The Ashburton Guardian. Magna et Veritas et Prævalebit TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1890. IMPERIAL PENNY POST.

In the cable intelligence from Home, we find the pleasing information that the British Government is being sounded on the subject of an Imperial penny post. We would have been all the better pleased had tbe agitation taken its rise with some MP. of more weight in the

Commons than Mr J. Henniker-Heaton, the member for Canterbury ; but it is unwise to despise the day of small things. To the credit of the British Press, be it said that when once the idea of a good thing is grasped by it, the mind that conceived the idea is not taken into ac count. By this we mean that the idea itself is dealt with, weighed and measured by the keen intellects that contribute the daily thought of the Press, and having been carefully dissected, is appraised on its merits. That the idea of an Imperial penny post has been suggested by Mr Henniker-Heaton, and urged upon Go vernment by him has not evidently counted against the suggestion in the eyes of the London " Times/ for that mighty paper has lent its great influence to advocate the proposal, and suggests the establishment of a Parliamentary Committee to take evidence and report on the matter. Let us trust that the idea that a penny post over all the Im perial dominions will soon become an accomplished fact. We fee] that, like the penny post over Great Britain, the penny newspaper post between our own shores and the Home country, the parcel post inland and abroad, and all the other postal developments of the century which mark the forward point of pro gress of civilisation to-day, as against that reached at the close of last century —the thing only wants a trial to be a success, and such a success as will leave behind it in the minds of the English speaking people only wonder that it was not tried long, long ago.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Bay J.Boothroyd will preaoh in the Lauriaton Sohoolroom on Sunday next.

The Southern Harbor works oonlraot at Grey mouth is finished, and all the hands have been discharged.

Members of the Fire Brigade are reminded that tbe annual meeting takes plaoe to-night in the Brigade's Reading-room at 7.80.

A case of poisoning as a result of eating tinned fish is reported from Parramatta. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan were rendered seriously ill owing to partaking of " fresh heiring."

While drinking in a shanty in Victoria two navvies quarrelled. One struck the other behind the ear, and iv tea minutes death resulted from the blow.

Two boys, Ernest Mills and Robert Reed, have arrived at Auckland from Lyttelton Orphanage to join H.M.S. Orlando at their own request,

The warship Orlando was floated in the Calliope Dook, Auokland, en Monday, for cleaning and painting. The vessel will take in some 1200 tons of Westport coal, and will leave for Australian waters ia about a week.

Tha following five gentlemen have been elected members of the South Rakaia Lioensing Committee :—Messrs W. L. Allan, E S. Coster, D. Gt, Holmes, W, M. Lyttelton, and'L. Oxley,

Typhoid fever ia increasing to an alarm ing extent in Melbourne. During tha fort night up to the 22nd January 40 cases have been refused admission to the Melbourne hospitals through want of accommodation.

The B&ough Council, during the tempo rary shortage ot water in tbe swimming bach, caused by the lowness of the river, have oon-i sencad to allow bathera to use the pool below the oriokefc ground before seven o'clock in the morning. The permission evidently does not extend to evening bathing,

A Dunedin telegram says: —Very large sharks have been about the fishing grounds outside the Heads during the past few days. On Monday a monster attaoked the boat of a man named Rennie, knocking out the stern. The other fishermen oimo to tho rescue of their comrade.

A boy about twelve years of age, Bon of Robert Park, and nephew of the well-known canoeist, was drowned at Hokirika on Monday night. He was in a boat with his father and another man. The current oarried the boat over the bar,' and the deceased was drowned in the surf. The two men were saved.

The eleotion for a member on tbe Tinwald Town Board, to supply the vaonnoy caused by the resignation of Mr Joseph Clark, took place yesterday. Only 34 votes were recorded, and these were divided thus:—Mr Edward Gates, 27; Mr Charles Doherty, 7. Mr Grates was thus the successful candidate.

The hottest region on the earth is on the south-western coast of Persia, where Persia borders the gulf of the same name. For 40 oonseoutive days in the months of July and August the thermometer has been known not to fall lower than lOOdeg, night or day, and and to often run up as high as 128deg ia the afternoon, The " Tuapeka Times" states that Me Jenkins, a mill owner at Kelso, purohased a new engine while visiting the exhibition, and intended to have it oonvnyed by rail. On being informed that the oost would be £11 he had four of his own horses conveyed, by rail to Dunedin, and took the engine by road to Eelso in three and a half days.

A man named Frederiok Oooper was sen tenced to a months' imprisonment on Mon day morning at the Obriatohuroh R.M Court for obtaining a night's lodginga under false pretences at the Ohristohuroh Olub. The night Lords '^Qnslow and Oanington stayed at the Olub he knocked at the door giving his name as Rhodes and aßked for Mr Walker's room. He said that Mr Walker told him he might use it. He stole an overonat from the Olub. The defence was that he had been drinking and mistook the Club for tho Oooi dental Hotel, where he intended to get a bed.

When the Forty-eeaond Highlanders, or Black W&toh landed iv Calcutta in the end of 1857, they were marched to the Saotoh Kirk on Sunday in their full dress, with kilts and bonnete to the great admiration of the pubiia. But the mosquitoes from the large tank near the Kirk smelt fresh blood, and soon found their way to the unprotected parts of the Hignlanders 1 legs, especially about their naked knees. For a while the men endured it bravely. Then one soldier, and a next began to slap at the mosquitoes, untill so many of them were fiercely slapping at their knees that the noise overwhelmed the preaoher's voice, and he Btopped his discount, so thai the men could be marohed away to their barraoks.

Mr John Burns (writes a correspondent ot the " Melbourne Argus ") suffered aj Bad but temporary shook to his vanity the other day. Ever since the great dook Btrike the town has been placarded with the anounoemeni. that a portrait model of John Burns, the great Sooialiat leader, is to be seen at Madame Tassaud's Waxwork Exhibition, John Bums himself being attracted by the advertisement, went to Madame Tunsaud'a and asked to be shown himself. When he saw himself he was perfectly shooked. " Well, I never knew I looked Buoh a ruffian as all tha.t," he ex claimed plantively, and, feeling in a depressed mood, he wandered iqto the chamber of horrors inquiring for the portrait of Lipski, the East End murderer, who after all, he thought, must look worse than he did, II Sorry, sir," replied the attendant, " he's not on his pedestal to-day. You must come baok next week." Gone to be mended ?" inquired Burns. " Not exactly," was the answer, ♦'but the guv'noir was in A '«rry to meet the pubiia demand to see John Burns, so we rigged up Lipoki in the sailor suit and straw hat, and you'll find him outside." "Thank ' you, I've seen him," said Burns; "in faot J'm.Pßrnß,"

Chemists are reminded that the annual licence fee for the sale of poisons for the current year is now due, and they are requested to moke application to the Resident Magistrate of eaoh district for renewal.

The " Temperanoe Herald " stateß tha* Dunedin will again put up five Prohibitioniatfl for the licensing eleotions, and thus directly raise the question of liquor sale or no liquor sale. The sucoess of their effort last year has encouraged the temperance party toi greater efforts in the coming struggle.

The question of the formation of tbe United Grand Masonic Lodge for New Zea land is still in ttatu quo. It is, however, understood that a meeting of the Central Executive will be convened in Wellington in a few days, when something definite will be arrived at.

At the R. M. Court this morning, before Mr R. Alaorn, J.P., Robert Hill, an old man, was fined 10s, or forty-eight hours' imprisonment, for drunkenness.—John Wood, for a similar offence, was dealt with in a similar manner.— Cornelius Sweeney and Robert McDonald, alias Rinkin, were also fined 10s, with the alternative of forty-eight hours' inprisonment.

Mr John OreaswelJ, Hororata, has been appointed Handioapper for the ensuing Autumn race meeting of the Ashburton Bao ing Club. Mr Oresswoli has aoted as handi oapper for the Hororata Racing Club for many years with pronounoed success, his appoint ment by the Athburton Raoing Olub will, no doubt, be acceptable to owners of racehorses.

The "Lyttelton Times" has the follow ing :—To many farmers and stookowners who have been exhibiting at the Metropolitan Shows, it may be information to learn that Mr Murphy, the painstaking Secretary, keeps the means of settling in the moat oertain way possible, a record of the winners in every class in the Shows. The certainty of the record will be at onoe recognised when it is stated that he has bonnd up in volume form all the official catalogues of the Show for ten years baok. The catalogues are the veritable ones carefully marked upon the Show ground from the marshals' offioial report to the Seoretary; and bound together they make several handsome volumes. The last bound volume comprises the catalogues and annual reports of tha Sooiety from 1886 to 1859 inclusive. Another volume comprises the catalogues, also oarefully marked for winners and oommedatione, of all the leading Shows in the colony covering the same spaoe of time.

We clip the following important testimonial from the " Illawarra Meroury " (N.S.W.) of the 30th March. It needs no comment :— " Mr John Loveday, of the Bulli Mountain, writes to us that after suffering for four years with acute gravel, he bas experienced almost complete relief by using Sander and Sons' Eucalypti Extract. He says seeing the said Extract advertised in the 'Illawarra Meroury,' his intense suffering induoed him to obtain a bottle of the medioine from Mr Hosking, chemist, of this town, and that the use of it gave him great relief at onoe. He states that between the 10th March instant, when he obtained the first bottle of the extraot, and the 19th, the use of that medioine oontinued to afford him relief, to which he had been a stranger for four years. Mr Loveday writes also that he has found the Eucalypti Extraot a cure for rheumatism as well as gravel He requests us to publish this information through the ' Meroury. 1 We have much pleasure in complying with Mr Loveday'e request, whose word cannot be doubted, and who oan have no object in view other than a pure desire to benefit suffering humanity."— (Advt. 2

SOUTH RAKAIA SCHOOL COMMITTEE

The usual monthly meeting waa held In the library on Monday evening.—Preeen*: —Messrs Hi dy (chairman) Oxley, 0. Dlxon, T. Dowliog, Liddy nud 0. Dixon

Tho master reported thit the average at'e'idauoe for the month was 149; for the pat iretk 158 6 ; bL'hesi attond&noe 161; uumber on toh, 231 Tha new papil teachers h-id commenced work and ware doioq well for boglut-efs. He askt d the Committee to endorse his appllc*s!on to che Bjard tor a refund of ha amount kapt back throagh the Li!aro of tho pupil teachers last year.

The Chairman stated that tha yearly account and booka had been duly audited hy Mr J. Oilivitr and returned as per fectly ckrect.

Oo the motion of RJc Oxby meoonded by Mr Dowllaf», it was resolvad to ooua ply with the oaaarera rrquaat In rogatd *o endowing his »pp!lc»tlon to the Board.

The school (rea f, It waa stated, coat £1018 7d.

Tho Board wrota aUilng tha; they had approved of th<) puptl teaoiiaca raconv mended by the Oomm;ttee.

The Chairman stated that the raajtet had received permission to leava tbe school for a day last moDth. On the mo ion of Mr Oxley seoondei by Mr D'xcn, the Ohalrmans action was ap proved.

Mr C Dlxon moved—" That In view of tho shirt time which had elapsed since the O'aria maa holidays, the request of the head nustac for a holiday on tbe occasion of the Horarsta races, showed » want of consideration for the best Interests of the school."

Tha motion was not eeconded and lapsed.

Tbe Obslrruan reported that It had c inae to the ears of aoma of tho Commit tee that some persons bad been stetllng gnm e»p]ing« from the plaiiUtioo. The police forwarded a report In which three persona were Implicated. A reJalve of one of these who was present was re quested to leave tbe room, and after dia~ coaalon and expressions of opinion »a to tho seriousness and Impudence of the case It wis decided that the Onalrmva and Meaiia Ox'ey and Dkoa should make public erjqnlries arjd report as to what atepa should be taken in the rotter.

Accounts worn p \Boed for payment and the meeting at?j >arned.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(PBE PBBBS ASSOCIATION,)

Wellington, February 3 A start Ins bueu midf« to pomp (,he w&tor out of the barqno Wiille McLaren, which eaak la Wosaer Bay some cnoutho neo, h la expected tho Voaaal will bo a£b»t by to-morrow.

Dndu la tho f tvorlfe for the Wellington Oupi ard only a ahtde over even monny cm be got.

The Enrly O'oilng m^vemert, wh:oh his already been In active operation at Ohrlatchurch and Auckland for some time, Id new taking d fiuKe ahapo In and a meeting of its sup porters will be held in the ooarao of a few day . iwnapondance received from the Ej ly Cloai; g Association !*<e!y formed at Ghrlg'Ohufoli, Bbo^a tha* Ita members buve reaolved to eefk In the first p! ROO o'oalnp; of shops at onn o'clock on Sitrir dpy afternono, with F<lday rjipbt fo? hie buKlnesa, hiplng fn titno to educate 4he pnblis to dolag vtdhout nlghfc oh^pp'ng dto^etber,

The Arswa lelt U\o, homeward bonnd on FelcJay last, ber oargo of frcaao me»t bolng In good condition.

The IJaatorn Ooble Company have inllmsted the!* wlHicgnw?B to reduce -he rate per word on New Zealand oa'oles to twoponce fr-r special messages reporting the proceedings cf ;ho Federal Oonfeirenca —Booh messages to b& subject to tha uaual oonditloDß applicable to prpsa telegram, Hoketika, February 3 A boy, aVoa'; 12 years of age iot\ of Robert Park aDd nephew of ;he well known canoeist, was drrwnad to night. Ho was in a boat with his fa her a:ci another man. Tha current carried the boat ove? the bar, and deceased was drowned it the snrf. The two men were rescued. The body has not yet been found, V

DuNßDnf. February 3. Vapy targe Bharka hfive been about the fishing grounds outside the jjaads daring • hopußtfew daya, greatly annoying the I fUhevmen. To-day, a monstet 1 attacked I th.T boat of a ror,n named Rennle, knock- Ing oat tbe fltern. The other fishermen cams to the cmqbi of thai* oomiad^

CANTERBURY JOCKEY CLUB

TBE TINWALD TURF SCANDAL*

THE DISQUALIFICATION

ENDORSED.

Ohbisxchukoh, Febrnsry 3, At the naa»l monthly meeting of the Canterbury Jookey Olnb Committee held to-day, the disqualification Inflicted upon Meaaro John Oorbltt and Ohacieo Paget by the Tinwald Baoing Olub^ for tamper lug with the integrity of the jcokey Roaa in oonneotion with the running of Little Arthur In the Hurdle Baoe at the Now Fear's Day meeting waa endowed. The oaae of Boat, the jookey implicated, was held over for further conalderatlon t

GAS COMPANIES

[P«r Pbkss Association]

Ohbistohtjkch Fob 3,

The Chrletohuruh Qib Company held its 24th annual meeting this afternoon. The Directors reported the bilaooe to credit of profit and loss aa £10,210 5s lOd, A dividend of 5 per ceot. for the half-year —making 10 per oent for the year—wai deolared. In oouseqoenoe of the redno* tloa In the price of gaa the profit la £2872* leas than last ya*i and £6537 less tban In 1887. Wellington, Feb 3. At the annual meeting of the Welling too Gas Company, the report of the Director;, recommending payment of a farther dlrldeod of 6 per oent—making ap a total of 13£ per osnt for the year was adopted. The Chairman In moving hi adoption, alluded to the falling off la the oonaumption of gaa - through the lose of atreet lighting, and general habita of eoonomy mada potsalble by modern Im provements, bat expreased hie ooofidenoe that gaa will have nothing to fe»r from oompetltion with electricity in the long run. Tola was not hla opinion alone, bat alao that of gaa engineers In Sagland,

ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL

The ordinary meeting of the Ashburton Borough Ooancll wu held last evening. Present; Tie Mayor and Ooanolllors Williamson, Bird, Oathbeition, Brooke, j?oott, deity, and Keir. Apologies were received foe the absence of Ors Frledlander and Maofarlane l mitoe's btatembnt. The Mayor said that the debit balaccn at (he Bank was £1348 2a lid. The amounts which had been received slnoe | last meeting were:— R&tes, £42 7a; | refund, cost of summcfas, £1 8a; earth ■old, 6s; Library aoooant, 13i; wates: supply, £2; licenses, dogs, £2 10s; sßadrlea, 3s. Total, £49 7s, i CORRESPONDENCE. Lettari were read (I) From Charitable Aid Board requesting immediate payment of balance of Oonnoil's contribution, amounting to £55 8s lid.—The amount I was ordered to be paid.—(2) From the Hampatead Town Board stating, that a deputation would wait on the Oounoll with referenoo to the formation of the i Noith East Bel«,—The Works Committee were Instructed to receive the deputation. BATHS A number of residents requested pet miaalon on behalf of batheis to me the middle,reservoir in tne Domain, until the swimming baths are full, Owing to the Boarolty of water in the river no water is, at present being admitted into the baths. The petltionera et»ted that they only desired jermlsßlon to bathe before seven o'clock la the morning. , Permission was granted as applied for. engineers' bepobt. Tbe Engineers reported that the water In the river was so low that tbe mill supply had nearly ma dry, and In order to Assist it they had to cut off the supply' to the btths and to mater ally reduoe the quantity in the side ohanne's, but they wera endeavoring to keep sufficient In the rcfiarvolrs In oase of fire.—The remaicder of, the report was purely routine. The report was adopted. THE PODKDKEBPBR. As Instructed, the Pouudkeeper waited on the Oounoll and produced his book. Or Frledlander, on aooount of whom the book had been called for, being absent, the Mayor told the Ponndkeeper that he had battar ootue again next meeting. LIOHTINOj The question of arranging for the light ing of tne streets of _the fo-«"i during 'ha winter months was * referred to the Lighting Committee. The Works Committee wis Instructed to have the repairs of street lamps attended to where auob was necessary. THE FIRE BRIGADE. Or Soott dreir attention to the delay which ocourred on tbe oboaslon of the recent alarm of fire by reaion of tbe Council's horses not being forthcoming at onoe. It seemed to be thought In town that no horses would bb engaged while the Oounoil horses were in the paddook. He suggested that after eight o'olook at night tbe Oounoil horaes should be kept in the stable, and he denied a statement whloh appeared In print that tbe harness was not ready. Or Wililamion said that he had acquiesced in the Oouncll horses being turned out during; the summer months, bnt he stipulated that an advertisement should be issued that the first horses at the station should be engsged. He was, however, assured that everyone knew of 'this. , The matter was referred to the Works Oommlttee with power to aot. SOLXCITOB. A letter was read from Mr E. 6, Orlsp expressing surprise that tbe Oounoll should be advertising; fov a solicitor, seeing that ha ocoupied that position, and no com plaint had been made against him, neither bad he received any Intimation that his aervlaes were no longer to be retained;

After discussion Oe Brocke gave notioe of motion that Mi Crisp's services be retained ttll the end of September next. Or Kelr ntiggested that a letter should be eeot to Mr Orlsp stating that when calling foe applications for the offioe of Borough Solicitor the Council were under some misappreheos'on with referenoe to the oonditloQß of Mr Of lap's appointment. It was deolded to write to Mi Orlsp stating that his letter was under oonildera tlon. In the meantime the question of appointment of solicitor wm held In abeyance. '

MiaCRMiANEOtre. Some mlscallaueona business was trans acted and the Ooutoil adjourned-

DOMAIN BOARD.

Tbs» Couuoll than met ac a Domain Board. Tbe petition of Allenton residents protesting against the closing of a foot pith through tbe Domain w*b considered, and after discussion It was resolvei on tbe motion of Or Kelr that the prayer of the petition ooald not be granted, and to I point out that the pathway which is being , left open was available to the petitioners, and that the Bond could not allow the Domain to be out np by a number of pathways.

MORE IMMIGRATION PROPOSED.

Than Mr George Gatenby Stead, merchant, Chiistchurch, it would be difficult to find °a man harder-headed, and in many ways keener in foresight in this colony. But he has a leaning towards & theory, which, however, well it may look on paper or ring out in the sounding periods of brilliant political orators, does not in the great majority of instances work out on the right side of a nation's ledger. Mr Stead is a staunch freetrader. In a certainly well written paper he read before the Con ference of Chamber of Commerce repre sentatives held last week at Dunedin Mr Stead was at great pains to compile a mass of very interesting figures show ing the progress the colony had made in her productive powers. Those figures made a comparison between the year 1859—just thirty years »go —and the year 1889 —"the year that's awa." They were startling indeed, and showed more substantial and comforting pro gress than most people were aware had been made. But then the average colonist has not available to him for easy reference the means of knowledge that lie to the hand of Mr Stead, The information that Mr Stead has given in hiß paper is its best feature ; the reason why he compiled and gave that informa tion the worst, viz., as an argument in favor of increased immigration into this colony. That all Mr Stead has told us about the colony's wealth and progress is perfectly true—with the exception of the land available in the hands of Government for settlement—we as well admit; for the sake of argument we will do so ; we will also admit the necessity for more population in the colony bo that the number of con sumers may be increased, and a market for our produce created at oar own doers. But we want to see some thing else done before a huge .tide of immigration gets in to compete with the labor we already have on hand in abundance. It is all very well for Mr Stead to quote the very material progress made by America, resulting from the increase of her population. No country under the sun has made more rapid strides then America during the last twenty years. But then no country inder the snn had more land available [ for settlement, sold it more cheaply, or j under more sensible land laws. But will Mr Stead tell us that the millions of eople who have flacked to the land ot the pettin^sun from the Old World were all absorbed by the agricultural industry? We think not; because, if so, whence the immense populations of the tremendous cities the great Republic can boast 1 Whence come the tools, the implements, the machinery, the thousand and one " novelties," the clever inven tions, that Republic asks us to buy ? Were these all produced by the farmera and farm laborers in their hours of evening idleness? DJo, they emanate from factories that can vie for magnitude witb any in England, that have attained a fame equal to any in England, and whose products complete with Englaad's in every part of the world. .'Now we come to the point of divergence between ourselves and Mr fatead. America had a hard hard struggle before sh« estab lished those factories. Great' Britain was for many decades the acknowledged " workshop of the world." Her manu factures found their way into evary part of the United (States, and craftsmen there had to stand by and witness the result of their own skill and labor neglected because the British article was for sale in the same market, at a cheaper figure, and perhaps ot superior finish. But the American colonist had to deal with the question " What shall we do with our boys ?"—just as we have to answer it now. You cannot make every man a farmer nor every girl a milkmaid, and the Yankees did not attempt, any such foolish thing, They tried another plan. They grew tired of pouring tbeir dollars into the lap of Great Britain and Germany, in purchase of goods that could be made as easily upon their own ground and from material produced in their own country. They levied heavy import duties upon every article that could be produced in the Union, and in consequence there was an immediate demand for the " locally made article " j work was at once created for the young " cornstalks " ; an impetus was given to that Yankee enterprise which has compassed some of the greatest under takings and achieved the grandest triumphs of modern times. It was the Senate house, by its protective care of the people, which let loose the springs of industry, and gave a powerful stimulus to that inventive genius of America, which has become a honsehold word. Until something similar is done m this colony, our manufactures must languish. Let us take the single instance of reapers and binders. The recent trial at Wakanui' brought out nine different machines, the manufacture of eight firms, only two of whom were English, the other six American. There is only one New Zealand made machine in com petition in this colony—the Reid and Gray. Yet there must be thousands upon thousands of reapers and binders in use in oar cornfields. Why has it to be said that we, too, must pour our dollars into the laps of the outsiders for these conveniences, while our boys who ought to make them, and earn a competent living in doing so, have to scrape together an imperfect knowledge of some trade or other and go out of the colony to improve it, and live by it, or become, with no trade at all, hewerß of wood and drawers of water. Until Mr Stead ia prepared to show us how the rising generation are to be employed in the future in the production of manufactured articles, and how the proposed immigrants are to be similarly employed, without a tariff that will dam out every article capable of being made in the colony, we fear we shall have to say to Mr iStead for his suggestion as to immigration—thank you for nothing.

[ Dr. Leger Eraon, on Viotorian eduoation : —" Ad elaborate, system of, inundating the intellects of the young with a superficial knowledge of a multiplicity of subjects." What are kid gloves made of ? Of the skin of the kid, is of course the obvious answer ; but Dr Mark Nardyz, a Greek physician, now in Philadelphia, tells another tale. He Bays that our " kid " gloves are often made of human skin, and that the tanning of the human epidermis goes on largely in France and Switzerland. The skin of a child being finer and softer is of more value than that of an adult. Human Bkin is, indeed, tougher tban we are inelied to believe when we are wearing it, and the skin of a man's back makes a good sole Heather. Dr Nardyz de clares that at one time tanning of the human skin went on in Massachusetts, but General Sen Butler heard oS it, and efleotually put a ■top to the industry, j i

DISASTROUS GALES.

[FSB FBESB ASSOCIATION, j

Btonet, February 3. I The steamer Riverina, which went I ashore, is believed to be breaking up. Latar.

The steamer Biverina, which went ashore along the Coast near Gabo Island!, has become a totol wreck.

SCULLING.

(PKB PRBSS ASSOOIATIOS.J

> WiujNQioif, F-ebruaty 3 , The weather to-day was glorious, but the southerly wind caused a little too much sea for the race between Stephenaon and Hearn to oome off, and at alx o'clock lit wai dedded to postpone It until aevea to morrow morning. Stevenson Is a ducldcd favorite, and offers of 10 to 7 find no takers.

Wbliingtoh, February 4. _ The sontberly wind etill continues: an d in ooueqnenoe, tbe aoaUirg matoh conld not be got off this morning* '

EAST STREET HORSE MARKET.

Meura Wllllama and Blind report having held their weekly iale of hones od Batardey, Ist February, 1890. The entry for the latt two weeki baa been Tery ■mall, also the attendance of farmer*, as ia uioal at thli time of the yes* Tb«> harvest now being In full swing we do net anticipate doing very maob iv the horse line for tbe noxt two or three weekti, although there U an odd buysr or. two who are willing to give fair money fur good yoong aorta. We qnote good five year old upatandlng draught mares and geid'ogi at from £24 to £30; medium aorta £17 to £23; aged and inferior. £10 to £15; crooks £3 to £8; hacks and light tureen horaea, good sorti, £8 to £10 16s; medium do £4 to £7 ; lornbben £1 to £3,

A TROPICAL GARDEN IN CEYLON.

(Halkett-Dtwion In the 5< Olngo Dally

xiuiao, ) The morning of December 3, 1889, found me early astir In the Queen's Hotel, Kandy, Oeylon,; Peeping oat at my bed roam window I noticed the hills had already aeen the great inn and had donned their crowns of orlmion. The early service at the Baddblit Temple wm over. The streets irere ooTered with men, women, and children, Cingalese, Tamils, Moors, and Malaya. Tne jabber was in oeaiant. A few traps weie drawn op at the entrance of the hotel. Th«j übl qoUorß guide, beggar, the lame, the maimed, the halt, and blind were there. Visitors—Australians—had arrived last night from Colombo. The harvest of the medloant was to begin that morning, It would have been worth ope* while to simply sit attll and drink in the passing scene. Bot time would not permit of th|i> I had planned a visit to the Peradeniya gardens before breakfast—the oooleat and beat time, for rccaalonally la tae early morning In December the temperature has been kaown to fall as low as 62deg F»h. A drive of about four miles brought me to the gardens. Along the whole route—the Colombo road—there were bouses teeming with natives. I mat Luadreds of men and women carry lag coooanuts, plantains, bundles of sfcloks, and other things into tswn. The women appeared to carry the heavier burdens. The gardens oeeopy a loop of the Maha well Gang* river which surrounds them on all sides exo9pt the south. Tba area Is about 150 acres. The elevation Is about 1600 ft above sea lave!. The climate is hot and moist, but very equable. There j is a rainfall of about 85In, On 200 days out of the 365 there Is rain. From these facts the reader will be prsparod for an aooount of vegetation resembling that of a hothouse, where the plants get plenty of water Rnd suffar neither from cold nor too much heat, as the mean annual tamnnratnrn la ahnnt 79finer S'ah.

I do not know how I got poueised of a belief that accounts of trophloal vegeta tion were uiuatly grossly exaggerared. Anyhow I had the idea, and now have It not. The Paradeniya gardeus opened my eyes.

.... Flower by flower Felt the warm breath of morn and 'g&n unfold , Their tender lids. Over the spangled grass* Swept the swift footsteps of tbe lovely light, Gilding the feathers of the palms, which waved glad salutation.

On entering the gardens I saw a remarkably fine group of pilma. There was the aeeoa not palm (areca catechu), of whlob 1 had already he»rd a good deal. The visitor is sure to be struck almost at once, on landing at Colombo, wltb the red teeth and red expectoration of the Cingalese. The ■ " Auatrallan Abroad " at first thought they were suffering from lung disease. The Yankea ban his quid of tobacco ; so has the English sailor. The Cingalese have a masticatsry called " betel," the other essentials being lima and the leaf of a pepper (piper bttlt). Then tbaie wu the " kltul," or jaggary palm. Who are the jiggers, and what's tha jiggery? They are the distillers or brewers, and are held In universal con tempt.

The Bnddha Uught: Shun drugs and drinks, whioh work the wit abuse; Clear minds, deao bodies need no Soma juice. Oat Allsoppj, Bass's, Galness's become peers of the realm.

Ceylon Is not rich In palms, but til the ezotio speotes that have baen Introduced thrive splendidly. They grow here in the mtnner one would expect from the lururl anoe off 4the Island. Aboat 150 speeles have been planted—ln faot there la a systematic collection of palms. I saw one noble specimen of tbe " talipot " neatly full grown. Of all the palms It la the noblest. When It reaches about 50 yeses of age It flowers onoe, and .flowers only to die. I have aald nothing of the ooooa not palm ("pol/ 1 of Coecß nucifera). It ii all orei the island apparently. The nearer the sea It seems to thrive the better: To the Cingalese—as indeed to all natives of lands where It grows—lt Is all Important. It Is used for all sorts of purposes. It Is food and drink; it supplies thatch, fasten ings etc It is the characteristic features of the landscape, with Its slender leaning stem and Its seemingly top-heavy head. Near these palms I noticed the "mado" (the Cycas circinalis), which Is often spoken of (but Incorrectly) as the sago palm. The pith and the staiohy seeds are both art!o!e>a of food.

I follow the "lake road" and soon come upon two or three famous specimens—the famous upas tree of Java (antiarla to nlooi!a)»nd Its ally the eaok tree, the "ritl" the true oamphor (olnnamenom csmphom) of China; and t b remarkable gardenia latlfolia, the large flowers of which ohmge f»om ereamy-whlto through lemoo-yellow to orange during the day. Here, too, may be seem a large olnnamon trea. In the cinnamon gardenß new Colombo the olnnnmon trees ure mere sbTubs, For ths parposet of th» bark grower the cinnamon is kep 1. cippioed. 'la thinking of Ceyiou, Bishop HeberVi fnmoaa Hdbs abont the " spicy brat Z93 " oooar to most strangers. But tho " spicy breez9s " are not. Ie Ir mere imagination. The cinnamon and other sploos doi;'k waste tbelr odours by throwing them eff to tho passing gales. One most bruise and crush them first, fhe moral Is—don't t&ke your eoienoe ot philosophy from poetry ! (To bo continued.)

Rough on Itch—Cures Bkin humors, ernp f^ohilbW^itch.iTypwioß, harbaVi; itqbt

CRICKET.

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Auckland. F-ornery 3. Tbe New South Wales cricketers left for the South by the steamer Takapans, from Mana kau, this afternoon. A number of looal orioketers sent them off with cheers. Tha fixtures for tbe rest of the tour have been ar ranged as follows :—Feb. 7 and 1 Canterbury, Feb. 14 and 15 Danedin, Feb. 21 and 29 Wellington, Feb. 28 ana March 1 and S return matob at Auckland, Matohee to be arranged —Timara, Oamaru and Wanganut - r

SPORTING.

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Muboubvb, February 3. The following aoceptanoei have been received for the V,R.O, Aatamo Meet* Ing:— Nswmabebi Handicap; st lb ■■■■••- jit lD Bz ... 10 1 Tabba *. 713 Fishwife 10 0 StTinaka ... 713 HyLord... 913 BjnDleSpee 7lt Oairasaler 9 8 Whltefoot .^ 712 Sedition ... 9 7 Skiff 712 Newmaeter 9 2 Ti we, .„ 711 DonQlovan 9 2 Gladstone ... 711 Dreadnought 9 0 Caiaiii ... 711 Arlitocr.t.« 8 13 Gloger . ... 7 11 Rlohelieu ... 8 12 Tongarlro ..., 710 Dividend m 812 Ooua^qqaoet 710 Bothwell ... 8 12 AlpblDgtonL 7 8 Merriment 810 Martha«. .« 7 7 Apropos . M 810 Phryne ',„ 7 1 Kudolph ... 8 10 Grandlik* ,« 7 7 Aadaoity ... 8 9 JacuMiem '»*' 7 7 Scota Grey 8 8 B#rf.;. ... 7 6 Tbe Oharmer 8, 8 Oop-al:. ; <-; >. .« 7 5 Oarrlogton 8 8 Braemar »m f 4 Krneat ... 8 8 Swing . M 7 4 Anaroby ... 8 M Kctuka ... 7 3 Sir William 8 8 Flmßoolka 7 8 Chaldean « 8 J Portland ... 6 12 The Gift ...8 5 Qllyr ;,..,.^ 6 12 ObnrchlU ... 8 6 Pomegranate € 12 Pamando ... 8 5 Propoondar 612 Booitlsh Chief 8 4 Seine ... 610 Insignia , M 8 3 Deocption ..., 6 7 Tarooola ... 8 2 Direr ... 6 1 JobnS ... 8 1 Highborn ...t6 1 OaruDna „. 8 1 Mota w 6 1 The Wild Oat 8 0 Purple and.-.r . . Gold ... 6 1 Ausnuuuur Our; two nilei ani » qnarter. •■ ,-,-; ,-.;; J '-i ■t lb it lb Oaiblne ... 913 Jeboilte ; <V.< 7 9 Bravo >.. 9 5 Danke!d ... 7 7 Meloi .... 9 2 Fernaao; .\ 7 7 Onlraßilet... 8 13 Lvoy ... 7 t Lonadale ... 8 13 T.nullon ... 7 O Bca ... BJ2 Bwlng r , ... rjr 6 0 O.kleleh ... ,8 12 3;ave , ... 7 3 Enfilade ... 8 8 B auie Speo 610 Dreadnought 8 6 Haebloger... J6 12 Singapore ... > 8 3 Magsrie : .« t6 12 Riobelieo .» 8 2 Kotdko ; M A 6 11 Rudolph ... 8 0 Pioneer- !... 6 10 Sir William 711 Handover ... 10 Soots Grey... 7 10 Ilex. M ;.. 6 7 Ohlniz ... 7 9 Vl'ft'6"k"... 6 7

HE CROPS

Wonderful are the reports published of phenomenally heavy cropß grown at-Kaiapoi Island and other not very accessible places, bat most of oar readers can with very little trouble see for themselves crops.of wheat and oats whioh are not excelled by any of those respecting whioh saoh glowing accounts have been heard. Mr Edward Gates; Grove Farm, Tinwald, is the fortunate grower, and the crops stand—the wheat now mostly in stook, and the oats still growing—on = the homestead block of the old eetate r within the boundaries of the Tinwald Town Board District, Last week the msohine, was laboriously wreßtling with a field of Tuscan wheat such as never been seenih this district before. It goes without saying that snoh a crop in such a atormrSs^n tishi* btra . experienced was hoavily laid, but it-had ---^ ripened beautifully,. and th« wheat would b^ a first-rate sample. The machine oould out only one way of the field, and wit taking only about a two-foot out, yet .the sheaves 1 were pouring off in a continuous stream; and there was not a'sheaf deposited that; was dear of its neighbor, while in places the sheaves were as dose as they oould lie. Space had first to be cleared before stooks : could be built, and then they oouldsoaroely be oalled Btooks, as they were formed by placing three or four sheaves upright and stacking others around them. Even then blocks of three or four rows of these stookg —or stacks—had to be set dose together in order to leave a way for the driys.^The ' yield of this crop has been the sabfest of many small wagers, bets being offered that it will exceed 80 bushels per acre, and it is so heavily-headed and. the grain so well filled out that it will excite little surprise if the threshing machine gives a substantially higher tally than that high'figure. > It is the first orop after old pasture. On the recently broken up swamp land Mr Gates has a crop of oats as remarkable as the wheat. Whan not laid they stand from six to seven feet high, and no doubt stalks eight feet high oould be found without muoti difficulty. Both straw and head are wonderful, and if the crop ripen wd! and is safely harvested these will be an immense yield. . The other parts of the farm have produced eieellent eropsft and ' the all-round production of Grove Farm this season will, probably' be the highest average, per acre in the district, it not in the cdony. Another part cf the old estate, now owned by Mr 0. Doherty, oarries orops very little behind those of Mr Gates; and on the Terrace Mr J. Mi Beid has similarly heavy orops of wheat and oats, though badly injured by wind. Nearer the township Mr Beid has a very nioe paddock of wheat, and Mr Mark Scott's paddook) fronting the main road, also produced a nioe orop. All down Graham's Boad the crops are splendid, bat , towards Willowby some are Dot up to the usual standard. , Harvest is in full swing at Longbeacb, and the crop* are in better'oon* dition than last season. It would be worth the while of the Tourist Department ol the Exhibition to organise an exoursion to this , wonderful estate. At Ohatmoss there is more orop than usual, and very heavyyiddi will be realised, as might be expected on this fertile estate, whion, under Mr BelUs management, sends to market, year by year, prime fat sheep at the rate of nearly a sheep per acre, besides maintaining the necessary number of breeding ewes. At Windermere the orops an very satisfactory. Across the .Hinds such ■ abundance is scarcely looked.tor, bat Mr 1 Ohisnell has some splendid crop*; and hen and there are to be seen some wheat and oats of most prolific yields. The crops at Cold stream are sllthat oanbe desired in weight and condition, and the harvest will be one of the best ever reaped there. Taken altogether the harvest between the Ashburton and the Bangitata bdow the line promisee to be better than last year's. The area under drop is i about equal to last season's, and though prioas are low the farmers in this fertile distriot have every prospect of a good year. Feed, how* ever, is at present very scarce, grass having failed very early in the summer. Turnips had a very bad start, and where theyl have come up at all they have generally made very slow progress,. though at Longbeaeh and Ooldßtream there are some that look very

well, and at Esling Mr Adam Jaokson has a good breadth doing welL Twenty-four hours good soaking rain would be weloomed. Ohaif and hay are already being fed to stock on more than one of the large farms.

It is estimated that there will be a surplus of £3000 bom tho Auckland Jubilee Festival. One of the most curious of oar ancient oharitiea is that of the Biddemfen Maidaj These two anfortunate women were bora at Biddenden, in Kent, in the year 1800, joined to each other at the bipß and shoulders. Their names were Eliza and Mary Gbulkhnrst, and they lived for thirty-four years. Then one fell ill and died, and the survivor was advised to be separated from her dead sister by dissection, but Bhe refused, saying, " As we oame together we will also go.togethte." Within Bix hours Bhe, too, was taken ill* and : died also. By their will they bequeathed to the churchwardens of Biddenden a pieoe of ground which now brings in a rental of f?rty guineas. This is expended in; thei purchase of 500 quartern loaves, and cheese in propor. tion, wbijb are diutributed among tho poor of ihe pin'fch, and on R<\net Sunday 1000 small iolip, ii aped Jite a gravestone and bearing a bas-relief portrait of the unfortu nate maids, are distributed to all who ftttand

TE: ASHBITRTON GUARDIAN, TTTBSDAY FEBRUARY 4, 1890.



L O F Q B ¥■ *. 0 TT. ; 2 .: , '.' ■• y ■. ■" ■• >■ i '•'• -' -. i *.'«! -i-.'i >:• ' . ' ;' ■ --....'."., ''Vh-tiii jLtisoosoli .'c.ii--'.ir ijc f'.o,. '.';mot A 3libut ton, fit 5 p,m , ttirlving ttt Lougboaoh at 730 p«.m- Paraels or orders left at may of the sbova place-) will reonive at riot at tention. Fftien— Single fares 3s <sdj fstara ts, 0. WfSK, Ooacbraan ABHBUBTON COUNTY STOCK AND bALEYAHDS CO., Limitid. AS the reanesfc of several Farmera the Oompaay ha< deoided t> hold ■ Special PIG FAlft For the Sale of STORE PIGS, AT THE Tinwald Yards Early in Marob. Farmers will oblige by letting the Caretaker have particulars of their Entries early aa poiaible. GKO. JAMESON, 75 Chairman. W. W. SPENCEfi'S Jfi the CHEAPEST Honse in Aihbarton I for DRAPERY, OLOIHING AND OOTS. We sell fOf OABH. Small profits and qulok tetorni, and we give sterling value. White Oalloos 3b 6i a dctun Grey Oalooe 2s.lid » dtzan A Splendid Tarkish Towel for 7£d Flanelettes 4a lid a dozen Sasamer Dreaa G oda 6^ 1 Tl« beat quality of PRINTB for the least money * Blanket 9* 63 a pa?r Ginghams in plain Colours 3s lid a dor. Double Width White Twill Sheeting la Men's Tweed Snits 18s 6d Saddle Tweed Saita 39, 6d A ease of Men's Ool'd Moles jost to hand, ■lightly damaged by water; worth 9s 6d, for 7a 1U Boy's Ool'd Moka 2i lid. THB OHBAPWBt"SoUSEFOR MFN'S CLOTHING IN ASHBUBTON. K B 0O T S7~B 00T S. MeD'a Shooters 10s 6d, BlncherH6s lid. A really good pair of Women's Kid Boots for 6a lid. No second-hand atook, A SPLENDID A.BSOBTMENT of ChUdrei>'B P*tenr Liather SHppara and Booib at W. W* Spencer's THE AECAOE. SALE NOW ON AT THE NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. Half Yearly Stock-TaMng. MWPS AND BOYS' CLOTHING At Prices to Bait everybody. SO OLD STOCKS TO SELECT FROM The Goods are NEW and ail onr own " sake. HATS SHIfi'TS TIES BEACES ALL EEDVCBD IN PBOPORTTON ' c INSPECT OUB STOCK And jadge for yonnelvefl, NEW ZEALAND Clothing Factory, W. H. WifiBBEB, Manager, '(f QUOD FAGMUS VALDB PAOIMU ("Wbafcwedo we o we)l." rVMAE CSRISTOHUROH DE NTAL JL SUBGBBf, i« Gaehel street, Dhriatcharoh, coxt Kobln b 'tßoot Store, and at the Octagon, Dcnodin. Ah )perfttlonß at strictly uniform ana moderate OontulUtion frea. & MYEBS~AND CO., BUBOBOK DEHTISTB. NITBOUb OXIDE GAS administered * Th\t Auiesthetlo leaves no anplo»Bant \ effect*, and by Its use the extraction of Bad Stpmps and Toeth la rendered per •eotly Painless and Effeotlve. Ad »lnUt*f*d dally. Fee for adminlatrat on 3 Ga>, si. BJxtraotton, 2i 6d a tooth, Hoori of att^Bdance, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Private waldence, 93 East Belt. The aoknowledged superiority of AMERICAN DENTISTRSIn the con •truotlon of Artificial Te9th, the moil finUbed workmanahlp, and replaelnj the oat teeth TEMPORARILY ALMOBI IMMEDIATELY after estraotlon, baye .gtablisbed our repatation, A ulDKle Artlfiola Tooth, 10s, oomplebi •VUpper and Lower, Temporapy »ac P rmaneat £1010s; Aijiflotal Te«th anc k p.ptatea made by other .-anthts re. at small coati, Stopping, Soil-



1 Wa^tofl Known it Oash .dsert sementsu^der thi head in", not cxc' ed ng 16 words, O A > R -hilfinv. - v ddreaaes may be.eft at | ::r office ! y;?&Njf;U—A tfir! 01 v/oaian to do j '■ Ge:-Tr°: h.'e'.work. —Ajply <-ffioe o' -hif pa..*>r. 2 21 O^TANTED— iV Station, a (W "" General Beiv<;)i\ Good woerei to competent person.—Ap^> y Mrs Adams' Registry Office, Saundera' Buiidinga. 2 jiO WANTED Knowa.-During Harveit my Grocery r»t»» liahmont w<ll bu open every night till 8 pm.-D. Mo Faeiaxb. 2JII WAM'EDa Tooth fo* tha Canterbury Holler Floor Mills. One with » knowledge of store work preferred,— Foxlitt and 00. 2 15 WANTED by good tenant, Housw, not leu than 6 Booms ; good order ; in op near Aahbnrton.—-Apply T., Guar dun Office. 2 9 MANILLA Binder Twloe, miichtoe oil, and wire. Time l« money on the harvest field—the best la theohiapeM. —R. Aiooßif, Sannders Buildings. WANTED Known.—" Strong- we»r Boots for Ladles, Men an d Children can only ba obtained at W. H Collier's TTS7 ANTED Known that Awdkew Obb'b *? half-yearly sale of Surplus Stock of Drapery Clothing and Boots Is now going on. 1 141 "TITANTED KNOWN —My Specie YV Make of Ladles' 4-clasp Kid Glovea, "The Aehburtonian," braided backe, 3b 6d per pair.—W. H. Collier. WANTED every man in t&e County to have a Bnlt of the Aahbnrion Tweeds.—Eobbbt Aloobn, Aahbortoa Clothing Mart, Senders' Buildioga. EDNKSDAY Half-Holiday. Please shop early. Wednesday we cJocj at 1 pm.—H. 0. Sbgbbs, Melfotd House. T^MBKOIDBKIKa-Fcgood JRmbroly ™4 deries marked cheap to MelforU Bouea. We bare a large aua splendid assortment to ohooae from —H. 0. Sbgeb's Melford House. WANTED Koown lace ourtaine 3% 114, tofte.- 4^ i, nmbrellae Is 10: i prints 2£d. Bklrte Id, kid glovee Is, 12J"z dress buuoca for I', embroidered otstum< b lOe.—Andrew Obr's Salo, 1 160 THE Jubilee Sale. Ajtdbew Obr 1b Belling mene boots 9a 6(, It-dlea E.B. at 4» 6d, laoe np boots 5a 6d, gir 8 boi tfl S3 9i, men's shoes 6j lid. evening «b. c 2a 6i. Sale now on. 1 151 MB3 KENNEDY and Mies Cameron, Moore street—Teachers of Soien-ific Dresß-cattiag Bodies cot and fitted. DreasmakiDg in all ita branches. Ridi'? habits a speciality. 12 69 ILljlNiiiKX—li you wact o "ohosZ from a large otuck of tiimraed nnr antrimmed hats and boanets go U M«> ford Houso 4- lot of chiidron'e Oalaiec straws from 6d to 2a, very cheap ■— H. 0 Segebs, Melfoid Houue. "YTAIiENTINES ! V-l^ntlnes—Neweat V and most. Elegant Deaigus la boxtl. Silk-Fit- goi Jdovt) Q&tdu and Ferfomed Sachets, etc. Largest Virlety In Oomto Va'ontlnes, L. F. ANDRE WHS & 00, Shtloners 7 Hall, ~ WANTED, Everyone to Know—That J. MOISON bas now in etook a arge and varied assortment of BOOTS AND SHOES for the Sprinc and Summer Season, Gentlemen's, Ladles', aud Chil dren's, both Imoortnd and UoIobIs! ; i !ao mS OWN MAKE, which GANN)T BE BtfgP4SSED f !r Style, F.t, Q;.»lty, and NoAtcPB, combined with VERY REASONABLE PIUOKa. All rfpalrß executed prompt y and v*ith nevnpps'. lOtl Public Notices GFAWOIT DODDH, Sorgeon Dentist , wishes to inform hie Patients that the Dental Hurgery will be CLOSED during hi« quarterly vitft to Akaroa. Be-open WEDNESDAY, February 13th. ASHBUBTONPEBMANENTBUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. THE monthly and other payments will be received at the Office, Tancred Street THIS DAY TUESDAY, 4th ITEBKUABY, FROM 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and from 7 p.K. to 9 p.m BDWD. STEPHENS, Manager* %?Em^ & SUMMED, 1889 TAILOR AND MEBCER, JUST OPENED, A LARGE *nd Varied Aaoortment of GentlemenV fehlcts, Hate. 3oarfa. NEW BBABON'S TWEEDS ANO OCATINGS, A large and wel! seleoted Stock to choose ota. XHlfi TAILOBING DEPARTMENT s under the Management of Mb T> Kbbb »ho h&3 had L»rpe experlenoe os CUTTER the prlLolpal Tailoring Kstabllhrnesta Christohuroh, verfect Fit and WorJmawHp Guaranteed WM. SPARROW East StSEot ■ I 1 i



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