversation I bad with him recently on the aubject I do not anticipate his acceding to tbe request, as he holds that he is bound to support tbe eolemn and deliberate decision of^he General Synod.

The London correspondent of the "Dunedin Star " writes :—Sir Walter Buller ia eiok of oompany management, and means to out the city as soon as he deoently can, This, he considers, will be when the New Zealand Antimony Company have paid a dividend, and the Blue Spur Oompany are in fairly smooth waters. Sir Walter seems still undeoided whether he will stay in New Zealand when he gets there, and enter the arena of colonial politic?, or return to England and give rein to his literary inclinations. He has received a very flattering offer from Messrs Southern, who appear to think that a carefully and artistically illustrated history of the . Maori raoe (suoh aa Sir Walter Buller couia, with time at his disposal, compile) would be eagerly bought up by ethnologists.

Mr E. Gates, Grove Farm, has suffered'a Bevere losa by the death yesterday of his thoroughbred mare Forget-Me-Not. The mare was bred in England by Loid Zetland, about twelve years ago, and was imported to New Zealand,by the late Mr John Carter. She was by tho famous racehorae King Lord, from M^otis. Among tha bait known|of her progeny ere Mikado, now ia Australia, acd Memento, now, we think, on the West Coast, and Mr Gates has a particularly nice two year old filly from her by Perkia Warbeok 11., and a yearling colt by the same sire. Forget- Me-Not was not a particularly robust mure, but was before her death in good health and condition, and seems to have suooumbed to an attack of influenza caused probably 1 by a chill.

Mr Justice Edwards (saya thi Wellington correspondent ot the " Press" has being sworn in by the Chief Justice. The appoint ment is not " for the year only" but during good behaviour, sb ia the case of all othcK judges. Mr Justice Edwards wiil enjoy seniority from the tima of his appointment, and will take precedence of all subsequently created judges. He will not be disqualified from sitting in the Court of Appeal. Ho will be unable to do co on account of his onerous dutie3 as Commissioner under tho Native Land Court Act, put will not be otherwise incapacitated. He will be in all respeots a " ful!-blown judge " of the Supremo Court, but will be detailed for the special business of Commissioner, exactly as in the case of tho English Judges, who formed the Parnell-*' Times " Commißoion.

A gentleman who is well known to all in terested in theatrical affairs arrived at Dunodin last Tuesday, by the Ringarosma,, Everybody has heard the name of Harry St Maur if they, have not had the pleasure of seeing him aot, for he is an actor and one of a very high order too. He is now inaugurat ing a lengthy tour through this oolony and we hear that ho takes Aahburtou en route to Chrißtchurch aud Wellington, His repertoire of pieces, with one exception, is new to New Zealand. The one exception is, we are sure, favorably remembered by all lovers of the drama—" Jim the Penman." All the other pieces are London and Parisian successes, and have mostly been performed at the Criterion Theatre, London. They include "The Arabian Nights," "The Candidate "(a play witb which Mr St Maur's name is particularly associated), "Stage Land," "The Final Shaft," •• Tho School Mistress," "Silver Shield,"" Fourteen Days," "Brighton," "Boottle'B Baby," " Muddle " and many others. Mr St Mbuk brings with him from Melbourne a specially selected company whose ac<puintanoe Ash burton playgoers will shortly have the oppor tunity of making. We believe the piece selected for performance here is " The Can didate " one of the best, il not the very beßt in the list, and which should draw a crowded house, as Ashburtocitos always appreciate a really good thing.

Last night a Rood-bye meeting was held in the Somerset Hotel under the presidency of Mr G. F. Soott, to say farewell and wish GoiJ speed to Mr Thomas Soott, chef dc cuisine of the Somerset. After tributes had been paid to Mr Soott'o skill, and honor done to the master strokes of bis genius on the table, by the ecore or so friends who were present, Her Majesty was toasted and the health of Mr Soott proposed and heartily drunk. Tho Chairman paid a high compliment to Mr Scott's ability ss a cook, and regretted that he was leaving for a time. He further re gretted that by far too little attention woe devoted to the education ot our girls in the art of cpoking. Much indeed could be done to add to the happiness of our colonial homes by a more extensive teaching of girls in the art of preparing a tempting m6al, and it was a well-known f aot that a bear of a man could be reduced to tbe traotability of a spaniel if the wedding ring were run through his stomach by a wife who was a good cook instead of round the finger of a wife who could not cook. Mr Pattman acknowledged the toaßt for Mr Soott, and hoped for his own eaka And the sake of the hotel that Mr Scott's holiday would be a short one. Other speakers boro testimony along with Mr Pattman to Mr Scott's sterling qualities, and toast, song, and sentiment ruled tho night until law and order required Auld Lang Syne to be sung at 11 o'clock.

CORN EXCHANGE REPORT.

The following zs the Corn Exchange Report for the week tndirig Priday, March 14th :— The weather continues favorable for threshing and considerable quantities of wheat are coining forward and goirg into store. English prices are not very encouraging, and farmers are only taking advantage of shipping to Europe as being the visible outlet. At present prices it seems doubtful if shipments will realize more than can be obtained locally, '\ certainly the price is not high, but there is as far cis the grower is concerned an end to his risk when selling on the spot. Oats are not coming forward in any quantity, the last prices having evidently deterred growers from, threshing. The demand is somewhat stronger, and doubtless if better prices prevailed farmers would not be slow in 'supplying the market. Barley is offering largely of medium quality, of which this season's crop mainly consists. For any prime samples a slight advance on quotations could be obtained. Peas (Prussian Blues) hand threshed, meet with a fair enquiry. Beans.—No samples yet on offer. Grass Seed.—Rye is in full demand, and but few samples offerings As good prices are now obtainable we may expect to see farmers threshing their grass which they generally prefer to do after all the grain is cut. Cocks toot has a firmer tone, enquiries from the North Island or elsewhere having caused a better demand, Potatoes. —Reports from some districts are unsatisfactory, the dry weather haviag had a bad effect, and we have lately experienced one or two frosts that have done no good. On the whole the incoming crop does not promise to be a heavy one. Dairy Produce. —The dry weather has had the effect of putting up the price of butter. Cheese remains unaltered. The following are our quotations for the week:—

Wheat.—Tuscan, 2s iod to 2s lid; Pearl, 2s 9<i ; Hunter's, 2s Jd to 2s 8d ; whole fowl, 2s 3d to 2s 4d; broken, 2s to 2$ id. Oats. —Milling, is Jd; short stout feed, is 6d; other kinds, is \d to is Si Barley.—Prime malting, 3s 3d ; medium, 2s 6d to 2s 90I; feed, is gd, Peas.— Blue Prussians (true) 3s 3d: slightly broken, as gd to 3s, Rykgkass.—Town machine dressed, 4s 6d to 4s 9d. Farmers' clean samples up to 4s; inferior according to quality. Cocksfoot* —Prime heavy bright seed, 3#d to 3j£d; discoloured and light, 2^d to 2j^d. Dairy.Produce.—Butter, b%d to 7d ; cheese, small j loaf shape, 4d; large sizes, 3d *>3#d. The above quotations are those paid to fanners for delivery f.0.b., sacks exlra.

THE RECENT LAND SALES.

So far as has yet appeared we fear that the recent opening up of land in the Ashburton and Geraldine counties has accomplished very little indeed in the way of furthering settlement. By a perusal of the list of applications granted at Thursday's meeting of the Waste Land' Board, it will be seen that of fifty four applications granted—four were upon the perpetual lease system, two upon deferred payment, and the other iorty-eight for cash ; while the names of the purchasers show that the great bulk of the land has gone to persons who were already large landowners, It is true there are some seventy-eight other appli cations about which our metropolitan contemporaries say nothing, and which, for aught we know, may be those of persons who have applied for email holdings, and who, or some of whom (for in the case of plural applications for the same sections there must be a ballot to decide who shall be successful) will be new settlers upon the land, but even allowing for this, it remains, as we have before said, that settlement will in the whole have been but slightly promoted, while the bulk of the land has simply been added to previously existing estates —some of them already large enough for a principality. The fact is the Crown has long ago parted with all the land in Canterbury suited by quality and situa tion |for'small holdings, and something will yet havo to bo done in the direction of reacquiring land for that purpose. Upon this subject Mr Percival, M.H.E., made a very sound and sensible speech at a meeting of the Chamher of Commerce at Christchurch on Thursday. He said Inter alia that ho " had always held the view that it made very little difference to the State what rental they got for the Crown lands so long as they were suitably occupied ; indeed he would not he adverse to seeing the Crown lands given for nothing, so long as they were surrounded with proper precautions as to Ihe class of people occupying them." And he went on to bay that "as to the condition of the land, there was no Crown land in Canterbury suitable for such settlement as they wanted to bring about. In the North Island there was plenty of land, but not the kind that an Knglish farmer would know how to deal with. An English farmer turned adrift in a dense forest would make but a poor fist of it. The most important point was that roads should be made, and he would much rather see money spent in roading the country and improving the means of getting to it than in reducing he price of Crown lands. But what were they going to do in Canterbury and Otago, where they had no such land as they would like to see for these settlers. L&st session an attempt had been made to create labor settlements by the Govern ment setting aside sums of money for the acquisition of small plots of land to be sold to working men on easy terms. The success of the village settlements in Canterbury," by means of which many families are now comfortable who would either have been in want or have left the colony, showed that these labor settle ments would be a success. There was no doubt in Canterbury—and he hoped that they would not be alarmed at what he was saying—that they were suffering from the evil of large holdings. The experience of the past would teach them not to allow persons again to acquire large holdings. He for one would not be averse, if large holdings barred the way of settlement, to see that these large holdings should be bought by the Government. It was a dangerous thing to do, no doubt, but if it were hedged round with precautions, not much harm would be done." To this we add that the direction referred to by Mr Percival is that alone in which the remedy for the present stagnant condition is to be! found ; and we are persuaded that the acquisition of land for the establishment of labor settlements is a measure which is urgently called for, and one which must be carried into effect in the near future. But besides this, it is imperatively necessary that the Land Act should be amended, so as to prevent the constant aggregation of enormous holdings, tbe very existence of which, Bpeaking generally, is a bar to the progress and prosperity of the colony.

EXHIBITION BAND CONTEST

(PICE PEKBO ASSOCIATION.)

Dunbdijt. March 14 The band contest was continued this aveoSng, when I hare was again a krgo *tteodaiio9. To-night tka 0010 compe'-i ---'ton took place. Thar* waa only one competitor (Mr George) for clarionet. The four competiiora in trombone 0010 w6ra~ Jocklna (Tnveroarglll), Bnker(Dan* idiu), Herd (Wellington), and King (Oarasro). Herd's chances are enppoeed to be the bast The euphonium or barl 4one competition drew Dine oompetitorj, eight playing the onplionlam. Forgasoc (Invei'cargill) la euppOßed to.huvo scored beet, Tho next c^nteet wsa ifoc X flat soprano, <r B flat oorueS In whloh five' completed. Mobr, of Ohtistohutcb, played exoellecMf, and «rJll probably take tho prizii L'tbgow (lavorearglU) played well, but bis selections wero rather short.

THE LABOR TROUBLES

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Losdon, M»r0h,,13. Mr Shiels, a member of the Victorian Parliament, has had an interview, with Cardinal Manning, who stated thai the money subscribed for the dock strike had been properly expended. His i eminence also remarked that ha ' had absolute confidence in Barns, ;and was delighted at the Christian, civilised sympathy of Australia for the sufferings of the lower classes. the grain porters have struck for an advance of sixpence a day. The Miners' Conference hare adopted tht compromise agreed to by the York shire colliers, accepting, five per cent increase if conceded at once. .If the masters do not give way a general strike will take place on Saturday. The Liverpool dock labourers refuse to arbitrate. Madrid, Maroh 13. Three delegates from Spain will attend the Berlin Labour Conference.

HORRIBLE CRIMES OF A HUNGARIAN LADY

1 A. terrible discovery has just been made by tbe police at Lipe», in Hungary. A wealthy widow lady of tack, whose dissipations and amours have long bean • matter of comment, baa- been arrested and charged with the committal' of a nnajbar of mardora,. The woman is hand eome and aceomplishocl/and e,t one time moved in tha highest circles of Boclety. Since the death of her husband some 10 years ago, she huu resigned herself to a life of ilcenJioQßneas, with fcbe retult thut she has borne to hor vasioaa lovero a rinmber of chtldten—six (n all—note of whom are now living, thoy havo been murdered by their mother at various times. Last Jay two of tho woman's children disd—two little girl*," aged t,brea and four reopao tlvoly. The children, were both pretty, and h*d attracted a good deal of ctten tlon from the neighbors by thdr winsome ways and nloa appearance. The sudden dtaeppcarsnea of the children one day brought the euspiolons of the neighbors |to tho culminating point, and someone denounced tho mothee lo the polios, giving them a nnmber of claea to work upon at the came Urn a. When caked to ex plain the abaenceof tho children ths woman gavo only evaaive, replies, ond finally ctid they bad been soat to a ooavont, the whereabouts of which she declined io.dls closej Tha woman was then atrestedj but no evfdonce could be procured ogainot he; until a Bearch of her honae wBiS instituted by the police, and a diary prodnced In which Madame had kept the record a cf hor sins and follies for the previous ten years. la It the astounding confession was mado that ehe had murdered nix children and r!so ona of bar Jovers, When confronted with those sUtecoo'jts, made in her own handwriting, the wonun at firat asserted that the diary wae a work of fiction which abe was writing, and thst the crimes bed oniy been committed la inisgln&tlon. Subsequently eho was Induced to oonfese tha diary was a reoord of actual facts. When token to the scaue of her bntcheties and aaked to point oat whore she hid buried the bodies, the proseoded to the cellar, dag np the bodies of tha two girls who had been her latest victims, and handed thorn to the police with the gceaieat coolness. The diary, of which the police have retained possession, Is probably tho moat unique record of crime la existence and reads like the work of a fiend incarnate. The womr.n seems to I hv.ve conoluded that future existence was a myth, and to have dedloated her wealth to iha gratification of the lowest eensaal pleasures. Some of the children whiob were the result of berj\guilty practices have lived longer then others, and ehe does not aeem to have removed them from any feeling of compunction with regard to their legitimacy, bat elmply to prevent them frcm becoming a noisanoe to her when they became old enough to observe things, or else murdered them In spite when the supposed parent offended her and broke off the liaison, The revela tions obtained by the diary serve to olear up a mystery which some three years ago obscured the fate of a prominent young effiaer named Thleesen, who was foand dead by the roadside, having fallen from his horaa wbila riding back to the camp after having been out on a visit His death was at the time attributed to heart disease, but tho ghastly details of Madame'a diary ebow that tbe 111-fated young man wen reluming from a visit to her house nnd that she bad administered to him In hia wine a doee of poicon whioh sujimarlly ended hfs .carets?. As the young man had kept the fact of his con nection with hia mistress a secret, and as no question had been raised as to the cause of his dealh at the time, the complicity of the woman had not been auspealed at mil. It now transpires that under the in flaenca of bee potations the woman had unwittingly disclosed some of her secrete to the young officer, and that he, horri fied by uev statements, bad threatened to bring her to justice. Lulling for awhile the Bueploions which sbo had no foolishly engendered the woaun oohtrlved to change tho sobject and sooa had the visitor under the spell of her sorceries »g»in. Tbe kisses she was shower ing upon him were, however, but those. 1 of a Delilah, for in the wine with which he refilled hta glees the treacherous niren had plaood a dose of poison, £be then found eiccaa to dismiss him, and tho man n.,uat have p?rlthed soon aftoc ha left har house, dying before he could reach anyone to whom he could donouueo his mnrdereEs. During tho period In whiob ell theeo orfmea hava been com mitted the woman's eldeut daughter and only legitimate offspring has resided with her !n <ho house, and has bepn in poaaes eion of he? rnotbor'e hideoaa aeosets. Tho tnoßfc fearful oaths havo besa exacted from her to ensure her secrecy, and tho poor creature hns led a life of each constant dread that it Is doubtful If hor moatat fnaultlou have not been eo.ionily impaired. She .will now In herit tho poßseaaiona of hit mothsr, although It h doubtful if ho? wealth will ever bring her eny happiness, haunted as she will always be with tha terrible memories which have sb«d their baneful Inflaenee over her early years. The de 'ails given in the diary with regard to the prcfliftacieß of its author reveal a depth of deprp.v ty which will not permit of ex p'anttiou in a raspectable newep^per, Zola himstilf would blush at tho mociß(ro3i tiia of vice whinh Its Fages dieolose, for i be das neper dared to paint a natnro bo I fiendish and debased as, according to her J own Qonfeirioa, tail woman has com© to

THE FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA

J.PKE BEES 3 iiSSOOIATION.]

Sydney. March 14 ( At Grafton, tho jaood water ex-* tinguished tho gas in the town, and the | whole city was plunged in darkness. A man named Schmidt fell off a raft and was drowned At Lismore, two men were drowned in the flood. Later. The weather had broken, and the water in the flooded districts is reported to be receding} Bjubune, March 14 . Most disastrous floods have occurred during the laßt four days, the highest ever recorded. Hundreds of houses in the suburbs are entirely submerged, and boats are plying night and day rescuing the occupants. Tho gasworks are under water, and the city has been in total darkness for two nights, Four cases of drowning are reported. The damage is estimated at a hundred thousand pounds. The telegraph and railway lines are interrupted in all,:directions, and con* sequently no reports have been, received from'the country duitricte/." $hen they do come they are expected to be serious. (Received Maroh 15, 0.5 p.m. i '■';" Sydney, Mtroh 15. A dredge, valued at £15,000, en gaged in the Clarence river broke away faom her moorings, through the flood, and escaped to sea. Two steamers *re searching for her. .

INTERPROVINCIAL

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' " AtraKiAHD, Mtreh 14. TheiTainui has arrived. » ■ Owing to the continued dry weather the dairymen contemplate - raising the price of milk. Several sections iv tide village settlements in the North have been forfeited, owing to the non-compliance of the settlers with the con ditions. ' : • In regard to the 40,000 acres of land with drawn from settlement as the effect of the proclamation of the Puhipuhi field, the Crown Lands Eoard have passed the following resolu tion: That the Board recommends that the Government should, as soon as possible, remove from the operation of the Mining Act all the lands that were under offer in the area now covered by the Puhipuhi mining district previous to its being proclaimed as a goldfield, and to readvertise them for selection, with the exception of the areas that were open for selection under the homestead system in the' vicinity of the reported mineral discovery." 1 OHBIfIXCHURCH. Mftroh 14. The eighth annual report of the Canterbury Frozen Meat Company states that after allowing 5 per cent on the value of the works for depreciation thert:,,is a credit balance of ,£2156 17s 2d. Of this, is proposed , to. be expended in paying 7 per, cent dividend and the balance earned forward. 232,736 sheep and lambs, and 172 cattle have been killed at Belfast during the year. Jane' Lee.and F. Jones, accused last week of cruelty to tw» young children at Southbridge , were sentenced to one month's hard labor to-day. > ' ■; Duncan Martin, who was three weeks ago committed for trial on several charges of stealing goods from his employers, Mason, Struthers and Co,, was to-day committed on three additional charges of stealing goods of the valus of £12 from the same firm.

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HOME AND FOREIGN.

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London, March 13. Phelan, the Nationalist, is dead. Betting on the Oxford crew is 6 to Judge Bovill has finally declined the Chief Justiceship of Western Australia* Professor Harley leaves for Sydney by the steamer Oroya, and during June i and July he will occupy the pulpit of the Rev J. Jeffries, of the Congre gational Church there. Paris, March 13. French troops will occupy Whydah on the Dahomey coast. Ottawa, Maroh 13. Birchall and his wife, convicted of murdering an English tourist, have had the sentence of death commuted. . . Bkklin, March 13 The " Post" asserts that the Reich stag will be asked to vote for the creation of seventy-four new batteries of artillery. Johaitjiesbeeg, March 13. Three of those who took part in the recent riot have been charged with, treason. There is great excitement among the British population of the Transvaal. Boda. Pksth, Maroh 13, The Emperor Francis Joseph has reproached Counts Apponyi and. Karolyi, for the attacks made by them on Herr Tisza in the Hungarian Delegation.

AN EXPERT LOCKSMITH

With reference to the escape of a con vict, cabled the other day, the " Argus " reports that " a Frenchman named Pierce Douar, who who serving a sentence of. eight years In Pentrldge for coining, made his escape Rome time betwoen nrdnlght end 6 o'clock In tho morning In a very eenattlonal mancer. He occupied a cell In the 0 division, which li devoted to prisoners who have good conduct reoords, md whoEe terms of penal servitude are al most completed. When the warder went to oall him in the morning he found the cell empty. On the floor were lying a small auger, -a pair of pliers such ai are osed by tinsmiths, and a knife which had been roughly serrated. Douar tad torn off portions of the iron lining of his call door with the plier3, had bored eaveral holes through the timber of the door' with the auger, end then sawn out a piece of wood, making a hole large enough to allow him to get his hand through. With a ikeleton key he opened the padlock of his cell, which ho relockod after he bad left; it. The hole in tho door was skilfully covered with a pi«C9 of parchment painted to resemble the rest of the woodwork, and it waa not known that he bad escaped till the cell doo/ waa opened. After leaving , the cell ha had to descend at distance of i 14ft,, climb two walls 20ft and 12ft in height respectively, and cross two yards. All this ho successfully accomplished, and it is believed that had dome assistanae from j companions oatuldo the prison, His prison j clcihea were found in a ditch outside the j walls, and this la regarded ea a farther proof that ho was not unaided In his daring enterprise. Ho is 47 years of »ge, and is known to have escaped from .New Caledonia. He hud only ten more months to serve at Pentrldge, but It fi supposed that fear If st he should be returned to the French ptiaons induced him to make a bold bid for freedom. [Dousr, who la a clever ironworker, was captured In one of the coffee palaces a few duyn later.]

SPORTING

WAIMATE BaOES.

The following are ;tbe entries for the Soling Race and acceptances for the Bt. Putriok'a and Harvest Handicaps :— Sxllixg £aoe. Mr W^Eobonaon'a Paddy Mr J. Carran's Secrecy Mr J. Smart's Negro Mussrs M. and O.Hobba' OoHlngwood. Si Patrick's Handioa*. Messrs M. and O.^obbi'^albjhle | Mr H. Lambert's Sir Julloi- * Mr H, Dooley's Mies Qedrga T Mr G. B»ae'a (ns) O*rlna. : Haktxst HAm>ioa?;*&s Mr E. T. Rhodes' Eimberley - Mr 0. Dooloy'a Qufokstep^ ' Mr H. Lambert's Loo Mr W. SmythV(Qt) Savoy.

KING GEORGE OF GREECE

The announcement- reoeatlw. made to the effuot thftt King George of Greeoe oontemplatoa abdicating the Greek tbrane early Id the ooming year Id favor cf tht Grown Prlooe Constantino, reoeifei the ' fullest,, credence among well' Informed people in Odessa* rln^laet. writes a eot respondent, the sabjeot of the K'ng'r abdication shortly affer the marrUga of hie \ heir WA3 pretty generally, spoken ol In Raeshu offioUl circles some months ago. It is said thit King Gao/ge, during lha. last few years, has lost much of whatever affection he ever entertained^ fot tke country whloh adopted. blue* aa Ita ruler,, Ha finds his pleasure ehlaiy abroad or at his . Oorfn , residence. On the other hatd, toe * Grown Prince li thoroughly Greek In tentlaMnt and isplratlom, and possesses already tha affection and sympathies' of the ftellenoa, whose national hopes are centred laMs native-born patriotism and loyalty to Greeoe'a loftier national aspirations. It la not Improbable that. King George's abdi cation and the betrothal, of r tha c Prlnoasa Marie of Greeoe to the Czireylieh will be contemporary events. Ktng Gaorge ( It la said, Is cervoosly anxloui to retire with credit and honor to himself.,and eon ieqoently his intention may notbeoarrled out untlt the Cretan qdMtfon is finally or, perhaps it would be more .oorrrtt to aay, temporarily settled.. „" "';, r.;T/i

LATEST CABLE NEWS

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[Pie Pbxsi Aisooiatioh]

(R.oelrad M«oh 1&, 0 24 Vim.)

THE FISHERIES QUESTION.

Loipox, Matoh 13 Sir James Ferguson: expects an early settlement or the -;- Newfoundland .fisheries question;''J ■ ■:';.

THE COALING STATION.

Lord Stanhope's scheme, of^arming the coaling stations of the' 1. Fleet is virtually completed. ( "l-'V

THE VOLUNTEERS.

Mr Hamley's motion favoring more liberal treatment of the Volunteers was carried against the Government, maaf Tories and Unionists helping."*?

OBITUARY.

Baron Dowse is dead.

THE QUEENSLAND LOAN.

Tenders for the Queensland jLoan of 5 £2 t 264,000 at 3ji percent" will be opened on Friday.

LORD RANDOLPH AND THE TORIES.

Several Tory Societies propoie to censure Lord Randolph Churchill for his speech on the nth instant., C --,

AN OUTRAGE.

A Frenchman, who was out walking, crossed the frontier at Belfort whea German rangers arrested him upon a charge of poaching, and dragged him handcuffed to Mulhausen.

RESIGNATION OF FRENCH MINISTRY.

The Senate refusing to proceed to the Order of .the Day respecting the question of the Franco-Turkish treaty of commerce, all the members of the Cabinet resigned except M, Tirard, who remains in office until Easter.- a^Presi- \ dent Carnot's persuasion: ,'?;•

AN INDIAN RAID.

The Indians have sacked the town of Huanta, Peru and murdered: hundreds of the citizens. , 

FLOODS IN AMERICA.

There are severe floodi in the Valley of the Mississippi. Thousands of cattle have been drowned. There if two feet of water in Arkansas. .:i

VOLUNTEERING

The final meeting of, the Aahbirton Guards was held at the RoyaMlotal hit evening. There was a large attendance of members, Captain Sparrow presiding. The ohalrman reported a satisfactory balance to the credit of theOoaspaoy, also that the rifles, etc, had been inspected by Mcjoetfewalfand formally handed ot«v for the uaa cf the Rlfla Olub. It wai decided th»t tbe Club ba named the Ash barton Bin* 3 Clab, and the following officers wei« appointed:—O^ptala, Mr J. Keir j Treasurer, Mr W, Spatrow^; Secre tary, Mr 0. Ohapman ; Oommlttty Mtiart Morrfeon, Marsen, Leitch and^ Baker. Twenty-four old members enrolled than* solved as members; and twelVe othen wera elected. The Committee were em powed to -enroll' new memben, aJso to draw np rules to be submitted for adoption at a future meeting*, Tht annual subscription was fizeid at 12i6d, payable strictly In : advance. n The corps decided to ask Sergeant'-MajbrjHayea to •ot as: coatodi&n, Siicoess td ( the Ash barton Elfb Olub, coppled wi^n the name of Captain Kelr, and the healths, of the ptst offioers and now oommlaifoneaVoffieara of the Guards were duly honored In tbe course of the evening

A Brunnerton man who used a defaetd two penny etamp to post a newspaper, wii fined nearly £9 for hii indiscretion. If he had spent a halfpenny at the ontsot, lit would not have coat him so much trouble and experts*} , For the first nine months of last year England consumed 11,213,471 gallons of wine, 18,258,351 gallons of spirits, and 18,851,818 gallons of beer. In this year she has oon> sumed 11,605,293 gallons of wine, 18,734,301 gallons of spirits, and 21,230,206 gallons of beer. - .3. The"Lyttelton Times "gives it as an** dit that a former well-known resident of the Amuri has instituted divorce prooeedinga against bis wife, a prominent member of the legal profession in Chrifltahuroh being oited v co-respondent, , T-«

THE ASHBTTRTON GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1890.



INWALD COAL AND FIBEWOOD DEPOT. J4 /^LOTHTER h*yir,£ pur • r\ * \Ji chafed the busineßß of Joseph Clabk from the Officiil Assignee, in prepartd to supply Coal, Frewoo^, Bras, Oala and Obaff, at lowest market rateß. J. A. CLOTHIER, Tinwa'd. f PJLOIMUS VALDE ?AMOIJSQU(iI {" Wliat W8 do we o well." m*E OHEIBTOttTJIiOH DB NTAIi Qo£m\ Mtroct, Ohrintchnroh, z»xt Bobln* lom'n Boct Bt»»,»nd nt tho Ootagon, Dunoiin. AH •persticM at Gtriclly uniJonn and moderato Coninitation free. jl. MYEES~AND CO., BUROBON DBNTIHTB. TSITROT3S OXIDE! GAS tdmlnlaterod This. Anaestheile leavoi no unplowwat effects, and by its use the extraotlon of Bid Stomps and Teeth is renderod per faetly Painless md Effective. Ad »toietered daily. Fee lot admlnUtnttou af Gm, 6s. Extteotlon, 2b 6d » tooth. Hoa» of alteodince, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Frtrftte reafdflno9 t 93 East Belt The acknowledged superiority of AMERICAN DENTISTRY In the oon itraetton of Artificial Taath, the snoit inlihed workmanship, and replacing the loat teeth TEMPORARILY ALMOST IMMEDIATELY aftot extraction, have Mtebliihed oar reputation, A ilnale Artlficla Tooth, 10s, complete lit, Upper and Lower, Temportvy and Permaneat £1010« ; ArMfiolal Teeth and Dentoiei made by other dentists re aodelledat amall oostg, Stopplog, Soil ing Perfeot and Fatnletr. WU. SPABBOW, TAILOR AND MEN'S MERCER FAST STREET. THE CHEAPEST SALE NOW GOING ON INAeHBUBTOS IS AT "The Corner." Oiildron'e Halo half pvica Flowera at ha f pric* FtUU at h*lf pric^ Ijadien 1 Jackets at fcalf price 17 dczMea'ci iSpz (bost made) half Drico 1 f r SEE THF3 WINDOWS SHE TP J3 WINDOWS OK NSIrBOT THE STOCK IHSPK^T '.fflifi STOCK W. H. COLLIER "ihe Corner" BUND Ai IMFHERIS Fo!s Weakly Saleß of aOBSES, PIGS, CATTLE, PBGDUOB, ! yUUNITQBE, &a. EVERY SATURDAY. LIVE STOCK SALES 'tvery Tnr,ed»y at Tinwald and Ash bortoci Ysrde aUercßteJf, CLEANING SALES TOWN AND OODHTRT Accfifding to nrrsr.-{reraeat. —We hftve for S»le Privately— O EEAPERB AND BINDER •? CcoßstUl ROLLER, GRASS J. BXRIPPERS Wq iiave been appointed A cents for JOHNSON and Go's ARTIFICIAL MANTJE& WJ?i HAViH ON H-iND 5 TOMS jjGjple- ftod P>rticnJ«f« of whicb can b bizi on atppiic.fcioa. 6im »0 HUiFHEBY-S AUCI'IOIfEEES



Wanted Known Cash, under this head-, in?, not exceeding 16 words, ONE Shilling. Addresses may be left at tbis Office. OrTANTED a ReDeial sasvunt—apply V V Mrs A. Qv&tis, Rlverbank, Tin wald. 3 79 SIIT ANTED Sitnatiou «a working house Vf keeper, by nD experienced capable woman. Flest-class r«farence«. Apply A.8., Offioo of this paper. 3 99 VtfJ'ANTRD KNOWN—Melford House will closo erory night at 8 o'olook (exonpt WedneiitfajiB 1).-— H. 0. Sb«brs. , \\f ANTED Known.—" Strong-weat V¥ Boots for Ladses, Men and Children can only be obtained at W. H Collier's. "\ I/ANTED Known.— The Cheapest VV Shop to bny Tlnwara and Gal vaniued Iron goods In Aahborton, 1b »t W. F. Uannaford's, Barnett Street. A large stock kept on hand, Tin and Iron ware goods made bad repaired with des patoh. MANILLA Binder Twine, machine oil, and wire. Time is money on the harvest field—the best is the cheapest. —R. Alcobn, Saandera Buildings. T\7"ANTED KNOWN —My Bpecial I VV Make of Ladles' 4-olaep Kid Gloves, " The AehburtoniaD," braided backs, 3s 6d per p»ir.—W.; H. Colusb.



WANTED every man in tue County to have a Bait of the Ashbarton Tweedsi—Robbet Aioobn, Aanborton Clothing Mart, Saonders' Buildings. MBS KENNED T and Mies Cameron, Moore Street—Teachers of Scientific Dreeß-cnttiag. Bodies oat and fitted. Dressmaking in ajl ita branohes.. Biding habits a speciality. 12 69 WANTED Known—ln addition to our ordinary presents, we shall give an extra one of » good usef al basket to every purchaser of 20s and upwards. H. 0. Smebs, Melford Hoaee, WANTED KNOWN—If yon want' good value for your money go to Melford House. Besides oar ordinary presents an additional one of, a good useful basket to every purchaser of 20<s and upwards. H. C. Seosks, Melford House. \ 1 / ANTED, Everyone to Know—That VV J. MOISON has now ».n stook a areje and varied assortment cl BOOTS AND SHOES tot tho Spring and Summor Season. Gentlemen's, Ladies', aud Chil dren's, both imported and Colonial; Ibo HIS OWN MAKE, which GANN )T BE SURPASSED fur Stylo, Fit, Q'ml iy, and Nektopßß, p^nibinod with VERY REASONABLE PIUCE3. All repalcs executed prompt y and witb neatners lOtl



PulUe Notices LOOK OOT w»SAL¥ L F. AMDREWES & GO. tfOTIOE TO FARMERS. WHEAT. WHEAT. WHEAT. WE *T6 BUYERS of P.RIMK MILL LSG WHEAT at Mi?]. KOrXITT & CO., Camorbary Mi!!?, 3f26 /.tthbarton. fT STEPHEN'S OHUROtf, ASH BURTON. rjnH'rc rcorabera of lbs L'd!ce' Working I Party parposo holding « OAKS AND APiiOJT FA T7* fa tho Persona)."? Garcloa on TUESIMY, Msroh 25, from 2 p,m. to 6 d.tn« Kefceobrneot Stall, e re. Admission 63. Glfta of O*kea, Aprons, Fruit, eto, vriil be gratefully reoalvpd *t the Paraonage. 3t78 -rMPOUNDKD at Wsiterton Pound on i. 12th Mweb, from F^d's Road, 1 caif aad 2 yoArl'.nK*. Li not releaa?d will ba eo!d on 21at M>roh. SAMUEL HOLLAND, PoiK'Ckueper 3£97 Fieminct'in. Monster Bazaar. mHB ANNUAL BAZA.AB end Salo of | Work in conneotion with the Parochial District of Longbewh, in Rid of the Church Funds, will be held ia tho TEMPLAR HALL, TINWALP, ON EASTER MONDAY, 7th April, JB9O. Bazaar opens at 11 a.m. Luncheon provided on a liberal sca'e at a v. ry moderate charge.



Any contributions of produce or livo ntock maybe left at MrHeseltine'sShop, Tinwald, mi they will be thankfully acknowledged. Admission 6d; Children fcalf-pnco. Bfß9 SUMMER 1890 1890 QUMM r"R HOW 1890 1890 OH O W ALL DEPARTMENTS OF OUR BUSINESS REPLETE WITH CHOICE GOODS I?OR THIS SEASON. «£• PRIOB~EIGFT, For Juvenile's CJlctbire Try fho JS.Z Clothing Factory For Boys' Clothing Try the S,Z. Olotnlng F. 3Ury ForYouibe' Clothing Try tha h.Z, Olothiog Factory For Men'a Olothin* Try the N.Z. Clothing Factory j Wor Men's Measure Suite Try the N.JS. Clothing Factory For Mercery and Hofi?ry Try the N.Z. Clothing Factory Fot Blankets, Rugu, and Flannete Try tbo N.Z. Clothing Factory, For Hats in the newest shapes ; Try tha N.Z Clothing Factory For tho bent value for Beady Money Try the NZ, Clothing Factory ENCOURAGE LOCAL INDUSTRY AND BUT FROM IHE \mW ZEALAND ! Clothing Factory. ins?ect"oue stock .* a And draw you " own ooncluwons. W. B, WEBBER M»a«gWi



We clip the following important testimonial from the " Illawarra Mercury " (N.S.W.) of I the 30th March. It needs no comment :— " Mr John Loveday, of the Bulli Mountain, wrivea to ua that after suffering for four years with acute gravel, he hap experienced almofit complete relief by using Sander and Sons' Eucalypti Extract. He says Beeing the said Extraot advertised in the 'Illawarra,Tslercury,' his intense suffering jpduoed him to obtain a bottle of the medicine from Mr Hoskintf, chemist, of this town, and that the use of it gave him great relief at once, He states that between the 10th March instant, when he obtained the first bottle of the extract, and the 19th, the use of that medicine continued to afford him relief, to which he had been a I stranger for four years. Mr Loveday writes aleo that he has found the Eucalypti Extract ! a oure for rheumatism as well as gravel He [ requests us to publish thiß information | through the ' Mercury.' We have much I pleasure in complying with Mr Loveday's : Request, whose word cannot bo doubted, and who oan have no object in view ottjer than a pure desire to f^oefit suffering humanity,"-^



Mr Wilton, chemist, of Marton, has growing in his garden a flower called the kaipoo, which is fatal to all tpaoies of moth. We saw some of tho flowers recently, on each of which was a full-grown Bpcoimen of the common moth. Some of them were alive, but they could m&ke no attempt to fly. It seems that mothß are fond of tha flower, and once they get their pioboßoea into it, they never fly again. It has been suggested that if this Sower were grown in sufficient quantities in orchards the codlin moth pesc would soon become a tbi&g of the f aat,-" 1' fluogitikei Advocnto,'!



A very usefal electrical invention, tending to lessen the possibility of accidents in factories, is now being extensively adopted in Leeds, England. The breaking of a glass.' which is adjusted agamst the wall of every room in the mill, will at once stop the engine, , an electric current been established between the room and the throttle-valve of the engine, shutting of! steam in an instant. By this meane the engine was stopped at ono of tho mills recently ia a few seoonds, and'a young girl whohad golherolothea entangled iv an. upright gltf | wii Nleajoa twin jwed,



_Holloway's Pills and Ointment.— The attention of all sufferers is drawn to these well-known remedies, for they possess con spicuous advantages as a safe and reliable remedy in all those emergencies to which travellers, emigrants and sailors are* so especi ally liable. They have been largely patronised by wayfarers by land and sea, and, in feet, by all classes of the community, to their very great advantage. The Pills are beyond all doubt one of the most effective remedies ever ( discovered for cases of obstinate constipation, \ confirmed indigestion. and co'ic, cooaplainU which are engendered by exposure and irregular fading 1. 1 The Ointment will be found of the very greatest service in cases of piles, abscesses, erysipelas and all kind* of local ulcerations,