MAIL NOTICE.

WEDNESDAY, December 2. For United Kingdom, Continents of Europe and America, and West Indies {via San Francisco), Sandwich Islands, etc., and also for Northern Ports of New Zealand, per Takapuna, tts follows :—Ordinary letters, books, and newspapers at €5.1*5 j>.m. ; registered letters, 5 p.m. ; money orders, 3 p.m. This mail will be due m London on January 6, 1892.

DEATH.

O'Reilly.—On November 27, at the Timaru Hospital, Mary O'Rejixt, sister of the late John Boyle O'Reilly, of Boston, U.S.A., and for many years the faithful friend and servant of Mrs W. J. Steward,

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. "WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1891. THE UNITED STATES PRESIDENTSHIP.

To England, and m no less a degree to her colonies, the statement that unless President Havrison consent to stand for a second term of office Mr J. G. Blame, the present Secretary of State of the American Republic, will be the next President, is a momentous matter. Mr Elaine's distinguishing characteristic as a statesman has been his steady and anything but scrupulous hostility to England and the English. la the States he is known principally as the high priest of Protection ; but even this is due less to his love for his own country than to his hatred of ours. America's Protective policy has always been directed .specially against the manufactures of England and the natural products of England's greatest colony, the Canadian Dominion ; and when that policy culminated m the McKinley tariff, it was Secretary Blame's hand which pulled the strings to which MsKialey and the ultra- BepU^Hcan party danced, and Secre tary Blame's voice which gave the keynote to the envenomed chorus of the anti-English press. His ill reasoned and undignified despatches m the matter of fche everlasting Behring Sea trouble last year were at first described by his partisans as documents of the highest value to the State, and as reducing the British Government to the alternatives of humiliation or war. Mr Blame's diplomacy, however, was of the rude and unfinished order, and these, despatches " gave him away," as his 5 countrymen gay, to the greater ex perience and knowledge of Lord Salis. bury. We may be sure that his rebuff has not been forgotten by Mr Blame, and that he wiU make use of his greater power, should he be elected President, to carry his anti-English policy to the extreme. A ra-y ©£ hope is to be found m fche fact that tyv Blame is not personally acceptable to the Americrn people. He iia« been three times defeated as a candidate fof the Presidentship™©n two o£ these «KsCasions a rival candidate from hh own political party having been pr,e" ferred before him. Yet his mateWess sMil as fin electioneering schemer hag ke,pfc him m the imnt rank of American politics, and iias M J>° Ijis be*ll£

placed m almost uncontrolled charge of the foreign policy of his country. In the exercise ot the power thus con ferred upon him he has, m the opinion of a • vast number of people* on both sides of the Atlantic, twice very nearly made himself responsible for a war between England aud the United States. With Mr Blame as President, no relaxation need be looked for of the fiscal restrictions which he, by the hailds of his disciple, Major McKinley, has set up against English and Colonial ttude with the Stales ; and the hope for an earl v; re mission of the present prohibitive duties on wool and other products must be deferred until the oppressively protected people of the States rebel against them. Mr Elaine's pistory will give a very earnest tone to our prayers for "peace m our ;tim^," should he be elected President.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Messrs Collins and Co. advertise m another column new designs and patterns m paperhangings, and evidently have a large stock to select from. Mr Eden George's petition ,against the return of Mr E. Sandford for the Christ church seat will probably be dealt with at the February sittings of the Supreme Court. The Christcburoh City Council on Mon day night unanimously decided to protest against the proposal of the Postmaster- General to utilise the telegraph poles m cities as advertising mediums. Mrs Spofforth, the mother of the well known cricketer, whose death from influenza was recently announced m Australia, was the sister of Lieutenant-colonel M 'Donald, N.Z.C. There is room for amendment of the law of New Zealand. A girl of thirteen years and two months was married at Foxton recently with the consent of her parents. The " Herald" points out that by common law girls of twelve may marry. Mr G. Jameson, agent for Messrs Miles and Co., reports having sold during the week the following farms of the Anama estate subdivision:—Lot 20, at £6 10s per acre ; lot 21, at £6 per acre ; lot 28, ot £5 10s per acre; and lot 26, at £7 10s per acre ; and that there are several enquiries for other lots.* A recent Yorkshire paper says :— The highest spaed ever attained on a railway was accomplished on the North Eastern Kail way by one of their new compound engines. This engine, with a train of eighteen carriages, attained the enormous speed of eighty-six miles an hour. The total weight of the train and engine was 319 tons. Mr Jellicoe was reproved m a practical manner for wasting the time of the Supreme Court at Wellington last week. In reply to Mr Jellicoe's demand for costs on a four days' trial, His Honor commented very I strongly upon the waste of time for which Mr Jellicoe was responsible, and declind to allow him more than one day's costs. A remarkable four-year-old child dwells with its parents m Coalport, Pennsylvania. Apparently it has no bones, as the child folds its legs behind its head a3 readily as other persons fold their arms m the same place; it uses its feet to scratch its head quite as often as it uses its hands ; and contorts its body m f>, most remarkable way. When a man elopes with some one else's wife (says the " Manawatu Herald ) 'he usual course is to kevp as clear from the deserted husband as possible. During the past week an elopment m low life has occurred, but after getting to Wellington funds ran short, and the man had the impu dence to return to try and get a loan from the woman's husband '. He did not get that —anyhow. The CUristchurch Pigoon Flying Club flew off a match on Saturday between Dunedin and Christchurch, but the conditions were not favorable, as rain was falling at Oainarn and the birds had to fly against a strong NW. sale near Christclmrch. Ihe velocity m yards per minute of five birds was as follows:—W. Jackson's Rainbow, 938; J. Jackson's Cathedral, 938; W. Jakin's Oiislow, {135 : TTnwin'a Glenore, 925 ; Smith's Water field, 922. '1 he building at Sefton Railway Station m which the booking and telegraph offices arc situated was burned down on Sunday lnorn iiiff and the- telegragli wires broken. After the fire had burned out it was found that the safe had burst m several places, and all the contents destroyed. The goods shed opposite the station had a very narrow escape, being much scorched and the paint blistered lhe damage may be estimated at from £100 to £200, including about £50 m cash. The Akaroa "Mail" reports a very narrow escape from poisoning. Mr Brown of Grehan Valley, cultivated a New Zealand Datura, commonly known as the Lebons Bay lily, and he and his wife ate it t»s spinachf The result was serious illness, from which, however, both are now recovering. The datura is the plant known as the trinolium, which is smoked for asthma, and is a comparatively virulent poison, rendering those taking it insensible m a very short space of time, and m smaller doses producing temporary insanity. Mr Louis Brennan, the fortunate inventor of the torpedo of that ilk, has just received from the Admiralty 1;* the last instalment of the £110,000 due to him. Eight years ago he was paid a retaining fee of £8000 by the Imperial, Government, and engaged for three years at | a salary of £2000, and expenses to develop | his invention. Since then he has received, and probably will continue to receive a salary of £1500. His invention has been utilised for the defence of the Thames aiuf approaches to London. A swagger whose name is unknown but is supposed to be either Lowe or Morrison was found hanging m a stable at the Junction Hotel, Halswell, on Monday. He was an elderly man apparently about sixty years of a*e grey hair and whiskers, and ahaved on the tipper lip and chin. He had a receipt dated August 8, 1891, m the name of I. Lowe, for some clothes bought atAshburton. He is said to have been measured for a pair of boots at a bootmaker's shop m Christ - church, and then to have given the name of I Morrison. At the inquest the jury returned I a verdict " That deith was caused by hang ins while the deceased was m a despondent state of mind." Rewarding the death of two old Maoris, reported last week, the Otaki correspondent ot the Mahawatu "Standard" writes: — A Maori named Marawira Te Whio and bis wife Rahapa both died from la grippe on Tuesday. They were alone m the house, and one of their relatives found the wife dead and informed the husband who got up tc see Ijer and then returned, to his bed I and died. The husband was up and on the ! road yesterday. His wife had expressed a desire to have some tawhara, a fruit that is i-i season m the bush just now. The poor old man got out of hia bed and went half a mile to the bush and actually got some of the fruit for her, although he had to be down several times on his way. lhej' were regular attendants at the Church of England; and were strictly honest and straightforward m all their transactions.

The Amberly School is dosed on aceoun ( of scarlet fever. To-morrow being the day appointed for intercession for Foreign Missions, there will be services mSt Stephen's Church at 7.30 a.m. (Holy Communion) at 7.30 p.m. Last night, Mr Timothy Hurley, farmer, Wakanui, was thrown from his trap on his way home, and received some severe bruises about the head and face, but na j bones were broken. He, was taken to the Hospital for treatment. In connection with the Ashbvirton Hospital it may be stated that there are no less than seventeen patients m the wards at the present moment Some of the patients are suffering Ivotn influenza, there are one or two accidents, and the remainder of the cases are of a miscellaneous character. Yesterday afternoon George Knapp, employed at the Westerfield flaxmill, met with a bad accident. He got entangled with the belling, and on being extricated, it was found that his injuries were so severe that his removal to the hospital was necessary. At the hospital he was attended to by l)r Hunter when the extent of his injuries was ascertained. These were found to com- Erise two bad fractures of the right arm, ruisea on several parts of the body, and a severe shaking generally. By Thursday evening's express the bands who hirtlj taken part Jin the Dunedin compe-! tition, and whose residence is northward, returned home. The Wellington Garrison, | Christchurch Garrison, ana Addington Workshops Bands were among the number. The Wellington bandmaster had promised to a few friends here that on their return homewards the band would play a selection on the Ashburton platform. Unfortunately this could not be done, as the instruments were all packed away for the voyage from Lyttelton. The Christchurch Garrison Band (Mr Searell, bandmaster), however, came to the front at once when asked, and played m excellent style the quickstep "Coeur de Lion." They were heartily cheered for their kindness, and when they took their seats m the carriage they played another piece *' Remembrance." The World's fair to be held at Chicago next year is essentially Yankee m its ab normal dimensions. Everything is to be on a colossal scale. A grand agricultural and pastoral show is to be held m connection with it at which the total prize-money for stock will amount to about £30,000, namely, horses, £10,400 ; cattle, £600J; pigs, £4000 ; sheep, £3000; poultry, £2000; and dogs, £800. There is still a balance of nearly £4000, which is to be held as a contingent fund for other classes, which the chief of the department is authorised to add if, m his judgment, they are desirable. The enormous proportions of the proposed Exhibition may be gathered from the fact that at the largest show of live stock ever held m England —that at Windsor, m 1889—the total sum offered m prizes only amounted to £12,000, less than one-half of the sum set aside at Chicago. SANDER AND SONS EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.—In protection of the world Avide fame our manufacture has acquired all over the globe, we publish the following:— Hazard, M.D., Professor of General Patho logy and Diseases of the Mind and Nervous System, says m an editorial published m the " Clinical Record " : —" We have examined half-a-dozen specimens of different manufac tures ; the preparation of Sander and Sons was the only one that proved to be reliable and corresponding to scientific tests." Another concoction called "Refined Extract of Eucalyptus" has made its appearance since. This product stands, according to Dr Owen, foremost m causing injurious effects. That gentleman communicates, at a meeting of the Medical Society of Victoria, that a child living at Fitzroy became most seriously indisposed through its use. In another case a lady states on the strength of statutory ; declaration that she suffered cruelly from I the effects of the same concoction. To guard the high reputation of our manufacture we feel warranted m expo ing the above facts, and desires the public to exercise care and precaution when buying, SANDER am? SONS (Advt.) . 7

SUPREME COURT.

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Wellington, December 1. Samuel Tinuuins, apparently a youth m his teens, pleaded "Guilty" to having committed an assault on a young girl at Foxton, and was sentenced to foiuteen days' imprisonment with hard labor. Tl.e prisoner wan committed for trial on a charge of assault with intent, bub the grand jury found no bill on this indict ment, bringing m a true bill for a common assault. .las. Carl ton, f"r the larceny of several articles of jewellery, received six months' hard labor. Atthur Robinson, a youth of nineteen, who had two previous convictions recorded against him, pleaded 4' Guilty " to a charge of stealing from the person, and was sentenced to twelve months' hard labor. His Honor said he feared that fche prisoner was one of those persons who were likely to become a great pest to society, roaming about Jie streets and living upon drunken men. H. P. Fisher, alias Gilbert, was found '' Not guilty " on a charge of obtaining a suit of clothes under false pretences. Henry Waiters, alias Dutch Harry, was found " Guilty " of burglary, and was sentenced to twelve months' hard labor. Prisoner's counsel unsuccessfully raised the plea that his client was a kleptomaniac. Blenheim, December 1. In the Supreme Courb jesterday and to-day an action was tried m which Charles Lucas was plaintiff aud the Colonial Bank of New Zealand defendant, claiming a re fund of £600, amount of a promissory aote alleged tc have been wrongfully ob tained by the Bank, and damages for the wrongful sale by the Bank as mortgagee of plaintiff's farm. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount of the promissory note and £420 damages for the sale of the farm which, with interest, amounts altogether to nearly £1400. Mr Sinclair, appeared for the plaintiff and Messrs Gully and Conolly for the defendants. Bax v the " Pelorus Guardian " newspaper, to recover £LOOO damages for an alleged libel m connection with the nursing and treatment of the lats H. A. Gaskill, was commenced this afternoon before Mr Justice Richmond and a special jury of twelve. Dunedin, December 1. Sentences were passsed as follows :— Patrick O'Shea, for sheep stealing, nine months ; John Gillison, for house break ng, three years ; Henry Billings was found not guilty of stealing a cheque, bub there are seven other charges against him.

THE MARKETS.

(per tress association.) (Received December 2, 10.30 a.m.) Sydney, December 2. Trade was unsettled yesterday, m cmsequence of the anticipated changes m the Customs tariff. The prices ruling yesterday are certain to undergo an extensive change to-day. Melbocbne, December 2. Wheat us 4d; flour, roller brands ; £12 to £12 10a, demand slack. Oats, Algerian, 2s o|d ; stout, 2s 7d ; maize, 3s 6d ; barley, Cape, 2s 4d ; peas, 2s 3d ; bran, Is. Adelaide, December 2. The market is alack. Wheat, 4s 9d ; Hour, stone makes, £10 5s to £10 15s ; roller brands, JBII 6s to £11 15s. Oats, New Zealand, 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; barley, Cape, 2s 9d to 3a 6d ; English malting, 3s §d to 5s ; firm.

LADIES' COLUMN.

LATEST PARISIAN FASHIONS.

(FROM OUR, CORRESPOSDEIST.)

Pauis, September 30. The veste Louis XV., made exactly like those worn m olden times by the courtiers —not the ladies—of the period, ia to bo the leading feature of autumn fashion m the way of oats. The pleats behind are ar ranged m hard-pointed lines, and m such a marncr as to suggest the hand on the sword hilt, a favorite poss m the days of powder, patches and perfume, and of red heeled and buckled shoes. The new veste ia built of peau soie or thick silken armure, ribbed. It is thickly embroidered with jet, is linpcl with some light colored satin, and is ornamented at. the neck with a high collar lined with late and edged with feather trimmings. Down the front a full jabot of black lace gracefully cascades. For morning wear it is made of cloth with the jabot of lace as sole ornament.. A few new hats and bonnets have made their appearance m the fashionable milli nery shops, the Marie Antoinette or round turban-shaped crown of velvet set upon a broad brim of shirred lace being a favorite, with its high standing and brush-like, aigrette and panache of feathers jon the j left side. One of the kind has the turban | crown of mandarine voWoc and brim of black spangled lace. The base of the crown is encircled by a narrow band of spangled trimming, while on the left; side high up, from a bunjh cf black feathers rises the dashing aigrette a la huzzarde. Small bonnets of the plateau and corru gated shape are now made to imitate casket work, but m chenille, passed m and out on a silk covered wire, the same color as the chenille used. Other bonnets are mad 3of layers of cloth superposed, and forming finely ribbed shapes. Others, again, are of feutre taupe* or long haired felt or beaver, m neutral tones, with white hairs intermingled, and giving "frimas" appearance to the hats or bonnets. / Small cabriolet capotes are smart and eminently becoming, built of terry velvet, cut on the cross, and covering the shapes entirely; a simll gold .buckle, placed at the foofc of a spray of feathers, coquettishly upstanding on the crown, forms the trimming, while the two little satin rosettes play hide and seek beneath and abeve the brim m the centre. Broad velvet brims, m dark tones, have crowns of gold embroidery, copied from the holiday caps of the Alsatian peasant girls, bons of black satin or moire, and strings to match, com pleting a strangely piquant and pictur esque novelty. Umbrella handles, or rather knobs, are now entirely wrought of gold m artistic or fancy design, m frosted gold, orna mented with a powdering of jewels, either rubies, emeralds, sapphires, or a brilli ancy of diamonds; those undecked with gems are chased, or are most beautifully carved. Novv-a-days» the umbrella cr parasol rarely gets lost or appropriated, as, owing to its value, it rarely leaves one's side, and "Stokes on Memory" would lose one of his best examples were everyone to follow the luxurious fashion of valuable handles.

CANADIAN GIRLS.

A Canadian lady writing to the " Pall Mall Gazette," says :—" An Englishman once said to me, ' I cannot understand why so many of sour fellows, who have had no thought of marriage while m England, become engaged directly they go to your Canadian stations. 1 Since then I have heard the question many times discussed, ! but seldom is the real reason given. That it is an undoubted fact that almost every regiment and man-o'-war leaviiig Halifax after the term of service lias ex pired carries away with it some fair Indy to a new home, few people who know any thing of the matter- will be prepared to deny. The reason is nob far to seek. It does not lie m the gk-ls themselves—they are no prettier, wittier, wealthier, or more wellbred than their English sisters-—but m the home life and social life that sur rounds thf>ni. To begiii with the home life. Almost every girl, whether rich or poor, is brought up bo be helpful and energetic at home. Servants are hard to keep, and as the experienced ones drift off to the Sbates those left require careful training from th. aAv mistresses. Of necessity then, every mistress mmfc know not only how things ought to look when well done, bub must be able to show their servants how to do them. This necessity I is an excellent thing for the girls them selves; t makes them self-reliant, quickens fc'ieir perceptions, and gives them a know ledge of household management which, while it enables them to marry a poor man will fit them no less for rich men's wives. A Canadian girl from long practice has learnt the arb of doing much ab home with hsr own hands, and yet not being dragged down by ib as by a burden boo greab to bearj but taking it all cheerily as part of the day's work, m no way interfering with her pursuits and amusements. Then the social life, too, helps to in fluence her character, and I think with a better result than the social life of the upper middle class m England. The amusements are so varied ; the life, though by no means as wildly unconven tional as many people believe, is so free. A girl brought up to join m many of her brother's amusements—such as canoeing, lobster-spearing, fishing, and boating m the summer, and skating, tobogganing, and snow shoeing m the winter—becomes mere of a companion to him, and mixes more among his friends than any girl has a chance of doing m .England ; unless, perhaps, she be the daughter of some country squire. This does not tend bo lessen her womanliness, though it per haps adds to it some of the attributes of a man. She no longer looks upon man either as her natural enemy or her natural prey, but is more than content fco hail him as a friend with whom she has much m common. Most men are glad to meet her on these terms, knowing that neither she nor her friends will imagine that he is m love with her simply because he drops m more than once to have a chat m her father's house. In many eases a friendship does ripen into love with the consent of both parties, bub the friendship is not begun with that end m view. Another remark made m England is that it is won derful to see men of good English family anxious to marry the daughters of large tradesmen or merchants. It must be re membered that m a new country every body works. There is no rule of primo geniture here. Most of the merchants and bradesmen, whose daughters marry gentlemen, are themselves well educated, and very likely come of some good old Scotch or English stock,"

General Booth attended before the Charitable Conference m Melbourne, and and explained his oversea colony scheme. A lady asked if the sending out of domestic servants formed any part of the scheme. General Booth said that with the possibilities of getting married and other attractions at Home, girls could not be got to journey alone to a foreign land. He would suggest that if ladies desired domestic servants a fund should be estab lished, out of which the passage money of girls m company might be paid, and if that were done the Army would undertake to supply girls. rI here were thousands of Salvation Army girls m England whose mistresses would not allow them to wear the uniform, and who would be glad to gp anywhere where that would be permitted.

Protection of Industrial Property.

PATENT A ID TItA.DE MARK .-Rights.

The adherence of New Zealand to the International Convention for the Protec tion of Industrial Property, from and after September 7, enables inventions patented m bho colony to receive protec bion m Belgium, Brazil, Spain, France, Guatemala, Italy, Holland, Portugal, San Salvador, Servia, Switzerland, and Great Britain. , Models, industrial designs, trade marks and trade names as regard patents registered by the subjects and citizens of these states will enjoy the advantages that their respective law.-* granb. Trade names are protected m all countries included m the Union, whether they form part of a trade mark or not. Temporary protecbion to patentable inventions can be granted fco industrial designs, models, and trade marks, exhi bited ab officially recognised international exhibitions. All goods.illegally bearing a trade- mark or trade name may be sei*;d on importation into those states of the Union where this name or mark has a righb to legal protection, and the seizure shall be effected ac the request of either bhe proper public department or the in terested party pursuant to the internal legislation of each country. This provi sion is intended to be applied to all goods falsely bearing the name of any locality as indicative of the place of origin when such indication is associated with a trade name of a fict tious character or assumed wifch a fraudulent inbenfcion, and any manufac turer or trader m such goods established m fche locality falsely designated as fche place of origin shall be deemed an in terested party. The term "industrial property" is to be understood m its broadest sense, and to apply not simply to industrial products, but also] agricultural products, wines, corn, fruib. cattle,and to mineral products and mineral waters.

Newlands Primitive Methodist Church.

On Sunday last the anhiversay ser vices m connection with the Newlands Primitive Methodist Church were held, when sermons were preached morning and evening to fairly good congregations by the Rev J. Cocker, who m. the morn ing book for his subject "Heaven as a reality," and m bhe evening, "Public IDorship." On Monday fche annual tea | was held, when a large number sat down. The splendidly decorated and provided tables reflected great credit on the energy, kindness, and taste, of those who presided over them, namely, Mrs and Miss Lloyd, Mrs and Miss Aston, Mrs Moore and Mrs E. Clucas. A public meeting followed the tea when some good singing was rendered by the united choirs of Ashburton and Newlands, under the leadership of Mr C. Smith, Mr G. Highb presiding ab the organ. A tlube solo was given.by Mr Dotvle, and a reading by Mr Grant ; also addresses by Mr W. T. Lill, and Revs S. Lawry and J. Cocker. The meeting was presided over by Mr 11. Gayburn. Considering the unfavorable state of the weather the at tendance was very good.

Hampstead Town Board.

The monthly meeting of the Hampstead Town Board was held "on Monday even ing. Present—Messrs G. W. Andrews (Chairman), W. J. Crook,*, R. Meaclem, J. Elliot, and H. Mcllrea. TUB SCHOOL GROUNDS. The School CommtMee submitted a plan of certain sanitary works m connec tion with the school ground. The Board, a& the local Board 'of Health, recom mended, instead of a sump excav.ikil down to the single, the building of a con crete tank, which could be periodically pump 3d out. "WATER SUri'LY. The Chairman, as one of the deputation who waited upon the County Council, re ported that the latter body could under tikc the. coi-sbvucfcion of tho ■ necessary races, etc., themselves. The Board was satisfied to leave the matter m the Coun oil's hands. • GOBSE. Sergeant Moller wrote informing the Board that he had lot a contract for clearing the gorse m front of the police reserve. Tlib Sergeant's action was ap proved, the work to be clone subject to the ranger's inspection and approval. The ranger was instructed to clear the gorse on the road opposite certain unoccu pied sections on Reserve 1261. UNSAFE BRIDGES. It was resolved bo give notice by ad vertisement that certain bridges and culverts m the district were unsafe for traction engine traffic, and also to put up boards at the bridges and culverts with notifications to the above effect thereon. BOARD OF HEALTH. A deputation consisting of the Mayor of Ashburfcon ;Mr Donald McLoan, Upper Ashburfcon Road Board; and Mr E. Gates, Tinwald Town Board, waited on the Board, sitting as a Board of Health. After an interchange of views on the question of a rating basis for sanitary purposes—as between the population and the rateable value of the districts—ib was decided by the Board to discuss the matter at a full meeting (two members having left meanwhile) and report the result to bhe Central Board of Health. . This was all the business, and the Board adjourned.

DUNEDIN JOCKEY CLUB

SPRING MEETING,

SPORTING.

[PER MiESS ASSOCIATION.]

Fourth Day.—(Concluded.) Racecourse, Forbubjt, December 1. Disposal Stakks, of 40 soys; one mile. — CoHingwood 1, Cinnabar 2, Satyr 3. Leroy also started. Won comfortably. Time— Imin. 55 sec. Dividend—£3 3s 6d and £2 7s. Pony Trot ; two miles.—Tui. 3sec, 1; Ranger, 27sec, 2 ; Mabel 27 sec, 3. Time — 6min 24 sec. Meph, the favourite, 2>er formed badly, and with his rider was dis qualified for six months for dark riding. Two Mile Trot, of 70 soys.—The World, 33 sec, 1; Tommy, 20 sec, 2 ; Fancy, 20 sec, 3. Sixteen others started, won by 20yds. Rata was fourth. Time —3min 49 sec. Dividend—£6 Os 6d and £5 3s6d. Final Flutter, of 15 soys ; six fur longs.—Cinnabar 1, imneld 2, Cplling wood 3. Two others ran. Won by a little over a length. Time—lmin 23sec. Dividends- £5 19s and £6 Ot, 6d. Selling Trot, of 30 soys ; two miles. —Our Pony 1, Maori Jack 2, Pn-ate 3. Time—smin 37sec. Dividends—£l 11s 6i and £1 8s 6d. The total put through the machines to-day was £4090, making £23,420 for the four days, or £5026 less than last year.

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN

I PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.

SIR A. BLYTHE.

London, November 30. Sir A. Blythe, Agent-General for South Australia, as id a critical state of health, and his condition is causing his friends considerable uneasiness. SOCIALISM IN LONDON. Four Socialists who were arrested at the meeting at Chelsea have been com mitted for trial on charges of riotous conduct and obstructing the police m the execution of their duty. .; • INFLUENZA. Influenza of an alarming type is raging m Belfast, and the disease is also very prevalent m Glasgow. FATALITY WCTU A BOMB. Some boys exploded a stray bomb on the beach at Southampton, one of the number being killed and the rest badly injured. EXPECTED ROYAL BETROTHAL It is reported that when Prince George of Wales is convalescent Prince Albert Victor's engagement to Princess Victoria of Teck -will be announced. FOG IN LONDON. The wool sale to-day was postponed on account of fog. IRISH AFFAIRS. Relief works m the west of Ireland have been closed, Davitt and the Macarthyites are willing to have a strong labor party m the next Parliament. THE MELBA DIVORCE CASE. < The hearing of the application filed by Mr Armstrong, Madame Melba's husband, for a commission to examine witnesses m Vienna m connection with the divorce case, has been adjourned, a difficulty having arisen regarding the jurisdiction of the commission, HOME POLITICS. A rumor is current m political circles that, owing to the differences m the Unionist party on the question of Irish local government, an appeal will be made to the country m January. December 1. Referring to the land question m his speech at Glasgow, Mr Balfour ex pressed the opinion that the co-opera tive farming system would prove the solution of the rural difficulty. AN ALLEGED CRIMINAL BANKER. The "Standard's" New York cor respondent states that Field, of the firm of Field and Landley, bankers, who suspended payment owing, it was alleged, to the " bearing " of the corn market m Chicago, is a clever criminal, and that his father's fortune is inade quate to redeem his freedom and the family honour.

FORTIFICATION OF ANTWERP.

Brussels, December 1. It is proposed to fortify Antwerp, at a cost of two and. a quarter millions sterling.

THE FAMINE IN RUSSIA.

St. Petersburg, December 1. It is reported that the Czar has maclo rinipulsory purohasps of large quantities of grain, all of which will be distributed m the famine stricken districts.

THREATENED REVOLUTION IN HAWAII.

San Francisco; December 1. Mail news from Honolulu contains the iniormation that affairs m Hawaii are m a very disturbed state, and there is a prospect of a revolution breaking out at an early date.

INDIANS ON THE WARPATH.

Washington, December ]. The Apache Indians m Arizona are on the warpath, killing settlers and burning homeateads. A regiment of soldiers has been despatched to the scene of the rising.

THE CANADIAN SCANDALS.

Ottawa, December 1. Twelve members of the Dominion Parliament havebeen unseated, charges of bribery having been proved against them.

LABOR QUESTIONS.

Pa bis, November 30, The miners' strike has ended, the employers having granted the men twenty per cent increase m wages. GAMBLING AT MONTE CARLO. The Bank at Monte Carlo is winning a wonderful amount of money, there having been a great increase m gamb ling since Wells broke the bank.

AUSTRIAN PUBLIC LOTTERIES.

Vienna, November 30. An attack made on the Austrian public lotteries m the Reichsrath was applauded.

THE CRISIS IN BRAZIL.

Rio Dje Janeiro,-' November 30. The order given by the Government for the reinstatement of Senor Oastello as Governor of Rio Grande is causing a ferment m the province. Bio i>e Janeiro, December 1. The Brazilian Government has dis missed the Papal Nuncio on the ground that the interference of the clergy m State affairs cannot be tolerated.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Auckland. December 1. An immense tract of growing flax m the Bay of Plenty, between Tepuke and Maketu, has been destroyed bj fire, representing a loss of thousands of pounds. " Greymouth, December 1. The navvies of the Honey Creek con tract struck for ten shillings a day. Jay and McLean, the contractors, . refuse to pay more than nine shillings, winch they have been paying all along, and/which was the basis on which they tendered. Work is hung ud at present and the men by advertisement warn new hands to keep away. Brunner, December 1. At 10.30 this morning a man 'lamed W. Dickson vr»=t killed instantaneously at the Coalpitheath mine by a fall of coal. His body was much bruised about the head The deceased, whose parents reside at the Bay of Islands, leaves a wife and three children. Oam^ru, December 1. About three and a half inches of rain l fell last month m the O imaru district, ' and the crops now give promise of a good harvest. Botedin, December 1, Great interest was taken m the election of a Licensing Committee for South Molyneaux and Catlins, a large district thirty miles long and fifteen wide. At the last election a Committee was elected ■ which refused, to. grant licences, It wa§'

confidently expected m some quarters thafc this decision would be reversed ; m fact a large building costing £700 to £800 was erected at Catlius, to ]be licensed when the new Committee was electei. The poll resulted m a crushing victory for the prohibitionists, who polled 668 tc the license men'? 268.

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The Troubles in China.

ALARMING REVOLT.

Hong Kosg, November 30. The origin of the Chinese revolts is obscure. The first outbreak took plac^ m a town called Cinchow, m the north-east. The garrisons m Shanghai xind Ivivan are marching against the rebels. . : Later details of the massacre at Taku show that 300 persons were butchered, not a single individual con nected with the missions escaping. The Imperial Government is alarmed at the magnitude of the rising, and a strong army, well officered, has been despatched to surround the rebels. Protestant missionaries have abandoned the mission station at Thien Hoa. i Hong Kong, December 1. An official telegram received here states that the rebels are 300 miles from Pekin, and that there are 5000 Christians m Eastern Mongolia who require protection. The Press are unanimous that decisive and concerted action should be taksn to afford pro tection to missions and foreigners.

The Revenue.

Iper press association,] Wellington, December 1. The Customs duty collected throughout the-colony last month was £117.569 14s lid. Fcr the corresponding month of last year the sum received wm £127,364 8« 3d, and for the previous month (October) of this year £139,757 17s lid.,! Last month the principal ports contributed as follows :—Auckland, £26,335 8s 3d ; Wellington, £23,742 15s 6d; Christ- 1 church," £19,555 6a 7d ; Dunedin, £26,035 3s. The amount received for eight months of the financial year is £1,0.46,166 5s ]od, which, compared with the Colonial Treasurer's estimate for that period, shows a surplus of £92,832 19s 2d. Last month the beer duty collected m the colony amounted to £4889 5s 9cl, as against £5190 3s 9d for the corresponding month of last year, and £5058 lls lid m October of this year. Auckland con tributed £1142 15s 9d, Wellington £515 12s 4d, Christchurch £870 lls Bd, and Dunedin £1159 2s 2d. The amount collected during the eight months of the financial year is £35,077 13s 6d, or £4922 6s 6d below the estimate for that period.

The New South Wales Budget.

THE NEW .TARIFF.-

(per press association.)

Sydney, November 30. The Financial Statement was de livered m the Legislative Assembly to-night. It.. shows that the expendi ture for the past year was £10,547,000, and the- receipts £9,957,000. The estimated revenue is £10,960,000, in cluding £836,000 from the new system of taxation. The expenditure is put down at £10,602,000, and it is esti mated that there will he a surplus for the year of £358,000, leaving a deficit at the end of 1892 of £232,000. The new taxation will consist of 10 and 15 per cent customs duties. Sydney, ' December 1. The new duties include butter and hacm 2d per lb, fish Id, coft'ee 6d ; tea, until March, 1892, 3d, after that, free; timber, up to 3s per lOOffc, according to its nature; sugar, 6s 8d per cwt; oatmeal, £2 per ton; barley, beans, oatSj peas, and wheat, lOd per 1001 b ; flour, bran, and pollard. Is per 1001 b; hay, chaff, straw, and potatoes, 10s per ton ; onions, £1 per ton. Fresh fish, New Zealand flax, kauri gum, fresh frozen meat, and oysters will be ad mitted free of duty. (Received December 2, noon.) Sydney, November 25. The fifteen per cent ad valorem duty imposed on luxuries is expected to yield £77,000, another ten per cent on general articles £549,000, besides specific duties yielding £278,000. In the House Mr G. H. Reid, leader of the Opposition, m an incisive speech, tore the budget proposals to pieces, and declared that if taxation were required it should be done by taxing land and wealth, end not by imposing burdens on those whose only means of livelihood is labor.

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

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(Received December 2, 10.30 a.m.)

MR GLADSTONE ON FEDERA TION.

London, December 1, Mr Mather, an Adelaide resident, states that at an interview with Mr Gladstone at Hawarden, the latter ex pressed his fear that; if the present spirit continued, Australian federation would simply be the prelude: to separation. He hoped every effort would be made to maintain the unity of the Empire,

HOME POLITICS.

Mr Balfour, speaking at Hudders field, said the Government would introduce a Bill to increase the number of small holdings, m order to mitigate the migration of the country populace into the towns.

THE RUSSELL DIVORCE CASE.

The divorce suit brought by Countess Russell against her husband is pro ceeding. Cruelty is alleged as one of the grounds.

BIMETALLISM.

The Council of the Textile* Workers' Union has issued a circular urging that it is imperative on the industrial classes to insist en Parliament ensuring a silver standard of money throughout the Empire and for purposes of inter national commerce. The circular al leges that the absence of a par rate of exchange between, gold and silver moneys is restrictive of trade.

THE FAMINE IN RUSSIA.

i St. Petersburg, December 1. Professor IsiaiefT estimates that the famine will cost forty-five millions*

The Government proposes to spend nine millions m relief.

THE INDIAN PRESS.

Calcutta, December 1. In the case against the " Daily Indian Press" for seditious language the defendants undertook not to repeat the oftence and were discharged.

THE BORGHESE LIBRARY.

RosiJG, December 1. The Borghese library was offered to day, but not sold, the best bid bring that of a Ronian bookseller of fifteen thousand francs.

AUSTRALIAN.

(Received December 2, noon) MORE FAILURES. Melbourne, December 2. The Land Credit Hank of Australasia has suspended payment.' tt!owes its depositors and bankers £150,000. The County Bourke Permanent In vestment Society has also closed owing to a run on deposits. The liabilities of the Society are set down at $.% 19,000, including deposits £144,000 and paid up capital £167,000. The assets are valued at £329.000. .

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

[per press association^ ' I'hft CruUcrt. Auckland, December 2. At an interview to-day between Cape. Burke, of H.M.S. Ringarooma^ and the Chairman of the Auckland Harbor Board, Capt. Burkft stated that two cruisers will always be kept m New Zealand wafcera, Auckland to be the head quarters. They will require to be docked three times a yenr, which will be done at Auckland. Vnirersltr JL«c«l JExaMt H atl* HH . Wellington, December 2. There are sevenfcy-four candidates for the various local examinations connected | with the University, which are being held this week. B»«ral»t Trnilw,' Ht«cpltl« S . Jhe Benevolent Trustees are overdrawn to the extent of £500. mi £ U? **•<**•■«■• A«»f. Ihe Picturesque Atlas subscribers in tend to fight their cases to the bitter end, and have subscribed largely.

POLITICAL.

*T" PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.

m, ■«» Auckland December 2. The Minister of Lands has gone to Whangarei, and will be m the North Auckland district for the next ten days. Wellington, December 2, The Government have selected Mr W. McLean as their candidate. He speaks ? n -™»day' Mr Jellicoe is a candidate, but Sir Walter Buller does not intend to stand. Mr Buick, Secretary of the Liberal Association, is here for the Durpose of working up Mr McLean's interest m the •lection, which the Government intend to tight for him on closely organised party lines. Mr Belt gives a final answer to morrow as to his candidature. Mr Cad man attends an important native meeting at Otorohanga, Kins? Country district, on December 16, at; which Wahatmi and other chiefs are ex pected to be proeent. The question to be debated is the sale of land alon» the central route. The Minister will go up bj the line of railway m order to get an idea of the.country.

Mrs O'Shea's Ancestry.

The Marquis de Fonfcenoy tells us, says the Dublin correspondent of the "New York Nationalist," that Mrs O'Shem's grandfather, Sir Matthew Wood, was one of the most generous and kind friends of the Duke of Kent, Queen Victoria's father. The Duke was hard pressed for money all through his life, and especially m his declining years, so much so, in deed, that lie whs forced to live a good deal abroad for the sake of economy. In each of his many financial crises, how ever, the purse of Sir Matthew Wood was opened to him m the most munifi cent manner, and it was solely due to a loan from this source that the Duke and Duchess of Kent were able to proceed to England a few weeks before the birth of their child, Queen Victoria. Had it, therefore, not been for Sir Matthew- Wood's generosity her Majesty wowld have been born m Germany instead «fin England, an event which would have vastly facilitated the notorious designs of the Duke of Cumberland to obtain posses sion of the throne m her istead. One of the very first acts of the Queen on her accession was to confer a baronetcy and other honors on Mrs O'Shea's grandfather.

f ME ASHBtJRTON GltAttDlAN: WEDNEBDAY, toECEMBiIB 3, JB9l.



Public Notices* EDUCATING THE HORSE. T3ROFESSOR LICHTWARK, or his X son Theobok, will give a Class Lesson on the noble art of horsemanship m the Victorian Shoeing Forge on WEDNESDAY, December 2, at 8 p.m, sharp. . H»165 BY SPECIAL REQUEST. TN consequence of the large number -1- who were unable to obtain admission,. THE ASHBURTON AMATEURS Will give their final performance of Robertson's Celebrated Comedy €A * 1,8, . In the Oddfellows' Hall, Ashburton, on ANNIVERSARY DAY; DEC. 16, Admission: 3s, 2s, and Is. Doors open at 8 p.m. To commence sharp at 8.30 p.m. 12t8 TENDERS. LONGBEACH KOAD BOARD. mENDERS are invited for the follow- JL ing works :— Deepening Drain and making Track on McLennan's Road. Taking up Bridge d making ■ Ford on Boundary Road. | Making outlet Drain through Mr llarding's paddocks. Particulars at our office, wb«tre tenders , will be received till 10 a.m. on MONDAY. December 7. 1891. i 0, E. FOOKS & SON, UHtl Pistrict Surveyor^



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A few weeks ago there died at TDyruchnrch, England, an old soldier named Barnard Morris, who took part m the battle ot Waterloo. He had reached the great age of ninpty-fiyfi years. He belonged to the old 57th rciriroent (familiarly known as the "Die Hards"J, and lender the new system the Middlesex Regiment, Aoout two years ago this regiment was passing through Dymchureh, on its way to Lydd, and Morris made himself known to the men as.an old omwrßAa who had served with the regiment at Wat'evlQ«j. O.n return of the re^ment a halt was j^adle'o^wite to Morns house, the colors were dipped, anus presented, and the baud played m honor of the veteran soldier, "who after having inspected the regiment, was gweM with three cheers. It was probably the proudest day of the old man's We,. tfinfcn ifyslop a«i'J Oo.'s "Imperial Oeyloft an 4 IvAfon. T?«is ai-a 4u'.&ct from, tlie Tea ?\wWwm vb')



Wanted 1 CASE Advertisements under ch:s , heading not excwedm^ SIXTEEN WORDS 1/-. Addresses may be left at this Office. WANTED, a Floonnan. —W. T. Kingston, Votoiinary Shoeing Foige. 18 -* *TT7 ITH STANLEY, m Darkest Africa. VV —Lecture by Rbv. S. Lawky, illustrated by sixty lantern slides, Wesleyan Church, Monday next, at 8 p,m. Admission, Is'; children, 6d. 12 lo ICE Cream ready at nil hours, during the summer months at Flower's. Cuugh Drops as usual-H. G. Flowek, East street. • : WANTED, next week, a good Cook for a private family at Timaru. Must be young, dean and tidy. Address, with particulars, "Box 51, Fim-iru^ U t Wf ANTED Known—A special line of Cashmeres, all shades, now selling at Is per yard. White Blankets 5a lid per pair.—H. C. Skgkus, Melford House. . i WANTED Known — Being over stocked m Corsets, we have re cuced every pair. Ladies .from Is 6d Cheapest house m town. —H. C. Skgebs, Melford House. ... , WANTED KNOWN gonuHo Clearing Sale is going on and the Boots are going oat. Best value yet offered, ten per cent for cash, the very beat work and repairing done at once at J. M. Moison s lown Hall, East Street. ■_ xffANTED KNOWN, a special lot of VV. Hearth Ruga at Is lid, 2a 6d and 2s lid ; worth about doable. W. H. COLUEB. , A*~ LL Wool Colonial Tweed Suits to measure; fit and workmanship guaranteed ; from 50s cash. Robert Axcokn, Ashburton Clothing Marl, Saunders' Buildings. SHERP SHEARS. Having secured a Stock of the celebrated 8.8.A., and us there are very few m the Colony, Shearers arc requested to call early.— Robert Alcorn, Saunders' Buildings. WANTED Known. -At "The Corner' now selling Ladies' French Shops. 5s lid. See them".—W. H. Collieb. WANTED Known—A Beautiful Line of French Dress Goods, double width. Is iO_d ; origimd value, 4s. —H. C. Sbgers, Melford House. WANTRD Known.—l have a large stock of Tin and Ironware Goods to eelfct from. Register Grates, Stoves, Portable Boilers, Spouting and Ridging kept m stock.—J. W. Hardlby, East • treet. _|202 TO Meet the Times.—l am supplying Galvanised Iron Tanks from 30s upwards, warranted for twenty years, Force pumps, deep well cylinders of all dessriptious. Inspection invited.— J. W. Hardley, Eas street. 6|201 WANTED Known.--H. Bairstdw has opened those premises m East street next J. Orr and Co., as a Furniture Warehouse. Latest designs m Vienna Chairs, and Iron Bedsteads on view. Having a good stock of well seasoned figured Rimu and Kauri, he is prepared to take orders for Furniture to any design. Inspection invited. 11+61 MONEY TO LEND, upon Freehold security, m sums to suit bor rowers. Small amounts can be repaid by instalments, if so desired. Apply to Mr C. W. Pt'iiNEix, Solicitor, Mont gomery's Buildings. 9 130