MARRIAGE. Haybs—-Dyer.—At Lyttelton, on 21st October, by Rev. J. H. Mackenzie, Thomas Hayes, of Ashburton, to Louisa Dyer, of Lyttelton.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna et Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESAY, OCTOBER 22, 1890. WIFE DESERTION.

Wife desertion is a ooibmon occur.-: rence m the Australasian colonies. The population of the several colonies, being more or less of a moving charac ter, facilities are afforded to un principled man to forsake their wives and children, nnft. leave them, either a burden upon the State, or a burden upon the private charity of relatives and friends. The lot of families thns deserted by cowardly breadwinners is one which calk forth, not only com miseration for their sufferings, but a righteous desire to punish husbands and fathers who thns prove untrue to the most sacred obligations and instincts of humanity. We are there fore glad to see that the police of New Zealand have m one instance brought a wife^deserter back to the colony, and that at the last sittings of the Timaru Supreme Court the offender was called upon to answer for his misdeeds. The man and his family, it appears, resided at Oamaru, and the husband suddenly departed without leaving his family any means of subsistence, or saying a word as to where he was going or what were his intentions. His wife, like everyone else acquainted with the circumstances, had not the slightest doubt that the man's intention was to rid himself of marital obligations which he found irksome; and this opinion was fully justified from the fact tfiat. accused, afterleaving the colony, did not send to his anxious relatives—mean time dependent upon public charity— a word as to his whereabouts, or the ■ wherewithal to provide for present needs. Everything pointed m the direction of the man being a wife deserter, and his wife was prevailed upon to swear an information against him. Acting upon this authority it!>e police promptly obtained information as to accused's whereabouts, and he was arrested,on warrant m New South Wales and promptly brought back to New Zealand. After his return, how ever, and previous to his trial at 'the Supreme Court for wife-desertion, {ac- cused secured aa interview with "his wife, and easily persuaded her that he did not mean to desert either herself or his children. The result of fchis was a family reconciliation, and jthe wife, when the charge came before;the Grand Jury, notwithstanding !her sworn statement to the contrary, stated that, since laying the information, she altered her opinions, and didinofc believe that her husband intended to forsake his family. This left the Grand Jury no option but to throw out the bill, and accused was discharged. Notwithstanding all;the expense the country had been put to m bringing accused back to Few Zealand, the wife at the last moment withdrew the prosecution, and her husband was allowed to escape the consequences of a cowardly act. What has occurred m the Oamaru case is likely to occur m almost every other case of wife desertion where the husband is brought back from another colony. The pre sence of a husband exercises a subtle influence over his wife and family, and under hi* direction the ends of justice may easily be def«ate4—and the ends of justice m such a case fts that | from Oamaru would b« to inflict J such a punishment as would act as a warning to all other intending wife deserfcet's that this despicable practice cannot be pursue^ with impunity, m this colony at least, if. deserted wives, however, after laying informations, against defaulting husbands, enter into 1 eompaete with accused persons to de feat the police, the' law introduced for the special protection pi women and .children will become a dead letter. The Authorities will become dis heartened and dissatisfied, and will, relax their vigilance to secure the arrest of men who are the most heart-. leas criminals the police are culled upon to deal %ith. In order to place it beyond the power of wives to thus aid defaulters m defeating the ends of justice, \v& think the State should in sist 1 upon' payment by prosecutrix or }ncr imsfcand •of ■•ftll 'costs incurred I n» to the stage at which the prosecution 't* This course would '*~ l**m Mb henefietolly m causing douov . -■-. .to be •proceeded with,'and prosecutions .-• -^tfd j JB taught >tfc> ■salutory,; lessons w*. ' "•*m«ilriHties' wifo-deserters that their re. J( **-»4,eJy to the State do not cease imrnecu.. they are restored to the bosoms of their ■forsaken families. lh £ the Oamaru case we understand assistance ?vas rendered to the deserted family during,

the absence of the breadwinner by the Charitable Aid Board, and we trust that this - body ",i\yill take steps to sue the husband for those disburse ments. Unless the Bokrd do so they ['will not, fulfil oiie of thpmtpst isnportant ! publip functions'for which they hare' been called into existence, viz., to prevent the pockets of industrious taxpayers being picked m order to pro vide for the wants of families the heads of whoni have not sufficient main hood to fulfil "marital ob'ligatioiis. 1

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Electric cabs have been successfully intro. duced m Germany. A scheme is being prepared by a syndicate of large Russian capitalists for the early • ostablishmenb m China of a Riisao-Asiatio »ban k, iii tended to promote the development of Russo-Chjnese commercial relations. 'From-a single strawberry farm at Orpitig :to'n,"England, the proprietor got 500 tons of fruit, an amount which, even at twopence per pound, repreeente a turnover of more than £0000. r A Lutheran clergyman, who recently com pared the Czar to Antichrist m a sermon delivered m a town m one of the Baltic provinces, has been Bent to Perm, m Siberia, to exile, y ■ A leading Japanese newspaper, the 11 Hochi Shimbum," declares that ChrUtian ity m slowly but steadily making progress m Japan, never retroe;ading for an instant; The future of Buddhism, it says, is indeed m peril. A paper of Finland mentions a curious atone that serves as a barometer m the northern part of that country. It is called "Ilmakiur," and turns black or dark grey, when foul weather is approaching, becoming almost white m fine weather. A meeting of Italian residents m Sydney was held on the 26th ult., to protest against attacks which had been made upon Italians m consequence of the rumoured importation of Italian laborers, which was declared to be a pure invention. There we at least twenty members of the i House of Commons who have made their fortunes out of coal. Two began life as working colliers, one as a coal dealer, and the remaining 17 have waxed rich by becom ing the freeholders of land, beneath which ' valuable coalfields were afterwards found. A retired New Zealand merchant, Louis Walker by name, while taking his walks abroad at Findhorn, N. 8., unexpectedly got to loggerheads with a fine goat belonging to the tree Kirk minister of the village. The goat butted him, and he responded by shoot ing the animal. When brought before the Sheriff, he defended the action by the plea that h'j acted in' self-defence, and so escaped, and"in the cud the villagers m their hearts rejoiced that lie had rid the neighbourhood of a great nuisance. ' ■ i , i A heavy gale off the Baltic on September Ist banked up the Neva so that a large portion of St Petersburg was flooded, and an . immense amount of damage was done. At the Zoological Gardens the water rose with such rapidity that the people m them found themselves obliged to wade through the water. Ladies m delicate summer toilettes were obliged to wade home through water up to their knees. : Atan induest at Carmarthen,'it'was stated that a postman named Llewellyn was going his rovnds, when he failed to obtain a reply at the door of Mra Tooting, Catherine Street. On. entering the house he was horrified to find the body lying burning over the fire. He endeavoured to rescue her, hut the house dog became so furious that he had to beat a retreat, and it was not. until the neighbours were summoned, that .the faithful creature could be beaten off. j An old man named John Cosgrove, a pri.3oneE.iu Darlinghurst .Gaol, expired sud denly on the 28th ult., m the gaol hospital, where ho had been under medical treatment. The deceased was nearly ninety years of age, and was undergoing n sentence of imprison ment for life for a murder committed by him m Sydney some years ago. Yesterday, before Mr Donald Williamson, J.F., James MeCreiior.was remanded ;to. Mon day, the 27th inst., on a clmrg?, laid at the instance of Hugo Frictllsmder, of breach of the "Chattels Transfer Act, 1889." Bail was allowed, accused himself m £300, and t\vo sureties,, m £150 each—in; default of sureties, to be detained m Ashburton Goal until the hearing of the c;v»e. This morning McCrenor was released,-sureties having been 'forthcoming, and. the bail bonds signed. ; Whitfield's " Tabernacle" m Tottenham Court road, London, is to be rebuilt, and for that purpose £20,000 is required. The original Tabernacle was raised by the famous preacher, the greatest pulpit orator of his day, m 1750, arid Augustus Toplarly, author of the " Rock of Ages'," lies buried m its vaults. The site is to' be covered with a " Whftfield 'Memorial Church " and a "Top lady Hall." Already between £5000 and £0000 has been raised. The cyclone m the Jura on August 18th wa3 a serious thing. Sainte Claude was terribly ravaged by it. Several houses wore! laid m ruins, .and there were a good many fatal accidents. Not only have several dead bodies been discovered,, bnfc a great many people are missing, and firemen were liard at work extricating people from the fallen buildings. All business has been suspended, and 6000 workmen have been thrown out of employment. A League or Association has been started at Home to urge the purchase of the rail ways by the State. Among the details of the management they advocate cheapness and uniformity of fares and increased facili ties to laborers and artisans m all parts of the country, and coupons, instead of tickets, available on all lines,, and at, any date. They want to abolish all '< contract and re turn tickets, also excursion or trip trains, people who travel for pleasure to have no advantage m tho price ofifares over those who travel for business, and all charges should be equal, low and uniform, similar to our postage system. Mr H. Overton who has been paying a visit to the bid country, writing of Agricultural shows says:—" Now. that I. have seen j the three great shows I feel convinced that with some little improvement m the matter of a grand stand, parading - stock, aud m i the better exhibition of saddle and harness classes, om- own show, as an all round show, would be second to none jn England; for m the fat stock classes they: have Very few entries, and very little m light horses (for | the London season and Islington Horse j Show does away with ; the latter). From a ' farmer's point, the machinery and ; im-. plements, including, of course, what we are obliged to import from England, our show is so vastly superior to even the Royal that you cannot even compare them. An English Parliamentary paper just pub lished gives particulars of tho number of horses purchased for the army during the last two years. The number purchased from j dealers m 1888-89 was 1381, and the next j year 1653, or a total of 3034. Of these 1231 were purchased h\ the course of the two years m London, 1011 m Dublin, 245 m Cavan,; 232 m Waterford, 218 m Oastleford,' and smaller numbers m other placed, including six mules (for mountain battery) from Italy. From breeders forty-six were purchased m the former »hd cigh,ty-one m the latter year. In order to effect these purchases from breeders, many hundreds of horses offered by agriculturists were examined by; the officers of the department. In 1888.89 there were 7000 horses registered as a reserve for phe Army 5 m jthe following year the number was doubled.

Legal argument m the " Referee " appeal ] case has been postponed to the fimt sitting' m I)a7i<o after the Court of appeal. The Rpv Father Chastagnon will celebrate mass at Rakaia on Sunday next, and vaspers at Ashburton at tho usual hour. Saturday, November Ist, being the feast of All Saints, mass will be celebrated at Ashburton^t iflri the same hours ■ as on Sundays. *On thes following Sunday, the Rer Father will celebrate mass at Methven and vespers nt Ashburton. On Monday, Mass will :bc celebrated At Ashburton at 10 a.m. Gcortre Wivldock Ell, adjudicated a, bank rupt m 1886, whose case has since been be fore the Supreme Court and Parliament, ap plied at_ Chrictchurch yesterday to Mr justice D'ennistoa' for" annulling tho, bank ruptcy. ' Hi 3 Honour refused, and Ell gave notice of appeal. The planet Venus is now approaching her greatest brilliancy for this term ac an even ing star, and for some time has been visible m the day-Hnie. This; simple fact ,has caused sonic commotion at Geraldine, .where two gentlemen, lazily: lying on their backs watching a, sky-lark warbling ,to the sky, caught sight ( qf, Venus,, anil a long paragraph m, regard to the M was cbrnmunicateel to the Chnstehurch Press by the woulfl-be astronomical discoverers'.' i . - Referring to the thunderstorm at Auck land yesterday the ' Press correspondent saya;:!- T '«The {Jovernment have received a telegram stating that the telegraph office at Thames hail been struck by lightning and set on fire. The operator, Mr Beale, wks knocked backward off hisstool, and the room was filed with a blue flame. Tho gas pipe was fused, and the gas .set on fire, whence the flames ran lip the wall; but Mr Bcale, by the exercise of great promptness and presence of min'dv succeeded m extiriguishiiig the incipient conflagration before much damage was done. An order has been made that lie shall receive a special reward for his conduct." '."'•'.' ■-.'.''■ The Ashburton, Rifles mustered strongly last evening/ so that there was a good parade. But the parade, and practice of the bayonet exercise team whp are to represent the Company at' Wellington shortly, were not the only attractions. Sergeant-Major Hayes had just been made a Benedict, and he had invited the corps to a smoke concert m the orderly-room. A good mnny veterans of the corps, long ago laid aiiide as past service, were also invited, as well as old friends of ,the Ashburton Guards—a corps that has recently been transformed into a | J Rifle Club. A good few members of the Fire 1 Brigade were there, too, and the C.V.C. was also represented. The officers of the corps were present, as well as one or two J old officers of the Rifles and Guards/Adjutant Fooks of the Battalion, iand Sergeant-Major Jones, of the district staff, who had maklo an official inspection of the company that evening. Nor j bad 'the invitations been, sparingly issued,'for seat! had been found at the tables for a lar,ge sprinkling of .cadets, a corps Sergeant-Major Hayes has' Very care fully nursed since its formation. Two tables ran all the length of tlie large orderly-rocta, and one crosswise at the. north end, and on these were laid abundance of good things, tastefully displayed by ladies who claim epscial proprietary rights m several mem bers of the company, and who were proud to do honour - to. the Benedict of the hour. On the side table were displayed a handsome tea service m Staffpijd china, of quaint but •haste design, the gift to the bride of the officers of the company, as well as a supfcrb electro-plated cruet etancl, a token of the non-commissioned officers' good wishes, besides several presents from old volunteer friends. The chair was taken 1 by Captain Dolman, who, m a neat speech, after honor- | ing the Queen, proposed the toast of the evening, wishing the couple health, wealth, happiness, and long life. The Captain dilated at some length on the excellence of the Sergeant-Major as a drill instructor, oil' his never flagging enthusiasm as a Volunteer/ and on his, popularity not only m the com pany but throughout the whole battalion. He then asked the Sergaant-Major to accept for his bride the presents above mentioned, and the toast he had given was honored with such hearty cheers as only young throats can give. Tire rest of the evening was spent with toast, song, and sentiment, and closed shortly before the hour which is stern "respectability's, solemn summons for separa tion. This notice would- be incomplete without reference to the fact that the Brass Band, with which Sergeant-Major Hayes had :been long associated, was presentj and at intervals played some excellent marches m the Drill Shed,

THE ELECTIONS.

The Wellington W,harf.:'Labourer^ Union and Seamen's Union, which have trootntly taken a ballot for the selection of a Parliamentary candidate,! have decided to keep the result private. Mr Verrall addressed the electors of Ashley lnst evening, and referred at length to the advantage to be gained by the establishment of(» State Bank. He also advocated* a Progressive Property Tax. At the conclusion of the address Mr Verrall was accorded a vote of thanks. The "Akaroa Mail" says: —Mr Wv Barnett has formally announced to the Farmers' Association his intention of ; standing for-the district at the coming: general election. At their meeting on Saturday;, a, resolution was unanimously carried that a' deputation- should wait upon Mr Barnett, asking him to with draw, so-that the'return of a Peninsula man might be secured by an undivided vote, Later m. the day the deputation waited upon Mr Barnett, but that gentle man would give no decided answer as to the course he intended to pursue. Wanganui, October 22. Mr Ballance has completed his political address m the country districts of Wanganui electorate, and has received vote 3of confidence, m all centres of population, (.he small farmers rallying strongly to his support. '.'■' New Plymouth, October 22. Mr "John Elliot addressed the New Plymouth electors lastnight and advocated retrenchment, saying he would support Government m further economies. , He thought the Maoris, and Europeans should ba taxed equally, and said the colony could not abolish the property tax; A great saying might be made m the cost of education, The railways should be worked to benefit eettlers, not for profit. Wellington, October 22. The Hon. Mr Fergus leaves for the South by the Aorangi this evening. He will be absent for a fortnight, ; : ! \

Arctic Exploration.

Two remarkable expeditions for solving a groat Arctic secret, the geographical and meteorological condition of things at the North Pole, are at present under con sideration. , Everyone h-iK beard of Nansen and hit) recenb and magnificent 1 journey acroas Greenland. Since then 1 Ul9 Nortfegian^Assembly has voted two 1 hundred thousand crowns for the expenses of a voyage by their herioc fellow country man to the North Pole. A specially constructed boat of a hundred and seventy tons burden is to be built for him, iv whioh he will carry provisions and,fuel sufficient for himself and a dozen men.for five. years. He hopes, however, to accomplish his purpose m twenty-four months. The novelty of his attempt con sists solely m the raute to bo takon. Various articles, including relics of the ill-fated Jeanettq, have from time to time been picked upon the coast of Greenland. They had evidently been brought from the other side of tho Polar Sea. Borno upon the ioe, they, are supposed to have been carried by a current close to the North Pole, if not exactly over it. Nansen proposes tc^ utilise this current and will start on his adventurous journey from Norway.in February 1892. Very much more Quixotic is the: scheme for which M. Georges Besancon, director of the Superior School ol Aerial Navigation at Paris, and ;M. Gustavo Hermite, astronomer and meteorologist, are paid to be "sponsors. These . French gontlemen propose to balloon to the North Pole from the %oast of Spitzbergen. They expect to be' four, or five days only on the journey of four,ol five thousand miles, hoping to drop safely, on, the North American continent, or else m Arctic Siberia Their balloon will be a large one, lined with silk, and protected on the out side by a special varnish which will ensure its absolute imperviousness. r ... •

The Duke of Fife's Lands.

I The Home correspondent of a contem porary says :—I have before mentioned the frequent Sales during the past year of portions of the Duke of Fyfe 3 estates m the counties of Banff and Aberdeen. His tanants did not at all like being handed over to other landlords, his Grace being an exceptionally good one, and surmise was freely: indulged mas to liis- reasons lor disposihg so largely of his laricted pro perty | Speaking at Banff the other cUy, the jjDuke, gave an explanation which seemed, to satisfy his hearers. He'said tha]B\he had been acting upon a liner of policy which he had long held to be the right one, and had advocated before h# ' came into the possession of the estates — viz., that it was not fori the advantage oi the country, norpf in^r^dual^aitidowners,? that an estate should be so large and so scattered that the proprietor could not take an intelligent and n definite interest in it:! The existence of smaller estates would not only create an element of greater stability iii the country, but would also tend to do away with the idea that once prevailed, that land was the appanage of one class, instead of being, as he maintained that it ought to be, a purcjiaseabio commodity-within,the reach of a||» , lie r^j/Mced.that during the last ten yipSrshe'had created a consider able iiuirioer of landowners, who would necessarily "take a greater personal in terest than he could; m the land which they had acquired, and m the district m which they had resided. His Grace's re marks were'received with applause by his audience, and they seem to deserve atten tion m a country like New 1 Zealand, where the croation of. a landed interest is so rapidly proceeding, and where the forma tion of very large estates is not unknown.

Sir Charles Dilke on Taxation.

Sir Charles Dilke, m a paper m the " New Review " on, \* The-,Radical Pro gramme," devotee a good share of his space to the important subject of the taxation of property, both of land and of incomes, he points out ,that the familiar argument against graduated taxation, that it would drive capital out of the country, will not avail when it is found that m the new countries to which capital might turn, the principle of graduated taxation has already been adopted. The strength of the modern progressive movement lies m the fact that it is' of an international character. The workers m the old World and m the new seenii to have made Himultwedusly the sauie, discovery—viz., that while they fare] ,<thfe :ichief agents, m i-he creation of wealth, its enjoyment is limited to a privileged few. These few, while excluding the masses from the oppor tunities for recreation and culture, have manage at the same time to throw upon them fche burden of maintaining the State u»der an iniquitous system of taxation. S# long as political power was centred m; an oligarchy or a bourgeoisie air this was feasible enough for the ruling class. And doubtless the first change could only come when the people had secured their P^lifcipal rights., Wi^h* close; ;of the political struggle the social conflict begins'■; and it will task all the energies and abilities of the highest statesmanship to meet it. Some political rights there are which yet "remain to be won ■;■ but their 1 acquisition is certain, and cannot be post poned to any appreciable distance of time. The people know and feel this, and they are pushing on to the inevitable goal of social emancipation, without which they are convinced no political' victories will enable them to lead a full or joyous life.

A New Sect in India.

An Indian correspondent states;-—The religion of a fair proportion of, the edu cated popuMti6tt of India is Theisni, popularly known here as Brahmoism. The best known leader of this movement was the late Keshub Chunder Sen, who visited England m 1870. Mr Sen's religions views underwent so great a change during the last few years of his career as scarcely to deserve the name of Theism. But a large number of his followers who seceded from him and formed themselves into a distinct party have ever been anxious to. keep .their faith inviolate from all degrading ten dencies. The missionaries of this section of the Indian Theistic Church have been actively engaged for the last 10 years m propagating the principles ef their re ligion m all parts of the' empire. They haye so far succeeded that at present m most of the,large cities a branch of the Brahma- Samaj (the Church of God) is to be found.. The feudatory States are strongholds of Hindu orthodoxy, English education not having been introduced into them.Yetin'someoftheseStatesßrahmoism has beeb preached and has found followers. At Inabre, the Capital of the Maharajah Holkar, there is a branch Theistic church, which has met with the of his Highness, who contributes to its fund*. At the celebration of the seventh anniversary of this Church, held m the first week of May last, people came to it from the contiguous feudatory States, and the Prime Miriislier of the Holkar, ai member qf the Churchj discoursed on Brahmoism. Now thfct a chief feudatory State lias been enlightened- enough to, actiyely^en? ; courage the propagailon of the reforri^^d religion amongst its people; Itiwill not be l^ng before the example is followed by the other States. Theism might justly be pronounced to be the religion of educated India, for it can claim as its followers, the largest number of the really religious among Indians, who; fray* received an English education,

The Weather

alf6riTS:"ation The following is the"; Meteorological Re port for the. week ejidiug October 19th, 1890:—

Carrier Swallows.

." Carrier swallows, " instead (if pigeons, have again been tested successfully |at • Roubai*. by a trainer. Fifteen of |he birds were given absolute freedom tof wing for the first time. They flew lin different directions, and m about twenty minutes'' one came back and pcrcliud on the.trainers.outstretched finger, 'the others followed, and m half an h|ur, every swallow was back. M. Desbouviie,', who trains'fchese birds, is confident tjiat, m war time they would be ten times {at least more useful th&*i carrier pigeons^ as they are more intelligent^ fly higher, |nd can obtain their food while on the wijig. Aa to the habit of the 1 swMows flying iouth when the winter setp^ni nere m pur nbrthern^climes, the experifehiced trailer is aj)lete produce birds, which he keptjall thiwugh the most bitterly cold months of last year and this. ,

Civil Service Defaulters.

About the close of the session an ani mated discussion took place oil jthe question of defalcations by Civil servants during the past' yeai; aud the amounts that had to be voted; to'make good tte,ir deficiencies, totaling between ten find eleven thousand, pounds sterling. It >vaa pointed out that the -local bodies were.' bound by statute to secure guarantees from their officers, and honourable mem bers very properly urged that men who had large sums of money passing through their hands should be called upon to supply bonds also. We think that tliere ought not to'be'-any doubt on this question, m the",mindß, of the taxpayers afc< all events. To be called upon op supply ten or eleven thousand pounds per annum for the defalcations of riuih who are m positions of trust and m the enjoyment of good salaries m these days of "skin flint economy " is,ebo>igh to raise tliegdrge of any.'pfrudemY'man who has to pay?his way honourably and conscientiously. \Ye have no fault to find with the characters of our^ Civil servants generally; indeed, \we ate''inclined to -the opinion that they ire, as a rule, above the average m the matter of honesty. But, of course, they are only human, and !they are liable to the same weaknesses as the rest of the human .race. If it be just that the officer of a local body who has, m the course of 'bhe year, passing through his hands a few thousands at rapßfcshiould{be;(i(|ntp"felled by law to* givie a:.Mdelity-bond,i Sben there cannot be any sound reason why a Civil servant, who has control of; perhaps, as many thousands as the local officer jhas hundreds should be treated differently., X necessary, the State might^pay a}l'the costs hi connection with the guarantees, fto be demanded, antl'if fcHi) law 1 'dobs[not provide for this then the law ought t<j be amended as soon as possible.•-^Kxch&ngei

TELEGRAPHIC

HOME AND FOREIGN.

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London, October 21. Mr Dillon denies that his party ever' favored the use of dynamite. Mx Gladstone is paying a visit to I ]J!dmburgb~. He received ovations from the people at the stations en route. He addresses the electors of Midlothian to-day. Paris), October 21. The revised French tairiff admits wools and hides free. } Ottawa, October 21. O'Connor, the oarsman^;,states that he intends to take a rest until; March. The Canadian Government declines to promise ikirnunity to Djillonr should he yisit the colony^ •- Buenos Aykks, October 21. Ex-President Celman is to.be im peached. .' . , CoNSTANTiNOPLK, October 20. .The Sultan, m a note to the Powers, states that He will defend Tripoli 'white a soldier is left. Niw Oeleans, October 21. . Forty arrests have 'been made m connection with recent murders. Suakim, October 21. Osman Digna is^ reiported "• pO be ;fortifying;; Kas's^la/. \j) r. , X f< lj f{

AUSTRALIAN

Sydney, October 21. The Albertawwass s going eleven kn6ts an hour when she struck. She is 4 total wreck. It was the pilot who had a-paralytic stroke, not the captain who had sunstroke as was at first reported.

INTERPROVINCIAL

■ J 'AtJCKtAND, October 21. . The dead body of a female child, newly born, was found ip the Western Park to- 1 :day.J'i ;■ ; \"\ -V ;'>■/',, , ■r|l> New« has reached Kuaotunu of an im portant gold discovery at Boat Harbor*, about five or six miles from Tairua. A prospector named Marsack has cut a reef, which is said to give prospects a** good as the best yet got from Kuaotiinu. New Plymouth, October 21, ; In the case of Emanuel Hanna, charged with indecent assault,-Mr Justice Connolly held the indictment to be bad,, and re-1 leased the prisoner, for whom Mr Jellicoe appeared. A, man named Rasmussen shot himself with a fowling-piece near Inglewood • to day. No particulars are yet to hand. <- In opening the annual Diocesan .Synod to-day Bishop Cowia spoke of the present labor disputes. He said it was considered by all reasonable men that one section of the community had as much right as another to unite m guilds or associations for common advantage so long as that advantage was notfinimical to the well being of any other law-abiding section of the people. At whatever present cost we ( should resist all legislation that would in fringe the right of personal liberty m things allowable,, or tolerate the tyranny of any one combination of citizens.; over another. Moreover, individuals or com- ■ munities should not commit the keeping of their conscience to any human autho rity, however exalted. : , Information has been receive^ that Te Malraki, a JwellTj£no|irh , iariatitf »t, Te Kuiti, has' been ejecting some I store' 'keepers \..jkt that settlement^^"and^ as a djsturija^jce. is feared, a body of police, under Inspector Brohani, will leave' at .midnigh| jotre^fl^un the morning by "special train from Te Kuiti. The, force wiirtomprise ten constables and Detec tives Kirbyand Hughes. Captainf Mes senger and some of the permanent ■ force #ill accompany "fcfie party, who will be met at Huntly by Inspector Emerson and another detachment «f police. No par ticulars are yet to hand regarding the disturbance. '■ ' *

Wellington, October 21. The Rev Canon Howcll, v/lin has boon aeling as incumbent of Sf, ■•. Paul's for seven months during the Absence of tlio Rev Mr Hill, was presented with .an' address and a purse of 100 sov.s. The address was signed ,by Lady 1 Onsluvr and 670 parishioners. The charge of stone-throwing against the six youths at the Hutt was dismissed, on technical grounds, and without preju dice. ' , • , The Manawabu "Railway Company have just receiver! several new carriages from -America. - Their - traffic is increasing so fast that tho present stock of locomo tives is no longer able to cope with it. Westport, October 21. The Charles Edward, bound from' Mtf tucka to Greymouth, met the full forcq of the prevailing gales andtbiy under Fare veil Lighthouse, for twqlye .hour.). - Cap tain Whitwcll decided to run into West port, and arrived m the roadstead at ton' o'cl"ck last .night, and came m at five o'clock this morning. When coming over the bar she shipped three seas. One enormous sea pooped the steamer," hha deckhouses were smashed m, the railings, gratings, and binnacle carried away, the cabin flooded, and other similar damage dojrie-. Arthur Ernstow, tho chief officer, on coming • out of his cabin, was over whelmed by the water, and struck by the debris dashing about the dock, and was seriously injured. His-thigh was broken, and ht« head badly cut and bruised. Ha was taken to the hospital. The woather is the worst experienced for many months. Dunbdin, October 2L A number of cases are to be heard on Thursday 1 under the Adulteration Preven tion Act, the»article alleged to have been adulterated' being pepper.' In;one'case it ia said the pepper was adulterated to the extent of 40 per cent. The body of Robert Webb, who com-, mitted suicide at Alexandra a fortnight ago by jumping into the river, was found at' Koxburgh. . , ' . ■; :

The New Plymouth Murder.

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; i New* Plymouth-, October 21. ' The Judge summed up at great length. The jury retired,at 4.30 p.m. to consider their verdict, ariclafter an hour returned to Court with a verdict of Guilty, and % recommendation to in,ercy on account of the priiloneVa^youbH and-alien race. ! In answer to "the usual form, the prisoner said, " May I speak V ' Judjre—" Yes" . Prisoner—" Why am I found guilfcy?V Judge—"The jury have found you .guilty." 1 ■ -.' ; The prisoner then stated :—" I wasn'c there. When all is over I will &ay who was the person who did it. The reason I did not speak before is because he i 3 a Maori like myself. I did not speak before' because I was m the hands of my lawyer, who was defending me, and according to- Native custom I wanted to defend the man who committed/the crime. It is ths Native* custom to save your own people if possible. This individual brought me the things for which I was taken to gaol; According to the Maori. \ custom when a man is condemned for what a relative does he is to keep silent. His name is (name mentioned). It was he who killed him. This is all I have to say. Hois the man who gave me the things, and he committed the crime." : .., His Honor then addressed the accused as follows :—" Mahi Kai, you have been found guilty of the crime of murder. Yon ■have had a most careful trial, and an vost intelligent jury, and a most ablo counsel. I certainly agree with the verdich of .the i jury. ] The jury have recommended you to mercy on account of your youth, and on account of your being of the Native race. That recommendation shall be sent to those who have, if they think fit, the power to act upon it. It does not test' with'me. I have only to adininister the I sentence of the law. His Honor then sentenced the prisoner to death. , , NeW Plymouth, October 22. ' The Minister.of Justice has givon;Mr Samuel permission to see Mahi Kai m gaol with reference to what ke said yesterday before sentence was passed on him, when he accused another Maori of committing the murder. Counsel for: the Crown is likely to accompany Mr Samuel. The, statement of prisoner will be taken d6wn m writing by an interpreter in' the presence of the gfioler. :

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Loirboji, October 20. During the week wheat has experienced a rise of 6d per,quarter. [Received October 23, 10.15 a.m.] ■.■;•■ Sydney, October 22. Wheat, milling ex stores, 4s ; flour, New Zealand, £9 to £10 ; oats, feeding sorts, 2s to 2s Id ; bran, 7d to 7£d ; pollard, 7d, market.dull; potatoes, New Zealand, £2 to £2 10s ; onions, £11; butter, dairy made, 6d to 7d ; separator made, 7d to 9d; cheese, loaf, 5d to 6d; bacon, , machine-cured, 4£d to SW, hand-cured, 6dto7d, roll, 7d to 7M"; New Zealand, 9d ; hams, New Zealand, lid to Is. Mflbovkne, October 22. Wheat, 3s lOd ; oats ; New Zealand, milling sorts, 2s 9d ; Victorian, stout, 3s; peas, 2s lOd. ■ ..■., * Adelaide, October 22. Wheat, 3s 9d, nominal; flour, roller made, £8 53 to £9 os ; stone-made^ £7 10s to £8 ; oats, New Zealand bond, 2s to 2s 3d ; barley, Cape, 2s 3d to 2s 6d, English, 2s 6d to 4s; bran, 8d to 9id ; pollard, Bd.

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Lokdojt, October 20, Owing to alleged systematic intirai-. dation pf crews by the- labor combina tion, the Shipping Federation is matur ing a scheme to lay up every vessel m every , port of the. United Kingdom. This will involve the stoppage of ■min ing- and. many other industries. The organisation is being rapidly'perfected to enable 1 all to act at a given signal. Gas Companies, m anticipation, are laying m large stocks of coal. , , London, October 21. ! The Tainui's seamen and firemen' have struck owing to shoremen being employed m repairing machineryi 'Mama ha? appealed to the dockers to continue subscriptions for Australia until the collapse of the strike is con firmed. '■'•'.: , A Free Labor Society is being formed m Southampton. Half the Executive is composed of employers. <c The Times " applauds the decision of the shipowners to lay up vessels un less the t Unionists conclude a permanent agreement on reasonable terras. : , .',,,' Sydmey, October. 21. , Mr Brennan, president of the Trades. Council, has withdrawn from the' West Sydney election owing to the maritime bodies not loyally supporting \ him. The Trades Council has decided to remain neutral'"'in the present contest, but will make preparations for the general election. The shearers delegate at Roma has been fined £150 and Ml costs, or m

default 20 mouths' imprisonment, for .inciting shearers to leave their work. 'A conference of Western, Southern, and Northern miners has begun. The .bearings of the strike will be discussed, land it is expected that if nothing coined of it the mines m these districts 'will be worked by free labor. A conference takes place between Southern mine owners and the men next week, which it is anticipated will lead to a permanent settlement. ■m, *-, AwaAU>W,W»biK.IM.IM. ihe Labor Council has issued a circular, stating } the' terjns] on which men may be employed.. They have 'decided to boycfltt'jill yc^slfwneSi^y members of the 'Australian dfceam ownci-s Association. . '• '.- - f

, . ' " Auckland, Octobers 21. Several of the lumpers .wlip, worjo out ' oij e.ti;ike applied ,T,t the Unioii Company's office to-clay for work,, bur w^no* taken on as there were no vacancies; * A hulk keeper and lineman wer§, however, en gaged from amongst the number. Grbymouth, October 21. The Grey Valley Coal Company publish a'memorandum of agreement for twelve months 'under which miners art 'to be engaged, together with regulation*' and conditions rf employment and terms of engagement. Supreme coh'trtJl krplaced m the hands of the mine manager' no intervention by deputy being allowed. Messrs Andrew and Ansell, membtrs of the Executive of the Miners' Associa tion, have gone to Westport o» strike matters. • • - . * Dunkuin, October 21. The Brunnerloft Lyttelton yesterday with 60 more non-union men for West jwrfe mines. All are practical /miners. Several other miner* have been engaged, and a further contingent will go round to oho W<?st Coast next week. ■ Th« -lYest porfc Coal Company havinsf been nuc cessful m securing men, the Grey Valley Company now propose to maa their mines m the same way.

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(Received October 22, 10.30 a.m.) Melbourne, October 22. Tlie master butchers, have decided to ; lock-out the men on Saturday unless j they conform to the new; ..rules. , f .The i Slaughtermea's.) Union will remain j passive, and allow members of the Union* to be locked-oufc ; Ifr irfflcler stood that the butchers wiUref&seto. cut up meat killed by free labor.

- , CHKiSTCHtriteift Ochotfe* 22. A meeting took place yesterday be tween the Shipping Committee which works the port of Lyttelfon; and the authorised representatives of the Miners Union of New Zealand, Federated' Wharf Laborers, and Seamen's' Union.: ) The proceedings were kept strictly private, bub it is believed the result of the'rofeting will practically terminate the strike, m a short timeL . ■.■■[...'■>

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[rJHt PRESS ASSOCIATION.]' Wreck, nt tUe WamttitiV \ Auckland, October 22. Arrived': Steamer Richmond from the Islands. She brings ifitelli^nce of the fate of the missing .'.Chilian 1' brigantine Nautilus, Oaptain RoWt, Owens, owned by Captain V. jconsiirned by Donald and Edenbqrough'to "'Auckland with pearl shells on ' hoard. She., left Man<;arewa on, 25th of J.une, las* for Huaheina with a c'»rgo',of,oratfg*s;.fcnd on the 26fcli sprang a. leak whicVcould not be stopped. On the 27th June she.suddenly struck the Island Hereheretui, and became a total wreck, having' drifted broadside on to the. reef.." Captain Owens attributes the loss of the vessel either to the chronometer being out or the strong current. Everything was lost. AH hands iranaged, to reach the shore i&fely. Captain Owens and ' crew Vere 1 then 74 days On Herehoretur,. and lived wholly on cocoanut's and fish. On .September 9th ftie schooner Ina called at the Island and took the ship-wrecked crew to Anana and thence another vessel conveyed them to Tahiti. 2Yatlv« Troubled. During the last few days there have been rumors of a new fanatical fad origi nated by a native named Mahuki, with respect to which some trouble is expected on account of the large influence lent to the movement by such chiefs as Rfwi and others. Mahuki jsome years ago, |with 40 followers, attacked Messrs.; Hursthouse and Newscme, surveyors, and 'subjected them to some pcuel. atrocities and indig nities/ He then led hi* followers t* the invasion" of the township' Alexandra. The}' reckoned without their host, how ever,,, on this * adventure, for P the. Armed Constabulary,, under' Captain Gascoyne, stationed at Alexandra, not only pi-e ---vented the attack,.' but Capture^ the attacking party, arid Mahuki and hisfriends were brought, prisoners to F Aiicßl*nd and tried before Mr Justice Gijlies. as. the ringleader, was sentenced 1 to a year's imprisonment, and the others to lesser terms.. He has now/invented a new religion, and set Tijtnself up as a prophet. His vagaries, m the neighbor hood of Te Kuiti hate given a good deal of uneasiness to the settlers, and it is re ported his audacity has reached the develop ment that he has now token possession of some stores at Te Kuiti. Intelligence ' of these doings reached Mr Lewis, Under-Secrotary of Native Affairs, yes terday, arid he at once communicated with the Premier at Wellington, and in structions were received to quell the dis turbance and arrest Mahuki. To carry out this order Captain Morrison and at' strong detachment pi' ; the permanent : force, arid Inspectb* Broham, with Con stables Lamb, Coliiso, Dewes, O'Brien, Fenery, Russell, Clark, Dunn, McCoy, Matheson, and Detectives Kirby and Hughes-rwho will be joined at Huntley by a contingent under Inspector Emerson —-left at 1.10 a.m. forTe Kuiti by special train. Mr Lewis accompanies the expe dition, which will be joined at Otoratanga by Mr Wilkinson, native agent, •'■, ; LaOSR. Muhiki has been arrested without resistance, and is now on his; way to Auckland. The Natives seemed surprised at the arrival of such an expedition. , New Plymouth, October 22. jThe Supreme Court assault case, where in Arnold George was Charged with criminally assaulting an old Maori woman, broke down through the Maori woman contradicting herself m cross-examination. The Crown Prosecutor threw up the caie, and accused was discharged,.. Death of a* Crtrfcctcr.; Wellington; October 22. Mr Edward Dixon, formerly if cordial manufacturer and enthusiast m cricketing matters, died last night; aged-65 years. Jnunleliml Borrswtbs;. < The Petone Borough Council has decided to raise a. loan of £20,000 for drainage and water supply. ■■ t ;

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