DEATH.

MoNSOtf—At Wakaani, Edwabd Monson on January 31st. Deeply regretted.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. SATURDAY. FEBBUABY 1, 1890. THE WITHHELD LANDS.

It has been announced by telegraph that a large portion of the South Can terbury land withheld from re-leasing at last year's run sale will shortly be opened for sale or selection, and we infer of course that the remainder is to be dealt with in some other way. Why it should not all be declared open to the public we are entirely at a loss to know. It was not re-leased under pastoral tenure because declared by the Run Com missioners to be Jit for settlement, and if it was fit for settlement when they made their report a year ago, it ie fit for settle ment still, and if fit for settlement why people should not be allowed to settle upon it nobody but Mr G. P. Richard son, Minister for Lands, can possibly understand. The fact is, however, that the actions of that Minister show that he only grudgingly affords facilities for settlement, and evidently, even now, wants to except from the area to be thiown open every acre that it is possible to withhold. In our opinion the Bun I Commissioners erred on the conserva tive side in this matter by daclaring only about a quarter of a million acres of the 3£ millions, the pastoral leases of which | were falling in, suitable for settlement, but even that poor remainder of one-thirteenth of the whole area is too much it seems for Mr Richard son who is going to curtail it again. He is also putting off the matter to the latest possible date and ''his department is giving as little publicity as it can to the fact of the approaching opening up of such area as he is going to permit intending settlers to have the opportunity of acquiring. All this ought of course to be reversed. Every possible means should be taken of | spreading the knowledge of what lands will be available, and, farther, oare should be taken to ascertain the true, value of such land and to fix the price accord ingly. Two ponnds an acre, we know, is vastly two high, as is proved by the fact that every acre of it has been open to be bought at that figure for years, and nobody could be found willing to give it. The Act allows the price to be reduced to any sum not less than ten shillings per acre cash, or 6d an acre annual rental, and the prices of the' various blocks should be fixed at from that figure up to £1 an acre. There is very little, if any, worth more than tbe { last-named figure. If the prices were thus arranged and plenty of notice given ! of the sale, a large number of bonafide ' settlers would be secured. But we begin to fear that Mr Richardson has no genuine desire to witness such a result, indeed; he is fast earning for himself the title of Minister against Lands, just as while holding another portfolio he earned that of Minister against Mines.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

LPSB PRKBB ASSOCIATION. 1

London. January 30 The Western Australian delegates have had a favorable interview with Lord Knutsford. Mr John Bramston, 0.8., and Sir George Herbert were present. Lord Knutsford promised that the Bill of last session would be intro- ( duced directly Parliament meets, and said he hoped the debate on the motion for the' second reading would be brief, as the question had been fully discussed by th« Committee of Management to whom the constitutional question had been referred last session, with a view to preventing inconvenience which might arise from division of the colony for land legislative purposes. The delegates left Lord Knutsford, feeling that he was highly favorable to granting a Constitution to Western Australia. January 31 The Western Australian Bill provides for the colony gradually assuming control over the whole of the territory within itei limits without recourse to the Imperial Parliament. The Government consents to the Bill being referred to a Select; Committee.

LoCAL AND GENERAL.

The Canterbury Boiler Flour Mills, Ashbur ton have been leased by Messrs Bollit and Co. The jewelled collar presented by the Sultan to the Empresa of Germany is said to be worth £45,000. The King of Bavaria receives an income o* 1,000,000 dollars a year from the profits of the Hofbrauhaus brewery. One hundred years ago the United States had a population of 4,000,000 while Canada contained undet 150,000 people. The attention of members of the Loyal Orange Lodge is direoted to an announcement in another column with reference to the funeral of the late Bro Monson, The ex-Emperor of Brazil, Dom Pedro, has retained a suite of apartments at the Hotel Beauee'jour, Cannes, where he usually stays when residing in that town. It is stated that at Bielefeld, in Westphalia, there is a priate gentleman, named Markus Jordan, who completed bis 110 th year in a comparatively robust state of health on Oct. 6. Comparatively few newspaper readers know, or have any special reason to know that a knot is more than a mile, and that Bis of the former equal about seven of the latter. Accurately apeaking, there are 6086 feet in a knot and 5280 feet in a mile. Another lot of purebred Herefords has been sent to Auatralia from Maclean's long-es? established Auckland herd. There were 20 Hereforde and one shorthorn bull. The ani. mala were sent under the charge of Mr T. Morrin. Mr G» P. Clifford left Dunedin on Saturday last in the Hinemoa for the purpose of stock* ing some of the West Coast rivers with salmon fry, 2000 of whioh were taken on board at the Bluff together with a large quantity of ioe. The small fish were in excellent con dition, and Mr Clifford was confident that bisJmiSßion would turn out a Buooess. The' North Otago Times' says;—" So plen tiful are trout in some of the upper branches of the Waiteki that it is only neoeasary to wade into some of the pools and lift them out. So a tourist who has visited the locality tells #s. The tourist was also told that a resident x)i Jij.e locality, who is partial to trout, never tskeß the jfcrouble to angle with a miDnow or a fly. He simply rounds {he fish into the corner of & P°°lßD^ I'ftß out what be wants. The Auckland " Star " mentions that forty : four years ago, on January the 21st, 1846, the first steamer in New Zealand waters, H.M.B. Privef, arrived at the Bay of Islands. Previous to this date the ships toaohing at New Zealand ports were all sailing vessels, flitbej whalers, vessels nutting in for water and provisions, or some oi the many schooners and brigs which took spars and flax to SjbDey end elsewhere* An ordinary meeting of the Hampstead Town Board was held on Friday evening. Present—Meesrß JTawoett, Andrews, and Elliott, A letter was read from the County 1 Qcanojl agreeing to pay half cost of repairs to h on c orth fto*l3 * near the mjll. A deputation ff»« flPJ?oint ed to »•»* °D the Borough Council ?* e»deayor tp wm to some arrangement in regST 4 & fot.^f *J» North-east Belt, Accounts amou2 UDg'° *6 4s 6d was paiaed for payment, and the Boar? adjourned. A number of the Bay of Islands" Gazette " of 1840, announoes;that the Eororareka bakers had reduced the price of the 41b loaf from 2s 6d to 2s; pork was Bd, the daily diet being pork and potatoes ; and for a change potatoes and pork. In Auckland, in the prices current of a later date (1841), we notice " tea, none; sugar (very brown), £28 per ton; candles none ; timber, 29s per 100 f t; beef Is 4d per lb ; mutton, Is ; potatoes, none ; fowls, pair, 12b; eggs, 6s per dozen," These were the " good old days. The " Sydney Daily Telegraph " of the 17th ult. has the following in reference to the harvest in New South Waleß :—lt is reported that the yield of wheat in this colony for the present eeason will reach an average of twenty bushels to the acre. In your issue of yeeter day it will have been notioed that the average in the Young distrust js set down by come persons at twenty-five bushels per acre, while by others it is said to be higher, The reports of the late wheat being attacked by rust appear to apply chiefly to that portioD of the colony near the north-eastern district of Victoria, where the late harvest has been con siderably affeoted in this way. The harvest in New South Wales will probably be the best obtained (or g number of years put,

An Auckland Press Association telegram states that tha stallion Carbineer wa& burned to death at Wairoa on Monday. It seems that a spark of fire Bettled in the straw in the stable. Carbineer was by Musket, his dam being Una. An old man named Isaao Bridges, a plasterer, out his throat with a razor in a bed at the Ohristohurch Hoßpital on Friday morning, and died about an hour later. He had been in the hospital four months, with a chroma organic disease. A general meeting of the Cycling Olub was held last night. One new member wbb elected. The tender of the Ashburton Borough Brass Band for the supply of musia on raoe-day was accepted. It was reported that arrangements for the raoe-meeting were nearly completed. Phylloxera is said to have made its appear ance in a vineyard near Whangarei the owner of which obtained vines from a nursery in Auckland. This statement is made upon the authority of Mr Hanlen, who ia the best judge in the distriot. He examined the vine roots with a miorosospe. The owners of vineyards or grape-houßea are about to hold a meeting to consider he matter. The prospectus has been issued in London of the New Zealand Petroleum and Iron Syndicate (Limited). The capital is £35,000, in 85,000 shares Ol £1 each. The Board of Directors oonsists of Lord H, Uliok Brown, the Hon. Stormont Finch Hatton. Mr W. E. Whitworth, and Mr J. R. Pilling, the latter of whom, together with Mr Charles Marvin, the Managing Direotor, will join the Board after allotment* The objeot of the syndicate is to open up the petroleum deposits and titani ferous ironsand on the beaoh atTaranaki, The final draft of stations as adopted by the Wesleyan Conference makes the follow ing appointments of ministers for Canterbury for the ensuing year:—Ohristohurch, Durham Bireet, Morley, Oliver, and B. Taylor supply for Mr Morley, secretary to the jubilee fund; Sydenham, L. M. Isitt; St. Albans, Lewis and Standgate; Lyttelton, Tinsley; Spring ston, Garliok; Leeston, Luxford and Chap man; Kaiapoi, Bond; Woodend, D. J. Murray; Rangiora, Marten; Timaru, Williams; Waimate, Smalley; Temuka, Bunn; Ashburton, Buttle and Grey. A big find of stolen property has been made in Melbourne through the arrest of a burglar (a New Caledonian expiree), who gave the police information. The. find was made in a general dealer's shop on the Port Melbourne road, kept by a man named Woods, who was always regarded as a most respectable man. However, when the polioe ransaoked his pre mises thay found a vast assortment of articles, from watches and jewellery to tobacco and kerosene. Altogether fully £2000 worth of goods was found, and it is anticipated that many reoent burglaries will be aooounted for by this discovery. At a meeting of tailors at Auckland held on Thursday evening a Mr Preston alluded to the sweating system, and stated that in one establishment in Auokland a more oroel system than that employed oould not be devised. For slop goods this employer paid 9£d for making trousers, 6d for waistcoats, and Is Id for coats, making a total of 2s 4Jd for the suit. If anyone in the room could oontradiot him he hoped he would do so. He knew of one married woman, whose husband was a carpenter and out of work, and who took seme work from this employer at 9d a pair for trousers. Her husband, however, would not allow her to do the work at the price. At first-olass shops the average prioe for making trousers is 6a 6d, waiatcoata 6s, and coats 19a, A Sydney telegram to a Melbourne news paper says:—" Reports from some of the western and south-western pastoral districts state (that the rabbit pest is assuming more alarming proportions than ever. At Balranald the town oommon is so thickly infested that the rabbits are in some places like a moving mass, and the landowners in the vioinity are greatly concerned, A new kind of destroying machine, known as the Torpedo rabbitter exterminator, in to be tried at Wiloannia. A large and influential public meeting was held at Ivanhoe to consider the rabbit question. A resolution was passed embody ing the opinion that the best means of dealing with the pest was by fenoing holdings with wire netting, and that the Government should materially assist landholders in erecting such fences." On Wednesday afternoon an old man named Edward King, 74 years of age, residing by himself in a two-roomed house next to Mr Grosbie's store, Hampatead, was found lying dead on his bed by Thomas Wall, baker, who had been in the habit ol leaving bread at the house three timeß a week. An inquest was held yesterday afternoon before Mr W. G. Rees, acting ooroner, and a jury, of whom Mr H. Dalley was ohosen foreman. The evidence of Dr Tweed and Thomas Wall was taken. The latter, who found the deoeased, Baid that hs had last seen him alive on the previous Saturday when he looked ill, but did not appear to be weaker than usual- The dootor, who made the post tnortett^ examination, said that the immediate cause of death was syncope of the heart. All the internal organs were extensively diseased, and there were abundant signs that deceased had been a heavy drinker. Deceased could not have been dead more than two or three days, A verdict that death was the result of natural causes was returned by the jury, Mrs Maokay, the "Bonanza Queen," has provided, during her absence, the publio of London with a graoious entertainment o! a most diverting nature. At her open window in Buckingham Palaoe Gate is a wonderful green parrot, which attracts hundreds of people every day to hear him talk. The crowd the other day was so great tbat the polioeman had to request the people to ♦' move on. 1' " Move on," eohoea the parrot, to the intense delight of the mob. "Polly, what o'clook is it ?" aska a man. The parrot, pretending to look at the olook, cries out in answer, " Half-past five," and he was right, I asked him how his missus was, " Coming over soon, all right," replied the marvellous bird. How old are you, Polly?" "Don't know. How old are you ? " was the answer, which of oourae provoked great merriment, in whioh the parrot joined. Asked what day of the week it was, the wretoh hopped about Boret.ni ing, " Sunday. Go to prayers. Ora pro nobis." And fell into a paroxysm of laughter, whioh was quite contagious^ SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EX TRACT.—In protection of the worldwide fame our manufacture has acquired all over the globe, we publish the following:—Hazard, M.D., Professor of General Pathology and Diseases of the Mind and Nervous System, says in an editorial published in the " Clinical Beoord: "—" We have examined half-a-dozen speoimens of different manufactures; the preparation of Sander and Sons was the only one that proved to be reliable and correspond ing to scientific tests." Another concoction called " Refined Extract of Euoalyptus " has made its appearance sinoe. This produot stands, aooording to Dr Owen, foremost in causing injurious effects That gentleman communicates, at a meeting of the Medioal Society of Victoria, that a child living at Fitzroy became most seriously indisposed through its use. In another case a lady ttates oh tbe strength of statutory declaration that slja BuUored cruelly from the effects of tha same concoction. To guard the high reputation of our manufacture we feel warranted in exposing the above facts, and desire the publio to exercise care and precau tion when buying, §ANDE.R and SONS - Advi. ' 7

MELARNACH AT DONEDIN.

Mtf Lanwoh addressed his constituent at South DuDcdin on Friday eight, Hs ■nnounoed bfmaolf la favour of « pro gressive land and Income tax, He thought the colony ehoald pay only htlf: the cost of education and that to all parties alike. Ho spoke strongly in favour of intercolonial federation, The feellug of demopreey yks growing up 00 Btrocgly that he believed an AuatralUn confederacy would become a great re public, bat he hoped tbat it would bs In the distant future as he had no desire for it. He hollered that the oolonlefl would not bo Baffled with their Governors being •elected irata ihs sriatooracy of England, no matter bow able. Hp wag stroDgly opposed to farther Immigration una borrowing, bnt Bdvooiiad giving grants ol land peppercorn rentals for 21 years with vaJaatipu for improvements, as the means of attracting population and fur horing aettlement. ]Qe admitted that i he had probably made a mistake in reducing the nnmber of memr en bat he would not vote in tha aomivg seesion for restoring the camber, a vote of j}on6 i deate was onanimoaily piMtd, «

FOUND WANTING.

♦_ _ • The Railway Commissioners have now i completed their first year of office, and [ the universal testimony throughout the \ colony is that they have been found . wanting. The worst of it is that they > are incapable of removal, except for • downright misconduct, for four years • more, except by Act of Parliament ' passed in that behalf. Writing of their 3 administration the " Evening Post" c unsparingly condemns it. It says:— a " They have not proved a success in any • way, and the unanimous verdict oi| hie s country is against them. They have , failed most completely to improve the ■ administration of the railways in the | interests of the public, and we very much t doubt whether, making reasonable allow t ance for improvement in the times, that t management has been in the least moire pecuniarily successful than that of the i successive Governments which preceded J them. They have had great opportu j nities which they have abused, and others b which they have fatuously thrown away, i They have failed to exhibit that busineus | aptitude which is essential to successful j railway management, or that conception s of and sympathy with the fair require i ments of the people which should i;a- J spire the management of a State railway Pjstem. Their administration has not J only failed to display any elasticity, but 9 it has been conducted on the straightest > lines of officialism within the narrowest boundaries fenced by red tape. They have J done absolutely nothing to render the , railway a factor in contributing to the s development of the resources and in | dustries of the country, They have utterly ignored the whole spirit of the 3 Act under which the colony handed ! over to them the unfettered adminis r tration of its railways, and they huve J in their first year of office succeeded t in establishing a profound conviction ■ that the colony has changed Bang 5 Log for King Stork, and that whatever | the advantages attaching to a non-poli , tical system of railway control under certain circumstances, they have failed to realise them. We believe theni is greater dissatisfaction with the general railway management to day than there was twelve months ago, and we are fain to admit that it is even better grounded. The Commissioners had a glorious opportunity of showing what they could do to popularise their admicistratiom in connection with the Exhibition in Dune din. All that they have done has been to conclusively demonstrate their own incapability of meeting the reason able and legitimate requirements of the public. None of the facilities which the people had a right to expect on the occasion have been conceded. In many respects the Commissioners have acted in a most extraordinary manner, a a if anxious to make their management unpopular by the refusal of concessions which it would have cost nothing to make, or in the imposition of vexatious conditions or charges which would c«ius< inconvenience to the public, while yield ing no profit, but probably the reverse to the department. On ordinary busi ness principles even their management has been incomprehensible." Our con temporary proceeds to show that th< fault is with the men and not the syeten of management by 4 a Board, pointing oul that " the latter has proved an eminent success in Mew South Wales and it Victoria under the control of competent English experts. In the latter colony, Mr Speight, the Chief Commissioner, has been re-engaged for an extended term at a large increase of salary, while in New South Wales the management of Mr Eddy has given universal satis faction. He has solved the problem of how to make the railways pay, while at the same time consulting the require ments of the public." And it goes on to say»—" The failure of the JBourd'e experiment here, for it is a failure, in the more annoying when we remember that this colony might have secured the services of Mr Eddy, had the Govern ment been sincere and prompt in its search for a competent Chief Commis sioner. The unfortunate non-realisntion of the hopes of those who advocated placing the railways under non-political management is directly due to the injudicious choice of the Commissioners to whose hands the management has been confided, while, of course, the present Government is responsible, as it made the selection." "That responsi bility, it is very truthfully predicted will yfct be brought home to Ministers and the " Poat" is also right in adding that '* the feeling against the Commissioners is so strong " that it is quite likely that I" it will be made a test question at the next general election whether theiir ap pointments shall not be annulled, so far as the exercise of authority is concerned." The way to a remedy will be rendered more apparent if it be true, as stated elsewhere, that Mr M'Kereow, contemplates resigning because of the red tape obstruction thrown in the way of his proposals for reform by his fellow Commissioners. The country never had any confidence in Mr Maxwell, and never will have, and if Mr M'Kerrow goes the sooner Mr iuSitfel 1 follow* him the better.

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

[fib pbbss association.] AN APPEAL

London, Jannnry 30 and 31 Bishop • Sarry has issued a circular appealing to the English Church to assist the diocese of Perth. He states that the colonists in Western Australia are living from hand to mouth. BOAT RACE. The University boat race takes place on March 26th, MR PARNBLL. The electors of Dublin have passed a vote of confidence in Mr Parnell. NEW STEAMSHIP LINE. A steamship line is projected from Capetown to America, via Australia and New Zealand. THE PELICAN CLUB. Mr " Abington " has been requested to resign his membership of the Pelican Club. The motion was proposed by the Marquis of Queensberry. SHIPPING CASUALTY. A boat crom the Killean, bound from Liverpool to Melbourne, lost the second mate, crew, and a stowaway, while trying to tranship the pilot off Liverpool. DESTRUCTION OF AN AGENT GENERAL'S OFFICE, The office of tbe Agent-General for Queensland has been burned down, owing to an explosion of chemicals in the upper part of the building. All the papers were saved. ENGLAND AND PORTUGAL. Sir M. Hicks Beach, speaking at Chester, ridiculed the proposal to arbi trate on the Zambesi question, after Portugal had failed to secure her object by force. The appeal of the British residents in Lisbon to Mr Gladstone is denied. OBITUARY. Lieutenant-General R. A. Logan, C.8., 57th Regiment. He commanded the 57th in New Zealand to the emd ol the war in iß6r. He commanded! four companies of the 57th, being the main body, which rushed and took the enemy's redoubt at Katikara River on 4th June, 1863, RUMORED ROYAL BETROTHAL Bkbmc, Janas.r? 31. It is rumored that Princess Margaret of Germany is to marry the Crown Prince of Denmark. RUSSIA AND CHINA. St. Pbtbbsbubg, January 31. Russia is increasing her squadron in the Pacific, and fortifying the frontier in view of the Chinese advance.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(Pbß f BBSS ASSOCIATION.)

Auckland. January 31. r The iravolHng organiser ot the Kntghti . of La&or, Mb Whyght, has arrived in tht« olty from Melbourne, where he has beet 5 engaged for some time instructing the local 1 br»noue?, he hiving been aent there foi i that pmpose from the head quarters ol ! the organisation at Ph hdelphla. He ii to perform the same office In Auckland. * Uisbobne, Janaary tl. . An Inqueat was held to-day Into the 1 oiroamstanoes attending the death of a * oatlve ohlld, eight months old. The - relatives thought It was aaffarlng from i dysentery and took It to Palmer, herbalist, i who gave It three doses of medicine In one hoar. Shortly afterwards the child looked bad and th*>y took it to D? Innes where It died. Dr lanes ~.r } D.- Pol v 1 deposed they oouid fiad no o*u«e of death, ' The child was well nourished and healthy, L and there was no sign of dysentery > They thought death most have resulted from uarootlc polaontag. Palmer aaid be ! gave the ohlld esssnoa of aniseed and ' tlnotare of doves and cinnamon, but nothing poisonous. The Inqueat was ' adjourned for an analysis of the stomaoh. i New Plymouth. Janaary 31. i An offer has been made tbrougb F. M. , MoGulre, of Haweta, to the Land Board to take ovor the lease of the Ngalre block 1 for the purpose of Battling nambers of ' families upon tha same. The Board de ' olded to offer the blook for lease In two lots, i Nawir. Janaary 31. A meeting was held this morning of gentlemen desirous of promoting the f rait preferring industry, at whloh It was re solved to form a Company for the pur ohase of Spawn's patent light! for Hawkn's Bay only; failing whloh It was deolded that Informati o bo obtained from Cali fornia of ot'rcf patents for evaporating and tinning fruit *nd vegetable, Willikotoit, January 31 Daring the months of Deoember and Janaary between 95,000 and 100,000 sheep were slaughtered at the Gear Company's and Wellington Bleat Export Company's works for home coßsnmption and the frozen meat trade. The M«hakipiwa, Walkakaho, Kapal, Luoky Hit, and Jubilee claims on the Mahaklpawa goldfißlda hove been acquired from the present proprietors by an English company with a sabaoribed capital of £12,000, the original proprietors retaining an equal Interest. Immediate steps will be taken 'or the development of the claims. It Is ezpeoted that crashing oparatlone, foe whloh a large battery Is to be erected, will commence about July, In the R.M. Ooprt Henry White, secretary of the Foresters' Art Union In connection with the Boxing Day sports, was fined £1 antt costs for assisting In an illegal lottery and having illegally sold lottery tlokete.- The'Governmeofc have decided to ftsae railway paises to members of Fire Brigades who Intend taking part in the demon stration here. Some time ago tbe New Zealand L. & M V A, Oompiny, who hold the Mount Patriarch run in Nelson district, got Into a dispute with the Government as to thelt liability to dear the wilder portion of the run of aoab. They also wished to be reloaded from thele tenure of a portion of the estate and a oaue was brought in the Sapreme Court to settle the matter. Judgment was given to-day against the Company npon whom the onus of the eradication of scab If it still exists will con sequently be throwD. The decision fi of considerable importacoa to runholders. A fire broke out this morning in the premises of Boyd, fruiterer, Lambton quay. The fltmes were boob pot under, but Boyd had co slderable difficulty in getting his wife and ohlld oat. The little girl was severely burned aboat the arms, and Boyd'i face was al* scorched. The stock Watt insured for £900.

UNKNOWN

.-. -.. - I^l Pale and with footsteps weary I'll clad and bent with age, A man with grey looks, nnoheery, Stands in the felon's cage. Heavily on his forehead Pressed the hard hand of Time, E'en of himielf abhorred, lonooenk though of crime. " Hark to the charge I'm reading, " Prisoner," cried the olerk ; The charge against yon ia sleeping- Sleeping out in the Park. There a policeman found you, Slumbering cad at your eaie, Nothing at ail around yon, Nought bat the shels'ring trees," 1 " I hare no frlendr, no kindred," The poor old man replied, : 41 No friendly roof, no cover, My weary frame to bide. \ For work I hare sought untiring, To earn a or tut of bread ; WUh hanger and want expiring, Nowhere to lay my head, .: " None bat the earth's cold pillow " (Sobbing here choked bis worda), "Under the pine and willow, V > Hoaae of the warm-olad birds. There In the early morning I list to their gladsome song, Law and its minions scorning; Have they oommltted a wrong 1 " There defiantly singing At the first streak of dawn, On twig and leaflet twinging O'er the Almighty's lawn ; TrKUag all day with rap i ore, Flitting from tree to tree; No one comes there to capture Creatures that God set free. " Oft ha7e I lain there dreaming All through the silent night, Watohing the white stare gleaming And the plaoge of the aerolite Down through the boundless ether, Dished from its lofty plsoe— Bounding ah I who knows whither? Quenched and engulfed In space. " Onoe I had friends, ay many, Children and loving wife, Honoured as uuoh as any Leading a happier life. Wrecked on life's stormy billow, , Poverty stricken, alone, Now the oold's earth's my pillow,! Hought for bread bat a stone. 11 False friends oloiter'd around me, Left me sorrow and gloom ; Misfortune fell'd and then bound me, , Starvation and death my doom. If i sleep on a doorstep, Body with torture racked, Getting ran in a worse atep, Police Offenoes Act , " Oh, !■ there human pity. Oh, Is there love divlue ? Can any waif In the oliy Envy this lot of mine ? Charity hath departed, Belf has usurped her place, Christiana are atony hearted, In mammqn's f jul embrace." What do the poor and needy Do in tbeir wild despair ? Hungry although not greedy, Most they subsist on air ? Is there no human haven v Where their frail bark may ride I Driven to pay the oraven. End they in salolde. Men who are very wealthy So-called ptoas but weak, Often frequent unhealthy Dens where foul voloea reek : Sleep there in ease and eplondoar, Parse-proud aad sleek fat men. Breaking all ties most tender, Safe from Policeman's ken. Why should the law still trample Aya on the wretohed poor ? There's room for us all, yes, ample. We oannot suoh law endare. We are without a dinner, You have yoar midnight lark: Baiter 1 oh gilded sinner, Better a bed in the Park. 11 If I the earth encumber, Leave me the cool, green tod, There let me calmly slumber Under the roof of God. There will I meet unshrlven The fate of the serollte : Though I be unforgiven Plunged into endless night," The Justice then spoke kindly (A tear stood la his eye), •Old man, yon mnst not sleep out there. Some night you will surely die. Ton re now discharged wllh a caution, Your character bears no ataln, The park, police, the law sbun • Don't you do It again." . .. . T J.O'Mkaohwu Auckland, January 20th, 1890. The above lines were sqggested on see ing an old man who had seen better days oharged at the Police Court with ileeploe at night under a tree in the Albert Part Auckland. There was no record of any other crime sgaloat h'm

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

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THE LABOR TROUBLES.

_ _ „ Lomxtox, January 31. Mr Norwood declares that the Com panies are willing to sell the docks to the public at a fair price.

THE ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION.

Baion Nordenskjold leads the Antarctic expedition in the summer of 1891. Baron Dickson and two Victorian Societies defray the expenses.

WINDING UP.

The Australasian Electric Light Company has resolved to wind up voluntarily. The liquidator has been directed to complete the Company's arrangements with the Brush Company.

FREE SCHOOLS.

m The London School Board will peti tion Parliament in favor of free schools.

WRECKAGE FOUND,

The wreckage of an iron Atlantic steamer has been found. It is feared that seventy persons have been drowned.

BANK SUSPENDED.

The National Equitable Lennox-Hill Bank of New York has suspended pay ment owing to the abstraction of securities.

THE JUBILEE PLUNGER.

Benzoo's trial has been postponed. Bail refused. "

COUNT ANDRASSY.

Count Andrassy is dying. I

RUSSIAN COINAGE.

St Petersburg financiers are discus sing the introduction of gold coinage.

GOLD WITHDRAWLS.

me news of the shipments of gold Erom Buenoi Ayte« is not ?»Jt&med, I

THE PRIMACY.

(Telegraphed iv the " Praw,')

Nblson, January 31 Tbe Bishop of Nelson propose! to cownafesion Bishop Harpur and the Blahops of Wellington and Auckland to oonsecrate Bishop Jalfp*, end sabee quently himself to take part in the lnatallatlon of the Bishop of Ohtlstchuroh, whose position will thus be secured} Praotloally, his Lordship states it la uselesn to convene the General Synod. Tbe Bishop baa addressed a letter to the members of tbe General Synod. ■

[P*B P&X88 ABBOOUXIOmIT^

WMinraxoH, January 31 At a meeting of the Standing Commit. tee of the Wellington Dloeesan Synod the Bishop said he oould not take notios of the Bishop of Nelson's requisition to confirm the election of Archdeacon Jallas to the See of Ohrfstcharoo. A»3prlmate he had written to Archdeacon Joilos in* forming him of the difficulty. The ques tion now awaking, decision Is not who 18 primate, bat the more Vimportant one which is.the supreme*- authority, the Genera) Synod or the Standing Oonuclt tee 2 In reply to a qaestion the Bishop tali the StandlngOommitteee of Auckland Nelson; Weiapafand Obrlstoburoh had confirmed'Arohdeaoon Jallas' election, bat the aotlon of the Waispa Committee .wee invalid, and the Ohristoharoh Ofmmlttee had no power to deal with L the beoause that would Imply a power on tbeb part of reveralag tha decision of their Dlooesan Synod, r and would make their body superior to that from whloh they derived their power. . ,

THE ISLANDS OF THE FAR SOUTH.

(Contributed to the Otago "Dally Tinea. 11) U—THI ATTOKLA9D itLAKM.\ About breakfast time land wh sighted. A high island called Disappointment Island lies fire miles off the 'weet oo«it of the auin group, end this was rfijr*i:seen. It Is the only oat-llsr- dit*/ uxj distance horn' the • doselyr ooaipeoted group forming the Auckland blende. The whola feroup form a triangle,'of Which toe apex points to the hotthin Thai apex oensfsts of three ' tfmall and imkllei lil»nda—vfz, Kad«fbi< Island on the extreme north, Rom Island on the west; Ewlng Island on the eeai.* With the imaller Islands these three pertly dose the month of a deep lalefc oalled Laurie Harbor or Port Bon. "'"tim not sate whether these, tiro names apply to the lame harbor or one to the whole and one to part It It now all called Tort Boil. It It completely sheltered, and the islanda which ihut It In leave a mag* nifiaentthip entranee\oo the eastern ot sheltered side, with ■mailer entrances for smaller vessels. These small Islands are all fist, rough, end sorobby, I landed on Bom bland and Ewlng Island, and otaers Tilled Enderby Island; but there was not time to oioas it, and visited the scene of the wreck of the Darry Castle. To oon ttnoe the general description of the group, the main Island It the same shaped as the group—via, a triangle. , The bate of the larger triangle Is Adam's Island, a long island roontog from eait to west along the south side of the group, shutting In Gam ley Harbor, which eats right Into the heart of the main island, Adam's Island Is highland, being a ridge 2000 ft..above) the Baa, and occasionally higher,- The main (eland Is very rugged, and hupeake said ro rise up to 1600 ft or 1800 ft; but I think probably higher.; In the whole group there are no less than 10 fine bar-hours, one of whioh, Cirnley Harbour !n the couth, with Its main entranoe in the east, Is divided Into three brenohe*, and wouid shelter ail the QaeenV ahlpa at once. Port Ross was called I;'tbtuk by Dnmont D'Urvllle the first harbour In the world, Oavnley Harbour is ln.no way inferior and Is vastly larger. All the waters of Australia do not pontaln much more harbour accommodation' than thts group of Islands, in all perhaps no bigger than the Isle of Wight. Our eoune took us dose psst the Derry Castle reef. The fate of the ship from which this took Its name is fresh In our memories. Phe sailed from Geelong for Falmonth In March 1867, and wae In due time posted m utilising at Lloyd's. On the 21st September the sealing cutter Awarua, of the Bluff, sailed up to Heiooutee. with eight survivor?: Her master's excuse for bringing the frail boat la a terriby rough sea to Melbourne, when New Zealend ports were near to band, availed htm little when the matter came before the New Zealand courts. The iblp. had'struck on the 20th March. The sailors and one passenger who survived had no Idea that they were near land. Perhaps the officers knew more, but they were all drowned. The reef on which she struck wm a low, black point running out from Boderby Island. Had she run a quarter of a mile northward she would never have touohed. Now her timbers He shattered, to fragments on the shore. We pousd ace her tall figurehead-*''asaljuj"of the Qaeen —standing where Captain Ptftchlld plaoed [it as a head stone to the graves of 12 sea men and three offioers who lost their lives; The suvl yon struggled through the brash * wood to the other side of the island and remained three months there; why they did to is a mystery, ai the depot was in sight five miles off at Port Boss. The Intervening water was divided Into. two narrow ohannels by Rosa Island, and the numerous sea lions as tame as poodles, might have been turned to aeooint In making light frame: boats. Passing through the fine eastern entrance we anchored off Bom Island, also a flatpleoe of peaty land about a mile and a half esah way. Here Captain Falrchild Introdooed us to the Inhabitants. Anxious that we should seethesea lions at their best he roun ded up a small mob with a manuka switch, flogging them ooeaalonally gently,,and not even seriously alarming them. The great clumsy beasts cantered over the rough ground through the tussocks Mci over the stones In the most ludicrous way. At last they got quite, obedient, and whan told to stop did bo, turning an 4 staring at their pursuers, literally appearing to obey the word of command. , At last .they were told " now you may go," and away they oapered back dragging their heavy.bodies along the edge of the ollff at a smart pace till they got a chance of eliding down and planglng Into the sea. ,; [;}! Among ihe woods here^-mostly low rata and ooprosma—we saw and heard thß bell bird and other songster*; In the grass, the little island snipe was plentiful; terns flew, about theplifls screaming above the heads of the boys who took their eggs. Among the tall grass grew great plants of the large - LlßUttloum latlfollum, allied to the celery, a very handsome plant with heavy masses of seed on the heads ; close to the shore, we loond beaatlfal gentians covered .with maim of bright flowers of several oolors; here, toS, grew '■ -': rare forma of plantain and tTny' oreepln oaprosmss with bright berries, "'J J (To be continued.)

THE A HBTTRTOM GTJARDIAN, SATURDAY FEBBPARY 1, 1890.



LONGBJBAOH, T ONGBEAOH Royal Mall Coach J_J leaves Longbeaoh for Ashburton (Sundays exoepted) at 7.30 a.m., Water ton 810 am., Ashton 8,15 a,m., Wheat* ■tone 8.30 a.m , arriving in Ashborton fn time for th» North or South Trains. The oosoh leaves the Post Offioe A shbnr too, at 5 p,m , arriving at Longbeaoh at 130 p,m. Panels or orders left at any of the above places will reoelve strlot at tention. Fares—Single fares 3s 6d; ntnvn is. 0. WISE, Coachman ASHBUBTON COUNTY STOOK AND SALEYABDS 00., Limitik A S the request of several Farmers the Jt\. Company has deoided to hold ■ SpeoUl PIG FAIR For the Sale of STORE PIGS, at mi Tinwald Yards fy.tly In March. Farmftts will oblige by letting <h« Caretaker have particulars of their Entries sarly as possible. GEOT JAMESON, 15 Chairman. HE CHEAPEST SALE KOW GOING ON IN ABHBUBMON IS AT "The Corner." y Children's Hats half price Slower* at ha f prloe Prints at half price Ladles' Jaoketi at half price 17 doi Men's Box (best made) half price jr ? r SEE THE WINDOWS PEE THE WINDOWS OB INSPECT THE STOOK INSPECT THE STOOK W. H. COLLIER "lie Comer." SALE NOW ON AT THE NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. Half Yearly Stock-TaMng. MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTHING At Prioes to Bait everybody. HO OLD STOCKS TO SELECT FROM The Goods are NEW and all our own make* HATS SHIETS TIES BBACES AIL REDVCED IN PROPORTION INSPECT OUR STOCK And judge for yourselves. NEW ZEALAND Clothing Factory. W. H. WUBBEB, M»n»ger.



QUOD FAOMUS VALDfi" lAOIMU (" What we do we o well," Tiifs ohri»toh"tjkoh db nta.^ SUBGEBx*, 168 Oubel Wrest, Ohiistchnrch, next Robin son's Boot Store, Mid at the Octagon, Dnnedin. All .jperations at strictly uniform and moderate Consultation froe. B. MYEES~AOT) CO., • BUBOBOH OBNTISTSi NITBOTJb OXIDE GAS administered This Ausßsthetlo leaves no unpleasant effects, and by Its nic the extraction of Bad Stumps »nd Teeth is rendered pei 'eotlf Painless and Effective. Ad «nlniitored dally. Fae for administration of Gat, Si. Extfaction, 2i 6d a tooth. fioojri of »tUndance, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. P«r*t!if«tW»noe l 93EMtßen. The teknowledged anperlorlty of AMIRIOAN DBNTISTKY in the oon •krcetlon of Artificial Teatb, the most iadhed workmanship, and repUomg tbe "t S.th SmfoSamly almost IMIiIDIATKLY after txtraotion, bare Mtabllabed oar reputation, A alosle Artlfiola Tooth, 10a, ooinplete .tk, Upper and Lower, Temporary and Permanent £1010 a; Artificial Tenth and DtAntes made by other dentists te aKHUlad at until costs, Stopping, Soil- - n JTwrtirtMiPalnliJii



1 Wanted Known Cash Advertisements under thin head ing'not oxceeding 16 words, One Btullin£. Addresses may Deleft at this Office. *-——- WANTED to Sell a seoond-ban bicycle, oheap. Apply M.axl Office, i mi reTANTED by good tenant, Houa*, no* mTf less than 5 Boojiia ; good order » m °*S1 U ABQbnrton.—Apply T., Gctab dux Office. 2 9 WANTED-To Lena, ,a FaroTof about 160 Acres of Good Ageloal tuwl Land.—AddW « G.L J\ •• Mall Offioe. i§ig6 MANILLA Binder Trine, maohtae oil, and wire. Time Is money oo the harvest field—the best la the cheapest. —R« Aioobn, Sannders Buildings. "TJTTANTJBD Known,—" Strong-we»r YV Boots for Ladlei, Men and Children oen only be obtained at W. H Oolueb's. „___ ITT ANTED Known that Ahdbbw Orb's *f half-yeasly iale of Surplus Stook of Dfapery Clothing and Boots Is now going on. 1 141 WANTED KNOWN —My Bpeciai Make of Ladles' 4-olasp Kid Gloves, "The Ashburtonian," braided backs, 3s 6d per pair.—W. H. Collieb. WANTED every man in tne Oounty to have a Salt of the Aahbarton Tweeds.—Robebt Aloobn, Ashborton Clothing Mart, Saonders' Buildings. WEDNESDAY Half-Holiday. Please ■bop early. Wednesday we close at 1 p.m.—H. 0. Siqkbs, Melford Honsa. • TTIMBROIDBRIES— TFcn good Embroly "j deries marked cheap to Melford House. We have a large ana splendid assortment to choose from.—H, 0. Sbgbb's Melfotd House. WANTED Known lace curtains 3s lid, towels 4sd, umbrellas la lOi prints 2£d. skirts Ib, kid gloves Is, 12doz dress buttons for 1», < mbroldered oosturner 10i.~Andbew obk';s Sale. 1 150 THE Jubilee Salo. Anobew Obr Is selllDg mena bciots 9s 6d, ladles E.S. at 49 6d, lace np boots 5s 6d, girls boots 3s 9d, men's shoes 6n lid. evening shoes I 2s 6d. Sale now on. 1 1511 MSB KEN IS BID V and Miss Cameron, Moore Street—Teachers of Scientific DreEß-cntiiog;. Bodies ont and fitted., Dressmaking, in all its branches. Riding habits a speciality. 12 69 MILLINERY— If you want o choose fraui a large stock of tilmmed and nntrlmtrted hats and bonnets go te Mel ford House- A lot of children's Galatea straw* from 6d to 2s, very cheap'-^H. 0. SxGBJiS, Melford House. ANTED, Everyone to Know—Tbat J. MOISON bas now In stock: a at'^e and varied assortment of BOOTS AND SHOES for the Spring and Summer Season, Gentlemen's, Ladlea', aud Chil dren's, both Imported and Colonial;»iso HIS OWN MAKE, which GANN )T BE BUBPASSED for Style, Pit, Qael ty, and NektQfoa, combined with VERY REASONABLE PRIOES. All repalis exooatod prompt j, and w Ith neatness. lOtl Public Notlcri $mWG & SUMMER 1889 WM. SPARROW, TAILOR AND MEBCER, JOST OPENED, A LARGE and Varied Assortment of Gentlemen's Shirts, Hats, Scarfs, NEW SEASON'S TWEEDS AND COATINGS. A large and well selected Stook to choose om. f HIS TAILORING DEPARTMENT s under the Management of Mb T. Kerb who be* had Large experience oa CUTTER the principal Tailoring Establlbments Chrlstohuroh, verfect Fit and Workmanship QwravAtxd WM. SPARROW Eiet Street



W. W. SPENCER'S Ts ihe CHEAPEST Honse in Ashbnrton for DRAPERY, OLOIHING AND 300TS. We sell for cL^H. Small profits and quick letorna, and W* Blve Bterlln 8 ™1™- White Oallooß 3b 6d a dozen | Grey Ga'tone 2s lid a dozen A Splendid Turkish Towel for 7£d FUnelettes 4s lid a dozen Summer Dresa G-oda 6£4 The best qaallty of PRINTS for the least money. Blankets 9s 6d a pate Ginghams in plain Colours 3s lid a doz. Double Width White Twill Sheeting 1b Men's Tweed Salts 18s 6d Saddle Tweed Salts 39a 6d A cane of Men's Cold Moien jast to hand, slightly damaged by water j worth 9s 61, for In lid ' Boy's Ool'd Moles 2s lid. THE OHEAPESt"SoUSEFOR MEN'S CLOTHING IN ASHBUBTON. boot s7"b o o t s. Men's Shooters 10s 6d, B!aobers6s lid. A really good pair of Women's Kid Boots for 6s lid. No seocnd-band stock. A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT of Children's Patent Leather Slippers and' Boots at . v W. W* Spencer's i ;the aecade. i



Thjb best Remedy for Indigestion.— Nomon's Camomiu Pills are confidently recommended as a simple remedy for indiges tion, which is the cause of nearly all the diseases to which we are subject. Norton's plls, with justice called "Nature' 6 stengthener of the human stomach." act as a powerful ton ie and gentle aperient, are mild in their oper', lion, and safe under any circuna toocc* Sold in bottla at 11 1%&, U



Keating's, Cough Lozenges cure Cough I Asthma, Bronchitis, Medical testimony states I that no other medicine is so effectual in the I cure of these dangerous maladies, One * Lozenge alone gives ease, one or two at and 1 time ensures rest, For - elieving difficulty of I breathing they are invaluable, They contain * no opium nor ant violent drag, Sold b? all .



i Holloway's Ointment 'and Phis.—ln all outward complaints a desperate efibrt should be made to at once remove these annoying infirmities, and of establishing a cure. The remarkable remedies discovered by Professor Holloway will satisfactorily ac- • - i complish thisdesirable result,^without any of those dangers or drawback's which" attend the old method of treating ulcerative inflamma tions, scrofulous affections, and' Bcorbutic, eruptions. The most timid invalids mat use : both the Ointment and Pills, with the .utmost safety with certain success* provided a / moderate attention be bestowed l6n their accompanying " Directiousr"^ Both the pre-t parations soothe, heal and purify. The one , -: assists the other materially, in effecting cores:: ';;if and renewing strength by helping f^hauittd r '.' Mtuxt jut when m noedi ne£ «wwr<, %l>