The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas Et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1890. THE WELLINGTON POISONING CASE.

The recent poisoning case in Welling ton affords some food for reflection. A married woman named Mrs Bennett was taken ill, and obtained a prescrip tion of morphia from a local chemist. The prescription j instead of curing the woman, absolutely killed her. The chemist entrusted with the preparation of the mixture egregiously blundered, and supplied strychnine! as well as morphia. The husband of the woman, naturally enough, insisted upon an investigation being held, and now a Coroner's jury has returned a verdict of "accidental death," and aquits everyone of blame. The chemist from whose shop the prescription was ob tained shifted the responsibility of the blunder on to the shoulders of his assistant, and the latter professed entire forgetfulness of all the circum stances. There is not the slightest doubt that, Mrs Bennett died from poison, and the evidence was conclusive that strychnine was present in the morphia prescription. Yet the Coro ner's jury has acquitted everyone from blame. Now we think that someone was very seriously to blame for causing | the death of this invalid—and that someone is the stupid or careless fellow who made up the deadly mixture. A blunder of this kind is inexcusable, and although a charge of manslaughter may not legally lie against the blunderer,yet he is morally responsible for the death of a fellow-creature, and his act of carelessness is deserving of the gravest censure. The jury, how ever, thought otherwise, and not content with relieving the offender from the legal responsibility of his 3ct have en deavored to condone the offence. In this we think they failed in their duty. Nowhere else in business life should greater care or caution be exercised than in the Wholesale or retail chemists' establishment. A blunder of the chemist, as in the Wellington case, may result in the death or untold suffering of his customer, and when such mistakes are brought to light the severest censure should be meted out. There may have been extenuating circumstances in the Wellington case with which we are not familiar, but the telegrams sent South do not bear this out. To the public mind, in view of the telegraphic evidence supplied from Wellington, it would appear that anyone may be poisoned with impunity by a chemist, while anyone else caus ing death or injury, either through carelessness or inexperience, will meet with prompt punishment. There would, therefore, appear to exist a grave need that master chemists should be held directly responsible, not only for their own acts, but also for those of their employe's. Sir George Grey has at present a measure before the House, the object of which is to minimise accidents of the Wel lington character, by causing medical men to write out their prescriptions in English instead of dog latin, .and it.is. to be hoped he will go a step further, and provide that youths entering upon the- chemist profession shall go through a systematic training before being per-1 mitted to prepare prescriptions. We fear that chemists, in too many eases, permit inexperienced youths to pre pare prescriptions, and that proper supervision is not exercised in the handling of poisons.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It seems that a band contest, on a more extensh c scale than the Exhibition one, is to take place in Dunedin next January. The number of men employed in the New Zealand police force on the 31st March of the present year was 494 of all grades. Mr David Christie Murray, novelist and journalist, has resolved to adopt the stage as a profession. jj| SomeJJ difficulty is likely to a rise in the clothing factories of Adelaide through the employees demanding higher wages. , The lambing in the Grenfell district, N.S.W., has been highly satisfactory, the yield having been over 90 per cent, on many of the surrounding squattages. The Victorian Minister for Public Works emphatically refused to find work for the unemployed, saying it was no part of the State's duty to do so. English papers mention the death of an infant due to poison odors from a kerosene lamp kept burning all night with the wick turned down —a dangerous practice, A writer in the American Agriculturist of June 11,890, signing himself Edward Liffiton, speaks of New Zealand in the highest terms as a field for agriculturists. For^the half-year ending June 30, 907,589 tons of coal, valued at £471,370, were shipped from Newcastle, N.S.W., as against over 1,000,0C0 tons for the first six months of 1889. Literary curiosities are not; fetching high prices just now in the London market. Bat John Burns has been offered £20 for the old straw hat he wore during tiie great dock ptrike. Miss Gebbie, proprietress of the Shamrock Hotel, Dunedin, has been created a life member of the New Zealand Rifle Associa tion, in recognition of her donation of £50 to tha funds. The " Rangitikei Advocate " learns that a flaxmiller in the district, who has recently had some bales of flax condemmed, as a warning to others, as well as a means of stopp ing careless work at the mill on the part of those engaged there, has discharged the whole gang. The mains are now being laid in the streats of Gore for the lighting of the the town by means of Watt's gas, which is to be made from fat and water. The experiments are declared to have been most satisfactory, and Mr Watt claims to be able to produce a high quality of gas at a cheap rate. At a meeting at Duntroon on Saturday it was decided to petition the minister of Lands to throw open for settlement the Ben Lomond and Maerewhenna runs, Nos. 17,300, and 301. Out of some 55,000 acres it is estimated 86000 acres are suitable for agricultural areas, and the balance for pastoral runs of from 2600 to 6000 acres. Young Paris mashers are now said to wear coloured shirts—pink, blue, or red—in the evening. They are displayed with the regular low cut evening waistcoat, and to leighten the contrast they are fastened by laage jet studs. The demand for such shirts is already so great that they cannot be made fast enough. The young Prince of Naples introduced the fashion. One of our Wellington contemporaries is responsible for the following:—An elderly lady in the ladies' gallery, on the evening that Mr Ballance formulated his indictment against the Ministry, was overheardsaying to a companion : " Do I understand that is the Leader of the Opposition, and that he is attacking the Government!" Being answered in the affimative, she ejaculated : '' Bless me ! He's taking it very easy ! You should just hear me when I'm going for my old man j"

The stock report was presented to Parlia ment on Tuesday evening. The Inspector states that stock are remarkably free from disease, and the wool clip is the best for years. There is a large increase in sheep in spite of the number frozen and boiled down. In the Legislative Council on Tuesday a petition was presented praying for the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Act. The Educa tional Reserves Leasing Bill was read a third time; the Children's Protection Bill passed through Committee; and the Industrial Schools Act Amendment Bill was further considered and amended. The "Electrical Review," N.Y., pro phesies that in another few years there will not be a horse car in active service in any of the cities'of the United States. It is esti mated that anywhere from 20,000 to 50,000 horses now in use will be thrown upon the market. The advance of electricity will, the " Review " adds, have a beneficial effect, in that it will create a demand for higher grade horses at better prices. Baron Hirsch, the well-known Hebrew philanthropist of Paris, has arranged to con tribure £54,000 annually in monthly instal ments of £2000, as long as he lives, and at his death leave a sufficient sum to produce the same amount in perpetuity, for the educa tion and relief of Hebrew emigrants from Europe—chiefly Russia—to America. 'In the Canterbury Rabbit Report just presented the Inspector states that the dry weather possibly increased the rabbits, especially in South Canterbury, outside the J fence, but the fence continues to prove an effectual barrier to travelling rabbits, and it is believed none have passed it. The Hurunui fence is also effectual, except that some got through at the Clarence end. The Southland County Council has succeeded in obtaining convictions and fines of 5s and costs, averaging 30s, against a num ber of settlers for breaches of the bye-laws as to width of tires on two-wheeled vehicles. One case was dismissed on the contention of the defendant's counsel that the complaint in reference to the load carried was based on measurement, whereas the bye-laws con templated the regulation, not of bulk, but of weight of load, and that only in case of complainant's proving want of means to ascertain the weight of the load could the section with regard to measurement be applied. At the first bull fight given in Paris on a recent Sunday the receipts at the doors amounted to nearly £3000! Notwith standing the prohibition of killing the bulls, and the various precautionary measures prescribed by the authorities, one magni ficent horse was disembowelled in the course of the proceedings, presenting, as he was dragged round the floor of the building, a most hideous and revolting spectacle, which, while affecting a portion of the audience so painfully that they rushed from the place, stimulated the cruel instincts of the others to a fury of excitement that found vent in a storm of admiring acclama tion. Some time ago it was reported in Australia that Mr Carnegie, the American millionaire ironmaster, was crushing his workmen, whereupon Mr David Proudfoot, who is an Admirer of Mr Carnegie, communicated with him. He has received a reply, in which Mr Carnegie says :—" In regard to crushing our workmen, it is scarcely worth while to notice partisan attacks. So far from having reduced their pay recently the sliding scale under which our men work has increased their wages 26J9-10 per cent. They are paid every month upon the basis of the market prices of the product, which is the only way in which labour can obtain justice. No large body of men in the world make as high wages as ours." Mr Proudfoot has also received intimation that Mr Carnegie will soon visit Australia, which he designates as the " com ing republic." Mr William O'BrieD, M.P., is to have an income of £1000 a year settled on him for life by his bride's father. The rest of the young lady's money—about £3000 a year—is to be settled on trustees for her benefit, without power of anticipation. Mr Raffalo vitch, who dislikes his son-in-law's politics, has only made one stipulation in consenting to the match—that is that the latter is to keep out of gaol for the future. The mother and daughter have taken a first-floor flat at the Alexandra Hotel, and are to entertain the Gladstonians largely during the next three weeks. In the perennial difficulty of know ing what to do with one's sons many parents with smart boys are seriously considering the advisability of ".apprenticing them to a patriot. The "Wellington Times" says:—lf we cannot get suitable immigration to this colony, why not offer a premium to large families among the colonists, with die added facilities of placing the off-spring upon the lands ? There are numbers of honest and respectable couples who have raised hostages to fortune, or—as the late Mr Fillet, M.H;R., used to say—have performed the heroic work of colonisation, and whose greatest problem at the present time is what to do with their sturdy sons and daughters since the channels of occupation in the towns are becoming year by year more obstructed, and the chances of procuring land for them on suit able conditions are, under the circumstances, too much those of the State lottery to inspire confidence. Whatever the Legisla ture of the present day may think of the matter, it will have to come to free grants of land for settlement before very long. The " Oamaru Mail ' of Saturday says :— " Complaint was made to us to-day by one of our most successful and respected settlers that the local Press fail to record some of the best sales of grain made by farmers, and that sales are sometimes made at fully 3d per bushel above the price quoted by the papers. We need hardly point out that the fault of such good prices not being recorded by us is entirely due to the farmer who sells the grain. We some time ago requested farmers when selling their grain to inform us of the price received, that the true value of grain might be made public for the benefit of other fanners, but, with one exception, no notice was taken of our appeal. How is it possible for us to become acquainted with the fact that a seller gets a good price for his wheat unless he informs ua? There is little chance of the merchant doing so, for while he might give 2d or 3d per bushel above the quotations supplied to the papers for one or two lots, he is the last person to publish the fact, knowing the result would be to put up prices at once to his own loss. What we should suggest is that farmers should on selling supply the (Secretary to the Farmers' Club with the particulars of the transaction, and also leave a sample of the grain with Mr Church. Each sample could be numbered and an entry made of prices, etc., in a book I of reference, which would obviate the neces sity of names being given. The Press should be allowed access to this record, and the sales, without the names of the sellers, published. We commend this to the Farmers' Club for consideration." We clip the following important testimo nial from the '' Illawarra Mercury " (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 has experienced almost complete relief by using Sander and Sons Eucalyptic Extract. He says :—" Seeing the said Extract advertised in the ' Illawarra Mercury, 1 his intense suffering induced him to obtain a bottle of the medicine from Mr Hosking, chemist, of this town, and that the use of it gave him great relief at once. He states that between 10th March inst., when he obtained the first bottle of the extract, and the 19th, the use of that medicine continued to afford him relief, to which he had been a stranger for four years. Mr Loyeday writes also that he, has found the Eucalypti Extract a cure for rheumatism as well as gravel. He requests us to publish this information through the ' Mercury.' We have much pleasure in complying with Mr Loveday's request, whose word cannot be doubted, and who can have no object in view other than a pure desire to benefit suffering humanity."—(Advt.) 2 It will be in the recollection of the public that my collection of apples shown in Mr Clayton's shop in East street, being sixty-six varieties, and also those which took two first awards at the Dunedin Exhibition and various other places, was pronounced to be the largest and best ever shown in the Ash burton county. I would draw their atten tion my advertisement elsewhere. As only work on blight-proof stocks than which no other stocks can be relied upon, the roots of my apple trees do not require to be washed before sending out. James Porter, nursery, man, AUenton.— Advt.)

The Markets.

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Sydney, July 15. Wheat—Chick, 2s 9d to 2s lid ; New Zealand, 3s 4d to 3s 6d ; local 3s 5d to 3s 7d. Oats—Low class, Is 7d to Is 9d ; seed, Is 9d to 2s 7d ; feeding, Is lOd to 2s ; market glutted. Maize—Local, 3s to 3s 5d ; New Zealand, 3s 6d; San Francisco, 3s 8d ; firm. Barley, nominal, , 2s 3d to 3s ; bran, 7Jd ; pollard, do, large ' stocks ; peas, blue Prussians, 3s 6d to 3s 8d ; "other kinds unsaleable ; potatoes, New' Zealand, £3 7s 6dto £4 ; Circular! Heads, £4 5s ; onions, scarce, £5 10s to £6. Butter, inane imported except low class quality 5d to 7d ; dairy, local, lOd to. Is, factory Is 2d to Is 3d ; cheese, local, 3d to s|d, no imported offering ; bacon, machine, 4|d t;> s|d, hand made 6d to 6£d, New Zealand' 9d ; hams, local, 6d to 9d, New Zealand lOd to Is. ; Melbourne, July 15. Wheat, 3s 9|d j- flour, stone, £8 5s ; roller, £9. Oats, Calcutta, 2s; South j African,. 2s 5d- Maize, scarce. Barley, Cape, 2s 3d; malting, 3s lid ; good demand. Bran lOd. Peas, r 3s 3d. ' ; Adelaide, July 15.. Wheat, farmers' lots, 3s 4d to 3s 6d; at Port Adelaide, 3s Bd. Flour, stone, £8 to £8 10s; roller, £9.

The Labor Troubles

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: Sydney, July 15. The Seamen's rules provide for eight hours' labor in ports, bays, and road steads, namely, from 7 a.m. till 5 p.m., with two hours for meals. Sea watches on days of arrival and departure are* to count as a portion of the day ; clean ing, &c, between 5 p.m. and 7 a.m.! to be charged for as overtime, necessary repairs excepted; deck work and un necessary navigation between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. also to be charged as over time. The following is to be the scale of wages paid monthly :—Seamen £7, boatswains £8, lamp trimmers £7, lamp trimmers and seamen £8, coal trimmers and firemen £9, donkeymen and greasers £9. When trading to other ports than the port of dis charge to be paid at the terminal port. If engaged by rate the scale shall be 10s per day until returned, the men to be entitled to their passage to the port of leaving. Overtime for all work between 5 p.m. and 5 ajn. shall be paid for at the rate of Is per hour, Sundays and holidays 2s, half an hour to be allowed when leaving port for stowing ropes and derricks, after wards overtime to be allowed. There shall be eight recognised public holi days in the year. Men working on Sundays and holidays are to be paid 12s per day. If in port on eight hours celebration day no work shall be done and the vessel shall not proceed to sea before 6 p.m. ? The shipowners have had the sea men's rules under consideration, but the discussion was only preliminary, and no decision will be come to until the intercolonial owners have been consulted. . The Marine Engineers have sent a communication to the owners embody ing the suggestions upon which they desire to have a conference. They embrace the classification of ships according to tonnage, sliding scalqj of , payment, accommodation aboard ship, and management of the engine-room generally. ;

TELEGRAPHIC

[PEll PXIESS ASSOCIATION.] i Sydney, July 15; At the sale of stud sheep Vermont rams ranged from 30gs to 260gs, eyes from 35gs to 150gs. The funeral of the late Hon. James White took place to-day,: There was a large attendance,, including the Chief Justice, the City Councillors, membera of the Legislature, and leading: citizen's: Wreaths were sent by Lord Carring ton, the Adelaide Jockey Club, and all the local clubs. The steamers Hesketh and. Royal Shepherd came into collision last night off the Heads. The latter was cut down to the bridge compass,, and sank in two minutes. The crew scrambled aboard the Hesketh and were saved. Melbourne, July 15; At an influential and enthusiastic meeting this evening a resolution was passed to the effect that it is desirable to open libraries, museums, and art galleries on Sunday.

INTERPROVINCIAL

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. Auckland, July 15. The State school teachers are moving in the direction of forming a Teachers' Union. The Bakers' Union have fixed the fol lowing scale of wages :—Foreman £3, second hand £2 10s, third hand £2 5s per Aveek. Napier, July 15; A peculiar case was heard in Court to day, when Mr Cress well was sued for £20 paid to him, but which it was alleged he had not earned. A man named Johnston was arrested on two charges of forgery. Mr Oresswell undertook the defence, re ceiving in payment two postal notes for £20 each. He appeared in Court in both cases, and in the Supreme Court defended the first case, in which Johnston was con victed. This being the weakest case, Mr Cresswell advised the prisoner to plead guilty to the second charge, but he re fused, and Mr Cresswell withdrew. The Resident Magistrate, after hearing evi dence, gave judgment in favor of Mr Cresswell. Uhrlstchukch, July 15. About 150 applications for employment as lamplighters were received by the Christchurch Gas Company. Under present arrangements ten lamplighters are employed. It is not certain how many Avill be required under the system which is to be introduced. Burglaries appear frequent here now. Last Friday night the office of Mr J. Brown, timber merchant, was broken into. An unsuccessful attempt was made to open the safe. Last night Messrs Lewsey, Light and Co.'s grocer's shop, was entered through a window, and a small sum in change was taken from the till. ; Dunedin, July 15. The Maritime Council have established a boycott against Messrs Whitcombe and Tombs, of Christchurch, and have re quested all booksellers to decline to sell the firm's publications until the, dispute is settled. Several Dunedin booksellers have replied intimating their intention of complying with the request until the dispute is settled- ■

The Dunedin domestic servants have re solved to form a union, with the object of. establishing a training home, shortening the hours of labor, securing a half-holiday each week, more Sunday leisure, etc. One girl stated at the first meeting, held on Monday eveuing, that she worked daily from five! a.m. to eleven p.m.— eighteen hours—and that she had done this for years past. *

DISTRICT COURT

ASHBURTON—TUESDAY. [Before His Honor Judge Ward.] PATEESON V. M7BLOW. , For this case a jury of four was em panelled, via.—Edwin Horsey, Patrick Devane, James Osborne, and George Pocock. Mr Wilding, with him. Mr Cay gill, appeared for plaintiff, and Mr Pur nell for defendant. R. Brimmer was at the strippers on the day when Paterson had his ariri broken. He attributed the coming off of the belt to its narrowness. It whs not more than , two to two and a half inches wide. The shaft would revolve more rapidly after the belt came off. When it did come off Mr Lublow went to try to pub it on. He failed, and witness tried. Then Lublow beckoned to Paterson to come. Paterson went to'try to adjust the belt, and witness went to feed Paterson's stripper. This he found choked,; and on looking to'see what was the matter, he saw Paterison under the shaft, they shaft still revolving very rapidly, and the bight of the belt going round with it;, coming at every turn within two feet of Paterson's head. Paterson was in great danger, arid Lublbw, out of danger, was standing looking on laughing. Seized Lublow by the shoulder, and shouted to him to go and take the water off. He wenty and - witness ran under the shaft and held Paterson down lest he should rise up and get caught in the bight of the belt. Paterson' was> senseless, and had he risen on coming round he would have been, caught by the belt arid killed. Paterson was removed and attended to.' On the 26thi witness, Bax, and Pye went on with .the flax cutting contract, and cut up to the end of the month, when they stopped. Worked three days-^three men—at the rate of two tons per day per man. Left then, and did not cut any flax for Lublow, only for Paterson. Lublow did not cart away the flax as it was cut; he began carting a day or two after cutting began. He took away only one load then, and a load now and. again—from the Ist to the 26th, eleven loads in all. There would be from a ton and a-half to a ton and three quarters in a load, in from 42, to-48 bundles of flax. The first load taken away was over dry tussock ground, and there were two horses in the team. The shaft was broken in the attempt to move the load, and Lublow said he reckoned there were two tons on the cart. Assisted Patersori to weigh twenty bundles, averaging 851bs each. There were over 900 bundles cut in all, and some bundles put in the water; to save getting, spoiled by the sun, were carried away by a freshet, The flax was put in the river by Lublow's orders. Some of the flax, lay out cut from the Ist to the 26th, and in the sun would lose weight very materially. Reckoned that about three tons went down the river. ■; ; By Mr Purnell: In the examination before the RiM. did not remember anything being said about the flax going down the river. Was not asked indeed. Had had t^hree or four month's experience in flax cutting before going to Lublow's. Could riot speak for the experience of the others. Was not a partner .with Paterson. Knocked off cutting on the last of the month because Paterson and Lublow could not settle. It was Paterson who said there was a.difficulty in settling, i George Pye was working along with Paterson on the flax cutting contract. Began on the 2nd of April and ceased on the sth. Could not say what weight was cut per day, bufc roughly reckoned three tons each. Was working inside the mill on. the 18fch,, when Paterson met with Iris accident. Was abditt a couple of' feet off. Paterson had been at the stripper, but came away from there and got caught jby the loop or the belt. The noise of the | stripper prevented' any words from being heard. Lublow tried to get the belt j off the shaft and faildd*' iarid> Pst;ef#on came along. Could not hear any words spoljten and could not', say that Lublow asked Paterson, to touch the belt. Patereon seemed ib be looking on to see which Was the best way to act with the belt, when he was caught. Brimmer ran to Help , Pafcereon, and Lublow looked on with his hands in his pockets smiling. Worked at cutting and loading together for five, days under Paterson's instructions, with Brimmer in charge. After being done with Paterson went on with Bax, ( #ho was working for Lubldw on the. same flax that was in Paterson's contract." ' i : Cross-examined' % Mr Purnell— Stopped cutting at the end of April on : his own account. Worked a month.with Ted Bax, and" there were four in all work ing—two to begin with, and four at the finish., Did not know what work had [ been, done, nor what had been earned* as he had not reckoned up with his mates. The work was interrupted by wet weather. When the accident happened in the mill, there were two loops of belt flying round from 2ft to 3ft. ■ .: ; John Moore Tweed gave medical evi dence as to the injtuy received by Pater son—both bones of the fore arm were fractured. Paterson was six or seven days incapacitated by the accident. Edward Bax worked all the time at the cutting. About two tons per day per man were cut, and about 20 loads were carted, averaging 30 cwt. per load. About three tons went down the river, the flax having been put there by Lub low's orders. Witness corroborated plaintiff's evidence as to Lublow beckon ing to Paterson to come and help with the belt, and generally previous evidence as to the accident. . . •■ Cross-examined by Mr Purnell—Went to Lublow about going on with the cutting after the end of April, because Paterson had come and told them not to go on with the Cutting just at present. Went on; to cut for:, Lublow at 4s 3d per ton. Em ployetl Pye, who was with him all the time. Took on another hand about a fortnight after, who had had some ex perience, and a lad. The four, worked about a fortnight together. Had sdme bad weather. Chucked up'the job because it would riot pay. Work was interrupted by bad weather, and sometimes there was a man away at something else. Re-examined by Mr Wilding — The weights given in the account on which a settlement was arrived at were supplied by Mr Lublow. When working for Pater son the days were long and fine, when for Lublow they were short arid broken by bad weather. Was quite sure two tons per day were cut per man for Patersori. Alexander Rugg was in Lublow's shop on the Ist of May with Paterson. Lublow offered to pay for twelve tons, but Pater son would not have it, arid Lublow ordered him off the premises, and said he. wpuld, have nothing more to' do with him. Herbert Gifford More, flax-miller, said that in his mill it was instant dismissal to anyone going near the' shafts when in motion. The ordinary width of belts ,for the feed rolls was 3 inches and over ; the result of the use of narrower belts' would be an occasiorial slip off. In witness's mill there "were arms used,, so that the complication of the belt getting round the shaft was impossible. The arms were suggested by the Inspector of Machinery. G. T. Booth, engineer and implement maker,: Carlisle Works, Christchureh', s>id that water power ought to be just as much under control as steam power. If a Belt got tangled round a shaft as it did in this case, it was improper to try to right it while the, machinery was iv motion. With loose belt ends flying through the air at half-a-mile a minute, ariy attempt to catch the belt would be very risky. Many me.n about flax mills knew nothing of the danger. A belt narrower than three inches, for flax feed rolls, would be more likely to slip off than a three-inch belt. . This was the: jjag© for the plaintiff, and

Mr Purnell opened the case for the defence afc con* HeraMe length and called, G. J. F. Lublinv, proprietor of the flax mills in question, Baid he pointed out the flax land Paterson was to cut. Pater son did not cut the flax properly, severing the blade too high above the butt, and leaving much fibre still standing. The lower part of the blade is the best. The contract was to cut all the flax measuring four feet high, but Paterson left a large portion, some of it seven feet high still standing. The bundles were also badly tied. Told Paterson about these defects, and he said he would go over the uncut ground again. He did not do so,! By this, and the cutting too high, witness had suffered loss. The men employed were new to the work. The machinery was all new, with the exception of tlie strippers. Shortly after the cutting began, the machinery required adjusting, and wit ness told Paterson there was no use going on cutting until the mill was ready. Paterson said he would go on with a piece at the top of the run, but made no objection to the stoppage. If he had done so witness would have allowed them to go on; Graye 1 hB men some work at the mill during the stoppage ,of the cutting. Qa. the 18tK April wit ness was merely trying the machinery. On the Ist May Pateraon came to witness at Westerfield and asked for a settlement. Replied that he had riot weighed all the green flax, but seven tons of flax went to one ton of fibre, and he would weigh the fibre. This was giving Pater son a slight advantage. Paterson said he would come to the shop. He did do so, and said he had : cut twenty tons. Witness said he knew well enough this was not soj and that-, ev|n if he had cut that quantity there would not be much cdmirigrtb him. iSaid to him that about twelve or thirteen tons would represent the cutting, and that he would pay for the work done and no more. Paterson went to Henry Zander and brought back a slip of paper with £3 5s 9d marked on it,. Declined to accept this as a proper account. Paterson said he wanted a squaring up, and witness asked what he wanted. Paterson said he would summons witness, who replied ''sum mons away." Witness's scales were in Christchurch getting repairs, so that the flax could not be weighed. Paterson "knocked off the contract; of his own accord, and could have gone on working if he had liked, as witness had nothing to gain by the stoppage. The contract was • profitable one to witness. Bax came to witness about re-letting the cutting, and witness gave him the work on the same terms as Paterson. The weights on which he settled with Bax were supplied by witness's man. Bax and his men cut; about half a toil a day each . To 1 ascertain the work in Paterson's contract the stripped fibre was weighed. No other flax had been cut, and no fibre sent away from the mill. The fibre weighed" 27«wt, and with some green flax that was added on to the total, witness' reckoned the quantity at thirteen tons. The biggest part of the flax had'been cut since, and it had reached only about seventy tons, and about twenty tons still remained to cut. On the 15th April did not askPaterson and his men to come and work at the mill. Had ho need for their services at the mill. Paterson was a " cantankerous customer," and witness would not have him,there at any rate. But the mill had been stopped for adjustment, and; on reluming Paterson was to go on with his cutting. Did not pretend to manage; the mill, having no time. The belt by which Paterson got his arm* injured was a new and strong belt. The machinery was put, up by Kil worth, an experienced machinist, and witness had engaged Bloomfield, an experienced flax miller, to work the mill, but on the 18th he had not arrived. The Court adjourned at this point till 10.30 a.m. to-day. The Court resumed at 10.30 this morn ing, when G. J. F. Lublow was called, but did not appear immediately. T. E. Kilworth said he was an ex perienced engineer. He knew the machi nery in Lublow's flax mill, having been empioyecTiii March last tioierect it. The strippers were not new, but the shafting was. The strippers were in good order, and the belts new. The water was con trolled by menus of a floodgate, regulated by a wheel" at the gates. • The wheel was very easily moved, and was three feet away from No. 1 stripper, six feet' from J^o. 2, and nine feet from No. 3.. The machinery was not more dangerous than machinery usually is. Was at the mill the day before the accident adjusting the machinery.: Saw Paterson attempting to disentangle a belt; trying to^overtake the speed of the shaft by unwinding the. belt faster than the shaft was running. Told Paterson of the danger of such conduct. The machinery should be stopped when a thing like that had to be done. Had not sufficient experience in working strippers ■to say whether the belts were wide enough. Cross-examined by Mr Wilding—All high speed machinery .is , dangerous. Could not say whether the strippers were one-blade or two-blade. . Paterson suc ceeded in unwinding the belt on the occasion witness saw him. . ,• *~ Re-examined by Mr Purnell|-The machinery is; simple, and, any man of ordinary intelligence could run it safely if he took care.'; .' , t ' ;'.' ,V j,\, tiJ ■ Examination of G. «T. F.ljublow;'con tinued— Got to the mill on, the f morning of the 18th at about eight b'cldM. His object in going so early was to replace the wheel for shutting off the water, which Paterson had broken the prlvjoife/day. When witness arrived he found Paterson there, meddling with the belts. BMhad no business there, but not caring to quarrel with him did not order him out. After fixing the wheel, turned, on the water to see how it would act. As , soon as the water was on Paterson and Brimmer started "like a lot of kids feeding in flax to the machine." Paterson went to the middle stripper and Brimmer to. No. 1. Brimmer had no business there' <(iilher. The strippers are " one-blade at a time " machines, and Brimmer blocked the feed rollers, and threw off the belt so that he could clear the rollers. The belt got entangled as has already been described. The shaft was going at 190 revolutions per minute. Brimmer went to the belt, put his hand on it, and tried to push it off. Failing in this he left. it. Wit ness went up to the belt, but'feffc'ft to go to the water wheel to stop the machinery. Paterson meanwhile beckoned to Brimmer to come and take charge'of the stripper, and went himself to the belfe, !and trita to push it off. Failing in this he tried to disentangle it. The next, things witness saw was Paterson lying under J;hje jjhaf t. Did not laugh at the accident. Wlgen Paterson came to himself, he said he blamed nobody for the accident. Got some tilings for the injured arm, and sent him into town, getting a horse and buggy for the purpose. The water wheel was so thoroughly under control that it opuld be made to turn a sewing machine. /The Government Inspector had been notified some five or six weeks ago. The machinery was not in working order until after the accident. Had engaged'an ex pert' machinist—Bloomfield—to f ruff the mill; but he had not arrived at the time af the accident. Never told Paterson to put any flax in the river. : IT ■ Cross-examined by Mr Wilding: Was i flour-miller as well" s,nd a tailor. Was iwarothat. it was incumbent cm him to bell the Government Inspector of his in tention to run machinery. It was after the accident that he sent the notification ho tho Inspector. Had not reported the accident to the Inspector, and wa» not * ware that it was imperative an accident should he reported within twenty-four hours after its occurre'xeo. Botight^the flax on the Westerfield estate' from Mr Hawdon, and gave him £80 forit,w<Jkgni

THF ASHBTTKTON GUAKDIAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1890.



■VpOTIOE-All Persons found Tress rUDIiC Notices. Wanted. ~} W-Ly passing in pursuit) of game or , --—.-——7-7—7: 7 ; IV- —" f otherwise on the Riversdale Estate on CASH Advertisements under this and after this date will hjgJJggL SEEDS, PLANTS, & c fe^^r_3!lS2^S Rivem^o, 24th May. 5W6 TREES. TREES TREES. left * «*« Ofo*- SEALY'S FRUIT TREES- m — '■■ "W™ yof^ l*"* Si T 8™* i Again tender my best" thanks to my »T A comfort you will find, "TNO7XT V >)hi, ?nr;, Plin-s, - '- numerous Customers and Correspon In " Caeson's fresh ground Coffee," ___ Cherries, Peaches, Apricots, Nectar dents for the support I have received The richest of its kind. 785 ines, and all other fruits. The merits of from them, and assure them that I shall *» rANTED KNOWN—The Strong all the varieties have been subjected to still conduct my Business in the future as y V Wear Boot for Men, Women ami severe tests during the last 15 years, and I have in the past, and all orders by post Children can only be had at W. H. the stock is now admitted to be the r otherwise will receive my prompt atten- Collier's. Largest and Choicest in Canterbury, fion. My Apple Trees are all worked on ■ ; — probably in the colony, to select from, all the blight proof stock, and are clean and !__> UUlfcj, BOO1S.—" Keep your feet ■warranted, and at your own prices. well grown ; also Pears, Plums, Cherries, -LJ Dry and save Doctor's Bills. I SEALY'S FOREST TREES Apricots, and all kinds of small Fruits, have a splendid Stock in now. Try my Of all kinds, innumerable in quantity, I have one of the largest stock of Forest Double-soled Shooters. Every pair well-grown and hardy—all kinds, all sizes, Trees in Canterbury, about 40,000 Larch, Guaranteed. Robert Alcorn, Ashbur all prices, ' two years old, 40,000 do. one year old, ton Clothing Mart, Saimders' Buildings. SEALY'S ORNAMENTAL TREES, &c and 100,000 Pinus Insignia, one and two ~TUST~^ned, a few ladies plush Phoiccin quality, numerous in quantity. years old. Cupressus Macrocarpa, 1 have jackets, newest shapes, very cheap. SEALY'S MACROCARPA. ■ a grand line, vl make this a speciality. All —H. 0. Segers, Melford House. Tens of thousands in number A, large to 1^ TT/ANTBD every man mlh^_££ r£p 8L ygrOWllfOr ? W tohaveasit.oftheAshbuxU yeryiowpnees. Roses and Fancy Shrubs in great variety ls'-T? of Ef Alc, or^ A.s hburton _,  . aju^ 1 » ,J\^ i?- DjO. . ... ah f rPl »o Rimnliprl and ußntorl lw m Clothing Mart, Saunder's Buildings. ■ Endless in variety and choicest in quality. All trees suppnect and jplanted by m. —^& j_ — _ — _ — s — SEALY'S CATALOGUES will be guaranteed for 12 months. Cata- FUST Received —Over one ton English Forwarded free to any address on logue sent post free on application. t) and Continental Confectionery. Own application make as usual fresh daily.—H.G. Flower, ™ " "FAMES pORTEK Confectioner, East street. Notb.-I will only be responsible for JAMES XORTER, KNOWN.-The Cheapest  Trees ordered du-ect from the Nursery or NURgERY MAN a™ SFFDSMAN VV House in Ashburtrn to buy through Messrs J. Sealt and Co. UJtbJUiYMAN AND bI^DbMAN, p rapery> Millinery) clothing, Boots, etc., THOST SEALY, A_LENTON is H. C. Segbrs, Melford House. __ ' Nurseryman, \\f ANTED KNOWN.-A lot of 1 Riverbank, Ashburton. ASHBURTOIS VV Ladies Cloth and Tweed Jackets, - ' considerably under usual cost price.— __ . W. H. Collier, "The Corner." . i\/ ANTED Known —One hundred TAUtf AD ft XT f.A _«W-RTT-RTmsr rmTTSTTV V* and fifty Ladies'and Children's uUilrl UllU ft VV, ASHBURTON COUNTY Ulsters bought a great bargain (good ■r-f TT t.-r m j~t -r tt T-* qualities), now selling very cheap—H. C. ABK OFFERING GRAKD VALUE HUNTJLUB. ■»»"»- Th ___ in th. FoUowi,,g Wing Line, ANNUAL STEEPLECHASES \V STSS vanised Iron goods in Ashbarton, is at 0 burton on" thG RaCOT6 ' AA' W. FH.nkaford's Burnett Street A burton, on large stock kept on hand. Tin and Iron 4 Casks Saucepans, Boilers and Kettles PATRONS-Hon. John McLean, Matthew Public Notices. 4 Casks Lamps, Globes and Chimneys J™\ p . r ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. 1 Ca^e Table Knives, Forks, Spoons. „ Praams-John Gngg. __ 3 Casks Hough and Trace Chains. V? n PST ~T^5£ g mT AT OTICE is h™h V S^en that tb< 80 Tins White Lead. w?w'iWMßl^ ' JN Police intend to prosecute owners 40 Tins Red Lead. q I,™ pii ffn * tn at of Unregistered dogs iv the County. 120 Drums Raw and Roiled Oil. Stewards-G. 11. Aling ton J, C N. By order, Paints and Varnishes of all kinds. gfigg, Dr Leahy, H. G. Moore, W P. j/ MAIN WARING, 5 Bales Wall Papers. Chapman, J Jamieson D. McKendry, ?+7g Vl^ 50 Register GrateVfrom 14s 6d to £5, §•£• Buckley, H. H. Wright, W. LI _ Ranges Stoves, at all prices. _ B£>lht- _ Q „ m M ? S S. T I M M- C 8 Cases Wringers and Mangles. Judge—M. btitt. Starter—D. Thomas. ___T_L has removed from the Lytteltor 50 Sets Fire Irons from 5s to 3Cs. Clerk of the Course—A. Hewson. Boarding House to those more commodi 50 Fenders from 6s to £5 Clerk of the Scales—A. J. Kelly. O us and central premises, 25 Tons Bar and Sheet Iron. HANDicAPPERS-Dr Leahy, M. Scott. Panama House, 1 Ton Bolts and Nuls, all sizes. * • Where friends, old and new, will be wel Leather Portmanteaus and Trunks. nn s^ s-7T~, **n *r* corned. Accommodation tor boarders ai Leather Belting, Uto 6in. PROGRAMME. reduced rates. Meals prepared in Mi Manilla and Flax llope, 1^ to 3in. 1. The Hunters' Hurdle Race, a Tiremo's well known style. 75? 35 Coils Plough Lines. handicap of 15 soys ; second horse tc ■*■■ ' —— L 2 Cases Mould Boards. receive 3 soys from die stake. For "OOOKS—Thousands of Books of ever] 5 Casks Hornsby's Plough Shares (new qualified hunters the property < -O kind, including books on History pattern.) " members of *>he Ashburton Cr.unty Travels, Science, Religion, Fiction, &c. 3 Caakv; Ransom's Plough Shares. Hunt Club. Maiden riders allowed &c. Account Books and Stationery 0: 3 Casks Buggy Springs and Axles. 71bs, Nomination, 10s : acceptance, every description. A cheap line of En 1 Cask Carriage Lamps. ss. About two miles; over eight velopes at 5s per thousand. Fanby Goods 20 Kegs Blue Stone. flights of hurcles, about 3 feet 6inclies including Albums, Photo Frames, Writing 10 Cases New Iron Bedsteads. high. Cases, Work-Boxes, Purses, Ladies' Ham 10 TONS CLOVER SEEDS. 2 Hunt Club Cup Steeplechase, a Bays, Games and Puzzles. Music—_ 100 Kegs Wire Nails. handicap of 30 ho\s ; second hor.se to large Stock. Pianos, Accordians, Violins 20 Ke«s Fencing Staples. . receive 3 soys and third horse to Concetmas, &c. A ll Goods reduced fo: 200 Coils Steel Fencing Wire, receive 2 soys from the stake. Open Cash. 80 Coils Barb Wire. to all qualified hunters, the property L- F. ANDREWES & CO. 1 Bale Seaming Twine. of members of a,ny recognised Hunt __. Stationers' Hall. 2 Cwt Bobit Mettle. Club. Minimum weight, lOst. Miirlen 25 Bundles Spades and Forks. riders allowed 71bs. Nomination, 3 Packages Screws, Locks iind Hinges. 15s ; acceptance, 15s. About three 2 Cases Saws, Chisels and Planes. miles, over such jumps and course as "-ivy* r . f~t 10 Cases Axes and Picks. the Stewards sliall direct. N.B. — Jj^j ri'HE 4 Cases Gor.se Knives. The winner of this race to have the JO Cases Pick Axe and Hammer option of receiving the prize in a Handles. piece of plate or in specie. NEW ZEALAND 2 Cases Hammers. 3. Hack Race, of 10 sjvs, no weight 2 Bales Door Mats. under lOst. For horses that have 10 Crate-sChina, and Earthenware, includ- never been nominated for a handican . «—.,».»•.■-»• New Toilet Dinner, Tea and or any classic race. Post entry lO.s (\\ A TUT f\l P. 17 ,1 J^Tflß V Dessert Ware. Some of these are to go to the fund. Three quarters of vli'iliil^U L/ivlvlVl really beautiful goods. a mile on the ilat. 150 Cases Oils, including Valvolme, 4. Maiden Steeplechase Plate, of 15 Lubroline, Canter, Colza, Olive soys ; second horse to receive 3 sovh FOR Lard and Neatsfcot—this can all from the stake. For qualified hunters had in any quantity. the property of members of the 150 Cases KEROSENE, Light of th Ashburfcon County Hunt Club, that O V E E T 0 A T S Age ; the very best. have never won an advertised steeple- ' chase. Weight for age. Maiden riders allowed 7lbsf. Entrance 15s. and About two miles. GROCERY DEPARTMENT 5. Ladies' Bracelet Handicap, of 20 m»mTin-nn,-A™ soys; the first horse to receive a WATE RPB< »OFS. WILL Always be found STOCKED bracelet of the value of 15 aovs , the with GOODS of First Class second horse to receive a bracelet of QUALITY, the value of 5 soys. Open to all —Including— qualified hunters, the property of pti-ciAp-pann nnrl TSITST YTfMTSTC in thp Indian Ceylon and China TEAS, members of any recognised Hunt CHEAPEST and BE&I HOUbL m the Mauritius Sugar, Club. A high weight handicap. JJisraicc Crushed Loaf Sugar, Gentlemen riders. Maiden rider Pure Coffee, allowed 71b. Horses before starting Candles, for this race must qualify over a flight T7-RAT/FIT me! COMFORT Oatmeal, ofhurdles in front of the stand to the U-&&LJ111 dllU LAJiVLI UXtl Rollitt and Cos. Flour, satisfaction of the Stewards. All FOX Butter from Mr John Grigg s horses to be nominated by ladies. Famous Dairy. Nomination, 10s ; acceptance, 10s. , About two miles on the flat. OU/" 6 Consolation Steeplechase, a handicap —— of 10 soys. Nomination 10s, to be , w , 1 • *t tt- 1 made to the Secretary immediately Jhe Celebrated Werthem New High after the Ladies' Bracelet is run ; arm Sewing Machines on easy Time pay acceptance free, to be notified to the ments; IflU&l fIDD AMR Pfl Secretary within 10 minutes of the ~" UUnll Unn MllU UU., declaration of the weights. About . WFBBFT? TTI one mile and a half. ( 1 w H- WMJBB.K, \T\ .__ V J Manager _L' T-A/l T)r\T> rm t>O GENERAL RULES. 1 J\_L_b O JQ; X Jcj MO • No entry will be received for any of the ; . Races except upon this condition :—That __ ||51 |^ all disputes and objections arising out of " _-_-—-— BR/ W& fcne racing shall be decided by a majority y_3__?V ' jl v of the Stewards present, or those whom Jo&^**Sl\ J_^^^hT*^ A NDREW ARR'S they may appoint. Their decisions upon £$$/$'- *« PmiU^^-^ JLJLNDREW VjRR S all pointo connected with the carrying out Y^l^j^ 1 mffiKi&r of this Programme shall be final. /^ fc^lw m»^^^\ All entrie.s to be sealed and addressed 4^ / "*Wlr «^^ . GREAT rm s to the Secretary, Ashburton, entrance /^ r. **%-> 3L -T^ S£| money enclosed, with the name, age at K^i-sf {^ the time of ent'-y, name of owner, pedi- J%f^H\ ANNUAL SALE gree, and performances of the horse, and %p^^'\ fl\^^t^> k$ ' ' j^3 colors of the rider. /'•*'' //, \ \ Entries by telegram must be confirmed (A'iTiiGUT TC_Ttt WjTM_TE-Tm (Q by writing at the earliest opportunity. ]So nomination or acceptance will be «* M received on any pretence whatever after THE CHRISTCHURCH DENTAL DP -f DTPV ie 'lour nftmed» an(l Ul|less accompanied .SURGERY, j LJK/L1 JlKx by the necessary amount in cash. Corner of Cashel and High streets. All horses must be ridden in colors. J3 L^ A qualified hunter shall mean any horw Q "A/T YE R S AND /""10. r that has been fairly hunted at least three >. ) • J3_J_ --^ (OS 11 CLO THING t- _l times with any recognised pack of hounds SURGEON DENTISTS. , W^ during the season 1890, and the Master's And at Dunedin and Westport. / J * certificate of qualification must be pro- f ANT> j duced at the .scales. -TTTE have gained the FIRST AWARD * Gentlemen riders. -Names must be VV at the Dunedin Exhibition for M », sent in to the Secretary on or before 2nd Artificial Dentures and Mechanical Appli /'/1/OTC August for the approval of the Com- ancestor the Mouth, and it is with the jd ■ liUUld %—^ mittee. greatest confidence that we guarantee the Five per cent will be deducted from all highest class work and perfect fit at the aW winnings towards the expenses of the most moderate cost Will Commence » Course. ' __* ktffi T!ie Committee reserve to' themselves A Single Artificial Tooth, 10s. m Saturday, July sth the 1 right of refusing any entry, amlin the Complete Set — Upper and Lower— h- •■■ event'of bad weather of postponing the temporary and permanent, £10 10s. pi . — meeting from day to clay or for any longer Natural, Durable, Comfortable _ ' # period. . Artificial Teeth Replaced Temporarily al tr The orcatcst BARGAINS The Races will be run under the Rule* most immediately after the extraction over'aeen in Asliburon. iiv of Racing and the New Zealand Grand of decayed teeth or stumps without extra tux National Steeplechase Rules in all cases cc or charge. SEE HANDBILLS. I* where they apply. _ Arrangem enfcs c^nTe made for part or \ NOMINATIONS &c monthly payments. ; Nominations to be accompanied by fees A DMINISTERING NITROUS OXIDE AWDRPW ORR n name, at'o, and description of'the horse 3AS .several times daily for the past ten nMW " Om and colors of rider, and in the hands of years, we fearlessly assert that extraction J _ff he Secretary not later than 9 p.m. on of teeth under its influence is perfectly _______ Egg A TURD AY, July 19th, 1890. painless and positively safe !_?iL-Ji iJ!L_LJ^S!!!SSES!SS!S_ Weights will be declared on MONDAY —~ July 28th, 1890 Fee for Administration, ss. Acceptances must be made to th Extraction, 2s 6d. Secretary not later than 9 p.m. on Artificial Teeth and Dentures made by SATURDAY, August 2nd, 1890 other dentists repaired or remodelled at E J. FOOKS, small cost. I lion Secretary * Hours of attendance—-9 a.m. to 6 pt«l.