The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit MONDAY, MAY 26, 1890. THE ZONAL RAILWAY SYSTEM.

It is not surprising that, as tele-1 graphed a few days ago, the Auckland Railway Reform League should have included in its programme a demand for a trial over the whole railway system of the colony—or at any rate over a sufficiently extensive mileage to afford a convincing test—of the stage system of traffic so long, so earnestly and so ably advocated by Mr Samuel Vaile. As 2000 years ago, a prophet has no .honor in his own country, but ridiculed, as in official quarters Mr Vaile's ideas have been" in New Zealand, they have attracted attention in Germany, and the German Government has al ready sent out to its Consul in Auck-1 land enquiring for full particulars as to his scheme. More, what is in prin ciple, though not in detail, identical with that scheme has, as our readers know, been put into actual operation in Hungary,' in the Zonal system adopted some six months ago or there abouts, and pf which, we have already published some of the results. These have been so satisfactory as to go far, to show that the,adoption of a similar system in New Zealand would, while making our J railways of infinitely greater service to the public, at the same time achieve far better financial results. And the news previously re ceived is now fully corroborated, for we observe that the"Auckland Railway Reform League is in receipt of parti culars of,the .working of the "Zone " system in Hungary fprwarded by M. Baross, the Hungarian Minister for Railways, which more than bears out the favorable reports to which we refer. M. Baross states that "during the first four months (of the working of the Zone system) as compared with the same four-months of the previous year (during - which the railways were worked on the old system), the, number of passengers carried was very nearly trebled and the revenue increased by £68,000." And he goes on to say that this vastly increased traffic, has been secured without the Government {l having to buy a single additional carriage or to add to their staff of servants. On the contrary, it is proved that the new tariff has, enor mously diminished incidental expenses, and particularly the cost of the book ing-offices. Formerly 697 categories of tickets were sold at the terminus of Buda-Pesth; now there are but 92 categories, which means that six sevenths of the labor of booking, sorting, controlling, and auditing have been abolished. A single booking clerk can now do the work which formerly required two or three clerks, while in the administrative department of the railways the saving on clerks' salaries is even greater." It thus ap pears that the " Zone" system by its cheaper fares not only enormously in creases the traffio, but enables that traffic to be carried at smaller cost, so that while the revenue is increased the expenditure is diminished. The latter point is easily understood when we learn from Mr Vaile that under the present system on the Auckland-Te Awamutu line alone there are used no fewer tlian"lTo6"^ffeTeiTEEfirdsbf tickets whereas on his stage system 49 varieties would serve. And as regards , the first point, viz,, that cheap feres pro duce the largest returns ; it is pointed out that the Manhattan railway of New York pays splendidly at a uni versal fore of § cents (3|d) for the whole or any portion of 38 miles, (and this on a line the cost of construc tion of which was £168,748 per mile, as against an average cost per mile of railway in New Zealand of £5500), and that on the London Metropolitan Railway (16 miles, cost £656,000 per mile), the all-round fare is only 2d. If it be obiected that circumstances alter cases, and that what may suit Hungary or New York or London might not answer in New Zealand, it is sufficient to point to the results of the cheap excursion fares during the latter days of the recent Exhibition at Dunedin, to show th&t a like policy will produce like results in New Zealand also. At anyrate, we should be quite content to see the experiment tried, and heartily hope that one of the results of the next election will be to give Mr Yaile a seat in the House, where we are persuaded he will leave no stone unturned to bring this about. :

QUEEN VICTORIA.

Seventy-one years ago—on the 24th of May, 1819—Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria was born at- Kensington Palace. Representatives of the blood royal were less numerous then than now, and very considerable importance was attached to this royal birth in view of the strong probability that the little stranger would eventually succeed to the Throne of Britain. Victoria's parents—H.R.H. the Duke of Kent (fourth son of George III.), and Princess Louisa Victoria of Saxe-Cobourg (relict of the Hereditary Prince of Leiningen), had been for some time resident abroad ; but so soon as it became evident that their union was to be blessed with issue, they hastened to the shores of England, so that their child should be "born a Briton." Eight months after her birth the little Princess lost by death her father, and in due course, as every book almanac tells the world, Victoria succeeded her uncle William IV., on June 20, 1837. She was crowned in Westminster Abbey on the 28th of June, 1838, and two years after wards, on 10th February, 1840, she was led a bride to the altar by "Albert the Good." It is needless to recapitulate how, in 1861, in the brief space of a few months, the Queen was deprived of both mother and husband. All these items of fact are at the finger ends of most loyal people, but we take the liberty of adding a few more that do not rise at once to the mind of the average reader. In the 71st year of her age, and the 53rd of hex reign, she lias been the sovereign of the Great Power of the West for a longer term than any another crowned head of the British realms, with only two exceptions. These are Henry in., who reigned 5(5 years, and George 111., whose reign extended to 60 years. Edward 111. came close up to her j with 50 years, with Good Queen Bess next in order with 45 years. Although ) not the longest in ■ point of years, there I can be no question that Her Majesty's reign has been far and away the most eventful and the most beneficent. Si^e ' the crown was placed uponthe head of the young Queen by the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1837, the march of civilisa

tion and enlightenment has been one of large and rapid strides, v We can but only faintly realise it, even when we remember that railways were then only in their in fancy ; that telegraphs did not exist—that is, there were no lines in England carry ing messages from town to town; sub- J marine cables, telephones, and phono graphs, were still in the unexplored future ; while the great developments of electricity's usefulness with which we, at the end of the Queen's jubilee, are familiar, were among the possibilities dreamed of by a scientific few, and only- dreamed of. These cplonies of ours, teeming now with busy thousands, with towns and cities as' frequent as at Home, and connected by road arid rail, by'"post and "telegraph, lie by gas and even electricity, and whose citizens can surround themselves, if they care, with all the luxuries and comforts of civilized Europe—these "colonies, when Her Majesty ascended the throne, were a terra inco/nita, inhabited by a few tribes of savages, and a handful of white adventurers of various kinds" who 1 had found their way to their shores. They present a widely different aspect now ! Changes of the most radical description | have been effected • by legislative enact ment since the sovereign sceptre came into the hand of this true woman—Row land Hill's mighty idea, the penny post, has been established, and become one of social the indispensables of commercial and life ; the Corn Laws have been repealed ; the disabilities of the Jews have been removed, and a man's creed is not now a bar to his entrance into Parliament; army purchase is a thing of the past ; the franchise has been so widely, extended that Great Britain's senators are .now elected by something akin to manhood suffrage j a national system of education has been established ; and a thousand and one minor steps of advancement could be mentioned, but we will content ourselves by saying that all the points of the Chartists have been conceded. We have said enough to justify the hope that such a beneficent rule may be prolonged, and that her Majesty may be spared "long to reign over us. She has reached the end and over of the three score years and ten usually alloted to the human race, and we cannot hoped to have her very much longer with us, the more especially that her health is not the most robust; but that she lives in the hearts of her millions of loyal subjects in every clime is evidenced by the loyal enthusiasm with which year by year her birthday is celebrated, while the eohoes of the jubila tion of hall the world on her Jubilee" Day have hardly yet died away.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

La grigpe h_as made its appearance at Samoa. -.-... Says the , Manawatu " Times ":—The Messrs Whibley cut a pumpkin.'the 1 other day that weighed 1191bs. There, are three others on the same root, not so large, but still big. - . : ; ; , ■ •;

. During the current month (May) there is to be an exhibition in London, in connection with the fiftieth anniversary of the intro duction of the postage stamp. It will only be open for a week or ten days, and will contain a complete collection of all the postage stamps ever issued.

The present winter has become one of the mo3t remarkable known in Russia for many yeara. The capital has experienced such mild weather that it is difficult to believe ifc is a Russian winter. The ice on the canals has melted, and it has been as warm in St. Petersburg as in London or Paris.

Another great engineering work has been projected. This is to throw a bridge of a single span across the Bosphorus, at a point where it narrows to a width of 251G feet. A French company is prepared to under take the work, and has demonstrate t its feasibility.

The Monowai, the latest addition to the splendid fleet of the Union Steamship Com pany of Now Zealand was (writes a London correspondent under date April 4) tried on the mile recently, and attained, as a mean of four runs, a speed of somewhat over 14f Jui<;i.u > .buiiig mure lhu,u one kuub over whn,o -'was guaranteed. It is telegraphed from Invercapgill that it is reported by a gentleman that he saw a large number of fish which he took to be salmon, as they were unlike trout, ha the Aparima River last week, near Fairfax. This place is within a few miles of the sea, and far below the streams in wliioh salmon were, liberated,

The Danevirke paper says:—Mr W. J. Harker'a " confidence " must have received a severe shock. That" sound liberal" stood for the representation of Taradale in the County Council and came in last'in the con test. The tally was Rymer 163; Beatson Gl j Harker 55. Harker has a big show of collaring Captain Russel'o seat, to which he aspires. At the r-eoent matriculation examination of the London University, out of 175 women who were candidates only forty-seven were successful. The previous year- there were eighty graduates from a much smaller number of candidates. While there was an ex ceptionally large number of failures 'among students of both sexes, the most marked ones were furnished by the females.

Since the year 1816 the various Govern ments in France have been obliged to negotiate loans amounting in the aggregate to nearly seven hundred million pounds" sterling. At the beginning of the present century the National Debt was only twenty eight millions sterling. At the present time it exceeds a thousand millions, and the annual interest is upwards of thirty-five millions sterling. A curious instance of discovering a dead body by a dream has occured at the village of Werrington, Northamptonshire. An old woman named Hardstaff had been missing for a week, and streams and ponds had been dragged. A neighbour, however, dreamed several times in succession that the body was at the bottom of a certain well. On com municating this to a man named Spridgeon he went down the well and found the body. The woman had no doubt committed suicide

A pair of soldier's boots found in a cup board of an ancient building in Bagshot Park, Surrey, about 1839, are described as weighing about lOlbs each, being made of the thickest hide lined and padded, with very thick soles and large rowelled spurs, attached by steel chains. Charles XII of Sweden wore boots of this kind. The foot gear of the reign of William 111 was re marnably solid and heavy.

The Rink de Paris was re-opened on Saturday evening last. The attendance was good, especially of skaters, who did not seem as though they had lost any of their skill in the art of rinking during the interval since last season. There is no doubt that the Band is a great improvement, and we understand that it will play selections every Tuesday and Saturday evening when the Rink is open.

There is now to be seen in the shop window of Messrs J. Scaly and Co., East street, a collection of apples showing some of the sorts grown at the nurseries, Riverbank, that will repay inspection by any one who contem plates planting fruit plants. There are upwards of fifty different kinds shown, all valuable, long keeping sorts. Eor size, color, and general excellence they are by far the finest that have been shown in Ashburton this season.—(Advt.)

Rosa Bonhcur, at the age of 67, is working as hard as ever at her easel, surrounded by a whole menagerie of animals, including lions, bears, gazelles, an elk, and numerous domesticated animals. She rises early in the morning, paints for several hours, and then takes plenty of exercise in the open air in the midst of the beautiful scenery which surrounds her estate on the edge of the forest of Fontainebleau. Her life is one of great simplicity; her enthusiasm for art keeps her perennially young, and she does not look more than 50.

Speaking a Peterborough the Bishop of the diocese denounced the system of child insurance as one of the greatest social evils of the day. He knew of medical men who absolutely refused to undertake the medical care of children whose lives were insured. The crimes resulting were appalling. The parent who, by a sudden and swift ■ stroke, ' destroyed a child was a paragon of mercy I compared with the parent who could slowly"! do a child to death and see it daily pine ! and waste away until its little life of misery , was ended by an untimely but too long delayed, deatji,

. George" London, Secretary of the local branch of the Railway Servants' Society, contests the Hutt seat at the general elec tion, and it is rumored that Dr-Newman will also be a candidate.

Mr. Buxton, M. H. R., addresses the electors on Friday, at 8 p.m., at the Templar Hall. The "Napier Telegraph" of the 20fchinst., says:—Mr rW. Edwards, who ia trainer for the Hon. Captain Russell,, this morning brought into town a live eel about twenty,» inches long, that had come up an artesian * well at Flaxmere 170 ft. in depth. The eel was first seen some days ago in a closed box, which contained a hydraulic ram, but before he could be captured he {took a header down the pipe and disappeared. ' The other day, however, he again made his appearance, and this time he was captured, and' Has been taken to Mr Hamilton.

A horrible story comes from Morocco. A large box was recently brought from the interior to the port of Magazan for ship ment, and when opened a ghastly sight was revealed. In the box, packed closely together, was the bodies of sixteen young women, one man, and a, negress. All the victims had been decapitated, and. their heads were missing.. Their bodies were embalmed, and had evidently been in the condition in which they were found for a long time. The slaughter had been, to all appearances, the work of some pasha, who thus visited ven geance on his harem for unfaithfulness.

A good dairy product is evidently an excellent advertisement for the^ district in which it is produced. It will be remembered that, at the Dunedin Exhibition, a Taranaki Chinaman took first prize for butter exhibits against all comers. Southern farmers on the look-oufc for land thought that the excellence of the butter must necessarily be primarily due to the peculiarities of the nature of the land and the water of the district, and a gentleman who has just returned from Tara naki, tells our Rangitikei contemporary that they literally swarmed up after the Exhibition] was over to endeavor to secure farms in the vicinity of the Celestial dairyist

British Broken Hill Mine.

THE FURNACES SHUT DOWN.

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Sydney, May 24.

At a meeting of the shareholders in the BritishVßroken HillJSilver Mining Company to-day7"it was stated that the furnaces at the mine had been shut down owing to a " creep " in the drive, and that practically it will be neces sary to re-open the mine in another portion of the reef estimated to con tain over 600,000 tons of the best ore, and 1,000,000 tons of the poorer class is in sight. The indebtedness of the Company is £16,000, and the London directors will be recommended to issue £100,000 worth of debentures for the purpose of opening up and further developing the mine.

A Farmer Shot Dead.

The " Lyfctelton Times" gives full de tails of an inquest held on Saturday on the body of Mr Thomas Harvey, Manager of Mr Smart's farm, near Mount Grey. It appears that deceased, with his brother and a farmer, named Thos William Barwell, went out to shoot pigs in Mount Grey Bush, Barwell shot at a pig and killed it, not seeing Harvey, who was only some 8 yards farther off in the • line of fire. The bullet. passing through the pig's body, . struck. Harvey' in the back, passing through the right lung and the lower parfc of the neck, making its exit at .the thyrsod cartilage. The unfortunate man expired almost immediately. He leaves a widow and six children, the latter between ten years and six months old. A verdict of *' Accidental death " was returned.

CRICKET.

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London, May 24. The Australians defeated Surrey by eight wickets. Lyons played a dashing innings for 24.' Both Trott and Murdoch carried out their bats for 35 and 17 res pectively. •

A SAMOA LAND CASE.

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■ Auckland, May 26. Another great land case at Samoa be tween the Americans and Germans is to come before the High Court, recently constituted at Samoa by the treaty of "Berlin between America, England, and Germany. American citizens residing in the United States .claim 60,000 acres of the most valuable land for strategic purposes in the whole group. By the San Francisco Mail last Saturday, Mr W. Napier, barrister of this city, who has been successfully identified as counsel for the plaintiffs in the case Cornewall v McArthur and Co., has received a special retainer to act for the American claimants. The case is likely to be a cause celebre. Mr Napier has not yet decided to accept the retainer, as it would involve a long residence in Samoa and a visit to the United States.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

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ATatal Accident.

- Christchubch, May 26. Mr Frank Humphreys, senr., a well known rifleman at Rangiora, died yester day frorh the effects of an accident on Saturday. His horse took fright at .the train near Moeraki station, bolted and ran the trap against a telegraph post. Humphreys was-thrown on to the hard road, never regained consciousness and died of concussion of the brain. Contract JL»'*or." The Canterbury Trades and Labour , Council oh Saturday resolved to send a -| circular to Road Boards, etc., requesting j them to consider when accepting^tenders ' whether the amount will allow affair wage to' workmen, also to insist on deposits from tenderers.

The Markets.

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London, May 23 and 24. New Zealand 4 per cent. Inscribed Stock, 106f ; 3i per Cents, 98£. The next wool sales at Antwerp will be held from 3rd to 7th June. 14,000 bales will be offered, of which number 5000 are from Austalia.

Fisheries Dispute.

NEWFOUNDLANDERS ARMING.

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St. John's, May 25. The whole of the fishing population of Newfoundland is arming, and open hostility to fishing vessels is feared. *

Three British warships have been ordered to rendezvous off the-coast, and it is rumored that America has des patched the cruisers Charleston and Honolulu, fearing an outbreak.

The Muting on H.m.s. Egeria.

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Sydney, May 24.

As a result of the trouble which recently occurred on board H.M.S.: Egeria, it is probable that Lieut. Helby will resign his post on that vessel and join HIM.S. Rambler, which is under orders to proceed to the China station. • . . ."

Sydney, May 25.

It is understood that an enquiry has been held into the conduct of the officers of H.M.S. Egeria by Captain Barlow, of H.M.S. Orlando,; and it has been ascertained that a notification issued by him states that the crew had no special cause for mutiny.

SPORTING.

• At the Victorian Racing Club's meeting on the 24th the Royal Handicap was won by The Admiral, and the Steeplechase by Studley.

At the Sydney Turf Club's May meet ing the Royal Stakes were won by Little Lady and the Steeplechase by Grafton.

At Wanganui on Saturday the Flying Stakes was won by Montrose 11, the Handicap Steeplechase by Sir Garnet, the Winter Oats Flat Handicap by Vendor, the Maiden Steeplechase by Gasparini, the Ladies Bracelet by Jenny (late Rosebud) and the Consolation by Asper.

DUNEDIN BIRTHDAY RACES.

; Following are the results of the remain ing events: —

Birthday Handicap, of 300 soys; 1£ mile. Blizzard, 7st 21b 1 v Wolverine, 7st 101b ... ... 2 - ■

■ Mon Loup, 7st 21b ... .".. 3 . Catamount 6st 121b, and Miss George 6st 71b, also started;' Won by ■- a neck. Time, 2min 44£secs. Dividends £116s and £112s.

Two-raAR-OLD Handicap,, of 150 soys j

5£ furlongs. Tempest, Bst 71b Watercress, 7st 41b ...

... 1 ... 2

Emmason, Bst 51b 3 Ben Trovato 7st 91b, also ran. Won by a nose. Time, lmin 13isec. Dividends, £114s and £1 8s 6d. j Handicap Trot, of 75 soys ; 3 miles. I Won with ridiculous ease by Count. Time, Bmin 58Jsec. Dividends, £2 17s 6d and £3 ss. i Selling Race of 50 soys ; one mile arid

a distance,

Red Ensign ... 1 Forest King ... ... ... 2 Enfield 3 Thirteen ran. Time, 2min 3£secs. Dividends,' £2 2a 6d and£l 12s 6d.___] ( TBADBSsiENsnEKNicmTsr-of-IOOTJdvs; one ! " mile. j Ruby, Bst ; ... 1 { Lord Ashton, Bst 21b • ... 2 i Little Shamrock, 7st 51b ... 3 j Won by about a third of a length. Time, lmin 48Asecs. Dividends, £5 4s and £5 19s 6d.

i The Post Stakes of 20 soys, six fur longs., was run in the dark; and was won by Fanny from twelve others, Preston second. Dividends, £2914s and £18 18s.

Potato-Digger Trial.

AN ASHBUBTON INVENTION. A public trial of a potato-digger, the • invention of Messrs Keir and Hunt, of ' Ashburton, was held on Friday at Mr T. Dawson's farm, Hornby. The machine : consists of a rectangular iron frame with four wheels, the hind wheels being utilised to give motion to .the gearing, and the , front wheels to which the horses are : yoked being on a swivel stalk for ease in steering. There is also a grating inclining from the axle of the hind wheels for four . feet, terminating close to the front wheels. 'To this framing the specially designed I share is attached, so constructed as to J penetrate the ground, raising the potatoes, ! which fall on to the grating, up whiq|r ; they are conveyed by means of rods or j 1 battens connected at each end to chains j which traverse the sides of the grating, j from the. share to the back axle. These chains receive motion by means of sprocket wheels, and revolve on friction j rollers at the foot of the frame. There are means handy to the driver for i regulating the depth at which the share J works, or for withdrawing it from-the j ground for turning. The work on Friday appeared to thoroughly satisfy those ' present. The machine is a light two horse draught, and judging from.its work at the trial, is capable of doing from four to five acres per, day. ; The manufacturers, Messrs P. arid D. Duncan, however, intend holding several more trials, of which longer notice will be given than in this case.—(" Lyttelton Times.") ' j

TELEGRAPHIC

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London, May 24. • Her Majesty the Queen has arrived at Balmoral Castle.

• Tenders for the City of Sydney loan of £24,000 ab 4 per cent, close on Thursday. The minimum is fixed at 104.

Prince Albert Victor, the eldest son of the Prince of Wales, will be created Earl of Athol and Duke of Clarence and Avondale.

Morocco, May 24. A heavy flood has been experienced at Serfon and many Moors and fifty Jewish residents have been drowned. The town lies in ruins.

, News from the Solomon Group states that during a head-taking expedition, organised by one of the chiefs, fifty natives were murdered, and it is ex pected that more bloodshed will ensue.

A the inquest on the collision be tween the mail train from Brisbane and Sydney at Farley, a small wayside station about two miles from "West Maitland, on 13th inst. in which a jockey named McFarlane was killed outright, the jury found that the ac cident was caused by the culpable negligence of John Farntain, the driver of the train to Brisbane, and stoker J. Buchanan. "Warrants have been issued for their arrest.

Adelaide, May 24. At the Postal Conference/ Mr Per

hams motion which propoajd that, the reduction in the cable ratosMbe tried for three years was carried. A motion was also passed to invite the colonies to unite to arrange for a post-card service to India, at the same rate as to England.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

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Wellington, May 24. A portmanteau lost by a passenger named Morton, while travelling between Lyttelton and Napier some months ago, and for the loss of which judgment, was given against the Union Company for £20, has turned'up. It had been sent to the New Zealander Hotel here along with other luggage. :. New, Plymooth, May 24.

In connection.' with the Recreation Ground-murder''the "police have been making another search in the Becreation Ground and have found a bundle of-clothes near deceased's house' and' some slippers supposed to belong to Mahii The clothes however require to be identified. . : -. -

LAND SETTLEMENT.

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Wellington, May 24. -. I The Minister for Lands has had a return prepared, shewing ""the increase of land taken up under settlement conditions since 1880. In June of that year there were 2877 selectors holding 670,267 acres at the 31st March, 1885, there were 4256 selectors holding 1,206,219, acres, while at the end of March, 1890, the number had increased to 8843 selectors, holding 1,751,084 acres. The number of agricul tural holdings in the colony at the end of March, 1890, was 38,578, being an in crease of 2431 over the .previous year. The increase last year is 1049 over the annual average for the last six years.

New Zealand Flax.

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Wellington, May. 24. The Postmaster-General has received a cable message from Mr R. J. Creighton, to the effect that the Committee of Ways and Means have reported a Tariff Bill to Congress for the admission of' New Zealand flax free into the United States. The duty at present is 15 dollars per ton.

As Ye Did it Unto Me.

A SATIRE.

How shall I sing thy praises, O, fair Auck land, by the sea, '■'" --: Where the sad and weary pilgrims find rest and love with thee ? ti , How shall I tell thy glories —the victories thou hast won In caring for the helpless, the poor, neglected one? They were poor waife, aweary—ah! so piti ful were they. Our hearts went out to see them and cheer them on their way ; Each church bell rang a welcome, and each pastor dffered prayer— Ah! how God's shepherds succor those in sorrow and despair J

The great and wealthy gather'd nearj with garments' fine and warm ; [ So these poor human waifs should be secure s from winter's storm, Whilst every door was open and every heart was wide To comfort and to succour these strangers by our side. ;

# # * * # # Alas ! I have been dreaming, for outside the

workhouse gate, I saw these wretched waifs of ours—like

Cain—half desolate ! And every door was barred to them —c'en Mercy turned aside,

And He who suffered on the cross again was crucified? ■

An^ +1io» anm -rnwflJßa—we 'rtftridß—anfj ! laugh at and despise— .Came, like the good Samaritan,, in answer to

their sighs I Their hearts were big if tnirs were small, and

in the Master's name. - ; They - cared for these poor human waifs, arid . left us to our shame! . ',

Ring out, ye bells, a solemn dirge, .the Church is dead to-day ! Forwent and hunger stalked thejstreets and it had nought to say; But these Salvation rowdies, that we scourge

with Censure's rod. Are gathering up the poor lost sheep—true shepherds of their God. W. R. Willis. —"Auckland Star."

A Mad Bridegroom.

Henrich Raboczynski, the son of a well to-do gardener, of the village of Walle, in Prussian Poland, married a pretty young girl a few weeks ago. The wedding was celebrated in good style, and when the couple retired late at night to their little homestead bride and groom were in the best of spirits, and acknowledged a sere nade which was given by the villagers with .every manifestation of pleasure. When the doors and blinds of the coCtage re mained unopened, the next morning the fact excited no especial comment; but at four o'clock in the afternoon, no sign of life being observed, the villagers held council, and, after endeavoring to get some answer to their calls^ decided to force open the doors of the cottage. A horrible sight met their view. On the floor was the dead body of the bride, covered with blood and-wounds. Her ears,-nose, and lips were-shockingly la cerated, and her breasts" and four of her fingers eaten away as though by the teeth of a wild beast. Her husband was lying on the bed as though asleep. His lips Were covered with foam, and the flesh of his right arm was 'eaten away. When the people touched, him he jumped s from the bed with: a ' hbundlike ' bound, arid >he barked, snarled like a dog, ground his teeth, and tried to bite the people. Then began aterriffic struggle, and it was oniy after he had been struck to the ground with an iron grate bar that he could be controlled. A. few weeks ago Raboczynski was bitten by a mad dog, but nothing was thought of it then, although the wound, which was not a very serious one, was freely cauterised at the time.. Under the stress of a day of excitement incidental to his wedding, he suddenly, when the strain was over, developed a clear case of hydrophobia. Shut up alone with his unfortunate bride, he quickly frightened her to death, and tore her literally to pieces. Raboczynski died almost im mediately after being overpowered.

The Bank of New Zealand

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London, May 24. *

The " Economist," referring to the Bank of New Zealand, considers it has drifted into a perilous position and advises the adoption of the plan suggested at a meeting of shareholders in London on the 17th inst. The meeting in question recommended the immediate transfer of the head office to London,, the addition of strong names on the London Board, the placing of the surplus values of colo nial sites to the reserve, and that dividends should be confined to mode rate amounts until a strong reserve fund is formed.

According to the latest news from Mexico the influenza has assumed a most virulent form in that city, and the deaths are so numerous that the administration of the Pompes Funebres finds that its resources are inadequate to meet the extraordinary strain put upon, them* ;

A Seventy-two Million Dollar Estate

THF STORY OF ANNEXE JANS BOGARDUS.

The following story is told in Broad brim s New York letter:—Laiit week, while Phillips Brooks was preaching m Old Trinity, there was a most singular phase in church-going developed. As a usual thing Episcopal congregations are tbe most decorous kind of Cliristians,

everything about their • attendance-, -mnm^* methodical as the Psalter. Bat. while" your good orthodox Episcopalian jirould/ .no more miss a church service titan, he -^ would fly. yet; I regret to'^addf itot^a^. great niariy ot the* most'ortnodbx.are almost invariably late in their pews. Not ; so?how,everj,laßtweekat Trinity, Nearly,^.-; two hours before tl •>, service opened the •'-. began to fill up,' ■and^aSrhb'ur be- . ■ fore the. preacher 'appealed..there ; <wa»-. standing room only, and,hardlytSat^ The } ..-'* interim was occupied ,witn/rii^^.newß?'.^,;. papers, magazines, and <x>nyerM^on. v^ Be- ' side me sat a florid, looking gentienaanj reading a pocket edition of •-The VToniaa. in White," by Wilkie .CoUins., ,VH*; dropped his book for a moikent^';':andV ? * looking at me, said. "Fine .church/. sir." "Yes," I replied* ,/ JU. Yety > fine, church, probably one 'of the' I finest in the countiry," "Do you know_ who owns it? "he said, lookuig at me inquiringly. "Owns it?" I answered,. thinking for the'moment that the man', might be a stranger,.of. a lunatic. "Of - course I* do. It belongs to the Trinity Corporation of the Protestant Episcopal Church of America.'- '* Guess /not," he ,: said—" I guess not *, I see you ain't posted ,; sir. "' This church" and: »*■ beside^, v belong to the estate of Annefce Jans \i Bogardus, and sooner or later her heirs will enter into possession of-their own, and divide the millions now unjustly held<f _ ■._' from them, and don't you forget it;i It;, . has been a pretty hard fight, sir ; for these ;•>' church people are very rich,' and most of r oiir people are very poor; ;but~ we have as' our lawyer honest Eugene B. Travis, of ■ PeekskiU, who has-worked on tbis^case" for years; he has the papers that will . - prove our clear title to alii the Mpfdpertqryf . and, as far as; heard: from, ttfere^is enough of it to give- us- a million or two. \ apiece." ; Just then the/deep diapasonpbi the grand organ announced the opening of the service, and j a. chorus 'ot tiweTlt' '■ singers chanted an "anthem' of \ praise ; ' then all settled down to hear one of those t wonderful talks—you could hardly.'Call - them sermons, though they lifted the thoughts arid hearts of meri~ ( tp GodTwttftr the power of a peritecostal rain. ■ At _w«rj close of the- service my attentiontwar*. attracted to the crowd, for a moment, and . When I looked iarouhd the heir of Anneke. ■ Jans Bo^dus,.was!g6pe... \; : ■■'.;!- , : The.story"of'Anneke^Tjans^jtf^ttr'in- . iteresting, and one of the early traditions -r of New York,^which .has. been : nursed and kept, and; though'sleeping for . a time, has awakened full of life, growing -. more, powerful and strong :as "the;^S^rs ; roll by, till at last'it has taken farm-and shape in a corporation bearing the ■aotiip what strarige:title of"'' The Aniiekei J,ans Bogardus Literary Association," Tvhe'main object of which appears to^ be to get all the heirs in a compact working boay, and . when that is doric the future' action' will be a matter of after consideration.. , /

Anrieke Jans Boigardus has been in ; her grave two hundred and. seventeen years, and the entire property said tty, be . her inheritance is valued at thousands' of .*■ - millions of dollars ; and if /she were living , now and in the enjoyment of. her own, • she could buy and sell all the Astdrs/and'; ; . Vanderbilts, and.J. Goulds, and Roth- „-• childs, who now control theinoneV marts.,, '■• of the world. She was born in Holland in 1602,; and was married to Ruloff -Jans .*; when she was twenty years of- age ; Bhe; -was the daughter of Woolfert .Webber,;. - who stood very near to William the Secon d:* of Holland, known as the Stadtholderj-:• and fromjwhom he_^emved_so«ie; large, f' -ftiia-substaritiaT grants of property In New;.- Amsterdam. Woolfert Webber was a man '

of great importance from the first hour he : set foot in the .colony, and his daughter:.' Anneke was one of,the belles^f the town;?;

: Gospel privileges -.were ■ few.: in those* days -m old Manhattan.- A :good old'" Lutheran, one Dominie Everardus Bogar-/. dus, had just been brought- over^from 1- Holland, and he expounded the Gospel in an old wooden house on Pearl-street,. not far from the- site of the present Exchange.' RuloffjJans paid'the debt of.nature while Anneke'wasr still- in> the bloom of, womanhood j^tnJßrJl^muMie 804 gardus had lost his , better,, half a\little • while before;. he discovered, no^flbubt^ that it was notgood for^mantb be aloiie,;\ so he proposed to the, widow. Jafw,^ a^d. V she thereafter in the history is kiibwn as Anneke Jans Bbgardus;. . A "pprtaoii k>£~ her property at her death. ; 'by" the Tieautiful Church of the Holj[Triwty;,.- r and it is said to be held by a-lease from'" Anneke Jans Bogardus in.l666, : |usfc three years after Anneke Jahsßogirdus,was dead and buried. The lease >as'siicv to be executed for ninety-nine, years, and consequently expired, in 1766. At that time the whole.country was in, A.jßtate of high ferment; The Sons of nberty'jrere . active, events were, rapidly ; hurrying on, which led to the Reyolution.JiThe; Anneke Jans leases were, lost.sight' of by the.heirs; ; not so by the Trinity, Coporatidn;\they claimed a renewal of the leases which 1 was duly executed by somebody-in,1766 ,fpr ; ninety-nine years 1 more,and" these leaser expired in 1866, and then the-heirs began to organise to try and jget their ;pin^^^ A , But that was ; not, aU';/therjS J;#aa .a 4': further grant that took a^big slice out of "7 Broadway, clear across the city,. talriagtin old St." John's-parkT where the'ireight dep6t of the,<3enferal,npyf stands, worth . several millions of dollars,' anjdi:in further - prospective fortune of her lucky descen- -! dants are seventy-two millions of dollajs/v now in thfbanks of Holland'just waiting for the heirs to prove' their title and come and take it away. v The -tost Trinity Church was begun.in; .1696, and opened. for worship' in 1697, its first rector being % the Rev. William .Fletcher. A neir building replaced the old one in 1740, and this was consumed in the graat fire of 1776, when the Sons of Liberty were supposed to have fired the city,' jutit after its occupation by the British.' No attempt was made to rebuild Trinity Church till long after the Revolutionary War j for until: the ■ Episcopal ritual was amended the ministers would insist on readingfV prayers for the King instead of the Presi dent, arid nearly raised a ;'riot. -^The nexfcp church was built in 17.88, ;and, stood. Jill iv 1839, when, it was (torn., down-to make ;. room for the present beautiful structure.; Its corporation has.the right;taperpetuate itself, and has'stei^y resisted all attempts at legislative inquiry into its.cpndition or affairs, and to the outside.public :it- is »•:. sealed book, silent the. Sphinx and as impenetrable. That a strong effort will ( . be made to call this rich corporation -to 1 & an accounting, there -is 4itfle; ! doubt; hundreds, if not thousands,of millions,, are involved in-the^fighfe." > Theljieirs are quietly getting together and believe they. can win, and each side adopte the? sante j>, battle cry, "Keu et mon droit," andleti-; us hope that" God "and the right may^winf '-'$ The Tiinity Corporation- is fabulously jo rich, and can weU afford to giye ! these ,- 'j heirs a million each and still have enough > to spare. '■''''■' ■• *' .-* - ' ? " :.^--^ <->-\:^

Austria-Hungary has anticipated Qerawqy tj: in legislating on. the social question, i L»wg>, recently passed, regulate thefhours of .labor, r^'j which are now limited to eleven,. f-jOTDw^j'^ nightwork, and secure the operatives ont . j); day's rest in the week. '"Children ..undcr-.teB O T/r are not allowed to be employed atall, tbrmt '< under fourteen are forbidden to work mor than nine; and those under sixteen mow than ten hours • Female operativw are also placed under legal safeguards, and . inspectors of industry are appointed to«wry H ■■._!_ out the provisions of tb«new<wtti .

TEE ASHBtJRTQN GUARDIAN, MONDAY, MAY 26, 1890.



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: Wanted. j Cash Advrtwcments under this /iSading, not > exceeding 16 words, ONE SHILLING Addresses msiy deleft at this Office i "DINE BRANCHES (for firewood) 6s 1 _±T a load on the ground or 7s 6d | delivered.—H. C. Segers. WANTED Known.—A special pur chase of choice Ladies' Hats at a desperate price.—W. H. Collier,. 4+130 ANTED, Boarders in private family. Terms, 15s -per week. Apply "A.C.," Mail Office. QTOP THAT COUGH! By using O Flower's Cough Drops. Guarantee efficacious. Can only be obtained at H G. Flower's, Confectioner, East Street. .  3 191 \ T /"ANTED every man m the County W to have a~suit of the Ashburton Tweeds.—Robert Alcorn, Ashburton Clothing Mart, Saunder's- Buildings. x h / ANTED KNOWN—The " Strong V V Wear " Boot is the best foremen, Ladies, and Children.—W. H. Collier, 'The Corner." ANTED KNOWN.—The Cheapest House in Ashburton** to buy Drapery, Millinery, Clothing, Boots, etc., is H. 0. Segers, Melford House. \\ r ANTED Known —One hundred VV and fifty Ladies' and Children's Ulsters bought a great bargain (good qualities), now selling very cheap —H. C. Segers. Melford House. r pHE Patent. Candle Extinguisher can I be Set to Extinguish at any time required ; it will save insurance premiums *your house and your life, price Is; Sole Agent t for ' Ashburton.—R. Alcorn, Saunders' Buildings ■ ANTED Known— The Cheapest Shop to buy Tinware and Gal vanised Iron goods in Ashburton, is at W. F. Hannaforu's, Burnett Street. A large stock kept on hand. Tin and Iron ware goods made and repaired with dcs patch -. • -



Public Notices. MR 8. B. SEYMOUB SURGEON-DENTIST WILL VISIT ASHBURTON ON THURSDAY, 29th MAY, 1890... I And may be consulted at Mr Cambridge, Chemist, until 4 p.m. 5 177 "VTOTICE—AII persons found Trespas _LN sing in pursuit of game or other wise on the Riversdale Estate on and after this date will be prosecuted.. J. R. WILLIAMS. Riversdale, 24th May, § 176 THE UNDERSIGNED having secured ' a large block of Good Bush Land at 1 Alford Forest, are now prepared to supply Farmers,- Contractors and others I with any quantity of fencing materials, viz: Heart Posts, Heart Stakes, Sheep yard Rails, Straining Posts, and also Firewood. Delivery can be had at a very convenient place, or Orders may be sent by rail from Springburn Railway Station. GREEN BROS., 5t173 Springburn Post Office. STRAYED from Valetta, & Bay Trap Gelding, good stamp, had a new cover on. Expenses will be paid and a suitable reward, given on delivery to BARNES & SMITH 5 Builders, Ashburton. PORTRAITS OF BISHOP JULIUS. HIS Lordship the Bishop of Christ church having favored Messrs Wheeler, and Son with a sitting 9 CAPITAL PORTRAITS, cabinet size, can be had Is each. Also excellent Cabinets Bishop Harper Is each. The Trade wholesale prices.



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