NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS

v Wm. McR.," Hampstead, writes claim ing th'it the resolution, carried at Tuesday's meeting, to divide the dis tri«t into ward?, •• was a great advance, for the ward that wants water will gel it and be rated accordingly." He over looks the fact that division i ito wards , is not necessary m order to carry out works for the benefit of a particular locality, and to rate it accordingly. The rest of a long letter is beside the ques tion. We shall heisbd to apace to any letters dealing with the question from a practical point of view.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1891. CURRENT TOPICS.

i Tho National Liberal Association of New Zealand has been succeSifully inaugurated at Duntdin, by what h described as the largest public meeting that ever assembled m that city. The Ministry gave their countenance to the occasion by sending the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, Mr E. /. Seddori; to presido on the occasion; Sir Rbbeft Stout, the champion of democracy, and most of the leading Liberals of the district were congre gated on the platform ; and the whole proceedings were most enthusiastic And harmonious. The Association having been floated, we may expect shortly to hear of branches being formed m all the principal towns. The platform of the Association will not meet with universal acceptance, even among genuine Liberals. The main " planks " are :— .1. Securing voting power to every adult, and the abolition of all property qualification. 1 2. That the Government undertake as a State fin tion the employment of all needing work. 3. Th*. State ownership of land, mines, railways, and coastal marine service. . 4. The statutory limitation of legal rent and interest. 5. That the State place the best, education within the reach of all. j The second and third of these especi ally are too extremely socialistic to secure the advocacy of any practical politicians m the present day ; and the Association might well devote the energy and power which it will com mand to objects which are more likely to be obtained. ; In another co'umn will be found the statement of the. objects of the Asso ciation. They may be looked upon as sections of the " planks," and some of them are of ; an equally visionary character. The franchise, its exten sion to females excepted, labour, land, and taxation have already had the attention of the Government, whose proposals are m the direction desired by the Association ; but the nationali sation of land, mines, railways, and coastal marine Ferviaes, the establish nient of a State Bank of Issue, the abolition of the Legislative Council, and elective Governorships are ques tions for the hereafter.

The exploration of Africa with the view to the settlement of the country is one of the most important operations of the day. Britain, Germany, Portu gal, Belgium, and France all have territorial interests there, and Holland as the founder of the Cape Colony is not altogether uninterested m the pro gress of that vast continent. An in teresting paper m a recent number of the " Contemporary Review "compares South Africa with Britain's other colo nies as a field for emigration, and sums up strongly m favor of the former. He gays it. is a country where the products of the soil are so various that the most miscellaneous-' population finds remu nerative employment and is sure of a comfortable existence; and he prophe cies the time when England will see under African skies an Australia half way to the Antipodes. Cape Town he regards as one of the keys to , the Empire, and were the Government of the Cape m Anglo-Saxon hands the population and wealth of Cape Town would soon equal those of Melbourne arid Sydney. This reads very well, but it will scarcely disenchant many of us with New Zealand,

LOCAL AND GENERAL

General Low Wallace, the author of "Ben Hnr," says that he can cure rheumatism m one night without fail with a poultice of mustard and garlic applied to the soles of the feel] (j*ptain R. A. Edwin telegraphed to the Harbormaster at 2 p.m. yesterday as. fol lows :—" Expect north to-west "and sou' west gale within next 12 hours. Gdod tides ; gk«s further fall." The death is announced of Mr T. Fleming, the well-known Christchurch musician, and director of the bands which have for so long l>een m high favour for ball* fi) &\\ parts of Canterbury. The Pegasus tinfields, Stewart's Island, are m a worse plight than Nenthorn. The mining population has dwindled down to two. j Many, however, believe the place only requires to be properly developed. The annual roejal of the Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigado ie t.O be held on j Wednesday, June 10. Special preparations are being made to ensure the success of the gathering, always deservedly popular. The torchlight procession earlier m the evening is to include some new and startling feature?. Thus the " Hawera Star":-" When Mr Bruce wan going round the Egmont district he set forth the view that we had better not fill up this country too quickly for fear that we should not leave room for our boys, But if more are leaving New Zealand than are being born intoifc, it would seem that there is no present danger of the youngsters being crowded out. In Cha;nber»on Friday at the Supreme Court, Chrietchnrch, the case of McGrath v Freer came before his Honor Mr Justice Denniston on a motion by Mr Spackman to serve a writ out of the colony. This was one of the cases m which the late Mr G reason wal acting for aU pat tie?, and the action is to decide which of two innocent parties shall bear a heavy loss. The learned Judge remarked that the practice*of acting tor all parti e» wa» most improper, and m eveiy way to be deprecated, and that m making these remarks he epoktt advisedly. Mr Joseph Scaly has on view at his shop a pile of Carter's Elephant Swede Turnips grown at Grcenstreer; The 1 tubers are a very even crop, solid, and well grown for the land that produced them, and run m weight from 81bs to lOlbs each. He has also two branches of Irish peach apples, second crop for the geason, grown on a young tree m Mr David Morris'gtrden at Lynd hurst. The tree was oily planted last spring, and has yielded for. its size a fairly g6qd crop m the proper season, while the second crop, now on the branches, s quite as numerous, although not as large; several of the second crop, hovever, have ripened

The fastest vessel afloat is said to be the 3200 ton English built war ship intended for the Argentine Government; she made 21.2 knots under ordinary draft and 22.4 knots with forced draft! , The Germans have ft fable that once upon a time the devil was outwitted by a Swabian ! and shut up m a. hollow "tree for twenty years, \yhen ;he came out great was his chagrin <o find his brimstone kingdom almost deserted, Even gome of his ablest assistants had been converted and gone back to heaven. He bethought himself a minute and then went over-to Nordtmisen and began making brandy, and m twenty ycirs nell was as popular as ever.—" Boston Advertiser." The Hackney members of the London School-Board'are about to establish, a Labor Bureau for the purpose of ass's: ing *o secure situations for boys and girls oi leaving school with a good character. The unpaid justices m Hackney have decide 1 to form\a, separate court ti> hear School Board summonses, as they conaid-.-r parents of school children ought not to he compelled to attend an ordinary court with its sur roundings of crime and shame. One ot the household dangers to be most completely guarded against is the bursting of kerosene lamps. This Ims been a vrry f/equent cause of fires and lojs of life, and our readers should make a note of an easy and simple meaus of extinguishing burning oil. The inetho:! is to plentifully bespread the oil with flour. A case is reported of n lamp ;-bunting while being carried from one room to another, when a scoop of flour extin guished the flames before they had time to seize hold of the floor.

Mr R. Monk, ex«M.H.R, hits a grivance. When a member of the Auckland Education Board he agreed to inspect and report on a kauri forest belonging to the Board, charging a very modest fee. The auditor challenged the account. Mr Monk now points out that he could have drawn £70 as travelling allowance and expenses when a member but, declined to claim a penny;, It is ndw ruled that j « honestly and hard earned fee cannot be taken legally, and the impression left en Mr Monk's mind is that he ia wronged. « '; "How does it feet to be a millionaire!" (■leorge M. Pullman was asked one day. "I have never thought of that" replied the maker of Pullman cars, and the owner of Pullmau city ; "but now that you mention it, I believe that I am no better off—certainly not happier than I was when I didn't have a dollar to my name, and had to work frpni day light to dark. I wore a good suit, of clothes then, and I on'y wear one suit now. I relished three meals a (ky then a great deal more than I do three meals a day now. t had fewer cafes,-1 slept better, and I may atld generally that I believe I was far harpier m those days than I have been many tins s-ince I bet a tie a mil i mane. And yet" conclnded the plutocrat, as if to ward off a suggestion that he might recover his former bis by practising what Mr Carnegie preaches "mid yet it is a comfortable feel ing to be rich." ! The first ■ "Inglejide " meeting for; the season, under the auspices of the Caledonian Sbcicty, was held last night m the Odd fellows' Hal!. The attendance was not so large by any means as we have b.en accustomed to sec at previous meetings' of the kind, thfl threatening nature of the weather no doubt militating against the attendance oflinauy country people; and another meeting also took away a good few ; but perhaps the main reason was the increase! membership fee, which the Directors hive found it necessary to impose to defray th> cost of these meetings. Kilted men were n imerous m the hall, and gave a cordial welco ne to the veteran Piper Tolinie who played m ich of the reel music. Theie were about th'rty couples oh the floor, so that there was an absence of the crowding and discomfort inseparable from a large meeting, and th*. dancing was thoroughly enjoyed. The stige was made use of-as a supper room, and refreshments were abundant. In the course of the evening Highland step dance 3 were g'ven by Messrs McLeau and McKenzie, and songs were sung by Messrs Rees, Lyon, Millar, and Black, each receiving hearty applause for their efforts to entertain. Mr J. H. Brooks was the piano accotnpanyist, and with Mr A. McKay on the violin, supplied the music for the dancing. We clip the foiluwing important testimo niil from the "Ilia warra Mercury '(N.S.W of the 30th March. It needs no comment :— " Mr John Loveday, of the Bulli Mountains writers to us that after suffering for four years with a.Mite gravel, he has experienced almost complete relief by .-using Sander and Son? 8 Eucalyptie Extract. He says :—'' Seeing the mid Extract advertised m the ' Illawarra Mercxiry,' his intense suffering induced him to obtain a bottle of the medicine from Mr Hosking, chemist, of fchw towij r aijtl that the use of it gave him great relief at once. He states that between 10th March inst., when he obtained the first bottle of the extract, and the 19th, the use of that medicine continued to afford him relief, to which he had been a stranger for four years. Mr Loveday writes also that he has found the Eucalypti Extract •» cure tqv r-h.e,ninatisni as well as gravel. He requests us to publjsb this information through the' Mercury^' We have much pleasure m complying witli Mr Love lay's request, whose word cannot be doubted, and who oan have no object m view other than a pure cl«si*« tjo bwietit aviffcrjpg huinanitv. "—(Advt.) 2

Licensing Matters.

[per press association, j Wellington, May 29. The Mastorton Licensing Committee election resulted m the return of four prohibitionists and one moderate. The poll was declared amidst great excitement, live prohibitionists polled 141, 127, 125, 119, and 113, whilst the moderates polled 123, 117, 115,104, and 93 respectively. It is expected most of the hotels m town will be QlQsecJ, ' CjFfRISTCHUKCH, May 29. The arguments m the Sydenham Licensing election case are r.ot yet con oluded, ftirß, SjMufc for tjje defence con tended that the Returning Ofljcer was properly appointed, and that if ho were not, invalidity of his appointment would not invalidate the election. P Christchurch, May 30. The argument on the Sydenham Licensing election case is concluded.! His Honor reserved judgment, Sir Robert Stout undertaking that the meet- j ing ()f ftye Committee fixed for Wednes day next shoujld be postponed for a week to enaLle His Honor Co give Hudgmejijt m the meantime- Dunedin, May 30. It is understood that the* police have pnly 'objected to tw« licensed houses m the city. The Licensing Committee held a meeting last night, but $hq proceedings were kept private, It is now certain (says the "M"il,") that the Oamam licensing election must be fought over again. ''Considerable interest is felt m regard to the event, whicl} will probably be marked by more activity than ef en the last, It is to be hoped that it wilj. ajso bq narked by a scrupulous care to avoid legal pitfalls. The appointment of the Returning Officer, [ m what is believed to be proper form, is i now progressing, and will, we under stand^ ba complete:l to morrow (Friday). On the ne^t day, if gonvenient, notice may be given that tlje election will take ploC3, but ths date fixed for it must not be less than fourteen days from the date on which notice is given. The neiw roll now m course of preparation must be duly signed on Saturday next, and it must be used for the purposed of the election. There seems to be some question as to the time, under the circum stances, up \6 which names may be taken off or added to fche roll, The Regulation of Elections Act is silent on this pqint, but Clause 71 of the Municipal Corpora tions Act, which seems to us to apply specially forbids any amendment of the roll after the creation of a vacancy which sJia.ll make an extraordinary election necessary, This is exactly our position, and, as the Resident Magistrate on Fri day, May 22, declared the last election roid, no alterations m the rojl on ai)d after tbat4«t» WP UW be Jegal,

POLITICAL.

(PJSK PRESS ASSOCIATION.

Dunbdijt, May 29, The Hon. Mr Seddon received numerous deputations at Naseby, but mainly on local matters. He naid the- Go vernthenfc was impressed with the absolute necessity of encouraging the mining industry, and taking steps to stop the'exodus. ..'

A Remarkable Horse.

"St. Nichol is' Magazine" records that there is m Oregon a most extraordinary horse that rejoices m the possession of the longest fore top, mane, and tall' m the world. He was born about seven years ago m the state of Oregon, and when four years old his inane and tail grew so rapidly—often as much as three inches a month—that m three years they reached their present astonishing growth. His tail is now 9ft. long, his fore top is 5Ut. lon^j, while his inane measures exactly 7ft. lOin. Linus, as he is called, is perfectly formed, and weighs about 14001b3. ' His " body colour" is a glossy golden chest nut ; he has white hind feet and a white face, and his mane, tail, and foretop are of a soft flixeu colour. His hair, which is done up when he is not receiving visitors, con tinues to grow, though now very slowly. Aside from his remarkable hair, Linus is certainly a beautiful animal. He is proud, carries his head high, and enjoys admiration with all the intelligence and pride of his iv cc.

The Midland Railway.

The following telegram was received yesterday afternoon from the Premier by Mr A. G. Howland,. Vice-Chairman of bhe Executive Committee of the Railway League :— " Have received your telegram. Matter inafairwayof settlement.—J. Bal^anck." ! Mr W. B. Perceval, M.H.R., informs the Christchurch papers that he has been m communication with the Minister for Public Works about the Midland railway deviation, and that he regards the matter as practically settled. The negotiations being of a confidential nature, Mr Perceval cannot publish the telegrams that have passed ; but he gives the assurance that a compromise has been come {o . acceptable to the Government and to the Company. -,-■■■,

THE IRRIGATION SCHEME.

The meeting oi county ratepayers convened for this afternoon at the Orange Hall has a very large and momentous question awaiting its deci sion. Not thai; the pronouncement of a single meeting will, m: itself, finally dispose of the matter either affirma tively or negatively, but if there be, as tfiere should be, a large and represen tative attendance; the verdict of this afternoon may fairly be taken as an indication of the probable result if the irrigation scheme attain the ttage of a ballot upon the proposal. That during recent years the county has suffered ieriously from drought, it needs no newspaper writing to demonstrate— our farmers know the fact only too well —i-nor speaking generally is it neces sary to go into an elaborate argument to show that heavier crops of all kinds can be obtained, from land to which sufficient moisture is afforded than from land to which it is not. All this goes without saying, and many of of our agriculturists have besides this knowledge a practical acquaintance with the good results of artificial irri gation m the Old Country aid else where. The real crux of the master is not whether irrigated land yields better crops than does an arid soil, but whether the experience, of other coun tries is a safe guide as to what should be done m Ashburton county, that is to say whether there are or are not local circumstances which would render that which has been proved a success else where a non-sqeq^ss here, whether t>h,e rdsults m a monetary point of view will or will not largely outweigh the cost—in a word "will it bay ?" As to thje practicableness qt obtaining by ""the I^avington schema," an abundant supply of water sufficient to irrigate the great bulk of our agricultural country, there is, \i Mr Baxter's figures are to be relied upon—and we are not aware that they are disputed by competent authority—no doubt whatever. According td life; report an expenditure of £60,000 will enable a supply of water to be brought m Buflicisnt to command an area of 150,000 acres, and the annual cost m interest and supervision will not ex ge«4 £?QQO or 11 Id per acre, This is exclusive of! field outlet* and distribu tion, it is true, but even if it cost thrice as much for *th&* tetter^ as for constructing and supervising the main works, still the cost would be less than four shillings per acre—the price of a single bushel of wheat, If this prove tq ije th,e cas«, t!.qn surely irrigation must pay handsomely, as the estimates of those who advocate it, as to the in creased yield irrigated as compared with unirrigatecj land ranges, f rqm 50 up to as much Vis lj)6 per cent," Take the half of the lowest estimate and call it a five*bushel increase upon a twenty bushel crop, and the farmer who irri | gates will pay 4s for a result of 20s —?a far better investment of his capital than ordinarily falls to his lot. De spite the fact that m our o.vn columns and m those of our contemporaries we haje §een letters from opponents of irrigation scjlieinps taking newspaper editors to task for davlng to have and express opinions upon the subject, we are not afraid again to declare our con viction that the irrigation of our plains would pay and pay handsomely, and we yej'jly bejieve that it would work a marvellous change fqr, the better m the prospects of bur farmery and[lay the foundation of tha pepfnangnt pros perity of the distpigt, We trust, therefore, that to day's meeting will not only be largely attended, but that the farmers present will take the whole m.a£ter jnt<v their moist serious consideration, and not lightly thpow aside a scheme which, we venture to think, is eminently calculated to sub serve the best interests of the county generally.

THE MARKETS.

[PBH PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

London, May 28. The Bank of England returns published today show the total reserve to be £16,070,000. , being an increase of £2,234,000 a* compared with the previous week.7' The proportion, of reserve to lia-1 bilitiei-is 40.60 per cent. Confols, 95*. . ' New 1 Zealand 4 per cent, inscribed stock, 102 : 3] ditto, 95. The English wheat matkefc is firm at 445. South Australian wheat is firm at 44s Cd ; Fictomn, steady at 445. Mutton—Canterbury, 4sd per lb ; VVel linsffcon, 3£d. Canterbury lamb, sd. Beef —Fore-quarters, 3§d per lb; hind quarters, sd. There is nothing doing m New Zealand hemp. Wellington, faiv quality, nomi nally £'31 per ton. No. 1 bcit Scotch pig iron, f.o.b. m Clyde, 55s 6d.

Ashburton Markets.

MILKS AND CO. Messrs Miles and Co. (per,Mr, George' Jameson) report: — Tinwald ' fortnightly Tuesday, May 26. There was again a moderately large :entry of sheep for this sale, ami as there were buyers m attendance the prices still remain* very satisfactory to vendors. All well-grown crostbreds, two and four-tooth sheep, are eagerly bought up,' •*nd if the winter feed holds out, we may expect to see good mutton selling at prices that will pay the exporter. Our entry for the day's sale comprised 2740 »hecp, and our sales were as follows :—485 two-tooth cross breds, 15s 3d; 73 ditto, 14s 9d ; 50 merino wethers, Us 8d; 100 two-tooth crossbred*. 10s lOd ; 60 ditto, 10s 5d ; 194 ditto, to 7d,; 21 crossbred ew«», 9s 6tl; 192 crossbred ewes m iamb, 9s Id ; 199 crossbred ewes, 9a ; 30 crossbred ewes, 9s; 61 ditto, 8s lid ; 35 ditto, 83 8d; 107 merino ewes, 6s 8d; 287 woolly ewes, 7s; 205 merino wethers, 5s ; 445 merino ewes, 4s 6d; 21 lanibs, 4s; 54 merino ewes; Is 9d. i During the week we have sold privately 800 fat crossbreds at 15s. On ■Friday, May 29, 1 held my usual fortnightly skin sa'.es ; there was a good attendance of buyers, and" a fair entry of skins of all classes which sold at high 5 prices than at previous sales. The following the prices obtained ;—Butchers' cross brels, 3s Id, 4i, 4s 3d, 4s 4d; butchers' merinos, 3s, 3s Id, 3* 6d, 3s Bid ; farmers' crossbreds, 3s, 3s 3d, 3s Bd|; farmers' merinos, 2s, 2s 6d, 2s 9d, 3s, 3s 6d.

MESSRS FRIEDLANDER BROS.

Messrs Friedlander Bros, report upon the live stook mark«;t for the week ending May 29, as follows :—At the Tinwald Yards en Tuesday there waa ft, fairly good entry of sheep—about 5000 of all classes being catalogued. The attendance scarcely -reached the usual average, still the prices obtained were fully up to values of recent sales. Good young sheep realised prices e^ual to those.of the last sales, and there still continues that strong demand for anytlu>g;*f Mch would do for turnip-feeding. There is also an increasing enquiry for good sound crossbred ewes m lamb ; these could be placed at good values, The sales for the day were as follows : -Two and four-tooth ct'ossbreds, m forward condition, made 11s, 12s, and up to 15s 3d • while fat crossbred swes were parted with at 83, 9s, and 10s. Fat crossbred wethers were m demand at prices ranging from 14s 6.1 to 15a 9.1; merino ewes fetched 5s Gd to 6.3 9tl; crossbred lanibs up to 10s, \vhil« a line of merino lambs realised, 35 ; ." 7d: Merino chilis were sold from Is 6.1 to 4s 611 according to condition. i At the skin sales to-day the attendance of Myers was good, and prices -of. last quota-, tidn fully maintained, with "a very strong demand for {inything like good skins. We beg -to call special attention of farmers and others to our land ,sale, which we hold 'at'the Arcade to-day (Saturday- the 30Hi • instant) wherij m addition to several town sections, we shall offer a blacksmith's shop at AVakanui, doing a splendid trade, also one of the best farms m the Ashburtou county, situated at the Ashburton Forks.

MR D. THOMAS.

Mr D. Thomas reports upon the livestock market ia the Ashburton district for the week ending Friday, May 29, as follows :— Qii Ti|t)adayfa|| the I'inwald Yards the usual weekly sale of live stock was held. The attendance of farmers and others was below the average, caused no donbfc by the Ho'n W. S. Peter's fuuecal taking place on tha, <layi The deceased gentleman was so highly reappcte.l m the district that farmers and others travelled fr-onj groat distances to pay a last tribute to. liig memqry. To all classes of sheep, except those fit for turnip*, prices declined to a very considerable extent, whilst for turnip sheep the revetse was the case, better values being obt-i.in.ed tlyin we have yet seen this seasqn,, The contributions of merino shiqp from the baok Country this s«a.3on have been heavier than usual, and on Tuesday ovsr 2000 >f then* were yarded, thus swelling the catalogue and making the shareholders of the Yards Company to rejoice. The catalogue for the day com prised 5024 sheep, 30 head of cattle, and 7 pigs; of which my entry consisted of 15534 sheep, 30 he^d. (jf cattle, ».n,d f pigs, My prinaipiij: aaler.were 33 fat crdssbrods, 11s; 23 fat merino ewes, 53 9d ; 42 fat crossbred ewes, 10a 6d ; 42 ditto, 9s 9cl; 25 fat cross bred ditto, 9a 9d ; 60 fat merino p.wcs, 6s2d; 200 crossbred ewes m lamlv 10s 9d; 23 merino ewes, 2a 7d ; 77 crossbred ewes, fat, His lid ; 185 two and four-toofcli crosfeb'reds., mostly wethers, 15s ?,d : 375 n'lerino eVes, as.Qd] iiH crossbred lambs, 93 lOd; etc. In cattle t!ie demand was simply disheartening m the extreme. I hal the whole entry to myself, anil although the quality wns good, 1 could only soil at low %urea. I sold a springer at £7 7s 6d ; 5 head of cattle at £5 7s 6d ; 6 head at £+ 3s'cach ; 3 liead at £3 ;18s 6;1 each ; 2 l^cs^ a^ tq ( \ ditto,, £4 ; 2 eiglitß^n mqntlis «M htufers at 3,1s each. ifo dinnqt! for pigs. On Friday I held my nsnul fortnight-lwsaleof bhcepskiiia, hl'ha, fat, and tallow, at which there, wan a floqd attendance of buyers, Sjy catalogue consisted of 974 aheepaking, 10 hides, 2 bags fat, 12 bag* of wool looks and? pieces, all of which were cleared at values higher by 6rt a skin than those realised a fortnight ago. Best crossbred skins brought 4s,' 4s 3d, 43 6tl, to 4s 9d each: second quality, 3s |Qd. 5s %l, »s ttd, Ba^a tq Vi'tfl ciiich j^best iKieiiu|os n^ade, for \yqolley», Ssfld to 5s JOd each | this year's skins, 4s to 4s M ; second quality, 2s, 3s 3d, to3sJodeach ; inferior and iiry, 3d, !)tl, to la flrl each ; hides, 1^(1 per lb ; fat l|d perlb j wool, 5d to 5Jd ; pieces, 2^cl |o B£d per lb. On Thursday I held a clearing sale for Mr T. Holmes, of the Hinds. Ther.e .w^j goM tftoylmii* tf \\ nV^> pr cattle, pigs, and Bty«acle> gcgcl Valij'iis were qbtained, but fqr l^fises the. demand was slack} most of these wgre passed a^ tl^e b,i\t. were disj»os§4 of a.%r.wa,r.(lg a| satisfactory prices,

MAGISTERIAL.

; SOUTH TUKASA^FRIDAV, (Before Messrs E. S. Coscer and L. Oxley, , J.P.s) Stray Cattlk. -The following were fined for allowing stock to be at large:—J. Thompson, 3s; G, Lloyd, ?s| W, Street, Is; J, Btewapfc, 4's ;' 0. Is; W. Kemble, ss. The Bench intimated that m futiire lnnoh heavier fines and costs would be inflicted. Civil Cases.-W. Stubbs y T. Ivess, £7 ;13s Oil; judgment summons. Order macje for the payment of 20s per month or m xlefatilt one month. Hardy ancl 06. v J| Lobb, £2 13s 9d ; judgment for plaintiff with costs. Hardy and Co. v McFarlane, , £1 t7s 4cl; judgment for the amount; and cqste, Hacdy and (Jo. v Q'Uohnell, US bsldj judgments by default for the amount and costs. H. Primmer v P. Tally, £7 3s 3d ; judgment; by default for the amount and

Counte3s, Dinhess, Princess, Empress, are the registered names of the new fceasJj* fr^e from any excess of stringency, ' I

LADIES' COLUMN.

LATEST PARISIAN FASHIONS, I (FROM OtUl OOBKfeSPONDBNT.) Pakis, April 10. The favorite^colots for the season seem to be beige, brown, grey, light chestnut, I and stone. Neutral tints are m very g»*eat l-domand, and ;dark tones will this spring be quite out of the running Avith the ex ception of a new chocolate" tint and the ever Useful navy blue. There is a movo j towards cornlLret or royal blue, but pvetty as it is when used m small quah -tifis upon hats and bonnets, it is a decided failure when woollen goods of similar shade are made up'ihtoiin entire "gown or coat. Lavender, a pale blui«h n»auve, is also new, although it had already shown the " tip of its ear " last spring, but not .being a great success at that time it comes out very fresh at present. Erery flower and foliage under the nun aie at present used for hat and bonnet trimming, and wreaths of shaded leavcs,cucircle.the new >' blende >f-or beige Rt<*«w Jiats that will be the rajyo the moment the weather becomes propitious to the showing off of new and .fashionable heidgear. The enormously large .shapes have made way this sea on for the exquisite pipelines known as the Tiianon, iiouis XVl.,'* an/jt" also Barry shapes, m fancy straw with' rather broad and round brimo, caught-up'^q&iintly at the back with a full trimming of lace, velvet or satin bows, feathers, oftiflSwers. Shot silk ribbons m soft'twill, rather broad, ornament ,Leghorn straws, while bunches of shaded calccolraia upon a black 'rice straw secure puffings of diamond scattered tulle, rolled round the low crown."' A big bow of yellow Velvet catches «p the bnm at the back. Violets and. lilac.either alone or mixed with other hiosspms.are seen on nearly every bonnet. The latter wgenerally stringless, with the exception of the cute little Auvdrgnat shape made m fancy straw and forming a slight poke m front. '" -r " "

I can't' bay that .1 was overpowered by the beauty of tho New York,wonien," says Mrs Stanley.\ "At the Sail*there were strikingly handsome belles, but the average personal beauty van lower' tlftin you would find m a London drawing room. ; ' . ''. V rJ A bill has beiut introduced into the Swedish Parliament for the purpose of raising the age, at 'which women are allowed to marry, to 18 years. The com mittee which deals with this bill has re commended its adoption. The marriage age m England is steadily rising, so .that now on' tho "iveriige (ah- Kiirtlishman reaches his 2o"lh year before he takes unto himself a wife, and m tho matter of brides, to talk of blushing 18 is on the average very inaccurate, as girls (?) do i»bt get iparried tillnearly 25.

A young lady pu^ p pfefle 0 t weddilig cake under fer pillow, and went to bed with the happy belief that she would dream qf seeing her future husband. That evening, however, she had two plates of boiled beef, some lobster salad, 1 a couple of bottles of lemonade, several cakes, and two large pickl<-jd walnuts, and she now»says'she would'rather remain single all her life thin marry the man she saw m her dreun. ■ , - ■ ■ i ■■ <- • , 5" t * ' j Liiaies will probably finfi themselves deeply interested m the Behring Sea question. For the international rights and claims at issue between the Marquis of Salisbury aiid Mr BlaimJ they may not care an iota, but it will be serious news to learn tint there-is thought to; bo no chance of sealskiiiis from .the famouj,, PjiciHc hunting grounds for six or seven,years to come. It appears tliut ,^he *' rook ems " of the poorlvuhtetl seal liave been preyed upon far beyond their capacity.''" In'tlie period from, 1879 to 1882: .the ani'nals' caught numbered 100,000 ;. -last year th'« ■total fell to 20,945. Nor was the decline m numbers, the most significant circum.; stance. IJighty^x per.cgat cf the; sealn had tq ble rejected because they were too small, whereas m former seasons the pro portion so rejected did not exceed fifteen* percent. Thus the net result, is-arrived at, that, if the fishery is to bo reploniihed, the slaughter of th« seals irusjt berHtayed. for six or seven ye^ra. Meanwhjle, what «ibo\x^ sealskin jackets and mantles ?

<:Lady" writes from 2\ ice:--" Your correspondents are quite right m describ ing American girl", as, those with mtisfc fa(ls, and %s taking most trouble with their a.ppearanQe, Even here at Nice we have ft v»ry good: example of the pains thty take with their looks. A pretty Boston girl w.:s going to a very ' smart' dinner one night, an 1 an equally ' smart' ball the ne^t; she worts a white dress, and this is how "she made sure of fche white kid bodice being quite perfeot m fit. She had a very good natural figure, and has. acquired an ex^rem^ely slender waist, which was laced.in to iis smallest possible limit. On this occasion the kid was damped and then sewn on, so as to have no visible -fastening.,, TJie result was that after Sitting m a *'a.mi room for two hours her figure, was »a neatly encased as if m a tignteflghtihg glove. The same damping process was followed with regard to the tiny white 'shoes, which were made to fit her bare feet tightly, and thus ensure a very go<xl fie ov.cr stockings. Sh« did not undress for the two days, resting on a sofa for tl\« night, and wear ing i\ thin dr<9£ over her wbitokid bodice m the da,y. Sihe was iunu "• \ly a.dmji'ed by all the m,en on both iu'»ht^ atid the jealous, criticism, of many of the women testified tp, the faot that hor exquisite figure, w-liiqh had coat her so m .J. trouble, had roaped a reward."

The Rev. Mavk Guy Pearso, the Wes leyau clergyman who. is waking a lectur ing fcour of the colonies, has given great offence fcq tllfi fashionable women, of Sydney by declaring that woman is "a waste product whose chief use is to dis pense alternoon tea," "A Woman Journalist" hap made the i..following? caidid confession iniji, letter to ' the "Daily Graphic" inrepWtq a, com 'municatiyu bj j^ady D,ix\e on fche subject of" womftn, m politics:—"To n^y mmC fche most cpflYiiijgiihj argument against the sincerity o f the agitation is that I neve,p yet met a woman, emanci pated or conventional, strong-minded or merely womanly, who maintained that if she were, justly or unjustly, upon a trial for any conceivable error or crime, she would not rather trust her cause tea jury of men than (p otje of women;"

Mrs T. B. Proctor has been appointed to be di'ccior f«?r life of the Pivctcr Memorial Observatory shortly io be built as a memorial to the scientific labors of her late husljpid, Riqh^d A. |*ro^or, F.R.A.S. Qbsprvato'ry will Tbe situ ated neas the town qf San Diego, Cali fornia, where a fine site of 10 acres has been gtvfeti for the purpose, and sufficient money subscribed to warrant the ordering of an 18-inch object glass. This is the first time »ach a post has been offered to a woman. '

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN

I [PBB Tnit<3 ASSIpCIATpjON.j •r—i*l THE QUEENSLAND LOAN. Loxdok, May2B. The general opinion in the city is that Queensland ought to issue short term treasury, bills or 'renew de" bentures for six months. It is re ported that the Queensland National Bank ready/ to subsferibe tW Loan if the public had offered half. HOME RU.LK n Archbishop Croke, in a speech at Limerick, said he was greatly afraid the cause of Home Rule was lost. The people were utterly unfit to rule if they sympathised with Parnell. THE MILITARY TOURNAMENT. Sergt. McLauchlin, of Voilet Town (Victorian Rifles), won first prize at the military tournament for tilting a the ring. Private Mawley, of Sulee, in Gippsland, tied for first prize in tent pegging, with £he highest, possible score. Mawley and Corpl. Martin, of Thorun, tied with three others for second prize at lemon cutting. THE PORTUGUESE IN. AFRICA. It is reported that the Chartered Company's forces defeated the Portu guese volunteers on the river Uemba. THE NEWFOUNDLAND i DIFFICULTY. ■ It is expected that the enforcing of ; the modus vivendi by the Newfound land Parliament, will cause the with drawal of the Bill which was intro duced in the House of Lords by Lord jKuutsford. | A NEW DUCHESS. , ; The Queen has decided that the [Duke of Fife's daughter shall rank as a Duchess. ■ •

SIR J. MACDONALD.

! Ottawa, May 28. I Sir John Macdonald, Premier, who hras been suffering from paralysis of the threat, is dyiii^.

CORN DUTIES SUSPENDED.

Berlin, May 28. \ Germany i^ju^pejrafijngFjfclje import i duties on corn. | \ TUBERCULINE. I Dr Koch is engaged in making ! tiuberculine free from all injurious sub stances. AUSTRALIA AND THE POSTAL ; UNION. Vienna, May 28. The local Press regard the admission of Australia to the Postal Union as au important event. When the admission of Australia to the Union was an nourced the members of Congress, in orcW to testify their respect, for the colonies, rose to- their feet. • Sir Saul Samuel, A gent-General for New South Wales, in an eloquent speech, which was loudly applauded, thanked the President for his congratulatory re marks rmd the members for theif Ex pressions of respect. _ ' , ; ' : &r..jP£jEßspup,G,,May,,2^ s The U&r ''hats arrived at Moaeowi' The entire line of, ro\\te wa? guarded by troops, th^jiuthoritiesfekring that advantage might be taken of the Czar's trip to assassinate him. ' THE JEWS. The Czar has decided to expel all Jews from Sit Petersburg, Moscow, and Qclessa, _ _ ,_ ._ Athens, May 28, i T^he Jqws are rapidly quitting CoVIC

THE CHILIAN WAR.

; Washington, May 28. ?l The intervention of the United States in the Chilian revolution is officially denied., ;

THE WHEAT TRADE.

A wheat corner lias been established ii\ Minneapolis, and it has secured 9,000,000 bushels. Calcutta, May 28. Owing to the heavy, shipment of wheat to the English n.w&>t^ the price of food has seriously advanced m the northern provinces m India.

MR BLAINE.

:Mr O-. J. Blame has sq far improved m health that ho is able to drive out.

LABOR QUESTIONS.

hqi\\ Pk^th, May 28, . A general stride of mtEfcfsbu taken plaice j|a fiah.enstta t • --V o

ARGENTINE FINANCES.

Buenos Ayrbs,\^»y 28. The payment of the deposit* m the; Banks m the Argentine KepilbU^ which was suspended, irf t mnr.. jpiMt.: finitely postponed. ( .'"-.' 'v. .'

AUSTRALIAN.

POLITIC.

Sydxey;, May 29. The intentions, of Government with respect to the recent vote on th* want of>confidence motion have no* been disclosed, and; are ntyb likely to be ki\own b,efore Barlian^ent mteis, again. ]

THE MEASLES' CASE.

The patient suffering from measles on board the Tekapo was a child. The attack is only a slight one. The child has been quarantined,.and the rest of the pussengei'3 were released.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Ai tckland, May 29. The North Auckland Catties Bonn* has resolved to rec<j'.n«\cnd "fcjh^b ft ta^ cf five guineas h,e levied on every- stallion, sub joot to it<> hayrqg b,een oertifiod to by a veterinary wrcfeon as sound. Mr J. R, McDonald,- the delegate from the Australian Shearers' Union, who is now m Auckland, states that the Queens -1 )and shearing must come off m two months, and the Pastoralists must come to the Union tejms it the Unior|i^t» hoJjdj .out «o lons,'. Mr McDonald yuofi^ through out New to intertyt trades Mnjoni ar\d the public ix\ the shearing d>ftloulty, chie^y with, the >itnv to prevent shearers ft-opi {hh colony «kUng the Pastoralists. ; ..Wkilinoton. May 29. On a tiip from Wostport to Wellington with » cargo of coal, the steamor Omhm struck on the beacon rock off Jtacksuri's Head, Oook's Sferaite. ■ Tfea.tide w^ running, gfcrong n.ith th a steamer, t^i>d, m m between the roeHa and the shore, cai^gH^ her W ti*e quarter ani Hvvi^ng hw suddenly round, causing her tagmze t^e ro^k (athev sharply. The'

.f'pot where she touched seeiv.o to be one << her balast tanks, ho that the vessel tni'jrht not leak although gome extensive damage may have been done to her Jvoitom. There m nothing to be seen inside, with the exception of a cracking of the cfiment lining of the vessel. The Oliau is to placed on the slip to-morrow for examination. J , Timabu, May 29. A mm named Edward Prattley was ar rested by Constable Finld, on a-charge of breaking into Meehan's storeat Makikihi,

National Liberal As sociation.

Die platform of,the.. Nntioriil: Liberal Association, which has just been inaugu rate! at Dwi<^i n v? V»fotk»ws !£ ---1. Residential qualificition only for electors,  ..- >- - p<T| * ' ! 2. Female franchise. ||s 3 State aid,for co-opor»tiva ;iod«WH*i i settlements. : 4. government labor burttini.- ,; 5. The appointment of a Minister of i Labor. -. :.,,.';, ■■_>'; -■ 6. Exten*ion of Municipal funct'ons and an nnreasv generally of local government. 7. Absolute stoppage of the Hale~°of Crown lands. 8. Progressive Land and Iqcoroo wx and abolition of Froper^flitf - A * i>. Land succession dues to be paid m land. v ' 10. &wid Companies to be taxed po etically to an aivount equal to the average proceeds of succession dues. I: ' % 11 Sulc tenure of lands to ,b« x Jease iroiu tuo state. '•■ - • *' - 12. N.itionalisation of land. • • t 13. Nationalisatioii of mine's. :> 14. Aationalisats.on of all railways,. !„, ---10. -Nationalisation of coastal inVrme services. 16. A bjjal periodic adjustment J of rents. , . . 17. Statutory limitation of the maxi mum amount of reppver^le, in^fe, ;.-,i, { 18. ASlkteßjink oflshUe. 20. That equal facilities be. w«r fa, acquinnjr primary and secondary cduca won. . , . . 21. An Elective Revising Cbinmitiee '' With limited lowers instead o£a .LeizUl^. f Mve Council. .-•»...'« >- 22. An Elective Governor,, f - 23. Simplification of the machinery of government., , . . •> ?4. Simplification of judicial procedure. It is intended to .proceed immediately . with the establishmeiit of branches' throughout New Zealand,, ' •■ .;•'■..-■*■

Lost Silver Mines.

: It might be, thought that *mlrot mffpe ' was altogether too considerable an item to be mislaid or lost like* «ri*penn;~bie or' '■' a pocket-handkerchief, bur. experience shows that such losses, bare not rmty heeitf * of frequent occurrence, but that misti»» mines havo, often been found again ° l picktd up, ns it were, by fortunate passers-by. For hundred* of .yew*! the ft; silver mines oF Mexico were worked at great profit by rude methods, and many of the richest of the»es mines'#ere loit w abandoned by the Mexicans on account of the frequent raids of the Apache Indiana. Many years frequently, elapsed bafrreithnt •owners dared'to return' to look for thair property aivl when they did they flftoii; found all traces of them obliterated either by earthquake* w Unid4*urijto,- or **>* .'other natural cause. ', Loc.il tradition records that over 100 yeans ago tpdesertew from the Ifetteah army, upon being followed and brought back to the regiment, presented th«"'i captain with a very hrgc piece of so>i<l silver, found by them m the mpunjtatns He-relieved them from all mnifcteueufc .upon thai- showing him the place wht>re, it. was found. Tho entire rojjimsftt wa* set to work to dilative silver, whioh w*s found m pieces varyir.(c m weight, from.,« 2*lb to 14«bi','A8 usual thbA^hM piiunflcd clown urn thorn * n 4 killed near-y all. J n lfc|O ( he pj^ n , agaill searched for, amValthqiigh the records of; the Government wew! a<* ' precise• as possible as to location, it has never yet bee 1* found* . - - . - - - --, Another famous mine,. theTdniac&&tf \ whioh the records of the Church show- produced- million* m silver bullion, h«is; never yet been found, although the search has been almost steadilykijik unfdrWtr^ yeira.nwfc. ]The oi>e was brought fro«» the mine by the friendly Indians who were employed by the Jesuit FathfrKt* > th.c luuwccacori Mission m th^ Sao**"* Cruz v«-vl!ey,' where it was rudojy workwl. Ihe Apaches were very Uwblesome, and upon several qcnas^oh^ «kurdered ihe. ' entire 'force at HW Wn«. Orders were. ?A V c cn t X the &therii to fill «P the shaft. 10ft bojow the surface. This w*« doM, -■ ' by pl*«ins{ logs *\ that distance below the, ground level and filling up with refuse The lost mine will prove a find for.spma  lucky prospector aomt day. 1 '' : '".■•-'• -* The ntimbor >of ims«ing! mines rati* covered vi Mt:xico by pure accident are almost as numerous aa tkwd; which hare -> gone astray. - The Silver King mine m Final County was discovered by a United State* -. soldier carrying the mail, "who casually remarked, when a very rich piece of ore was shown to him by a friend : . " Why, I know where there's a w i,^i rt •; Viill of that-stuff," -,"." * *hoI<J • He had really been r^in* over a trail lor months that - 141"^ ******** a. ; The celebrated San Frwieiwo mine whs Ascovered by a Moxienn vaquero f rover, who waa following cattle over* which m» ovw a hill. He dropped his whip owing to his horse stumbline *nd m dismounting to pick- it upy he, noticed that a piece of rock upon whk** '' Ins horse liaet sbu»bled was hichly cplorecl, »n4 upon iaspecfcioo found it covered wiih silver. It is now one of the ntjlieatsilver mines m the Western World Ihe Sfc. Patrick mine, near the San Itranoiaco vine.-was discovered by an old Montana prospector, who, seeing a small p:ece of rock sticking out of the j^bund f-:* •truck it with a pick that he had with him, lhe rock gave « linging sound, and hej pxclanned -By St. Patrick, 1 have goft itatlrast. Ihree months later he ijoWSb "' to its present ownertu fora fortune I ; At:o-her_ x\c\ wne, the SenoriK *** , 4unqv«rad by a poor broken-(Jown^iner» | who h;wl prospected all hi* life witk «o :* result. He took vetuge uuO«r a tree during a sjsorm^ and while, pWtingover - , the grwuntf; to p,iss the time till the clouds Volled by, uncovered a, rich vein of-pure ' «*lver. In ane#m*omerit he had made a fortune, and. the clouds.indeed rolled by - for him. • ** ":i Old Mexico comains an endlesjj numhai* of these,, lost mines. . lihey will m probability be unearthed at ROwo itot J*r distant day as the courtly fa rap idl y fiMi ■> ing up with prosp,^op« who r,o lon«ejf fear the wa.t»ww>^ 0 | th fe Apaoies. !

THE ASHBT7RTON GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, MAY 30/ 1891.



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