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VniAGE Settles.—The paragraph staled ihat John Orr and Co wore tha agents We sappose it will do any work usually dono by each machines, but the firm will supply all Information —prices In cluded A, Alooru Is an agent for the Davis V.F., who advertioes several Im. provementa which we will notice shortly.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1890. THE EASTER ENCAMPMENTS.

For years past it has been the practice I of our Volunteers to go under canvas during the Easter holidays, and the uni versal testimony of officers and men is that these annual Encampments are among the best possible means of pro moting the efficiency of the Force. It ib true that there have been occasional irregularities, the occurrence of which haß not been creditable to our citizen soldiery, but so also irregularities upon occasion occur in connection with the massing of regular troops, and Encamp ments are not to be condemned and put' an end to because of euch occurrences, which are the exception and not the rule, < and by no means inherently necessary concomitants. This is admitted by the Defence Department as well as by the public and the volunteers, and provision is to be made this year for four Encamp ments, respectively in Auckland, "Wel lington, Canterbury and Otago. But this year, for the first time, it has been ordered that only corps established at places within a radius of either of .the four centres shall take part in those En campments, the result being to shut out the volunteers of South Canterbury, and indeed all country corps. In view of this regulation a meeting of officers was held about a fortnight ago in Timaru at which resolutions were passed asking the Defence Minister to reconsider the matter, and to make provision for the country Volunteers sharing the advant ages ot being massed together, and of being brought under a discipline which is impossible of enforcement to anything like the same extent in their several dis tricts and in their scattered condition. Those resolutions were handed to the members for Scuth Canterbury with a request that they would use their good offices with the head of the Department with a view to bringing about, if possible, the result desired. We believe that all four members have done their" best, at anyrate we know that one of them has, having published in last issue cor respondence between Major Steward and Captain Buseell on the subject. The former gentleman set out the case for the Volunteers of the district bo fully that it is not necessary for us to add anything, and it only remains for us to express our regret that Captain Eussell has not sesn fit to amend the regulations in the direction desired. The Defence Minister admits the force of the argu ments used £.8 to tho advantages of En campments, but pleads a' nonpossumus," which, in view of the small additional expense involved, can scavcely be ac* cepted as a valid exouse. Economy is a good thing no donbt, but not all non expenditure is economy, there is such a thing as a costly parsimony, and of such j we regard the present as on example ' There can have been no other difficulty to enrmouut than that of providing funds, as there was ample time to make the necessary alteration in the regula tions.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dace Jin i* threatened with a water famine having only about ten daya' supply left. Hundreds of aores of bush in the Mahu rangi dietriot have been destroyed by fire. Harvest reports f com the Western distriot of Southland are of a highly satisfactory nature. Mr Barr, accompanied by Professor Blaolr, has inspected tbe tin fields at Port Pegnsus. It is baiieved that his report will bo favorable. The Oamaru Woollen Factory Oomyany has received a first award for woollen goods at the exhibition, Mr T. G. Dannison has received the bronze medal of the Melbourne Exhibition for stone from Oamaru and Mount Somers.. One of the resent applicants for relief from the Dunedin Benevolent Institution Trustees is said to have been possessed of £55,000 when he arrived in the colony some years ago.

Mr James Sanderson, formerly aooountant for the National Mortgage Company at Timaru, has been arrested on three charges of forgery. A child two and a half years old, daughter of Mr R. O. Eraser, of Tauranga, has died from poitoning by eating the heads of luoifer matches. There are fifty manufactories of imitation butter in Germany. A factory in Manbeim produces daily 6000 pounds from a preparation of ooooanuts. Ad umbrella-sheath ia said to have been invented. It bangs at a lady's side, and the umbrella oan be dropped into it alter the man nee of a Bword. Lady telegraphists in Russia are constantly increasing in number, although the regulations under which they serve are somewhat strin. gent. One of Brongh and Bouoioaull'n " Private Seoretary" company is Mies Lilian Sec combe, a talented actress, who is a niece of the commander of H.M.s. Orlautlo. j A well-known London flower girl has reoently oamo into a fortune of at least £200,000. Tbe girl has hitherto lived on about 15s a week.

A great flight of locnstß,- oaloulßted to have oovered about two thousand square miles, lately passed across the Red Sea from the Afrioan to the Arabian shore. A- Mohammedan mosque has bean built in Wofeing, England, and n Buddhist temple has been opened in Paris. There are about three hundred Buddhists in Paris. The water supply is now quite abundant, and water ia flowing plentifully in the bed of both branches. As a consequence iho ranger has been able to send a good flushing to-day down the street channels. The Chinese mission has contracted with a firm in Chicago for the manufacture of a 300 ---stamp battery to be used at the gold mines'in ihe Taishan Mountains, in China, which are stated to be fabulously rich. Last year the English pension-roll oon tained tha nameß of 156,492 persons alto getber, who drew from the Treasury £7,815,575 of which amount the army pen sioners (97,004) drew £3,789,282 and the navy pensioners (38,366) drew £2,040,659. i One hundred and nine thousand orphans i have been supported and eduoated at George I Muller's famous orphanage at Bristol, Eng-

I land. Five large houses, capable of affording t homes for 2050 orphans, have been built, and sixty-sis schools aro now maintained. The " Wocganui Herald " is informed, on the best possible authority, that the Electoral Districts Boundary Commissioners have finished mapping out the North Island districts, and will have completed their work

in a fortnight from date. The number of oardinals now living is 65. Seven are oyer $0 years old, 21 between 70 and 80, 22 between (50 and 70, H between 50 and 60, and 4 between 42 and 48. Carfljaal Newman who was born on February 21,1801, , Jh§ oldest member of the Sacred^ College,

Private E. Brophy, of the Ashburton Rifles, has passed tha aeoessary examination, and has been appointed to the Permanent Artillery.

The programme of the Autumn Race Meeting of the Ashburton Racing Club, to be held on April 23rd and 24tb, has been approved by the Canterbury Jockey Club. The programme, with all particulars, will appear in our issue to-morrow.

A French horticultural paper saya that if a solution of common copperoß ia used to water the soil where heliotrope iB growing it has a wonderful effeoti upon the flowers. It has the effeot of preserving the cnt flowers for a muoh j longer period than when not used. There are about 800 milea of railway in Japan, and another 700 milea contemplated. Great difficulty is met with in the making of railways there, however, one line of 205 miles in length involving the construction of 26 tunnels 16,000 ft long, and the bridging of eleven rivers. At the Imperial kennels at Gastchina^ a few daya ago the wife of Dietz, the chief huntsman, sent; her son, aged eight years, to fetch the newspapers from the station. The child waa attacked by some half-bred wolves, used for ooursing their wild brothers, and literally devoured alive. Epiourea will regret to learn' that Mr Thornaß Soott, the artistio chef of the Somer set, is about to leave Ashburton. He Bails for England on Monday, and will take a year's holiday in the Old Gountry. Mr Kovell, with a long experience on board the steamers of one of our large shipping com panies, suaceeds him, Presbyterians in the Ashburton and Wakanui Districts are reminded, by an adver tisement in another column, that. special Harvest Thanksgiving Services are to be held in the Ashburton and Wakanui Churches on Sunday next, at tbe usual hours, conducted by the Eev Beattie, M.A., the pastor. It is a curious fact that pheasants,' which are now killed in Scotland by thousands, were first introduced into that country only about 90 years ago. The then Duke of Atbol attempted to aaolimatiae them in his extensive woods around Dunkfield, but the Duke of Bucolenah was more Buooesßful in the border countießt

One of the most interesting presents sent to the Princßßa Sophie of Prussia on her marriage was the gift of 100,000f. from M Miohael Mavrogordato. a wealthy Greek of Leghorn, with a request that the Princess would invest the money, and make use of the interest to provide dowries for poor girls on their marriage. ■ Mr David Thomas announces in another oolumn that he is the successful tenderer for the Ohertsey Dip, and that his man will be in attendance at the Chertsey saleyards every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday daring the season, oommenoing Maroh 19th, from eight a.m. till four p.m. The prices for dipping are Id (one penny) per head till 14th April, and , thereafter ljd (five farthings) till 14th May. The new Brazilian flag is green and yellow, with the globe in the oentre traversed by the words, " Orbem c Progresso," and surrounded by stars, among which the constellation of the Southern Gross ig conspicuous. The stars number twenty-one, and represent the twenty States that form the new republic, and the neutral-minded San Janeiro, a municipality that is neither hot nor cold upon the subjeot of Governments, The polioe at Oamaru have scoured two oon -1 viotions against persons carrying on their usual occupations on Sunday. A lad named Halkett was proseouted for taking blood from a slaughterhouse at Maheno and placing it in a paddock. Mr Stratford held that it had not been Bhown that the lad's work was necessary, and he inflicted a fine of Is and costs. The other case was that of John Young, who was fined in a similar sum for fishing in the Kakanui river within view of the public road. On Monday nest (Sfc Patrick's Day) the annual concert in aid of the Aahburton Con vent Sohools will be given in the Oddfellows' Hall oommenoing at 8 o'olook. The pro gramma which will be published to-morrow, is as usual, a very attractive one, and a £teat musical treat may ba looked forward 1 to. In addition to a number of our best local amateurs, a visiting clergyman now eojoum ing with the Rev Father Ohastagnon, will take part. Ho will also sing mass on Sunday next et Ashburton. A treat will be given to the pchool chilcheu on St Patrick's day at the grounds of Mr L. Markoy. The children will start from the Church after mass, at 9.30 a.m. All Catholic) qhildron in the district are invited,

Notwithstanding the disadvantages of in clement weather, that prevented many country friends fiom coming in, tha garden party at Mr John Orr's oo Thursday, in aid of tho Wesleyan Church funds, was a great suocess. About 150 friends attended, and enjoyed a pleasant afternoon. Tea, with many concomitant good things, was served, the ladies of tha congregation being the purveyors thereof, and' every provision waa made in tha splendid grouuds for the visitors enjoying themselves, Fruit was on hand in plenty, and both oli and young—the young more especially—by the olosa attention they paid to it, very soon Jet shadow ba where substance was. Altogether the visitors spent an enjoyable time, and fully appreciated Mr Orr's kindness in throwing open his grounds for tbe gathering,

Mr Henry Zander's splendid collection of coins is to ba disposed of by Art-Union. There are 2000 coins in the collection, which haa been exhibited at the Dunedin Exhibition, and now adorns one of the courts there. Both in our columns before the ooinß went to Dunedin, and those of the "Otago Daily Times " since the opening, tbe collection has been extensively and exhaustively noticed. In addition to a high intrinsic value, the collec tion from a numismatio point of view is exceedingly riob, and the estimate of £3500 plaoed upon it by Mr Zander does not seem to be too high, considering tho completeness of the collection and the age and rarity of many of tbe specimens. The drawing will take plaoe in due time, 200Q members will make up. the list at £1 each, and the prizes will consist of a first comprising the entire exhibit now iv Dunedin and a second made up of 700 coins, being duplicate Bpeoimena Mr Zander haß in bis possession. The second prize, although not by any means equal to tbe first, will still make a fine numismatio collection, aqd one not to be met with in an ordinary way.

A very pleasant time was spent on Wednes day evening at Willowby School. For some time tho Rev R. F. Garbett has been holding Divine Service once a month at Willowby, and the residents determined to hold a soiree for tbe double purpose of cemsnfing good fellow ship among those attending the servioea and of raising funds for their maintenance. The schoolroom was crowded to ita utmost capacity, and thanks to the good offices of Mesdames Stoddart (2), Horsey, Lowe, and others fthose names we were not able to gather, an excellent repast was provided. Mr B. Lowe occupied tbe chair, and under his presidency a musical and literary performance was gone through, tbe itemß of which were contributed by Mesdames Orisp, Williams, and Tippetts, Miss Steele, and Messrs Williams, Fooks, Pope, and Phillips. At the close of the meeting the Chairman had delegated to bim, ia addition to seeing tbe usual vote of thanks passed, the pleasant duty of handing over to Eev Mr Gurbett a very substantial purse—the proceeds of tho meeting.

Mr Benjamin Broomfield, who has had large experience in fruit and flower-culture in the Old Country, being a professional garden, having served his time with Messrs Macintosh of Taunton, Somerset, and subsequently been in the servioe of the Duke of Bucclougb, and other gentlemen, is now engaged in fruit raising in thia district, where he has been resident about thirteen years. At his plaoe at Allenton he has, among other fruits, de voted himself largely to the oulture of apples, of which he has about two sores of trees, com prising no less than 80 varieties now in bear ing. He is satisfied that for the production of fruit of ibis description, as well as plums, the Ashburton district cannot be excelled in New Zealand—or indeed in the world. A3 a proof of the correctness of his opinion he has submitted to our inspection a megpifiaent collection of cooking appleß, comprising the following varieties:—Oox's Poma, Prinae Bis nwrok, Lady Henniker, Twenty Ounoe, Per feotion, Kentish Fillbasket, Beauty of Kent,. Beauty of Hants, Empress Alexandra, Dum. low's Seedling, Purhy, Golden Spire, Blue Pearmain, and Aile?, the three last named being new varieties, first time of fruiting. They are as p&rfeot fruit as one can wißh to aoe, and will be displayed for public inspection {or a day or two in the window 9f Mr jlealy,

ACTION AGAINST A SCHOOL MASTER

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Bawera, Maroh 13

The District Court here has been engaged with an extraordinary case. The master of the Akurakura school was sued lor £100 damages for wrongfully beating and expelling a scholar. He pleaded justification in that the boy had been guilty of grossly immeral conduct in word aad deed to one of the female pupils in the schoolhouse during the dinner hour. Plaintiff rejoined that the wrong boy had been fixed upon. Four or five boys swewe that the wrong boy had been punished. The girl and one boy were equally positive that the right boy had been dealt with. The Committee held an enquiry, and had found that the boy was rightly whipped, but improperly expelled and reinstated him ia the school. After two days' investigation the jury found that the boy had been guilty of immoral conduct in word and deed, and that the master was justified ia his action. A verdict was accordingly returned for defendant.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

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Auckland, Maroh 13. The Federated Seamen's Union have pledged themselves and wires not to buy st shops whioh do not conform to the early closing movement; They also passed a vote of sympathy with tbe carters on strike, and wharf laborers also co-operating. WmiNOTON, March 13. At a meeting of the Hospital Trustees it wai decided to ask the City Council to bring into operation tha Contagious Diseases Act. Dunedin, March 13 At the Oity Oonrt Theodore Gay was fiaed £1 and costs for Gelling hia railway tioket to a detective. The Harbor Board's treasurer, in his estimate of the revenue and expenditure for the year, estimates that tha revenue will just about cover the expenditure. At the Police Court, James McDonald, lioensee of the London Hotel, was fined £5, and the convidion endorsed on his license, for allowing drunkenness on his premises, A Mrs Vickery, of St Kilda, w»s severely injured yesterday by an explosion of gunpowder, receiving barns about the arms and face. The case is supposed to be one of attempted suicide, the woman having been rather off her head of late. Bbc mill probably recover.

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

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London, Matoh 12 DrWestcott, Canon ot Westminster, has been appointed Bishop of Durham. Betting on the Oxford and Cam bridge boat race is 5 to 4 on the former. A Cape loan will be placed on the market before the Victorian loan is offered. The Irish members' expenses before the Parnell Commission amounted to The Irish Land Tenure Bill was re jected on the second reading by a majority of 52. The freedom of London has been conferred on Sir John Fowler, engineer of the Forth Bridge. Sir J. Gorst, Messrs Holdsworth Burnett, and Dale will represent Eng land at the Berlin Conference.. The Marylebone Club condemn the action of G. Giffen, the Adelaide cricketer, in first agreeing and then re fusing to join the Australian Eleven.

It is announced that the Victorian loaa has been deferred, but it is be lieved that the Queensland Govern ; ment will shortly place a loan on the market. Sir C. Dilke, speaking at Glasgow, said the dominant classes in Australia would become conservative in regard to established rights as time went on. He predicted that the working class, by union and federation of labor, would become the ruling power in England, as it now is in Australia. Berlin, A£«rah 13 Germany has appointed ten dele gates to the Labor Conference in cluding the Prussian Minister of Commerce. Vienna, March 13 The persons connected with the emigration frauds in Gallicia have been sentenced to light terms of im prisonmenr. The Public Prosecutor has appealed against the decision. Baltimore, March 12. Peter Jackson, the colored pugilist, was mobbed in a theatre in this city by admirers of J. L, Sullivan. There was a regular riot, and eggs, etc., were freely thrown at the obnoxious stranger, but he escaped unhurt. |

LATEST CABLE NEWS

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THE COLLIERS.

London, Maroh 13,

It is feared that 300,000 colliers will strike on Saturday at Hamilton. At a conference of Yorkshire colliers it was stated that the men were willing to ac cept an advance of five per cent now and another five per cent in July.

THE AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON.

The Australian squadron has been delayed, but will be ready for service this summer? Provision has been made in the Estimates for officers, men, and stores.

LORD RANDOLPH.

The "Standard" says Lord Randolph Churchill is a deadly enemy of the Ministry and that he has forfeited the respect of the Tories, and had better cross the House.

LOST AT SEA.

Howard Elphinstone, a passenger by the Tongariro, at Teneriffe was swept overboard and drowned.

THE CAPE LOAN.

The Cape loan of one million at Z% P^r cent has been announced.

THE NEWFOUNDLAND FISHERIES.

. The " Standard " says that a modus vivendt has been arrived at, which will conclude the fisheries dispute in New foundland.

M. PASTEUR.

Pakis, March 13 M. Pasteur denies that he sought the rabbit reward offered by the Aus tralian Government, and states that bis assistants were prevented from making the necessary experiments.

The great bridge which ib to oroes tho St Lawrenoe at Quebec will, with its approaches, be 34,000 feet, oc nearly six and it half miles long.

EXPLOSION ON BOARD A STEAMER.

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Wellington, March 13

Ad explosion of ooai gas ooourrpd on boatd the steamer Waroston at one o'clock yesterday caorniDflf. A lamp trimmer entered the hold and atrnok a light, when an explosion foliowad. The man received superficial barnr, bat nob of a serious, nature. The ship was not damaged.

THE GERMANS IN EAST AFRICA

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Zanzibar, March 12 In the engagement between the troops of Major Wissman and those of Bowhaneri the latter's force waß com pletely routed and broken np. The German loss is said to be only one killed. The German flag had been hoisted on the Islands of Mondo and Ratta, both in the neighborhood of Zanzibar.

THE FLOODS IN NEW SOUTH WALES

[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Sydney, March 12 The floods continue in the country, and the Government is sending'boats with rations to several places cut off from communication. The Clarence River is higher than in 1837, and the town of Grafton is almost submerged, the water in some instances reaching the eaves.of large buildings. The flood is now receding.

THE WELSH COLLIERY DISASTER.

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London, March 12

The fire in the Aorfa Colliery has been extinguished. The cause of the fire is ascribed to the use of a locked lamp. It has been ascertained that the loss of life is less than was at first supposed. The number of deaths is reported at 87.

THE FRENCH IN DAHOMEY

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Fabis. March 12

After losing a thousand soldiers in tW action with the French troops, the King of Dahomey withdrew. Lima, General of the Amizons, was among those killed on the Dahomeyan side.

Six of the Frenchmen who were captured at the same time as the Governor of French Senegal have baen released.

MR JAS. MILLS AT PORT CHALMERS

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Dunbdin, Miroh 13. Mr Jaraos Milla, M.H.R., addreaaed h!a ! constituents at Port Ohalraars th'a even ing* Ho announced hia latfmtlon of going to the Old Country on a vifeit. He expressed himself aa opposed to a progres sive land tax of tsny sorf, aa tending to frighten people ont of the country. He thonght 5t would be a good thing to jiio Australia in federation on O3rt*in oondi tloDe, but lccil aelf government must cc pranarvod. Ha was oppoaad to tha policy of the R»Hw!vy OonomtoKionarg, aad had tbeoD dieappoiatod with what they had dona A vota of tbanki und cocfidenoe, with a reqneat that Mr Mills ahonld not roalga bta 'eat, "ag p»rrl«>d onanlcaonaly.

CANTERBURY WOOL AT THE EXHIBITION

( ' Otago Witnoße.',) ' The Oanterbnry wool which :vaß ex hibited for competi ioa in the lato show, with leanltß that mu3t have hem gratify ing to most growers, i"b now being dia I played in the Canterbury coart. It is tc ibo regrdtted that a larger number of growers were not induced to comp^ta, as the success that was achieved by the few who did exhibit for competition proves conclusively that upon the Plains there are representative flocks of a very high character. The fact is borne out aiao by the quality of the fleeces that are shown for .exhibition only. AmoDgst tha wool thafi was deemed by the jurore worthy of a prize we notice an exceptionally fine ba!e, forwarded by Mr W. Giles, manager for Messrs B. Bothers Laqgtou, of the Warren estate. East Oxford. By an over sight the credit of this exhibit was, when tha awards . were . published, given to Messrs Bennetts Bros, A bale of strong oomblag merino wool fiom Sir John Hall's Hororata estate occupies a prominent position. In scoured wool, in wbiohthe competition was very keen, Mr T. Yorke, of Woolsion, succeeded in obtaining c first class award with, a bale of Warren wool. Among the many varieties for exhibition only that are displayed in the court, it Is impossible to pass suoh fleeoes as those whloh «r« shown by Mr W. M'Farlane, Mesirs Mtllook and L»nce t Ifr D. Ruther ford, and Sir John Hall, and aia exhibited advaatageooßly and in a way that li a credit to the court, The varied show of long wools collected and exhibited by tho local committee has proved, and wiil yet prove, highly interesting to breeders, and the value of these aa exhibits is grea.ly .enhanced by the fact that a fall deaor'p tlon !s appended to each fleeoe. Included in this colleotion sire champion Southdoirn , fleeces—both sconred and in the grease— from Mr S. Garfoith'B nook at Spreydon, Sowihdown ewe and hogged flaeces grown by Mr MathUs, and half-bred Bomneys, Lsioesters, and Llnoolns from Mr J, John's nook, The pure Linoolns and I t-outhdowns ate well represented by flaeces from the fl )oks of Msinra J. Deans and H, Overton, while Laicesters are ihown by Messrs J, Juhns »r_d J. Haydon. An addi tion to the Ashbuvton county section of the court has been reoelved in the ehapa of some very fine fleeces of tha new clip. A number of fine and strong combing fleeces are exhibited by Messrs Mawaon Btos, tho Hon W. S. Peter, Meearß J. Lsmble, J. Chapman, M&d W. M. LytteUoc. aptcUl mention desorvos to be made of of thcee ram »cd hogget fleeoes, showing excellent quality, ieoca Mr 0. G. Telpp'd flock. Ldoesters in this section ace exhibited by Mr J. Bouifant, half-breds b/ Moseta A. Jaokaon and W. M'Arthur, aud firat-croea merino aod Leloeaters— an Exosptlonally fine fleece—by Mr J. Dent, of Iriurieton. Thosa examples that have been mentioned, together with the wool trophy of bales, contributed by Messrs W, D. Buohanaa, S. Garforth, W, McFarlsno, F. Orowe, Mullock and Lsnce, sad tho Nefy Zealand Loan and Msrcr.ul c Agency Company, certainly form one of the moat comprehensive a&d typical ehowa of thin staple product of the colony that we can hope to ccc foi many a day. Throughout tho Court there are I displayed on tho walls photographs and paintings of some of tho pr'zj Btock ihst Ila owned by Canterbury breeders, 2nd aiao pholo^raphs of paddoeka of growing crops While It -woold- ba an almont endlOßß taok to eoomerate these picture?, they will repay aoy smonnt of inspection that may be bestowed upon them. I

As many as 248 architects and Engineers, Eome of them very eminent in their respective professions, are said to be preparing designs for the colossal tower, to be erected by the London Tower Company. Certain of tbs designs are not unlikely to be novel and eirik iag. Possibly, when the tower is built, inva lids* will go up in a lift to genuine fresh tic instead of running down to Brighton for it.

EXHIBITION BAND CONTEST

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Dtoidiw. March 13. j The Exhibition band contest was com- } menced this afternoon in the Oonoert Hall, | and continued In itie evening, when there ' was a very large attendance. The bands who competed, aai the order, in whioh *hey pkyed, wore aci follows :—Wellington Garrleou, Danedin OrdniAnce, Kaikora!, Oamara Gairlsou, laveroargill Garrison, JNapiei Garilson, Bnrnham Industrial School, Oamarn Navata, Danedin Garri son, Ohristohurch Garrison, Danedin 1 Engineers, Aldington, Taranakl, lover oargill City, Stanmore. and Qaeenstown. The general oplniom w»s that the Ghtiat oharoh and Daoedln Garrisons were the best, with Oamaru »nd Dpnedln Ordnance dose np. The Invercargill Garrison made a comparative break down, owing to the cornets playing badly- A word of praise Is dua to the Bomb am band, who received the reception of the evening. Mr Coombs, who played with the Danedin Ordnanoe also played the ooruet for Taranaki, that band's player having Injured hli lip. To> morrow the solo competition takes plaos. The results; will not; be known till Saturday night. ■

THE GILMER-PYKE-REEVES CASE.

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Bemton, March 13

Be Gllmer v Pyke, the aotlon heard In Wellington, Me R. Reeves writes to the local papers that ha was one of the pro moters of the Syndtoate tor the dredging okim In the Wakamarina* While the matter was in Its early stage, Pyke re quested Reevoß to> let him hire bilf of the latter* Interest In the conoern, Reeves agreed for a certain earn, and payment was not made until 18 months after that. Pyke settled the matter by giving a bill, whioh passed front Reeves to Gllmer in the 'ordinary way of builneis. Pyke repudiated his liability, and Reeves sug gested that the matter be left to brokers named by Pyke iEor determination, bat no response wag made to this offer. Reeves asserts that Pyke was tally aware that the Company was not floated when he purchased the half Interest, and It Is understood that ho has taken proceedings agalnat Pyke for the statement made in the aotlon Gllmer v Pyke.

THE GIRLS OF TO-DAY.

Oh, what a terrible lot are the girls of to-day,

And fearfully down upon tyrannous man; . But it's strange if they hats him as much as they say, That they all try to ape him as much as they can. They pass his exams, and they smoke his Havana?,

They put on his waistcoat and collar and tie; And they threaten, :io great is their freedom of manners, To be bagging his bags in the near by and bye I

There's nothing that's hid from the girls of to-day, They know all the' ologies, Latin and Greek; They look upon Huxley and Darwin as play, And hardly need iisking to lecture or speak. But now Lady Haberton openly preaches That girls should invade the stronghold of man, Should wrest from, his grasp the proud freedom of breeches, And sneer at the street Arab's chaff, if they can I

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PRACTICABILITY OF THE PANAMA CANAL.

lhat the Panama Canal is a practicable scheme is she decided opinion of a well-known Boston business man in whose practical com mon sense all who know him have entire confidence. This gentleman has recently re turned from a visit to the Central American States, where he availed himself of an oppor tunity to see portions of De Lessep's great work ou the Isthmus of Panama, While he does not feel confident that the present com pany or the present generation will witness its completion, nor say that it is advisable at this time to subscribe for stock or bonds, he declares stoutly thai; he saw enough to satisfy him that the plaa is; high practicable, and that at some time in the future it will be put through. Too much had ahead* been done with the most stupendous and efficient dredg ing and rock cutting machinery in the world, operating in the trerach and on the mountain tops and sides, to warrant total abandonment. It could not be. Steam-launch communica tion was already availed of to the interior from the easterly side of the isthmus fcr fourteen miles, as he could observe, with his own eyes, and he was credibly informed by the Panam* Railroad officials that equally good progress had also been made from the westerly side. There could be no question, iD his view, that the prospect would some time be carried out by somebody, if not: by private corporations, which he hardly thought could ever get adequate returns for their expenditure. But by some united effort of the great naval and commercial Powers to whom it could not fail to be of, immense aid in their circumlocution of the earth, the Panama Canal will eventually be finished.—" Boston Transcript."

CLAMPETT-SULLIVAN

HIS CAREER IN IRELAND..

The " Deny Standard." Jan. 17, gives the following Interesting paragraph nnder the heading, " A Detry Man's Perform ances at the Antipodes: He Converts half. New Zealand":—"No doubt a great many Derry peop'e* will recolleot Mr Arthur Olampett. He waa a person of considerable notoriety even while he re sided here, and managed to make him self rather oontrplcuoca. He was employed as clerk In th« office of the late Mrßowen, solicitor, waa a good bass singer, of band soma perßonaliappear»nce,*wellJballt and had euch a fes 6 and easy manner that very few people wcra not personally acquainted with him. Befora laavlng the town he ana another gentlloman gave a farewell concert in the Corporation Hall, which will doabtless live In the memory of some. The following short sketch.of his career, taken from the "Mnnstes Express," proves that he succeeded In making him self even better known in the colonies (if not by hla right name) than he did In his own country :— • Olampett was educated at the Model School, Waterford, and from thenoa went Into the office of the late R. W. Cherry, solicitor, William ; street, where he did not remain long. He next obtained & position as clerk to tha late Mr James Lorenz) Hiokey, Registrar of the 'Probate Court, Next ha went to the Poat Offioo, whore, having ingratiated himself with some of the teviv»liats of the district, and erinced a de slze for reading the Bible and saying prayers for hia brother employees daring office home, which they resented, he was compelled to leave. Hla religious friends then etarted htm as a Scripture reader, a job of which he soon tired, and disap peared from the city. Up to this time he had continually snog In the ohoir of the Pcote3tant Cathedral.'""On bla reappear a»o3 it was as Lieutonaat Olampett, and It was commonly rumored thai he had enlisted, but waa an offioer's servant, nnd home on furlongh. Some friends bought him out, and ha loft, end waa next heard of singing In the Catholic O&thedral, Tuata. This necessitated his being brought back, as his soul waa held to be in danger, and after a short etay he once more removed hla remalna and joined sn Opera Company, with frh!!ch he performed under the nema of Signer Clamputti. He waa lost heard of in tb<9 United Kingdom at Derry some eight years ago, bot hia career elooe then appears to have bsen a moßt eventful one. According to hla own statement ho baa travelled through the, world, won the swimming championship of New York, swam the Golden Gate In San Francison In Oaptila Boyfon's eulc, trained Charley Mitchell for hli Gght with Ned Cleary, and finally converted more fools In nine months than Moody and banker !p double tbit tine."

ILL-TREATMENT OF A CHILD

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Drownr, Maroh 13 D. R.Eanaon, msDager of the Mornlug* I ton Tram Company, and Robert London, • an employee, were finad for 111-treating ■ child. The child hid been playing •bout the tr&mosra, and the 3efeedanti had placed It In a clipboard. The parenti swore that the child hsd been neiroui ever since, and given to screaming In Its sleep. An attempts war Jaada^to show that the action bad been brought baMQM there was a qua!rsi between the local polioaman, whose child it war, and tha manager, but the Magiitrat«*ftlA be did not think this was ip. Headmitted that children and larrikins moat be a souroi of great annoyance to the Tram Company. He thought If the law allowed ft, and had the boy not been of iaoh a nervous; temperament, not much harm would have been done, as there was nothing bvatal •bont it; bat it was contrary to, law, and he fined London Is and Eunsbn si, with oosta£3. r-;

ASHBURTON LIVE STOCK MARKET

Mr D. Thomas (late of Matson, Cos and Co.), reports upon the Live Stock Market for the Ashburton district, for the week ending March nth, as follows:—On Tuesday at the Tinwald yards I held my usual sale of sheep, cattle and pigs. There ~was m .a.j6|al entry fcr the day of 8162 sheep, 32 cattle and 180 pigs, of which I had for sale 5122 sheep, 1 19 cattle and 122 pigs. There was a good.attendance of buyers, and the sale.was fairly brisk through out considering the scarcity of feed. The following are the prices realised: In fat sheep crossbred aged ewes, 7s 3d, 81 5d to 9s id; 2, 4, and 6-tooth, 9s 5d to us 3d; merino ewes, 2s to 3s iod,, In store, ,2*tQoth ewef and wethers, us td toils 3d; crossbred lambs, 3s 6d, 6s lid, 7s, up to us ; merino ewes, souod mouth, •2s gd ; boilers, is ad, 'In Cattle—Fat heifer* and steeri,-^4, £4 fc. I£4 9s and £$ ; springers, £\ it» j a-yew-old, £1 6d, £1 is 6d, £1 2s 6dJ?Mi «9* *» Piga—Stubblers, 28s 6d to 29s ;'g66d stores, £1 to £l 2s 6dj small, us to 17s. On Monday at CWrtsey I held my usual monthly sale of sheep and cattle and pigs. There was a fair entry, good 2-tooth ewes and> wethers, ios ; crossbred lambs, 6s, 6* 3d to 9s 6d* Pigs, 25s to 30s. Cattle equal to late sales.

AN ELEPHANT'S SAGACITY.

The atories illustrating the;stgacity of the elephant are innumerable; but few ' are more remarkable than; the following one reoorded by a writer,ln • Bombay paper upon the authority of an artillery offioer, who was a witness of the incident t —The battering train going to the seise) of Ber'n;apatam had to cross the sandy bed of a river that resembles other rivers in the East, which leave during the summer season but a small.stream of water running through thsm. though tbeit ■ beds are mostly of considerablev,breadth, very heavy for draught and abounding In quickeand. It happened that an'artillery man, who was seated on the jtn^nbril of one of tho guns, by some accident fell off in anch a eituation that in a minute or two the hind wheel must have gone over him, Tbe elephant whioh war Stationed behind tbe gun, perceiving the predica ment in which the man was, instantly without any warning from its keeper, lifted up the wheel with its trunk, and kept it suspended till the had aa cci clear nf him.,' ' yY^,^UW : - '

MASONIC.

SOMERSET LODGa INSTALLATION I

The animil meeting' o! Somerset Lodge. cf Freemasons, No. 1811, E.0.,,f0r the Installation of W.M. sad investiture of officers, was held last night at the Ash barton Masonla Hall. There waaa largs '■■} attendance of member! of the lodge, and visitors, the latter iaoladlcp numerous: representatives of lodge»,St John's E. 0., and Thistle 5.0., Asbborton, Sonth Hakaia, Southern Ccobb Kahpol, Waltikl Oainaru,et3. The Ceremony of Installation was performed In the mosfc^Jtoaaterl^ manner by the R.W.D.G.fiI, JBro H, Thomson, assisted by Bro H. W. Felton ■ P.M. and 0. Braddell P.M., acting D G.W.s'. A strong choir under the ; direction of Bro H. Gates, organist of 8t John'o Indgo, rendered tha mcs!c*l patti of the ceremony very acceptably, firo J. j B. Oolyer, S.W., was Installed W.M., for tho enaniog twelve, months, In succession : to Bro E J. P*nl who retlrei to the chair ;' of 1.P.M., and the following offioers were Invested.—Bro 0. W. Baker, S.W, ;J. M. Cambridge, J.W.; W. Pattmaa, re. elected Tfeumrer; 0. Braddell. P.M. Secretary ;W. H Colllet. 8.D;; J. MaN laney, J.D.; W.Zauder, D.0,; W. Crooks, 1.Q.; W. Matthews and J. Canning, Stewards; B. Colien, re-aleotedt Tyler. After the conclusion of the cere mony the B.W.D.GKM. gave some interesting Information respecting tho progress of the Grand Lodge movement; and after the newly installed master had received hearty good wisher-the Lodge waa closed, and the brethren tat down to sapper, tastefully arranged by Bro Patt man. The naaal toasts wert;honored and several matters of interest to the craft spoken upon, and tha meeting adjourned in good time after i molt pleasant gathering; The Somerset Lodge has had a most successful yajar node* Bro, Paul's mastership, and the ton* of the various speeches indicated a very prosperous state of affairs Masonio in thia district. ,

THE PRIMACY

MEETING OF THB STANDING OOMMITTBB. •, An ordinary meeting of the Standing Oommlttee of the Dlooeia of Christ* church was bold yesterdry afternoon, the Right Re? the BUhop - Raiding. After the usual bisineis, the question of the Primacy was Introduced. Letten received by the Very Rev the Dem iron the Bight Rev the Bishop of Auckland and the 7en Arohdeioon J olios—tba pnrport of whfoh hai altetdy beea pub* lfshed—were read. After a long dU ousslon, the Oommlttee adopted the jaemoralsto be ilgned by the members. Tha first of thes« Is to the Right Rer the Bishop , of Wellington, respectfully appealing to him to resign hli*elaim to Prlmsoy. The second Is to be addressed to the Bishops of the PiOTlooe of New Zealand, tespcctfolly urging them to tatce all steps In their power to" obtain the speedy convening of a speolal lesiion « of the General Synod.—•• Lyttelton * Tlmea "

THU ASSBtJ&TOH GTTA&PIAfI, FRIDAY, I\tARGH 14, 1890.



TINWALD COAL AND FIREWOOD DEPOT, JA /^LOTEHKR haying par • /\* \J chased thu busineßß of' Joseph Clabk from the Official Assigneo, Ih prepared to inpply Goal, Firewood, Bran! Data and Chaff, at lowest market I*t*-t J. A. CLOTHIER, Tinwa'd. fODD FAOIMUB VALDB FAOIMUS ("What we do we o well." aISS OHBIBTOHUBOH DB NTAL SUBGBEY, Gaahd Street, Chilatehureh, next Bobln ton's Boot Store,and at the Octagon, Danoiiin. All operations at strictly uniform and moderate Consultation fieo. '& MYEBS~A]SrD CO., BUBOEON DBNTIST& HITBOtIS OXIDE GAS administered Thii Amesthetle leaves no ODplewani *ffeeti, and by Its nae the eztcaotloa of Bad Stomps and Toeth )■ rendered pbf iMtlv Painleaa and Effective. Ad alnlatered dally. Fee for adminlitratloc A Qm, Bi. Extraction, 2i 6d a tooth. Hoota of attendance, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Frlrate reeldenoe, 93 Eait Belt. The acknowledged anperiorlty ol AMIRIOAN DENTISTRY In the oon ttraotlon of Artificial Teeth, the moat tnlihed workmanahlp, and roplaolog tbc lMt teeth TEMPORARILY ALMOST IMMEDIATELY after extraction, havi established oar reputation, A single Artlfiela Tooth, 10s, complete ■it, Upper and Lower, Temporary and Pemaneat £1010s; Artificial Teeth and Peatntea made by other dentists re: nodelladat small costs, Stopping, Seal- Imf Peifeot md Palnleir. WM. SPARROW, TAILOR AND MEN'S MERCER EAST STREET. THE CHEAPEST SA-LE NOW GOING ON IN ABHBUBTON IB AT "The Corner," ObiHron's Hate half prica Flowers at ha'f prlc© Priota at half prica Ladies' Jackets at half price 17 doz Men's Sox (best mado) half pric<» |T f r SEE THE WINDOWS SEE THE WINDOWS OB NSJ*EOT THE STOCK JNSPEHT TflE STOOK W. H. COLLIER ihe Corner BMP AID HIPHEBIS Ho.d Weekly Sales of JORSBB, PIGS, OATTLE, PRODUCE, FURNITURE, &o. ;EVERV SATURDAY. LIVE STOCK SALES Every Tuesday at Tlnwald and Ath barton Yards altercstely, CLEABING SALES TOWN AND COUNTRY Aoocrdlog to arrar,ffement. —We have for Sale Privately— Q REAPERS AND BINDER . 1 OroBakll! KOLLER, GRASS J. STRIPPERS We have been Rppointed Agents foe JOHNSON as» Co's ABTIEICIAL MANURE* —— i WE HAVE ON HAND 5 TONS -naple %nd Potilcniars of which can b hftd oa application. I am akd HuiniPHEßva; AUCIIONEEE3 i



Wanted Knowa Cash Advertisements under thi » bead ing,- not exceeding 16 words, ONE Shilling. Addresses may be left at this Office. WANTED a geoeial servant—apply MitsA. Cuatis, Rlveibank, Tin wald. 3 79 WANTED KNOWN—Melford Hoase will close every night at 8 o'olook (exempt Wednesdays').—H. 0. SkchsrS. \\r ANTED Known " Strong-wear VV Boots for Ladies, Men and Children can only bo obtained at W. H Ooihsb's. LOST, young white and llvei culotod Spaniel dog, answers to "Rover." Kewr,rd at Police effioa. 3 81 "TTTANTSD Known The Cheapest VV Shop to bay Tinware and Gal vanised Iron goods In Ashburton, la «t W. F. UANNAroRD's, Burnett Street. A large stock kept on band, Tin and IroD ware goods made and repaired with des patch.



MANILLA. Binder Twine, maoblne oil, and wire. Time Is money on the harvest field—the beat 1b the cheapest. —R. Axoobn, Saandera Buildings. T\7ANTED KNOWN —My Special VV Make of Ladles' 4 clasp Kid Gloves, " The Aahburtonian," braided backs, 3b 6d per p»lr.—W. H, Collier. ANTED mau in tne County to hare a Salt of the Ashbarton Tweede.—Robert Aloobn, Ashborton Clothing Mart, Saanders' Bulldlaga. MBS KENNEDY and Miss Cameron, Moore Street—Teachers of Soientlfic Dress-cutting. Bodies cat and fitted. Dressmaking in all its branches. Biding habits a speciality. 12 69 WANTED Known—ln addition to our ordinary presents, we shall give an extra one of a good uaef al basket to , every purchaser of 20s and upwards, H. 0. Sbgebs, Melford Houaa,



WANTED KNOWN—If you want good value for your money go to Melford House. Besides oar ordinary presents an additional one of a good useful basket to every purchaser of 20s and upwards, H. C. Segbrk, Melford House. \ 1 A ANTED, Everyone to Know—That VV J. MOISON bas now In stook v ■rga and varied assortment ci BOOTS AND SHOES for tho Spring and Summer Season, Gentlemen's, Ladleij', and Chil dien'a, both Imported and Colonial; Iso HIS OWN MAKE, which CANN)T BE SURPASSED for Style, Fit, Qa«l ty, and NeatCFSB, combined with VERT REASONABLE PRICES. All repairs c-xeoated prompt y and vitl neatnnoe lOtl Puttie Notices FOR SALE,—Town Section, No. 1221, fronting on Grigg Street, Have loek.Streef, and Wakunul Rocd. Pr'ce £100. Apply to Fbward Stephens Tancred Street. 3J7S L F. AHDREWES & CO, JSTOTIOE TO FARMERS. WHEAT. WHEAT. WHEAT. W"J& «ro BUSTERS of PRIMS MILL ISG WHEAT at. Mill. EOLLITT & OO , Cantorbnry Mliir, 3f26 Ashbarfc'D. £t ?TEPHF' k'S OHT7ROB, ASH BURTON. mHB members of tho Ladies' Working ji_ Patty pnipo.-io huldiai? a OAKK AND APiiON FAIR in the Parsonage Gsr^eo on TUESDAY, March 25, from 1 p.m. to 6n m, Refreishmsnfc Stall, cO. Admisalon Gi. Gifts of C ikes, Aprono, Fruit, eto, will be gratefully reo^lvort *t the Paraonftgo. 3t78



Monster Bazaar. nnHE ANNUAL BAZAAR and Sale of J_ Work In conneotion with the Parochial Di3tricfc of Longbeaoh, in aid of iho OLu'ch Funds, will be hold in the TEMPLAR HALL, TINWALD, ox EA9TER MONDAY, 7th April, 1890. j Bizaar ojreaa at 11 am. Luncheon provided on a liberal Bca'e at a v ry moderate charge, Any contributions of produce or live stock may be loft at Mb Hbseltirb's Shop, Tiowald, and they will be thankfully I acknowledged. Admission 6d: Children ba^-prlco. 3f82 SUMMER 1890 1890 QUMMEB HOW 1890 1890 OH 0 w f —— ALL DEPARTMENTS OF OUR BUSINESS REPLETE WITH CHOICE GOODS FOR THIS SEASON. «8T PBIOES^BIGDTv g& j For JavenUVa Clothing Try tho N.Z Clothing Factory For Boya' Clolhlng Try the N.Z, Olotning F. jsory For Youths' Clothing Try th.9 H,Z, Clothing Factory For Men's Clothing Try the N.Z. Clothing Factory For Men's Measure SaUa Trf tbo N.Z. Clothing Factory For Mercery and Hosiery Try the N.Z. Clothing Factory Foff Blankete, Buge, and Flanno'a Tiy tbe N.Z. Clothing Factory For Hate in the newest shapes Try tho N.Z Clothing Factory ITor the best value for Ready Money ! Try the N Z, Clothing Factory, ENCOURAGE LOCAL INDUSTRY ' AND BUY FROM THE Clothing Factory. INSPECT OTJE STOCK And draw your own eoKcljjsions. Wi H. WEBBER, •^♦Dtgor,



The direct exports from Gisbbrne to pl«oei outside the oolony doling the past eiz montbi totalled a value of £145,454, as/against £109,000 for the whole ol the previous year. This is exclusive of a large export of batter and cheese sent coastwise to other ports and thenoa Romei  _.„___ The best medicine known is SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT., Testate iminent powerfal effects in coughs; oolds, influenza, eta.—the relief is instantajneoos. Thousands give the most gratifying testimony. His Majesty the King of Italy, and^qwdioal syndicates all over the globe, are its patrons, Bead the official reports that accompany tach bottle. We have no occasion to offer reward! in proof of the genuineness of oar reference*. The official reports of medical; clinios and universities, the offioial communication of tht Conaul-General for Italy at Melbourne; tht diploma awarded International Exhibition, Amsterdam—all these ara authentio docu ments, and, as each, not open to doubt. W« add here epitome of one of the various oastfl treated by Siegen, M.D., Professor, eto., Barnicg of the right hand through the «• plosion of a email oil stove. "The epidermis ontheyolar and palmer side of the hand of She thirty-year-old patient was Oom'pleWj eeparated and'lifted upas ar%stinftintof the hand. The likewise lifted naiu wen hanging loose, and half of the phalanx j Iht nail of the middle finger was coalad. Tht wounds thus contracted healed ia Uutt wttkl under aily applications of JSuoalyptio Sxtraei dressing. The patient hai retainwl tilt falj puol th«hwd.w(AdTt |