The Ashburton Gurardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1891. THE WAIKATO SEAT.

There has seldom if ever been a, contested election m New Zealand that excited less interest than that last week for tlie Waikato seat. From the time that it was decided not to contest the seat m the Government interest «feh©**ssult Ayas a .-foregone conclusion for Mr Lake, to whoui his predecessor, Mr Bryce, gave his active support. Mr Lake is not new to Parliamentary life, having been elected representative for Waipa m 1884. He sitood this time as a declared Oppositionist, and his only opponent was of that non descript political colour which thosf! professing it call Independent, but which almost invariably proves to be against the Government. Mr Bryce's warning against politicians of such un defined opinions as those which Mr Murray professed may "well be con sidered by other candidates and con stituencies. What the result would have been had a Ministerial candidate been run for the seat is, o£ course, problematical. A large proportion of the constituency abstained from voting, and Mr Bryce's appeal to have nothing to do with " Independent" candidates, no doubt secured to Mr Lake many Liberal votes. Tlie Government, how ever, determined to place no possible hindrance m the way of Mr Bryce's return to Parliament so soon as he can be brought to see that it is tlie duty of a member of Parliament to obey the rules of the House, and the candi dature of q> Ministerial supporter was therefore deprecated. Meanwhile "Wai kato is excellently represented. Mr Lake is one of the best type of repre sentatives for a country like New Zea land, that is to say, an educated practical fanner. He was educated at Oxford, and before coming to New Zealand was engaged m farming on an extensive scale m Kent. He has only been about twelve years m New Zea land, but besides sitting m the 1884 ---87 Parliament, he has occupied other prominent public positions, such as member of the Crown Lands Board and chairman! of tlie Waipa County Council. He is scarcely the sort of man to act as warming-pan for any body, and the probability is that Mr Bryce, when he has had enough time for calm reflection, will have to seek election for some other con stituency.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The latest phrase of the potato trade is the offer of a sack of potatoes now for olbs of new potatoes when they come m. What is ckimpd to be a portion of the true cross has been leceived by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Bcndigo from the authorities at Rome. "It is only itr-.New South Wales," calmly j states a Sydney paper, "that a scientific system of State-owned railways has been established. The Queensland Parliament has been unable to agree as to what is an indecent advertisement, and have dropped the Bill purporting to deal with this question. The Defence Department has declined the offer of tlie services of the proposed Southland Moimteu Rifles on tlie ground that it has come too late to be dealt viih during the current year. The promoters of the company have, however, been re quested to renew the application early next year. Aline of 13,000 bushels wheat was so'.rt on Friday at 43 Od per bushel, ex store at Chertspy ; 10,000 bushels were Peirl and the balance Hunter's White. Aiiotlur line of 9000 bushels was sold at the same price aid time. Mr Peter Doig was th; seller and the Loan and Mercantile Agency Company the buyer. By an unfortunate accident on Saturday evening, Mr Isaac Sargea<\ who was driving home with Mrs Sargent, was thrown from his trap and suffeicd a. bad dislocation of the knee, besides being otherwise cut and bruised. He was at once brought into town and attended to by Dr Tweed. We are glad to be able to state that Mr Sargent is doing as well as can be hoped for. Considerable mystery still attaches to the find of gold-bearing reefs on the Wailii Beach. It is freely stated that these reefs are numerous and contain gold m gjod payable quantities, and the reason no work is being done is that the question of ownership requires settling. By what we ("Bay of Plenty Times") hear the reefs are right on the ocean beach, and there is an excellent road for drays from the Boweutown landing place to the reefs. By order of the [German Emperor the Prussian Minister ot the Interior has issued a decree forbidding the use of baptismal names of a political character. In future the only legal names are those taken from the Bible, or from Princes, or "loyal" statesmen, generals, and patriots. This measure is intended to put a stop to the practice, which prevails among the Socialists, of giving their children the names of pro minent Revolutionists, Robespierre being a great favorite. State functionaries are directed to prosecute with rigour any breaches of this law.

The Akarman-Canaris company closed their season on Saturday night, playing to a large audience, winch is not the usual state of affairs on a .Saturday. The Doctor was as clever usual m his legerdemain, and the other members sustained the high reputation they brought with them and earned afresh by previous performances. Mr Cv'zow, the tenor singer, gave as an encore song, " The McGregor's G.ithe.iig " m grand style, and received for it a well merited round of applauee. At the matinee, m the afternoon, the hall was crowded with children and parents. At Timaru last Wednesday James Robert son Scott was charged with having neglected to destroy rabbits en his run m the Mac kenzie (Jonntvy. The evidence was to the effect that he had been given notice by the chief inspector to commence to destroy rabbitts not later then the first of May last, and he had not done so. After a good deal of discussion His Worship decided to treat the case—the first m the district—as one of caution, and fined defendant £13, the penalty to include the costs of the protccu ticn. The Southern contingent of the CV.C. went tliri'Hgh by the morning train to-day. The men looked none the worse for their somewhat severe experience of last week's service under canvas, and their horses were m excellent condition. The men wore the accoutrements presented to the troop by Lieutenant Rhodes, and ths handsome white enamelled shoulder belts, with black enamelled cartouche boxe?, with the troop's monogram m aluminium greatly euhance the appearance of the men's equipment. Three members of the troop loft the platform on the arrival of the train m quest of some desired comfort that, was not immediately available—or at least that they did not know was available within the precincts'of the station—and returned just, m time, to sco.thp train roll off without them, They went on by the express, however, and would roach Timaru less than an hour after their comrades,

i A man named S. Pyketi; broke his leg at Christchurch yesterday, through slipping on a piece of orange-peel on the pavement. The "Ounaru Mail" ia informed "on good authority " that Mr Neil Flemiug has been offered" a sexb m the Legislative Council. Mr Eden George has stated his intention of proceeding with the petition agiinst the return of Mr Sandford for the C'iristclnireh seat, the grounds being tho-i-i stated m his protest to the Returning Officer. We have received . a .programme of t-he Bicycle Touring Club's Race Meeting, to be held at Lancaster Park, Cliristohurch, on October 28. Included m the seven events is the Two Mile Provincial Championship. No doubt some of Onr local cyclists will take part m the meeting. The San Francisco mail arrived m Ash burton tin's morning by the first train from Ohristchurcb, and was put m the hands of the pnblic with that promptness and 1 despatch which characterise the Ashburton postal staff. The annual meeting of the - directors of the Kaiapoi Woolen Company was held at Christchurch on Saturday, A dividend of S per cent was declared. The wages-paid, by the company during the year amounted to £33,350. ■• At a meeting of citizens at Christchurch on Saturday evening ie was decided to enter tain Mr Perceval, the new Agent-General, at ■.t banquet next Thuusday. The Governor and the Premier have promised to attend. Mr Perceval leaves for England next Friday. On Sunday the services of the Salvation : Army Were of a special nature, and were conducted by the divisional officer Major Vince and his secretary, Captain Jackson. ; The services closed the week of self-denial and prayer, and the collections taken are to be devoted to the extension of the cause generally, bub particularly to the aid of weak ' stations.

M-r S. \V. Alcorn sent the peculiar bird, which was noticed m onr columns a few days ago, to Mr H. 0. Forbes, Curator of the Cliriatchurch Museum, who .writes thanking Mr Alcorn for the bird, which has been stuffed and added to the Museum collection. Mr Forbes says the bird is a well-known, though rather scarce, yet becoming com moner, English spauies introduced into New Zetland. It is known as die Cyrl Bunting, Emberiza Ciln.t. To-day, the D.iy of Atonement, m the Jewish Church, has. been observed as a day of strict fast and abstinence by the members o( that church m Ashbu'rtoii. Several of them went to Thnxru to be present at tlie celebration of the holyday m the Synagogue there, and meanwhile all the places of business of Jewish residents' have been closed. The Day of Atonement begin on Snndi'-y evening at sik-o'clock and closes at six o'clock this evening. This morning Mr Alexander Protheroe brought 'm to; town a grey seal that-had been strandsd on the beach below VVaterton the previous evening. The seal was dead when found, but apparently its death had been but very recent. Tin. animal measured eight feefc m length, is iv good condition, and should yield a fair quantity of oil. Mr Prothcrqc means to s-iye the skin, .the short, fur of which is a beautiful mottled grey above and pure white beneath. An amusing episode iv pigeon flying is re ported from Tours. On 23rd July' 4-30 pigeons were conveyed by rail to La Bonalle, m the department of the Maine-et-Loire, where they were released. Only 40 of the birds found their way back to Tours, but m such a pitiable plight that they were unable to find their respective house*. They were caui'ht m different places and restored to their owners. The circumstance was so unsual that an enquiry was made, and it was discovered that on the way from Tours to 13on;ille the train which carriec the pigeons had taken m, at a station called Port Boulefc, a coud'gment of black currants, which was placed m the van with the pigeons. The later had gorged themselves with the fruit to such an extent that only the birds which flame out of the foast comparatively sober were able to take flight en being released, with the above result. On Sunday afternoon at Timaru, Dr Grimes, Roman Catholic Bishop of Christchurch, laid the foundation of a rosidrsnee for the Mavisfc Brother.*, four of whom take charge of the parish school. His Lordship spoke briefly on tie determination of the Catholics to pro vide their children not merely with instruc tion but education, and the present ceremony was a practical protest again-t the materia listic, godless and self-seeking tendencies of the century, and a proof of the Catholic re cognition of the duties to children and society. Upwards of 2000 were present, and £150 was collected on the ground. In the evening his Lordship preached to a crowded congregation, on the iir ligions tendencies of t':e age, which, he contended, arose from the neglect of the religious training of children. The people -were exhorted to assist the clergy m their agitation for a recognition of their claims by the legislature.

Rudyard Kipling thus writes of the young men of America:—"They rejoice m the days of their youth. They gamble, race with yachts, enjoy prize-tights, nn.l cock fights—the one openly, the other m secret— | they establish luxurious clubs, they break themselves over horse flesh and other things, ! and they are instant m quarrel. At twenty they are experienced m the business, embark m vast enterprises, take partners as experienced as themselves, and go to pieces with as much splendor as their neighbors. Incidentally I may mention that nine American youths out of ten are heavily handicapped by the abnormal weakness of j their heads. Phelgmatic and spiritual, however, they managed to get flushed, j affable, and drunk on astonishing small quantities of liquor. The American nation gets drunk by easy stages. A man takes a nip here and a nip there m the morning, until by luncheon time, while not really drunk, he is m a condition that no really business man ought to be until after dinner. 1 don't object to almost continuous beer drinking as we see i* m America. A man ' will die of dropsy rather turn drunkenness if he drinks too much beer. But the American habit of taking mixed drinks at all i hours of the day is a very bad one. In your climate a man can keep it up for a long time, till he suddenly drops off." I Holloway's Pills and Ointment are particularly recommended to persons who have to pass their lives m confined and I crowded places ; hundreds of thousands of our fellow creatures toil from morning until evening m factories and workshops to the I detriment of their health, and the de- j terioratiou of the race. They suffer m consequence from indigestion, flatulence and want of appetite, and these complaints, if ! neglected, bring about nervousness and failure of the viral powers. Holloway's remedies can be used by such sufferers to their very great advantage, as they are ! mild m action, and certain m their effects, j No one need therefore lose a day's work when using them, a matter of consequence ■ to those whose daily bread depends on daily toil. Certainly the Most Effective MEDICINE m the world is SANDER and SONS EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Test its eminent powerful effects m Coughs, Colds, Influenza, etc. ; the relief is instantaneous. Thousands gave the most gratifying testimony. Read this certificate:—"24th April, 1885 — Messrs Sander and Sons, —It is with the! greatest of pleasure that I testify to the j excellence of your Eucalypti Extract. Having had inflammation of the bone of the leg, which came on after a severe attack of low fever, I was attended by Dr J. Boyd, who had made strenuous efforts to save my leg, but without success. He found it necessary to amputate my limb. Having heard m the meantime of the wonderful cures worked by the Eucalypti Extract, I obtained a bottle, and the extract had not been applied more than au hour when I began to feel greatly relieved. After applying the extract every four hcursfqr nine or ten days it was out of all danger. I would persuude al who may be effected with any such disease to give the Eucalypti Extract a trial, | and I am convinced that they *vill find it thp most wqiidprful of medicines. —Yor*s, etc,, $, J, U'ukxow, Wattle street, Sand hurst,—(Advfc .;"> j OountpHs 2s, Duchess 2s 4d, Princess 2s Bd, UmjU'csg 3s, These Tens are free fr>m ■my excess of Jififciiiiafonojf* True economy To puruhaso Countess' Tea for two shillings. Free from any ex ti&sti o| aabi'rojjeuejr.

Additional Mail News.

A crowd assailed thy Salvation Army at Eastbourne on August 31. Despite the threats ot violence, the Army resolved to parade as usual, and came.to tlie meeting place from diiferenfc directions, tlie mem bers of the band bringing' their it.stru ments concealed m backs. They were waylaid by roughs, however, and all their instruments were (seized and smashed. They afterwards g-ithered without music ar.d stirted for their headquarters, bub word' a^aiii attacked. This time the police appeared and attempted to p ofcect the parade*rs, Vut before the barracks were reached the crowd hid grown so largo thittic was deemed advisable tc stop the p occs ion. Froe fights ensued, and hundreds of heads were broken. Some of the injuries, inflicted 1 by clubs and stones, were of a serious nature. The police rallied, but the mob renewed the attack, largely reinforced. The Arniy standards were captured and broken, and tho .uniforms of. irany, of the men were torn to pieces, while thany of the lasses fainteJ and had to be removed on stretchers.. The crowd finally broke into the barracks and wrecked everything they could lay their hands on. Later m the day the police drove the roughs out of the place and imnaijed to reiroije order. [Information supuliec!: tqJisjby the Army headquarters, at Olir,jscchyi|^n, states that acting on the advice of :B||? Justice Haw kins, the Salvationists olfere^itp compro mise the dispute at EasfcWurne by agree ing to confine their marching arid band playing to a certain section of the town. This compromise was rejected' by the Council, and hence the battle-:iyill have to be fought .out to the bitter :gntl. The English newspapers severely censure tne action of the Town Council.] * ■■*- Official telegrams of Septembe: 14 re port that 1500 persons have been killed m the destruction of tlie town of Gonsuegru, Spain, by the overflow of the river Amar gilcs.'- Hundreds of others were injured by falling buildings, and enormous num bers of cattle perished. At other places many persons were drowned, and much property was destroyed. Kews- comes slowly from the flooded districts, each succeeding despatch adding to the public sadness. Four hundred homes were de stroyed in~Almeris and many families are homeless. A house collapsed at Toledo and six persona were crushed t» death, The Spanish Cabinet were m session on the 14th taking measures f.*r the relief of the destitute. The Queen Regent had sent tho Superintendent of tlie" Piilace to Uoitsuegra to distribute, money, clothesl, a*id provisions. She herself had started a relief fund with 50,000 pesetas. The number of people who perished .by the floods m the pro vince of Toledo is now placed at 2300 and the number of lives lost m other localities at 2500. ■

A-collision took place on September 11 oft Cape Uoloima, the most southern point of Attica (Greece), between .the 1 Italian Steamship Faorinina vi the Messageries Company and the Greek steamship Thes salhv. -The Faorimni sank m a few minutes after the accident, her captain, several of the crew, and sixty-nine pas sengers being drowned Most, of the Faorimna's passengers were m their berths at the time ot the collision. Some leaped on board the Thessalia, which re sumed her course five minutes afterwards heedless of the signals of distress. It ap pears, however, that the steamer was badly damage'! forward, and only by keep ing the pumps going succeeded m reach ing Shaleron. Captain 1-unies of the Thessalia, says the captain of the Faorinina must have mistaken his course. He, j Captain Punies, did everything possible, but could not avoide running into the vessel. There were many contradictory statements, as is usual m such cases. J. J. Coyle and P. C Johnson saij^ed from New York on August 29, on board the steamship Servia, en route to the River Kilo, on what will doubtless be termed a wild goose chase. Coyle is familiai- with a portion of Jfigypt,. having served there several years m Iho British army. He says, " When I was in,Ciiro« I had an interview with the French nuns and four pries'-*, who expressed a belief that General Gordon is still alive. Upon their statements, which were consistently linked together, and obtained from sources which for prudential reasons I am not at liberty to reveal, I believe that General Gordon i> not dead but held as captive. The object of this journey is to aseertiin whether he is dead or alive., I will disguise myself as a native an&.ein'tcr Khartoum, or else lose my head m the ! att mpl." The British stcamev Eibure arrived at Antwerp on August 22, from Baltimore. On board-was Captain Andrews, of the dory Mermaid-, which sailed from Boston some time ago on a fcivw-Atlantic race 1 with the dory iSea Serpent. The latter arrived at a port m the English Channel, on August 5. Andrews said, man inter view, that he had good weather till he was 35 days out from Boston. Then a terrible storm came up on August 1, a huge wave filled the Mermaid with seven inches of water. The next day the boat was capsized, and Andrews thought he was lost. He was m the cabin, b-3t managed to open the hatch, climb upon the keel and righc the boat. He prayed to God, for the sake of his family, to give him another chance and he would quit this business. He then closed himself m the cabin again, and passed two days and nights m the same way. The wind all this time continued to blow with such force that when he opened the hatch the little air he respired caused a sound like a big whistle. The lamp oil was exhausted, and being too fatigued to keep watch, hd lay on the bottom of the boai for four days, until lijked up by the Eibure. Andrews declares he will never attempt the voyage again. With regard to the famine m Russia, the ''Vossischo Zeitung" says Russia is undergoing one of the periodical famines to which she is subject, and which becomes more serious with each recurrence, owing to the primitive husbandry and the in debtedness of the peasantry. During the month of October. 1891, no fewer than 874 estates belonging to dif ferent members of the nobility will be sold at auction m Odessa, at the instance of the State Bank, which holds mortgages against them. These estates are situated m thirty-nine environments of Russia m Europe. Nothing cau better indicate the desperate straits to which the landed nobility of Russia is rapidly drifting, m spite of the Banque delaNo.ilesse, estab lished and fostered by the present Minis terial regime, than these foreclosure sales, which will assuredly not nearly cover the enormous advances made by the State Bank, becmse not only Hebrews, but nil foreigners or foreign syndicates are unable to acquire landed property m Russia.

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

I [PEPgPRKSS ASSOCIATION.! ;

THE LATE MR PARNELL.

( ' London. October 10. { Mr ParneU's mother 19 Rowing ! symptoms of insanity consequent on Lgrief at his death. She believes that Ihe was murdered. National subscrip tions are t|eing raised in, New York and Chicago for the purposing of erect ing a statue to"'.his memory. The body ' has been removed from Brighton to Dublin and was escorted by numerous members of his party. There was no demonstration in England. The prin cipal railway companies in Ireland in tend to run special trains to carry those desirous of attending the funeral. It is expected that there will be a tre mendous demonstration at the grave. Fearing an attack by the mob on the arrival,of the corpse in Dublin, none of the followers of Mr Justin McCarthy attended. Many of the public bodies in Ireland have carried motions, ex pressing sympathy and regret at the death of Mr Parnell. It is announced that the Chicago Irish decline to recognise as the leader of the party any of those who took a prominent part in the late crusade against the deceased. The "United Ireland" publishes an inflammatory article, in which it gives the names of several politicians and others, whom it declares virtually murdered Mr Parnell. During a visit to Ireland Mr John Dillon was hustled by the mob, and there were loud cries of " Murderer." BANK OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. The shareholders of the Bank of South Australia are much irritated at alleged discrepancies appearing in the circular, and threaten to proceed against the directors of the institution. QUEENSLAND AND THE BANK OF ENGLAND. Sir J. F. Garrick, Agent-General for Queensland, has assured Mr \V. Lid derdale, Governor of the Bank of Eng land, that he never imputed any want of honesty or good faith on the part of the bank, and that he would decline to await an answer by niail from his Government on this head, but would insist on an ■■immediate denial being cabled. COLOXIA L STOCKS. The "Standard" asserts that the colonial stock market is very sensitive, .owing to the first weight of undigested MADAME MELBA. Madame Melba has made her son a ward in Chancery, and: has settled a large sum of money him. , PROFESSOR JOWETT. The Rev. Benjamin Jowett, late viee-Chancollor of .the University of Oxford, is seriously ill, and his condi tion causes .hiss friends a great de^tl of atixVty. Professor Jowett is 7.4 years THE'CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ■■ ■ . ; , -SEAT. , ;■  Professor Webb has been elected un eff^sed to fill the vacancy in the repre sentation of Cambridge University in the House of Commons, caused by the death of Mr Cecil Raikes. ■, LABOR TROUBLES. ; Since the employers '.have! refused , negotiations with the strikers, the lat tqt' have determined to extend the plesent block in London to ihe pjjvindes. The J men : engaged on cMimberlain's and Hay's wharves have received notice of an intended reduction in wages to 5d per hour. Mr Tom Mann states that during the past two years 15,000 members of the Dockers' Union have resigned, and that the present strength is 40,000. FRENCH AFFAIRS. Paris, October 1. In the course of an address at Mar seilles, M. de Freycinetj the French Premier, stated that France was now in a position to enable her to . devote her attention to distant colonial expe ditions. While M. Rouvier, Minister of Finance, M. Guyot, Minister of Public Works, and M. Roche, Minister of Commerce, were driving through the streets of Marseilles to-day with an escort of troops, a person hurled an open knife at the carriage, but it struck i one of the officers of the escort. No body was hurt. The Ministers were j occasionally hissed,

THE RUSSIAN FAMINE.

St. Petersburg, October 10. It is estimated that 32,000,000 Rus sian peasants are in a destitute condi tion and must remain so for the next ten months. The German settlers in the Volga districts are famine-stricken, and more than a thousand are said to be prostrated with typhus fever. EX-KING MILAN. The Russian Government subsidise ex-King Milan of Servia for political services, by the Russian Bank advanc ing him a sum of 3,000,000 francs on the security of his interest in the Crown estates in Servia. THE RUSSIANS IN CENTRAL ASIA. The Russian expedition to Pamir lias safely traversed Kaslilear and Yarktnd.

THE ARGENTINE FINANCES.

Buenos Avkks, October 10. The Committee of the Senate recom mend the rejection of the financial Bills sent up by the Chamber of Depu ties.

AUSTRALIAN.

RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

Syi>nky, October 11. A goods train on the great zigzag broke away and smashed the rolling stock. Three officials and one passenger were injured, but not seriously. *

OBITUARY.

Melbqckxe, October 11. Tiie death is announced, from in fluenza,'of the Rev. Dr Nish, Presby terian Minister.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Auckland, October 10. General Booth arrives here direc'; from Sydney on the 20th inst. The Choral Hall has been taken for his services. The outward San Francisco mail steamer leaving this afternoon takes specie to the value of £235,000, most of which is from Sydney. The member for the B*y of Islands, | Mr B. M. Houston, was entertained at a ■banquet by a number of bis supporters on

Friday evening, jn rep'ying to the toast of his health ho reviewed the work of the late session. The result of the Waikato election was declared to-lay at Hamilton by the re turning "flicer, when a somewhat excited scene took place. Mr Murray, the de feated candidate, accused the " Waikato Times," a local paper, of partiality. To this the proprietor of Mie paper, Mr Edgecombc, retorted by calling Mr Murray a liar. However, the excitement soon subsided. The sum of £51 14s, the profits from Mr Cox's lecture m Auckland on behalf of the Irish evicted tenants, was to-day sent by the committee to Mr John Dillon. ■.r ■■■,-.:. Mastektox, October 10.* Mrs. Shajw, -wife lof Mr. :F. Shav.ja highly respected dairy farmer m this dis trict, died suddenly m a train this morn ing. She had been Buffering for soiiie time from a nervous malady. } Wellington, October lO.j Since the introduccion of reduced tele phone charges the following is Uie apprlb- \ xiniate number of applications for connec tions :—Wellington 29, Christchurch 2,7, Dunedin 20, Auckland 16, Invercargill-6, Napier 4, Oamaru f>, Timaru 1; total. 106. j It is stated that Judge O'Brien, of the Native Land Court, is to have the Wairarapa district assigned to him, and that his jurisdiction will extend to Hast ings, m Ha wke's Bay. ' The Minister of Public Work will pro bably leave for the West Coast of the South Island on Monday or Tuesday. Hokitika, 'October 11. A miner named Walter Webb, at P,imu, attempted to cut his throat on Fri 'ay night. He was taken to the hospital atid it is believed he will recover. ; A miner rametl Robert Bell, living at Humphrey's Gully, near Stafford, on Saturday night fell into a deep tail race .and broke his nock. Dunedin, October 10. At the City Court, Mary Brown, was charged with ill-treating her step-daughter aged nine years. Medical evidence was given that the child was covered with bruises.. Evidence of the family showed that there had been no unnecessary chastisement, and that a wet dress m which the child .went-to school she put on of her own accord. The cac was dis-' missed, the Bench cautioning accused to .trett the child with more care owing to her weakly constitution. The Bureau of Industries lias received application? from 320 persons for employ ment on the Ot'igo Central Railway work. This number may be assumed to be m excess of the unemployed, as applications have been received from the settlers about Middlemarch and also from those at pre sent m employment temporarily, who arb desirous of exchanging it ftv work of longer duration. Invbbcahgill, October 10. The sealing case m which AndrewvNew. ton was charged with stealing £1000 worth of skins belonging to Joseph Hatch, occupied the Court all yesterday and up to luncheon to-day, and has been ad journed till October 22. The defence is, that Hatch did not carry out the agro , nient to give the njen los per skin, ond further that afl skins of "'regulation" size to which he is entitled under ibe agree ment were handed to him, Mr J. M. Fraser appe-.uvs for the defence, and great interest is shown iv the proceedings.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

(per press association.) Nfrrnili l)»r A<lr«ntlit<. Auckland, October 12. There has arrived here a sehooiiur called the "Pilcairn," owned }>y the general conference of Seventh Day Ad ventists, whose head quitters are at 3..w':d c:.o ]v.: Mie';l_c :n. &hv was con structed .specially for mission purposes in the Pacific on their behalf. She brings Mr and Mrs -letts, missionaries. j Illicit »i»tlUing-. | Inspector J3roham has received in formation from Wangarei that Mr Jfishop,' R.M,, on Saturday dealt with the Poroti ■still case. Underhill was fined £100 or 12 months' imprisonment, and the distilling plant confiscated. ■ \ l»ciitli «f Dunn, «lie Ilurjrlar. • Dunn, the notorious burglar, died yes terday at Mount Eden gaol. He was seiit up from Wellington to Auckland gonl and discharged here, but subsequentlyavrested by Detective Herbert for attempted burglary at the Oxford hotel, after a sharp encounter between the two men, in which the officer had his handcuffs and Dunii a butcher's cleaver. The late Mr Justice Gillies sentenced Dunn to fourteen yeats penal servitude, half of which has been served. ; . • ; ? Vlre at Ofaki Collcgo. Wellington, October 12.;' Inspector Thomson has received a tele gram from Ut,il;i as follows :■ —:On Satur day night the kitchen, store room and dining room of the Native College acci dentally caught fire, it is supposed frmn the washhouse fire, and were birut down, The insurance is £400 on all the building, in the Northern office ; the damage is estimafcsdat £100. Tlie Picturesque Atlaw. The Picturesque Atlas cases have been adjourned till Friday, when judgment will be given. "It is understood that an appeal will be ma le, whatever the result.

SUPREME COURT.

(F£R PRESS ASSOCIATION ) ''■ [ Wanganui, October 12. In the Supreme Court, Gray, for stabbing and wounding, was sentenced to eight months' hard labor. Harry Laitig and William Noble pleaded not guilty to stealing £230 from Joseph Abbott ; the case is proceeding. New Plymouth, October 12. At the Supreme Court this morning, the Crown Prosecutor entered a nolle proscqni m the case of John Hunter, charged with rape, on which the jury disagreed on Saturday. This completed the criminal business.

THE MARKETS.

(VKH I'RESS ASSOCIATION.) London, October 6. Dalgety and Co. have declared a divi dend of 8 per cent, per annum ; £10,000 his been added to the reserve fund ; and £5000 has been carried forward to next year's account. The total quantity of wheat, and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 920,000 quarters, and for the Continent 2,480,000 quarters. Debentures of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company are quoted ac 100 ; New Zealand Trust and Loan, £28 10.s. At Lhe wool sales the prices were irre gular, but weie kl above the lowest prices obtained at the present series of sales, which closed to-day. They were spirited cmipareel with the July closing. Good merinos were from par to 5 per cent, lower, inferior from 5 to 10 per cent, lower ; crossbreds afc par, faulty 5 per cent, lower; 42,000 bales were carried over to the next series. London, October 9. The Bank of England returns published to-day show the reserve to be £13,920,000, being a decrease of £1,392,000 as comp ared with the previous week. The proportion of reserve to liabilities is i 3836 per cent. i Consols, .94^, quiet. Three months' bills are discounted at three per cent. New Zealand four per cent.,inscribed stock, 102|, ex dividend ; 3|- per cent, ditto, quiet, 93§,

Aew Zea and long- leiried wheat is firm at 445. Off coast cargoes are quoted at 41s. South Australian wheat is steady at 45s ; Victorian is steady at 4ts. Canterbury mutton, 4jd per 1b ; Wel lington, 3£d ; beef, forequai-t-ors, 2}A. For New Zealand hemp there is a better demand at full rates. No. 1 best Scotch pig iron,, f.o.b. m the Clyde,is quietnt 475. London, October 7. The .estimated American visible supply of wheat is .36,500,000 bushels. The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile 4gpß^.Cq,inpa{)y, Limited, hay« received the following cible message, dated London! 7th October : — Wool—The sales closed firmly this day, Since close of last sales various descrip tions have declined as follows:—Greasy nievino super, fine greasy crosebred and medium greasy crossbred par to id per lb ; scoured merino super, greisy washed ' and scoured merino medium and inferior, ' fine washed and scoured crossbred Id to ]|d ; coarse greasy crossbred about id, ' medium washed and scoured crossbred, Id; coarse scoured crossbred, greasy merino lambs, super and greasy crossbred lambs, -ifd to. Id !; greasy "merino lambs, , medium and inferior, Ud. The total quantity sold during the past sales is 317,000 bales, of which 123,000 bales have been taken for tlifc Continent and 7000 bales for America. It is estimated that 4;.',000 bales have been held over for future disposal.

Grain and Produce.

: The following is the-Christchurch Corn Exchange Report for the week ending October 9:— The Wheat market is firm and prices maintained. Flock 4 has been advanced by the local millers. Oats remain unaltered, with but a moderate business. Baklkv is m somewhat better demand. BeAns and Peas are slow of sale at quota tions; Grass 'Seeds have "been quiet. Potatoes are quite unsaleable. Bi'ttkr 18 coming m freely, and values are dropping. Cheese unaltered. Quotations are as under: —Wheat—Tuscan, 4s 6d ; Pearl, 4s sd; Hunter's, 4s 4d. O-its—-Milling, Is KM; stout feed, Is 8d to Is9d; other sorts, Is 6d to ]s 8d; Barley—Malting (prime), 3s; medium, 2s 6d to 2s 9d : feed, Is 9d to 2s 3d. Beans, 2s 9d to 3s. Peas (blue Prussian), 2s 9J to 3s; other sorts, 2s 6d to 2s t»d. Potatoes, nominal. Grass Seed (rye), machine dressed, 4s 9d to 5s 3d. Cocksfoot, 4icl to shl Batter, 6d to 7d. Cheese, 4d to 4i-L The!above prices are those paid to farmers f.o.V at Lyttelton (sacks extra).

Auctioneer's Report.

Mr John (i. Restell rt^orts on the weekly sale held at his Arcaue.and Horse Bazi.ir, Ashlmrton, on Saturday. October 10, Mr F. M. liiekman, auctioneer : — About fifty horces of ill descriptions came forward for the clay's sale. Young sound, medium draught horses, with :i trial m harness, sold at up to £20. Aged and inferior draught horses sold ac from £4 fco £10. Youns sound light harness horsos .sold at from £10 to £10 ; good H'jun't weight-carrying saddle" horses at from £10 fco £15 ; aged hacks, screws, sarubbew, and weeds kee[) dunging han.ls at from £1 to £3. The demand for young sound draught horses is still very good, and of such class of horses there is not ■? uSkiewt number coming forward for sale ft supply (he demand. iSound young liiiht harness and saddle horses are also m good de-rand, but not mmy good horses of tin's description are m the market for sale. ;V lot of harness, iuiplc.uunls, .saddle*, and produce s jld at far market values. The unsold baknej (as per advertise ment) of Mr J C. Duncan's furniture and -.household effects-w.vs :«old tinder the hammer during the day, and taken as a whole, it brought .satisfactory prices.

FARM NOTES.

There is expected to be <a considerable falling off m the extent of the area under potatoes m 'ho North Otago district thts year (says the "Times"). Usually between 3000 and 4000 acres are planted, but this season the area is not expected ro exceed 1500 acres. Potatoes have for several years past been anything but a profitable crop, and the prospects for wheat are remarkably rosy, so that tho difference m accounted for.

Despatches from Dublin* September i, state that the crops throughout the pro vince, of Ulster are m a pitiable condition and that m many puts of that province and elsewhere they are almost completely submerged.., Owing to constant rains m some sections the crops are. entirely de stroyed. The river Barrow at Waterford overflowed en September 2 and thousands of acres of land were flooded, crops desfroyed, and liousea, burns and other buildings swept away.

A rumour has been afloat for a time to the effect that the Farmers' Alliance of America was organising a movement for forming a corner m wheat. According to published despatches from St Paul and Washington there are being sent out from those; cities, under the supervision of Alliance officials, hundreds of thousands of ci-culars designed to convince the farmers of the country that it is to their advantage to.hold back their wheat m order to force up the piicß of the staple. It is uudoi.stood that copies of the circular to the number of a million or over will be is ukl, and that the circular itself.will 1c published m about two thousand weekly newspapers. The secretaiyofthe Alliance explains that the Alliance has made no order to hold back tho crops, but has given the, farmers information ii regard to the world's wheat crop, with the'sug gestion that wheat will bring a higher price some weeks later on.

Despatches received m London on September 14 say t —lt is authoritatively stated m the North of Europe that the harvest prospects arf deplorable, that bread has already gone up 80 per.cent, and that famine prices are feared for the winter. In central Sweden some of the : lower valleys have been underwater for weeks In Denmark the condition of i things is no better, and inf. both countries the wlie.it crop is reported to be entirely ! destroyed. Unfortunately the damage is ; not confined to wheat, which is die least importat't of Scandinavian cereals. The agricultural losses m Denmark aro'esti , mated at £3,000,000, and as one-half the | cultivated area m Sweden is under watery the loss there, though no estimate has been made of it, can hardly be less. Hitherto these countries have maintained m good years something like a balance between ■ exports and imparts of bread stuffs, sending away oats and barley ftnd receiving wheat and rye. Their contri butions to the European markets must apparently fail entirely this year, and by the general scarcity they themselves must suffer under the failure of the Russian rye crop.

A London correspondent of the v Age," writing on August 14, says the pro hibition of the export of rye from Russia has brought under notice the great value of the crap to Northern Europe, Ger many was the best customer of Russia for the grain, and as the German crop is also deficient, it follows that there must be an increased consumption of wheat, and that Germany will enter into competition with France, England. Italy and; Spain for the American surplus. Whether this' has been taken fully into account has yet to be seen. The surplus m the United States is apparently large, buc the most important crop there is mai&e, and its

1 prospects are by no mean's satisfactory. To consumers the great danger ahead is the probability of a continuous rise m the pnee of wheat after the harvests m the northern-hemisphere have been secured. It .should be borne m mind that, it is not the interest of speculators to raise prices until after they have purchased as much of the new crop as they can lay hands on. The farmers and speculators of Australia should not require prompt ing as to the course of their policy. They have got to consider what the price of wheat i-s likely to be from January to August ia the ensuing yeu\ Tha Agricultural Department of New South Wales must be proving a great boon to the farmers of "that colotiy,-if for no other reason than the distribution of seeds and roots. But. of course the De partment t.-ikes a far wider range of useful ness than that. It reonis that the seeds an'l roots distributed to farmers last year were so much appreciated that for the present season a very much larger supply was obtained, an aggregate weisrht of i half a ton having been ready to send out j during the last and the present months. j The seeds for distribution consist of four teen varieties of upland rice, six varieties of sugar beet, Indian gram, esparfc > grass, jute, custard apple, South \frican sheep bush, .and several other kinds ia smaller quantities. The roots compile ginger, turmeric, two varieties of new sweet pota toes, and the true tapioca phnt. Full in structions as fco the proper mode of grow ing were to be forwarded with each picket of seed and roots,- so that farmers would not adopt wrong methods of '''cultivation. Agriculturists who undertake to cultivate these seeds and report the results to the Department, were requested to make ap plication to the Director cf Agriculture, Philip street, Sydney, as soon >u» possible. Before being sent out, all the seeds were thoroughly fumigated, the Department being fully alive to the, importance uf fumigating every seed that it distributes, to kill any insect or fungoid pest which might be introduced but for this precau tion ; beinsr of opinion that sufficient care has not hitherto been exercised m disin fecting seeds, roots, or plants, received from other countries, to which neglect may be attributed many of our garden, field, and orchard pests. The fumigator used hy the Department was designed by one of its officers, and made m this colony. It is a model of simplicity and efficiency, and is said to bo worth inspection by .all large importers of seeds.

The Swiss Consul at Melbourne recently communicated with the Chief Secretory intimating that the Federal Commissariat of Emigration—a branch of the ppderal Department for Foreign Affiurs-T-at Berne, had mquestnd him to forward a report on the dairying industry m I Victoria, as a certain number of expert 1 cheese makers- are anxious to come to the , colony. With a view of enabling the Consul to furnish the report, Mr I). Wilson, the Government dairy c*p?rfc, Was asked to supply the required infor mation, and he has done so. Ie appears that there are 400,000 milch cows m the colony, their approximate value for milk ing purposes being£4,oOo,OOO. Th'eaunual production of butter is 55,000,0001 b, of cheese 18,000,0001 b, and Ike total value of the two proJucfcs about £3,000,000. There av.Q 120 butter factories and cream eries, and 2Qchee.se factories. Last year the colony exported 1000 tons of butter, and imported 72,&1Q1b of cheese, vnluecl al £3173, from . Italy and Germany. Mr Wilson spates that as there i^ but a small proportion oftjie population thai cansume the cheese mad»_ ia. the countries mentioned he does noCMJunk that foreign cheesj-makers would fine profitable omploymeut m Victoria. -He" is, however, of opinion that there is 'an opening for a few first-class eiperts cap able of manufacturing preserved or con densed milk,' of which there is a large consumption m the colony.

SPORTING.

NORTH OTAGO JOCKEY CLUB'S SPRING MEETING.

The following are the handicaps for the open races on the first day ,;— Spring'Handicap,'of 75 soys ; one mile md a half,—Prime Warden 9.sf slb. Blizzard 9^t, Quibble Bst 101 b, La? Rose Bsb 71b, Liberator Bst 21b, Miss Mapk*7st 131 b, Mon Loup 7st lllb, Wayland I7st 91b, Coinage 7st 21b, Satyr Gst 71b. '" Flying Handicap, of 40 soys ; six fur longs. —La Rose 9st 71b, Lady Zetland 9st 21b, Miss George Bst 101 b, Wayland Bst 81b, Sincerity Bst 61b, Kilmarnoek Bst 21b, Roseleaf B.st 01b, Kauroo 7st 101 b, Melton 7st 51b,. Young Cheviot 7st 21b, Adventurer Gst 91b, Nettle (Ist 51b. Oamaru Handicap Hurdle Rack, of 30 soys -, two mile*.—Kilmarnoek lOst; 121 b, Trimolite lftst 51b ; Waitaugi lOsfc 31b, Wharfdale 9st.

VICTORIA AMATEUR TURF CLUB'S SPRING MEETING.

PEK PRESS ASSOCIATION.

Melbourne, October 10. The Victoria Amateur Turf Club's spring meeting opened to-day. The fol fowing are the results :— Oaulfikld Stakes, of 5 snvs each with 500 added ; 1 mile and 1 furlong.—Marvel, 9st lllb, including 71b penalty (Harris), 1; Bungebah,. 9st 41b, including" sib penalty (Gainaforth), 2 ; Dillon, Bsc 131 b. (Lewis) 3. Sixteen horses started. Bet ting—2 to 1 Marvel, 3 to 1 Bungebah. The latter was first into the straight, but Ciainsforth not making every use of his advantage the worthy son of Marvellous gradually got on terras, and coming on full of running woa with the greatest ease by a length ; Dillon being half a length be hind Bungebah ; Malvolio fourth. Time —lmin 5Ti sec. Handicap Hurdles, of 250 soys; 2 miles.—Sundowner. lOst 41b (Gardiner), 1; Fire King, lO.st (Young), 2 ; Leroy, list 101 b (Ferguson;, 3. Fourteen horses started. Betting—s to 1 against Ixion, 6to 1 Sundowner. Won by half a length. Time—omin 54.V sec Great Foal Stakes of 20 soys each, with 500 added ; 4 furlongs.—Trieste, (Huxley) t ; Lily, (Ray) f, Melba, (Morrison) 3. Eleven horses started. Betting—s to 2agauistLily, 3to 1 Trieste. These two ran a dead heat, with Melba a length away third. Time—s2secs. The owners agreed to divide the stakes, Caulfield Guineas of io soys each, with 500 added ; 1 mile.—Strathmore, Bsfc 51b, (McGowan) t; Stromlwli, Bst 121 b, including 71b penalty (Huxley) 2 ;" The Doctor, Bst 51b, (Clifford 3. Astor. Sain foin, Swordbearer, .Cherrystone, and Sternohaser alo ran. Betting even money Stromboli, 5-to 2 against Strath more. Stromboli was first into the straight and half way up looked all over a winner, but shut up when collared, allow ing Strathmore to win easily by three lengths ; Swordbearer fourth ; Sainfoin fifth ; Astor sixth, with Sterrichaseri who was coming fast towards the finish, seventh Time—lmin 44|cec. Australian Hunters' Cup of 225 soys ; about 2i miles.- (Wic,- (Mr IngHs) 1 ; Alice, (Mr Godfrey) 2 ; Snip (Mr Brewer) 3. Eleven horses started 1. Betting—2 to 1 against Osric, 3to 1 against Snip.' Won easily by four lengths. Time Sinin 4? sec. Toorak Handicap, of 10 .io^s each iwith 1000 soys added. 1 mile and 1 1 furlong.- Zalinski. 7st 61b (Mbrau), 1 ; Clon-u.d, Bst ■Sib (Taylor), 2 ; Propmmder, 7st 121 b (Fergusson) 3. Twenty-three hor.ses started Betting—4 to 1 against Ascot vale, 6 to 1 Dundas, 7 to 1 Sadim and Zalinski. Won easily by a length aii.l a half. Time—lmin 57|seg,

THE ASHBUttTON GUARDIAN: MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1891.



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