The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1891. BOROUGH EXTENSION.

The Borough Council were not slow to take the hint contained m the letter which appeared m our columns yester day, as to the advisableness of extend ing the boundaries of the Borough, so as to embrace the populoursubiirbs of Hampstead and Allenton. His Wor ship the Mayor called attention to the tetter at the Coumcil meeting last night, and it was decided to call a public meeting to consider the matter. There is much to be said m favor of theproposal. Itis inevitablethatoneday orother the suburbs will be incorporated m the borough, and it is better for this to take place now, when neither is burdened with debt or has exhausted its resources, than at a future period when they may be trammelled with the various embarassments which fall to the lot of older municipalities. In the n»ar future the questions of drainage and water supply will become urgent, and the incluiion of the two suburbs will remove many of the difficulties m the way of a comprehensive scheme dealing with both requirements. At the same time the suburban ratepayers must bear m mind that they cannot expect to sh^ire m the benefits of bdrpu«jh[ rule without contributing towards their cost. The Hampstead people, for in stance, have no doubt an eye to par ticipation m the water supply which is provided m the borough, but they will find that the value to Hampstead of the water being brought to its borders will be ascertained and charged against the district to be included. On the score of economy the charge is highly desirable ; one administration must work more cheaply than two or three. It is not a matter to be rushed blindly into, and we trust late payers, especially those m the suburbs, will weigh the various considerations very carefully, and he prepared with a definite answer when the question is put to them, as it will doubtless be before long,

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The success of the Christchurch and Titnaru Farmers' Co-operative Associations is stirring the North Island farmers into action, and co-operative Associations have been formed iv Wellington, on the West Coast, at Hawera, and m Hawke's Bay. A well attended' meeting of the Methven Coursing CKib was held last week in 1 the Canterbury Hotel. When the preliminary steps had been taken to establish the club, Mr C. P. Murry-Ayusley was elected President and Mr I>. Cameron (Springfield) vice-President. It is proposed to hold a coursing meeting early m July. Private Thomas O'Grady, a Crimean veteran, who had distinguished himself freatly as a soldier, died recently at the mmigrants' Home, Melbourne, ..where'he was living pending transfer to the Old Soldiers' Home at Drysdale, of which it was intended that he should have been the first inmate. In addition to the Victoria Cross, h 3 had also gained the medal for distinguished service on the field, an honor rarely bestowed. He had also gained the Crimean medal, witli all the clasps, Laving fought at Alma,: Inker'ihai'ij and Sebastopol. When General Gordon woe hi South Afrieo he came m contact with Mr Cecil Rhodes, the present Premier of Cape Colony, who wty- "tlien a™ very youug man, and was greatly attached to him. Years afterwards, on tfie eve of the expedition to Khartoum, Gordon telegraphed to Rhodes offering him his •ncretaryslvp. Rhodes, who had just accepted the post, of Treasurer-General at thfi Cape, was unable to resign that appointment im mediately. He stated, .however* that if Gordon renewed hfs offer at the end of three months he would gladly join him m his peri lous mission. At the expiration of that period Khartoum was invested. At a meeting of the Wellington Ra^ii g Club last week, a novel point came under notice. A letter was read from Mr Victor Harris, of Christchurch, asking that the fees of his marc Inez, which hal not bien handicapped for three events on the second day of the Autumn Meeting, should be refunded.. An explanation wai mudc to the meeting to the effect that it was t!e usual custom for the handicapper to leave out the names of any horses which he knew could not possibly take part m the second day's racing. This had gone on for years m most clubs, und their* was no instance on re cord of any horse owner having asked for a refund of his nomination fees under such circumstances. The Stewards decided jto refer the matter to the conference of dele^ gates from the Metropolitan Club 3, which is to be held m Wellington during the ensuing session of Parliament.

Thfj installation of W.M. and investiture' of his officers m connection with the Methven Masonic Lodge, N.Z.C., took place m the Libraryjon Friday evening. There was a good attendance of members and visitors, and the ceremony was impressively performed by th* M.W. Grand^Master, Bro Thomson, ant! Past Masters Bros Lyltleton and Oxley as acting Grand Senior and Junior Wardens respectively. The following were installed : —Bro J. (iillanders, W.M. ; Bro W. Bnchan, S.W. ; Bro F. A. Dunn, J.W.; Bro J Barker, Treasurer and Secretary; Bro T. Mangiu, S.I). ; Bro R. Lyons, J.D. ; and Bro R. Mcßride, I.G. After the business cf the evening was concluded an adjourn ment was made to Rouse's Hotel where a banquet was held, and the usual loyal and Masonic toasts honoured, after which a number of brethren contributed songs, and a very pleasant evening was spent. From a statement read the Lodge was shown to be m a good financial position and steadily increasing its membership It is stated that a new property of cotton seed oil, which seems likely to extend its usefulness considerably, has een discovered. One gallon of pure cotton seed oil being placed m a suitable iron vessel, twenty pounds of lead are melted and slowly poured into the oil, which at the same tune is thoroughly stirred. The lead separates m globules and when the oil is poured off, after cooling, there is found to be about seventeen pounds only of the lead, the balance having been absorbed by the oil. The lead is again melted, and the operation repeated to the fifth pouring, the amount of lead absorlmd being less at each succeeding pouring, but the total amount absorb.'d being about ten pounds. The oil thus charged with the lead is then used as paint, and applied m the ordinary way to metallic surfaces which it is desired to protect from oxidation or corrosion. It is said to adhere closely and become very hard. Other metals are said to be similarly absorbed by cotton seed oil, but it is not thonght that any other oil possesses the same property. The following is iv a letter from "An American,"published iv the " Daily News" —The American people arc perplexed and menaced, is no modern people have been befoi«, by the p-jsence among them of literally hundreds of 1 hour amis of wholly illiterate and almost wholly barb rous peasants, drawn from the "fist civilized lands and lowest race tyres m Europe. We entered upon this experiment of sticking over this down-trodden and brutalise'l riff raff of Continental Europe, as by a gigantic force pump, with a light heart. For a long time, taxed though our patience and. courage were, we tried to find contpqnsation m the fact that these unhappy myriads, were much better "off than they had been,, and that as a whole they seemed to settle down to work »ml try to understand how to be good citizens. But I fear now that we are close to the point of recognising the undertaking is to big for us. The great organised emigration agencies of Austrian Poland, Bohemia, Hungary, and South Italy 9- late y an* bave. overdone tjje thios.

We go abroad (says the " Printers Regis ter") for news of Home. An American paper m a dissertation upon the London press, announces that Mr Delane, of the "Times," received a salary of £4000 a year. Mr De lane, who has been m his grave for eleven years, never had a salary exceeding £2000 a year. Not less preposterous is the statement that Mr Buckle, of the " Times," is paid £5000 a year; while Mr Pollock, of the " Saturday Review," is credited with £2000, and the two assistaut editors of the "Tele graph :! with £3500 each, the editor ot the "Daily News" with £4000, and Mr Fred. Greenwood, the Casual Pauper of the "St Jame's Gazette" gets £1800. f Mr {freaericfc .Greenwood was not the Casua Pauper, an.i he ceased to be editor of the "St James' Gazette " more than two years ago. The Amateur Casual was, as is of course well known, .Mi? James Greeuwood* and his experiences with Daddy m the casual ward were m the " Pall Mall Gazette,"

Sea Encroachment at Dunedin.

THE JIAT INUNDATED. Duxeihn, June 8. Considerable alu-m whs caused on the flat to-day by an extraordinary high "tide and sea at Ocean Beach, and m the after noon it bociine evident, tint a breach j would be mule m the sandhills at St. Kilda road, close to the central battery. At 4.30 tho sea had cut a channel through, ' Kilda road forabontßooy»rds, which spread and there wim a strong stream flowing up St. "on. tk> the low-lying ground. This being the first experience of the kind many of the inhabitants 'prepared to leave though within a short time of high water nothing serious happened and steps were at once taken til dam back the wnter for next tide by tilting up the channel, and placing bags full of sand rs a protection. At St Clair the remaining portion of the sea wall has disappeared, and most of the esplanade has been washed /away. The next hi^h tide will probably see several sections of land swallowed up, as there is nothing but a lineof sandhills, now rapidly being eaten away, bjtween the oceim and St Kilda. Iv South Duniedin and part, of C.iveraham tho residents ?nd property owners are considerably alarmed. The damage; \ wfis *;j principally, confined to gardens.'

Licensing Matters

[I'Klt PiSJErfS. AS.-K)CIATJOM,j Auckland, June 8. The Gr *f ton Licensing Committee issued a warning to-day 'hat they would forfeit licenses at the next quarterly sitting if Sunday t.'ading went on. Wellington, June 8, It is re >ortod that proceedings are to be instituted against the Mayor (A. W. Brown) to recover & penalty of £'50 for having sat and acted as a member of the Licensing Committee, it being alleged that under clause 11 of the Act he is di.-quali lied by holding a paid office under thy Gity Council. Napier, June 8. The Hastings Licensing tJommitlee re fused a license to a new hotel, though the local option poll was m favor of the in crease of licjnsos. iNVEKCAHctfII. June 8. At tho annual licensing meetings all the licenses were granted to the houses sup plied for, but iv fie case of the Farmeis' Arms notice 'whh given that it would be closed m twelve months. The Rev. Fer guson appeared to oppose the licenses.

THE SYDENHAM JUDGMENT.

CmtiffECHUJktCH, June 9, Mr Justice Donnisto'n gave judgment in 1 the Sydeiiham licensing case to-day. After disposing of technicalities with re gard to the legality of the appointment of. the Returning Officer he said that as there would no doubt be an appeal he would make an order restraining the defendants from refusing the licenses of the premises of the plaintiffs on the c round only that licensing such premises is not required by a majority of the ratepayers and adult male and female residents of the Syden ham licensing district. He wished it understood he did not desire m any way to interfere with tho discretion of the Committee except so far as they claimed to exercise that discretion on prohibition j line*). L\'o costs were given. Leave of api;eai was "granted. A meeting of the Soutli Rakaia Licens ing Committee was held m the Town Hall on Monday. Piesent—Messrs Lyttelton (chairman), Coster, Uxley, and Secretan. An apology was received from. Mr Allan. The police reported favourably on the conduct and general management of the two hotels at R=»kaia, and that the new hotel at Ohectsey was almost ready fr,r occupation. Some small' repairs were absolutely necessary to the Soutli Bakaia Hotel. As the work asked for was now m hand, no objection would be made, and licenses were granted to Mrs ■ Howell for the Railway Hotel, and Mrs Miller for the South Rakaia Hotel; also to Mr J. M. Reid for the Chertsey Hotel.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

[PKR PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Hlr Gicorg-c'n lletnm. Auckland, June 9. Sir George Grey arrived this morning from Sydney per Wuirarapa, lookir.g m !>oo;l health. He was met at tho wharf by tho members of the reception com mittee of the Liberal Association, and the Mayor welcomed him back to Auckland. A brass, band wet the steamer on her arrival, and played Sir George back. A formal address ol welcome will be pre sented to him to-morrow eveniug by the liberals. IlewtU of wn OlilOflnr Wewjncton, June'). Sergeant John Price, who has been many years m the New Zealand Police force; died ab Masterton, this morning, from acute bronchitis.

THE LAND LAWS.

Though the primary object of the Hon. John McKenzie's meeting at Palnierston last week was to refute the slanders which had been aimed at him, he found time to allude to some of the legislation which \yi)l be. pro posed by tile-Government during the coming session. Naturally,- and pro perly, the greatest prominence was given to the intentions of the Ministry as regards Land, and Mr McKenzie's utterances on this question are of general interest. The Minister has been subjected to a great deal of mis representation a* to his attitude on this question, and his cle.ir statement of the steps it is proposed to take to make land available for settlement, and to protect genuine settlement on i the land, showed that he is master of his subject and was an effective answer to his critics. Everybody who has given any [attention to the subject is alive to' the abuses which prevail under the present regulations. Even m the special settlements theiv, has been a great deal of speculation, people J forming themselves .into Associations and taking up .tho land, never doing j anything to itj but retaining it until i such time as they could dispose of it at j a profit. It is toprevoiit this specula tion that the Governniejit have deter mined that the only system by which, land can be obtained m the special settlements will be that of perpetual lease. A very large projjortioii of those who have taken ug laiid m the village settlements, where ihey have never been granted the right to acquire the freehold, still retain possession of their holdings, and have made such good progress-upon them that some who were destitute when they first went on their settlements, are now m a fairly comfortable positiou These settlers make no complaint of being unable to buy the freehold ; that com plaint comes from people who want to buy up these holdings for- the purposes of speculation. The farm hoineste t ad special settlements, on the other hand, are, m many cases, still unimproved, and the process of creating large estates out of them is going on extensively v Such a case, which occurred m the Wairarapa, we recently placed before our readers, and we could cite others. | In fact the Land Act of 1887 ,opened | the door wider than ever to all sorts of fraud m connection with land Mr McKenzie's proposals are intended to I remedy this state of affairs, and to I provide for bdnt, fide settlement. The freehold system will not be altogether done away wiih, but the area which it is possible to purchase will be cur tailed, though still sufficient to enable a family to be maintained, and strict conditions will be made as to residence and improvement. The deferred paymfent system lyill continued on similarly strict conditions, and the per petual lease system will be provided on terms such as it is hoped will popularise it. The staall grazing run system is to be surrounded with greater safeguards against the small runs being absorbed, by large owners, and provision will be made for the subdivision of such runs among families. The large area of .purely pastoral country—the " runs " —will be disposed of m future m a manner which will be more conducive .to the public interests, and by which it will nob be permitted to foreign companies and individuals to hold such enormous' areas as they do at present. The aim of the Minister is what all recent Administrations professed to have m view—though some of them adopted peculiar ways of arriving at it—namely, the utilisation of the land to the best advantage of the community. The proposals will be regarded favourably by all who are honestly desirous of the accomplishment of this end, and will be looked upon with dislike by specu lators and monopolists. We do not advocate the indiscriminate cutting up of every block of land for no better reason than because it comprises so many hundred or thousand acres. Home very large areas are of such quality and situation that they could not be wprked profitably if subdivided, and some of these give their possessors a very poor r-eturn for the capital in vested m them, and are incapable of* material development. But farming land can Jbe most profitably dealt with -that is, will support a greater num ber of population m comfort—when divided into holdings of such a size that their proper cultivation can be undertaken by the settler and his family with some assistance at the busiest seasons, such as shearing and harvest. It was never contemplated that the village settlements should be sufficient to maintain, by the produce of the small sections of which they consist, the families of the settlers. They were meant partly to do so, but mainly to give homes to the then unemployed near where work could be obtained, and to prevent their again drifting into the towns whenever they, might be out of employment. Small | holdings; m districts where there is ; work to be had are above all the class of properties that is most wanted, and we believe that much of the demand j that exists for small farms arises from the good beginning made by those who first settled on the small sections. The complete and profitable settlement of the country must be progressive. Be ginning with the small holding the industrious and thrifty settler may work his way into the occupancy of a[ farm or run large enough to maintain! himself and family m comfort and in dependence. The proposals of the Minister of Lands will make the way: easy for him, especially the first few steps.

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Ashburton Borough Council was held last night. Present —His Worship the Mayor (presiding), and Councillors Tweed, Scaly, Brooke, Keir, Bird, and Cuthbertson. FINANCE. The Mayor stated that the debit balance at the Bank was £1649 11s 76\ and that the income received during the fortnight from all sources had been £54 18s, of which £44 5s were rates, 1891. He also drew the Council's attention to a letter m the evening paper advising the extension of the borough by t!ie amalgamation with it of Allenton and Hampstead. lie was m favor of the amalgamation and thought a meeting should be called to take the mind of the ratepayers on the subject, Another matter, to which he wished to refer was the collecting of rates.Now that the Council has adopted the Bating Act, 1882, and its' spveral amendments, which i gave the Council power t > recover at its option, not only from the occupier, but from the owner, mortgagee, or any other person owning .vny interest m the rateable property m respect of which such fate is payable, the Council will have to be very careful how it exercises these extended powers. He hoped the Council would not be too lax m its duties m collecting the rates, relying on their bein n ' rocover | abla wilhiu two years after the rate has be n struck, and that there need, tl?«r« ---fore, be no hurry to get fiem m. , He pointed out that the Council should m justice to the owners, mortgagees, and others mentioned, do its very utmost to recover the rates within a reasonable time from the occupier, and if unsuccessful m this- give those others liable timely warning that they will Inve to pay the rates, thus giving them an opportunity to protect their interest. BY-LAW FINES. The Paymaster-General wrote, advising the payment of £1 Sa to the Borough's account, being fines under the by-laws. The letter was received. ; FIRE ENGINE CUSTODIAN. ; - .. Mr W. E. Dolman wrote acknowledging receipt of notice to terminate his engage ment with..th«s .-Council-as custodian of the Fire Brigade plant.—Received, It was resolved to advertise for appli cants for the position of caretaker of the Borough's fire prevention plant, fire engi neer, and icleaner. A draft schedule of duties to be dis charged by the officer to bo advertised for was submitted and discussed. There was a difference between the draft schedule and the one previously existing, m so far as under the previous schedule the care taker was responsible to the Council, while under the draft thfi caretaker would be responsible to the captain of the Brigade. The question of drawing up a schedule of duties was remitted to the Fire Brigade Committee, to bring up a report .to a special meeting of the Council to be held on Thursday, 11th... ... , , A very lengthy discussion took place on the subject of the amount of remuneration to be allowed to the caretaker.

The Mayor moved that it be £15 and a free house, and Cr Tweed seconded. Cr Brooke moved .as an amendment that it be £20 and a free house, and Cr Bird heconded. Both motion an I amendment were withdrawn on the understanding that when applications were invited, appli cants should be required to state what .salary they would do the work for.. Ity-LAWS. A communication from the Borough Solicitor on the subject of the by-laws, w.is referred to the By Law Committee. Moiinwliilu the whole question of- the by-laws was held over urtil af'er the Municipal Conference m Wellington. FIHE BKKUDE. Tho captain of the Fire Brigade wrote, .soliciting the Council's patromiae, tw the forthcoming souiiil und torchMght proces sion to be held by the Brigade, and also asking fur a copy of the inventory of the lire prevention plant,. Tins iwtvoiiJigu asked was granted, and the inventory ordered h» W ncnt. _ KMiIN'KEKS' KEruUT« The Engineer reported as follows : - Tho men have Xwen engaged m ploughing and curling grass off streets, carting soil to sections, and shingle for repairing streets, grubbing gorse m plantations, clearing out water race, Alford Forest Road, attending to water supply, and sundry n-aiutemince work. The railway crossings r.eed some partial repairs, und we have given instructions to use some.of the broken mefcal fur.that purpose. IJN.SPBUTOH OF NUISANCES. The Inspector of Nuwinces reported that the r.uisanc«s complained of iv his last report had been remedied by the parties interested, and notices had been given to others to clean up their back yards. A i'OUND TROUBLE, Mr P. Twoiiiey wrote complaining that .his cow had been impounded on the 28th May at eight o'clock m the morning, and advertised the same-day to be sold, not withstanding that the cow oould not be be advertised for sale until the day following. He further complained that no notice was sent to him, although the pound-keeper knew the cow was his. He had had to pay charges on the cow to the amount of 9s. Tae pound-keeper, m his usual report, said the cow was found at daybreak of the 28th lying m East street, near the engine shed. She was impounded at seven m the morning and released at 4.45 m the evening of the same day. The | charges (9s) were m accordance with the scale laid down m the Impounding Act, 1884—Driving fees, 2s ; pound fees, 6d ; feed, Is 6d ; advertising, 2s 6d ; giving notice of same- 2s Gd—9s.

It was resolved to send a copy of the poumlkeeper's explanation toMrTwomey SIGN BOAKDS. Cr Brooke asked what was supposed to be tllfe regulation height above the foot path of sign boards'? The r Ult|rk sa,kt the regulation was eiglit feet. 'J '■'■'/'■ ' " Cr Brooke instanced cases m which the : boards'were lower than eight feet. The Engineer was instructed to see to the matter. HEALTH. Cr Tweed wished to know why the provisions of the Health Act had been ignored m Ashburton, by no report of the existence of infectious disease m the town having been made to the Council, and by persons suffering from such disease being allowed to move about among the resi dents 3 Some dkeussion took place on the posi-: tion of the Council m this matter, and Cr Tweed detailed the mode of procedure m force at Home. Cr Cuthbertson pointed out that under the Municipal Corporations Act the! Council had all the powers of a Board of Hoalth. Cr Keir suggested that a Committee be appointed to report on the question, and, fcho suggestion having been adapted, the Mayor and Crs Cuthbertson and Brooke were appointed a Committee. FOOD ADULTKKATIONV Cr Keir's motion, given notice of at last meeting, regarding the appointment of an inspector under the Adulteration Prevention Act, was postponed, pending the recovery of Sergeant Moller. BAD STREETS. Cr Brooke drew attention to the bud condition of the footpath m Burnett Street, and Cr Keir to the state ot Wills Street. Referred to the Works Com mittee, BOROUGH EXTENSION. : The Mayor nkn'ed—" That n public meeting be calkd to consider the advisableuess of the amalgamation of the suburbs of Aahburton with the Borough." Or Keir seconded, and the motion was $ayried, . •'. ■.'.■:.■:. ■- ■ ".'...>. ,

ARTESIAN SUPPLY. In reply to Cr Scaly, j The Clerk stated that he had seen^ Messrs Taylor and Oikley on the subject of the proposed test tube well. He had not, however, been able to see Mr Osborne ; but after laying all the facts of | the case before Messrs Taylor and Oakley, those gentlemen had undertaken to wmmunicate with Mr Osborne and write again to the Council. ACCOUNTS. Accounts to the amount of £50 were passed for payment and the Council adjourned.

IRRIGATION.

MKETINO AT RAKAIA.

A meeting of farmers wns held m the I Town Hall, South Rakaia, on Monday, to consider the irrigation question. The attendance of farmers was small. On the motion of Mr Allan, Mr Coster presided. Mr Harper was the only other member of the County Council present. Apologies were received from Messrs W. C. Walker and W. McMillan. Mr Baxter, County Engineer, was present. The Chairman explained the object of the meeting. No definite scheme w,is before the meeting, the object being to simply decide as, to whether this was the time to go m for an irrigation scheme. As far as he was personally concerned he should like to see it carried out. Of course there were some lands which could not be irrigated, and these, of course, must be taken into consideration m the rating. As representative m the County Council he should like an expression of opinion so as to regulate his action m the Council. Reference was made! to irrigation tried by Mr Grigg and others, and the success it had been, at a cost of eighteen pence per acre, and this was the first ye!U\ when the expense would be naturally more than, m future years. With regard to the county irrigation farm, it had been said that it did not pay. However, after the Council finished with it, the land was let at 10s, 6d per acre instead of 4s, when it was known that the water service was available. : Mr Harper spoke m favor of irrigation and moved—" That this meeting desires to express its opinicn that a system of irrigation m this district isJ desirable." He thought the time had now come when the farmers should improve their positions m agriculture. The leakages m the races clearly showed what oould be done v? water to any extent could be obtained. He had been a strong advocate for' irrigation/for yetors ; his ideas had feeen scouted, but opinions were changed after a couple of really dry seasons. :It had now been clearly proved that tlie water races were not the cause of the swamp lands being damaged by percolation. He was of opinion- that this was the best portion of the county to try irrigation, us it was naturally dry land down to the coast.. It of course rested with,the rate payers to say if it was worth the Council's v/hile going to any further expense m:the matter, There was no doubt that before many years passed away every acre on the plan ■ would be iirigated. 'i'he' people required, educating up to it, aiid even after the water was obtained there was much to be learnt as to the best manner of applying it. He should like id see a moderate, scheme ,so that every settler could irrigate, from his garden t<>,, say, one or,, two hundred acres. , He allu.led to the irrigation farm smarted m 1887, and read portijiw ,of a report on the same, and the results showing greatly m favor of the irrigated portion. The preliminary expenses would be great, and it wfis advisable' to find out if a scheme would be approved.

Mr IL W. Parsons had great m seconding the motion, ! The motion was carried unanimously. Mr Windsor moved— v That any rate payer be allowed lo use water from the present races at a fair rent for the pur pose of experimenting." He hoped it would be a recommendation to tho <Jou;iU!T—to "Carry his proposition into effect. Mr Shiillock seconded this resolution^ which was carried. ' Mr W. L. Allan, speaking on behalf of himself and a few of his neighbors, said he was opposed to any great expense being gone to till it was proved that a scheme would be remunerative ; and he thought the undulating nature of the ground would be greatly against irriga tion ; and there also wm now a con^ siderable amount of water available from the Rakaia river at a very small increased cost. He would be-in favor of the Lake Heron scheme, i but would joppose any expensive scheme. They had no desire to stand m the way of others obtaining irrigation. |He moved— " That the ueces* sary steps be taken to define an irrigation district, to give effect to the foregoing resolution with the underscanding that our portion of the district be cut out.";, Seconded by Mr H. J. Harrison', and carried. Mr Baxter exhibited a plan showing the proposed districts. Votes of thanks were accorded to the Chairman, Mr Harper, and Mr Baxter for their attendance.

TELECRAPHIG.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

I sequently released. Owing to horae- I keepers having b"en called.'but, 10,000 horaes are threatened with starvation. Gibraltar, June 7. The bakers here have struck, and there is much suffering among th« poor in consequence. Paris, June 7. The ParisCharaber of Deputies on Wednesday will take into consideration a bill in the interest of working wen. RUSSIAN AFFAIRS. The Octx of Rtttria wiU" Visit Paris shortly. ' • London, June 8: " >TJ«s Times " is responsible for th» statement that the Czar of Russia re fused to form a defensive alliance with France on the ground that he must preserve a free hand.

(per press association) THE BACCARAT C.VSE. London, J ime 7. .Mrs Arthur Wilson, the hostess, m her evidence in the baccarat case to-; clay, qualified her previous statements with regard to Sir William Cummings' unfair play. THE BEHRING SEA DIFFICULTY. The Behving Sea Fisheries Suspen sion Bill has passed the first reading in the House of Lords. ITALY AND ENGLAND. It is understood that England and: Italy has signed an alliance. ; Sir J. Fergusson, in replying to a question in the House of Commons about the reported secret alliance with Italy, returned an evasive answer. ■ BRITISH EAST AFRICA. j Lord Salisbury has promised to give a subsidy towards the construction of; a railway from the Port of Mombassa,; in British East Africa, to the grea<| lakes, ". '■' .;' ,': ". V .."■'' ,;. ■'.' ' '; LABOR QUESTIONS,—MORE ■'■.■.. STRIKES. .: \ ; The Directors of the Omnibus Coin-; panics are, iirm. Two thousand bussesj are idle. \ The Trades Council support the action of the omnibus men in striking for twelve hours per day. ;; = lUndon, June 8. Omnibus traffic is virtually ? sus-| f,ended. A few road cars started; yesterday morning, but returned to the; stables at,midday. Despite the efforts' of the police the traces of several o| thebusses which were running were cut, the windows.smashed} and the drivers^ were forced to return with their vehicles; to the stables. Two of the busses were rushed by the crowd, and overturned. \ Sleyerftl of the strikersi Jikvl been arrested for intimidation. Burns was among the nwnber, but t&;Wtts sub*

EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY.

Rome, June 8. An earthquake of a very severe character has been experienced, m Northern Italy, and great damage is reported. In the province of Verona, the shock was of particular severity, and several persons were killed and many injured.

A MANIPUR HEROINE.

London, June 7. The'lndia Office recommends that Mrs Grimwood, the wife of the late British Resident at Manipur, should receive the Victoria Cross m recognition of her gallant, conduct during the attack on. the Residency. \ London, -Tune 8. Mrs Grimwood has been decorsted with the Royal Red Cross,

ROCKEFORT'S EXILE.

Paris, June 6. The French Chamber is considering the motion for the annulment of the sentence of exile passed upon Henri Rochefort, the Communist and Bou langist.

THE REFUGEE JEWS.

St. Peter^btjbq. June 6. Eleven thousand Jews emigrated from Russia m one week to England, Australia (? Austria) and Berlin. The Committee formed to assist the refugee Jews is unable to cope with the rush. London, June 6. Mr W. H\ Smith does not believe the migration of Jews into England can be allowed, holding that such an abuse of the privileges of aliens would be intolerable.

IRISH AFFAIRS.

London, June 7. The Irish Land Purchase Bill has been under further consideration. A new clause; has been adopted giving tenants evicted live years before tbe passing of the Act the right to pur chas» their former holdings within six months of the measure becoming law. Mr Balfour intends to propose on Thursday that the operation of the Crimes Act be suspended m Ireland. New York, June. 8. Patrick Egan and O'Donovan Rossa are about to return to Ireland, their term of banishment having expired.

GOLD IN BRITISH GUIANA.

Georgetown, June 6. ; Rich gold mines have been dis covered m British Guiana and ad jacent portions of "Venezuela, over which'tlierc has for some time been a dispute- between (lie respective Go vernments. . - - -

GUATEMALA POLITICS.

New York. June 6. According to reports from Central America there is a movement in Gua temala directed towards the overthrow of President Barillas, and another re volution is feared. - SEVERE STORMS TN AMERICA. Severe storms have been experienced in Dakota, and hundreds of cattle have perished. THE INFLUENZA. Influenza has reached Alaska and hundreds arc dying.

THE TURKISH BRIGANDS.

Constantinople, June <i. The brigands refuse to release the captives until ransom is paid. The Turkish Government has ordered the troops not to move, as it is feared the prisoners may be murdered if the brigands become alarmed. j

THE CHILIAN WAR.

Valparaiso, June 6. The Itata surrendered 5000 rifles to the authorities at Iquiqne. The Chilian Minister at Bolivia has been with drawn. Ihn English and French Legations at Santiago, the capital of Chili, have been burned.

AUSTRALIAN

THE TARAMUNG.

Sydney, Juno 8. A telegram received this afternoon from .Backstairs, that a quantity of wreckage, including a ship's wheel and oars,, '-marked " Taramung," had been washed ashore. From this it is be lieved that the vessel, which was a crew steamer of 1281 tons, has foundered during the heavy gales which' have prevailed oft' the coast during the last few days. The Taramung was com manded by John Page, with whom was associated Peterson,, chief officer, and Scott, second officer. In the engine room were Eric, chief engineer, McKay, second, and Robinson third. The names of the crew are —Scott, Hum-, phries, Larson, Tipper, Cairns, Nes'i,; Siddle, Stevenson, Johnson, Bestock, Gillespie, McFarland, Hume, Anders son, Pollock, and Conne. The weather is still boisterous, and there is no sign, of its clearing tip. Tho only passenger on board the ill fated steamer Taramung was a M-istt, Moss, who was returning to MeU bourne owing to the death of her? father. !

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Auckland, June 8. One of 'he crew of the schooner Maile, from the Islands, was lined £00 top smuggling lOOlbs of tobacco ashore. A case against Linfron, a handcart man, who I-took it-up the whar'Vwas dismissed on thq ground of insufficiont evidence. The tobacco was stated to have been reoov'ered from the wreck of an American warship. Thomas Melville Ford was committed for trial on charges pp ombes-slemen^ and , forgery. I The case of Rae v Greenway was taken. | m the Supreme Court to- day. Plaintiff U i

a pawnbroker and money-lender. Defen dant is a youug man who, on the death of his father, Christopher Green way, caaie into a latge fortune, and forthwith entered on a course of reckless dissipation, ami is at present an inmate of the Lunatic Asylum at Punedin. Plaintiff claimed £438 for money lent on promissory notes and I 0 U's, and for certain jewellery fold. Plaintiff had already jjiven t vidence * and proved his case as to amounts, but sweiring that on each occasion when de fendant transacted business he was per fectly sober. The pl< aof defence set up | wa» th*(d«iend«nt«w>>inKMiilNMMy in toxicated- he was incapable of being a imrty to nijy contract,.and evauWciru now being , given m support of this nka. . There are 1 about forty wifrosiftfto eSHntneT v -■?■- r -~ '■■' 'Kjiriisß, June 8. The body of the man Chadviek, who t murdered Roderick: Matheson on January 14 last, has been fxnid m Pohuh Bush, close to the scene of the murd«r< No details are ti hand. -' , '\V I , Wbllwjgton, /une 8. In k!ie ches* match between Auckland and Wellington, extending over the last three Saturday nights, Wellington w.on by 8J wins to 6| wins. . -•• "At a special, meeting of the City Coun cil the motion to increase the Mayor's nalary to £300 was hung up. for esix months. "" ;' Kelsoij, Jane 8. On Saturday night Mr Boere, telegraph lineman at-Tophouse, wasboming 6b town by train. At Hope station he Jdt the carriage, under the impression tha£ the train stopped a few minutes, but seeing it m>\» o]}', 1« rau to: get into the last carriage, when he fell between it and the platform and roceivel a compound frac ture of the left leg, which was somewhat crushed, but he is progressing:fav<|rably, and th«j doctor is confident of saving the leg; : .->■■• ■:■ .--'•■: On Sun 'ay night the machine sheet and battery of the Red HillOold Mining Com pany at Collingwood was destroyed by tire. The insurance was £1600 m the Uni'm. '-•■- An elderly man, named ' Morgan, recently from the West' Coast- who was residing with his brother al Waimea West,-died, suddenly ox. Saturday night. : - Dunkdix, June 8. The Sew Hoy Big Beach dredge ob tained 102 ounces of retorted gold for the week's work. , ■. , * , : Mr Duthie, eoufectione-, of George •d^pet, died suddenly yesterday of an, apo pletic fit, ■ , i -." ' :. i ;.. In bankruptcy, H. L. Johnson, former, of Berwick, well tknown.in, sporting circles, had his certificate suspended for six months. IN VERCARGILt.'.' J I*6 JB. A. farmer named John Suthedaiid w.is arrested for shop lifting. The' police found £18 worth of clothing' on his premises. He got six. months' ' imprison • ment on one chnrge; and was remanded on the other of stealing four suits and over-1 coats, valued at ]£10," from the New.Zeal and Clothing factory. ' f '

Ashburton School Cem mittee.

' The Ashburton School Committee hold their ordinary monthly meeting/- last night Present—Messrs W. Craighead (Chairman), Bean, Baker, Brnpfdell, Btvrett, and Silcock. . . " .' V,.. The Chairman reported on . the con tinued closing of the school,. through tho scarlatina, epidemic. It was decided after discussion that the schools re-open on Monday, June 35, although some of the mom hers were of opinion that it was safe for them to open at once. Four tendons for fuel were considered and that of Mr P. S. Bean (the lowest) was accepted. '■■ : ' 'V- Mr Bean rcpoited on repairs,. etc.,. at school, and that the new fence' wtbjdpm pletcd m a satis ractory way. , ,** . Correspondence froiii the ' 'Board: of Education was read-, m referevpe po -the change of second master, etc. -'": It ivu lvftin-tW Iwntluof tho visiting committee to ascertain the cost of romtivul of force pump from the school builcUug to the head master's house. -•' * The circular letter from Mr Wilkinson re agricultural and technical education iv primary- schools' was read and considered, and Messrs Silcock, Braddell and Craig liead were appointed delegates to tlie proposed congress to bs held m Afeh burton, the use of the school room to b» offered for the meeting if this did»not clash with school hours. #J> Three small accounts were p«BHec||or payment. v; Messrs Bean andSilcock w«tre Appoiped a visiting' committee for the month. ' - ' "' -'-gi

Herr Windthorst's Death.

Tt would be difficult to conceive agrdper contrast-than that which, -exiqte between tlie Epicurean cynic who. inherited all the selfishness of the, .Napoleons/Mid.the brave, honest public spirited little Ultramontane, Herr." WindthoMfe, whose death last, month wad little sfc^rt 1 of a public calamity. Germany has few-great parliamentary figures, but Windthorst was one of tlienv The Ufttyo. I* Pearl? of Mepj^eh" fo*,y>ipf.'had/ tod jwiffaft^Ni summate ability and unimpeachable honesty the "Pope's Brass Band" m the Reichstag. He was worth more to the Catholic Church than many a cardinal, and his death' leaves a, gap which no one at present seems able to fill. Ha was a Hanoverian, but he was also* German, and the German Empire could, well-have spared many a supporter rather than this intrepid and indefatigable &pponet&7 A very, touching story is told -of his last moments. Herr Windthorst lived very simply, and died as he lived, unattended savt by two female relatives who watched by his deathbed. He was sinking fast, and they were wondering how soon un consciousness would deepen into death, when the dying man roused himself and began to deliver, as if he were speaking m the Reichstag, a speech m favcr of a Bill repealing the provisions .of the kw against.the Jesuits. In silent a\*]e §he two sorrowing women listened as H«rr Windthorsb went on, making point After point, with the same precision, and the same earnestness that distinguished him lin tho. tribune, , where,, h« ,OTidently imagined himself- to-be.- 'At'-last the speech was .ended.' Then Horr Wind thorst lay back on hife piuW and never spoke again. It was the swan songof the old Ultramontane ■ leader—the ruling passion strong- m death. If only -there had been a phonograph iv that .chamber, of death! : '-

The Union Company's Extension.

Sydney, MelHouri*, Hobaft, aU t*ie New Zealand .ports, aud back to Sydney, is the circle the Union, Steamship Com pany havo secured by buying out tho Tasmanian Steam N:ayigaj£ou Company. On his recent viiit io -Hooart, Mr James Mills is reported to have said :-—•*'Vo look upon th :• amalgamation with Tas mania as a liiataral alliance, seeing that it is on tho direcb route between New 2#i> land and Australia, and w« alreadyJitve » share of the trade by means of our through vessels. . A further inducement was the fact: that by the: development of the silver fields it is expected that there j will be a very large demand for New Zea land coal and coke. In regard to these particular products New Zealand is 1 looked upon as unequalled m the colonies, and the company already do a conskltJv able carrying trade of thiauature #tmm the West Cojwt coal;pc>rU qf tNew S|ealand to Port Pirie for uW/ui the.Broken Hill Smelting Wcuks, mulwe eip^ot to derelop

THB? ASHBURTOJSV GUARDIAN, TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1891



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Thk Best Bemedy for Inmokstiox— Norton's Camomile Pills arc confitlenly recommended as a simple remedy for Indigestion, which is the cause of nearly all the diseases to whicn we are subjects Norton's Pim>% with justice called the 'Natural Htrengthener of the Human .Stomach," act as a powerful tonic and gentle perient, are mild m their operation, and fijfo under any circumstances. Sold m bottles, at Is lid, 2s 9d, 11s, by all medicine eudors tUfougU&Bt tks »'q Id 1



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