The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Vertas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1890. THE RAILWAY SERVANTS.

The railway servants have resolved I not to strike. Tins will be welcome news to the public ; unwelcome news to the Railway Commissioners. The dis charge of four prominent members of the Railway Servants Executive by the Commissioners for taking part m the proceedings of the Society cannot be considered m any other light than a direct challenge for an immediate trial of strength. 'The gauntlet thus thrown down, however, has, fortunately for the Colony, not been taken up, and a railway strike, so much dreaded by the people, seems now to be very far off indeed. The railway men, before re sorting to the extreme measure of paralysing the trade of the Colony, have resolved to try diplomatic means to secure the reinstatement of the men discharged. Parliamentary pres sure has already been brought to bear, and the action of the Commissioners m thus seeking to precipitate a strike at this unfortunate juncture m the labor struggle has been freely condemned. Inside and outside the House the action of the Commissioners m dis charging the four men—Messrs Owen, Winter, Elvines, and Newton—has met with little or no sympathy ; while the action of the railway servants m refusing to be thus drawn into a conflict has been widely com mended. Thp railway servants see that there are other ways and means of securing the reinstatement of their comrades than by going out on strike, and they have resolved that, if justice and the liberty of free speech is to be denied them m making public their grievances, efforts shall be made during the coming elections to secure the return of men to the House who will see that they at least get fair play. The ballot-box is to be appealed to—the safest and surest way of redressing grievances— and the co-operation of the labour party is to be invited to secure the return of labour representatives to the new House. Should the hopes of the railway men and labor party m this direction be realised our next Parlia ment will be largely composed of labor representatives who may perhaps have no other qualification than that ©f strong sympathies with the workers and the objects of Trades Unions. This is a most unpleasant contingency to look forward to, as the effect of wholesale return of class representa tives—whether of labor or capital—to Parliament is not likely to be con ducive to good or equitable govern ment. The laboring man to-day, while much more intelligent than his fellow of, say, fifty years ago, has not yet arrived at that stage of perfection that the government of the colony can be entirely handed over to him. There are interests to be considered other than labor, and a truly representative Assembly must contain representatives from all—the classes as well as the masses. In the present Hou^e, it is most apparent that the wage-earners— by far the largest class of the commu nity—are not adequately represented, and the presence of a fair sprinkling of special labor representatives m the new House would be most welcome, as their advice and experience would go a long way towards bringing about a satisfactory settlement of the present labor disputes m this colony. The danger lies m the direction of over doing the thing, and deposing one class only to put another m power. This is the danger that seems to be looming m the immediate future, and the action laken by the Railway Commissioners m seek ing to stifle the freedom of speech on the part of the colony's servants, will, we fear, go far towards aggravating wage-earners to shut their eyes to every other consideration except that of securing what they believe, to be the rights of labour by the return of men pledged to effect only one object. The masses, under man hood suffrage—one man one vote— have the power within their hands, when combined, to swamp the House with purely labour representatives, and it is surely madness on the part of the Legislature arid Railway Commissioners to dare them to this step m the present labour crisis, when the justice of the claims of capital has to be looked to as well as the claims of labour. There are men m the present House, of all shades of political opinion, whose presence can ill be spared from the deliberations of our public Assembly, but it would appear that the rnisdh'ectecl zeal of the Railway Commissioners, and those who advise them, has endangered the re turn of these men to the House ; and there is now a fair prospect of their places being filled by a number of inex perienced politicians whose zeal m the labour cause may possibly outrun dis cretion. We think the best thing that can happen for the welfare of the country is that tUo Railway Com missioners should immediately recede from the unpopular attitude taken up, reinstate the dismissed men, and thus allay m large measure the present labour excitement, which, if allowed to continue, will work havoc at the forth coming election.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Princess Christian lias resuH»ucl her interest m nursing and other benevolent work m h)i<l ground Windsor. Mr Beetham M.H,R., estimates the loss to the colony m the present crjsjs tit £lOO,OfX) pet" week. An Oamat'u exchange states that Mr N. Fleming will fay r.ionclusjona shortly with Mr J. Gibson in* a, sjisgk-furrow ploughing match. Stakes to be fifty a side. The Chinese are strengthening their position along the Russian frontier, twid pi^pose to resist the aggressions of their power!*' neighbour. The convei'!*36n or hides into leather by electricity and reducing .the time of tanning from months to five or six. days is among the latest discoveries reported m England. In the last twenty-five years the United States bag paid off £360,000,000 of debt,! leaving the pi'tseui debt something less than £180,000,000. A conspicuous Austrian Prince 8tarl»e?»b&i&, pronounces .boldly for zeiieiq,l disarmament, Austria, he says, is cliifting ; rapidly to financial ruin, #ut he tears .thai war must come before <JJ«W.Hainent. What was a few months ag& forked upon as a promising goldfield, isentiiofiic, m Qfago, has totally collapsed, and only '. one &&ss& V* beiny worked. A local writer says ; the $$$ >W3 |s|ijeil by company promoting. '

At the Police Court this morning, before Mr W. G, Rees, J.P., Cornelius Sullivan pleaded guilty to having been drunk on Saturday night, and waa lined ss, or twenty-four hours' imprisonment. At the District Court this morning John Henderson, did not answer to his name when called, and he was fined 40s, but on making his appearance a few minutes after wards, and explaining that his watch was slow, his Honor remitted the fine. For the first time since its foundation a Jew, Professor Julius Bernstein, has been elected Rector Magnificus of the Halle Uni versity. Up to within a comparatively short time no Jew was permitted even to reach there. Of the entire human race 500,000,000 are well clothed—that is, they wear garments of some kind ; 250,000,000 habitually go naked, and 700,000,000 only cover parts of the body; 500,000,000 live m houses, 700,000,000 m huts and caves, and 250,000,000 virtually have no shelter. A novel gas meter has been invented, and large numbers are being made by a Man chester house. The meter is on the auto matic principle, a certain quantity of gas being set free on the slipping of a penny into a slot. The mechanism is said to be very simple. The Duchess of Albany presided over a meeting m London for promoting domestic hygiene. It was stated that about 250,000 lives are lost, and some 7 000,000 cases of sickness occur annually m this kingdom alone, which are entirely preventable, Joeing the direct result of carelessness or ignorance m hygiene. An extraordinary wedding has just taken place m West Virginia. The bridegroom had celebrated his 101 st birthday, and the bride had reach the respectable age of 83 ; the gentleman who had led this bride to the altar was 81. The only bridesmaid was comparatively youthful, being only 75 years of age—twenty-six years younger than the bridegroom. The Queen of the Belgians, while recently driving m Brussels m a drenching rain, perceived a wretched woman crouching m a doorway. The Queen stopped her carriage stepped out, took off her waterproof and wrapped it around the poor woman, and, slipping some silver pieces into her hand, re entered her carriage before she could be thanked by the astonished beggar. On the 18th inst. the morning train from : Christchurch to Timaru will run earlier than usual. It will be due from Ashburton at 10.15 a.m.; Tinwald, 10.23; Winslow, 10.32; Hinds, 10.46; Rangitata, 11.15; arriving at Timaru at 12.25 p.m. The altera- | tion is made m order to allow excursionists to be present at the Timaru races on the date referred to. The large sums of money which the Government of India devotes annually as rewards for the destruction of snakes m that country have brought about an unexpected and most undesirable result. It seems from a communication made by the Chief Com missioner of the Central Provinces that the natives of those parts are now beginning to breed and rear poisonous snakes for the purpose of obtaining the usual head money offered. A medical man has just been fined by a Berlin court for a serious slip of the pen m a prescription. A lady having consulted him for night sweats, he prescribed atropine pills, each one containing .06 gramme (about a grain), instead of .006 gramme (about the tenth of a grain). The prescription was taken to a druggist, not to an Apotheher (or pharmacist), and the assistant who dispensed it. did not detect the evident slip of the pen ; the consequence was that, the lady took one of the pills and suffered severely from ite. toxic action, for which she was treated by the prescribe!- for a couple of clays. The husband summoned both the medical atten dant and the druggist, the result being that the former was fined £25 and the latter £10. In the Row itself fashion this year is busy with its revolutions. Even m head gear there is innovation. Some ladies wearing straw hats, white straw sailor hats, on horse mi ck showed sense, courage, and style. Now that the tyranny of the chimney-pot is over, there is no reason why any hat that is comfort able and will stay on should not be suited for the Row. The chimney-pot is dying hard. The latest vagary of its supporters is to alter its shape to a conical form, which looks as foolish and more ugly. In the after noon the park is crammed. Men aeem to be atlccting ilowers even more than women. The tr»o carnation as a buttonhole waa all vorv well, but as the florist produces it now almost as big as a cauliflower it should be •onfiied to the wedding bouquet of a corpu lent coachman. After a sojourn of many months among the I)rusts of Lebanon, the Rev Haskett Smith, M.A., formerly of Camberwell, is, the "Daily Telegraph " says, about to return with an important discovery made under romantic circumstances concerning that mysterious people who are supposed to be lineal de scendants of the Hittites. It appears that Mr Smith was admitted to the most secret intimacy with the Druses through having saved the life of a popular young man by sucking the venom of a deadly snake-bite from his body. He was initiated into a number of mysterious rites hitherto unknown to any foreigner, and among these the natives startled him as a Freemason by passing the most characteristic of Masonic signs, from call which this adventurous clergyman augurs that the Druses are none other than the rural branch of the great Photttucan race whose ancestors supplied the Lebanon cedars to the building of King Solomon's Temple. The "Timaru Herald "says:—" A painful accident happened recently at Mr Eichbaum's chemist shop. Mr Harrop, of the Customs Department, was drawing off wood naptha out of several drums for the purpose of for warding specimens to the Head Office, Wellington, to undergo analysis as to their suitability to mix with other ingredients m the manufacture of spirits of wine. After sufficient quantities had been taken out of the drums the corks were replaced, but it is evident that m one of them there was a small hole which permitted an escape of gas, for on Mr Harrop stooping over a drum to do the necessary sealing this gas ignited from the lighfc held by Mr F. Kohn, Mr Eichbaum's assistant', and both he an Mr Harrop were severely burned about the face and head, Mr Harrop so severely that he will be confined to a darkened room for several days. Dr Maclntyre attended to the sufferers' injuries, and is of opinion that no permanent injury will follow."

How a Charrge of Shot Travels.

When standing within a few yards of the gun's muzzle at the time of discharge, a person would be amazingly astonished were he only able to see the shot as they go whizzing by. Experiments m in stanteous photography have proved to us that the shot not only spreads out, comet like, as they fly, but they string out one behind the other to a much greater distance than they spread. Thus, with a cylinder gun, when the first shot of a charge reaches a target that is forty yards away, the last shot ia lagging along ten yards behind. Even with *he choke-bore gun some of the shot will lag behind eight yards m forty. This accounts for the wide swath that is mown m a flock of ducks on which a charge of shot falls just right. About 5 per cent only of the charge of shot arrive simultaneously at the target, but the balance of the first half of the charge is so close behind that a bird's muscles are not quick enough to get out cf the way, although those who have watched sifcting birds when shot at have often seen them start as if to fly when the leading shot whistled by them, only to drop dead as they were overtaken by the leaden hail.—From Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.

The Book of Psalms.

The Book of Psalms forms the subiec* of Mr Gladstone's article m the July number of "Good Words." The first paragraph of the first section (which treats their historic place m the devotion of all ages) is as follows :—" John Bright has told me that he would be content to stake upon the Book of Psalms, as it stands, the great question whether there is »r is not a Divine revelation. It was not to him conceivable how a work so widely severed from all known productions of antiquity, and sbanding upon a level so much higher, could be accounted for except by • special and extraordinary aid calculated to product special and extraordinary results; for it is reasonable, nay, needful, to presume a due correspon dence between the cause and the effect. Nor does this opinion appear to be , unreasonable. If Bright did not possess the special qualifications of the scholar or the. critic, he was, I conceive, a very capable judge of the moral and religious elements m any case that had been brought before him by his personal ex perience," The second section deals with the antiquity of the Book of Psalms. "On this point of antiquity it is more than enough if a large portion of the Psalms are ascribable to King David. I venture, however, to offer two sugges tions : First, the Psalma come to us through a channel supplied by the king dom of Judah, not the kingdom of Israel, If they had been largely composed after the severance of the ten tribes from the two, would they noc have presented some more definite indication of that severance ? The name of Israel is the name under which m the Psalms the chosen people are described. We have this name re peated twenty-six times. The name of Judah was likely, it may be supposed, after the schism, to become the prevail ing and distinctive name, still more so after the captivity and the dispersion of the ten tribes, and so long as their vem nants continued to maintain any .serious and systematic rivalry with the Jews. Yef throughout the Psalter we never find the name of Judah mentioned m tins paramount sense. Could this have boon so if the Psnlms had mainly been com posed when Judah was the only acknow ledged name for the elect people, and Israel was a stranger, often an enemy, always tho symbol of a rival and pros cribed worship."

Charles Greville and the Spirit Medium.

When • tha lat« Charles Greville was very dd he went to see a spiritualistic medium who was attracting fashionable London. The medium looked ;it tho grey, worn old man, and thought himself safe. With much emotion ho cried, "There is an aged lady behind your chair." Greville remarked sweetly. " How interesting." "She is very like you." "Who can it be?" murmured Greville. "She lifts her hands to bless you. Her hands are now resting over your head," shouted the medium, and the pallid, emotionless man said, with a slight tremor m his voice, "Pray tell me who this mysterious visitant may be.' "It is your mother," "Oh," said Gre ville, "I am delighted to hear that." •' Dear soul !" muttered the imperfcurable one, " She tells me you will join her soon, and be happy with her." Then Greville said gravely, m dulcet tones, " That is extremely likely, for I am going to take tea with her at 5 o'clock." He had led on the poor medium m his usual fashion, and he never hinted at the fact that his mother was nearly a century old.

Scale Blight

Says the " Canterbury Times ":—Some three months ago we had. occasion to pub lish an article dealing with the question of the cure of scale blight on apple trees with special reference fco a report of a series of important experiments made by Mr Murphy, the secretary of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association. Our remarks were followed by some in teresting correspondence from Mr Moffat, of Glenmark, and other practical gardeners, fully confirming Mr Murphy's experiments and our own views on the subject. The gist of it all was that a successful cure had been found for scale blight m what would, perhaps, hardly seem a likely article, namely, " Little's Fluid Sheep Dip ; " and so successful had been tho experiments of Mr Murphy and others with this fluid, that it was said nothing else was necessary to absolutely overcome the pest. As the time has now arrived when the scale may be attacked with advantage, we take the opportunity to again refer to the subject. No harm can result from a winter-dressing, and as many people assert a winter application is very beneficial, bath as regards the scale and as a stimul*nt to the trees, prudent orchardists will do well to apply the fluid now and dre.ss tho trees again about October or November.

A Boy his Own Grand father.

There were a widow and her daughter in-law, and a man and his son. The widow married the son, and the daughter married "the old man." The widow was, therefore, mother to her husband's father, and consequently grandmother to her own husband. They had a son, to whom she was great grandmother. Now, as the son of a great grandmother must be either a grandfather or a great uncle, this boy was one or the other. He was his own grandfather.

NEWLANDS.

Newknds awakens from its lethargic state at least hviqe a ye?ir, on the recur rence of the Sunday Sphaol and Chapel anniversaries. On Sunday the 7th the children's anniversary was celebrated, sermons suitable to the occasion being preached both morning and evening by the Rev. Mr Gray, of Willowby ; the afternoon was devoted to recitations de livered by the children. On Monday afternoon the children assembled m a paddock belonging to Mr Lloyd, and' passed the time by joining m mer.r.y games ; running seemed to be the favorite, amusement, the little ones being spurred jon, to do theip very best by tlje knowledge ■

that prizes had been provided for those who should distinguish themselves m the contests. The tea-tables were presided over by ladies of the district, each of whom had several young ladies assisting her. All seemed well pleased with the j good things s«it before them and showed their gratitude m a very substantial manner indeed. It was noticed by some observant young ladies that those who had received a larger quantity of milk m their tea than they preferred actually did not notice it, so intently were they occupied m " samp ling " the various dainties set before them; and m reply to repeated inquiries as to whether their tea pleased them, they de clared it to be " declicious," " the best they had ever tasted," etc. Many from | Seafield and Ashburton were present, both at the tea and at the after-meeting, which was addressed by the Revs Gray, ! Boothroyd, and Sawle, Lieutenant Davies, ' and Messrs Watkins, and Lill. Mr Gray's address was extremely humorous, the audience being convulsed with laughter during the greater part of it. He was very vehement m his denun ciation of pulpits, inasmuch as they con fine a preacher too much altogether. He contends that gracefulness of jesture has a great deal to do with making sermons attractive, and m keeping up the atten tion of an audience ; but how can a preacher make use of this means when he ia placed m a box-like apparatus m which there is barely room to move ? About nine o'clock the meeting dis persed, all having apparently enjoyed themselves.

A Story of the Pit.

A HEROIC MINER. Official reports do not often furnish so striking and pathetic a scene as that which is described by Mr Pinching, the Inspector of Mines, m his narrative of the rescue of the two men Rule and Bent, entombed m the Drakewalls Mine at Gunnislake. Four days and a half elapsed since the imprisoned men were suddenly cut off by a vast rush of shifting sand into the "winze" from all communication with the outward world. No attempt to reach them through this treacherous medium waa practicable ; the only h»p« lay m boring a level through the solid ground and blasting step by step with small charges of dynamite, the gas from which almost suffocated the workers. It was at ten m the morning on luesday that the accident happened ; and it was at ten m the morning on the Saturday following that, on sounding m the usual way, the relief party was overjoyed to hear a shout m return. "The scene," J said Mr Pinching, " was one I can never forget. Strong men, many of whom had been m rough mining camps m all parts of the world, fell laughing and crying alternately with emotion like children.' They worked no«r. if possible, with greater vigour. Eleven more weary hours passed ; they had bored what was expected to be the last hole ; the charge of dyna mite was inserted; the warning cry "Fire" was heard, and the men trooped up to get out of the way of " the shot." After five minutes of agonising suspense they heard the muffled report, and knew by certain tokens that communication had been effected without causing the inrush of sand which was the danger that had been haunting the minds of all. Going down to the place they found a current of air established, and could hear the poor fellows below calling to their comrades. Still the relief party dared not move lest j; it should fall upon the entombed men ; | but a light was ultimately lot down, Then came the most perilous task of all. which was that of descending through the shattered mass, any fragment of which might, if touched, fall and crush the explorers: Eighteen fathoms was the depth to be descended m this dismal way by the aid of ropes and windlass, but the pitman, Tom Jhapman, who during the operation had once vvoiked ninety hours on a stretch, volunteered, after due warning, to make the descent. "We then," continues this exciting narra tive, "slung him and dropped him over the winze, and amidsi, dead silence, he examined the place. Shortly we heard the welcome signal to ' streak,' or lower, and then knew that ho' was on his path of rescue. On arriving at the bottom ho safely slung both the men, one after the other, and then came up himself. After being congratulated by their friends, and fed with soup and beef tea, they were all gob to the surface, and at midnight on Saturday every man was out of the mine." Mr Pinching adds that several communications have been made to him respecting Chapman's con duct, and it has been suggested that if it were brought to the notice of the Queen, Her Majesty might be inclined to bestow some mark of her fuvor "upon such a deserving subject."

PARLIAMENTARY

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13

The Council met at 2.30 p.m. BILLS PASSED. The Westport-Ngakawau Bill was re committed m order to insert clauses giving the Railway Commissioners running powers over the existing lines. This was agreed to. The Bill was reported, read a third time, and passed. The Gisborne Harbour Board Bill, Administration Act Amendment Bill, and Midland Railway Contract Bill, were committed, read a third lime and passed. BILL THROWN OCT. The second reading of the Distillation Act Amendment Bill was lost by 10 to 5. The Council rose at 11.20 p.m.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

The House met at 11 a.m. COAL LEASHS UOYAITY BILL. Mr Fergus moved the .second reading of the Coal Leases Royalty Bill, to enable a reduction to be made m the royalties to die Crown under certain leases of coal mines situated m the Grey Valley. Several members objected to a Bill of such an important) character being brought down m the dying hours of the session" Ultimately the debate was adjourned by 30 to 28. BILLS PASSED. The Public Revenues Act Amendment Bill and Kumara Sludge Channel BilJ were read a second time, committed, re«d a third time, and passed. iiiE o:;ean mail services. Mr Mifcchelson m moving the resolu tions relating to the Ocean Mail Services said that the reduction proposed would doubtless be largely appreciated by the people of the colony, as all letters could now be sent to any part of the world for 2|d, except by way of Brindisi. The Government desired to reduce the postal rate to one penny, but this could not be done without entailing heavy loss on the colony. He contended that the colony would greatly benefit by the arrangements made for continuing both the direct and San Francisco services, and the House and the colony were to Vie congratulated an securing what at one time looked like an impossibility, Mr Balance said the arrangements re flected great credif; on the Government, The House adjourned at 1 p.m. The House resumed at 2.30 p.m, The debate on the Ocean Mai] Services was continued at great length. The first and second resolutions proposed by Mr Mitehelson were agreed to. Mr Larnach moved an amendment to the third resolution that Wellington be the port of call for the San Francisco service instead of Auckland. The amendment was lost by 31 to 21, Mr JYtfton moved <t further amendment'

that after "Auckland" the words "or Wellington at the option of the cen trapiiors," be added. The amendment was carried by 33 to 31. The resolutions as a whole were then reported to the House, and agreed to. THE PRIMAGE DUTY. Mr Mitchelson moved the second read ing of the Primage Duty Bill to provide for the imposition of the primage duty till the 30th September. Mr Mackenzie (Clmtha) regretted that the 'Premier had not seen his way to continue this duty to the end of the finan cial year, especially m face of the prospect, of a dsfioit next 7ear, and he hoped that the Acting-Premier would take the matter into consideration. Mr Goldie was surprised at any mem ber of the House advocating the increase of the burden of the people m this manner. The second reading was agreed to, and the Bill then put through Committee without amendment, read a third time, and passed. THE PROPERTY TAX BILL. '" Mr Mitchelson moved the second read ing of the Property Tax Bill to authorise the imposition of the property tax of Id m the „ for the coming year. The motion waa. agreed to, and the Bill was then committed. The House adjourned at 5.30 p.m. The House resumed at 7.30 p.m. The Property Tax Bill waa read a third time and passed by 42 to 21. INTIRCEPXING SUPPLY. On going into Committee of Supply an amendment that the report of the Public Petitions Committee recommending an enqufry into the administration of the estate of James McDonald by the Official Assignee of Dunedin be given effect to was carried by 38 to 24. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. The House went into Cbmtnittee of Supply for the consideration of the Supplementary Estimates. Legislative Department—£427. The item £117 for five waiters at Bel lamy's was reduced by £116. Colonial Secretary, Electoral Depart ment— £10,000. Carried. In Miscellaneous Service the item for Mrs Penton's book on New Zealand flora, £300, was struck out. The other items were passed unaltered. Supreme Court—Salary of Commis sioner and Judge Edwards £1621. This item provoked a long discussion^ which was interrupted by the clock strik-* ing midnight. Progress was therefore re ported, and the House adjourned to 11 a.m. on Monday.

The Weather

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

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HOME AND FOREIGN.

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London, September 13. It is expected that the South Aus tralian loan, amounting to two millions and a half, will shortly be placed on the market. Tyser and Co announce that one of their line of steamers will leave for the colonies every twenty-one days. The Maori King and Star of England are advertised to take cargo at the same rate as sailing ships, and on their way to New Zealand will call at Brisbane. Owing to the unfavorable report of the crop yield issued by the Agricul tural Bureau the American wheat market has advanced, and the English and Continental markets are firmer, despite the fine weather. Lady Galloway and the sister of the Marquis of Salisbury accompany the Earl and Countess of Jersey to Sydney. Sir Saul Samuel, Lord Wolseley, and Howard Vincent to-day inspected the Manson magazine rifle at Sheffield. The weapon, which has recently been adopted by the King of the Belgians, is claimed to be superior to the. English magazine rifles, aud Lord Wolseley ex pressed himself pleased with it. Sir Saul Samuel is sending out specimens to Sydney. Aldun Carter Weston, who\ was con victed of forging a cheque, purporting to be signed by Isidor Emanuel Wer theimer for £300, and which also bore the forged name of Lady Dunlo, has been sentenced to seven years' im- - prisonment. Washington, September 12. The Chairman of the Post Office Committee m the Senate will move a resolution allowing the Australasian and British mails between New York and San Francisco to be carried on the railways at reduced rates with a view of maintaining the mail service with New Zealand and New South Wales. Berne, September 12. The revolution at Ticino is spread ing, and the rebels have killed the Director of the interior, and captured other Councillors of the State. The populace of the Canton support the Provincial Government because the State refuse to submit the revision of the Constitution to popular vote. Twelve of the Liberal leaders, dis guised as commercial travellers, cap tured an arsenal at Ticino, while an armed mob seized the palace of the Governor. The Liberals' complaint is that the Ultramontanes govern the Canton, though m a minority. The rising has collapsed, and troops were welcomed by the populace. Govern ment have agreed to a reference of the revision of the Constitution to the popular vote.

Labor Questions.

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London, September 11. The strikers refuse to allow Lascar sailors to discharge barges into the Peninsular Company's vessels. ; A further dispute has arisen with the Dock Company, owing to the latter retaining the services of a ganger who is unpopular among the men. ; London, -September 14. The provinces, m response to an appeal from the London dockers, have forwarded £100 m aid of the Austra lian strikers. The National Coal I Porters' Union will forward £100 m & week, The Shipowners' Federation show great determination to prevent officers affiliating with labor organisations, and exhibit great firmness m defence of

officers who decline to become Unionists, and are actively supplying non-unionist labor so as to overcome the strike. Sydney, September 13. Representatives of the men on strike say they are perfectly willing to meet the employers, and are fully prepared to forego a portion of their demands, but say it is absolutely necessary that the owners shall agree to the funda mental principle of Unionism that only Union men be employed, and that the Officers' Association be allowed to use their own discretion as to the advis ability of affiliating with other la,bofl bodies. The Committee were unable to agree on the question of non-union shearers, but it is understood that if employers will consent to recognise trade unionism m its entirety members of the latter are prepared to sign an agreement that no further demands be made for a long period. ' The Labor Defence Committee are con sidering the manifesto recently issued by the employers. Mr Davis, of the Sea men's Union, states that the manifesto shows clearly that the prime object of the employers is to crush Trade Unionism m all its forms. The total contributions to the strike fund so far amount to £5300. Sydney, September 14. The Labor Defence Committee has called out the trolly and dray men; and it is expected fully 1000 will be on strike to-morrow. The men had de^ cid«d on their own account to demand that their wages should be from 40s jto 45s per week, according to the number of horses they drove, and that twelve hours be a day's work. They also stipulated that meal hours were to be included m the twelve hours, ;and that they should knock off at three o'clock on Saturday afternoons. The Broken Hill miners, and owner* will hold a conference m Melbourne at an early date, and as the strike is the outcome of the maritime difficulty it is understood that representatives from both sides from all parts of the colonies interested will be invited to attend, with a view to arranging a general j settlement of the labor struggle. 3sewcast.us, September 14. Owing to non-unionists working the cranes, the Jubilee and other Unionist steamers have liad to, load coal m wheelbarrows and baskets. Nineteen of the crew of the steamer Santon have been arrested for refusing to shovel a small quantity of coal from the top of the hatchways so that the hatches might be put on.

THE SITUATION IN LYTTELTON.

'The Hon G. McLean, who was m town yesterday, on his way toDunedin, informs the " Press" that there is nothing fresh m connection with the present difficulty. The Union Company has never had any quarrel with their men ; the : Directors have from the first been quite willing "tq allow those out on strike to return to work as far as there are openings for them. They have .said so from the very first. At the same time th ey have pointed out that every day is lessening the oppor tunity of return as other men are taking the places of those on strike. As regards the cause of the strike Mr McLean points out that.it was the Maritime Council that was to blame. That body has for a long time been associated with the Australian Unions, and it was only when the Com pany was forced m self-defence to join the Owners'' Association that the step was taken. : Shortly before one o'clock yesterday a painful scene occurred on the ship America now m port. During the early part of the day some of the men had been ashore drinking, and the cook was amongst them. It also appeared that the cook, Charles Stockhall, had been drinking on Saturday and Sunday, and that yesterday there was no dinner ready for the men. The crtptain of the ship, Captain .Adams, went to the galley, to spe/ik to the cook who used most,filthy and abusive language and Avas very insulting. The cook had a large ■knife m his hand and continued to insult the captain, who thereupon throttled him. Some of the men came m and took the cook away. The captain then left the deck and went into the cabin, but re turned and went forward to the galley again. The cook recommenced using dis gusting and insulting language, and threat ened the captain. Thereupon the captain fired his revolver, and the bullet struck a youngJsailornamed CarlJohansen, about nineteen years of age m the thigh. The man fell on to the deck, and was after wards taken into the cabin. The police were (sent for, and arrested the captain and cook. Dr Guthrie was called to attend the young sailor Johansen, but after examining the wound he could not find the bullet, and ordered his removal to the casual ward, where, with Dr he again endeavored to find the bullet. They probed the wound for two hours but, could not get any trace. The bullet's course seems to have been very erratic and it is presumed that it has lodged m the deep muscles of the thigh. The Captain is m the habit of carrying a revolver, but states he did not intend to shoot the cook, but merely to frighten him. He is of opinion that the bullet struck the deck-house and glanced off. Captain Adams will be brought before the Court this morning on a charge of shooting with intent to do grievous bodily harm, and Stockall, the cook, will also be charged with using threatening language.—" Press," Wellington, September 14. William Henry Jerard (not Gerard, as first sent) still lies m a comatose state at the Hospital. A mass meeting of Unionists was held yesterday afternoon. The proceedings were quiet, Mr Thomas Carter, President of the Seamsn's Union, announces him self a candidate for the city seat, ; At; a meeting of trades organisations, the voting for a labor representative at the coming election resulted m Messrs ,W. McLean, T. H. Fraser, and C. J. Worth receiving the largest number of votes. ■ -.■■■■,< Numerous. cases of looting the meat s&fes of residents are recorded, and only yesterday one man, who was found chas ing ducks m a poultry yard, got three months. Mr H. Fielders, furniture dealer, who is one of the specials sworn m yesterday, was rather roughly handled last night while wending his way home to New town. In the struggle he lost a diamond ring. With this exception the town was very quiet, but there was a large crowd about. Timaru, Sept. 14. A bit of a row took place here last even ing among Unionists and others. A number of passengers oh the Omapere were mistaken for free laborers and were assaulted by Paget, a Timaru Unionist, and three sailors of the Alert. The Unionist and sailors were arrested. One passenger got rather severely handled and another Unionist delegate from Oamarii was roughly treated, Three business men of the town were also grossly insulted on the breakwater. Bail was refused the four men arrested, Dunbdin, September 13. The Unionists and strikers held a demonstration to-day. The procession was headed by four pipers, followed by a band, and close on 1500 Unionists, headed by the seamen, formed m the Triangle,

and proceeded down Cumberland street to Albany street, thence along Princes street to the Exhibition ground, where the Band Rotunda was used as a forum. Sir R. Stout was to have taken part, but sent an apology, m which he referred to the action of the Railway Commissioners m dismissing the four members of the Executive as arbitrary. The speakers, with the exception of Mr W. Hutchison, were all Unionists. Resolutions were passed declaring—3. "That the action of the Commissioners m dismissing the four members of the Executive of the Railway Servants' Society was tyrannical,''unjust, and uncalled fur, evidently done with the view of cauHinjc a strike, and a direct breach of thu understanding arrived at at the Confoicnr-; m Wellington'. "*2. "That the meeting heartily thanks Sir G. Grey, Messrs Fihli, Seddon, and other members of Parliament for the consistent support given to the cause of labor." 3. "That thpiont members of! the' Railway Execu tive should be at once reinstated, and that the resolutions be forwarded to the Government." .. .- ■'< ■•.;.,^. .W; j-f The speakers charged the Railway Commissioners with assisting the Union "Company m every way, and "it was paid that on the strength of possessing a visit ing card of the Union Company's agent, Captain Pearse, men frere, allowed to travel free on the railways to take employ ment with iM Union Company. Mr Millar stated that there was no intention to call out the railway servants at present. The labor party would 'ctiqbise thefr own time for doing that; The Commissioners, he asserted, had laid a trap for them with a view of causing a strike arid diverting attention from the present struggle. He hoped next week to be able to lay before the public full details of what was in tended.by the Commissioners^ and he believed it would open people's eyes. Invbrcargill, September! 13. A; Public meeting was held last night re the dismissal of officers of the Railway Society. A resolution Iran passed that the action of the' Commissioners was arbitrary, and a .violation of the pledge given that none wouldrbe made to suffer for taking part m the, ftffiiirs of the Rail way Society; - :--r.f ;'■:■-. ,"•-.•-' ".

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(Received September! 15; 10.35 avm.) L6xDoif,; Sieptembfer 14. Sprow, the local organiser of the Southampton strike has been arrested, charged with intimidation. The action of the authorities caused some excite ment. « : * A hitch has arisen orer the settle ment of tie strike. The seamen and firemen having been granted an in crease, the donkey men. and trimmers also demand a rise. ' Tile employers refuse, and threaten not to allow, the dqckers to return unless jtheir Re|iandß are withdrawn. ; * , . -  . :■ ■. r Sydney, ; September 15. The Labor Defence Committee issued a lengthy manifesto m reply to the owners. The following is - briefly an estimate of their position:—This Con ference agrees to the principle of free dom of contract between employers and employees, but hold that combina tion is absolutely necessary m the'best interests of the people, and that Trade* Unions, being legal institutions, are entstled to recognition by all classes. The basis of Unionism being volun taryism, it is against its principles to use coercion of any kind, and we there fore use moral suasion only. -' We claim that every workman should have freedom to join any organisation he may chose, and we deny that employers have the right to use any influence other .than moral suasion to prevent his doing so. The conference .claims it is absolutely necessary, m, the in terests of the working classes, that they shall have the right to refuse to work when the conditions under which they are asked to contiuue are such as to be detrimental to their interests; The Conference is heartily m accordance with the general principles contained m the proposals of employers,' the Conference approving affiliation of employers, and on similar grounds claims for the workers absolute free dom to affiliate with their various organisations. ■■•'' I' \j"" : ' >. With regard to the proposed Con ference between delegates to the Labor Conference and recent Employers' Conference, individual owners regret the letter proposing the meeting was not sent before the Intercolonial Em ployers' Conference had! finished its sittings. The Sydney employers'"'are unable', thereforey to appoint delegates to represent the whole of the employers.

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Silver, is 4d. THE MARKETS.. Tallow—Medium mutton, 27s ; ditto beef, 25s 9d. The leather market is unchanged. New Zealand Avheat, on passage, is quoted at 36s 9d. Capetown, September 13. The R.M.S. Aorangi sailed to-day fpr Hobart. > ■ >'V'T^ >•'■!)>/ "

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FEDERATION. Sydney, September; .15. The " Sydney Morning Herald," re ferring to the discussions m the New Zealand Parliament on Federation, says it is plain if the 1 dolony* meant business it would have insisted :j on >a full share m the representation; m any case it would scarcely have sent Sir G. Grey, whose opinions are anti federal, or Captain Russell/ who has already expressed himself with marked luke-warmness. New Zealand, m the opinion of the " Herald," is evidently i desirous of steering a middle course, and of not committing herself either to isolation or to union, but wishes to leave the door open to entrace into the Dominion by and bye, if policy should favor such a course.

The following is the result of the A. J.C. Derby, run at Sydney ; on ' Saturday :-~ Gibraltar, 1; Gatling, 2; Wimbrel, 3. Gatling is a New Zealand 'bred horse. According to a (statement made by the "Hawkes Bay Telegraph''the Union Steam Ship Company has a,bout fifteen hundred persons m its employ; and expends m wages and other expenses more than a quarter o a million 1 sterling per annum. The wages paid to the men actually engaged m running the Company's forty-two steamers may be roughly estimated at flo,001) per month, and the money distributed m wages to wharf laborers and others employed m loading and discharging at the several ports is computed, at not less than £6000 per month*

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