The Ashburton Guardian. Magna et Vertas et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1890. SALE OF POISONS.

At a recent inquest held m Duneclin on the body of a man who died through taking the poison known as " Rough on Rats," the jury added a rider to their verdict urging the State to en force stringent measures to regulate the sale of this deadly medical com pound. One of the witnesses, a medical gentleman, called attention to the alarming number of suicides and accidental deaths that yearly occur m the colony through the almost un restricted sale of this poison, and several of the jury were emphatic m expressing the opinion that greater caution should be exercised by chemists and others. The subject, if we remem ber correctly, came before the House a few years back, and the compound known as '• Rough on Rats ', was in cluded m the ". Sale of Poisons Act." This precaution should have proved sufficient to minimise the evils resulting from the hapazard sale of a destructive poison ; but it has not done so. There are, apparently, as many human deaths now from this cause as ever, and this fact should go to convince the authori ties that the stringent provisions of the "Sale of Poisons Act, 1871," are evaded by the sellers. We would therefore urge upon the police authori ties throughout the colony to cause searching inquiries to be instituted as to where and under what circumstances " Rough on Rats" was procured by persons who put an end to their existence by this means. It is not fair to chemists and druggists who exercise the greatest caution m the dispensing of poison that a reflection should rest upon the whole body when there are doubtless only a few isolated offenders. It is to the interests of chemists to afford the police authorities every assistance m sheeting home to offenders the consequences of any breach of the regulations m this parti cular, and thus cause a warning to be given to others. A substantial penalty administered m one or two cases, and published throughout the colony through the medium of the Press, would, Aye doubt not, act as a whole some deterrent to careless dispensers who do not seem to exercise the same prf«aution m dispensing "Rough on Rats "as other poison;?. It might also be advisable for coroners and juries to insist that the police, m cases of acci dental or suicidal poisoning, should come prepared with the fullest evidence as to the circumstances under which the fatal drugs have been procured. A closer investigation and inquiry on the part of the police among the ven dors of poisons would no doubt cause greater caution to be exercised m all cases where poisons are dispensed otherwise than when prescribed by a duly qualified medical practioner. In fact, too much scrutiny and inquiry cannot take place m connection with the dispensing of poisons generally, and " Rough on Rats" m particular. If the sale of the latter cannot be regu lated better than at present it behoves the Governments of the several colonies to practically prohibit its farther im portation by the imposition of prohibi tive duties.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Pasteur has treated 7803 persons bitten by njad dogs m the past three years. There are 5000 women employed m the Government departments at Washington. During 1889 the l-ailway companies of the United Kingdom carried no fewer than 36,000,000 of parcels for the Post Office. An American physician declares that he is now resorting to hypnotism ns a substitute for chloroform. He puts the patient to sleep m one minute. The " North Otago Times " states that the local gasworks arc now making gas from local coal or lignite, mixed with shale from Australia, and that this has answered very well. Tenders are being called for, receivable up to 2nd October, for constructing the tunnel and for formation works on the Belgrove section of the Midland Railway. In response to a numerously-signed rcques* Mr J. M. Toomey, of Temuka, as announced himself has a candidate for Tnnaru at the forthcoming election, A public subscription has been s jarred m Dunedin m aid of Messrs Owen, Newton, Elvines, and Winter, the dismissed railway servants. Several leading citizens have sub scribed to the fund. A couple of New Hampshire shooters lately amused themselves by shooting, m turn, at an apple placed on the head of each other. The apple was hit several times, when one of them shot a little too low, and the ball penetrated the fplace where the brains ought to bo, but did no "amom injury," The height of novel heroes continues to m crense. According to the " .Speaker," out of 192 of these gentleman who were "inter viewed" between October mil June last, no fewer than 85 stood at least 6ft m their stocking soles, whilst many, were considerably taller. The average height of heroes of romance has, m fact, been raised fjf-in during the period m question as compared with what it was m novels published between January and September, ISS9. Some experiments which have been made at Cadiz, m the presence of 20,000 spectators, with the submarine boat, named after its inventor, Senor Peral, have been remarkably successful. Eight persons! m all were shut up m the vessel, which remained under water for two hours, and then reappeared at a .considerable distance from the starting point. Then she dived down onci more, audcaine upagain near I hestartingpoint. Con gratulations wore showered upon Senor Peral for his triumphant solution of a highly im portant problem m maritime warfare. A party of castaways—three ihoh, two women, and a young child—were recently brought from Rotumah to Fiji m the schooner Midge. .Stealing a whalcboat said to belong to gm£ of the fjerman traders, with but a seaijt stock ftf provisions, the party set out from Keppei's Island hoping to fetch Wallis, but missing thajt ,<s.}><£ Futuna Island had drifted down on to Rotumah, where they were rescued m the last stage of exhaustion from hunger and thirst by a canoe from the shore. When picked up they had been 22 days m the boat, had lost all but ope oar, and were then drifting at mercy of the yif.;d and waves. The leader of the party, a haty-cas/^ Tongan-Fijian, is reported to be an old gf^end/bi;, front the Lav province of the colony.. Wljpn Professor Aytoum was wooing Miss Wilson., 4''<Wghter of Professor Wilson, the famous '' dii4s»vp'liGr North," lie obtained the lady's consent o&ijdjjt^onally on that of her father being secured, '.{flas 4ytonm was much to shy to ask, and he prevailed upon the young I'idy herself to conduct the necessary negotiations. "We must deal tcndui'jy with his feelings," said glorious old Christoplit*. "I'll write my reply on a slip of paper,, and jjlj> }'£■ to the back of your frock." " Papa's answer U [)}} the back of my dress," said Miss Jane, as she,entered the drawing room. Turning h,er round, the de lighted professor read theae words, written m 1/j'epk; ••' With the author's ooinpliroents,"

Slaughtering will be resumed at the Bel fast Freezing Works on Friday next. It is asserted that the average duration of life m Norway is 48*33 years for men, and 51 "3 for women. "■ The interprovincial football match, Canter bury v. Southland, played at Dunedin yesterday, resulted m a win for Canterbury by 6 points to 4. Mrs Johnstone, the wife of a settlor tit Waitohi, near Temuka, sustained a fracture of one arm through the capsizing of a trap on Saturday. It appears that on returning from Tinniru, accompaaied by hnr brother, one of the reins broke. The wheel of the cart was dragged partly up an embankment and the vehicle capsized. Mr Thornly was considerably bruised, but sustained no serious injury. A cure would appear to have been at last discovered for the potato disease m New Jersey, and as it is possible that it may be of value m destroying other forms of fungus we give it here for the benefit of our readers: —1. The Bordeaux mixture. The particular formula employed is (a) sulphate of copper (pulv.) , Gib m 6 gallons of hot water; (b), fresh lime, 4lb m 4 gallons of cold water. Mix (a) and, (b) slowly and thoroughly, and dilute to 22 gallons. 2. Ammonia solution of copper—(a), carbonate of copper, 3oz ; (b) ammonia liq., 1 quart. Dissolve (a) and (b), and dilute to 22 gallons. These are to be used as a spray. A curious case has just been decided be fore the Criminal Court of Appeal at St. Petersburg. A certain Pastor Neding was recently sentenced at Beval .to one year's imprisonment, with the deprivation of certain rights, for having uttered m a sermon some words reflecting on the orthodox faith. It is admitted that he used the words by mistake, not properly comprehending their force. The procurator of the district pro tested against the sentence, and demanded that the accused should be deprived'of all his rights, and sent to penal servitude for a term of from six to eight years. The pastor appealed, but the procurator was undaunted and upheld this monstrous sentence. The trial of the appeal has ended m the entire acquittal of Pastor Nerling. '™Alrs Greedy, (says the ChCh. "Prass") the wife of a settler at Melfonl, died sud denly on Saturday morning, under very dis tressing circumstances. It appears that she has suffered lately witli some throat com plaint, but not so serionsly as to cause alarm. On Saturday a neighbour (John Murphy), was passing the house, and noticed her lying near the doorway, with one of her little children entreating her to get up. On enter ing he realised at once that the poor woman w*i3 dead. He promptly sent a messenger for a doctor and for the priest. His surmise however, proved only too correct, for it was found that the woman had been dead some time. Her husband at the time •was working away from home, and had no idea of the dangerous of |his wife's '-omplaint. She had a large family of children. Much sympathy is felt for her bereaved husband and family. News has been published from time of the fruit growing capabilities of the Wh.ingarei district, Auckland. The "Otago Daily Times," having been shown a sample of the fruits, grown thoro, says:—"The oranges are equal m flavour to most of those from the South Sea Minds, mid though not so large aa some of the samples from the islands, they are well grown and ripened. The "poor man's orange " is a thin yellow skinned variety, which is sure to please. The rich colouring of the skins of the other varieties is quite surprising, when the locality m which they were grown is consider*.l. With appearance and flavour m their favour the fruit should be m demand. The specimen of the lemon is equal to any thing seen m Dunedin shops, and its appearence at once convinces anyone that the soil and climate arc. specially suit-, able for its production. We hope to see a successful trade established with the dis trict. " " The Otago Daily Times "says :—The ex perience which we are now undergoing of the results of industrial federation can hardly fail to strengthen the feeling that a political federation with Australia would work to the disadvantage of New Zealand. It is, per haps, not very fair to argue from what has happened m an organisation put together no one knows how, and apparently on lines which give New Zealand no voice m deter mination of her fate, to what might happen under a constitution carefully framed and with presumedly fitted checks and balances. But still the hard fact remains the same, that federation implies the subjection of the will of New Zealand to the .joint "will of Australia. And the present experience shows that m an important department' of the industrial world the circumstances of New Zealand and Australia are so far dif ferent as to make the result of a federation terribly oppressive to New Zealand. The Ashbnrton Acclimatisation Society have just distributed 9000 brown and 2000 brook trout, m the lakes at the head of the Ashburton River, of which number 3000 were placed m Luke Clearwater, 2000 m Lake Emily, 2000 m the xMaori Lake, 2000 m the Ashburton river, and the 2000 brook trout m several creeks running into the Maori Lake. As all these lakes have direct com munication with each other and the Ashbur ton river, the supply m future years ought to be much greater m the lower waters. The whole of the fry were safely delivered at their future homes with a loss of not more than 3 or 4 per cent though they had rather a severe trial over some parts of the roads, which are not of the beat. Messrs Pilbrow and Simpson who took up the last consignment to Lake Clearwater, tried their luck with the rod m several of the streams and though a snowstorm is not the most suitable weather for the gentle craft Mr Simpson landed a fish over eight pounds, which at the breakfast-tahle next morning was found to be m excellent condition. Several larger fish were seen but declined the tempting whitebait during such weather. Under more favourable conditions a heavy bag should reward the angler, who might do worse than give the Ashburton Gorge a trial He will find every comfort provided by host Hood at the Mount Somera Hotel.

Horse Market.

Mr T. Bullock reports for the week ending Saturday, September 20th :—Twenty-nine horses were offered, mostly light harness horses, hacks, and inferior draughts. Seventeen were sold at the following prices : —Five year old draught gelding brought £20; aged draughts, '£fi, £(> 10a; inferior sorts, £3, £3 15s ; yearling coltrs and fillies, £4 53, £4 ir»s; light harness.horses, two and live year olds, £7 103, £9 ; other?., £1, ■£{] ; hacks,'£6\ £6, £7 ; inferior, £1 15s to £3 ss. Sundries—Rollers, £6 10s, £11 5s ; horse power and chaff cutter, £8 lOs ; harness and sundries about usual prices.

Cool Storage.

The report of the Special Committee on providing cool storage at Lyttekon was read at the lasr meeting of the Lyttelton Harbor Board, and was as follows :—" (1) Your Committee strongly recommend that the Board should make immediate provision m Lyttelton for storage of butter, cheese, fruit, fish, etc. And they further recommend that a Committee be - appointed to take steps m this direction, with power to pre pare plans and specifications for approval by the Board, and to advertise for tenders for the work. (2) Your Committee further recommend that it be a suggestion to the members of the Committee that they should endeavour to provide accommodation m the same buildings for the electric light machinery so as to utilise m part the boiler power already belonging to the Board. (3) The Committee defers reporting upon the probable expenditure and annual cost of i working until the general plans shall have been adopted, but they feel sure that the importance of the dairy export trade will fully justify any reasonable expenditure by the Board." Mr E. G. Wright moved the adoption of the report, and said that the Committee had decided to erect a special building for the cool storage to be carried out, and they had thought the best place would be at the foot of the ocean steamers' jetty. As No. 5 shed would come back under the control of the Board, to work it economically would necessitate the laying down of a line of rails through it. The electric light shed would be right m the way when this was done, and the Committee had thought that the most convenient place for it would be at the foot of the steamers' jetty. With the addition of another boiler there would then be suffi cient power to drive the electric light, and also to drive the machinery necessary for the refrigerating machinery. When he first went into this matter he had no idea of the very large extent to which the dairy industry had increased latterly, but he proved that this was so from the report of the Local Industries Committee to the House. He would cite the figures quoted m the report, and also the conclusion arrived at by the Committee. The figures, m cwts, of the exports of butter and cheese from 1880 to 1890, were as under :—

The clauses ho had referred to m the report read a>> under:—"Your Committee find that the causes of good butter being spoiled m transit are (a) its being allowed to accumulate m stores after packing, some times for weeks; (b) its being exposed to the sun or to a high temperature on wharves and railway platforms, or m sheds and steamers ; (c) the use of faulty packages. The cure for the evils a and b would be to ship the butter as soon as possible after making, taking care to keep it out of the sun and m a low temperature, to reduce railway freights to the lowest level so as to encourage the forwarding of the butter by rail instead of by steamer; to provide refrigerating cars, or, if that oe not prac ticable, to keep the cars as cool as possible ; to run night trains when found advisable, and to provide cool storage at the port of shipment." The Board would see that m moving the resolution he now did he was only carrying out the recommendations of a Committee which had investigated the matter, and had taken evidence from all parts of the colony. He, therefore, asked them to adopt the report. The course proposed would be. of great benefit to the dairy industry, and he had not heard any person speak against it. Mr Parsons seconded the motion, and stated that the feeling m the North was one of satisfaction that the Board contemplated this step. He had received a letter from the Chairman of the Sefton Dairy Company, expressing the satisfaction felt by the Company at the step about to be taken by the Harbor Board. The fact was now that the butter Buffered deterioration m Lyttelton before its shipment. He further expressed the opinion that the Shipping Companies did not pay sufficient attention to the butter and cheese on the voyage, but confined their attention to frozen mutton. This was proved by the fact that they sent butter to the cool chambers, and also as general cargo, and the two lots brought the same price. Mr Peryman said that the site proposed by the Committee was the freehold of the Board. The motion wa3 then put and carried. Mr Peryman moved—" That Messrs Wright, Turner, Graham, Peryman, and Cunningham be appointed as a Committee m terms of clause 1 of the report." Mr Westenra seconded the motion, which was carried.

Exciting Chase of a Slaver.

Letters'received from the East Indies station give particulars of the narrow es cape of some British seamen while at tempting to capture a slave dhow crowded with slaves. The cruder Cossack, Com mander John M. M'Quhae, arrived at Muscat on the Bth ult., and reported that on the previous merning she sighted a large slave dhow, whose movements were so suspicious that the Cossack stood m towards her with the intention of inter cepting and boarding her. Seeing that she could not get away, the dhow turned towards the shore, and just north of Has Crumeila she "jumped " the reef that runs along the coast about a hundred yards from the shore, and anchored m the surf closein Then she commenced to land her human cargo as rapidly as possible, and seem* this the Cossack steamed m towards her "and anchoring some distance off m conse quence of the dangerous nature of the ground ; she despatched a gig, manned and armed, m charge of Lieutenant Kavenhill. When the gig arrived within abouc a hundred yards of the dhow, the crew of the latter jumped overboard and running up the beach, took up positions behind a ridge of sand and opened a fire upon Lieutenant Ravenhill and his men. The bullets flew over the boat, fortunately without hitting any of the crew, and Lieu tenant Ravenhill and two of his men returned the fire while the others pulled the gig out of range of the Arab's fire. Seeing that it was useless to attempt to board the dhow, on account of the heavy surf, the officer and his crew returned to the ship m the gig. Meanwhile the Cossack had been discharging her Hotchkiss gun at the Arabs, and when the gig had returned she opened fire with her sixrinch guns with such excellent effect that she set the dhow on fire and reduced her to a complete wreck. She was a large vessel, manned by a crew of over fifty Arabs, who were well armed with rifles, and the gig's crew owed their lives entirely to the fact that the Arabs were such watched marksmen. It is believed that the dhqw landed more than 100 slaves.—" Koyd's Weekly."

A Song of Autumn.

(From Songs and Lyrics by Alexander Bathgate.) Bird 'mid the golden sheaves Taking thy share,© Picking from ripened sheaves Thy evening fare. Sure with no thought of thee Sown was the seed,'' Reaped without thought of thee Or of thy need. Yet from another's toil Thou tak'st the gain, Fed by another s toil His was the pain. But with thy mellow sonj? • Cheered was his heart; Sing then thy happy song, Such is thy part. Who should from weary toil Seek to he free ? Fruit from thy weary toil Thou mayst not see. Naught but thy best aye do, Some one will reap. Strive then thy best to do ; Why shouldstthou weep ?

George R. Sims.

From a biography of George R. Sims which appears m ' Our Celebrities' for August, one learns that he commenced scribbli' g as a boy, and was a voluminous contributor to the school paper of Hanwell College. For several years the young man bombared dditors of magazines, etc., with stories and verses unsuccessfully. Then the * Weekly Despatch ' printed his " Social Kaleidoscope " series, and the tide turned. With the starting of the 'Keferee,' and the publication of the "Dagonet Ballads,' Sim's success became assured, and he had soon offers of far more work than he could do. Acting on the suggestion of friends, who saw m "Dngonet " the making of a dramatist, lie now wrote ' Crutch and Toothpick,' a farcical comedy which was successfully produced by Edgar Bruce at the Royalty Theatre, and ran 140 nights. This triumph induced Wilson Barrett to giveG. R. Sims a commission for the Princess's Theatre. The ' Lights of London ' (one of the most popular melodramas of modern times) was the result, and enjoyed a pro longed run. From that moment G. R. Sims commenced accumulating a fortune. He has written, or partly written, some score of pieces, moat; of which are played regularly m Great Britain and America. On clit Sim s income m fees alone for 1880 exceeded £10,000. It is well to be a successful dramatist nowadays.

Victorian Enterprise.

The Victorian Legislature, on the initia tive of Mr Duncan Gillies, the Freetrade Premier, enacted that a sum of £233,000 per annum should be paid by the State for the development of the minor agricul tural industries. Under the regulations drafted by the Department of Agriculture, and adopted by the Government, it is provided that £100 shall be paid to those who can show an average weekly conver sion of 500 gallons of milk into cream or butter for a year, and that for each ad ditional 100 gallons so converted £5 extra shall be allowed, but no person is to re ceive more than £300 m the case of a butter factory, and £200 m that of a creamery. For fruit cultivation a grant of £3 per acre will be givsn, under certain conditions. £2 per acre for vine planting. £40 per ton will be paid to those who manufacture insecticide powders, lcl per lb on butter sold m the London market at 7d to 9d per lb, 2d on all sold at lid, and 3d on all sold at Is per lb. A bonus nf 2s per case will be laid on all green fruit shipped, and a large variety of other industries receive a like attention. The Department is authorised to expend £10,000 on the importation of new varieties of seeds and plants, which will be available for distribution throughout the colony. Experts will be employed to to carry out this work. £15.000 is to be given m bonuses to encourage the planting of forest trees of an economic character.

A Cultinated Memory.

A Mr Perry, after a lecture at Auck land on the training of the memory, showed what he had been able to do with his own memory, by some sure tests. He called over 19 rows of figures of 12 each, which were on a large blackboard m view of the audience, but. obscured from him self, without one single mistake. A large number of cards were distributed among the audience, with the names of tha planets on them, and numbers of nine figures under each. The name of the planet was called out by the holder of a card, and Mr Perry called out the number without any apparent difficulty. The same was done with 100 other cards—the numbers called out by the holders, and Mr Perry replying with the row of six figures under each. A collection of various articles was made to the number of 25. They were phced on a table, and Mr Perry looked at them for a few minutes, then walked away and repeated the names of each m the order m which they were placed without the slightest difficulty. A very clever feat m addition was accomplished, the audience giving the figures, and these being put on the blackboard m two rows of six each by two gentlemen out of the audience, then Mr Perry went behind the board and called upon some one to make the addi tion. This being done, he requested that the figures should be covered with a cloth. This was done, and Mr Perry advanced to the front and wrote down the answer. Upon the cloth being removed, the answer was found to be correct, viz , 1,322,184. Again 20 names were called out by the audience, Mr W. Cole writing them down upon the blackboard, with a number to each word. Then Mr Perry retired out of sight of the board, called out the names m the order m which they were upon the board, and repeated them backwards. Numbers indiscriminately were called out by the audience, and Mr Perry gave the name it was attached to, and this was done without any hesitancy upon his part.

Temuka Dairy Factory.

An extraordinary general meeting of the Temuka Dairy Company was held m the Wallingford Plotel on Friday evening. About twenty shareholders were present, Mr Job Brown, chairman of directors, presided, and explained that the business of the meeting was to consider the ad visability of confirming the resolution passed at the previous meeting " that the affairs of the company should'" be wound up voluntarily." In reply to a share holder the chairman stated that the sale of the cheese m stock at current rates ■would leave a deficit of about £1500, against which there was the land, build ings, and plant. It was further stated, m reply to questions, that the position of the directors was that they were personally responsible for the overdraft and would willingly give place to anyone who would pay that off and take over the assets. After discussion it was resolved —" That the resolution that the Temuka Butter, Cheese, and Bacon-Curing Factory Company (Limited) be wound up voluntarily" be confirmed, Messrs Job Brown and W, G, Aspinall were ap pointed liquidators at a remuneration of £5 each. It was further resolved as & suggestion to the liquidators that they should take the earliest opportunity of disposing of the assets of the company for the amount of th * liabilities, The meet ing then closed,

U.A.O.D.

The Asmburton Lodge of Druids'■■held its quarterly meeting on MondaY night last m the Templar Hall, BrO Thus. Wall, Arch Druid, presiding. ■ About sixty members wore-present, ami one new member was initiated. Bro Iv. Eiiitori re ported on beLak oi the sped;*.! committal appointed t.j arrange a dramatic perform-. once m aid of the widow ;uid children of the late Bro Keeloy, staging that the drama, "Ashore and Afloat," had been chosen as the piece for the occasion, and that it was already strongly cast, and that he had outraged professional ladies m Chiistchurch, including the well -known actress, Mrs J. J, Kennedy, to take part m its; production. The lirst rehearsal takes place to-night (Tuesday). Bro Potter spoke very warmly on the subject, and said he was sure not a Brother present there would leave a stone un turned to make the entertainment a success, the case being a deserving one. After several other items of business had been transacted the Lodge closed at 11 o'clock. The receipts for the evening amounted to £37 16s 3d.

TELEGRAPHIC

HOME AND FOREIGN.

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London, September 21 and 22. O'Leary, a Fenian, hasd enounced W. O'Brien. Mr Dillon is delivering violent harangues m County Mayo, despite warnings from the police of what the consequences may Be. Shipbrokers are indignant at Tyser's steamers talcing cargo at sailing rates. The "Sportsman" considers the Aus tralian team disappointing and the trip the most disastrous yet made. An other sporting paper also stigmatises the tour as a failure, and urges that a more capable team should,be sent m 1892. Washington, September 21. There is still some likelihood of a combat on the McKinley Tariff Bill, on which a conference of the two Houses is now proceeding. The Com mittee of Congress has given way so far as to approve the Senate's amend ments m the flax and wool duties. Vienna, September 21. It is reported the Emperor of Ger many is desirious of including France m the triple alliance if possible. He was enthusiastically greeted on taking his departure. Constantinople, September 22. Moussa Bey, the convicted Kurdish chieftain, who recently escaped and was recaptured, is to be sent to Medina.

AUSTRALIAN

Sydney. September 22. Matterson defeated Js'eilson over the championship course on the Parra matta. The stakes were £200 a side.

INTERPROVINCIAL

Auckland, September 22. Benjamin Davis, recently arrested for the robbery of ironmongery from Morrin and Co., m whose employ he had been as head carter, was committed for trial to-day on all the charges. The value of the goods alleged to have been stolen is £430. Davis' wife, who was accused of complicity m the thefts, was discharged. Archbishop Redwood intends to pro ceed to Futuna Island m the Tonga Archipelago, to be present at the celebra tion m honor of the martyr Father Chanel, murdered there m iB4l. His Grace will probably leave on Thursday by the steamer Wainui for Tonga, and go thence to Futuna. , ' A Shippers' Union of exporters of fruit and other island produce has been formed at Suva, Fiji, with the intention of pro viding uniform regulations regarding the terms on which these shipments are to be dealt with by consignors m the other colonies. Napier, September 22. The delegates to the Licensed Victu allers' Conference will meet m Wellington on the 29th inst. New Plymouth, September 22.P In the Supreme Court m Chambers this morning the Registrar, Mr Kettle, gave a decision on the question of the validity of a warrant of commitment under which a man named Hanna was imprisoned for indecency m a public place. Mr Samuel contended that a sitting room m a hotel was not a public place, and that thi prisoner must therefore be discharged. After a long argument the Registrar de cided that the conviction and warrant were defective, and that the sitting room of the hotel was not a public place within the meaning of the Police Offences Act. 'ihe offence must be committed wilfully and obscenely, whereas m the conviction and warrant the word "obscenely 15 is altogether omitted. The prisoner was discharged from custody. Wellington, September 22. Negotiations are going on for the purpose of bringing forward the date of the Whitaker-Hutchison action to a day m next month. The offer has been made by plaintiff, and is now under considera tion It is stated that Mr Hutchison applied to the Speaker for a protective order under the Parliamentary Privileges Act, 1865, with reference to the extracts from his speech which had been distri buted outside the House, but the Speaker refused. H^Hon. Mr Richardson will go South to-morrow, if possible. Mr Mac Arthur, member for Manawatu, is seriously ill, and will have to undergo an operation which will prevent him taking any active part m the political campaign, and probably lay him up for some months. j The Chamber of Commerce to-day ! appointed a sub-Committee to take the San Francisco mail question m hand, and to draw up arguments m favor of Welling ton, for the consideration of the con tractors. The Premier, under advice of his doctors, will not attempt to deliver an address to the electors, but will substitute a manifesto, which may be regarded as the Government's exposition of its position and policy. Sir Harry thinks he may be able to have it ready by the end of the week. Both Mr Hislop and Mr Mitchelson are thinking of leaving Wellington this week if possible. An invitation to the labor conference has been sent to all registered Trad Unions—twenty-four m number— n all known Employers' Associations. Shaw, Savill, and Co. are making arrangements to'send out supplies of coal for their steamers from England. Hulks will be obtained at each port, and every vessel leaving Home will complete her lading with coal. A man, holding a prominent official position m one of the Labor Unions here, has been expelled for returning to work. He had a wife and eight children depen dent on him, and he gave notice that he must go back. Dunkdix, September 22. At the inquest on the body of the child found at Ocean Beach on Saturday Dr Coughtrey's evidence was to the effect that the child had been still born and he thought there had been want of skill at birth. There were no marks of foul play.

A verdict m accordance with the evidence Vfivi sivm. The Fishdealers Association have de cided to wait on fch<j City Council and urge that a fish market bo established.

PREJUDICED CRITICISM.

Altitouoh generally we have more sympathy with the Opposition than with the pi'esent Government, because the Opposition is more m sjnnpathy ■with the ctMise of land settlement and a fair adjustment of the burden of taxation, we are, nevertheless, neither disposed nor called upon to defend jail and singular tho tactics and doings of the Party or its members during last session. On the same principle, also, we decline to condemn everything proposed by the Government, limp and incapable as that Government are, though sooth to say they have proposed little and done less which is deserving of encomium. We are quite ready to accept that which is good, no matter from what quarter it comes, and hold that there is nothing so mischievous as the bigoted partisanship on the part of writers for the press which by the suppressio veri and mggestio falsi so frequently misleads and perverts the public judgment. This it is true is often the result more from prejudice m the mind of the writer than from a conscious or wilful attempt to mis state or to place matters m a wrong light, but the extremes to which such writers are unconsciously carried are now and them positively ludicrous. For example, a metropolitan con temporary m writing on Thursday last on the subject of the retrenchments effected by the Opposition when the Estimates were under consideration, refers to the reduction m the vote for the Audit Department as a " pitiable example " of a " reduct? >» which is no reduction at all," but m reality "an extravagance of the most wasteful kind." It cites m proof of that state ment the memorandum of the Auditor ! General, Mr Fitzgerald, m which that officer says m effect just what our con temporary says, and declares that under the reduced vote six clerks will have to be dispensed with whose annual salaries amount to £1121, but who will have to be paid compensation to the amount of £1400, so that there will be an increased expenditure of nearly £300. But Mr Fitzgerald fails to show why the striking off of £950 from the vote necessitates dis pensing with six clerks whose aggre gate salaries total £1121—less than £200 each; it being quite clear that the salaries of five must amount to more than the amount of the reduction. But that is a minor point. If our contemporary will take the; trouble to read Mr Ballance's speech on the subject of this memorandum, he will see that it is not necessary to dispense with any clerks at all, the items aimed at by the Opposition when the reduc tion was mored and carried, being the expenses connected with the audit m London, amountfng to about half the sum struck off, the balance represent ing the salary of one of the higher subordinate officers of the Department m the Colony, whoae services it was held could be dispensed with owing to the Department haying been streng thened m another direction. Thi.^* at anyrate, Mr Fitzgerald very well knew, and his memoz-andum is merely a proof of the tenacity with which officialdom clings to old traditions, and resists all attempts at economical ad ministration. But our Gloucester street contemporary is not more astray m this matter than it usually is m all matters m which the doings or sayings of ■ the Opposition come under •; its review. As for example, the assertion which it made the other day, that the retrenchment party had only suc ceeded m knocking off some £45,000 from the Estimates, and that Mr Mitchelson had to take off £5000 from the expenditure under the vote for buildings to make up the £50,000 re duction which the Government had consented to effect. What about the Supplementary Estimates 1 It is of course convenient to forget that these were reduced m Committee by fully £20,000, so that the total reductions [ effected were nearer £70,000 than £50,000. Half a loaf may be, better than no bread, but "that sort of rule does not apply to matters of verity m which indaed the only safe guide is the obligation laid upon all upright wit nesses, namely, to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

Labor Questions

[per press association.]

London, September 21. Stevedores insist that clerks em ployed by Dock Companies should become Unionists. New Yoek, September 21. It has been proved that the Knights of Labor ordered trains to be wrecked during the recent strikes. Sydney, September 22. An immense crowd thronged;Oircular Quay, but wool was unloaded without disturbance. ; ; The Ministerial crisis has terminated. At the conclusion of the Cabinet meet ing to-day Mr McMillan| had an inter view with Sir H. Parkes. After a mutual explanation the Premier con fessed he had acted somewhat hastily, and Mr McMillan agreed to withdraw his resignation. 3

AFFAIRS AT LYTTELTON

Everything m Lyttelton was quiet yesterday. The rain has, to a certain ex tent, stopped the working of perishable cargoes. Mr Peter Brown, the Lyttelton wharf laborers' delegate to the Maritime Coun cil, left Lyttolton for Dunedin. There was a meeting of the sailors working on the ships m port on Saturday, and they agreed not to york any more cargoes, but the resolution doe's riot seem to have been carried out, as they .worked cargoes the same as yesterday. With reference to this it may be stated that the sailors are being paid extra for the work they are doing, and have nothing to gain by refusing to work the ships' cargoes. Twenty-seven non-unipnists went to Wellington to work the Arawa at that port and come to Lyttelton to work her. , Messrs Anderson and Sons of the Can terbury Foundry have had to dismiss fifteen of their Lyttelton hands owing to the want of fuel-i to carry on the extra work they were engaged m. The railway servants are averse to the reorganisation of theirsociety is demanded by the Commissioners, as it is suicidal to the present Society m more ways than one. They feel that a Society formed under the auspices as it were of {jfts

TF.R ASHBUBTON GUARDIAN, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1890.



880 881 -BS2 ... 883 ... ... 884 885 ... SB6 ... 887 888 889 890 (half-year)

nutter. cwt. 2,717 2,406 11,264 8,869 15,70(3 24,923 23,175 17,018 29,95)5 37,955 24,021

Cheese. cwts. 717 3,056 3,533 2,519 10,342 15,245 16,429 23,913 36,083 20,558 26,663



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