The Ashburton Guardian. Magna et Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1890.

A certain class of journals m the colony accord to the Atkinson Ministry n,'bald-headed support. That Ministry, although acknowledged throughout the House and country as the most incom petent that ha.'f. ever controlled the destinies of the colony, is held up as the model of everything that is praise worthy m aditiiuiscnitive Governments We vfirily believe that if the Ministry came clown with a proposal to borrow some more millions, and to impose additional and burdensome taxation, its bald-headed journalistic supporters would eat their own anti-borrowing i words, and justify the proposal 1-;. The journals we refer lo have already turned their coats on the retrenchment question ; and it is the fashion now to belittle the efforts of the Opposition m their endeavor to force the (Government to; continue; 'm the economical course winch the country at the last election demanded should be followed. The retrenclim&t partys at the last election has become the? anti-retrenchment party at this. Re^ trenchmonts recently effected have not' proceeded exactly on the lines ■which the Ministry and its supporters; desired. Highly-paid Civil Servants were to ))e'all(j\ved.to luxuriate iri t&e; fat of the land, and any retrenchments effected were to come oft' the con veniences of the people. That was the Ministerial programme,, but the | House wouldn't have it; and. now the House and the Opposition ar^e stigma tised as obstructionists, and everything else that is likely to bring them into disfavor with the electors. The rials of political wrath are being poured out upon the devoted head of Mr Bal|ance and his followers, whose only offence appears to be that,they have thoronghly exposed the hollowness of the Govern ment professions of economy; Every effort is being made by Ministerial journals to place a false issue before the electors at, the forthcoming general election ; the Ministry are. seeking to pose as the true economical party, even m. face of the fact that Estimates fort the ensuing year we're brought down brimming over with Civil Service extravagances. What was black three years' ago* is white to-cia}'. But we are ■ much mistaken if the electors have changed their opinions m the interval. Additional taxation has been ; heaped upon the country since the last election, much moVe grievous, than that proposed by the Stout-Yogel Government; and the electors are therefore move coriyinced than, ever of i the pressing need fop rigid and uneom-' promising economy. - The question at the last elections with the country was "Retrenchment," and the feeling, in stead of dying out, has became intensi fied. The country, like the late House, will take retrenchment from any political party, and the--party that «m accomplish it without injuring the efficiency of the'piiblic services will meet with the most favour on the approaching polling day. In v this, particular the electors diffiir from Ministerial journals—their'policy ia. measuros, not men. The country, to be consistent, must, as at Jast election, vote against the anti-retrenchment party. The taxpayers are indebted to the Opposition party-'in-the House for rejecting £100,000 additional taxation, and saving something like £64,000 per annum on the Estimates during the ( past session. !, .....- ■•

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A fruit-preserving and rabbit tinning com pany with a capital of £2000 is to be Btartod at Clyde, Central Otago. , It has been computed that the small yield of potatoes m the Oaniaru district this year lost to wage earners the sum of £4000. It is calculated that out of the 450,000 of a population m the Melbourne metropolitan area, only 500 subscribe to the Melbourne Hospital. Of 1,700,000 persons m the. United King dom who are over 65 years of age, 400,000 are permanent paupers. Two Chinese officials, accompanied by English engineers, helve gohe to Sfe. Peters burg, their object being to construct a rail road between Russia and China. The fastest regular train m the United States runs between Washington and Balti more at a speed of fifty»three and one-third miles an hour. In his speech at VVanganui, Mr Carson figured out that the taxation paid by New Zealandera amounts to jnst under four millions of money. This comes to about £6 13s per head on man, woman, and child. At a temperance meeting m Auckland Sir William Fox, m reference to members of Parliament, made the following remark :—• "Members of Parliament are, as a rule, humbugs. I have been one, and so I know." At a meetirig of the Rangitata, Road Board on the 9th hist, the following resolu tion carried :—That m the opinion of this Board an amalgamation with the Anama Road district is desirable. The Alamecla encountered a fierce hurri cane near the Kcrmadecs on her last trip from Auckland to San Francisco. Captain Morse was presented With a testimonial by the passengers for the skill he displayed dur ing the hurricane. A coagregation near Pittsburg have lite rally "struck oil." The church was debt ridden, but it hag grown enormously rich by the discovery of oil m the chprchyard yield ing 1000 barrels a day, and producing a royalty amounting to nearly £17,000 a year. The attendance at the Ashburton District School has increased so (substantially of late as to warrant the application by the Com mittee to the Board for an additional teacher. The Board has granted the. Committee's request, and an assistant master will be advertised for forthwith. Upturns for the quarter ending 30th June last as Jo banks m Victoria, show that all debts' due M the banks, including votes, bills of exchange, a«d all stocks and funtied debts of every description, except notes, bill*, and balances due to the bank from other banks, reach the sum of £49,951,2.19, ■ Ihe total amount of the assets is £56,670,203. ftew Zealand • is likely to have a plethora of amusements during the ensuing season. Arrangements are being made m Australia for the visit of a large number of companies and stars, including the following;— Marian Burton's concert company, Madame Patey, Mrs Potter, Miss Janet Achurch, Miss Jennie Lee, and Brough and Boucicault's comedy company. The Bombay barbers o*e st»H m revolt against the shaving of widows'keadss. They declare the practice is not enjoined & the Hindoo scriptures. The Guzerati barbers were the first to strike, and there ar« five Jitakred of thenu They; fine and boycott any of fcheir class known to have shaved a widow's &&id. To many of them the refusal tdanavenjeatfsVloss of one-hundred and fiftyrupees a y^r. Finding all the brave barbers m a locality united against shaving, makers of household? ,sre sometimes com pelled to jsend the widows #£ their families long distances'to be shaved. jLfc i$ to be hoped, therefore, that the barbers' coifcbin ation will greatly extend.

Tie Wild West Show will give two per formances at Ashburton, commencing on Monday, 27th instant. We would again remind our readers of the performance to be given by the celebrated comedian Mr J. L. Toole and his clever com pany at the Oddfellows' Hall to-morfpw evening. ' ■ A correspondents, signing himself " White Choker" tips as follows for to-morrow's trots :—M&iden Trot —Poppett or .Cascade. Mile Trot—Miss Cave. Sellißg Handicap Trot—Grace Darliag. Three-Mile Trot— .Silver Bell or Poppett. District Trot— Marcngo. Tlie. ".Tirnaru Herald" of Tuesday says Mr M&yne, jnnr.,, a member pf the Timaru Boating Club, dived off the top of tlurctarte that stands on the Moody jetty From the top of crane to the water is about thirty feet, and the deed was a plucky one—perhaps a triile tinged with reckless ness—that is worthy of more than passing notice. Without doubt Mayne may be ranked as the champion' diver of the district. M. Laborde, of the Faculty of Medicine m Paris, hasjdiscovored a new aniesthotic 1 which he calls narcein. It is obtained m the i crystallised condition, and is aoluable •m water. A solution of narcein, it is said, sends the patient into a sound sleep, un attended with, a consecutive torpor, and its action on the body very rairely, if ever,jgives rise to vomithjg or'digestrva derangement. M. Laborde has k experimented very .success fully with his new, drug on rabbits, and now thinks that it cato Jbe applied with- perfect safety and adyalitagis on man.: In r addre;S9ing the Farmers' Union at Woodrpord, oii summer fodders, Professor Lowrie^;.of *the Roseworifyy^Agricuitura] College;; miys peas, if used, on the farm, is one of -the most profitable crops ,a farmei can grow, but if growii for sale the profits can small. PigSffattenrWell on peas, and no loss need be sustained through shaking . out on the land, as the pigs will go into'th^ field and gather the waste for'; themselves. Apart from the profit^ a crop of peas will greatly benefit the land for the following crop of wheat. ,The, benefits of. artificial manures were also dealt with. .■', In connection \ritli.the annivefijary of th< London doefc strike recently celebrated, Mi John Burnßhoiipubliiihecl a statement show ing what the working nijjgn have gained frorr th«i action inith,ted jnst; a year ago. He eayj the men have gained ;£300,000 more wages by the 178 strikes of. the vpast 12 months and £400,000 has beeh contributed m tin shape of wages tfi» other -trades ;. and th< number of members of trades unipns m Lon don alone has' beeni increased by 300,000, Rougliily -Speaking,' the" 178 strikes havi gained increased wages to the extent o: nearly \three-qaarters' df a million sterling This statement has?''however, .been severely criticised. It, is pointed out that Burns has omitted to say, ( hpw many millions the 17! strikes ha Ve'cost.'* Rather more than ten years ago thi " Quarterly Review "fstartled Its readers bj a description of thfe literary garbage which then formed the mental sustenance of th< lowest sections of the' British population To-day it returns to.the subject and examinel the character of the "Penny Fiction," whicl circulates by hundreds of uhou?ands m th< Mother. Country week • after week; Fron one ffuctofy of literature of rascaldom, m fewer than 15 pernicious publications ar issued. These arc mainly devotod to th< glorification of vice and crime. Some o them are written by men who arc^capable o better things, , Broken down university men clergymen who have been unfrocked, and ex schoolmasters are engaged m the miinu facture o£ this trash, also reporters, composi tors, and hangers-on of the newspaper Press The street lamps at Gore have been lighten by Mr Watt's hydro-carbon gas, and (say the "Southern Standard") it has so fa proved a success. It can be made—it ha been made—of quality equal, if not superior to the. best"coal gas. What remains.to b proved is, whether it can be manufactura ; m large quantities at a price low enough, to allow of its being profitably used m cotnpe ' tit ion with coal gas. If it can, then we sei ; 'no'reason why there should Hot be a revolu tion m the gas trade of the world.. Fat (tin principal ingredient m the gas) can be pro ducecl m almost unlimited quantities, if tin marker offers ; and its^small bulk compara with coal, makes its cost of carriage coinpa ratively trifling. The other constituent ■namely, water—is so plentiful and wide spread that it can scarcely be termed, ai article of commerce. Much; greater import ance attaches to the Gore Gas Company' operations than tiny merely local interest. Mr Colin'Himtor, a Scottish artist win has made his reputation m London, made i large fortune a year or two ago by i speculation m a leading African gol( mine, when, after an accident to the mine, i friend on the spot telegraphed to him to buj all the shares he could get. The acciden Bentthe script do^wn to a very low price—i shilling or two^but; as Was known by th< frjend, the fall of headings and bank simph exposed the long sought vein of gold, ani: did for the miners what they had been tryinj to do for many weary months; the share! presently went up to an enorttipus premiuiin and they say • HMter made close upoi £100,000. fThe.Scotch artist.(says a contem porary) was always a good fellow and an ex cellent painter; he his just as good to-day professionally and socially, as he was befon this windfall. It is a pity every fortunati man does not take his good luck as grace A house of five stories (leaning against i rising ground)' has jwst been excavated ii Pompeii, m which important frescoes an still m a good state of preservation; In th< principal room is a representation of Belle rojphon-—a youth holdingthe winged Pegasui with ;one hand, whiles With the' other hi receives the orders from Proteus, who ii seated on a richly decorated throne. Th< lower part of the house is divided into batl rooms. The paintings m the frigidarium an specially well preserved—a nymp riding oi a sea-horse, and a frieze with comic scenes o pigmies fighting birds and crocodiles it Egypfc-

Holloway's Ointment and pills.- Counsel fbr the delicate/—Those to whon the changeable temperature is a protractor peried of trial should seek the earliest oppor tunity, of removing all obstacles to gooc health. This cooling ointment, perseveringlj rubbed upon the skin, is the most reliabl* remedy for overcoming all diseases of tin throat and chest. "< Quiusey,' relaxed tonsils sore throat, swollen glands, ordinary catarrf Mid bronchitis, usually,-prevailing'-at this season, may be arrested as soon as discoverer; Mid every symptom banished by Holloway's sinlple and effective treatment. This oint aient and pills are highly commended foi the facility for which they; successfully contend with influenza; they allay m an incredibly short time the distressing, fever and teasing cough. ' As the wheel of time has again ushered m the busy spring, and .to, be to supply the requirements df Nature and oJ their numerous patrons, Messrs J. Scaly and Co. have completed their selection of seeds, which are of the choicest samples obtainable, and which include clovers, turnips, man golds, carrots, rape, perennial ryegrass, cQcksfoot, elephant swede, garden and flower seeds m endless variety, and garden requi sites of every description.. For the conve nience of patrons who cannot make their ptrchases during the day the ;premises will bo open to nine p.m. on Saturday evenings on and after the 16th August.—-(Adv't.) We clip the following important testimo nial from the '' Illawarra Mer-Qury'? (N. S. W., of the 30ph March. It needs no comment i-r ---"Mr John 'Loveday, of the Bulli Mountain writes to us that after suffering, for four years with acute gravel, he has experienced almost complete relief by using Sander and Sons' Eucalyptic Extract. He says:—" Seeing the said Extract advertised m the 'Illawarra Mercury/ his intense suffering induced him to obtain a bottle of the /medicine from Mr s Hoiking, ohemist, 6f this, town, and that the use of it gave him; gi*eat relief at #<ttc> Re states that between 10th March iGoafc, wK#n. he obtained the first bottle of the «xtyac£ #i<J. |l}e 19th, the - use - of; that medicine coutijifu,?d |to afford him relief, to wrhl«h he had been a steanffer f(>r four yearn Mr- Loveday writes also tijat he hj|s 'found the Eucalypti Extract % cure for rhemnatMtti as 1? eU< as gravel, lie requests us t^ publish this information through the' Mercury,'. We haVe much pleasure m complying with Mr Loveday 's request, whose word; cannot be doubted, and who can have no object m view other than a pure desire to beneut Buffering .iwinftnity. V(Advt.) . , ./ -. 2

The Weather

Natural Enemy to the Codlin Moth.

Mr R. Allan Wis;ht, an entomologist df Nelson, informs tho local Press that hje has discovered a " natural enemy " to thfe codlin moth. He says : " The announce ment is a.s yet premature, but some of the writer's friends m Nelson will be gla| to hear that, after sp many years search for what he felfc sure existed, viz., a native parasite of the,<k>dlin moth, a mere i accident has revealed an insect which he feels sure bears such a character. There is little,room to doubt 'that such is the case. The parasite is there certainly, and its action i«>, complete and satisfactory, the only question is.whefilfer it is native to New Zealand or has been imported with the pest, : and a great, deal of its future usefulness depends upon the answer. 'Mr Mask ell, than whom there is no better authority m New Zealand, is of opinion that when a pest enters a coun try-foreign to ifc.it is only a maitt^f of tim.6 when the'iparasiticai, or; predjltbry native insects, will take it up arid, restore the balance of nature.. The writer is now eni gaged m trying some further experiments^ and has also sent specimens of the parasite and its work to Professor G. W. Riley; the. tI.S. States Entomologist,' to see if the insecti,(which is an utter stranger to himself) is known m America. When more light :has been bbtainted further particulars on this (to apple growers and apple eaters) most interesting subject will be given." ; , , ■•

England's Girl Cricketers

 ("^ewyorkSun.") ' } i • The sweet : girl cricketers, over whose, clever -'playing even the imperturbable* Briton- is working himself into quite a' frenzy of enthusiasm, .are demonstrating^ anew the truth af the old axiom that ai woman cannot throw; 1/ko a man, because; as the small boy expresses it, her shoulderjj isn't built :that way. 'These " original! lady cricketers"—and indeed noonedoubts j the originality and uniqueness of their proceedings—aro chosen from among girls having' a previous' knowledge of the Hport, and who have been m train ing about Bix months. They dis-' pLiy so intich ' skill"' that all precon ceived idea, on the subject of their capa bility are completely revolutionised on beholding them. Their bowling has been excellent m the recent matches, and most of, the players bowled overhand, The direction w»s good,"the distances well judged, and some of the most skilful players succeeded m putting a good deal of break on the ball. The "swiftness which comes from great strength was soinolinv.Ks Lie-king, but this will develop with longer practice, ;md indeed was somewhat formidable, as tho reds ran up a score of 155 m one game before, they were put out. The hitting "is eveij mpr'j remarkable than the bowling, for oh 'the 1 largest cricketing grounds* irnimborn of Halls are driven to'the', extreme-boundary. The captain of one of the beams hit with remarkable, ease and confidence, and 'scored no less than 91 of tho 133 made while she was at tho wicket m the Lon don" matchi '■;:: v \>, ,»• / The girls %T3 Ti#y\sihar band clever at stopping balls as well, and many of them tun with wonderful swiftness and endur ance. All of which goes to show that gjrls" may bpwlanrl bat, catch, and run, but when it comes to throwing all the traditions of their sax manifest them selves. With the exception of two or three of the more, vsltilful players the throwing w«s so feeble and ineffectual that the'ball must be-thrown by two or three hands from the fjeld before it reached the wickets, and it was usually' safe to .start for another run after tlio fielder had handled the ball. I-Even' those who w<)ve most proficient, and wholby strength and practice were enabled to send the'ball up at a fair rate of speed,,, threw it "m the true; girl way,, with the _ action rom tlie ' elbow instead' of from t the shoulder, and entirely [ without; thlv^; peculiar little twist of the arm which seems to be instinct with a boy m throwing, as is the cunning displayed by birds m building theirnests or trillling the^ song peculiar to their species. It is an instinct that is lacking m women, and •cannot be nciquirea any more than ; tlie robin can learn to build a swallow's nest of clay by looking on, or the sparrow sing .the nightingale's rhapsody by taking vocal lessors. They threw without,a momentj's delajjr,;hfeiwjever,': giving'f \^ii iyery chancesto thojbafcswomeht ffidiihe general opinioii repeated over and over again was:—"l had no idea that girls could ever play like that."

Endowment of the Ash burton Home.

,;■ The late Mft Stephen Cole Moule, of Elmdonlee, Prebbleton, has made a generous and munificent bequest to the Ashburton Old Men's Home. By the terms of the will, after provision is made for the late gerttloiriaii's wife suid son, the remainder of the income from the estate is to be capitalised. At the expiration of the two. life4nterestajb)efore-menbionecl {i.e. at the marriage or death of fhe wife and the death of the son^the whole of the net income of the estate is w be devotod to the maintenance and benefit of the Old Men's Home. The condition under which the bequest is made is s that an aunual payment is to be made out of the consoli dated fund of the Colony of 10s m the £ for every £1 of annual incomer front the estate to the extent of £500 of the income, or, m, other words, the Government is to contribute £250 a year. The net income from the trust estate is to be deemed a separate bequest for each year. The estate was sworn at under £20,000, and, taking into account the accumulations that will accrue during the life-time of the deceased's relatives, who are legatees, it is expected that the income which, by the late Mr Mould's munificent gift, will accrue to the Home, will be equal to* £2000 per annum. Provision is made for the cantinUaticeof the bequest to the Old Men's Home should it at any time be removed from Ashburton to any other place m Canterbury. Probate was granted to Messrs J. W. Overtoil and Robert M'Gregor, theezecu'tcirs.namedin the will, on Friday last, upon the applica tion of Mr Joynt.—" Lyttelton Times."

Poor Lord Radnor.

A London correspondent writes :-—: Lord Radnor is m a quridjis pqsi;tian,» He has a rent roll of £20,00 pa year nnd'ean't/ manage to! live / Buitablyi;: Moreover, hi^ eldest.son, Lord F6lkestohe, has only »n allowance of.£Boo a year. These facts, painful and thought-compelling, came out m an appeal heard jbefqret the Court of Appeal recently:' .Lord'Penzance, who is trustee under fchelateLord Radnor's will (he died ft few nionths ago), opposed the desire of the pvesent lord tp BelUome of the valuable family $ plct«r^sv There' are three he wishes to dispose of for £55,000 —^one by Holbein, known as " The Philo soper' "; a portrait by Velasquez, and one fry GiridGor Moroni, The e»ri!s complaint

is that out of the total incomeof the eaUtefi — £20,000 to wit—he has tp make pro vision for the interest on tho mortgages' and certain other charges, and to keep up Longford Castle at the cost of £13,000 a year. This leaves a very small sum for personal expenses. If the three pictures are sold there will still remain 279. < which are worth half a million. Justice Chittyi authorised the sale, but tints decision was appealed n<<j,*.inst-. Ac cording to Lord Peiw.nce's counsel tho Earl of Radnor received £'25C0 ;i yeir after providing for every ospenas, and this he considered sufficient. But Lord Justice Bnwon thought it w.-vj young Lord Folkestone who was especially in terested m the sale, as he wanted to got. married,-.nn&j didn't think £800 enough to be bold upon. The Master of the Rolls had a touching reminiscon.se of the days when he w^s a poor barrister, and was on a visit, to a great nobleuvui's palnae ; he was informed then, to his astonishment, that it cost £1000 a wcok to keep up\ But m spite of tho manifest sympathy of the Master for noblemen with such huavy .responsibilities; their lordships postponed judgement. Now wo hear that their decision is m favour of poor Lord Radnor.

Wakanui Sports.

A public meeting was held m the Waka ;nuijschool on Monday, the 13th, for the puj-posei of getting up sports. There was | a ,faic, attendance of the public. After some .discussion a Committee was elected -to carry out the last year's programme. It was decided to hold the sports on the 16th December. Mr Dickie was elected Chairman of the Committee, and.T. Cock burn -Secretary. The Secretary was in structed to advertise the programme at once. ; The meeting then adjourned.

The Failure of the cape Town Bank.

A cable message announces the .suspen sion of the Cape of Goad Hope Bank (Limited), a concern of no, very large pro^ portions. The suspension has no doubt resulted from that of the Union Bank of Cape Town, which occurred atithe close of July, The disaster which occurred to the Union Bank of Cape Town was! brought: about m an extraordinary] manner. The bank, owing to the negli gence .and .imprudence of its "directors,^ and the" "madness "of 1 the manager (&<:-; i cording to his own admission) had placed! twp^thirds of its resources ati the dispoca! ,of brie of its customers, Mr Lippert, partly by advances against mining scrip (most of jwMcli ultimately became, worthless), and 'partly by endorsement? of paper to two pther,banks—viz.,/the Standard Bank of South Africa, and the Gape of GtoodHope: "Bank. Mr, Lippert, who had gone to London, had relations with another Sdtith "A frican merchant,^ Mr Best, of London %n&- Kimberley, and put paper hrtolcircu- lation through the- Union Baiik of Ci»pe Town, purporting, to be drawn by Mr Best, per his manager at Kimberley. Th c manager, at Kimberley suddenly surprised the directors of* the bank by informing them^ at the rpojitst by, cable of. Ms prin cipal m London, that his signature to the bills wast a forgery,,and that';Mr Lippert admitted,the ; forgery, to the amount of £151,0001 But here comes,the curious part of the affair. On obtaining counsel's advice, the directors of the Union ; Bank of Capetown wera led to decline to admi^ the \ forgery,, and the Attorney- General of Cape Colony decided 1 to take proceedings. In the meantime the Union ij?ank of Capetown stands to lose £500,000 ; it owes the public £765,000; jibs paid-up capital is £36,880. Un fortunately for the shareholders their liability is unlimited, and they me ruined, and even at that they are unable to pay creditors m full. The lock-up of ifundf) ,111 the endorsements referred to, together with the curious questions arising out of alleged iorgery—admitted ;by the alleged forger, hut not admitted by the directors of tho Union Bank—has doubtless proved too much for the Cape of Good Hope Bank. " Possibly, also, it has had its own experiences of South African mining speculators and their scrip.

TELEGRAPHIC

HOME AND FOREIGN.

; [P£II.. i PE.jBSS ASSOCIATION,} , > I London, October 13 and 14. I, O'Connor, the oarsman, has sailed for Canada. The Mining Exhibition shows a surplus, Conrad Cedcr Kranz, who has been appointed Chief Justice of Samoa, is a Swedish jurist. Doubts are expressed as to Dillon ! and O'Brien really having sailed for I the United States at all. The cargo of the Ship Wellington, which returned to port owing to a collision m the Channel, has sustained no damage. The statue of Rev Dr Lang has been completed. Five girls and one man were killed and many persons injured by a fire which broke out m a hat factory at Smithfield.. .The "Times" suggests that steps should be taken to retain m England the mining exhibits now on exhibition at the Crystal Palace for the purpose of technical education. :

The death is announced of J. E. Thorold Rogers, Professor of Political Economy at Oxford University. Pro fessor Sellar, aged 62, is also dead. The Portuguese Press are again making vicious attacks on Great Bri tain, and inspiring .the populace to attack the British residents.

Beblix, October 14. A great Socialistic Congress is being held at Halle, a town of Prussia^ Saxony, and is chiefly attended by German delegates.

Bbsnk, October 13, . The re-instatcmeut of tlie Ticino Government; has been deferred until the Federal Commissary lias returned. Ailairs at Ticino are quieting' down. Madrid. .October 14. News has been received that the Spanish Expedition sent from the Phillipiue Islands to punish the natives of the Caroline Islands, who surprised a and killed a Spanish officer' ai^d .twenty-seven men, has been successful. ..-The garrison stormed the native position and the losses of the. latter were heavy, while the attacking party lost one officer and several irien.

AUSTRALIAN

- -■ ■ . Sydney, October 14. jMr Brennan, President of the Trades Council, is a candidate for a seat m the House of Assembly, vacated by the death of Mr Albert Lamb.

INTERPROVINCIAL

, , Auckland, October 14. A man named James El worth was drowned m the harbor to-day by falling from !\ .barge, He was a sinajle man, twentysthree years o f age, and his mother is m. Auckland. Woodvillk, October 14. Mr Haggen has received notice that Mr iiowry has filed further affidavits m the motion to commit him to prison, or h»ve i

him.iined, for republishing, m tie "Ex ■aminer,"anextractirom the Parliamentary Inquiry on Dummy ism. The case, which was to have been heard to-day m Wel lington, has therefore been postponed till further notice. Kaikoura, October 14. The body of Walter Robb, one of the men drowned here m the boating accident on tho 25th ultimo, was found floating outside the reef last evening. It was almost intact, but divested of all clothing except the boots and socks. Invercargill, October 14. -Alfred Buxton, a,lad of sixteen; son of Thomas Buxton, abrickmaker, was shock ingly injured among the machinery p^his father's wprks , to-day. He was applying | tar to a belt to make it grip when he got caught' by it and thrown upon *' pair of mitred wheels, which completely chewed his left arm, and inflicted shocking in juries on the thigh and abdomen. The arm-fas amputated at.the Hospital. The lad has never lost consciousness,-but the caso is critical.

Ashburton School

EXAMINATION REPORT. < In forwarding the undergiven report by Dr. Anderson to the Chairman df the Ashburton District School Committee, Mr Colborne-Veel, Secretary to theßWd of Education, gays :— ' * ■•••"■■' " I have the honor by direction of the Board to forward herewith Dr. Ander son's report on: your' school, with* the standard lists, attached, and to says that the Board is pleased to receive such a very good report;" • . ■ :■■.,•: .REPORT. , Excellent work has been done m the Infant department. Some of our schools , may make asomewhat better appearance m the lowest divisions j hot none have better work m. .the highest* which possesses qualities we should like to see more general among classes presented for examination m Standard. I. The arith metic may be mentioned as of * quite ex ceptional merit. Of the standard classes, Standard V. and Standard -VI. are generally weH prepared. "Standard IV., though it ha.s its faults, m reading and nionfcil arithmetic for example, is on tho whole a creditable, product of well-sus tained effort- and 'of fine qualities of intelligence m the teaching. ; Standard 111. is weak m dictation, and arithmetic, both of which may be regarded as tests of habits- of , accuracy, b^fc m other respects shows satisfactory preparation. Its composition may be commended. Standard 11. is for * the most, part very good, but lifts less'merit, than the, really admirable class presented m Standard 1., for which no praise could be too high, seeing that to form so large a group of children many whose previous prepara tion was imperfect must have been included m the class at the beginning of the year. , .

THE TYSER LINE.

AN IMPORTANT DECISION.

On Augusc 9th, last the appeal t£ Mr Dawes (of die Kew Zealand Shipping Company) and another .shareholder :to have the Colonial Union Company wound up compulaorily, under supervision of the Court, was , dismissed, the - petitioners having failed to show Mr Justice 'North good reason for interference. Tbie is a serious matter ior both, the New Zealand Shipping; Company and. Shaw, SaviU's, who will now be at once actively pppofltod by the new Tyser Company. His Lord' ship (Mr Justice North) said: "Thecom pany was formed m 1887 for the purpose of carrying on the trade m frozen meat from New Zealand, of which a large quantity was brought i)o this country, though how it was disposed of when it got hero no one seemed to know. The com pany carried on business .for.about a yuaf under some difficulty, owing to compett- ■ tion. There seemed to be a good many other persons desirous of carrying on 1 a profitable trade, and, there being a. loss to all—probably .from the com: petition—an agreement wan . come to between the - Colonial Company,' the Shaw, Savili, and Albion Company, and the New Zealand Shipping Company, for ..limiting the trade of tho Colonial Com pany both as to the number of vessels Jthey were to employ, the".number of voyages each vessel was to make, and tho maximum amount-iof meat that each vessel was to ?carry. on. eiich voyage. Clause 10 of the agreement provided that Shaw, r!Saviir and Co. and the New Zea land Company were each to pay to 'the Colonial Company for loss of profit which it might have made,if not fettered by the arrangements'in 1 the agreement, £2500 a year. >T.his "agreement was to continue ia force for five years, unless either, Company should be wound up or, a resolution passed for winding up. About this time MessrsTyserand Co.j alargeship ping firm with New Zealand, who were at the bottom of the foundation of the Colonial Company, made a contract with some per* sonsinQueenslandand there wasanan-ange nient "betweenj them ai*4 the petitioners (the British India Associated Steamers),' under which the petitioners' contribution to the joint adventure took the shape o £ the acquisition of 10,000 shares m the Colonial Company. From this time the business was carried on under circum stances which the petitioners said '<jag. > favourable to large profits being \nade ' though the other side denied t'^Jg. ]£• appeared that considerable difficulty arose m carrying out the joint agreement, and a letter was written on fcehalf of the Colonial Company to Shaw, Savill. and Co., alleging that under tho tripartite agree ment the other companies had not per-t - formed their-part of it, and threatening ■ to put an end to it. On September 7, 1889, a new company .called' the TyserV Line Company was formed to take over the Colonial Company, Qu the 13th of September a circular was issued summon ing a general meeting for the 23rd, for tho purpose of considering, and if thought fit, confirming an agreement of September 10. In this circular tha directors stated that the agreement entered into with the two main lines had . not been carried out m the spirit ia wkich the arrangements were conclude^ and while themselves determining to. adheres strictly to their terms, they thought ifc . ■ expedient m the interests of the'company -; to avail themselves of the-proposala of the Tyser line, under which the vessels of the Colonial Company would 'be chartered by the new company. At the meeting of the 23rd the agreement was confirmed by, 1 the shareholders by a majority of more than one-fourth. Directly afterwards the present petitioners commenced.an action - ' against the Tyser Company and the directors for the purpose bf getting rid of the agreement, upon the ground that it was. one that could ■ not bo enforced against shareholders who did not assent to it, that the sale "was not abona fide one, that Tysers>were_ ' directors of the comoany, and that the price was insufficient/ These gmijMfc* appeared not to ba warranted by the facts. On Apnl 29 notice was given e£a meeting to beheld m May for the purpose of winding up the Colonel Company, a*d tt > had been urged that the winijiug up was %. determined upon for the puvposf of mak ing good what was known to be bail, and, ■ getting nd of the proceedings m tho action, though there did not apW to bo any evidence m support of srofc a state.-; ment. . The meeting- was held on May 2, at which every shareholder was present either m pencm, cr by proxy, and the re solutions were passed by a majority of I 1? to I. At the confirmatory meeting a'rWß WiVS demanded by the dissentient sfcire holders, when thirty six sha.rd»older». holding 49,766 shares, voted m favor of tho resolutions, and. tfcree t holding 15,«fc

THE ASHBUBTON GUARDIAN, •WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1890.



alfoSd sf Xtion The following i$ the Meteorological Re >ort for the week ending October 12th, 890:—

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