The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1891. NEGLECTED ASHBURTON.

As holiday times come round, year after year, t c samo neglect is shown of the demandsooff f Ashburton to participate m the railway travelling facilities which are granted to other towns. Neither, at holiday seasons, are facilitiss given to residents m other districts to visi fc Ashburton. As ex amples of how this district is treated we may refer to the railway announce ment tor the ensuing (Queen's Birthday holidays. Return tickets to Dunedin are to be issued at cheap excursion fares, and a special excursion train "at cheap fares is to be run to Timai v on the holiday itself—we presume because of thevolunteer gathering there; but there are sports and amusements at Christ church during the holidays far more attractive to the majority of Ashburton residents than those which Tinaaru pro vides. "For instance thn coursing on Saturday and Monday, arid the racing on Monday and Tuesday, with a bigger volunteer review thai! that at Timaru, are more to the Ashburtonites' ideas of amuiercents than fishing from "the Timaru breakwater and looking for, a review which cannot be seen are. Yet visitors to Christchurch have to i pay the ordinary fares, while tickets to ! Timaru are issued at half price. The • consequence is that the majority of | residents m this district will stay at Jhome. At other times we have seen travellers from Timaru carried to and from Christchurch at within a few pence of the fare 3 charged to passengers from Ashburton. The same treatment is meteel lout to Ashburton at times •when it is sought to bring visitors to the town. Fares from Christchurch to the show and races have: been gradually increased from 6s and 43 to 8s 6d and 6s 6d, and, for the races at anyrate, cheap fares from Timaru have been altogether discontinued. The Bailway Depart ment state that the amount of traffic on these occasions does not warrant their giving greater concessions, but it has often been demonstrated that the greater the facilities given for travel ling the greater the revenue from travellers will be. We think that the treatment which Ashburton receives calls for public protest, and perhaps some of our public-spirited men will take up the matter, and take some steps to secure the fair treatment of the district. As things are at present, instead of being centrally situated, Ashburton might almost as well be at the uttermost parts of the earth.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The patient recently treated at the Dune din Hospital for lupus is so far recovered that she will be able to leave the institution this week. i , ' The picked women type-writers employed at the British War Office receive fourteen shillings a week for seven hours' work a day, while the charwomen get twelve M flings for five hours'work a day. . ; Only one church on this globe has a ballet. It is Seville Cathedral, where once a year, on Corpus Christi Sunday, a religious ballet is danced before the altar, but only by male dancers. It dates from time immemorial,' and is regarded as a solemn function; The Mount Bischoff tin mine m Tasmania has paid infinitely better than 99 out o f every hundred gold mines. the \ capital invested was £12,000, and dividends amount ing to £1,126,500 have been paid; Each pound invested has realised £93 17s. Some excitement is prevailing m Mel bourne m reference to the prosperity of West Australia jince the establishment of self-government. People from the other colonies are flocking over, and quite an exodus from Melbourne is expected shortly. The "unknown donor" who has offered £80,000 to build the art gallery of South Kensington is understood to be MrJ Henry Tate, a sugar refiner, who has already offered his collection of modern pictures— valued at £75,000 —to form the nucleus of an " English Luxembourg." It is simply remarkable that during the past year twenty :nirie" thousand ' letters should have been posted without any ad dress, and that of these one thousand nine hundred and forty-five should hafo con tained money .or cheques of the value!of over six thousand pounds.; The Maharajah of Jeypore, who Recently contributed a well organised transport corps towards Imperial; defence m India, fyas sub scribed the, princely sum of £20,000f to the Imperial Institute. The Maharajah ijs a very intelligent ruler, and Jeypore is m many respects a model for the rest of the native States. •■ A plan devised several months ago \ by the Methodist pastors at Aberdeen, SjD.j of/ sowing wheat for the liquidation \of the Church debts, is about to be put into (opera tion, the pastors furnishing seed wheat and tie'farmers furnishing'the land aud doing the work. In Paris the advertisement must be true. A Paris tobacconist, who had perhaps been m America; advertised a certain cigar to be " the best m the world for five cents;" He was arrested, failed to prove it " the best," and was fined £12 for malicious intention to deceive." How would some of the "largest circulation " newspapers get on m Paris ? Dr Tucker, the evangelical bishop who has succeeded to the dangerous diocese of Equatorial Africa, rendered vacant .by the murder of the heroic Bishop J^annington has arrived at Uganda, after terrible and pro longed sufferings. A hundred miles of the long journey were through a dense, food less forest, infested by savage robbers, who murdered stragglers and stole loads at every opportunity. At the last meeting of the Otago Pharma ceutical Association it was finally decided that the chemists and druggists of Djunedin should become sellers of tea as a protest against grocors selling patent medicines. Three lines of tea (says the *' (jlobe") will be specially imported from Melbourne, and will be sold at cost price, or ; there abouts. The new departure will commence m about a fortnight. It is said that the Empress Frederick of Germany is sorely hurt by the disastrous result cf her visit to Paris. This complete failure, the first time she has been admitted to her son's plans, is doubly annoying to her because it gives her enemies a chance to laugh at her. Prince Bismark is said to have more fun out of this incident than anything else that has happened since his fall from power. The.announcement (which was cabled t«> .New. Zealand) that the Empress Eugenic ha s lost so largely by tho depreciation m South American securities that she will probably part with her estate m Switzerland, a'ppean to have been scarcely correct. As a matte of fact, the losses of the Empress have bee preposterously exaggerated, and it ia guit 11 on the cards that'her South American investc 1 meats will come round m the course of a few" years. The Swiss estate'consists .simply of the Chateau of Arenenberg, on the?Unter See, near Constance, and the small park by which it is surrounded, and is not a place of any value. Teas free from any excess of astrln" gency. South British Tea Company s pure , Blends,.. Ml .storekeepers. .;;

The Foi. W. S. Peter atill remains m a I very precarious state. I The next sitting of the Ashburton Distri ct j Court will be held on Friday, June 19—the I bitting fixed for to-day having been post- j poned. I In connection with the re-opening of the Primitive Methodist Band of Hope a coflfce supper and r-peoial entertainment will take place to-morrow evening. The racch'Tjes Pulliser, Moraine, Ahua, Kulninc, Crown Jewel, Dragoa, Ptazel, and Inez went through to Dunedin on Tuesday ; and Bay King, Carronade, The Idler, and Jenny Lirid went today. ; The Takapunaj which was to leave Wellington at ten o'clock on Tuesday night, was to bring down the Southern portion of the Kaikoura's mail. With a good passage to Lyttelton the mails may reach Ashhurton this evening. The growth of the United States Farmers' Alliance has been almost unprecedented m the. history of associations of any sor.t. Branches have now been organised m thirty five States, numbering m all 34,000 separate local societies,- and embracing a membership of fully. 2,000,000.' . With reference to some boasting state ments that ,have been made .recently by potatoe diggers as to the number of tons which they dug m a day, the "Press" lays very few will beat Mrs Blackburn, m the Kaiapoi distriot, who has performed the feat of digging.in one day as many potatoes as filled thirty-one sacks, nearly three tons. As she wouldL on the fork lift an equal weight of earth, she must have handled a weight equal to about six tons m the day. On several nights last week (says the "Southland Times") the southern sky was lit up by the Aurora Australis, but the locale of the phenomenon must have been iar away as it had no effect on the telegraph till Saturday morning about two o'clock. The light previously had been more like that known as the ice glow, but at the hoar named several vivid and singularly beautiful pencils of light shot upward and the telegraph instruments recorded, the fact as promptly as if the points had been united by wire. Some years have passed since the last dis play of the kind,was seen m these latitudes. It is a charming sight, although far behiivd the Aurora Borealis and its rainbow hues, but, colonially speaking, it is a " terror " to telegraphists. Mr S. Vaile, of Auckland, does not believe m the surplus claimed by the Railway Commissioners. He says that " the returns for the year just ended are said to show a nt 'profit of £421,500, but this statement is absolutely incorrect. The;* amount mentioned may have been earnedover and above working expenses, but that is all. Taking interest at 5 per cent., which is the le?st we pay, our railway investment incurs an annual charge of £758,237, which would leave a dead Urn of £366,757, instead of a ' net profit' of £421,500. The real fact is, our railways are m a worse position than those of Victoria. They are going to the dogs with headlong speed.: : On passenger traffic' alone m thirty-two weeks a loss of £24,973 has been made as compared with the corre sponding period of last year." He promises to publish some figures which will startle the public. The sailmaker of the Craigbnrn, which tvas wrecked near Port Philip Heads the other day, is a Swede named Altred Hasen. In giving an account of the wreck he stated that he was one of the crew of the Ben venue when she was wrecked at Timaru. He baid :—"1 have been wrecked before, at Timaru, New Zealand, and it - shows that the Australian lifeboats, do not do good wbrfc I was m the Benveriue, and she aud another ship called the City of Perth, both went ashore. The lifeboat did not come out soon enough, and nineteen of us went ashore m a little dingy m which we were not sure whether we would float or sink. Two thousand people were watching us. After the captain and several others had come ashore m one of the ship's boats, the life boat went out. This will do for me, I won't go to sea again. On Tuesday morning C. R. and H. Wilson of the Pioneer Bicycle Club, made an attempt to lovver the New Zealand fifty mile road ■record of 3hrs29imin, held by J. W. Painter, of the-Tsnomnn C.C. The first named was successful m accomplishing the task, covering the distance m 3hrs 21|-min, which beats the previous record by Bmin. The course was the usual one, from the Riccarton Hotel to Leeston and back. The weather was highly favourable; a slight wind was blowing, which favoured the riders en the return journey. The roads, however, were far from being m good order. The successful cyclist rode a fifty-four inch ordinary "Zealandia" roadster and the bicycle, notwithstanding a spill, m which the rider cut his knees rather badly, stood the test splendidly. H. Wilson rode a pneumatic tyred machine. His time for the distance was 3hrs 43min. "Mercutio" ("New Zealand Herald") writes:—" It is not often that I betray Cabinet secrets, but I think I may hake the liberty oi: ; doing so for once. When it was discussed "iv Cabinet who should be the banquetting Minister, the question lay between- Mr Seddon and Mr John Mackenzie. They are both big strong men, the latter having the advantage m point of size and weight, and also m having been reared m the misty Hebrides, where alcojiol is anirinocuous drink. But'when the matter cime to be ex amined into, it was found that champagne was according to rule, the beverage at a Ministerial banquet. Mr John Mackenzie would have no:ie of that :Btuff. And the Premier on being appealed to, honestly said he-could not give a guarantee that the whisky would be the real article. Mr Mackenzie then declared that he would sooner retire than take the position, and so ' Dick' was unanimously pitched upon."> A shop-lifting case at Perth, Western Aus tralia, created a great sensation there. Eight girls were charged with shop-lifting, each case being that of larceny as "a servant of clothing and other wearing apparel under the value, of £5. AH but two were very much under ago, and several were scarcely more than children—being only 16 years of age, They were greatly frightened, and felt their position keenly. All pleaded guilty owing to which the actual facts were not gone into, but some sensation was created when, m reply to questions put to him by Mr- Cowan, the police magistrate, Mr E. T. Hope, proprietor of the Bon Marche, the prosecutor m the case, stated that he paid these girls, his assistants, wages ragiug from 30s a month to 25s a week. Four girls w ere paid at 10s a month, and, roughly speaking, the lowest rate of wages would be Is a day. Mr Hope said h# did not board any of the girls m addition to paying them these wages, which the magistrate characterised as low. The girls were committed to prison for a fort night m &oine cases and a month, m others, Mr Cowan stating that they would be released before the expiration of the sentence if they made restitution of the amount of the damages assessed against'them, which m the case of the lesser terms vyas fixed at £1 and the larger at £5, together with costs. The amounts were paid by their friends, and immediately afterwards the girls were liberated. The best medicine known is SANDER and SONS EUCALPTI EXTRACT. Test its eminent powerful effects m coughs, colds, influenza, etc.—the relief is instantaneous! Thousands give the most gratifying testi mony, His Majesty the King of Italy, and medical syndicates all over the globe, ure its patrons. Read the official reports that accompany each bottle. We have no occa sion to offer rewards m proof of the genuine ness of our references. The official reports of medical clinics and universities, the official communication of the Consul-General for Italy at Melbourne; the diploma awarded International Exhibition, Amsterdam-—all these are authentic documents, and, as such, not open to doubt. We add here epitome oi one of the various cases treated by Siegen| M.D*,:Professor, etc. Burning of the righi hand through the explosion of a small oil store. : The epidermis on the volar and palmer side of the hand of th« thirty-year old patient was completely separated and lifted up as far as the joint of the hand. The likewise lifted nails were hanging loose and half of the phalnax of the nail of the middle finger was coaled. The wounds thus contracted healed m three weeks under daily applications of Eucalypti Extract dressing, Th» patient has retained the full use ef th« hand.—(Advt,) \ Gounfcess, Duchess, Princess., Empress^ are the registered names of the new teas! J* ree I rom, any excess of. aabriiigeney. *

THE CENSUS.

POPULITtON OF THE COLONY. (I'F.B, rilE-SS ASSOCIATION.) Wellington, May 19. . The results of the cen us of the colony taken on sth / 7nil areas follows :—North Island, 274,253 persons; Middle and Stewart Islands, 344,157; Chatham Island-'. 251 ; TCermadec Islands, 19; total, 6!3,(H5. The above figures, which . do not include the returns of th* Maori" census, .-ire sriw.n iiiibject to revision. In March, 1880, the census results were :— North I-.land, 250,482,;„, M,i4<lk »n4- Stewart Inlands, "^7,861'; Chatham Islands, 199 ; total, f 78,482 ; showing an increase of 40,206*

Dunedist, May 19. . The census returns show 149 Chinese m Dunedin, six being feina^H.

Trade in Melbourne.

J i The Melbournt, "Ago " a few days. Ago.' sent a special reporter about the city to enquire into the condition of various trades, and of over a score of representa tive men he interviewed, only one was sanguine enough to,think that the winter might be ' got .through without any abnormal distress among the working classes. All the others'(some of them among the largest of labor m the city) agreed that the outlook is gloomy ; that trade is bad now and will be worse ; that building and manufactures are partially paralysed. And they all say this is mainly, if not Wholly, due to the distrust felt m the present leaders of the working. classes, and f<*ar that they may at any time cause a dispute between employers and their workmen. It naturally follows that employers will not risk their money,, but will prefer to accept the smaller return offered by banks to placing it m any enterprise which requires labor, the value of which can be affected by any strike or other labor disturbance. These are the views of the employers, who may be thought willing to make things out to be worse.than they are ; but the unions themselves admit that trade is very bad, and that there are thousands out of work m the city. Of the unions affiliated to the Trades Hall there are 6000 members out of work, and there are pro b»b][y as many non-unionists idle. The numbers of uneyviployWl union ists are given approximately as follow :— Fellmongers 900, wharf laborers 500, bootmakers 400, bricklayers 300, un skilled 300, carpenters 250, brickmakers, plumbersjjprinters, each 200, ironworkers, plasterers, tailors, each 150,; seven other trades, each 50 and over ; total 4200. The fellmongers head the list through sheepskins being exported rough to Fr iiice, where they can be more cheaply Areated: These figures show that a very severe winter is before the working men pf Melbourne, r ; ; ; From all sides, says the" Aaej" conies the same mournful tales of the slackness of trade, the paralysing of industry, and the consequent dearth of work: for the laboring classes. . . . The -building trades appear to be m the worst plight . . . There cannot be the slightest doubt that there will be a great; deal of unemployed labor on the market within the next few months. . . The indi viduals whose hptheadedness caused the late maritime strike- probably never realised that the effects of calling out the trades would last so long, or that,,it woilld react so severely on the working classes. That this has, however, been the case is now generally admitted, and there is every reason to fear that severe as were th'e'suffenngs.'of the working classes m the past they will, if anything,, be :worse before the winter of 1891 lias gone.

Some Taranaki Farmers.

The accuracy of the'following; facts is vouched for :—,"N rot 100 miles ; frdm New Plymouth there is a farm of somewhere near 600 acres, used for glassing cattle and sheep. The farm is managed; almost exclusively by the wife of the •; farmer whose property it is. Her daily life is summed up as follows :~She rises at daylight, summer and'winter; and seldom goes to bed till eleven o'clock at night. During this time she. has to do the whole work of a large house of some ten rooms, look after five children, the youngest six months old, the eldest about nine, cbok, wash, manage the dairy (which includes making up the butter: from 30 tows), and chop up' and car^y j home all firewood for household purposes. She -is also expected to go dyer the fields m; spring time and pick up and carry home any sick lambs, and the whole year round is forced, m addition to her household duties, to go over the run to see that the sheep are all right. Last spring the children were fre"» quently left m the house, all day from ten o'clock till fivfi, while their mother was roaming over the run looking after the sheep. This truly unfortunate woman has never been to town since her first baby was born—over nine years ago—and rarely sees aiyone, as she deeply feels her degraded Condition. She never goes to church, though the church is only twtv miles away. In summer this whits slave is made to £ o round and get m the sheep, aad, it will scarcely be believed, to help shear them, and go through the operationiteehni callyknownas "dagging." Her clothes are rarely changed and consist of two very thin 1 arid scanty garments. The children until lately were running wild, making an addition to the family funds by picking fungus, which they sold to a storekeeper^ They now, however, go occasionally to school. Her husband, it may be said, is a strong able bodie4 man, but has an in superable objection to work. We (Wel lington "Press") are credibly informed by our correspondent that this is only one of many cases m Taranaki of women who, owing to their isolated condition, and the immunity afforded to their husbands thereby from public criticism, have fallen into this degraded coriditioa.

The Wool Growing Industry.

, Some time since the Consular repre sentativea of the United States m the principal wool-producing c»un tries were instructed to obtain what particulars they could about the wool industry, including the cost of production. It appears that" the Consul at Auckland reported that the average cost of keeping a sheep m New Zealand is about half-a-cr«wn a year; and that the average weight of a fleece is 51b for merinos and 81b for crossbreds, while the price received by breeders is from 5d to ll£d a pound m the grease, the aver age being B|d. The wool exported m 1889 is stated to have been 102,227;3541b, valued at £5,607,400. A seripus mistake appears to have been reade m respect of the exports, as the official account for 1889 puts the value at £3,973,375.' The Consul at Buenos Ayres^ gave some interesting details about the wool industry m the Argentine Republic. Sheep farming dated as far back te 1550, when merinos\were introduced front Spain/ But the industry received little or no attentionJfronv the early settlers ;! and even as late as 1840 sheep, were of no appreciable commercial value. Tlije wool was not worth hauling to the towiis, and was ofttn used for, litter. The fir*t great impulse given to the sheep industry was between 30 and *4Q years ago, wheia some few Scotch and Trish settlers began to import rams for the purpose of improving the flocks; Jn 18*52 tlitre were only batter than 5,000,000' sheep m the Re public, In 18Qp this number had in oreased to 14,000,000. The civil war m , America caused a great demand for wool, which gave another impulse to the i»

du»try. As a conscquer.ee, m 1867 llv re I were 40,000,000 : w tha country. lu'lßßC the numbers labuktod were 69,000.000 Since tiien, owing to heavy losses, the numbers havo decreased. NofcwibhAtand ingthi", the Cons-il states that the Republic hasagreaternuniherthauanvobhercountry I m the world, and more than the \vliole of the continent of Australia, f>r which lie puts the number of sheep at only 58,052,180. In this he is prently m error, as the total for Australia at the end of 1889 wa.s over 84,000.000, Kew South Walts alone having 80,009,000/" The wool clip of the Argentine Republic is small m proportion to the number of sheep, the average-weight «t a fleece of dirty wool being put at 3.81 b But the total clip of 1889 was estimated at 283,538,0001bH, which would give a heavier fleece, unless the number of sheep were greater m 1889 than m 1886,' insiead of less. As a rule, however, Argentine statistics are little better than guesswork. The American Consul is of opinion that the wool-growing industry of the Republic has before; it an assured success m the f future. -

The Jews in Europe.

Few things are more reirarkable than the manner m which, for centuries, his tory has repeated itself with regard 10 fanatical outbreaks against the Jews. Before the destruction of Jerusalem the Jews were one of the most widely dis persed of peoples. Strabo, writing m the time of Christ, points cue that not a spot m the world existed which did not afford shelter to Jews and was not m their power; and thousands of Jews were slaughtered as enemies of gods and me a m various parts of the world at the period of the Roman conquest of Jerusalem. Or DolHnger, from whose paper, read m 1881 at the festal meeting of the Academy of Munich, I take these particulars, declares the fate of the Jewish people to bo perhaps " the most moving drama m the history of the world." Origen and the early Fathers regarded' the Jews as brethren who had gone astray and would return, and the persecution did not begin until Chris- J lianity became the religion of the State j m Pome. In 612, compulsory conversion was imposed upon them m the Frankish kingdom. The Crusades began with the massacre and pillage of the Jews, and the Kingdom of Jerusalem established with the burning; of the synagogues and the worshipper* therein. In Spain under the Moois tho Jews underwent the most liberal treatment. To them the New Light of Spain was largely attributable. Their sufferings, .however, under the Catholic nlonarchs tand the Inquisition were the most fearful of all. Italy has an honourable immunity from the per secution of the Jews. During nearly a thousand year accordingly, says ■ Dr. DolHnger m "Studies m European His tory," "the outward history of"the Jews is a concatenation of refined oppression, of degrading and demoralising torture, of coercion and persecution, of whole sale massacre and of alternate banish ment and recall." For curiously enough, those ,\yho expelled the Jews found them selves unable to do without them. In 1352 Ludwig the Brandenburger invited them to settle free of taxation, because, since the great massacre of 1348, there "prevails a scarcity of money amongst rich and poor throughout our land." The belief m the atrocities they were supposed to commit was doubtless common. The charge of usury, ot suck ing the life-blood of the Christians, was a no less potent cause. The accusation, Dr. Dollinger says, " without being un true wjs unjust." To this day, then, the persecution under modified conditions is continued, and it is curious to find prote&ts still nesessiary against the penal proceedings that banish the Jew from some provinces of Europe andjsubject him m others to public execration ana Insult-" —" Gentleman's Magazine."

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN

MAHOMMEDAN RIOT.

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" London, May 18 Advices come from Otadaugah.(?) of a serious Mahommedan riot, which is said to have been started by some of the inhabitants under the pretence of protecting a vnosque. The rnbb was , dispersed by the police, but not before one constable had been killed and many of the rioters seriously injured. THE PRINCE'S FINANCES. London, May 19. . The statement is published that the Barings and Messrs Cristobal De Mur rietta and Co. (a South American j and Spanish firm of.. merchants) received £300,000 advances from the Queen for a . renewal of the mortgage on. the- Sandringham estate. ARCHBISHOPRIC OF YORK. It is reported that the Right Rev. Win. Dalrymple MacLaggan, Bishop of Lichfield, succeeds the late Dr Magee as Archbishop of York. '. LORD SHEFFIELD'S ELEVEN. Lord Sheffield declares that Gunn, Shrewsbury, and Attewell hava abso lutely refused to join the team which he is getting together to visit the Australian colonies. . •' THE AUSTRALIAN CRUISERS: The Australian cruisers Mildura Karrakatta, and Wallaroo are, to be placed on reserve on arrival at their destinations,

CHOLERA.

Calcutta, May 18. A serious outbreak of the cholera epidemic is reported from Burmah, a large number of men of the Sixtieth. Rifles being among those attacked The disease is also raging at t>arjeel ing m the presidency of Bengal, and ninety coolies have already succumbed to its effects.

PERSECUTION OF JEWS.

Athens, May 18, The Government have voted a sum of 50,000 francs to be distributed among the Jevs who are m destitute circumstances on the island of Corfu. St. Petersburg, May 18. Officials have, been ordered to collect statistics of the Jews m Russian pro vinces, with a view to the expulsion of those who are illegally residing there. A decree which has just been issued pr jhibits Jewish lawyers from pleading m criminal cases m the Courts m Russia, and also prevents them from appearing m- civil cases m which- .the sum at sjtake exceeds a'certain amount.

LABOR QUESTIONS.

London, May 18. Amongst those who spoke at the reception given by the Cardiff-laboring classes to Mr J. H 4 , Wilson, Secretary of the National Amalgamated Sailors' and Firemen's Union, on his release from prison, was Sir Charles Dilke. After referring at some length to the circumstances connected with Wilson's

arrest and imprisonment, Sir Charles moved " That this gathering accord a hearty welcome to Mr Wilson on his release after suffering unjust imprison ment." The resolution was carried unanimously. London, May 19. The Labor Electoral Congress have oxtenoed a hearty welcome to Mr Wilson, and they recommend that he allow himself to be .npinmated for the Deptfofd "seat m "the'" House of Com- . mons m the interests of the Labor party. . 

PORTUGUESE WHEAT DUTIES.

' ' Lisbon, May 18. The import duty on foreign wheat has hoen reduced to 5 reis per kilo gramme [about 7£d. per bushel.] This reduction was decided on owing to the , scarcity of wheat m Portugal. THE PORTUGUESE CRISIS. Thti political crisis still continues, and Serpa Pinta has been unable up to the present to form a new Cabinet. Lisbon, May 19. There is a probability that a new ministry will be formed under the leadership of Count San Januario.

IRISH AFFAIRS.

London, May 18. Mr E. Dwyer, M.P., is endeavoring to bring about a reconciliation between tlie Parnellitesand anti-Parnellites. London, May 19. At a meeting of the National League of Great Britain a resolution was carried expressing a hope that her Majesty the Queen would live to open the first Irish Parliament The re solution was proposed by Mr Tim D. Sallivan, M. P. for College Green dirision of Dublin city.

THE CHILIAN WAR.

New Yokk. May 18. T!i c Esmeralda has on board a stock of provisions for the Itata. The latest advices received m the city state that the Itajb& is'saf c, having an ample supply of coal and provisions on board. New York, May 19. The United Srates cruiser Charles ton, which had cleared, for action with the view of a brush with the Chilian rebel steamer Esmeralda, has left Acapulco harbor. Her commander suspects that the Itata passed Acapulco without calling m, and he has accord ingly gone south iv search of her.

THE NEWFOUNDLAND QUES TION.

St John's, May 19. The trial, of the crews of the vessels which succeeded m running the block ade m connection ;with: the enforce ment of the Bait Act came off to-day, and resulted m their acquittal.

CHINESE IN CANADA.

Ottawa, May 19. The Canadian Trades Congress passed a resolution urging the Govern ment to prohihit Chinese from pur suing certain avocations which brought them into competition with European tradesmen, but Sir John McDonald, the Premier, refused to entertain the suggestion ou the ground that the capitation of the Chinese was sumcent to prevent them becoming a source of danger to European workmen...

EX-QUEEN NATATIE.

Belgrade, May 19. On Monday the Government took steps to enforce the notice served on ex-Queen Natalie ordering her to quit the country, and at their direction she was seized and thrust into a carriage, which was then driven along the quay escorted by a body of gensdarmes. The news of Queen Natalie's seizure quickly spread, and a crowd soon sur rounded the vehicle. Without much difficulty, the indignant populace rescued the ex-Queen from the limbs of the la*, and conveyed her back to her, residence. The principal merchants and all the students m the pity t disapprove of the action of the Government, and are up holding the cause of Natalie. Hun dreds of peopte, are her residence to prevent her recapture by the officers of the Government. In the evening, a good deal of fight-' ingi^opkjrplaperin the streets of the city", and two of the Queen's supporters were killed. ; ,. - ... .-- . r 

AUSTRALIAN.

PENING OF PARLIAMENT.

Sydney, May 17. Parliament was opened this after noon by the" Governor, the Earl of Jerssey. In his speech his Excellency made reference to the late Federation Conventionj ajad said, that ,no time would be lost'in submitting; the ques tion of federation to the House as a distinct part of the policy of the Go vernment. Among the Bills which would be introduced thislession were the Local Government, .Electoral Re form, Abolition of Plural Voting, and Industrial Courts of Conciliation and Arbitration Bills. It was also men* tioned that after the Financial State ment, had been brought down measures wquld be submitted by the Government to effect certain fiscal changes m order to improve the means .of revenue. Quite a demonstration was made against the Governor, both m arriving at and departing from the Houses of Parliament by a mob' of so-called Socialists, who collected, found the en trance to the building and hooted and groaned|his at Excellency when he made his appearance. '-'Several prominent members of the Socialist bodydelivered harangues to the' crowd, and gave expi-ewion to a number of frothy, re volutionary sentiments. ": " The' Legi*lative\.Coiincil ;has! passed the Address-in-Reply to the Governor's speech. ' ,\" ■''":.,- ;•■ ■■'.:

THE SHEARERS' AGITATION.

*. ». Rockhampto«, .May 19. Intelligence has bdeir received m town to the effeqt that thq Unionists intend to make a more desperate re sistance to the. free laborer on the Bimerah station than ;theyhave pre viously offered. It is reported that the 1 Unionists are threatening to make JBimerah the Waterloo of the present struggle.

INIERPROVINCIAL

.... Auckland* tyfoyax A man nimed Malachy Feegian wa» found dead at Cambridge vosterday Het had died apparently m ** fit. Ho had been fankiug heavily,

THfr AHHBtJKTOy GUARDIAN, WEDNESDAY, MAI 20. 1891



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Wanted CASH Advertisements under this heading not exceeding SIXTEEN WORD'S 1/-. Addresses may be Wtat his Office. /""IOOLING and invigorating Ice Cream \J as made by H. G. Flower, Con fectioner, East Street. WANTED Known—The "Strong wear " Boot is the beat for Mena "jadies and Children.—W. H. Coixier. » v ANT.SD Known — Some special ; '* lines m choice Dress Goods afc very low prices showing at " The Corner." lOST^-*-Between Tancred street and ._* Trevorton, a Baby's Slipper. Finder please return same; to Guardian Office. 5 173 MR THORPE not holding hia Class on Friday, the Tinwald Dancing Class will be held Friday, May 22nd --C SiMraoy, M.C. 5 177 LOST on Thursday, the 14th inst., m Burnett Street, a Brass Whistle. Finder please leave at Baker and Brown's Coach Factory 5 178 SHBURTON Social posponed from . to-night to Wednesday, 3rd June. Wet as usual. Better luck next time. 5 176 ANTED Known-Old Spoons and Forks Electro-plated and made equal to new at 15s per dozen all round. A. Blaok, Jeweller, East Street, 4 150 WANTED Known.—Mrs J. Buoh anan has opened as Fruiterer and Conf ectibner, next Messrs John Orr and Co., East Street. WAjNTED Known.—lf you want good value for your money go to Melford House. Cheapest first-class Drapery m town. —H. 0. SEGBas, Melford House WANTED Known.—Mus J. Buch anan, Fruiterer and Confectioner. Tea and coffee at all hours ; hot luncheon 'on Saturdays, 12 to 2. Next Messrs J. Orr and Co'e, East Street. SCHOOL Beoks, and other requisites. Special value m Exercise Books, plain and fancy Stationery. Account and Memorandum Books. H. M. Jones. 5 174 T^UST opened a choice lot of Ladie tj Plush Jackets, newest shapes. Also a new lot of Ladies' Pelerines and Boas. —H. C. Segeks, Melford House. VI 7 ANTED Known.—*Ve are now VV opening all our new Winter Goods m Drapery, Millinery, Clothing, Boots, &c— fl. C. Segbrs, Melford. House. - ■ f"} LASS, Earthenware, and China, \JC direct from the Manufacturers.— Robert Alcorn, Tea Warehouse and Ashburton Clothing Mart, Saunders' Buildings. WANTED every man m the County to have a suit of the Ashburton Tweeds.—Robert AiiCORN, Ashburton Clothing Mart, Saunder's Buildings. T"TA N DSOME Presents given away ,LJL iaJune. Now giving tickets to every purchaser of 5s and upwards of Drapery, Millinery, Clothing, Boots, etc. —H. Segers, Melford House ~VITANTED KNOWN—C. M. Bkooke VV is now m personal attendance at the Dispensary. The doctors' prescrip tions accurately made up. Largest stock m New Zealand of disinfectants on hand. ■ 5§157 NEW GAMES -Tiddledy Winks, Reversi, Snickem, and others. Fredh Supplies of The Miners' Right, The Squatter's Dream, Robbery Under Arms, A. Colonial Reformer, Told after Supper, Three Men m a Boat, and hundreds of others. NEW MUSIC— Vocal and Instrumental.—L. F. Andkbwes aw Co. Public Notices A__. _____ HIGH-CLASS Weekly, Social Political, Litetftry, and Dramatic paper, to be published every FRIDAY price 3d, by the Centennial Printing and Publishing Company, Limited, Melbourne Public Terrace, Rus*eU Street, Mel bourne. NEW BUSINESS, NEW MANAGEMENT, NEW GOODS, A LONG FELT WANT SUPPLIED. J AMES JM.c GREG OR, Has Opened a Tobacconist's Shop m Okr's Buildings; East Street, with a LARGE and VARIED ASSORT MENT of NEW GOODS, comprising Pipes, Tobaccos, Cigais, Cigarettes, and Smokers' requisites generally. Note.—This is not a Ten or Twelve years' collection of antiquated odds and ends, the balance of an.old stock. The HMR-DRESSING SALOON is without doubt the best appointed m South Canterbury. YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED. JAMES McGRKGOR, 5§127 Orr's Buildings, East Street. CIGAR DIVAN AND FANCY GOOD EMPORIUM. HARRY FRIEDLAKDER has re ceived a large consignment of New Goods m all Departments, and while thanking both old and new patrons for the hearty support accorded to him since recommencing Business, would take this opportunity to IIfVIIMS IWHrECTIOir Every kind of Tobacco known to users of the weed of the very best quality, pro curable m the American Markets. ■ A full Stock of Pipes to suit every taste, and an abundant supply of Smokers' Requisites. CIGARS of the very best Brands ; also CIGARETTES of every description, in cluding the latest "Temple Bar." Is Practised m our Sdloon as an Art, and Ladies and Gentlemen will find thjat the taste and skill of an able Professor are at their service. ; Examination of our samples of Hair work will bear out this statement. Licensed to Sell STAMPS. SALONS DU COIFHURE, EAST STREET. * 1 ■■ — ■■ — ■ —— r | ENRY W. PEABODY AND CO. SHIPPING EXPORT AND IMPORT COMMISSION MERCHANTS Boston —Mason Building. New York— 81 New Street. ■ London— Leadenhall House. Exporters of all Descriptions of Mer chandise on Foreign aocount. Importers on orders the product and Manufacturers of Grreat Britain, Australia andNe*v Zealand. Proprietors Peabody's Australasian Line to Australia and New Zealand. Cable Addresses: "Peabody," Boston. v Paibodie" New York. "Paibodie," 1 London.



Public Notices. j LONGBEACH COACH. ON and after MONDAY, 6th April, the Longbeach Coach will leave the Ashburton Post Office at 4 p.m. ; instead of at 5 p.m. as formerly. H. R. BROWNE 4 28 Coachman. MONEY JO LEND. VTONKY to Lend at LOW RATES OF INTEREST, on Mortgage of FREE HOLD PROPERTY, m sums of ...,,,■■■dßiOG-^ifiSOOO For further particulars apply to the Postmaster, Aah burton, or to J. C. PRUDHOE, District Agent. Government Insurance Office. Christchurch. "THE CORNER." W. H. Collier Is Showing a very fine assortment of Ladies', Gentlemen's, and Children's Clothing, suitable for present wear. MILLiNERY— All the Choicest Novelties DHESS GOODS— A Special Line of Heavy Dress Cloth 10^d per yard PLUSHES— For Millinery and Dress Trimmings from 2s lid per yard FUR PELERINES—In various Furs from 2a lid FUR MUFFS— From 4s 6d each PINAFORES- A quantity at 6d, worth Is 6d CORSETS— , A Special Line at ? 3s 6d FLANNELS— From B£d per yar BLANKETS— From 10s 6d per pair MANTLES and ULSTERS-: Newest sty?e3 for •■ Ladies and Children RKAL SEALETTE JACKETS— From 32s 6d BO J^S! SUITS— In great variety MEN'S SUITS— Special Value, from 25s MEN'S TROUSERS— English Saddle Tweed 9s 6d MEN'S OVERCOATS- Heavy Pilot Cloth with Capes 355, worth 55s Also, —The Balance of an Assigned Wholesale Warehouse Stock at Astonishingly Low Prices. W. H. ""ftOLLJEW 1^- «THE CORNFR." -=CI WJTH^TEEm ■■AhIiiQJT'T'tZTH CHUISfCHCROH DEKT&L SURGERY, Corner of Cashel and High utrctts S. M YB¥i AND ;C8- SURGEON DENTIST And at Dunedin *nl Westport 4TTE have gained the FIRST A WA RD VV at the Dunedin Exhibition for Artificial Dentures and Mechanical Appli ances for the Mouth, and it is wii.h the greatest confidence that ye guarantee the highest class work and perfect fit at the most moderate cost A Single Artificial Tooth, 10s. Complete Set — Upper and Lower— temporary and permanent, £10 103. Natural, Durable, Comfortable Artificial Teeth Replaced Temporarily al jiosb immediately after the extraction of decayed teeth or stumps without extra fee or charge. Arrangements can be made for part or j monthly payments. \ i ADMINISTERING NITROUS OXIDE viAS several times daily for the past ten years, we fearlessly assert that extraction t of teeth under its influence is perfectly j painless and positively safe. | i i Fee for Administration ss. ! Extraction, 2a 6d. ! Artificial Teeth and Dentures made Ihy I other dentists repaired or remodelled sue j small cost; ; Gentlemen's WATERPROOFS* A N immense STOCK to select from- j ALL OUR OWN MAKE, i SEWN THROUGHOUT AND j EVERY GARMENT WARRANTED* ALSO GARMENTS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION' MADE TO ORDER. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY GENTLEMEN'S HATS, HOSIERY. SCARFS, etc., NEW GOODS, LATEST FASHIONS, i JUST OPENED. OT ATS, CAPS, SHIRTS, PYJAMAS MADE TO ORDER. New Tweeds and Coatings for Measure Suife to hand. InspeeHon Bespectfally Solicited, NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY



A DEADLOCK IN THE DRAPERY TRADE. WW. SPENCER & OO.'S tender . of 10s m the £ for the New Zealand Tweed Company's Stock of DRAPERY, CLOTHING, AND MOOTS, Being accepted, they are selling at 60 per cent, less than cost price. Men's Woollen Sox, 7sd Men's Colored Moles, 5s lid Boys' Colored Moles, 2s lid < Boys' Suits from 4s lid Men's Tweed Overcoats, 21s ; Neck Ribbons, all colora, Id per yard j Flowers, Id each »nd everything else m the shop to be sold at prices never before known. BOOTS. BOOTS. Men's Shooters, 9s lid Men's Bluchers, 6s 6d Children's Boots, 2s lid A big lot of Children's Boets, Is Women's Elastics, strong, 6s 9d  .._ __ AT- W. W. Spencer & Co. THE ARCADE. ANDREW ORR. SECOND SHIPMENT OF —JWBW fil)lH!iif — OPENED Ex RUAPEHU. Sealette Jackets, Muffs, and Furs. Atso— Beautiful Selection OF MILLINERY. 1 Case of Ladies' Jackets at 7s 6d I Case of Ladies' Paletots at 25a Fur trimmed Mantles at 25a Ladies' Ulsters at a great reduction Plateaus m all colora Beautiful Selection of Kaiapoi Dress Tweeds, double width, made to order JUST OPENED—A Special Bargain m double width Dress Goods at half price Blankets greatly reduced Flannels at 9d per yard upwards Men's Overcoats m Frieze and all makes Men's Colonial made Waterproof Coats (all sewn) Ladies' and Gents' Boots m all makes. The largest stock m Canterbury, ANDREW ORR -...... - J>riiTJOT IMFORTER, <feC. John Orr & Co. HA.YE now landing and m stock, ex " Maori " from London, — 10 Ca»ks Ransojie's and Hornsby's Ploughshares. 1 Case James Breeoh-loading Guns 1 Tnn Chilled Shot 10 Oases Diamond Grain Powder 4  Cartridges 2  Gun Wads and Caps 20 Tons Bar Iron 4 Cases Fenders 20 Packages Register Grates 40 Set* Fire Irons 30 Packages Spades and Forks 30 Kegs Bluestone 7 Bales Artistic Wall Papers 6 Cases Bedsteads 4 Caska Lamps and Globes 100 Coils Steel Barb Wire . 200 Coils Plain Steel Fence Wirt>, 8, 9, and 10 Titan Wire Strainers 1 Cask Tea Pots 4 Packages Brushes—all kindis 3 Casks Bolts and Nuts 50 Drums Boiled Oil 2 Tons White Lead, 281 b and 561 b Tins | Ton Red Lead* 281 b and 56ib Tins Paints, Oils, &ttd Varnishes—all kinds 1 Ga&e. Meafe Choppers 1 Case Lanterns 8 Caska Hollo ware— Saucepans, Boilers, and Kettles SO Drums Sheep Marking Oil 2 Packages Copper Rivets, Jin to lin 1 Case Wrenches 12 Packages Wringers and Mangles 2 Boxes Door Mats ■ 3 Packages Cinder Sifters 1 Case Asperial's Enamel 1 Cask Scales and Weights. 1 Cask Bag Hooks 60 Kegs Wire Nails 20 Kegs Wire Staples 3 Packages Locks and Hinges 1 Package Files and Rasps Flax and Manilla Rope—all sizes 1 Case Screws—all sizes 1 Cask Vices Grindstones, 18in r 20in, 24in, 26in 100 Cases Kerosene; warranted best obtainable 5000 Yards Wire Sheep Netting 8 Packages Axes and Hatchets 3 Cases Chisels and Hammers 4 Cases Carpenters' Tools 3 Casks Plough and Trace Chains 10 Packages Galvanised Tubs and Buckets 1 Case Table and Pocket Cutlarj Leather Belting, l£in to 6in. 4 Cases Gorse Knives 3 Orates Fancy Crockery 10 Tons Best Mauritius &a<gar. Ceylot? and Indian Tea Company's Pure Blended Teas. The above having been bought on the most favourable terms will be sold at LOWJSST CURRENT ;RATES. Purchasers should inspect our fttocka and get quotations, M ORR & Go. 4 232