The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1890. SIR GEORGE GREY.

The name of (Sir George Grey •is closely interwoven with the early his tory of New Zealand; his exertions on behalf of the colony, have been distin guished by' great earnestness, and characterised also by scrupulous con scientiousness. From the date of his appointment as Governor of the'colony j in 1845-6 up to the present time the Knight of Kawau has taken a deep interest in every public movement cal culated to benefit either the abori-, ginal inhabitants; or • Angl^axoii settlers of these for-off British posses sions. At times, like other public men, his zeal ; has;, outrun discretion, but his errors in administration, either as. Governor or Premier, as Superintendent of a province or as. a private member, of the Hou^e of Re presentatives, have only served to show that he had a higher and more exalted opinion of the future of the colony than his contemporaries. This well-known and highly respected statesman hasj however, of late years given unmistak able evidence that time 'will- dim the brightest intellect, and that it is.pos-; sible to live beyond the" age 'of public usefulness—and ;not know it. His political actions in the House of Re presentatives have for some time been erratic, ' and from ; the position of a leader he has fallen to the shades of the rank and, file. Like all -others who, have been accustomed to lead, lie makes a poor and unreliable follower, aiming rather to embarrass his general 1 than rout the enemy. His action in moving, single-handed, a vote of want of-confidence in the Ministry immedi ately on the assembling of Parliament on Thursday, is characteristic of the Sir George Grey of to-day, and not of the discreet Parliamentarian of former times who, while leader, first assured him self of the support of a large following before making onslaught upon the enemy's position. The result of a pro ceeding so manifestly futile was ap parent even to the mover himself, as, with that straight-forwardness so char acteristic of the man, he assured the House that his motion had been moved—like many others, we may add '-—without consultation with, anyone. Happily this latest eccentricity of Sir Geo. Grey—who.aspires to be leader of the Opposition with or without the consent of the party —was not allowed to seriously disconcert the Government or their opponents, though manifestly aimed at both. Timo was allowed both parties to rally their forces through tho "surprise" motion being promptly ruled out of order by the Speaker. Nevertheless it must be confessed that Sir George Grey caused, as usual, more consternation among his i friends than fear among his foes. His action has embarrassed those who, with himself, are'fully alive to the absurdity of " governing the liviug with the | dead," for while the ■ Opposition realisa the urgent necessity for the removal of the present divided and dying Cabinet from office, they know that "it is impossible to form a Ministry with Sir George Grey at the head, and retain the confidence .of the country. The country,; as well as-the House, is painfully alive to the fact-that Sir George Grey's day for political useful ness lias for ever gone by, and that it would be better for his reputation,*and the interests ,qi the party with whom he lias worked in by-gone clays, if lie would retire voluntarily to the seclu sion of private life. At present he occupies the undignified position of a leader of the one-man party, and that one-man party is the honorable knight himself. ' ■ Nevertheless he' is a thorn in +.he side of Government and Opposition alike, and his knowledge of party tactics, not entirely forgotten, enable/ him to make use of his position / «o throw the House into confusion at any moment. We observe that already capital is being made out of the knight's latest eccentricity by Minis terial journals, who are endeavoring to create; -the impression, • despite. Sir George's assertion to the contrary, that he is working in -unison and harmony with the Opposition. We have no doubt that this rumor will be proved to be a disingenuous fabrication when the final result of Sir George Grey's obstructive motion is made known. It is really painful to think that one who has held so high a position in public, estimation should descend to a position so humiliating as that of a perpetual obstructionist, and in the corning elec tion it is to be hoped the Knight of Kawau's friends—the electors of Auck land—will be kinder to him than he is to himself or his country, arid relegate him to that seclusion which his declin ing years seems so much to need. In the seclusion of private life, occupied with his library and reminiscences of a well-spent life, Sir George Grey's name may be held in veneration by the pre sent generation, and may be handed down to posterity unsullied by theeccen tric acts of old age; but if allowed to re main in public life much longer the glory of n useful life will. be ; seriously tarnished.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A nmsliyomn f/jyelve inches across the top and % inches in diazneter was exhibited in Wellington on Wednesday, ; Mr Joyce, member for Lyttclton, told hi? constituents 'the'other night that the prince of New Zealand's absentees,draws £ 85,000, a year from the colony, • ' A Bacon Curing Company, in, which the i shareholders are principally" farmers, has been definitely established ftt Belfast, near Christclmrcb. Operations begin ft,t once. A /sceptical man conversing with Dr Parr, observed that he would believe nothing he did not understand. Dr Parr - replied: " Then, young man', y#ur creed will' be the shortest of any man I know." Lord Onslow has forwarded a gold nicdaj ( to the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral', Association ' iflV Mrs 'Fnssell,- whom the judges in the Smati Farms Competition re commended for some prize iov her homestead and. dairy, managed. byherseU and daughter j

The mice plague in the north of the colony of South Australia is so bad that they are devouring everything that they can reach, anil there are instances of their having attacked people inbed.

More' than half the sugar used in the world is made from beetroot. The manu facture began to be important little more than twenty 3'ears ago. Germany began it, and France, Austria, Russia, and the United States have followed the Teuton's example.

A The City Council of Milan recently" sol icited the votes of the parents sending child ren to the public schools as to whether they., wished to have them receive religious in struction or- not; Out' of - a total :school attendance pf,.27,515,"5uchi instruction was reqvested for 25,380. - :

The vitality of the snail ?ig remarkable. One'tha't had been glued to a caM'in" the British museum for four yoara came to life upon being "''immersed in warm water. Some ' specimens in' the collection of a naturalist revived after they-had apparently been dead for 15 years. '

,< A* settler in tide district (sayß the "WWa r ganui Herald "X who sent 132 sacks of barley to Sydney, had rather |,an unfortunate ex perience, as he,, only realised-Is'lod per bushel. The .charges, of one kind and another', and he was charged no commission here^ leave him a "deficit of £17, oh the amoiiht he drewfor his barley: 11"'"'.' '"

s Evidently Canon. Wilberforce does-' not , mince his words. Speaking at Southhamp ton the other day he Baid that "the two most immoral works published during the century were Zola's 'La Terre' and Walter's ' Parnellism and ' Crime,'" and he added that "the meanest 'apologies since the creation were Adam's to God and Webster's to Mr Parnell."

There are great outcries in the Crimea occaesioned by -the continual sales of landed property which are taking place from Russian ■ landlords to "German' stewards and bailiffs. These are selected for the management of estates, :qn account < .of their /know ledge, honesty, and industry.. In the mean while 'their owners lead, lives :of feckless extravagance,; get into debt, borrow money of their thrifty' stewards, and give them mortgages .over their property. In due' time ■the • creditors foreclose, and thus I 'become masters whete they have been servants.'

, In jibe course of long investigation Pro fessor Ponfic, of Bfeslau, has made ,the important discovery that a large part of the, liver —even as much as throe-fourths—may be removed without serious disturbance of the animal functions.- Surgeons had before known that the whole of the liver is, not absolutely "essential io health,' but could hardly'suppose that the sudden destruction Tof a considerable part of it would- not be serious, and novrmay be enabled to perform operations hitherto believed to be impossible. Professor Ponfic found that the liver has a wonderful power of reproduction, in some cases a portion equal to two-thirds being re placed by a new growth within a few Weeks.

The capital invested in Government irriga tion enterprises in. the north-western' pro vinces of India is about £8,000,000. ' , The revenue received for the use of the water nets 3^ to 4£ per cent interest oiv. this sum annually above all expenses. . About 8000 villages or farming settlements receive water from 35,000 outlets in the distribution of the five main canals. The cost-of maintaining the system is from 40 cents to 1 dollar per acre .annually,.averaging 71 cents per acre in' 1887.. The vahie of the crops raised that year on the irrigation land was £44,000,000, of which 60 per cent was in wheat. The canal system has been wonderfully developed in the past twelve years, and now represents nearly twice as much capital as in 1876. '

Oil from maize is one of the latest products which modem science every now and then throws upon the world. The maize, which is now grown in the United Sfcate3 at the rate of some 2,000,000,000 budiels per year, lias been . experimented with anu found capable of yielding 3^ per cent of its weight in oil, the germ of the kernel being the part from which the' oil is extracted. The new material is of a pale.y.cllow colour, somewhat thicker than either the olive or cottou seed oil, and does not seem to be readily available as!'a-substitute for them, but it is well adapted for lubricating purposes, nrid may be useti as a salad dressing, while it seems to be desirable for liniments. - '

The depreciation of tjio value of hides, arising from the present unsystematic brand ing of cuttle, has been brought under the notice of the Minister of Agriculture in New South Wales by a deputation of tanners and hide merchants, who urge that a Bill should be introduced to regulate the branding of cattle. It was stated that frequently brands appeared upon and rendered worthless the very bc3t parts of the hide, and it Wcis estimated that the waste caused in this manner represented a loss to the colony of fully £20,000'0r £30,000, which might;be saved under a properly regulated system of branding. The Minister promised to com. municate with the Stock Board preparatory to a Bill being prepared to, deal with the matter. ■-•. > . '•

The usual monthly meeting of theTinwald Wesleyan Band of Hope was held in the Templar Hall on Wednesday, June 18th. The attendance was very good, there being about 130 present, The Rev. J. H. Gray, presided,; aud after opening the meeting with prayer, ypoke a fe\v words of encouragement to theyouug people, Theprogrammeconsistod of readings, recitations, and dialogues, which were rendered in a very creditable manner— the' items cleserviug special mention being a dialogue by William Culverhouae, and John Lewis, one by Sam Corrigan, George Culver house and George Lowe, and another by James Shearer and r Sid Culverhouse. A very pleasant evening's enjoyment was brought to a plo.se by the Chairman pronouncing the Benediciib", At the close of the meeting 16 new namos were added t.Q the list of members.

Portugueae credit is exceedingly bad, Fqr the last thirty years the Government has not had a single budget without a deficit. The funded debt amounts to about £24 per head of the population, or nearly the same as that of fcho T'li'- I Krir-^'r-. which,-needless to say, is \ ".:■ " ,■'..«■ '>':■■ '.'■ i-vv country. Besides this funded debt there is an an enormous fioat i»g debt, and, worse than ajl, thocountryjias frequently f^il^d payment of theHnterest. Many of ifs loans, indeed, like the oiie con tracted by Don Miguol, in J832, it has repu diated, preferring;, as Sydney' Smith once said of the Ponnsylvanians, "any load of infamy, however great, to any pressure of taxation, however light." Even in the frenzy of public excitement produced by the, ulti matum the other day, when the "little country was clamouring for a navy which was to blow ours out of the water, it could raise only a fgjy thousand pounds, and by far the greater portion gyen of .that was voted by the municipality of Lisbon, whose members doubtless thought themselves tjafe in being patriotic at the public expense,,. ,  J

The Rink will be open to-night as usual, when the championship will be decided.

In a library in Paris,; said to be the largest in the world, is a Chinese chart of the heavens, in which>l46o stars are to be found correctly placed, according to the scientists of the present day. ( The chart was made in 600b.0. v.

The largest library is the Biblotheque National in Paris, founded by Louis XIV. It contains 1,400,000 volumes, 300.0 C) pamphlets, 175,000 manuscripts, 300,000 maps and charts, and: 150^000 coins and medals. JtChe'oollection of engravings exceeds ll3oo,Ol()QWtamed in [some lvo;oootVQlum'es. The portraits humber'loo,ooo/ * .-*■*--•'-* ""•The American-" Agriculturist" is greatly concerned about the agricultural depression' now being experienced all through the States, and in a series of articles from leading agricultural correspondents in- thiß month's joiiirnal, ;we -'gather;/ that the price ,of ,all agricultural' produce is below the cost of production., fn Missouri maze^ "is, being burnt for fuel," only selling 'fbr'7|d pcr 1. ibusHel'; oats, sd; beef, £d: to ■|d per 1b; hay, 8b per ton. ■ . : ■ ' • ••< ' , .. <

, A writer x in ah 'English magazine points' out a*n odd confession made by,a man-just, tried and acquitted on a charge of murder. The evidence against him was purely cir cumstantial ; part o£it, ahat found near, the! scene of the crime—an ordinary black hat, but sworn to as the prisoner's. .Counsel fx)r, the defence, however, made niiich of the commonness of the hat. " You, gentlemen, no doubt, each of you possess a hat of the ordinary make and shape. Beware how you condemn a fellow creature to a shameful death on such a piece of evidence " —and so on. So the man was acquitted. Just as he was leaving the dock, with the most touch ing humility and simplicity he pulled his hair, and, said^t "<lf you please, /my lord, 1 may I ,'avie my *at.? SJT a ori dv> cqjsur that a few moments earlier would 1 have effectually knotted the rope. .

Lord Camperdown, on April 11th, unveiled a statue in Sunderland Park 1, to the rmemdry of Jack Crawford, a native of Sunderland, who heroically nailed the colors to the mast on Admiral Duncan's vessel Venerable, at the battle of Caniperdowji, in October, 1697, after the regular flag had been shot away by the enemy. A great procession of trade societies, volunteers, and military, with;3oo Bluejackets from her Majesty's ships Hearty, Grappler, and Bulldog, took -place to the park, among those in,the procession being Lord Camperdown, Lord .Durham, the local niemberß of: Parliament, and others. The statue is of bronze, 20 feet 7 inches high, and represents Jack in the act of nailing the colors to the mast. The colors are thrown over his left Bhoulder, and in his right hand he holds a pistol, with the butt-end of which he drives trie nails.

Mr J. V. Parkes, Acting-Inspector of Mines, has just visited a comparatively new goldfield at Wadnalinga, on the Oulina run, 25 miles south of Mannahill. There are about 50 on the field, but, if profitably worked, employment could be found for' 5000. On the Birthday claims they have got a very fine pile of stone, carrying 2oz to Boz of gold to the ton. The great draw back is the want of water and machinery. A dam is about, to be provided by the Government for domestic supply. i Owners of mines should sink for water. There are several defined lines of lode on the field, which may prove payable. Captain John son, of Ballarat, . has 1 just brought from Wadnalinga to Adelaide two pounds of stone containing Boz of. gold. Mannahill is a settlement on the Petersburg-Cockburn railway, about half-way between these points. It is ovef 200 miles N.W. of Ade laide. „ • ■ > •

A correspondent of the "Melbourne Argus '■ gives the following account of the curious (tbcliaviour of sparrows in his district —" I have," he writes, " a Einall farirt called Borhoneyghurk, near, Meredith, on ,whidh J. have lived between the last five and six yearsl ''' ■■..'!■"!:'■ ■ ii*:- -"i- 1. Onthatandi nearly on x . ;■ 1. !. 1 1 ■:■■,: nas never been one sparrow the whole time. I have also a very large garden well filled with all kinds of fruit trees, mulberries, etc., and not a sparrow during x. all that time has ever ventured-into ;it. I have also a large field which I sow with com for hay. every year, 'and not one sparrow during all that I time has ever ventured to feed on that field. I cannot account to you why the sparrows should not trespass on that land and garden. I have also asked some of my neighbors if they could give any satis factory reason for • the non-trespass •of sparrows on my land, whilst their own'land, not, more, than a mile distant, is swarming with spaarows, and has been for nearly the last six years. I shall be delighted if you can give me any scientific reason why the sparrows should not trespass on this pro perty as they do in the neighborhood."

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

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Dunedin, June 21/ The Rugby' Union, by 5 to 2, censured Keogh for his rough play and subsequent behaviour, and affirmed the Club guilty of ti very grave breach of the spirit of the game in withdrawing from the fipld.

An Imperial Present.

M. Jules Simon, senator and member of the delegation in the recent International Labor Conference at Berlin, has had an elegantly bound edition of the "musical works of Frederick the Great" sent to him by Emperor^.William H, together with an autograph letter from the Imperial donor.

Hypnotism in Operations

The "Revue Me'dirale de TEsfc," re cently recorded a case in which hypnotic sleep, for the purpose of performing a painful surgical operation, was induced by M. Bernheim, of Nancy, in December last.

Tho patient, a girl of twenty-one, was suffering from psoas abscess, and on being taken to the operating theatre, went to sleep on the instant, and the abscess cavity was .thoroughly scraped put, about sixteen niihut'es being thus occupied, the patient meanwhile singing in obedience to an order of the surgeon,. She rcmeni: bered nothing of the circumstances on being afterwards questioned. Completely successful as was this case, M. Bernheim does not regard hypnotism .as capable of replacing chloroform or ether in respect of long operations, stating that "hypnotic sleep could , hardly replace,.chloroform anesthesia for an operation occupying any great length of time, because the surgeon is exposed to the danger of seeing his patient awake by- auto-suggestion -at the very moment when such an occur rence is least desirable." x ,

j Apropos of hypnotism, at a sitting of the Municipal Council the other day, M. Despres put a question, concerning the advisability .of performing hypnotic„ex periments upon patients in certain of the Paris hospitals before a non-medical _atteijd£ncoj IVJj Deppr^ inquired more over what steps might be taken to prevent the reports of such cases being published by the Press! Tile Director 'of Public Assistance re plied that in future only physicians and their pupils ''would' be allowed to be present at' experiments' of: 'this ' nature, but that as to forbidding the publication of\nccounts of/ the same in the daily journals,;that'seemed a matter of impossi bility.

M. Eiffet at the Chicago world's Fair

It is noAv stated, that M. Eiffel, con jointly with Mr.Edison, lias;,proposed-to, the Committee of' the: Chicago World's Fair in 1893, to build a; toweir to. the one hi the Cliamps <Je Mars. is to 500 feet Higher, and to be, illuminated with a million electriclighte of a variety of color.

A Terrible Voyage.

; i'The^ new* st^4 r(lu-e'|^wipN IfVMd, which has just reached Sydney from Liverpool, "had" na~ vterribly)'fo*ugh" i voyage,' and the officers stated on arrival at Port Jackson that their only wonder was that they did not founder in the wild gales which? Jassailed^ herjr^l^ the? \N||3rthern Ocean*-she was' nearly' 1 overwhelmed fby the fearful seas that broke over her day after day/ s Tcr.'ific ' squalls of; hurricane violence;'the ship laboring! andr straining horribly, was the, record kjm.page ;,af fcer ,pageinthe official 10g.,, The. cargo in, the fore-hold broke loose,, and was witfe culty secured. On thet'27th 'January, the westerly gales spent their strength mi a roaring tempest, th'e*Hke\pf which is sel dom met at sea. The cargo.again shifted. I "A horrible floise beloiy," >says the log, was heard, and the cargo w las found to be '' adrift." As fast as they could the crew secured it. On April 9th, a hurricane was encountered, and the cargo in the fore hold started again, and was again secured. Squalls of the fiercest kind came down bn her as though to take the masts~out;' On April '21st a vast body of water came aboard- forward dn the sterboard/bow. Refuge was.ts&Wih. the* .niizzen The ship was thrown on her 1 beam ends, and was trembling in the balance for; a few seconds. The cargo shifted, boats were moved, and houses and cabin filled by the sea. One or two of the depk houses were started, and for an instant everybody expected to see her go dowp. It" was "*& ; k critical and terrible moment. Great relief was experienced when she ,righted. ,

Training Dogs for War.

', . Experiments in training dogs to jwt, ;in time ,o'Fwar,"as' sco^tei 'messenger^ ,-\ and sentinels, are .being ca'ifrieel u on ,'with success in most of the infantry regiments garrisoned in France. The manner in which they are educated is curious. When a dog is to act as messenger, two men are det«ac,hed.A<W IKP9 atV an(* wa^ about a mile j the animal being led by the collar. P.ne man remains stationary, while ,ttie.oftier-returns to his starting point. On being let loose, the dog immediately sets in pursuit of the latter; and finds its way with unerring regularity. To insure the deliver^ of despatches, a small bag of dark material is strapped on the animal's back. As a sentinel, the dog will scent a stranger at a distance of one hundred yards, and will commence prowling, barking, or evincing disquietude in some other manner. In order to accustom them tosoout's duty the dogs are encouraged to search a field orj a thicket in which'soldiers, wearing foreign uniforms, lie in ambush.' As soon as the animals,perceive the latter, they retreat, running to the'soldiers.-who accompany them, and thus announcing the presence of an enemy. Their instinct seldom mis leads them, and they have been found very useful as a means of communicating with patrols and detash'ments on outpost dutyi- In time of war^ they ar,4.,a150 intended to search for wounded soldiers and loiterers, ,■ as -well as to carry pro visionsaud a'nunu'niibioii to outposts. An 1 interesting fight is afforded, by the spec tacle of these four-footed soldiers at drill,' says an eye witness; uhde"r, the command of a sub-lieutenant, and surrounded byaii admiring 1 group of'vagrant curs, who do not enjoy the distinction of being enrolled under tho French flag, and wlio contomplato their four-legged 'brethren with evident envy.. «, ■' . •' •

An Incident in Bismarck's Career.

The following anecdote,' given 'the other! 'day';-by the s'Petit Journal," if not true,' ■is at least' amusing:! Ac cording to this story, Prince Bismarck, one ' night: during the Franco-Ger man war, found an infant lying upon his bed with a note pinned to its swadd ling clothes stating'thato ifche child's nanie was Vincent, and that its father had been killeJ. at Sedan. The Prince referred the case W King William, whose reply was " Keep him. In war time you must take whatever you can get, even if it is only .a child." Accordingly Vincent was sent to Berlin, and brought up at Prince Bis marck's expense. He is now one of the Prince's most devoted attendants, and. lately folloWd hinijjinjto hiil retirement at' 'Friedrickruhe. ' ' ' 's'

A Cricket Invasion.

Ten thousand French soldiers and mof than that number of civilian combatants were last year engaged in the neighbour hood of Algiers and Oran in resisting an invasion of a". formidable kind. The enemy who was requisitioning the food supplies and laying waste the country was simply the crickets, which coming dowjn in! countless numbers, had the year pre viously taken the farmers wholly by sur prise. It is reckoned that the eggs alone that were destroyed last year'represented four hundred thousand million of'crickets. The result has-been' thac toi!a great extent the crops have been" saved ; but the victory 1 is riot yet complete, and it is clear that the struggle will have to be forthwith renewed.

New Telephonic Apparatus.

The French Committee appointed by the Administration of Posts and Telegraphs to seek for an improved telephonic ap paratus; lately- opened a competition for the best model for a long-distance tele phone. Twenty different models were submitted to tlie'committee, one of which was found upon trial to present several advantages. It would allow of much finer wires being used than is now possible for long distances j thus the tota.l weight of the wires between Paris and Marseilles, for example, might be re duced by 125,000, kilogrammes. It is stated that the director of the Postal and Telegraph Department will have the pro posed-new system • experimented between Paris, Marseilles, and Lille.

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIANS V PLAYERS

[PER PRESS, ASSOCIATION.]

l(Received June 20,"8:45 p.m.;) ' '; London, June, 19,

The Players at'the close of the day's play had lost 4 wickets fpr 322—Chatter ton, 16 ; Barnes, with faultless cricket, .67 ; Peel, not out, 8; Gunn, not out, ;157.! 'Guhri Was 'at ■ the wickets all day, ;and dnlvj'gave one chance, and that not till he had passed the century. Six bowlers were tried, but the Nottinghan> (.professional completely mastered them all. The wicket -was in perfect condition. Some 10,OOQ people % were present, 1 ", (Received-- June^ 21, 12,50 Ip.m,) k- -'■ * London, June 20. j The Players have lost eight wickets for 474 runs. Gunn was bowled after in creasing his score to 228; Lohmanh (bowled) 34 ; Peel (caught) 41; Flowers i (caught) 20 ; Attewell (not out) 19. ;

A London correspondent says that Mr Bryce is mentioned &b likely to be included in the new batch of K.C,M.G, 5s

Parliamentary Gossip.

[BY SPECIAIi -TELEGRAM FROM OUR OWN /

jf\ '/■:■'■'■■ Wellington, June 20., :' The names of Mr Johnston, Mayor of Wellington; Mr Roberts, Mayor of Dunedin; Mr Fulton, M.H.R. for Taieri; Major Campbell, late Clerk of Parlia ment ; and Mr Montgomery, formerly member, for Akaroa,.are freely- mentioned in the lobbies as probable appointees to the Legislative Council.

The Minister for Lands this afternoon introduced... Jus^vCattle, -Bill* - -^to -enable certain lands ,0^ diseases amongst stock to be dealt Mith' without, guaranteeing ; and also his Sheep Bill, which will con solidate the numerous Sheep Acts now in existence, and simplify the procedure for the treatment of scab on the lines recom mended at last Conference of, Sheep In spectors. *• ,>'->■

The object of, Mr Buchanan's Hospitals j and Charitable Aid Amendment Bill is to bring about the separation of Wairarapa district from Wellington in charitable aid matters. ..,*■' It has been repeatedly urged by mem bers in the ;Ho:use that the control of Native schools should, as far .as possible, be: handed over rby Government to the Education Boards, by Way of economy. It appears, however, from the annual re port .upon education presented to the House on Thursday, that the' Auckland Board, within whose district most of the Native schools are situated, does not see its way to undertake the responsibility of their management unless exceptionally high capitation is granted./ The; Minister for Education, therefore, thinks there is no urgent 1 Teason" for* disturbing the present arrangements. ■' .-' Rumors are rife to the effect that, even; if the motion for the Address in Reply is lost, and if Sir George Grey V obstruction tactics, as they are termed, commenced by him on Thursday in: his ,want of con fidence' motion, which the Speaker nipped in- bud, prove .futile, other, methods will, he pursued by the Opposition,with a view; to harrassincj tbe Government, and goad ing them' on to demand an immediate dissolution. As against this assertion, however, other political quidnuncs give it as their belief that the .Ministry will weather the storm, and eventually reach the safe harbor of Parliamentary recess. My own opinion is that hon.. members within a fortnight's time will be sent about their business, and a new House be elected to siipplttnt the present moribund assembly. ■" •*■ n- •-'"J ' "" " '

.The to-night ridicules Sir George Grey's want of confidence motion, which resulted in a fizzle yesterday after noon, and characterises it as a freak invented by the old Knight for the purpose of inconveniencing Mr Bal lance, the leader of the Opposition. Speaking on this subject the "Post" concludes a powerful leader as follows :— " How much better would, ifc be for^his own reputation if Sir Geprge Grey would retire from politics and devote his remain ing years to art, literature, and .philan thropy, in all of' which yalks he'< shines so brilliantly." Politically} "superfluous lags the veteran on the stage." Mr Bryce presented to-day the petition of Benjamin Baileyy Chjef' Inspector of Sheep, complaim'ng" he has* been wrong fully dismissed from office. Mr Joyce gave notice of "a Bill to provide for the early,clpsingof shops, and, to limit the employees' -hours of labour "; also the Seamen's Representation Bill, and the Representation Act' Amendment Bill., ,- Other ; prospective Bills - :were mentioned : as follow :—The Employment of Females' A"* Amnndmon 4- Bill, p.nd the Native L'ai!-1 .\■!■:*i: 1 i -11-.-; :■ •■ 1 Kill. 'Dr Newni'ii •_ ii i. r- n-ziiv i> v-!» iinw ni merit 6rt TiiO'U.iy winii :\w Mhii.va-.uii Gorge Railway will be finished, and what' has been the cause of-the delay. ' > ■i.

/ -Mr Fitchett>tabled a''question.as.to whether Government propose to introduce tlie .Contractors' Lien Bill as promised last session. ; •,,\ .~. ... " Mr Tanner moved' the Address-in- Reply without comment; explaining that owing to ill health '■ he was unable • to 1 make a speech^- 11,..).■ "!■•■ - ' l

1 /Mr,Ross seconded the motion. >; ', ' The Grovernbr'a speech is not re garded favorably. It is asserted he was in spired by Dr Newman, 'the c'birpy member forThorndon, in Wellington. At anyrate one thing may be regarded as certain, and that is that Sir H. Atkinson could not possibly, have allowed the Govern ment printer to issue the utter ances which fell from His Ex cellency's lips yesterday, and which are fiptionally designated " the Governor's speech." As a literary production the speech would not be lam con vinced, by any school inspector under any EducAtion, Board, in, New, Zealand.;,',and; in; as^fejriingl: tijis,. -lia|serpiI i a|serpia > tgreat^deal.| However,"" the production is the" last, or the last but one at anyrate, that the Earl will deliver in the colony, as "I hear, and believe, the rumor to be true, that he returns! to ■ England^ and, parenthetically, it may be remarked, either to an attic in the Government' caravansary in Downing; street, .or to the basement floor of-Somerset House. ' X

Contrary to general expectation, Mr Ballance concluded his speech on the Address in Reply without moving any amendment, \ though :he' Tstijdngiy .utged/ Government} to dissolve at once and,go, to the country. His criticism of Govern-' ment's policy was replied to by Mr Hislop in a brief "speech, after Which' 'Sir George ] Grey followed with one of his usual elo cutionary displays, and'intimfet4d\his »in\ tenfcion, when the Address itself came up. for • adoption, of moving an amendment, in favor of petitioning Government to dis-" solve Parliament^without delay. 1 \■i ( \ N <\ Mr Taylor' stonewalled until Govern ment consented .tjo adjourn for the night,. and" at 10.5 the debate'was adjourned till 1 Tuesday, whe,n Major Steward will take up the runnirigi \ ..-' 1 •.', :' ' \ i. , '' '',' j. j 'J ' 'J : * >

PARLIAMENTARY.

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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

FRIDAY, JUNE 20. The Legislative Council met at 2.30. MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR. Messages were received from the Governor referring to the death of Messrs Lahmann and Campbell, and the resignation of Mr Waterhousc. ■ - ■' ' ' INKW BILKS. . ■ Tho Attorney-General gave notice to introduce the following Bills : —Oaths Act 1 Amendment Bill;. Trustees Act Amend ment ; Arbitration Act Amendment; Mer cantile Agents Act Amendment; Child ren's Protection Act ; Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act. ADDRESS IN REPLY. Mr Stevens gave notice that Dr Grace would move the Address in Reply.' ' The Council rose at 3pini. till Tuesday,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

FIiroAY, JUNE 20. AFTERNOON SITTING, The House met at 2,30 p.m. REPRESENTATION ACT. Mr Joyce gave notice of the introduc tion of a Bill" to amend the Representa tion Act, 1889. XEW 15ILLR. The following Bills were introduced :— ] A Bill to Define the Hours of Labor with- ! in New Zealand : Bill to Amend the Hospitals and Charitable Aid Act, 1885 ; Patea Harbor Bill; School Committees' ! Election Bill ; Bill to Repeal the Conta- j gious Diseases Act, 1869 j Auckland Har-!

' bor Board Empowering- Bill'•-• ;Biil to Amend the Law relating • t*. Diyorce ;■. Todman Land Grant Bill; Sheep: Bill; Cbttle Bill,; Auckland Catholics] Reserves Bill; Gim'merburnr Forest Reserve Bill; Registration of' Electors Bill;; Hospital and Charitable Aid 8i11.,'/ '' \ MAJOR bAMPBBLI/S. RETIREMENT. Sir H. Atkinson'moved— 'SThat Mr Speaker be requested to convey to- Major Campbell, on his retirement from the .office, pf the Clerk of ttasjlpuse.,.,its ac:. kribwledgmerit of his prolonged and valu able services during the five-and-th\rtry. years he held that office, and its appxe . cjajjion, pf the ,advice andASsis**nceJie was "at 'all times willing to render' to the mem bers'6f this House, in the conduct of their business." '" ■ ■ ,' . Mr Ballance cordially seconded -the motion: , ; Sir John Hall concurred and the motion. was agreed to. ,» f ADDRESS IS REPLY. I i Mr Tanner moved the Address in Reply, and in doing so he regretted he could-not speak to the motion, as ill-health pre vented him from making any remarks on it.' ■■'""■ , -,-''' ! i.j-,5 Mr Ross seconded the motion, and said he had been under the impression' he would not have to make a long speech, :as. he expected themover would have gone" over all the ground in 1 the .usual way. j Mr Ballance moved the adjournment.of the debate till 7^30, which was*'agreed to, and the House rose at 3.25 p.m. ! ' ' '

EVENING SITTING.

, The House resumed ait 7.30 p.m. ; * ■■" ADDRESS-IN-REPLY. , ; Mr Ballance resumed the debate on; the Address-in-Reply. He 7 -thought t the House-would share with h's" regret that more light was.not thrown on the Address' by the usual speeches made. pn. such J oc casions by the mover and seconder; but he regretted that the member for "VVai pawa was suffering from illness. It peared to him. (Mr Ballance) that there was a goood deal in the Speech of a sugges tive character. He referred first fco ;the Premier's illness, which: might probably compel him to relinquish • 'office at; no, distant date. If. such should prove to be the case,, he desired to ;ex press the feeling ■'- of• 'regret which was: shared by the whole of the Opposition at such a contingency, and ne sincerely hoped that after, a short rest the Premier 'would-'again-'Be able to take his place amongst them fullyj restored to health. He deplored thataH*reference to the great question of labor? which was now agitating the whole world, had been omitted in the Speech. During the 1 recess^ w° very im, portant speeches had been made iby Ministers, and he could not but come to the conclusion that those speeches had been made with the consent of the Cabinet. Mr Fergus, for instance, had touched on large questions of policy, such as taking over the liabilities of local bodies, and this question must have been fully* discussed by the hen. gentleman's colleagues before he addressed his consti.-, tuente. Referring to the settlement: of tlie'lantlj Be-cdnsidered that one of the' questions that could engage tfyeir 1; attention. They were told that the colony! now possessed a choice of tenure, but feW present r Minister for Lands had done' nisi upmost to render the village settle ment scheme odious in the eyes of the people, and he had told them that his (Mr Richardson's) whole aim had been to ,alienate' large quantities of land. The hon. genfleman condemned himself by such a' statement, as, by his own showing;, 'although he had parted with large quan tities of land^ he was year by year puttinp a smaller number of settler^ 'on it., ' He (Mr,Ballance 1) thought the fact of such, a] large exodus having 1 occurred .in•'••our population .was due ,to' people, Ibeing un .able to obtain land for setjblenient, and the manner in which the landadmihistra tion was at present conducted was,'likely, to lead to dummyism; such : as rt ,they. had -never, heard oft before,' He asserted' that notwithstanding our large exports .thet administration of the! land of the; colony had done more to deepen depression than anything else. Ti .As to the acquisition of Native lands, he ' admitted)- that, it was. desirable to acdu'ire'those glands,',but the Government had'used'the vote of £29,C0Q given for this purpose for the beiiefiblof speculators, '/ and not for the benefit of the public at large. Referring to Major-General Edwards' report on the defences, he said he was not a high Imperial officer giving a professional opinion, but simply a tout for one of the Governments of Australia, in proof pf which Mr Ballance quoted Sir H. ParkeV letter to the General, suggesting that lit would be a good thing for New South Wales if a Chinese fleet could sail about in Sydney harbor. As to the question of federation, he asked what the delegates, .which they^ere fcpjbe. ]asked s 'to\lsps6int, Iwerti tol do.': Tneylwere Hupon^ by the Governor's speech to commit them-, selves to federation, and if they had made ap their minds to have nothing to do • wijbh federation at present, they should express themselves to that effect plainly, and have nothing to do with appointing delegates. There were snme remarkable appointments^ -made during the recess which were'not^referred to in the speech,* He should like to know why an .appoint- J -ment was made to the Supreme Bench without a special Act. being passed, and he [contended that Mr''Justice Edwards could not take his. seat on the Bench until his salary had been fixed, which could not be done until a special Act was passed' by' Parliam lei& / What status, he should like to know, was possessed by ,Mr Edwards. which entitled him to be raised to the Supreme Court bench ? jComing to another appointment, that of Colonel Trimble as Judge of the Native. Land C.ourt, 'he. fpund\ that the appoint ment "would have to' be legalised by aln A.ct, and that hjs.salary ,ha4in.conse- ir quence been: paid out of unauthorised ex-' penditure. They had also had a marine engineer and engineer-in-chief appointed, and ne' wanted to know why those two offices could not be performed by one officer, especially in times of retrench ment, of which they had heard so much from the present Government. Then they were told, during the recess, that it was very desirable that the land belonging i to the East Coast Land Settlement Com -1 pany should be purchased to prevent the [ Natives being robbed, and he hoped the Government would lay the whole of the papers connected with this transaction on the table. He complained that no refer ence was made in the Speech to the property tax, and no opportunity was therefore given to the House of discussing its' readjustment. Coming to Mr Fergus' • spoech at Queenstown, he asserted that no expression of opinion was more derided in the House than that the goheral and I local finances should be kept separate, but they were now apparently about to institute a complete change in this respect. The conclusion he had come to on reading Mr Fergus' speech was that there was some kjnd Sf a proposal to mix themselves up with the liabilities of local bodies, and they would like ,to know, whether that was the policy of the Government or not. With respect to local government on the West Coast, he was not aware that any particular desire' had lueen expressed for that by the people interested. He con tended that there was a universal desire expressed last session for a dissolution,, and he thought the Government now re gretted they had not adopted that course., He regretted that they ware to waste their time this session doing nothing, and he thought that even now the Govern ment ought to go to the country on their, policy and obtain an expression of opinion on it.

Mr Hislop thanked Mr Balluncc on behalf of the Government for the hand some manner in which he referred to the Premier's itate of hwltb, He said the

hon ifentleman'ii speech was a charac teristic one, and an effort was made to speak to an audience outside the House." He hoped Mr Ballance would excuse him from referring fully to all his criticisms, as other opportunities would given for doing so. Mr Ballance had no right to assume to himself all the virtues with respect to the settlement of the land. Other persons were just as eager as that, hon gontluman to do so, and it was no particular, credit to Mr ■-BaUmm* ;•*• put twelve hundred people on the land in otta iyear at!'aW,expenditure 0f"3^^,000." He (Mr Hislopy contended TtKat the settle-" •mentof the land had notWngftir»de''with the number, 'of i people* arhfo had left the , colony, but it would be found that the number'of, people who had taken uft land - under the administration of the.present ,^ Ministry was greater thin under tliat of Mr . .Ballance. 4 They' would j be' abkyto: prove by figures that the administration of/his hon colleague', the'Minist&Tf&'X&ids, was infinitely more isuccesßful i thtfn* that

of the late Minister. As to Mr Balance's remarks ?about the purchase 6f ''Native - land at Rotorua, he wished to. say ih*t theo ( Gx)y/ernmen^ had made a >,very/ good 1 bar- .-j gain by that transaction, and if rumor was -V to be beleived Mr Ballance himself had *■■_ I intended to {purchase; Rotorua/ ; i^tif B«l- '■'/ lancer-?'/ $0.") r .. flei should pass r over; . several charges made by the hon. gentle man, ,bfrtVa#r ; ijo, the question'i'^w»pv, ,'•,■ .pqinfonenjfc,, pf { ,«. j Supreme' Court fudge, :s" he regretted that, ,Mr« jßsllanfey should so, far fprgetjija. pp^tic^,#£, to. assert that Mr: Justice Edwards was : appojinted-at the r dictetipn;of ,a coterie ; of; lawyers;, aty/Wel- • lingtonj  jThjq .Government: the appointment, of•„» r Supreme wQourt Judge ,as' a very<, sacred, .matter, and ■not o?je..to;be,undertaken flight^ Mr, ,]|Bai^n9e|f was also quite wrong in ' his law,. «w .a. Judge ..:had been. »p- ■ pointed to the Appellant Court of England without salary and without a Bill Being passed. r Cdlonfel Trimble's appointment) had'also given' great satisfaction. He ' could assure .Mr. .Ballance, ( that .whatever - ? course had bieert adopted vri<3i' respect to the East Coast Settlement 'Company would be, laid fully before the .House. Hecon 'tended.that sufficient m&tenf'-weW men- ; tioned in the GovemoraTßpeech to occupy the House profitably this session,.and he . ' denied that they werfe 'either trumpery or. unimportant, ashadbeenalle^ed. r'(t'iniUly ■ he said the hon member "Had "not " been able to find any'faults''with the adminis* tration of the Government, and he con sidered that! tHe administration compared most favorably with that of their prede cessors. - — . ''"-■•

, Sir George Grey referred, to the r .weari ni>xs and dnjariiitfu they,hart listeneii to that ' nii;hf, when such''grant queetions required, adjustment. He intended^pro- , poiiri^ an amendment at Kprbpei'time to the ..third, paragraph, in tl^e Governor's speech; prajing hiisEx^ellebcy toxfissolve ParUament withouß'delay s,''and to cause writs to be issued, for the election of a hew 'Parliament;'" ' "- ""'-al ***« ? ■, ''.

Mr Taylor protested against angina- . portant debate Hike,thejprefierit one being forced' through in 1 the- manner proposed by;th'eXibvernmehti' r (i ,;./.- -fnhh \:->' ".', ;; Major. Steward moved the adjournment of the debate on the^ground/thsiiiniany members who- had; not arrived . anxious to. take part'in it,./ '<";> tyY * ' ■i-Mr Mitchelson,said, the . Government > 'had intended tonfihish the- debatefT,th*t : night. if t. possible^ and; he > failed >to > see - what good; could be attained by adjoiirn mentj ' Nevertheless he should not oppose" the motion. .• .-1 .yi.J'.ii I'witi—v'Hfii :\'

'■ ■ Theimotion--was wreed * to^tanflA.the debate adjourned till Tuesdayfnextj;t£

TEN MONTHS' SUFFERING IN A HOSPITAL.

There js ah ■old;skying rtha^ physicians are a class of men who "pour "drum! - ■'of which ■ they know little, into bodies, of which they know less. ' This i&bbtn* true 5 and untrue at A same time. ■ There are good and poor " /lawyers; !ahd g66d and pbikf dodltih: TThe trouble with.,these medical 1 gentlemen as a .profession is that,they ar&clannt»h;i.nd[not r fore. pay, ,by thjjir.,,jhrequent; ,:f,ailur<M^ vjthe'i \ penalty .oi refusing instruction .unless) the , teacher bears their own '^HsJT.Msik^;, - An eminent physician—-I)rßrown-S«quardi t 'of Par:—- mjilch ilk; f.ict ni-ciirntcly wfiephe says.: '• Mie imimli^.-i! j>i"fi'.««iifjn nro so Hcunil up in their -v!f-<o:ifi si"! c 'mil-conceit that £ they allow i'io (iii^iui: d t:uihs of licence In be picked up by persons entirely,outside their, ranks." ■. .We /give. a' moat interesting' incident, which illustrates' this; truth. M;i' {,".-'''' .X?*'. " '''■; "' *■'' The steamship. " Concordia," of the Donaldson/Linei from Glasgow for. Baltimore in 1 8SJ f s. halving ,on ; board T e» a fire-^ man a man named Richard Wade, of Glaigow^ He had been a fireman for. fourteen yean on various ships, sailing to An3erioa, v'China, and ' India. He had bbrrie the hard and. exhausting labor, and had "been heakhy atid'strong. t)n . the trip we 'n6w name ne begihifoT t the first time to feel weak and ill. His appetite failed, and he < suffered 1 from drowtmess. heartburn, a bad taste in the mouth, and .cwtiTOneM v £nd <I }rreguJaritj! offj.fti; bpwels. Sometimes when at wor^tte.hadj^atta^ks of '.: giddiness, but >BuppQsetttt'to be 'caus«f by the heat of the''fire"room.' ''Quite often he was sick ,and felt, like vpmituig.f and had, some painl in the hWct. Later" during the passage, he grew t ,worse, and when the ship reached'Halifak'n^wis'placed in the Victoria Geneaal Hospital, and the ship ■.[ ißaifcdJ '^way'/With^up;'^^m.{_j House surgeon gave him some powders "to stop the vomiting, and ,the: next> day the Tinting. Physician gave Wma mixture to take every tour hours. Within two days Wade was so ■ muchworte'that^nytfocCoite^Btoi^^'teth the powders andr'thei'inixturej'n>A in«nth passed^ the poor fireman getting 'irorie »nd wprse.; f»-•;,. ,',M'i ,■-..'<;«■«■•'> ij-n^-i^Vf ( ' Then,.came another doctori,who Tfas to be \asitingjphysician. ): for; the: j'PMit fcv months. < He ,gaye other .mfdipines^,{lnit not ■ much relief.' Nearly'^ll that tine"Wad*r suffered great torture ; he digested nothing ' . throwing f up all he ate.- There was terrible pfcnVW the bowels 'burning, 'rfi^at^.Ji -the throat, heartburn; :and!' racking-iieSdaehe. - The patient was now takings mixture every ' ' fouHh6ur»',lpb^ders, r oqe af^each |ie|l to I digest »thdifood, operating ..pills oni.every night, and temperaijure pifii two each night to stop' the "cold" sweats. , If drag*' could cure , him .at,, all, r , hadi > an ideathit'Jie ltboklenongh'to doit. But ■ on the other .hand pleurisv.se^in and tkt , doctor i -todh WnqbjL o»*ck* pfi nfimr froni Mi .' ■'' right tide and., then"lqj3 huu^ie .wassure' to . 'die. -Five moiitho more rolled by'abd'tnere was another change of'visiting physidansk The new one gave Wade a mixture whica * he said made hint tremble like a leaf v% tree. ■ At Scotch blood asserted"'•• ' itself.y-HerefiweiJto st|Bajan^'n|>re dosing, . and t'?ldthe doctors that'if he must die he .! .could, di^ a^j well without them a* wkh>hem.. By this 'time" a cup or' milk would turn sour , on his stomach, and lie there for days. Our , friend from Glasgow was like a wreck on a . shoal, fast going to pieces. We, will let ihun/tellrtho rest, oi his" experiemctf ■ mjthe words ia which he communicated It to thet press. ' ■ ■

He says: " When I was in this state a lady whom I had never seen aune to th* hospital and talked with me. She proved to be nn angel of mercy,- 1, for without her I should not now be alive. ; SKe told ma of a medicine called ' Mother.Seigel*! Curfttive Syrup,' and brought me a. bottM next day. I starter! with it, without bens^lting the doctors, and in only .-»■ fj^&iffitinw I vxu out of bed- calling ;fi¥'h^;^fd. :^fgs for hrcdkfait. ■ From that time keeping on with Mother Seigel's great remedy, I got well fast, and waa toon able to lefcve the hospital and coiwo home to Glasgow.; I ifw feel v if I was in another world, and have no illness of any. kind." -.. .f- .; j v The aboye facts are cabnly and imrartislly stated,-and the reader may draw his .own conclusion. We deem it b<»t I'tb ;i u«n»» names althbugh Mr Wade' gave them hi:his original:deposition. 'Hia address is No. 244, StobcroHß street, Glasgow, wher* itCTirt will reach liim.

ME ASHBURTON GTTABDIAN, SATURDAY, JUKE 21, ISOG.



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i\ MEETI NG, of all who have ■ \ been interested in Mrs Bayerty's Mission, will be held in the Orange Hall on TUESDAY NIGHT, at 7.30 p.m. 6 129 __I_L__L' \k,' ANTED by a young person, light * *' housemaid's situation in small quiet family.—A.J.W., Office of this paper.



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' First boomer T v You" fellows have nb"4et . up at all. Why don't you have jjhotograpu of your town.taken like/wfe: do !u Aie you ashamed of it?" River Boomer: "Niw,^ that ain't the reason at all. I want you to ' . understand young fellah, that our town dont stand «tiU long enough to be photogr»^«i"