The Ashburton Guardian. Magna et Veritas est Prævalebit. SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1890. WHO IS TO BLAME?

At the Police Court yesterday a man was brought up charged with having been drunk in the Domain, wifch using abusive and obßcene language towards tho caretaker, and with committing a gross nuisance in the Domain, within view of the public. The man was dealt with for the drunkenness, but; as the Court had no copy of the Domain by laws, from which the penalties that may be inflicted for offences under them could be ascertained, the charge of committing a nuisance was dismissed. I A messenger was despatched to obtain ,' a copy, but no sealed copy could be had. Surely if the Domain by-laws anean any thing they mean to prevent the misuse of the Domain, bat if they cannot be enforced because of little neglects of the kind above indicated,the Borough Coun cil might have saved themselves a great waste of energy in drawing them oat, as well as the ratepayers' money that was spent in printing them. It is a fact too that there never is a complete and properly authenticated copy of the Borough by-laws to be had in Court when it in \vanted, and some day for the want of such a document a clever lawyer will get off a whole batch of by law offenders. It might be as'well for. the Borough Council to remedy these little defects at once, as at present the Domain by-laws are virtually a dead letter, although very prominently dis played at every gate in the Domain. '

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Chinese immigration to Oanada is increas ing, notwithstanding the £10 bead tax. The Ooloinal Secretary has promised to give favorable consideration to the applioation of the Fire Brigades for a permanent grant, and also to the exemption of boilers of Fire- Engines from inspection fees. Auokland news says that the leper at Aroh .Hill is taking a course of medioiae, as some persons hold that his complaint is not leprosy, but blood-poisoning. If he is not cured he will endeavour to get back to China. It is said that a Gisborne bankrupt and his better half appeared in suoh atyle at the Jubilee races at Auokland that they were mis taken for Lord Onslow and his good lady.— ("WanganuiHeraM" Frederick Lee and Jane Lee, the man and woman charged at Southbridge with having been guilty of grossly illtreating a boy and girl of eight and six years old respectively, were yesterday remanded for a week. The churchmen of the diooese of Nelson have published for gratuitous distribution a pamphlet of 12 pageß, entitled " The Truth About the Primaoy." We have to acknow ledge receipt of a oopy. Two little boys, John Clifford and Arthq- Mann, were found hidden uuder thfi seat in a railway carriage in the Melbourne express, on its arrival at Albury They had baen without i food for 24 hours. Sir George Grey's trip to the Waiwera has had a beneficial effect on hie heallta, and latest reportsJndioate that the veteranjstates man Jou&3 better than be has doao tut on™ lime past. New Guinea is the land of beetles. A oatalogue of the coleoptera of that happy land, which has been published at Sydney, shows that there are 2079 different varieties of the.se insects in that part of the world. The Premier has received a cable from the Agent-General stating that " The market for New Zealand flax is falling, aud 300 bales were sold yesterday at £26 to £30, Manilla and sisal are boih down." The ciable is dated London, March gib,. Mr Byston Moß<je, who, a fortnight ago was co badly kioked in the mouth by a horse on the Springfield Estate, has, we are pleased to state, so far recovered as to be able to resume work on Monday next. He left Aeh,^ burton yesterday for Springfield, At the Sweating Commission's sitting lgst night at Ohristonuroh, the chief evidence given was that of G. B. Jaokson, President of the Bootmakers' Unoin, who complained mostly of the preponderance of boy Labor in shops, and of the giving out of work for men to do at home. It has been arranged that the twelve months holiday granted to Mr Justice Biohmood' shall date from the conclusion of the Blen heim sessions, on wbioh he will be engaged next week. Mr W. 8. Edwards, who ia about to be raised to the Benob, will take up His Honour's duties. (Post) Tea is so little used in France that the average consumption per head per aianum is not quite half an ounce, and small as is the quantity it is diminishing yearly. As a set off, however, the popular beverage of coffee is still increasing, the yearly average being 3|lbs |or each individual A Welsh dinner was held at the Metropo litan Temperance Hotel, Ohrißtoburch, on Friday night. 50 were present; Mir Hum phreyp, M. H R., in the chair, and Mr Wynn Wil'iaras in the vioeohair. The gathering was very successful. A Cambrian Society will probably be formed. At one of the Assessment Courts for Auokland recently exception was suooess fully taken to the valuation of £800 put on a block of thirty-eight and a-haif aores at Ponsonby. The amount waß reduoed by the Court to £500. During the land boom £200,000 is said to have been refused for the land. The licensee of the Selwyn Hotel was yesterday fined £5 for supplying a man with " shandy gaff" during prohibited hours. The question of "shandy gaff" being " liquor " was raised, but the Benoh refused to entertain the question, and gave judgment against the landlord, who was also fined £20 for supplying liquor to a drunken man. Alexander, the Australian Blonolin, an nounces, in our advertising columns, his intention of giving one of his daring wire rope performance to-night. The site chosen is in front of the Royal Hotel, where the Fredo Company performed, Alexander is a wonderfully olever wire walker, and bis per formance is well worth seeing. The "Taranaki Herald" says:—"The Wife of Te Whiti, the Parihaka prophet (who is serving a sentence of three months in defanlt of paying a debt owing to Mr Stitt, of Opunake) died at the Parihaka, settle ment on the 25th ult. When the intelligence was communicated to Te Whiti in gaol he appeared to be deeply grieved." The Canterbury School Commissioners are invitiDg tenders for the lease for fourteen years from Ist May next of a number of Reserves among whioh are the following No 1110, Pudd ing Hill, 2200 aores, now leased to Mr Edward Chapman ; No 1552, Mount Hutt, adjoining Blaekford E3tate, 640 acres, at present un occupied ; No 2000, Alford Forest, 1000 acres, now under leaße to the Alford Estate Company The water supply is nearly reinstated. Since the flow was turned into the Domain race the Engineer has devoted all his attention to fllliDg up the lower reservoir, and a very marked rise in the water is now obßervable. The bare places round the islands are all covered, and down at the sluioe the water's edge is well np the bank. No effort is yet, of i course, being made to fill the pools above the dams, and none will be made until thesupply for' fire prevention and street flushing is com p etely reinstated. A flow ia also coming fdown the Wakanui creek, but tho supply J there |s as yet not very copioUß, .

I The collector (Mr H. Zander) of the the t collection of ooine now on view in the eastern avenue of the Exhibition has been induced to' , dispose of them by art uuion, and has ob- I tamed the necessary permission to do bo from the Ooloni si Seoretary. Two prizes will be swarded—the first the collection already men tioned, and the eeoond a duplioate collection consisting of 700 ooins.—" Daily Times." Referring to a paragraph which wont the round of the papers a short time ago with reference to the first man born in New Zealand we ("WaDg*nui Chronicle") are l informed by a correspondent that Philip Henry King was the first white child born in the Bay of Islands, He died ten years ago andwas 65 years of age, hie father being the earliest missionary then in existence in New Zealand. Tha death is announced fat tha age of 76 years of Ella, wife of William Haggard, J.P., D.L , of Bradenham Hal!, Norfolk, daughter of Mr Bazett Doneton.late of the Bombay Civil service, and mother to Mr Eider Haggard, the well-known writer. Mrs Haggard was the authoress of several poetical works, of which the beßt known are " Myra "ft poem dsaorip tive of the first Afghan war, and " Life and its author," an essay in verse directed against the march of Materialism. Mrs Haggard was aleo a gifted musician. The Ashburtoa JJFire Brigade's team re turned from Wellington to-day. The cup they won in the Consolation contest (five men practice) is now on view in Mr Noke's window, Burnett street, and is a very hand- Borne piece of plate, plain but .chaste, and very masßive. It is " only for the Consola tion " to be sure, but let it be remembered that the record that won it was two seconds better than the time in which the big event was won, so that by the time of the Ashbar ton team in the Consolation, the victory in the premier oontest is somewhat shorn of its glory. The regular weekly session of the Star of the East Lodge was held in the Templar Hall on Wednesday evening, Bro G. Soott, P.0.T., presiding. Two candidates were initiated into the Qrder and one proposed for membership, The routine business having been disposed of, Bro Sawle presented Bro T. Weloh with a [ handsome third degree collar, the gift of! Sister Morgan, as a prize for introducing the largest number of members into tbe Lodge during tha past six months, Bro Sawle making a few well ohosen remarks. Bro Weloh replied in a suitable manner. Sister MoEee was awarded a member's certificate as a second prize, the gift of Bro T. Scott. During the evening songs were contributed by several brothers I and sisters, and a pleasant evening was spent; The Lodge was closed in due form by Bro G, tioott at ten o'olook. Some of the cablegrams which we receive via Wakapuaka are so inexpliait as to be veritable conundrums and would be more fittingly denominated cryptograms. For ex ample, yesterday we received the following : «Mitchell assaulted Goode Coburn poker seriously both hospital warrant arrest Mitoh ell." Translating in a hurry, we concluded that some bot-blooded partisan of Mr Par nell of the name of Mitchell had "gone for " Judge Gookburn and a baronet of the name of Goode and accordingly we printed " Mr Mitch ell assaulted Sir O Goode and (? Mr Justice) Cookburn with a poker. Both were seriously injured and are in the hospital. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Mitchell." It now appears that we were on the wrong track and that the message relates to a row between members of the P,B. and that it should be read thus "Charlie Mitchell, the pugilist, aßrtulted Goode and Cookburn, aht members of the P.R. with a poker etc." We admit that we are not Will up in tbe names of fighting men, and don't want to be, but really these cables are something altogether too puzzling for any ordinary intelleot. One of tbe most important sales of horses that has yet taken place in this district is advertised to come oft on Thursday, the 20th Maroh. The MoKan^ry Brothers, of Cairnbrae, having deoided to dissolve partnership, they have determined upon submitting to the hammer for absolute and unreserved sale the whole of their extensive and valuable stud of horses. Among them is the popular and successful sire Diplomaoy, co well known in the prize ring, and the three year old entire Young New Style. In addition to a string of hundflome draught mares and geldings, thirty head of superior oarriige and hackney horses are to be offered, and it is vary oriiloati & m'fcvbio or two 01 good things may be had by those who know a good horse when they see it, for MoKendry Brothers are neither the breeders nor the keepers of scrubbers. The catalogue also announces 3000 sheep to be sold, aad ten head of cattle. The sale is in the hands of Messrs Bland and Humphreys, who have arranged for the conveyance of intend ing purchasers by coach from Aehburton, starting at 8 3Q a.m. on the day of sale. The best medicine is Sander and Sons Euoalypti Extraot. Test its eminent power, ful effects in coughs, colds, influenza, etc.— tho relief is instantaneous. Thousands give tbe most gratifying testimony. His Majesty the King of Italy and medical syndicates all over the globe are its patrons. Bead the omoial reports that accompany each bottle. We have no oooasion to offer rewards in proof of the genuineness of our references. The official reports of medical clinics and univer sities, the ofnoial communication oS the Consul-General for Italy at Melbourne; the diploma awarded International Exhibition, Amsterdam —all these are authentic docu ments, and, as such, not open to doubt. We dd here epitome of one of the various cases efoated at the clinic of Schultz, M.D. Pro tessor, etc, —" C.8., 24 years old ; conges, tionalabsoess on the thigh. Incisions made in two places. Although Lister's dressing was applied, the secretion became, two days later, very copious, and had adopted a foetid decomposed character. The temperature rose enormously. In consequence the dressing was removed, and in its place were made during the day-time repeated irrigations with Eucalypti Extraot. The offensive foetei dis appeared very soon, the fever abated within a few days, and the patient recovered after the lapse of several weeks. In this instance be must not lose sight of the faot that the latter treatm nt saved the patient's c.' —' (Advt.) 3

SPORTING

WASGANUI RACES. SECOND DAY.

WAKGAtroi, Mrcb 7 Following are the results of the remainder of the events at this mee'ing. Wanganui Stakes, of 200 soys. Mr Somerville's Hilda, Bst .. (Lindsay) I Mr Cutts' Dudu, ost nib ... (Matthews) 2 Mr G. Hunter's Lenore, 7st 9lb (Stowe) 3 A splendid race; won by a length after an exciting finish. Dividends, ,£lO 8s and £& 16s. Nubseky Hanpicap of 60 soys for two-year olds. Six furlongs, Dreamland, Bst .... J La Petite Fille 6st 91b «. ... $ Fleta6st 3 Time imin zosecs. Autumn Handicap, of 100 soys. 1% mile. Montrose, 7st ... ««. ... I Patchwork. 7st 7lb ... .- 2 Antelope, Bst 71b... „. .« 3 Time 2min 26<;ecs. Consolation Handicap, of 50 soys, One mile. Boulanger, 7st 7lb ««^ m I Patchwork, Bst 61b J? ... 2 Empress, 6st .„ „. —3 Time imin 49sees. AUCKLAND AUTUMN MEETING. ■ Atjokiand, IVfa'oh 7. Nominations were received to-night as follows for the principal events at the Auck land Autumn meeting. ! EASTER HANDICAP. ... Quadrant Leopold Katinka, Patchwork Montrose Baglan I Torment Tetford Cartridge Cynisca Antelope Rataplan j Lochness Hilda Vendor Leorina Cissy AUTUMN HANDICAP. W* E. GIaST- Torment Hilda stone Cynisca Cissy Pinafore Lochness Katinka Pussum . Leorina Raglan St Michael Leopold Cartridge Dollar Montrose Rataplan Quadrant Tetford Vendor Patchwork Antelope STEEPLECHASE. Volcano Recruit Larrikin Diavolo Dick Turpin Jenny (late Parnell Guy Fawkes Rosebud Me (rose I Seaweed Messenger

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN, (PER PRKS3 ABSOCIATI N.)

London, Murob 6. ' The Bank rate ot discount is 4^ per ( cent. The Prince of Wales has been re elected Grand Master of the Masonic \ fraternity. Parnell pays the costs in the Scotch action against the "Times;." The amount is The Directors of the Barik of Aus tralasia have declared a dividend of 14 ) per cent per annum. A rumor is about, to which not much < credence is attached, that Dr Barry will become Bishop of Durham. O'Brien has been granted an exten sion of time for his appeal against the decision in the libel action against Lord Salisbury. The ship Sophocles which) left Sydney on October 26th has been ispoken by a vessel which has arrived hea-e. Tichborne, the claimant, will be a candidate for the constituency of Stoke upon-TVent, vacated by the resignation of Mr W. L. Bright. The owners of the barque River Indus, which left Newcastle for London on October 25th, have paid a premium of ten guineas per cent to reinsure tbe vessel. In the course of the debate on the Commissioners' report, Sir C. Lewis accused Mr Dillon of going to Aus tralia in order to avoid beio g called as a witness. The French Ministry are about to resign in consequence of the result of the voting on the want of confidence motion this week, in which they virtually suffered a defeat. The Liverpool strike is declining owing to hundreds of subsl itutes coming forward. Sailors and firemen support the men, but owners are: confident oi success. The miners adhere to their refusal to inspect masters' books. The engineers strike on Monday for an hour's less labor per week. The tailoring trade is disappointed with the report of the Sweating Com mission, which declares that it is im proper to interfere between capital and labor, except for purposes of sanitary ' regulations. Lord Dunraven considers ; that the report, which is couched in drastic terms, will be finally rejected by the Sweating Committee. Niw York, March 6. Gaudaur beat Hamm Ten Ecyk, and Hosmer orer a mile course on Lake Cola, Florida. Ottawa, Marsh 6. . The recent murder of a tourist in Canada is ascribed to a system of decoying and murdering wealthy Englishmen. i Pekin, March 3. China is sending reinforcements to ihe Siberian frontier. The reason given is the apprehension of a speedy Russian attack. Paris. Waroh 5 M. Tirard, President of the Council and Minister of Commerce, is anxious to be relieved of the cares of office on the ground of ill-health, < St. Petersburg, MD&ioh 6. ! In consequence of the authorities ! receiving. a letter threatening the assas [ sination of the Czar, the sentinels on the Royal Palace have been doubled. Hi > de Janeiro, March 6. The New Brazilian Constitution will be proclaimed imraediataly, without wait ing for the assembling of the Conven tion in November. It will'afterwards be submitted to plebiscite. Berlin, March 6. The Emperor William is on a visit to Brandenburg, a town on the Havel. Speaking at a banquet welcoming His Majesty, he stated that he was willing to help anyone, but he would crush ihose who displayed a desire to hinder the plans laid down by him.

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents

HENRY GEORGE.

TO THE BDITOB. Sir,—Will you through your paper kindly allow me to say a few words to your readers. They will be of the man with a mission arrived by the Mariposa,Mr Henry George, the apostle of the single tax. Some timS ago we had the Irish Delegates on their mission. We have many Irish colonists—good luck to them ad, but not all colonists are Irish, 'and were I a leading Scotchman I should not tell the teachers of children to harp on the massacre of Gleocos, or the Highland evictions, the one outhorised by an English monarch, tho other by English laws. George comes from America, that land of which the poet sang "Where a man is a man if he's willing to toil, And the humblest may gather the fruits of the soil." Yet hear what he says " The terrible sights and sounds of the city haunted my eyes and rang in my ears and they would not let me rest." His mi then is to all men under responsible government, to the rich no less then the poor, for if the. foundations ofjsociety become unsettled, on what shall the pillars rest. This man's doctriDe has been called one of spoliation. And now to the gist of my letter—l ask your readers to inquire if it be so. Doubtless there are many in the town who know his doctrines well, Let them think the leaders' names must ever be in front of their measure?, the battle is fought by the raDk and file. ■ Then so let them use their knowledge. The day of small things seems to have passed away. Think of the plant needed to grow and save grain. Then compare its value with a small freehold, yet without it what is a freehold worth ? Then tell me how men whose only capital is their labour, and of this class is the bulk of mankind, are to obtaia either, and yet keep themselves as men, nor be content with the mere existence of an animal. I fcaow this sounds harsh, and many may say it is a false picture, but again I ask all to enquire what are the doctrines of Henry George, and what effect will they have upon society, Thanking you for space. I am etc, One of thi people.

THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

TO THE EDITOR. SIR,—I should like to draw the attention of the Library Committee to the fact that there is some mean thief purloining, or properly speaking, stealine the " Lytielton Times " newspaper, out of the public reading room day after day. This little game has been going on for some weeks back. Can't the Committee devise some means whereby the mean and dispicable thief may be re quested to have an interview with Sergeant Fe'ton, previous to his appearance before the Resident Magistrate. I have got an idea which, I think, if carried out, would be the means of teaching the offender a lesson for the future. 1 will forward the plan of my idea to the Committee by Better so that they can act upon! tifthey think proper. I am etc., Observer,

THE WATER SUPPLY.

TO THE KDITOB. Pik,—ln the "Mall" of the 6 h Inat a paragraph relating to the new rtoa from the South to the North branch In the coarse of which you »y. "We heap In opa oim the flow bil b««a more ibundanti

fchau the setttler w»:t<d, a* a pleca of hie land wu swaniptd. It i* rornored thit the settler 1b ;o f*«k taa O>anotl to make good the damage doau, " Referring to the above, I wish to aey tb*t if I am tbo lettler referred to your iuLrmatlon lv totally Inoofreot as I u*ve cerUtaly no | Intention of ynkMcg la & oiafm for J damages and am Indeed only too glad to I got the water. Yonr reporter would have \ dono well toluqulre whether there was *ny ioundrtflon for the rnmouc he epoakß of Jbofore pulttlog It Id print, I oca etc., ' 0. SIOKB3.

A FIGHT FUR A WAIF

» Dr Birnardo has recently been ordered to produce the body of one of hla children saved f lOtn the streets, before an English court. This fa how he explains the posi tion :—" A little boy, aged eleven, after an experience of long drawn oat oraelty ( and negloot. was tffloe deserted, and eventually sold by an inhuman mother for a fen shillings to two org«n grinders. The htter beas, half starved, and fioally abandoned the child near Folkestone, In the streets of whloh town he was dis covered at midnight, In September, 1888, by the police, and after some corteepoa dence ws&s sent to me. Affidavits filed in coarfc proved that the wretched mother, \vho ts nominally a Bomtnlsf, has been tot many years, and fs, to this boar, of drunken, profligate, and notoriously im moral hiiblte, f ot, notwithstanding her monstrous Ul-traßtoaent of her son, she was indacad by otheri (she herself being perfectly Indifferent as to what became of him) to apply for hli transfer, not to her own oustody—she does not waat him or care one whit for him—bot to that of a Roman Oatholle Initiation. Iv refusing this application, I wfti Infl lenoed by four ooneideratlonsi First, that the lmmo;al a«d orael conduct of the mother sathfititi me she herself would never ba7e pressed this o'.aim. while her manifest Indifference to tbe boy'a fate convinced mo that she' .wasnit aow in any way soltoltone con earning his religions fature. Second, that the application wai not really made by tbe ujotber at all, bat by other persons who did not present any authorisation from her, and I did not believe that I wss called npon to give aoy information whatever co anauthorlsed persons who had. some purely private ends co serve* Third, that I h»d already pluoed the boy in a good home In O*a*da, where he wa* adopted by a Christian gentletnan of in dependent means as hta enn« Fourth, that the ooy'a father had lived atitl died a Weeleytu Meih dtff, aod that I had learned from 'he t- scliaor-y of the mau's re\ativ«s, still itring, that he h^d desired bis child to be h*nii Mnp in'his faith.

"PUNCH" ON LONDON POVERTY

A vivid prUmpbe lato coma East London " homes" (?) ia given hy L judon rPunoh" la a poem turned '•Untiled, or the Modern Aamodeus" :— "Look down !" I lorksd dad in an' attic lote, . With bUok foa\ fl >or, and htarth of bare ooid atone, A grey-faoad worn mi griraled By years and aorcows, aac, and shrank in vain, From thed.mp walla whenoa 0013 d tha rashieiss rain That through the dark night drfszled. The rifted roof leaked misty molatore doi»n On her gtey looks ; her frayed and scanty gowa To ber shrank bosom huddled S'tUied not the shivering of her 111-fed frame, Ohih^ot by the inßty grete devoid of The r^t'^B iOt *ftin-puddled, Yet worked' o*>e 01a. Ah yes, she worked, worked, worked ; The otse deaa 1 bardea that may not be stitreked, ■Whilßb lingers life's last embor, Is drudgery. Th»fc "till weigkti her morn and noon, Through the rare gteanw of London's leadeo June, I The fogs of drear December. nge-atrfckan, ;?r,ey and silent, she Stitohsß on there, A mag of ooid p»ie tes, A nlioe of bread, solo diet Of tha poor straggling solitary, stand Hard by her ; «o, vlth wotk »ud food at baud. She plods on, pala yet qoiefc. Thia. la Iwr world, feom yaar to year she alt*, Heediosa of Babylon's wealth aa of it* wits, Its pleasarea, panics, prophets; , All pass her by, aha never sees the aao Sbina on a field ; bet home la this damp. dun, Most desolate of Tophets. Ten years of this grfm life of want and toil Have left her prema^nra »nd hopeless spoil Ot age and grloding labor. Her needle and her garret she lenvev not, Save for " the Shop/ Mate dsudgeiy is her lot And venal vice ber neighbor* 14 What fs her work?" I cried, " II that be work - Wbloh ia a worss taskmaiter than the Turk?" " Look closer," atid the Shadow, 11 O\, shrink uot I Wlsd eoonommts will say Her fi igers must wsx thin, 'tli the sole w»y t^To atock trade's Eldorado, 11 * Sbirt-fin!«hlng,' good frlenJ, at three pence The dczin garment; and, with toil Ina-nao, Unoeaejog, iuperbum»n. She may eara soma three ehillings In the WfiPk, Hldrous? Nay, eager hundreds vainly eeek The lack of this lone women 1 " Hard-by ere haraher coenes, eiok has banda ptone Deed chlldrea coffiaiosH,' She is alone.. This alftve, aad 60 half .hi»ppy 4 And dow look youoes 1"—In hU snug st?ij>o-bor, With uheenp iront, trim shoos and flam lng aooke, Lounged what slang dabf; a >( Ohappie/ That ma-ana a callow, callous cad, a thing All dandy insolence and diamond zing, And cynic cooknay " putter." " There," said the Shadow, site the ghonl who thrives Upon the labor of suoh lingering lives. Could ho look rosier, fatter 2 " Ha owna the rookery whence, by roguish elelgbt, From bodily 111 snd pplrHml blight Greed Bucks a rioh subsistence. Ten thousand needles flash, with brash and pißta A myriad matoh-e!aveß drudge dnll years 10 wtßte, To field each brates ezlstenoo, "111-paid tfcey are, half famlablng may be, : Bare are their lives of comfort os of glee; Bat one thing they must offar To tue new Molooh. Yes, the Bent! the Bent Must come, the maw of Mammoß to con tent, And cram hi" gapfnir "'ff^r. Hop-picking in Weleoa ia ia full awing, and ) E the orop generally appears better than after t i the long spell of dry weather might have been 5c expected. No rain has fallen this year and 'a the country ia dwidially pwohod, t

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

(PEE PBBSS ASBOOJATIOS.)

1 Earthquake. I yiSBGKNK, March 8. ' A severe and prolonged shook'o; earth- I qtuke was folt hern »t 5 30 1 at evening. i Grand Lodge Movement. bAWERA, Maroh 8 The H»wera Lodge M.o na decided to napport the Grand Lodge m^vemeat. A Child PoifiOE.ed. A child. 14 months old, w»a poisoned by eating an ataanloal preparation called aofub eztermlaation which, being nn- Isbelled, had beeu left withla reach. Tha jary found death to ba aocldeuta), Hddlng that the trades men selling such artioles ehonld be compelled to label tbem "poiaocoua" emetic was promptly given by the mother, bat the ohlld died within five hoars.

TIMARU GRAIN MARKET

The "Herald" of thla day says :—We notloa th»t daring the last day or two deliveries of email paraela of the neW. ausaon'a grain have been made Id town, and the simples eabmitted are of a very high clsei 4O»lity. MllUug qa»Utiei of wheat bare a very fair demaud, bat It is almost impoaalbla to yet get ot a fair baela of prloea to go opon, For Bed oh»ff tales hare been made at 2) 6d to 2i 6f i ; 2s 7d to 2* 8i for voWet, aod 2a 81 to 2a 94 for Tuao»o. It ia reported that the Atlai Milling Oompaay haa bought a fairly large line at the latter prloea. By the Dumber of bottoms advertised end arranged for it would seem that a luge amoaut of prompt shipment will be made, bat there ia do donbt that thoie grower a who oan afford to atore In hope of a ilse In price, will do ao, For new season's barley prime m Illng haa o'naogod haqda at np to 2a 9}d, and oata have bean telling at la 31. for Daalah, Is 31 to la 4Ji for Tartariana, and la 4i to U bj[i for Canadians;

HORRIBLE OUTRAGE IN RUSSIA

» (BY BLKOTBIO TI'LBGBAPH-COFrBIOHT.) rpja pgßaa association,] (Beoelved M.roh 8, 11.45 ».m.) London, March 7 A parcel was delivered at the Governor's office, Moscow, containing a woman's head, and a letter stating that this was the writer's first exploit, and that he would soon out-do Jack the Ripper. The remainder of the body was found in two sacks. Several arrests have been made. It is believed that the woman was a victim of be trayed Nihilists.

TINWALD TOWN BOARD

The orciiaary monthly meeting of the Tlnwaid Town Board wns held en Fri day. PreieDt-Mossrs M. Scott (nctiag Ohanmafi), VV!lilsms, Oaten ».nd Gaiaell. OOKXEBFONDSKOB, '; [ Letters were read From Mr J, Loire requesting certain al'aiatl >na '0 ba m*de In the V^loa lon rolU -Tha clerk w*s Instcacted to attend (be matter. —From four ratepayer, asking for about 15 obaina of footpath to be formed in Mcc mbß otreet — from Sir So •neidars corner to wards the river.—After considerailoa it wbs resolved, on the motion of Mr Wll linms, seconded by Mr Gates "That owing to wunt of funda, the Bo&rd oannot do the work at present." FOOTBEIDGK. The Surveyor wus instraoted to h»ve tha footbridge at Mr Giidaall's corner wldeoed. LAEGB STONEi*. The Snrveyo; wan tubtracted to h<\ve the large stones rtked off tbe footpath along the (ire-it South Bond from' John stone etteet to Hon«f >ad creek. OH AI KM AN. Mr Williama propose), Mr Gndsel! xeooudej, aud U wai carded," That Mi Scot*, be elected cha'.rcann oi: the Board fur the camnfc terra." KOUTINE. AUpr trareaotlDg routine bnslnesß, and paeaing bcqo» j"". 'bh* Board adjonrned.

A RARE FIND IN NORWAY

A discovery, referring to the iron age, has been made at Gloppen, on the coast of Norway. A burial chamber, twelve feet in length, and formed of ston*) slabs, has been uncovered, con taining the remains of a man. The find in the chamber also includes a bucket, ornamented with bronze, made of lime wocd (Taxas pacata), two lancehoads of iron 12 inches long, a double-edged sword in scabbard, with, a ferule of bronze, an iron shield,' a bronee buckle, some Koman gold coins, glass beaker, green and blue in color, and ornamented with etched tracings, a pair of bronze scales, some iron arrow beads, and a pair of shears in a wooden case. On the body lay two red stones and some bronze ornaments, having, no doubt, formed part* of, a belt, while some bear's hair and- claws seem to indicate that the body rested upon' a bear's skin. The most remarkable part of the find is, however, that the lining of the coat around the, neck was in a perfect state of preservation, and revealed rich embroidery of images of animals, an object of unique value, and that in the hands had been placed three interlaced wooden rings, an object never before discovered in ancient graves, and which has given Norwegian arch geologists much food for speculation, r.

AN EXCITING INCIDENT.

« Ono cannot Iraitgiue a mote dramatic or exoitirg incident than that which occurred at a firs in St Pater ■' street, Baokney road. Two young children, lef; playing in the back room of the first floor of No, 76, accidentally set fire to the honee. Paople ontaide hearing uoreamg sent for the fire brigade, and attempted to resoue the unfortunate children, A woman made her way as far »s iho door, but was aompelled by the heat and smoke to retire exhausted, A man next managed to ascend the staircase, bat at the door he too was beaten back in the same way. Another man, seeing this one's i f#ilure, drshed op past him' ai he stombled down the steps, soorohad and , choking, bnt failed to penetsata the room, and had to throw himself down stairs to avoid suffocation. Juet as ha arflvad at the |bottom the mother of the children reacned the honse breathless, having ran all the way down tbe road when she beard of the are. Her friendfi delayed her an" instant or so by telling her that a man had gone up, and was snre to bring the little oneß down Bafe; but when she saw the brave fellow stumbling out of a doorway fainting and gasping without the children, Bno inJ°k^ her friends off and bounded up through" the smoke up the stairs into the bnruing room. Instantly thy cry went up that the thveci would be lost. Every effort to ex t n^nish the fire was made by the excited and ahimed people with buckets and other vessels filled with water, and Bomo knelt down and prayed for the woman's safety, Everybody seemed to hava giva up all hopes of the woman's reappearance when she was se m to rash from tha honse with her two exhausted chiltlron in her arrne. The crowd cheered aud many of them cried for joy, while tbe more traqtwil led (be br»?a

* and her children lo » plaoo of pafetf and I Bho-T, r, wherw the .ittle oues were qnlckly I restored irmu the eflEeots of thei* frlgbt.

THE MARKETS

PXB PSBBB ASSOCIATION,; (Received March 8, 1 pm Loxdo*. March 7 The market for frozen meat ia unchanged. The 8.8. River Indus has arrived ftom Melbourne with a shipment of produce. Onions from Victoria are being n -lauded in good order and half of a shipment of hty-pack«d potatoes are bting landed in good condition, but the remainder arc rotten. Australian wheat, ex-warehouse, if quoted at 38a 6d ; New. Zealand long berried, ex-store, 37s 6d with a firmer demand,

LATEST CABLE NEWS

[by suoTkio temqraph—ooprmaET.J (PJBB PBIBB ABSOOIATIOI.} ■ ; (Reoel?ed March 8 1. p.m>) CAPITAL AND LA^tm. Paum, MaVoh~7. The Chamber of Deputies by id romense majority, approved of France being represented at the Conference promoted by the Emperor of Germsiny, to discuss the relationships subsisting between capital and labor. , ITALY IN AFRICA. • j , ■ - Ron, Maroh 7. The Italian Chamber, by a large majority, approved of the govern mental policy in regard to ;.It«Jy?a/po*> sessions on the African coast of the Bed sea. Signor Crispi, the Premier, stated lhat Italy was achieving* pacific conquest of Abyssinia. v •;;«> ; -- . hungaryl.:; fl7.^ Buda. Pmth, M*ffhi7. Herr Tisa has resigned in connection with the Kossuth BilL- ■>■ ;»-^ 'HER MAJESTY. London, Htrni 7 The Qaeen starts for Aix lea .Bftim on the 25th inst. ," . >3, '/<i'*~\ "')■ SIRERSKINB MAY. x>f The Speaker of the House of 1 Com mons to-day unveiled a bust of Sir Brskine May, the pre-eminent authority on Parliamentary procedure, in i the Library of the House. Mr Gladstone paid an eloquent tribute to . Sir Erskine's memory. v v;,C-!.-:l^" s''" ; THE "TIMES" AND PARNELL. Sir R. Webster, in the House of Commons, said that although Sheridan 1 had finally expressed himself willing to 1 accept j£iooo to give evidence, Mr t Soames, counsel for . the ; ,^ ( ,Times," declined to accept ;the |dfM||s|nce I Sheridan's story would not"be 'corro borative of the evidence required in ; the Parnell-" Times " libel action, ! ' NORDENFELDT.; v* - > Nordenfeldt, of gun cdebrity,\fwho lately filled, will pay all claims against him in full, paying by instalments. I COAL. A seam of coal,'eight feet thick, has i been discovered at Dover. v ■ "ABINGTON." A Baird who proceeded againit. i the Pelican Club for irregular exclusion was ; refused an injuction by the judge, on j the ground that the club was a pro* prietory one. Baird has appealed. LABOR TROUBLES. Twenty thousand dock laborers have gone |out on strike at Liverpool. The dock owners are importing new hands. Twenty thousand engineers in the 1 North-east of England threaten to strike , unless their hours of labor be shortened,

THE SAMOAN TREATY

? (Correspondents " Auckland Herald.")

London, January 2f» The text of the Samoan Convention wu published yesterday, and differs very little from the forecasti given in this correspondence. Practically the islands are placed under a joint protecorate of England, Germany, and the United States; a chief justice is appointed to administer justice between islanders and foreigners, while Apia with a portion of the surrounding territory is, neutralised* With these . restrictions/, the Samoans are left in almost complete independence. '■ Th« Con* vention has been agood deal commented upon by the press. 1 The German papers are reluc tant to admit that their diplomacy has met with , a rebuff. . The . Americaav pre»: are divided in opinion, half of them holding that Mr Blame has scored a triumph and the other half declaring that Germany has secured the oyster and left England and the United States with the shell; while the British newspapers on the whole. are. fairly. contented,,/with the settlement. , i .■; SiH FbAHC&SOO, February 8 The Senate of the United States has finally ratified the Samoan Treaty,- which having previously been approved, will shortly become ths basis for the guidance; of the Government of Samoa. ' ' . ' ' ..' |. Eleven members of the Senate J'voted against the ratification when it w« put up for action. They were led by Senator Edmunds, of Vermont, o>ie of the foremost 'statesmen in the country, who founded his objections not on the terms secured for- Malietoa and the Samoan people in general, but on the fact that nothing was said in the treaty about the harbour of Pago Pago. Edmunds insisted that if the.treaty was, .ratified it would be a signal to other countries that we meant to abandon our claim to \this valu able harbor privilege, a view' in wh'icn a few other Senators, coincided.. .After, .the treaty was ratified, Edmunds attempted to go farther in the matter; -but was' stopped byKS'enator Sherma, who insisted that Fagd Pagphmrbor w« as much ours as ever. The dispute ended in a personal tiff, which has yet to end. The ratification causes general satisfaction' throughout America, but few sharing Edmunds view that we have surrendered our rights to Pago Pago. In Berlin, Count Herbert Bis* marck has called on United States, Minister . Phelps, and mutual congratulations have been been exchanged that the Samoan troublesare ■ over. ' S3

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THE ASHBURTOK GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, 1 tKABCS 8, 1890.



INWALD COAL AND FIREWOOD* DEPOT. JA /><LOTH'ER h»yifg pur ! • i\^* \J chased tnu bnHinese of Joseph Clabk from the Official Assignee, la prepared to supply Coal, Firewood, Bran, Oats and Obaff, at lowest market rates. > J. A. CLOTHIER, Tinwa'id. IQOUU ifAOMUS'VAL KFAOat" (♦♦ What we do we o well." rTUU OHEISTOHUBOH DX NTAL \ SUBGBRY, " Oashel tttract, Ohristohnroh, naxt BoMv- Boot Store, and at the Octagon, Dtmctfin. JL i )perations at strictly nniform and moderate Oon»nltfttion free. 3. MYEBS~~Ain) CO., BUBOBON DBNTIBTS. NITBOUb OXIDE GAB »dministered 3 lAunathetio leaves no unpleasant *ffMts, and by Its nse the extraction of Bad Stumps and Toeth Is rendered per 'eotly Painless »nd Effective. Ad alnlstered dally. Fee for administration -of Gas, sb. Extraction, 2s 6d a tooth. Hoars of attendance, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Private residence, 93 East Belt. The acknowledged superiority of AMERICAN DENTISTRY In the con ;•- ttraotlon of Artificial Teatb, the most • finUbed workmanship, and replacing tbe ost teeth TEMPORARILY ALMOST . ' MMEDIATELY after extraction, x have ■tabllibed oar reputation, ▲ single Artlfiola Tooth, 10s, complete >- *l, Upper end Lower, Temporary and Permanent £1010e; Artificial Teeth and Dentate* made by other dentists re aoddled at small costs, Stopping, Sosl ' ag Perfeot and Palnlesr.



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THE CHEAPESTJiALLII NOW GOING ON IN ABHBURMON IS , AT "The Corner," (Mdren's Hats half price Flowers at half prlca Prints at half price Ladles' Jackets at half prioe 17 dot Men's Sox (beat} made) half Dries ,i % r SEE I 1 HE WINDOWS qBE THE W HDOWS inspect the stook , INSDiro'r TflF STOOK W. H. COLLIER W Comer.' : BiAi IP MPHIIS r," Hold Weekly Sales of • BOBSBS, PIGSjOATTLB.PRCDUOB, FURNITURE, &o k EVERY SATURDAY. LIVE STOCK SALES fctery Taeeday at Tlnwald and Anh bnriO9 Tards altercately. \ CLEARING SALES TOWN AND COUNTRY Aocojrafng to arrangement. buve for Sale Privately— q REAPERS AND BINDER , 9 Orotskill ROLLER, GRASS y STRIPPBRS -.■,-■ We have been appointed Agents for JOHNSON and Go's ARTIFICIAL MAOTBK WE HAVE ON"HAND 5 TONS .ample ■ and Particulars of which canb had oa application. 4LAND AND HUMPHERYS



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