The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1890. A BORROWING POLICY.

The keynote to the Ministerial policy is mpre borrowing. Each Minister 'vho has addressed his constituents during the present election has made a point of impressing upon the people the necessity for settling the country, and after having laid down this tempting proposal, the(necessity for" continued borrowing is dwelt upon in order that roads, bridgesjj: and railways maybe made to open iS up,native lands in the North Island. The Atkinson Ministry have oJthAtistod all the loan money, and are at their wits' end to obtain more. They entered upon office as a rigid re trenchment and anti-borrowing combir nation ; but after having heaped up grievous taxation upon* the masses:of. che people, and having spent all the loan nloney, they now appear before the electors as Opponents to further re trenchment and advocates of further borrowing. Sir John Hall, who spoke it Leeston on Saturday night, made the position of the Ministry sufficiently clear as regards future borrowing. He said it was/folly to assert that New Zealand shouTd^ot, under any circum stanes, at any time borro>y again, but thought the colony might keep out'of the London money market for three years. This, we suppose, may be taken as an indication that at the end of the I ensuing tri-enhial Parliament, if not during its progress, a proposal fon borrowing more millions from the London money-lenders will be made, At present, ai we have previously pointed out, the Government are before the country with a borrowing scheme, but it is to be confined to the colony, and represents only £1,200,000, to! be scattered over three years. Starting off with a s v bstantial loan the Atkin son combination have had no difficulty during their term of office to finance the affairs of the colony; this loan having been > exhausted, another i 3 proposed in the local market; and, according to Sir John Hall,' a further and more elaborate borrowing proposal may be expected as soon as the £1,200,000 now proposed has been expended. The electors, however, and a strong body in the House, believe that borrowing can be dispensed with if due economy is exercised' in administration. Tourists who come from Home have remarked upon the elaborate manner in which this young colony is already opened up with roads, bridges, and railways, and. compare it in this respect with many older coun tries, much to the advantage of New Zealand. Yet in the face of this we are told that vast sums of money must be immediately spent to perpetuate: this elaborate policy of public works. The experience of the past has been that, notwithstanding the vast expense incurred in reading and bridging the colony, close settlement has hot fol lowed. Railways and roads have been formed for miles, but the traveller cannot but be struck with the; scarcity of human habitations along the several routes. This has been the experience of borrowing for public works in the. past,: and yet the .. people are : now asked to consent to further borrowing in the "future'"to'perpetuate' this mad and reckless policy of travelling in ad vanco' of settlement. But we misjudge" the people of New Zealand if they will sanction a perpetuation of such blun dering. The colony already staggers under a grievous burden of debt, and the last straw may break the camel's bauk. The people realise this, and at the last election gave no uncertain sound on the matter of borrowing; and it is therefore surprising that the Ministry has the hardihood to lay a scheme of borrowing before the country. "What the electors w s ant and demand is that there shall be closer settlement along the roads and rail ways already constructed, and until this is effected a borrowing policy will never become popular in New Zealand. With closer settlement along the roads and railway lines already constructed there will be increased production, and a larger body of taxpayers to bear the, burden of the public debt, which would then soon become lighter for the [ general taxpayers. When the burden of present taxation is lightened,, by I deriving as much benefit as possible f from past public works expenditure, it will be enough to talk of borrowing millions to rdacl lands to Maori settlements in the North Island. The colony has already exceeded the bounds of discretion irt the matter of borrowing, and the soundest policy that can now be pursued is to promote settlement where previous millions have been expended. How this is to be done and- at the. same time deal fairly with those owning large tracis of land is the •■ most important'question which the coming Parliament will have to consider., But whatever may be the result an emphatic protest must be made by t the electors against further borrowing in order, to forward the interests of land speculators, who look with envy upon the few thousands of acres! of land owned by the Maor's in the North Island. Let Hie big estates of the Pakeha be closely settled first, and then it will be time enough to talk of borrowing in order to settle the }and iof the Maori. :; 5 »

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The doctors have ordered Sir George Grey to take no part in the elections, and advise him to go away until the contest is over. ;: At Panama an' ariti-Chinese society has been formed, and the Columbian Government has been petitioned to pass restriction laws.. Several Chinese were roughly handled recently during a public demonstration. Sir Edward Guinness is, probably, the richest man in England. Only quite recently he presented the nation with £250,000. He owns one of the largest mansions in Grosr venor place and a fine establishment in Dublin, and he wishes to buy Savenmke Forest. ' [ A company has. just, been formed in Aberdeen the object of which is to publish there a now daily paper of Radical politics. The capital to be contributed is £50,000 in £] shares. Amongst the promoters of the object are named the Earl of Aberdeen and and Mr Esslemont, M.P» > On Monday the Lyttelton Harbor Board, of which Mr E. G. Wright is chairman, decided to invite tenders for a cool storage 'building at Lyttelton, and the architects' advertisement appears accordingly to-day in the Cliriatchurch papers. This matter of cool storage is one in which Mr Wright'; has all along taken a great interest, and the adoption of his idea by the board will be no more gratifiing to the farmers iliao it is to the ghevirman himself. '

There were no criminal cases at the Nelson Supreme Court sessions opened to-day. His Honor Judge Edwards congratulated the district on tlie absence of crime, this beiTig the second occasion on which such an occur rence had been recorded. The census reports of religious bodies in the United States show that there arc 131 ---sects, with 25,000,000 members. The Metho dists number 5,000,000, the Bapii^ts 4,000,000 the Roman Catholics 4,000,000, the Presby terians, 3,000,000, and the Episcopalians, 2,000,000. A Mr Johnstone, of Korumburra, Victoria, whjle put, shooting last woek saw a young hare ty*nfj;p&rtry concealed in some rubbish; seeing "it move slightly he seized it by the legsand pulled it out, when, to his surprise, a large tiger snako was hanging to it. Altogether he saw seven snakes, and killed five the same afternoon. ; Mr' Jay Ooitld was finpd the other day |in New York for disobeying a 1 jury Summons. It is reported that lie does this every month; each fine is £60 j i! 2 times 60- is .£6OO per annum. Mr ' Jay Gould willingly pays a professional man's income every year for the luxury pf defying the law* . The Government returns just to hand show that the total number of sheep in the Colony is 16,116,113, which. i« an increase ;of 692,785 over last year's number. The Can terbnry-Kaikoura district carries, 4,867j763, or more than one-fourth of tlie whole number of sheep in the Colony. ; ]. ' I '. In the recent,terrible fire atMartiniquean old Governfnent employe, a cripplej was' in one of the, housea early threatened by t^e fire. His black, servant girl declined to; le»ve r him, and {tried Her best to drag him out of the bouse before it blazed up, but failing hi hei* heroic attempt, was burned to death with him. ! ; The .flora of Europe ,embr*oes about ten thousand species. India ; has about fifteen thousand: the British possessions in North j America, though with an area nearly as arge as Europe, have only abput 5000 species; Australia also is rich in species, about ien thousand being now known. \ 5 Mr lE. the preseriti Mayot| and Mr C. M, Gray, a Councillor, are candidates for the.'Christchurch Mayoralty. Mr .W. G. N«ate has been reflected Ma^or 5 p(: St. <Albans; and Mr G. T. Booth for Sydenham. Mesara J. B. Milsom and H..,Alwrigb.t are spoken of as opponents for the Mayoralty of Lyttelton, and Messrs R.Blakcly and W. Doubleday will c mteet Kaiapoj. In China the cost of food averages little more than 4j a month for each .member of a far mer's family. One who buys, cooks, and eats his m"!als alone spends from 6s 8d a month upon tie raw material and fuel. Two pounds of lice, coating l£d, with relishes of salt fish, pickled cabbage, cheap vegetables and fruit, costing fd, is the average'daily allowance for each laborer, i At a special meeting of tlie honorary medical staff of the Christchurch Hospital, held on Tuesday, it was decided t*> send a cable message to Berlin asking for a supply of Dr Koch's tuberculosis lymphj The Christchurch Hospital staff have thus taken the initiative in New Zealand in this ] im portant matter. The lynlpH is intended in the first instance for use in the hospital wards, and its application may be extended if desired, for the benefit of the public. An exciting chase took place at an early hour on the morning of September 18th, just -north of Zanzibar Harbor, after a slave dhow which leit under very suspicious circum stances. She was followed by the boats of her Majesty's ship Cossack, under Lieutenant Greville, and captured. The Arab captain, who showed fight, was shot dead. The rest of the crew jumped overboai-d and esc-'ip'eil ,; ashore under cover 'of darkness. Fifty 'slaves were- rescued^ either in the dhow «r. from the water. Experiments, it ia announced, are being conducted in the Channel near Folkestone for the purpose of testing the geological structure of that portion of the sea bedhipon which it'has been proposed to construct a bridge across the Straits. The engineers cm? aged are Mr Georges Hersent and M. Henaud, marine hydrographic engineers. The examination of th^ French coast is finished, and so far as it has proceeded on the English side of the Channel,' it has,' if; is stated, proved satisfactory. The sea bottom is declared'very solid, and suitable for the proposed structure. : ; : Messrs John Orr and Co. have j list received a report of a large and important field trial held at BroadjMeadows, about twelve n|iles distant from Melbourne. The trial was a very exciting one, and the crop was of such a heavy and tangled nature that all the different machines had to cut one way only. The McCormick again came off vic.fcppous, beating the Hornsby, Massey, Deering, Brantford, Buckeye Elevator, Mercer and Wood single apron (2) machines. This makes the twenty-fifth first prize won by the McCormick in Australia during the, present season. "The Australian Times and Anglo-New Zealander " gives some interesting items as to the Australian trade during thei past eight; months. The imports have increased lately by leaps and bounds, and for the period mentioned amounted to nearly nine teen and a half million pounds sterling, being an increase of nearly a million anil a. half over the corresponding eight months of the previous year. The value of the exports for England during the same time has sunk frjom over nine and a half millions to under nine million pounds. It is, however, certain that this year's trade will suffer to ah enormous extent from the great labor strikes.

TELEGRAPHIC

HOME AND FOREIGN.

•■ i * [vmi PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Londok, October 17. The Dock Committee warn ship owners that they will have to dis charge their own vessels from the beginning of the year. The Agents-General, have agreed that it ia advisable that the colonies should be allowed the option of remain ing out of all commercial treaties be tween Great Britain and other Powers. They advise the abrogation of the clause precluding the preferential fis cal treatment of British goods in the colonies. They - intend to ask their respective Governments to make the wishes of the colonies in the matter known. A leading Syndica'^, )b«t altogether £160,000 by the last' Victorian loan. It is regarded as certain that owing to the crash in the -market syndicates financing colonial'-loan*^ will refuse to assist any early .issues!,,-. .Business in the .City is at a'Mndstill, and it is doubted whether the bottom has ifally been touched yet. It is feared that a leading Anglo-German Bank is jn diflicujiies. -,■; (japtain O'Sheifc, was granted the custody of the children. Costs were awarded against*JH> Parnell. .. Mr Justice Butt, before whom the divorce case O'dhea X O'bhea and ■Parnell was tried, said the evidence was so strong that there was no neces sity for a lengthy summing lip. It was shown that house aftpr house had been taken under an alidM. In one instance Parnell escaped by means of a fire escape upon the unexpected return bf -the petitioner to his wife's resi dence, j There, was no evidence of connivance", and he refused to allow the co-respondent to avail himself of the plea that O'Shea connived at Parnell'g intimacy with his wife or that there was collusion or neglect on his part. The Judge ?.«flmjnistered a serere rebuke to Parnell for availing hiniself. of - his friendship with, the husband to debauch 'Kis wife.' The counter, charge against the petitioner of adultery with his,, wife's sister the learned Judge characterised as baseless and abominable. The jury, returned their verdict without quitting the box. Mr Parnell lias' issued instructions to whip up a full attendance of the Irish party at the beginning of the sessiou for one combat, first and last, on the great issues still pending. The party is opposed to his resigning. New York, November 18. Tho Treasurer of tba Famine Relief Committee, before the result of the divorce case was known, said that if found guilty Parnell ought to be shunned by all Americans.  The bankers have decided to issue a ioan of ten million dollars upon certi ficates for hanks needing the aid of the clearing house. ...,,-.. : Berlin, November 17- The hotels in this city are rapidly filling with consumptive patients, anxious to try DV Koch's specific.

AUSTRALIAN

-SjjJweyl |Tb>embeir-18. ■• Simdt, convicted of murdering an old man named Taylor, near Wagga, was executed to-day. (r Though he did not confess he made 1 a statement tanta mount to an admission of guilt. The Premier if/preparing a Bill to promote good order in the Legislative Assembly. He v thinks a measure might with advantage be passed com pelling members making charges of corruption to prove them or acknow ledge they were made unguardedly, failing either tp l»e expelled from thY Assembly and disqualified for three or five years. Sit H. Parkes ils urging the other colonies to hold the federal Conven tion not later than MELBotJEJSJG, November 18. Coal has now receded,to within 2s 6d per ton of the pHce prevailing pre vious to the strike. ' Mr Munro, the Pnaraier, replying to the toast of his healtih at a banquet to-night, said the Goverrnment would have to devote much of their attention to the finances, which , are in such a position as to give cause for anxiety, especially in view o£ the Very un promising outlook in*" the -London money market. He hoprtd, however, the Cabinet would be a"ble to satis factorily solve the difficulty. ,

INTERPROVINCIAL

•. ■. * p ■, >, ■ '- .:i Auckland, November 18. News from Samoa is that business is paralysed, owing to the non-arrival of the Chief Justice, and the delay of the treaty powers in putting iri force the provisions of the Samoan treaty arranged at At a meeting of residents at Apia to consider the , situation, \ a resolution Was passed expressive of anxiety at the. un settled state of affairs, complaining* of'the delay of the three Great Powers in estab lishing a permanent Government, pro testing against the further levying and collecting of duties till such a Govern ment is established, '■•■ and requesting the" Consuls of Germany, England, and United States to Cable to their Governments urging the imperative necessity of at once establishing an effective Government in Samoa under the provisions of the treaty. The Rev. George Brown, Commissioner for the Wesleyan Conference^ is leaving by the Lubeck. The Free Church and Wesleyan Church are now getting on tolerably well together, and a much better feeling is prevailing^ Gisborne, November 18. At the Police Court, in the case of T»tatua Mfthi v Bopetita Lane, a suit for sureties of the peace for threatening to shoot on account of alleged witchcraft, the defendant was bound'over in £50 and two sureties of £25 each. The case pre sented many interesting features. The Magistrate refused to allow any evidence in cross examination which would re cognise witchcraft or any principle of magic, stating that nearly every Native in the district believed in witchcraft, and such questions would have a most mis chievous effect, as when a person was so charged his life was in danger. The case against Henui Waaka is proceeding.

DISTRICT COURT

ASHBURT,ON--TUESDA\

(Before His Honor Judge Ward.) Henry Zandjsr v Robert Ma.ciisty.rk. The following evidence was taken in the above case afrer we wont to press yester day :— . For thb defence?, - Mr 'Wilding con tended that while the home was under the care of Zander's servant, th,i responsi bility lay with plaintiff hin^eJJ, and not with defendant. He called ** - James Mitchell, in the employ of Mr Macintyro as ;i gioom, who said he had never,discovered any.viceof uny kind in* the horse. It w.is the quietest horse; ho knew. Had often seen the horse stand ing in a trap, and never knew itj to back or misbehave itself. 5 By Mr Purnell—Had never seen "the horse bite,' even in play, and he had no' tricks with him at nil. j W. J. Hampton knew the horse well —had known him for years. Had seen the horse left near ,a thrashing machine, but never saw any sympton of vice about him, and did not-.think he was easily frightened. Had often remarked u|)onj the quiet nature of the horse. • ".','; J. H. Stephens, blacksmiLh, had shod the horse for years, and found him one of the quietest horses .in Ashbur^ion. Never knew him to do, anything wroi|g. J»hn Orr, merchant, kaeW^the horse. It had often stood quietly' enough, in front of his shop. It was a good, quiet, spirited horse. : John Davison also gave the horse a good character. | "'V Robert Macintyre, defendant, said he bought the horse as a foal six years Ago, and had driven'it constantly ever since it was broken. The smallest child in Ash burton could drive it,. Had never ijiad an Accident with it, before the one in question. When he went .into Zander's cellar, Mrs'-'Macintyre was luft in ;the trap, and nothing was said about Mrsf Macintyre coining in before. Tasted some wine, and Mr Zander expressed a wish that Mrs Macintyre should come in and ta^te it. also.' Replied, that she would not lea\e the horse, and Zander said he would get some one to attend to the animal. He went to do so, and when witness <jame out of the cellar the window was broken. When witness went out to the street, David Zander j:waß holding the horse in, the street. Witness had suggested' going. round to the back yard with the trap, but 1 Zander said there was no necessity, as witness could be served there. His wife did not say in his hearing she would not c »me into town again, with the horse. She had come in again as a matter of fact, and had been in constantly with the horse. She came in that day with it. : By Mr Eurnall—The horse had t no triclcs, and he had never said to anyone that he had. ' Mrs Macintyre—Tlie hor.se had never misbehaved before the accident. in question. Witness got down from the j trap when Zander's boy came out to hold the horse. Told the lad he was not to interfere "with, the animal. t ,Thp horse would stand quite quiet vithout being held, and had done so often. After being in the shop a few minutes, saw the horse move, and on coming out saw that the animal was reslJess. The horse turned round and backed the r trap right up on the tootpath and into, the window. .The boy was holding onfcothe horse's bridle' and standing in front of the horse,-; the latter backing as if he/ rwanted to.; get away from the boy. Gave^atgcreftm whrii the horse was trampling on the footpath, ''.fold;.,the boy he must have,done some thing to the horse, but the 1,-id did; not reply; Did not say in Mr Hugo Fried • lander's pra=sence that she would never come into town again with the horse, but did say thatjafter the horse had got such a fright she would be afraid to come finto town again with him by herself. j By Mr Purnell—Denied saying in* Mr David. Zander's presence th.it she i had iilw»ys- been'.)afraid of an accident with that horse. Had never heard oft the horse biting at all. Did not say to; the lad that the horse bit a little. Screamed" "only O'nde. 1., ''\ ". ,"\ \ J. Tooniey, a laborer, saw the horse 1' and trap before Zander's door. Thefboy was fiddling with the bridled Saw the boy hit the horse a slap on the side' of the no«*e with his open palm. The hdrae im mediately backed, .and kept backing until it went through the window.  ( .By Mr Purnell—Was waiting.: at? the .time at the bookseller s window; for his wife who was shopping at SegersV Heard the people rourid about the talking about it, but did iiot remiirk^ what they were saying. ■■•■: '■..-'■-■■< ,"*'!'!'.*>/• ■. This closed the case for the; defence, and counsel addressed: the, Bench. His Honor said tha^it wpiild have been the duty of Macintyre .to say whether there was any special trick about his horse, as it Would have been Zander's duty to sehd out a properly qualified person to take charge of the horse." No trick or yice had been proved against, the horse, but the last witness to give evidence had proved thtit the > jcgi>dttbt.,o'C..the boy iwasrsuch: aifetofisaiuW Hi^torse^^baeki'; Judgment would be g'iveii for" defendant with costs.

IN BANKRUPTCY.

In reH. W. Felfon—Mr Caygillapplied for bankrupt's discharge. Mr Purnell appeared fov William Power, a creditor, to oppose the Application, and claimed that the application was premature, inas much as two months had not elapsed since* the date of bankruptcy, Mr Caygill but fcluft jai* a meeting of. the creditors heid on "7th November a resolu tion had been passed recommending; the debtor's discharge. The application was brdered to proceed] atid bankrupt w<jnjk into the witness box. *' .S H, W. Felton, said he had been; ser peaiit of police for twenty-five years—six teen of which he had been in Ashburton. His salary was £190 per annum. Had 10E»0 shares in the wealth of nations gold mine. At one time these shares were paying as high as £40 a month, but; ulti mately- tHey did not "jSay 'afiytmnjt i He. got rid of the last of them three years ago. Iliad built some houses in the town. I'ln 1882 Mr Power was hotelkeeper in A'sli burton, and became guarantee for an overdraft at the Union Bank for £260. Mr Power had recently had to pay £240. Mr Power was his brother-in'law. (His 1 Honor here remarked that the matter wai,probably^ in the rank and file of that sort of transaction, but it was not usual for officers of the jpolice to be guaranteed at tlie bank. )■ Had "20 a«res of land in the Falkland Islands, which he valued at £10QQ, but which it had subsequently been l learned, was nob saleable. Had borrowed £100 from Mr'^titt to buy some scrip. Did not tell him that 'only £50 was to be'paid*'oli: account of the scrip. Pledged the scrip three months afterwards. Accounted for his difficulties by having had calls to pay on his mining shares to a large amount, by his own long illness six or seven years ago, by the ill ness of his wife, whojwiis a paralytic for three years, arid died three months ago, by an accident -that happened to a daughter, who brpke" her ancle;' and by the deterioration in value'of the town property he owned. , I By Mr Caygill-—Had been examined before the Assignee, and had had several meetings privately with his creditors.' In July a meeting was held of his creditors at which ifc was arranged he was to pay 2s 6d in the £at once, and 2s 6d in tlie £ twelve months hence. Subsequently he was visited by Power, who was one of the trustees, who made a demand for £150, the payment of this to be a condition of Power's acceptance of $■ 6d in the £,

Decline! to pay this money, or make any j attempt ro raise it, as it would have lieen ' a fraud upon the other creditor*. Power then said it would co&t only £25 to put bankrupt through the Court, and he would do so. A writ followed, and bank rupt filed. H;wl lost a large amount of money on his town property. Wni. Power, farmer, was formerly licensee of the Royal Hotel. Bankrupt c;:mo to h m in. 1882 and' askod" fpr the guarantee referred to in bankrupt's evi dence. Gave him the guarantee because it might not have boon safe for the licen see to refuse him. Had never been lent any money by bankrupt. At the meeting. i pi creditors hnd never agreed to 2s 6d in *t!\e £, but had always stuck out for 10s. It was'bankrupt who first suggested pay ing £150 to witness, not witness to the bankrupt. -, By Mr Caygill—lt was five yei^s since he had left the Royal "Hotel, and hadinot worried about the guarantee since. Cer tainly gave the guarantee out of fear for "the license. ' ' i , Mr' Purnoll asked that the discharge be refused or that some conditional order be I made under which his creditors should be <paid. ' ; i '1 Mr Caygill, in urging the discharge of. the debtor, poinled out that the pro-' perties the Sergeant had possessed had at one time shown a< margin in his favor, but had latterly depreciated, and had been a loss to him. His mining shares, instead of eiving dividends as 'they once hr.d,, had been drains upon his put-so. The story of Power about giving the bpnd under fear was killed by the fact that;the' fear'must necessarily have been removed when five" years ago he reliqnuishedihis license. His Honor said there was nothing in tha case more than in any ordinary bank ruptcy* 'Had tho guarantee been given by a publican between whom and the Sergeant there did not exist the relation ship shown in this case he would have felt it his duty to- bring the matter befor* a higher authority. It was a highly im proper proceeding for an officer of police to, fcalre such a guarantee at the hands of a licensee. He saw nothing to prevent the application being granted. Order made accordingly. ; ...,

Trout-Fishing in the Waitaki.

iI fei&ciples. of laiaak 'wlio resid« in the Old Country are apt to fancy that returned New'Zealanders are guilty of ' 'drawing the long bovy " when speaking of troufenshing in this colony, the number and,,^eightf of our " takes " appearing to 1 English ears almost incredible. Efore, however, is a copy of the entries mi the "angler's book" at the Glencoe hotel, Waitaki North, for the period October 5 to November 8 of the present season, which cannot be disputed:— fish heavi- total est weig't Oct. SP. J. Murphy... 4 71bs 141 bs „ 14 B. C. and PA Studholme and}- ' . ; G. B. Bullockjls 8 „ 74 ■„  12 M. Luck and — («ordon( two day's fishing)... ... 68 12 „ 398-,, „ 28 M. Luck ... 6 9,, 48 „ Nov. 5 H. A. De Lav- : tour 35J „ 13 „ „. 7 T. Brown ... 4 6,, 20 „ „ 8 J.O. Mackenzie 46i „ 16 „ J.Edgar ... 37| „ 13 „ Henry Macin- " : tosh 2 6 „ 12 „ . The above shows a total of fourteen j rods,, one day each,, with a, result of 99 fish, weighing 608lf)s; being ari average of 7 fish, 'grossing 'nearly 43|lbs per rod per day, the fish averaging a weight of within a fraction of 6Mbs each. " ■' :, i

THE MARKETS

[MR JPJWBSE ASSOCIATION.] jl Sydney, November JB. Wheat—Chick, 3s 7d to 3s 9d ; milting, 4s. Maize, 3slOdto4s. Oat's, Is 9d to ; 2s. Barley, Cape, 2s ; English/ 3h. Uvan, M. Pollard, 91. -.  Peas,. Prus isLaiill|lue|i,;3s Od. Potatoes, old, #5; new, £6 to £7. Onions, £16 to £20. i Butter, dairy, 6d ; separator, 7d ; factory, j Bd. Cheese, loaf, 5d to 6d. Bacon, I machine cured, 4M to 5d : hand' cured, '$$d/to.6d f ; roll, 6d"to 7^d ; New Zealand, 9d. Hams, New Zealand, lid to is.:, MEJ*BOt:EN3B, Noyember I|B. Wheat, 3s 9d f Flour, stone, £7 15s to £9. * Oats, New Zealand in bond, Is 9id: Tartarian, 2s Jid ; stout, 2s Bd. Maize, 3s Id to 3s 4cl. Barley, malting, 3s 4d. Bran and pollard, 9d to 9id. Peas, 2s lid. . Adelaide, November 18. Wheat, 3s 7d. Flour, stone, £7 10s to £8 ; roller, £8 10a to £9 10s. Bran, 8d to 8kl; pollard, Bd. Oats, New Zealand, 2s 3d. Barley, Capo, 2s 3d to 2s 7cl ; English malting, 3s 6d to 4s. ' London, November 17 j A cargo of wheat by the Blair Drum mondhas boen sold at 375. New Zea land butter by the Tongariro averaged 30s to 40s. Much of it was old, and pro nounced mere rubbish. A quantity melted, on the voyage.

Latest Cable News

HOME AND FOREIGN.

[PEIt PRESS ASSOCIATION J

[Received November 19. 10.15 a.m.!

THE MONEY PANIC.

London,, November 18. The " Pall Mall Gazette " says that it is intended to increase tho amount of Barings' guarantee tp £15,000,000.

THE O'SHEA DIVORCE CASE.

The Press and public opinion: nre strongly averse to Mr Parnell retain ing the leadership of the Irish party. The "Times," commenting on the result of tho dworce case, remarks that no leading statesman could survive such a blow as Parnell has received. Tho " Standard " says that the leader ship of the party will be untenable if Parnell refuses to resign. ' -

THE BOOTH COLONISING SCHEME.

Subscriptions received .by General Booth in aid,of his colonising scheme amount to £88,000.

THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.

A committee composed of members of several leading London financial houses is engaged in investigating the state of the finances of the Argentine Republic.

ARCHDUKE JOHN.

Vienna, November 18! It is reported here that Archduke John, about whose safety fears were entertained, has arrived safely at Valparaiso.

DEFEAT OF THE MAHDI.

Suakim, November .18. The Emir of Gallabad attacked and badly routed the Mahdi at Omderman, a village a short distance south-west of Khartoum. »

AUSTRALIAN

THE SLAUGHTERMEN'S STRIKE.

Melbourne, November 19. The strike of slaughtermen does not aiecfe the meat trade, as there is plenty of free labor available,

ENCOURAGEMENT TO CO OPERATION.

Sydney, November 19. In the House of Assembly last night Mr Thos. Walker, member for Nor thumberland, moved the introduction of a Bill authorising Government to grant loans to Trades Unions for the purpose of establishing businesses on the co-operative principle. Tlie motion was lost by a large majority.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

{per pb, s» a^ociation.'

KtcMl<t«>i« jncutli. New Peymoutii, November' 18. Mr. W, J. Furlong, formerly Mayor of Hawera,' died here suddenly last 'flight of heart disease. Important »<rrl*l»o. Judge Kettle' gave judgment .'i[n » breach of the Licensing Act relative to unlawful games being' carried dn in licensed houses. Ho said poker, under ! the Act, became an unlawful game, if I playijji in a public' place, but ddubted whettrer the parlor of an hotel WW a public place within the meaning <pf the Gaming and Lotteries Act. The caw was dismissed. • - =, . , • . , Wfllinptpa¥*»■*". •-(,;„(* Wellington, .Kovember" 18. At * meeting of i^liarf laborers a scheme for the reconsbrucfcion of .Unionism was submitted and considered. - It- provided, •raonj; other things, that! Unionists should work with"' non-unionists, that'the en trance ~fee-be reduced to 2a (id, and that | all labor organisations in districts be con -1 trolled ,by;one body. '< After lengthy dis ! cussion the scheme was rejected by i large majoriCy} ," „ ; ' Mr Philip Putnam, of the Public Works Department, who WiW .-thrown from the trap on Monday- irght, died in the hospi tal at noon to-day. |;

WAS IT PROVIDENCE OR ACCIDENT?

T)'v\ the finding of that article save the man's lifo ?. That is the question. Is there a divinity that shapes our ends 1 or are events but a mere scries of accidents which may happen to one person as well as another. Are the experiences that compose .our lives* links in a chain, or loose grains of fcand?: As you answer these questions, n«r ,you take the • one side or the other, so is your faith ; you are a materialist or a believer in Providence. We now propose to relate a story in illus tration ot this .problem which may haVe some effect in arousing those who have always thought themselves the- subject of blind chance. The following facts we fully vouched for, and" resemble occur rences in the lives or! multitudes. ' SoveYalycarsasro Griffith Jones *was a policeman ab Holyhead, Yfales. 1 He had a family consisting of a wife and five young children to take care of. Holy head is on St. George's (or the Irish) Channel, and is open to terrific gales that so often gather on .those dangerous waters and beat with violence opon the coast. Jones' " post" or " boat " extended back into the country, over, bleak, wind-swept hills. He had to walk through this region in all weathers, day or night. He wan often out in winter nights, > in cold and darkness,' exposed to the storms that drive in from'the sea. At such times the wife listened to the rattling windows, and prayed that the husband and father might take no harm in the wild tempest. This was' hard Hues, but in the family (though they were poor enough) th^re was still health and comparative comfort. But in a bad at'>rm the policeinahfcaught a heavy cold.' Home remedies failed to cure it, 1 and. the oiHcer sent to his old physician 1 at'Aberffraw for medicine. It did no good.. .Jones' right side giw •'queer", and.painful. The doctor s-iid it was the liver, and he was right; but correct opinions don't cure disease. His head troubled him, too, and he was often so giddy he. could hardly walk. '" I nm so tired and weary,," he would say, "I don't know what makes me. I, try to rest and sleep, biit get up just as' dead tired as when I go to bed.' Then wowse came. ''' He sat'down to his table, but revolted from his food ; appetite was gone, There was a curious feeling at the stomach; it, was cold, • dull, 1 and miserable, like a furnace ' which' contains nothing but ashes and cinders. A nasty and nauseous kind of gas or wind came up into his throat, like the effluvia from a tomb. His wife called his attention to the ghastly yellow colour of his eyes and skin, and once in a while he would have a spell of palpitation of the heart' that made him afraid; of falling dead —perhaps in some loneiy place. In spite of it,all, however, Polietman Jones kept on duty as much as ever he could. Of course. So would any honest, plucky man.A But he slept fitfully,, with bad dreams. He cried out sometimes with the terror; of them; and the frightened children said, "Is papa going to die?" He was, and ib, one of the most patient and loving of men, yet, now he; was; cross and surly to his family. Then something new developed. There cjune a pain under his left shoulder blade; his wrists and knees grew swollen and painful; this was rheumatism, .caused, the doctors said, by the undigested *nd fermented food having poisoned the-blood. * Kidney and-bladder .complaint . followed —for :,they • : also are merely symptoms. «t ..indigestion, and dyspepsia. The .policeman now fety he must give,up, ajew}, if he did, then what. He could foresee.nothing hut destitution. Now we come to the event, s which sug gested the question with which, this short history begins : Was it, nn accident or was it a link in a saving chain 1 Enter ing the Hplyhead station bouse, one day, ill, depressed, weak, and miserable, he .saw a little pamphlet under the 'table. He picked it up and began to read it. ■ In a few moments his mind' was. rivetted upon its pages.. In.clear, plain language he found his own case fully, described, just as though the book had been written for him and for him alone. It named a cure for all his ailments, a medicine called Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup. The plain honcjsty of,tho- statements won his confidence. He procured half-a-dozen bottles through Mr Henry WUspjp, of the Drug Hall, lioiyheAd. Takijc* it he began to improve, and all his,-awes and pains, vanished in.a few weeks. This was, August, 1879. Ten years have passed, but not a sign or sympton of his ailment has returned. Mr Jones entered upon a more lucrative business, and wher ever he goes ■he spreads the fame of Seigel's Syrup, and insists that the glimpse of the book on the.table settled the point as to whether ho should go under the sod or be the strong new man he has been ever since _

SPORTTING

ASHBURTON RACING CLUB

SPRING MEETING; !

PiuSsiDrora—E. G. Wright. vVhj^Pkesi- DBNTi4iJohn Grigg. :Jui)GB—MEatthew Stitt,,ti Stbwakdij-^M,-Stitt, 0. W f Purnell, D. Thomas, E. G. Crisp, W. '.-■B/ Denshire,. Hugo Friedfender, J. C. N, Grigg, T. Leahjr, IV. I^yfctelton, ] WM.. Tweed. TREAsukfeitUrP, Thomas, "SiAETBK—D. Thomas. ' Oler^; of Sgilr^-j-R, Friedlander. Ci#kk of Cours^tA. Hewsoii. HANnicxppuß-^ •T. Oresswell. ,

FIRST DAY.

The firit day's racing of the Ashburton RacingJCiub's Spring meeting, 1890, began underjjfayorable auspices. The morning twokejjwifch a very broad hint of rain io

TM ASItBUBTON GUARDIAN, WEDNESDAY, NOTEMBIH 19, 18&0.



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The best medicine is Sander and Sons' Eucalpyti Extract. Test its eminent power ful effects in Coughs, colds, influenza, etc.— the relief is instantaneous. 1 Thousands give the most gratifying testimony. His Majesty the King of Italy and medical syndicates all over the world ar« its patrons. Read the official reports that accompany each bottle. We have no occasion to offer rewards in proof of the genuineness of our references. The official reports of medical clinics and univer sities, the official 'communication*} of the Consul-General for Italy at Melbourne; the diploma awarded International Exhibition, Amsterdanv—all these are authentic docu ments, and, as such, not open to doubt. We add here epitome of one of the various cases treated at the clinic of Schultz, M.D. Pro fessor, etc. —" C.8.,24 years old;, conges tional abscess 011 the thigh. Incisions made in two places. Although Listens dressing was applied, the secretion became,.two days later, very copious, and had adopted a feetid decomposed character. The temperature rose enormously. In consequence the, dressing was removed and in its place were made during the clay-time repeated irrigations Eucalypti Extract. The offensive footer dis appeared very soon, the fever abated within v few days, and the patient recovered after the lapse of several weeks. In this instance we must not lose sight of the fact that the latter treatment saved th« putwat's lif&" (Advfc.) * 3



Ths " Lyttleton Times" says t—Several stations in the northern district; are this year forwiirding their wool to the local markets as well as to the Christchurch rail way station by waggon. They are able to* do so, as contractors are willing to take it at the same rate as, the railway with a small addition made as an allowance for carting to the station. The carriers say they cm make good wages at the work, and have entered into numerous agreements. At present the TeViotdale wool is being carted from the shed to the Christchurch station for ship ment, about forty bales having been cleared from there on Monday, which were on the North road on Sunday. The trains run all the same, but have very little freight. Attention was drawn to this matter on Monday, evening by Air T, H. Anson in his address* !at Kirwee. Holloway's Ointmsntanh Pills. - -Disease of the bowels.—A remedy, which has been tested and proved in a thousand different ways, capable* 01 eradicating poisonous taints from ulcers and. healing them up, merits a tris^l.,of its capacity for extracting the internal corruptions from the bowels. On rubbing Holloway's ointment repeatedly on the abdomen, a rash appears, and as it thickens the alvine irritability subsides. Acting as a dcrivitio'i, this ungent draws to> the surface," releases the tender intestines from all acrid matters, and prevents in flammation, dysentry, and 1 piles, for which blistering M yas the old fashioned, though successful treatment, now from its painful ness fallen jnto disuse, the discovery of this ointment having proclaimed a remedy ; pos sessing equally derivative, yet perfectly pain less powers.—[Advt.] - '



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