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The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1890. HYPNOTISM AND CRIME.

Most of our readers, are more or less acquainted with mesmerism—that is to say with the fact of some occult influence exerciseable by one human being over another which is capable of removing , pain, inducing sleep or insensibility, or causing the patient's mind and body to obey the will of the operator. That snch phenomena are producible has been demonstrated before nearly all of us on many a platform or at private stances and it is well-known that though there are undoubtedly cases of imposture yet that there is a sound basis of scientific underlying the phenomena referred to. In India, long before the discoveries of Mesmer, the existence of the force or influence formerly known in Europe by his name was well understood, and was utilised for medical and other purposes, and to this day it is often resorted to when surgical operations require entire passi vity, and Humanity demands an uncon scious condition on the partof thepatient. Latterly, however, in France especially, the researches of Dr Gharcot and others have been directed to the somewhat new field of employing mesmerism or " hyp notism" as it is now fashionable to call it, for the purpose of effecting moral as well as physical cares, by means of sug gestion to the minds of hypnotised patients. The experiments made by Dr Charcot and others, show that it is quite possible to effect much good in i this dirtctioo, but unhappily it has aleo recently become apparent that the suggestion of evil i$ as easy as the suggestion of good, and it is to be feared that the abuse of hypnotism may become a tar more terrible thmg than can be outweighed by the benefits of its proper use. For example, we read in the letter of the London corres pondent of the " JDunedin btar " that " a Parisian libertine is, in fact, now in gaol awaiting his trial for the murder of several victims. He appears to have been a gentleman who studied vice as a ! fine art. His instincts having taught I him that the male relatives of girls he seduced had a knack of making them selves highly objectionable when they fouDd him out, he looked about for some 1 way of avoiding unpleasantness Hyp notism soon suggested itself as a most admirable means. Not only could he prevent his victims from the awk ward habit of confessing their shame to disagreeable fathers and brothers, but when he was finally tired of them could get clear, without the usual tears, entreaties, recrimination, and, of course, the subsequent expenses. He chose for his victims young girls of emotional temperament, and having ac complished their ruin, ordered them to commit suicide. One girl is known to have doDe so, and there are several others who swear that the attempt was made on them. With how many of his victims the wretch has succeeded will, of course, never be known. That the percentage of suicide by drowning was an unusually high one this year in Paris is an ominous fact Naturally the case has aroused a great amount of attention, and should the charge be brought home to the malefactor, there will be a great cry out that the science must either be made an unlawful one, or else that the practice of it must be restricted to proper hands. Paris has, as usual, taken up the question with frantic fervor, and meetings are being held every day, at which experiments are shown. At the most important of the public meetings M. Oharcqt hypno tised a gendarme, and told him to Mssassinaie M. Grevy. After the usual freble inatticulate resistance made by persons ' under influence' when the suggestion is peculiarly repugnant, the unfortunate fellow went out into the garden and stabbed violently at a tree which the operator assured him was the President. After having, as he thought, done his victim to death, he was over come with terror and remorse, and staggering back into the hall poured out a circumstantial confession of the murder. The immense audience appear to have been almost dangerously excited by this proof of the ease with which hypnotism might be used for purposes of crime." The same correspondent goes on to say "Of course, there is really nothing so very new about this. As you may remember, about a year ago I gave a description of a seance at which 1 assisted, and at which a iriend of mine was under my very eyes made, as he believed, to foully murder his own father lying in bed. The latest and most startling development is that the art of hypnotising is (inch a simple one that anyone of average ability and strong will can become a thoroughly proficient operator in a few weeks" If so, the , more reason that there should be careful attention given to the whole subject, and the possible dangers to society from the practice of hypnptism by persons of criminal tendencies. Certainly no one should allow himself or herself to be operated upon, even for scientific or medical purposes, by any person in whose character perfect confidence cannot be repoeed.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A slight shook of earthquake was felt n Akaroa at 10 a.m. on Monday. Thfi sugar yield in Queensland this year is espeoted to be phenomenal.

The King of Siam has just married twenty new wives.

The Bank of France has at the present £50,000,000 in gold in its cellars.

The deep drainage system of Adelaide, said to be the most perfept in the colonies, cost £428,758.

The "Herald" has seen some returns for Wanganui butter sent Home by the lonic, the pripe realized being from 88s to 945.

During Christmas week the whole of the stock of Australian wino pn the Euglieb market was exhausted.

* black snnke eight feot long was killed at D^bbo '1q being °Pene^» *' wa3 'ound to c-ontoin 22 jo?'* one3 > eaoh about eleTen ioobea iv length.

/Sir WilHam McGregor, the Governor of Now Guinea, bun ascended the Fly liivt" &VU miles, beiug much fceypnd the furthermost point. Litbeitd reaohed.

JVIr Cogblan, .Government «tatialicia», esti mates itio p'opuluiiou of Now South Wales ou December 31 st last at 1,122,200-618,309 males and 503,990 {eniiea,

We are obliged to hold over till next issue a report of to-day's sitting of the Resident Magistrate's Court,

The latest idea of the advanced parlormaid of the day is to send her photograph, in bib" apron, mob-cap, and neat black gown, to the lady with whom she is in treaty for a place.

A raid was made on a gambling-house at Wentworth, N.S. W., recently. The keeper of the house and the croupier were fined £10 each and the otherß £2 each, with £2 7s each cosis.

While Auckland boasts of a white, skylark, Mr C. Yourig, Cameide, near Eaiapoi, informs the " Press " that his orohand is daily visited by a white blaokbird, and this uncommon' visitor has a decided taste for ripe pears/, r . <

It is not generally known (writes a oorres-' pondent) that the late Mrs Fitz-George, the. wife of the Duke of Cambridge—upon whom would have been conferred in any other coun try a title oommenßurate to her marriage— was born in Sydney.

The average yield of wheat in the Junee diatriot, New South Wales, this season is 22 bushels to the acre. On soiao farms the yield has been 54 bushbls to the acre, \

It is Baid a horse sweats, a man psrspireo, and a woman glows. It is, moreover, a re markable fact that a woman is never hungry; she only feels a little faint. !

The area of land in cultivation in New Zealand was 3,997,447 acres in 1879, and 7,670,167 acres in 1889, the iuoiease having been over 8,000,000 aoreß in ten years/

The " Daily Graphio " people profess them selves quite satisfied with their Bucoese bo far. Their first day's sale was 240,000, and the paper has since averaged a circulation of 150,000. ' ;

The revenue returns of Western Australia shew the oolony to be in a satisfactory finanoial oondition. The' total revenue for the year waß £442,795, and the expenditure £389 000. * :

A nine-year-old grandson of Mr D. MJ Cluskey, of Wetherstones, while chasing a rabbit bad the thumb of his left hand severed and the wrist reduced almost to a pulp by • stone falliDg on it. The mußolea of the wrist are completely severed. ''

We are pleased to learn from one .of oar cables that the University of Aberdeen has conferred a Dootorsbip of Divinity on the Rev. Jamee Elmalie, of St Paul's Presbyterian Churoh, Ohristohuroh. ' A telegram from Auckland yesterday Bays the recent deoision of Judge Connolly, quashing Te Eooti's conviotion at Opotiki,has given such satisfaction to the Natives at Eetikihi, that Mr Napier, solicitor for Te Kooti, when he visited Eetikihi yesterday was weloomed by a large body of Maoris., who danoed the Haka, whilst the ohiefs congratu lated him.

A telegram reoeived last evening - gives us to understand that the Auckland Chamber of Commerce is £60 in debt, and that efforts are to be made to indrease the membership and the usef alness of the body. The President, Captain Colbeok, at the meeting of the Chamber Baid that increased vigor was neces sary, or the Chamber would collapse. A Committee was appointed to canvass for new members. '

Messrs Eeid and Gray have reoeived a massrve gold medal in acknowledgment of the excellence of their exhibits at the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition. It is of about the size of a crown piece, but very much thicker. It was the only gold medal awarded at the exhibition for agricultural implements, so that the firm may indeed look upon it as a feather in their cap. The firm's name is sunk in the rim. ,

Somo idea of the degree of absurdity to whioa the censorship of .the Turkish press is carried may be inferred from the fact that the papers were forbidden to publish any announcement of, or comment on, the revolu tion in Brazil. The papers dare not allude to past changes of government or rulers under pain of Buppreesion, and books containing unpalatable matter of this nature are rigor ously confiscated.

Aooording to " Asiatic Researches " a very curious mode of deciding the title to land is praotised in Hindostan. Two holes are dJg in the disputed spot, in each of whioh the plaintiff's and defendant's lawyers pat one of their legs, and remain there until one of them is tired or complains of being atn&g by the insects, in which case his client is defeated. In this country it in the client and not the laivyervth.o2)utshisfootin,it.

Sir William Fox is a remarkable man. . He oarries bis burden of 78 years lightly, and laughs at the effeminate youngsters of 50 or thereabouts, who fanoy they are growing old. Sir William has just given us another taste of his quality. On Saturday he sent a- telegram co Mr Brown, the Registrar-General, about the ascent of Mount Egmont as follows : —" Suooeasful ascent to the summit yester day. Splendid weather, magnifioent view."

The story that Mrs Harriet Beeoher Stowe has lost her reason is positively denied. She is 76 years old now, and while her mind is not as dear as it was, and while she cannot' write with the vigor of her prime, she cannot be called demented. She lives largely in the past, but a word from anyone will bring her back to the present. Mrs Stowe is carefully oared for by her twin daughters, who live with her, and her property interests are in the hands of her Bon, the Rsv Charles E. Stowe.

A ramie company, with a capital of 1,000,000, dole., has been organised at Philadelphia, to enoourage the cultivation of ramie, to build maohinea for the de oortioation of fibre on the plantations, and i establish mills to bleach and spin the product. It promises to be a grand suooess, and will bring a new and valuable source of revenue to farmers and others. Ramie is an excellent fibre, better, stronger, and finer than cotton or wool, and almost equal to Bilk in lustre. Ramie roots will bo fronißhed at a low rate to all who wish to cultivate the plant, and the Company will buy all the fibre they oan furnish at full market prices.— English Meohanio.

Albert Eagleton, hairdresser, late of Ash burtOD, made the following statement before the Official Assignee in Auckland:—l am a hairdresser's assistant and have been co engaged for the last eight years; sinoe July last in Auckland. I have been several times out of employment. Sinoe August, 1888, I have had regular employment varying from 50s 10 60s per week. lam married, but have no family. My debts amount to £62 0a Bd. contracted within the last two years and three months; £26 3a has been incurred sinoe August, 1888. I had to borrow to pay my solicitor for the purposes of the bankruptcy. I have absolutely no assets but about £10 worth of clothing and personal effects. I shall consider what I oan put aside weekly for the creditors.

For three years past there has been on exhibition in one of the lecturing halls of the Royal College of Medioiue in Berlin a man who is a puzzle to physioiana and surgeons. His body is so transluoent that the circulation of the blood, both arterial and venous, can be plainly Been and studied. The man, from a physiological standpoint, is a marvel without a parallel. The leading pbysioians of Germany have Been him and lectured upon him., He is now in New York. Ivan D&orsohky Orloff is the strange man's name, and he ia a native of Buda-Posth, Hungary. In the lower limba there is an entire absence of bone. That is, the bones if ever there were any, never became ossified, and are therefore simply thin, flat, and flimsy cartilages. Mr Orloff has never been able to walk, but is whee'ed about from place to place in a rolling chair.

THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TEAM.

(PEE PfiKSS ASSOCIATION.^

London, Mitch 4.

The u Sportsman," commenting on the Australian team which is aibout to visit, England remarks that it is far from being representative of the strength of the various Australian cantree.

Btdnby. MBr«'h 5

A difficulty has arisen in connection with the team chosen to visit England shortly, to represent Australia,against the Old Country. Blackham strongly objects to the inclusion of Deane, the New South Wales wicket keeper, but the representatives of that Colony insist on his retention.

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

(PER PHES3 ASSOCIATION.)

Mr James Russell Lowell, who was reported to be in critical health, is im proving.

London. March 4 and! 5

The statue of Sir T. Elder is finished, and will be exhibited in the Royal Academy.

The masters yielded to the demand of the cement workers, and the latter have resumed work.

Bondholders and orher city meu in terested express their approval of Aus tralian federation.

Mr Bolton, Home Ruler, has been returned for the constituency of St Pancras by a majority of 108. Lord Clifton, who was arrested!,on 23rd ult for contempt of the Bank ruptcy Court,*has been released from custody.

In the House of Lords the Maxquis of Salisbury stated that he will swait the decision arrived at by the House of Commons before submitting a motion to the Lords re the Parnell Commission.

The Shaw, Savill and Albion Com pany declare a dividend of io percent., and an addition is made to the Reserve Funds. The sura of is written off as depreciation of freezing machinery. • '. , ; . . ■ The American Unions have decided to hold a demonstration on May Ist in favor of compulsory eight hours labor, and the Unions of Great Britain, Europe, and America celebrate May Ist as the annual labor day. Lord Salisbury, in the Lords, said that Sir Dighton Probyn requested an interview with him, but was informed the evidence against the supposed cul prit was incomplete. Ha never mentioned a warrant against Lord Arthur Somerset to Sir Dighton Probyn.

In the House of Commons to-day Mr T. Harrington read cypher tele grams purporting to disclose the parley ing of" The Times," subsequent to the suicide of Pigott, to obtain the evidence of Sheridan and Miller, « The Times " agreeing to pay the parties jQs°POO and j^io,ooo respectively.

Washington, March 4.

The sentence on Kilrain, the pugilist, Has been confirmed,

Bkblut, March 4

la consequence of the adverse result of the elections, Bismarck has protesred against the system of unofficial advisers to the Emperor.

AUSTRALIAN

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VICTORIA.

MELBOukftS. March 6

It is understood that the Govern ment do not intend to agree to the amended tariff this session;

QUEENSLAND.

Brisbane, Mat oh 5. Subscriptions are being received fot the sufferers by the Quetta disaster. Many are penniless. Charters Towers has already sent jQioo.

NEW SOUTH WALES.

Sydney, March 5. . : An engine, along with two carriages, was i derailed! near; BUcktown to-day. Two passengers named Collis were dangerously injured, and a third, Mr Bairnsdale, of Auckland, slightly.

THE MARKETS

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Stdnsy, March 5

Wheat, local milling, 3s 7d to 3s 9d; oats,/ feeding, 2s 2d ; milling, 2s 3d; barley, Gape, 2s 6d to 2s 8d ; potatoes, New Zetland £5 ; Onions £4 ; cheese, New Zealand, 5d to 6d ; bacon, New Zealand, 8d to 9d ; hams, lid to ll£d.

Mjilbouriib, Mtroh 6.

Wheat, new crop, 3s 7d ; old, 3s 9d ; pats, stout New Zealand, od Id ; barley malting, 4s 2d, with strong demand. Adelaide, March 5. Wheat, shipping parcels, 4s Id to 4s 2d ; oats, New Zealand, in bond, 2s 7d to 3s. Barley, Gape 29 7d to 3s; Englishes ts4s 3d.

Messrs Nelson Bros,, Limited, tele graph as follows of the London frozen meat market:—" Market very firm, supplies Email. Best quality mutton, 4£d. Beef, hind quarters, 4£d; fore* quarters, 4d.

A LAND-TAX SCHEME.

A correspondent signing himself "A Prosperity Waiter " sends the following to the " Otago Daily Times " —Let the legislature decide that in addition to the present taxation a heavy land tax on a progressive scale should be levied on all holdings over, a certain acreage, grading the land in say five classes, 'roughly thus:—First-class agricultural, 500 acres limit; second-class agricultural, 1000 acres; m xed pastoral and agricultural 2000 acres; first class pastoral 50C0 acres: second* class pastoral, 12,000 acres, with due provision for evasion of the tax by mixed holdings. The tax would be what you might vulgarly call a '• burster " and you would then have all the large properties put into the market for sale in the limit areas. There is plenty of money in the country to buy up all these lands at a price. But the present owners, who are still really owners would complain bitterly at their fair properties being broken up under obviously unfavourable conditions, and the mortgagees would also wince under a forced realisation. We should be called robbers and confiscatora, and capital would Ret a scare, but in a year or two we could look furtively around, and in secret lejoice at having peopled certain fai. estates I have in my eye witii colonists of the right stamp, and capital cannot take away our lands even if it gets scared. It can bluster, I and held up all sorts of dreadful bogies, but ! capital must sell before it goes; as one door , shuts another opens. I have mersly sketched I a rough outline of my scheme, and avoided , details, ''

It 13 oaid that Patti's annual income for some years past bai not been leea than *40,QG0.

MOUNT SOMERS SCHOOL

The tollovlug in too laspector'a tfeport on the a'icve sohool, which waa examined on the 7th fuat :—

Mr Joseph Watson, master, Mrs Fox ■owing tnlatiess.

Percentage of p»aae^ v 53 49 Parentage of failures, 8 00. Percentage on class «nbj >ots, 60. Additional mark*. 48

Tha results of examination era vary «;ood. The oohool (■ well managed, and iautraoUoa ii thorough aad late iigem The reading, writing and drawing all pusHssa merit of a high order. The 3'Autaur of the third •tgndard is excep • "tioaally-good. ' The geography'of Hi 3aun ataudanl ia somewhat weak. Tbs discipline is very good. -

L, B. Wood, Inspector.

VICTORIAN RAILWAY

As the public has generally been tinder the impression' that the working of the Victorian Railways under"a Board,was, a pronounced success, and as it was such. a belief which had* a great deal to do with the adoption of a similar;system for New Zealand, it may be of interest to inquire how far that belief is borne out by. actual fact Certainly oar experience of the working of the Board system in New Zealand has been wholly 1 disap pioriting, arising, we think, very largely, from the constitution and personnel of the Board itself. The New Zealand Board, however, only deals with the wosking of constructed lines, and has nothing to do with the.building:or for mation of new lines of 'railway. .In Victoria, on ■ the ' contrary, it' appears that the Board carries put both functions. And now let us see what are the results" Writing on the 24th of last month bur Melbourne correspoundent says :—•'. An ascertained deßcit of £100,000 with a prospective further loss of £50,000 on working our railways during the present year is raising a howl of , indig nation all round. People are asking one another what is the cause ?—»nd, without waiting for « reply^ riaxt' demand, who is to blame ? The answer to all this is very simple. Jf through a cheeseparing system uf management on the one hand, and a compulsory system of paying the highest price for; labor, and purchasing the rolling-stock in the dearest market, on the .other, the] Com missioners can render the service even moderately satisfactory, and show a few thousands surplus at the year's end, all is well. But they are pot suffered to keep it, to make up, say, for a bad year. A score or two members of Parliament make a grab at it. One or two gentlemen want it divided amongst the farmers in the shape-of . wheat freights; below, the cost of carrying. Another wants a reduction in passenger fares. Another requires a railway siding for the convenience of a friend. And a fourth wants to oblige 'a few political supporters with a new station in some remote up-country village. , Thus, nothing can be carried forward to meek a falling off next year. There are other drags upon the Department. A line (or sections of a line) is to j constructed : ■ contracts are let to be completed within a given termj: the | work is carried on.with borrowed money, advances being liberally made to con tractors, Government paying the interest upon the capital with which these now work. Having got his contract the man is in no hurry to finish it. He pays as low wages as possible, ■ waits; for favorable times for the purchase of materials, and works at the periods when ' weather favors the highest profit but of bis men's labor. If he is six months or a year behind his contract time it, does. not matter; to him. He knows the fine will never be enforced for reasons pos sibly hotter known to himself and the authorities than to other people. 5 The result of such a scandalous state of j affairs is that the public have to pay large sums of money Bunk upon' lines still in the hands of contractors for months and months after they ought to have been handed over and at' work: The same system prevails with coritiacts for rolling-stock. A firm takes a contract, but owing to the system of makirg ad vances upon unfinished work,; the tax payer really finds the capital—finds it; too, free of interest. What return does be get for this ? The return he gets is broken contracts—no trucks to convey his produce to market, although he is constantly putting his hand into his pocket and paying for the work pieco , meal; There , must be something essentially rotten and corrupt in such a system if one could only get at the bottom of it. This universal practice of setting aside the law, in the non enforcement of fines has a cause eome-l where. It is wonderfully suggestive of ' palm-greasing' in some shape or other, only we have no means of discovering how the thing is done; we can only judge by what we see. It is asserted upon good authority that, since 1884, fines for non-fulfilment of contract have been remitted by the Railway Depart ment to the amount of £150,000. ; If to this sum be added the amount of interest paid by the Department upon money sunk in the railways, which must be considered a dead loss, during the period between the expiration of contract time and the date upon which it answered the contractor's convenience to hand the line over to the Commissioners to earn money, the loss will be very considerably augmented. There is only one remedy for such a scandalous state of things. That is to make the rail ways defacto what they now are only in name—a non-political department. They are now supposed to be worked upon commercial principles, but they are not so. They are a gigantic machine used for political objects, including jobbery, bids for support at the hustings and all sorts of uncleanness. • Witness the Par liamentary vote the other day for the augmentation of : some men's pay by sixpence per day—involving an addi tional outlay of £40,000—without a single thought of where the money was to come from." This is pretty strong writing, and discloses evils in connection with the Victorian system of railway management which clearly show that that' system is a very long way from being the perfect system which it had been supposed in some quarters to be, and although theße evils are not precisely identical with those of which New Zea land is complaining, the experience of both colonies goes to show very conclu sively an urgent need for reform.. .

Some weeks ago, we have been told (says the " Waikato Times), " • great quantity of dead fiah *ere thrown op on thai coast, near Kawhia, pointing; it would aeem, to some voloanio disturbance out at eea>- Amongst theai the nativsa remarked two varieties very Eoaroe and rarely to be met within thia part of New geMwd, JMmty, tfaouoki ma the hWWf

ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET.

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Ohbistohuboh, M&ro'i 5.

The weather was all that could be desired for market purposes to-day, and the attendance very good. .

Stoke Shesp.—A very heavy entry of store sheep occupied the greater portion of the day in selling. There were over 7000 sheep entered in the store pens, of which , the following are the leading quotations, ' most of the lines being disposed of—'Merino" ewes, aged, is nd to 2s 6d ; merino wethers, 2S 7d to 4s sd; sound-mouthed merinos, mixed ages .and sexes, 3s 8d to 5s 4d crossbred ewes, 2s gd, 3s 4<i, and 6s 91," 4 according to quality; and several lines, of store lambs fetched from 4s 8d to Bs, accord- I ing to size. •A. line of aged crossbred ewes with lambs at foot realised 3s 6d. 1 i,. Fat Lambj.—About 1500 lambs were sold for which there was keen competition, any thing of good quality realising top price, for ! export up to 13s. being given.* Ordinary, lambs, suitable for the retail trade fetched close up to 4d per pound,net weight. Fat Sheep.—An entry of over 5000 was yarded, among which were-some pens of very prime sheep. These commanded high prices, and -where, heavy weight freezers, were offered /ally 2d> per ,1b net was obtained, while in cases where ewe.,.ion ( .infcrior . mutton was offered, the quotations of tne last few marketi wer^ strictly upheld, from i^d to ad being,* the average price obtained. X TTie sale remained, firm throughout, and the demand iiid not in anyway lag.. *"' ' Fat Cattle—There was a small entry of beef. One pen of as fine steers ]as have, graced the pavilion for sometime, were sold for ;£8 each, equal to 18s per ioolbs. The remainder of the beef sale showed the value of second-class quality'to be from 15s to 16s per ioolbs. ,. Stork • Cattle;—Theri • was * a very small entry of stoic cattle snd .dairy cows, and but little business was 'dorie^-, A few yearling 3 changed hands at from 18s to and a line of 3 year old steers, the best of which fetched 42s 6d, were also sold.

1 Pigs;— There' waa'a .better entry of pig« than his been the case for some weeks, and stores sold freely at slightly advanced rates.

ASHBURTON AWARDS AT THE EXHIBITION

A very long list of awards warn announced on Tuesday night. The > following comprise principally those of interest, to Aahburton:—

Colonial Seeds — iQowgrass — Canterbury Committee, first and eeoond. Bed olover— Canterbury Committee, first olaaa. Cooksfoot —Canterbury Oommiitee, two seoond ; Italian ryegrasa—Canterbury "Committee, 211b to the bushel, ficst; P. Cunningham, Ohriatohuroh, 201b to the briehel, seoond; Friedlander Bros., Aelsburton, 191b to the bushel, third. ;New Zealand Grain — Taraao Whea,t— Friedlander Bros,, Aahbnrton, 65£lb. first; Canterbury Committee, < 651b, iour second-: olass awards; Kayee.ndCarter, Canterbury, 661b, two seoonds; Q, Jameson, Canterbury, 651b, second; P. Cacningham, 641b, third ; Kaye and Carter, 641b, third; Friedl&nder Bros., 64Jlb, third. " A splendid sho* in the above class, the jurors consider thißolaßß of wheat most suitable for the export trade." Hunter's white— Q. Jameson, 1 Aahburton, 64^1b per buehel, first; Friedlander, 8r05.,, Asnburtop, 641b, second. Champion wheat— , P. Cunningham, Ghristohuroh, 63Jlb per ' bushel, first; P. Gcinningham, 641b, first; Friedlander Bros;, 631b, second; G. Jameson, Aahburton, 611b, 'third. & .Lammas —G. Jameson, Ashburtoo, 641b per bushel, first. Russian—Fried'ander Bros., 64£lb, first. Gol den drop—G. Jameson, Ashburton, 661b, first. Chevalier Barley—Canterbury Committee, 59}lb, first; D. Thomas, Aahburton, 581b, and Friedlander Bros,, 581b, second; Canter bury Committee, 56£lb and 55$ Ib, two,'third; P. Cunningham, 561b; Canterbury, Com mittee, 56£lb and s^lb, commended. " A grand exhibition in barley. We consider a large portion of it spoiled for milling purposes by too close threshing.*' Cape barley—J. Douglas, Waiho Downs, 531b, first; D, Thomas and G. Jameson. Ashburton, 501b, , second; Canterbury Committee, 501b per bushel, third. Sparrowbill oate —Friedlander Bros., Aahbnrton, 4G£lb, first; Canterbury Committee, 481b, Ashburton Committee, 461b, aeaond; Canterbury Committee, 451bs, third. Sutherland oats — Canterbury, Committee, 44|lbs, third. Canadian oats—J. and T. Meek, Oamaru, 511bs, first; P. Cunningham, Ghriatohuroh, 49^1b, and Cunterbuiy Com mittee, 49^1b, Beoond plass awards j P. Cun ningham, Ohristohuroh, 491b,, third; Fried lander Bros,, 48£lb, oommended. Danish oats—J. and T. Meek, 4311b, first; Fried lander Bros,, Ashburton, 431b, second. Long Tartarian oats—J; and T.Meek; 431b, first; G. Jameson, 401b,' third. Dun. oats—'Fried-. lander 8r05.,-441b, first; J. and T.'Maek, 43£Ib;;seoond; Kaye and Carter, 41'b, third. Black Tartarian— D. Thomas, Asuburton, 411b, first. New Zealand maize—Cook County, first. New Zealand rye corn — Friedlander Bros., second; Kaye and Garter, third, Linseed — D. Thomas, 541b, Beoond; D. Thomas; 531b, third." Golden tares—P;-J Cunningham, 651b, first; G. Jameson, Aah burton, 651b, seaond; D. Thomas, Ashburton, 641b, 'third. Prussian 'Blue peas—P. Cun ningham, Christohnroh, 631b, first; Fried lander Bros., Ashburton, 631b, peoond; Eaye and Carter, 611b, third. New Zealand peas— Eaye and Garter, 6££lb, first; Friedlander Bros.', 641b, second; Canterbury Committee, third. White peas—Kaye and Garter, first. Garden peas—D. Thomas Ashburton; first. Telephone' peas—J. Hunt, Ashburton, first; D. Thomas, Ashburton, second. Tick beans —Eaye and Garter. Canterbuy, first. ;

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(JPKR PBSSS ABBOOIATION.; 1 '

.AUoxiakd, Maroh 5

? Ainongt the exports ro Sydney, by the JTafawera, ■. were ,1670 ;«i»:qjcs of ; m»iza Seversl pedigree Hereford cattle from Mr McLean's hord wera also senU

A. man ntmed liarney was sentenced to twelve days'. Imprisonment with' bard labor to«d»y, for having wounded ft dog by striking h repeatedly with a blllaook.

Great damage la being caused in Welkato by bash fires. Large quantities of fl x end timber have bean destroyed, and Sfvaral sheep belonging to the, WalkatoLjad Association were also burnt.

A document has been signed by forty; two master bakers, stating .that they oftar no objeotlou to the men In the'.r employ irorkiag»DDde'- the raletjof the Bakers' Union, fhe rulea provide for ten hours ■ d»y on ill daya a week. j

Willikgton, Mar oh 5.

The Wellington, Lumpere* Oaioo has voted a sum in aid of those oat of.employ menu at Patone Woollen Mills, and wtil make a weekly lev; If required. The, •Westport Laborers' Union have forwarded: £10, aod have agreed to> weekly levy if necessary.

I Letters have boea received from Lords Salisbury aod Hardogton «nd Mr jßalfoar soknowledging tecoipc of the reeolatlona p»sßed at the actl-Homa Bale meeting la the Exchange Ball od November 18 At the annual Conference of Sheep In ■peotora of the Colony, which baa been going on for ihe l»at three dayH, und hai devoted ita time wbolly to a review of a Draft Bill which Government propose to iotroduce ueit ucmoa to consolidate and oper»tlcn, they carried the following resolution : " That the number of iafeoted ajaend the four sheep Aoti npw in or doubtful sheep in the Colony being now very email) fell futnre onaes should be oomideied a matter of special argeaoy ; and, reoognliing the necessity of eradioat* iag soab In tae shodteet poßSlble' time, this Conference is of opinion th*t tlie officers of the Stock Department shonld be empowered to deal directly, and Inde pendently of the owner, with any future outbreaks." <

The Hon Richardson leaves for Naptoi on Saturday morning, aod will be joined by the Hoa Mitohelaon on Monday even-. isig. Oa Tneaaay morulog they proceed ovorlond to Gleborue on bu&iueas con nected with the Land Department.

DuNßDnr, March 6. At tha City Coanoil , meeting the EDRloeor reported that there was only aqual to about ttfoeteun days' water sai>pty lv the resorvoir. It was deoidsd, If n ces «ry, *O take th* W»t« p( irtUh for | 9V

FIRE BRRIGADES IN WEL LINGTON

'prR PiBBB ASSOCIATION J

Wbluxoxok Afireh 4. For tho second day of tbu Fire Bc'gtdid*' oompeit'loo, lorel/ Wutther wm •« pcrieuOdd

Iv the Manual (2nd eveat) for nre men- firtt prJzi, sliver moDntedeballe.og« . I shield, and £25; leoondi £10-Kno^orf, ' 52ieos, 1; Gisborne, 54 hum (iooladlDg lseo poneliy), 2; Spit, 65 2 6th tees, 3. ' Id the Hoi'ei •ad Rytnntftoiffiio m»o t Wangsnul, 23 1-5 h sect, took ;£ut pi'*\ two gold medals, snd £3 3s/; Sofl Danedin, 26 2 scb leoe, sseoai p.-j w, t ?o silver med»l ß , Napier, ,26, 3 6tb eeoe (iuoladlnj! 3ieMpen»Hjr)/tlj!w. Fp«m%f> Bnket, Gore, woo the officer* 1 raw, 200jdi H»Ddip«p| liking ths aiirsr plated belmet preienied by Shand nod Maaon. ' .' ""';4'' '■" " .■ • WjEunraioir, Marob & TheFlra ,Brlg«dM^pc«iiJ«jtltlong wets ■ oontlnufld to-d.f In loT.ly . Ye«ter<Uy'» ,tl» betfee^ Wangwrat sod Wellington wai won by Wellicgton fa 45 ,W' 'j s.'. r i'"'" 1 c < fix^ **> t» '- -. • LjiDDtß RwsotrK, T#d^iirtn'ii ion ,60 ; to ftVplitJVrm, and rail 3'• .'ladder; os.e m«n tomato nd and bring ' » baby, from the top of the platform ,', . .to the ground.,- Firet prise two tHvet ; ;: .;;.medala^a)jhe/£jL l»»:j»^. £5 ewh; -. : ■fcoud priia. two brouzTttiadsla sad ■ . »,.,„..,—»«»«„» /,,', ■- - G'aboine ... >;./••• Cf»OSW-*■••■:" V Spit -.m% .'.. ■L...M...021.2",, V l-.: . Tbe next worejJMhttoß, 800 th Daaedla and Roilyn r 21.4 i«oi etob, .Tataaaki sod WoodvMle '.2ijA i';■•:«"'%BhfflSlWka M, Nsp'er 22, 4 6th, - 23 «•«■, Qoce aad Gordon sad ,i/rtlp*wa 53 2*6kh •eoa each, V^angaool 23 4 s*-h seat, Haitloßi 24 leac,. ,6rerm?ath 24 2-6:h aeoi, H»wa^» 25 mci, ,Timarn 26 l-sih aeoi, Daaedlu Railway abd Maitettoo 17 «eos e»ob.' Wellington snd Blenheim did* ' Life iuviwi Appakitub (eo'bl 1 worked by six men).'' For reioalog to 1 people from t : batldlng 80 feet high, sp psracus. to itand 6 .jMd| from the .bnildiogo- ,' W r ■]?'",-4>£ ' ■ ■ Wellington tO; «. , ;) * ( m ,5 m.^6l stfj, Tartnakl ..;, , ...- V ,;... L.,' C ";','^9l' ,» The wlnuori h»d s ,fire\ eaeapel with • long oanvaa iboot, do#n..wU^ai|hs men _ were lent in rapid aaoeMslpn^^^e loeert ' aied s iscldef with s aJidrngrohsll, sad ony two men 0 mid be ieni down st obi 'tlma;>'""" i v.r, -\ fivjr, rr?) Al% . ' ' ' . , - Maotai,, fot fiva men, Flnt prfse, iUtw moantßd ohalleage flhteld,pteMated by ihe United Flraßrlgsdee'^aeocU tion of New Zeslsnd, snd-£2B oaih "snd trophy .pr©Mnted by'the Tlrej , , Undetwrtxeie'AHrcUtioiidfWsllini .' ton, the trophy Ho be won, twioe ia. . enooaeelon ; «eoood^fli!l'filjO. •R»ogiorsssi i eM.; i .i'^;' i;;;jt;;i"i2; < M ....1 ■.-. Qlsboroe 54«ecs Jiapladtng lioppenslty) 2 _ , ■ Otho>».-irtfre-^Bpi^ps, /l 2 I:i>>' t s4inb.artoa; ■:■*■ 65J, G're a-.d Gofdon,s9,vßfapfery 61 ; 1 & h, Mr on 631-54li| fe^tillt ,68f,' ttosiyn '■ 65, P Imeriton 3 5(0, . ■ Wang»aui7l 4 stb, Haitiir«i7<B l-sto, \ Gre?mooch 74, Wsinawa 75^- Hewers 76 l-sth, Ma^er on 78 Hokitsksß6l.sth,

Wellington, Taran kt, Danedln Railway, and B'enhe'm dtd;not compete, i ■ ■ Handicap Omicbbs 1 Raojs, 220 yudi to . . . .■ /f •Jail-»jß|ttoe'n».,v>i i /ja' ilV ■ ''■ yards'." ■«.'*■* SJ 1"^- 1' Shetmm, Hokitik , scratch ... ... 2 Stcsohtn, Titnara, 5 .Fiida ... >M . 3 Host and Tltobant ior Two Mjhi. Wung&nul (Kttehau and Carroll) 23, . I's-h aeo. ...'.; ' ,\..| ]' 1*.!!"....■ .1' South Donedta (P'loe^ittdMjaettter) 26 2 6th aeo/(inotadlog 2 iwo. V; penalty)'' ... ' ... ... Napier (Slmmoods and Liwb) 26 3 6th sec. (including 3 s?6. penalty) ... f Other times w *&': —W&Mntctoo 34 ace; Spit, 274 s:h boo; Waipi*ft,2Bsec; Hokl ik», 30 2R'h hoc j Tlmaro, 37 l-sth mo J T*MD»ki, 302 5..r«<5; Mtrton,292-6 th aec, Gevmoath, 37 1 sth Bee; Roalyn, 34 aeo ; WoodvlUe,>3l^ mo; Haatluga. 30 aeo. Giro and Gordon,-j'tonglora, Gil* brae, Daaadln Railway, and Aihborton were dltqialifled ' WcuiHaroir, Marsh 6 Manttal Engine fob Fivi Mih.— Palmerstoa North 63 2-scii aeoi, ficit; HokUlka 55 ipc, aeoond Woodrile ana Spit each 55 2-sth eeo. The other tln« weta—Ql'b ma 56 4 5 h aec, Gore aod Gordon 61 2 sth tec, Wellington 61«te, W»DgaDpJ 67r l;sthx 19^ (toelodiog 3j«o oeß^tyy/HastlDgß 68 l*6th aeo, Ringiora 69 2 s(b sco StMvpenaity), Maitertrii ;64>ec, W»lpawa Wl-6th ato, Roaiyn 62 1 sch nee, Gref town 56 2 sth i»c : Qraymoath 70 2 sth aec, Mjrtoo M 4 sta aeo, Aahbtirton JS94 s,i> (|m», Timara 62^830, Hawera 66. The reialt of Jh» bore and hydrant erent (one man) was i —Fireman Payne, Wellington, 4tyseoe, 1; Brindbnan Fox, 41 4-sihßeOT.,lnolad<ug t 2i.acsrJtenalty, 2t Gore and Gordon, 4&; .HokltJka, 434 ; M»rton, 43 4 s:h; Sooth Donedin, «3 4 sth; Walpawa 11 45 ft2 f s.hr Palmeraton North 47 3-sth; Bcalyn, 48'; Napltt 48i; Spit, 48 3 sth; Timatu, 49; Ash bottoa. 49; Daoedln. R«U»»j, 62; Qreymooth; 53 2 si-h; Rtn^iort) 57 4-6 th; HsstlDgs end Wjised; Blenheim. Tarapakl and Newton dip; start.

THE CONFERENCE.

• ■'■■'■■ ->-• ■■•>'-' t .^;'i''? d-.-r//w^a' At the Five Brigade Oonferenoe to-dtf it was deolded that a vote of the Brigades be taken as to whether the present boot 01 half Wellingtons shooid be-worn-at futare competitions, It was Golfed that one •orateh event-should be inserted In next oompttitloov stfdT4!s<J'thst the Secretary should procure copies of the YlotorleA and New Sooth Walei ]&^Bt{gJde bUls. OommaialostloDß were ordered to<be lent to brigades scllohlog iofotmsttlon m to the plaoe for holding next yeaVi.^ooeipsv tit lon and ; meettbg, ■ and ;«' wW 7 agreed that in case the Aocklsnd b'rfgaldes ehonld invite the Awoolstiofia, sthe Bxeontrt* should decide on the nombec^f men to ruu in teams, «b that ths sabeWy would defray the; trsvelllDg 'expeaaes. The Asaoolation deolded >lc' jiiftivlew tht Premier with the ' view %of . loduetnc Government to make theSVoW of £240 an annual one. Overtures to Q^vernment by tho AieoclaUou, asking thli 1 the feet ioopojed for inspeotlog Jthejbollevi of steeai fire engines be AbolUhedT hsvelnet with k reply that Government have no powet to, remit themv \% ay. *$®

SAMPLES OF ROYAL MISERY.

v-'... , i. , a,, -l. ;i A SOBKY OboWD

The Czif Is V hyp«he**flß*»l, and terribly shaky In the nerver. Tb© Carina Is even worse, »nd i? •übi»pttp attaoki of (nten^a nervouV pioatratibo. The Bm peror of Au«tri« !• » heathy, bat t. heMt* broken man; and the. Euprtn, • mtrlyf to aolatidi, cheainftttg,f«Tfit »q4 oiat^. oholU, belon R i to the >Wittdib»ei f«nUy, which prodaQaa;,ot.her ol w l ipiqi o^ roytd wiaery in tho demented Klngi ol^.Ttri.. The of Waiienbuig IT wld-bf Nwth .t ■tmjl*V»*& be nor* than hatf otaay. Kfng HtUn, of Berrla. Is .^J 1?'? 4 i»nd >nlgsitfbyr»h« drwi of iseasiloatlon. And, lastly, the SalttA |cannot eqioy^a momrat'a peiea beotu* he expe6i« to m?et tbe fats of bit pnd* ' cosijor. Three more mlaatable man, they | fl*y, oincot be found In all Eavopa, than 'iheCztr, the Salun, aod King Milan, Tae German Emperor's phyaioiKdaltetl »re. woll known. The, King'o^.HplUn4 la paying thß peailty, of Tloleat Jlbokttaa ateu with, a. ustarally arbng eomtlta> Uon, t.nJ h>e no ir eank InV> tha dotagt, of an irltflb c iuv»lid» Tbe Eliof of IttJy «uff,i"b from ooronie gMtifo dacao'gaaMaH beounht on 'bj ' <hh '"-'toertira iaok -I'ig »f t{cecn ctgan. Tae in?;nt King 01 Spain bai no ooaatUaUon »t »iL lot M« htfcti raio^l kk WWntiTw^

THE ASHBtrftTON GtTARDIAft, gHURgPAT; MA&Ctt 6, 1890.



TINWALD GOAL AND FIBBWOOD , DEPOT, ' J. 4 JT\'OV{ ER h»yiog par • /» " \ J ohaned tlit business of Joseph Clabk from the Official Assignee, Is prepared to c apply Coal, Fre woo 3, Bran, Oats and Chaff, at lowest market rates. J. A, CLOTHIER, $•85 Tinwa'id. QOUD FAOMUB VALDK * ACIM (" Wbat we do we o well " rfIHIS OHBISTOEUBOH DX KTAL V SURGERY, Gasfaal street, Ohristoharoh, "next Bobin- Boot Store, and at the Octagon. Donedin. A i tptratioßs at strictly aniform and moderate Consultation free. 3. MTEBS~AND CO., BUBGBON DBNTIBTS. WITBOUb OIIDE GAS administered • Annathttlo leaves no unpleasant tffeatt, and by its cue the extraction of Bad Stumps and Tenth Is rendered per ♦eetly Painless snd Effective. Ad nlntster*d dully. Fee fot administration 9f Gas, 5«, Extraction, 8n 6d a tooth. Boors of attendance, 9 a.m. to Bpm. Private residence, 93 East Belt. The acknowledged superiority of AMERICAN DENTISTRY In tbt con siraotlon of Aitlfiolal Teatb, the most finlahsd workmanship, and replacing the e«t Usth TEMPORARILY ALMOST MMEDIATKLY altw extraction, have stabllshed oar repatatlon, ▲ single Artlficla Tooth, 10s, complete •rtt Upper and Lower, Temporary and Pemaoeoi £1010s ; Artificial Tenth and Dratotsi made by other Hentitts re noddled at small costs, Stopping, Sosl -3g Perfect and Palnlesi.



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THE CHEAPEST SAIiE HOW GOING ON IN ASHBUBMON 18 AT "The Corner-" Children's Hate half price Flowen at half priow Prioti at half prioe Ladle*' Jackets at half prioe : 17 doc Men's Soz (best, made) half price



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WANTED KNOWN—Me,ford Hoase wtil clobo every night at 8 o'clock (except Wednesdays').—H. 0 Segbrs.



\lf ANTED Known.--" Strong-wear YY Boots for Ladles, Men and Children can ooly be obtained at W. H Ooluer's



MANILA. Binder Twine, ojachicie oU t arv3 wire, Time Is money on the harvest fi Id—the best 1b the cheapest. —R. Aloork, Saondera Buildings.



"Y\TANTED KNOWN —My Bpeoial W Make of Ladies' 4-elasp Kid Glovei, "The Aehburtonian," braided backs, 3s 6d per pair.—W; H, Collibb.



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WANTED, Everyone to Enow—That J. MOISON has now in stook » arge and varied assortment ci BOOTS AND SHOES for the Spring and Summer Season, Gentlemen's, Ladles', and Chil dren's, both imported and Oolonial; lso HIS OWN MAKE, which OANN )T BE SURPASSED tot Style, Fit, Qanlty, and Neatness, combined with VERT? REASONABLE PRICES. All repairs exeoated prompt f and with' neatness. lOtl



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White Calicos 3? 6d a dczan Grey Oallcos 2i lid a dczan A splendid Turkish Towel for 7Jd Flaneli-ttes 4s lid a drzsn buuitner Dress Goods 6Jd The best qu»Hty of PRINTS for the least money. Blanket* 9s 6d a p»!r Ginghams In pt»la Colors 4s lid • &■■ z Double Width White Twill Sheeting le Mio's Tweed Bultß 18s 6d Saddle Twoed Suits 39s 6d A case of Men's Ool'd Mo.c- jtut to hand slsgbtly damaged by water worth 9* 6d, for 7s lid. ' Boy's Cold Moles 2s lid.



THE CHEAPEST HOUSE FOR MEN'S OLOTBINC* IN ASHBURTON, BOOTS. BOOTS. . Men's shooter's 10s 6d, Bluchers 6i lid A really good pair of Women's K*d j Boots for 6s lid. No eeoond-faand stock, A Splendid Assortment of Children's Patent Leather Slippers and Boots _ AT W. W. bpencer's THE ARCADE.



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The best medicine known is SANDER and SONS 1 EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Teats its iminent powerful effects in coughs, colds, influenza, etc—the relief ia instantaneous. 'Thousands give the most gratifying testimony. Hiß Majeßty the King of Italy, and medical syndicates all over the globe, are its patrons, Read the official reports that accompany each bottle. We have no occasion to offer rewards in proof of the genuineness of our references. The official reports of medioal clinics and universities, the ofSoial communication of the Consul-General for Italy at Melbourne; the diploma awarded International Exhibition, Amsterdam—all these are authentic docu ments, and, as puch, not open to doubt. We add here epitome of one of the various casea treated by Stegen, MJX, Professor, etc., Burning of the right hand through the ex-. plosion of a small oil stove. The epidermis on the yolar and palmer side of the hand of the thirty-year-old patient was completely separated and lifted up as far a« the joint of the hand. The likewise lifted nails were having loose, and half of the phalanx , the nail .of the middle finger was coaled. The wounds thus contracted healed in tbreo weeks under aily applications of Eucalyptio Extract dressing. The patient has retained the full use of trebling,-.(4dr{ I