The Ashburton Guardian. Magna et Veritas et Prævalebic. FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1890. EDUCATION.

From the interesting information supplied in the report of the fcegistrar- General for the year ended 31st Decem ber! 1888, we gather that the total number of schools of all classes in the colony on that date was 1541, the total number of children on the rolls of attendance being, European (including half-castes living among Europeans), 129,528; Maori, 2730 ; total, 132,258. Of the schools 1128 were public primary schools; the colleges, grammar and high schools numbering 22, the industrial schools and orphanages 10, Maori schools 82, and private schools 299. The number of scholars on the rolls of the primary schools (exclusive of Maoris) was, boys, 58,133 ; girls, 54,157 ; showing an increase on the previous year of boys, 874 ; girls, 840. It is satisfactory to note that an improvement in theiegularity of attendance is recorded, the average attendance per pupiljbeing 79 3 in 1888, as against 77 in 1887, for every 100 times the school was open. The num ber of teachers is given as 1258 male, and 1581 female (exclusive of 155 sewing-mistresses), a total of 2839, of whom 913 (nearly a third) were pupil teachers. It is noticeable that of the young people who are adopting teaching as a profession the female element enormously preponderates (the proportion being more than 3 to 1), the number of fe male pupil teachers being 694, as against 219 of the opposite sex. At the secondary or superior schools (consisting of aided or endowed colleges and grammar or high schools) the numbers of pupils on the rolls were, boya 1335, girls 785, total 2120. As regards the New Zealand Univer sity and affiliated institutions, viz., Auckland University College, Canter bury College, and the University of Otago, the following particulars are given :—The Auckland University Col lege lectures were attended in 1888 by 3 graduates, 48 under-graduates, •nd 109 non-matriculated students; 318 students attended the Canterbury College, ot whom 165 had matriculated; and 184 students, of whom 130 had matriculated, attended the lectures at the Otago University. The number of graduates on the lat June 1889, who had obtained direct degrees was 199. The number of undergraduates on the roll of the University was 943.; but only 528 were keeping terms, cf whom 371' were males and 157 females. Of the males, 33 wen medical students at the University of Otago. Of the 299 private schools in opera tion at the end of 1888, 35 were for boys only, 58 for girls, and 206 for children of both sexes. The number of pupils in attendance was 13,853, and of teachers 723, of whom 131 were males and 592 females. The Roman; Catholic | schools, which numbered 96 with an attendance of 9346, are included in the foregoing ; the number of private schools other than Roman Catholic being thus 203 and tho attendance thereaM*o7- Taking all these figures into account it appears, according to Mr Brown's | calculations that roundly 95 per cent of the rising generation, of the colony are being educated in one way or another, his conclusion being thus arrived at :■— "Deducting from a total of about 31,000 between 5 and 15 not attending school, the estimated number (12,800) of those between 5 and 7, and also 1055 under 13 who had left school, and, allowing for deaths, and 9860 between 13 and 15 who had left school, there is a balance of about 7285 living at 7 to 15, years, or about 5*7 in every hundred living at those ages, whose education was apparently entirely neglected." The number of Native village schools at the end of 1888 either supported or subsidised by the Government was 75. In addition there were 4 boarding schools for Native children, the cost of whose maintenance was paid either by the Government or from endowments, and 3 private Native schools. The number of Maori children attend ing schools at the end of 1888 was 2730 —viz., 1556 males and 1174 females. These included 72° children of mixed European and Native blood who live as members of Native tribes. Last year it was roughly estimated that nearly 32 per cent of the Maori boys and nearly 27 per cent of the Maori girls of from 5 to 15 years of age were attending school.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

New York expends £20,000 a month in street cleansing. Tho entire village of Powelton, Pennsyl vania, is advertised for sale. Tha remains of the late Dr Dollinger are to be interred at Munich. Captain O'Shea's libel action against the "Freeman's Journal" has been dismissed with coats. $ravenrufch, the German officer reported to have jbe'en <japtgre.d by Arabs, has arrived at Bagomo^o/"" '"" ' " A Japanese has discovered a process ofj making artificial tortoise shell with the white of eggs. It is estimated thJ* the •nnoal value of the maiohes made in the Vm^ Kingdom is not less than £1,500,000. Three of the most important banks in Europe were founded by Scotchmen—viz;, the Banks of England, prance, and Vienna. The Governor of Ohio praises the Austra lian system of ballot, which has been triad in that State. A German, Amerioan, and Dutch syndicate ia being formed to lay a cable from San Francisco to Tutuiia in Samoa. The London dock laborers are subscribing for a pieoe of silver plate as a jubilee gift to Cardinal Manning in recognition of bis eervioes during the recent strike. The excursion train which left Ashburton, for Dunedin last night was not very largely. patronised, there being only about twenty passengers from here. Mr Gisborne's book, '* The Colony of New Zealand," is said to have had a better sale ' '"* aoy other work of the Jignd that has beep iV- . -" the last twenty year*. published v. ■ , A nna 'y  m , ,' women nail-makers There are nearly iw.. -,^ blacksmiths, in England, and 347 won.,. *HnJnZ Oradley Heath is the centre of bo^ w"w» ia tioos. In 1600 there were no potatoes in England, Now the total yearly crop of the United Kingdom is valued at £16,200,000, and that of Europe at £160,000,000. Mr Garner, ef Williamson, Garner, and Musgrove, has secured the Australian rights to Gilbert and Sullivan's maw opera " The Gondoliers," We observe that Private Salek, of the Ashburton Rifles, has won another prize at the Exhibition Meeting, taking £2 for a score of 28 (ten ehots at 200 yards) in the Ladies'

The New Zealand Clothing Factory have a new advertisemeat in this issue to wbiohwe' are requested to call epeoial attention. In London there are about 1400 shops and factories for the supply and sale of musio and ' musical instrument?, while in the provinces there are nearly 6500 professors of music and! music traders. A San Francisco lawyer bas had a man arrested for throwing a 50 cent pieoe at him. The man must have been a particularly dollarous individual to do such a thing. The lawyer had him bound over to keep the piece. The Emperor of Germany, addressing a deputation of members of tbe Reichstag,, said, although peaoe was secured, it was needful to | maintain the Army and Fleet in a etute of readiness.

A danger exists that seals will be ex tor minated. The U.S. agent in Behring Sea thinks the supply there oannot last more than six years unless an end is put to Illegal fishing, by whioh si&'seals are killed and left in the water for every carcase that is secured. Cremation is coming more and more into! vogue in Germany, ia spite oIC the expense and certain legal difficulties whioh render its performance in some parts almost an impossi bility. At Gotha no fewer than 100 bodioß have been cremated during the past year, A reoent investigation, set on foot by the Society for the Suppression of Cruelty to Animals in the United States, ascertained the fact that out of 2000 oonviots in State prisons, only twelve had been aooustomed to keep domestic pets. Quite an axoitement existed t\t a boarding house in Olenwood springs, Colorado, re cently. Just as the men were eating their supper a large black bear walked in. The men all flew out of a back entrance but the oook, who picked up a cleaver and killed the bear. ; "Yes," said a email boy, "when I Bee a woman running like mad after a tramgar, waving her parasol, and shouting frantically • Hi, Hi I • I always think that all thiis trouble might have been prevented if Rids were only taught to whistle through theiir fingers." ;

A subterranean river bas just been dis> covered in tbe Department of Lot, France. The discoverers worked their way down Btream for a couple of miles through a succession of wonderful grottoes sparkling with stalactites. They found seven lakes on their way and had to shoot thirty seven cascades or rapids. The marble bust of the late Sir Julius Yon Haast, subscribed by his countrymen, has arrived at Lyttelton. It is the production of one of the most oelebrated artists in Diassel dcrf, the modern Athens of Germany, A suitable pedestal of New Zealand granite will be provided, and the unveiling of the bust in He appointed plaoe in the Museum will be duly notified. The statistics for last year show that business failures in Great Britain wore both frequent and disastrous. Leaving incor porated companies out of the calculation altogether, there were in 1888 no less than 8321 cases of individual bankruptcy, involving a total loss of about £9,109,000. The amount sunk in companies of one kind and another greatly surpasses this. A correspondent of the " Ghristohurch Press," who has been dipping into some old volumes of" Chambaxs' Journal," came aoroEa the following paragraph in the number for September 12th, 1857:—"A few years ago endeavoured to grow wool on tbe Canterbury Plains, New Zealand, which produoe a kind of coarse wiry tussook-grass but; were obliged to abandon the attempt, on aooount of the oold, wintry winds and the soaroity of pastur age." The Plains to-day tell a different tale as to their capacity for stock carrying

Some uneasiness is being excited in Spain by the alarming proportions which emigra tion is assuming. Every fortnight witnesses the departure of some thousands of men, women, and children; and ie is naturally tho most energetic section of the population which t a takes itself elsewhere. During the last six months the number of persons who have quitted Spain for South America has exceeded 800,000, and the movement is chiefly from Andalusia, the Basque provinces) and the mountainous districts. Agents of the Argentine Republic perambulate tbe whole country, and draw such piotures of the good fortune awaiting the peasantry in realms beyond the sea us prove to be almost irresir tible.

The superstitious Russian peasants were lately terribly alarmed by an unusual phe nomenon whiob appeared two hours bufore sunrise in a village called Loomlino, Bituated near the river Don. Many of those who were awake at this early hour stated thai; the " apparition " was of a brilliant red colour, and assumed the shape of a orespant, Ie lasted only a few minutes and gradually faded away into a light blue colour. Many of those who witnessed this remarkable appear" anoa in the heavens state that it was accompanied by a loud rumbling similar to thunder, Others, who have more imagina* tion, aver that the red cresoent resembled a large dragon in its shape, and that it is a sure portent of a ooming war or a great plague.

There were great rejoicings at West Wyoombe on the home-coming of the new lord of the manor, in the person of Sir Edwin Daehwood, baronet, who, for a considerable time was a settler in New Zealand. The late Lady Dashwood died a short time ago, and Sir Ejdwin, who succeeded her, was at the time of her death living at j^uoldand, where he married in October last the only daughter of Fred Morton, of Auckland. The baronet, who is thirty-six years of age, reaohed the ancestral home on Nov. 19 eh, and on arrival at the railway atation was saluted with artillery and presented with addresses of welcome from the tenants and the towns* people. la the evening there was a general illumination of the country side, A worthy settler residing within fifty miles of Lawrence, who returned from Dunedin a few days ago, has (the "Tuapeka Times'' Bays) a very doleful tale, to tell of the Exhi bition and the gwitohbaak Railway. Beside him on the oar sat a ladylike, fashionably attired woman, who became very.nervous as the oar bounced oof3 f her terror increasing as it shot qp and down the terrible depliyMes. On the return journey she fainted across the lap of our rustic friend, who aoted, we under/ stand, with the greatest gallantry and tender ness, and had the satisfaction of seeing the fair one fully restored to consciousness jußt as the oar completed its oircuit. On alight ing he discovered that both his watoh and the lady had taken their departure, and naturally enough he has now a decided aversion to the switchback and to fashionably-attired females.

M. Jtiles Joubett went to the fanoy drees ball at' #ove*nmerit liouaejn a most oomiioal costume, representing' the $«jw~ Zealand Exhibition. Messrs grown, EwiDg and Co. made a fine white flannel suit after: the style of a suit of armour. This was stamped all over by the Caxton Company with views of the Exhibition. Between these, hosts of little pomps wore fastened, and the effeot was really oy'.y <3i<3- On his head was an Exhi bitio" dome, Union Jack, and all. On his arm frti QWfM & Bbiel4 bearing the three British Hone, mhh B°*'?s'? of the Exhibition lions (Messrs Roberts, Ewopeay aod JpubijKt) let into their beads, Ih bfa band he 1 parried a Templar lanoe with the red prpss of St George on a white ground. The wnple drees was in fact a huge pun—"A (ty night »t the Exhibition,"

THE WHITE ROSE AND PUA-HINI

(■' Ohristohuroh Telegraph,") HI.-Worn Boss. . Od the morning be tore Christmas Day, the day which saw Pna-Hinl sporting in the water and the doctor dreaming on the hill, adiff reot state of affairs reigned in tho bouse of % settler who lived within a mile o? so of the scenes described. On the verge of the great eternal forest which stretched right across the island, an old settler -old even in those days— had ereoted his boose and formed i. home, Tho laud on which he bad built had been, two or (h-ee years before, coveed with giant trees; but these had' been c!e»red, logged up, and bnrnt off. the soil bow being covered with a most luxuriant bed of long, rich mixed ifrHt.lisb grasses. The garden was a perfect wilderneaß of fl 'were and vegetables, so rich was the light, moist, bat nnver wot soil, that the on y trouble wis to keep things from ramping up and overgrowing each otibr. Hera then, at about eleven o'clock, tho lady of the house went into the backyard, and in one of the small buildings which ran along two sides of that enclosure, found her sons, lads of about 'hirteen and fifteen years, *• Now, boys," said she, "as soon as you have finished picking the poultry it will be tltne to run down to the b&ach. The Government brig (the Victoria) has been signalled all the morning, and the boat will soon be going off. I would iaot have you late on any account, You onnst take a note from me to Mrs Turner, and ask her just to step down with you and tea that Kosa is made comfortable, and ia rested and refreshed before she begins her walk with you. You must also explain to Rose that nothing bnt the great prepare of home work would have prevented me from meeting her—bat she will under sta*d." " All right, mother, we shall ba glad enough to get away;. the oirds are no quite picked, but I think we had better be off at once ; this old turkey oock has b«en an awful old beast to pick." " I dare say it has been very trouble ■ ;me, Tom, but it Is a very fine you or bird, of our owa rearing, and not an old boast at all." " You'd think he was If you'd picked him, I fancy," replied Master Tom. At about one o'clock the voices and laughter cf the young people proclaimed their return, and also made those in tho house award that th^y and Rose had speedily renewed . 'heir acquaintance, at once falling; into the old iamiliar ways. I? 086 had been a fellow 'passenger of theirs from England in 1840, and since her fatherV removal to Auckland, in 1842, to which district he had proceeded for the purpose of taking up a goo) situation in the Government servloe, there had always been as constant an inter course by letters as the continually inter ruptod postal arrangement* of those days would permit. So tioie Stanway was amongst old friends ,* ehe felt qaile at home, and was treated as one of l;he family, ..[■.,• B fore the yang people reached the garden gate Mrs Hartley, the boys' mother, orrne cut and Rove her yong guest a true motherly welcome, a greet \n4 which -ras most affectionately returned by th«* bright. t>i»l, or, as I ons;ht to call her young lady.for she was nearly eighteen yean of age. They went at once into the hoase, and there Hartley welcomed hie frland's daoghter as heartily rs If she hid been hia own child, and at ones explained the reason which had prevented him from meeting hor oa the beach. Some t'sno waa dow oeoapled in questions and answers concerning absent frieode and the«xolting aceaes mcy had bean golog through in the North. " Ie mas!; have been a terrible time In <ieel for yon all. We heard of your emapo from Koron*lka, whan Johnny Hlkl ou- c'o#u the Qisnn's fbgstsff and aaoked the town," satd flfrs Hartley, •• we have fotiuoateiy e.oaped from these horrid wura ms yet, bus tnora than once ai ombre»k has been threatened end g.)fa»i-d inevitable. Our men have been armed, and the sallora and whalers have b-jou up all night preparing their Anns and casting bullets; we nave ■offered great anxiety." So they chatted and ate tholr Inooheon. " We are going to have, a little p*rty to- nfqht, and a d/moe In * small way, my dear," Bitld thj lady of toe hnoap, " so wo .»re all very busy, as y v rasy tu^pese, «Uh our oooking and other preparations. You most be tired to death after your voyage, nod had better lie down and pre pare yourself for the evening; lndead you do not look co strong as I had hoped to nnd you, but a good sleep will put matters right, no donbt'' " Indeed, lam not in tho least tired; I am a capital eaOor they tell me, and de light in being *t aea, Captain Rloharda was so kind and attentive to me. I wanted for nothing on boaid, and he tun his stewari and cooks qulta like a little man-of-war. If you will allow me, I woqld much rathsr gp Into tha kltohon and help you|» bit, than be tent oft to bed like a naoghtj child." " Well, dear, jqat as yoa' like, our friends will not be here till evening, and we have nearly completed oar prepara tions. There Is • gentleman coming with whom yoa are are acquainted slightly, 1 think, although he does not spaak much •bom hia stay in Auoklan^, Indeed, he seems rather to avoid the suojjeofc, I htve thruajht—psrhao?s It Is my f«noy, though." f Indeed ! I dIJ not know *the?« were any Auckland p.ope fc««. Whtt is his . '' fla did not etoa long in your part of the colony, he is tr&voliiDg for hts boaltb »Dd parba^s jpors for his amasemeufs. Hia uam? is Dr Mutir>.' J Bosa turned to the wiadow,. tha [qaiok blood flashoa iv net- fail* yocint* oteek ; she trwrnbled, leoked out and loookei so Ett»rge. that her hostess ooold uot help seeing that the ntme she had meutionert had had » powerful effot. ••You did kno* him, did you not?" oaid Rt?e The glrl'a voice ehook as she repie U "Yea he ifved my lire wq§{ nobly risking h\a own to dq When we had nearly reached the boqts at Koiorarika, the Alaorja made v rush upon us in over whelming numbers. It was at night, you know, and t got epauited from mv mother, In the darkness, the rueh, the cx c tement and noiae. An euormoua naked savage wsb rushing at me, with hia blood s aiaed tomahawk nplifttd, when th> torches flashed up, and I saw a powertul white inau, a st^n^r, to me, boundlnj? through the tarf sword in hand, got in front of me just ia time to catch tho de ; ceQ4«n&tot»ijhiwk on bis eword md, save my poor he=<J. The tomahawk shivered bis blade to the hilt, but that kilt was at on'od uee^ ttt fee caught me in bis left arm, a? tho right dashed tho sword hilt into the Ma; ri'a face, and bafore he oould reoover from tl>© blow, pistol was drawn from his belt and tho 1 Maori was shot through the head. Then I sank into the sea; i felt bo oibk, it wais very silly, I bcow, but 1 could not helu it; the relief seemed harder to boor than death would bay a been, just at the mornant. He raised me, bo-a me to the boats, and as you know, we all got Bafe to Auckland—.has ia all who "did nor, die In our asfosco—they bcjo m*oy. Oh | the brave-hearted fellows," aha burst out, "bo ga'Uoat and bo true." Theu £h!s yonng l|iy took k. traetleisfit Bha w»nted ta soe everything, to elder son being yr/ bp|'y» Tom win @t\}g^ to ncconoj>»ov her. $~Uai ;.he went ---^-iUobeft nM m »|t Jbat w«s going on then to $• Wl'i ™ . *»f JiSkH for Tern, foVsuo b£ 2 ™* •VO* up a close Winds.ap wih that' ytVli!** geniltm n. She eaid be was jutt tho same as ho used to ba on board the ship. Off to the buab the pair then went, and did pot tetaro till th« iuQ wm g«^'^; lfif»

When ahe csme beck Roue's hair wai unbralded and hanging In heavy brown masses down to her walat. Her eyes, were bright »nd her check flaihed, her dress was tom, and abe was ua hapry m any yoDDg colonial girl knows bow to be under elmllar olron instances Tom de ola»ed iho wu " first zate." She did not keep him picking fuohsta berries for her—he would have gladly done bo, i said the young scamp j but ahe preferred picking for herself. It was half the fun, the explained, and Tom added, " she alwaye made me climb ap tbe trees first, and leave her the lower branches while I picked the top ones " They were loaded with evergreens to han^ round the room and house; It was evident that they had had a good time. Her boxes had arrived from the beaoh In a bollock cart, and were In her room ready for her ; ber little room, where the boaey aookle climbed roand and Into the lattice; where the owls called thai; ''more porq" ffieliticholy night storry In the graad rats trees and pined hard by. So? liked their hooting, ohe eaid ; the bash would be like tbe town Hit there were no owta or taoeqattoea-—dhe did nbt mlud mosquitoes, tbey did not hurt her; they were a part of bush life mvd abe 1 ked itftlL When drsssed towards evening, what a lady the iiule maid looked, her walk was eaty, her air of iepoie p j»feot j till on a distant bend of tbe raad, which carved round a clump of treeß, left for ornament,' a tall figure appeared. She rose, flashed a little, trembled n, little, and thought of { hiding behind the door, or running cfl Into the kitchen. Bat she waa brave, aad when Mrs Hartley said " Here comes the doctor, he is ia uniform, I see. We all begged him to put It on tonight, forsoma of our young people have never seen such »thing, so be promised to wear it, «wou'. and All," Mlaa Rose said, " Ah,-1 wee yes, he saved my life, I shall run down the walk and meet him, be will be to HUtipriand, It will be suoh/wn " Thiough the open door she was Been lightly taking her way down the path I The man seemed to linger,, to look, and at last, when she drew near him, he a top pel dead. Tha woman went steadily on. Whan quite close, hia arms flew out and he stepped forward, leapt forward ■ would be nearer the truth, and looked so eager'.y, but Rose saw It not, she would not. ciee, ehe pat out both hands and greeted him warmly but was quito col'eoted. He, tho man of th*i world, wa»airpiiaad, nonplu sod, she apish even, for a moment. .■:" Such a surprise," ho said, "Yen," replied the girl, "I iknewil would be, so I came out, for I thought it pleneanter to renew my thacke for your greet servioeH when none couid see me, ia oase the eemembracoe of thote cad times should mava ma—but you will understand, I need not say more." " Yea, I anderskacd," ha~repUed, aad they walked to tbe house ; old f .Mends— new friends—friends for ever and for ever. (To be concluded in our next.)

SPORTING

DUNSDN JOCKEY CLUB,

Following are the acceptances and Eom?r.ationß ;— DUKBDIN CUP ; of 600 BOVB. TffO mlltS and a diaUoce. »t lb et Ib Occident ... 9 5 Ixlom ... ... 612 St James ... 712 Stouehenge... 610 Merrie Ene:- Don Caaiar ... 6 7 land... ... 710 Phantom ... 6 5 Lorraine ... 7 7 CKpsj Prince 6 0 British Lion 7 ■ 3 Publicans' Banbicap, cf 200 sevs. Seven furlongs. Wolverine ... 8 9 Phantom ... 6 8 Merrie Eng- lovewigator 6 7 land 7 12 Don Pedro , M 6 6 Lorrainu ... 710 Helmsman ... 6 5 Stonenenge... 710 Belvldere ... 6 3 ApresMoi ... 612 Bad Oroes ..6 0 Blizzard ... 6 JJ Carina 6 0 D.J.O. Handicap, of 490 aovs. One ini.e acid a half. Don Caesar Forget-me-not Blizzird tet Jaaies British Lion Dispu'e ; ' Captain Oook Phantom ' Lorraiae Ixion ? ■ Forrester Little Shsmrock. Quibble Mon Loap Helmsman Occident MiloTd! Stoneh«r»s:fl Assyrian Kiiiia: Don Pedio Mlbb George Gipa? Prince Qacketep Morrie Be gland Lady florin HuKDLa Handicap, of 100 aovs. Two miles and a quarter. Waitangi Kuickorbocker Sam Trftpp«r Wardrobe Trimolite . v . '"'[ .Cathedral- Jenny tiqutb Torrent Hamatoo | Wauftka Ganbaldl I Reube« Tornado Foebubt Habdioap. of 300 lori. Gne ] mile and a quarter. i Don Cieasr Oa rina | Bltzzard Nt James Lady Florin Forester : BritishiLion Quibble Captain Cook H9lmoma.ll Peablossom I^ba Leinetfir Little fchamrock 1 Wolvenine Mon Loop Qipsy ]?r!nce Oooideat M«rrte England Stonehenge Milord Rotina Assyrum King Don Ped^ro Mies George Dispute Quickstep PbaDtom Bußp£f Handicap, of 160 sovb. One mile and a half. Waitaogl W&rdrobe Trapper Royalty Tflmollte Ostbedtal .Jenny Squib ! Torreni; Mommoo Beetroot , Gatib»?dl Eenbeo> Tornado Etbwaeds 1 Puksb Welteb: Handicap, 120 soys. Seven fairlongs. Belvldtire ' Bed Orois ' JSiiaaird Wolvatine Lady Florin Tbe Bard Captain Oook Klmberley MEzpah Torapdo Pea«bloißom La Rose Don Podro Retina MisaAijn Little Shamrock Gipsy Prince Mon Loup- Loo StonelioDge Mies George ' ;Lalnate»- ' Quloka^eri Fbreato* ' Metepr Dispute O»rina Road Metal Investigator rAUT-'Hb Handicap, of 160 toys. Two mlloe. Wardioba Tripper Royalty Trlmoliite Oathedtal Janr% Squib, Torrent Wuiiaka ■ Beetroot Mjtmmoo R.uben - Garibaldi Waltangl Tornado Ihe noailnatioiia and BCceptances are abort by ten'nf the nombor of last year.

MAGISTERIAL.

ASHBUJiTON—FRIDAY. (Befote Mr H. FHedl»nde; and Mr O'3he Lawlor, J.P,'«) ;;= \ DETOKBHNEBB; Alox. Finfey wia changed with hv/lng been drank while In charge of a hone, fivldenoa wai led to show thai the prisoner hid been very drank,'aud had rid ion furiously along the straat, being aftec w«rdi found lying helpJeri on tbe road flSde. Tbe aoonssd iald that hla horee had ■hied and thrown h'm heavily. A fine of £1 and aoaia wu Inflicted. J. O'Brien for draukannen wa« fined si. 0. Harper for clruakeDtseas and obscene langmge was ordered to be impiUoned for sevan days Two first offenders were fined 5i each los dcunket>nex«. '

ISLAND NEWS.

[Pan Phhbk AssooiATioir.) . Sydney, January 16V ' Amved--Lul)eck from Samoa. Affairs are quiet, bat a good deal of ill-feeling is manifeßted against Colonel Coetlogan, (he British Vica-ConsuL. A public meeting has been held, at which it was resolved to petition Sir J. Thurs ton, the High Commissioner, to remove him. It is reported Colonel Coetlogan is to be promoted to the position of Consul in New Caledonia. There are great signs of discontent in. Tonga at the small price given for copra. Though no fault of the Government, |it tends largely to increase the prevailing dissatisfaction.;;; The Natiyes are quite unable to pay the taxes, and are seeking various means of relief.

THE PARSON'S BREEKS

The Rev David Macrae, in 'a lecture in Edinburgh, recently told a most entertaining story which kept the audience convulsed with laughter. It had as its hero a Free Church minister whose recent adventures in Norway were narrated. The clergyman, while touring in .Norway on one occasion unconsciously sit down on an anthill while waiting at a railway station. On entering his carriage he thought himself alone, but soon-found) that he had brought companions with him on his inex pressibles (great laughter)., In. despair of getting nd of them he at length took off his nether gai»ent and shook it out of the window, when, to his horror, it caught on a telegraph wire (renewid laughter). In a moment ais garmet was receding in the distance. He had nothing suitable in his knapsack—not even an Aberdeen plaid—so when the train stopped at the first station he gathered himself together (laughter), dashed out of the train, and, to the astonishment of the bystanders, rushed into the waiting'room, where his knocking speedily brought the station-master on the scene. Unfortunately he kraew no English, while the minister knew no Norwegian, so the latter had to open the door a little to let the station master learn his condition (laughter), Realising that some hing had gone wrong, and that English was wanted, the stationmaster sent for the only person in the village who could speak English and who turned out to be a lady (great laughter). She was at length made aware of what had occured, and the unhappy Free Church minister was kept quiet and secluded untill his inexpressibles were found and he was able to proceed on his journey.

OUR LATEST ANNEXATION

Of the Manahiki Islands (in the Pacific) on which the British flag has been hoisted by H.M.S. Espiegle tne " Daily Telegraph" gives the following description : —The "two islands are of small area in all—Manahiki, the largest, being only about six miles long, including the central lagoon, and four; or five miles wide. The islands are both ordinary lagoon atolls of coxalfprmtion, of oblong or partly circular shape. The dry tend is only a mere fringe enclosing the lagoon, the distance across the island on each side from the outer reef to the waters of the lagoon being only a few hundred yards, iooyds or se. The islands are densely covered with cocoanut groves, amongst which the simple huts cf the natives nestle. Ihe climate is most genial, and hurricanes are very rarely experienced. The islands are bath very low-lyinu, the highest point on either beiog hardly sft above higtt water mark. Manahiki is visible twelve miles. out at sea. The first sight of it reveals a forest of waving cocoanut palms,,soft to 60ft in height, growing luxuriantly 00 all parts of the stoil. Cocoanuts, in fact, ate about the only plants the place produces, i They yield good crops of copra. Manahaki and Raka hanga are well known for their valuable pearlshcl and beche»dc-mer fisheries in the }lag:on, and the natives are very, expert pearl shell divers. The largest natives village is on he south-west side of the island, near the andiog-plate. There* is no entrance into the lagoon for any craft larger than a whaleboat or a canoe. Ihe passage through the encircling reef at the landine place is very narrow' only wide enough to enable a boat to short through oa the top of a wave, with the oars out on one side only. The natives assist to haul the-boat over into the lagoon. There is an; anchorage off the. boat landing. Rakahanga Island lies to the north-north-west of Manahiki, and is about half its size. Land i&g is not good here, but can be generally effected in a whaleboat, with the assistance of the natives, near the village on the north-west side. There are large quantities of copra and cocoanuts. Fine mats and hats resembling Panamas are made by the natives, There is said to be an anchorage for vessels close in on the north-west sid,e of" the island. At the islands there is only about a foot rise and fail of the tides^ spring tides 18 inches.

THE LATE MR W. AITKEN

An inquest was held at the Hospital yesterday afternoon before Mr G.A. Wray» coroner, and a jury of whom Mr Pearson .was chosen foreman, tonobing the death of William Aitken, senr., who expired suddenly at the door of Cpokaon's stahlaa on the previous day. After hearing the medical, testimony a verdict of death from natural causes waa returned. We aie indebted to the "Lyttelton Times": for, the following particulars with regard to Mr Aitken's career. He was barn in the parish of Biggar in the jjear 1810. and was brought up to farming under his father. Leaving the land, he oarried on bneiness for some time as a grain merchant in Glasgow, but afterwards removed to Londonderry in Ireland, where he spent over thirty years of his life. In 1874 ha oame to New Zealand with his wife and son, his daughter having preceded him. The family settled in that year on the farm at Willowby, spnxe miles south of ABbburton, and father and son have cultivated it between them ever since. In, May of last year Mrs Aitken died, just two months before the fiftieth anniversary o£ her wedding day. The death of his wife was a sad blow to old Mr Aitken, and it told severely upon a naturally strong constitution. Boyond one illness in the Old Country thai left a slight weakness of the lungs, Mr Aitkea had never been seriously ill in bis life", bat from the date of bis fftfe'a death, he very palpably began to fail, and his medical Adviser—Dr Trevor—ob being consulted gave it dearly to be. understood that Mr Aitken; might be taken away suddenly and at any moment. Still, death in a moment in the public street waa hardly looked for,. A f,e,w minutes before the sad event; he had appeared; in hid usual apparently, rbhnst health, and those w,ho had been travelling with him on the express noticed nothing unusual in his appear anoe, so that his oall was sudden indeed, and his death must have been instantaneous, Mr Aitken was widely known and much respeoted.

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

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(P«B PKISB ASSOOIATIOir;) (Reoelved January 17 12 38 p.m. ISmvBY. January 17. A conference of delegates from the various Railway Employees' Associa tions, will meet in Sydney ia August to consider a scheme for the /ederatioo ot the Associations.

PHYLLOXERA.

Phylloxera has been almost stamped out io. this colony.

THE VICTORIAN CROPS.

Mxlbouiuie, January 17. The " Leader" estimates the yield of pats in Victoria 314,400,000 bushels, or an average of 22 busbel? to the acre; malting barley, yield 96,000 bushels, I average 20 bushels an acre; hay, \7 7,000 tons,-average 1-50 tons an Acre.

(Received J*naa<-y 17, Jl p.m.)

EMIN BEY.

Zanzibar January 16. Emm Bey has suffered a relapse, and discharges are taking* place from his ear. The doctors- in attendance pro pose to perform an operatioa.

THE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.

. , r Chicago, Jaua%iy 16, Thirty thousand children in this city are suffering from influenza. Lorn)*. Jaaoaty 16. Princess Maud of Wales has been attacked by influenza/ at Malbotough house.' . •■ ■.

THE LABOR TROUBLES.

The Dockers Union contend that an increase in the rate of wages at ports in the East of England, will prevent the diversion of shipping thence. The laborers engaged on the wool floors, will hold a meeting on' Wedne sday to secure the abolition of the "exertion" system, r which piygt one man in each gang to rush the work through, A strike is probable, -s .--• c The gas strike has ended, the fundi of the strikers beiOg exhausted.

DAMAGES.

Mr Herbert Gladstone has recovered damages to the. extent of j£iooo against Colonel Malleson, for connect ing him with a divorce case..,,

THE WEST-END SCANDALS

Parlce, the Editor of. r the ; •* North London Press" who was charged with criminally • libelling „ Earl Euston by coaoecciog him With! the scandals at s West End club, has been sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. The witnesses for the defence' failed to identify Earl Euston as haying been concerned in the scandals!, /"„,

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

(Psb Pkbss AaaoauxiQ*.l hbavFfalubb: Loirixnr. Janwqr 16. Artola Hermans, ■ merchants and bankers, carrying on business in London, Paris, and Spain, hare failed for half a million.

THE CHINESE QUESTION.

Sir J. P. Hemiessy, in the course of a speech at the Colonial-^lnstitute, said Australia, was justified; in exclud ing Chinese from her shores.. J,

STANLEY.

A motion brought forward, m the London County Council ;?to accord Stanley a public welcome waawithdrawn. Burns denounced the famous explorer at a mere buccaneer, who undertook the expedition because he was anxious to secure Emm Bej's store of ivojy. Cairo, Jinqiry 16 The Khedive has decorated Mr H, M. Stanley and his party. Emm has Buffered a relapse, and hig> condition is precarious. ...

ENGLAND AND PORTUGAL

(pik Fuuu ABabauTioH.) Lisbon, .Ta^ary 16. The public statues in \he city are draped with mourning, ; ' : LoNOoK,;jatiuary 16. It is rumored Germany will asient to England annexing the debatable terri tory on the Zambesi, provided the former is given a free hand on the Zan zibar coast. ' ' Lisbon, Jan. 16 Senor Pimental, head of the neir Ministry, in a speech to the Chamber of Deputies, said Portugal had right and England might A Republican agitation is feared i* Lisbon in consequence of the unpopa* larity of the sarrender to England. (Received January 17/ 1 1 p.m.) Lohjdonl Jiniary IR The press of Vienna and Berlin rap* port the attitude taken by Lord Saiit~ 'bury towards Portugal I . Lisßoir/jansary W : Senor Pimental Ba,i<\ that it would be the endeavor of the Government to sup* port the country's dignity.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

'PIB PBBBB ASSOOIATIOBT. Tbe Maila. fWxujNOTOv, JjHnnry IT. The Alameda wi*h the UnglUh malt* I left S»n Fianoiioo at 6. &>m. on WadDM day the 15 mat, fourdayi late according to timetable date. Tbe postal authorltlM here received do isfotnatlon h to tb* cause of del*y bat think there oan be no> douht It was oooaaioned by tha •eoldMt to the train In Nebraska. Sudden Death: Dukbdiv, January 17. A man named Henry Jgarien, whfle) writing In his homp ( Oa«tl« street, laat sight, fell off the chair and died before^ medioal asaiitance ooald be procured. The supposed eaa.se 1* heart dtseaie. Ht letkvea a nrlfo and two children. The Governors. ' The Goveraors and Admiral Soott leaW by a special train for Ohri4tchacoQ at 9.30 on Saturday. County Oocncil& Oonfexence* The Gunnty Oounolla Oonferene* h » flssle, only three chairman attending. „ M t t Snldde. Mm NoholsoQ, wife of a tiewipapaff ranner, has committed m!c(de at North- East Valley by taking "Itf/qRb-on-Bata. 1* She bad been drinking vary heavily.

London waa first lighted in 1414 with private lantemß. In 1736 the lantern* ware increased to 1,000,000 in number. In 1744 the first Lighting Act waa passed, la 1839 «»b was generally substituted lor oil Some time ago a London club advertised for a secretory. Sis hundred;- oancUdatefl applied. The Hat: included graduates of Oxford and Cambridge, barristers, dooton, schoolmasters, aolioitors, arohiteoto, and » whole regiment made up from all timi of Eu UtiMtrt militant ininMilteaaai

THE A^HBURTON GUARDIAN, FRIDAY JANUARY 17, 1800.



SALE NOW ON AT THE NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. Half Yearly Stock-Taking. MEN'S AND BOTS* CLOTHING! At Prices to Bait everybody. HO OLD STOCKS TO SELECT « ROM The Goods we toEW and all our owns make. HATS SHIKTS TIES BEACES ALL REDUCED IN PROPORTION INSPECT QUE STOCK And judge for yourselves. OTW ZEALAND Clothing Factory. W. H. WjSBBBB, M»u»ger, BPBING & SUMMER 1889 ■ WI.. SPARROW, TAILOR AND MBBCER, JUST OPENED, A, LAR3B «d Varied Aaaortment of Gentlemen* fchlrti, Hats, Bosrfs. NEW SEASON'S TWEEDS COATINGS. A )ilf • and well selected Stock to ehooa* lorn, XHU TAILORING DEPARTMENT ■ under the Management of Mb T. Kjceb who bif had Large experlenoa ai CUTTER the pricoipal Tailoring BaUbUbmeou ChrUtchureh. P«fwt Fit and Workmnihip fltoatwtfeed m. spa Mow Eait Stteei



CHBISmAS GIFTS. W. W. SPENCER IN addition to the Great Bargains he ia now offering for Christmas and New Ye»r, will give every Customer epend iag 5a and upwards a PRESENT. White Calicoes 3s 6d a dozen Grey Calicoes 2s lid a dozen Scarlet Flannel BJd a yard Hammer Drees Goods 6|d Zephyr cloths in all colors Pink, Grey, Light Blue at s£d Wbite Towels 3Jd each Doable Width White Twill Sheeting in MEN'S TWEED SUITS, 18a 6d Men's Tweed Tromere, 6a lid Boys And Souths' Colored Moles 2s lid Men's Colored tfo'.es 6a lid BOOTS BOOTS. Men's Bloohera 6s lid, Shooters 10»6d Women's Leather Elaatio Side Boote, 4# lid The beat value io BOOTS to be had in Aihburton W, W« Spencer's THE ABCADE. P.S. RKM EMBER every Customer pending 6s will reoeb valaable resent



GEEY VALLEY GOAL. 3000 TONS —.SOLD WEEKLY.— NEWCASTLE COAL %HMENSE SUPPLIES COMING TO HAND. WEBTPOET COAL BEGULAB SHIPMENTS THRASHING MACHINE Proprietors iß<i Ftrmera should apply immediately particular* to CH.COLLINS&CO. TIMBER AND Coal Merchants EAST STB3ST ASHBU R7 O N



Wanted Known 1 Cash Advertisement a under thl * head ing, not exceeding 16 words, O wk Shilling Addresses may beleft at this Office. —— • — •■ _. j r|TANTtfD— ¥onng fellow to look after ? V cattera and work—Apply Jbphson and Mooki, Flaxmlll, Tlnwald. IJIIB MANILLA B-nder IV'nn, rc&cbioe oil, and wire. Time i, money on iua-harvest field—the best is the ohaapeat. —R, Aioontr, Saandera Building®. WANTED Known.-" Strong-waar Boota for Ladles, Meu tud Children oia only be obUfnod at W. JtS I Council's. MBS KENNEDY and Miss" CWjroa Moore Street—Teachers of Soien.ific ! Drew-cutting. Bodies cut and fi ted. Dressmaking in all its branches. Riding ' habits a speciality. 12 69 W" 'EDNESDAY H.if-Holida^PleTT* febop early. Wednead»y wo alow at 1 p h.-H, O. Sutras, Melfoid Hoaae. ..• • i j^MBROIDifiRIES—Fc* good Embioly Xj deriea marked cheap g*. Ko Melforu Rouse. Wa bave a large aua apieudid aatoitment to choose from.—H, O. Segkk's Bfelford Home. ANTED KNOWN —My Bpecial Make of Ladles' 4 clasp Kid Gloves, "The Aihburtonian," braided backs, 2s 6d per psir.—W. H, Colueb. WANTED every man in tne County to have a Salt of the Ashbarton Tweeds.—Robbbt Aioobn, Aahborton Clothing Mart, Saanders' Buildings. MILLINERY— If you want o ohooee from a large stock of trimmed and notrimmed bats and bonnets go te Mai ford Houae. A lot of ohUdren'i Qalatei. atrawa from 6d to 2a, very cheap*—fl. O. Siobes, Melford Hoaae. WANTED, Everyone^ Know—Tb«t J. MOISON bas now In stock * , arge tnd varied aaaortment of BOOTS AND SHOES for tbe Spring and Summer Seaion, Gentleman's, Ladies', aud Ohil dren'e, both Imported and Colonial :i lso ■ HIS OWN MAKE, wtaloh CANN )T BE SURPASSED for Style, Fit, Qail ty, snd Neatneaa, combined with YEUY REASONABLE PRICES. All eapahs uxeonted promptly mod with naatneu. lOtl NEW GOODS. OTATLONEHY, Fanoy Good«, Music O. *° New Serial ■'Volumes.. JNew Books for Prized or Presentations, Subscdbars wanted for any Magazine or Newspaper published. DhtrieH fy,r 1890. All Woods R&Zuced in Prict duriug tbid month, L. F ANDBSWEB & CQ. Public Notices MISS BARBAT'3 PJSIVaTE SCHOOL. VI? ILL re-opeo J*aaary 27th (net VV • Subjicto Taogbfc — HuglUb, Drawing, Stnglog, and Muslo.—Cameron Street West, Aahborton. 1 77 Binding Twine. "donaghy's" SUPERIOR BINDING TWINa H)B SALJK. i J. SFALY & CU ABHBUBTON COUNTY "STOCK AND i (SALEYABDS CO., Limited. AS lh' '•eqai'stof several Farmers tho Company has decided t) hold v | Special PIG FAIR j For the Bale of STORE PIGS, AT THB Tinwald Yards Early in Masob Faisaorß will oblige by letting the Caretaker have particulars of their Eatriee as early as ppaeiblo,, GtEO. JAMaSOBf, 175 Oh»irman. I UOD FAOMUB VAL,?^ UAOIftIU ("Wbafcwedo we o we.V"" T.HE OHBISTOiIUKOH DBHTAL SUBGEBY, 168 Cashel titreet, Ohriatchnich, text Robln »on'« Boot Store, and at the potagon: Dnnodin. All >peratione at strictly uniform and moderate Consultation free. S. MYEKS^AND CO., S¥BeBON DBNTISTS..



Sa v^'f .9§ W' ISITBOUb OXIDE GAb ;dml^ c"d t Thia Auaeathotio laavea no nnjj. .« nffaotu, »nd by its use the extraction o A Bad Stumpis and Toeth is rendered pgr foctly Palnleaa *nd Effective. Ad- i ministered daily. Fee for administration of Gas, 6?. Extfftction, 2s 6d a, tooth, i Hoars of htknJance, 9 a.m. to 8 pm. < Privfite realdaaoe, 93 East Beit. i The acknowledged superiority of AMERICAN DBNTISTKY 1q the con- ] Btraotion of Artificial Tenth, the moat ; fialijhed workraanehip, and replaolng tbe i loßt teeth TBMPOiiAEILY ALMOST IMMEDIATELY after extraction, have eatabilahod oar reputation, i A slnfiile Artlfiola Tooth, XOs, complete i et, Upper »nd Lower, Terapotaiy & ud Parnaooeat £10 10a ; Ar*.,ficln! Teeth und Dantateß mads by othor dentiata re- \ moddied at tmall costs, Stopping, Soil- "*. Jpg, JP«fiPt lad F»!al9«. ;



The beei mediome known is SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Tests its iminoat powerful effects in coughs, colds, influenza, etc—the relief is instantaneous, Thousands give the most gratifying testimony. His Majesty the King of Italy, and mndioal syndicates all over the globe, are its patron's, Read the official reports that accompany each ; bottle. We have no occasion to offer rewards in proof of the genuineness of our references. The official reports of medical clinics and universities, the'official communication of the Conaul-Qan.eral for Italy at Melbourne; the diploma awarded International Exhibition', Arustejdam—all these are tjuthentio docu meats, &ad; as such, not ppen to doubt. We *;**« epjipme pf one of the various oases add Us,. . ««iegeo. M-P.', professor, etc., treated by j-. 'U. b ftß £ jbrough the ex- Burning of the ngi*. ■ - "tfa r e mdermjs plosion of a small oil stove. '•**+*& ot on the volar and palmer side of ttoe ~-~_



the thirty-year-old patient was completely separated and lifted up as far as the joint of the hand. The likewise lifted nails were hanging loofie, and half of the phalanx.of the nail of the middle finger was coaled. The wounds thus contracted healed in three weeks under aily applications of Eucalyptio Extract dressing. The patient bag wtftined ttw '»>U use of Ujahao^-(Aayt I



" aSBBBBBBBia^BWBWB^MBHMMBBBBBBIBaiBBBBB ' '' Holloway's Pills.—The Great Need.— The blood is the life and on its purity depends our health, if not our existence. These Pills thoroughly cleanse the vital fluid from all contaminations, and by that power strengthen and invigorate the whole system, healihily itimulate sluggish organs, repress over-excited Sjction, and establish, order of c/irguiatiqn an^ secration. throughout evejify part of £*c hoayl The balsamic nature of Holloway's Pills Qpin. »ie^s them to the fayout cf dsbiiitated and nervous constitutions, which they soon «> stellate, They disfedge all obstructions both in |he babels an(i elsewhere, and arci piii that account, -mu'ah sought after for, promoting regularity of action in young females and delicate persons who are naturally weak, or who, from some |came, have becomes?, i



Bitoha-Paiba.—Quick, complete cune^aJil annoying Ejd-'ey, Bladder, and Urinary Diseassa. Atcheaiatsand drnggists. Kemp, tborae, tfroaser, uad 00. agents, Gtufetchurch. The bkst R»M*£>V- for Indigestion.— NOkioN's Camomili Pills are confidently recommended as a simple remedy for iudiges tion| ;yrfehJ is the. <satise. of nea,rly all the diseases to which we are subject, j Norton's r pjs,"with justice called u"Nature'fc stengthener ti the human stomach*;" act as a powerful top ie and gentle aperient, are mild in their open lion, and safe under any circum* stances* Sold in bottlei at iiijftd/as gd Ib| ill <«id|clQ« f cn4oii Umboh bout ttw 19s