Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1890. WAGES IN AMERICA.

Time was that the United States was regarded as the working-man's paradise, bat it would seem from information afforded by a writer in the "Sydney Daily Telegraph 1' that not only is that country no longer capable of being so regarded, bat that while wages are now very little, if any higher, taking them all round, than in England, on the other hand the cost of living is very much greater, and consequently that relatively to the pur chasing power of his earnings the work ing man is in reality worse off in the new than the old country. Quoting from information compiled by the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics for the United States Government, the writer referred to gives the average rate of wages paid last year over the majority of the States in the, ironwork trades. He says :— "Agricultural implement makers worked 271 days last year for 7s 9d per day of ten hours, Goal, coke and ore workers had 229 days' work last year for 7s a day of nine hours. The makers of cook* ing and heating apparatus had 269 days' work last year, and rceived 9s 6d per day of ten hours. The makers of machines and machinery worked 300 days' and received 8s lOd per day often hours. The workers in metal and metallic goods worked 270 days and were paid 7s 6d per day of eleven hours." These are given as " the average rates paid in 582 establishments selected by the Government officers as fairly re presentative of similar establishments all over the United States, and the wages paid, the number of days worked and the hours per day are taken from the original paysheets and other records at each establishment." It is further shown by an official report prepared for the American Government, and bearing the endorsement of Mr J. G. Blame, the present United States' Secretary for foreign Affairs, that the workers at the cotton mills in Lanca shire receive almost identically the same wages as the cotton mill workers in Massachusetts although the latter work longer hours. Here are the details :— The average wages of employees in the Mafisachusettf mills are as follows, accord ing to the official returns : Men Bdol 30c women sdol 62c, male children 3dol lie female children Sdol Be. According to Consul Shay's report, the average wages of tb.6 men employed in the Lancashire mills on January Ist, 1880, was about Bdols per week, subject to a reduction of 10 per cent; women from 3dol 40c to 4dol 30c, subject to a reduction of 10 per cent. The hours of labor in the Lancashire mills are 56, in the Mas sachusetts 60, per weekS The hours of labor in the mills in the other New Eng land States, where the wages are generally less than in Massachusetts, are usually 66 to 69 per week-" All which goes to show that America, owing to the enormous influx of population, is rapidly assuming similiar characteristics to those of Old World nations and will soon be troubled with the same vexatious social problems, and also that those of our countrymen in England, Scotland and Ireland who desire to improve their condition by seeking a country where a fair day's labor will command a fair day's wage will do better, instead of setting their faces towards " the land of West," to tafce ship for New Zealand or some other of the Australasian Colonies.

A LESSON IN RAILWAY MANAGEMENT.

As a contrast to the action of our New Zealand' Railway Commissioners in relation to the Exhibition at Dunedin it is worth while noting how traffic was encouraged instead of discouraged in connection with that recently held at Paris. The correspondent of an ex change writes j—" Excursion trains from every point where lines converge on Paris poured out daily their tens of thousands of passengers, the fares having been reduced so low as to bring the return journey within the means of the very hombleflt pf thepeople. Italy, Belgium, Germany, and England vied with each other and with France herself in aftord ing the masses the opportunity of seeing the Exhibition. Return tickets from London for instance, allowing a week in Paris, were issued at 28s, and for some thing under £3 you could travel sump tuously, first class, by the beautiful Dieppe route. It may be hoped that the Railway Commissioners and steam boat companies in New Zealand may take the lesson to heart in connection with the Exhibition in Punedin, and place a visit thereto within the power of the working aaen of the colonies and their families. During the months of beptember and October Paris was thronged with the laboring classes agricultural and operative—from the provinces and neighboring countries ; whilst the Exhibition buildings and grounds swarmed with school boys, the Minister for Education having arranged that all the pupils attending the public schools should have the o£po,rj;unity of a visit/ ' '

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

To-morrow is to toe a close holiday at Teniuka and Gera'dine.

" The Marlborough Press " of the lfith has 1 '*• on good authority, that the return from « v goldfteld during the next few Mabah., -a. i,, aa than |oopoz. states that the Premier is by no r"""" » self, and is as yet unfit for the task of co^. • Beriously with business. It is believed he will have to take a long rest before he oan resume his ofnoial duties.

A rifle match will be fired at the Range to-morrow afternoon between civilians and the Ashburton Rifles. Those picked in the teams are particularly requested to be at the Union Bank corner or at the river side between one o'olook and half-past. A convey ance will be in readiness to take the teams aoross the river. The matoh should prove an interesting one.

At a meeting attended by about 400 rail way employees held in Ohristohuroh on Monday evening a resolution was passed unanimously condemning the Bailway Insur ance Bill as opposed to the best interests and liberties of the railway employees, and ex pressing regret that further attempts were being made to introduce the Bill after univer sal rejection by numerous meetings of rail way employees throughout the colony.

Of the oirous performance in Timaru the " Herald " writes ".—The circus was packed to the doors last night the oooasion being the second appearance of Messrs Wirth and company in Timaru. The programme of Saturday was repeated, every item being gives in splendid style. The riding feats by the lady members of the company were especially enjoyed ; the tumbling was voted first-olass, and the downs created roara of laughter by Unit quaint wyugt pnftj oJ^h

The Ashburton High Sohool re-opens on Monday next, February 3rd. Pupils are to assemble at 9.30 a.m.

By the new Tasmanian Licensing Act barmaids are prohibited from serving in bars after ten p.m.

Two apples kept in a cake box will keep moderately rich cake moißt a great length of time, if the apples are renewed when withered.

A Committee of five engineers left Paris on December 10th to thoroughly examine the Panama Canal and hide nothing unfavorable.

ihe crops in the Blenheim district pre sent a magnificent appearanoe and there: is every prospect of a splendid harvest.

The Southland Frozen Meat Company in. tend paying an 8 per cent dividend. They exported 45,000 sheep during the year.

In Tasmania, aa well as Victoria, hun dreds of aores of the growing wheat have been out for hay, owing to the prevalence of rust.

The " Wellington Post" aayß that it »b estimated by persons who may be considered experts in the matter that rather more than 20,000 people were on the Basin Reserve on Jubilee Day. . '

It is stated that the apple maggot, the new pest whioh threatens fruit-growers, literally scoops out the whole "flesh" of,the fruit, leaving almost nothing but the akin, and that this ocoura at an early stage of the growth of the apple.

Another beautiful stained glass window, presented by Mrs I. Martin in memory of her husband, has been put in St. Paul's Pro- Cathedral, Dunedin. On it are represented the Saviour as" The Light of thejWorld " and •'The Good Shepherd." ;

The "Bay of Plenty Times " aaya:—«>We learn that the Tauranga sulphur works are being resußoitated at last by Messrs Sharland, of Auckland. MrSymonds/as manager for Mr Sharland, is in Tauranga at present making arrangements. It is expected that the requisite sulphur will be got from Matata, as there are difficulties in the way of getting it from White Island."

Someone has made the discovery, or rather makes the assertion, that a fly always walks upward. Pat a fly on a window, and up he goea towards the top; he can't be made to walk downward. So an inventor has made a screen divided in half. The upper part laps over the lower, with an inoh spaoe betweeem Well, as soon as a fly lights on the aoreen, he proceeds to travel upwards and thiia walks straight out of doors. By this means, a room can be quiokly cleared of flies. ■

A humble bee's neat was discovered, says the "Lyttelton Timeß," inside a sparrow's nest built in the top of a fir tree on Mr E. Hiorns' grounds at Linwood. It wbb found by one of Mr Hiorns' eons who was looking for sparrows' nests.; The humble bee's nest con taiaed, it was estimated, about 200 poeoons, and in the sparrow's nest were two young birds about a fortnight old. Mr Hiorns pre sented the nest to Mr S. Q. Farr, by whom it has been forwarded to New Plymouth, in order to introduce the humble bee there.

An esoaped oonviot from New Caledonia, who was reoently arrested, eaoaped from the Ingham (Queensland) look up one day last week. Tbe police were looking for him all the afternoon, and at night two black traokers came upon him and tried to take him, but he knocked both of them down and got away. During the night he doubled back, scaled the palisading, entered the oonstablea* qaartera, took two loaded revolvers, a loaf of bread, and some of the constables' olothes.'andgot away. Being a determined and powerful fellow, aud well armed, it was expected that it would bs a difficult matter to take him alive,

The Rev Dr Adler, chief rabbi of the British Jews, whose death was recently announced, Was born at^ Hanover in 1803, and received his eduoation in the Universities of Gottingen, Erlangen, and Wiirzburg. He was appointed chief rabbi of Oldenberg, 1829 ; of Hanover and ita provinces, 1830 ; and on the 9th of July, 1845, was installed chief rabbi of the United Oongregreptations of the British Empire. Dr Alder is the author of " Sermons on tbe Jewish Faith," and of several Hebrew, works, the principal of whioh is " Nethina Lager," a commentary on the Targum of Onkelos.

The effects of the late land boom in Melbourne are saen in the blaok list of insol vencies just published for the year brought to a close. The figures are proverbially mis leading, and a grave error would be committed in attaching an absolute value to the results disclosed in these returns. The total in debtedness noheduled by the insolvents during the year 1889 is given at £2,200,000, and tha aßßeta are valued at over £2,500,000. No one out of a lunatic asylum, however, will anticipate that the fictitious surplus of £300,000 will ever be recovered. But the real truth is, the £300,000 might be three times trebled and then the defioienoy would scarcely be reached.

The " Lyttelton Time?" says that the heavy timbers used in the erection of the D.1.0. buildings, Christohuroh, have been found upon inspection by architects to be very defective. The timber used for the beams which oarry the floors, etc., was of the wrong kind for the j pnrpose, and it has therefore become neoesr i sary to replace the same at onoe with sub stantial timber. It is feared that this will necessitate the dosing for a considerable period of thelentire establishment connected with the D.1.0. Apart from the heavy loss which this will entail upon the proprietors, the public will suffer considerable inoonveni enoe, as the D.1,0. has now dome to be re garded as the colonial Whiteley's, or Universal Provider, where purchasers oan inquire within for everything—and obtain it- Tenders will be called for immediately for the re plaoing of the defective timbers with new and substantial ones, and every effort will be made to oarry out the work without having recourse to the closing of the premises. Advantage will be taken of the long days to work early and late, so as to get the work well forward in time, and oarry it through without delay.

! The " Oamaru Evening Mail" writes as follows:—It may appea*, in the estimation of Ministers, particularly convenient, as an excuse for their land policy in this part of the colony to profess that Mr Hislop's return was an evidenoe that the people approved of that polioy. But the hallucination will not last long. Let the Ministry persist in shutting ; the people out from the lands that are now the subject of discussion, and they vwill be disabused by thefresult of the next eleotion. A friendly feeling, in spite of the oonduot of the Government; a consciousness that Mr I Hislpp ought not to have retired from the ' Ministry in conseqnenoe of the Ward-Hislop affair; and a conyiption, or at leaet a hope, thot Mr Uielop would either have justios done to this distript, in accordance with his own pronounced viigws, or cease to associate with those whose actions were antagonistic to his principles, and to the progress of this district ftn(jl oplonyr-theHe were the chief factor jin r-ouiing the return of Mr Hislop, a.nf, if the government doubt it, let them ncyleot to opan up the Boixih Canterbury lands. They would then disoovor that no atneunt of personal friendship would secure the retura of • candidate who. had the gnpllejt | gjmpathy with them.

A STAMER ASHORE

(PIE PJBXSB ASSOOIAriOM.)'

SydniT, January 27. . The steamer Eiverina, from London co Sydney, is ashore at Ram's Head South Gabo, off the Victorian Coast, apparently abandoned. A passing steamer signalled that she had taken off the passengers and crew. The weather is thick on the coast.

THE MARKETS

[BY BLaOTBIO TBLWJBAPH—-OOrTBiaHT,]

(PJBB PRBBS ASSOCIATION.]

(Received January 28, 11.40 a m.) Lissom January 27. A cargo of New Zealand wheat has been sold at 35s 9d.

The following private cable message dated London, 29th inst., was received in Christchnrch yesterday :—

The cargo of Tuscan wheat per barque Nanny, from Lyttelton, has been sold at 35b 9d per quarter, less brokerage and two months' interest,

TO DAY'S TELEGRAMS

:*■» HUBBS ABBOCIATIOK.

Jubiee.

| Niw Plymouth. January 28. | To-morrow will be observed *s a general holiday here to celebrate the Jubilee of tbe Anniversary of the Colony. (Sports will be held in the Recreation ground. Large nambers have gone from here to Auck land. Died Dumbdxn. January 28, Jonss, the victim of the accident Sit the Oanton reef has died. He leaves a wife and grown up family. Bsiled

OiMABV, January 28. Sailed—" Highland Forest," barque, Oapt, MoWhir, with a oargo of wool, wheat, etc. She is ohatteied by the N.Z. Shippings Co and has a oirgn of some 1600 tons produce, Including 3600 bales wool, 600 sacks of grain, a quantity of tallow and sundries.

THE COMING ELECTION.

Although it is now certain that there will be another session of the present House of Representatives—which, we have it on good authority, will be sum moned to meet about the 20th June —yet as the present Parliament ex pires by effiuxion of time early in October, it follows that even if the session ran its ordinary course a general election must take place towards the end of the current year. But there is the possible contingency that that event may be hastened, for should it happen that an adverse vote be carried against Ministers an appeal to the country must follow, and that is a contingency; which, whether probable or improbable, ought nevertheless to be provided against under the peculiar circumstances of the position. Those peculiar circumstances are that Parliament having passed an Act reducing the number of European members of the next elected House from ninety-one to seventy, the colony must necessarily be re-divided into the corresponding number of electoral dis tricts before an election can take place. The duty of making that division is by the Representation Act, '■ 1887, assigned to a Commission, consisting of five members, of which the Property Tax Commissioner and the Surveyor- General are ex qffieio members, the re maining three having to be nominated by the General Assembly. The Com mission was duly constituted in accord ance with law, but two changes have since taken place, Mr McKerrow, having ceased to be Surveyor-General on his appointment as Chief Commis sioner of, Bailways, also ceased to be a member of the Commission, beirjg suc ceeded by Mr Smith, the present Surveyor-General; and Colonel Haultain, one of the unofficial members appointed by the House of Representatives, resigned more than a year ago, and neither the House nor the Governor having been asked to make any fresh appointment, there remains therefore one vacant seat. We believe it is intended to appoint Mr McKerrow to the vacancy, indeed we have heard that the appoint ment has been offered to that gentleman and that he has intimated his willing ness to accept it, but so far, at anyrata, the appointment hag not actually been made, and until it, or some other ap pointment is made we may just as well have no Representation Commission at all, for the incomplete commission is incapably of acting. There is therefore no justification for delay, but on the contrary very cogent reasons why the Commission should be filled up at once and should forthwith proceed tq dis charge the important function imposed upon it by the Statute. For clause 4of the Act of 1887 expressly provides that " when the Commission proposes to alter an existing electoral district, due notice of the proposed boundaries, or an ap proximation thereto Bhall be given in the " Gazette," and objections in writing may be lodged with the Commission against such proposed boundaries, and the Commission shall consider any objections so lodged before coming to a final determination." As in this case twenty-one electorates have to disappear altogether and the boundaries of tie remaining seventy must necessarily be altered, the task of the Commissioners will be one involving a very great degree of care and a Very considerable amount of time if it is to be satisfactorily performed, while as, after this, time is to be allowed for the stating and consider ing of objections before the' Commission can finally report it is obviously not a day too. goon for that bogy to be, get to work. But further s section 6 enacts that when the Commission has made its report to the Governor of the names and boundaries of the districts »s fixed by. it (after j considaring objections) that repoit is not to have the force of law before the expiry of tba then existing Parliament, and that a copy of the report shall be presented by the Governor to the House of Representatives within ten days of the receipt thereof (if the House be in session) or within ten days after the commencement of jtg next meeting. Clearly then it is expedient that the final report should be ready for presentation not later than the 20th June next and as we have arrived at a period within six months of that date it ! is high time that the Government for-1 mally appointed Mr McKerrow (or some-1 body else) so that the work of preparing i for the next general election may be j completed before Parliament ie called together,

THE CROPS

Grain has rlpenad r*pidly dorlcg the j laiat ftw days, and the reaping of wheat f baa now commenced in earnest through all bat the highest p»rt of the ooaaty. Tte harvest is rather later than a month ago It was expected to be, but the cool—uot to Bkjr oold—weather baa given the earß of the corn time to fill, and in general there will this season be a plump, heavy sample, and leea of the shrivelled grain than la to be aeen la seasons when rapid and frequently premature ripening pre vail. The oat harvest la nearly fialihetl; moat la In the stack, and already the thi9shlug machine ia busy in many place?, The Wakanul district maintains Its reputailoa for fertility by producing thli senson some of the fines. orops In the county, Messrs Cha>meM Brothera and Mr J- Jamieson, on the Baaoh and Wakanul roads, have standing fields of wheat which are perfect plotorei, and to all appearance will give yields well op among tbo isfclea. tiower down and" across by Elgin the crops are lighter, and. are not expeoied to come op to last year's average*, but even here it may. prove that the ears are heavie? than the lightness of straw would indicate. About Wakanul propar good yields are again the role* Somo oats have been threshed with ft satisfactory reaall, both »s regards yield and weight pel bushel and wheat with few exceptions is ripening well, pis towards Beafield the production la ap patentl* hardly up te the average, and is' diminished In some Instances by the ravages of blight. Some very promising paddooks of wheat 'have a paob drooping and withered from this cause, which will be of no better use than for pfg feed, br«t the injury Is not wide spread in any ease. Small birds, how ever, have distributed themselves sad their attendant damage most Impartially, aad not all the eggs aud birds destroyed seams to have made the slightest impres sion upon them. In many oases the birds have taken quits a rent off the land, leaving little ene bat straw within a obaln of the tenoes. This nalsanoe has attained to the magnitude of a plague, and Is one of the most serious problems whlon farmers will have to solve in the Imme • dlatefotace. Towards thettakaia some damage was dove by grub la tbo early part of the season, and blight has stiuok some patches since; otherwise the orbps look well, and If the weather keep fine for the rest of ihe week the bulk will have fallen before the reaper. Ohertaey and Dromore districts are busy with reapers in the wheat, and hero and there a threshing maobine ia at work on oats, around here yields are about up to, the average, though oertalniy not abovei it. Toeieis a good deal of patohlness In* the oropr, not altogether due to iha npriug wind;. (sheas throcgnaut ulljhe diair'ct lufiTcod to abova ia very b»tu, havtug furnished very little feed ojci slderlng its luxurious Appenraaae a coople of months *go. Turolpi are making ladiffjreDt growth, and ouiesß th y make marked improvement soon there will be a poor prosing'; f"r wmt ur for sheep.

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

IFER PBIiS ASSOCIATION.)

AUOKLAMS, Jaonary 27.

Mr Job a Dillou left for an Fraaddo.i by toe ZealaDdla to-day; He was heaktUiy cheered by a number of uieada an the ■te«mer moved off from the wharf, The total oomrlbotlons in this diattlot for the Irish Evicted Tenants' Fa ad now reech £815.

WblunqtoN, Jmaary 27

Mr Gordon, laepaotor of Mluea, Untl mutes tact be Is favorably impress* d with the later discoverlea at Pahipuhi. When hla report is to h*ad, the Government will see If It ia possible to draft special regula tions to allow fioHpeotlnß being carried on by whlob the risk of the detttaotioa of the kairt timbev will be mlolmUed.

Lord . and L%dy Ktntore have mipped out a comprehensive programme of trave' in New Zealand, They go from the Bluff io Hokitk* by steamer, thenCe overland to Nelson,' and by steamer to Welling ton, by train to Wanganul and up the Wanganat river by a»noe to the head of navigation, thenoe they ride through the bath to Tsapo and after visiting Rotorua go notth to Auokland. Ariangements have been nude with the Natives to pro* vde canoei and horses along the Wang* lvi

The Maaeam whs broken into on Friday night last bysorn" cxprt th! vsa, who appropriated on a ot the most valuable collections of the institution, via., the v «;old and silver coinage and an assortment of medal?. Two glass show oaees in which the ooins and medals were displayed were almost completely cleared. Some of the coins stolen are worthless, except as curios, inaimuch an they were simply oasts gilded over to represent the original,, The robbery seems to have been moat cleverly planned. Nothing else but :tbe cises df scribed was(.in any way disturbed. The entrance was effected through a door at the back of the building. The custodian of the museum did not hear any sound of the entry. The approximate value of the collections stolen is about £90.

When the Clyde Qaay school was opened this morning atter the vacation, the headmaster was obliged, owing to want of aoaommodation; to tarn away between 250 and 300 children.

Some relloa which had been found at the Auckland Islands by the patty who recently visited that looality in the Htaemoa, have been on v!ew in the "Evening Peat" office here, and have been identified by Rlcbard MaoEvoy who wai in the Derry Oastle ontll she leaohod Melbourne bat reoelved his discharge at that port Immediately before ihe aalled oo the voyage that led to her destruction. He reoognlaei the cotton material ai being that of a gay^oolored dress whloh wss worn by the reiiel'a cook in. the festivities oonneoted with " crossing the Hoe " on the voyage t» Australia, whan h» filled the part of "Amphltrlte,' 1 wife of Neptune. It la evident that in his ex* tremlty gome member of the Derry CUstle's crew hed torn up the old costume and used the strips to laßh himself to the skylight to which it was fonnd attaohed.

Ohhistomkroh, Jan nary 27 At the Wesleyau Conference to-day the ministers were joined by thirty-one lay representatives from various pirts ot the oolony. A proposal to reonlte Hamilton and Te Awamnta circuits was negatlyed. A almilar fate bofel a recommendation to divide Hawera Q fFoqlt a It «ai deolded to tend a seooad to Leeaton clronit and a second Natlye preaoher to the CUnteibury district. It watceiolved to send married preabherQ to Ajhbarton, Milton and Qore. The statistics of the Ohnrqh $te :—Ohu'chen, 198; other prenohjng pities, 261; mlaiesters and probationers, 78 J home mleslonarleß, 16, Sandav School teiobers, 2012; local preachers, S6l; olais leaders, 228; Ob or oh members, 7405; memberß ou ula), 342 ; communicants, 1378; junior Choral members, 675; Sunday aahools, 226; Sunday acbool toholars, 19,275; attend anoe «t pnbilo worship iooladtog Bcho l«rs, 49.321.

A peculiar case «ai reported to the police to-day from Sydenbam. A young m»n named Oaddy, 25 years old, who la Incurably inaane, had bean looked np \n a room by hit parents, 'mho Me wotklng people, for f|even yean. He had not been 111 twitador starved. ' DtJHiDiN, Janua>~ 27 The Bjink n? *;7 2eai»nd h*a' pat the bailiffs Into possession of the Great Ex tended Company's claim at Blqeipur. One of the balllfla nearly lost his life through a rash of wa^er. Thos. Johns, an old resident of Walparl, wsa burled at the Canton Company's mine owlcg to tha oollapie of part of • tonntl. It li feartd that ht unnoi ba rticoid hHti*

THE FIRST PRIZE JUBILEE POEM

(By H. L Jamea, Wellington.) Following (a the poem whloh waa awarded the firat prfte (fifteen guinea*) in the recent competition at the Invitation of the Wellington "Evening Poit ":—

TO THE MEMORY OF 1839-40. Silent the monntalna atand, their lot

, peska /, ••- - "-..- Oleaving the bine of heaven, —awfnl forma, The mighty gnardlana of a lonely land 1 A lonely land !—Far over bill and glen The traokleaa fdreat glooms; the liven

flow ....-•-• O'er-arched with*ahide>nd ohoked with . fallen treea. ;' ; The giant, moa atalka the?plain secure;— For'man la not, nor any fear of man. A.nd ao the agei pau, and then—-a ohange.

. \,L<y acroaa the boandle.Mhooean, L O'er thefloodi ef Tangaroa, Come ths children of Hawaiki, , . Ocme the' moko.pictured wftrriorft To theEaitern Whangenni (1) - •■ 0 <mci thefeatleea aearober, Kope,— Leavea hie daaghtere therefor lalete, Leavea Matea nod Makoto. (2) . , Flirt waa he to view the lonely Lbrely Aoteeroa.— , ... ., ■ ' Broadly floata the gotgeoui " Amw*," ' With her, aiern poat decked with atreamera, '' '' > Beit of war<«anoei the "Arawa 1" , . { And " Talnui,"—big Bea-w»ter,— "Takitumo," " Karahanpo:" Ob, the wM-boMi, decked withfeathwi! Ob, the war-men looming dinger r ,. -Sooq the nation* of the Maori Spread through all the lonely oonntiy.— Fenced path* on e?ery hllMop,. : Kitngai In erery valley ; : Footpaths throngh the tangled foreat, . Sirlft oanoea upon the riveta; Dosky waralori moving wary On tbelr aaYftge oonrae of bloodihed. And the giant moil vanlah, — Man la here, and death la with him! And ao the yean roll on, and then—ft ■■■- ohange. _ - ' ,-, u /: M .- t ;

Borne on the western breeze,, like, the

- wandering white-bzeasted sea-birds, Oome the great fifing..oanoes of the

: . wonderful, magleal pakeha. Bat Taiman is stricken with fear and fllea

afar off to the northward; '. For wat T borna reaonnd on the shore, and

■ war-oanoes glide oh the billow. And then the Great Beornet of death,

Dafier of tempeat and danger,

Son of Tangaraa hlmielf, 10, Cook cornea.

from tha ocean 1 Him can no w«r-ahow r dismay, for Fear la

afraid to look on him. Him maet the Mitorl greet, and with food

. and with friendship receive him; For his is the loadstone of lore, and hli

thedread death-dealing thunder. ; Nor leaves he them unreoompenaed,—ln .• the, woods, 10, the root-grubbing . porker,— , Goats on ib* etoop-hanglng ollffa, and tba

rlwal In froitfal plantations.

Him shall Rsokaua know, and rait AorangVc'.oud-dwaller: i* ■_-"? No more ohdli be heard thai* old nameii bat Oaok'fl Str»U and Mount Oook

shall be told of. ' ' ' \ And now how the pakeha swarm, nor come they f(K good, out for evil ! Thandee and lightning they brlDg, and death la the terrible fire-tabe, And pleiaaat but poiionom drink, "wal piro,"—U'smelllng water; v A»4 death, evil paiotoiis, and alekneai t • lay hold on the Biaori people. Lo, Hongl with p; keha thnader obthea the far-dreaded Ngapuhl J ~ The motheraof Thames and Watksto hnih their children with, «• Hongl, 'tla

Hongl!"

Mokoia, tweet Ule of legend, li wasted, ■—tti singers are slaughtered ; By the blood-reddened stream of the Walpa, 10, thousands of cannibal ovens. And so the yesrs roll on, and still--* change. .  '_,"

In the vasty home of oommetoe, Hageet city of tbe Pakeha, (6) Gather now the chiefs ani oaptalns, Gather now tbe orafty traders,— Saying, eager, to each other, " Wealth} is ibo, woadtous ooantry '■ Thousand leagues aorosa the surges , ; Let as take tbe Maoris Islands, Seiza on Aotesroa' Let us name tfie 'and New Zealand— We Its Company of traders." Thousand leagues aoross the aurges Speeds their great canoe, the "Tory," L»den depth with pakeha settlers.— Brings their orafty leader, Wakefield, Brings tha craftiest of traders, —-. • Enter soon Raukaua Moana : Orosaed of yore by O^os: and Kupn, Glade she round high Terswhitl, By, the blood-stained o'iff Tatnure, (6) Where of old the re^roher Eupe, - / For his Taiapua walling, Moaolng for hla self-sUlo daughter, With ehup tnhua (7) hacked his vlsige, S>on the jigged rooks, foam-sprinkled, , That beset the cliff/gateway > Of the Eastern Wbanganul i - Blse from, out the snowy-billows, •, ; ittse on every side around heA Safely glides she through, the danger, Safely folds their wings within there Where the daughters of great Kane, Where Mateu and Makoro '

Watoh the Eastern Whanganui, While to men they aeem bat iileti. Now the crafty Wakefield, landing, Pees Poneke, sees Fetone, (8) Sees the vale of Erltonga,; '-'•'. Then before the ii«aaiM ehteftftta Liyi the vioh«g ot the vessel* And the thoughtless Ngatiawa 9eU ikwtr lands lot deadly weapons, Give their lands for guns end trinkets:— And by billy, high Te Aro Cluster thick the pakehe dwellings And the town of Wsiunoton rises, , Next, by iad Waitanai'a waterr, la the land of fierce Ngtpnhl,— By the stream of Lameotatfoo,— Gather chiefs of all the nations; (9) And tney oast their "mana" from them, Bow themselves to pskeha ruleri! By the waters of Waltangl— Rightly named the "Stream of Wall-

iag"- Passed away the Maori "mana" To tbe realms of Hlne-nul, (10) To forgetfulnesa aod darkness I

The tothleu yean roll on, and all U ohanged t . O'ee the wide lands of fair New Zealand ">lw ' "'./■" - ' • The homes of foreigners: The Maori pines And fades away. A little while he stihrss To stem the tide of Fate : in vain, la vain! He knows no thought of fear; but shall he dare ' *-:.<• Llghtnlnga of death and blait of fell dlteate: \ And live ? ' Alas, although Taaranga Gate, And Otakaa, and Btnglrld—ay, And hdndred ooofllotß. else, jhallJuiaMils ■ fame . •.-, .^ -u\s -, >.

To Time's remotest age, his ann doth, let Behind the looming mastlve of the West! No more the populous pah ahull top tUe. hill, No more bj rlli «n4 wood, the kalnga itand 5, ' • "•" No more tba graaeful war-oano* shall item The stream, or riik great TangarQu's . ,*ave, . .... - r .-,..,, The Maott and Mot/both mnit pass— They vanish f sat away as mornlDg mlit.-r ---'For Europe's art is here »nd Europe* ■ wight. F*r fiilli the fore»t prida before the axe; (11) The ■tony.tofcd wind* over hill tod lea ; The Bwampi tre dry, the moon lament their fern; The wild thing* of thi thlckit flc* sod

And atraoge fcnrfoQied beaata nanvp kheb away, v Smoke the greet eitl«a on the barboni aho;ea, Soreama the awift lion horae In glen ana wold; Enormous ateamers wallow In the wavet Like monatroDi ttniwha* o( olden time, And Ait and Soienoe atrlde on hand In band, New Zealand yet shall riia npon the world, And ahlne the rlohnat jewel of the Sooth' Hall, hail, Zealandla 1 may thy greatnaae ■ grow » ■ ■ f " v •-, *' While enTlona natlboi sigh, "Would I weie thee I* '•"•■■ t- 11 .;-•-., •■ ■■&>xnw#ar,a&ij/iii,< -. : ' •, . '.- Waita Maom. (1) PortNlohoUoo. ,r , . (2) By the Maori theta namfi an atill Hpplled to Some*' lalaod and Ward laland In Port NlohpUou, v "'" (8) Olfta of Cook. (4) Wltneta the atoimlng of Mataklttkl pahbyHongi. / ' (s);London, ,, ;,,,,. .% (6) Slnelalr Head and thereabout, where the rooka aw of a very, bright red (7) Obeldlan knW*». V: \ (8) Oi rather, Ptto one—end of the ■andy beaoh, .--■■■ /9) »«/Maorl ratloraor trlbea.t? (10)iIa /lull, &in&m.:O^W-f*kH>J maiden, ot.the oliiht),—a peraanffieatlon of the Great Unknown, Hereafter, or " Hade.." , «' Flighted the realm ofphaoe and old Night,"' aaya gloiona lClltbo-i (11) Theae iMtlldis rafef nthtr to the fatore .than tp^the^reient..^

THE AUCKLAND JUBILEE

(Pn rmse AMoqunoir.)

: ' AuoKtaJTB. Ja««ary2B. The weather has bteoaapetb tot ■ week past andglvei every promlae of eontlnalng so. The numbers of rftltoii in Aaakknd are simply enormona th 3 aurtoundlng oountry dlatrlota beingalmoatdepopulated. . It la estimatad that luoladlng the rtddant population there irtir be ooe hw^lrtd thousand people In AncUahd- dorlng^tha , JubUee holH^ys. It Is" ImpoaatbU to a single b«i In AaoHaod, -ahl the hundred hotels in the olty an* suWsiba are-paot'ad.- 5 ■'■-"'•" s'ro? 1;-' <™™#* -,

PARNELL AND THE TIME.

(P«R PBBBB^ ABSOOIATIOlf.)

Loitdok, January M The "Freeman's Journal" »UWbthat the Parnellites will submit a ■ motion next Beeaion declaring the « Times'" insistance tbjtt'Pigott'a forwriefjiWew genuine letters .: in face ofi Parnell's denial a gross '."breach';' of prifil«ge. They will also apply for the apppjnt ment. of a Committee. fjQ . panne' 'the enquiry into the circumstancea ttttder which the forgeries were committed;

DUNEDIN PROTECTION LEAGUE.

(m run abhooiatipi.) "'"'

Dttmidih, January 27

A the annual meeting ofthe TfrbteoUon League the report stated that they had oolleoted Btaastios showing that that the tariff bad been produptice of benef tia^ba) mtnufaotnrer la the odloolei.; Mf |fi«b» M.H.R. dtolared the principle of proteo tlon In danger, and said that federation waa being hied merely.t> ievert ; >o ; 4he principle ff freetrade. He declared that mterooJoDlal freetradewooldralo,one4n dustrlea ani plic* the oolony In jk^wersa position than r before protection ,was adopted. Me W. ;». Stewart,,.,ALßLß^ alto spoke. A.re«olutlon.wa?oaftte4>h>t any further a"jaetment ol th»;4^riff •hoold be in the direction of learVfkf <tht> neoenarlea of life which ooald ni>t;b«fco daoed or manaFaokarad, eotUaly^rd«i^

NSW ZEALAND AND FEDERA TION

[ P»tt Ebess , Absooi&tioh]

MußOuun,, January 27. Mr McMHUc, Colooial-TreaiarCT of New South Wales, who is oft his way back from New. Zealand, in the coarse of an interview said it seemed to him that the subject of federation'had never seriously been iroachedJn^Nfiw^Zea- , land.. Their edacarion on the/subject was only beginning. The great diffi culty in dealing with the question wa» the practical isolation of the different parts of the colony. >The. people of each part appeared as much Isolated in their views as if they were distant and separate colonies, The remedy for this state of affairs, iii his opinion, was rail way communication to all $arss, ,«fjfar as practicable. There was avvetystrong element of loyalty to the mother country,, and possibly a fear that any union with. Australia would interfere with this senti ment,

A PECULIAR CASE

 The following i^ r tlouiara e*e given by the "Press" o f » matter referred to In oat telepirami^^A.aomewhAts^reniaikfblt owe tiaa juit come, under natleeoof the police In Sydenham. It bM bean die* covered that a young man named Blcbard daddy, who la an Imbecile, baa been looked up In a room in hie parantaVhone* for between seven and eight The hoaae la altnate In Murray street, Sydenham, about' two and a-r half ohaloa from Colombo road, whence- It can be Been. .The window^ of the room In which the yeflng nan wae Imprisoned ; faow Oolombo;-road. Oaddy. ;, Motor, la ,-■ a;: laborer, uA hat a family of fire or all ohlldren who are mostly grown op. The toa Bichard, who li now twenty-five years of age, never had been right In hla. mind, and jus* previous to > bla ■ being • looked up wae i brought before the Court on a charge of molesting femalei In the Parkr The. eaae was dlsmlued, aod It waa then thak'hU father aoacelved the Idea of looking him up. Therewon, It !■ eald, why the young man waajiot aeot to the Asylum.Was be catiio his mother was avene Vo such a pouviev The room in which he was Impri soned Is an brdloaty tiaad IJedroom. Th^ window was barred Inside and, the p^oet white- waehed; * The young man app'om to have been well oared for.. .He Km never bean out of the room elnee he was ftret Inoaroerated, bat be has had what wa» neoestaty for hla comfort, k He would>not wear olothce beyond a, »hlr,t The. %ay In whlioh the cue wee dfaocvawd waM|ti. Oaddy had rubbed aomr, of the whlkawaah off the "ladow^ •D risomo bo»» who heard him oalllnß |* w him at the window. P/ovloui >o his being locked up, Oaddy had his aon examined by eevtr»l doctors,, who said there waa no doubt ac to hfa insanity, and at he wee lncnrable. The matter having been reporUd to the police, the neoeiiarj itepe will be taken to haye the young man removed to the Aiylom, In the event of b<s tol>e Insine; of which there appearjv'io banodoub'v' . , __ ' :;.! '*

THE A3HBTJRTON GUARDIAN, TUESDAY JANUARY 28, 1890.



FnWc Notices. WB can offer Farmers and others wishing to ahlp GRAIN OR WOOL 10 LONDON, at current rates. Early applies- Is necessary. We make NO CHARGE FOB COMMISSION and AdTancea are made free of interest* FBIEDLANDEB BROS. A6HBUBTON OOUNTY "stOOK AND SALEYABDS 00., Limited. AS the reqa-ißt of several Farmers the Company has deoided t > hoi d h Bpeclal PIG FAIR For the Bale of STORE FIGS, AT T« Tinwald Yards Early In Maroh t Farmers will oblige by letting the Caretaker have particulars of their Entries , «arly m poinble. GKOT JAMESON, ' 75 Ohairman. w ■ TOE CHEAPEST SALE HOW G0IN& ON IN A6HBUBMON 18 AT •"'The Corner." ChUdien's Hate half price Flowers at ha f prloe Print* at half prioe -, Ladiea 1 Jackets at half prioe 17 dox Men's Box (beit made) half price f ■ % f . SEE THE WINDOWS ?EB THE WINDOWS OB INBPBOT THE STOCK INSPECT THE STOCK W. H. COLLIER 'llie Comer." SALE NOW ON AT THE NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. Half Yearly Stock-Taking. MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTHING At Prioes to Bait everybody. NO OLD STOCKS TO SBLEOT FROM ; The Goodi are NEW and all onr own make. HATS SHIKTS TIES BRACES ALL REDUCED IN PROPORTION INSPECT OUB STOCK And judge for yourselves, NEW ZEALAND Clothing Factory, W. £. iVKBBBB, M»nsger, QUOD fA0Ml)& VA.LDK a aCI^V (" Wliafc we do we o well," THE OHBISTOUUROH DE NTAL SURGERY, 1«8 Caahel Street, Ohristchnroh, next Eobln •on'i Boot Store, and at the Octagon, Dunedin. - All Tperationß at strictly uniform and moderate Consultation free. s. myebsTand co., BURGEON DENTISTS* MBUf TEETH Sfi \MlXV.^^<~'l JNITBODb OXIDE GAS administered Tbii Auaßithetlo leavei no anpleMftnt effectß, end by lU uw the eztrMtlon of Bad Sttunpa and Teeth is rendered por feetly P«lnlefli and Effective. Ad ministered dally. Fee tor administration of Gas, sa. Extraction, 2a 6d a tooth. Hoars of attendance, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Prlr*t« Nstdenee, 93 Eait Belt, The acknowledged superiority of AKERIOAN DENTISTRY In the con struction of Artificial Teeth, the moit finished workmanship, and repladog the lost teeth TEMPORARILY ALMOST IMMEDIATELY after extraction, h»re established oar tepatstlnn, A single Artlfioia Tooth, 10a, complete •t, Upper and Lower, Temporal and Perauneat £10 10s ; Af tiSolal Tooth and Demotes made by .other ueutbta re* mod-Had at small ooste, Slopplog, 9| J?«lM M| ?»4njla»i,



Wanted Known Cash .advertisements under this head ing, not exceeding 16 words, OWE Shilling. Addresses may beleftat this Office. WANTED to Sell a secondhand bicycle, cheap. Apply Mail Office, I^lß9 AJSiLL 4. B>nder Twine, machine oil, and wi.o. Time is money on the harvest field —the Uoi Is the oheapest. ( —R. Aioobn, Saanders ymlcUngn. "TTTANTJSD Known.—" Sttong-weai VV Booti for Ladies, Men and Children can only be obtained at W. H Ooujkb's. XJTT ANTED Known that Ajndrkw Oek's fV half-yearly sale of Surplus Stook of Drapery Clothing" and Boots ti cow going on. 1 149 T\7"ANTED KNOWN—My Special VY Make of Ladies' 4 clasp Kid Gloves, " The Ashburtoniao," braided backs, 3s 6d per psir.—W. H, Collub. WANTED every man in ttw County to have a Salt of the Ash barton Tweede.—Bobbbt Aioobn, Ashborton Clothing Mart, Saanders 1 Balldlngs. EDNESDAY Half-Holiday. Please übop early. Wednesday we close at 1 p.m.—H. 0. Skobbs, Melford Hoase. ¥jIMBROIDERIEB— Fc« good Embroly fli deries marked cheap ts> *•<> Melford Rouse. We have a large ana splendid asso 'tment to choose from.—H, C. Slant's Melford House.



WANTED Known lace oartafns 3s lid, toweii 4$J, ambrellaa la lOd prints 2id. skirt* Is, kid gloves Is, 12doz dreii buttons for 1«, embroldeied ooitumeß 10s.—Ansbiw Obb'b Sale. 1 160 THE Jubilee Sale. Andbkw Okr 1b selling men* boots 9a 6J, ladies E.B. at 4s 6d, laoe up boots 5s 6d, gita bouto 3a 9d, men's shoes 6* lid. evening shoes 2s 6i. Sale now on. 1 151 Man KBNJNBD? and Mm G»meroo> Moore Street—Teachera of Scientific Drega-cattiog. Bodies oat and fi.ted. Dressmaking in »U its branohes. Biding habits a speciality. 12 69 MILLINBRI— If you want o ohooae from a large stock of .tilmmed and notrlmmed hats and booneia go te Mel ford Houso. A lot of children's Galatea •traws from 6d to 2s, very cheap 1 —H. 0. Sxgebs, Melford Hoase. WANTED, Everyone to Know—That J. MOISON has now In stook a arge and varied assortment of BOOTS AND SHOES for tha Spring and Summer Season, Gentlemen's, Ladleo', aud Chil dren's, both Imported and Colonial; % Iso HIS OWN MAKE, which OANN )T BE SUBPASBED for Style, Fit, Qasl ty, »nd Neiktoess, combined with VERY REASONABLE PRIOEB. All repalis exeoated prompt)? «nd with peatBBBB. 10tl



NEW GOODS. STATIONERY, Fancy Qooda, Music, &c New Serial Volumes. New Books for Prizes or Presentations. Subscribers wanted for any Magazine or Newspaper published. Diaries for 1890. All Woods Reduced in jPrice during this mouth, L. F, ANDBEWES & CO. WANTED Known—Fresh Flounders large and sm»ll fish; also Smoked Bamoouta and Haddocks o»n be i had daily. Oyatera nest month: also Fare Cod Liver Oil. All orders promptly attended to. OHARLSS RYEL, 2 178 Ashborton. fTpO-MORR<>W, Wednesday, 29th in«t, ? beiog the Jubilee year of Npw Zealand, and all the Government Offioee and Bauks being closed oi that date, in consequence thereof I have muph pleasure in response to many solicitations to aok the Burgesses to close their places of Business on that duto, Signed D. THOMAS; 1 188 Mayor. <SHBUBTON BOSOFGK COUNCIL. APPLICATIONS ft»B invited from Resident Leg»i ?MCt!tlonere for the office of Borough Solicitor", to be de livered on or before NOON on MONDAY, February 3rd prox, at tbe Town Clerk I tffioa, where particulars of duties, etc., mny c aeon. OHASi B FOOKS, Town Clerk. Ashbntton, January 28.h, 1890. IJIB6 SPECIAL B^NK HOLIDAY. rpBE BANKS In Auhburton wlil be obaed on WEDNESDAY NBXT, 29 b mat, Aahburtor, 25th January, 1890 , I 1 181



Williamson and Preece LONDON AND BIBMINGHAM —TAILQBS— HABIT MAKEBS, &c, H^VE REMOVED to their New and Oommodlonß place of Business in EAb" 11 STBEET, ASHBURTON, rT . , • , Vr John Okb &Qo. (Lately occupied vva Special attention to Livery and * " Uniforms. CIRCUS- RCIRCDS. ASHBURTON—TWO WIGHTS ONLY Commencing , THURSDAY, 30ra JANUARY, Coming: by Special Train WIBTH BROS. 1 Colossal Consolidated Circns Four Large Oircnsea in one. 47 STAIi ARTISTS. 7 LADY BIDEBS Highly trained stud of Horses and Ponies WONDERFUL WIRTH FAMILY, Fifteen in number. ST LEON BROS., W a lhalla Bros, Matthews Bro=, 4 Midgets, P. Montgomery, Jose Romano, iiolenz and Feto, 6 Funny Clowns, August© the Dummy, and a cumber of others. Juat concluded playing t> crowded and delighted audiencas In Dunedin. A long advertisement is unnecessary for this gigantic organisation, bccaoßO you must have heard of it. POPULAR PBIOES. Doors open at 7 15 ; Performance at 8 sharp. fcPEOIAL NOTICE In order to suifc the convenience of Children, Country Visitors, and Families living nt a distance, there will be an AFTERNOON P BFOKMANOE FfiIDAY, 31st JA->UaBT, at 3, When a Special Koduciion will be made I ft fer.Qhildnq



The b^t medioine is Sander and Sons Eucalypti Exf^t. Test its eminent power. ful effects in ooughs, c?Wb, ingaenn, ««.T the relief is instantaneous. Thousands give the most gratifying testimony. His Majesty the King of Italy and medical syndicates all over the globe are its patrons. Read the official reports that accompany each bottle. We have no oooasion to offer rewards in proof of the genuineness of our references. The official reports of medical clinics and univer sities, the official communication of the Oonaul-General for Italy at Melbourne; the diploma awarded International Exhibition, Amsterdam—all these are authentic docu ments, and, as such, not open to doubt, We add here epitome of one of the various oases efeated at the clinic of Sohultz, M.D. Pip? teseor, etc.—" C.8., 24 years old; conges tional abscess on the thigh. Incisions made in two places. Although Lister's dressing was applied, the secretion became, two days later, very oopious, and had adopted a foetid decomposed charaoter. The temperature rose enormously. In consequence the dressing was removed, and in its place were made during the day-time repeated irrigations with Eucalypti Extract. The offensive foeter d^ appeared very soon, the fever abated within a few days, and the patient recovered after the lapse of several weeks. In this instance be must not lose sight of the faot that the latter tiHtneot saved |bj pttitnVi lilt. 1 <-* (AW,) S



Tim best R«M,KbY. for lyutvnjnbft,-- Notion's Camomuje^Pius .are 'confiieijtly recommended as a simple remedy for indiges tion, whidii? thsi cause otlunrly all the diseases to which we are subject. Norton's plls,' with justice called "Nature 1* stengthene.- 'n the huma:\ stcmach." act at a. powerful tor ie and gentle aperient, are mild in their open tion, and safe under aw drcv^ i^OG<t. Sol 4it |IWttiM St. I* lift*.