The Ashburton Guardian. Magna et Veritas et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1890. LOCAL AND GENERAL

The total gold circulation of Great Britain is £102,500,000. A correspondent writing to a Dunedin newspaper says the Maritime Council is "an irresponsible body of organised ignorance." : The Swiss workmen have decided to obtain the passing of an Act by the Legislatures; limiting a working day to ten hours. Members of the Postal Telegraph Associa tion have made Dunedin their head quarters by a substantial majority. The population of Africa is now estimated at 325,000,000. The area is three times that of Europe, the population being about equal. The French are making an honest effort to suppress slavery within the sphere of their influence m North Africa. The assessable value of the city of London, which m 1840 was the respectable sum of £824,539, is this year £3,845,995. The State papers of James I. prove that Local Option was fully established m Jersey as early as the year 1615. In a Liverpool church recently a bride and bridegroom were nearly blinded by a quantity of flour thrown over them by a woman. ! iThe skeleton of a mastodon, 22ft long, has been found at Highgate, Ottawa. The teeth are Bin long and 3in wide, and the tu3ks are 14in. long. The skeleton is well preserved. According to a recent work on longevity, published m Norway, the average duration of life m that country is 48"33 years for men, aad 51*3 for women. It appears from statistics published by the Government of India that m one year, while 928 persons were killed by tigers, more than 1000 children were carried^off by jackals. The Duke of Northumberland, perhaps the greatest landowner m . England, has just entered his eighty-first year. He owns more than two hundred thousand acres.lwith a rent roll of £175,000 a year. The memoirs of the ex-Empress Eugenic will be first published after her death, and not m the immediate future, as has been stated recently by several Paris dailies. They will reach back to 1859. The ex- Empresa works at them industriously daily whenever her health allows her to endure the exertion of writing. The Auckland correspondent of the Otago " Daily Times " reports a singular accident m Geyser Valley, near the Wairakei geyser. A laden pack-horse slipped on the zig-zag path and plunged down the slope head first into a boiling mud geyser, and never reappeared. Presently the geyser was m eruption, throw ing mud 20ft high, but no trace was seen of the unfortunate animal or the stores on its back. The Hon. G., McLean, speaking m the Legislative Council on the dignity and privilege debate, thought that not only should old members retain the rank of " Honourable," but they should also retain their railway passes. He considered that not only ex-Councillors but ex-members of the House of Representatives should retain their railway passes. If the olause were adopted, he said, it would be a good invest ment for the country, because members when travelling would take their wives and families with them. An industry on a very extensive scale is m course of being established by Mr John Curtain, near Dooiue, Victoria, where it is his intention to plant XXX) acres m vines solely for the purpose of making brandy therefrom. Already 200 acres have been planted, and it is the intention of the proprietor to transfer his distillery plant from Melbourne to Dookie, and compete for the bonus offered hy the State to those who establish a new industry. The pension abuse is growing rapidly m the United .States. It is announced that the total amount paid m 1888 was 80,288,508 dollars, and last year this enormous sum was increased by over 7,000,000 dollars, the actual amount paid being 87,624,779 dollars. In 1878 the pension list of the United States amounted to a little over 27,000,000 dollars. That was bad enough, but since then it has increased by upwards of 60,000,000 dollars. David Ijecknmn, a Mormon elder who has been enticing people away to Utah, was recently terribly whipped near Gibson. A party of masked men surrounded the house of a recent convert, and called upon him to surrender the elder. The victim was found crouching m the loft of the house. He was denuded and whipped. A coat of tar and feathers was then applied, and ho was given the order to leave the country for over. He started on his trip at once. His Honor Judge Ward yesterday granted a new trial m the case Paterson v Lublow— on the question of damages for the broken arm, owing to the contradictory nature of the jury's findings on thi3 subject; the decision of the jury on the flax contract to stand; and the whole question of cost 3to stand over until the close of the case. The annual fancy dress ball under the auspices of the Ashburton Hunt Club was held last evening m the Oddfellows' Hall. The building was crowded, and although many of the costumes had appeared on previous occasions there were a good few that were quite fresh. About 200 were present, and Messrs Fleming, from Christ church, supplied the musia An excellent supper was laid by Mr W. C. Davis m a marquee adjoining the hall, and altogether a most enjoyable evening was spent. The Forest Conservancy Branch of New South Wales supplies the following particu lars of the magnitude of forest conservation m that colony. Since 1877 the revenue from State forests has grown from £4324 to £17,137 m 1889, There are 918 reserves containing a total estimated area of 5,553,388 acres, It is reported that m five or six years there will be ready for felling on the Murray River forest reserves an immense number of red gum piles fully 60 feefc m length, and these will be wortli to the Department at least 25s each. The value of this timber is shown by I the fact that for beams measuring 12 inches i by 12 inches, and 25 feet m length, mill owners get from £4 10s to £6; m some instances more than one such beam being obtained from a tree. The demand for timber on the forest reserves is found to increase as the Crown lands become alienated, either by sale or conditional leaße giving the right to purchase, which shuts out the timber-gerf te from such lauds. None of the Australian colonies have suffered such heavy losses through droughts as New South Wales, In a recent document the Government statist showed that during a term of fifteen years there were losses m sheep alone amounting to a total of 55,000,000. In 1884, when there were some 37,000,000 m the colony, the losses amounted to 12,000,000 m round numbers. During these 15 years there were only 5 that were free from losses. During these calamitous droughts it was found that m some districts small stores of fodder saved immense numbers of stock. Hundreds of tons of hay were brought from fcfre Hunter river to Riverina. New Zealand and Tasmanian chaff were used m many of the Western districts of this colony. It is quite true that i/; does not pay to feed sheep of ordinary quality on hay or chaff which costs £10 per ton ; but it is not true that on many of the places where the imported food was used home-grown feed-stuff of better quality might have bt'-on provided at from £1 to £3 per ton ? There could be no stronger argu ment m favour of ensilage. It also points to the value of cultivation m connection with the keeping of stock,

The Complete Boycott.

[per press association.] Christchukch, August 8. The Secretary of the Trades and Labor Council has received a telegram from Mr Millar this afternoon stating certain issues to be submitted to arbitration, which have been approved of by the Executive of the Typographical Association, and a reply has been sent to Mr Millar. There is a feeling of relief here at the prospect of an amicable settlement of the difficulty. The moderate utterances of the leaders of the labour party have produced a favor able impression, and there is an opinion that legislation should be passed making arbitration compulsory m.labor.disputes. In consequence of Whitcombe and Tombs having opened communication wiMi the Maritime Council m regard to arbitra tion the labor party has withdrawn the pickets which were watching tlunr establishmbnt. Mr Whitcombe returned' to Christchurch last-night. Wellington, August 8. . The Union Company's steamer Omapere has been laid up here owing to the delay m. the settlement of the Grey Yalluy miners' difficulty, and for the same re;ison the Company propose to lay up the Waretea at Lytfcelton. The uncertainty of the output from Westport mines is also under the consideration of the Company, and the management consider it highly probable that they may have to lay up some of their other vessels at an early datb. It is alleged that these mining difficulties have been the cause of another of the Company's coal steamers, the Ohau, having to seek work elsewhera. The Provisional Committee of the Civil Service Association is actively engaged preparing circulars and reports, which will be widely distributed m a few days for the purpose of acquainting the service throughout the colony with the proposals of the Association. At a meeting of large employers of labor held last night to discuss the labor difficulty it was resolved m the event of the strike extending to Wellington, to close their establishments, the manufac turers thus creating a lock out. The arrangement between the steam ship owners and the New Zealand Marine Officers' Association is that wages have been increased as follows :—First officers, £14 to £16 ; second, £10 to £12 ; third, £7 10a to £10; fourth, £6 to £8 per month. The increase took effect from the first of the present month. The local wharf carters, expressmen, and storemen's Union have decided to support the Maritime Council m the dispute with Messrs Whitcombe and Tombs. Dunedin, August 8. The outlook to-day with reference to the dispute is decidedly more] promising of a solution. The Maritime Council, m reply to the Directors' telegram, forwarded the issues on which arbitration is desired. Shares are being freely taken up m the Company intending to start m opposition to Whitcombe and Tombs m Christchurch. The Wellington booksellers have inti mated that they are willing to discontinue selling the firm's publications. Circulars have been sent all through the colony, urging the teachers to discontinue the use of their books. Things here are m their normal state, and it is not expected that there will be any change for a day or two. The utmost anxiety pervades all classes. It is stated that the Postal Department have been preparing for a possible crisis by getting m tenders for the carriage of local mails m the event of a stoppage on the railways.

Parliamentary Gossip.

(BY TELEGRAPH —FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Wellington, August 9. Major Steward declares that the action of the House yesterday m refusing to sit on Monday evening to discuss a change m the method of elect ing Government will result m waste of time. If the motion had been agreed to, he says, the whole thing could have, been disposed of on Monday, but, as it is, the questien will have to be discussed as an amendment to intercept Supply. Sixteen gentiemen, who have sworn that there shall be reform, will each be provided with a neat amendment to that effect, and they will rise as one man to move it. The Major,, like j 'SJoey Bagstock," is sly. He gets more Bills through m. a more ingenious fashion than any other private member, and any person who wants to get ahead of him must wake long ere the " artful bird has caught the matutinal worm." The Government will probably take up Major Steward's School Committee Elec tion Bill, which was read a second time on Thursday night,

Ashburton Live Stock Market.

Mr D. Thomas reports upon the Live Stock Market for the Ashburton District for the week ending August sth, as follows: — On Tuesday at the Ashburton Yards I held my usual auction sale of sheep, cattle, and pigs. There was a total entry of 3955 sheep, 12 cattle, and 13 pigs. Of these I sold 2350 sheep, 9 cattle, and 13 pigs. There was a fair attendance of buyers, and mostly intent on business. The competition was brisk, and all lines were cleared at an advance on fat sheep of Is per head, and store sheep of 6d to 9d, and at these prices several buyers went away without being supplied. The following are the prices realised :—Fat crossbred ewes, 15s 3d to 15s 6d. In turnip sheep—Crossbred two and four tooth, to be topped up, 15s 6d to 16s 8d ; crossbred hoggets; lls 9d to 12s; cross bred ewes m lamb, 10s 7d, 10s 9d, lls 7d, 12s; merino ewes m lamb, 6s, 7s sd, to 7s 6d. Pigs, 30s to 30s 6d. Fat cattle, £7 to £8; springers, £4 to £5; two year old, 255.

THE THREATENED LABOUR BOYCOTT.

During the past three years, conse quent upon a period of severe depres sion, there has been considerable friction between employers and em ployed m this colony. Profits attending the investment of capital have considerably fallen off, and as a natural sequence efforts have been made by employers to reduce the cost of pro duction. What could not be saved by the introduction of labour-saving machinery has been deducted from the wage-earner. The wage-earners m most instances accepted the reductions, but not unmurmuringly. The murmur ing was faint at first, but gained strength as time went on, and ultimately ended m the wholesale formation dt Labour Unions for offensive and defensive purposes. A cry was raised throughout the colony by employers that "wages were too high." Wage-earners, being thus forewarned were forearmed, and by •ombination have now built up a ortification of Unionism which is practically impenetrable. No one who has the interest of his fellows at heart will condemn this consolidation of the labour forces. It is calculated to prevent the wage-earner from sinking to a position of abject serfdom, and will assist to conserve the dignity of honest labour m the field, m the workshop, or m the counting-house. The wage earners of the colony have put forward a practical protest against the economic theory that wages shall finally converge at a point which will allow the laborer only the bare means of subsistence; and not only this, but a forcible demand is being made for a fair share of the profits of production. The laborer has placed himself on an equality with his master ; and there is now a danger that, m the moment of victory, he may be.tempted to make a determined struggle for the mastery. Should he do so, the struggle will be sharp and decisive, and it is difficult to say on which side victory will He. The clanger referred to, however, is not so great m Few Zealand as m other parts of the world. The leaders of the labour movement here are cautious, clear-headed men, who think well before they act, and have a strong desire to secure a reasouable share of the profits of production by peaceable rather than forcible means. The danger of a conflict arises from the other side. Employers, m many cases, have not been accustomed to have their dictum questioned, and the new order of things is somewhat irksome. In the case of Whitcombe and Tombs it is especially irksome, and that firm has had the temerity to openly defy the labour party, and are preparing to take the consequences. Unfortunately for their cause, the firm mentioned have adopted an unreasonable and unjustifiable course, m refusing arbitration; but the labor party, on the other hand, while not lacking firmness, have shown every desire for conciliation. {With the labor party there is a very large amount of public sympathy up to the present, and a general desire is ex pressed that, as regards the quarrel with Whitcombe and Tombs, the men will succeed m bringing the firm to reason. If, however, m the effort to do so, the labor party should resort to violent measures, such as those threatened by a complete bycott of everybody and everything from Auck land to the Blufi, public sympathy, we feel sure, will not long be sustained. With all legitimate efforts that may be put forward by the labor party to punish the firm and those who are alleged to support them, the public will sympathise, but this sympathy will not go to the extent of justifying the punishment of the innocent m order to overtake the guilt. The quarrel is an ugly one, and has assumed vast complications, but there is no justifica tion as yet for the extreme measures threatened by the labor party. It" may be that these threats are only put for ward as a means of bringing about a settlement. We hope it is so, and have no doubt that, if the] threat is held over the firm concerned for any length of time, a surrender will take place. We observe from telegrams m this issue that there is a pro bability of an amicable settlement being arrived at by means of arbitra tion. If this should be the result of the struggle, the labor party will deserve the victory for the modera tion displayed throughout a most critical and trying period.

CORRESPONDENCE.

[We-do not hold ourselves responsible for the epinions expressed by our correspondents. TO THE EDITOR.. Sir, —I would like to ask Mr Glover, through the medium of your columns, whether it is fair to come into a district • and make charges against an M,H.R. when the said M.H.R. is not present to defend himself. I do not pretend to know whether Mr Glover's charges against Mr Walker are true or not, bub I shall certainly not accept the (X parts statements of a gentleman on the subject who makes his complaint when the de fendant is absent.—l am, etc., Moderation.

TWO MAIDENS.

Two maidens sat m the joy of their youth, And talked together of beauty and truth, And of how they would seek the highest of all, And never through life from their standard fall. One dreamed of a life that was grand and fair, Of all she would for her ideal dare ; No taint of ,the world o'er it should breath.?, And fancy's flowers she would round it wreathe. But the fresh sweet hours of youth's summer day Weni past as m loftiest thought she lay ; And she woke at the midday's heat and strife To find she had missed the thread of her life. In dread and despair down to earth she bowed, And there lying low was her standard proud, And where she had fancied a motto high The letters of ' self' met her startled eye. And long hours of darkness and bitter woe She passed through; not knowing which way to go ; But an angel's hand showed a guiding light And the pabh of duty led out of the night. The other wenb forth with a spirib clear, Inbenb on her mission to soothe and cheer, But work drove her ideal far away, She had left no leisure bo bhink or pray. Her words grew doll, and no more j could she give The comfort that helped weary souls to live; She wept m despair o'er her wasting life, For all bobh within and without was strife. The other maiden, with pitying eyes, Bent over her friend and bade her arise, And pointed bo where on her bosom lay A tiny cross she had taken one day. 'This little emblem, my sister,' said she, Has taught the highest of lessons to me ; Under its shadow, for ever laid low, The worship of self finds no room to grow. Can you find a standard more high and wide Than that of the King who upon it died ? And was ever life-work so perfect made As his holy work 'neath bhat cross's shade

A Defence of Large Land Owners.

In respect of the large properties held by absentees and some resident owners m New Zealand, particulars of which have been published widely throughout the colony, the "Bruce Herald" steps m as champion thus :—"Has it yet been proved that these large landowners are a hind rance to the progress of the colony, or that the absence of some of them is a hardship to those of us who are left be hind ? It might even be asked whether the private ownership of land m general has ever wrought any harm-rand we ask this question m spite of Henry George and all' his fellow theorisers. These absentees own but a very small propor tion of the land of New Zealand, and there is not one of them who does not directly or indirectly contribute to taxa tion. It may be taken for granted that they carefully watch all our proceedings, and do their very best to make their estates as valuable as they can. That cannot be done without the expenditure of money, and m all probability there is more money sent out by these absentees for improvements than the radical reformers know, or, if they knew, would give them credit for." Then it says the Crown Lands Guide, proves that there is abundance of land for all who wish to obtain it. "But to return to these absentee property owners, who are supposed, vampire like, to be sucking the life blood out of the colony. They are said to own between them something like eight millions of real and personal property. Eight millions seems and indeed is an immense amount, but it is not so very much comparatively. The deposits m the banks amount to nearly ben millions. In the Post Office Savings Bank the depositors, most of whom be long to the working classes, have close upon a million and three-quarters. In the building societies, also an institu tion chiefly patronised by working men and small tradesmen, there is a capital invested amounting to over £100,000. It would be easy to show, as may be seen from the few figures we have quoted, that the value of bhe property owned by these absentee landowners is very smail ivhsn compared with the capital invested m other ways. It cannot, of course, be denied that some large landowners have striven their best to evade payment of taxes, and sometimes with success. And it may ako be urged that the colony suffers through the absence of those land owners who, preferring to live elsewhere, do not benefit the colony by their current expenditure. But take them for all and all, we doubt whether the absentee land owners are as iniquitous a class as are many of the .wage-earners, who lift up their Voices against them, and spend their own money on nothing, and less than nothing and vanity, even to their own hurt."

Corn Exchange Report.

The following is the Corn Exchange re port for the week ending Friday, August Bth:— There has been a fair amount of busi ness done during the week. An unsettled feeling, however, prevails, owing to the labor manifesto ; and should this un easiness continue, sales may be difficult to effect. Wheat is m good demand, and prices are firm ab quotations. Oats.—Samples of prime, fit for export to the London market, are saleable, whilst little or no business is passing m other grades. Barley.—No malting samples on offer; feed descriptions totally neglected. Beans.—A slight enquiry continues for export. Peas.—Blue Prussians still hold their own m value, whilst feed descriptions are difficult to quit. Grass Seed.—Ryegraas is held principally by merchants. Any parcels offering have been taken ab full rates. The market closes firm. Cocksfoot.—The same re marks apply. Colonial grown clover.— Several parcels have been brought m daring the week. "Buyers are at the moment offering a shade under growera' alues. The quality, as compared wilh the imported seed, is good ; it is free from the impurities which many of the parcels of imported seed only too often contain. Potatoes.—The prospects are not at the moment cheering, Sydney advices being unsatisfactory. Dairy Produce.—Few transactions, as is usual at this season, can be noted. Prices are nominally at quotations. The following are our quotations for the week :—Wheat: Tuscan, 3s 3d to 3s 3£d ; Pearl, 3s 2d ; Hunter's, 3s to 3s Id; whole fowl wheat, 2s 6d to 2s 7d ; broken, 2s 3d to 2s 6d. Oats : Milling, Is 7d; short heavy feed. Is 5d to Is 6d ; inferior and long, Is 3d to Is 4d. Barley : Prime I malting, 3s 3d; feed, Is 6d to Is 9d. Beans, 2s 6d. Peas : Prussian blues, 3s to 3s 6d ; feed, 2s 4d to 2s 6d. Rye grass, machine dressed, 5s to 5s 3d ; Cocksfoot, bright heavy seed, 4|d to 4|d, light and discolored, 2^d to 3M.

Potr toes: Derwents, 42s 6d at country stations. Dairy produce : Butter, prime keg, 8d; cheese, small loaf, 4d; large sizes, 3d to 3|d.. The above prices are those paid to farmers for delivery f.o.b. Lyttelton, sacks extra (potatoes ex cepted). '

TELEGRAPHIC

HOME AND FOREIGN.

[per press association.] London, August 6 to 8. A silver corner is being established m England. The Grenadier Guards have arrived safely at Bermudas. Two first-class torpedo boats will be sent to strengthen the British fleet on the American station. The official liquidators of the Panama Canal Company estimate the value of the assets at £640,000. In the course of an interview Shrewsbury, the well known Notts cricketer, expressed the opinion that it is useless to take another cricketing team to Australia next season, and that English visits were overdone. Benzon, the Jubilee Plunger, has agreed to pay his creditors 5s m theJß. It is now asserted that there is no intention of molesting the Jews m Russia. One hundred thousand men at Car diff have gone out on strike. Owing to the strike of Cardiff colliers the price of all coal is rapidly advancing Traffic on the Cardiff Railway hai ceased, and postal services are para lised. By the strike m South Wales 1500 railway hands and. 30,000 miners are thrown out of -work. The leaders of the agitation and Secretary of the Railway Company have arranged that a month's work shall consist of 240 hours, and that overtime be paid after fifteen hours, on one day. It is expected that the Directors of the Company and the men will ratify the agreement. The transferring of th« administra tion of Heligoland from Great Britain to Germany will take place on Sunday, when the Emperor William will land on the island m the presence of. the German fleet. The ceremony is ex pected to be very imposing. The French Press express satisfac tion at the agreement arrived at be tween France and England m respect to the territory m North and Central Africa. England is to retain a pro tectorate orer the Sokato and Bornu States. The Marquis of Salisbury having threatened to send warships to Guate mala if the British debt fund was di verted, the Government of that State has refrained from carrying out its proposals. BtfENOS Atres, August 8. The populace are jubilant at th» resignation of. Dr. Ceiman, and the state of siege has been raised. Dr. Pellegrini, the new President, has suc ceeded m the formation of a new Cabinet. Premium on gold has receded to 142.

INTERPROVINCIAL

Auckland, August 8. At a meeting of aottlers at Waiuku, the Cattle Bill now before the House was con demned as unnecessary.-. , .■ , ! ■ A suVeyor named Springall has been severely scalded m one of the springs at Waiotapu, m the Rotorua district. : ■ TIMARU, August 8. Mr E. G. Kerr addressed a crowded meeting of electors at the Theatre Royal. He was well received and he expressed himself as opposed to the present Govern ment, and was m favor of a land and income tax. He is a strong supporter of the present system of primary education, with private schools, and favors the ac quisition of private estates for settlement, and is a believer m Unions. Dunedin, August 8. It is stated that William Robertson, who died suddenly yesterday, left pro perty worth over £10,000 to relatives m Scotland. In his house was found samples of nearly every toy, sold at the Exhibition and a collection of newspaper cuttings concerning persons who, like himself, lived alone though worth a good deal of money. At the Police Court to-day, Robert Davie Aldrich was convicted of embezzling £13 and £34 from the Buckeye Company, and was placed under the Probation Act for twelve months. . A house belonging to Alexander Mer rilies, at Taieri beach, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday. Merrilies, unaware that his son had escaped, entered the building to save him, and was severely burned, being now m a critical condition. The hous£ was insured for £140. The master grocers had a long discus sion re the price of bread and the non observance of the rules by some grocers who were also bakers. No decision was arrived at, save that m the case of a baker who sells bread at 4|d, the price agreed on being od, the member who had purchased the loaf found it to be 3oz short weight, and it was decided to prosecute. Invercargill, August 8. The steamer Invercargill has returned from Coal Island, where over sixty men are getting good gold, but nothing warranting a large rush.

Kremler's Execution.

[ter press association.] New York, August 7. Kremler was undaunted when placed m the chair for execution. The electric currents were imperfect, and as the con tact was also faulty, three shocks, had to be applied before death resulted, but the condemned man was uncon scious after the first. Portions of his. body were burnt, and smoke was seen issuing from his back.

The Markets.

[pee press association.)

London, August 8. _ The price of New Zealand mutton is unchanged. New Zealand beef, hind quarters 4|d per lb, foreqnarters 3d per lb. There is every prospect »f prices hardening at the next series of wool auctions, which opens m September.

France and Russia.

The French police claim the merit of having saved the lite §of the Czar, by the prompt arrest of a gang of Nihilist) bomb makers m Paris. The laws of the Re public, however, do not regard it as a crime to conspire against the life of a foreign potentate, and the only charge that can be made against the prisoners is, that they have been illegally manufactur ing explosives to the possible danger of French subjects. There is little or no evidence against them on this score, but the authorities have strained, the law by

making precautionary arrests, a pretence under which individuals may be incarcer ated and detained m custody -without being brought to public trial. The service really done to the Russian Government consi.sta m the seizure of papers whereby the Russian police may be enabled to take proceedings or precautions against parties m Russia who may have been m corre spondence with the Parisian plotters. The French Government will no doubt deny that any such revelations have been made ; but there are so many ways m which the service might be rendered, and the temptation to do so is so great that it will take a great deal of denial to remove the' impression that m this matter the French Government has been doing Russian work;

Reminsences of Tel-el- Keber.

AFTER THE BATTLE.

(By Sergeant A. L. Palmer.) The men had been suffering so fearfully from thirst before they reached the. canal that I saw some of them drinking th« blood that ran out of wounded camels. When we had drunk our fill of canal water the " assembly" was sounded, and the roll was called, when many a poor;' fellow had to be marked as "absent." Men I told one another of their adventures, | narrated their escapes, and had time now to examine their bare legs, from which much skin had been lost m falling into and clambering out of the trenches. The most remarkable escape I remember was that of a colour sergeant who was looking at the enemy, through a binocular .when a bullet came along, shivered the glass, and then dropped spent into his mouth, from which he spat it with only the loss of. a couple of teeth. Some of us were detailed to search the Egyptian camp to make sure that none of the enemy remained lurking In it. A guard was set on Arabi's tent, through which I had passed m the ad vance, and had snatched a cutlet from the table, little thinking to whom tent and food had belonged. I had the luck to chance on a small shed full of melons, nuts, bottle* of eau-de-Cologne, tins of Turkish tobacco and boxes of cigarettes. I filled my water bottte with eau-de-Cologne, my haver sack with cigarettes, and with a tin -of tobacco and a bottle of eau-de-Cologne m my hand went m search of my captain. He was not to be found m the t«nt, of which the officers had taken possession, and I handed the eau-de-Cologne bottle to a major, an Irishmen, who swallowed tha contents neat at a gulp, and then ex claimed, " Holy Jasua, isn't that good stuff," to the great amusement of the th« other officers. Presently I met my captain, to whom I gave the cigarettes, and showed him where he could get all he wanted of lemons, tobacco, and eau-de- Cologne. He gave me a sovereign for ray trouble. Volunteers were now called for to go and assist the wounded. I made one of the party, and started well equipped with pipe m moubh, a haversack full of cigar ettes, a water-bottle full of eau-de-Colongue and plenty of water. The sights of the battle-field were gruesome, now one looked at them, ill cold blood. The Artillery had ■wrought fearful havoc. I remember one heap of twenty-four corpses, some ;blown absolutely into fragements, others head less, others with limb« lopped off. Some of the dead Egyptians were roasting slowly as they lay; their clothing had been ignited, and was still smouldering. A man of the rifles came along, drew his pipe from his pocket, and lit it at one of these bodies,, remarking, somewhat brutally it struck me: "I never thought I should live to use a dead Egyptian for a light to my pipe !" In the outer trench our dead and wounded lay more thickly then those of the enemy, but m ohe inner trenches and on the spa ces between for one man of ours there were certainly ten Egyptians. In the redoubts the black gunners lay dead or wounded almost to a man, for they had been fastened to the guns and to one another by Small chains attached to ankle/fetters, so as to leave them free to work the guns* but. hinder ing them from running away. Among them poor Lieutenant Rawsoh lay mor tally wounded ; it deemed bitter hard, after his fine service m guiding the army, that he who had contributed so much to the victory should lie dying m fch« hour of triumph. When Sir Archibald Alison was told of his* being wounded,.he at once went to see him. '' Didn't I lead them straight, sir?" were the dying man's last faint words—faithful unto duty even to the end. ,■-,..■ The first wounded man I attended to was an Egyptian, whose moans were pite ous, and on examination I found him severely wounded m the belly, I poured some eau de-Cologne down.hls throat and used my own surgical bandages to bind up his wound so as to keep the flies from ifc. Then I lit a cigarette, put it m his mouth, placed more beside him, and gave him a drink of water. He kissed my hand and muttered something about "Allah.' I had not left him far when I heard the crack «fa rifle and a bullet whizxed by my ear* Looking round, I saw the smoke of the shot drifting away from where my wounded man lay, and noticed that he was quietly taking aim at me again. He had time to fire a second, shot, which also missed me, before I reached him, and I had no compunction, m driving the life out of him with my 1 bayonet, remarking to myself as I took the weapon oub of him for the last time, "You won't come that game any more, you ungrateful brute!" Many such instances of this treacherous hate oc curred. I myself had to wipe out four more wounded. Egyptians whom I caught m the act of firing at our men after they ; had passed. To run a bayonet into a man who is down one feels it hardly the, thing, and it was done reluctantly, but m such cases as I have described it was a clear act of compulsory duty.

PARLIAMENTARY

FRIDAY, AUGUST 8. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House met at 2.30 p.m. ELECTIVE pOVEBNMBNT, - , The Hon. E. Mitchelson moved, that! the House will, at ifes rising, adjourn to Monday next, afc, half-past 7 p.m., /for consideration of Major Steward s motion relating to an elective form of govern ment. ..'■"■■■...■ Mr Saunders moved, as an addition to: the motion, "Also, Mr Saunders' motion relating to the Property tax.'' Mr Fish moved an amendment—" Thai the House should meet for the considera tion of local Bills only." He said he felt sure that if Monday were devoted to Major Steward's motion it would be simply wasted ; and even if the motion were carried it would result m nothing. iHMr Seddon moved to insert " Tuesday" instead of Monday. He saw no good to be gained by the consideration of Major Steward's resolution. That could be done at election time. Major Steward (Waimate) strongly, urged on the House to vote for his motion, and said all he asked was an opportunity to have a debate on this important question. He admitted : that it would take seven or eight years before the Colony was educated Up to adopting the proposal contained, m his resolution. After considerable discussion, Mr Peacock moved the adjournment of the debate. Lost by 36 to 32. Mr Seddon's amendment was lost by 33 to 31. Mr Allan then moved—" That. th« House do now proceed to the orders # tilt

THE ASHEtTBTOX GtiAftDIAN, SAtftTtfcDAY, AtfGjUST S, 1890.



IS DEAFNESS INCURABLE ? J. H Nicholson, of 175 William Street Melbourne, has proved otherwise by making a complete cure of Deafness and Noises m the head of over Years' Stand ing by a simple remedy and without th J use of any " clap-trap " so called electro medication treatment. A full description of this remedy, which has cured thou sands of other cases of long standing, will be sent FREE on application.



Friends of Mr Andrew Dawson will be pleased to learn that he is progressing very favorably since tke bad accident he suffered last Wednesday. The temperance party throughout the colony are bestirring themselves m placing voters upon the roll m view of the forth coming general election. [ A woman was travelling m Sydney by the Waverley tram, and on arrival at the Darlinghurst stopping-place the guard re quested Senior-sergeant Hughes to take the woman's name and address, as she did not pay her fare, whereupon the woman, who was apparently under the influence of liquor, became abusive, and had to be ejected from the tram. As the tram started off she lost her balance and fell between two carriages, the wheels of one of which passed over her, cutting her body fearfully, and causing almost instantaneous death. The remains were picked up and conveyed to the South Sydney Morgue. Deceased, aged 60, was a married woman, and her husband residta somewhere m Queensland. The followiug is the list of agricultural works to be procured by the Borough Council for the Ashburton Public Library :~- Morton's Cyclopaedia of Agriculture ; Agri- J culture m some of its Relations to Chemistry i —Storer; Hand Book of the Farm Series- Edited by J. Chalmers Morton; Dairy Farm ing—Sheldon ; Butteir-making m Australia— Brown ; Ormerod's Injurious Insects ; Best Forage Plants—McAlpine; Our Farm Crops —Wilson; Artificial Manures —Ville; Science of Agriculture—Lloyd j The Rothamsted ! Experiments — Fream; Youatt's Works on Sheep, Cattle, and Horses; Fallow and Fodder Crops—Wrightson; Macivor's Chemistry of Agriculture—(Melbourne); Elements of Agricultural Chemistry and Geology—Johnston and Cameron; Ele mentary Lessons of Agricultural Practice — Tanner; Hx>w to Know Grasses by their Leaves—A. N. McAlpine; The Livestock Journal Almanac—(Published annually); Gardening—Murphy. We clip the following important testimo nial from the " Illawarra Mercury " (N.S.W.) of the 30th March. It needs no comment: — ••Mr John Loveday, of the Bulli Mountain, writes to us that after suffering for four years with acute gravel, he has experienccfl almost complete relief by using Sander and Sonse Eucalyptic Extract. He says:—" Seeing th% said Extract advertised m the ' Illawarr' Mercury,' his intense suffering induced him to obtain a bottle of the medicine from Mr Hosking, chemist, of this town, and that the use of it gave him great relief at once. He sbates that between 10th March inst., when he obtained the first bottle of the extract, and the 19th, the use of that medicine continued to afford him relief, to which he had, been a stranger for four years. Mr Loveday writes also that he has found the Eucalypti Extract % cure for rheumatism as well as gravel. He requests us to publish this information through the ' Mercury.' We have much pleasure m complying with Mr Loveday's request, whose word cannot be doubted, and who can have no object m view other than a pure desire to benent suffering humanity."—(Ad vt.) 2



There is now to be seen m 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 contemplates planting fruit plants. There are upwards of fifty dif ferent kinds .vhown, all valuable, long keeping sorts. For size, color, and general excellence they are by far the finest that have boen shown m I his season,—(Alv



Arrangements can fcx* made for part or monthly payments. ADMINISTERING NITROUS OXIBS JrA>S several times daily for the past ten years, we fearlessly assert that extraction of teafch under '.t« influence is perfectly painless and positively safe Fee for Administration, ss. ' Extraction, 2n 6d. Artificial Teeth and Dentures made other dentists repaired or remodelled small cost. Hourc of tte"dance—9 a.m. to 6 p.ls It will be m the recollection of the public that my collection of apples shown m Mr Clayton's s\w\) m East street, being sixty-six varieties, and alas those which took two first awards at the Duiiedjn Exhibition and various other places, was pronounced to be the largest and beat ever sliowtt w the Ash burton <xmnty. I would draw their atten tion m advertisement elsewhere. As only work on blight-proof stocks than which no other stocks caii be relied upon, the roots o my apple trees do not require to be washed before sending out. Jatr^?3 J'orter, nursery* man, A;Uentou.— Advb



WITHOUT TiXTrl WlTU^ieTtt THE CHRISTCHURCH DEHTAL SURGERY, Corner of Cashel and High streets. S. M™ AND C£ SURGEON DENTIST And at Dunedin and Westporfc WE have gained the FIBST AWARD ab the Dunedin Exhibition for Artificial Dentures and Mechanical Appli ances for the Mouth, and it is with the greatest confidence that we guarantee the highest class work and perfecb fife ab the most moderate cost A Single Artificial Tooth, 10s. Complete Set — Upper and Lower — temporary and permanent, £10 10a. Natural, Duuablh, Comfortable Artificial Teeth Replaced Temporarily al mofcfc immediately after the extraction of decayed teeth or stumps without extra j cc or charge.



Public Notices. fTYENDERS are invited for the supply JL of Trees, and planting same m the Borough Reserves. To be sent m before 2 p.m. on MONDAY, the llbh inst. Particulars may be obtained ab bhe Borough Council Offices. 8 55 M~" i~~s s! t"~1 m m o has removed from the Lybbelton Boarding House to those more commodi ous and central premises, Panama House, Where friends, old and new, will be wel comed Accommodation tor boarders a reduced rates. Meals prepared mMr Timmo's w«U known style. Meals per week, lls ; Bo»rd and lodg- I in"s, 17s 6d ; one meal daily per week, | 3 ' 6d ]sr ™E z NEW ZEAIAND GIMII FACTORY Half Yearly STOCK-TAKING -!N TOW OM.-- REDUGTiONS M EVERY DEPARTMENT. i The" Celebrated Werthein Eew Hisjh -1 arm Sdring*Machines on easy Time fiy mentai CW" H. WEBBER, ~ITI Manager? JD



TVamtoct. j CASH Advertisements under this i heading mob exceeding SIXTEEN WORDS 1/-. Addresses may be left at this Office. ESLEYAN Churoh^ub^e7-^AU Services on Sunday next m connection with above. Public meetings next week. 8|46 TOP That Cough—Flower's Cough Drops are the best—see that the name is stamped on every one. H. G. Flower, Confectioner, East street. want good value JL for money go to Melford House. Extra value now being given away m presents. Everything marked cheap.— H. C. Segers. "77" ANTED KNOWN—The Strong \ V Wear Boot for Men, Women and Children can only b« had at W. H. Collier's., 8~~ OOTS, BOOTS.—"Keep your feefc Dry and say» Doctor's Bills. I have a splendid Stock m now. Try my | Double-soled Shooters. Every pair Guaranteed. Robert Alcorn, Ashbur ton Clothing Mart, Saunders' Buildings. ANTED Known.—For cheap Drapery, Millinery, Boots, Clothing, &c, go to Melford House. Good substantial presents now giving away. —H. C. Sbgebs. WANTED every man m the County to have a suit of the Ashburto Tweeds. —Robert Alcorn, Ashburton Clothing Mart, Saunder's Buildings. EVERY Customer will receive a handsome present by purchasing t their Drapery, Millinery, Clothing, &c, ab Melford House. Cheapest House m town for first-class Drapery. —H. C. Segrrs. \\i ANTED KNOWN.—Alot~of W Ladies Cloth and Tweed Jackets, considerably under usual cost price.— W. H. Collier, "The Corner." WANTED Known—The Cheapest Shop to buy Tinware and Gjil vanised Iron goods m Ashburton, is at W. F. Hannaford's, Burnett Street. A arge stock kept on hand. Tin and Iron ware goods made and repaired with dea patch



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