The Ashburton Gurardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1891. THE AUSTRALIAN BUILDING SOCIETY FAILURES.

The numerous failures of financial companies m Melbourne and Sydney that go under the name of " Building" or " Investment.", Societies or " L*nrl Banks," have of course created a sensa tion among the shareholders and de positors m similar concerns every where. The stoppage m the month of 4-Ugust of the British Bank of Aus tralia and the Anglo-Australian Bank began the panic. Both of these insti tutions carried on business m Mcl- Bourne, and had offices m London, and their history is interesting. The first ol them (according to the "Investors' CJuvdian ") wasjpriginally formed as the Victorian Freehold Bank, Limite 1, m 1888, to receive money on deposit andJfco make advances on freehold ciy property m Australia and Tasmania, aiuLa-y'fear later it was registered as a ioint-stock company m London, and the name was changed to the British Bank of Australia, The authoiisxl capital was .£1.000,000, of which no less than £519,240 has been subscribed, but only £1 per share has been p id ip on 91,348 shares, so that theie is an uncalled liability of £4 per share. The debentures and deposits amount to about £158,000, hnlf of which is *a:d to be due m England. The Anglo-A- s tralian Bank was formed m Victoria, m 1887, with a view to the transaction o? ordinary banking business, and the in yestmerit* of money oh mortgage' m Australia. The authorised capital w.is £2,000,000, of which *£250,003, m £5 shares, has teen issued", and' £2 per «h are paid up,.so that there is an un called liability of £8 per share. Its liabilities to depositors are said to bo £120,000, of which the sum of £33,000. is due m England. The rapid sequence, m ihe suspension of these institutions has caused the constitution aifd } ro» . pects of the numerous other Austral.an .land, mortgage companies which borrow money lo be closely scanned, and investors will be wise, if they refuse to .place any further mot ey.vat 'the mercy of any of 'these institut.ons until they are fully persuaded that their capital is as soundly secured as

they originally believed it to be. The great drawback iu:this class of invest ment is .tftte extreme difficulty with whicli any'real control can be exer eiKcd~by un^stors who are>jiot actually,. on \jye scene of operations. Flourish- ing Recounts of the position of the concerns are published up to-the very verge of the collapse ; indeed, some of : them actually paid dividends only nt;j few weeks before the smash. Reckless gambling m land by the directors—,■ who stoo 1 to make any profit that might possibly accrue while the share holders and depositors ran all the' risk of the almoif itfe%table loss — seems to have been the real object of the exis tence of. these societies. Loud com plaints are made, against the respect- 1 able auditors who certified to the balance sheets which showed a-state of affairs. that was sotfl proved : , to be illusory, but it must be remembered that auditors' duties are simply to ascertain the accuracy of the accounts and the existence of the securities held against money advanced. "With the value of the securities they have nothing to do.\ The effect of the failures m Australia will be to shake confidence m thesjo societies.for a time;, but this effect will scarcely extend to : Kew Zealand, where the building societies are conducted on legitimate lin^s; and with few exceptions have been, able to pull through the times of depression with no worse fortune than, a temporary diminution of dividends.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Telegraph Department have received a notification from London, dated 'October 13 that heavy delay to all outward trafnie is caused by 'interruption of the English! land lines. A revelation was made' to the Victorian Chief Secret-ary by the Master Biker's As sociation lately. The president said that two-thirds of the trade m Melbourne sold light-weight bread. A large assortment of new goods have arrived at the New Zealand Clothing Factory's Ashburton establishment and particulars are advertised. Mr S. Brown, of Wakanir, ha? sold to Mr J G. I-iestell 4000 bushels of wheat, delivered m store at Ashburton, at 4s Qd per bushel. Mrßestell has also bought another line of 12,000 bushels at 4s 6,1 per bushel. A wholesale robbery of books trom a pub lic library-was-committed by a man named Charles JohnatOne, at Graham (Victoria). He stole two hundred books, taking two or three at a time, and started a private library of his own. He got twelvemonths. The "Bruce Herald" is informed by several sheepowners m the district Jtitat there is some singular and unfamiliar epidemic prevalent. The animals die suddenly without any apparent reason. Many ,have- been opened and carefully examined, but no indications of disease have been, discovered.. . For the inquest, which was held this afternoon at the Hospital, the three local reporters werp summoned for the jury. This saved the attendance of three good men and true, who would otherwise have ■ had to' sacrifice at least two hours to the service of their country. The reporters would have to ' be present at the 'inquest m any case, and the Sergeant for once made them discharge,' their duty as citizens. The inquest is on the body of William Bishop, who died at the? Hospital from the effects, ltissupposed.pf.an accident met with on Friday week last. The inquest was adjourned until Saturday at one o'clock m the Cott: t house. The Middle Island Dairy Association have had under consilnration Mr Yorke's .letter-' advocating the fonruiAion of a Produce Exporters' League, to which wem.ule refer ence a few days ago, and it was decided that . the Secretary, Mr J. It. Scott, should write to Me Yorke stating that fie New Zealand Middle Island Dairy Aissooi itioii was or'gi nated for the same object, and that it has worked for the3e ends, and is quitel willing m co-operate with any society working m the same direction. The following extract from"a letter received by the -miil from a wholesale house m the iron trade by a retail firm at Christ church is published by the 4% Press": — " Your order of February 21 is not yet delivered, nor...will the firm to whom, ifc was .fjj v.enigiveiany definite promises .We. are hi the^same py*uoh with out Australian orders booked ninths before your?. The firm says —'We cannot-deliver because drink,-.idle ness, and Trades iUi)ibns i«xve the complete imsteiy.'" - . . •- ■ j It is not .often that the newly-elected Mayor of a borough, ce'ibrctis his election to the position'of chief Magistrate by the | free gift to the council of a site for a future town hall. This vras the case the other ' evening at the meeting of the Kmori Borough Council, when Mr S. Lancaster, the Mayor, announced hh intention of pre senting the council the fee-simple of the fourth of an acre m the middle of the village as a site for the future borough council chambers. Tiie gift was accepted amid great applause. The annual session of the Dioce3an Synod opened atChristehurch on Tuesday. Bi*hop Julius, "l n*s address, expressed regret at the illness of the" Bishop of Nelson, suggest-'' ing that » message o! sympathy should be 'sent. He stated that the total parochial debts had been reduced by £3000. He con gratulated the diocese of Dunediu on' the foundation of Selwyn College. Referring to •education, he said that he entirely approved 6i the elementary system of this colony, m so far as it was free and compulsory, and if it were only undenominational instead of secular he could support it with all his heart. He would be ready to join with other, denomi nations m obtaining such a system as that fo'lowed by the London School Boav'd. He concluded by expressing the opinion that the time "was drawing near when the union, of - Christian Churches would be accomplished. According to the London correspondent of the -'Otogo Daily 'Times" Jonathan Roberts turned up among the insurgents m , Chili, and the foifowiug mild account of his ', deliquencies is given :—"One night yoing Roberts had occasion to go to Timaru, tie nearest township, and, proceeding to his father's paddock, saddled the first horse her came to and rode off. Arrived at his destination he ran short of cash, and sold the animal, which he fully believed to be his fathers. It transpired, however that the horse which had strayed into the pul dock was the property of a neighbour, who, being at enmity with Roberts' family, re fused compensation. Roberts was S( nteuccd to two years for horse-stealing. He escaped from prison, but was arrested after being at liberty three months, tie \va=s set to work with a gang of convicts on a little island m Lyttelton harbour, some miles, from the mainland. A few days '.subsequently he swani", ashore, and succeeded m getting away." No *inentooh is made of his more serious crime of forgery. Hoixoway's Pills .vn'd Ointment are particularly recommended to persons who have to pass 'their fives m confined aiid crowded places ; hundreds of thousands of our fellow creatures toil from morning until evening m factories aiid workshops to the detriment of their health, and :the de terioration of the. race. They suffer m consequence from indigestion, fktulence and want of appetite, iui'i these c-.mipUints, if neglected, bring about nervousness and failure of the vital powers. Holloway's remedies can be used by such sufferers to t-hrir very great advantage, as they are mild m action, and certain m their effects. No one need therefore. lose a day's work; when using them, a matier of consequence 1 to those whose daily bread depends on daily toil.

The dull season (says the London cone- \ spondent of ty| f^ago Daily Times") lias been rendered'^li?||lyAby^*jft series of sensa tional pdllee eas^sf &«\soitng one remarked a crop of tragedies, spring if pi* fill the news papers aft^r Parliament risesl There was hhe strangefcimllity' "caae, -there as the Lime hotise inqrder f; there: is a highly improper case:of seduction, m which a coftiury clergy man is concerned •;■ a case of ,ahduction, m which a journalist plays-defendant.; and yet another case of abduction and seduction m . whicli a"gentleman of typewriting proclivi ties figures. This is a lively lot of cases, and when, the three hangings are added you will get some notion of "how the baser curiosity of human nature is being pandered to at the present. The strangest case' is that of the Limehpuse murdf r. A woman named Adams wasfountl" in' a Limchouse tavern fatally stabbed,and v i hhera mati mimed Lewi?, a'so wounded. L-jwls declared that the double deed had been the work "of. the jealous husband; and other witnesses swore to Adam* having been seen m bhe neighborhood. The coroner's jury found,a verdict of wilful murder against Adams.' Copiesof his photo graph were circulated, and this led to a queer discovery proving rAdait^s tovbe innocent of" the crime. A copy irf ihj phqto .having heeii sent to the Cardiff police m the ordinary way, it was found that Adams bad been con victed for felony oh board asliip on the llth of last mouth, anu at the present time was confined m the gaol of that town. .'These-, f icts were communicated to Detective-Inspec tor Mellish, X "division, who has the case m hand, anil, m consequence, on Thursday,, m company with Constable Bashford, who was well, acquainted with Adams, he pro ceeded to Cardiff where they were fully s-itisf c I that the man now m prison was none other thaii the husband of. tie murdered woman. The man. Lewis has now been, arrested on suspicion. SANDER AND SONS EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.—In protection of tlie. wor|d wide fame our manufacture has acquired all over the globe, we publish the following:— Hazard, M.D., Professor of General Patho logy and Diseases of the Mind and Nervous System';. Says'in an editorial published m the "Clinical Record■".:—" We have examined half-a-dozen specimens of different manufac tures ;'the preparation of Sander and Sons was the only one that proved to be reliable and corresponding to scientific tests." Another concoction called " Refined Extract of Eucalyptus" has made its appearance since. This product stands, according to.Dr Owen, foremost m causing injurious effects. That gentleman communicates, at a meeting of the Medical Society of "Victoria, that a Child living at Fitzroy became most seriously iridisposeit through its use. .' ■ In another case ■ a lady states on the strength Of statutory declaration that she suffered cruelly from the effects of the same concoction. To guard the high reputation of our manufacture we feel warranted m expo ittg the above facts," and desires the public to exercise care and precaution when buying, SANDER ard SONS. .(AjLlvt.) '  ■■' 7

SPORTING.

MONS MEG.

(Received October 14, 12.30 p.m. London, October 13. Mons Meg was backed Soiv the Czarc witch yesterday to win fifteen thousand.

THE CAULFIELD CUP.

Melbourne, October 13. The following acceptances weie-received this afternoon for the .. '; ; Caulf/eld Cup :—Bungebah, Teksum, G •/Gown, Tarcoola,Tantallon,Gresford, Enuc, Gladstone, .Gatling, G'Narop, Mitre, Gi.rtnard, E.th«lb'6rt, Mikado 11, Dillon, R 'n-ild, Lapstonc, Dundas, Carrington, Norbert, Glenloth, Forest King, Tsur- Jpsque, Knight of the Garter, Stamboul, Albeinirle. 'Sadim, Astor, Ports<>a. ■ The latest betting, ou the'Ciiulneld Cup is.2 to 1 against Bnngebah, 100 to 8-each Forest King and Clonard.

MELBOURNE NOTES.

■■ [Received. October 14,: 12 30 p.m.J Melbourne, October 14. Clonard did an excellent mile and a U/ilt; thuwjniing.iu 2uwL44isttcs, finish ing w«ll., but not )>etter than Knight 6l tlib'.Clai-ter ycsterdiy, who compussed tlie distance m 46sjc^. The'latter has a «o>d outs'da chance. Correzj inlooking wtlf: -At GaulfieU yesterday Grey Gown finished m front of Glenloth at the end of a good mile and :i half. G'Narvo and Dundas finished together two lengths m advance of Wild Rose, doing the mile and a half m 2min.4Bsecs. ' Dillon has advanced again to 100 to 12 for the Caulfield Cirp; Cnrhinc ianow a slightly better fcivoiile then MalvoHo and Vengeance for tln*,MftlbpiU'nt!.tCirf), a 100 to 10 taken.' fcstrwihboli issucbiidf ivorite for the Dai by at 100 to 20.

THE NAPIER PARK SPRING MEETING.

[per prfss association.]

:. Mah)!k, October 13. The first day of the Napier Park Club's races was favored \\ ith splendid weather, and the attendance was -very krge^ * The sum of £5877 passed through "the machine, 'the following are the results :— ...'.. Thial Hurdles, of 40- soys. One and a half mile.—VVorth, 9st 71b 1; The Pirate, 9st 2 ; Disturbance, 9st 3. Good Shot and Primate also started. Won easily m 3min 11 ,l'-ssec. Dividend—Jß2 11s. Criterion Stakes, of 60 soys;' One 'mile.—Heather Bell, 7fct 41b 1; Kupenga, 7.st9lb 2-Sam-a. 6st 51b 3. Matt Fri day, (ist.olb also ran. Heather Bell.won with a little m hand, m Imin 48 ]-ssec. Dividend—£2 7s. : , . Park Stakes Handicap, of 200 soys ; One and a quarter mile. —Rosefeldt, 7st | 91b' 1; Boulariyer, Bit9lb2; LViPetite Fille, j 7.st 31h 3. " Hilda, Sirephoi), British Lion, j Quyen. of Trumps, Kotuku, Fraternite, Lenore, To' os;<,Sei aph, Hakimana,Krima, Hippomenes, and Irene also stai tad. Won by half a kn<j[th, an excellent finish. Dividend- -£9 12s. Time—2«nia 14 l-sth S3C. •.-.'■ Saplint, Stakos, of 75 soys ; four furlonjis.—-Wnkawatea, 8-.t 41b, 1 ; S-t Katheiine, 6.« 101 b, 2 ; U.A., OstlOil), 3. .^Atfelaiile, Lustre, Yattaway, and Mystic also ran. Won by a neck. Time - 52isec. Dividend—£l 19.5. - • o llanih-'ai* HiJ.Rj'Ms, of SOlsqvs ; t\yo ■miles.—Oakitinds, lOst 121 b, 1; Chester, 9.st 7lb, 2 ; Somnnmbulist, list 21b, 3. Won \.y a neck. Time—4min 14sec. Dividend—£3lss. ', ,; , r .; : Ahuuiri Handicap, of 40 soys ; once round.—Ti it on, (ist9lb, 1; Link, Bst 51b, 2; Lope*, 7«t, 3. Maid of Lome, Kapuka, Baybell, and Kathleen also ran. Won easily. Time—2iiiin 3|-.sec. Divi dend—£<> Bs. Railway ITanukjail, of lOO.sove ; six furlongs.— Krinii, 6sfc 71b, 1|; Hekher. Bell, 7s 1; C'.b, 2 ; La Petite Fille, 7-st 41b, 3. Fraterni'e, Thaine, Dreamland, and Hakeinana, also ran. Won by a luii«th. Time—lmin iß|sec. Dividend—£9 17s.

LADIES' COLUMN.

A divided skirt factory m New Yovk has gone into banltiupbcy. ' - The us>e of red parasols has been officially forbidden m ninny villages of the Tyrol. The peasants say that the start ling color irritates the grazing cattle, and that a number of accidents of recent date were due to the display of red sunshades.» There is no reform more imperative than that which has for a motto, **-Give to every girl the means of earning her own living." Will the women wjid labor for the advancement of their own. sex ■g tve' th is su Irj ect -moire«kmest "'Mt& tibft'? At the State ball m honor, of the Ger4 man Emporor, a marchioness, who wore a: pure white dress, was absolutely ablaze; with diamonds. A iiara of scars was m her hair, and strlngsof sirigle stones, besides; a deep band of brilliants, encircled her? neck.. Chain,-i of-simiUv gems were fes-; tooi*ed round the berths of her dress, and ■ even the skiifc had its complemoit of dia monds, the bows down one side being pinned on with diamond brooches. Three married couples put m a claim' for the Dunmow flitch this year—a Sussex doctor and his wife, a clergyman and his wife from North Devon, and a clerk aud' his wife from Houuslow. The couple to whom the bacon is awarded will have to kneel on stones and swear that for a year and a day they have ntver uttered an angry word to one 'mother, nor wished themselves unmarried, An American widow, now visiting Lon don, is said to possess jewels ."worth a fabulous sum. She has a pair of pearl earrings which ccst £8000, and a trebla row of pearls which never leaves her neck by night or day. A lady who was a passenger on the Servi-i with" Piincc Geoige of Greece, has 'uoM the foliowin<! incidentto " V/oman '": —An American walked up to His Royal Highness and said, '\1 guess .you" are Prince George," "lam," wis tho reply. "Wall, then, I'm just anxious that my daughter .mould m ike your acquaintance. Emma !" she shouted to a damsel who. had reared to a distance, "I want to •introduce you. Miss Emma, this is Prince ..Geonze—Piiuce George, this is my daughter, Miss Emma," The newest euslu'ons. are made to serve " a dual purpose. 'They can be used as ornamental chair 7, backs or jssrve as supports, according toicquiroineiijt. ..The shape is o" long, an 1 should" be of the same width as the chair back proper. It is then stuffed, buL nit too fully. An exact duplicate being made, lhe two are joined by ribbon or cord, with just suffi cient spice between to allow for-thfi top; of the chair. These cushions can be simply covered with Pqii^e'e. silk, with puffs or..frills toi edge, or otherwise the r covers lend themselves to silk embroidery; "or decoration by means of the brush.-' Anyvyay, .the twin-cushion is a useful and: elegant addition to the rooms we occupy."; Tlie Spanish papers state that the Sul-;! tan of Morocco has asked f<>r the hand of! a Spanish girl in.marriage who is at pre-j sent living at Tangier, and it appears that} the*marriage contract is about to be 090^ eluded. Iho Spanish , gill who. 'haj taken possession of the Sultan's heart was only introduced to him two rnonthsj jkgo. If this curious wedding take 3 place,;' there will be two Spanish wives m the harem .of the Sultan, one pf;whpm.\vill hk the young girl at present, spoken of, an| the other a lovely girl 1 from Malaga, whij> is ah immense frvourite of hisiMajestyJ, and who obliged him a short time singe to send a vessel from-Tangier to Mal'igii tjj> bring back a cargo of carnations and othei" plants From 'her yu'den m that city. If women smoke much nowadays, sij*3 the" Tiiburie de Geneve," tliey canat Last , plead that the example «' net m high circles. The Empress of Austria smokeV thirty to forty Turkish cisra'rettes every day. On her writing table there is Ja silver box with fine relief work filled witih cigarettes, and a gold ash tray. Th> Tzariha also yields to the passion- fo> nicotine, but she only smokes- m her I boudoir, a copy of one of the prettiest i rooms m the Alliatnbra, filled with palm trees. Her anxieties may plead her 1 excubo-; but Queen Marguerite of Italy, , whoselife is freer frofa cafe, smokes-alsc^ and smokes much, but always m solitutlp. The .-Queen Regent.of Spai.i consumes Egyptian .cigarettes m -large quantities, Queen Nathalie of Servia has a wonderful store of cigarettes of. every kind, the Quee 1 of Rdumanu car. ies a little golden box tilled, with the same, means of de light, while the Comtesse de Paris ; appreciates only the tobacco of FTavana, and her daughter the Queen of Portugal gets her cigarettes from Dresden. . Mr.-} Lynn Linton,. who is now perpetu ally on the war path against her own sex,, . has just written an article m *he " Nine teenth Century." Her latest idea of what is just and expedient m the campaign on {. which she lias entered is to dbscribe those ladies who advocate woman's suffrage as " wild women " This probpbly consoles her for having missed the vocation which . she says is the ra>son el'e're. of wora^n Mrs Lynn Lynton, although a wife, has ; never been a mother; possibly this is one cause of the bitter shrewishness with which she pursues all those who", being mothers, are also politicians. Another shrewish touch m the present article' is one m which she declares that if England were to enfranchise women: it would be come a." hag-ridden " country. If we go on at this rate "we shall soon have Mrs Lynn Lynto'n described as an old hag," which would he very impolite dpd vn-. proper ; but. would iii be more so than this' application of "hagridden" to our School Boards and Boards of Guardians,' tiierely because women can •■ elect and be elected to thase bodies ? ..' Those wl^o ascribe? the popularity of osrtahi st^'| cis P^ dr^ss and dressing to the influence of the may cite the death of the, wasp-waist as an example. The irrepressible interviewer has lately given to; the world some information about actresses' waists, by which it will be seen that what Mr G. F, Watts desig nated, " the stove pipe waist" is not popular before the footlights. We are told that Miss Ellen Terry's waist is 28 inches m circumfernce, while Miss Mary Anderson comes m a good second with 26 inches. Mrs. Beimard Beere and Miss Eastlake possess equally laroe waists, the Hverage, however, being .^inches, wh^ich is "«, reasonable'and %!egant dimension.. Miss Kate Vaughah, whose waist only measures 2.1 inches, is said to be the proud possessor of the smallest m the profession. The reason ot the ample pro-' portions of most of our leading actresses; is that many of thenv:;4pj*ei^e;-with the aid of the corset- at all even(W upon the stage. One of them once told me that; she found it impossible to?..act an emotional part m corsets. They gave her a feeling: of selfQQiisciQUsjttjess which preventedJier from doiil^ fulh |^s|ice to the character. Certain it fa: that in society the admiration for wasp;wa,ists has declined, Women have now a .finer sense of the artistic, and tight-lacing went; out out with crinolettes—another mon«, stsbsity. May they resc, m peace !—, "Gentlewoman. 1 ' The ," Daily Telegraph" is quit© pathetic over the census returns, which show that there are over a million women who, m the nature of things, cannot expect to become wives. Jt rcjuioei,

however, at the developmant of employ ment for females. "We do not grotend that these increased openings for female labour ot every kind will altogether compensate girls for losing, the comforts of marriage.. It is their natural destiny to find th«fir best happiness as wives and mothers, and the women who disdain this career' are. too exceptional - to' be con sidered. Nor is it worthwhile to notice the .silly cceatures who pretend to detest men. ■ Therefore, while we see deep cause, for dfoatisfaction m this sad dispropor tion pf the sexes, we must point out that there are some tendencies of our time which partially provide an imperfect remedy. Kvery man of feeling must welcome these changes, aid delight m every new opening that enables a woman lo hortbraWy tarn her livelihood when through any cause she is not provided, as she ought t(y he, with a bread-winner of the other sex.*'

School Committee.

' HAMPSTEAD

The monthly meeting of ;the Hampstcad "School'Committee'.was'held" last evening. Present, Messrs Crooks (chairman), Sage, Andrews, Rickman, Meaclem, and Pick fsrd,- ..:■•..- ■:■ .-■ ■- .• -: :-.- - ■ ' " Thfe headmaster's report gave the following particulars of.; attendance :-— Number ort roll, boys 210, girls 162, total 372 ; average attendance for month, boys 159-9,"girls 122;2. total 2821; highest attendance, boys 175, girls 139, total 314. The report temarkda that the attendance w,is still far from what it should be, and a list of names of scholars who had'nt ten'lcd badly, was appemlcl, |irustina that the Committee would be able to do so nething m the mattes.'. 1% a general rale these bad attendees turned up oy the days of the exami nation to the detriment ■>* the tea hers' profeSHsnal reputation. Some sugges tions were j»1so mtdc , with reference to the bytftem to be observed m awarding the prizes which the Coinmi'tec proposed to sjive to Kcli(>]ais for regular attendance, .diligence, good conduct, and progress. It was decided to give notice .to the parents of tho.se cliildreu who&e attendance did not comply with flu» Act. The sug gestions as to the prizes were generally .approved aud the headmaster w-js granted a short leave of absence. The report was adopted. The Inspector's report on the recent exHinination of the school was read, and under all the circumstances considered S!»t:sF<ictorv. A lieirfcy vole of thanks was passed to the headmaster and .staff on he result of Jthoir effort's under extremely disadvantageous Conditions. A letter was read from the ITamp^tead Town Hoard re nuisance caused by drain. —The Wiling Committee wcie authorised fco attend to the matter. " - The Visiting Committee reported that certain appli-inccs for the school and re pairs.about the building and grounds were required. -The material to be obtained, and the repairs done. ; Messrs Rickman ant! Sage weie ap pointed ?; Visions; Committei} for the ensuing mon'h. , .... Accuunis amounting to £19 .o's 8d were passed for payment. ' The following is the KXAM[&ATION RftPOKT, AVOU.iT 21, 24, 25, 1891.

Pass Subjects.

S ■ ' <li ■■ ■ S, ■ ■•£!■■ • "S' ■; » . CS II) ■ rfl H rBS " 03 .1:?: ... : &; !^-. ,« -^ :. '^ , ■: Std. 7 . 2 -~ '—' ' — — . ":' „ -:6 ■' s'" 3 ■—-■ "— . 2 ■■ .I.- ;5" *' 22' '7' —' ■- -.3' •.J2 ■ ;: 4 44 .3 — 1» 22 „ 8 6i 16 1 11 33 ; „ .2 .: 44 ,^,,. 2- I',. ;'4l . . '■ „ 1 60 6 3 1 50 P. 139 — — '— — ■■• , Tofal" 377 ) .35 \- 6 35: IQO Percentage of passes-T-42^"44. Percentage of failures—l 7 "95. ■ .'•■■■■■ • ■ ... Marks ' ' Class ■Subjects. ■ (0 to 100) ■Drawing : ... ... ... ... — History • ... 15 Geography ... ... ... ... 20 lvleinentary science, object lessons, ■ &c. ...■ . ... .■;.... ■ ..... ... -■ 25 • ■, Total -..■" ... ... " ... 60 Percentage on class, subjects--20. : •.. -. : ...... | Marks. Additional Subjegts. _ (0 to 20) Bijepetition apcl recitation ....... . 10 Drill and exercises .*.,_.'.... * * ... 10 Singing, last year's work?.;. -... 14 Needlework ... ...,, ... ... 14,. Subject-mattec of reading lessons... 12 Extra drawing ... ... ... —-, " Additional marka ... ... 60._

■Staff and Distribution:—S. VII. and •Sv V.,.Mr Malcolm, headmaster ; S. IV., Mr Frizzell, first assistant; S. 111., Miss ■Fawcetl-, second assistant, Mr Andrews, B.T; 3; S. 11., Mr Kerr, P.T.. 3j#' I.;' Miss Duncan, t^ird..assistant; infants- Miss Shirteliffe, infant, mistress; Miss Vyilliamso'n, P.-T. 3 ;• Mis.« Rattray and Miss Bell, P.T'sl. . : Average age&of pupils m standards'J^— 1 S. Vl.y-14 years 7 months; S. V., 12 years 9 months ;• S. IV., 12 years 8 months ; ». Ill.j 11 years ; S. 11., 9 years 9 months ; S. 1., 8 years 5 months; ' General remarks :—Considering that this year the school has been deprived of a period of prep iratioii amounting m all to aboyb twelve weeks, and that anything like regularity, of attendance has. been ■ unattainable owing to serious illness m the neighborhood, we may accept the insults of the present examination as; satisfactory. With a reduoed programme of work m claa^ and. additional subjects the standard classes, with one exception, are enabled to .meet"with conskleiiable success the demands made upon them m pass subjects, and, as a consequence, a goodly number of children are accorded their promotion, and a sound working cl issincation of pupils is obtained. Standard IV is the only class that falls much below, the level of attainment I had expected to be reached. The defects m this case would seem to imply thnt the master iii charge has been dishearoened by the excsptional difficulties of his posi' tion ; for I know he is capable of achiev ilig a good measure of success under favourable conditions? L. B. Wooi>, ■ : ■ . Inspector. ;

MAGISTERIAL.

ASHBURTON—WEDNESDAY.

(Before Messrs Robert Alcorn and W. G.. , Rees, J.P's. , : Disorderly Con duct. —Patrick Connell was brought up for sentence, having, been remanded the previous day for examina tion by a medical man, after conviction of disorderly conduct on Monday evening; at the Commercial hotel. " The Sergeant Was of opinion that Connell had made'the row m the hotel, flourished the knives, and got up the story about being robbed simply with the view of extorting money out of the landlord, and from what he could -learn of ConneH's antecedents this srttt of thing was nob new with . him. Prisoner had been examined by a medical man, whose opinion was that there' was nothing wrong with him mentally. Prisoner made, a statement of a somewhat rambling nature, denying the insinuation of che Sergeant that he had had iv view , the extorting of money. He had certainly been the wor&e of liquor, but was a hard , working man, and k*<& never been b'fefor©

the Jourt previously, and was seldom m town, and never for more thin two days at a time. The^Bonch fcaid it- was clear that liquor had btym the cause of the trouble, and gave Connell some gocd advice, and fined •him 20? and costs or forty;cight luiurss' imprisonment. Druakbxsjws-r-Jerome Cam'ille was fmQd 5s or twenty-four hours for having hcei'i drunk the previous day. He was let-off lightly, as he had not been before t,T\e Coiirt since January^ 18S0. Wm. Foster whp also fined 5s (*r twenty-four hours m prison for having been drunk the day before. '

ROAD BARD.

MOUNT HUTT.

) The usual monthly meeting of the I Mount Hutt .Road Board*, was held on; 'Thursday, October 8. Present-Messrs; Cameron, Johnston, Drummond, and | Morgan. The Clerk reported thac.he had;j renewed the fixed deposit of £200 for: : twelve months. • CORRESPONDENCE. From the South Rakiiia Board covering report of,a Committee of that Board on the Boundary Road.—On the motion of, Mr Jolihston, seconded by Mr Morgan", it was resolved that Messrs Camenmand Drumnioiid wait on the Sputh~Rakaia Board and point out the necessity of metalling this"road. -~~- *■ ■ * From the Sydcnhnm Borough Council re shingle.—Received. From the Commissioner of Taxes .ask ing '.that facilities might be granted to assessors to inspect maps and roll.-—Re- ! ceived. • , From the Commissioner of Crown Lauds sanctioning the- expenditure of i "thirds" on water supply to certain' sections, a°d asking for information as to the expenditure on roads..—The Olerk was instructed to give the necessary iu formation. From Mr W. Gerard asking for repairs to'the Black Hill track.--It wa» decided to grant Mr Gerard £10 towards the repairs if he would undertake to have the work done to the Board's satisfaction. From Mr J. Black asking permission to plough the :side of the road fronting his section, to destroy gorse. —The matter was left for Mr Morgan and the Clerk to deal with. 11.M. COURT. It was decided to let the office for three years for use as an R,M. Cuiirt fer the sum of £5 per annum. RATE. It was resolved that die Board adver tise their i.itention of striking a rate of one-fifth of a penny m the £ for the year ending March 31, 1892, at their next meeting, accounts. Accounts amounting to £34 Us 2d were passed for payment. TENDERS. Sir M McAvey's tender for formation of the Ashburton River Road at 5s 6*l per c^a'n was accepted ; Messrs Blackburn's for formation of the Lyndhu'-.st-Cairnbrae Road at 4s 6d per chain ; and Mr .1. Black's for the teaSe of the Domain at 10s per acre"per annum.

Additional Mail News.

Mr Matthews, Home Secretary, re mitted, on Sep. ember 15, eighteen months of the sentence of imprisonment imposed up- n Austin Bid well, the American forger, who m 1872 perujtrattd frauds upjn the Bank of England. Ihe Duke of Cleveland hits lefl Lord Barnard, as male heir of the V.vie family, his estates m Durham aud Sim p.shire, which bring m a net* inconie of quitp £12,000 a year, and he ako gets Kaby Cattle and a house in:f*t. James Sqaue. [By the l-i«f Brindisi mail a o-n-'snintlei.t wrote i~~ ThoDukeoi is not ex pected to recover. ' Hei,- m his 89th year. He is the youngest of three brothers, sons of the first Duke; all of whom have been Dukes jf Cleveland. lie is .stepfather to Lord Rosebery, having, married m 1851 Lady Dilmeny, tho ' widow " of Lord Dalmeny, the eldest son of the fouith Earl of Rosebeiy, who prodeeoaaed'his fritlwr. For some years past the duke has bee-i saving for the Rosebery family, and .1' hh money will eventually go to "them, lie evon went so far as to buy out his heir -one of the Milbanks, who will only inherit the entailed property and a sub sidiary title. The dukedom expiies with his Grace ] m future no Britis.li officer will be al lowed to serve m the Chinese navy. This is on account of the refusal of the Chinese Uuthori.ies to furnish an explanation foi nn insulc to-a British oiHcer. During the performance of "Lakiue" at the Opera C unique, Paris, on Heptem er 7, the electric li^Us m the theatre weie suddenly extinguished. The cause was found to bu Ui.it the stage carpenter had become entangled m the beKs of the dynamo and was torn m shreds. The banquet given on SepttmbevlOth by M. de Frpycinet, President .of the Council and Minister of War, to the French Generals who took part m the army manoeuvres and to the military attaches who watched them, was a brilli mi affair. In the course of a speech M. de Freycfnet said "nobody now doubts that we are bbrons, or that we shall prove to be wise. We know how to maintain that calmness and dignity m days of misfortune which' have paved the way to recuperation."

Ashburton Market.

MB. ,TOHK G. RESTBLIo ■Mr-John Q. Rescell reports on the weekly sale of sheep and cattle held at Tinwald saleyards on- Tuesday, October ■13 ::—Ai»out 6000 sheep of all classes came forward for sale, and abo'uc forty head of cattle.; The attendance) of the public was ,l»rge, and the bidding was spirited for 'sheep.'"-Half bred ewes, with one hundred per cent of lainhs, sold up to 1713 d; merino ewes,, with ninety per cent of lambs, up t6 lls 6d : hoggets up to 15s 3d ; fat sheep from lls tolls. My sales were as follows : -240 halfbred hoggets,' lls 3d ; 9P do. lls 9d ;■ 300 do. lls Id ; and a small lot of cull hoggets'at; 6s (M. The Cattle-trade was dull, and prices low.

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THE STRAND SEAT.

.  London,' October 12. , ■It is- expected that .a son of ths iate Biglit Hon. W. H. Smitli "will be returiied unopposeH for the Strand seat in tjie House of Commons, THE BRITISH HARVEST. "The Times" considers that the result of the harvest is heartbreaking. DISEST ABLISHMEN T. Speaking at' j;jip. unyeilirig of the, statue erected as a. tribute to the memory of Mr John Bright, the Earl. of Derby said that they were drifting towards t.he voluntary support of the Church, and they could not dream of connecting the State with a single sect in the whole community. LABOR ITEMS. Mr John Burns considers the present time inopportune for a strike, and characterises the action of those now going out as. mad and suicidal. He urges the introduction of the ballot box in connection with strikes.

Eight thousand nail-workers in Eng- Jand are going out oil strike as a pro test against a 10 per cent reduction of their wages. THE DEATH OF MR PARNELL. . Outside of Dublin little attention was paid to Mr Fariiell's funeral. The English Press comment on the absence of the MacCarthyites. It is now said that under one hundred thousand were present at the funeral. The. '■ Daily Chronicle," in an article referring to the death of Parnellf says that he found Ireland a nation of serfs, and left it a free democracy. •-.-It is proposed to.erecJLa monument in Dublin to Mr Powell. The Tories intend to contest the seat rendered vacant by Mr Parnell's death. M r Parnel l's coffin was sji rmou nted! by an Irish harp and a wreath, in scribed "Eye for-eye, tooth for tooth," CaptainO'Shea'sdau<Jkterssent wreaths. Opposite Parliament House the proces sion halted and all uncovered, his former colleagues -gathering round the hearse. It was described as the. most impressive scene witnessed in Dublin since O'Ctmnell's funeral. The " Daily News" considers that Mr Parnell's death will in the long run have a uniting influence on the party. Washington, October-12." The Irish societies in New York sue not prepared to accept a proposal to seek revenge on the seceders f rom Mr Paenell. ■ . _ . ' ' St. Pbtetrsbtjrg, October 12; , The Russian Press attach the highest importance to Mr Parnell's death, be-' licving that itmeans the early triumph of Mr .Gladstone. PLOT AGAINST THE CZAR. London, October 13. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" wires that- a conspiracy ag-iinst the life of the Czar has been discovered afc Kiev, and that a printing press has been seized. A i serious outbreak has taken place among 'students, and although many arrests were made the spirit of revolt is spreading. THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ; POLICY. The proposals of Mr T. Playford, ■Premier of South Australia, for a limi- Itetion of holdings and compulsory sale >ot leasehold property, are causing con siderable alarm, and it is rumored that large withdrawals of capital from that colony are contemplated. . .

AFTER THE BATTLE.

Valpakaiko, October 12. v The British nitrate companies in Chili are claiming sixty millions clollars compensation for damage sustained dating the recent civil war. : The Spanish and Italian residents in .Chili claim '£60,000 compensation for loss duri.ig the-war; . -•■ •

THE FAMINE IN RUSSIA.

St. Pbtebsbuho, October 12. The tempsrance propaganda promul gated by the Czar is succeeding in the famine-stricken districts., . - -■

RECIPROCITY.

Bjbkijn, October 12. United State cereals will'"be '&& ruitted free into Germany oi^coudition .that German beet sugar is' received into the United States without .pay ment of duty.

REBELLION IN URUGUAY.

■ ; Montß'Vii>Kbi"Ootobe.i i 13. A rebellion took place in Uruguay, : with the object; of seizing the juntas and murdering the President, but it failed. The military suppressed the revolt after sharp fighting, in which a ihumbier of the insurgents were killed.

THE BURGOS ACCIDENT.

Madrid, Ootobsr 13 Queen Christina has paid a visit to Mr Seymour Lucas, the English painter, and others who were injured m the recent railway accident at Burgos.

PERILS OF THE SEA.

Brussels, October 13. Information has reached here that the Belgian vessel Ellen Losing, being disabled m the Mediterranean Sea, .drifte I hopelessly about for a fortnight. The crew suffered terrible privations, twelve "of their number dying . from arvation* Only one was rescued.

THE RIOTS. IN ROME.

Rome, October 12. . The chief offender m the outrage on Victor Emmanuel's *omb'has been, con ducted to the frontier. , " Italy suggests that it is possible that, under the guise of a workrceu's pil grimage, a body ot Frenchmen may ; seize Rome.

THE FRENCH AND GERMAN ARMIES.

"'. ' - Berlin, October. 12. The numerical strength of the Ger man army is 11,000 below that of France, bat the war vote of the latter is 20,000,000 francs above that of Ger many.

AUSTRALIAN.

GENERAL BOOTH'S SCHEME. Sydsky, October 13. • Replying to a question m the House of Asseiobly to-day as to* whether the Government had.made any agreement to aid General Booth m his colonisa tion scheme, or whether the Govern ment would take steps to prevent the introduction of* pauper labour, the Premier that without directly answering he might say that he had a conversation with the leader of the Silvation Army on his. arrival m Sydney, but'nothing had been said, about aiding the scheme nor with tegard to paupers. He had no doubt, however, that when the. time arrived to deal with the matter the Govern ment, would bo equal to the occasion. ,

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Auckland, October 13. John McDougal Sampson and Robert Davis, who were arrested m.company, with Edward Downing on- a charge of having an illicit still m their possessions were this morning d'icharged, the Crown Prosecutor stating that there was abso lutely no evidence against-them. Down ing whs remanded till Tuesday. PALMKHSToii North, October 13. At the inquest into the recent. large fire m the. Square the jury returned an open verdict. No evidence could be obtained to show how the fire originated, Wellington, October 19. The Representation CommisKfejuevs !. finished their sittings to-day. Theyjavfe found it necessity to make considerable attentions iv the liouiularies. jirv places were the census revcahjd^lftrgS shifting iof the pcpulatifftY efc#B&*lTy w the West CoaSt of the Nortfll*to& ':■ '

The revenue for the lasi six monilis is ■■veil up to the mark. On the whole the Customs show an increase, and the best months of the beer duty have to ome, The railway receipts have suffered materi ally, hy the diminution m the grain traffic, but, arc improving, mid with the summer pissenger traffic, the Commissioners have good hopes of produeiug their estimated net revenue of £414,000 for ths year Captain Faiwhild, of the Hinemoa, which left for one of her regular cruises tin j morning, has instructions to double the size of food depots on the Auckland and Campbell Islands, to build a boVt house at, the Auckland Islands, and leave two bouts there, and to erect a Hew depot afc the Bounty Islands. TnforhtffVifl has reached" Here thatiSjtr John Southern, formerly the ' New Zca- I:ml representative of Messrs Rylands and Sons, of Ijoadon, was run over by a railway train at Forth and killed on the 9bh in.st. -V Theinqueftbon the body of Mrs Back house, who died some diiyshigo under suspicious circumstances, xi%% Resumed this morning. The result of the examina tion of the medicine by- the Government analyst was of a negative charactct, and proved nothing. The jury returned an open verdict. ._. . . ..: DuNßniir, October 18/.' Diphtheria has nude its appearance m bouth Dunecliu, and two deatitS are re ported. ' ' , t y . A train on-thn Kaituigata Goal,. Com patty'« line, consisting of m\ engiue," comp osite carrai-re, and/thirty, trucks, was run into a siding by mistake, arfd" came into collision with some loaded = coal" "frucW No one was injured," but the engine was badly damaged, tjiat o«o had to be secured from the Railway Corumissioners to Lake •ts place, ' ....

POLITICAL.

■ (rBK i-BESH ASSOCIATION.) mi it T? ro? A Bay ' October 131 ■ The Hon. Mr Reeves lias proceeded north from here, as his business is a £?errer;il inspection of the district on be half of the Cabinet. The native schools and land will be inspected, and he will visit the natives of tlu> Waiapii district " who are striken with the typhoid f«v«r epidemic. The Minister at the same time is 1 endeavouring to make himself acquainted with tlio grievous native land (ditnculties which now prevail alone tho coast. i Wellington;, October 13. Ministers have decided to give. eff,-ct to the arrangement Utr'i-' .shadowed m the Public Works Stat JinVnt. :for the amalgamation of tha Marine Du-. •partmeut with the Public Works Depart ment. Thy Public Works Department is to --takeover all the functions of the Miitine Department m regard to tlio con struction and maintenance of lighthouse;; and harbour works, and tlie inspection of I steamers and inspection of miohinery. " All the .>ther' duties of the Marine Department, such as the examination of' 'masters,, eto.. will .be-transferred to Wo ,Custonis. Mr H. rfvHf-Blow- is to be' confirmod m tfce -position of Under-f Secretary for Public, Woiks, the respon sibilities of which he has held, for some; cime pisr. There will be.some alteration m oHiciil positions m the amaigtm'tted' department.

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[PER PRESS A.SfKKHATIOX. A XMiivr nilHcalty. Vi. {tlsboknbj Octobor42. ■*- Tho natives of Tologa Bay have &*«&.-$. possession of <* { six roomed house, lar^ft orchard, and 6Qacrtj«of lan I occupied by iHsnry Williams, who alsa cliulua to be an '-owner m tthe, W'harekaka block. The posinion the Maoris bik« up is th»t some of them n<>t having di«»pose<l of fclrair Mat as iv tho block, and Hieit interests ne.Vef 'having been- cU'fi nod, they ns part oVriierii' | of the soil have a perfect ri'/nt to " squtitv 1 wliore they ploiise. ' ' ' '. ~ T

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GERMANY AND AMERICA.

: Berlin, October 13.. . The reported Arrangement between, Germany and the United States of America for the reciprocal exchange of cereals and beet sugar is premature. Negotiations are, however, proceeding on the subject. ' ■.._.... ,

THE FAMINE IN RUSSIA.

St. Petersburg, October 13. . . One hundred million roubles will.be required to feed the starving peasants during winter, apart from the cost of seed grain. Incendiarism is frequent m the famine stricken districts, and corn magazines -are pillaged by, the famishing people. . . •

THE EUROPEAN SITUATION.

: Paws, October 13. M. De Giers, the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, who is now "on a visit to this city, m the course'of »n interview with the diplomatic .repfe* sentative of another po\Ver,\ declared that the, movements of troops on t'.ie eastern border" wfere merely for defen* sive purposes., Russia .and France were both aware that a great majority of the powers were averse to war, arid no -importance, need be attached, to these movements.-. M. De. Giers is now interviewing King Humbert and Mar quis Rudini, the Premier otltaty He assured another interviewer that there were symptoms snowing that the Czar was restraining the war party. Russia would not lead France into any rash act. ~*

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

Though the Salonica .mail' route saves six hours the French officials few it? wiij bo. uncertain inr^intfiv ?-.

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THE INFLUENZA.

Sydney, October 14. The influenza is rapidly spreading throughout the country, and several deaths have resulted. A number'of cases are reported m the city. Adelaide. October .14.. The influenz-vis prevalent m this city.

THE SUMMERFIELD'S CREW.

The captain of' the steamer Summer •eld denies the statement of the crew tihat thty were badly treated during the voyage from Hamburg, He says three men died m the. Red Sea from the excessive heat, which registered 128 \n the s!^e. . i , , ? ■

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