Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Præval WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1890. OUR JUBILEE MEMORIAL.

It was scarcely to have been expected that Ashburton would ' • demonstrate " very much or indeed demonstrate at all ton this the Jubilee Day of the Colony, for two very cogent reasons, one being that it is the centre of a farming district which is now full swing in harvesting operations, and the other that even if the town residents had been disposed to get up » public celebration the unaccount abla delay of the Government to settle the vexed question of the proper date until the eleventh hour, precluded the possibility of making the necessary arangements. However, perhaps we are for all that none the less jubilant at tbe wonderful progress which has been made by this our Colony during the first half century of her history, and have tbe consolation as an offset to being deprived of the opportunity of a public demonstra tion of knowing that the money which it would have cost remains in our pockets, and can be applied if we so think fit to the purpose of an enduring memorial as well of the Jubilee of the Colony, as of that of Her Majesty's accession. Nearly three years have elapsed since we jubilated right royally and loyally on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the latter auspicious event, and a number of people both in the borough and County subscribed for the erection of a permanent memorial, in the shape of what is greatly needed, namely a public clock. But the sum raised was not sufficient and even though since supplemented by a vote of £100 by the Borough Council there yet needs to be a further sum of £100 provided. That done, the clock can be erected during this the colony's jubilee year and will serve as a memorial for all time of both events. As will be seen by an advertisement in our columns the public are now invited once more to come forward and make an end of the matter by providing the balance re quired. There are hundreds of people who haye as yet not contributed a cent, hundreds doubtless who have not even been asked to subscribe, and we now supply the omission and call upon them to contribute promptly and cheerfully, so that the useful project which has so long bang fire may be promptly carried out. Subscriptions in money are to be paid into the Union Bank to the credit of the Trustees of the Jubilee Fund, and we have no doubt that those who would pre fer to contribute in kind, say by sending a bag or two of grain could easily make arrangements with the Mayor for tbe appointment of a place for the reception of such contributions, to be afterwards converted into coin of the realm and paid into the Fund.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Hotel Metropole, whioh is said to have cost £150,000, has been opened in Sydney.

It is proposed to erect an Eiffel tower, 300 feef high, on a prominent elevation in Sydney.

The harvest in the Orange district, New Sonth Wales, promises to be the heaviest known for years.

Connecticut cider ia now masquerading as Frenoh champagne. One mill turns out 100 barrels a day.

Two more Mormon elders who had been making converts in Alabama have been tarred and feathered and driven out of the State.

A Frenchman, M. Didler, has devised a hat that will illuminate the wearer's surround: ings for several yards by eleotrio means.

3razil under her new form, bas adopted the Stars and Stripes of the United States, but, instead of the gorgeous red, white, and blue, we have a sjokly green and gold.

A recent number of the Waitsburg, Wash, Times, had the following ad ; " Wanted, a saddle horse for a woman weighing 900 pounds."

A Birmingham man has, it is stated, in vented a metal that oan be distinguised from gold only by experts, though it oan be turned out for half a orown a pound.

Cardinal Lavigarie estimates that with 1000 good soldiers and 4,000,000 dollars he will be able to suppress the entire slave trade of Afrioa.

The family oat in the household of W, A Reyburn, at Qlen, Fa., lately went to sleep upon the face of the three months' old daughter. The child died of suffocation.

ft ia alleged that a chemist of South Mel bourne is going to Moama, New South Wales, shortly, re, the Tichborne oaae ? in pursuance of instructions reoeived from home. Baring Brothers are said to be defraying the expanse.

There was to be seen last week in the office of Msaera Friedlander @rothers r a plant of red clover that bad been grown and nursed in a garden. It reached in stem tbe immense height of 6ft 3in.

To-day, as the Jubilee of the colony, was pretty generally observed as a holiday, most of the shops being dosed. A large number of townspeppje went holiday-making to the beach.

It would seem that Stanley is iqajkiag $ very good thing out of African explora ion. He is said to have over 600 tons of ivory, and as this is worth £2000 per too, he has some thing very substantial as the reward of his enterprise'

King Louis of Portugal did not in all his reign sign a single order for capital punish, meat. He had conscientious ecrupleg against infiiotiDg the death penalty and so sucoeeded in making it practically obsolete in b|a dominions.

Tbe latest figures of the Mormon Onurqh give 12 apostles, 70 patriarchs, 3719 high prießls, 11,805 elders, 2069 priests, 2592 teaohere, and 11,610 deacons, or a total of 31, 877 offioers for a population of a little over 150,000.

An endeavor is about to be made to de velope tbe iron industry within the colony of New South Wales. Mr Joseph Mitchell, M, L.A., ia leaving for England, hia espooial objeot being to induoe capitalists to embark in the venture.

The " Dunedin Evening Star " referring to the reported intention of our ox-Premier to beoome a candidate for tbe Imperial Parlia ment in the Home Rule interest says;— /'Sir Eobert ia oertainly going Home this year, but that ia all that be said definitely on the Bubjeot." '

Mr Mason, Paradise, Head of Lake Waka tipu, writing to Mr Hotop, of Queenstown, aaye ;— " You will remember Dr Heotor placing white fish in Lake Te Anau fourteen or fifteen years ago. I hare never heard of them eince till thia morning. They are there in abundance, and can easily be taken."

•The success of artesian borings is still ; ■ reported from the arid districts of Australia, ' The latest 'report comes from E^oooleohe 1 district;, East of the P'aroo river, where, at > a depth of 1227 feet, a supply of 720,000 gallons of water a day has been obtained. It flTer > remarkable that all borings made U'^T i"*7i ■- ""T°i have proved fruitless, west of the r»,\.^ _ _.  _"^r-—c^mpondent of the The Fairhe Creek Ooltr~^-^-«i,, ver bit " Timaru Herald "writes:—l sawa^c—_ of WO' k done by one of Mr Mitchell's shepi t herds on the Eookwood estate. With three dogs he drove a mob of fourteen wild goats a 1 distanoe of four milee and yarded them. The goats have their home about the precipitous sides of the Opihi gorge, but occasionally some of them come up for a feed on the newly laid grass paddocks. The lot yarded seemed to be lin fine conditioned judging by the long | beards and big horns some of tbem haw leeq * good many summery

A German utaUbtioiau says:—There are at present 3,064 languages epoken by the inhabitants of our globe, whose religious convictions are divided between 1000 different concessions of faith.

First Dog-stealer, reading—"'Lost, , a black poodle. Five pounds reward.' Take the leddy the vun yer prigged in' Olloway Squeer, Bill." Seoond Dog-stealer —"OarnM Yer know it's a bloomin' vite un!" First Dog-Htealer~" Tel Per it turned vite through a-pinin' for' er."

Both fire bells rang out an alarm of fire about ten o'clock last evening. The Brigade promptly assembled at the station, Jbut no signs of a fire could be discovered. It was, subsequently asoetained that the oause of the alarm was a fire whioh originated ambng some tussocks near the High Sohool, which was extinguished without much trouble. j

The "Lyttelton Times" Bays that the steamer Tekapo, whioh arrived at Lyttelton on Tuesday, brought three Sisters of Mercy, whose mission ia in connection with the establishment of a convent at Lyttelton, Tbe building is close to St. Joseph's Ohuron, and should be in every way suitable for the purpose for whioh it ia intended to use it.

Tippoo 'Tib, the great African slave dealer, ie getting tired of his wandering and danger ous existenoe and proposes to settle down as a solid citizen on his estate at Oasingo, 300 miles above Stanley Falls, wbere he has built for himself a large and fine stone mansion. Hie Bon, however, will oarry on hia father's trade.

Mr Isaacstein (to sohool teacher): " How vas dat lettle Jaoob getting on mit arith metic ?" Sohool teaoher : "He is doing nicely, Mr Isaaastein. He is in percentage now." Mr. Isaaostein : Voa dot so ? Veil, don't you teach dot poy nodding* less than yon hundred per cent. He vas too young yet to study very hard." ,

A gold discovery is reported from Queens land whioh savours in some degree of romance. Two miners were withdrawing from a district whioh they bad been prospeoting in vain, when one of them stooped to look at a flower. Tbe other, meantime, was idly chipping a rook, and found it rioh in gold. The result is said to be the discovery of a reef of whioh wonders are predicted; The claim has been named the Orohid after the lucky flower. It is situated in the Maokay district.

The following is an extraot from a compos ition written by a &maU schoolboy in Mew Jersey. The subjeot given by the teacher was the extensive one of " Man." Here's what the small boy wrote: " Man is a wonderful animal. He has eyeß, ears, month. Hia ears are mostly for catching oold in and having the earache,, The nose is? to get sniffles with. A man's body is split half way up, and be walks on the split ends."— Lippincott's Magazine.

The " Timaru Herald " reports the eaptur 6, by Mr W. Dale, of Waahdyke, in the Opib 1 river of what is believed to be a true salmon. The fish turned tbe scale at 121b, took forty minuteß to kill, and is in grand condition. All who have Been it, and claim to have speotal knowledge on the subject, pronounoe it to be a genuine salmon. The fish has been placed in the chamber at the freezing works where it will be kept till the steamer Elderslie arrives, on board of which are some Home Balmon, and the oolonial specimen will then be compared will the British ones. - AbwHl no doubt be remembered salmon have been turned out in the waters of South Canterbury —the first time about seven years ago and the seoond four years ago. l

The beet medicine known ia SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Teat its eminent powerful effects in coughs, colds, influenza, etc—the relief is instantaneous. Thousands give the most gratifying testimony. His Majesty the King of Italy, and medical syndicates all over the globe are its patronß,

GOLD MINING IN CHINA.

I" Washington Star.") Mialatar Dtnby has sent to the Skate department, in a recent report, a transla tion ef an artlole whlob recently appeared In a native newspaper published at Shanghai, giving an account of the gold minlag at Shaagal. .It says: " There are gold mines 'n Manchuria which may give a better acoeuat of themselves than any of oar ooal or Icon mines.' Some of the latter, as, fr Instance, theOh'fn cho<v mines of Anhu! aud the dnobow mines of Ktangea, have ao far been anything but a sucoees, owing to dffioalties of transporting the mineral to the places whera It fa required. Bat (or gold there is a good market everywhere, aud all that la brorght out of the earth la sold imme diately and on the spot. What his stood In the way of aoaoesafnl gold mining In China la want of method. The Pint-tv gold mines, on the Shantung promontory, employ about 10 QQO per flr>Dß,' aid tk'e working expenses are 800 taels a d»y, but the output dally is c nly 3s of gold. Bat we are pleased to chronicle the existence of a very different state of things at the Amor gold mines. When Prefect LI assumed the direction aboat cli months ago, the working of these mines was commenced with sudden sud wonderful energy, and a subsidiary (nice was opened at Kl-kan Ho, ■ Here, where the gold brigands had worked at tbelr forbidden mlnaa before they were bo disastrously acattcrod by the Chinese Government troops, gold mining is now actively proceeding under the emotion and enconra-'emant of the Government. At first the ontput was very, email, bnt it has sine* bo Increased that daring the last JLO days of tha third moon (20th and 29th April 1889), the joint production of both mines w»a be*wa<-n pOog sod 60 z of gold dnat. Thee are from CPO to OQQ minors employed, r.n<? eioh lafiuolog now about a tenth of t a ounce of gold every dsy, and ft la expected that before m *ny mor-1 minthe there will be 3000 miners working thero and producing 300oz of god a day. Happy ohareholdera ! These mines of Eel laug Eiang lie near tbo frontier betwaoa that Chiceae province and tho Kuaßian Amur territory. There are Tung Bh»n and ibp ?vi Km Sh»n worthy of being vdiacd,. L^"ide the California. of the Auieiiows and the Australia of the British, which aro c mmonly called by us recpee tlvely, Kin Kin Bhan acd >>i Kin Shan, ihe old andcewgoldfields. Here slre'chcs a gold vein of 400 to 600 li long, which jf properh worked will yield ua ianaloulaljjs wsalth, and now in odIj; waiting i'«r capitallste to come focwurd to supply the working papita). tqu|3t be, cpnfeßßed that the way 'ihcßa pines were managed before Prefect IJi prue along was anything but reaemrinfi! to inves'ors, but now we may hope ttut more confideoce wfl( be felt, and that these nobla mines may be properly developed. According to the first claaaa of tho Russian treaty (he range of hlllo railed the Hlng An Ling sepitKtea oat territory from the Rusnian, the gold, oonntry of Tang Sin Shan lying o the south, &nd th»t of SI Kin Sham or Moh Ho to the north of that range. Tho mines under Prefect Li'a anperlntenctencQ ttro on ihoso mountains, tonne 70 or 80 B from Moh Ho, All provisions fo? the mines tnnst be Imported overland from Ai-ken (otherwise called Sakhalin Via. <f river), a digtan-e of 150 CB, tnrough MoV^^l SBBIDg R?? 8lan twitory, op thelv way!^f^cTiirrir^:i" to effect* reform in this respect, and partly by me employment of uteamers and partly by opening of not? roada to tender it possible ro bring from Chip* everything necessary for the proper working of the mines and tbo supply of the personnel with provl 19ns wltboqt tbl lid of|Boislajj ipldi,"

AN UNEXPECTED DEFINITION.

"If we take toomuch wine or beer" asked a State School in pector in Victoria, says ;"Atticus," in the "Leader," who was examining a class on their Temperance les | sons, •« what bad effects follow ?" ' Gout was 'the reply of the karrassed child. "Quite right, my boy. 1' s^id the inspector patting him on the head; I often have touches of it my self. Now tell me what gout is?" But the boy did'nt know—nor the nexf—nor tne next. "Can none of you tell me what gout is? asked the . inspector -addressing the class' at large. One little girl in the corner of the gal lery held up her hands and snapped her fingers like castanets. " Well, my child, tell |,me," said the < fatherly old official. ♦' Pie, 1 st? sir," your shirt's hanging out J" was the reply, upon which several others declared "they knew, bat did'nt like to say it." It may not perhaps be necessary to explain that a favorite school doggrel is " Giddy, giddy gout—your shirt's hangiog out!"

AN EVENTFUL CRUISE

An eventful cruise to tbe Solomon Islands bas just been completed by the schooner Enterprise, of Sydney, which reached that port a few days ago. The vessel left nine months ago on a trading trip. In the Solomon Group a terrible calamity overtook the little company composing the crew, the details of whiob have already been reported. A man named Nelson and three native boys went ashore in the schooner's boat, nnd were immediately tomahawked, and it is believed were oooked and eaten by the natives, H.M.S. Royalist shelled the native villages. On the passage down from the Solomon Group to Sydney the sohoonor ran short of water. She was becalmed for eiome days. It ie said that the crew were exposed to the burning heat in the tropics at a time when the greatest economy had to be observed as to the consumption of the fresh water. Even tually the Enterprise was brought up off Moreton Bay, where an abundant supply was procured.

RATHER TALL

Captain Thompson, of tbe schooner Challenger, describes a recent visit to the battle field of Tarapaca, where tbe Chilians and Peruvians met on November 17, 1879, and the Peruvians, after losing 4000 men, were forced to retreat, leaving their dead nnboried, "In any other country," he says, •' those unburiod corpses would have been reduced in a few weeks to skeletons by wild animals, or the elemento, but for over 100 miles on either side of the battle-ground there is not a spear of grass, There are, consequently, no wild animals, and the, bodies remainod undisturbed by them. The soil, too, is strongly impregnated with nitrate of nod a, aud this, in c nnectlon with tbe hot, dry atmosphere, bas converted men and hortes into perfect mummies. Seen on a bright moonlight sight, as I first saw it, the battle appears as if fought a day or two ago, the coiora of taa uniform bAoa stilt bright and the i^ael of the weapons untarnished. Inspected by daylight, a otrrions phenomen a i-i observed. The hair of tbe bodies .? tbo men has grown since death to a leigth of from 2ft to 4ft, aid tho tails of the cavalry horses are now no long that, if alive, they would trail far behind on the ground,

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

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A NEW COMPANY.

London, January 27

The London and Westminster Bank will shortly issue the prospectus of the Imperial and Colonial Finance Agency Association, with a capital of" two millions. The directors are Reginald Brett, John Oswald, the Marquis of Lome, the Hon. T. Brassey, Lords Eustace Cecil and Claud Hamilton, and C. A. Whitmore.

THE VICTORIAN LOAN.

The opinion in financial circles in the city 13 that Victoria will best consult her interests by borrowing first, and deferring the balance of the proposed loan to the extent of two or three millions till July.

ILLNESS OF A CARDINAL.

Cardinal Jacobini is ia a critical condition.

LABOR TROUBLES.

Tom Mann, President of the Dockers' Union, was arrested at Bermondsey on a charge of inciting to disorder. He was eventually discharged when the case came before the magistrates. The Liverpool strike is spreading. ,

LORDS SALISBURY AND HARTINGTON.

London, January 2$ Lord Salisbury and Hartington have both recoved from their sickness.

THE WEST END SCANDAL, The parents of twelve children have been granted ioo acres of land each in Quebec The boys are alleged to have been concerned in the West End scandal

BANQUET.

The banquet to Miss Myra Kerable, the Australian actress, was a great success. Sir Saul Samuel, the Chair man, proposed her health, and lauded Australia, which was eclipsing Baglftod in pugilism, cricket* sculling, singing, ana possibly ho^se racing. Sir James Fergusson eulogised the noble spirit which animated the colonies and caused them to sink individua} prejudices and dwell as erne great country, to the benefit of them selves and the strengthening of the Empire,

THE JUBILEE PLUNGER.

The Public Prosecutor indicts Benz:m for forgery, the private prosecu^on having been withdrawn,

ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A BISHOP.

Washington, January 28

A fanatic attempted to shoot the Bishop of Pennsylvania during service on Sunday. \ ;

RAILWAY CATASTROPHE.

A train was derailed at \Vinsville and caught tyre. Six passengers were burned to death and nineteen injured.

THE INFLUENZA IN CANADA.

Ottawa, January 2? Great mortality has been caused throughout Canada by influenza. Mosit of the schools are closed. . Lady Stanley, the wife of the' Governor- General is among the sufferers.

AUSTRALIAN

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Srisbanb, January 28. tleavy and disastrous floods are ire ported. Bundaberg, 2;2 miles north of here, is completely submerged, the ws^'ter having risen to the roofs of the houses. Three persons were drowned, aod many other fatalitie§ arp rumored; but not verified. The damage is eao^ mous. Two hundred J^mil^ * have been driven ft9m tneic homes at Gywnfo.

SOUTH CANTERBURY LAND

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WbluhgioN, Jinuaiy 28 Over 200,000 acrea of land in Canter bury, south of tha ifcngitata. will hhortly be offered tot e»h or se eotion. With the exoaption of a tew blocks, it comprises iho whole of tbe land in that part of tho couatry not airnady sold or le*Bod.

AN OPTICAL ILLUSION.

An optical Illusion, whioh Is said to have exolted a couslderable amount of ouvioslty both at the Padi Exhibition and ia Melbourne, fs at present to be seen at the A,M.P, buildings, in Prinoea street. "Inana," or "The Goddess of the Clondi," as she Is called, la a young lady droned like an acrobat, who appeari within the compass of a large and brilliantly Illuminated. circle and floats gracefully about, perfoiajiotf a numberof •volutions in space with the greatest of ease. Bafore d'sstppearing from the.gtzj of the audience she also wishes, them "(ioed afternoon." How the illusion is produced ', Is a puzzle, and we -do not 1 venture to offer any explanation with regard to it. It seems, however, very wonderful for a human teipg to aci as '• Inana" does—app*iently setting; tb«j laws of gravitation at defiance in a marvellous way without coming to grief— and it may safely he predicted tbat many persons will be eager to pay her a yiftit and try and solve the mystery of her performance.—' Otago Daily Times."

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

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Auckland, January 28. r*

A man named R Palmer, a settler, Wai killed atOropl bash, near Tauranga, by the falling of a tree. Wilunoton, January 28 This afternoon a mine containing 6001b of guncotton was successfully exploded in front of the A.O. barracks, Point Hals well. The mine had been down since Septem ber, and exploded without a hitch, throw ing a colamu of water 600 ft high, The experiment was chiefly to see whether mines would remain any length of time under water without leakage, but the ex plosion waß utilised to shatter a rock lying in an an awkward position. Several amallei miaes were also fired.

Tho " J veoing Press " to-night states that there has been a disagreement among Minlßiers. can Bed by an attempt on the part of Mews Fergus and Bislnp to forct Captain Bnasell to take a certain coarse in the Department of Justioe to whioh he was nppoßeJ. The new Minister of Jus tice ia asserted to have successfully re sisted. The " Prees " states that it ia satisfied the statement is oorreo , but it would be premature to give details.

A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS.

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London, Jaumry 27

The barque Loch Moidart, from Iquique in Chili to Hamburg, was wrecked at Culluodhoag, and thirty of those on board were drowned.

All on board the barque Thorne, which went ashore in Douglas Bay, Isle of Man, have been rescued, and it is expected that most of the cargo will be saved. The Dieppe' steamer Paris has arrived safe.but disabled. The " Standard " states that the crew of the Loch Moidart were all shipped in Melbourne. Twenty-seven were drowned. ' . ; Sidney^ January 28 Tbe crew of the steamer Riverina wrecked at Ramshead, have not arrived yet, and consequently no details have come to hand. Tbe cargo is valued at It is insured in the Colonial offices for the South British Company has a line of j£2°o' ' '- -

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourselves respooiible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents

REDUCTION OF TIME BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO AND NEW YORK.

TO THE IDITOB.

■Sir,—lt will doubtless interest ybnr numerous readers to know {bat we have received Information by last mall from, our New York office that It Is no«r possible to reach New York from San Fianclsoo In the short time of 110 hours.

There !■ a through oar every day from San F/anclioo to Chicago. Thd may be useful to travellers, as it Is the fastest tJme that has yet been made across Amarloa, making another step towards shortening the journey between Australasia and, England.

Youn faithfully, Thos. Cook and Sox. 4 Victor'a Arcade, Auokland, January 23rd, 1890.

VILLAGE SETTLEMENT CONDITIONS

TO THE BDITOB

Sir, —Being the holder of an allotment in a Village Settlement, I beg to ask if you can inform me whether a woman is so tightly found to the land that she cannot undertake to da anything that she has been accustomed to in the'way of going out to work or remaining away at situations if she chooses. Mow,. Sir. the Government requires a heu3e to be erected within six months of the date of the settler's application for the land being accepted, and this cannot be done out of a man's bare earn* ings. So, Sir, I think that as long as I reside permanently on the land myself it ought to be. quite sufficient, Of course the conditions say that a home must be made on the la,nd, and that the occupier of the sjectipn must reside ut it six months'after' acceptance. But they do n,ot say that both man and woman mu»* xeh side thereon, I consider myself fr won id be injustice to the woman to rjCmpel her to do so. knowiog that poor people such as village settlers have a hard struggle before they can establish then- position. My reason for ap- Peali°gto yo» for information is that my wife had been away and I myself was occupying the land, afld. as I understand, some kind friend V.'lote to the Land Board, and told them that we had left; it 4 and, that I had not been seen sjnee my wpife went away. I know the condfr tions and would not venture to leave the land altogether to look after itseE Had I wished to give up possession I could'get several per s«ns that I could transfer it to. But, Sir, as everyone knows some people are ever ready to, do harm to others. Apologising for tres passing on your space,

I am, etc.,

Settler. [Our correspondent' need not have apologised for writing to us o a 3,< matter of so great public interest. It is precisely for the purpose of affording an opportunity for ventilating such questions that the , y Guardian " exists, and we shall always be glad if those who have grievances or desire information, will < have_ recourse to our columns. If, as we infer from what •'Settler!' says, the allotment has been taken up in his own name, clearly his wife is at liberty to go away to any employment - as often and for as lpng as she sees fit, that is to say so far as the Government or the : Waste Land Board we cenQe.mQd. T* , ' allotmcßt \m, been ta>«a «o 5~ V. s? 2sn&* -« *•" i&?s JS»«** Residence on [the land of the £tt^ Ilna will fulfil the residential conditions.

We advise "Settler" to write to Mr J. J B. March, Steward of Village Settlements, IChriatchurch, (stating his case, or to forward to that gentleman a copy of this paper •{king hii adticc & the cutter,—Ed;}

NEW ZEALAND'S JUBLEE.

j By Wm. J. Stxwakd. The wearing sun, to tbe waters dea cendlng Had crimsoned tha sea with his long, lavel ray, Aad tbe puddles kept time and the rowera were bending As the prows of Hawaikl sped swift on thet* way; And the chaunt of the rowerg rang out o'er the ocean, / : And fl iated away on the wings of tbe j breeza,, •, - - ■■*- '■'-.< Aa the' Maori aped oa with a pilgrim's I devotion, ; , And steered by the atari for the Isles of the Beaa. The yea's hare rolled on—and 4he sou a ofthe Haotl' 'j » 1 In numbers uncounted are eon as the aand, '-"r;;j ■' "■" '■'/; /; " ' And, atslwart and atrcng as a foreat of .k*mi, . , ; His tribes and his hapus have peppled -\' "theland;'. ' /.j, ' ,;. '„ "' 'v '■ " .Vat tribe against tribe hath a cruel oon ■ ', T tantlon, ./■;'/., . : i ,;.'■., ;;' ' And the w*vea of their wars sweep tbe - lead like a flood, , /, And none for the weaker hath sweet coin , desoanalon— • « ... /' The charter of manhood Is written In blood. The years have rolled on—and the waters are parted . , . Bp ships of the white man with broad canvas spread,, , , ! Andthe men thfit they oarry are btave and true-benrted, Aad the Flag of Old England fa waving o'erbead, With hopo never-falling, with faith that / ' ne'er falteis, With courage undaunted, they oome o'er tbe aea To build up their homes, and establish their altars, And raise op a people, brave, happy,: '■ ; ,r,'and free. \ ' ' ;, ■ i ; The years have rolled on—and the war olond, extending ' , Glowa red with the flames of the home ateada that bornj' And, Maori aad Pakeha fiercely son tend- The blood of the slaughtered en. 1 crimsons the fern, The years have rolled on—and the fighting is ended, O'er all the fair lead broods the; Angel of Peace, And Into one people the races are blended And knowledge, aad rlobes, and plenty Increase; ■ . , :.-..- .- And crowned with beauty, a fair, queenly maiden, > r New Zaalaud shines forth as the bright morning star, Hat table la spread; end with dainties la laden, And now she hath bidden her guetts , from afar— Her guests that are bringing from every nation , The toll of tbelr psoplea, the spall of their lands, Sabh vicing with each in a p?oud emula tion— To gflz=) on hei charms and the work of her hands. Her oharms that aro pacrlsss, for hath she not mountains That lift (heir white brows to the deep sapphire sky, > And forests unfading, and rivers, and foun tains To soft drowsy summer that sing lullaby? And are not her garments embroidered with fljwers, Embroidered with flowers all lovely and aweet ? ' "" ' ' ■ Palla not from her lap of abandaoca In showets .. x /.' • i.; ■ ..'«. The routh of her fruitage, the wealth of her vtheat? . , ■) Here stretch her bright lakes, by the great mountains bounded, ' Beiplendent ia mantle of glittering snow, Or by the deep green of the forest acr ronnded, All mirrored again in the waters bolow>; There through her broad plains flow her clear, crystal riven, Like network of silver o'er kirtle of green, And the whispering flax in the light breeaes qnivors, ;■ • ■, .And the toi'e white, plume lends a d. oharm to the eoane. There pearly Waltangi rolls down'from the mountains, ■ There Molyneux'a waters are mingledY ' r. : with gold, , .■.'•;•. There leap in the sunshine bright Sather .r Jand'a fountji^Qs, x There fair Rotorua bath bleseing untold, For, fw© and abundant, her waters of healing, .. , ,- - . ' , lake pools of Bethnda, with virtue are V - »Ife, - » -'-'■ '•" • -^. That needs not to wait for a day of ,«. /. i revealing, T .-. • .". Vf'•'<'" •' - Or hand of ,au angel to wake it to life. There o'er Toogarlrd tbe smoke-oload is riven  -,•. With Barnes that are red as are rabies of price, There Egmont lifts up his white orest to the heaven, Aorangi keeps guard o'er hlB oaverns of loe, 'Mid yon fairy islets (he tired ocean creeping— f . Like child that his head on his mother's j lap lays— . „ Aweary of turmoil, lies peacefully sleeping In deep silent fiords and bright w,av«lt as .. bays. There stretch W deep lorffcb of birch a,o,d totara, to?* kT' and lim"> oC rettt »«d pine, I Where the woo^.pigeon hieß to the fnfa • Ana thel kaks soreams shril in tbe supple-jack vine, Where the tut pipes clear In the blooming ; koninl, :< And the mokamok sings by the sidefpf the burn, - -•• >.■ And under the nikaus, all plumy and sheeny, The weka creeps home to her nest in the fern. Their clematis hangs out the wealth of her flowers, Like clutters of stars; wondrous fair to behold, Aod the pure white convolvulus aprinkles 1 ' the bowers ' ' Where fbmes out tha kowhai in tcarlet and gold: 0 lovely New Zealand 1 0 happy and free , land t ; .,, 0 where is the country so fair, and so I'■ "l; aweet y • ' ,-.s> ' ■ -j'-x .*!•■_ In foreat aad mountain, in river and fountain, In be&aty so peerlees, in charm so complete ? | Yea, Nature hath given b'J r goaerouc dowry, " » But better hath oomo to her over the sea, Bo*the T.'aite man bath brought to the land of the Maori : Tbe heirlooms of Time from the Isles of >■. '; tbe, Free, . ■ . '' ' Beside her bright rivers < fair cities hath founded, , : BC«tieietlhis homesteads o'er!h'll and o'er dell. And uweefc tluoagh her vaUeya and plains hath reaounded The slow, peaoef qI obime of the church goipg ball,

'" • .. • •• —if , • All voieeful each oitj, with Industry** clamour. The sounds of the tq4l of the workers of •kill, The hum of the foundry, the clang of the hammer, The throb of the engice In wotihop and mill; • And hark! Id etch Tillage the sohool bellia ringing, It's music la aoond ng trae Liberty 1! And sweetly the voloes of children are singing, ■ . ,/j ■;' ) n/ And the gateway of Learning standf '■"'" • •-cpentb'm^^^'"^ " ..-. -\ v .-;•' UM The bleating of iheep In the wide pastures roaming, ',':'>%? And she notes of the skylark, awaken . the morn,' ,-,; " And the lowing of ktoe fills the ear of the gleaming, •^Audthf wind mflrpttrii. low through the waves of the corn, For thick in the valleys the ripe grain li bendlog— 1 The ot^CujttdMßeXl>lu4«^»bd plenteous .-..-. ,wheat—,-,. T y v *."*" . '" And the foil bref ■• - that over Its billows ' ■ 10 . la>wendibgr^i-t.<i*,'; With the scent of the clover la beery And the frultagt Aaogs- thlek on the epplea and psaohes,. v ' , The orange-grotee brtfrhtr with thelf golden frait ehloe, ' " The rich jufiiy melon' iti tendrils oot< »■>. ,' reaohea,, '-. v^:-^ .*jj£ ... The, de*p purple oloaieta hang thick oft the vine ; To thee, 0 New Zaeland/O faappj tad free laod, ! 6 laud of ell lands that art. fairest to  . ■ -"vlaw,?.. ,':•;? r-:.ii<.,o'i*s^s>}: Hath oome the posseuiiig of every , blessing, The beat of thrOld World, the beat of , tbe New.r And whare In her cities hei people in •■ ;' throoglDf—-r^ L -/>•■•'■*> '."•!. The beautiful citlai ten luattea hare 1 • -"made— : v<>'; ■"'■ •■^'■'- ri*i Behold all the trlosaphs to Labor belong. ; Ing, ' •"■"'••'%-i- "'fi-'i "■•_;r: .' '' To Art md to Solenoa; to Ctonweroe :- ■ '■• •'and Trade j '> '""• ><r-n:;£ The work of the worken lot Iron: of the builders In timber end atone of the dwelling* of men, .. _, . Tha ffork of the worktrs In gold and in allver,. " ' .fj The workeri with oblael and pencil end pen*. • ... " ,;a-r<i:v'"\ ;-,<:<. •'' ' ■•.-:••/. V-""-;;-::-i v'-[^ And the light wreaths of sssoke show tks) •■ !"" pathofthe-'Titena--':'r^:- tf/1- Tb»t raah oW hee plalnai'throigh her !7'" ' hills and her '"valei,*''' Vi':' V. '<'' Tie eea'a broad ezpanae^thlftho aheen of ltaaalla; ,.,;!?! Olo?ely Naw Zealand, how fair thine adorning, { Thoa Q jean of the lilaa of the blae aoothurn ata, , ■■ ;. :-; How bright ia the dawn of thy Jabllev movolog; [!'.:■ That epteada o'er a people contented --, and .free! ■■; "s r; %T» V • ■ ' ■■ < We g»ther together-thy eona and «jf • danifhtera •"'" ' : ?■<■• q " ■, Wholovothy fair land Mtbeiand of ■" ' " oor birth, ;<■/'■ <±\<. /jr?'?;h And we that, hare oome to thee orer the - • watera-^ •■; —V •'j---m:',--^. - With the voioe of thankagiving, of icy, aod of mirth; : s '{ J/",^ The rote aod the thistle and abamrock en ' .- "'twining -::■-;./;"',■•"■;-'-o ' With feathwy fern-Uarej of delicate ■. green, ■■-v .--: ..'.i;;.--.-. . -> With conga acd the moaia ofgladneefl " ■ oombioiag-::*--i -: .^,-'AAhn% •• Oar".Qo<i bestr Ne% Zealand" with v " God aare the Qaean! J^ (The above orer the norn dt plume ot "Kowhai"waa one of the nitety com petition poems for the "EveningPoat" prizes and was placed fifth in order of merit)

t^.^S

A SPANISH TRAGEDY.

\ In M»dtU recently jk* lioy otrtfl twilr ' years old, who bad fouad in the ttMtt • one baudred peaeta bank note, and changed it at a^mpnerohanger'e, divided the ■palli with' «nothbr boy, eltyea yeut old, He then bought » plstoltiqdjbalUte tad then,bog»n | qaa^ret'vlc^ hh pI»T -inafce aboat a little girl of i«relT«>e»ft of age, the daughter of a wall to do crooet. whom he called hli (sweetheart, and whom he apoosed of thowlng * praftrenoe fo* bis oompaoion. Ai they Were dlaonwlne the matter they happened to meet th» girl with her female aarvant, aod tha oldet boy deliberately aimed at her and shot her dead io a fit ofjaalouiy. Bokk boyt were nent to gaol; aod, deiplt* h(a oom r«de a and the maid aeivanra taakftaony, the aeoDaed aaya the piatol weat off acqldentaily^

FIFTY YEARS' PROGRESS

By way of demonstrating the pr'jgn«sT made by thei colony during It* half century of exiatenee, the M.e«or of Wellington during the Jubilee JHumlna tlons P>^ed^r.p*pa/enotes inW window of his firm'd warehouse abowtae \ a nataUet oolumns the statistlos of 1840 » n d 1890— or rather those; of last ,Ut '«& WlfaTthi nearestavallable F6Ubwl?ig ale tha fiiurw referred to :— r Imp<«a».. 4 <■ 4m £86,062 >«6.18J| 1 444 ftoasnmefti exportad,- 3 l- % ,T 1.«.'.*»! j.L'jail 71787184 Woq» produce, in lbs . 9,445 95,618,607 Agricultural product* ..t T nil £BB3 419 Industrialproduota .•• nil £7,436649 Gold produced.. .. nil £914309 Coal produce, in tons., r  nttfl. -618,869 Flu exported, in tons. '- ail^ 12 239 Shipping inwarda in t'na' 21,165' 526,485 Shipping outwards , «:.17j418 Railways open, miles , M nil 185?' Telegraph lines, miles nil 4*992; Sheep, number of 1,889 »;468,860' Cattle do 510 853,358; f 0"6" ffo - "~~" "2 '. Population,; v. »,.,,, a,Mp Bevenue ..',... oii.'.i-'..;«M6 *4-H»815; o Jfei"?. 0113" calt>^«on, 1890-Surfaoe sown 3,337,423, acres; . bowi after nlouehioa. ,2,941*888 aews^landTeiopß^iSKw, ?aores; fallow land, 142,747aewi^ ' J

* TSE A SHBURTON GtTARBIAN, HI uMBrtOAY JANUARY 29, 1890.



Public Notic* 8. ' LONGBiCAOH. ; T ONGBSAOH Royal Mall Coaob Lj leaves Luugbeaoh for Ashbnrton (Snndeya exoepted) at 7-30 am,, Water ton 810 a m., Asbtoa 8,15 a.m., Wheat* st^ae 8.30 ».m , arriving in Asbbart o In time for the North or South Trains 1, j Theooaoh leaves the Post Offioe Jehbur ton, at 5 p,m , arriving at Longbesch at 7.30 p.m. Parcels or orders left at any of tbe aboVB placet will receive strict at tention. Fates—Slnglg fates 3s 6d j retuta ss. 0. WISE, Coachman ABHBDBTON COUNTY STOOK AND iSALEYABDS CO., Liuitod. AS the request of several Farmers the Company has decided t> hold a Special PIG FAIR Fw the We of STORE PIGS, IX THE Tmwald Yards Early in March. Farmers will oblige by letting tht Caretaker have particulars of their Entries 9arly as possible. geoTjameson, 75 Chairman. TITO rm?ADI?QT CSTT? NOW GOING ON IN ASHBUBMON IB AT "The Corner." Children's Hats half price Flowers at ha>£ prloe Prints at half price Ladies' Jackets at half ptioe 17 doz Men's Box (best made) half price i f ■ "f % HI 111 V&llV* OB INSPECT THE STOOK INSPECT THE STOOK W. H. COLLIER •lie. Comer." "sale now on AT THE NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. Half Yearly Stock-Taking. MSN'S AND BOYS' CLOTHING At Prices to suit everybody. HO OLD STOCKS TO SELECT FROM The Goods are NEW and all our own snaks. HATS SHIBTB TIES BEACEB ALL BEDVCED IN PBOPOBTTON INSPECT OUB STOCK And judge for yourselves, NEW ZEALAND Clothing Factory. W. H. WJSBBBB, M»n»ger, QtJOD tfAOMUB VAiil>Jß *AOIMU~ ("Wliatwedo we o welJ." THE OHBISTOHUBOH DENTAL SUBGEHY, 188 Gashel Street, Ohristchurch, iioxfc Robin son's Boot Store, and at tbe Ootagon, Dunedin. All )perationß at strictly railotm and moderate Oozunltation free. 8. MYERS~AND CO., BUBOEON DENTISTS, v '**$' .si W ■•/' •%&*ip ' manor tux» « .J^ %"tv NITBOTJ& OXIDE GAS •dmtnistb:?? This Außßsthutfo leaves no nnpleaaant effeotß, and by its use the extraction of Bad Stamps and Toeth is rendecod per feotly Painless tnd Effective. Ad ministered dallf. Fee for administration of Gas, sb. Extraction, 2s 6d a tooth. Boars of attendance, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. PHrate residence, 93 East Belt. The acknowledged soperiorlty of AMERICAN DENTISTKY in tbe con atraetton of Artificial Teath, tbe most finUbed workmanship, and replaolng the lost teeth TEMPORARILY ALMOST IMMEDIATELY after extraction, nave -stablished oar reputation, A •Inele ArtJfiol* Tooth, 10s, complete* •% Upper and Lower, Temporal? and Permanent £10 10a ; Art Scial Tenth and I pentaiea made bj other oentists re aoddUd at smdl costs, Stopping, So*]- ' ty |P|rtoot 14)4 Pfklulw, ,



i Wanted Known Cash Advertisements uider thi head in;, not exceeding 16 words, OfIJES Shilling. Addresses may Deleft at this Office. 11 y ANTED Teams for Stacking gruln. VV Apply to William Sutherland. Gieenstreet. 1 190 "TTTaKT:- D Known—That a BM m W honor o. 'he Colony's Jubilee, trill be held In i■■■■■> Orange Hall TO NIGHT. Gentlemen, 2s; Ladle*, free T. Bbyant, M.O. 1 189 MANILLA Binder Twine, machino oil, and wire. Time Is money on the harvest field—the best is the cheapest. —R. Aioobs, Saanders Hullrilugc WANTfiD Known.—" Strong-wear Boots for Ladies, Men aud Children osn only be obtained at W. H Ooijjbr's. , YTTANTED Known that Akdbew Obb'b VV half-yearly sale of Surplus Stook of Drapery Clothing and Boots la now going on. 1 14 TVTANTED KNOWN —My Special VV Make of Ladles' 4-claep Kid Gloves, " The Ashburtonian," braided backs, 3b 6d per pair.—W; H, Collies. WANTED every man in tne County to have a Salt of the Aihbarton Tweeds.—Robbbt Aloobn, Ashburton Clothing Mart, Saanders' Bulldluga. EDNESDAF Half-Holiday. Please •bop early. Wednesday we close at 1 p.m.— H. ■ 0. Segbrs, Melfoid Honse.



TjIMBROIDBRIES—Fe» good Brobroly _|Ji deries marked cheap Ko Melfocd House. We have a large ana splendid assortment to ohooie from.—H. 0. Skqbr's Melford Home. . :v\ WANTED Known l»ce ourtafns 3a lid, towels 4|d, umbrellas lalOd. prints 2£d. skirts Is, kid gloves Ib, 12ioz dress buttons for 1", embroidered oostumee 10».—Andeiw Obk'b Sale, 1 150 THE Jubilee Sale. Akabiw Obb 1b selling menai boots 9a 6J, ladles B.S. at 4a 6d, laoe up boots 5a 6d, girls bootis 3s 9d, men's shoes 6s lid. evening shoes 2b 6i. Salenow'on.' 1151 MRS KENNEDY and Miss Cameron i Moore Street—Teachers of Scientific Dreßß-catting. Bodies out and fi ted. Pressmakiog in all its branohea. Biding habits a speolaaty. 12 69 MILLINERY— If you want o ohooae from a Urge stock of ti/lmmed and nntrlmmed hats and bonnete go te Mel ford House. A lot of children's Salaten ntraw> from 6d to 2s, very cheap'-^-H. 0. Sjsgers, Molford Honse. WANTED, Everyone to Know—That J. MOISON bas now in stock a arge and varied assortment of BOOTS AND SFIOES for tbe Spring and Summer Season, Gentlemen's, Ladles', aud Chil dren's, both imported and Colonial ;\ Ibo HIS OWN MAKE, whloh OANN)T BE BUEPASBED for Style, Fit, Qa»U»y, BQ d JSet»to<?Bo, combined with VERY REASONABLE PRICES. All repaliß execnted prompt and v,lth neatness. IQtl



Public Notlcts IN BANKRUPTCY, ESTATE OF JOSEPH CLARK. ALL Peiaono liavlog gr*io stored in the Tlnwald Sheds mast remove eameand pay storage, etc, before Feb roary 11th next, after whloh date goodi will remain at owner's rink. Depnty Official Assignee. January 29kb, 1890. l|l9j &PRMG & SUMMER, 1889 Wl. SPARROW, TAILOR AND MEBOBR, JUST OPENED, A LARGE and Varied Aauottment of Gentlemen's fohlrts, Hate, Soarfs, NEW SEASON'S TWEEDS AND COATINGS.



A large and well leleoted Stock to chooi? OH). XHK TAILORING DEPARTMENT s under tbe Management of Mb T. Kkeb Who bas had Large experience as GUTTER the principal Tailoring Katabllbmente Cbrlstohuroh, verfet£ Fit and Workmanship Guaranteed WM. SPABROW East Street CIRCUS. J CIRCUS. 4.BSBURTON—TWO NIGHTS ONLY Commencing THURSDAY, 30ra JANUARY, Coming by Special Train WIBTH BROS.' Colossal Consolidated Circus Four Large Circuses in one. 47 STAB ABTISTS. 7 LADY BIDEBB Highly trained stud of Horses and Ponies WONDERFUL WIBTH FAMILY, Fifteen In cumber. ST IMOW BROS., Walhalla Bros., Matthews Bros, 4 Midgets, P. Montgomery, Joe& R6mano, ttoienz and ]?t}to, 6 Funny Clowns, Augnete the £> U Hj^iy> and a number o£ othera. jQ^g^'iluded playing to crowded and delighted auJw:? 68 ln Danedin. A long advertisement is n^ 0388^ for thl? gigantic organisation, becaC\ you mußt have heard of It. * -— —.. POPULA.R PBIOES. Doors open *t~ 715; Perforaianca at 8 sharp. tPECIAL HOTIOE In order to suit the convenience of Children, Country Visitors, and Families living ut a distance, there wit) be an AFTEBNOON PBBFOHMANCB PBIDAY, 31st JANUARY, at 3, 1 When a Special Reduction will bs made I f3-JS SforOhil(iren



cad the official reports that accompany each bottle. Moaler, M.D., Prof. University Greifawald, reports:—The Eucalypti Extraot proved magnificently successful in very severe contusions, bruises, sprains, wounds, soalda ings, broken ribs, and limbs. ("Medical, Journal," Nov., 1881.) In diseases of the, kidneys, either active congestion or suppress eion, (uroemia) or albuminuria, dropsy, lithargy, nothing will equal in its aotion Eucalypti Extraot. Doses, sto 8 drops, Moßler, M.D., Prof., University, Greifswald, reports:—Diphtheria. Tonsils continually coherent presenting uloers with white exudata. Cured in fourteen days, Surgical Olinioof Prof. M'lntyre, College of Physicians and Surgeons, St. Louie—Scirrhus of Breast— Excision Eucalypti Extraot employed. No swelling, heat, or discoloration. Cure din ourteenday > —(Advt.) . 4



The Hon Oapt Ruauell, Minuter of IV AimM and member for Hawka't Bay, «v r JriS! asked by an Mgrioultural society in W /SJH tor icme priaea, "Yes ; r but wh -f^JJ prizes would yon like?"' " Wr' ,|^ girlß-^the farmerflVdaoghtorfr-' 'JISJ!.™ encourage them with their 'mr\ i^SES? *L Js, painting, their .J^&^ to enooorsw the hurmeif ;^2gffi*TJs tanßwerea, 4<bat not quit fl * :„ rtS^S- I will give you three P ri> SS SS bJ for waahing and »roi»> a g »wKbSvth. STS^flSMK^'■ TIO& oat there were p^t 'a,^ oom^titorß, HoIXOWASr'sCIfjjjjTMBNT AND Pins,—So ?? l v c °mplaints a desperate eflfoct should be mvae to at once remove these annoying infirmities, and of establishing a cure. ,The remark Jable remedies • "discovered by Profe^or ■ 'HoUoway.; will satisfactorily ac complish, this desirable result, ,'wjthout any of those dangezs or drawbacks which attend the old method of treating ulcerative inflamma tions, ■ scrrjfulous -affections] and.scorbutic eruptions. The most timid invalids ma* use toth the lOintmtDta^d fills with the utmost safety wuh ' certain success, provided a moderate attention be bestowed on their accoaapanying " Directious." Both the pre« pacations soothe, heal and purify. The one assists the other materially in effecting cures ■ and renewing strength by helping - #i"Wttitnd