The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1890. A STATE LABOUR TRIBUNAL.

The means finally resorted to by the Maritime Council in order to bring the Shag Point Coal miners strike to an end have been sharp and ■"decisive. The proprietors, remaining obdurate, and refusing all offers for a peaceable settlement, the Council resorted;,to. coercive measures, the nature of which caused the mine manager and his-em ployers to realise the full strength of their opponents. Having driven the dissatisfied handful of* miners from their mine and from their homes, the coalmine owners resolved to drive them out of the distinct by keeping the mine closed for a time. Had the struggle been simply confined to_ the. masters and their men, there is no. doubt, capital being in a position to wait, labor would eventually have lost the day. But an ally appeared in the shape of the Maritime Council, repre senting nearly all the Trades Unions in the colony. This body, with praise worthy moderation, attempted to bring about a friendly settlement. This failing, instructions were issued to all the Unions " not to handle any goods belonging to the coalmine proprietors, Messrs Ross&GlendiningandMcKerras and Hazlett." As the proprietors, in addition to being coalmine owners, are also large soft goods importers and general merchants, .this, style of argument was unanswerable, and an unconditional surrender was the result. Under instructions from the Maritime Council wharf laborers would refuse to handle goods belonging to the offend ing masters ; seamen would refuse to sail in ships carrying said goods ; rail way servants, would refuse to book, handle, or drive engines on which the goods were consigned; and the mass of the population, who form members of the respective Unions would refuse to buy from or in any way deal with the offending masters. In fact a general and gigantic strike, paralysing trade, •would have been the result had the masters not decided to yield to the men's wishes and take back into their employ two men, alleged to have beer wrongfully discharged; The magnitude •of .the effects likely to arise from a dispute so trifling will cause thought ful men to pause, and ask whether it is wise in the best interests of society and the uninterrupted course of trade, to allow differences of this character to remain in the hands of the masters and men immediately- concerned. Under present conditions, judging by the ex perience of the Shag Point strike, a bumptious and domineering manager or an equally bumptious and domineer ing set of employes have it within their power, by perseverance in an unreason able effort to gain a trifling pecuniary advantage, to cause widespread loss and disaster to thousands who have not the slightest interest or concern with the matter in dispute. Is this right 1 is it reasonable ? We think not. What appears to be wanted is an inde pendent tribunal, appointed by the State, to whom all disputes, not likely to be.satisfactorily settled by the mas ters and men, shall be referred. This ti-ibunal, thoroughly untrammelled and free from all partizanship, could collect evidence from masters and men alike, and its decision would be final. Under some such condition as this labor disputes would be confined to the immediate locality where they originated, and legislative measm'es could be taken to have the finding of what we might call a State Labor Tribunal enforced both by masters and servant?. "With the right of labor to use every means, except physical force, to wring from capital a fair share of the profits of production there is no question ; and it is one of the healthiest signs of the times to see labor assuming the position which rightfully belongs to it. But care must be exercised not to dethrone one tyrant only in order .to set up another. Not that we would stigmatise the action of the Maritime Council as tyrannical in bringing about a termi nation to the Shag Point Coalminers dispute. On the contrary, the Coun cil acted throughout with sound judg mentand moderation, but espoused, as was only natui'al, the cause of the laborers. But it is questionable whether the Council, being the elected repre sentative body in the cause of labor, is the correct tribunal to whom to entrust the final adjustment of disputes be tween masters and men. Capital, as well as labor, has its rights, but these rights are not likely to receive justice at the hands of a Tribunal elected from the ranks of their opponents; and when, as is now apparently the case, this Tribunal is in a position to enforce its conditions, whether right or wrong, and this at the sacrifice of the peace of' society and the welfare of trade, it is imperative that the State shall step in, find while fav.oring neither one dispu tant nor the other, make provision for a settlement of labor disputes without involving the whole population in gigantic labor strikes over every petty grievance between masters and men.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Rink continues to be fairly well patronised, and on Saturday evening there \va3 quite a number of skaters on the floor. Tuesday evening is the next session night. - Dona Isidora Casino, a Catholic lady who lives in Valparaiso, is said to be one of the richest women in the world. She has a for tune of £40,C0^,000. MrW. P. Reeves, M.H.R. for St. Albaus, addressed his constituents on Friday even ing, and at the close of a length} address was accorded a unanimous vote of thanks and confidence. A woman who knows it to be a fact says some men will get up out of bed at night in the coldest of winter weather to go to a fire, who cannot be induced to ge^ up at seven o'clock to start one in the kitchen stove. " I suppose that you will soon find some body to fill my shoes," said Mrs Blankins, who hadn't been feeling very well. "I doubt it very much," he replied, and he looked at her feet so significantly that she entirely lost her temper. The Canterbury Cattle Board on Friday passed a resolution declaring that the present regulations for che quarantining of dogs from Great Britain practically prohibit the importation of fresh blood. a\so that pro vision should be made in all {sorts in New Zealand, at which foriegn vessels touch, for the safe custody of ship's dogs whilst in port. The resolution is to be forwarded to Government with the recommendation that the question be referred to the Stock Com mittee of Parliament,

Mr Rolleston has consented to come for ward as a candidate for Halswell. America has 200,0d0 telephones more than the rest of the world combined.

It is stated (says the "Lyttleton Times ") that a meeting will shortly be held in Christchurch to protest against the proposal to again bring the Contagious Diseases Act into force in the city and surrounding dictrict.

The culvert carrying the water into the Domain, from the race at Winter's road, was in a damaged condition on Friday and Saturday,_and dangerous for.traffic. Some one" had put a pine branch in the fault as a warning, out the permanent repairs should at once be seen to, or damage to travellers' will result.

The traveller and ethnologist, Tushku roff, points out the fact that there are 400,000 heathens and 50,000 Mohammedans in the Russia army, 'the latter forming 75 per cent, of the Cossack regiments, and also declares that Christianity is dying out in south-eastern Russia.f

The Truant Inspector under the Educa tion Act is making it lively for parents in Dunedin. Several parties, including a solicitor, were fined from,, 10s to. 30s, or the alternative of from a week to three weeks' imprisonment with hard labour, for neglect ing to send their ' children to the' public schools. . ' '

Mr W. W. Strickland, 8.A., in the columns of the " Daily News " makes a com plete recantation of Toryism, and expresses " his deep regret thatjhe eve-' placed faith in a party so hopelessly at variance with reason and nature." He also unequivocally accepts the Liberal programme of Home Rule for Ireland.

The " Oamaru Mail " understands that at a recent meeting-of-the Waitaki High School Board of Governors the rector's salary was, .at.his .own, request, reduced from £600 to £500, and -that the salary of Mr Burn was increased to £250, and that of Mr Roll to £180, and that •M. Ledez received three months' notice of discon tinuance of his services. " -

The Mikado of Japan has determined to put a stop to duelling throughout his do minions. By a series of laws t recently passed, anyone sending or accepting a challenge is to receive at least six months' hard labour, and to pay a fine equal to £20 to the Royal Treasury. Those who actually fight a duel will be imprisoned for five years, with hard labour, and be mulcted in the sum of r £4o. Similar- punishment is meted out to seconds. •."•-. • ;

It has long been a matter of fact that the grouse, the salmon, and the deer, have been more important personages than the crofters in the Highlands of Scotland (says Truth). A Parliamentary return just issued-cohfirms the fact. The fishings' in Scotland" have a rental of £94,706 per annum ; the shootings, £300,415:, and the deer forests, £60,607. The deer-forests ,of Inverness alone -are rented for £37,364, and Ross-shire draws £25,121 from the same source. There is,- of course, under these circumstances, no longer room for mere men in these happy hunting grounds, •_'... •? ■ : Vincent Wallace, the composer of "Mari tana," was a native of Ireland, and emigrated to Australia in his early manhood. • r How he buried himself in the bush to the west of Sydney; ho.w a lucky accideut. revealed his musical genius; how the Governor,, Sir Richard Bourke, took him up, patronised him, and made him fashionable j how he travelled all over the colonies, and made money as a violinist; how he was captured by the Maoris, and was within an ace of being sacrificed ; how he afterwards barely escaped with his life from a mutiny in the South Seas—isall told in J. F. Hogan's history of " The Irish in Australia."

The influenza is about to have an interest ing and agreeable sequel in Vienna. A hundred and sixty years ago, one Adam Gieamann made a bequest of 1000 florins, which were to be invested, and whun the sum had grown to a certain amount by the addition of interest, it was to be used in providing for the children of persons who died in an epidemic. Upon the proposition of a town councillor, it was decided to re gard the influenza as .an epidemic, and to grant 10 florins a month to every child whose father had died of influenza during the past winter. It will be for the mayor to consider the applicants' claims.

By the death of the Marquis of Normanby the title and estates devolve upon the Hey. Lord Mulgrave, one of the most hard-work in« and popular of the clergy in the north of England, who does not hold a fat living, but works laborously among the poor. Indeed his health has broken down more than once under the pressure of his incessant labour. The Phipps family have always been very popular at Court, and very fortunate in obtaining comfortable berths; but the late Dean of Windsor, wnen he tried in vain to get a canonry for the Hon. and Eev. Augustus Frederick Phipps, used to say, " When a. Phipps takes orders his luck seems to desert him."

A striking illustration of the lowness of price 3of agricultural produce in America i 3 given bythewestern correspondent of an agri cultural paper. "It now takes a load of pot?,toes," he says, "to buy a pair of boot 3. A big fat steer buys a very plain suit of clothe 3 for every day wear, and it takes a good cow to buy an overcoat of the same grade. A load of corn supplies caps and mittens, and a load of oats might furnish a suit of under-clothing. So about as cheaply as a farmer can dress a<« he starts for town he will carry on his person the cash value of a big steer, a good cow, and thirty bushels or more of corn, oats, and potatoes." We think prices are low in this country ; but the cash value of the items named above would clothe a fanner and a small family for a year. —Exchange.

Mr and Mrs Robert Hammond, of Waitoni in the TV-yiHUr-Mi-.'"!,-'. had the misfortune to lose i. ■ ■' •'■■■■ I ■ ■■■■ '-, aged three years, on Sunday night, through the affects of eat ing some of the'poisonous ben ies of the plant known as "thorn apple," or Datura stramo nium. Parents in suburban or country districts cannot be too careful in instructing and warning their children against the seduc tive-looking berries of the plant, which apparently grows freely in many districts. The plant has a smooth stem and leaves, with white flowers and erect prickly capsules. It contains a peculiar narcotic alkaloid termed " daturine," which is one of the most power ful narcotic acrid poisons known. The leaves of this plant, have an extremely nauseous overpowering smell and a loathsome bitter taste. The seeds, which are of a dark colour, are still more poisonous. A variety of the same plant, with pale violet flowers and purplish violet stem, is frequently culti vated in gardens as an ornamental plant.— " Kew Zealand Times."

Mr Varley, lecturing in Wellington on Thursday, urged that strict measures should be adopted to abolish the '' Social Evil." As showing the manner in which unsuspecting young females were lured into haunts of vice, lie said that towards the end of last year there appeared in the " Melbourne Argus" newspaper an ad vertisement worded as follows:—"Lady help" wantod to assist in housekeeping. 98, Lygon street, Carlton." This advertise ment said Mr Varley, was answered by a highly respectable young lady from Christchurch. When she reached the house she was shown into a luxuriously furnished drawing-room. "The notorious Madame ," said Mr Varley, "whom the authorities and police of Wellington city tolerated, entered the room and did her utmost to secure this young lady for a life of shame. The facts came to my knowledge, and I denounced the villain ous procuress by name in the Theatre Royal. This brought the police upon the scene, and I. am . thank ful to tell you that Madame is now undergoiniug for her crime a sen tence of twelve months' imprisonment with hard labor, as also is the male miscreant who Was her partner and para mour 1." Mr Varley "indignantly denied that any real necessity existed for tolerat ing these social voices, which had grown to a bold and brazeri~prominence because public men and preachers of righteous ness especially had been dumb instead of speaking out in words of living fire against these shameful personal and social iniquities. He strongly condemned the working of CD. Acts, wherever in force.

A curions discovery has been made in con nection with the water in the river Yarra, as (according to the "Melbourne Age") careful observatious of the change that has been brought about in the quality of the water, consequent on the removal of the basaltic foundations at Prince's Bridge and Queen's Bridge, chow that/tKere is a very large increase in the quantity of salt it contains. Its contmued use for irrigation, purposes in the Botanical Gardens would, undoubtedly, involve the destruction of all plant life. Since the river has become tidal by the removal of the falls the salt water has been gradually creeping up the channel "and dverpowering^'the" fresh water. A chemical analysis,.of .the water opposite the Botanical, Gardens^hows that it contains"'76" grains of 'salt* to the gallon. Three years ago the proportion was onljk|five grains, to the gallon. At the Church street Bridge, Eich T mond, the surface water is as salt as it was three years ago at the Old Falls Bridge at low-water level, whilst at the Hawthorn Bridge the wateiCcontaih^qually as much saline matter, showing clearly that the salt Abater,.acting as a precipitant, is completely changing the condition of the organic matter at the botlom of the stream. -

.We clip' the following important testimo nial fromthe <'IllawarraMercury "(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' F.-'-lypt:-? P!\tno*. Ho says :—". Seeing the i.iM llvi-i- 1! .■■■lv.-i -'.-fi in the 'Illawarra Mercury,' 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 Loveday 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.) r,. • 2 -

HOW PILLS ARE MADE

The Custom of tftkirfg medicine in the form of pills dates far back in history. The object is to enable us to swallow easily in a condensed form disagreeable and nauseous, but very useful, drugs. To what vast dimensions pill taking has grown may be imagined, when we say that in England alone abput 2,000,000,000 . (two thousand million) pills [are consumed- every y&t.r. In early days, pills were: made slowly by hand,'as the demand was comparatively small. To day they are produced in infinitely greater rapidity by machines especially contrived for "the purpose; and with greater accuracy, too, in the proportions of the various ingre dients employed No form oLmedication can bo bettea *han a pill, provided only it is intelligently pre pared. But right here occurs the difficulty. Easy as it may seem to make a pill, or a. million of them there are really very few pills that can be honestly commended for popular use. Most of them either under.-, shoot or overshoot the mark. As everybody takes pills of some kind, it, may. -be ,well to mention what a good, safe, Takcl-reliable pill should be. Now, when one feels dull and aloepy, f .and has more,-or less pains in the head, sides', aud back, he may be sure his bowels are constipated, and his liver sluggish. To remedy this unhappy state of things there is notliingiike.a good- cathartic pill. It will act like a charm by stimulating the liver into doing its duty, and ridding the digestive organs of the accumulated poisonous matter.

But the good pill docs not gripe and pain us, neither does it make us sick and miserable for a few hours or a whole day. It acts on the entire 1 "1".- 1-. 1 —■.'-.. ''\ ,'i , ,;■■ ■".' the af.- '■■■...

he disease itself. The grhiing caused by mo3t pills is the result of irritating drugs, which they contain, Such]' 1! ■ ; ." \ and should never be used. I ■■. ,■ :

even produce hemorrhoids. Without having any particular desire to praise one pill above another, M re may, nevertheless, name Mother Ssigcl's Pills, manufactured by the well known house of A. J. White, Limited, 33 Farringdon Road, London, and now sold by all chemists and medicine vendors, as the only one wo know of that actually possess every desirable quality. They remove the pressure upon the brain, correct the liver, and cause the bowels to act with case and cgularity. They never gripe or pro duce the slightest sickness of the stomach, or any other unpleasant feeling or symptom. Neither do they induce further tonst:pation, as nearly all other pills do. As, a further and crowning merit, Mother Seigel's Pills are covered with a tasteless and harmless coating, which causes them to resemble pearls, thus rendering them as pleasant to the palate as they are effective iii curing diseases. If you have a severe cold and are threatened with a fever, with pains in the head, back and limbs, one or two doses will break up the cold and prevent the fever. A coated tongue with a brackish taste in the mouth is caused by foul matter in the stomach. A dose of Seigel's Pills will effect a speedy cure. Oftentimes partially decayed food in the stomach and bowels produces sickness, nausea, etc. Cleanse the bowels with a dose of these pills, and good health will follow.

Unlike many, kinds of pills, they do not make j rou feel worse before you are better. They are, without doubt, the best family physic- ever discovered. They remove all obstruction to the natural functions in ither sex without any unpleasant effects. It should be explained that this mos remarkable cure Is due to the fact tha rheumatism is a disease of the blood Indigestion, constipation, and dyspepsid cause the poison from the partiaily, digested food to enter the circulation, and the blood deposits it in the joints and muscles. This is rheumatism. Seigel's Sprup corrects the digestion, and so stops the further foormation aud deposit of the poison. It then removes from the System the poison already there. It is not a cure-all. It does its wonderful work entirely by it 3 mysterious action Upon the digestive organs. But when we remem ber that nine-tents of our ailments arise out '■■'"■■'•■-f" —-»-.----.- .~\r. *;:: -1;; 'v i why Seigels «■*: ' :;• ■ .!■■ . ■.. ■:■ -.-■ i!.ii appears'to' bo so different in their nature.

ENGLISH FOOTBALL

The "Pall Mall Gazette" has . been totting up the "butcher's bill" of the English football season,*: 1889^90. A ghastly record jt is; . Broken legs', ; arms, and collar bones are the smallest items in it. The list :r-?rd-" fYic 4":j;v ■■HNs -,l{nl\ concussion c; :'■(• i-!..:! 5. !■:■ \>-\\ ■.■:■■,■.

internal rupture, and a miscellany of-other injuries, ending in almost every case with a coroner's inquest. In one field day at Bolton " Simmins, the famous half back, retired with a limb broken ; Barbour, the captain, had to leave the field hurt; Graham,, the North-end back, had his collar-bone broken ; and Shepherd was severely injured." At Torquay a forward named Hill had his leg broken whilst playing in a match arranged for the bene fit of another player who had suffered a similar casualty. And so on, and so on— through a list a column long, which might have been longer, says the.compiler, "had I gone out of my way to consult the sporting papers or the day books of the hospitals." It is not stated that anybody was indicted for manslaughter, but in one solitary instance it is recorded that an ex ceptionally rough player after being "twico cautioned" was ordered off the field. For this small mercy let us be thankful. Colonial football is not ex ceptionally rough, but it is quite rough enough. A very trifling development in this particular would bring it up to the Ejiglish standard, with the accompanying "butcher's bill." Worse than any roughness as yet to be seen on the field is the brutal blaguardism of the larrikin element amongst the spectators. Half an hour spent- amongst the hooting, howling, swearing, smoking, expectorat ing young roughs who collect at a' Satur day afternoon football match gives us a j very unpleasant notion of the future of: a community in which these are to be citizens and votejs,—Ciyis.,

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIANS v NOTTS! ?

.(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

London, June 13.

Turner took six wickets for 75, Ferris two for 78, Lyons two for 25. - In^the first innings of the Australians, five were dismissed without scoring. The second innings of the Australians closed for 127 —Lyons 16, Trott 27, Turner a dashing 26, t .Gregory, r ,(npt out) 21,„ 21. In the first innings Jewell took six wickets for 38 ; and Shacklocfcfpurfor 21. In '"the second Jewell =•' took; 4 for 7 "21. The wicket was. difficult .to bat on. Notts wen by an innings and 26 runs.

Colonial Postages and Cables.

PRESS ASSOCIATION.]] ;•" *'xLondon, June 13.

The Agents-General are opposing the reduction in the rate for shipping messages by cable. '

In the House of Commons Mr Raikes, -Postmaster-General, said the Australian Colonies had accepted the 2£d postage rate, but <he was dubious whether their consent was not made dependent on certain conditions being agreed to. In the House of Commons, in reply to Sir Gr. S. Baden-Powell, Baron de "Worms said he had not received any proposal for laying a duplicate cable to Australia, via Mauritius. Paris, June 13. The Committee of the Telegraph Conference has reported in favor of a reduction in telegrams signalling .the arrival of shipping. The British delegates supported'the proposal. Sir Arthur Blyth, Agent-General for South Australia, wrote to Sir Dillon Bell asking him to eppose it.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[PEII PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Auckland, June 15. " The \ Mariposa which arrived to-day from Sydney has on board six thorough bred blood mared, purchased in Australia by Mr Thos. B. Merry, foe Mr L. J. Rose, of Los Angelds, California..: They are Rose of California, Princess Royal; Gadara, Harmony, Bessie, and the Auckr land-bred mare Ricochet, by Mnsket— Eugenic. ■■•, •" ; '•". : ' I \- \.' Wellington, June 14. The deputation--of the Railway Eml ployees'f Society waits on the Com; missioners at 11 a.m. on Monday. It is quite* possible the business will not be settled in one day. * Wellington, June 15. R.M.S. Doric arrived at Plymouth on Sunday last, after a passage of thirty eight days from Lyttelton. In the Supreme Court James Jansen, charged with the larceny of a number of -gold, silver, and bronze coins, was ac quitted after a trial lasting over three days. Three important despatches from the Queen of Raratonga for the Governor of New Zealand,. the High Commissioner of the Western Pacific, and her Majesty, Queen Victoria, relating to the manage ment of the affairs of the Herve'y Group, have come by the Torea from Raratonga. Nelson, June 14. Members of the Waimea Road Board have received a lawyer's letter, issued under instructions from the Auditor- General, demanding from each member £15, being total amount c"rawn by all the members as travelling expenses. Hokitika, June 14. The schooner Isabella Anderson floated off the bank this morning, and was brought alongside the wharf. She has sustained very little damage. About a third of the cargo was jettisoned. , Dunedin, June 14. John Sinclair, painter, who fell from a ladder at Gillies' furniture warehouse' yesterday, died from a fractured skull. . Invercakgill, June 14. Mr Cowan, member for Hokonui, ad dressed his constituents at Winton last night. A motion was carried thanking him for past services, and expressing re cjret that owing to the reduction of mem bers, Hokonui district was abolished.

HUNT CLUB.

A special general meeting of members 'of the Ashburton Hunt Club was held in Henry's Commercial Hotel on Saturday evening. There was a.large attendance of members, and Dr Leahy, Deputy Master, presided. A resolution was passed to hold the annual Steeplechase Meeting under the auspices of the Hunt Club, and Wednes day, August 6, was fixed for the meeting. The question of increasing the value of* the stakes was made the subject of a.good deal of discussion, but 'ultimately' the amount was fixed at the same as that offered last year, viz., £100. OFFICERS, j The following officers were appointed for the meeting: —Stewards - - Messrs J. C. Jff. Grigg, H. H. Wright, G. Buckley, G. .H. Alington, W. P. Chapman, J. Jamison, W. Rollit, H. G. Moore, D. McKendry, and Dr Leahy. Judge—Mr M. Stitt. Starter—Mr D. Thomas. Clerk of Course—Mr A.. Hewson. Clerk of Scales—Mr A". J. Kelly. Haridicappers— Dr Leahy, Mr M. Scott, and Mr W. Russell. PROGRAMME. _, The following programme of events was •adopted:—Hunters' Hurdle Race,, a handicap of 15 soys, second horse to re ceive 3 soys from the stake. Hunt Club Cup Steeplechase, a handicap of 30 soys, second h»rseto receive 3 soys and third horse to receive 2 soys from the stake. Hack race of -10 soys.. Maiden Steeple chase, Plate, of 15 sbvs| second horse to receive 3 soys from "the" stake. Ladies Bracelet Handicap, of 20 soys, the first horse to receive a bracelet of the value of 15.soys, the second horse, to receive a bracelet of the value of 5 soys. Consola tion Handicap of 10 soys. POINT TO POINT. The meeting decided to hold the annual Point to Point Steeplechase a week after the Hunt Club Steeplechases., FANCY DRESS BALL. It was further decided to hold a fancy dress ball. This was all the business.

Wakanui River Board.

The monthly 'meeting of the Wakanui River Board ■ was held on Saturday. Present: Messrs Clephane (chairman), Brown, Johnston, Thomas, and Wilson. - CORRESPONDENCE. Letters were read—(l) From Mr S. Brown with reference to balance of rates owing by him.—The Board decided to take l*gal proceeding^ to recover the I amount.—(2) From Mr James Brown requesting the Board to correct the errors in the Valuation Roll with regard to the land" occupied by him.—The Chairman" informed Mr Brown that the Roll had been altered to agree with the 1888-6 Roll, and Mr Brown said he was quite satisfied to let it stand at that.—(3) From Mrs Gibson objecting to'her land being in the second classy (4) From MrW. Brown on the same subject.—lt was resolved that the Board cannot entertain the requests to have the; classification altered.—-(5) From Mr D. "Wilson asking, for certain alterations rto,be made on the Valuation Roll,/with respect to some of his land.—The alteration as asked was decided to be made.—(6) From Mr James Brown calling the Board's attention to the fact that clauses 62, 63, and 142 had not been complied with in confirming the special order for striking a rate, and asking the Board to give the matter further consideration. —After a long discussion it was resolved to take, legal advice on the matter. chairman's report. : Several recommendations in the Chair man's report that certain works should be carried out at the river were referred to the Works Committee. ACCOUNTS. ; Accounts were passed for payment, and the meeting adjourned at 1.30 to 2.15. The Board resumed at 2.30, when Mr Purnell attended. The objection to the rate asratinick were explained, and Mr Purneir gave it aB his opinion that as Section 62 of the River. Board's Act, which provides that 14 days' notice'must be given to each member of the Board of the meeting to confirm a special order had not been complied with f - the rate was illegal and could not be enforoed. -SPKCIAI, MEETING. / - Resolved, "That a special meeting of. Board be held on Saturday June 28th, for the.<gurpose of making a special order for striking a rate, and that seven days' notice of the meeting be given to each' member of the Board." ADVERTISING. It was resolved " That all notifications in connection with .the Board be adver tised in the " Ashburtbh Mail. 1' SPECIAL MEETING. AT special meeting of the Board was held after, the above, when all the members were present. BALANCE SHEET. The annual balance sheet duly audited was read and adopted and signed by the Chairman. (t was resolved to notify *that the balance sheet is open for inspectionjat'the Wakanui Road Board office^'\ f I A I\" ■/-,

The House Didn't Adjourn.

He was a bibulous gentleman, but smart. The Adelaide "Register" in those days could get plenty of sober, -pious young men, but cleverness was scarce, a,nd so the principles of the proprietors, for once, were subordinated to the needs of the office. He did half-hour turns in the gallery of the Assembly, and hour turns over the three-star brandy bottle in the South Australian Club Hotel, across the road. Very often the reporters can't hearthe orating politicians, and a pretty good row would have to be made in the loft over the Speaker's head before the comfort of the Assembly was interfered with. The enterprising gurgler could go gurgling there without incommoding any body but his brother "noctural. stipen diary scriveners." One day, however, an evil genius suggested to the leader of the sbaff that our liquor-assimilating friend might relieve a fellow scribe in the sombre Council. Here there is no wide gulf fixed between the reporter and the member. They sit on the same level and may hold sweet converse together as the debate goes on. The irrepressible "He " came to his work with the odor of three-^ star about his lips and a bottle or two of the potent liquid concealed about his person inside. He took pencil in hand and began to hurl stenography about his paper, but there was no satisfaction about the work. -At last he astonished his brethren of the pen and completely electrified the House by hauling himself totteringly to his feet, pointing con temptuously to the councillor who had the "floor," and ejaculating briefly, but with decision: "Sit down, you're talking sanguinary rot!" Then, before the hearers could persuade them selves whether ;6r not they slept, waked, or saw-visions, 'he waved his hand majes tically towards Sir William Milne, and added :— " Misser Preshdent, I . move this blooming House adjourn."

Then the brandy hogshead was. taken gently but firmly by the collar and marched off through the green- baize doors towards the Parliamentary black hole. Mercy intervened, however,' and he was released in the lobby. Right opposite the newly-opened Club stood in vitingly, and, leaving the Upper House and its orators to look after themselves, he once more sought consolation and three-star.

A Suicide Club.

Wendell-Baum, secretary of a unique organisation gf* Bridgeport, called the Suicide Club, fulfilled his conditions of membership on Easter Monday by com mitting felo-de-se. Four years ago, five citizens of German birth met oh Easter Monday, and feeling low spirited, owing to meagre wages arid consequent insuffiJ ciency of beer, they agreed, half in jest, to form themselves'into.a ,club, for;the purpose of committing suicide," one, each year. It was decided that lots should be drawn -there, .and ;then for/the victim of the' following Easter Monday;" aiid'a man named Schwartzenheim drew the fatal bean. He lived for this year without any outward signs of, distubance at his approaching doom, and on the Easter Monday succeeding the club's formation four members, meeting' in the room above their favourite tavern, were each in receipt of a telegram stating that Schwartzeheim had cut his throat. The club drank to his memory, the next lot was taken, the victim killing himself in due course on the following Easter Monday. Last year member No. 3 cut his throat, and yes terday the president received a note from Wendell-Baum's landlady, saying he had shot himself at noon. Now the president of the club is the only member left, and a good deal of money will be wagered as to whether he will kill himself or not, next Easter Monday. The general opinion is that he will, unless the authorities inter fere and put him under restraint.

Ashburton Hounds.

The Ashburton hounds .met at Mr E. G. Wright's, Windermere, on Saturday, and were followed by a field of about thirty. After partaking of Mr Wright's hospitably, most thoroughly appreciated needless to say, a move was made to~a paddock about a quarter .of a milb from the house. Hero a.- hare was very quickly found, the 'hounds running for about twenty-five minutes' very fast over' a stiffly fencer! country. In a ploughed paddock, the hare was unaccountably lost.^ Another'haro was very soon found,"how" ever, which, after a smart run of about twenty minutes, was killed in a planta-" tion, the hounds working admirably. After a short interval for "refreshments, another hare was found in front of the house, which took the pack at a merry pace across the railway line, back again to the Chatmoss estate, when scent began to fail, and -somo slow hunting ensued, the hare being eventually lost, after a run oli. about thirty minutes. The pack were then taken back to; Windermere, and the field returned home, greatly de lighted with their day's sport; t .Among those out were Miss Iflees and-rMrs Mere wether, the latter on Pickwick; a four in-hand filled with the fair sex ; and the' Misses" Grigg, in a beautifully appointed dogcart. .Among the gentlemen were prominent in the, field—Messrs J. C. N. j Grigg, acting master; ,Mr W. B. Den shire on Jester; Messrs Wright, Buckley, H. McLean, Curtis,.C. Moore, Jameson, Dixon, Saunders,,and others.

The Land Question.

DUMMYISM Itf VICTORIA.

In reply to inquiries made from the Victorian Government by the Wellington Land Board as to how dummyism was dealt with in Victoria,' the Surveyor-,. General replied that in 1869 the law was altered, and local land boards called into existence, -armed -with the '-following powers:—... ; It waß the duty of these boards to in quire, into the bona fides of all applica tions for land, and to recommend whether the applications should .be{granted or refused ; and one of their mos^ important functions was (incases where' there was more than one applicant for the same lot), to select, and. recommend the applicant to whom the selection should be granted. No system of balloting was allowed ; the Board had to -determine and name the applicant, subject to an appeal to the Muusfer.i; The tasttwas a difficult and often an'invidiousjone ; but by question ing * the: various applicants as to their means, occupations, .and| other circum stances, and in cases whewrthere were rival applicants allowing them to cross question each other, the Board could form a pretty good idea who was bona fide arid who was not. By this procedure the Minister virtually exercised the power of selecting the selector. Further, during tHe currency of the licence or probationary period a strict watch was maintained over the conduct of the selector by the Crown land bailiff, and if it was found that he, was. not .comply ing with the conditions of hie license or [otherwise conducting him self in a manner to -create doubts of his, lon% fides he was at once brought up be fore the local Land Board, or a special board, to • show cause why his license should not be cancelled and the selection thrown open again ; and, if he failed to satisfy the Board, he not only lost his selection but was debarred from again selecting^ This procedure was probably somewhat arbitrary, but the evil was a. crying one Avhich only sharp measures, could put down. Even under these con dition's numerous attempts were made to dummy selections,,but it was soon found that the game was too risky, and it ceased" to prevail to any large extent before the passing of our present Act. Under this Act there is not the same inducement, and we now hear very little of dummyism. You will gather from this that in the - administration of our land laws the Minister of Lands wields an arbitrary power, by means of which we have been able to a great extent to prevent our lands passing into the hands of undesirable persons. I think that you could not do better than follow our example as to the mode of dealing with selecters. Let your Board inquire into' the circumstances and bona fides of applicants in open Court, abolish ballot, and when there is more than one appli cant for the same lot, give the selection to the one who, in the opinion of the Board, is likely to make the best settler, and you will go far to put down dummyism and secure the most desirable class of settlers. I am unable to suggest any better method of attaining this object.

LABOR QUESTIONS.

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London, June 13 and 14. \

Mr Munro's resignation has been accepted. The postmen and police threaten. to go, out on strike if their demands for an increase of wages are not granted. The police urge that Mr Munro be reinstated, and they threaten to strike on the 20fch,unless,,they are better paid. ; ) There is.cohsiderable delay and friction t in postal work in consequence of Mr Cecil Raikes suspending a large number of postmen who attended a Union meeting. ; " Gbeymouth, June 14. Branches of the Postal-Telegraph Asso-' ciation have been formed at Greymouth, Hokitika, and Westport, which includes nearly every officer on the West Coast. " Napier, June 15. - • A branch of ;the Postal-Telegraph Offi cers' Society was formed here last night. Wellington, June 15. At a large meeting of the officers of the Wellington Postal-Telegraph Service on' Saturday night; it was apreed to form a branch of the. New Zealand Ppsfcal-Telej graph- Society.' '-Forty-eight''members were enrolled. ; '■'- . '- Dunedin, June 14. • The outcome of the Shag Point dispute is that the proprietors of ,the mine yield to the terms of the Maritime Council, and the strike ended by the return "of the men to work the mine. {

ENGLISH POLITICS.

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London, June 13 to 15. Lord Salisbury, at a meeting of the Tory party, said the Government would stand by their main measures, to prorogue Parliament and call an early session next year. The Conser vatives prefer to have an autumn session. ' ' ' A meeting of Liberal-Unionists sup ported the proposals of Lord Salisbury. The dissent of twenty Government followers caused groundless alarms to be circulated as to the fate of the Ministry. It is probable that Mr H. Matthews will shortly resign the Home Secretary ship. If an autumn session is held Mr "W. H. Smith declares he will retire to the House of Lords, and in that event Mr Goscheu will: succeed him as leader of the House. It is rumored that the Marquis of Hartington succeeds Mr Smith as leader of the House, and Mr Chamber lain or Mr Matthews as Home Secretary.

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

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Lovdon, June 11 to 12. • H. M. Stanley has been engaged to - ' give fifty lectures in the United States. . He will bo paid £13,000 for the tour. . The dockers presented • Cardinal Manning with.an. .address,and.^.,pjurse of sovereigns on the occasion of his silverjutfilee:; j \\/ [QV : The names of Sir Evelyn Wood and General Sir Frederick ..Roberts" "are mentioned in connectioil with tb.B suc cession ;fco Lord Wblseley as Adjutant- General. : ■ .' Madame Mclfoa will sing at a State concert on the 25th inst: ' ' "'■ ■■ The Postmaster-General in. a.letter to the Agents-Generaljstrondy'oppopea the abolition of the special' train for carriage of the Brindisi maiLs. ■_■'.>* \ Irish-American capitalists propose to . : establish factories in Ireland/^ which tenants who are evicted from holdings ; : will be employed. „.,, ; --'-'■'■; Mr AclandV amendment J*tho effect-that the surplus'be'expended on y education, instead of granting compen .sation to'publicans, wasrejectcd b/ 31. , The defeat of Mr; Acland's ftme&d ment to expend the surplus ron educa-', tion instead of compensation * to publi cans secures the main object of Licensing Bill, and the. C&vernment will appoint a Commission next session. to consider the licensing laws and the question of \< granting compensation to publicans. - i,., .-- '.- Dubious rumors are afloat that General Boulanger intends exploring Africa in the French interest. Paris, June 15. France has agreed to! formally .recognise Brazil/ "•>• i"*^l - - Lisbon, June .13. The Portuguese Chamber of Deputies has passed a: vote of confidence in the = •'..-;.,,/ .. r'.j-T :,;,-, B_BMiN, ; .Jun^fl^ The Ministry are^ endeaypnig^to break down the great opposition which is being manifested towards the Ger man Army ! ißillj 1 aifd threaten to dissolve the Reichstag. — New York- June 13.  .Kremmler, ; whose penteuoe^to, death bylplectrilpity-'," wgs recently c^ji&rmed, is reported to be.insane. Ji'" ' ; j; ' .W.ASHiN&TOXy; June.l 3. THe Senate has adopted an amend meiitfo theySilyerJ BUIsK ThlS'final decision $s- to "be given on^Monday.  . . "CHRisjiAsrA, June. 13. ■A' Coiiimittee !!of ll tfte^^Nbmgian . Parliament has declined-to n recommend the payment of a subsidy infakt" p&fDr Nahseri's r Arptic expedition. _^\ • ]"? > ... Cairo,. Junel.l3.* Reports;of the serious nature of the famine in .the Soudan Jcontinue ,to reach here, and: the: natives are said to be siifiering terrible .privation. Their only hope is an expedition being, sent to their aid;,." '"■'' • t.--''?-'-i;s».ny-r ---. , St. John s, June ;13. The .NeVfoundiand ParUamehthave prepared an address to be preseniied to the Queen. Sir ; W. Whitewayj.who is to make the presentation, has left for LondonT ~~ ~"V~.^_-.- _^^i ;:"'" '

AUSTRALIAN.

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• '■-•: Sydney,. June 10. .At the Eastern Suburban Sports Luskwonthe 120 Yards Hurdles "in 20sec, Peter Wood won the Quairtier. .mile Flat in 52 2-sths. secs,;;and T>. Wood won the Mile. Steeplechase. ?' J Melboukktb, June i 5 and 16. A Ayealthy syndicate is being formed to test petroleum, and coal deposits on York Peninsula.

The Sydney crew won 1 the Ihter- University eight-oared race^by three lengths. • (This eyeiit was won in 1888 by Melbourne,' who beat Sydney and Adelaide, .and ; in 1889, by, Adelaide who beat Melbourne.., Adelaide did not send a crewithis year. r) >; 7 ;,

LATEST CABLE NEWS

HOME AND. FOREIGN.^

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t , , r ... ; „,. . ,: , t -FABis^JunelS. The foUowing (f is rl tt^e r ..result of the race for'the Grand -Prix' de Paris :—i Fitzroyal 1,.- Etzhampton: n2^j6dd iellb/3/ :'■ - - ~'^-

COMMERCIAL.

-. : jj, -, ■ lJjoxdon, June 15. The. English wheat market, show* a general ..decline. , .Continental, dull, American also declining. New Zealand wheat on the passage 34s 6d. At the present time- 200,000 carcakes' of New Zealand mutton are stored in LbKdon.

New Zealnd Legislators on Mount Vesuvius.

■'' ivyxdu, l. 'j^w;:,::.: :-> d£t>-:- - Writes the Dunedin " Star's " London Special:—Dr Fitchett and Mr Thomas Mackenzie will Jongremember their as cent of Vesuvius!! The mountain f was? in an angry mood that day, its rumblings and growlrngs; indicated an early, if not. imminent, outburst. Most of tne pean tourists preferred to view the crater from a safe distance ; -but assured by a voluble guide there ..was no real danger the two New- Zealauders pro ceeded by the. usual route td: the verge. They had arrived, and; were peering curiously into its sulphurous depths, when- suddenly with a- : marrow-moving roar, the demon in command merged - from, growljng, passivity^ into furious activity, and commenced to jbelch forth huge flakes'of burning lava, Oh'tnrning to their guide to ascertain whether things . were.sfcillsafe, Dr. Fitchett and hiaJriend found to 'their" dismay he- had flSd-;". in fact, the rascal could, just be perceived in the distance through sulphur fuiries and fiery hail flying as if for his life. * N<»e^l less to say, the New Zealanders likewise lost no time in making tracks. A very (bad quarter of an hour followed^ "as dodging .the huge, flakes . of .lava wm anxious work, arid/made Ht iatyoewWf

AUSTRALIAN.

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\J -;| ;;, . SYBNEY,|VTune 16. Sir H.* Parkes is now "convalescent. RAlL^iir' EXTENSION IN . —AfsiioGßaß-June'i6.- r -;-». The n^i lUilwAyQßiyQpjpj^slpr 800 miles of .-r^jUwjny,. at *n average cost of £10,000 per mile.

THE ASHMJBTON miABDIAN, MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1890.



« a WANTED CasA Advrrlitnunts under tnis headim, no 'exceeding 16 words, ONE BIIILLIAG Addrrxxcximy he left nt tlih 0/R" ANTED a first-class Blacksmith, little or no shoeing to be clone. Apply by letterto JohnGrigg, Longbeach. ANTED to purchase, 100 Bushels of Good Feed Oats. Apply to B. MoCaixum, Tancred Street. 6 84 JUST opened, a few ladies plush jackets, newest shapes, very cheap. . H.. C._Segers, Melford House. WAMM jinown.—A, special pur chase of choice Ladies' Hats at a desperate price.—W. H. Collier. 4t130 WANTED— Offers to Purchase my in terest in 23 Acres 20 Perches Land at Dromore, fenced, with Whare thereon. —-Thomas Whtttington, next to Catholic Church, Ashburton. ANTED every man in the County •to have a suit of the Ashburton Tweeds. —Robert Alcorn, Ashburton Clothing Mart, Saunder's Buildings. W~ ANTED KNOWN.—A lot of Ladies Cloth and Tweed Jackets, considerably under usual cost price.— 9 W. H. Collier, l'The Corner." TOP THAT COUGH! By using Flower's Cough Drops. Guaranteed efficacious. Can only be obtained at H. 1 G. Flower's, Confectioner, East Street. 3 191 -T~l / ANTED KNOWN.—The Cheapest W House in Ashburton to buy Drapery, Millinery, Clothing, Boots, etc., is H. 0. Segers, Melford House. npHE Patent Oandle Extinguisher can .8 be Set to Extinguish at any time ' required ;it will save insurance premiums your house and your life, price Is ; Solo Agent for Ashburton.—R. Alcorn, {■founders' Buildings ■XT7 ANTED Known —One hundred W and fifty Ladies'and Children' Ulsters bought a great bargain (good qualities), now selling very cheap—H. C. Seoers. Melford House. /^fHEAP Cash Sale vow on at Car* \jj son's Ironmongery, Brushware, Glass, China, and Earthenware at Auction Prices. All kinds of Produce taken in exchange. 65 "ANTED Known—The Cheapest Shop to buy Tinware and Gal vanised Iron goods in Ashburton, is at W. F. Hannaford's, Burnett Street. A large stock kept on hand. Tin and Iron ■Ware goods made and repaired with dcs patch ANTED KNOWN.—Mrs M. L. Eliassou and Miss Henly, (late of the D.I.C. Christchurch), have com menced business as Milliners and Dress makers, in East Street, two doors from Mr Segers. Ladies favoring them with .orders will find them carefully carried out and the work executed in the latest style. A perfect *fit guaranteed.* Charges moderate. 6 46 ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL. qpENDSRS are incited on 24th June -■■ for 6£ tons iron standards 1J" x 5/16ths" and 4f tons No. 8 wire delivered at Methven Railway Statiq,n. For further particulars apply to WILLIAM BAXTER, 6*75 County Engineer. WITHOUT TCETH . WITH. TEETIi THE OHRISTCHURCH DENTAL SURGERY, Corner of Cashel and High streets. O TV/TYERS AND f^O. SURGEON DENTISTS. And at Dunedin and Westport. TXTE have gained the FIRST AWARD VV at the Dunedin Exhibition for Artificial Dentures and Mechanical Appli ances for the Mouth, and it is with the greatest confidence that we guarantee the highest class work and perfect fit at the ost moderate cost. A Single Artificial Tooth, 10s. Complete Set — Upper and Lower— temporary and ] ermanent, £10 10s. Natural, Dx rablb, Comfortable Artificial Teeth Replaced Temporarily al most immediately after the extraction of decayed teeth or stumps without extra fe« or charge. Arrangements can be made for part or monthly payments. ADMINISTERING NITROUS OXIDE 3AS several times daily for the past ten years, we fearlessly assert that extraction of teeth under, its influence is perfectly painless and positively safe ' Fee for Administration, ss. Extraction, 2s 6d. Artificial Teeth and Dentures made by •tlier dentists repaired or remodelled at small cost. Hours of attendance —9 a.m. to 6 p.m tmportant tvtotice Important I_\ otice messrs hallensieinbros & co, Proprietors of the NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTOEY AT ' ' ASHBURTON Invercargill, Gore, Milton, Oamaru, Tiraaru, Dunedin, Christchurch, Hoki tika, Greymouth, Reefton, Westport, Nelson,. Wellington, -Napier, Hastings, Wnipawa, Gisborne, Palmerston North, Wanganui, Hawera, New Plymouth, Thames and Auckland, Have arranged to FLOAT THEIR BUSINESS INTO A COMPANY, To be registered under " The Companies Act 1882 It is a part of the arrangement that STOCKS shall be REDUCED by £50,000 before the 15th of June next To effect this the Managers of the vari- Branches throughout the colony have been instructed, in addition to marking out the Goods at Low Prices, to allow 5 per cent on all cash sales amounting to £1 and upwards. Thin excellent opportunity of buying oods ohould not be overlooked, especi a^y as it is a well-known fact that the Manufactures of the New Zealand Cloth ilg Factory are Superior to Anything in he Market. The sale ~at the Ashburton Branch is under the management of Ma W. H, Wei^er,



13,718 acres of rural land in the Albury district was sold for cash under the Land Act, in eighteen lots, by ballot at the Land 'Board on Friday. 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 theh atten tion my advertisement elsewhere. As •' only work on blightjJproof stocks than which n other stocks can be relied upon, the rootsof my apple trees do hot require to be washed before sending out. James Porter, nursery^ man, Allenton. —(Advt.) There is now to be seen in the shop window of Messrs J. Scaly and Co., East street, a collection of apples showing some of the sorts grown at the nurseries, Riverbank, that will repay inspection by any one who contem plates planting fruit plants. There are upwards of fifty different kinds shown, all valuable, long keeping sorts. For size, color, and general excellence they are by far the finest that have been shown in Ashburton this BeasQn lT .(A(ivt.



Attheß.M. Court Palmerston on Wednes day, before Mr H. A. Stratford, a case of considerable importance to farmers and others was heard. The plaintiff claimed the sum of £23 10s, the value of a horse belonging to him which had been gored to death by a bull belonging to defendant, and the expense of burying the horse. The plaintiff and his witnesses, of which there were seven, proved the goring by the bull, and the vicious nature of the animal. Mr Findlay, at the close of the plaintiff's case, moved for a nonsuit on the ground that the plaintiff had failed to prove scicnter on the part of defendant. After long legal argu ment his Worship upheld the contention of the defendant's counsel, and nonsuited the plaintift



The Wairarapa North County Council, owing to the demands of the Charitable Aid Board, propose to strike a poor rate,