The Ashburton Guardian.O Magna Est Veritas Et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, AUGUST 19. 1890. THE TIMARU ELECTION.

The return of Mr Hall-Jones for the Timaru constituency will cause genuine surprise. Mr Jones is a working car penter and joiner—a working-man m the true sense of the word—who is almost unknown outside of his own district. He is known to most Tiraaru residents as a man of average ability, and one who takes more than a passing interest m Municipal politics. He occupies a seat at the Borough Council table, and is a member of the Levels Road Board. In his capacity as a Municipal politician the new member for Timaru, while not displaying any marked aptitude for a higher political flight, has taken, great pains to thoroughly acquaint himself before hand with the ins and outs of any subject likely to come up for discussion; and when he has taken up a position he displays much firmness, at times almost verging on stubborness. His utterances, nevertheless, are character ised by shrrwd common-sense, and those who listen to him, however much they may differ with the views ex pressed, are impressed with the convic tion that the speaker believes what he says. The fact of Mr Jones being a working-man has no doubt won for him a block rote from the Trades Unions and laborers m Timaru, and this, combined with a want-of-confi dence by the electors m the sudden conversion of his strongest opponent to Liberal principles, is, we are inclined to believe, the reason why he has been returned to the House. Being a work ing-man, his sympathies are with the masses, and this being so, he has, naturally enough, allied himself to the Opposition. By his return the Oppo sition have, therefore, retained a vote, and the Timaru electors have proved themselves consistent m returning a member to the party to which their late highly-respected member belonged. Mr Jones may not win the laurels that encircled the brow of the late i member for Timaru, but he will, we feel sure, follow m the same footsteps, and if not remarkable for brillancy, will be respected for his political honesty and integrity. The new inamber will only hold the seat until the expiration of the present j Parliament, on the sth of October next, after which date he will be called upon to contest under the new electoral regulations, a larger district; but his ! majority on this occassion has been of such a substantial nature that it may be fairly taken for granted that he will represent Timaru for the ensuing three years. As a working man's candidate, and one who knows some thing of the class he represents, the new member for Timaru should be able to supply some practical advice to the House when dealing with measures j affecting labour, and his presence m the Hou.se at the juncture, when im j portant labour Bilk are about to be passed into law, will be appreciated by by the labour party. It i.s to be hoped that one of his first steps Avill be to proceed to Wellington at or.cc, and I take part m the deliberations affecting the welfare of trie jiargp section of the 1 population whose interests he lias i pledged himself to represent,

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Extremely heavy falls of snow are re ported from the Gippsland mountains. A prudent man ii like a pin—his head prevents him going too far. Ifc hup rained for ]o consecutive Sundays m Wellington, Tins estimated population oi Melbourne and suburbs for the month of June was 4-)8,470. The employment of women is about to be authorised on the Government railways m Russia. I'lie forthcoming general elections are ex pected to be over by the middle of November next. The anniversary of Starfjf fche $ast Lodge, LO,G/L, will be celebrated by a tea and concert on 17th September next m the Ash burton Oddfellows' Hall. A sperm whale kept the steamship Port Adelaide company for a distance of 1024 miles with apparent ease, a»d tft.cn gave up the race, '. It is stated, wires the Leeds Mercury Lowdou correspondent, that Mr Stanley has received #f ,QOQ for the sole right of taking and publishing his pif^Qgranh, According to the best estimate, the pntipe gold coinage m circulation m Great Britain \s £102,500,000, made up of 80,000,000 soTereigns and of 45,000,000 half-sovereigns. It is *B&mated that the recent concessions to the railway emptoye.es }$ equal to • i in crease of 2d per mile for woy^jng expenses m the running of trains. Lamp chimneys are easily cleaned by hold r ing them over the steam from a tea kettle, rubbing them with a soft cloth, and polishing with paper. The most powerfuj electrje light' m the world is said to be one at the Hoiistjiolm Lighthouse, on the dangerous cosat of Jut land, It ja 2,000,000 candle power, and i» visible forty miles. There is a growing demand for land for settlement m the North Island, For a small quantity of land recently thrown open m the Gisborno district there were no less than 298 applications sent m. A lecture on "Rowland Hill, the eccentric preacher of Surrey Chapel," will be delivered m the Primitive Methodist Church, Ashbur ' ton, on Friday evening next, by the Rev P. \\ T f Jones, of Waddington. The jjae%su«3n}.ent of 2000 students at Cambridge, England, pljflw.ed that success m literary examination is m 119 way connected with stature, ' strength, or* breathing capacity. It is %iderstqod that the Government of South A-ustfalua hay.c no intension at pie sent of'asking ip agree to an in cr.eaae m the pay .qf'the mj-Ufciix fe,cp^ or any nj.easur.eß tending to improve tu^ defence systeiii <G,i the colony. The Rev Mr Walfce* 1, agewt £9? the New Zealand Alliance, iv the course of a Tem perance address at Invercargill, said he did not agree with the wild condemnation of "moderates" so frequently indulged m by the teetotal platform, and tries himself to use in variably only temperate language. jfyb an inquest m Sydney, on the body of a journalist, »vlio died from the effects of a street car accident, the jury returned the following verdict:—"Death n'oin.e^hanfiti/ju, consequent upon continued deliiium following injuries accidentally received acting upon a : man of intemperate habits." A vj/jlcr iv the "National Review," wain« colonists .wity &re relying upon stoats io extirpate the rabbits to bmvare lost they have exchanged a bad pe.st for a Wfjpft. H,f states a pair of stoats will .byeed four'.timsi ft V«^', with twelve yoini^ ones at a lifter — a rato of inci'u^o which may be productive pf grpat ilanger jn tbs WUf^f 9f a few years, i

Mr O'Brien, one of the present members of the Irish Parliamentry party, lay for three weeks under sentence of death for high treason. There is a coal famine m Oamaru. some coal yards thei-e is nothing but lignite, and very little of that. The cause of the present scarcity is owing to the fear of a general strike and the anxiety on the part of many to lay m a stock of coal while it can be had. There is very little coal being shipped on the Weat Coast, and the New castle boats are unable to supply the demand. An American girl was being instructed by her teacher not long since m regard to the different rulers of the world. She was told that m Europe the people are all governed by kings and queens. 'And now,' asked the teacher, 'who governs the people m this country?' The litole girl looked up into the teachers's face and answered earnestly and promptly, 'Knaves.* A report recently presented with a bill for prohibiting aliens from owing lands m the United states mentions that certain European noblemen, principally Englishmen, are now the owners of 21,000,000 acres of land, while the quantity owned by untitled aliens is un known. It cites several cases m which Brit ish subjects residing m England hold vast tracts of land from which they receive rents from tenants. • ; A remarkable cure of tubercular mening itis or as the disease is commonly called, consumption of the brain, has been reported to the "Waimate Times." The three-yew-old child of FrH, G. Berryman was taken ill with the disease mentioned nine or ten days ago, and hope of her recovery was almost abandoned; the trouble m nearly all cages of a like nature proving fatal. Dr Barclay, who was the doctor m attendance, realising the seriousness of the case, consulted with Dr Hogg, of Timaru, and he confirmed Dr Bar clay's diagnosis of the disease, but held out little prospecta of saving the child. However after a course of energetic treatment jbhe little patient began to rally, and Dr Bat-clay has now pronounced her out of danger. David Wood, 32 yeaia of age, a porter, has been sentenced to sixty days' imprison ment at Glasgow for obtaining money under false pretences. The accused, who was m the employment of an upholsterer, told his master that his child was ill. Next day he stated that the child was dead, and on Satur day asked to be allowed to go home to bury the body. His employer, believing the story, allowed him to stop work, and also gave him seven shillings, which he stated he required to complete the amount of the funeral expenses. On making inquiry after wards, however, the employer discovered that the whole story was a fabrication. In passing the sentence the Stipendiary Magis trate (Mr Gemmel) said the offence was one of the worst that eTer came before him. The New Zealand Trade Review has an article on the banking returns of New Zea land forjthe second quarter of 1890, m which j it says :—"Dv may be argued that it is un-1 satisfactory to see money thus accumulating m the hands of the banks, instead of being utilised m various enterprises which would stimulate the progress and prosperity of the colony. But it is at all events very gratify ing to see that the money is thus coming m; and, as to the complaint of want of enterprise, we are satisfied that injudicious enterprise has been one of the most potent sources of of the past financial troubles of the colony. Moreover, m the present menacing attitude of labor organisations, any prudent capitalist may well be excused if he prefers 5 per cent, from the banks to all the risks attendant up on trade and oommerce," An Aucklander who recently wont Home by the Suez route pays the following com pliment to New Zealand m contracting it with other countries ;—" We only stayed a, few hours at Port Said, The dancing saloon.? were m full blast, and J understood that many of the shops are never closed. The moral tone of Port Said is very low indivi dually and collectively. Wo spout a few hours on shore at Naples, but I wsib not favorably impressed with the place. It looks very pretty from the deck of the steamer, but rather disappointing when one gets inside. The streets seem full of low women and designing men. There seems to bo a blight upon the family and national life of the Italians. I have felt very proud of New Zealand during this tour. Adelaide is the only city the moral tone of which Avill bear any comparison with our colony. We con sider our fair colony rather bad sometimes, but Melbourne and Sydney frcek with.sia.' As for Naples and Port Said they are as bad as Sodom ih olden timc.s." One of tho English representatives at tho Le.bor Conference m Berlin, was Mr Burt, M.P., the miners' representative for North Durham, and a miner himself. On his way home from the Conference he delivered an address to a mass meeting of operatives at a manufacturing town m Belgium. The following is au extract from his speech;— "Trust m yourselves and help yourselves. You have m combination a power capable of effecting aj] y<Wr legl^ffl**^ objects, even to the reduction.*)! the hours of labor within reasonable limits ; and without combination not even legislation will help you. Strike if you must when all other methods of securing your objects have failed, but bear m mind that a strike is a dangerous weapon, not to be lightly taken m hand. Conciliation and arbitration are m most cases a better and mere reasonable way. Above all eschew violence and illegality. Trust m the justice and reasonableness of your cause, and learn, as Englishmen have learnt, the inestimable yalue of patient, steady, persistent agita tion, by legal. ratip|ial, aftd OQnatftutjqnal means. So. only will yqu permanently better jour condition without fqrfeitiug that Ijelp ful sympathy whicfy is now accqrded to yoii by all classes of society, from the highest tp tjje lowest. Yqur worst enemies are those whft counsel intimidatiqn, violence, and outrage." At a meeting of the Committee of the Ash burton Racing Club on Saturday evening the draft programme for the Spring Race meeting (November }9 and 20) was submitted and approved a^ follows;—-Fjr?t day—Hurdle Race Handicap qf 45 sqvs, two mikjs j Majden Plate (district) of 20 sqvs, one mile ; Ash burton Cup Handicap, of 70 soys, qnc 'mile and a half; Windermcre Handicap (district), of 30 soys, six furlongs ; Novel Race of 25 soys, four furlongs ; Spring Handicap of 40 soys, one mile; District Welter Handicap of 30 soys, one mile. Second Day—District Hurdle Race Handicap^ qf 35 sqvs, one mile and a balf; Ashburtoii Racing Club Handi cap of frf) sqvs, qne mils and a quarter; Disposal stakes of 30 soys, six furlongs; Winchmore Handicap (Dis trict), of J?0 sqvs, one mile and a quarter ; $pen Welter Handicap, of {$5 soys, one mile; Allenton Handicap (District), 30 soys, one mile ; Flying Handicap, of $5 soys five furlongs. The stakes amount to £505 as against £445 at the corresponding meeting Jast year, and no increase has been made m tlja fogs payable by owners, Mr J, Oresswell was re-elected hajidicapner ; Mr A. Hewson, clerk of tho course ; ana Mr D. Thomas, starter, for the ensuing year. Use of the Race Course was granted to the Ashburton Trotting Club for a trotting meeting to be held (Turing October, con ditionally upon the Canterbury Jockey Club making no objection.

The Charges Against D. H. BROWN.

A LIGHT SENTENCE.

Davitl Hastings Brown was indicted at the Christchurch Supreme Court sittings yesterday, on five chargesfor having, on the 2nd September, 1889, falsely pretended that he had purchased certain grain to the amount of £106 ss, and thereby ob tained the said sum of £106 5s ; and having on 12th September, 2nd October, 2Cth October, 4th December, 14th Decem ber, all m the year 1889, on the 15th April, 1890, whilst employed as the servant of the Bank of New Zealand, embezzled certain sums of money. The prisoner, for whom Mr Stringer appeared, pleaded "Guilty" to all the oharges. Mr Stringar said whilst he bore m mind the remarks made by his Honor m the preceding case, he should ask his Honor to bear with him a few moments, whilst he brought before him what he conceived were exceptional circumstances m this case. He should place before his Honor testimonials from business persons m Belfast, Ireland, all holding high positions, and speaking m the highest terms of the prisoner's probity and business ability. The prisoner came out to this colony, and waß engaged by Mr 0. W. Turner to superintend a mill at Ashburton. The relations between Mr Turner and the prisoner were of the most confidential, and not at all those of master and servant. The Bank took over the mill from Mr Turner, and then the prisoner made a claim for certain machinery which he had put into the mill and paid for. This was allowed by the Bank. Then prisoner was engaged as manager by the Bank, and there was then art amount which he had not the moral courage to tell the Bank that he alleged he had expended for machinery. This seemed to have raised m the mind of the prisoner a mad notion that he was entitled to repay himself, and then set m a course of conduct quite op posed to all his life previously. This had led to the cases which formed the subject of the charges now before the Court. The prisoner had made full restitution, and he would ask hia Honor to allow him to read the statement of Sergeant Felton, the Probation Officer at Ashburton, who unfortunately was prevented by the illness of his wife from being present. Sergeant Felton stated that the prisoner had borne an irreproachable character m Ashburton, that he had asked Sergeant Felton to re port to him any cases of distress m any families, and that m many cases he had received orders from the prisoner for bread, flour and other necessaries to these families m distress. He had taken a leading part m the township m every thing which was ior the public benefit, and he was esteemed and respected throughout the whole district. He (Mr Stringer) would also call Mr Turner to show what had been the course of con duct by the prisoner during the seven years he was with him. His Honor said that he was perfectly willing to accept all that Mr Scringer had said ; indeed, nothing could be stronger than the report of the Probation Officer, but still there was the fact that this man had taken the money of the Bank, and tliore was no evidence that restitution would have been made had it not been found out. Mr Stringer quite admitted the force of tho remarks of his Honor, but he would desire to call his Honor's attention to the absence of any criminal intent. He could on^y account for the conduct of the prisoner by attributing it to mental aber ration on his part. He would now, with his Honor's permission, call evidence. Charles Wesley Turner deposed to the high opinion he had always held of the prisoner, and to the fact that he held a highly confidential position m connection with witness. A close audit bad been made of the accounts of the null at Timaru, which had been managed by prisoner, and everything was found to be perfectly light, W. J, Oreighton deposed to the authenticity of certain letters from firms and individuals m high positions m Ireland, giving the prisoner an excellent character. John Orr, merchant, Ashburton, de posed to the correctness of the report made by Sergeant Felton as to the conduct of the. prisoner, Witness had the lug-host opinion of Brown, and had, when making his will recently, put him m as trustee. His Honor asked Mr Stringer what possible ground the prisoner had for taking the money as due to him by the Bank 1 He had made a claim against the Bank, which was paid. How then could he suppose that there was further indebtedness on the part of the Bank to him? Mr Stringer said that the prisoner had esxpended stijll further sums beyond that charged by him to, the Ba,nk, but had not the mora} courage to state it, His Honqr said Qf course Mr Stringer ncight have been instructed to that effect, but there was no evidence of any *urther ex.pe,ndjtwe beyond the amount paid. Did Mr Turner know anything of the further expenditure ? Mr Stringer said that the prisoner had put the machinery m the mill without Mr Turner's knowledge or consent, m order, as he put it, tp make th© m\\\ a great sucpe^jj 0. W. Turner, recalled, stated that the prisoner had told him some two months ago that he had put this £500 worth of machinery into the mill without his know ledge or consent. He then further stated that he had put a larger sum into the nd\\ but he had no vouchers for it. His Honor asked Mr Turner whether it was possible for £2000 to be expended m machinery m his mill without hia knowing it. Mr Turner said he did not fchink ifc was possible, Ho was astonished whes he heard of jt. The prisoner made a statement to. the effect that he had increased the working of the mill from 10Q tons* per- week to 150 tons, and anyone who knew anything about mUl'Working would know that this would cost £-2000. He had spent that money on the mill hoping to make it better for Mr Turner's sake. There was one machine alone, besides the one paid for by the Bank, which had cost £300. The mill had earned £22,000 during the five years he had had charge of it, which would not have been the case had it not been for him. The Bank had had every farthing of the money restored, and they also had the £9OQO worfyi of machinery., which he had put m there. They, hag" the flesh and the blood, too, and jf he was sentenced, he would try, with God's help to bear it, and when he came out to show the world that he, was still an honesit m^n. He affirm,ed that every farthing had been,* paid) ajnd, tl\at the,re w,er,e r^ce^p,^ to, nrqy.e it. He ha,d acted, wrcmgly. he knew w endeavoring- to pay himself, but ho had no criminal in tent, as every penny had been spent with a view to make the mill a greater success. His Honor said that it was not a ques tion as between the prisoner and the Bank, but as between the prisoner and the country. He was quite willing to take in*o consideration th.c fftcifc t&M'i?eati» tution hac} been made, and also tW- the previous character of the prisoner was ex cellent, and therefore to pass a compara tively light sentence, which to a man like the prisoner, who had occupied the posi tion he had, would be a heavy p^nisji ment. The sentence of the Court wou^d be that the prisoner be imprisoned for twelve calendar months, witl|i hard labor, on all' the indictments, to run con currently,

TIMARU ELECTION.

Return of MCr Hall* Jonest-

[PER PHE3S ASSOCIATION.]

Timaru, August 18. The result of the election i« as fol lows :— J. Hall-Jones ... ... 422 E.G. Kerr 344 J. Aplin ... 88 The official declaration is to be made on Thursday.

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Ashburfcon Borough Council was held last night. Present—His Worship the Mayor (presiding), and Councillors Cuthbertson, Scaly, Flower, Friedlander, and Brooke. An apologjr was tendered for the absence of Or. Scott. ; FINANCE. The Mayor reported the debit balance at the Bank to be £1018 16s sd. The in come from all sources since last meeting had been—Rates, 1890, £70 18s; rents of reserves, £610s; licenses, dogs, £7 10s; library account, 3s ; total, £85 Is. There were of 1890 rates outstanding, £371. CORRESPONDENCE. Letters were read from Mr W. C. Walker, M.H.R., forwarding copies of the Factories and Shops Bill; from the ! poundkeeper, regarding rent of pound; from the Town Clerk, Blenheim, m refer ence to sending a delegate to the Con-1 ference on.the insurance question ; from Mr H. M. Hodder, asking leave to burn rubbish ; from the Colonial Secretary, asking for returns of Council revenue and salaries ; from the Town Clerk, Welling ton, on the subject of cost of wooden street crossing.—Mr Walkerfe letter was acknowledged, and the Council recorded its thanks to him for his courtesy.—The matter of the pound rent was left m the hands of the Mayor, to report at next meeting.—The matter of the Municipal Insurance Conference was held over for a fortnight, pending the report of the snb- Committee on the subject, appointed at last meeting.'—The Clerk was instructed to supply information desiderated by the Colonial Secretary.—Mr Hidder was granted permission to burn rubbish, as was also Mr Hugo Friedlander. WOODEN CROSSINGS. t The letter of the Wellington Town Clerk stated that the cost of wooden street crossings was about 20s per square yard. Several Crs. were of opinion that this was altogether too costly a crossing, see j ing that the crossings coulcf be asphalted I with a substantial bed for very much less. ' ,";' ;.:. LIBRARY. The Library Committee" reported that the agricultural works agreed upon at last I meeting had been ordered from a book seller; , ; The Committee's action was approved. BY-LAWS. Cr. Scaly, for the by-laws Committee, submitted a draft copy of the proposed new by-laws, and moved, that the build ing by-laws be submitted to Crs. William son and Bird. Cr. Sealy's motion was adopted, the understanding being that the by-laws would also be submitted to the Borough Solicitor. ! engineers' report. The Engineers reported as follows :— Metalli'-g. —We have arranged with jthe contractors (as authorised) for 1 supplying an additional quantity of''shingle at Is 2d. It is now being delivered m the several streets as required. ■— Planting. —The Works Committee received three tenders for supplying and planting trees, and arranged with Messrs J. Scaly and Co. to plant the ten-acre paddock near the Cemetery; and with Mr J. Porter for the supply of trees for the Domain and other plantations.—The Labour (rang has been engaged m forming the N.E. Belt, and sundry maintenance works,, spreading shingle for street metalling, clearing gorse m plantations, attending to water supply, &c. • ■ ■ . ' I The report was adopted. LIGHTING. Cr. Brooke suggested the erection of a new lamp at the entrance of the Arcade, but seeing the lateness of the season withdrew the suggestion. SHINGLING. It was decided to put a man on to cra«k the larger shingle recently spread upon the streets, and if necessary to giye a top dressing with the object of binding the shingle. 1 ACCOUNTS. Accounts to the amount of £114 5s 5d were passed for payment. CLOCK TOWER. The Clerk reported that work on the clock tower was almost finished, and that j the tower was ready for the clock at any time, ; The Council then adjourned and sat as a DOMAIN BOARD. The Clerk reported that the caretaker was busy planting, and that the work of fencing certain parts of the Domain'was m progress, and the swimming baths were full. ■ Cr Scaly was pleased to notice the kindness of the Mayor m presenting a pair of black swans to the Board. It would be a kindly act on the part of some sporting gentleman to present a few pukaki. The Board then adjourned.

Parliamentary Gossip.

(by telegraph—from our own correspondent.)

WELLINGTON, August 18, As I foreshadowed last week, Messrs Ballance and Bryce have com© to terms, which have been approved of by the Op position and the Ministry, lor bringing the session to art early close. In.the first place, it is agreed that the following Bills shall be proceeded with and, if possible, pass,ed > —Truck ;, Qoal Mines Act, 1886, Amendment j Employers' liability; Shipping and Seamen's Act Amendment; Educational Besierves Leasing ; Todman Land Grant; Industrial Schools ; Mining Companies' Act Amendment; Children's Protection ; Oaths ; Census Act Amend ment ; Sheep; Dentists' Act Amendment; Factories and Shops; Law of Libel ; Native Land Laws Amendment; Horo mana Patatu Land Grant; Education Reserves Act Amendment; Electoral Acts Amendment; Arbitration ; Mercantile Agents; Westport-Ngakawau Railway Extension ; Volunteer Drillsheds ; and Land Trusteeis Validation. " Other measures of an urgent and technical character, i^ofc likely to excite obstruction, may a^so be proceeded with, but the re mainder of' the Government Bills on ihe ; Order Paper are to be drop^eti A, new Sill to facilitate th,e formation, of n,ew electoral rofys, so. as to, hasten the. elec tjens., also to, be introduced and passed, and the. federal resolutions a,re to be dds cussed. The. Appropriation. Bjfll is to be passed for the fisi J3n.an.Qial year, but to cqnsaji\ a, ekuse suspending the opera tion of that portion of the Public Revenues Act which enables ex penditure to be continued for a further three months withou'l; Parlia mentary authority. Ministers und^tftke" that the new Parliament shaft'be called together on $a \ith''6t April, and they also undertake to observe the usual constitutional practice of resigning at once without waiting for Parliament to* meet if the result of the general election is decidedly against them. TJ\^ is not to interfere with "the right of. rnernb^ m Supply, to move reductions m items of the Estimates, but it is stipulated that the discussions shall \>& brief and nob unnecessarily proJk>o«eq, Messrs Fish and Section"'have* both agreed ty s^wi; Mr Ballance m giving 4sK<i h th,Q arrangement, but Sir George

Grey is understood to reserve the right of individual action, and to disapprove of any terms being arranged as between the Opposition and Government. As the Supreme Court Bill is amongst those to be abandoned, the question of Mi- Edwards' appointment will not b« raised this session, and his salary during the recess will have to be provided out of unauthorised expenditure.

Horse Market.

Mr T. Bullock reports for the week ending Saturday, August 16th :—Twenty seven horses were offered at the day's sale. Biddings were rather slow, never theless a large proportion of those brought forward were sold at fairly satisfactory ' prices. For young medium draughts, suitable for farm work, there were several intending purchasers who could not be suited, but who declined to purchase aged or those of an inferior description at any price. ; Out of the day's entry of 27, 16 were sold as follows : Draughts, four-year old gelding of a good stamp brought £22; seven-year-old of a good description, £17 ; six-year-olds of a lighter stamp, £10 JOs, £13 ; seven-year-old do £12 ; aged, of an inferior description, £2 15s to £4 10s. ! Harness horses, £8, £8 ss, £9 ss, accord ing to description. Hacks, only very in ferior sorts changing hands, £1 15s, £2 15s> £4 10s; two-year-old fillies, weeds, £2 10s each. Sundries, collar, hvness and winkers, £1 Is to £115s per set; saddle and bridle, £3 3s 6d ; broad cast sower, £7 10s ; seed wheat, 3s 4d per bushel; feed oats, Is 3d per bushel.

SUPREME COURT.

[PER PKESS ASSOCIATION.]

Chbistchurch, August 18. In the Supreme Court to-day,* William Gow. pleaded guilty to stealing some articles of jewellery from Charles Gold stone, and was sentenced to six months' hard labor. John Allen was found guilty of attempting to break into Mason, Struthers and Co.'s warehouse, and was sentenced to twelve months' hard labor. David Hastings Brown pleaded guilty to embezzling several sums belonging tj the Bank of New Zealand, but said he h#d taken the money to repay himself for £2000 he had spent m buying machinery for the flour mill, of which he was manager before it came into the Bank's possession. , He was sentenced to twelve months' hard labor. Frederick Clapham, found guilty of forging a cheque for £25, was sentenced to twelve months' hard labor. Alfred Blythe pleaded guilty to forging two cheques for £9 and £3. Sentence was deferred. The Grand Jury threw out the bill against John Rock for indecent assault. All the cases on the crlendar are disposed of except the charges of: forgery against Frederick Marsland Hadfield.

COMING TO TERMS.

The battle of the session, which has been raging with varying force during the past eight weeks, shows signs of approaching its termination. Never m the history of the New Zealand Legislature has there been a nacre blundering Government or, a condition of greater disorganisation on the Government side. Numerically the Ministerial party are strong enough to carry all before them, but instead of this, they can carry nothing except by the permission and with the aid of the Opposition. The discipline of the latter has this year manifestly im proved, and, aS m regard to protective duties two sessions ago, they carried their own policy by means of the agency of the Government, so also this session they have insisted upon and effected a real and substantial retrench ment. It was, further, evident m face of their determined front, and with time fighting m their favor, that it was hopeless for Ministers to continue a struggle which could result only m defeat all along the line ; and m view of these facts, it is satisfactory to know that the two' sides have conferred together, and agreed to terms which will bring the session to a close within three, or at most four weeks. These terms are thatj while there shall be full latitude to effeot reductions on the Estimates, there shall be no obstruc tion ; that supply shall be granted to the close of the financial year, but that the usual privilege of Ministers to carry on without appropriation for three months shall be with drawn, thus compelling the calling together of the new Parliament early m April; that the elections shall be held as early as possible ; that the Labor Bills and certain necessary and unopposed Bills should be pasjs,e^ } and all others dropped; an,d. that the question of the eon.fi.r-naaiion or other wise of Judge Edwards' appointment shall stand over for decision by the new Parliament. These terms are a,s. favorable as the Government oojiM expect, while they are, &t the same time, a proof that the Opposition holds the keys of the situation. The country will be glad to see a prospect of an early termination of the, present un satisfactory session, and the only pity is that there has been so much time wasted, and that such a mass of neces sary legislation is postponed until a more convenient s»eason. Year after year it becomes, increasingly evident that there is something radically wrong with our Parliamentary and Govern mental machinery, for the invariable story is that two-thirds of the time is wasted, a third of the work neglected, and the remainder done so badly as to necessitate a constant succession oi patchings and mendings. A, reform is badly wanted.

The Dockers' Strike.

ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION,

[per press association.} ■■:■•:. London, August 17. : The oetebirationa, of' the anniversary o$ the dockers' strike were of a very enthusiastic character. A% the de -1 mpnstration m lsyd;e Park to-day, one banner showed the English and Aus tralian, clockers shaking hands, and a sesonel showed the Australian handing a cheque to the Britisher. Mr Burns reviewed the action tajsen during the strike, and statfed that the contributions from the colonies were nearly ,£4(^QjO& The hearty thanks of ths bookmen, he said,.were owing to the colonials for the handsome ma^^or m which they had come to thai^ 1. assist ance. He regretted y^;y. m,uch that it was impossibly %>p. him to pay a visit to Australia and show his gratitude by , fisting m breaking down thimm : worthy action of capitajfts*,*. In eon cludiiig, he hop^cj that tlie labor re form wo^d feo, successful, and as he AX-aY^i the flag with the picture of i\ kangaroo on it and the words '^Ad vance Australia," the imnien&e assemb lage gave three cheers.. ; i Mr Tom Ma«n, President of the

Dockers' Union, eulogised the action of Australia m sending money to assist the dockers, and stated that if be got a telegram from any responsible authority m Australia asking for help m ;i strike, the question would accordingly be submitted to the Union, but help would be granted without , discussion. If a message was received not to work certain ships, these would be blocked out at every port while blacklegs were employed. Mr Edwards, a prominent member , of the Union, spoke m a similar strain, i and moved a resolution, which was , passed, expressing gratitude to Aus -1 tralia for assistance rendered during I the dock laborers' strike. In-the course of'his .speech at Hyde ; Park yesterday Mr John Burns as serted that the clock laborers' strike of ; last year had increased the wages of the London dockers by the sum of £300,000, and those at other ports m Great Britain had benefited to the extent of .£700,000. Discussing the whole labour question throughout the world, Mr Burns claimed that 700,000,000 laborers had by their agitation gained m the aggregate the sum of £30,000,000 per annum. Out of 180 strikes they had only been defeated ontwo occasions; The, success of the labor agitations . had greatly increased the strength of Unions, and m London alone the membership of the various Unions had increased by 30,000. Referring to the failure of the threatened strike of police and postmen, he attributed it to the treachery of some of the members. He applauded the action of the Grena dier Guards, and announced that he would-not commence a social revolution until people had more leisure, were better prepared, educated; and discip lined. - The Portsmouth masters having given way porters are resuming work.

Terrible State of Things in the Soudan.

The " Napier ; Telegraph "ha« the fol lowing :—Becent cablegrams mentioned that a famine was raging m the Soudan, and that cases of cannibalism had occurred, but we were not informed- how the famine was caused. We learn from late English papers that the people are starving not because the crops have failed, not because of an extraordinary season, but because the bread winners have been killed, and the women and children have been left to die. Mr H. H. Howorth has sent to the "Times." the following extracts from a letter from a friend at Suakin :—" You have no idea of the awful state of misery the country i& m. The population is actually starving* and the people are like living skeletons- Only the very wealthy formerly have still something left. Of' course the greatest misery is among the widows and children of the men we have killed, and we must have disposed of at least twenty thousand, and those had considerably over oni& hundred thousand dependent on ,the;m, so you can guess the local niiuery. Et does seem hard, after killing the breadwiuners, to leave the innocent women' and children to utker desti-' tufcion and a painful deakh. I have two children here sent me from Tokar. Their mothers, sisters, brothers, and all friends died of starvation. lam going to get them weighed when I <jet *- o Suakin. Their united ages may be" fifteen, and I am willing to biiek they don't weigh forty five pounds between them. Cannibalism has taken phce, everything moyinjc has been eaten. Dogs, ' cats, rats, donkeys, snakes, lizards, old bones, leather, are eagerly devoured, and the stronger take by force from the weaker. \ have *een a big boy seize a small one- and try ta strangle him for the food ishafe was m his. mouth, and many other awful sights. A subscription has. been started which enables the EeHef Coommittee to feed about 3000 of the worst cases, and to. start a mat hospital for the sick This is at Suakin. At Tokar the starva- I tion is • worst;- betweeen 50 «nd 100 .sometimes over die daily. Kassala is still worse, whole families being found dead m their houses. At Gattabat and Gedariff the population nearly ceases to exist; at Barber, Schtendy, and Metemmeh the. same. At Halaib, Mahamed, Ghoul, a;nd Aghg the distress is also intense. I do-" hope someMiing will be done. Our Suakin/. committee consists of the Governor- General, the Consul, the seakar naval officer, the senior army doctor an Anglo- Egyptian colonel, the Oro**- Vice-ConsuL and two native merohaatfti Thank God you at home don't know half the 7u f*!'' .■&* -Soworjih, M forwarding the le,%* w the '." Times," says :—" We have a terrible responsibility m the I matter. We invaded the country, we slaughtered its besfc and most vigorous men, and then we abandoned it to the vulture and. the jackal. In the. view of some of us our campaign m the Soudan, which mijdit have opened up the land of Cain to a more hopeful fufcyu-ei bujt which was a mere carnival of purposeless slaughter followed by a shameful retreat from. ojur. responsibilities, is one of the greatest crimes m our annals. We surely owe some reparation to the starving widows and the poor helpless orphans, who are dying m hundreds where their father's bones still lie unburied."

An Unlucky Mistake.

An extraordinary mistake nuvde by a member of the criminal class was brought to light yesterday (says the, "Age" of July 30th) during the hearing of a charge of theft at the City Qs»rt, before Mr .Nicholson, Police Utogiatmte. A youth named John Rie.% was charged with . stealing from, the person of an old man m Russell.'qferae* the sum of M and a few cappers, Detective Macinanamy stated that, early ill the morning, as he was m Russell street, the accused, mistaking' him for some other person, came to him and tojd him he had.,'a- good thing on,' as'he'meant to stick tip'an old' man who was coming down the street, and whom he knew had money on him. Reilly alao asked him to go shares m the proceeds of the robbery. The youth then hurried en to* meet the intended victim, who came hob bling down the thoroughfare. Reilly was: followed by the detective, a^nd ok coming; up to the man he saw that the accused had succeeded m carrying «ut his purpose* Before the young fellow could get awajr however, Detectivevjjffacmanamy caught hold of him, and after a struggle with him he managed^ handcuff him. When on the ground the detective noticed his prisoner drop something from one of his hands, and striking a match he discovered the money which had been extracted from theoldmau&pockets. The bench sen tenced ft* accused to > six months' ini p^ae*HMmt. On his. removal ftom the court Reilly maaaged to escape from his gaoler, DetecjbiTe-Sfojrgeant Ward, but was recaptured after a chase of a'few minutes.

frfltt ABHBUBTON mTAftDIAK, TUESDAY, AITWsT I§, 1800.



It will be m th<i a?^»Ufeti»n'of the pubUc that my collection of apples shown m Mr Clayton s shop, m KwitMtreet, being sixty-six varieties, and nfo, those which took two first: awards at i^hfeDunediu Exhibition and raviolis obli,er places, was pronounced to be the l?i3g>Bafe.an,d best ever shown m the Ash hrmoa county. I would draw their atten tion m. advecti§eraent{)^sewhei'e. As only work on blight-proof stocks than Trbieitno other stocks can be relied npoi*, the i'oo*s of niy apple trees <lbnot require tobe> washed before sending out, James, Porter,, iwiussry* au, Altent')u s -—v AA\%



The best medicine is Sander and Sons' Eucalpyti Extract. Test its eminent power ful njffflctrf m coughs, colds, influenza, etc.— Jthe relief is jostqaitanecjus. Thousand* give the ihost gratifying testimony. His Majesty tlie King of Jtaly and medical syndicates all over the world are its patrons. Read the official reports that accompany each bottle. We have no occasion to offer rewards m proof of the genuineness of our references. The ofljicija.! reports ,qf mgdjpa} gljnifis and univer sities, tlip Qfiicia.l cqminuiacatiqii3 q| thcj Consul-Genei'al for Italy at Melbourne 5 the, diploma awarded International Exhibition, Amsterdam—all theee are authentic docu ments, and, as such, not open to doubt. We add here epitome of one of the various cases treated at the clinic of Schultz, M.D. Pro fessor, etc.—" C. 8., 24 years old; conges tional abscess on the thigh. Incisions made i;i two places. Although Lister's dressing was applied, the secretion became, two days tyttji;, yery copious, iuul had adopted a fcetid decomposed character. 'I'li'e temperature rose enormolisly. 'In consequence the dressing was removed and m its place were made during the day-tiime repeated irrigations witK Eucalypti Extract. The offensive fceter dis appeared very soon, the fever abated within # fsiy days, and th>' patient recovered after tlie lapse' of several w.ee.ks. |n this instance we iniist iiht lose sight '6f the fact that the' latter treatment saved the patientls life." (Adyt.) ■••- "3



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