The Ashburton Guardian. Magna et Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1890. THE HUTCHISON CHARGES.

Mr G. Hutchison, M.H.R. for Wai totara, has made certain charges against individual Ministers of. the Cabinet, which, if proved, should re sult in the immediate retirement of the persons affected from the Minis terial Benches. The charges, shortly stated, are that three members of the present Ministry, are, or have been until recently, bound hand and foot to the chariot of a powerful financial in stitution. Mr Hutchison avers that, in dealings between the State and this institution, Ministers have so acted with public funds as to benefit the institution at the cost of the State. It' is alleged that a large sum of State money has been alllowed to lie for months in the hands of the Bank of New Zealand (the institution referred to), and no interest derived therefrom. This money, Mr Hutchison also states, came to hand at a very critical period in the Bank's history, and bnt for its timely arrival and the purposes to which it was applied, serious conse quences to the Bank would have arisen. Mr Hutchison implied, if he did not openly state, that certain Ministers of the Crown were so completely under the thumb of the powerful institution referred to that they had no option but to do as they were bidden, and permit State moneys to be used for a certain period for the Bank's sole benefit. These are particularly grave charges to make, even on the floor of the House, where so much latitude is allowed for the freedom of speech. The gravity of the charges was fully realised by the House, and a Committee, with a slight preponder ance of Government supporters, was appointed to make a thorough investi gation. This Committee has been en gaged for nearly a month in arranging preliminaries for an exhaustive inquiry, but, judging by Friday's proceedings in the House, have been hampered by the Government and the Bank in re gard to procuring essential evidence. The Bank refuses, upon technical grounds, to produce books and papers necessary to show the commercial rela tions of certainMinisterswiththeßank. In this action the Bank is supported by the Ministry, and it would now ap pear that there is a decided desire on the part of those most affected to burk the inquiry, lest the results should prove disastrous to themselves. A distinct endeavor has been made by the Government to make the inquiry superficial instead of searching, and this action, we have no doubt, will be estimated a,t its true, value the country. Whether the charges of the member for Waitotara are true or false cannot be ascertained unless by careful and keen scrutiny, and the Committee are powerless to bring up a report unless full permission is given to peruse all books and documents bearing upon the charges made. In addition to this, power is required to examine witnesses for and against the accuser These privileges have been denied to the Committee, and the con sequence is that all the Opposition members appointed have now resigned in a body, believing that anything less than an exhaustive inquiry would be a farce. The position has therefore re solved itself into this, that Government must now either abandon the investig ation altogether, or conduct the inquiry themselves. Sufficient evidence has, however, been forthcoming to cause a grave reflection to rest upon certain Ministers of the Crown, and the dis position shown by Ministers and the Rink to burk the enquiry has not in ;my way assisted to remove this reflec tion, but, on the other hand, has given a colour to the charges made which they did not previously possess. In the interest of the Government, of Mr. Hutchison, and of the country it has becorrfe imperative that the charges made should be sifted to the bottom, but Ministers and Ministeral sup porters have effectually prevented this from taking place, and practically Mr. Hutchison's grave charges of coruption against the Government go forth un challenged.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Birmingham was created a city January 14, 1889.

An association has been formed in Wei lington to grow fruit in large quantities.

The Oamaru shopkeepers have unanim ously resolved to close at nine p.m. on Saturdays.

The fifth annual football match between the Otago University and the Canterbury College on Saturday was won by Canterbury College by a goal and a try to m!.

Wellington chess players have decided to hold a chess congress about Christmas, the conditions being that any club in Now Zealand may nominate two competitors free, their members to pay two guineas fco the fund; only honafide resilents of New Zea land living 15 miles outside Wellington, bo situated that they are unable to be members of the Chess Club, may compete without payment.

A good story concerning a " lost ball " is being told in the Midlands just now, says n, London paper. It appears that the railway line passes close by the county cricket ground afc Stafford. During a recent match Mr J. Yard, of Denstone College, who plays for Staffordshire, hit a ball into a passing train, and it was carried on to Birmingham. It is alleged that Mr Ward could have kept on running out that hit until the ball had been fetched back from Birmingham by special train, but that the other side, dismayed at the prospect, agreed to compound the claim for 40 runs.

This is what a New York paper has'to say concerning the queen city of the North Island: —"Auckland, New Zealand, is a lively town, It is situated by the crater of a volcano that may break out at any moment, but that doesn't trouble the Aucklanders. They arc going to floor it with cement and make a water reservoir of it. Then if tho volcano so far forgets itself as to belch, it will be drowned out before it can get its second wind. The new reservoir will be looked after by the Fire nnd Water Com mittee."

Mr W. T. Whitaker, a Wellington resi dent, has arrived in Ashburton, having made a special visit for the purpose of inter viewing the Indian oculist, I)r Kureem Btix. From Mr Whitaker's statement it appears that Dr Kureem Bux guaranteed to remove a cataract from the eye of Mr Whitaker's son for the sum of £20. After receiving £13 011 account the oculist departed from Wellington on very short notice, and without effecting a cure. We understand it is Mr Whitaker's intention to set the law in motion to recover the money paid, and substantial damages. As showing Mr Whitaker's thorough earnestness in the matter it may be mentioned that he followed the Indian Specialist to the West Coast, and not coming up with him there traced him to Ashburtou,

An offer has been made from Egypt to forward the tomb and remains of Cleopatra for exhibition at the Chicago Exhibition. The sale of land and stock-in-trade in the estate of Mr C. Homersham will take place on Wednesday, August 13th, and not on Monday next as advertised last week.

A man named Henry Lenehan was acci dently killed at Cape Foul wind quarries on Friday afternoon. He got jammed be the buffer of a truck and the crane at which he was working. A Maori woman was found dead on Wed nesday in a whare at Turakina bridge Wanganui, with rats nawiag her feet and hands. The police have taken charge of the body. Sir Arthur Gordon seems to have made himself as unpopular in Ceylon by his pompous airs and graces as he did in Now Zealand. Accordingly, when his time came to depart the other day, a great crow arose and every journalist tried his hand at a lampoon. Sir Julius Vogel, in a letter received by Mr Samuel, M.H.R., states that Mr Charles Marvin, Chairman of the Taranaki Petro leum and Iron syndicate, was suddenly taken seriously ill on the eve of leaving for America to buy plant for the syndicate. " Was your patent ship protector—the 1 one to keep off torpedo boats—a success ?" " Very successful —made a pile of money [ out of it." " What are you at work on [now?" "A torpedo boat that'll blow the protector all to piecess." The services of Ereua Te Aik, Maori constable at Kaiapoi, who was in receipt of £25 for keeping order at the Kaiapoi Native Pa, have been dispensed with from to-day. It is understood that the Maoris are petition ing Parliament to reinstate the constable, Johnny came home from school the other day very much exited. "What do you think, pa ? Joe Smith, one of the big boys, had an argument with the teacher about a question in grammar." " What position did Joe take?" "His last position was across the chair, face down," replied Johnny. A gentleman in a Midland town of Eng land, dying recently, left the bulk of his fortune to the paator of the Metropolitan Tabernacle. But the deceased had several relatives ill-provided for, and the trustees resolved to put their case before the preacher. They saw him at his house at Norwood, with the result that Mr Spurgeon placed the property in their hands for dis tribution among the needy relatives of the testator.

In the claim made by Sir Julius Vogel against the colony the Government will plead the statute of limitations under the Crown Suits Act, 1881. Clause 30 of the Grown Suits Act, 1881, says:—No person shall be entitled to prosecute or enforce any claim under this part of the Act (claims against the Crown by petition) unless the petition shall set forth the relief sought, and be filled within twelve months after the claim or demand has arisen."

The Rev. Geo. Barclay, (the " Timaru Herald " hears) has been offered a seat in the British House of Commons, for" an Irish Home Rule constituency. It is said that the eloquent address given at Temuka by Mr Barclay in favour of Home Rule so im pressed the Irish delegates that they have endeavoxired to secure the services of so well informed and cultured an exponent of the Irish cause. The Rev. Mr Barclay recently resigned the Presbyterian pastorate of Geraidiue.

Says the "Post":—The Earl of Jersey, who is to succeed Lord Carrington, Gover nor of New South Wales, holds an earldom dating from 1697, but he has also the old titles of Viscount Villiers and Baron of Hoe, created in 1621. He was born in 1845, and educated at Eton and Cambridge; in 1872 he married the eldest daughter of Baron Lee, an acknowledged leader of London Society. Lord Jersey has been a Lord-in-Waiting to the Queen, Chairman of the Oxfordshire County Council, as well as Lord-Lieutenant of Oxford. He is a Conservative Peer with a rent roll worth £24,596. Lord Jersey has never taken a very prominent part in public life, but he is known to be an enthusiastic athlete and sportsman, which is almost a certain passport to popularity with the colonists of New South Wales.

This is how a correspondent to a Welling ton journal expresses himself:—The decided and firm stand which the Government has taken in the interest of the rich against the middle and working classes, is so prominent in all their legislation that it can be 110 lomger misunderstood : ifc is one of the clearest ex amples of might against right that ever the wily brains of politician conceived. I must allow that the manner in which they have led up to the present state of things is worthy of the brains that conceived it and of the leader that has carried it out, for there is no doubt it required a great tactician, if not a good man. It has given all the advantages to one class to get rich, and has laid all the burdens on the other. And then to make it parmanent, it has robbed by law the people of cities and towns of half their representative power, nnd given it to those whom the rich think they can command as their slaves.

Dr Pombrack, writing in the Meditsinskoe " ObovriSme" on alcoholism, describes seven cases treated by hypodermic injections of strychnine—a method that seems especially in favour in Russia, where, however, it must be remembered that drunkenness presents as a rule forms somewhat different from those prevalent in this country. Dr Pombrak found strychnine a very valuable remedy, both in cases of chronic alcoholism and in those of dipsomania, not merely curing the attacks, but abolishing the desire for drink. Even the attacks of delirium tremens were influenced beneficially. The treatment must be carried out in a systematic manner, and must frequently be kept up for a very con siderable period. As to the dose, Dr Pom brack in cases of moderate severity com menced with one-thirtieth of a grain, in more serious ones with one-fifteenth. He found that while the treatment was being carried out there was no necessity to order the patients to abstain from use of spirits, as they always did so of their own accord. — " Lancet."

The Women's Penny Paper is exceedingly angry with the " St James's Gazette" for saying that the lady cricketers ought to be at home learning to boil potatoes instead or careering after cricket balls and making un womanly exhibitions of themselves. Tho W.P.P. thinks it might as reasonably say that the members of a University eleven ought to be at home cleaning plate. '' Feminine logic is, of course (comments a contemporary), beyond refutation ; but we may perhaps be permitted to remark that it has never been usual for young gentleman to clean the plate, but that it is (ov ought to bo) usual for young ladies to know how a potato is boiled. Women are constantly be wailing the disinclination of men to marry, and the late age at which they go to the altar; and if the Women's Penny Paper does not know the ck'.ef reason in this shyness, we do. She does not know what things cost; she cannot tell a prime joint from one that, has conic from Ncv Zealand ; she has never learned the art of managing servants; and she is ignorant of cookery. When she marries she not only largely increases her husband's expenses (that is inevitable, and men do not complain of it), but she diminishes his comfort by taking the man agement of a business she does not under stand.

Mr Bradlaugh has an article in the "Speaker " defining his position on the eight hours question. Dealing with the argument from Australian precedent, he lays particular emphasis on the fact that in the colonies the eighfc hours day has been won by the organised trades withous any recourse to legislative assistance. The laboring popu lation of Australia, he points out, is limited ; assisted immigration of poor workers is dis couraged ; protective duties are enforced; there is little or no export of manufactured goods; and the high prices of all manu factured products sorely reduce the purchas ing power of the nominal wage received. Mr Bradlaugh's study of the operation of the eight hours' system in Australia has shown him that it has not succeeded in eliminating meetings of the unemployed or preventing periodical demands upon the respective colonial Governments for the establishment of relief works, Mr Bradlaugh thinks it highly significant that in the Bill that was introduced into the Victorian Legislative Assembly to legalise the system, it was actually proposed to enact that even more than eight-hours day, or overtime, might be worked if agreed to between employer and employed. He also instances the fact that in New South Wales, where the eight-hours day is established by custom, overtime is allowed and paid for, and in many cases workmen are paid by the hour and not by the dayj

The Bengal police have published the fol lowing extraordinary warning to passengers at all the stations on the Eastern Bengal Railway :—" Passengers arehereby cautioned against taking anything to eat or drink from unknown persons, as there are many who live by poisoning travellers. They firtit of all court acquaintance with passengers in a sarai or some other place, and then gain their confidence on the plea of being fellow travellers going to the same place. When they reach a place convenient for the pur pose they poison the water or food of the passengers ; who become insensible, and then they decamp with all their property. They also at times poison the passenger's water when drawn out of wells, or sweatmeats bought from the bazaar, or food when being c«6ked. •

On Tuesday Mr Feldwick (Inveicargill) stated that he wished to move that a, return be laid on the table, covering the period between January 1880 and present dates, of the names of officers who l*ive borrowed money from the postal and telegraph fine fund, the amounts borrowed, the sums still owing, and the rate of salary which was being paid to them at the time when they applied for the loans ; (2) the bonuses, if any, paid to officers from the fund since. 1875; (3) the number of defaulters, and the reasons for non-payment. The Postmaster-General opposed the motion on the ground that the granting of the return would have exposed the affairs of private individuals. Mr Feld wick then stated that he had received private information that the fund had not been properly used. Mr Mitchelson stated that the loans had been granted without interest, but stated that no excessive sums had been lent. Subsequently he showed the member for Invercargill a departmental return, from which that gentleman saw for himself that the loans made ranged from £130 down to £20, only two of them being over £100. In all there had been thirty of these transac tions between January Ist, 1880, and July, 1890. But of all these transactions! default was only made in one case, and the defaulter was dismissed. Out of the fund already mentioned £371 had been granted to tele graph officers' boating clubs, and only two small sums of £5 each in the way of bonuses. The total amount that has accrued from fines ia somewhere about £1100.

The Markets.

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London^ August 2. Prospects of European crops generally are improving.

Three packages of butter shipped in the Orient Company's steamer Oroya, from Australia, have arrived in splendid con dition, and not tainted as most previous shipments have been. Australian butter is quoted at 80s, Danish 925.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, have received the following cable message, dated London Ist August, 1890 : —

Tallow—The market is quieter. There is a good continental demand for lower and medium sorts. Fine mulrton and good beef tallow is worth respectively 25s IM and 24s fid per cwfc.

Frozen Meat —Mutton market quist. Canterbury and Wellington muttonia worth respectively 4|d and 4d per lb. Prime New Zealand lambs are worth per carcase s|d per lb. Beef market is quiet. New Zealand fore and hind quarters are worth 3d and 4d per lb.

New Zealand Hemp—There is more enquiry. In sympathy with the advance of £1 in Manila, New Zealand has ad vanced 10s per to»i.

SPORTING

ASHBURTON COUNTY HUNT CLUB.

The following acceptances have been re ceived :■— Hunters' Hurdles* st lb st lb Donnybrook 11 7 Lyndoora... 10 5 Inchkeith 11 0 Beaufort ... 10 0 Pioneer ... 10 10 Tommy ... 10 0 Hunt Club Cup. sfc lb st lb Enterprise 11 12 Pioneer ... 10 7 Morok ... 11 7 Allover ... 10 7 The Mount 11 7 Glentui ... 10 0 Glen ... 11 5 Ladies' Bracelet. st lb st lb Snapshot... 12 0 The Mount 10 7 Sorella ... 11 11 Morok ... 10 7 Rob Roy... 11 4 Hetfcy ... 10 3 Enterprise 11 2 Tommy ... 10 0 Inchkeith 10 12 Kilmarnock 10 0

PARLIAMENTARY

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 2,

The following is the concluding portion of Friday night's sitting : — Mr Marchant supported the amendment. Captain Russell said that if there was any blame bestowed at all in the matter, it was on the inefficient Committee, which totally failed to grasp the situation. As to the statement that Mr. Bell appeared more for the Ministry than for the Bank he (Mr. Bell) had written stating that he never held any communication with Sir F. Whitaker, Sir H. Atkinson, or Mr Mi't chelson on the subject of Mr Hutchison's charges. After further discussion Mr Macarthur's amendment was carried by 30 to 21, and the motion as amended was then agreed to on the voices. Mr Ballance said that as the powers of the Committee had been restricted and a new order of reference made, and after the abuse which had been heaped upon the Committee and the censure passed by the House, he could no longer take part in the Committee's deliberations. Sir H. Atkinson had agreed upon an order of reference which they considered fair to both sides, and he must protest against the new order of things which had been set up, and he asked to be relieved of further attendance on the Committee. Messrs Larnach, and Seddon, and Dr Fitchett also signified their intention of taking no further part in the proceedings of the Committee j\fter the action taken by the House, and the comment of the Ministers. The House rose at 2,45.

A TRIP HOME.

The following is the final selection of extracts from the lecture delivered by Mr John Lambie, Kyle, on the 4th of July last :— NEW ZEALAND WHEAT IN LONDON. I visited the great London corn market at Mark Lane, and found our Canterbury Tuscan long-berried wheat quoted at 39s per quarter. This was the highest in the market. Much of the foreign wheats on offer at Mark Lane were dirty, mixed with seeds and rubbish of all kinds, such as wild oats, barley, cockle, etc. South Aus tralia and New Zealand wheats seemed to be the cleanest in the market. ON THE BACK TKACK. After a visit to the Paris Exhibition . . •. . on the 24th January, 1890, I started on my return trip, sailing from the Royal Albert Docks in the s.s. Arcadia, of the P. and 0. line, 6500 tons, and 7000 horse power. We left the shores of Old England in the teeth of a howling south-west gale, which wrecked many vessels and did other damage. It was rough and stormy until we had crossed the Bay of Biscay, and then all at once we entered beautiful summer weather, and on the fifth day from London anchored at Gibraltar. Here some of the most powerful British war vessels were lying at anchor. There was the Colossus, with her enormous 160-ton guns ready to blow an enemy to smithereens ; also the Benbow and the Northumberland, vessels of .the highest class. Five days ago we were in the depths of an English winter, but here we had the peach trees in full bloom. We had a magnificent view of this celebrated fortress, and then steamed on down the Mediterranean, and in three days ai'rived at Malta. MALTESE MILKMEN. The milkmen in Malta supply their customers in a peculiar way. A milkman has a flock of goats, and he leads them along the street, stopping at the door of the customer's house and milking the quantity required into a basin, and then pftsees on with'his flock to the next cus tomer's house to do the same thing. LIFE ON BOARD.

From Malta to Brindisi, to take on board 1000 bags of mails and many pas sengers, thence to Port Said, the entrance to the Suez Canal. . ■ . . Shortly after leaving London, as soon as the majority of the passengers had got over their sea-sickness, a meeting was held at which an amusement committee was formed. It was the duty of this com mittee to arrange a series of concerts, sports, dramatic performances, lectures, wild beasts shows, (after the pattern of '' Barnum's ■"Greatest show on earth") dances and all forms of entertainment. The P. and O. Company provide a band of eight performers for the purpose of supplying music during the voy age. This band plays a selection every day on the first and second saloon decks, supplies the dance music, and furnishes the roars for the wild animals at the "Great Show." So that, given smooth seas, warm weather, and an agree able crowd of passengers, a trip on one of these fine steamers can be pleasant in the highest decree. Mr Edison, the inventor of the phonograph, had an agent on board who was going out to India. This agent gave a very interesting lecture, and an exhibition of the wonderful pitch of perfection to which tins instrument has been brought. We heard the phono graph on board the Arcadia repeat the tunes played by the Hor.so Guards, band in London, the bugle calls for various movements, and those of the London 'Bus conductors. There were also to be heard speeches as delivered by some of the best orators in England, and songs as sung by the celebrated singers. By request, the popular purser of the Arcadia sang into the instrument the celebrated Irish song "Kilkloe." The instrument repeated the song in every detail, down to the applause which followed its performance, much to the amusement of all on board. WhVi fancy dress balls on the deck in the .beautiful tropical evenings time does not leg, bu* passes like a dream with nothing more trying to the system than eating and drinking, with perhaps a mild flirtation here and there. PORT SAID. The town of Port Said lies on the right as you enter the Suez Canal from the Mediterranean. It was evening when we arrived at this point. The entrance is shown by a revolving electric light, from a high tower, which light at every revolu tion throws a flash exactly in the line of the canal. On the left lies the Holy Land, but nothing can be seen for miles except a flat sandy desert, with a small patch of scrub here and there. At Port Said we got our first glimpse of Oriental Ufc. Hundreds of Arabs and Egyptians were lying asleep in the open air, coiled up in heaps by the sides of the houses. .

. . A great number of the inhabitants make a living by selling curios of Ger man or Brummagem manufacture to pas sengers by the various steamers. The passage through the canal occupies eigh teen or twenty hours, but apart from the historical associations connected with this part of the world there is nothing of special interest. The passage down the Red Sea in February is not attended with any degree of discomfort from excessive heat, as the thermometer only registers about 70°. ADEN. This is one of the most barren, dried up places on the face of the earth. Swarms of Arabs crowd on board the steamer while she lies at anchor, to sell ostrich' feathers, eggs, antelope horns, leopard skins, etc., for which they ask mast outrageous prices. It seems to be an understood thing that the buyer should never offer more than a fourth of the price asked. \ The principal attrac tions at Aden are the wells, cut out of the rocks, and the handiwork, it is asserted, of Alexander the Great. The camel ""market, just outside the gate, is a curious sight. I ADELAIDE. After leaving Colombo, the next port after Aden, a fine run of nine days takes the Arcadia again 'across the Line, into the Southern Hemisphere, and under the Southern Cross, and the other constella tions familiar to New Zealanders. . . .

On the thirtieth day out from London the Arcadia anchored at Albany, in King George's Sound, and stayed a few hours. A run of three days across the Great Australian Bight, and the steamer arrives at Adelaide. Here I bade good-bye to the Arcadia, had a look at the city, and took a train to Wallaroo, 126 miles north, where I visited some relatives, who have been farming in that district for many years. TO THE DISCONTENTED. For any one who is dissatisfied with New Zealand, I cannot recommend a better cure than a visit to South Australia in the autumn, and a journey through that extensive waterless country, From the city of Adelaide in a northerly direction the railway runs through manjf i : , miles of country which is covered with a noxious weed called stink-wort. This is one of the worst weed pests in the old settled districts around Adelaide. In the back country, which is being reclaimed from mallee scrub, this weed has not yet ob , tamed a footing. LAND CLEARING. The settlers in South Australia are not lacking in energy, and employ some ex cellent devices for saving labor. In clearing the land, the mallee scrub, which is sometimes over twenty feet high, is rolled down wholesale by a large heavily weighted roller, drawn by a bullock or horse team. After drying for a time, the scrub is burnt off. The land is then re rolled in an opposite direction and any remaining scrub burnt off. The land is then ploughed by means of " stump , jumping " ploughs of two, three, or foir

furrows. The wheat is sown from a DobbieV; broadcast sower, and the laud is then harrowed with stump-jumping harrows. If there is a sufficient rainfall the when,*-, grows very well; but before harvest the newly reclaimed wheat pad dock has often the appearance of a young blue gum plantation, from the young shoots of mallee which sprang up. The farmer then goes ovsr his paddock and with a scythe or reaping hook cuts down the young shoots of eucalypti, which are often higher than the wheat crops. This is necessary so as to allow the stripper fco work freely. After stripping, the wheat is passed through a hand-winnowing machine. It is then weighed, bagged up by hand aid carted to the nearest market.

Although the South Australian farmer gets a slightly better price for his wheat than we do in New Zealand, his yields are smaller and much more uncertain. While in the interior of South Australia I ex perienced one of thefamous hot winds, and I have no wish to feel another. Between flies, mosquitoes, snakes, and hot^ winds, I did not find life so pleasant as in New Zealand. HOME AGAIN. Aiter a week in Melbourne, I sailed for Lyttelton in the U. S. S. Company's s.s. Manapouri, via Hobart and the Bluff, and had the pleasure of luring for a fellow passenger, Bishop Julius of Christchurch, who preached two excellent sermons on board. Let me say in conclusion that in all my travels I have seen no place where there are better chances of making an honest living from the soil, or of living a healthy happy life, than in the land in which we dweli—New Zealand !

TELEGRAPHIC

HOME AND FOREIGN

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London, August 2 to 4. Huddart Parker's new steamer, Hy genia, has accomplished twenty-three miles an hour on a trip. In the House of Commons the Local Taxation Bill has been read a third time. ; Nine competed for the Searle Memorial Gup which wa3 rowed from Putney to Barnes. In the final heat, East defeated Gorcoran and Perkins. In response to a sharp protest from the Marquis of Salisbury, the Portu guese Government has cabled to the authorities at Mozambique to punish the captors of the British steamer. The cricket match between the Australians and Lyric Club was re sumed. The second innings of the latter closed for 278, and that of the Australians for 134, the Lyric Olub winning the match by 96 runs. O'Brien, for the winners, played a brilliant innings for 87, while Barrett, for the visitors, carried out his bat for 61. The "Economist" asserts it is a matter for regret that the selection of railway routes in Victoria was not submitted to a non-political Com mittee, and declares that Government will be compelled to increase the mile age or otherwise they will be defeated. The Privy Council refuse to accept the appeal of the Tasmania Railway Company, as it is irregular, and the Directors anticipate the appeal will now be wholly abandoned. The correspondent of the " Daily News " sends some horrible details of treatment to which prisoners in Mace donia are subjected. Succi's rival, Jacquess, has fasted for forty-two days. It is reported that Viscount Dunlo and wife have become reconciled. In the House of Commons the Speaker rebuked Sir Vernon Har court for accusing the Government of insolence towards the-Scotch members. The lion, member resented the Speaker's remarks, and an excited scene resulted. ; The Bristol Docks Committee has arranged with the Anglo-Australian Steam Company for a regular line of steamers to run between ATonmouth Docks and Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney. The first steamer will pro bably leave for the colonies about the middle of the month. The scheme has been largely supported in the West of England. At a banquet which followed the unveiling of the Porster statue on the Embankment, Lord Cranbrook eulo gised the imperial character of Mr Forster's patriotism in hoping to unite Greater Britain with the Mother Country so closely that the federation would become a powerful instrument in carrying out the grand work of civilisation. Lord Knutsford, the Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, and Mr Childers were among those present. St. Petersbubg, August 2. Another plot against the Czar has been discovered among the Nihilists, and two officers of the army who were suspected of complicity committed suicide. Numerous arrests have been made both here and at Moscow. Washington, August 2. Mr W. Windom, Secretary of the Treasury, has declined to accept a pro posal that the Treasury should pur chase silver in minimum lots of 10,000 ounces. : , . s In the Senate the Democratic party are moving amendments to McKinley s Tariff Bill in the direction of reducing the import duties. New York, August 2. Intelligence from San Salvador states that the traitor General Riraa escaped from custody but was re captured and shot, his body being exposed. Two ladies, bathing at Niagara, were swept over the rapids, and drowned. Mecca, August 2. The outbreak of cholera is rapidly spreading, and 100 deaths per day are reported. Sofia, August 2. There are indications that pressure is being brought to bear to compel Prince Ferdinand to resign his claim to the throne of Bulgaria. < ■, Constantinople, Auguat %. The Armenian Patriarch haa re-. i signed in consequence of the Sultan ignoring the memorials sent from Armenia, urging that assistance be given them, with a view to stopping a repetition of the recent atrocities. Buenos Ayees, August 2, The premium on gold is 230, It is expected that the friends of Dr Celman, the President, will oompel him to resign. The populace ia still excited, but order is maintained. J Zanzibar, August 2. Acting under British influence, the Sultan has forbidden the sale or ex change of slaves, and has issued orders closing the depots formerly used foi* re ceipt of slaves. He has also agreed that slaves may purchase their freedom.

THE ASHBtTRTO^ GUARDIAN, MO^t)AT, AtjatTST 4, 1890.



There is now to be seen in 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 dif ferent kinds shown, all valuable, long keeping sorts. For size, color, nnd general excellence they arc by far the finest that have been shown in Ashburton his season..—(A ivt)



The best mediteihe known is SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Test its eminent powerful effects in coughs, colds, influenza, etc.—the relief is instantaneous. Thousands give the most gratifying testi mony. His Majesty the King of Italy, and medical syndicates all over the globe are its patrons, head the official reports that accom pany each bottle. Mosler, M.D., Professor University, Griefswald, reports : — The Eucalypti Extract proved magnificently suc cessful in very severe contusions, bruises, spiains, wounds, scaldings, broken ribs, and limbs. ("Medical Journal," Nov., 1881.) In diseases of the kidneys, either active con gestion or suppression, (urcemai) or albumi nuria, dropsy, lithargy, nothing will equal in its action Eucalypti Extract. Doses, five to six drops, Mosler, M.D., Professor, University, Griefswald, reports :—Diphthe ria. Tonsils continually coherent presenting ulcers with white exudats. Cured in four teen days. Surgical Clinic of Prof. M'lntyre, College of Physicians and Surgeons, St. liouis—Scirrhua of Breast—Excision Euca ypti Extract employed. No swelling, heat, or discoloration. Cured in fourreen days. . Advt.) 4



jS| the 2 NEW ZEAIAND CLOTHING FACTORY Half Yearly STOCK-TAKING NOW ON.- i\ E3 U GIS 0N S IN EVERY DEPARTMENT. i i The Celebrated WerfcheinjjNew'High arin Sewing' Machines on easy Time ment?; m< f^ W H. WEBBER, Xp *- J Manager Jj i 'WITHOUT TCZTH WITH.^EEtH ' THE CHRISTCHURCH DENTAL ■SURGERY, 0 Corner of Cashel and High streets. S. M™ AKD C a SURGEON DENTIST And at Dunedin and Westpor TTTE have gained the FIRST AWARD VV afc the Dunedin Exhibition for A rtificial Dentures and Mechanical Appli ance.", for the Mouth, and it i.s with the greatest confidence that we guarantee the highest class work and perfect fit at the most moderate cost A Single Artificial Tooth, 10s. Complete Set — Upper and Lower— temporary and permanent, £10 10s. Natural, Durable, Comfortable Artificial Teeth. Replaced Temporarily al most immediately after the extraction of decayed teeth or stumps without extra cc or charge. Arrangements can be made for part or monthly payments. ADMINISTERING NITROUS OXIDE oAS Heveral times daily for the past ten years, we fearlessly assert that extraction of teeth under its influence i.s perfectly painless and positively safe Fee for Administration, ss. Extraction,. 2s Od. Artificial Teeth and Dentures made other dontintß repaired or remodelled small cost. 1 Hotirf of tte^dimce —9 a.m. to 0 p.lb



Wanted. CASH Advertisements under this heading not exceeding [SIXTEEN WORDS 1/-. Addresses may be left at this Office. WANTED to Sell, some Good Seed Tuscan ; also some Cape Barley. Apply J. McQmuny, Willowby. OA VOLUMES by various popular Oy authors just added to my Cir celating Library. Quarterly subscription, 3s 6d.—H. M. Jokes. , "TUST Received—Over one ton English O and Continental Confectionery. Own make as usual fresh daily.—H.G. Flower, Confectioner, East street. "ANTED KNOWN—The Strong- Wear Boot for Men, Women and Children can only be had at W. H. Collier's. BOOTS, BOOTS.—"Keep your feet Dry and save Doctor's Bills. I have a splendid Stock in now. Try my Double-soled Shooters. Every pair Guaranteed. Robert ALOoitN, Ashbur ton Clothing Mart, Saunders' Buildings. JUST opened, a few ladies plush jackets, newest shapes, very cheap —H. C. Segbrs, Melford House. WANTED every man in the County to hare a suit of the Ashburto Tweeds.—Robert Atcoßir, Ashburton Clothing Mart, Saunder's Buildings. ANTED KNOWNv-The Cheapest House in Ashburtcn to buy Drapery, Millinery, Clothing, Boots, etc., is H. C. Segbrs, Melford House. WANTED KNOWN.—A lot of Ladies Cloth and Tweed Jackets, considerably under usual cost price.— W. H. Collier, "The Corner." WANTED Known —One hundred and fifty Ladies' and Children's Ulsters bought a great bargain (good qualities), now selling very cheap —H. C Segers. Melford House. WANTED Known — The Cheapest Shop to buy Tinware and Gal vanised Iron goods in Ashbarton, is at W, F. Ha.nna?om)'s, Burnett Street. A arge stock kept on hand. Tin and Iron ware goods made and repaired with dea] patch Fubllo Notices. VTOTICE.— Anyone found Tres jLN passing in pursuit of game or therwise on the Riversdale Estate on nd after this date will be prosecuted. J. R. WILLIAMS. Riversdalc, 24th May. 5 176 MRS S. TIMMO has removed from the Lyttelton Boarding House to those more commo dious and central premises, Panaha Housh, where friends, old and new, will be welcomed. Accommodation for boarders at, reduced rates. Meals prepared in Mr Timrao'e well-known style. Meals per week, lls; Board and Lodging, 17s 6d : one meal daily per week, 3s Gd. 7 53



SEALY'S FRUIT TREES" "yNLUDIN Apples, Pears, Plums, tii i Cherries, Peaches, Apricots, Necs of ines, and allother fruits. Tlio merits of ; all the varieties have been subjected to severe testa daring the last) 15 years, and the stock is now admitted to be the Largest and Choicest. in Canterbury, probably in the colony, to selcofc from, all warranted, and at your own prices. SEALY'S FOREST TREES Of all kinds, innumerable in quantity, well-grown and hardy—all kinds, all sizes, all prices. SEALY'S ORNAMENTAL TREES, &c . Choice in quality, numerous in quantity. SEALY'S MACROCARPA. Tens of thousands in number. A large quantity specially grown for fencing at rery low prices. ' SEALY'S ROSES', Endless in variety and choicest in quality. SEALY'S CATALOGUES Forwarded free to any address oh application. Notb. —I will only be responsible for Tree* ordered direct from the Nursery «r throwgh Mjwsm J. Sealt and Co. THOS. SKALT, Nurseryman, Riverbank, Ashburton. A NDREW ARR?S J.XNDREW VJRR 8 GREAT rm fifl * S AN IN UAL SAI.E «* jag or C? .¥ S j DRAPER!' - * ► ■I CLOTHING \ r AND ¥ k 4 /iOOTS ~ Will Con»mence W Saturday, July sth & The freatest BARGAINS ever seen in Ashburon. H 3" m SEE HANDBILLS. ?' k ANDREW ORR. i T E N D % R S. ''T^PJNDERS are invited for erection of J. a 7-roomed Dwelling House at Tin wald. Plans and specifications may he seen at Mit J. Clahk'h, Tinwald, Tenders cbse on SATURDAY, 9th August, at 4 p.m., to J. CLARK, B^2l Tinwald. TENDERS. rpENDERS aro invited for Building L House ar, Blackford, Methven. Plans nnd speeificntions can })e seen afc Mr HiblV store, Mothven, until MONDAY, 4th August, after that date at my ofKce, at Ashburton. Tenders close on SATHR DAY, 9.11 August, at noon. The lowest or rw.y tender not necessarily accepted. R. BIRD, 71174 Architect. ASHBURTON AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATION. HPHE Annual General Meeting of the I above Association will be held in the Arcade Chambers on TUESDAY, August uth, afc 3 p.m. Business ; To receive Balance Sheet, Report, and General. A meeting of the Committee will be held prior to the above, at 2.30 p.m. JNO. J. C. QUANE, BJIS Secretary. . '") jK Seymour SURGEON DENTIST, 215, Colombo Street (new Buildings near Corner of Gloucester Street.) ESTABLISHED JBG9 SCALE OF CHARGES : Extraction. 2s 6d per tooth ; Fillings, 5s per tooth. A reduction made where a number require attending ARTIFICIAL TEETH The charges for Artificial Teeth are made with a view to strict economy, regulated i>y such circumstances as cases present, or such materials as t> tients prefer. Par ticulars given on pli ation. Consulta tion free. Nitro 'Hde Laughing Gas) administered whe red, Attendance 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. 215 Colombo Ca.'.'.v.rcanuitcH. pHORAL qOC 1E T V WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13th, 1890. PopuiiAß Concert. IN ST. STEPHEN'S SCHOOL ROOM. Glees, Ballads, Trios, Duets and Instrumental selections. Admission —Is. Concert at 8 p.m. Tickets may be had from Mr H. G. Flower, Confectioner, and H. J. MOSS, Secretary. u.s.s. co lilipsf u.s.s. co UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND, Limited. Steamers sail as under : — From LYTTELTON TO Wellington ... Daily, except Sunday (Tuesdays and Saturdays 10 p.m. ; other days, 5 p.m. Dunedin ... Tues., Thurs., and Sat. Nelson ... Tue.s., Thurs.,, and Sat. Onehunga ... Fri. and alternate Mons. Aickland via East Coast ... Thursday Melbourne ... Tuesday Sydney via Auckland ... Every alternate Thursday Sydney tja Cook's Strait ... Fortnightly Passengers may be booked to Hobarfc, Melbourne, Sydney, and 31! New Zealand I' ports afc the office of GEORGE JAMESON, Agent, Ashburton,



Public Notices. ~" NOTICE. TREES/ TREES/ I THE Undersigned, have opened a » Nursery on my own account, nnd am prepared to sell FRUIT and FOREST TREES of the choicest sorts nt prices not to be beaten. Having had 28 years' experience at Home and in the Colonies, I have grown none but the best sorts of Fruit Trees, knowing that a great many that are planted out are shy bearers and some that do bear are inferior in quality. I have also a very choice collection of Roses and Shrubs. Gardens laid out: work done by contract or by day. Old fruit trees re-grafted with choice sorts if required. Hoping to get a fair share o public patronage. Note the Address, — J. MILLICHAMP, Nurseryman, Terrace Nursery, Tinwald. Letters addressed to Ashburton P.O. •will receive my proroot attention. 6*l FUNERAL NOTICE. "pHI Friends of the late Mr A. J. I Howbll, are respectfully informed t hat the funeral will move from his late residence, Railway Hotel, Rakaia, on TUESDAY, sth August, for the Rakaia Cemetery, at 3 p.m. Wm. KIMBLE, 8320 Undertaker. BOOKS— Thousands of Books of every kind, including books on History, Travels, Science, Religion, Fiction, &c. &c. Account Books and Stationery of every discription. A cheap line of En velopes at 5a per thousand. Fancy Goods, including Albums, Photo Frames, Writing Cases, Work Boxes, Purses, Ladies' Hand 1 Bags, Games and Puzzles. Music—A large Stock. Pianos, Accordians, Violins, Concetinas, &c. All Goods reduced for Cash. L. F. ANDREWES & CO. Stationers' Hall "THE COUNTY." THE Proprietors of "The County" Haircutting Saloon and Tobacco and Cigar Emporium, Prospect Building's, Have to announce their commencement of business. BEST ART. BEST QUALITY IN EVERY BRANCH, And perfection all round. HAIR. CTJTTIIV<3> 6d. 7 155 TINWALD COAL AND FIREWOOD DEPOT JA /^LOTHIER begs to . JTA-- V J intimate that he has opened a retail produce store at Tin wald, and has for sale—Flour, Bran, Sharps, Chickwheat, Feed Oats, Oaten Sheaf, and Straw Chaff, Potatoes, etc. Also Prime Household Coals, ASHBURTON PRICES. FOR the Blood is the Life-Clark's world fam 13d Blood Mixture, warranted to cleanse the blood from all impuritios from whatever causes arising. For scrofula scurvey, skin and blood diseases, and sores of all kinds its effects are marvel lous. Thousands of testimonials. Sold in bottles 4s Gd, and lls each by chemist and patent medicine vendors everywhere Sole proprietors : The Lincoln nnd Mid land Counties Drug Co., Lincoln England YOUR MONEY CANNOT be better invested than in purchasing a COMPLETE MEDI CINE CHEST containing Colcmane and Son s Eucalypti Remedies. For a Postal- Note or 22s Cd tho following remedies will be sent, enclosed in a Neat Box, to any address, post paid :-—1 Bottle Euca lypti Extract, 1 pot Victory Ointment, 1 box each Ladies and Gents Liver Pills, 1 pot Eucalypti Honey, 1 box voice Lozenges, 1 Cake Eucnlypti Soap. Full directions for use enclosed. All SAFF add SURE remedies. Beware of imita tions. See that you got Colkmane ani> Sons' EUCALYPTI and no other. Wholesale and Retail Agent, W. J. ALEXANDER, 142 Ctshel St., Christchurch 9 To whom orders are to be sent Sen for circulars 7 8 TTharles x>~rad d ell Licensod Landbroker and Valuator nder "The Land Transfer Act, 1885 ESTATE, HOUSE, LAND, AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENT. Office-Burnett Street, Next to "Mail' Office , TOWNEND S Bilious and Liver Pills CURE Nervousness, Headache, Acidity, Heart rn, Pains between the Shoulders, *Pa citation of the Heart, Interr r ted Sleep, Harassing Dreams, Tendency t start, to be Frightened, Spasms, Fktu co, Cos ivenoss, Skin Eruptions, Impure Blood, and Bilious Disorders. Price —13 and 2s 6d. By post free for 30 stamps. W. P. TOWNEND, Pharmaceutical Chemist, 183 Colombo Street, Christchurch, G G I 7" " R R A GREAT R A A G T rr SALE AT " The Corneb " 120 Men's^and Youths' Suits from the Ashburton, Wellington, Timaru, Oamaru and Morgiel Mills, being sold at a DISCOUNT of 5 s IN 20 s A lot of Ladies' Jackets and Ulsters at Half-price. IKS JACKETS for hS /»D XO * Uj i)r\S JACKETS for i fkS A special line of best qualify Umbrellas. i AS £D UMBRELLAS for (*S (*T> XU O I) U i aS /*D UMBRELLAS for tjß (\D \ X£ i\\) vrfm^Ji t \\ ■, 11,, \y OLLI ER, i "THE 0OBNEB.";