MAIIL, NOTICE.

FRIDAY, Novkmbkr 13. For South America.} United Kingdom, and Contfnent of Europe, per Manipouri (to con nect, with R.M.S. Doric at Wellington), and also for Not them Ports of New Zealand as follows:—Ordinary letters, €$.£SO p.m. ; books and newspapers, 6.20 p.m. ; registered ,letters, 5 p.m. ; money orders, 3 p.m. This mail "will be due in London on December 26, 1891.- Universal postage 2£d per half-ounce.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1891. THE PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE.

New brooms proverbially sweep clean, and the radical changes that the new head of the Public Trust Office, Mr J. K. Warburton, is making in the working of, his very important depart ment are an instance of the truth of the adage An entirely different system of conducting the business of the office has been devised, and will come into operation on January 1 next, the work of reorganisation being already, in an advanced position. The new system, it is announced, will be based upon that un der which" the business of the Post Office Savings Bank is conducted, Tiie multi tudinous books of which so much was made in the recent enquiry will no longer be a feature of the office. Instead of the nine separate cash books now in use, only one single cash book will be used, and there will be no subsidiary ledgers at all; and instead of the former complicated array of cash books and ledgers a very simple process will be substituted by means of " slips " such as are employed in the Postal Savings Bank and Money Order business, which will answer every purpose of accurate record without in volving any needless labour or com plexity. The plan works with the regularity of clockwork in the Postal department, and the new Public Trustee is convinced that it will prove equally efficient applied to th« business of the Public Trust Office. Each cash transaction will be recorded on the slips, which will be immediately filed, and then the day's transactions will be duly entered j* the book. Tims the

despatch of business will be greatly expedited and facilitated, and reference will be rendered much more easy and trustworthy than it has been hitherto under the system about to bo Abolished. A result of this reform will be that instead of the investment accounts being scattered over a number of books all will be brought -down to one focus, showing at a glance the state of each beneficiary's account with the depart ment. It is proposed to make the Postmasters throughout the colony agents for the Public Trust Office, and to pay out through them the moneys due to beneficiaries resident in the district served by that post office. The payments will be made in a simple j and direct manner, similar to.the pay ( ments made by postmasters -in regard to Savings Bank money, and it is hoped that in this way both the convenience . of persons interested will be greatly promoted and the. Public Trust Office popularised. Under the Act of last session a stated rate of interest will be paid to beneficiaries, with a State guarantee, and without any deductions for cost of management, which will be defrayed out of the margin investment returns. But in the case of estates ] already in the hands of the Public Trust Office, investments either already made by the department or taken over with the estates, a plan is being devised ' for placing those on a uniform satis -1 factory footing, probably by offering a specific rate of interest with State guarantee and commission for manage ment in lieu of the present indefinite ' arrangement. Under the new Act ■ there is no outside control in the shape^ of pre-audit, but the trustee is made 1 personally responsible for his disburse ments. The officers of the department are being assiduously trained in the • proposed new system, so that when it is brought into force with the coming \ new year they may be thoroughly versed in its method and be able to takeitup without the slightest difficulty} There is a general feeling among thoso 1 who are watching the progress of the reorganisation of the Office that the course taken by the Government of transferring Mr Warburton and his chief clerk, Mr R. Duncan, from the ' Postal Department to the Public Trust Office will be justified by the results. . It will be satisfactory to the public to know that no new or speculative sys , tern is to be introduced, but a system adopted which has successfully stood ( the test of official and public experience in the Postal Department. It public confidence in the Public Trust Office " was ever shaken it is now in a fair way ', of being restored.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Blight has made its appearance among the potato crop in the Lismore district, New South Wales. The Tasmanian customs authorities have prohibited the importation of copies of " Robert Elsinere." Mr G. B. Shaw, the well-known hurdle racer, is giving a good account of himself in England. He has competed in twelve handicaps this season, winning no less than eleven of them The "Pall Mall Budget" of October 1 reproduces Messrs Wheeler's photograph of BUhop Julius ascending the spire to lay the last brick. It remarks that there is probably not another Church of England- Bishop in the world who"Vould have the nerve to perform the same feat. The largest completed sale under the Land Purchase Acts is detailed in the Dublin "Gazette." Eight hundred and fight tenants, on the estate of Lord Lurgan, in the country Armagh, have bought their farms for £221,854. The prices vary from £30 to £3000, and fthe list fills 16 pages of the official journal. . •During a sharp thunderstorm over Like Wakatipu on Sunday week the lightning struck the Gleuorchy telephone line, and completely wrecked about a mile of it destroyed the arms and insulators, and melt ing the wire into small biK Communication was interrupted for some days.—" Otago Daily Times." Two of the best known bulls ars to be found in a letter Addressed to Napoleon 111. by Trumpet-major Bonniot, asking for a decoration, and beginning thus:—"l have contracted under your dear uncle two mortal wounds, which for 38 years have been ornament of my existence, one by a { direct thrust, and the other at Wagram," The brothers Baddeley, who won the double-handed lawn tennis championship of the World, are twins ; and it is remarkable that the brothers Renshaw, their pre decessors in holding the blue ribbon of the tennis court, are twins also. There is a remarkable likeness between the two Baddeleys, and even intimate friends are often, puzzled to say which is which. The fifth of November was celebrated by a social given by the members of the Orange Lily Female L.0.L., No. 5. A large num ber of ladies and gentlemen took part in the evening's enjoyment. Songs were sung during the evening by members and fi lends. Excellent music was provided by Mr Wood i and Miss Gates. Mr G. H. Bryant catered for the occasion, and deserves great credit. Dancing was kept up till about 2.30, when a very enjoyable evening was brought to a close. A private letter from London, dated September 30, is quoted by theOhristchurch " Press " as follows :--" The English crop is not so seriously damaged as was anticipated. The hot weather a fortnight ago allowed most of the graiii to be got in, and although the wheat is stained and bleached there is a large quantity of it. Deliveries must be delayed, as a lot of it is not fit for milling yet, but it is expected to dry in stack, and large quantities will b3 threshed about December and January." The annual picnic of the Tinwald Presby terian Church Sabbath School took place in the local Domain on Monday. There wss a full attendance of scholars, and a large com plement of visitors. Reward books and pre sents were given away by Rev. A. Bkke, various games were indulged in, and abun dance of refreshments provided. Hearty cheers were given for the teachers, and for Mr Stalker, who lent his tent for the refresh ments, and the party broke up greatly pleased with the days-outing. Having been informed that Darwin kept a copy of "Innocents Abroad " constantly by his bedside, Mark Twain, when Darwin's Biography was published, procured a copy to see what might be said about himself. He searched it through in vain. The only 'possible allusion to himself was the state, inent that, in his latter ypars, Darwin suffered from a species of atrophy of the brain, which incapacitated him for the enjoyment of any decent literature at all, and compelled him to seek mental rest in the perusal of trashy novels and "vacuous humor." The joke, for once, was decidedly against Mark. Oue of the most curious revelations ever discovered in a .State paper is that for which we are indebted to Lord Wolseley in his article on Count Yon Moltke in the United Service Magazine. It appears that in 1841, when a European war seemed imminent, the King of Prussia made a formal request to the Duke of Wellington, then in his 72nd year,-to take command of his army. At this time of day, when the immense reputation of "The Duke" has perhaps somewhat faded in comparison with the scientific abilities of the (.merman generals, the proposition seems almost incredible, but Lord Wolseley has seen it in black and white; and also the Puke's reply.

The editor of the " Thuringia Volksblatt at Erfurt, Germany, has been sentenced t > two weeks' imprisonment for asserting that Luther committed suicide. The court held that such a statement profaned the religious creed of the State; A bill has been introduced into (lie las manian' Parliament by the Minister for Lauds providing for legal control over the Tasmanian railways, it having bean dis covered that it is beyond the power of the Government to authorise construction. Two burglars were pluckily c.iptured rerl hauded at Collingwoorl, near Melbourne, on the 21st ult. They were heard tampering with the door of Robert Walker's tobacco nist shop, and Walker's wife and sou, each armed with a revolvar, proceeded to inter cept them. Just as Walker reached the shop the two men burst in. He covered one with a revolver, when the man put his hands in his pocket, and Walker, thinking by this motion the burglar was armed, fired, and shoe the fellow through the arm. He was then easily taken, and gave the name ot Nelson" Vernon, well-known to the police. Meanwhile the other man had taken to his heels, but Mrs Walker was on his track, and covering hihr with a, revolver he was brought to a standstill. She kept him under the muzzle "of the pistol until the police were 1 brought. He gave his name as John Collins, aged°l7. , .  "Mercutio" heard that during Mr Rudyard Kipling's stay in Rotorua he had an amusing and characteristic adventure. He went in a place to get shaved. The sar torial artist had occasion to go out for a few minutes on pressing business. While absent a Maori wahinc came in, and Rudyard asked her what she wanted. She laconically replied " matches." He is as ready to help a shopkeeper in his duty as " the reporter of an obscure London paper," and after ex plaining to her (for she understood the Anglo-Indian's speech) that his partner was out, and thatihe (Rndyard) "was not there for a blue moon, but generally went about in spots," he proceeded behind the counter aud handed her out a box. The famous Maori tourist guide dropped down to her man, and quietly said, " She was always Accustomed to have her purchases clone up in paper." Rudyai'd collapsed, and " tum bled." From the first annual report of the Jubilee Institute for the Blind, founded in Auckland last year, it appears that Mr Tighe, the resident, last year visited 185 blind persons in various parts of the colony, besides 23 who, though not quite blind, are but Kttle removed from it, and six Maoris, giving them instructions and in other ways attending to their urgent needs. He recounts the work done in teaching the blind to read and and states that 22 of his pupils can now correspond with the seeing. Five have been taught to usefully employ themselves. The number now able to work at various trades, which includes halter, mat, and net making, bone polishing, chair caning, knitting, etc., is 35, and some of the above have earned a good deal towards their own support since the lime they were first placed under tuition. Two have been started as commission agents, and preparations are being made to place a third in a similar position. Mr Skinner (Wellington), Mr Thompson (Christennrch),. and Miss Jones (Dunedin), who were, in 1889, 1 appointed honorary teachers, still fill those positions, and have done good work, visiting the blind, exchanging books, and teaching them to read and write. Certainly the Most Effective MEDICINE in the world is SANDER and SONS EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Test its eminent powerful effects in Coughs, Colds, Influenza, etc. ; the relief is instantaneous. Thousands gave the most gratifying testimony. Read this certificate:—" 24th April, 1885- Messrs Sander and Sons,—lt is with the greatest of pleasure . that I testify to the excellence of your Eucalypti Extract. Having had inflammation of the bone of the leg, which came on after a severe attack of low fever, I was attended by Dr J. Boyd, who had made strenuous efforts to save my leg, but without success. Pie found it necessary to amputate my limb. Having heard in the meantime of the wonderful cures worked by the Eucalypti Extract, I obtained a bottle, and the extract had not been applied more than an hour when I began to feel greatly relieved. After applying the extract every four hcursfqr nine or ten da-V8 it was out of all danger. I *vj>«;ld persuade, al who may be effected with any such disease to give the Eucalypti Extract a trial, and* I am convinced that they 'vill find it ijlie most wonderful of medicpes.—Youis,, etc., E. J. CuiiNow, Wattle street, Sand hurst*—(Advt 5

Waterton Wesleyan Church.

The anniversary iv connection with the Waterton Wesleyan Church was a uro nounced success. On Sunday the anni versary services were' conducted by the Rev J. H. Gray, who delivered two able sermons appropriate to the occasion at which the sitting accommodation of the Church was taxed to the utmost extent.

On Monday a public tea meeting was held in the Library Hall. The tables were provided as follows :—(lJTViesdamea Shutt arid Wesfcon ; (2) Mesdames Moses and Donaldson ; (3) Mesdames Croy and Watson; (4) the bachelors, and were presided over by Mesdames Shutt, Weston, Moses, Donaldson, Watson, Croy, Graham, Edge, Cullen, and Misses Donaldson, Milne, and Williams (2). As the weather was faiily propitious, a large gathering was anticipated, and before six o'clock the most sanguine expectations of those directiy interested in the matter bade fair to be eclipsed, as traps and other vehicles, bearing loads of people from the surrounding districts of Klemington, Willowby, Ashton, wnd Longbeach, were seen to be making their way fcO' the great centre of attraction —the meeting. From six o'clock until about 7.30 a stream of individuals kept passing into the hall at intervals for the purpose of having their , sharpened appetites made blunt by a united attack on the good things with which the tables were laden, and it was a pleasing sight to notice hew heartily all, seemed to enjoy themselves. Tea being over, an adjournment to the church, where the public meeting was to be held, was made. The church was soon filled to overflowing, and it was thought at first! advisable to hold two meetings, one in die" hall and the other in the church, but as -rain began to fall many of those present went horns and so very considerably relieved the space. The chair was occupied by the Rev J. H. Giay, who on behalf of the Wesleyans welcomed the Rev Mr Farley to Watercon, and a' le ad dresses wore delivered by the Rev S. La wry, (superintendent of the circuit), Rev j. Sawle (Baptist), R;v Mr Farley (Anglican), and Captain Veitch (Salva tion Army). The choir assisted by friends from Flemington and Willowby rendered several musical f»elec ions in an able manner under the baton of Mr James O.*bome, while Mr Ford presided at the organ. Misses Donaldson, F. ' Timms, and Lucy Watson rendered polos ; Misses Williams, duet; and Miss Donaldson, Mrs Wheeler, and Messrs Dacres and Wheeler a quartette in a pleasing manner, The Treasurer's report, as given by Mr Wat son, showed a credit balance of £1 6s Bd, while the proceeds of the present festival amounted to £22, as against £12 last ye ir. Votes of thanks were proposed to the choir, the speakers, the ladies, and the engineer. The meeting was closed by the Rev Mr Farley pronouncing the benediction, and so ended the most sue cessful anniversary ever held in connec tion with the Waterton Wesleyan Church.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

[per prkss association.]

filiilflen I»«ath, Dcneuin, November 11. Thoma-5 Burns, an old man, dropped dead at Port Clialme'rs, in' a restaurant, last nighc, it is supposed from' heart disease.

ROAD BOARD.

MOUNT SOMERSj The monthly "meeting of the;-.Rfo'unt Some a Road Bmrd was held an Mofldci}', November 2. Present—Messrs Ji^lson (in the chair), Syrae, Chapman, atitl McMillan. ' . ■ i OVERSEER'S RfcPORT. £ The Overseer's report was rend': and considered. « Springburn Twtmway Road—The oyer seer was instructed to have this |VoaS; repdred as soon as possible. J , Mount Corners Station Road~The Overseer reported ' some work 'that wanted doing.--Resolved that the "work should be done, provide I Mr Peacho pay half the cost. Resolved to invite tenders for forming [ about thirty chains of side cutting near the Potts' river. CORRESPONDENCE. ' ( . „,'.. From the Mount Peel Road B«ard, forwarding information re stone breaking. —Received. From the New Zealand Loan anil Mer cantile Agency Company, asking that the names of Messrs • Neill, Milne, fnd Mcßae be put on the roll for sections' sold to them —Agreed to. From James McMillan, asking that the name of William Fawcett bo put ori the roll instead.—Agreed to. < From William FaAvqett, asking that his riaine be put on the: roll in plape of .John 1 Cowburne for R.S. 8506.—Agreed to, From Lands Office, agreeing to survey tny roads laid off by tlie Board in the Ashburton Gorge.—Keceived.

From Mr Marcus Gun, asking for a road to be made to R.S. 4275:—Resolved to make the road up to a certain point, on condition the applicant pay half the cost. "

From Mr Purnell—- Be gates on O'Shea's rood, and suiting that - the Board liaVJ power to grant permission for gates'lo be erected on by-roads in sparsely popu lated district's.—Received, and the CleFk instructed to reply to Messrs Wilding and Lewis' letter of September 24 to that effect. : /

DEPUTATIONS.

Mr Tripp.interviewed the Board with* respect to the road J;o It S. 42jf>, and agreed to pay half cost, which was agreed to, as soon as this line of road was settled. As the Board's map did not show a road adjoining the section, the Clerk was;;in structed to write to the Land office re'(bbe same. Mr Tripp al jo asked for the nime of Mr Harris to be put on the oil for the coal pit section, and Mr Gun's name for R.S, 4275.—Agreed to.

Mr Brown, contractor for the work in the Gorge, aiskcd to be allowed more money for the work, as he had tendered; "for the work without seeing it. He was informed that the Board could not give any more, but that lie niipht throw up the work and fresh tenders would be called for it, Mr Brown preferred to go ori with the work. Mr Simpson asked for the stumps to be cleared, and stated that Mr Fagan. had not done, anything to his part of tUe work. —Resolved to cancel his agreement to cut. timber on the road, and the Overseer was instructed to inspect the road. Mr Carptndale interviewed the Board re the gates on O'Sliea'.s road. —He \va^ informed that the Clerk would write to bis solicitor from whom ho Would, gut Jug. answer. *'-■ J :_;.. LEAVE OJ? ■ABSKNCB. Mr Chapman asked for two months leave of jii.bFence.—Granted. • t& ; TENDERS. Tenders were opened for work in thp. Gorge, and that of Mr Harvey wsv* accepted. For forming en the Buccleucii road, Mr Brown's', tender Avas accepted. ACCOUNTS. The pay sheet, amounting to £7 Us 7d, wis passed for payment, and the Board .adjourned.

School Committees.

ASHBURTON.

The monthly meeting of the Ashburton School Committee took place last night. Mr Wm.' Craighead (chairman), and Messrs Paul and fc'ilcock were present. An apology was received from Mr Braddell. ' The chairman seated the credit balance was £25 18s 7d. Correspondence was read from the Board of Education advising that the application for six more desks and seats in consequence of the increased attendance had been acceded, and the desks and forms forwarded. Monthly statement of salaries was also received. The headmaster's report for the month was read and approved. It-showed— scholars on roll, boys 285, girls, 245, total 520 ; highest attendance 479 ; strict aver age 438." The master also reported that £27 7s 6d j had been received for tickets sold for the concert, making with door takings a total j of £34, which was considered very satis-^ factory. A vote of two guineas was passed to Mr L. Owen for his services as orga niser and conductor of the concert, and a hearty vofrr of thanks was passed to all who assisted in making such a success of the event. " Messrs Bean and Paul were appointed Visiting Committee for the month. Accounts were passed for payment and the Committee adjourned; *

HAMPSTEAD.

The monthly mreting'of the Hampstead School Committee was held last evening, Messrs Crooks (ehairm m), Sage,,Pickford, and Andrews being present. ; ' ■ . ..; The master's report was read shoAvinga considerable improvement in the numbers on the roll and attendances. The Board of Education wrote advising that they had forwarded an additional map of Europe for use in fhe school \ktso having paid, the sum .of £3 19.3 6'd to oreditj of the Committee omfyccount of improving the water supply at the muster's house. ' The Committee unanimously agreed to recommend Miss Bell's application for ex-1 tension of her leave of . absence * from 1 November 28, until the Christmas holi days. The visiting Committee reported that some gates and hat pegs 1 had been re paired, a door put in a partition, and a stand made for the calculating frame., It was resolved that the proposed mode of dealing with the nuisance arising from the drain from the urinals be submitted to the Town Board for their approval. Ace ,unts amounting to £1 3s wer-* passed and the Committee adjourned. ,

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN

I PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.

THE "TIMES" ON THE LAND TAX.

London, November 9. The " Times " in discussing the New Zealand Land Tax Bill considers it will be disastrous, ass it Virtually destroys tho mortgage system . with regard to estates, and is lending to the recall from the colony of all realisable capital. GAMBLING AT MONTE CARLO. Mr Wells broke the bank at Monte Carlo five times, winning £60,000. He cl-iims to be the inventor of an un failing system of winning. IRISH AFFAIRS. Mr Harrington, M.P., is in posses sion of the. original documents regard ing' the Boulogne Conference, and is about to publish them. ■ " The Times " and " Telegraph " both regard the Cork election as the outcome, of the influence wielded by the Roman Catholic clergy. •The 'M Daily Hews" remarks that this sftceders are mere nonentities "without Mr Redmond. The "Chro nicle "considers that unless the parties unite it will be impossible to grant Hj&me Rule: ■;. .colonial.;::finances ■ ; It isiTeportedi that Mr Robert Giffen, Secretary of the Depart ment and Controller of Returns of the Board of Trade, who is visiting* the colonies tb«a.ttend'the meeting of: the Association for the Advancement of Science,' will make enquiries into" the financial condition of the colonies, and "Submit a report to the Chancellor of the .Exchequer before the latter 'legis 1-: lates on the question of investment of trust funds in colonial stocks. TtfE NEW TTCHBORNE CLAIMANT , The claim of Cresswell, of Sydney, to the Ticliborne estates is exciting much interest in England. ;. Unless the emblems Faith, Hope, and Charity above the initials R.D.T. are on the left forearm, it is considered that it will be impossible to establish his identity.

THE POPE.

Rome, November 9. A.n agitation is on foot in Rome to subject the Pope to common law. c'\ -'; ;^TOMB OUTRAGED. The tomb of the morganatic wife of Victor Emmanuel has been surrepti tiously entered, the coffin burnt, and the retrains desecrated.

THE RUSSIAN BLACK SEA FLEET.

St. Petersburg, November 9. The Russian Black Sea fleet is under orders to mobilise at Constantinople.-

THE BRAZILIAN CRISIS.

Rio Djb.'Janeiro,.November 9. The. province of Rio Grande has de clared its independencev Discontent is general throughout Brazil.

THE PANIC IN BERLIN.

Berlin, November 9. It was gambling in stocks which caused the run on the Banks in the teity. A pafiic-has set- in, and many firms will be involved. The Sommer .jdeidsbefore-shooting themselves (which took 'place in a train) cut the veins of their wrists. Both are dead. la consequence of the recent failures a run has taken place on the Berlin Bank. The nobilty are heavy losers.

FATAL SHIPWRECK.

• :. Calcutta, November 9. During a cyclone the steamer Enter prise sank in Port Blair Harbor, on the east side of Sandaman Island, Bay of Bengal. Seventy-seven persons were drowned. ,

AUSTRALIAN.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.

Sydney, November 10. A heavy thunderstorm was experi enced inland yesterday. A man named King was killed by lightning at Peake Hill, and two others seriously injured. Telegraphic communication with the Southern Colonies was completely in terrupted.

THE JEWS.

Melbourne, November 10. A number of Russian Jews have arrived here.

INTERPROVNICIAL.

Auckland, November 10. The movement tcerecb freezing works in the ' Waikabo has. assumed definite shape. Jg has been resolved to build such ttn establishment at Hamilton. The new works will have a freezing capacity of 400 sheep per day, A woman named Mary Collins was found dead...at,her.,house, Hobson Hill, this, morning. . ... . ; , ;,,. . Kap-ikr, November 10. The' damage to the barque Castor (which has been on fire) proves to be much greater than was at first supposed. It will probably amount to £10,000; in cluding the damaji to the cargo. Hawbka, November 10. Jackson, halfTCiiste, well-known in the district, was thrown from his horse near Otakeko and killed. A phenomenal hailstorm occured on Saturday, some of the stones being half an inchftßrough. Several windows were broken,; and - great damage. was done to the fruit trees.; i - ■ : . .' jvMASTJ|ha!6^, November 10. A young man, Evans, was thrown from his horse at Herbertville yesterday and .killed. Wellington; November 10. A telegram to the Native Department states that two of Tula's men were before Mr Booth, KM,, at Waipiro yesterday. One cf them, Otautau, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment, for assault, ■and the other, Ereneti Renner, who was charged with threatening to kill another native was bound over to keep the peace, Butj being unable to find the necessary sureties, had to go to gaol. Mr Booth had.a meeting with Tuta yesterday, and called on him to give up his arms. Tuta agreed to do this, and Mr Booth gave him a° receipt for the twenty-six rifles he handed over. , Tuta is still on the land Mr J. L. Bacon, aerated water manu facturer, died of typhoid last night. He leaves a family of ten. He and the youngest child were attacked at the sam« pime, but the latter is recovering. A jockey named Bell, of Otaki, injured at Porirua . races yesterday by The Lawyer falling in the Maiden Hurdles, died in the hospital to-day. He had Sustained a fracture of- the skull. Dunedin, November 10. . A bhop and six-roomed dwelling, in Duncan Street, were burned down early ' ' this morning. The premises are insured

\in the South British by the owner, Mrs Guthrie. for £!3<X) ; the stock, furniture, and effects are insured in the Vationil. by J.inip.s McConnell, the occupant, for £150. The police have received word that three children, the eldest aged ten, two named Grace and the other named Crockett, were lost yesterday in Seawird buah, close to Euvercargill. A search party is out. It is feared the children are in danger. Bishop ISe\ille was unable to attend the meeting of the Synod to n'iglit, havr ing contracted the prevailing complaint, influenza. The question of women suffrage cime up, but it waa resolved to pass on ; to the next business.

Co-()perative Land Settlement.

The following letter'addressed by the Premier to Mr John Webber, of Christ church, has been published :—" Sir, —I have received your letter of November 2, reporting the resolution carried at the meeting held in Cathedral square, on Saturday evening, October 31. I agree with you that we should, if possible, try an experiment r>f placing the unemployed ! on the land, on the co-operative principle. I thought an experiment, under conditions favorable to the Colony, should be per mitted to General Booth, believing that it would point out the way to the, working classes of the Colony to improve their present position. | You are aware, no doubt, that co-opera tion in land has never, as yet, come within the region of practical politics, and that experiments will have to be made before the right system is ascertained. I confess, therefore, I see no reiison why anyone should be debarred from having, at his.own cost, a limited area of land, say 5000.acres, on which to mnke his experiment. lam open to conviction on this point, but all my ideas are in the direction of improving the condition .of the working classes." , ;

IMPORTANT SPEECH BY THE PREMIER.

Imperial Politics.

, [per press a ssociation, ] London, November 9. In the course of a speech to day the Marquis of Salisbury made a feeling reference to the deaths of the Right. Hons. Cecil Raikes and W. H. Smith, .and extremely regretted tfye loss of such valuable colleagues. iißeferring to Irish aft'airs he said that! the work done by the Hon. A. J. Balfour, late Chief j Secretary, was the best ever experienced in Ireland, and he felt assured that peace and freedom from priestly domination in that country would follow the completion of the Legislative programme. Dealing with the labor difficulty the Premier thought that the settling of the recent engi neers' strike indicated that there would be fewer strikes if labor would only act for itself and ignore second hand ad vice. As to E v ropean affairs, there was not a speck of a cloud on the horizon .forboding danger, and with regard to Egypt, he declared that the Government had no intention of "vvithdrawing until such time as Egypt was in a position to repel any external or internal disorder. In conclusion the Premier stated that the great subject for the future was the renewal of commercial treaties, and in this respect he was convincedl that the country would adhere to t*ie policy of freetrade.

TERRIFIC GALE.

THE S.S. JUBILEE,

(per press association.) Sydnky, November-10. The steamer Jubilee had a terrible experience. She left here on Tuesday evening, 3rd inst., andhad fine weather until Thursday, when about half way on her journey. HeVe she ran into,a terrific gale, and heavy seas took charge of the vessel, breaking high over all. As the gale increased in violence the vessel was headed to'tbe s6a, but still the 'vaves swept the ship, and huge quantities of water poured down the stokehole, extinguishing four out of six furnaces. The situation had now.be come critical, as the vessel was scarcely able to steam against the storm. The bilgeputppbecame choked, and some of th\y passengers set to work to assist the firemen to bail out the" stoke-hole, while others carried coal from the afterhatch, the bunkers being cut off by water. Theoccupants of the engine room were working up to.their necks in water, and managed to keep steering way on the vessel! 1 i The gale appeared at its height on Friday^'night, with a frightful sea. At 2;30 on Sat urday morning the vessel must have fallen off into the trough of the sea when a tremendous wave came abroad. It struck well aft and completely wrecked the front of the saloon. The steward's pantry and staterooms were ' flooded, while the ladies' cabin had fourfeet of water in it, .. There was a scene of great excitement amongst the passengers, and as it was feared she was going down they rushed wildly from their berths only partially clad. Many stood*.up, to their arm-pits in water, while others sheltered on the top -of the saloon tables. At v; daylight the gale showed signs of giving out, and the passengers began to bail out the saloon. On Sunday the weather broke fine and the captain decided to return to Sydney to repair the damage. Several of the crew were knocked about considerably, and one of the stewards had a narrow escape of being washed overboard. The passengers speak in the highest terras of praise of the manner in which captain, officers and engineers carried out their duties in the trying situation. The firemm and engineers claim to have saved the steamer, as had they not succeeded in keeping sufficient steam to give the vessel steerage way she must inevitably have been en gulfed.| The Jubilee had 180 passengers on board. The action of the crew is highly commended. The engine-room hands were continually on duty from thirty to sixty hours, and the captain never left the bridge for sixty hours. . (Received November 11, 11 a.m.) London, November 10. Lord Salisbury, in the course of hieP speech at the Mansion House, expressed regret that New South Wales no longer possessed an unspotted robe regarding freetrade. ' . '

SPORTING.

MELBOURNE NOTES.

(Received November 11, 1 p.m.) ' Melbourne, November 11. A protest has been lodged against Malvolio,'the Melbourne Cup winner, on the ground that he "was incorrectly nomi nated. The enquiry inf, > the running of Marvel in the Canterbury Plate resulted in the i jockey Harris beimr cautioned. Cuirassier was passed in at auction at 2600 guineas; Wairua was also passed in. (rlenloth was sold to M. Carmody for 400 guineas, and Corr ze to Redfearn for 1300 guineas.

C.J.C. METROPOLITAN MEETING.

(I'er I'ress association.) Second Day. Christchurch, November 11. The second day's wees of the Canter bury Jockey Club meeting was fairly attended considering the weather, showers falling from early in the mouiing. The stand was Well tilled with ladies, and there was also a good number of visitors on the lawn and m the paddocks. The following are the results :— Middleton Hurdles, of 100 soys ; once ; round and a distance. Mr Vallance's Harkaway, 9,st 131b (Morrigan) 1 Mr Rutherford's Norton, lOst 121b (Clarke) 2 Mr Meikle's Christmas, 9sl 91b ... 3 . Freeman list 51b, Somnambulist lOst 131b, and Regalia 9sfc, ' also started. Harkaway and Somnambulist ran together to the last hurdle, where the latter ran off, leaving Harkaway to win as he liked. Time—3min 12^sece. Dividend—£sl2s. The Criterion Handicap, of 150 soys ; seven furlongs. Mr Hunter's Whisper, Sat 121b 1 (Clifford) 1 Mr Webb's Ruby, 7«st 131b (Derrett.) 2 Mr Paul's Beulanger y Ssfc 101b ... 3 La4y Zetland 7st 121b, Heather Bell 7sb 101b, Carmnade 7st 91b, Kegina 7st 81b, Conjurer 7st 81b, Galtee *7fct 61b, The Idler 6st 111b, Hippomenes 6st 91b, Rich lake 6st 91b, .Witch 6st. 81b, Jacob Faith- i ful 6st 71b also ran. Won by a length. Time —lmin 33sec. Dividend—£9 14s 6d. Derby Stakes-of 20 soys each, with 500 soys added. One mile and a half. Mr D. O'Brien's Florrie, by Tasman— Rubina ... ... (Derrett) ] Mr G. G. Stead's Lebel... (Clifford) - 2 Mr D. O'Brien's Flinders (P. Holmes) 3 Mr Rhodes' Morpheus (Cochrane), Mr Lmm's Cajolery (Clark), and Mr-Douglas' Rosefeldt (Morrigan), also started. After a lot of fiddling at the post, Mr Boyle got the lot away to a good start, Morpheus and Lebel shewing in front tirrt. They led round the turn, Flinders whipping in. Kosefeldt then took com mand, and a mile from home she •was in front, with Cajolery close up second, Lebel and Morpheus running together three lengths, and Flindsrs and Floirie bringing up the rear. At the six furlongs post, Rosefeldt was still in front, Cajolery second, Lebel third, but iath* next vfurlong Morpheus came up ithird, RosefeldV and Cajolery still lead ing. Rosefeldt led into the straight with Cajolery .ariift. Lebel next, with Flinders coming. ■ FWrie had also joined the leaders, and.at' this-distance Lebel, Florrie, and Flinders were together, Lebel.appearing to have the best of. it; but in the last few yards Florrie came with a run and won easily by a length and a half from Lebel, Flinders third, a short length off. Time—2inin 43|secs. Dividend—£4 16a. Lady Ouslonr placed the blue ribbon round the winner neck, amidst loud cheering.

THE MARKETS.

[per press association] [Received November 11, noon.j Sydney, November 11. Wheat, chick, 4s to 4s 3d ; New Zea land, ss. Flour, stone made, £11 to £12 ; roller made, £12 10.-? to £13. Oats, feeding.. sorts, Is lOd to 2s ; seed, 2s Id. Maize, 2s bo 2s 4d. Bran, 9cL Pollard, B£d. ■ ::Peas,v3s to 3s 3d. Potatoes, New Zealand,; £1; 5s to £1 15.v,\a few local grown, £2 10s to £3 ; Circular Heads, £3. Onions, . £15 to £5 10*. Butter, dairy made, B'd ; factory, 9d ; cheese, sid to 7d. Melbourne, November 11. Wheat is quoted at 5 s 4d, but there is little doing. Flour, .stone made, £12 to £13 15s; xoller, £12 to £14. Oats, Algerian, 2s Id ; Danish, 2s 2H to 2s sd, Peas, 2s sd. Adelaide, November 11. Wheat, 4s Bd. Flour, stone made, £10 5s to £10 15s ; roller, £11 5s to £11 15s. Oats, New Zealand, in bond, 2s 3d ! to 2s 4d. Barley, Cape, 2s 9d to 3s; English malting, 3s 6d to ss.

LATEST CABLE NEWS. HOME AND FOREIGN.

[PER FUESS ASSOCIATION, j (Received November 11, 10.40 a.m.) PROSPEROUS AND PEACEFUL. Rome, November 10. The Premier of Italy, in the'course of a speech at Milan, claimed to have saved fifty millions lire (two millions sterling) in two years, and to have produced a surplus of nine millions lire. The relations of Italy with other powers were pacific.

EUROPEAN FINANCIAL TROUBLES.

Berlin, .[November 10. It is expected th*t some more Berlin banks will fail, as well as other houses doing financial business. It is stated that within five minutes of the suspen sion of Hirschfield and Wolff's Bank a clerk belonging to a Berlin firm arrived with a deposit of twenty-five thousand pounds, which would have averted the disaster. ; - Paris, November 10. The Bourse exhibits great weakness. St. Petersburg, November 10. The Russian rouble has dropped nearly one-half in value, and a financial crisis is feared, The Paris Rothschilds ate accused of "- bearing " the last loan, but deny attempting anything of the kind.

(Received November 11, 11 a.m.) THE MELBA DIVORCE CASE. London, November 10. A leading member of the English Ba,r has been retained on behalf of the Due cVOrleans in the'Melba divorce suit. •

IRISH AFFAIRS.

Mr Redmond's defeat at Cork has given a fresh impulse to the Fenians.

AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS.

The Kent County cricket authorities decline to arrange matches with the Australian team for, next year until the Marylebone Club has been con sulted.

LADIES' COLUMN

Miss Slurely Dare, «n American lady, is reported to have said that the best bathing costume is in puris naturalibus. Several ladies who have made inquiries find that none of the drapers in New York sell this particular material. Even a dead language tolls no tales.

The new woollen lacas are pretty for children's frocks, being made in all bright eoltr , i s well as b;own, navy blue, black, and dull shades of green. Made up with a lining of nasturtium red, some of the latter look very well, especially if none of the bright color is permitted to appear upon the meshe-? of tbe lace. Brown woollen lace over pink batiste is pretty, especially when the hat is cariied out in the same,colors... B,Lick lace, with scarlet I sash and yoke, makes up effectively for the little ones. On sunny days lighter tints are more appropriate.

Here is an interesting fact regarding the kindness of the Duke of Westminster as a landlord. South street is a quiet thoroughfare, leading out of Park lane, and in one of the old houses lives a lady of whom but little is heard to-day, though she is one of the foremost women of the century. She lives in a quiet, 'homely style, and though the Duke .is desirous of pulling dowii the houses in 'the street in order that others may be built to corres pond with the surrounding Mansions, he will not have a single brick touched for fear thi" one tenant, may be disturbed in her old age. The lady is Miss Florence Nightingale.

Poor old grenadine ! It ]im been oat of fashion for so long that we had almost forgotten its existence ; but (f>ayi» a writer in a Home paper; it. has at last returned to us, and has shown its face in the park and elsewhere, A favorite mode of wearing it is over shot silk, which looks all the better for being bright in hue, especially when the grenadine is black. This is generally the case, for any trans parent black material worn over color is die thing just now. And every example I see convinces me answ that' it is a very pretty fashion. One charming dress which I saw a few days back was of very fine lace over bright green ?ilk. The lace was tied on to the silk,, as it were, by baud? of narrow green ribbon \elvet, ending in tight little bows. A black lace hat, with green leaves and orchids, finished a delightful little c^stume.^ # >.

The fashionable style of hairdressing has undergone very little change ; the Greek fashion has been carried to ex tremes. The spiral twist, which termi nates in a point, sticking out like a monster conical excrescence at the Lack of the head with a short curl dangling from Hie extreme end, may look classical when seen on a marble statue, but ex* hibited on the human subject is not beautiful. A simple coil of fluffy hair looks well with a colored ribbon twisted in and out and tied in a bow at the side* or where* ever founa becoming ; . narrow ribbon velvet is best. Bands' of Velvet are fre quently mounted on cap wire ajodtben can be bent in any desired form or direction. Hair fringes are narrower and worn lei*. en the forehead. A great deal of supple mental hair is required to meet the demands of present fashion in hair' drets-

The school of cookery at Edinburgh has been formed into a limited liability com pany, apropos of which " Madge " writes : —" Someone has started a company for turning out a constant supply of good wives, perfectly competent in every branch of domesticity, and guaranteed, so far as a diploma can guarantee them, to accomplish every particular of ; houie duties in unimpeachable fashion. To Edinburgh belongs the credit of this happiest of inspirations. A. school of cookery ihere has developed into this grand scheme. Charlie declares* that the shareholders ought to have first choie3 of the successful students. What a rush there, would be for a group of eirls warranted to wash well, to cook to per fection, to clean'silver and glass, to'make their own dresses (and perhaps their husband's coats !). to knit, patsh, mend, construct their own bonnets, trim their own hats, keep accounts, nurse infalids, and work church embroidery. These attainments comprise the curriculum, and the company undertakes to turn out the perfect article in twenty weeks."

Here is a guide to musical form which may save a deal o£ trouble to those good folk who keep their eyes glued on the descriptive programme book;—" Shut your eyes,' lean back, and listen to the music. If it. seems to be saying one, two, three, hop, hop, hop, or one, two, three, bang, bang, bang, you may conclude at once that you. are listening, to something of a very low order, which it is your duty to. despise. When you hear something that sounds as if an assorted lot of n«tes had been put into a barrel and were being persistently stirred up like a kind of har monious gruel,, you may know it is a fugue, and safely assume an expression of profound interest. If the notes, appear to have been dropped by accident and are being fished up at irregular intervals, in a sort of placid or drowned condition, it is likely to be a nocturne, and nocturnes,, you know, are quite too lovely for any things If the notes seem to come in •art loads, "each load of a different kind from the last, aud if the train seems to be an unusually long time in passing any given point, it will turn out most likely to be a symphony, and symphonies are just the grandest things that ever were. If the notes seem to be dumped out in masses and shovelled vigorously into heaps, and then blown widely into the air by ex plosions of dynamite, that is rhapsody, and rhapsodies are among the latest things in mu«ic." x ,•

Pink cambri; dresses trimmed.plenti fully with ribbon and lace are considered dressy enough for any out-door festivity. Jet is also used to tiim pink gowns of any material. Guipure in white and ivory is sold by the piece, and usually the pattern is an open one, thus showing the colored sijk lining beneath. Sleeves and yoke to bodice is usually made of plain silk covered with^ guipure,, whether the dress material be silk or other stuff, such as printed delaine ; as for example a cream delaine with pattern of purple pansies, yoke and sleeves of silk matching the pansies, covered with cream guipure. A tasteful carriage toilet was of black ben galine sleeves and yoke of blue silk covered with black guipure, k l ivourite shape is the, small, square yoke with bodice material-brought well yp and gathered with a wide heading going straight .across the figure back and front alike, a front with yoke only. Another ycke is curved —that is, lower in front hue curved up wards as it nears the armhole on either side. This curve is produced by drawing the front of the bodice upwards in the direction named. When the square yoke is present, ribbon braces start from the bib shaped bodice front and are carried over to the back, a smart knot of ribbons forming a sort of epaulette to the raised sleeves.

THE ASffBITfITON GTTARDtAN; WEByE^DAy, NOVEMBER 11, 189..



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