The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY NOVEMBER 13, 1890. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Is it'stated that; Vp.ngcnace's owner pocketed nigh on £20,000 by his horse's victory in the'Caiilfield Cup, The Wellington City Council have decided to take immediate steps to raise £10,000 for a Free Public Library. ' Mr W. G. Walker has been appointed census enumerator "for the Counties of Selwyn/ Akaron, and Ashburton. Census night is fixed for Sunday, April 5. It takes 50,000 tons of twine a yenf to bin;! the wheat and oat crops of the United States. The ruling price for twine in that country is 7M per lb. Prince Herbert Bismark cherishes carefully the wreck of a watch which he carried during the Franco-Prussian War, and which stopped a bullet that otherwise might have ended his life. ' Between twenty-five and thirty houses were washed away in Juarez, Mexico, anil sixty families were rendered homeless by a' cloudburst. Two persons were drowned. Lady typewriters are being employed in some of the English Government depart ments. It is stated that the Local Govern ment Roard ia about to adopt this arrange ment. Piichard Wagner's only son, Siegfried* recently made his debut at a private concert in Bayreuth, lint i3 said to h.ive givcii little evidence of having inherited his father's geniuy. Her Majesty the Queen has sent a splended eradle, richly gilded, to her great grandson, the infantofthcDuke and Duchess of Sparta, and the whole outfit for the child was bought in England, by the Empress Frederick. • In consequence of the .rooms of the Odd fellows': Hall being engaged for a dress rehearsal of "Patience" themjeting of Mr Wright's' supporters will be held in the Arcade Chambers on Friday evening. A Reherailiof ■'.' Ashore and Afloat " takes place to-night at 7.30 p.m. On Monday, a full dress and scene rehearsal will take place, when all the hands - connected with the scenery are requested to attend at 7 sharp. At the meeting of "the .Hospital Board , at Christ church yesterday a letter was read from the Ashburton ■ Hospital Board asking the ]$q;*rd;to refuse admittance to all patients from Ashburton District, except urgent cases, stating that any travelling expenses j incurred in, «endjng patients back to Ash-j burton would be paid. A lad named Richard Overs, employed by Mr E. Trier, stock and share broker, Mel bourne, cashed a cheque for £350, the property of his employer, in January lust, and absconded. Last week, on ■ the arrival of the Gulf of Mexico from New Castle, he was found on board as assistant cook, and was arrested. -  '' A woman named Helen Hay, aged SO, wob found unconscious in the Acclimatisation Gardens at Christchurch, yesterday, with a bottle and cup showing traces of carbolic acid by her side. She was taken to the hospital, but was not expected to livejthrough the night. She had been in bad health and and low-spirited for some time. The Czar is said to have been very angry when he learned that in spite of the protests of the Russian Ambassador at Constantinople [ the Ported 1 had accedocl to the Bulgarian demands about Bishops in Macedonia.. "It is really curious," he is reported to have said ** That- I may not rely on a single one of my diplomatists. They all lie, always promise, and never fulfil. I prefer my Generals a hundred fold. The meanest of them, were he even an arrant fool, would never have the audacity to affirm a fact which he knew to be ÜBtrne." Quite recently a a number of people in Wanganui showed, symptoms of poisoning after partaking of certain farinaceous foods purchased at shops in that town. Some of the tapioca was sent to the Government Aualyst, and the town clerk has, received a telegram froin Mr Gore, of the'museum, say ing :—" Tapioca contains arsenic ini such proportions as to be dangerous as food." The Borough Council have now taken steps to prosecute the local firm that sold the poisonous article. The tapicoa referred to was bought from a wholesale house in Dunc diu .

THE ELECTIONS.

MR J. W. SAWLE AT THE ODDFELLOWS' HALL.

Mr J. W. Sawle addressed a large meeting of the Ashburton electors at the Oddfellows' Hill la*t evening. There were about 300 electors present, and in addition to these wo were pleased to see >v number of the fair sex. The audience were rather more enthusiastic than is usual at political meetings in Ashburton, and frequently applauded the speaker. The Mayor said ho stood in the position of one who was likely, before the election "was over, to have his politics very con siderably inixod, He had presided at so many election modtmg.% and heard so many different political view?, expressed by the several candidates, that he was not sure what his own really were,' and now he had a new man to introduce to them, who would probably mjx him sup a little more. ,He bespokp ft good hearing for Mr Sawle. (lioud applause.) i Mr Sawle, who received a mo,st cordial welcome .from the audience, said it'ifiisht have been thought \a i piece of impertin ence on his part to appear as a candidate when so many able men" were seeking the suffrages of the ,*■' Ashburton electors. Well, he liked to be iii good company, arid in a free country like our own it was every man's right to have a say in its govern ment. He found that his political views were not the, same as many of ,those} ex pressed by the other candidates, and ihany of his friends had found that those Views of the candidates were not in /unison with theirs. Th erefore they had asked him to come forward, and he had done so as a matter of duty. Some of his views might be lookedjupon as Tjtopian, but at a tare like this,.when the colony was groaning under difficulties,- i^ "was every man's duty to do what lie could to make this fair country what it ought to be. . CUSTOMS DUTIES. None of the candidates that had spoken | before him had touched upon the Customs duties. Headed not understand why they had left that important item out of their addresses, because it was, an item in 'tyhich the wlvle*population wns much interested, and the Custo'ms duties bore in a harsh and cruel way upon the poorer classes—those who wero least 'able to pay, the working classes, and men with small incomes. Say a man had a wife and four children, and only earned 30s per vreek. There were many things that man; could no»; buy, but there were also things he must buy, and many of these had to be imported, and Customs duties w,er,% charged upon them. He paid the same dutyiupon *hose goods as ninati &icf who had a j large income. A man with £3 a week was better able to pay those duties I thnn a man who only received 30h al week, yet in the eye of the Customs'; Col lector all men were alike, and had to pay alike. Mr Sawle here made i* liappy reference to tlie* taking up df a collection in ft meeting, pointing out that a collector often had qualms, of conscience about putting the collection box before a man whom he knew could not afford to give much, but the Customs duties h^d no such qualms. We paid ovor a million pounds in duties, and he felt that it was the duty of our legislators to see that those duties were so adjusted that tlife burden' on U»e poor would be .lightened. Ho granted that the colony was heavily in debt, and that means must bo found to ' meet the charges upon our liabilities, but in face of this: he could say that there whs room for a readjustment ,(f the taxation we paid through the , Cus toms. There was a duty of sixpence 1 per pound on tea, and as high as a penny per pound lw.t been charged on sitgar, and right through the list there were heavy imports on many things, that could be raised in this colony and iiid to be imported ; but, though often called luxuries,had come now to be looked upon as necessaries of life. Since he and his I family had been in New Zaaland ho had paid in Customs duties £500. This; sort of thing prevented thinking people »from I coming to the coloriy to settle. As far as was practically possible he would hrjivte the Customs duties reduced so that jtlieir incidence would hot strike so heavily upon Jshe poor. , j ■':.'..'". ''■■■,';:l . .<lanj>. ;-:.i ; In reference to the land now heljcl by the Crown; he Woull like to prevent Government from alienating a single^ half acre more. He would have them let jit on perpetual lease. There had been Jovei? rhirty-six millions of acres in this colony hold to the public, whjch, had the laild been kept in the hands of Government,' and let at 3s an acre—not by any means an exorbitant rental, it would have Ibeen* I yielding to-day £'5,425,188 per annum.- With this income w0 shoiijd nq(b 'have required to tax a singM article, nor pay a single penny of taxation. Every repre sentative should go in for leasing ihe land. He had beeii told that to stop selling the land would stop the influx of capital to the colony. He could say; that if New Zealand had never borrowed a penny, but let her land to her people instead of selling it, she would have been better off to-day. It was the sending away of our, money to pay; interest oil borrowed cash that was the curse^ol our i colony r the same as had been the case in Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It ought? to be in the power of the Government to tjju'y' back large estates. Some people said we ought not to covet our neighbors' land. That was quite right—-we ought not to covet anything that was our neighbor's. But the .Book said moire,' than that. It said : —"-Woo unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there is no place that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth." , So thaf, the argument would cut both ways. He wished to covet no man's land ; but the people who built the towha had as much right to the'enchanced value of the land as the mim who owned it. Let the land be valued, and ten per ctint added to that valuation, and the land bought at that figure, and, then men 90'uld bo settled upon it, There : were estates on which only a few sheep were running, but on which many families could live. When Ashbu.tton was first settled, there was no corporation, and "men did as they liked with the land they had bought. But as soon as the corporation, was established things were changed. By laws (were" instituted, and under., these no man could keep a pig within the borough. Thai was an interference with the liberty off the subject; and if the liberty of the subject could be interfered with then, it could very easily be extended. Government ought certainly to be put in a position to buy the land locked up in big estates. After a reference to the Public Works Act, under which land could be taken for roads or otherwise, Mr Sawle went qfr to give his own experience in regard to: this matter. He said he had himself suffered under this law, but it was for the conimon good. There were estates handsomely worked. These he did not .wisli to touch : but the badly-worked estates he wanted to see settled, ...... After a not veiy complimentary refer ence to Sir Harry Atkinson'? manifesto, Mr Sawle went on to deal with the ' PHOPBRTY-TAX. In dealing with this question he instanced three men who, with a thou sand pounds each, started Ufa in this colony. One went into business and • spent-a hrge proportion of his capital in machinery. A second invested his capital in land, and improved it. A third 1 invested in land, but did not improve. Tot aIL were taxed the same, according to the valuator s id ja of their property. The elements helped to destroy, or at least deteriorate the value of the fner chants' buildings, but the elements had onl.i* a beneficial effect upon the land. j t IS? <a nd Tax Pure and BimPle> apdwh,at«heineftntby »1, W ,4 T ww «i»

tax upon the value, of land alone—the most equitable tax that could be levied. The value of the land could be arrived at more easily than the value of property and improvements. Under the Customs taxation and Property Tax the people really did not know tyhat they were paying ; if they knew this they would , rise in a body and protect against it. With the single tax, on the other hand, it would be apparent what the taxation was, and it would fall lightly on the small \ holders, and heavily on the large holders. ! It h;ul been aaid by those who opposed the Land tax that it would not and could not bring in the same amount n» was now obtained by the Property-tax. Ah against this he would place the state ment of Mr Gannon, me, of the candi dates for Napier, which was that the value of Lmd already sold by the State was £84,205,230. Now a tax on this aura. ; at I<l in the £ would bring in £350,867 12s Gd annually; and at a lid. the sum i would reach £526,301 8s 9d. That was more than the Property-tax was produc ing. He (Mr Sawle) however, had put down the acreage disposed of at 36,167,920, and this acreage, at a valuation of, £2 10s per acre, would represent £90,419,800, which at a penny in the'£ would return £370,749 3s 4d, and at a l£i would repre sent £565,123 16s. The taxation of Id or l|d in tho £ would not be excessive ; and could,, if required, be raised to 3d, when, at a valuation of £84,208,230 (Mr Gannon's figures, whiph had not yet been contradicted, a sum of £1,052,602 would be raised. Thus it would be seen that under a single tax much more would be raised than by the present iniquitous system •£ taxing all the industries of the colony under the name of a Property tax. Replying at some length tq the numerous objections against the Land tax, he said the strongest argument the money-lender or mortgagee made use of was that it would fall heavily on the farmer. This was not tho. case, as the small farmer would be in a better position than he was noAV. At present the farmer paid the whole of the Property-tax in hus mortgage, and not only the Property-tax, but other charges which the mortgagee chose to make. . Ho would thus gain by paying his taxation direct to the State instead of through the office of a money-lender. He (Mr Sawle) ridiculed the philanthropic (professions of the rich who professed to be lighting the cc.uso of the small and industrious settlers Avho were spending money and labor in improving their holdings. Under a land tax a farmer whose holding was-valued at £50*) could only pay at the outsido £3 2s 4d, and this would be all he would have to pay, as his improvements would be allowed to go free. These were now taxed under the Property-tax, and the fanner had to pay it, , because the mort gagee would not. He did not approve of a Prhperty tax for this reason also ■: It was not fair to the storekeepers ; no one should be taxed on their merchandise, but on their incomes^—(Applause). One interesting fact in connection with the land question was that 517,000 of the 600,000 population in New Zealand do not own an acre of land. There was a. great demand for land, but the people oould not get it on anything like reason able terms from land speculators.'' When they did get it, the cost of purchase - left them no capital to work with, and tjiftt was the reason so many settlers were in n struggling condition. Lund could not. be obtained at a reasonable rental, that ■ would allow of a profit on the working,. and before extensive and prosperous settle ment could take place ah equitable system of leasing would have to be introduced, so that those going on the 1-uid could use their own capital. . TIIK CPPEfI HOUSE. Referring to the Upper House, Mr Sawle said ho did not favour the nomina tive system.' That gave the members too much power, and they cduld do as they liked, He would be in faWur of making the Legislative Council elective ; failing that, when a dgadlocjt;; occurred- betweeli the 'Houses, he woiilii ; Have the question in depute referred direct to the people. MANAGEMENT OF THE RAILWAYS. With reference to the wjanagenient—or rather mismanagement of the railways— he condemned the Commissioners for causing the afternoon train from Christ church to wait an unveasonable time at | Dromoreuubil theSoulherftexpresspassed. That was one glaring example of the mis : management of the railways by the Com missioners which the people had at their 6wlx doors. During the labor trouble the action of the Commissioners to word those under them was arbitrary iii the extreme. No effort was made to bring about peace able relations, but rather to promote strife. He also condemned a section of the Ashburton public for gerting up a meeting expressing sympathy with the capitalists in their tight against labor. He did not approve of every action of the Labor Unionists, but he would say this : That the laborers lmd as much right to combine for their own protection as the rich had to combine for their own aggran disement. The labor strikes had done a great ,de»l of harm in Now Zealand, and all'over the world, but he thought the ultimate outcome would be a better understanding between labor and capital. BORROWING,' , 'A grefrt deal of the borrowing in the piistf had been caused by tile selfishness of members in getting elaborate works sanctioned in their districts. So long as this system obtained there wrald be no end to .'the borrowing policy. The question remained with theconsfcituencies. If they refrained Jrotn asking for works that could be done without, tho colony would not require to borrowv ,'. ' RETRENCHMENT. , ~" ' """" In the matter of retrenchment, he would commence at the top of the tree by |cut*i«g down the salary of the Governor^ and other high-salaried Ministers and officers, but would be no pariy to cutting down and pruning the waijes of the smaller-paid Civil servants. EDUCATION. /■*■ "<*•;" 'V.TTi The only alteration he would sanction in the present education system would be Bible reading in schools. He thought any other interference would result in breaking jlown the system. '"WOMAN SUFFRAGE, . He was in favor of the franchise oenw extended to women, LOCAL OPTION, He approved- of Local Option, and would place all clubs under the same restrictions as hotels. ■ , ; , REPLIES* TO QUESTIONS. Replying to Mr A. Orr, the candidate said he was aware that it was the working classes who had at last election called out for taxation through the Customs. He thought they had learned a bitter lesson since then.—(Laughter.) In reply to Mr James Porter, Mr Sawle said he w6uld haveithe Bible read afc the opening of the school, with a conscience clause providing for the exemption of children whose parents objected to this. He would leave the portions of Scripture to be read at the discretion of the teachers. Replying to Mr Buchanan, the speaker said he would support the Might Hours' Billand all other labor Bills, but would effect a slight alteration in the Building Lien Bill, providing for the workman getting his wages. In reply to Mr Alcorn, Mr Savvlo con demned the extra, taxation of 2d per lb ,pn tea imposed by the Ministry. The 't'ljeasui;*^ evidently thought it was better j to ISftea than make his pet Property tax more, burdensome than it was at preient,—(Laughter. Mr Pickford moved a hearty vote of thanks to the candidate for his address and confidence in him as a fit person to represent the district in Parliament. This was seconded by Mr H. M. Jones. ! An amendment was piorod by Mr Hill'

that a vot« of thanks only be accorded. On the amendment being put by tho Chairman, only half-a-dozen hands were held up in its favour, and the motion was then put and carried amid hearty acclama tion. Mr Sawle, in returning thanks, said the best vote of confidence the electors could give him would lie ab the ballot box. He moved a hearty vote of thanks to the- Mayor for presiding, and tho meeting | separated*

Mr Verrall addressed 200 persons in the Oddfellows' Hall, Ohristchurch,. last night. Ho 'strowsly stdfrocated I'Stato Bank. He received a vote of thanks and confidence. • . Mr Eden George, ad^esjsed a large meetffljfatSya«iihamlasVnight. Ho was interrupted frequently, and received n votß of thanlca, and no-confidence. Mr A. E. G. Rhodes addressed the electors in tho Oddfellows'Hall, Geraldinej wr Tuesday evoniiig. The hall; wai packed with an attentive audience.; Mr A. White, Chairman of the Town Board, occupied the chair. Mr Rhodes, who wafe i enthusiastically received, at the conclusion of his address answered a number of questions, and was unanimously accorded a hearty vote of thanks. At Auckland last night Sir George Grey advocated the abolition of the Pro perty Tax, and the substitution of a Laird and Income Tax. He advocated further retrenchment,, and the reduction of number of Ministers to four. He jurged settlement on the lands, and expressed himself in sympathy with Trades Unions. Mr F. H. Fraser, a candidate for Wel lington seat, n-ldressed a meeting last night. He said he admired Sir Harry Atkinson personally, but believed if he were in coalition with Sir Robert ?St6lfc and Mr Rolleston, he would be seen to much bettor advantage. He was' a believer in land nationalisation^ and would use every means to crush land monopoly. He was strongly in favour of tho present education system, and would object to the school age being iWaed. The Government should retain control of the railways. The Hon. T. Fergus addressed aj large meeting of electors at Queen.stowil on Tuesday night, and was cordially received. He .spoke, vigorously Against.the policy of wilful obstruction last session by the Opposition, w;hich, he said, caused waste of time and loss of important legislation bearing on social and other questions. He claimed credit for tho Government having carried out tho reforms demanded at the last elections. The proposals in the last Financial Statement, and amplified jn the Premier's manifesto, were, lie was ;satis fied, such as would meet the nces&iities of the colony. There was nu prospect to other than irresponsible peopleof any con siderable reduction of taxation, and it was better that this fact should be faced; He said he beliovcd it would not be long before New Zealand would take the premier position in Australasia. «Mr A. H. Ross, late M.H R. for! R6s lyh, met with considerable interrijption on Wednesday night, when addressing the electors of Dunedin suburbs. When ah elector rose to propose a vote, as sbpn as ho reached the word *'thanl^'fhe uproar became so great and ' continuous that the Chairman declared the meeting closed. ,; Wellington, November 12. The Hon. G. F. Richardson goes South this afternoon. The Premier and the Attorney-General will then bo tho only Ministers left in Wellington,, The final Cabinet meeting was held this morning. Dunedin, November 12. Tho Anglican Synod took up the ques tion of religious instruction itt Hchools to day. Mr. Quick moved aresolution ap proving of tho Private Schools Bill, but as there was another motion on the order paper; the two were taken together. A motion in favor of the Private Schools Bill was rejected, and the following was carried ■ unanimously—" That in the opinion gt this Synod, the Education Act should be so amended as to permit ministers of religion to give religious in-, strnction in the State primary schools during school hours." *r Blenheim, November 13. Mr S, J. Macalister was nominated to day for Wairau electorate. I ;

THE MARKETS

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; JJSydney, November 12. Wheat—Chick & 3d to 3s 6d, milling 3s lOd to 4s ; bats, Is lOd co 2s } maize, 3s -8d to 3s 9d ; barley, Cape 2s, nominal; bran and pollard, 6|d ; peas, j blue Prussian. 3s 9d•;. potatoes—riieW'jlocal yield £8, old £4 5s j onions, £12; gutter —dairy ' 6d, separator 7d, factory 8d ; cheese, loaf, 5d to s£d ; bacon (local), 6d to 7d, New Zealand Is., Melbourne, November 12. Wheat—lnferior 2s 6d to 2s ; lid, medium milling 3s 3d, good 3s Bjd. ' Oats —Algerian Is lOd to Is lid, Danishes to 2s 4d, Tartarian 2s 4d. Barley—Cape Is 8d to Is lOd. Peas 2s Hid. Adelaide, November 12. Wheat 3a 9d,, Flour, stone £7 10s to £8, roller '£8 10s to £9 ss. BranSd to B|d. ; Pollard Bd. ■ J The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited, have received the following London telegram:-- • : ; November 11. Wheat.—Spot market is firm ; Jc.i.f. market is weaker. New Zealand wheat, long-berried, is worth 37s 9d per 4961b. Other quotations unchanged since last telegram.

Wasn't Losing His Memory.

" " ■ !, ; , Scene—Scotch railway station. Ticket collector, in making his collection, ifinds an old gentleman fumbling in his pockets for his ticket. Tickot Collector ; " Tickets, please." ' ' Old Gentleman : " I'm iust lookih' for it " 'Ticket Collector : " Well, I'll took in again in a few minutes. See and have it; ready then." Ticket collector returns shortly ; but the old gentleman is still hunting' for it. Ticket Collector (suddenly): "Why you have it in your mouth, man." « Old Gentleman giving him the tjcket) ; " Oh, so I have ! Here you are !" Another gentleman in tho carnage, as the train moves on, to first gentleman : " I'm afraid you'r.Q losing your memory, sir." Old Gentleman: "Nae f ear o' that; naefear o' that ! The ticket was a fort night auld, and I was jist sookin* the dataaff!"

Horrible Fratricide.

A sad and tragic termination.of weddin« festivities occurred at Rotterdam. Ac^ cording to a report in the Gourrier du Sony sent by a correspondent, two brothers, on a very slight occasion quarrelled, and from being inmates sepa rated houses, neighbourhood, and at •length broke connection. Their aliena tion was neither isoftened nor embittered i by correspondence. After about 11 years passed in this manner, one of the brothers married a beautiful young lady The single brother, who had been watching this opportumty of vengeance, made his •Ppearance very unexpectedly on the wedding day, and, desiring an interview with the married man in a separate apart ment, w no sooner perceived than welcomed ; the latter, taking it for granted he came to be reconciled, and had chosen tins happy day to render it more accep table. The brother, addressing the bride «*22s?*_"?^Lr B*°ther, we have not me

since our disagreement divided us this day eleven years, I come now to remind you of the circumstance;" .md immediately plunged a knife into the body or the bridegroom.

The Weather.

ALFORD -STATION The following is the Meteorological Re port lor the week ending November 9th, 1890:- : • ■....

SPORTING

[I'EU WIJSSS AS.SOOtA.TION.] Dunbmn, November 12. The following weights for the Ofcago Cup, 1-J miles, wore declared at noon : — sfc 1b ' st lb MerrieEng-... Palliscr ... 6 10 land ... 9 4 Tit ... 610 Occident. ... 812 Aronoel ... 6 7 Wolverine ... 8 8 Tempest ...6 7 Medallion ... 8 1 Katouka ... ' 6 5 ! Crutchfield ... 710 Milord ... 6 5 Dispute ... 7 9 Mariner ... 6 3 Freedom ... 7 7 Wayland ... 6 3 St Andrew . 7 7 Queen of StMalo ;.. 7 6 Trumps G 0 Lord A&hton 7 5 Liquidation 6 0 Prime Warden 7 1

Addington Stock Market.

CHiiistchurcii, November 12. The weather to-day was oppressively hot, but there* was a good attendaiice" of buyers. , "Store Sheep.—Over 2000 store sheep were(offered, c,otis\Btin<? principally of crossbred ewes and lambs, which sold as follows :—Shorn, 8s to 9s lid the pair ; in wool, from 15s to 15s' 6d the pair. Some shorn two-tooths, mixed, fetched 10s 6d, and a nice line of crossbred hoggets 13s; merino wethers, in wool, i Bold at 10s 4d and 10s sd. ; • .■ Fat Lambs.-^-The sale was as brisk as, any section of the market, good lambs! being in active demand at prices up to lls B.i, the geueml average being from;Bs to 10,-i. About 700 were yarded,' and all wore sold. j Fat Shbej\—Nearly 7000 wore offered in the f;it class. There was an active I demand for good sorts for freezing, and as I butchers required to renew their stocks, which had fallen off, there was a tendency to maintain fully as high prices ■ as before. Cattle.—There was a very heavy entry comprising 189 head, many of which came freni Southland. As" the season advances beef becomes less enquired for, and the result showed to-day a very pronounced drop on recent prices. Besfc beef sold up to 21s per lOOlba, but that was for primest. Ox beef sold at £10.55, £9 15s, etc., but there was little else sold at more 'than 19s to 20.s per lOOlbs, and a great many of those entered had to be passed for want- of'buyer.-;. i Pins.—Small entry, which consisted chiefly of porkers. ' '»■

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

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London, November 12.' Mr Simon, of Simon, Kingseote, and Co., agents for Moet and Cln%i don's champagne, will paj another; visit to Australia lor the purpose, pi study irigl the "phylloxera Ip6it.t" lHoj will also purchase a quantity of claret to mature in France,: ; r > ;  Delaney, one of the; :Intinciftles,'has been released frpni prison. , u „. j Lord ■ Knutsford has wariied the • Colonial Governments .that it is inex pedient to encourage requests of foreign hydrographers for information. The Bank of France is sending gold to the value of three millions to London, and this has had the effect of relieving the market. Heports have been received here of a very rich gold find in Marhona.land, and the*discovery at Mount Kampden is said to be especially, valuable. The collision reported to have taken place between the steamers Taunton and Norham Castle is incorrect. The collision took place between two trains at'Taunton, in Somersetshire, one of which was conveying from Plymouth to London the passengers who had ! arrived by the s.s. Norhwn Castle, from | the Cape. Six of the ten persona who , were killed were burnt to death owing to the carriages catching fire. Lady Rosebery has relapsed, and is in a precarious state.f .. .'.•?■ Mr Bonny states that he seized the drugs and medicine chest to prevent Bartellot making improper .use of them. Bartellot bit a woman on the cheek, at which the Natives became incensed, and were only prevented from attacking him by Bonny's exer tions. Bartellot was accustomed to 1 prod the natives savagely with a lance, and killed a boy with kicks. Janrieson, according to Bonny, actually confessed he had purchased a girl for 12s 6d and a handkerchief, for the purpose of getting up a cannibal feast, which he might witness and sketch. He did make six sketches, showing the girl, bound and stabbed, the, process of carving the body up,, and finally the natives' scrambling 1 for pieces of the, ghastly feast,, % J • The Co-operative system has been extended to the,Victorian Docks.- Bbklin, November 12. The Emperor William has.presented Dr Koch with the sum of L50,000, an amount which is equal to that required for inaugurating an institute foj* the cure of consumptive patients. The, Crown Princess of Sweden has con seated to submit< herself to Dr Kjoch's treatment.

AUSTRALIAN

SxDifEV, Noyember, 12. AH the Newcastle mines except, the Stockton have, resumed work, : The Federated Cooks and Stewards Unions havjt} advised the members to seek work wherever they can get it.

INTERPROVINCIAL

Auckland, November JL2 The export of frozen tish to Sydney, an industry Which had to bo suspended owing to the strike, has been recdiinitenced. r Early this morning a person living in Araw» street discovered a burglar; en deavoring to enter an adjoining house, and nrel two shots, when the burglar fled. ,■, Ma^tbrton, November 12. Ike body of a man named John Gi'ace, 52 years of age was found, lying in a creek neir town yesterday. It is thought de easea was walking along the bank of the I

creek, and was overtaken by a fit, an tell in the water. Wellington", November 12. A man named Anthony Kaiser was fouiul dead under a fallen tree to-day on ' his section at Tukoekara, near Pahiatun. He h supposed to have been dead for a f^rin'ght. He was bushfalling by him. self. ' Dunkoin, November 12. The four-yei:--old gon of Mr Clicsnoy. hofolkeopor, Arthur's Point, has boon poisoned by c.iti»g sU-ychiiiiio, whioli h-i obtained in a chest of 'irawarfi. Aaotliei' match for a purse of <£>Q lm been at-mn^cd between' D. C' Tttm aivl Dunn for the ohampionship of the werld, which it is undorritood Cannon, though ..defeated, J>y bolh Dunn and Ross, is njw claiming in London." ' ' *

MAGISTERIAL.

ASHBURTON -THURSDAi.

, (JVora Mr C. A. Wray, R.M )

CIVIL CASES. Saun.dei'3 v Saunders.—This was? an ap plication by Iho wife under the Married Women's Property Protection Ace for protection of her earnings, care and custody of her children, and an ovder for mainteiiapce against her husband, whom she accused" of cruelty. Mr Wilding ap peared for the wife, and Mr Crisp for the husband. Mrs Saunders gave evidence 'that" she was married at the age of seventeen to Mr Saunders, and had two. children, one over two years and the other five month* old. Soon af cer tho marriago.her husband treated her badly and frequently used had language to her, and told her to go. She went home to her mother, Mrs Larraman, the chiidrou remaining with the husband. She had been kept short of food in the house often. Her husband Lad not been in work for a long time, aud he had brought other femyles to the house against her vis>h. Mr Saunders saw one of there females home on one occasion. By Mr Crisp.—The house was a com fortable one and, her husband worked when he could get work. She never told hev husband the children were not his. The breakfast was not ready on the morning she was struck. It was only shortly after 7 o'clock. She had never made any dis gusting remark to Mrs Murray about »he case. Her husband had written to her to come back, but she would not agree tb this. She complained at the general ill treatment and cursing,by .her .husband. She had rheumatism, and|could scarcely stand when sho had to attend to the houso. By the Court,—Ske had ; tried td make up the nuttsr, but her husband always refused, aud told her to go—all ho wanted was her back turned for good. Mrs Breach said she was living with her family at Rnkaia near the: Saunder's. Had known Mrs Saunders for ten years. Mr'and Mrs Saunders were honest, hard working, industrious people. She had heard words between them, but know no cause of quarrel. Had heard Saunders complain to his wife of her bad temper. • Leonard Chitty had .heard Saunders complain of his wife's tamper ; and P. T. Ltraman, the wife's father, sajd his daughter had frequently complained to him of her husband's ill-treatment, and came to his house after LheJnsband had turned her out She had beon .living fwtth wit ness ever since. . Mr Crisp called the husband, Frederick Saundors, who said his wife had on occasions told him the children were not his. She had a bad temper, and besides would not iret up in the morning to get breakfast ready. Ort • the morning when the alleged blow watf struck he got angry with his wife be<nnse sho would not a;ot out of bed to nuke the breakfast: She asked him to strike her, and he gave her a pat ivilh. hw open hand; such-a pat as he would hare used to a'child. l The girl he had seen home was his wife's friend and visitor, not hit*. Had seen tho girl home once, with his wifo'* knowledge. To. the Banch—Had bsea 3occupjri"K separate rooms for sonie months, j This was by mutual consent. ■ Was quito willing to take back his wife if she would come. Had offered to keep the children and let her go if she wished.' . His Worship said he would reserre his I decision for another fortnight to give the parties a chance to heal the breach. Bank of New Zealand v. Jairtes Taylor and wife, £40 12s 2d—judgment for plaintiffs. Restell y. Clayton, 14s— judgment for plaintiff, by default. H. Silcock v. H. G; Moore, £1 19s lOd— balance of wages due for.flax cutting. Judgment for plaintiff for lls 3d and costs.

WAS IT PROVIDENCE OR ACCIDENT?

Did the finding of that article save the man's life 1 That is the question. Is there a divinity that shapes our ends 1 or »re events but a mere scries of accidents which may happen to one person as well as another, Are the experiences that compose our lives links in a chain, or loose grains of sand 1 As you' answer these questions, as you take the one side or the other, so is your faith {you are & materialist or a believer in Providence, We now propose to relate a story in illuur tration ot.this problem which may have some effect'iti arousing those who have always thought themselves the subject of blind chance. The following facts are fully vouched for, and resemble occur* renccs in the lives of multitudes. Several years apo Griffith Jones was a policeman at Holyhead, Vfales. He had a family consisting of a .wife rand five young children to take care of. Holy. head is on St. George's (or'the* Irish) Channel, and is open to terrific gales that so often gather on those dangerous waters and beat with violence opon tha, coast, Jones' " post" or " boat" extended back into the country, over bleak, wind-swept hills. He had to walk through this region in all weathers, day, or night. He was often out in winter nights, in cold 'and darkness, exposed to the storms that drive in from the sea. At puch times the wife listened to the rattling windows, and prayed that the husband and father might take ho harm in the wild tempest. Tins was hard Hue**', but in the family (though they were poor enough) there was still h«iilth and comparative comfort. But in a bad storm the policeman caught a heavy cold. Home remedies failed to cure it, and the officer sent to' his old physician at'Aberftraw for medicine. It did no good. Jones' right sid*' grew "queer" and painful. The doctor snid it was tl\e liver, and he was ■ right; but correct opinions don't cure disease. His head troubled him, too, and he was often so giddy he could hardly walk. "I am so tired and weary," he would say, "t don't know what makes me. I try to re3t and sleep, but get up just as aea4 tired as when I go to bed." Then worse came. Ho sat down to hi* table, but revolted from hie food j fntpetite was gone, There was a curious feeling ad the stomach • it, was . cold, dull, and miserable, like a furnace which contains nobhing but ashes and cinders. A nasty and nauseous kind of gas or wind came up into his throat, liko. the effluvia from a tomb. His wife called his attention to the ghastly yellow colour of his eyes and skin, and once in a while he would have q spell of palpitation of the heart that made him afraid of falling dead—perhaps in some lonely place. In spite of it all, however, Policeman Jones kept on duty as much as ever h§ could, Qfco'jrse. So would any honest, plucky man. But ho slept fitfully, with bad dreams. He cried out sometimes with the. terror of then), and the fri»htenp4 children said, "Is papa going to die?'? H© was, and is, one of the most patient

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The Star of the East Lodge, of Ashbtirton. bpk\ its usual session in the Templar Hall on Wednesday night, 12th inst. The Lodge was opened in the usual impressive manner at" 7 p.m. by Bio F. T. Parkin, C.T. The routine Lodge business having l>eeii got through, the Lodge went into electioneering business, the outcome of which, wajs, that no atotie be left unturned to secure Hie placing of Bro.Sawle at the head of the poll, he being consided the most fit "aii<l proper person to represent us in 'Parliament. The Lodge adjourned at 7.45 in consequence of Bro Sawle addressing the electors at the Odd fellows' Hall, . . ■■ ( Tlie best medicine known is SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI .UXTRA&T.* * Test it« eminent., powerful effects in eonghaj colds, influenza, etc.—the relief is instantaneous. | Thou«iu<is give the most gratifying testi-. mony. lite Majesty the King of Italy*, .and j medical syndicates all over the globe are its patrons; head the official reports that accom pany each bottle. Mdsler, M.D., Professor University, GrriefswoM, sports : — The Kuealypti Extract proved lriagniftcently suc cessful in very severe contusions, bruises, spiains, .vounds, scaldings, broken ribs, and limbs. (" Medical Journal," Nov., 1881. In diseases of tjie kidneys, eitlier active con gestion or suppression, (urecmai) or albumi, uuria, dropsy, lithargy, uot/)in>{ will equal in its action Eucalypti ](]xtract, looses, five to six di'ons, Hosier, M.P.,: Professor, University, Gnefswald, rejports :—Diplithe ria. Tonsils coutiunally coherent presenting Ulcers with white efuidats,' O'"|cd in four, teen days. Surgical 't)linic of Prof, il'lntyre,. College of, Puysiciana and Surgeons, St. Louis—Scirrhus of Breast—Excision Enca ypti Extract employed. No swelling, heat, or'discoloration, Oured in ( ourreeu ySt » Mvt, ■■'. ' ■'-■ ■■" ' '-' i'



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31 A K A I A - • ANNUAL SPORTS & RACES. (Approved by Canterbury Jockey Club, and New Zealand Trotting Association.) 'to be held in tho Domain, on BOXING DAY, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26th, 1890. Pfoaident—TX fi. Holme?. Vice-Presijtlents —T. R. Upton, IS. S. Coster, W. L. .pan and W. M. Lyttclton. Judge—W| M. Lyttelton. Starter of Horse Races—T. E. Upton. Clerk of the Course—R. Kemp. Clerk of the Scnlcs—T. Dowlimr. . Jutlgea of Athletics—W. L. Allan; E. H, Hughes, and J. Kemp. Starters of Athlcticu—C. A. C. Hardy, and E. Story. Treasurer—W. B. Dixon. Secretary- L. Oxloy. Stewards —C. A C. Hardy, H. Primmer, J. Kemp, A. Rowiitree, J. Wilkinson, A. Makcig, am} W. Hood. hqrsb"r a qes. First. Race to start at 12 o clock. 1. Hubdlk Race, of 10 sovs. Over six flights of hurdles, 3ft 6in high, ami two brush jumps ; second horse to receive 1 boy from the stake. About two miles. Entrance, 103. To start at 12 o'clock noon. H. lfijYiNG' Stakes, of 7 sovs. About J-mile. I Second horse to receive 1 sov from the stake. Entrance, 7a. To start at I p.m. 8. Lawks' Purse, of 10 sovs. About 1J mile. Second horse to receive 1 sov from *he stake. Entrance, 10a. To l)e entered by ladies. To start at 2 p.m. 4. Handicap Saddle Tuot (distance behind icratch) of 10 sovs. About three miles. Horses brew king must pull imme diately and go, and trot to the satisfac tion of tho Stewards, or be disqualified. ' Second horse to receive 1 sov from the stake. -Nomination, 7s 6d ; acceptance, 2s 6di To start at 3 p.m. v 5. Farmers' PiiATE, of 10 sovs, About 1 irile and a half. Second horse to re ceive 1 sov from the stake, Entrance, 10s. To start at 3.40 p,m 6. Hukry (Scurry, a sweepstake of 10s each, with 1 sov adned. Once round the course. Catch weights. No winner of any of tho above events allowed to start. Post entries. To Btart at 4.30 p.m. RULE S.. 1. The Moot ing will be hold under the rules of racing. 2. All events to be confined to the South Rakaia and Mount Hutt Road Tkmrd Dis tricts, and six miles north of the Rakain . river, and ten miles west and five miles easi of the railway line. ' 3. Weights for all races except otherwise specified—lOstfor three-year-olds, list foi four-year-olds, and list 71b for 5, 6, ami aged. 4. No horse that Ims won more than £K in one event wijl be allo^id to compete in " any race. ; ii. .The races are ope / i* any horse com monly resident in. the. .'''escribed district from die Ist; October, 1890, «n<l owned by a pereon who has resided in the said district during the same period. 6. Nominations for the Saddle Trot with fee .of 7s Gd each, aye, description, and per , formance of the horse, must be deposited with the Secretary at Rakaia, not Inter than 8 p.m. oh Saturday, December 6th,': 1800. Acceptances and general, entries, together with; fees, by 8 p.m. on Saturday, December 13th» In all cases the names, fees, colors, nnd ages of horses, and colors of rit!cf3 must accompany nominations. 7. All protests must be given in writing to t'ie .Secretary within thirty minutes after the race 'nils' been run, together; with the a'ntn df £1, which shall bo forfeited if, in the opinion of the Stevards, the protest is frivolous. ' 8. No entry will be received unless all the Jibove condition's arc complied with, and on the condition that all disputes, claims; and objections .arising out oftta racing shall be decided l.y tlic,-ftSt3WiiTi?s or whom they may appoint. Their decision on all; o'n'.sfto be fitml* The Stewards rceorvc tho right to hold over the stiko until satisfied that the qualification of entry is: correct and tha onus of proof shall lie witli the owner. Abo to postpone the races if necessary through wel Wiatber.: .' -y x ■,;;•■ , '* ' 9. The winner of any flat race, competing in other events, will be required to carry a penalty of 71 bs. " - 10. Any prize not claimed within seven days from, the day of the races will be forfeited and go to the fum's. 11. All races will he startel punctually the advertised hour. SPORTS. To commence at 10^30 punctually.; 1. Men's 100yds Race (handicap), Ist prize L2, 2nd prize LI. 2. Boys' Race (under 15 years) 200yds dicap), Ist prize 10s, 2nd prize se, 3rd prize 2s (s<l. Entrance free. 3. Men's 440yda Race (handicap), Ist prize 12, 2nd prize Ll]| .4. S nglo. \Vomen 8 Race 100yds (handicap), En'trance free. Ist prize Ll, 2nd prize 10s, 5. Men's Hurdle Race 200yds, (handicap) over 10 flights of hurdles, 3ft high, Ist priw L2, 2nd prize Ll. 6. Girls' Rice (under 14 years) 100yds (handicnji). Entrance free. Ist'prize ' 10*, 2nd prize ss, 3rd prize 2s Gd. 7. Men's Mile Race (handicap), Ist prize Ll 10s, 2nd prize Ll. ? • 8. Married Women's Race 50yds (handicap). ; Entrance free. Ist prize' Ll, 2nd prize 10s. 0 Sack Race 100yds, Ist prize Ll, 2nd Tirizf! 10s. ' 10. Consolation Race lOOyds^ Entrance free. Ist prize Ll. -(>,,', A' R uTk-S.""'"*'* '"'■' I—Entrancel—Entrance fees for all events, not other vise specified, 2s 6 I each. 2—All events confined to the same district as for borae races. ' 3—No'• second prize will be given unless three or more compete. 4—The Stewards reserve, '■ the right to alter the order of events. Nominations fr>r Men's 100yds, 400yds, mile race, hurdle and sack races, must be lodged with ths Secretary, before 8 p.m. on SATURDAY, 13th December. All other events^jost entry. Admission to Ground—ls for cich adult, and Is for each horse, competing or either wine. : The Thirnham Brass Bund will play during the day. RcfreshmcntH and other amm-ementa on the yroinul. Ko g:unes of chance pennittc<!. A'TjAT.L wiM be held in the evening in tbe Eakivia Town Hall—Dancing to com mence at 0 p.m. Ail(ii;H?ion, Gentlemen, 2s 6J ; Ladies,'Free. Ohr'drcn not admitted. 10-!S3_^AUREXCK OXLEY, Secri-ftiy. .•PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE; Manufacturer*.of tTLCAN PAINT .VNti SOTKMA:* A Iw-j] utft protti'C.tion against extension of iire. ■olor wite. and tei»fc Hhinyiew with iustni.; tioius arul prtiof's of on ni.".toi'ia).s