DEATH.

Fjblton.—At Kermode street on 21st hist., Margaret, the wife of Henry W. Felton, aged 52 years.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas Et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1890. THE HUTCHISON CHARGES.

In common with the majority of newspapers m "the colony, we have received from the Government Printer, under separate cover, the reply of the Minister of Education to charges against the Government. The parti cular charges referred to are those of the member for Waitotara, and deal with alleged improper relations be tween certain Ministers of the Crown and the Bank of New Zealand. The " Hansard" containing the reply of Mr Hislop to these charges reached us previousto what we may term the latest "special electioneering appeal of the Ministry," and the first thought sug gested on receipt of the latter was, " who pays the expense ?" Surely " Hansard" affords sufficient pub licity to the Ministry to set their views before the country, without running the taxpayers into additional expense by clipping therefrom one-sided Minis terial views and scattering them broad cast over the land. If, however, "Hansard" does not afford the requisite \ publicity, the cost of increased pub licity should be borne from the private purses of Ministers, and not from the public funds. If the Government Printing Office is to be used for such purposes the sooner it is closed the better. With the reply of Ministers to the charges made we are not at liberty to deal, as the whole matter will shortly come before the Supreme Court, and the subject matter of the charges and reply thereto are practi cally sub jxtiice. We .ire, however, as a public journal, concerned with the manner and method m which Ministers have dealt with these charges, and we cannot compliment the Hon. Mr Hislop on the tone of the speeches made m reply. The charges made by Mr Hutchison, true or untrue, are the gravest which could be uttered m the House, find the reply thereto should have been dignified and firm, devoid of all personalties and unworthy insinuations. Instead of this, however, the speech of the Minister of Education is a long-winded jeremiad of unbecoming bitterness m which unparliamentary language is not absent, and m which the most un worthy motives are attributed to the member for Waitotara. Even, .idmit ing. for the sake of argument, that the charges made by Mr Hutchison are not true —and which we trust, for the honour of the Ministers concerned, is the case—the grossly personal tone adopted by a Minister of the Crown m refuting them is not warranted. It does not redound to the credit of the Ministry, who should set the House an example m Parliamentary decorum, that the Minister put up to answer the charges sliould require to be called to order on more than one occasion by the Speaker of the Hou.sc for using unparliamentary language. The country has a right to expect and demand that, however badly the rank and file of the House may conduct themselves, the occupants of the Ministerial Benches shall at least conduct themselves with becoming dignity. The seriousness of any charges that may be made are no excuse for an ungentlem.inly or undignified reply. In this respect at least the Minister of Education has not fulfilled the trust reposed m him, and it may now be said, with good reason, that the rank and file cannot be expected to conduct themselves decorously when Ministers of the Crown do not do so.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tenders are invited for the lease of the Asliburton Oddfellows Hall for one or more years from Ist September next. A Dunedin Press Association telegram of Wednesday says :—"The Evening Herald" to night announces that after to-night it ceases publication." Sonic weeks ago a cash-box was stolen from Mr Fletcher, grocer, High street, Christchurch. Yesterday, some children playing m a paddock behind Coker's Hotel, Manchester Street, found the box. It had been broken open and a cheque for £1 10s was m it, but all the money had gone. Some few years ago the Paris picture* dealer Ferret bought a picture for lOf. m a rag-andrbone shop. He soon discovered that it was a portrait by Jordaen, and h« got rid of it for 1200f, to the late M. Rothar, the diplomatist. The picture—which is m Jop dean's best manner—has just fetched 58,000f. Dr Pollen thus summarises Parliament business for this session ! —ln eight weeks members had turned out twelve numbers of "Hansard," each of which lias cost the colony £1000. The selling was twopence a number, but he believed the market price m the butter shops would be a very small fraction of ijjat. In view qI £l>e approaching election it be* hoves every mains i»t»j;«on who is over the age of 21 years, and has been j:esident m the colony twelve months, and resident iv the district six months, to see that his name is placed on thn electoral roll. The forego ing is tli«s po.oidential qualification. The property qualificatjLr.u requires that the in tending elector shall possess;- real estate to the value of £25. A curious littlo libel case was '•• settled out of .Oo«v\t" m Hawke's Bay lately. At a meeting of a tow»j. board the chairman made some statements /jUunaglijig fo the clerk, and these statements were published a$ tlip local paper. The clerk went to the proprietor of tlie paper, aud admitted that the report was a correct one, but said it was libellous, and fee must take legal proceedings. These w.ere commenced, and five guineas clatn^d as damages. The news-paper proprietor beat them down to ,-Uirce guineas, and this he agreed to pay. The heifer mentioned m out' «ei*oi'fc of Addington stock market as -having beenjsytd to Mr John Mann, butcher, Ghristchurch, for £15 ss, was the property of Mr C4arforth, and weighed -'JKtfAlbs live weight last November, having ben a weighed the day before the Metropolitan Show. She is the largest /wid fattest sample of neat .«ittt'le ever sold at Aldington, and ipa the show ring has an unbeaten ftt^ti't], having taken three first prizes at Gliristduuc^ and two at. Duiujdin. In breeding she is almost r.r pure Shortlio.tH, ,

Sharp frosts are playing havoc with the early potatoes m the Onehunga district. The opera of "Paul Jones" was recently performed m London for the 852 nd time. One member of the Ministry has decided to take action against Mr Hutchinson for libel. The French are making an honest effort to suppress slavery within the sphere of their influence m North Africa. The Russian Government will forbid Jews to publish or edit political newspapers. An ukase to this effect is shortly to be sub mitted to the Czar. A medical gentleman at Lyttelton is being [ boycotted by the local labor unions because I the prescription forms ho uses bear the im print of Messrs Whitcoinbe and Tomb Judge Rawson has suspended a ankrup.t's discharge for 12 months for insolence to a creditor while undar examination before the deputy-assignee. The Wesport Fire Brigade have disbanded because the townspeople lost all interest m them, and when appealed to for funds the munificent sum of 12s 9d was contributed. It is stated that one shareholder m the Whitcombe and Tombs' Company^ as a con sequence of the present difficulty, has issued instructions to his employees to order all printing from a Union firm, and not from the firm m which he holds shares. The San Francisco mail, which was delivered by the carriers yesterday, and at the Post Office to callers the previous evening, arrived m Ashburton by the 7.30 p.m. train on Tuesday evening, and was sent south by a special train from here. Waipawa has a gem of a head-master for it* public school. In consequence of a tiff with a member of the Committee about school furniture, he sent m a list of articles used m the school, which he had bought and paid for himself, the total cost being over £93. In a recent issue of the " Oamaru Mail" a paragraphist wanted to quote the old saw about pot calling the kettle black, but that was not good enough, so he paraphrased it— "The Nubian complexion of our culinary utensils has always been a matter for re ciprocal reproach." A nurse near Turin has sacrificed her life m saving that of her infant charge, which had wandered on the railway to pick up a ball. The nurse reached the child m time to lift or push it oft the line, and was killed on the spot by the train, while the child was only slightly wounded on the foot. A meeting attended by seventy ladies m Christchurch yesterday afternoon passed a resolution demanding the extension of the franchise to women as common justice, and requesting the local M.H.R.'s to support Sir John Hall's Bill. Those present pledged themselves to strive to awaken intelligent interest m the question. I Last week a curious petition was presented from a number of residents m Akaroa County to the House of Representative^ The peti tioners pray that the Akaroa County Council may be abolished, because the rates aire spent m the Akaroa and Little River ridings only ; while residents of outlying districts get no benefit from them. The Ashburton Rifles paraded on Tuesday evening for the usual Government inspection. Some forty men of all ranks were on parade, as well as a few cadets. Owing to the election m Timaru, the inspection of the Rifles there had been postponed, and Major Newall was therefore detained, so that the inspection of the Ashburton company wag made by Captain Dolman. A public meeting m connection with the Ashburton Branch of the Amalgamated Shearers' and Laborers' Union will be held m the Oddfellows' Hall to-morrow (Friday) evening. Addresses will be delivered by the President of the Laborers' and Shearers' Union, Wahnato, and by Mr F. S. Parker, President of the Trades and Labor Council, Christchurch, An immense shark entered the Fiume Har bour recently and stationed himself m the neighbourhood of the public bathing grounds. Bathingmaster Mayonni was chase:! by the brute when swimming a few yards outride of the breakwater, and barely escape with his life, the shark biting oft* both his legs. He was almost dead with loss of blood when rescued. All endeavours to catch the monster failed. The latest cruel hit at the Chicago girl is that she found a horse-shoe the other day, and, hoping it would bring her good luck, placed it under her pillow when she retired, where she had already deposited her false teeth. When she rose m the morning, ere dawn, she placed the horse-shoe m her mouth, and did not discover the mistake until she went to make up the bed aud found the teeth. On June 24th a Bedfordshire deputation asked the Minister of Education to allow the children of that agricultural district to go to work at an earlier age than is at present permitted. Lord Baring, M.P., urged as an argument for making the fourth instead of the fifth the standard for total exemption, that the farmers as well as the parents would suffer by the loss of the children's labor. Whatever does the noble lord mean ? a London paper asks. Everybody knows that the rural population is diminishing owing to the constant migration of agricultural folk to the towns. Has it come to this, that m the country children are to be taken to do farm work while the adulfc farm labourers are helping to swell the great army of the unemployed m the towns ? We are glad to find that Sir William Hart Dyke, while promising to consider carefully certain corre spondence which had passed between the Department and some of the Bedfordshire School Boards, upheld the policy of restrict ing total extemption to the higher standard. To make precious stones from gas refuse is indeed, says the "St. James' Gazette," to squeeze out the romance which should cling to ' 'pearls from the ocean and gema from the mine." Mr Greville Williams, of the Gas Light and Coke Company, has made a perfect emerald from the refuse of a gas retort. That this was possible has been known to science for two generations. But although there is nothing new m this ingenious play with science-—•lespite, too, that the, cost of making the gpm was ten tunes its highest value—the news has caused some alarm among possessors of fine emeralds. For the present, at all events, there is not much cause for uneasiness ; but at some future and probably not very distant time it will be possible to make artificial emeralds at n, much lower price—indeed is quite to be ex p.ected. Already artificial diamonds can be made, wujl? sapphires and rubies have often been manufactured m the laboratory. The time is coining, no doubt, when imitation jewels will be as common as imitation gold is now. But it is easy to distinguish real g9)d from counterfeit; with stones it is far tiiova difficult, With 'jewels the naked eyej even of the expeH, oonnts for nothing. Mr Mason, the first Mayor of Dunedin, and one of the oldest colonists, relates the follow ing circumstance m connection with the. annei&fcicn pf the South Island by the i British;—" I way bt ]{.ororareka, m the Buy of Islands, m 1840, and saw tiifi Ft-e»cJ; war ship Vire—l think that was her name— ■ WJ'/e. We could not make out'what had brought her t& YJsit sue'l an out of the way spot. ,0f course the and his officers were treated 'with every hospitality £l)at, m our then circumstances^ could be showiji ijioi)). And after a' short time it leaked out that 'they we oh their way to annex the Middle Island fco France, and thai Akaroa was the port from which possession was to be taken. The Britomart was the only representative British man-of-war at Kororareka, and perhaps m the islands. . Douhi/lesß Governor Hobson and Captain t Stanley toolt {.yuasel together as to what should be done m order t& jjs.e ( ejf JS"cy/ Zealand for the British. The outcome was this :— rl:\p }>ritomart was dismantled, sails un'benj;, spars,' Btaudjui^ and running rigging, put on shore and housed'; "but evejtjrijh wq so marked as to be replaced quickly. This ws.s done ostensibly to careen the ship, but really to deceive the French. It succeeded. Commo dore Lcsvaud left a dismantled hulk behind him, so why iiuxtsy'l He (lid not, for he after-wards put jnto wnafc wafc £'ipn Port Nicholson. The French ship 8 top saij.s WB|.e iifwdly out of sight when the work of re [ rigging waa uoinmenced on the Britomart, aiuf so expeditiously was it done, that m something less than a day the brig was steering for the Nor,th Cape to come down the Wesjt Coast of the North Island, the Vire having sailed down the' East. What, fpllowed is well,known." '

A little book on " German Labour Rates ' of Wages" supplies some details about wages and hours of labor that are peculiarly in teresting. Here are some examples of the pay received :—Machine smiths and fitters earn 3s per day of 10 hours' work; joiners, locksmiths, and upholsterers earn 3a for 11 hours' work ; painters, carpenters, and glaziers, 3s 2sd for 11 hours' work ; builders and plasterers, 3s 6d for 11 hours' work; cartwrights and farriers 2s 9sd for 12^ hours' work. Labourers or unskilled men work the same hours, and are paid Is 9Jd, 2s or 2s 6d for 11 hours' work, according to circum stances. Two shillings per day may be taken as the average labourer s pay. Nine teen shillings a week represent the average earnings of a workman. About the 14th October a military sports meeting is to be held on the site of the recent encampment at Hillsborough. The meeting is to be held m connection with the corps of Mounted "Volunteers at the four principal centres, and one of the prominent features will be the Lloyd-Lindsay competition, one of the most attractive of all Cavalry exercises, bringing out as it does the very perfection of horse training. Very many of the chargers belonging to the C.Y.Cj are well trained m this drill, and lie down at the slightest hint from their riders, remaining quite still while their riders make carbine rests of their bodies and fire over them, the horse's body at the same time affording cover against the fire of a supposed enemy. The police are on their annual raid against owners of unregistered *dogs, and at the R.M. Court to-day seven defaulters were each fined 10s and costs. The Magistrate i Would accept no ple<* of forgetfulness, inability to pay, or promptness of registra tion after the trooper's visit, pointing out i that the dogs ought to be registered before ! the 14th* January, and it is now August. People Mith dogs still unregistered had better take the hint, and secure their licenses before constables get round their way, and so save the disagreeable experience of having to stand up before his Worship and plead guilty, be fined 10s and costs, and still have to pay the license fee if they would keep their pets. Owners of coursing dogs, more (especially, ought to take warning, as no mercy is showu to them by the Bench.

Nobility in Distress.

Many instances of English persons of title undergoing privations might be cited, especially from colonial annals. It was but the other day that we read of the termination of the curiously-chequered career of the late Earl of Seafield. Dur the period when he bore the courtesy title of Viscounts Reidhaven ho was successively an auctioneer's clerk, a store man at a salary of thirty shillings per week, and a bailiff m the town of Oamaru, New Zealand. From the same colony, about the samp, time, came the news of the sentencing at | Auckland to fourteen days' hard labour, for stealing roses, of a venerable but somewhat dilapidated gentleman bearing the name of Sir Charles Burdett, Bart, This owner of an ancient title—the seventh baronet of his line—is described m the pages of Dod and Debrett as *' residing abroad," and has been about the colonies for years, often with shoeless feet and a battered hat, picking up a precarious subsistence by skipping bark from trees, cooking for jbushmen, and doing odd jobs about squatters' stations. There was a time when he held her Majesty's commission m the army. Diving into past history there are hun dreds of the stories of the decay and degradation of noble personages.to be met with. Titles; andj estates were t> such an extent m the keeping of kings m the olden time that they were of very* uncer tain tenure. The most shallow pretexts often served both for the creation and the destruction of dignities ; while wars and political conflicts made serious havoc m our aristocratic ranks. The Wars of the Roses wrought, great changes m this respect When the long struggle between the rival houses was over, many nobles were reduced to such i> condition of poyei'ty ,£hat nq' qommon. beggar was m a, worse plight. Sir Bernard Burke refers to the case of the Duke of Exeter, who followed m the train of the Duke of .Burgundy under an assumed name. He was barefoot and bare legged and had to beg his bread from door ibo" dqqr. For one who had married King Edward's sister, and been one of the leading nobjes p,f the House of Lancaster, this was a terrible degradation, ihut when his identity whs discovered he had a small pension allowed him for his subsistence. Confiscations and sequestrations w.ere cmnmqn roads from }y%h jx>. Jcny estate. J<W ancipnt houses but suffered one time qr another m this way!' causa with which they had sided was lost, this was the ordinary punishment meted out by the victors. Even the House of Percy, whose record is more generally unbroken than that of the majority of our great families, fell upon evil days when Eliza beth went to her rest, and the Scottish .Tanies reigned m liey stead. Tfc ivas j^, teinpfceci to charge the ninth": liarl of Northumberland with complicity m the Gunpowder P.lot, and on that breaking down he was examined as to his connec tion wj'th pht> intrigues o| the R< m^n Catholic party, but again cleared himself. Nevertheless, James sent him to the Tower, sentenced him to be kept ithoro until he paid a iine of £30,000, and cle- Pfiyftd him of all pecuniary means. The pinch of poverty, however;' dii-lf n'qt' qftpfi huh much during bin fifteen years 1' incar ceration m the Tower, for while there he took to the study of astrology and al chemy, smoked furiously, and when he went forth into the world again it was with the added title of the Wizard Earl.

NATURAL LAW.

OWNERSHIP OF PRIVATE PRO PERTr.

SIR SAMUEL GRIFFITH'S PRO POSALS.

The following is the text of Sir Samuel Griffith's Bill, referred to m recent cable grams :— A Bill to declare the Natural Law relating to the Acquisition and Ownership of Private Property. Sir Samuel Grif fith, July 22, 1890. Whereas it is essential to the good order of every State and the welfare of the people, that all persons should have and enjoy the fruits of their own labor and to this end it is expedient to dec?are the natural laws governing the acquisition of private property. Be it declared and enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and con sent of the Legislative Council and Legis lative Assembly of Queensland m Parlia ment assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :— DEFINITIONS. 1. The term " land " means land m its natural condition resulting from the ope ration of natural forces unaided and undirected by man, and does not include any improvements made upon it. 2. When the term "value" is used with reference to land, it signifies the extent of the difference between the ad vantage of having the use of the land m question, and the advantage of having the use of the nearest other land, the use of which can be obtained by mere occupation without making payment to any person for such use. ; 3.. The return or payment demanded by persons having, by positive law, the right to the exclusive possession of land, for the permission to use that land, is called " rent." Rent is, therefore, the measure of the value of land. 4. The term "labor" includes all modes of exercise of the human faculties, whether of mind or body. It therefore includes the function of supervision or organisation of other labor. 5. The immediate remuneration of labor is called "wages." 6. The term "property" includes all forms of material things m the possession of man which have a value for the purpose of exchange or use. It also includes in ventions and other immaterial results of the exercise of the faculties of the mind. 7. The term "production" includes any act or series of acts by which labor ia applied, either directly or indirectly, to property, and the result of which is new property, or property m an altered form, or m a different place. A It also includes the exercise of the faculties of the mind or body, the result I of which is property, although the exer cise of those faculties was not applied Lo property. 8. The term "capital" means and in cludes all forms of property not being land which are m use for the purposes of production. It therefore includes as well proj>erty which is consumed or destroyed as property which is not consumed or destroyed m the process of production. 9. The term "interest" is used to denote either the immediate return de rived from the use of capital for the purpose of production, or the payment received by the owner of capital from another person by way of return for the use of that capital. Interest is therefore a measure of the value of the use of capital. 10. The term " productive labor" means labor applied for the purpose oi producing some property which is, or m intended to be, of greater value than the value of the property (if any) to which the labor is applied. 11. The terms " net products of labor" and " net products" mean the net increase m property resulting from productive labor, after allowing for the cost of j>ro duction. 12. The cost of production may include all or any of the following elements :— (1) The replacement of the property which is consumed, or destroyed, or altered m form or changed m place, m the course of the process of production ; (2) The wages of the labor engaged m the production ; (3) Interest on the capital used m the production ; (4) Rent of the land used for the pur poses of production ; (5) Incidental expenses not falling under any of the foregoing heads. 13. The term " positive law" includes all written laws enacted by a competent legislative authority. It also includes all unwritten rules de clared by any competent judicial autho rity to be the law of the State. FIRST PRINCIPLES. 14. All persons are, by natural law, equally entitled to the right of life, and to the right of freedom for the exercise of their faculties ; and no person has, by natural law, any right superior to the right of any other person m this respect. 15. The right to take , advantage of natural forces belongs equally to all members of the community. 16. Land is, by natural law the com mon property of the community, 17. Positive law is the creation of the State, and may be altered or abrogated by the State from time to time, 18. The application of the naturallaw of equality and freedom may be modified b 7 positive law, so far as the common advantage of the community may require, but not further or otherwise. 16. The rights of individual persons with respeot to land are created by, and their incidents depend upon, positive law. 20. All property, other than land, is the product or result of labor. The natural and proper measure of wages is such a sum as is a fair immediate recompense for the labor for which they are paid, having regard to its character and duration ; but it can never be taken at i\ less siun than sjich as, i;s sufficient, to. maintain the laborer and his family }n a state of health and reasonable comfort. 22. 4*he net products of labor belong to the persons who are concerned m the production. If one person only is concerned m the production the whole net products belong to him. It more persons than one are concerned m the production, the net products belong, tq them, and are divisible amongst them, m proportion to. the value of their respective' contributions to the produc tion. 23. When t]?e hibor fa i\ot applied directly qr indirectly tp property, the whole produce belongs to the laborer. When labor is applied directly o? indi rectly to property, the person who is law fully entitled to the use of that property is deemed to be concerned m the produc tion as well as the laborer. 24. When for the purposes of produc tion the use of the land is required, $h>Mi the rent (if any) payable for timfe vise is a part of thq cost p£ jjpdue%m. person who receives'the rent is not, by reason only of his permission to use the land, concerned m the production,, U«t may otherwise be concerned; m, ib. Ife is t. h.ei'yj.fare not' entitled, by reason only, or such permission to any share m the not products^ 25. For the'purpose of ascertaining tlu> net products of productive labqr applied; to land, and the persons onfcftied to shave m those praduo.ts; the Wid to which the kbuv is apj^ied is to be considered as if it were capital, awl were the property of the person who for the time being is en titled to the possession of it. The amount of that capital is to be taken to be equal to the value of the land burdened with a. perpetual rent equal to

the rent (if any) payable by him for the time being. 26. The share of net products coming to the person who contributes to the pro- ! duction from which they arise is the pro perty of that person,'and may, subject; to any positive law, be disposed of by him at his pleasure during his lifetime or by will. 27. Any person entitled to a share of the net products of any productive labc r may enforce that right by proceedings m any Court of competent jurisdiction, 28. It is the duty of the State to make provision by positive law for securing the i proper distribution of the net products of ! labor m accordance with the principles hereby declared. SHORT TITLE. 29. This Act maybe cited as " The Ele mentary Property Law of Queensland."

REGULATIONS OF ELECTIONS.

The above Bill, which passed its second reading last evening, settles the "Electoral Acts Amendment Bill," and introduces several new features into our electoral machinery. Of these the most satisfactory is that which does away with the old-fashioned system of nomination, followed by the equally obsolete and useless " show of hands," and substitutes,: as m the case of elections for other positions than that of members of Parliament, written nominations, which, it is proposed, shall be signed by five nominators. The candidate's consent must be given m writing, and may be written upon the nomination paper or upon a separate paper, or may be sent by letter or telegram to the Returning Officer, so as to reach him not less than ten days before the day appointed for the polling. Any, elector of the colony may be a candidate for any district,,and 1 nominators must be electors of the dis trict for which the candidate is nomi nated. A candidate may withdraw after nomination, but the withdrawal must be made not less than three clear days before the day appointed for taking the poll. In case of the death of any. candidate before the day of the polll proceedings are to be' commenced de novo. Then follow clauses pro viding for the registering of seamen and the issue to them of voting rights, upon which they can vote for their respective district at any port at which they may happen to be, their votes being transmitted by the collector or deputy-collector of Customs. The clauses, relating to the seamen's fran chise are somewhat cumberous and involved, and should be amended m Committee; but, altogether, the Bill is a useful one, and deserves to pass.

Parliamentary Gossip.

(BY TELEGRAPH FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Wellington, August .20. The Minister of Education made ah an nouncement this afternoon as to the f course Government intend to pursue m regard to the charges made by the mem ber for Waitotara m- his speech during the no confidence debate. -He, informed the House that, after full deliberation, (government had decided that Sir F. Whitaker, as one of the gentleman named m Mr Hutchison's speech, should take civil proceedings against him for libel. The new measures which Government intend to bring down between the present time and the end of the session, as indicated by the action of the: Premier, are four m number. One is to enable registrars of electors to at once com mence preparation of rolls, so as to Expedite the holding of elections ; another is a Bill for the Classification of the Postal and Telegraph Department; the third is intended to enable those policy holders of the Government Insurance Office, who insured m the temperance section, to participate m the bonuses accruing m the present quinquennial profit; the fourth will give efieot to the report of the Commissioners as to the Whangara Block on the, East Coast,

LABOR QUESTIONS.

DOCKERS STRIKE.

[PJER PKESS ASSOCIATION.] -London, August 19. A serious strike of dock laborers has taken place at Tilbury Docks, the men demanding the expulsion of three non- Unionists. The strike among the Cardiff dockers has virtually been settled. At a meeting at St. James' Hall the Standing Conciliation Committsee pro posed to discourage the emigration of j men to Australia during the strike there.

BRICKMAKERS STRIKE.

New York, August 20, The bookmakers are boycotting works employing non-Union labor. The masters have arranged to stop supplying, and m consequence the New York, Brooklyn, and Jersey City building trade, which gives employ ment to 80,000 men, is paralysed.

THE AUSTRALIAN LABOR CRISIS.

SYDNEY, August 20. There is littte excitement over the strike of the maritime bodies., ancl the wharves continue to be deserted. Contrary to, expectations, the diffi culty- has, extended to the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, and the wharf laborers engaged m un loading the s.s. Waihora to-day were stopped by the Defence Cornmitto© of the Seamen's Union, who ordered work to cease. The crew then proceeded to discharge the ship* but they also were! ordered to discontinue. Work was, however, allowed to proceed an the captain representing that, i% was illegal to interfere with the work oi a crew shipped under Nw Zealand articles. Th© wharf laborers are appointing pickets. Ocean-going steamers are not affected by the present difficulty. A large number of non-Ui\ion men are offering .their serw«S; In working wharves and &hipa. It stated that members of the Butchers', Bakers' and Grocers' Unions have been forbidden to s\ippjy stores to vessels manned by non-Uni,on officers ancl o,'ews,. carters and draymen are ceasing work.

THE BRUNNERTON DIFFICULTY.

€»,b-eymouth, August 20. I Alt the hands on the tug Westland from ' ifhe captain clown have received separate written notices that their services will be dispensed wi,th at the end of September owing to the insufficiency of work to keep the tug going. T?he Graf ton- took away about thi-rty outward passengers this morning, a num ber of them beinjr coal miners. Other miners keep going overland, for the Bast Coast. ". " ' i

Auckland, August 20. Afc a public meeting to-night, held under the auspices of the Trades and Labor Council, resolutions were passed supporting the Maritime Council m its sh-mjirle with Whitcombe and Tombs, approving of the Labor Bills now before Parliament, and concurring m the principle of the Shop Hours Bill, and pledging the meeting to consistently boy cott Whitcombe and Tombs and their local agents. Invbecakgill, August 20. The grain merchants this afternoon agreed to the demand of the ifcermittent laborers for fifteen pence an hour. Several men went out on strike, on Monday be cause the demand was not conceded.

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London, August 19 and 20. At the funeral of Cardinal. Newman the Right Rev. Monsignor Stpnor represented His Holiness the Pope, and Prince Doria the laity of Italy. Among those present Were the Dukes of Norfolk and Newcastle, Lords Cole ridge, Talbbt, and Kerr, and many of the Anglican clergy. Enormous crowds lined the street as the cortege parsed through. The potato crop m Ireland is rotten* and it is expected supplies will not last until October. , > : Fears are entertained of a famie and fever appearing. In the House of Commons Mr Bal four V AnnbuHced\ that the prospects were darkening, but he thought it was premature to estimate the whole crop to be a failure. ; } In the speech from the throne at the closing of Parliament reference was made to the Behring S«a difficulty, and it was stated that England had offered to submit the matter to arbitration. The hope is expressed that the differ ences m Newfoundland, will be satisfac torily adjusted.- -i '..■■'■-■■'■ A sailor from Calcutta, - who is suf fering from Asiatic chol«ra,has arrived m London. , " ' It is reported that the 'United' States declines to refer the Behring Sea fishery dispute to arbitration.,. . . New York, August 20» Th,e news that 1 peace has been arranged between Guatemala and San, Salvador is confirmed. Buenos Aykes, August 20. The Government of the Republic issues si&tjr million dollars ■ wbrth of notes, redeemable m five years.

INTERPROVINCIAL

AutqcLANJ), August 20 f The Very Revd. Father Mahoney, Vicar-GeneraL of Auckland diocese, i died £6-day. He had been ailing'l For some time. .. . . . The proposal recently* made to form a Society of Good Samaritans for the rescue of thieves and others of the criminal class; [ has 1)66*1 abandoned. ; , ;  . ; The Council of the Chamber of Com merce, met to-day to consider 1, the mail service question, ,wh,eii thi following resolution was passed,:-r- v Should the Government be unable to make arrange ments for continuing the San Francisco mail service, the Chamber would urge upon the Government the desirability of making such arrangements with the Union Steamship Company as would secure for their" boats immediate dispatch upon arrival of the English mail , m Sydney." The Chamber is of opinion that the Direct Service would not meet the wants of the northern/ portion of the Island as a mail service. New Plymouth, Aug. 20. Last night a reception was given to the party brought out by Mr Courtney from England, when the" Mayor presided, and welcomed the new arrivals to Taranaki. One of the immigrants, on behalf of the others, m replying, said they were very' well satisfied with what they .had seen, already of the place. . ;; { Wellington, August 20/. ' The difference between the creditors m the Rangitikei Fibre Company and the directors has been settled by the latter paying the sum of £675, and proceedings have been withdrawn from the Supreme Court. It is estimated that the fire last night damaged the drapery stock of Mr C. Smith to the extent of £3500. The engine driver on the Wellington- Manawatu's Railway Company's line who was suspended m connection with the recent collision on the line has been reduced to the rank of fireman. An interesting return was presented to Parliament to-day, showing the value at the present time of all reserves for pri mary education m the colony. The total value ia estimated at £651,734, viz. -—- Auckland, £47,420; Taranaki, £26,969? Wellington, £35,237 j Hawke's. Bay,, £49,805; Marlborough (approximate)* £5000 ; Kelson, £14,000 ; Westland,, £5203; Canterbury, £208,100; Otagbv £265,000. • Invkb«argill, August 20. A sensation has been caused m the Borough of Gore by the arrest of lan Simsmi Simson, mayor of the borough, on a charge of embezzlement, at the instance, of Elsworth, his late partner, who alleges; that Mr Simson has appropriated!, partnership cheques for £351. Accused was brought before the Coujrt ancfc remanded for seven days.

MAGISTERIAL.

ASHBURTON—THURSDAY

Before G,« A. Wray, lEsq., 1 R.M.]

Unregistered' Dogs.— William Caldi cott, F. T. Mayo, John Griffin, Richard Nielan, Angus McKinnon, Charles Ward and James Skilling, were each fined 10s. and costs for having m their possession dogs that had not been registered. There was no other cases, and the Court adjourned.

Gordon's Wonderful Power.

What was the secret of Gordon's won derful power 1 Much of it lay m his fearlessness, much m his swiftness of thought and action, and much m what the Yankee would call his capability m all things, small as well as great. He could ride and shoot and tinker, and h conduot campaigns and negotiate trea | ties, all with unhesitating self-reliane. As a matter of course such a man takes command. Gordon never lacked opportunities to show these qualities. "When steaming: quietly up the Nile a monkey with which he was playing fell overboard. In a twinkling Gordon was m the water after him.' By good luck the crQ(xxliles got neither governor-general nor monkey. When a nugger was being hauled up the- rapid* some way south of Lada the. cable got away from the men on the bank and the vessel was swept on to the rocks. JS'o one would volunteer to go out and ptck up the

THE ASHBUBTON GTTABDIAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1890.



Certainly the Most Effective MEDICINE m the world is SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Test its eminent powerful effects m Coughs, Colds, Influenza, etc. ; the relief is instantaneous. Thousands gave the most gratifying testimony. Read this certificate:—" 24th April, 1885 — Messrs Sander and Sons,—lt is with the greatest of pleasure that I testify to the excellence of your Eucalypti Extract. Having had inflammation of the bone of the leg, which came on after * severe attack of low fever, I was attended by Dr J. Boyd, Who had mado strenuous efforts to save my leg, but without success. He found it necessary to amputate my limb. Haying heard m the meantime of the wonderful cures worked by the Eucalypti Extract, I obtained a; bottle, and the extract had not been applied more than an hour when I began to feel greatly relieved. After applying the extract avery four hours for nine or ten days it was out of all danger. I would persuade all who may be effected with any such disease to give the Eucalypti Extract a trial, and I am convinced that they will find it the most wonderful of medicines.—Yours, etc., E. J.'-Cuksow, Wattle street, Sand hnrst.—(Advt.) ssj : There is now; to be seen m the shop window of Messrs J Scaly and Co., East street, a collection of apples showing some of the sorts grown at the Nurseries, Riverbank, that will repay inspection by any one who contemplates planting fruit plants. There are upwards of fifty clif erent kinds shown, all valuable, long keeping sorts. For size, color, and general excellence they are by far. the finest that have been shown m Ashburton is season- ( .Adv ; Holloway's Pills.—Nervousness and want of Energy.-»— When first the nerves feel unstrung, and listlessness supplants energy, the time has conic to take some such alterative as Holloway's Pills to restain a disorder from developing itself into a disease. These excellent pills correct all irregularities and weaknesses. They act so kindly, yet so energetically on the functions of digestion and assimilation, that the whole body is revived, the blood rendered purer, while the muscles become firmer anil stronger, and the nervous and absorbent system are invigorated. These pills are suitable for all classes and all ages. They have a most marvellous effect on persons Avho are out of condition ; they soon rectify whatever is m fault, restore strength to the body and confidence to the mind.



As the whirl of iiinc has again ushered m the busy spring, and to %c prepared to supply the requirements of Nature a»jd of their nui)«ji;oijs -pa-trons, Messrs J. Scaly «tud Co.. have completed their selection of seeds, which are of the 4l.iojcest quality obtainable, and which include dovfet^,, -t.Hrwips, man goida, carrots, rape, perennial jyegrass, cookafor^ (jlephant swQed, .gar,(le,n, liyij flower Feeds iv endless van ties, and garden reqiusities of every description. For the convenience of patrons who cannot make their .purchases during the day the premises will lie open to nine p.m. on Saturday even ings on and after the IG-Ii August. J. Scaly and Co. have a.so empty tanks for sale.—



S. M YEES AND C& SURGEON DENTIST And at Dunedin and Westport WE have gained the FIRST AWARD at the Dunedin Exhibition fox- Artificial Dentures and Mechanical Appli ances for the Mouth, and it is with the greatest confidence that we guarantee the 'highest class work and perfect lit at the most moderate cost A Single Artificial Tooth, 10,s. Complete Set — Upper and Lower— temporary and permanent, £10 10s. .Natural, Durable, Comfojitablb Artificial Tet'th Replaced Temporarily al most immediately after the extraction of decayed teeth or stumps without extra ; cc or charge. , Arrangements can ha made for part or monthly payments. ADMINISTERING NITROUS OXIDE . JAS .several times daily for the past ten years, we fearlessly nswerfc that extraction of teeth under its influence m perfectly,! pninl«ss surd positively safe i Fee for Administration, .55.. \ Extraction, 2s (id. i] Aitilteial Teeth and Dentures mado byjl ntli«r demfcivste repaii'yd ox remodelled ntl bjimll coot, •



AND OILSKINS, Our own manufacture, a specialty. SOLE AGENTS for Wertheim's latest and improved HAND and TREADLE SEWING MACHINES. '- NEW ZEAIAND CLOTHING FACTORY W. H. WEBBER, Manager. Vw'iTliS'JT TIZLTII WJTH..T£ET« THE CHRISTOHURCH DENTAL SURGERY, Comer of Oashel and High streets.



MR S S. T I M M O has removed from the Lyttelton Boarding House to those more commodi ous and central premises, Panama House, Where friend.*, old and new, will be wel comed Accommodation lor boarders a reduced ratep. Meals prepared mMr ThrmVs wp.U known style. Meals per woek, lls ; Board and lodg ings, 17s fid ; one meal daily per week, 3 ' 6d SPECIAL NOTICE. CALL AND SEE THE GRAND DISPLAY or BOYS', YOUTHS', AND MEN'S CLOTHING, MERCERY, HOSIERY, BLANKETS, RUGS, FLANNELS, HATS, AND CAPS, Ac. THE largest and best assorted Stock m the District to select from, which for Value, Variety, and excellence of Manu facture, we stand unrivalled. WATERPROOF COATS



Public Notices AMALGAMATED SHEARERS' AND LABORERS' UNION. ASHBURTON BRANCH. j A PUBLIC MEETING, under the 1 auspices of the above Union, will be held m the Oddfellows' Hall on FRIDAY, August 22nd. Addresses will be delivered by Mr Wm. Lundon, President of the Amalgamated Shearers' and Laborers' Union, Waimate ; and Mr F. S. Parker, President of; the Trades and Labor Council, Christchurch. Doors open at 7.45 p.m. Wm* McRAE, 8112 Secretary.



BOOTS, BOOTH.—" Keep your fee Dry and save Doctor's Bills. I hnve a splendid Stock m now. Try my Deuble-soled Shooters. Every pair Guaranteed. Robert Alcorn, Ashbur ton Clothing 1 Mart, Saunders' Buildings. ANTED Known.—For cheap Drapery, Millinery, Boots, Clothing, &c, go to Melford Houae. Good substantial presents now giving away.—H. C. Sbgbrs. rA^TED~every man m the County to have a suit of the Ashburto Tweeds.—Robert Alcorn, Ashburton Clothing Mart, Saundcr's Buildings. "TjTVERY Customer will receive n jQj handsome present by purchasing their Drapery, Millinery, Clothing, &c, afc Melford House. Cheapest House m town for first-class Drapery. —H. C. Segers. _^ ANTED KNOWN.—A lot of Ladies Cloth and Tweed Jackets, considerably under usual cost price,— W. H. Collier, "The Corner." ANTED Known—The Cheapest Shop to buy Tinware and Gal vanised Iron goods m Ashburton, is at W. F. Hannaford's, Burnett Street. A arge stock kept on hand. Tin and Iron ware goods made and repaired with dcs patch



Wanted. CASH Advertisements under this heading not exceeding SIXTEEN WORDS 1/-. Addresses may be laft at this Office. '~\ SHBURTON Cricket Club—Annual XX Meeting Friday (22nd mat.), County Council Oftices, 7.30 p.m. All persons wishing to become members in vited to attend.—L. F. Andrewes, Hon. Sec. 8 127 STOP That Cough—Flower's Cough Drops are the best—see that the * t tx r* name is stamped, on every one. ti. Ij. Flower, Confectioner, East street. PRESENTS. -If you want good value for money go to Melford House. Extra value now being given away m presents. Everything marked cheap.— H. C. Skgkrs. ANTED KNOWN—The Strong- Wear Boot for Men, Women and Children can only be had at W. 11. Collier's.



Mitchell and Turner Drapers, Clothiers, MERCHANT TAILOE> CARPETS AND LINOLEUMS. I£AIAPOI XIOtJSE,



A. W. RANDELL FKUITGROWEK, &c, ASHBURTON. 893 T3EDWOOD 7 S pATENT Blight Specific Is NON-POISONOUS, contains neither j arsenic nor sulphate of copper ; is not only perfectly harmless to trees, but excites growth. It is a Certain Cure for scale, American blight, codlin moth, &c, «fee, where used systematically. The most effectual time to use it is IN WINTER, when the trees are The Inventor has NUMEROUS TESTI MONIALS from those who have cleansed their Orchards. CANTERBURY AGENTS— Wholesale—MALlNG AND Co., Ltd. Local Agent-D. THOMAS, West Street, Ashburton. Price, 3s 6d per Gallon. Reduction on quantities. 8J69 Full directions supplied. TRANSPARENT BLOCK ICE JL MAKING MACHINERY. All sizes, 201bs hourly to 50 tons daily. The most reliable apparatus ever intro duced. The Ice Blocks from 12in to 30in souare and 3in to 12in thick. FAMILY ICE MACHINES. SODA WATER APPARATUS. Cheapest and Best. Ice Cream Machine l«efrigerators, Filters, Seltzogenes, Freez ing Powders, Mineral Waters, every article connected with Ice, Cooling, or Medicinal Drinks. ALL GOODS GUARANTEED. Catalogues Port Free. II J. Wkst c!fc Co., Stamford Works 116-118, Southwark Bridge Road, London, S.E.



FIFTY POUNDS (Wlbs) of "The Beauty of Bath" Seed produced THIRTEEN and THREE-QUARTER BAGS of Superb Potatoes.



TANOBED STREET. A NDREW ARR'S jA NDREW URR S GREAT tm Kit w* ■" > Z A3? IS UAL SAjI,JS \, > % j DRAPERY m & *. *» CLOTHING I- ]' AND fa fe nooTS , Will Coiiimenob ■*• SB Saturday, July sth & The greatest BARGAINS *fl ever ween ii' Ashhuron. m HVM xiANDBILLS. ? i . ) ANDREW Oftß.



ruDiio Notices. ~V7 OTICE.— Anyone found Tres jy passing m pursuit of game or otherwise on fehft Riversdale Estate on and after this (hts will !>• prosecntod. .(. R. WILLIAMS. Riversda:o, 24th May 5 176 "ID OOKH.■—Thousands of Books of every .O kind, including books on History Travels, Sciences, Religion, Fiction, Ac, *c. Account Bookstand Stationery of ] every discription. A cheap line of En- j Telopes at 5a per thousand. Fancy Go xls, including Albums, Photo Frames, Writing Cases, Work Boxes, Purses, Ladies Hand Bags, Games and Puzzles. Music—-A larpa Stock. Pianos, Accordians, Violins, CoiiMtinu, &c. All Goods reduced for C*Bh" L. F. ANDREWES & CO. Stationers' Hall SEEDS- SEEDS. VEGETABLE SEEDS. EARLY SF.ED POTATOES,- Including " THE BEAUTY OF BATH," Which last season produced on Mr Dohkrty's land, Tinwald, the enormous yield of some thing over SEVENTEEN TONS PER ACRE.