The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1890. THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK.

The probability of the early retire ment of Sir Harry Atkinson from the political arena opens up a field of speculation as to who will be the colony's next Premier and; Colonial Treasurer* • New Zealand cair claim to have a liberal proportion'pit politicians to her 600,000 of" population, but of, all these only, two - financiers; of 'note have arisen—Sir Julius Vogel and Sir Harry Atkinson; The former, what ever charges of recklessness may hold good against him, was bold and hopeful in his financial proposals, and during his various terms of office succeeded in imparting some of his hopefulness to his followers. Sir Harry Atkinson, who took up finance after the depar ture of Sir Julius for other fields, fol lowed in the footsteps of his predeces sor, and by the importation of foreign capital into the colony—not always | judiciously expended—keptup a stream of immigration to our shores, inspired, the people with confidence in the future, and directed the attention of England and the neighboring colonies to New Zealand as one of the most go-ahead dependencies of the British Crown. After a time, however, the fictitious inflation brought about by | misspent money " upon immigration, upon useless roads and bridges, upon railways constructed to serve political ends rather than to open up the coun try for bona fide settlement by men of moderate means, came to an end. Public men, and the public also, awoke to the fact' that the State burden of debt had grown beyond the bounds of prudence. The country, almost to a man, stepped in, and said in effect there must be no more borrowing, and no more misspending. The English bondholder also became alarmed, and by various means brought such pressure to bear that, however desirous a specu lative financier might be' to pursue a borrowing and spending policy blindly, he would not be allowed to do so. Then came a reaction in the present Treasurer's . policy. The spendthrift became parsimonious, and expressed himself as willing to cany' on the Government of the colony without borrowing a shilling. How far he has

been able to do so is apparent from the sicb rosa borrowing proposals shadowed forth in the speech of the Hon. Mi- Fergus at Queensfcown, The Vogel- Atkinson financial policy, from start T}o finish, lias been a. borrowing and spending one, and it would now appear that the leopard cannot change his spots. Sir Julius Vogel' lias left the colony, and Sir Harry Atkin son is, in all probability, about to sever his connection with practical politics. When this latter event takes place, the House and the country will be called upon to select a financial succes sor to two men who have run the colony heavily into debt without any compensating advantage. Who ■will this successor be, and what are his qualifications? Rumor in Ministerial circles is already busy with the name of Sir John Hall; but his qualifica tions for the position of head of the financial department are more apparent to his immediate supporters than to the country. Ministerial rumor is also busy with the name of the Hon. Mr Bryce, but to the un initiated it would appear that his only qualification for the position of either Premier or Colonial Treasurer is that he was a most expensive Native Minister in a former Government. These are the only names the Minis terial Party have put forward in the event of the retirement of the present Premier and Treasurer, and the fact is in itself an admission of the weakness of the present occupants of the Minis terial Benches. On the Opposition side of the House there is at least one man capable of taking charge of the finance of the country, 'and one who has already had some expei'ience. We refer to the present leader of the Party, the Hon. J. Ballance. His name is not intimately connected with reckless borrowing and equally reckless misspending. In this respect he would therefore command the confidence of the House in its pi'esent frame of mind, and also the confidence of the already over-burdened taxpayer. It is also jto be said in his favor that he holds sufficiently advanced views on land settlement to ensure that a Ministry under his leadership would comprise followers thoroughly sound on this all important question. His political history from the time he first entered the House has been identified with bona fide land settlement as distin guished from land disposal. Under any Government with which he has been associated it cannot be urged that population has left the colony because neither land for- settlement, nor employment at fair remuneration could be obtained. The leader of the Opposition combines two essential qualifications for the carrying on of the Government of the colony—a thorough knowledge of' finance, and ran intelligent and earnest desire to settle the land, and thus not only keep population in the country, but by means liberal in ducements tempt industrious hus bandry from neighbouring colonies and from the Mother Country to take up their abode of New Zealand. In the ranks of the Opposition or upon the Government Benches, in the House as at present constituted, there is no other member who would command the confidence of the country so fully as the member for Wanganui,-and in the event of Sir Hra-ry Atkinson's resig nation—or indeed 'under'- any other circumstances—there is no member of the House more qualified to take up the reins at the present juncture,

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The R.M.S. Ruapehu sailed from Ply mouth on Saturday last.

The oak stair-case of a new hotel in Lon don cost £10,000.

During the twelve years of the rule of Pope Leo sixty-five cardinals have died.

It is stated that Rider Haggard will soon visit Mexico for a long sojourn there to collect materials for a new novel.

-Russia is building one big ironclad to be called the Three Patriarchs, and another which will do battle under the name of the Twelve Apostles.

A herd of forty-seven elephants was re cently captured in a single drive in the.*Garo Hills in India. The mauager of the drive has caught 150 elephants within two months

Bears have become so thick in the mountains of Isere, bordering on Savoy, in France, that the inhabitants have organised bear drives, but these have been unsuccess ful. . ■ '

At a sale of Chinese porcelain in New York recently a very small rouge-box, less than two inches in diameter, was sold for £30. Its price was gained by its delicate peach-blow tint.

It has been decided to make Brussels a seaport by the construction- of a canal capable of admitting ships of 1000 tons burden. An English syndicate has just accepted the contract for the rwork. '•.- •,.,:/

The following are tl\e Hospital returns for the .month of May: In: Hospital fst of month, 11-} admitted during irtontb; 15; .discharged", 13 } died, 1. Remaining* in! hospital Ist of June, 1890, 12;""--- ~—~~.~w« A person abusing another to Churchill said he was so insufferably dull that if you said a good thing he 1 did not understand it. c' Pray, sir," said Churchill, " did you ever try him ?" :

A Venetian glass manufacturer is said to be making and selling bonnets by the thousand. The glass cloth of which they are made has the same shimmer and brilliancy of color as silk, and is impervious to water. Letters from places, beyond the colony addressed as under were received at the Ashburton Post Office during the month' of March and are still unclaimed, .viz.," Mr Burgess, Mr Moore, Mrs West.

In different parts of the world, under the auspices of sixteen different societies, there are twenty-seven vessels engaged in mis sionary work. ' Six of these are employed in the Pacific Ocean and sixteen of them along the coast or on the rivers of Africa.

The Matron of the Hospital desires to acknowledge with .thanks receipt "bf flowers and fruit from Mesdames Lea, A. Orr, Somerville, and Adams ; books and periodi cals from Mesdames Baxter and Somerville, a parcel of old linen from Mrs Stevens, and three hares from Mr E. Simpson for the use of the inmates.

A clergyman was sent for suddenly to a cottage, where he found a man in bed.. " Well, my friend," said the pastor, " what induced you so send for me?" The patient, who was rather deaf, appealed to his wife: " What did he say '(" "He says," shouted tho woman, " what the deuce did you send for him for ?"

Typhoid fever is still prevalent in New Zealand. Durjng April the deaths from typhoid fever increased from six to eleven. Of these seven occured in Wellington ; two each m Auckland and Dijnedin. Influenza caused one death in April in each of the four cities. Diphtheria caused one death in Wellington. The morality from cliarrhneal diseases was much the greatest in Wellington —namely, seven deaths, all of children; against one death in Auckland and two iv Duncdin.

A discovery has been made which shows that the love of our ancestors for drinks spiced with cinnamon was fully justified. What were not the Dutch ready to do to procure cinnamon and other spices for their mulled wines, and what wonders of naviga tion did they not accomplish in their lumber ing vessels in order to fill the spice boxes of their housewives? Dr Chamberland, M. Pasteur's chief assistant, has just discovered that cinnamon is fatal to the typhoid microbe, which niust-lnfoMfc_tl)«"lu<J8l«l» wains of Uvo Netherlands.

What a mistake the Australian exporters of butter are making, says the "European Mail/ in flooding the London market with it for about a Meek, and then sending over none for a month pr so, If a trade js to be established, a comparatively small quantity ought to he sent over weekly or fortnightly, or otherwise, with large quantities on the market, the returns will always be compari tively small with a perishable article. The above hint is afc the suggestion of sqveral well-known importers interested in the Australian butter trade, and who are of opinion that organisation of despatch is much wanted ou the other side.

An experiment- was made the other day cit Rockhainpton, with apparently highly satisfactory results, with Q - ■■--■-'■ --. J Northcote's "safety rein," ■• :■ !. • ,•'. „■. : to bo a certain check against the vagaries of " bolting," and otherwise vicious and refrac tory horses. The device is simple enough, and it simply com '■' . ' ".."'..,; a, rein tp the crupper, and ::. ■ .-. , : ■ ■■■ ■■..:. ringson both sides of the belly band, and on to the band, passing it hence into the' driver's hand, It does not interfere in the least with the freedom of the animal's action, but tlic instant it shows signs of kicking or bolt ing or rearing, or in any way "going to market," the rein is tightened, and the horse is brought up "all standing." At Roek hampton some of the most vicious horses were harnessed up, and in no siiigle instance did the appliance fail. to instantly control them.

At a recent sitting of the Surgical Congress, held in Berlin, Professor Gluck gave an ex hibition showing a most valuable advance in surgery, namely, the successful substitution of catgut, ivory, and bone freed from chalk for defects in bones, muscles, and nerve sinews. The juices of the bo^y are sucked up in the inserted material, thereby estab lishing the junction of the separated ends, Avithout any shortening of the part. He presented the cases of patients in whom there had been an insertion of from six to ten centimetres of catgut to supply defects in the leaders of the hands, to which com plete mobility had been restored. This cure has previously been impossible. In the case of another patient, Professor Gluck removed a tumour from the thigh, causing a con siderable defect in the bone. He inserted ivory, and no shortening ensued. In another case, he removed a large piece of nerve in the groin and inserted catgut, and the functions remained completely satisfac tory. These are considered wonderful achievements.

Last night Mrs Baeyertz addressed a crowded audience in the Hall, choosing for her subject the incident recorded in St. Mark x., 17-22, from which she delivered a most impassioned appeal to the unsaved, and gave a touching account of her own conversion from Judaism to Christ. In the course of her story she told her audience that she was, she believed, the only Jewess in the world now preaching the Gospel. She is, perhaps, as elorfuent a preacher as has ever witnessed for God in Ashburton, and her recapitula tion of what she had to sacrifice when she left Judaism and embraced Christ—position, wealth, the fellowship of her kindred (at whose hand she suffered ostracism so com plete that she* only heard of her father's death through the. columns of the daily press, and her name was omitted from the listof I ' ' ■"■ ■ ' . ..;..; ; i,toudi inS few c, o :■■■■■ '■ ■ ' power. To-night she speaks again to a mixed audience, but on Wednesday her service will be for women and girls only, and on Thurs day she will speak to men" and boys only. Holloway's Pills.—Weary" of Life— Derangement of the liver is one of the niost efficient causes of dangerous disease, and the most prolific source '--f "■.-,.■■ :.,;-i ' n forebodings which are ■». ■ •■ .•.'■,..■■■ A few doses of these noted ;■:'' ' ..' in dispelling low spirits, ;■.■! ■■ i,, " .. » ! covert attacks zmide on the nerves by exces sive heat, impure atmosi)hero, over-indul gence, or exhausting excitement. The i shattered constitution may derive benefit from Holloway's Pills, which will regulate disorderd action, brace the nerves, increase the energy of the intellectual faculties, and revive the failing memory. By attentively studying the instructions for taking these ' pills, and explicitly putting them in practice, | the most desponding will soon ieel confident of a perfect recovery,

A woman in Edinburgh identified the dead body of a man found in Leith harbour as that of her husband. While proceeding to arrange for-the funeral the supposed widow accidently met her missing husband.

People with weakened nerves require usually, a larger quantity of water than those whose brains and nerves are - strong. It aids in the digestion of food by making it soluble, aud seems to have a direct tonic effect.

A lad, 15 years of age, took the liberty of kissing a servant girl whom he r!""i<toi +1y meton the highway near Totnes. lor iiii he was sentenced to six weeks' hard labour. After ""being confined'for ten days, the boy was liberated by order of the Home Secretary. ' ■" - " ■ ---'--■- • ... .-,-,_. -.

"'■ At a special meeting of the General Com mittee of the United Friendly Societies' Dispensary held at Dunedin on Friday last the following proposal by the. Board of Management was favorably received:— "That it is desirable that one or more medical practitioners be appointed at a fixed salary without the right of private practice." , The report which gamed currency that the Duke of Cambridge, was about to resign his office as commander-ih-chief is not true, it seems. The wish may have been father to the thought, but at the Mansion House recently the Duke informed his audience that he felt quite up to,the work- physically and, meutally, and intended to retain his high office. " , . -Mr James Dent, Lauriston', has had his sheep worried by dogs, probably by grey hounds. Between Saturday and Sunday last no less than thirteen fine lambs were either killed or torn so badly aa to necessitate their being destroyed. He thinks greyhounds are the culprits. Persons owning such dogs in that neighborhood should keep an eye on them in order to prevent further mischief.

An indescribable reign of terror is spread ing itself like a black fog over St Petersburg. AH the local prisons are so crowded with arrested students that impromptu places of detention are being provided, and half the people one meets on the street are'out <striv ing to secure influence to aid the release of some son or brother is imprisoned. Many of these are young men who belong to prominent families, and some are nobles.

Mr Charles Warner, the actor, who is now playing at the Theatre Royal, in Melbourne, has accepted an offer sent by cable from Mr Augustus Harris, of the Drury Lane Theatre, London, to create a part in a new and original drama, the name of which has not been divulged, but with which it has been arranged that the autumn season at Drury Lane shall be opened. Mr Warner intends to return' to* Melbourne next year, and take up the management of a theatre in that city. In the midst of the almost impenetrable forest in the State of Chipas, in Southern Mexico, a discovery of great archtelogical importance, in the shjtpe of a lost Aztec city, has been made. The ruins of this city, which was evidently of large dimensions, are still in an excellent state of preservation, and show that their primitive builders must have, been possessed of good skill and taste. A broad and exceedingly well paved carriage road has also been traced from one of the principal gates "of this ancient town in a straight line for several miles through the dense foliage of : the forest.. The discovery, by M. Megnin, that" hares as well as cows are liable to consumption elicits this comment from Dr Andrew Wilson:—"This shows the far-reaching nature of the ailment, but there is at 'least one interesting point about this disease that deserves mention—namely, the faot that it is the vegetable-feeding animals which it selects for attack. The flesh-feeders seem to escape its ravages entirely. This is a nut for my vegetarian friends to crack. If, as. they do assert cancer is likely to be a disease favored by a flesh dietary, they will have to balance the account by putting down tuber ( culosis to the credit of the vegetable eaters." The Dublin correspondent of the "Daily Graphic " writes :—" A Chinese lady .of high rank is staying at present at the Rectory, Clontarf, with Miss Bradshaw, the rector's daughter, whom she accompanied recently from China. The Celestial male travels to a limited extent, but etiquette or religion has hitherto compelled Chinese ladies to stay at home. Our visitor, if not the very first,- is certainly the second Chinese lady of rank who has visited Europe. Her object in eomiiig is to interest the ladies of this country in the religious welfare of Chinese women. -Through-rarr-lirtGrpretur— aho muflo. n. profcty and graceful speech the other night to|an audience in the Clontarf Parochial Hall, i She dresses in great taste, and VQiy richly. ' Sorrowfully we state what we would gladly noutradictv, namely, that her feet are not more than three inches long. To think that such things should be seen in the land of I Nora Creina." j

The best medicine known is SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Test- its eminent powerful effects in coughs, colds, Influenza, etc,—^the relief is instantaneous. Thousands give the most gratifying "^testi mony. His Majesty the King of Italy,'(and medical syndicates all over the globe are its patrons, head the official reports that accom pany each bottle. Mosler, M.D., Professor University,' Griefswald, reports : —*The Eucalypti Extract proved magnificently suc cessful in very severe contusions, bruises, spi ains, wounds, scaldings, broken ribs, and limbs. ("Medical Journal," Nov., 1881.) In diseases of the kidneys, either" active con gestion" or suppression, (urcemai) or albumi nuria,. dropy, lithargy, nothing will equal | in its action Eucalypti Extract. Doses, five to six drops, Mosler, M.D., Professor, University, Griefswald, reports :—Diphthe ria. Tonsils continually coherent presenting | ulcers with white exudats. Cured in four teen days. Surgical Clinic of Prof. M'lntyre, College of Physicians and .- Surgeons, St. Louis—Scirrhus of Breast—Excision Euca ypti Extract employed. No swelling, heat, or discoloration. • Cured in fourreen daj's —(Advt.) ' ■ ■ 4 '

INTERPROVINCIAL.

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Auckland; June 2,

The steamer Mararoa, which arrived to day from South, .'ran, the distance from Gisborne ;in twenty hours and three quarters.

Napiek, June 2

The Liberal Association*, after trying in vain to get a local candidate or Mr Fishe to stand for the Napier seat at the next election against Mr Ormoncl, have de cided to invite Sir Robert Stout.

It is currently reported that Mr G. A. Preece, R.M., is to be one of the new Native Land Court Judges. It has also been represented to the Government from Napier, .that it is desirable to appoint a legal practitioner to the office of Resident Magistrate.

Wellington, June 2.

The second commission in the Imperial Army, recently competed for by New Zealand officers, has been gained by Mr Sissley Davidson, son of Major-General Davidson, of Cantez-bury. Mr Davidson, who formerly held a lieutenant's com mission in the Nelson College Cadets, has been gazetted to the Somersetshire Regiment, late 13th, Sir Robert Hale's 'Jellalabad Regiment, now stationed at Jellalabad.

In effecting repairs to a house on Thorndon Quay, a suit of convict clothes, bearing the New Plymouth gaol mark, was found stuffed in the studs of a bow window. They were mouldy and had evidently been there for years. The clothes have been recognised by the gaolers as the suit worn by Crabtree, when he escaped from Mount Cook" gaol two or three years ago.

The Education Department is circu lating the scheme of forming school libraries, which is in voguo in some of the Christchurch public schools. The principle of the plau is the voluntary ■lending 'of books by children for use amongst their schoolmates. It involves no monetary expense, and is described as extremely successful.

Bunedin, June 2,

By a fire at the stables belonging to Mt Cutfcen, occupied by ■ Metcalfe, mail con tractor, five horses were burnt. The in surances are £250 in the North German and £300 in the New Zealand. ■ \ /

Invercargill, June 2.

A boy named Reid, aged two years, was killed by an axe, with which his uncle was prizing open a case, slipping and striking him on the forehead, causing ojicuesion of the brain,

The Germans in Africa

REPORTED TREATIES WITH mwanga: ; ;

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Zanzibar, June 2. King Mwanga, who was lately driven out of Uganda, has regained possession of the whole of the coutitry. T + i"* roported he has granted Dr Peters i i-<>siri«>s and monopolies in favor of Germany.. . r ■

The Roses by the Run.

The roses and the clover Are very sweet and fair, And I love the fragrant odors They breathe upon the air; ,' But sweeter seemed the blossoms Beside the meadow run, The time that you were twenty . And I was twenty, one. How fondly I remember ■ • The time we culled them there,: And 'neath the shady, maples ' I wove them in your hair; How there in bliss we tarried Until,the set r of sun, •; • i,. i. The time that you were twenty .. And I was tw.enty-one. . • ' It may have been the flowers, Or a look benign and free, That bade me whisper softly How dear you were to me ; I never stopped to question, I only know 'twas done The time that you were twenty And I was twenty-one.

We've had our summer, darling, The fields of life are brown, We've travelled up the hillside, We're on our journey down; Yet oft I wake from dreaming Those days have just begun, That you again are twonty And I am twenty-one.

When life and love are over, And I am laid at rest, I hope some one will gather, And place upon my breast Such flowers as used to blossom Beside the meadow run, The time that you were twenty And I. was twenty-one. 'Traveller.

Railway Travelling in America.

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A ravishing picture of railway travel ling in the United States is furnished by. Mr A. G. Spalding, the well-known base baller who recently visited Australia, and who since his return to the States has written on the subject with patriotic fervor in a letter which he has addressed to Mr; O'Connor, the Postmaster-General of New South Wales. He says : , • . *

"lam now oh the way to Chicago,: having left New York this morning on the Pennsylvania Limited, without doubt the finest train- in the world. It runs every day in the year between New York and Chicago, and makes the run in twenty four hours, a distance of over 900 miles,: and it goes through the Alleghany Mountains. Td give you an idea of this train, I might mention that it has a smoking car, an observation car (which is nothing less than a large sitting-room, with plate glass windows), a dining car on which you can get excellent meals, freshed cooked on the train, and the tables are beautifully decorated with flowers. There are ladies' maids for the ladies and children, and men servants for the men, reports of the stock markets are wired ■to the' train at various points, weather 'bulletins are posted in the smok ing car, bub the latest addition is the official stenographer, to whom I have dictated this letter. There are also bath T rooms for both sexes. A'l these con veniences are free to the patrons on the i-oad;"

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREI N.

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Chicago, June 2. The Clan-na-gael Society has rein stated Beggs. '

St. Petersburg, June 2. Information has. been received by the police that twenty Paris Nihilists conveying. infernal machines and exr plosives have entered Russia. \

The Czar has given a promise to the

rfQueen of Denmark to enquire into tho recent atrocities in Siberia, and take steps to ameliorate the condition of the exiles in future. •

Horse Market.

Mr T. Bullock reports for the week ending Saturday, May 31st:—On account 1 of the inclemency of the weather fewer horses were brought* forward. Twenty eight were offered by auction during the day. Biddings throughout were far more spirited than at. the previous Saturday's sale, and 19 out of the day's entry of 28 were sold as follows, viz. :—3 and 5-year old draughts, £22, £17 ; 5 and 6-year olds of rather a .: lighter description, £11 10s, £13 10s, £14; 7-year-olds, £13 15s, £15 ss, £16 15s ; aged, £7, £7, £9, £9 ss, £9 15s ; others, £5 10s, £6 ; inferior, £3 2s 6d, £3 10s; scrubbers, £lls, £11756c1.

Sundries. —A set of -harrows,' , £t : ; horse covers, harness, &c, at full market rates. ,

THE MEMBER FOR RANGITATA

only sufficiently-liberal (and —let us add for ourselves^-our railway polic^ also) there would be no need to cry ou£ for immigration,* for immigrants of the right sort would voluntarily come hither; and if he and others who think with him can only succeed in getting, the necesary amendments of our land system made, we have no fear what ever for the result. We disagree with him as to the Property-tax, and believe that it is quite possible to, do away with it, or rather the greater portion of it, and to substitute for such portion a Land and Income-tax with exemp tions which would be an immense relief to the working farmer, but in most other matters we are able to go nearly all ±he way with Mr Buxton^ It-is pleasing, too, to find that he is not a bit afraid to declare that he does' not be lieve the present Government to-be the best which, the present House is capable of furnishing, but honestly and boldly avows his opinion that there are gentle men on his own—the Opposition—side quite capable of conducting the business of the country in.a'better way than it is now being conducted. Mr Buxtoh hasproved a good, honest, hardworkjjng member, and it is almost a .pity tihat as would, appear to be.thfe case he should have to, run for jbis seat at next'election against so good a manias Mr Rhodes, who, although jbn ihe Government side of the House,.is also : undoubtedly an excellent memoer." r\^e wish that both could be returned again.

Honest outspoken, and utterly in capable of misconstruction was the address delivered on Friday evening by the honorable member for Rangitata. In him the district has a representative who is not only firm in his opinions, and utterly fearless in expressing them, but who is able to express them in good plain Saxon, and in a manner which commands attention. Polished he may not be, and he is far too bluff and John Bull—let us say at once too conscientious, to make use of tricks of political oratory, even if he were tip to them—but there is a ring of sin cerity in all that he says which has an eloquence of its own, and which, even when it fails to convince, at least commands respect. He is a gooji specimen of the farmer " who pays for all," and withal shrewed and clear sighted in many matters. He -boldly avows his support of the Bible , in 1 schools,' arid of I fair concessions to the Roman Catholics in the matter of education, on both which points we are heartily at one with him; and he is thoroughly sound in his opposition to the mischievous policy of borrowing for the sake of spending—the spend thrift policy of post obit and scatter cash. He is also, like all genuine Liberals, entirely sound upon the land question. . He sees, asj we would fain hope our members generally are begin ning to see, that the Land Laws of the ■colony are, notwithstanding all the tinkering.of successive Governments and Parliaments/stilHh an alto-ether , • c 4. vx- «"w o tsUM3i unsatisfactory condition, and that they must be radically amended if we are to stop the exodus which is going on, and to restore progress and prosperity to the colony. He is entirely right in thinking that if our Land laws were' b mwu MW » weie

SPORTING.

MELBOURNE AND CAULFIELD CUPS.

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Melbourne, June 2. The following are the nominations for The Melbourne Cup. Chaldean . Magic Circle Rudolph' / _ Lonsdale Pygmalion Camden Spot ? ■ Sir Wm Cobham Jebusite Chorister -'- Copenhagen T Mangus ' * Lawyer Tartar Carbine Frisco Tormentor Tatador Prince Consort Daniel Esmeralda ,- Marvel Maquaree , Gibraltar "' ■ Emma . Argos King William Mantilla Annesley Correze Teuton Norbert Leopold . Insignia Emancipation Victor Hugo Peggy Queen Irving Forty Winks Briton Sultan Vengeance Admiral; . Serf Pioneer Jf - * ■;- ■ , Harbor Light Charmer Marco .-• .Titan Tinlander Tantallon Carrington Dreadnought Laverock Sinecure Wild Rose Litigant Benzon Enac: Ivy "Sylvester Lochiel Abacus Tarcoola Louie Marlborough Goldreef Sn owfoot • Wycombe Prospudor Fabulous Clare ' ' Gratuity Wilga . Chintz ; Guaroo Tradition Spokesman Shofcover Pro'pounder Umslopogaas Churchill Theorist *" Richelieu Benjamin Tourbillon Diplomacy Redleap Lila Stornaway Dunkeld "Merrle~l3nglamt Senaona — Medallion Steeltrap" 1 Wolverine Merriment. Wimbrel Leon Hortense Oakleigh 1 Meltonian . Manton ! Loyalist Pakeha Lapsfcone : Firelock ■ Promised Land Beverly Cleland Singapore lonic Whakawa Cardigan Bohemian Broadside Leviathan Melos Newmaster • Ethelbert Tirallieur . Gatling Jet d' Eau Dalley Cuirassier Playboy Wayland Sinner Town Moor Highborn Loyal Stone Templar Plenty Stone Merrie Emmie Design . ; Gresfor.d-<-,.; '{ r - ■ ; Lie.nruby ,- v • ■ Ployer; :s kj w L\> T - March -Colt r : Muriel ' ' Little Bernie """"" Master Grand Tyler Priraara Lamond Ernani ■ ]

THE CAULFIED CUP.

The entries for the Caulfield Cup number 140, and are virtually the same as those for the Melbourne Cup. ;•

AUCKLAND R.C. WINTER MEETING

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Auckland, June 2. The following handicap was issued tio night for

In the betting for the, Great Northern Steeplechase, Auckland is most fancied. ,

THE WINTER OATS HANDICAP.

The Labor Troubles.

. Dunedin June 2 V it has been rosolved to form a Building Employees' Union, the objects of which are to effect a general combination of all operative building employees, to obtain a worlcing day of eight hours at the recog ™sed rate of wages, to regulate the em- Ployme£ fc, of apprentices, to promote good f ee i m g between employer and employed by the adoption of a fair wage standard binding on both parties, and to have power to affiliate with any organised body to carry out measures for the benefit of Ilabor a, * Chmwchokch, June 3. At a confjpjwj^ between a deputation

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' * ; Auckland,- June 2. The Bakers' Union have resolved to assist the tailoresses on strike. The master ironworkers and farriers have formed an Association, Mr J. Patter son being appointed President.

The master ironworkers and farriers have agreed to adopt the eight hours system.

A curious difficulty has arisen in regard to the dispute between Garrett Bros, and the Bootmakers' Union. Garrett Bros. recently informed their hands that, in future they would employ none but Unionists.. ■ The hands, were advised to join the Union without delay, and.they expressed their willingness to do so.l- X seems, however, that five of Garrett's men are liable to fines amounting to.-nearly £10 each, and cannot pay this money, whilst Garrett Bros, cannotj discharge them, as they are under agreement with them for a certain period. j Wellington, June 2. . The ironmasters have expressed their : willingness to give .the men the advance asked for, provided it is general through out the colony.

from the Lyttelton Branch of the Fede rate Wharf Laborers' Union and the 'Ex ecutive of the Canterbury Branch of Rail way Servants' Society it was agreed that the latter should strongly urge that all casual laborers at seaports join the Wharf Laborers Union, as that body can afford better protection than railway servants do at present.

The Wreck of the Dacca.

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(Received June 3, 1.15 p.m.)

Brisbane/June 3

The cargo of the steamer Dacca, wrecked in the Red Sea, is valued at £100,000, fully-half of which is insured in the Colonies.

A Marine Conference.

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(Received June 3, 1.15 p.m.)

Sydney,, June 3. j. At a meeting; of the Marine Officers Association/it was decided, notwith standin^-iihe action already taken by the..New Zealand Association, to acU hereto their pledge to hold jr'eonfer .encef*with:Bteam?owners.-, . *■-. ■\ •■"-_ r^i-:-*,' '. __ :-: i.-' -

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIANS V MARYLEBONE , \ -/ Vr^[pER^PRESSj ASSOCIATION.] - : (Received June 2,' 12.15., p.m.) \ "\S v i* London,-June 2. The match Australians v .Eleven Maryle bone O.C.,,began at Lords _to : day v Mur doch won the toss, arid elected-to bat. The innings closed for 124, ; therprincipal sciorers being Jones34,'Lyons 24, Trott 18. The;.weather; is favorable and the wicket in a capital state. ■ Charlton and Blackham are not playing in this, match. The^Home team, which is captained by ,W.\ G. Grace, includes Woods, of Cambridge.. O* \

BERNARD CALLAN'S CASE.

We published in our issue of Satur day the text of the memorial to the Minister of Justice^ re the case of Bernard Callan,^ .and the official reply thereto. The memorial was signed by a number: of gentlemen whose names are a guarantee for4he fact that there was good ground for the appeal to the Minister. Among the signatories are ho less than four Justices of the Peace in whose opinion, as magistrates of a good many years' experience, the sentence appealed against was more severe than the circumstances war ranted, and also a number of business men regarded in this community as men of sound judgment, who coincide in that view.'-' Then we have all these gentlemen testifying to the fact thas Oallan, so far from being an old offender, - or >in ,any way a dangerous character, is "a respectable, hard working, industrious young man, who has never previously been before a Court, or in the hands of the police, and who enjoys the respect of the community." Further the. evidence tal>en at the hearing is appealed to in proof that as to. the offence itself, it was by no means of an aggravated sort, the resistance to the police being neither vicious nor long-continued, and no injury having been done either to the person or uniform of the arresting constable. Now, seeing that we have upon our Statute-book so_Jrumane a measure as " The First Offenders-Apt," under which had Callan as a man hitherto of known good character been charged with any felony of a minoir sort, he would have almost certainly been admitted. to probation by a Supreme Court Judge, does it not seem a marvellous anomaly that for a com paratively trifling offence of the class known as " police offences " he should be compelled to undergo three months' j hard labor ? Again, if the maximum penalty allowed by law should be en forced in such a case as Callan's, then clearly the maximum penalty must be grossly inadequate to the proper punish ment of a prisoner guilty of vicious resistance, accompanied by personal in jury .to an _arresting constable; A wlole if thi-ee{moh^n|' ha)xUabpr ibje ancient for such" a case "a£ the!'"'latter (and ifiat was evidently the mind of the Legisla-. ture), then there is no avoiding thie conclusion^ that ;it is an excessive penalty in such a case as Callan's. We observe that the reply to the memorial is signed by Captain Hume, Inspector of Prisons (of> course "by direction oi the Minister "), who states that " after making careful enquiry into the ciV cumstances. connected with the case," tHe : *' can see no sufficient

grounds to justify him in recommend ing His Excellency the Governor to grant any remission of;,the sentence." Now it may be pointed out that the memorial-was/not signed until the 21st May, and, if posted on that day, could not have reached the Minister before the 22nd, while the reply is dated May 28th, so that the -f■careful enquiry" must have been conducted very ex peditiously indeed. We should; very much like to know what was the scope of that careful enquiry, and of what person or persons the Minister en-

quired. Is it possible that there was a mere exchange of telegrams between the Minister and Mr §hea Lawlor, the Justice by whom the sentence was im posed? If so, then the inquirjr certainly did not go far enough, and is by no means entitled to be called careful. Perhaps the member for Ash burton will see it his duty to ascertain tliis when the House meets? Mean time the public generally is seriously dissatisfied, it having been unanimously considered that Mr, Lawlor had fallen; into an error of judgment in re gard to this particular case, and almost as unanimously expected -that the- Ministerwould have promptly remedied \ that error upon the facts being laid before him, and his intervention being asked. Captain Russell, who holds the portfolio of Justice, has certainly not risen in -public estimation as,>,the result of' his treatment of this case. Meantime, so for as the prisoner Callan is concerned, there is nothing for him but to serve, out the full term of his sentence, unless i& public subscription be made and the amount of the fine paid on his behalf. : .

Supreme Court.

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Dunedin, June 3,

Alex. Rdgers, for embezzling money belonging to the Ellis Slearn Company, was sentenced to six months' imprison ment. • ■ '■

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

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Station Wa •»£•■■•■ i \ . Timaru, June 3. ----: - The -R.MkfowUy decided thaji^ta^on manager in the. absence of an agreement is entitled to .3 months notice, or pay "bn dismissal. The plaintiff "had been paid £120 a year and found,- and sued, also Jbp 3 montliis b^ard, but this, was disallowed/

MAGISTERIAL

ASHBURTON^-TUESDAT;.. \

[Before Major Steward, and A.' Hnrruuta ■ .. • Etq?., J.Kk.]-:;:.;;rt;';-"-> "

ASSAULT* ;>,,(. ;_ i. t _- t ..n'j ' ' James Gill, -was charged with assaulting John Henry Leek... He pleaded, gnilty, but the Bench decided to hear the "evi- dence.— --- — . -_ John Henry Leek (an old "man 6f~76 who was much bruised about the face) said that he was a cook working at Chatmoss. Was stopping at the Commercial Hotel on Saturday last. Went to bed a little after 11 p.jn. tHad"taken r6ffhis c<fc£aM boots, and was lying olii the ibetl smoking, and in .about ten minutes-or a quarter of an hour the prisoner came in.' ThereffirereiJsjro other beds in the": room. •. After coming into the room prisoner went to the. water-jug. Witness asked-him if he wanted a drink.: Prisoner then jumped upon witness and he be became insensible. Saw prisoner pick:up\aib~oot before he lost consciousness. When witness went to bed there .was; nothing! L the matter with him. Came to himself afterwards when somebody came into-the room. Was then. bleeding from the face. On the following morning (Sunday) saw ■ a poUcetnanj; irho recommended him. to go to a doctor., Went to Dr Tweed, who prescribed for him. > Had suffered since Saturday night from shortness of breath.,- Witness's face was riotTnruised when he lay down on^e bed; it was bruisedi when he came, to himself after being unconscious. • Cross-examined; by prispneiwYojij came to my room about 10 mintutes or a quarter past eleven. It "might have .been pasfc. lam 'certain^you/struck me.-irith the boot, r . ,' ■• :-.. wV „ T;^-?. John Henry r landlord of the Commer cial hotel, deposed that; on Saturday night last Miss Henry asked Kirn &„ go- uprto room Noi 30, as there was a noise there; This was about half-past" 11. . >Went up and found ,tlie room'in darkness. ,:.Gbt a candle and, saw accused, Gill, lying in bed. The old man-Leek was lying on the /floor. He: seemed.sfcunned, and : was bleeding from the face, at the. mouth, and ati the eyes.. Had.seen him previously abbutflO o'clock. There was nojbhing the ' matter with him then. He had then no injury .to his. face, and seemed all right. He had !had some drink,' but was .capable jai (walkr ing up-stairs.^ Picked ,him up;«nd put him* "'to beef/ Asked* him' how; it had happened that he had been hurt, and he replied'that'Gill' had struck him with a boot. Prisoner made no remark. Told Gill to clear out of the house';; and! Ke}got up and dressed himself and rushed d«Swn stairs. Witness let him out at the frdht door. He (Gill) was sober enough.;^He was quite sensible of what he:was doing. After he was turned out he commenced kicking at the door. Leek remained in his bed till the following morning.' Wit ness then saw him and found that his face was a good deal swollen. ' He had been staying in the house a week, and witness found him a very quiet, inoffensive man.

To prisoner—l came up to the room at half-pasteleven.

Prisoner having been cautioned in terms of the Criminal Evidence Act elected to give evidence on his own behalf and being sworn said : On the night in question, being Saturday night last, I went up to bed between'l2 midnight and 1 a.m. Ido not know the number of the room.' There was one man in the 'room. I believe ifc was the old man (Leek). I don'tl remember strikingjhitn nor anything that occurred till Mr Henry came up and ordered me out of the rbom:.r.iici iij^

Cross-examined— l saw Constable Snterfc outside the billiard rooni "after 12 o'clock. He spoke to^ me. He has since told me that* he 'saw 'me^tfiat'lniglit; -affcSr 12 o'clock. When Mr Henry told me to leave the hotel! tfeht/'**SjWr:Smart before I went to bed. Was very drunk before I wenfcfto theJiouß&<, 'mV^"rr'~"r7' ■*- 'Major Steward Mid'itHrks i f <j!eirto the Bench that, accused had, while under the influencetpl'KquOir / >(|rhich was no ex cuse for the act) r committed a most un provokedand br^taP^teslu^updK«/t«ry old man~. : As he, fpriß6herihadonlylaaay or two before been discharged -fromlgaol after serving a sentence of/a mont^for a similar offence, it was" quite fevidenfthat he was addicted to that Bortiof-;thing, and needed]to be■ dealt withjwv^r^ly.n-The heaviest punishment the Bench 'was able to impose was, he'was' sorry to say, two months? hard, kb^, wUchfjoulfJ^be the sentence ni this'easel^ r " v L .JM/mir. The Court thenVose;-' <'-" j/in** *

The Newfoundland Difficulty.

ASSEMBIJNG OF, WARSHIPS.

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■ -■ '•' c. '"( /. }i r BT,> s Sx3XDjf%i3 4^D.e% ■ A Committee? of residents a,t)Bt Enges Bay, r Newfoundland, s boarded H:M.S.* vEmerald,' and implored protec tion against f the^^ proceedings^ ot the French. • 'The ;captain despatched an officer to investigate the conduct of the latter., .i; : ; , r^ ,•,_,, v_ .., : .: : ;.i) ■ The French are sending other war ships to,disputed territory^,';"';;: ".

Pour British warships have left the Bermudas for Newfoundland. It is reported two French, ships; are being sent to reinf ore© the PrencH squadron.

New Plymouth Murder.

[per press association.

t . - A . New Plymouth.^ June 2. X Seyerali tradesmen gave* evidence! ak)io clotlung supplied to t^e. prisoner. The Coroner stmimed'up, and the jury retired at twenty-six minutes past'four o'clock. They returned into court at 5.25, with a verdict to the effect deceased was wilfully murdered, and.that suspicion; rested on the prisoner^ . The Coroner declined to accept the ver dict, and instructed the jury that they must either bring iiia verdict of wilful murder against the prisoner'or..an -open verdict. The jury retired, and .on" returning, the foreman said that therejwa^Jittle prospect of the* 31'iry !arrj'vihg at a'-venSefc. The coronerinstructed them' again ttf retire, and he would receive them agayv. %ifc night. " ' Of.' ■':" -■■-.-■. oA rr.l The jury were locked up till ten'Ksfc hightj when the Coroner summoned; them before him: again;;; The Foreman faid .theyj were' unanimously' agreed r>bnrclhe verdict, " That the deceased watt wilfully 1 murdered, "and that -suspicion -resS23>n i the accused, but were not likely to bring [ in an o|>en,verdict;or ./Sne^of ;«^nlful mur der against Mahi'Kahi " ' xtie jury were Accordingly locked up all night. Attift/ o'clock this morning the foremjtn. of th^

I'HE ASHBURTOa QUARDIAM, TOESDAY, JUNE 8, 1890.



St II jeorina ... 12 < Samara ... 11 V It. Michael 11 ' r endor ... 11 i 'iesole ... 11 < lataplan ... 10 *!



St Nigger". ... 10 Riot ... 10 Prudence ... 10 Torment ... 10 Te.Kooti ...-10 Blarney ... 10



Wanted. | Cash Adwrth incut* under this heading, exceeding 6 words, ONJC S/IJZLIA Jddrmrxmay he left at thin Offif- WANTED KNOWN.—FowIs dressed ' for table from 2s 6d per pair.— Mrs Whittington, next to Catholic! Church. 6J5 JUST opened, a few ladies plush jackets, newest shapes, very cheap. J —H. C. Segbrs, Melford House. WAIN • l'il xLnown.—A special pur chase of choice Ladies' Hats at a desperate price.—W. H. Collier. 4t130 WANTED every man m the County to have a suit of the Ashburton • Tweeds. —Robert Alcorn, Ashburton Clothing Mart, Saunder's Buildings. ": \* ; ANTED KNOWN—The " Strong ■ : \? Wear "• Boot is the best for Men, Ladies, and Children. —W. H. Collier, 'The Corner." ANTED KNOWN.—The Cheapest House in Ashburton to buy Drapery, Millinery, Clothing, Boots, etc., is H. C. Segers, Melford House. STOP THAT COUGH! By using Flower's Cough Drops. Guarantee efficacious. Can only be obtained at H G. Flower's, Confectioner, East Street. J _ _£ 3_191 rT*HE Patent Candle Extinguisher can JL be Set to Extinguish at any time jrequired ; it will save insurance premiums your: house and -your life, prjee Is; Sole Agenb for Ashburton.-^R. Alcokn, Baundera' Buildings *\\/ ANTED Known — One hundred >and.fifty. Ladies'and Children's Ulsters bought a great- bargain (good qualities),' now selling very cheap —H. C, Segers. Melford House. ,"TTTANTED Known—The Cheapest ■i.W-, Shop to buy Tinware and Gal vanised Iron goods in Ashburton, is ai W. F. Hannaford's, Burnett Street. A large stock kept on hand. Tin and Iroi: •ware goods made and repaired with dcs '■■ patch -■ . . . Public Notices. ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL rpENDERS are invited for Store, etc. I at Council Office, in Timber, (oi alternative in Brick). Plans and Speci " fications on view at office, and TENDERS addressed to the Chairman, to be sent ii at 11 o'clock on 6th JUNE, 1890. BY ORDER, Wii. BAXTER, 6tß County Engineer. MUST BE SOLD. PREVIOUS TO STOCK-TAKING, SURPLUS stock of "Books, Stationery Fancy Goods etc.,*at GREATLI REDUCED PRICES.. A lot of music a half price. Hundreds of back numbers o Periodicals and Xmas Papers with colofe( illustrations at half price. Sale now on L. F. ANDREWES & CO. Stationers' Hall. IMPORTANT "\TOTrCI Important i_M otici " MESSRS HALLENSJDEIN BROS &CO Proprietors of the NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY AT ASHBURTON" Invercargill, Gore, Milton, Oamavu, Timaru, Dunedin, Christchurch, Hoki fcika, Greymoutb, Reeffcon, Westport Nelson, Wellington, Napier, Hastings W.iipawa, Gisborne, Palmers ton North, Wanganiu,'Hawera, New Plymouth, Thames and Auckland, Have arranged to ' FLOAT THEIR BUSINESS INTO 1 COMPANY, To be registered under " The Comnanie Act 1882 It is a part of t l.-- r.' li-." r—.r.: 1- that . STOCKS shall be \l\:i;i ' i. !).'■;. £50,001 before the 15th of June next To effect this the Managers of the Vari tv.T-i Branches ' l.roughout the colony hav< ■ },'• "ii insti'u-jLal, in addition to markiiu • r.Lf, die Goods at Low Price. I*,1*, to allow «' per cent on all cash sales amounting (k £1 and upwards. This excellent opportunity of buyiiu goods should not be overlooked, especi ally as it is a well-known fact that tli( Manufactures of the New Zealand Clotl ing Factory are Superior to Anything ir the Market. ■ The sale at the Ashburton Branch if under the management of Me W. H Webber. AArfITHQUrTEETtt WJTM.TEETrt THE CHRISTCHURCH DENTAL . SURGERY, , -Corner of Cushel and High streets. Q "TV/TYERS AND /^IO, SURGEON DENTISTS. And' at Dunedin and Westport. TTTE have gained the FIRST AWARI YV at the Dunedin Exliibition foi Artificial Dentures and Mechanical Appll ances for the Mouth, and it is with the greatest confidence that we guarantee the highest class work - and perfect fit at the nvjst moderate cost. A Single Artificial Tooth, 10s. - Complete Sot — Upper and Lower temporary and permanent, £10 lO.s. Natural, Durable,- Comfortable Artificial Teeth Replaced Temporarily al most immediately after the extraction of decayed teeth or stumps without extra cc or charge. Arrangements can be made for part oi monthly payments. ADMINISTERING NITROUS OXIDE ."rAS Huveral times daily for the past ten years, we fearlessly asnerfc that extraction of teeth under its influence is perfectly painless and positively safe Fee for Administration, ss. ■ Extraction, 2s 6d. Artificial TeoLh arid Dentures made by other dentists repaired or remodelled at S -1.(1] C'Vtf. Hours of attendance—9 a.m. to 6 p.m.



All persons found Trespns ' _L i sing in pursuit of game or other , wise on the Riversdale Estate on and after thia date will be prosecuted. I J. R. WILLIAMS. Riversdale, 24th May. .- - 5 176 7S TjUWCIT T^ODDS SURGEON DENTIST, , Adueess :—Court Chambers, above'Mr H. M. Jones, Stationer," East Street. Private Residence, I Havelock Street, •pposite Presbyterian Church -



There is now to be seen in the shop window of Messrs J. Scaly and Co., East street, a collection of apples showing some of the sorts grown at the nurseries, Riverbank, that wijll repay inspection by any one who contem-. plates planting fruit plants. There are 1 upwards of fifty different kinds shown, all valuable, long keeping sorts. For size, color, and general excellence they are by far the finest that have been shown in Ashburton the season,—(Advt. v