The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1890. LOCAL AND GENERAL

A dance will lie given by the "Ashore nntl Afloat" Company this evening m the Oddfellows' Hall, commencing at 8 o'clock. Excursion trains at red need rates will rim to Dunedin from the 22nd to29th November m connection with the Agricultural Show and races. For full particulars sec advertise^ ment m this day's issue. A very fine trout, weighing 13|lbs, was caught m the Lower Sehvyn on Tuesday evening by Dr Harrison. The tish appeared m very good condition. Another fish, caught at the same time nnd place by Mr John Greenslade, weighed 121bs. On Tues day Messrs Mooreliouse and Hope, fishing m the Rangitata, grassed sixteen fish scaling 1761b5. A sale of 5000 acres under th Midland Railway Act,. took pine 6 at Christchurch to-day, m the presenc6 of a large representative attendances*. The keenest interest was manifested m the competition, which was very spirited. Only a very few of the 84 lots were passed m. The sale is regarded as most successful, prices ranging from £1 8s to £3 7s 6d per acre. The return cricket match between Long beach and Ashburton Cricket Clubs wil take place on Saturday next, at 11 a.m. m the Domain ground—The Ashburton team will be composed from the following members:—Messrs Dixon, Sawle, 6. Andrews, E. Andrews, J. C. Bell, Temple, Ross. Mackay, Makeig, Merewether, Denshire, Cransfield, Rees, and Rollit. Thanks to the good offices of Mr David Thomas, Mayor of Ashburton, the Charitable Aid Board, at its meeting m Christchurch yesterday, rescinded the motion passed recently under which the salary of the Master and Matron of the Old Men's Home, Ashburton, was to have been reduced. Also, on the motion of Mr Thomas, the Board decided to pay the unauthorised expenditure incurred m the case of Mr Brown's family, who were burnt out recently at Tinwald. On Wednesday Messrs A. H. Shury, R. Pilbrow, and E. B. Simpson, proceeded to the Rangitata, and m something les3 than eight hours landed 27 fish, the total weight of which turned the scale at lOOlbs. Messrs Pilbrow and Shury secured six fish each, averaging over 4lbs, while Mr Simpson bagged 15 fish, the total weight of which was 4911)3, the largest of the number turning the scale at olbs. For three rods and eight hours fishing, lOOlbs is not a bad record, and speaks volumes m favour of the Rangitata as an angler's resort. Nearly all the n'sli were m splendid condition, and were principally secured with the white bait phantom. The usual weekly session of the Star o* the East Lodge, 1.0. G.T., was held m the Tenvplar Hall on Wednesday evening last. There was a fair attendance of members and visitors from other Lodges. The Lodge business having been got through, the meet-, ing went into harmony, the following members contributing items :—Solo, Miss M. Bennett; reading, Bro Higga; solo, Bro Fowke ; essay on benefits to be derived by becoming a Good Templar, Sister Manhirc ; solo, Bio Pearson ; reading, (humorous) Bro. T. Scott; etc. etc. A report from the Good I'Ctnplar Ordor m the district showed that the placing of Bro Sawle at the head of tiio poll was almost a certainty. Two new members were initated, and the Lo.lge was closed m due form at 9.30 p.m. Mr Joseph Price, of Mount Soinsrs, is ptirauint; a local industry which promises some day to develop into much larger pro portions. This ib, not only the growth of the osier willow for basket work, but the iiwuwfacture of all descriptions of wicker Work from the locally grown material. We have just been shown two wicker easy chairs (Madiera pattern) turned out from Mr Price's workshop, which combine elegance and comfort, as well as stability, and comp.ire favourably with anything of imported or colonial make. Mr Price during the pa*t ten years has combine'! the practical work of farming and basket-making, and is now rapidly extending the business m connection with the latter. The Timaru Baptist congregation, who lejst their church building by fire the other djiy, have determined to sell the section that the building stood upon, purchase another isi Bank street, between Church and Sophia streets, and set about erecting a new church at once. The congregation is small, but plucky, and praise for. their enterprise must be mingled with pity for their loss. At their la*t annual meeting the Rev Mr Cecil, the Congregationalist minister, seeing both the Baptist congregation and his own were numerically weak, suggested that they should amalgamate, as Congregationalists and Baptises lia' c frequently done at Home, and ami m one case m New Zealand. On the destruction of the Baptist Church Mr Cecil renewed this suggestion, and. generously offered to make way, leaving the; Re v Mr Brown m charge of the combined congrega tions. The Baptists, however, have declined the suggestion and offer^ and determined to rebuild on their own account.—"Timaru Herald." t When speaking at Auckland the other evening Sir George Grey expressed a hope that aome labour candidates would be returned throughout New Zealand, at the forthcommmg election. He said that at the present time there were two labourcandidatea m the New Zealand House of Representatires | who were the equal of Bradlaugh ; and he thought that one—Mr Seddon—was rather Brid.'augh's superior. Me Bradlaugh, who had been abused'and buffeted, and. turned out of the House of Commons, was now generally consulted by the other members, especially as to India, and the feeling was that, if thepresent Government were turned out of office, Brad laugh would be put m as one. of the secretaries of India. He urged that when a working man, who had nothing to do with land jobs, or anything <jf that kind, came forward, tbey should give him a chance, and let him raise his fellow-men throughout New Zealand by the manner m which he conducted himself m the House.

TELEGRAPHIC

HOME AND FOREIGN.

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London, November 18 to 19. SHyer has declined to 3s 9d. Mr Bradl.aagh visits Australia m the autumn. Mr Henry Irving has also promised to visit the colonies m a year. Sara Beruliardt is preparing cos tumes for her opening m Melbourne m June. The statements as to further with drawals of gold for Russia are un founded. , Lady Rosebe.rry is m a critical state, the typhoid having increased m severity. The statement that Mr Parriell in tends to marry Mrs O'Shea is con firmed. The National League insist on Mr Parnell remaining leader of the Irish party. Steps are being taken to erase Parnell's name from the burgess roll of Edinburgh, the freedom of which city was conferred on him a short time Mr Fitzgerald, the Australian laboi* del«gate, speaking at Chelsftft on. the question of Chinese exclusion, said. Australia would not tolerate England's declaration with regard to treaties. The Imperial Steam Navigation Company is being formed, "with a capi tal of a million and a half. Lord Hartington ia chairman. The Com pany has secured a large subsidy from Canada for the Atlantic service, and also .£15,000 for the Pacific branch. They intend to a"sk the Australian colonies for" a subsidy of £40,000, and postage. The distance between Lon* don and Brisbane will probably be covered m thirty-one days. The steamers will call at Sydney and Mel bourne. The promoters of the Com pany are consulting the Agents- General and Lord Knutsford as to arrangements

INTERPROVINCIAL

Oamaku, November 19. Mr David Dunn has been re-elecced Mayor without opposition. There is every prospect of fine weather for the Agricultural and Pastoral's Show to-morrow. The celebrated draught entire '' No Surrender" dropped dead on hu way here for the Show. The horse was a well-known prize-taker at Canterbury and Otago Sh'iws. ' : Wellington, November 19.:. 11.M.5. Curacoa leaves for Auckland on Friday morning. Her officers take part m the Governor's picnic to-morrow. Two hotelkeepers m Carterton were charged yesterday with keeping their houses open for the sale of liquor after the proscribed hour of closing on the night of the Agricultural and Pastoral Show. The hotelkenpera held that mwler a conditional license they were entitled to keep their premises open during the night m question, but the Bench upheld the contention of the police that, under the Act, tho Committee had iio power to tirant conditional licenses for licenced houses, but only for open-air booths fit races or show grounds, etc. The Magis trate f«vid that the hotelkeepers had acted m good faith on the authority of the Licensing Committee, and he w^uld not inflict n penalty, although he would have to convict m similar cases iii future. The Governor and the French ar>d Danish Consuls paid formal visits to the German liagship Loipsig to-day. The French Consul, M. De Lostalot •Bachone leaves on Monday for Duucdin to meet fche French Warship. Volfca. PMr Putnam, who died from the effects of a buggy accident, entered the Colonial Defence Force m 1864, and subsequently joined the Armed Constabulary. He saw six years' service during the .early native troubles, and was engaged m the purßuit oE TeKooti after the Poverty B»y massacre. He was m the Tarsinald war, and m the conflicts with the Han Haus m the Uriwera campnign, when: he left the service to join the Public Works Depart ment. He. held the rank of Sergeant- Major. He leaves a wife and seven children.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

(PER PR 88 ASSOCIATION. A Pccnlinr Civil Cms*. Nelson, November 20. An interesting case is being heard at; the Supreme Court by Mr 1 Justice Edwards, without a jury. Last year an extensive contract m connection with the Westport Harbor was let to Messrs Wilkie and Wilson at Cape Foulwind, who em ployed outside labor to the detriment of the local men. On the completion of the contract Government took over the works and a deputation was sent by the local bodies to Wellington, and the Premier consented to let the work m small con tracts. The Westport ami Cape Foulwind Unions combined, rtnd tendered with the understanding that the men originally working at the quarries should hare the first claim. From Westport Union 27 were eligible, and Cape Foulwind 120, but as only 120 could be taken on, a ballot was taken. It was agreed that all wages over 10s per day be set apart for a con tingency fund which, at the completion of the contract, amounted to £1136. The Westport Unions then claimed to be 1 entitled to share the surplus oil the ground that the contract Was taken by Unions. There are several witnesses to examine. Claoral IVntlvnT. 1 CiißisTciiuitcH, November 20. The annual festival ■of the Diocesan, Choral Associatnn was held to-day m the Cathedral. Four hundred members of the various choirs took part. Bishop! Julius preached a sermon, and the proceed ings were folio wed by aluncheon m the drill abed, which was largely attended. :

ASHORE & AFLOAT.

"Ashore'and Afloat" was presented again last rii^ht to a full house, and the amateurs were even more successful than on their first appearance—a success gratifying to all concerned, but more especially to the manager, Mr Elston, who has worked' very hard m connection with its proi duct ion. A word of credit is also due to Mr and Miss Simmonds and Mr. .7. H. Brooks, who , supplied the incidental music, kindly accepting the duty at a moment's notice. Where all have done so well it would be invidious to single out any performer for special praise, but m jus tice wp must compliment the representa tive of Billy Bijbury for the inimitable representation Il9 '. gave of the character ilist evening, provoking roars of laughter by his drolleries. The cast of characters was as follows ; —Abd Alt, F, > Noke»j- Abel Ringrose, W, Salek ; Ralph Oak ford, E; Wiggins ; Hal Oakford, S. Salek ; Newton Barnard, H. Steplienson ; Billy Bilberry, R r EJstmj; Grogram, E, Un drili; Captain Crofton, ,f. Pauling 5 Bert Kelson, T r Pauling ;■ Omar Pasha, P. Grant j Cauoulw, R. Clark ; Merza, J. CocibiirnjJosjhiia, JJoyiifcun, W. T.Pptfcer; ; Rutli Kinju'ose (Christcliurqh), Mrs J, J, Kennedy; Cicely Chips (ChriatcLurch) Miss May Hartle. : ■ 

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THE ELECTIONS

MR J. BROWN AT HAMPSTEAD.

Mr James Brown addressee! a meeting of electors at Hampstcad on Tuesday evening last. Mr Andrews, who was voted to the chair, briefly introduced the candidate, and asked for him a patient hearing. Mr Brown, who was well received, said he had to congratulate fche electorate on having so many to ehooso from for the honor of representing them m Parliament. It was a healthy eifrn to see the people talcing so much interest m political matters. He found that he had left the electors v«>ry much m doubt as to which political party he was going to support. He certainly'did not, when he stepped into, the political arena, make a vigorous attack on either party. The reason was this : Ho was heartily sick of party war fare, and considered that we could not get rid of it too soon, so they might look upon him as an Independent, for he would not pledge himself to support either Sir Harry Atkinson or Mr Ballance. Per haps neither of them would be m the new Parliament, and to call the one party the Liberals and the other Conservatives was entirely out of place. Continuing, he said : If you elect me I shall to to Wel lington to support such measures as I think will be for the good of the country, and if I must join a party it will be the party whose views are most m accord with m«*t>wn. That party will be the one that Will be likely to ha\ c the interests of the general body of the people most at heart and the education of the children also. However hard the pinch may come, our primary schools must not be allowed to Huffisr. The party will have to practice severe economy, and place more of the burden of taxation on the shoulders of those better able to bear ik There is equality of sacrifice as well as equality of taxation, and this will have to be kept m view:in »ny alteration of the incidence of taxation. I am not m favor of a Land and Income tax, because I believe the Property tax* with all its faults, is pre ferable to these. I am no believer m your single tax on land, exempting every thing; else. Such would be gross injustice to the present owners of land, and I know 6f no reason why they should be singled out to bear .the burden of the State. The pioneeffi of the'early days had many hard ships to con Lend against, and many a brave "fellow lost his life m smoothing the way for tliose who camp' after. I heard it said the other night that it would be greatly lo the benefit of the poor man if a land tax, with no exemption whatever, took the place of the" Property tax.. This was supported by. many figures which brought out a very satisfactory result—a result which would have astonished Sir Harry Atkinson. It was shown how a tenant farmer might have had his farm' at a rental of three shillings an acre, and the country a- revenue of £5,425,188 per annum, and that without any customs tariff. As I hearkened to the candidate I thought I saw the milleniuin coming. The faces of the audience were beaming with, Joy. But I suddenly remembered that he had told me that the Government had sold 30,000,000 acres of land, and that his- calculations were based on that acreage. Now for sober facts. I will have to disturb this delusion. The whole of the land sold since the founda tion of the colony to the 31st March last, Was 12,1)28,577, and the cash received for it was £13,1.'53,891 ; you will see that the whole calculation ia a huge blunder. I think it bub right to mention the matter, for I am sure the rev gentleman avouM not make such a statement if he did not think it true. The Government figures are fche safest guides these times. The ' total valuation on which the present tax is levielis :—R?al property, £45,810 873, ;-ind Personal property £38,996,928,— :hakim,''atotal of £84,807,801. So you will see that the amount on which a land tax would have to bo levied, would be fclie £45,810,873. But from that would have to be deducted the cost of improve ments, which would reduce the amount to about £20,000,000. I would strongly object, to this exemption being abolished ; such would be increased taxation to the poor man. Many of the evils of the property tax are fairly charged against it. Our woollen factory has to pay tax on all its machinery whether it is m use or not. "If a farmer borrows money he is taxed in directly on .;he amount. Our clothing establishments are taxed on their stock-in trade, and we, as consumers of the goods, have to pay the tax. In making any alteration m the property tax 11 am inclined to abolish the tax ou all personal property, and to levy the tax on real property only. I would put an additional tax on all real property above the value of £5000. The owners of large landed properties are well able to bear a liftle mora'of the burden of taxation. If the tax on personal pro perty was abolished my proposal would be a graduated real property tax. At first sight it may look very unjust to allow all the owners of personal property to escape, but the personal property of every one would escape. We would all gjhare m the advantage. A farmer's live stock, his grain, and his cash would be exempt; the merchant's goods, and all machinery employed m developing our industries. Such an alteration would in duce capital to come into the country, for money would, be free. The best that J can say of the property tax is this, it is m working order amongst us, and seeing financial trouble ahead, I have some doubts about the wisdom of interfering with it m the present time. So you will see from what I have said what sort of system of taxation I am likely to support. An incom.e.taxis,yery objectionable, like that on personal property, because it leaves the tox very much to the honesty of the person who has to pay it. One man j>ays the full amount, and another f pays nothing. Such a system of taxation Would network well, for men would be encouraged to cheat the Government, and then each other, which would have a bad effect on the body of the people. The property assessor says that there were £6,562,713 m cash m the Banks which ought to have paid the Property Tax. Just think of that, and remember that there is probably a much larger deficient m other icems m the amount returned as personal property. We should 1 have no system of taxation that allows a man to take advantage ( of his fellowmen. m that way. Such could not be done with the real property tax. Of course you all know that it is on real property that we pay Road Board and county rates, and our contributions to charitable aid; and if it is sound m the one case it cannot be very far wrong m the other, provided the assessments are made on tho same principle throughout the colony. I am decidedly against either indi viduals or speculative companies acquiring or holding large blocks of freehold land. This, m my opinion, is an evil that ought to be discouraged. I know- of no better way of discouraging the business than by a; graduated real property tax. Ir. is much better that the land should be held m fair-sized farms, according to the nature of the country, than that it should bje held ih large estates, and let, out to tenant farmers, We had better have the land owned by men that!will now and again take a turn at the plough than by wealthy gentlemen who will live m another country ou the rack rents they receive from this, In Victoria they have a; land tax on all estates exceeding 640 acres, and further than five miles apart. There is an exemption of £250 Q. The •tax is 1| per cent,, or 3d m the £1. The ftix vorlvH very well there, and I think we might, with some advantage, alter the incidence of taxation m the direction I have indicated, m order to discourage men from holding land m tens of thousand** of acrea, I wo«W fjivo freedom to money Jr

every branch of industry, but not m buy ing up the lands of the country. I think the present land laws aro the best we hive had, but dummyism should not be allowed. I may remind you that the present land laws allows the Government to take private pr nierty for village settle-' mentss and to report th<? same to Parlia ment within ten days after the Huuso meets. This I understand has never been done. .Such settlement*, from what I have heard, might with jd»rmLaje bo established m this island. With i.-ej^ul to the administration of Charitable Aid I think we require some altci.ition m fche law. Ait present we arc p.irfc of NOIUI Canterbury District. We have paid to the Board during the la^fc four yens no less a sum than £4573 —that we may c;vll pur pogr rate; while for the samo perioi the actual requirements of the county for the relief of the poor was £1490. So you will see that we have paid £3083 for the relief of ths poor m Christ church. Now you will understand where much of yollr,county rates. We want to have confcro'llßf our own poor within the county. Mr Brown supported Local Option, intercolonial Freefcrade, and other matters dealt with m his Ashburton speech. In reply to questions he said that ho knew of no way the nation could pay its debt than by 20s m the £---the genius had not yet arisen who would establish an insolvent court for the benefit of im pecunious nation;}. Did not approve of monopolies, and thought the Government should not allow any company to have a monopoly of the coal fields to the injury of the public. Was m favour of a uni form series of schools books for the state schools of the colony. Mr Brown was very attentively listened to, and on the motion of Mr Crooks a very hearty vote of thanks was tendered him for his instructive address. A vote of thanks to the chair concluded the proceedings. :

MR E. G. WRIGHT AT TINWALD.

MrE. G. Wright addressed the. electors at Tinwald on Wednesday night, there being between 70 and 80 present. Mr Gudsell was voted to the chair and bespoKe a patient hearing for the candidate, who on rising was received with applause, and spoke for upwards of an hour. Amongst other ■matters, he went over the old grievance of the reduction of wages which the Railway workmen persistently charged him with as a member of t^he Railway Commission of 1880. Mr Wright proved by documentary evidence that the Rail way Commission's duties were confined to the co»struction of Railways, and that from fh>t to last they had not one word to say on the subject of wages, which were dealt with by the Civil Service Com mission, of which he was not a member. At the conclusion of his address several questions were asked and answered, and on the motion of Mr Redinay.ne,seconded by Mr Hickman,a vote of thanks and con fidence was carried without dissent.

MR WALKER AT LONGBEACH.

Mr Walker addressed a meeting iii the schoolroom, Lohgbeach, last* eVenih'g, Mr Cobb, Chairman of the School Com mittee m the chair. There "was a good attendance of residents. Mr Walker was cordially received, and addressed the; electors on the lines of former speeches. After questions had been satisfactorily answered, on the motion of Mr A. Protheroe, a hearty vote of thanks win accorded the candidate, and a vote of thanks to the Chairman.

MR SAWLE AT WAKANUI.

Mr Sawle addressed a meeting of the electors m the Wakanui schoolroom on Wednesday evening. There were about d") preseut and Mr P. Stewart; was voted to the chair. In course of his address, he advocated a reduction of the Customs Tarrif on the necessaries of life, a Land and Ihcpme tax m lieu of the Property Tax, and would be m favor of an amend ment m the Licensing Act, giving the people the power by direct vote to say whether the public houses be retained or not. At the close of his address, Mr Sawle answered a number of questions m a satisfactory manner. With the ■ per mission of the Chairmanf, Mr G. Leadley gave a short speech, m which he criticised the taxation proposals of the candidate, and laid much stress on the Land Tax as a useless measure, calling it a fad, and all those who advocated it, faddists. As it was a meetingjof representative farmers, he (Mr Leadley) would move a vote of thanks to, and, what, was tantamount to a vote of no confidence m Mr Sawle,; but it. met with such opposition, that he imme diately withdrew it. On the motion of Mr Hill, sen., seconded by Mr Counter, a vote of thanks was cftrried unanimously.-A vote of thanks to the chair brought* jthe the meeting, which lasted for three hours, to a close. ..  ; . .

Sir John Hall addressed a meeting at Doric last evening, and addresses the electors at Pendaryes this evening, f Augklandj November 19.*' Mr John Bryce addressed a large audience at Hamilton last evening as a candidate for the Waikato seat. He denied that li 3 had been m favor of loan expenditure. His Speech was simply an amplification of his published address. H« preferred the Property to a Land Tax. As to primary education, he thought the State's duty might cease at about the Fourth Standard. He favoured women's suffrage, and had no preference as to borrowing money m JNew Zealand or m London. With care-and prudence the colony would overcome its difficulties. He had:no desire for office, nor believed it probable that he would be asked to accept it. A vote of . confidence was carried. Duiwwn, November 19. At Mr A. Lee Smith's meeting to-night at Rosyln, after the candidate had been speaking for some time, some chemical was introduced into' the room, which stank so terribly that all present were glad to quit the building. Invkrcabgill, November 1!). ; . ••■ Cyril Tanner, one of the four candidates announced for Invercargill. addressed about 800 elect ors to-night. He approved generally of the policy of the present Government, and would make the Property tax progressive so that large landholders should pay more than small farmers. A vote of thanks for his address but no con fidence was proposed, but a vote of thanks only was carried, the mover stating that he did so as a matter of courtesy. Wellington, November 18. George Fisher was nominated to-day for Wellington.

Addington Stock Market.

Chkistchurch, November' 19. There was a very full market m all departments of fat stock.. Store Sheep.—Over 3000 were offered, most of which changed hands at satis factory rates. The entry comprised crossbred' sheep of all classes, and a few lines of merino wethers. The following are the leading sales :--Crosßbred wethers and maiden ewes, from 9s 4d to 10s 6ct. A fine line of shorn hoggets, - nearly 600,1 brought 6s 104 to 7s Id; four-tooth maiden «wes, lls 3d ; some two and four-tooth, 10s 6d tolls<3d. Crossbred ewes, dry, 7s 3d; a line of small woolly hoggets, 9s 6d. Crossbred ewes, with from 74 to 100 per cent of lambs, brought. 15s Id; dry. ewes, 9s; two-tooth wethers, 8s Id. Merino wethers realised fro nCs to9s4d. Fat Lambs.—Over 500 were ya-ded. The highest price obtained was 12s Gd. The general run of entry sold at fr m 8s to 10s. rATSBBW.^Avety largo ©nfoy, fol

owing on List week's double market, caused the supply to exceed th« demand, and there was a declines m values. There were no very large framed sheep, but a great number of good freezers and excellent trade quality. Best crossbred wethers and maiden ewes rpaliscd from Us to 14s Oil, and inferior quality sold nb various rates from 7s • upwards. Some prime merino wethers, unshorn, reached 16-5 Od, bul/ thore were only a few pens of unshorn crossbreds. Fat CattTiE.—The entry was a heavy one, 194 being yarded. There was again a fall m values, host bullocks only realising from 18s to 20s per 1001 b, while inferior sorts suffered a considerable drop on recent values. From 14s to 18s were the prices obtained for those of inferior scuts that met with sale, and a good many had to leave the pavilion unsold. CaTjVßs; —No .'less than ninety-four vealors were offered, and as they arc a class of animal that must be aold, there Wfis a general drop m values. Store Cattle.—A comparativi-ly small entry resulted m a protracted sale, as the Silvers were m no way keen, and there is" too much tendency on the part of some auctioneers to dwell too long on single beasts. Some forward conditioned steers were offered. Pigs.—There was a small entry.

GENERAL BOOTH'S SETTLE MENT SCHEME.

General Booth^ of the Salvation Army, is a most remarkable man. He btahcls at the head of one 6£ the largest religious organisations ,oi modern times —a body whoso aim is to carry religion into the slums and alleys, the streets and by-ways, and at the same time to afford practical help to those m suffer ing and distress: "The work that the sections of the church left un done, General Booth has taken up and sildcessfully carried- but.- This act jilone has been sufficient to stamp him as one of the most remarkable men of the age, and sufficient to cause his name to be handed down to posterity as a benefactor of his kind. Not Satisfied, however, with the spiritual comfort brought to many dark homes, General' Booth now aims at carrying out a vast social scheme which aims at the temporal 'welfare of members of jus daily increasing army. With this Object m view lie lias propounded a colonising scheme which lias met with the approval and hearty support of the first thinkers of the age. The details of this scheme have not yet come to hand—perhaps they are not sufficiently matured for publication— but the btfoad principle is, first, to Establish " colonising" homes " m con jested centres; afterwards to draft the recruits, to rural; districts; ■adjoin-? ing; and finally to send the more Suitable to the Australian colonies to, fettle upon lands specially purchased for the purpose. , The proposal, is the most comprehensive and practical of any that has yet been made for the settlement of a great social problem— problem of attracting people from the towns to the country. In his journeying^ m and Out among the masses, General Booth has discovered that poverty is primarily the cause of godilessneas, of drunkenness, and crime The deaiizqns of the alleys and slums, m order to become good and useful members of the Church and society, must first be removed from evil associa tions, and 'placed m a position where they may Ibej taught self-respect.; f 4fhis *nuch accomplished, it will not be long before new aims and objects m lifo will be evolved, and the worthless and Useless Avill undergo a spiritual* and Social regeneration which will augur Well for the future welfare of society. The scheme is a noble and heroic one, and if it can be carried out only half as successfully as the promoter antici pates, the thanks of every philan- ■ thropist will be due to General Booth for his practical work. There appear to be endless barriers m the way of the success of the scheme; < Denizens of towns are not transformed m, a day from idlers arid'loungers^ artizstn^ and lumpers, ;to practical settlers and su,<b cussful cultivators of/ the soil; many are unfitted by naturefor the work to whith they will be set, arid we fear there will be a plentiful crop of failures at the'firtet off-seti Then there'will' be Vast .expense m securing; :prpjper in struction, arid suitable homes, and cir >cumstances under which-; tio carry on tlie preliminaries of'this yaStf coTbnising scheme^ to. say nothing'of the millions of money required to:' purchase land for settlement afterwards. There" will also arise, no doubt, ppp^itiprijio the scheme from |$c, masses already m the colonies who are unable to find anyone to; sufficiently interest themselves-on j their behalf to; secure their settlement upon the landj • Thesg are" difficulties which will have to be faced, and over come before the scheme "becomes the success which, the jpromote,r .antici pates ; but there is a man. of iron, will and resource at the head of affairs, and he has, no doubt taken all the circum stances into account before embarking upon what is likely to prove one of the, bilgeatiSettleip^nl undertaking ©I |,he| age." Tfiere "is hotting to cib^tner'e fpre, but to wait and observe, how these difficulties, -and tiiO'usaticis of others which suggest thencselves, will, be grappled with! Tlie: greatest ' afiir![' strongest difficulty—the want of .money—appears to be rapidly melting away, as a cablegram m ,the present: issue spates that, although the scheme lias only been before the British public a few weeks, tlie enormous sum of £38,000 has been already subscribed. This is a substantial evidence of the ; faith the people of England have m the proposal, and the ability of the General to carry, it through. , The gradual scattering and settlement of the masses m rural occupations thus proposed will do incalculable good, as public attention will be drawn to the fact that one of the causes of con gestion of population m Home and colonial towns is the difficulty, not' only of getting land whereon to settle, but of making the land attractive by settling numbers side by bide on reasonable - sized allotments. ' The scheme is an honest endeavor tq deal with a great social problem, and the plucky General deserve? credit for tlie practical manner m which he has approached it. '

MAYFIELD.

I , (FBOMOUBOWNpOK,BESI>.CJNOBJ|T.) The last of the Concerts m lid of Mayßeld achool prizes was held ou.Friday, 14th lust., but, being too late m the ; seasou thei;e were ■ot many present, and tnVreanir was that the Committee weres^mc few shillings m I The nor'*westers sesm to have ceased for ; a wnile. The crops and feed are very Lv> -k- Wwd, owing to the l^te strong winds!

Shearing has started up liere. I« m o sheds hwc Bborn a few sheep early, ,»d other ahofJs are m full swing. It is stated that there will be no , nn rts at either Mount Souiera or Rangitataftridge, and the Good Templars here ho* oLfo decided not to have sports this Cln'sfniis OWrJ"S t0 so:no dii!flO't-isf.v.;i-ion last yew. I tie 1.0. G.T. Lodyc still exists lvi. the members don't sewn to bo very energ-iie. Very few turn up t.i the regular nicetinjg.

CORRESPONDENCE.

(We do not hold ourselves icsponsible for the apuuoii&expicNbcct by-our correspondents.) -j

MR SAWLE'S BUDGET SPEECH.

TO TJIJS EDITOR. , •M 8,,—1 observe that Mr Sawle, ijn av tirossiiig the electors' at FlomjngiohV V reported to have "strongly advocated a wind and Incomo tax insio id of a Pro perty tax, and stated that the figures quoted by him m hi.sspwch at Ashburton referred to all Land alienated from the Crown,, mdudinjj land sold, Krauts, and reserves, and claimed that his figures were correct. I was present at Mr Sawle's Ashburton meeting, andean affirm that, he did not utter one word which could lead Ins hearers to suppose that he was retorrin* to reserves or ,my lands other . than private freeholds. He distinctly stated that Jb,167,920 acres of land had been fold by the Crown ; and a reference to the-newspaper report* of his speech will corroborate my assertion.' In fact; the principal advautage which, ib is claimed, would h 0 gained by a land tix is that under ifc the owners of large freehold estates would be made to-pay smartly. ~%\ e Wi! le- fc t!lat pASS ' Nw, and see what Mr Sawle's explanation amounts to. .Now reserves are not necessarily " alien ated from the Crown," as Mr (Sawle seems to imagine ; on the contrary, the title to a very iais/e number of the 1 reserves m th# colony still remains m the Crown. These reserves are simply lands which have been set apart for various public purposes, and will hereafter be Crown granted or other-' wise dealt with as occasion may require. To an ordinary person not gifted with Mr Sawle's special financial aptitudes, ifc is not very clear how the colonial exechequer ■ would be benefited by the Government taxing itself upon its own reserves ; nor is ifc easy to perceive the financial wisdom of the Government calling upon County. .Councils and Road Boards to pay a land tax upon gravel reserves, anJ the lands vested m them for public purposes,, seeing that these bodies would simply pay the tax out of the local Kites. Even if a Land Tax were imposed upon the Education Reserves, the sole effect would ba that, as they were relefc from time to time, a propor- , fcionately lower rental would be obtained 1 for them, and the deficiency thus occa-' sioned would have to be made good by an increased grant to the Education Depart-., mentout of the Consolidated Fund. It, seems to me, therefore, that Mr Sawle,^ m his Ashburton speech, wisely abstained from regarding public reserves ot any kind as binds capable of being subjected to a land tax. Let us, however, inquire ~ what is the precise area of these public or quasi-public land,«. The official re turns, which Mr Sawle finds'so incon-. venient, show that from the foundation of the colony up to the 31st March last, the total area of land reserved for public purposes, or granted by way .of endow ments, whether the title still' remains m the Crown, or is vested m public bodies or otherwise, amounts to 6,371,857 acres. Adding this to the area made freehold and the area held on settlement con- ; dilious, wo g'st a total of 21,476,002 acre* ! of what Mr Sawle (erroneously) calls lands alienated from the Crown, instead of the 30,107,920 acres upou which he bases his calculation as to the amount of revenue which could bo raised by a Lind Tax. T will, for convenience, recapitulate the item* : — Total area of freehold... 13,273,350 acres Total area of ljind held, under settlement con ditions (not freehold) 1, §29,605 acres-. * Total area reserved or , , .;. granted by, way of en dowments or otherwise 6,371,857 acres ■. <■ Total 21,476,902 acre* -1 Mr Sawle's figures wont gee, anyhow. Ts not the true explanation of the huge blunder into which Mr Sawlp has fallen to be found m the fact that be knows ■ nothing whatever, about, the matter?— lam etc., . ,". ' Chas. W. Puunell. November 19. >••■■!■: '; ■ ; , :; (' s

SPORTING

ASHBURTON RACING CLUB.

SPRING VEEHPW.,

: '. FIBiST : ';DAY.'^,V '..„ !:.''/ Novel Race, of|2sspvsj" the 'winner to ' be sold by auction -immediately Nifter the race,' and the' Whole of the proceeds ' to go to the funds of the 5 Club.'Weighty ;' Bst; any overweight to be ' declared. . Haifa mile: .1 • ' s 1 46. Mr H. Kerr's bnj Emma, afced ' ' : '•■ ■ 27 MrS. Alexander's eh g Doubtful;*' ' ' aced (Mcdonochie)' 2 r 58 Mr F. N. Black's Dnchess" bf - Albany,, aged ... '-..:•''(Ray)' 3 ' 18 Mr P. J. Henley's eh % Royalty, n ' aged, (21b over) ... (White) 0 i(I 45' Mr E. P. dlmdge's br m Hebretr Maid, syrs ... ..".■■■(Cusdiri) 0"* I 18 Mr W. P. ClarJdge'is br m Violet, '"' 1 (101 b over)' ...- » :-.;■ (Walls)-; 6 9 Mr J. M. Reid's g viNightingale, ' syrs ... ' ... ' ;;.. (Leesoft)" 0 ' 3Mr G. Gaskin'sbntMisii Perk m, ' 4 as?ed ... (Honor)- 0 IMr W. Withers' blk ? Guy • !'' Fawkes, aged.-;. ... (Ireland) 0 12 Mr A. James' b g Native,'4yrs, (Thomas) Q'' 87-Mr M. Scott's chm Goldfinch, aged (Brown) 0, | After a lot of fiddling afc the poisf,"Dr Leahy got the full field of eleven awHfy on fairly even terms; A good many7 * 1 changes took place iutlie field's positi6h '• , before the straigjxt Tias reached, '■ bufc .Hebrew Maid and Ducliess of Albany were passed by Doubtful, and soon Emma, 1 eomiugiaway at a grea' pace came up on the haunches of Mr Alexander's gelding, ian a grand race fpr pride of; place with him, and won'by a bare, half length, the Duchess of Albany two .lengths hehiud,* \ Doubtful third. , ,' ;.'■■ ■'••\\\\ Time—slsecs. Dividend—£6 ss. - f The winner was sold to the owner for ' £23. . . .. 'fcyeßiNu Handicap, of 40«ovs ;■ second hor*e to receive 5 soys from the stake. - • Winner of Ash burton Cup to carry 71bs ■ < "penalty. One mile.., I 49 Mr V. Harris 1 b f Xnefc, 3yw, , 7st4lb , ... (Cuadiu) 1-t-t 141 Mr T. J. Murphey's b h Yon ; , Tcmpsky, 4yrs, 7st 121 b (Ray) % » < • 6 Ml- T,. Dnly's br g LU^ratoi-, I ' 4yrVssbslb' '(Kinjnuij 3" 28 Mr T. W. Hun^rford's b f ; Heather Bell, 3yrs~7st 101 b,  ■• (Leeson) 0 59 Mr W. McFamno'H b c Richtvkti/, •./ 3yre, 7*216 ...V. .\.:.. (TiionMs)! 0 15 Mr P. J. Honloy'B g m Nellie , ; Gray, syrs, «st 51b .:. (Higgot) 0' #ir ,Six out of the seven acceptor^ f.'iccd tho' r sfttrter, tho favorifeo on tlio machine'l^ing, ' Yon Tempsky. The lf»ii got nvmy well' with Libo-ator hjun firs!, I,'iu front. TJic 1"' fortunes of tho hordes iiv'theevont bug.vi to indicate. tlrjnisulvel; on cuterinjj Iho straight, whero l&ez assorted herself strongly, and coming through her horses faat gained first honors by v neck at th«

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAK, THURSDAY, ffOTEMBEB 20, 1890.



Certainly the Moat EffectiTe MEDICINE m the world is SANDER find SONS EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Test its eminent powerful effects m Coughs, Colds, Influenza, etc.; the relief is instantaneous. Thousands gave the most gratifying testimony.' Read this certificate :■—" 24th April, 1885 — Messrs Sander and Sons, —It is with the greatest of pleasure that I testify to tho excellence of your Eucalypti Extract. Having had inflammation of the bone of tho leg, which came on after a severe attack of low fever, I was attended by Dr J. Boyd, who had made strenuous efforts to." save my leg, but without success. He found it necessary to amputate my limb. Having heard m the meantime of the wonderful cures worked by the Eucalypti Extract, I obtained a bottle, and the extract had not been applied more than an hour when I began to feel greatly relieved. After applying the extract every four hours for lime or ten days it was out of all danger. I would persuade all who may be effected with any such disease to give the Eucalypti Extract a trial and I am convinced th>t they will find it he most wonderful of medicines. —Yours, tie., B. J. Curnow, Wattle street, Sand eurjit.—(Advt.) 5 HoujOWAY's Ointment axd Prr^s, --Disease of +he bowels, —A remedy, which has been tested and proved jll a thousand different ways, capable of eradicating poisonous taints fromitlcers and boiling'them up, merits a trial of its capacity for extracting tho internal eon yptlous from tho bowels On rubbing Holloway's ointment repeatedly 011 the abdomen, ft- rash appears, and sis ifc. thickens the alvine irritability subsides, Aefcin,' us a di'iiv 'tic; ilm 111! gent draws to the surface, releases the tendm* intestines from nil uerd nutters, and prevents hi iflaminition, dysentiy, and piles, for which blistering v.as the old 1 fiuthioncd, though jlucceasful treatment, noW< from its painful ■»fip fallen into disus •;. thediscovcry of this ointment having pro daimed a remedy jios easing equally "'ft>rtv#Hre t yet perfectly f«in«' ICBJ powers.f-fApvi,}



THE GENERAL ELECTION, AS we have now fjiven full reports of .. the first speeches of each candi date, all following speeches which it is desired should be also reported m extenso must be arranged for at the office.



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Public .Notices -^"^VTEW "TXJORS; BOYS' and GIRLS' OWN ANNUALS, NEW MUSIC. STATIONERY and FANCY GOODS, CHRISTMAS and NEW Yh A R'S CARDS of New Zealand Scenery. L. P. ANDRE WES & Co. " SH\G POTNT^CoTIT"" rjiHl.S superior Coal, for household and JL ateam purposes, can now be obtained from Miwmw J. G. RiwrKlii, W. H. Collins & Co., and R. S. Bean m any quantity. Special quotations for truck ottdfl. This Coal is perfectly safe m using, l«mtl£ no lire'ashes or soot, and is very cleanly and economical for household j purposes, having great) heafc and lasting i p«irer. , W. H. WILLIAMS, 10.$]$ Manager Shag Poinfe Mine. JAMES BAKER; TIMBER MERCHANT, HAVELOCK STREET Opposite Harrison s Auction Mart, "TTAS IN STOCK Large Supplies of— Building Timber, Stakes and Posts, Galvanised Corrugated Iron, Builders Ironmongery, Turnery, Furniture, and Fancy Goods IN ENDLESS VARIETY. URNITURE MADE TO ORDER IN A»Y DESIGN AT SHORTEST NOTICE Sole Agent m Ashburton forCUeggs Perambulators. I. T. Kingston, WILLS STKEET, NEXT COOKSON'S STABLES, ASHBURTON, HAS had three years' experience Avith Thomas Talbot, M.R.C.V.S., of Scotland Yard two years with Cornelius Saunderßon, M.R.C.V.S., Ckpham Com mon, and ten years with George Balls, M.R.C.V.S., Brixton, all of London; and haa also gained a good reputation m the Colony. Our specialty ia well-known to be our ability and knowledge of the horse's foot. In a well ordered shoeing forge the following standard rules will always be observed: — 1. A shoe should never be removed withou first, cutting off the clinches, because by aimply turning back the ,clinch m drawing the nail a piece of the clinch is often loft m the foot, endangering the horse when the new shoe comes to be driven on. 2. The frog and bars require no cutting m «i regularly attended foot. And m a healthy foot where there are no symptoms of navicular disorder, the sole should no* be cut* 3. The choc should have a level bearing upon the wall of the foot, and should not be sprung at the heel, as is too common, thereby acting as a fearful lever upon the tendons 4. The nails should be driven level and uni form, and only on the toe side of the inside quarter, the toot being thinner upou the inside and the greater weight of the body being sustained there. There is no comparison points of quality between the hand-made and the machine made shoe. The machine-made shoe is of a ooarser material, softer, and is imported, andit should be insisted upon that thuy be rot used m the colony Wm. SPARROW TAILOR Ant n MEN'S MERCER. EAST STRF.ET. ..> A) Spring and Summer, TRY THE !NE:W ZEALAND CiOIHIW FACTOBY FOR Men's Colonial TWEED SUITS, I Boys' and Youths' Colonial TWEED SUITS. HATS.—We keep the Largest and B«sfc Selection. Hata made to measure. 1 ' ■ *m*mmm ' ' ' ■' SUITS MADE TO MEASURE. Beat workmanship put m every garment, nd a perfect fit guaranteed. Large Selection of Boys' Knicker Suits. Ties, Shirts, Collars, Braces, &c., m Latest Fashion t»nd Style. JJisT Value fo» Cash m District X EV! Z E A I A N D CLOTHIN l FACTORY Agent for the Wonderful Wertheim I Machines \V, H WEBBER Manager, "i