The Ashburton Gurardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1890. AUSTRALASIAN FEDERATION.

The Federation debate now taking place in the New Zealand Parliament is mainly remarkable for tiie consensus of opinion that this colony must, in the meanwhile at least, hold aloof from the movement. There are a few members who favour the proposal to join the Australian continent in a federation, but these can give no reason why the federation should be entered into at this stage of the colony's history. On the other hand, the great majority of our public men, as represented in the House of Representatives, hold the common-sense view that New Zealand, from its insular and distant position, can never enter into a satisfactory federation with the Australian con tinent. No form of Federal Govern ment that can be evolved from the deliberations of the forthcoming Con ference in Melbourne is likely to give satisfaction to the people of this colony : New Zealand is too far away from Aus tralia to be governed from that centre, and the people of Australia are not likely to permit themselves to be gov erned from New Zealand. The con tinent and the colony may be very good friends and neighbours, but there ai-e insuperable difficulties in the way of becoming members of a federal family. It is to the interests of both to have a reciprocal tariff and inter change of products, and a combined defence scheme will, in the near future, no doubt be necessary; but here all necessity for federation begins and ends. The expanse of water is too great to be bridged over by a theor etical proposal which will give both countries all things in common. At the same time the commercial and defence interests of New Zealand and Australia are so identical that the countries never can be anything else than the best of friends and allies. The common foe of New Zealand must of necessity be also the foe of Australia, and vice versa; and this fact, if there were no other deeper and broader, bonds of brotherhood—sucli as the fact that both countries have sprung from the one stock, and are bound by similar ties to the mother land—will secure a perpetual friendship which no scheme of federation will intensify. New Zea land is destined to work out her own future for herself in much the same way as the British isles before her, and while the common tie of mutual interest may draw us more closely to our bigger brother across the water, there is no pressing necessity why this colony should sink its own individuality—if we may so term it—by joining in a federation, the outlines of which are as yet of the dimmest character. With the proposal for an Australian federation we are in close sympathy, and shall rejoice to see the Aus tralians bound together in the closest bonds of brotherhood and community of interest, and in their prowess and success New Zealanders will ever rejoice; and we slin.ll be pleased to send our delegates for ward to convey our congratulations and hearty good wishes. Farther than this, New Zealand cannot conveniently go, and this fact is recognised alike by our own legislators, and Australian statesmen who have the Federation scheme thoroughly at heart.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The first anti-slavery society in America was formed in 177"). No less than 1500 persons constantly re side in the Vatican. During the present session 262 petitions and 179 papers have been presented. Comment is heayd upon the very palpable increase of intemperance in Berlin. The illiterate inhabitants of Portugal are officially stated at 80 per cent, of the total. Mignonette is a poetical name, since Migiion is "darling," and AJignonetfco " little darling." Mails for Australian colonies, via Sydney China, Japan, and Strait Settlements, clos e at Wellington, per Wakatipu, on 11th inst. The value of the reserves for primary education in the colony isassessed<at£6sl,734. Canterbury contains £203,100 worth. A statement to the effect that the advo cates of black labor are taking steps to im port cheap Italian, labor is under the notice of the Queensland Labor federation. The great diamond known ;&b the Koh-i ---noor, or Mountain of Light, was brought ffom India to be presented to Queen Victoria in I&SQ, Its original weight was nearly eight hundwid carats, but it has been reduced by cutting to khu* hundred and two and a quarter carats. The success of the Americans >v tycather forecasting i» due to the enormous area over which their stations are placed. They have the width of a continent at their disposal. So well-known are the conditions that regul ate the storms that out of 3228 predictions of tornadoes in 1884, 3201 proved correct. There has been considerable mortality among lambs in Victoria lately. It was at first assumed that the cause of death was an thrax, but a post mortem investigation re v«j*l«j the existence of a tape-worm, and in soijuji &iiscs two or three, coiled up in the stomafch, to which the mortality is now attributed. It is an open secret ttajb J-Jig latest returns from London of Taranaki butto; c.old there •Mo very discouraging, much of it racing from <t.js to 55s per cwt. Seeing that dealers mostly boijght the butter at about fid per lb, the losses have been very heavy, running in- i to thousands of pouuds gterling. New Ply- j mouth buyers are heavy label's. | The following advertisement api^tais lit a southern paper :—"Boycott! The Boy cott is Removed This Day from Tom Mo- Turton for having eaten an egg laid by a hen that was fed by a child that road a book printed by Whitcoinbc and Tombs upon his having promised to kill the hen. (Signed) ti>a*,k,. House builder, Acting Secretary Hoi us I'lqliis Societies Affiliated." A citizen oi Eyypt, Alexander TiJglicfcrro, has wxiieff. to the Committee on J<Y>reign Exhibits of the •ty'.otjd's Fair. He «i*y« he is sure he is in possession ot tiijy ljfldy «f <J!e<!ip«vti">--> the famous Egyptian Queen ; J)<3 desires to wfEuty the sarcophagus and skel eton for sale for Hie w4gat sum of 6"0,OOOdols, 1 the cfelh-ery «f t}j,e goods fi,Q i f p yjad,i: at Alex andria. :

While rats and mice »re bad in England) locusts are a terror in Algiers. A telegram states that 3000 native laborers were engaged in collecting locusts' eggs in the neighbour hood of Tiaret. Already about 25,000 gal lons of eggs had been taken up and destroyed; and it was hoped that in consequence of these radical measures of prevention the plague will this year be of a less serious character than has been the case. A report from the Departmant of Agri culture of the United States gives the aver age wages of farm labourers at 3s lOd per day without board, and 2s lOd with board. The average sum paid in harvest time is 1 tlol. 30 cents per day without board and 1 dol. 2 cents with board. The average per month for ordinary labour is 18 dol. 33 cents without board and 12 dol. 45 cents with board. Hereford cattle, which, as are well known, are characteristically early in maturing, have reached large weights at home. One gentle man, says t'ae "Live Stock Journal," has sold nine steers averaging from 872 lbs. for a 16 months old steer, to 1122 lbs for one 19 months old. Als months old steer gave the extraordinary weight of 906 lbs with the equally extraordinary daily increase of 2'031b per day live weight in each case. A number of Indian hawkers are reported as wandering about the country in Victoria, and cases are reported where they extorted ! money from women besides seriously fright ening them. At Eddington, Mrs Lanyan. jun., heard footsteps in the kitchen, and thinking it was her husband she opened the door, when she was terrified to see one of these Indians, who at once seized her by the arm. She, however, succeeded in making her escape to the residence of her father-in law, about half a mile distant. A fire occurred in Tinwald on Tuesday morning about two o'clock by which a four roomed cottage belonging to Mr Hugo Fried lander, and occupied by Mr William Brown and his family, was burned to the. ground. It appears Mr Brown, who had been at work at Westerfield, was returning home about the time above mentioned, and when nearing his home he saw the blaze. He was in time to get out his wife and family, but "was unable to save clothes or oiher property. The origin of the fire is unknown. The Wellington " Evening Post" recently published an interesting interview with Mr Moss, M.H.R., respecting the Caroline Is lands. In the course of his remarks the lion, gentleman said:—" On the coast *of Ponape there is one of the marvels of the Pacific —the ruins of an old temple built with basaltic crystals covering a great area and of great thickness and strength. From ts nature the temple could only have been built among a dense population, whereas there are not more than a couple of thousand people on the whole island. No tradition tells how or by whom the temple was built, so it re mains one of the mysteries as well as marvels of the Pacific." Mr Francis Dowling, in a paper which he read »t a recent meeting of the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine, stated that " between the ages of ten and forty at least one person in three is subject to partial deafness. The great majority of cases of imperfect hearing are hereditary, and are largely owing to a too close consanguinity of the parents. Deaf ness is more prevalent among males than among females, owing to the fact that the male is more exposed to the vicissitudes of climate. There is much more deafness in America than in Europe, and this is due to a more general use of scientific instruments, such as telephones, where one ear is U3ed to the exclusion of the other." A gentleman recently opened a letter addressed to his son, containing suggestions from a friend to the latter for a novel which he—the son—was privately writing. The father was exceedingly surprised and frightened upon reading the following dread ful words:—"Dear Bob, —You really must show more caution in constructing your plots, or the governor will be sure to discover the dead body of Geraldine in the cellar, and then your secret will be out. You con sulted me about the strychnine!.. I certainly think you are giving it him in rather strong doses. Let Emily put her mother in a mad house. It will answer your purpose well to have the old girl out of the way. I think your forgery is far too small a sum. Make it three thousand. Leave the rest of your particularly nice family circle to me. I will finish them off, and send back the fatal dagger afterwards by book post. —Yours, Jack." The vexed question as between education boards and school committees of the meaning of the word " consult," in reference to the appointment of teachers, was interpreted by Mie Minister of Education in the light of a judgment of Mr Justice William?. It seems that his honor laid down the principle that to ask advice does not necessarily mean to follow it. The Ministsr added that when the Education Act was going through tho House, it was considered that tho appoint ment and removal of teachers should, for purposes of discipline, and in order to pre vent teachers becoming mere parochial officers, rest with the boards. He did not suppose the House had altered its opinion on the subject, or that it would entertain the idea of so amending the law as to take away tiie principal control of teachers from the boards. The Minister undertook to send a statement of the law to any school committee who wished to have it. The agricultural reporter of the Melbourne ff Leader, writing from Mortlake, says :— What may be termed a new departure for the Mortlakp district is the initiation qf the leasing system in 'connection with one or two of the estates in the vicinity. One of 2200 acres of rich volcanic soil around tho mount, has been leased to farmers for cultivation and grazing purposes. A five years' lease is given, and the rent charged varies for grazing blocks, securely fenced, from 6s. to 16s. per acre, while agriculturial lots are let at from 16s. to 40s. per acre, the distance from a macadamised road and the quality of the soil being taken into con sideration in adjusting the rent. The whole of the estate has now been leased, and a number of fanners have established com fortable homes on a place that a couple of years ago was a sheep run and nothing more. This returns more to the landlords than cculd be obtained by grazing the land themselves, and the example is being followed by other owners with the result that quite ;hj era of prosperity has set in for this long stagnant town aijd district. A Httle boy at Cambridge, Waikato, met with a strange accident the other day. He picked up what looked like a Waterbury watch covered ■« ith pitch, He took it home to his father and asked him what it was. Mr Carnachan scraped a piece of the back off it and finding it was made of tin, con cluded it was some old box that was worth less, and gave it back to the lad, telling him he might have it to play with. The boy being of an inquiring turn of mind, procured a hammer, and placing the tin box on a block of wood, proceeded to knock it to pionps. in doing this he did not find much troubles, for the first blow hs gave was followed by a loud explosion, which not only shattered the box but also knocked the lad head over heels, t,he flame burning his hands and face. The mysterious box proved to be a tug signal—such as are used on the rail way. ll'ortuuat<jly the lad's eyesight was not injured, but Ins eyebi-ows itnd eyelashes Mere burned, and a piecu of the black £)tuft; with which the box was covered was taken from his eye some little time after the accident.

The Korotangi.

A. correspondent writes to the " Wan ganui Chronicle " :—" Sir, —In your Wednesday's supplement I see a mention of the Korotangi, the sacred stone bird said to have been brought by the Maoris from Hawaiki ; and the following particu lars respecting it may interest some of your readers. I first heard of the bird in 1852, from the late Rev. Mr Stannard, of Waitotara, who told me that one of the canoes which came from Hawaiki was said to have had a stone figurehead, in the shape of a bird, which w»s still preserved among the East Coast tribes, and was highly venerated. I subsequently heard the same tale from old Maoris, and found that the Rev. R. Taylor had also heard of it. None of my informants had ap parently seen the image, and neither of them intimated it's having been lost. On the contrary, they spoke as if its whereabouts was known. I naturally supposed that the figure was a, grotesque thing, such as Maori oarvings generally are ; and thus, when I saw it at Major Wilson's house in February, 1886, I was extremely surprised to find! it one of the most beautiful pieces of sculpture that I had ever beheld. It is carved in hard greenish-black basalt, and represents a pigeon with a duck's bill; If such a bird exists anywhere, it seems to me that that must be the place from which the Maoris came. The bird is represented as j crouching slightly, in the act of springing from its pearch and at the same time just opening its wings to fly. The whole atti tude is so perfectly natural that the work would do credit to any European sculptor; and the marking of the plumage is per fectly rendered. The bird certainly was never wrought with stone tools, and: thus it bears jut the old Maori proverb, used to express the unattainable, "that the sharp axe was left on the other side of the water," indicating that they had metal tools in their ancient home. Sir Walter Buller, on one occasion, mentioned an old Maori song, in which the Korotangi was described as havingbroken a wing, and the figure in Major Wilson's possession has a piece chipped off one wing. The stand on which the bird rests is pierced with holes, just in the same way as the bases of ordinary canoe figureheads are, for the purpose of tying them to the bow ;so that the figure was evidently intended for some such use. It seems to me that the figure is of such historical and ethno logical interest that it ought to be in the Colonial Museum, and not in private hinds, as I think there can be no doubt of its genuineness, since no one would be likely to carve such an object for mere amusement, even if any one in the colony has the skill.—l am, etc., H. C. Field.

How to Select Good Timber.

Professor Rankine says :—"There are certain appearances which are charac teristic of strong and durable timber, to what class soever it belongs. 1. In the same species of timber that specimen will in general be the strongest and most durable which has grown the slowest, as shown by the narrowness of the' annual rings. 2. The cellular tissue, as seen, in the medullary rays (wheix visible), should be hard arid compact. 3. The vascular or fibrous tissues should adhere firmly together, and should show no 'woolliness at a freshly cut surface, nor should it clog the teeth of the saw with loose fibres. 4. If the wood is coloured, darkness of colour is in general a sign of strength and durability. 5. The freshly-cut surface of the wood should be firm and shining, and should have somewhat of a translucent appearance. A dull, chulky appearance is a sign of bad timber. 6. In a wood of a given species, the heaviest .specimens are in general the strongest and most lasting. 7. Among resinous woods,.those which have less resin in their pores, and jiraoii" non-resinous woods, those which have least sap or gum in them, are in general the strongest and most lasting. 8. It is stated by some authors that in fir wo* (1 that which has the most sap wood, and in hardwood that which has the least, i.s the most durable ; but the universality of this law is doubtful. Timber should be free from such blemish ss as clefts or cracks radiating from the centre; "cup shakes " or cracks which particularly separate one annual layer from another ; V "upsets," where tie fibres have been crippled by compression ; V " ringalls," or wounds in a layer of the wood which have been covered and concealed by the growoh of subsequent layers over them.

Wool-Growing in Russia.

From a recent return dealing with the wool production of Russia, it is seen that the dominions of the Czar are now com puted to contain some 65,000,000 sheep, a quarter of which belong to the merino variety. The best wool is obtained from the central regions of the country, and especially from Poland, where the climate is most favorable for wool-growing. But fine Russian wool has become less plenti ful than formerly. Thirty years ago the high protective duties encouraged its production a good dual, but since that time the spread ofjrailways has converted a good deal of grazing land into tillage, and rents have risen, while wool has fallen, thus discouraging efforts for fine wool. The present annual production of Russia is estimated at 360,000,0001b5, of an estimated value of 8£ millions ster ling. From a fifth to a tenth of this tqtal is annually exported, and less than half that quantity is imported; yefc, owing to the inferior quality of the Russian wool, the value of the imports consider ably exceeds that of the exports,. In 1888, the last year for which statistics are to hand, they were nearly twice as much,,

Grame Supply of Great Britain.

The quantity of game killde nnually in the United Kingdom is a difficult matter to ascertain, as so much does not come into the markets, but is distributed privately, or consumed by those following the sport* It is known, however, says a contemporary, that at least 30,000,000 of hares and rabbits, valued at £2,200,000, are killed in the course of a year, and this item heads the list. Half-a-million grouse and black game, chiefly from the moors oi Scotland, and worth in the a"grq«ate £10Q,000 • 400,000 partridges, \ujrtli £30,000 ; 500,000 pheasants, worth. £62,500; and something lifte half-a-millimj other f*a,iue. birds, worth £3y,0Q0, fall in tho course of the year, The value of these is estimated at £230,000. Six thousand deer are killed annually, and 4377 stags, each of the latter representing on the average an outlay of £50. On one day a thousand brace of grouse were killed at Studley Royal ; 1100 at Wem mergill ; 1313 at Bromhead. In ten days 10,451 grouse fell at Wigtan Force, and at Bolton Abbey 300 brace per diem for eighteen consecutive days. On the Maharajah Dljuleep Singh's preserves 325^ bracQ (if partqdges \v,er.e shob in iifteen'days ; and at Rhiwlas, in" Wales, 5046 rabbits in one clay.

The Weather

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ALFORD STATION The following is the Meteorological Re port for the week ending September 7th, 1890:— _.

Cattle Breeding.

KERRY-ABERDEEN-ANGUS CROSS-

Within the past few years some Irish breeders have been mating Kerry cows with polled Aberdeen-Angus bulls, and j so far the results of the experiments have been highly successful. Evidence of this was furnished at a recent sale at Prin tonan, Berwickshire, when a dozen two year-old Kerry and polled Aberdeen- Angus crosses were sold at an average of just over £20 per head. These animals were bred-by the Earl of Longton, out of Kerry cows, and got by Aberdeen-Angus bulls. They were calved in April and May, 1888, and were thus about two years old when sold. In September, 1888, the late Mr Rutherford, Printonan, bought them from Mr James Robertson, of La Mancha, County Dublin, and during their first winter in Scotland they were kept out in the field upon turnip-tops and what pastures they could pick up. In the following summer they had no extra food on the pastures, but during the late autumn, winter, and spring were liberally stall-fed. They were almost black in color, all hornless except one, were fairly well shaped, and exhibited the best fea tures of beef cattle. It is believed that these are amongst the first animals of this cross ever sold in Scotland. What the butchers thought of them is indicated by the prices paid—£l9 10s to £20 ss.

A Triumph in Entomology

Mr John West, the Victorian Govern ment expert on irrigation, who is in Cali fornia reporting on the method of cuti vating, preserving, and packing fruit, has just forwarded a report to the Victorian Minister of Agriculture, in which he says: — . t One of the most interesting studies which the development of the fruit in dustry in California affords is in regard to the losses the growers have suffered and been threatened with by the ravages of insect pests, and the splendid efforts that have been made to combat them. Southern California has witnessed one of the grea test triumphs of economic entomology that has perhaps ever been recorded. In an evil hour the cottony cushion scale (Icerya Purchasi) was introduced on some orange trees imported from Sydney. The insect soon spread from tree to tree and grove to »rove with alarming rapidity. No one knew anything of its life history, and it was not until after it had obtained a firm footing that it was found to be injurious. Then every possible remedy was tried to get rid of it, but without avail. It com pletely destroyed hundreds of acres of orange trees, Valuable groves that were turning in £100 per acre were grubbed out and cut into firewood ; many others were rendered unprofitable, and the whole orange industry in the South was threat ened" with extinction. The corporation Of LoS Angelos offered a thousand dollan to any man who would take one orange tree in an infected grove and permanently rid it of the pest. Several tried but no one claimed the reward. At last the State Board of Horticulture, which had taken a very active interest in conduct in* experiments with the pest resolved to'send Professor Kebele, a distin guished entomologist, to Australia to try and find a parasite that would prey upon it and keep it in check. The professor went out with Mr M'Coppin, who had charge of the United States exhibits at the last Melbourne Exhibition, and travelled over the greater part of Aus tralia and New Zealand in prosecuting his mission. He did not find the scale numerous, and could get little informa tion as to whether it was kept in check by parasites, Finally he discovered a lady bird (Vedalia cardinalis) preying upon it in great numbers at Napier, New Zea hnd. He shipped several colonies of these to Los Angelcw, where they were located in infected trees. Very soon they began to work, and breed with astonishing rapidity, and in less than 12 months they completely cleared Southern California of a pest that had previously defied all human efforts to even check its dreadful ravages. So complete has been the work of the Uttle ladybird th?it the growers now dread that, its natural aliment having be*m exhausted, the ladybird will perish', too, and the State Board of Horti culture has actually set to work to breed a small but regular supply of the scale, in order to preserve the ladybird for future contingencies. They are also sending out colonies of the ladybird to the Sandwich Islands and South Africa, in order to sub due the scale there. As may readily be supposed, the great success which has attended the introduction of this little benefactor has opened up quite a new field in the methods of subduing injurious fruit pests, and that is to find out and locate their natural parasites where they can prey upon them. .... A scale which is giving great trouble here in the red oraye soale, This also came from Australia, and Professor Kebele is to be again sent out to try and hunt up a para site for this.

TELEGRAPHIC

HOME AND FOREIGN.

[PBK PRESS ASSOCIATION.] New York, September 8. By the premature explosion of a charge of dynamite eighteen persons were killed and twenty-seven are missing. London, September 8 and 9. The Grenadiers at Bermuda are still insubordinate, and many have b,een punished, ] The Treasury offer 12s per lb to wards the cost of outward mails via San Francisco, and will also carry the homeward mails from New York if New Zealand pays the cost of transit to New York, The American Gover ment offers a subsidy of £12,000. Mr Jackson, of the Treasury, has concluded an official inspection of the Irish potato crop. GIBRALTEH, Sept. 9. A British officer "has been stabbed by Spaniards.

AUSTRALIAN

Sydney, September 9. Afc a meeting of ilie P-resbytery t% niglit the Rev, Mr Gardner sent-a written confession of his guilt, and. ask;ed to. be leniently dealt with, The Presbyter-y deposed him from the ministry, and instructed the Moderator to pass sentence at the next meeting.

INTERPROVINCIAL

Wellington, September 9. The case of Bennett v. Fitzgerald,

claiming £600 damages, consequent upon the death of his wife through accidental poisoning, has been settled. The New Zealand Government; have abandoned the idea of proposing a reduction in cable rates. 'This action has been forced upon them owing to the Imperial Government declining to pay a portion of the subsidy or guarantee required under the scheme of Sir John Pender. j The "Evening Post's" Palmerston correspondent wires that, owing to ill health, Mr J. G. Wilson, M.H.R., will not stand at next election. Christchurch, September 9. Henry Clements, aged 35, fell dead in Ward and Co. 'a yard He had been un loading hops. He was a steady man, and leaves a wife and children. Dunedin, September 9. At the City Police Court John Atkinson was committed for trial for an aggravated assault on John Trower after a hotel brawl. Accused inflicted severe injuries on prosecutor's head with a piece of drain pipe. The hospital enquiry was continued to-day. A number of doctors were examined on behalf of the trustees. Most of the medical men spoke favorably of the management by the trustees.

PARLIAMENTARY

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9.

The Council met at 2.30. THE SUPREME COURT BENCH. Mr Reynolds gave notice to move for a Committee, consisting of {Sijt? Frederick Whitaker, Mr Johnston^ Mi- Miller, Mr Richmond, Mr Walker, a'^d the mover, to take into consideration the necessity for appointing a new Judge of the Supreme Court. THB LATE MEMBER FOR HBATHCOTE. Sir Frederick Whitaker moved that the Council adjourn out of respect to the memory of the late Mr Jones, member for Heathcote. The motion was agreed? to, and the Council adjourned at 2.50 p.m.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

' The House met at 2.30 p.m. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr Seddon gave notice to ask the Government whether in view of remoring monopoly and putting an end to the present strikes, they will; consider the advisableness of purchasing the Union Company's fleet of steamers. Mr Mitchelson gave notice that he shold move the^ ocean mail resolutions on Friday next. MINISTERIAL STATEMENT. Mr Mitchelson said that he hoped to be able to inform the House on Friday next that the prorogation would take place on Monday next. WESTPORT NGAKWAU RAILWAY EXTENSION BILL. . On the motion for going into Committee on the Westport-Ngakawau Railway Ex tension Bill, Mr Fwh said he would How [ withdraw his opposition to this measure, as he recognised that the Bill was an attempt to break down tlie caal monopoly at present possessed by the Union Com pany. He had been promised that the clause which was rejected from the Coal Mines Bill last night should be inserted in this Bill, and the 'clause would prevent the Union Company getting possession of the coal mines. ■ Mr O'Connor said that all the companies interested in the railway were willing to have clauses inserted in the Bill to entitle the colony to resume possession of ;the mines at any time on paying the company for its works at a .valuation. Mr Fergus .said that a clause distinctly provided that amalgamation of leases could not take place unless authorise*? by resolution of both Houses of the General Assembly. , SECOND READINGS. ;' The Police Offences Act Amendment Hill. Distillation Act Amendment Bill, and Midland Railway Deviation Bill were read a third time. BILLS IN COMMITTEE. ■ The Gisborne Harbour Board Act Amendment Bill passed through Com mittee with a few verbal amendments. The Westport-Ngakawau Railway tßill was committed and reported with slight amendments and additions. : The Thames Harbour Board Bill and the Distillation Act Amendment Bill passed through unaltered. ■'' '' Tho School Committees Election Bill, the Native Schools Sites Bill, the Police Offences Act Amendment Bill,, and the Administration Act Amendment Bill, passed the Committee without amend ment. I The Oaths Bill was considered in Com mittee. Sir George Grey moved to aniend clause 2 in such a way as to provide that every \ person should make an affirmation in lieu of an oath (to make the taking an affirma tion obligatory instead of merely optional). The motion was lost by 28 to 22. The Bill was ultimately reported with slight amendments. THE DISTILLATION BILL. The Distillation Act Amendment Bill was deferred for-further consideration. BILLS PASSED. All the other Bills put through Com mittee were then read a third time and ptssed. The House rose at 12.15 a.m,

Labor Questions

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London, September 8. Owing to a steward on the steamer Moravia, at Leith, refusing to join the Seamen's Union, the crew and dockers struck. The Shipowners' Federation engaged a non-union crew and dockers, who went to work under police protec tion. Similar action is to be taken as other cases arise whatever the conse quences may be. Messrs Burns and Tillett return to London from Livei-pool to-night. They intend to devote all their energies to the collection qf funds far-Australia, The stevedores are sending £280 to ( Melbourne, and £600 to Sydney to morrow. The Southampton dockers have struck till their union obtains recog nition. Their demand is supported by the coal porters, seamen, and firemen. Trade is paralysed in consequence. Pickets are stopping trains between, the stations and the docks. Sixty policemen, who were sent down from Lpi^on t.Q reinforce the local division, were roughly handled, and everything points to a riot being imminent. London, Sept. 9. The Maritime Dockers' Union have cabled £1000 to Australia. The " Chronicle " upholds the cause of-the. strikers. ..... ,-.•., fails' will not be 'inlerfered" with at Southhampton as long a,s. ; non-union labor is not brought inio the town, ? Syuney, Sept. 9. An extraordinary run took place on the banks at Broken Hill to-day. For a considerable time the Bank of ISfew South Wales and the Bank of Austra lasia were fairly besieged by depositors and others. The excitement was caused by the resolution passed at a meeting of miners to the effect that the Miners'' i

Association and kindred Associations give the banking institutions twenty fours' notice that if they do not at once discontinue monetary and other support to the shipowners, all sympa thisers with labor will immediately demand gold on any notes they may hold »nd withdraw their accounts in gold. The banks made efforts to borrow gold from other offices which had not felt the rush so badly,, but were only partly successful. Crowds kept up continual cries of—" The capitalists ain't going to fight us with our own money, we will have gold. Your paper is no good. We will have gold for it." The rushes ceased after a couple of hours. The Union Company have purchased 150,000 tons of slack coal at Mount Keira colliery. The employers' conference has met. The proceedings of a preliminary character will be conducted privately. It is announced that the conference does not propose to take notice of the present difficulty, but has met merely to consider the, future policy of em ployers in connection with labor troubles. Owners intimate that they have no desire to meet the labor party. The stewards of other companies are following the example of the Union Company's stewards in sticking to their vessels. ■ , . A number of officers of the Aus tralian Steam Navigation Company applied to be taken back, and the; re quest was complied with in a few instances. Nbwcastlb, Sept. 9. While the wharf laborers were load ing a home steamer with wool to-day a number of bales shorn by non-unionists were found. The men declined to load them, and, as the shippers insisted, matters are at a standstill.

Wellington, September 9. The Union Company, having decided to send the Rotokino from Picton to Bris bane for a cargo of coal, wired to the Australian United Steam Navigation Company, asking them if they could take transhipment cargo from Brisbane for Sydney. The company replied that they could do so, as their position was inde pendent, having nine steamers running manned with free crews, and plenty of free lumpers offering. The Omapere sailed south this morning. She took the Tongariro's English mail. The Graf ton will leave for the West Coast to-morrow. Mr McLean states that the company, having decided bo lay up half of the inter colonian steamers until summer, he ex pects that after Thursday they will have to notify the old officers that all vacancies have been filled. According to the Registrar-General's returns the assets of the Trade Unions in the Colony only amount to about £5700, of which about £4000 belongs to the Sea men's Union. The police have effected several more arrests of persons charsed with interfer ing with non-Unionists. Several of the railway hands on this section have seceded from the Railway Servants' Society, but state they are willing to rejoin if the society disas " sociates itself from the Maritime Council. Several storemen have returned to their former employers. ' The Directors of the Gear Meat Com pany met to-day and appointed three of* their number, Messrs Reid (chairman), J. «S. M. Thompson, and the' Hon. P. A. Buckley, to sit on the Arbitration Com mittee which is to deal with the question, of the Company supplying meat to •the Union Company's vessels. These gentle men will meet arbitrators appointed by the Butchers' Union, Messrs S. Smith (President), F. Moote (secretary), and Dux ell, some time this Week, and an out-; sider will be chosen as Chairman. It is proposed to commence loadingthe Duke of Westminster with meat to- j morrow, and owing to the carters engaged to bring meat into town bein^ non unionists, it is believed that trouble with the butchers will arise. . One of the free labourers has laid an information against a man named Lewis, a unionist on strike, for an assault com mitted on him this afternoon at the entrance to the wharf. Lewis was arrested at about 3 o'clock. ; At a meeting of the Employers' Asso ciation the Napier rules were reviewed and found unsuitable to Wellington, in i •onsequence of the greater variety of labour employed here. It was determined to establish a labor bureau. The boiler makers have decided to do no work for the Union Company. Dttnedin, September 9. The Maritime Council do not intend at present to publish the proposal submitted to the conciliation committee ns was in tended, owing to the convening of the labor conference at Sydney, to which Messrs Sangster (Victoria), Davies (New South Wales), and Seymour (Queensland), have been appointed as delegates for the Council. The carters resume work tomorrow, this decision having been arrived at owing fco the public inconvenience caused. They will not, however, carry goods for the Union Company. The Bootmakers' Union to-night voted £100 to the strike defence fund. At a meeting of the wharf carters to night it was decided by a small majority to resume work to-morrow on condition j that the employers pay off the non-union men lately engaged, and reinstate the old employees. The union agreed to make good any loss to non-union men. and pay their fares back to the places from which they canid. The "Globe." the organ of the unionists at Dunedin, understands that the various Labor Union leaders are with drawing all their deposits from the banks in gold, and propose co hold the money in their safes until the,present dispute is over. It ia contended that the employers lean upon the banks in all their troubles and that withdrawing large sums of gold from circulation will so cripple the banks that they will be compelled to bring pressure to bear on their clients. All unionists are therefore being called upon to withdraw their private deposits from Savings Bank and banks in gold, and hold them in the meantime. The various unions will be called upon to draw out their funds in gold, and. all Friendly Societies funds, m cases where unionists command a majority of the voting power, will probably be treated in the same way! Unionists will further be asked to refuse i to accept notes, and demand all payments m gold. The enormous amount of gold which in this way will be withdrawn from circulation,and the partial stoppage of bank notes cannot fail to have a very serious effects, and will introduce quite a ew p^ase *U the dispute.

THE SITUATION IN LYTTELPON.

Ihere is more non- union labour than is needed at the port. Those chosen? to work are escorte-1 by the police. ; Inspector Ponder has an extra for* at tut wharves. - The executive of. the Trades a»d Labor Council have passed the following resolu tion :—«<That the Executive of the Trades and Labor Council regrets the action o f certain ill-advised persons, m, regard to non-unionists, expresses its contidance that unionists ay© not responsible for such ustya, «nd urges members of labor bodies j 5Q Ofcrenmy abstain from participating i >

any hostile demonstration, and to use all their influence to check the same." The Belfast freezing works were closed tiny. Tlie men were assembled, and Mr ClnysUll, on behalf of the chairman, ad dressed them, and stated that it was with much rogiet that the directors had decided to close the works for the present. They were very unwilling to do so, but were compelled by want of coal. It was no fault either of theirs or their employees, : bub simply the result of the stoppage of business owing to the strike in Australia, I which affected us here, though it was a matter entirely beyond pur control. In his opinion it would advantageous to all concerned if New Zealand were not affiliated to ttio other' colonies. He pointed out Unit the wages p^idL, by, the company /ftmounted to £300 weekly, and the value wf the sheep which passed through the Belfast and-Islington works in a week was^bout £5500. Mr phrystall s remarks were applauded by the men, who gave cheers for the directors. The men are to be allowed to occupy free quarters at the works till work is resumed. Bluff, September 9. The Waihora arrived here at 8.30 this morning, and large number of non-union labourers came to port by th«i, morning train. These worked the steamer with out interruptjibri by^ the Unionists, and all the; inward and outward cargo has been attended to. The Waihora leaves here to morrow for Melbourne. Mr Watt, second officer, fell from the main deck to the lower hold having been struck by fhe grain sling. On examination it was found his left leg was broken. Mr Watt was taken to Invercargill hospital by a special train. Beyond a good deal of hooting no demonstration was indulged in. It having been stated that the unfortu nate accident tp Mr Watb, second officer of the Waihora, at the Bluff to-day, was caused by the carelessness or inexperience of the winchman,' Mr Watt being inter viewed said'that this was untrue. The sling of oats rolled over the side of the gangway. He saw it coming, but owing to three men standing behind him, and to the confined position of the after hatch, he could not get out of the way and was struck on the shoulder and thrown orer the combing. Fortunately he was able to grasp for a second at the combing, so that the drop was a pretty fair one.

Latest Telegrams.

(Received September 10, 11.30 a.m.) London, September 9. The United Labor Council of London has remitted £280 to Mel bourne and £500 to Sydney. Twelve thousand North Wales miners held a demonstration in favor of eight hours' labor. Delegates from old,and powerful Unions to the Trades. Congress at Liverpool complain that they were swamped by delegates from younger and unimportant Societies. Great uneasiness is felt inconsequence, and Lancashire operatives will pro bably withdraw from the Union. . (Received September 10, 10.20 a.m.) Melbourne, ' September 10. Replying to a question in the House of Assembly yesterday, the Premier stated that Government considered ifc unwise and injudicious to legislate in the present labor difficulty. The Employers Union has cabled details of the strike to London. , Adelaide, September 10. A vessel has gone on the reef near Cape Jervis. Assistance has been sent her from here, but the name of the ship'is unknown. ? Hobakt, September 10. The Monbwa'i is .'discharging with non-Unionists.

! Wellington, Septf 10 The Tongariro is bei»g discharged by her crew An attempt was made to,load the Duke of Westminster with meat this morning,, but the carters conveying the meat from the slaughter yards at Ngarangha were stopped on arrival. in town. A further attempt is to.be made this afternoon. Matters on the wharves are very'quiefc and peaceable. ', , .„.. , ; ; Dunedin, September^ 10. To-clay the JPiakois being diicftarijed by her own crew and non-union-labor. Tho boycott is withdrawn from shore so far as the carters are concerned. AH Duthie's men turned up this morning, and express their willingness to do any work sent to them without question. Mr Bines, Secretary of the Carter^ Union, states it was seen advisable to kreep the boycott entirely off shore, and con fine it to the wharves. It is further stated that Mr Bines admits a mistake has been made, and his union is *wMing to recede from the position as "untenatJle and ineffective, and caused irritation;; never dreamt of. ' . Lambton's men also returned to "work. Theunion agraeto make good any loss non union men have sustained by paying fares: back if they will vacate the places. This was carried by a small majority. Nine of Duthie's men have returned to duty. The rest will go back if all non-union labor is dismissed, which Mr Duthie declines emphatically to do. , ■

SPORTING

GERALDINE RACF&,

The following events we,re decided after w% went to press last e.venino 1: Ikot, of 35 soys ; sr, CojK j fo^g 5 soys . no weight un^er IOsb: 3 miles. Calista (Harold) 1 Star of Honor. ... . (Owner) 2 Tom .. (Owner) 3 Somolina, Guardsman, Grasshopper* Grace Darling and Tommy also trotted. Time—Bmin 21secs. Totalizator, £83; dividend, £1 4s. Selling Rack, of 40 soys ; w.f.a.. 1 mite. Dragon ... ... ... (Brown) I Inez ... ... (Ray) 2 Lady Darling ... (Pr'oe) 3 Time—lmin 47secs. Totalisator — £169 ; dividend, £3 6s. Dragon was bought by Mr Sherwin, Waimate, for the sum of £41. Flying Handicap, of 45 soys ; 6 furlongs. Bay King, 6st 121b (Ray) 1 Duchess of Albany, 6st 101b (Allen) 2 Jack, 7st 121b ... ... (McGrath) » Time—lmin 19-kec. Totalisator—£2ol j; dividend, £2. :" ' ' Hack Race, of 15sovs; no weight under Bst 71b ; 6 furlongs. Doubtful, aged ... (McConochie) 1 Emma, Ben, Fanny, Hetty, and Maggie also started. Time—lmin 23$ see. Dividend—£2 2s. The winner was bought in for 15 soys. The total amount put through the machine during the day was £1111.

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Sydney, September 9. Wheat, chick 2s lOd to 3s Id, milling 3s 8d to 3s lid. Oats, Is 9d to:fe&. Maize, 3s 8d to 3s lOd. Barley, Cape 2s 3d, English nominal 3&.'"'Bran and pollard Bd. Peas, Prussian, blues 3s lOd. Pota toes £4 to £'4 15s, Onions £9 10s to £11.. Butter, dairy Bd,. factory lOd. Cheese* 3d to S«V Bacon,; machine 5d to 5%d' t 1 hj^ .fid to 7*1,, New Zealand 9d %»,9|dJ \ Hams, New Zealand, lid. Melboukne, September 9. There is a fair deiuin/a for, wheat ;•• prime milling, 3s 10d, s Mbur, stone, £8>" 10s ; roller, £9 10s.. Oats,. New Zealand" prime, 3s lfdv. Maiae ; prime, 3s 9d.. Peas, 3s 2d.

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