The Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1890. MISTAKEN SEVERITY.

It is very rarely that in this colony there is occasion to find fault with the decisions o£ the Bench, indeed—in strong contrast to the frequency of that sort of thing in the Old Country —what is there yclept "Justices' justice" is in New Zealand almost a thing unknown. We gladly admit that as a rule the administration of the law by the " great unpaid" is characterised Iby intelligence, conscientious care, and merciful consideration for the offender, yet it occasionally happens— ,as it must of necessity happen, for I " humanum est errare" —that mistakes are made, sometimes on the side 'of undue leniency, and at others on that i of an unnecessary severity. One such case in the latter direction—it appears to us, was that recorded in our issue of Monday. The presiding Justice was an ex-Resident Magistrate, and the case for adjudication that of a man who came before the Court for the first time on a charge of drunkenness, supplemented by one of resisting the police in the execution of their duty— , that is to say by resisting arrest. The charges were proved, it being shown that the accused had been found sleep ing off the effects of a drinking bout by the roadside, and being waked up and arrested for drunkenness, declined to submit, and the constable had to call in the assistance of another officer and handcuff the prisoner before con veying him to the lockup. Now the circumstances here detailed certainly justified, nay demanded, punishment, for one of the duties of the Bench is to protect the police in the execution of their duty, but it seems to us that the Magistrate altogether overshot the mark by imposing a fine of £'20, Avith the alternative of 3 months' hard labor. The latter was practically the sentence, inasmuch as Mr Lawlor must have known that so heavy a fine could not be paid, and was, it appears to us quite disproportionate to the offence. The prisoner, walked up suddenly as he was, almost naturally resisted, and it did not appear that th&,t resistance ,was of a vicious or dangerous sort, the constable being in no way mauled, nor his uniform damaged, and the whole case therefore differed widely from one of what we will term malevo lent, resistance. Under the circum stances the Magistrate might very well have refused to give the option of a {mo and have imposed imprisonment without alternative, bub a term of 48 hours, or at most say 7 days, would it seems to us have sufficed to vindicate the law and enforce the duty of re specting the authority of the Queen's uniform, while a term of three months, hard labov—equivalent to the sentence that "would ordinarily be imposed for felony in the case of a first offender — appear,? to us to be altogether dispro portionate to the offence of which the | prisoner had beau guilty, It is with considerable delicacy that we venture to impugn the wisdom of the decisions of the Bench at any time, but in this case we think it our duty to say that we are of opinion that in the instance referred to Mr Lawlor for once, fell into the error of over severity.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

In Prussia the railways make special rates for poor persons in ill-health.

Ail exquisite, leading a dog by a string, lounged up to the booking office of a railway Station, and inquired: "Must I—aw—take a specie.! ticket, for a puppy '!" " No; you can travel as aa prdinary passenger," was \ the reply. The "^Post" saya that some of jthe re turjifid Ivermadec Island settlers are petition ing parliament for compensation, alleging that they were deluded into going to Sunday island through the misrepresenta tions contained in cor tain reports and other documents issued by Government. One petitioner estimates hia loss at nearly £$00. Again no nomination was received on Tuesday for a member for No. 3 Ward of the \\ akanui K ( yad District. We under stand that the Returning Office]' on his return to Newlands, the place for the )iomina(,ic<ns to be delivered, fourd a paper at the Road Board Office, but it was then considerably ! after Xh.*? time and could not be accepted. General Boulangerwas notified on February , 17 that the sacred congregaiton to which il ■ was referred at Rome had decided against • his application for a divorce. The General ] haa &uifc to the Papal Nuncio at Paris entreat ing him to wsk the; JJnly Father to overrule the decision! Should tlu? appljeation be successful the General will marry Mine. IJOJldniain, to whom he owes 100,000 fiancs. ■ TJievc dcc.niany curious custom's observed by the Brazilians'. jFjonftrals are notable in thatfor a young unmarried lady, coffin, hearse and Ihj3 Jjvory of tlie 'driver must be bright aciivlvt, lU(i I'iup white horses drawing the hearse must be covered y/jf-h scarlet nets, and scarlet pinnies must dock the houses' hpadg. No women go to the cemeteries. The mother, or the widow, must not exhibit her grief In public. 11116 J7"ke of Bedford having built for his owji ,^se & fcintui cf near the build ing which the Cremation Sovcpj of England has erected at Woking, has contribiitod £fG(L r! to i.Jw funds of the society. The groAvt'h of opinion lufjvp^v of cremation is represented !by the fact that rtwitift the past year forty six cremations have taken place at Woking, while the total number during the preceding five . , —■■'■ n ~-1y to fit'Ly-four.

An entered the corridor of a JL^hiJ^clelphifJi Jiotcl and rested his "all Hillc"in actmiar, with tbjs pasteboard fastened Lo it: —" The man avlu» owns Lin's j.itnl)rclla can knock down an ox and will be back ;u five minutes." In one minute and a half the treasured article was gone, and in its place was this: " The gentleman who took this um brella can walk ten miles an hour, and won't j be bp,ck at all." The "Star" says:—"The public should k«ji}V how Mr- Vai-ley some times treats rcportej ■. ! ■■ : '. • :]'-:l-J ---this, we give the fat . . ■ . . on a member of our ■ '

Thia gentleman in the course of his fluty lms had a pretty good dose of Mr. Varlcy's clofjuejice during the past three weeks, and he -JHigfyt ,on that ground have been excused from wit-hdru.yjjjtf when lie made a note of the scope,of the a<jlcL;ti=«, -As it was, he had other work to attend to,' ai[d .>vs.i.> <fbji£fid to take his departure. When he' rosfe fri^ YsM-lay broke off from his subject, and drew the attention of the audience to the depart ing signer. *'There goes a young man who lias had,miough of me. TjTu dx>os not want to he;y what I have to say. Jfo ; lie jj» flff to some "haunt of siw.'; These remark £ \vsvc interlarded witii various uncomplimentary epithets. The reporter took no notice of the tirade beyond a quite smile j but JVif Varley evidently found out that he had made a mistake, for on Monday he sent a note apologising fov what he hed said."

', A further portion of the Greymouth-Reef j ton section of the Midland Railway has been f opened for traffic. It is six miles in length, i and extends from Nelson Creek to Ahaiira \ The cabmen's difficulty at Christchurch is over for the present, a meeting of cabnie having accepted the offer of the tra ffi manager to restrain Constable Kelly from ' interfering with cabs at all, pending an enquiry into his conduct. We observe that the expenditure of, the j Levels Road Board last year in fighting the . small birds pest was £143 6s sd. Of this sum £39 5s lOd was spent •in providing poisoned wheat for, gratuitous, distribution,, and £104 0s 7d was paid for eggs. The absurd proposal to call ome of the new j electoral districts by the name >of "Banks " | has been abandoned, and the district in question will be known as "-^ikaroa." It includes the town from which it takes its name and also the town of Lytt elton. We were shown to-day several enormous blue Derwent potatoes grown : by Mr R. . Murray, watchmaker, among the' trees in his ] orchard. The largest potato turns the'scale &t 3Jlb3, but the others are from an ounce to two ounces lighter.' They were grown from seed obtained, from Hornby last year by Mr R. S. Bean, produce merchant.' ' A co-operative Company of those engaged in the pastoral industry has been formed, in Sydney with a capital of £150,000., ./.They have acquired the business of a leading firm, and intend to enter into the wool and frozen meat export trade on a comprehensive scale, and erect the largest warehouses in Austra lasia.'

The directors of the Federal Coffee Palace, Melbourne, have been "forced into the belief that it is impossible to carry on business on temperance principles." The shareholders have to face a loss of about £5000 a year, - and shares on- which 15s has been paid are quoted at 4s. The paid-up capital is £113,000, £70,000 is owing on mortgage, and the, bank' overdraft is -£6000. The directors, propose to "writeoff" 10s' per share at one swoop. ,If is next proposed "to abandon the unprofitable sale of coffee, etc., and to obtain a license for the establish ment of an hotel." *' William Appleyard, a resident at New Plymouth, has receivedacommunication from the enquiry agents at Christchurch asking for his antecedents. The letter states that a John Appleyard, died 30 years ago at Lincolnshire worth twenty thousand pounds,' and they want to find his heirs. The party here is the only son of John Appleyard, of Horton, Lincolnshire, who. died 30. years ago, and is 64 years of age. .He.left Home,at the ; age of 16 as a soldier for India, and says tie'had heard, as a boy, of a rich uncle in America, but knows nothing further. In the year 1872 during a skirmish with fche Sioux Indians, " the third Cavalry Regi ment had formed an encampment in the Valley of Niobrara, on the southern border of Dakota. At nighafall the horses were tethered by a long line to the ground. To wards daybreak a violent storm of rain and hail burst over the valley. The terrified animals broke loose from their fastenings, and in their fright,- tore away up the steep sides of the valley into the territory of the enemy. Without horses, at the mercy, of the enemy, we should be lost; yet it' was impossible in' the half darkness, to go after them into an unknown country, probably full, of Indians. The captain, as a last resource, 'ordered the stable call to be sounded. In a few"minutes every horse had returned to the encampment and we were saved."

Mr Fred Duncan, who has just.returned from a six weeks' prospecting quest on the mountains boliiud Alford Forest, brings with him samples of fine clays, hennaUtc, etc., seams of which he found in groat variety and abundance. The clays lie hasprospected j for with a view to discovering minerals suit able for use as paints, and in the samples he has brought doivn he thinks he has discovered what he wants. They are easily reducible to powder, work up well with oil, and with stand in -paint form the action of water. His samples <riA*e in seven or eight different shades, from deep orange to light lavender, and there are" other colors to be found in the hills Avherc he has been prospecting. Con sidering the immense quantity of paint' imported to this colony, for uso on wooden buildings, Mi 1 Duncan's finds .ought, to be valuable. The seams are easy of access, and could be worked without difficulty. Samples havo been sent to Christchurch with a view to obtaining what information is availa ]le, there about the minerals and their properties. Coal is also i\\ the vicinity, ironstone, and limestone in plenty, and Mr Duncan is sanguine that sooner or later he will strike gold-bearing quartz. ' j

How to See the Wind.

' Take a polished metal surface of two feet or more, with a straight edge ; a large handsaw will answer the purpose. Take a windy day for the experiment, whether' hot or cold, clear or cloudy ; only let it not be murky, rainy weather. Hold your metallic surface at right angles tq the direc tion of tJie wind—i.e., if the wind is north hold your surface cast and west, butinst'oad of holding it vertical, incline, it 42 degrees to the horizon,"so'that the'wind, striking, glances and flows over the edero, as the water flows 'over a dam. Jfow^ sight carefully along the odge some minutes, jat a sharply defined obje<j£, and you will see the wind pouring over thp edge in grace ful curves, Make your observation care fully, and you will hardly- ever fail, in your experiment. The results are even better if the sun is obscured. —" St Louis Republic."

The Laboucheres.

A curious account is given as to how the greatness and wealth of the Labouclieres ■ | wove created. The father of the late Lord ! Taunton—a cjeyer young nvin —by an innocent stratagem got a rich wife and a I partnership in the then first banking-house in the world. As a clerk to the Hopes of Amsterdam he was sent over on a confi dential mission t" the houso of Baring, in London, and, being plentifully supplied with a quality which the vulgar call 'cheek,' he asked the great Mr Baring for the hand of his daughter in marriage. The millionaire was dumbfounded atthe youth's assurance, and asked'him how he could think of a dansjhtor of the Barings marry-, lug v penni _. .:. . ' |i. • yqung Laboijchore, . ■: . /'said, 'But suppose I were a partner in the house,' ' Oh !' replied Mr Baring,' ' that would be a very different thing.' The aspiring youth posted off to Amsterdam, and imme diately asked the author of ' Anastusius' j for a share in tho'business. •'' Wh.ii; I' jp^cl the great man, 'you aclerk 1 of only two year* 1 standing, U\ hu l^adu a pQrhiqr of the Ijopos of Amsterdam! Nonsense!' 'But,' said young Labouchere, 'supposing I could get Miss Baring for a wife '(' 'In p}y>s case,' replied Mr Hope, 'the thing pnighj-. be And in that way Ih was practicable., at/, by. thus playing thy £wo great men one against tho other the ( yomjg olork HGcurod a rigli wife and. a, ' share in the great bank, and thus founded the noble house of Taunton.

Crown Lands.

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Wellington, May 7. It is expected that the, surveys will be sufficiently' advanced to enable 219,920 acres of land to be offered for sale before the 30th June next, namely—s3,ooo acres in Auckland, 20,500 in Taranaki, 3,280 in Hawke's Bay, 50,900 in Wellington, 137,910 in Marlborough, 5390 in Nelson, 1000 in Westland, and 18,420 in Otago. This estimate is independent, of the Canterbury returns, which have not yet come in: , '■>; \

Property Sales.

5 Mr F. Ferriman reports the sale of the following properties, viz., Lots 21, 22 and 23 on deposit plans 21 and 9, Allenton, containing \\ acre, together with six roomed house, on account of Mr John Trezise, for the sum of £325 cash .to Mr James Keir. Town sections No. 651 and 652 with house fronting on Park and Burnett Streets,'on account of Mr Maurice Mayo,' for £250 cash to the Rev. 'S. Chastagnon ; J-acre and house, Allenton, on account of Mr A. Cook, to Mr Joseph Good; on account of various owners, part lot 249, Wakanui road, with com- i fortable house, ,£250, to Mrs Crow ; lots 137, 34567, with brick house" at Hamp stead, £250, to Mr Banks ; "house and 20 acres at Tinwald, for £550,, to Mr J. W. Sawle. '* '.:' ■' ■ /. ■' ' ' 'A ' i

Mission Work in the Pacific.

THE NEW HEBRIDES.

In the course of a lecture (reported; in the "Southland Times") delivered*at Invercargill by the Rev Mr Milne, who has labored for,some 20 years in the •islands; that gentleman, speaking' of the 'people of the New Hebrides, said :—They carry about with them what they term a sacred stone, which they suppose is cap able of keeping away harm from them, and at the,'same time .enabling them to harm others.' A large number''of the natives have now embraced Christianity, but as short a time as seven years ago he had known of twb cases of human sacrifice. They were greatly addicted to cruelty wards strangers, the sick and the aged. His district particularly was noted for and natives were often buried alive. But what Christianity would •do for us it would do for them. His head station was on an island named Njuna with a population of 800. There were there ten schools with an attendance' of 400—about half tbe population. Seven years ago he had only one school on this island. The lecturer proceeded to give statistics relating to the islands com posing his district. In the aggregate there were 26 schools with an attendance of 1500 ; and about 800 church members as compared with 40 seven years ago. ;At first ,he ; was dependent on the colonies'for teachers; but now he had those whom he had himself trained. Throughout the group several languages were spoken. The present mission staff consisted of 16 mis sionaries, assisted by 170 teachers ; there were about 10,000 worshippers, and about 2200 church members. The Christianity there was better than that practised here; fchc natives kept the Sabbath better there than people did here ; life and property were safer in those islands than they were here. They had family worship every morning and evening ; they said grace before meals and had a weekly prayer meeting which was as well attended as 1 the Sabbath day meetings, *■ The prmcijxal object of his visit was to got work done here which could not be done in the ■ ""■ "V- """'lin portions of the ■■ ; ■■ / book printed. He mentioned also that the people of his dis trict were, all teetotallers, and they had given up tobacco.

The Tichborne Claimant.

;a queer story,

Apropos of the news recently received^ .that some £150,000 has been subscribed to enable " the claimant" tore-open his case, the following' sailor's yarn purport ing to havo been told to the "World" newspaper"will be of interest. FALLING-IN WITH THE REAL SIR ROGER.

It was in the fifties my yarn begins. Arter a two year cruise I found a port in the Southern Seas, where there ain't <no spring, nor winter, nov fall, nqthin' but summer all th,o time, an' cocoanut trees, and fcSouth Sea kings. Well, ez I was, a laying in port, lookin' about, for a chance to ship, along cums the. schooner .Bella Ruffin, Cap'en Keith, bound from Tahiti fora cargo.of beachly marr. "Do you ; want a berth, my man 1"■ ■ sez Capen Keith. "I do," sez I, an' that night we r#n out of ; the harbor on a fair wind an' a' 1 free sheet. Two days afterward we -picked up a lifeboat with six men a-layin' in the bottom of it as, stiff as pickled herrins. W;e hadn't any shot to sink 'em with;'and five 1 of em' went to the man eaters that was waitin' about the boat; but the sixth was livin' and we soon brought him to. He was a, handsome young chap about 22 years of age, and he wam't no common 'sailor, but a'gentleman. His name'was Roger Tichborne, an' when I heard the story long afterward I knew that he was the real Sir Hoger as was lost. By-and-by Aye cum to a bit of an island with a little cocoanut patch on it an' ; -lots of beachly marr on, the, shore,; ■ s,q r d,own goes the anchor, an' we stops. Oap'en Keith sent nib'an'a native named Tommy ashore to gather'tlie marr an' get things ready for the gang of natives chat he was goin' back for, and ez Tichborne was too weakly to do much on shipboard he sent him along with us.

HIS DEATH. Wo wus landed, and the Bella Ruffin went to the west'ard. She never cum, baolc What endin' bofell her I never hcerd, an'narv an 1- eye have I clapped on her from that' clay to this. The first day on the island .Tichborne; was took with a spell and grew worse, so we built a hut of pocoanut loayes and put him into it, and took care, of him. as fine aa we knew. But we didn't stay long in the hut. The next night Tommy let off a yell like a fog siren and won't on a rovin' commission with a soldier crab moored to. Ms right leg. Them crabs weigh nigh oil to 141bs, and a couple of 'em are a match for any man. But Tommy cum back, and we put up a platform of cocoanut logs, and built our hub over again a-top of it. Meanwhile Tichborno grew sicker. I was worry much' intimated with him, an.' a finer gentleman there never was. He told me that if he ever could get to China there was all tfjo money l\o wanted .waiting for hipi at Jardine ~i\m] Wad.ding ton's, bankers, in Hongkong. Then he . used tq talk about his mother, an' about hi« people that Jived in Hampshire, Eng land, which place he said was luvly. He had had many misfortunes, he said, but some day the storm 'd blow, over ; but he didn't live to see it, for he died eighteen j days after we landed, leavin' me a ring an' | a cross with n precious stone in it to take to liia people. ' Tpmniy aii'mcburiecl linn,' as honorable as wo could, ari' he's a layin' j iin the, sand tlioro to-day, At last down ! comep a^Honolulu cutter an 1 takes us off, \ an' we went without much grievin' I can i tell you; . {

AN ENCOUN'TEI!, WITH I'HE CLAIMANT.' ( I. I'JSt tlie ■ jewels, bub I didn't forget young Tichborno ; bo, when I was. in LjyfirpQQl Aye yews ago an thoy pointocl out a big fat man an' told me lie wuz Sir Roger, I told 'em they lied. "Are you Sir Roger Tichborne," scz I, making bold to step up to him. " I am, sir," sez ho ' "and who the devil aro you?," ",'lf you're Sir Roger," 's^a -I,''''qa^i'me \i J \ ain't Lord ' Beaconsiield ?" Then he • shoved mo by an' went into the hall whore he was a lecturin', and I ain't seen him since, neither,

Wakanui Road Board.

The monthly meeting of the Wakanui Road Board was held on Saturday. PresenjH-Messrs M. Bruce (Chairman), ] Brown and Lill. | . CORRESPONDENCE. | Letters were read : (1) From the Ash burton County Council, asking the Board's opinion as to the efficiency of the poisoned grain.—The Board was of opinion that the wheat was properly poisoned, but that it is a failure as a destroyer of small birds. ) (2) From the Returning Officer, advising | the Board of the election of Mr G. Coe as j a member for No.' 2 Ward, that no nomi nation had., been received for the vacancy in No. 3 Ward, and that steps were being taken to fill the extraordinary vacancy caused thereby. surveyors' report. The Surveyors' report was read as fol i lows :—

(1) Drainage of Wakanui Road.—As in structed at the last meeting, we have inspected and taken some levels to as certain the best means of getting rid of the flood-water at the lower side of Mr John Brown's land. We find that from the bottom of the dry creek to the bottom of the running one, a distance of four chains, there is a fall of a little over a foot. The ford over the dry creek at present is six inches above the bottom of the creek at the fence, but it is very hard to ascertain whether the ford is as low as the original water course, owing to the latter being more or less filled in and deepened on either side of the road. We should think the best and most effectual plan to get rid of the water would be to make a drain about 3 feet wide along the upper side of the road from the dry creek to the other one, to take the water from the former into the latter before it crosses the road. The cutting would be 8 inches in the deepest place, arid the cost, we , estimate would not exceed £3.

2. Chertsey Road.—The piece of this road from its junction with Rule's road has been cut up a good deal along the sides of the metal that was ploughed out a few months ago. A few day's work on it with the team will repair it, and should make it "good for the winter., ■ ' . 3. Offices.—The contractor for painting the Board's buildings is proceeding with the work, and should finish next week. 4. Ford, Stanley Road.—We wrote to Mr Ennis asking him to give his written consent to the approach to the ford over the Wakanui creek going through the comer of his property. 5. Maintenance. — The maintenance man was laid tip for about a fortnight during the month, but He is now at work. We put a man on to work the .team during his illness.' . ' •,'»■■ Clause I.—lt was resolved >to do the work as recommended. The remainder of the report was adopted. PERPETUAL LEASE RECEIPTS. The clerks were instructed to reply to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, that the amount accruing from perpetual leases of reserves would be expended. in improving the main roads to Chertsey and Ashburton. . ; ; . ACCOUNTS. After passing accounts the Board ad journed.

A Desert Wonder.

Among the discoveries made by the botanists who accompanied Stanley in his African expedition was one of peculiar interest, and particularly striking, al though it is vary improbable whether it can ever be made of any use, as the climate of Equatorial Africa cannot be exported to other parts of the world, and without that climate it is very doubtful whether this gigantic fruit can be pro duced other than where it grows iu digcnously. Its discoveries have named it Cucurbitn. Rayina vtr Jiscidmta. This peculiar plant, ,as its name signifies, belongs to the pumpkin family, and is found in Equatorial Africa, in the locality of the great Nyanza lakes, and along the base of the Baleggar Mountain's. It is an annual, being produced from seed, has vines and foliage similar in form and texture to the ordinary pumpkin (Cucui bitimcxima) although pertaining to the habit of the "mpeloiicyos scandem from its climbing habit. The leaves which are flabellate, measure from 6 to 7 feet across, and its enormous vines or runners were from 12 to 18 inches in circumfeTence, en twining round the stems and branches, of trees to the height of 80 to 100 feet, and \ in _ some instances to a much greater ! height; its enormous blossoms, measuring from 4 to 5 feet in diameter, belonged, like those of the pumpkins of domestic use, to the order Si ngenesia, hav ing the. stamens united by their anthers. Tho pollen, which fell in quantities to the ground, was in some places several inches deep, and like a bed of fine sawdust. The fruit was of most gigantic dimensions, measuring from 10 to 30 feet in circumference, of a mottled green, and i when fully developed weighing from scwt Ito lOcwt. They mostly rested in, and were supported by, the forks and branches of the trees, but in some instances might be seen hanging from their vines, which were entwined round, the limbs of tho trees, and woe betide the unfortunate man or beast who might be standing or lying beneath it whejn ripe enough to fall to earth ; although in most cases they rot on the Ntern, after having attained ample ripeness. Those which grow within tha reach of man or animal are consumed as food, being highly esteemed by the natives,' and some of the smaller of the ' squirrel and monkey tribes who bore into them in search of the seeds, winch weigh from 8 to 12 ounces each, are very sweet, and highly farinaceous, forming a grateful article of diet alike for man and boast. Mr 0. X, Joffij, who is secretary to, the Qnehunga Horticultural Society, has been promised one or more seeds from a friend in Wanganui, who lias had some sent to him.

THE PANAMA CANAL.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF ENQUIRY.

[rEE, PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Paris, May 6. The Committee appointed to enquire into the affairs of the Panama Canal Company report that 900,000,000 francs (£36,000,000) will b.e required to finish tho C&iiftl, ' They advise that all maritime States should be asked to guarantee the interest on this amount. The work will occupy seven or eight years more.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[per pkess association.]

Auckland, Mftv 6. The effort to secure, a holfday on. Satm* day afternoon for drapers* assistants has every probability of success. A nativo meeting, called by Tawhiao, has been held near Mercer, about 1500 being present. Tawhiao's object in hold ing the convention seems to have been his desire to establish his title bpvo^d I dispute, and form an inc^eponi^on^ Maori | Parliament.' T\\g, m'cqidsihion was coolly yccc-ivetl, and Taiwhanga and the Ngapuhi tribe left tho Assembly. The meeting then collapsed. . ° Wklungton, JVJay 6. Overtures have lately becAii made.' by a W- li: y -.'. - .--■.-■ ■v-anti j "tp ) 6)vtt"e';rs of flax ■ ■■ N i : .'district for continuing littx-m.iiuug opei'ations,, and it is under stood, that in consequence several mills will ro-open in a few days. Great complaints are made of the diffi culty of obtaining servant girls. Tho Dunedjn Eslubition, was responsible {qx

drawing away a large number, but the registry offices state that many more have pone to Melbourne, where there is a great demand for domestic servants and higher wages are offered than can be obtained here.

The Labor Troubles.

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' • London, May 5. ' , Mr Bradlaugh has accepted Burns' challenge to publicly debate the eight hours question. Shaw, Savill and Co., have given way to the demands of the-sailors 'that' forty-eight hours shall be a week's labor while the ships are in port. Brisbane, May 6. The fighting fund at the disposal of the labor federation amounts to £25,000. / ; Berlin, May 6. Silesian miners have been conceded eight hours a day^

The Markets.

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Sydney, May 6. Wheat—Chick feed, 2s 6d to 2s 9d; New Zealand, 3s Id to 3s sd; local milling' 38 sd. Oats—Feeding sorts, Is 9d to 2a Id ; seed, 2s 2d fco 2s 6d. Peas, 3s 5d to 3s" Bd. Potatoes—New Zealand Red Skins, £3 10s ; Kidneys, £3. Onions- New Zealand, £4 ss. Butter—Dairy made, 6d to 8d; factory-made, 8d to lDd. Cheese—New Zealand, sd. Bacon—New Zealand 9d to 9£d. ■ Hams, New Zealand, lOd to. Is.

Melbourne, May 6. Wheat, 3s 3£d, Oats, heavy sorts, 3s. • Barley malting, 3s lOd. Peas, 3s 2d.". 1 • • I- Adei^aidb, May 6. Wheat, for shipping parcels, 3s 8d to 3s B£d ; oats, 2s 9d,to 2s lid. London, May 5. Eight thousand quarters of New Zea land wheat, April shipment, sold at 365. London, May 6. v Wool is stronger owing to the increased demand from America. , ; New Zealand Harbor loans have ex perienced a decline. The New Plymouth Harbor Board loan is quoted at 86.

The New Zealand Farmers' Co-opera tive Association are in receipt of the fol lowing cable message from their London office, under date sth insfc :— Wheat; —The market has an upward tendency. Fair average quality New Zealand wheat, per 4961b, afc Mark lane, short-berried, 35s 6d ; .Tuscan,'-38s. . Mutton—Present price 4§d per lb. )

A New Rifle.

A new repeating air rifle has been invented in France, which is called the " miracle gun." The weapon is light, much lighter than any of the army rifles now in,.use. . It resembles the magazine gun in that % steel car tridge about' a ,span, and- a half long ! and as thick as a man's thumb is at tached to the one barrel by means of a screw. This cartridge contains 300 shots; which can be discharged as rapidly or slowly as a man desires. Since neither powder nor any other explosive,' but only compressed and liquified air, supplies the expelling force, no smoke and no. flash accom pany the discharge. Only a short, sharp, low report is heard as the ball leaves the cartridge. At a recent, trial the ball travelled with.wonder ful accuracy and penetrated deep into the wall of the shooting room. .As soon as one cartridge is emptied of its 300 shots, another cartridge can be screwed on the gun in~ the twinkling of an eye. M. Gif Ford, the inventor, says that the 300 shots in a cartridge can be produced-at a cost of about 2£ cents. The gun itself can be mamf factured for about ,£l. .. :

MAYFIELD.

(from our own correspondent.)

The result of the School - Committee election was as follows, viz., Messrs, D. Kellahan (Chairman), H. Haase, J. Dellow, S. Miller, H. Brannan, J. Trethewey and J. L. Christensen. The Committee met after the election, 1 and after appointing the Chairman, the .busi ness of the first, meeting was transacted to save meeting again. After the Com mittee meeting was closed, there was a meeting to arrange matters about a church tea meeting to take place at Mayfield School about the end of March, in which the Presbyterian and Wesleyan Churches have agreed to amalgamate and divide the proceeds. " \

Threshing is nearly over now and the crops have turned out, in most cases, very satisfactorily.' Some of- those which' had been considered valueless after the 'September wind, recovered after the following rain, and turned out very well; though others never recovered. ■ The turnip crops, where they came at all, are very good. Mr H. Corbett has a crop of turnips such as is not often seen, some of them near the road gate, when weighed without the top, went 141bs, and. the turnips are said to be much larger f further in the paddock. '-"■•" The Crown lands that have been sold in thisidistrict should make the place still more flourishing, though a lot of the land has got into the hands of large holders, a circumstance which will probably keep cultivation back as compared with what would have been the case had it got into i the hands of small holders. The weather has been dry of late but it has just broken The rain has started j very steadily and seems likely to last a few days. A little wet would do no harm now as the ground is dry.

A gloom has been cast over the district this week on hearing of the death of the eldest son of the Hon W. S. Peter. Mr Peter and family are highly respected throughout" the district, and it appears that Mr E. Peter has been in the Worth Island the last two or three weeks looking for land, and has fallen over a precipice and was found dead. Full particulars are f not to hand but it is sad to hear of the untimely death of one of our neighbours, especially one so higlily respected. [The above letter was written on April 30, but our correspondent missed Friday's mail.—Ed.]

The belief in witches still, siu^vijves in Cornwall. Two young farjp^rs. named Jil bart were at Penzanco Police Court bound over in £20 each, wisi a, surety ot £20, to keep the peace fqr sixmonths. They had gone ,■'.', '■'■."'■''""-n v.^ farm and threatened, to '"■:' ■■ ■• '■>>■ VTrs Clark, a woman of seventy-one years of age. They held that she was a witch, and had ill-wished their horses, so that they suddenly refused to pull and started kicking. The elder Jilbart \ya^ not ashamed to testify on oath to the' fcuth that was in Mm, , "•' ->' '; ' Hollo\ya\'X $?"• — Indigestion.—How much t.hqvjgM has been bestowed, and what j voluminous treatises have been written ivpon ; t"*s universal and distressing disea,^ ■wjhieli is with certainty and sr r«.';. .].-p.iV-i Vji>h out fear, of relapse by a■■ ':■ ■ >' ■ •. |>;:>-;i\ ing, sootlmu^'and, tonic ■.■ ■"'':■»■: [> ; v ,';.-> directly on the stojnacli. !".i ■■. :•■"■ Ji,»v, \?  , tlien^ indirectly, though iio less effectively, , 011 the brain, nerves," vessels, and glands; introducing stioh order throughout the entire system that harmony dwells between each organ and its functions. Dyspepsia need no longer be the bugbear of the public, since Holloway's Pills are fully oonipetont to subdue the most chronic and d'istressinir cjiser '' -y.^ .■"-:.-. ." X] to i-estore i the :■.,,-: ... , 1 . ; ,.., T „, 1:4J(<1i;l sfcl . en^h

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

[per press association.]

\ London, May 5 and 6. % "■•/ The Eoyal Geographical Society has presented a gold medal to Stanley. The Bill giving effect to the financial; proposals; in the Budget was read a ;; second time,in the,.Hpusi3,pf '■', by a majority of 82. , „ ,; ; The Committee of thei House of Eords on sweating^reporte.that^th6.j.^ges paid by sweaters are inadequate,, and;. governed by the necessity of the workers. -. The hours are ?,also ; excessiye.-j The .-: report concludes by urging/Parliament to interfere. .'.< :-„.,' J MAPBii),,Mav,6. Bombs have been' found in^Barc© r . Berlin, May 6 and 6. | Captain Casiti has entered the .Ger man service. ' i 1 ':,: -A?',/. The Reichstag wiU;be asked^vote eighteen million marks annually $o in crease the army., ••.-fit'.; rx< <j»t?? i&b' ; The . Government will' • introduce | legislation to give effect to ,the xecom- ' mendations: of ?the Labo^; jP(f^wenc« so far as Germany,is concernedr^ Rome, May 6. Signor Crispi, the Premie^ threatens . to resign owing to the Senate rejecting the Bill,to abolish.bequeststo religious institutions. ..,'■'" ; • .* , Roiw/May 6. The tnal of the members of the copper ring is proceedifigj^^Miiltecre tan asserted his motives were patriotic, inasmuch, as he wished to deprive England of the monopoly in copper.

The Alleged Bigamy of a Doctor.

SAD MARRIED tIVEI^F^fWO 1 ■'■']'-' ;WOMENI'-^4 ''!■'■'"

Dr M'Leod, late of Wodiahtij who arrived in Sydne/under ah^i^n^&tion warranty from New t Zealand, wag charged at the ' Water: Police Court; , before Mr Addison,i.S.M., with having committed: bigamy. Theninfornjtotion set forth that on May Bth, frlSfiJ), at St. Louis, :J America^'Ke' married' Mary E. Cameron, knowing"Hist"'wife^ilary M'Leod, was, then £liv&4 t $(r Jtoberts, sen., prosecuted, and Jdr !,Charles Bull appeared for the defence. " Senior Constable Blackburn deposed to having charged the accused with the offence ? whilst he< was inf fMfetody on another charge. "* Maiy^M^cL^v, deposed that she first became acquainted with" the • accused when he was,a-minister of the Synod of; Eastern;*i'A^jklia, and preached in St George's Church, Castle- ■ reagh street.' She kriewhiinabout,six" months previous to her marriage, and was at that time, the widow of William Matson, of the firm of Fraser and C 0. .; The marriage was celebrated On July 13th, 1872, at Winslow,Darliig^int. Under her husband's: will witnew was > entitled to an annual income 6i£l 600, : but on her marriage this was reduced to .£SOO. She had, ,however,^re»dys. money at her disposal to the amount of | £1800, and this she handed over to the prisoner at,his.request.,., After the marriage they went to Graftkh'to^live,

and. afterwards to,. Scotland^-where difficulties first Kbegan/^Hile'^ her v husband left her while he proceeded alone to Canada, under th^sprettnce of - buying land to settle a nuint^F'pl his' relatives on. A few. weeks, later?wit ness followed him to Montreal and;here they lived, a miserable, r years, during which time? the accused succeeded in obtaining, bis M.D. degree at Montreal College. They then returned to England, where prisoner's conduct became worse.. Witness had only £500 remaining from: the sum left her and this he eon*" manded her to hand over. She, how ever, refused, whereonv-he Jbeat her most unmercifully about'the*head and shoulders'. ,He then locked the .doors and forced her under threats oV vio lence to write letters and sign docu ments fixing on him \a7yearly income. His conduct becoming daily more, brutal she :was eventually forced to, leave him. • She, however, his < promising good behaviour, again joined him in Boston, but" a repetition of his conduct in London taking,, place she left him.for the last 'tim&/ii^Sh^kext heard of him in Sydney about Decem ber, 1889, on his arrival from America, when he wrote to her asking for money. The whole' trouble of ih'eir married life was , the prisoner's desire -to obtain possession of her money.' - SBeferw saw the second wife, Mary E. Cameron, about three weeks back, when they. had a conversation about the accusod. , .By Mrßull-MDnHearing'of ajccuaed's presence in Sydney she obtained & pro tection order against him and. subse quently instituted proceedings for divorce. She had no knowledge at the time of the accused's second marriage, but she had frequently detected him in acts of immorality. ; • 5•. y Some, formal evidence having been given. . ...,.-• '

Mary Elizabeth ..Xtaninfa deposed^ that she was a 'naWe-of^ St Louis, America, and was married to the accused in that city on May^tjh, 1889. She was under the imprelkoW^hat he was a widower, as he told.her.that. his wife had died a happy death at London some yearsrpreyic»sly.,; -He appeared to feel her loss acutely, and on one occasion, on %hb matter being referred to,, saw* to/witness,^ "^No l inkn has s,usejjed more^ under the ; married jokfc tha^i I have." A" few-months after marriage she received information o£ the fact that his wife "'was. still living, but this he firmly denied,, swear ing on the Bible that sh#. had Ijeens dead for some years, Sfesubse^ufently ill : treated witn^s, J, in a^'shftmeful ■ manner assi frequently :> His. coijiduct at last became unbearaible, iand: they -separated,:. ;Pre\riotis: to their 'marriage the Reused was preaching at the church she a,ttencled,liMKi- he m'isfc hay» had, good; credentials in ordej* to \vg&% thaij position. Before the separa tion accused had broken open act'boxes. fand ransacked them, and m retaliation she opened his box, and, fwtnd paper» therein whioh proved to^ her-he was leading a false lii&. ' : ! l . ..."-". Three letters: w*ftten by the ic^usedl we're the.ft put hi as evidence!'^These* 'wer-e> ftill of religious sentiment* ands jphra^es. , . ■ --'-j'«i The case was then adjourned.

THE ASHBtTETOM GUARDIAN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1890.



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lIJ ANTED KNOWN—The " Strong j t 1 "» Wear ". Boot is the best for Men, Ladies, and Children. —W. H. Collier, : 'The Corner." TTTANTED KNOWN.—The Cheapest i VV House in Ashburton to buy Drapery, Millinery, Clothing, Boots, etc., is H. C. Segers, Melford House. W' ANTED Known —One hundred and fifty Ladies' and Children's Ulsters bought a great bargain (good qualities), now selling Artery cheap—H. C. Segers. Melford House. S" ~TOP~THAT~COUGH! By using Flower's Cough Drops. Guaranteeg efficacious. Can only be obtained at H. G. Flower's, Confectioner, East Street. 3 191 WITH one of my Tweed overcoats or a Sewn seam Waterproof and a pair of my double-soled shooters on, you can smile at J.a Grippe and Influenza as they pass.—Robert Alcorn, Ashburton Clothing M*Tt,_Saunders|_ Buildings VX/ANTED Known—The Cheapest \ V Shop to buy Tinware and Gal vanised Iron goods in Ashburton, is at W. F. Hannaford's, Burnett Street. A 1 large stock kept on hand., Tin and Iron ; ware goods made and repaired with dcs ; patch "\



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SGJ\'S & DAUGHTERS' OF TEMPERANCE FRIENDLY BENEFIT SOCIETY. "THE Special Advantages offered by iliis i Society are—lst, a, large invested fund $ 2nd, the funeral donation being reassured by the National' Division ; 3rd, a liberal relief cku-jng sickness, with choice of any doctor within the district for members and their families, and 11? large funeral donation as is consistent with safety. The Grand Division has established a CftSTKAi. Sick Fund, which secures uni formity of fees and benefits throughout New Zealand ; allows members to move from one 1 division to another without any increase of contributions, and affords absolute security to small or weak divisions, JJkxefit for Male Members :-~Firsl blx j inonj-hs' sickness, 20s per Aveek; second six montli<i, Jo 3 ; afterwards, 10s; death of a member, £30; death of a member's wife, £10. Half the above benefits are received by fe \i ■ ' ■■-■ ■ ■ . . ■.' ■ of lioitii HtiKfiQ shall be ejiibitled to the services of the' physician ; and a^otkecary, ; ' V".~ t l--;- —- " Scatis- ; factory medical ■.-■.■' ■ ■ >up to ' the Division the ■■■■.•:■•.-; ; ■by it, to those officers on their accQiu^t, . The pledge originally ■■'■ t !'..■. .' unchanged until the pr ■■.. . • " all forms of intoxicatingdrinksare proscribed. T]ic position the Sons and Daughters of Tohip&'-ance occupy is a standing testimony of'the value tf Jnh\l Abstinence principles, and compares foyoraj/ty with any other Friendly Society; the sickness JCij,to showing one-third less than that, of other'Syu^^ps ii<4> based on total abstinence principle's ; the death <:a^,Q Joeing only six per thousand in the Sons and Btuightera of Temperance, as against nine per thousand, the yearly average death rate of other Societies.



This Order should command the .support aji'V <t(ii^ntion of all earnest temperance workers, as -i^ £'ives uncontrovertible testi mony of the yauie ,of tpfal abstinence to the health of the' body } extrttf ,1 decided in fluence on public "opiinpn, ft»d jp^'ovWcs fin opx>oriunii>y for total abstainers' lq make provision for thejnsejy*3 .in case of sickness, accident, or death. The Lodge moots MONDAY, I#U May, and each alteniato Monday, ivt phe Templar Hall, Ashburton, at fi p.m.. Every Total Abst/ihbk Shoom) Join, I o^ W. MURRAY, Buc,



WINTER 1890. ■ NEW ZEALAND NEW |ZE ALAND CLOTHING FACTORY, CLOTHIERS OUTFITTERS TAILORS MERCERS A.lNl> GENTLEMEN \S HAxXERS. WATERI'ROOFS matte to Mcasur. A Kplendid variety of pattern* to belccfc fronv BlanKetfi, R\ish, Toiler Doto Qnilts at prices to suit overy]x)dy lotpection Invited, ]^EW ZEALANP ; GlotMng Factor) W H WEBBER, Manager



ASHBURTON "GUARDIAN." I IN consequence of the the recent altera tions in the time of departure of the' I Mount Somers train, and the Longbe.ich '■■ Coach, we shall in future publish two editions of the "Guardian" the first edition eoing to press at 3 ,m.



The nest medicine is Sander and feons Eucalpyti Extract. Tost its eminent power ful effects in coughs, colds, influenza, etc.— the relief is instantaneous. Thousands give the most gratifying testimony. His Majesty the King of Italy and medical syndicates all over the world are its patrons, Head the official reports that accompany each bottle. We have no occasion to offer rewards in proof of the genuineness Cif our references. The official reports of medical" clinics 'and univer sities, the official communications, of the Consul-General .for Italy at Melbourne ; the diploma awarded International Exhibition, Amrsterdam—all these are authentic docu ments, and, as such, not open to doubt. We add here epitome of one of the various cases treated at the clinic of Schultz, IVf.D. Pro fessor, etc. —" C. 8., 2i years old; conges tional abscess on the thigh. Incisions made in t\yo places, . Although Lister's - dressing was applied, the secretion becain.'e, Wo days later, vqry dopicms, and nad adopted a fcetid decomposed character. The temperature rose enormously. In consequence- tlie dressing was remo,ved ? and ]n its place wer« made during thy duty-" - : ' V : ":- with Eucalypti Extp i ■ rcUir, appeared very soon, the fever abated within a few days, and the patient recovered aftes the lapse of several weeks. In this instance we must not lose sight of the fact that the' latter treatment saved the patient's life."— (Mvt.)



' Lord "Patmerston's definition of a, deputa- I tioQ is a noun of multitude" signifying many, but not signifying much,—" Spectator."