The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1891. LOCAL AND GENERAL

The opening of Parliament has been definitely fixed for the 11th June. A flaxmill in the Manawatu district which cost £1800 was disposed of recently for £150. If Messrs Cook, the great tourist managers, be not rich, it is not because little money passes through their hands. It is said on reliable authority that last year the firm took £13,000,000 from the travelling public. The very unusual phenomenon of a socond crop of gooseberries is reported as occurring in the garden of Mr A. Hutchinson, of Awamoko, as a result of the dry season. On one of the P. and O. liners to Australia they have an item on thfi breakfast bill of fare called "Angels on horseback." The dish is composed of a piece of bacon encircl ing an oyster and served on toast. It is not generally known that there ar e 100,000 depositors in the Post Office Savings Bmks in jNew Zealand, with aggregate deposits to credit of their accounts of nearly £2,500,000. " I think," said the editor, in a worried tone, " that I will drop journalism and take to astronomy." " Why astronomy ?" "Well, astronomers always ieem to have more space, than they know what to do with." We remind our readers of the tea meeting to-morrow evening in the Templar Hall, Tinwald, in connection with the Presbyterian Church. The public meeting, which will be held in the same place, will be addressed by Revs J. H. Gray, J. P. Riddle, A. M. Beattie, and Messrs Twentyman and Sawle. A man named Dykes, who was lost in the bush at Dundoo, near Eulo, in New South Wales, has been discovered after a lapse of fourteen days by a stockman. He kept him self alive by eating his horse. When leaving Dundoo he bad neither food nor matches, and his sufferings have been terrible, He is now recovering under careful attention. The late Mr Quincey Pepper, of Horbling, a Lincolnshire grazier, has bequeathed by his will £2 to every child in the parish over six and under 12 years of age, " as a nucleus and incentive to industry, carefulness, and thrift," and he requests his executors to open a Government saving bank account for each recipient. The Russian papers suggest that Germany ( should make a beginning of disarmament by' disposing of the large stock of railway wheels and axles adapted to the gauge of Russian railways which she keeps in her Eastern arsenal?. It is pointed out that the Russian Railway Department would take them ov at a fair valuation. A sect in Gwalior have petitioned the Indian Government to allow them to convert an image into a "real god," they being at the present time without a god since their diety was destroyed by some Brahmin zealots. Without such a god, it is declared, the marriage cermony cannot be performed, and their daughters are growing up un married. A stalwart young man at Leavenworth, Kansas, recently accepted, a wager that he could not stand a quart of water dropped into his open hand, drop by drop, from a height of three feet. Before 500 drops had fallen into his hand he almost cried with the pain and said he had enough, After a little wafcer had fallen each drop seemed to crush his hand, and a blister in the centre of it was tije vesnit,

The Chicago World's Fair buildings will e^st £2,000,G00. The sun did not shine on London until fourteen days of the new year had passed. Two thousand two hundred trains leave Loudon ordinarily every twenty-four hours. A farmer in Holt county, Kin., it is re ported, has twenty-six living children, all of whom are unmarried and reside at the home stead. The painful fact is made public that the poetTennyson hasalw aysemployedarhyming dictionary to aid him in framing his beautiful poems. Some weeks before his death the l»te William H Vanderbilt said to a friend: " All this money isn't'worth a rap. I would -give it all for your health." ' Dr Nans-» will in June sail from Copen hagen with eight other Arctic explorers, pravisioned for five years, to reach the North Pole by th« open sea north of the new Siberian group of islands. J^,The Wellington correspondent of the " Lyttelton Times" says that no outsider will be appointed to the Kaiapoi Magistracy, rendered vaoant by the death of Mr 0. Whitefoord. The position will be taken by one of the existing Resident Magistrates* who will be transferred there in the course of a few months. The claim is made by Professor Lippmann of the Sorbonne that he has discovered a method of photographing the colors of a stained-glass window. No particulars are, however, given, as the process is, as yet, in a rudimentary form. In Russia there are to-day tweity-seven Imperial Princes and eighteen Imperial Princesses, in addition to tne Czar and Czarina. The twenty-seventh Imperial Prince was born January 1, as the son of Prince Constantine, the younger. Edison was a telegraph operator. Henry M Stanley was a reporter. Garfield walked the tow-path of a canal. General Grant was a tanner and a farmer. General N. P. Banks began life as a factory boy. Mark Twain was employed on a Mississippi river boat. Blaine and Cleveland were teachers in schools for the blind. . The public are reminded that Professor Carl Hartz and Madame Hartz open in their very attractive exhibition consisting of startling illusions (including the vanishing lady), mesmerism, ventriloquism, and pres tidigitation, etc., at the Oddfellows' .Hall this evening. Two hours of excellent amuse ment are vouched for by our exchanges. At the close there will be a distribution of useful and valuable presents. If (says the-" North Otago Times") there have been some poor yields of wheat in the Waitaki district this year there have certainly been some very good ones. We have heard of one man who, after paying \m rent and all expenses, cleared between £500 and £600. This is not a bad year's work. In another instance a farmer had ordered 1000 sacks to hold what he estimated his crop would amount to. He required other 700 sacks before the wheat was all bagged. A cropper, who had leased 50 acres of land, gave up his crop to the landlord at a time when everything appeared ruined. A few showers of rain afterwards fell, and the landlord threshed 41 bushels to the acre off | the area. The Middlepark eale yesterday was very successful. AJI the mares, yearlings, and foals were disposed of, the total realitiug 5715g5. Fair Nell brought 575g5, Escalade 525g5, Ravenswing 475g5, Sier.-a 20rgj, (the last two bought by Mr D. S. Wallace, Vic toria), Hammock 150gs. Idalia 130gs, Rupee 130gs, Take Miss 120gs, Flatter llOgs. Ayear ling colt St George—Fair Nell brought 550gs, the Artillery-Escalade filly 230gs, a St George Hamnock filly 210gs, Apremont—Flattery colt 190gs, St George—Red Rose colt 150gs. The highest priced foals were St George— Rupee 200gs, St George—Escalade 170gs, St George—Fair Nell 165gs, St George— Ravenswing 115gs. The two stallions, Apremont and St George, were passed in, but it is expected that they will fiud pur chasers in the course oE a few days. The Canterbury Farmers' Co-Operative Association have just erected a new store at Tiniaru. The dimensions of the ground floor are 50ft long by 30ft wide, tliose of the receiving shed being !jOft by 10ft. A com plete grass seed cleaning and other plant is. to be erected on this floor, and a standard punching machine, etc, is to be put up. A strong staircase leads from the ground to the tirsjt noor, which is also 50ft by 30ft. The new store is to be chiefly devoted to the re ception of prass seed and kindred products, and mark another decided progressive step in the successful career of the Canterbury Farmers' Co-operative Association The grasshoppers in Riverina are epicures in their yay. During the recent visitation the best fruit was always attacked and received the greatest damage, while inferior varieties were severely left cilone. For instance they devoured the Lisbon lemons and left the coirmon varieties; they uttacked water melons and eschewed the pie melons, they did not touch the mandarin oranges but devoured the emperors and Japanese sorts, and amongst the grapes it was noticaeble that the bigger the bunch and the more luscious the fruit the greater attraction were they to the pest. The " Wellington Post," in going over the list of names suggested for the Agent- Generalship, considers that it Sir Robert Stout were willing to take the position, which is very unlikely, the experiment would be a dangerous one. "We should all be horrified some (lay at hearing that the Agent- General of New Zealand had addressed a mob meeting in Hyde Park, taken the lead in a Socialist demonstration in Trafalgar square, headed a dockers' deputation, or written an article in praise of anarchy and agnosticism in the'Contemporary.' . . . We do not know whether the Hon W. J. M. Laraach would take the office if it were offered to him, but there can be no doubt that he is admirably qualified for an efficient discarge of the duties of the position. In financial knowledge and experience, social position, and ,'political service his qualifica tions are beyond cavil, and he belongs to the right side in politics. The Government could scarcely make a better selection in the colony, but it seems that they hesitate about making any selection at all, for fear of making enemies cf the disappointed aspirants," A rumour is current amongst the popula tion of villages adjacent to the northern section of the Eastern Bengal State railway (says the "Times" of India) to the effect that Government is in want of a large num ber of human heads for the purpose of laying a secure foundation for a mythical bridge near Rajmahal. These scares are of periodical recurrence. When the Gorai viaduct was under construction, similar reports were afloat in the north of the Nuddea district. So highly strung were the popular nerves that village watchmen on their nightly rounds were mistaken for Gulla Kattas (lit., throat-cutters), and beaten within an inch •f their lievs. A few years later a party of Europeans travelling by boat on the Lower Ganges had a narrow escape from a mob of infuriated peasants, convinced that a heta comb of heads were requto ed for the Hooghly railway bridge. On the present occasion villagers religiously abstain from sleeping on their verandahs or stirring abroad after sun set. Every window and door is barricaded, as was the case in London houses during the panic caused by the Ratcliffe Highway murders in 1811. W« clip the following important testimo nial from the "Illawarra Mercury '(N.S.W , of the 30th March. It needs no comment :— 'Mr John Loveday, of the Bulli Mountains writes to us that after suffering for four yearg with aoute gravel, he has experienced almost complete relief by using Sander and Sons' Eucalyptic Extract. He says :—" Seeing the said Extract advertised in the 'Illawarra Mercury,' his intense suffering induced him to obtain a bottle of the medicine from Mr Hosking, chemist, of this town, and 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 iise 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 E»?alypti Extract ■* cure for yheumatism as well as* gravel. He requests us to publish tiiis information through the' Mercury,' We have much pleasure in complying withs Mr Loveday's request, whose word cannoi be doubted, and who can have no object in view other than a pure desire to benefit suffering humanity, "-r(4.4YU) • %

Irrigation in Central Otago.

The question of irrigation is occupying some attention in Central Otago. At a, meeting of the Maniototo Farmers Club, Mr John Law, the chairman, said his idea was that if .the head race of the Mount Id« waterworks could be secured by a body representing tl o mining and farming industries, then they might finJ ways aiid means of extending the race to the Manuherikia river, so as to increase the water supply, and of trecting reser voirs to conserve the storm water. He was not in a position to give the probable cost of this work, Lufc if it could be exe cuted the farmeis on Maniototo plains "woulil'be •titbleto irrigate their holdings, while the miners would also receive a larger and more regular water supply. A large block of land at Maniototo was t'o be thrown open shortly, andic would require to be irrigated before it would prove of much value. A deputation was appointed to wait on the Minister of Mines when he visits Naseby to ascertain his views in respect to handing over the race to a local company for mining and irrigation purposes.

TELEGRAPHIC.

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London, April 20 aad 2-1. General Booth is appealing for funds in aid of the Army proper. The British, German, and French Governments refuse to recognise the closing pf the Gh ilian ports. MrH. Matthews, the Home Secre tary, has refused to grant the petition, of the London and Dublin Trade and Labor Councils, for the remission of the sentence of six weeks 1 imprison ment passed on Wilson, Secretary of the Seamen's Union, for inciting the Cardiff strikers to riot. In the House of Commons, Mr Justic McCarthy's motion that the name of Michael Davitt be added to * the Labor Commission was discussed. Mr W. H. Smith, on behalf of the Government, declared that Mr Davitt was not qualified to act as a Commis sioner, he haying, been convicted on a charge of felony In the action in which Miss Ger trude Ellis, an actress, claimed from Mr W. H. Hulbert the sum of £10,000 as damages for breach of promise of marriage, Mr Hulbert, in his defence, denied having made a promise, and successfully proved an alibi. He said the case was a deliberate attempt to levy blackmail. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. .Calcutta, Apiil 20. Manipurisare reported to be strongly entrenched at Thonal. New Yohk, April 21. The disturbances at Pennsylvania continue, and desperate mobs are par ading the streets. Paris, April 20. Two members of the English House of Commons, along with forty other persons, have been arrested at baths in Paris, and detained on a charge of a grave character. Baron de Fava, the Italian Minister who withdrew from "Washington, has arrived here. In the course of an interview to-day he stated that the Italian Government will not be repre sented at Washington until the New Orleans lynching affair is settled. Washington, April 20. In addressing Congress President Harrison e.aid the United Stales were not content to allow European Powers to absorb the commerce of the South American Republics, and intimated that the Treaty recently entered into with Brazil would shortly be followed by similar ones with other Republics. The Government had, he announced, intended to grant contracts to mail ships, and had determined that the American Navy should be the best in the world. He hoped to see the early completion of the Nicaragua catuil. ApriJ 21. The Supreme Court has further postponed consideration of the appeal from Canada for an annulment of the seizure of the Canadian schooner W. P. Sayward, which was taken while sealing in the open sea in 1887.

AUSTRALIAN.

Adelaide, April 21. The President of the Natives' Asso ciation publicly entertained Sir George Grey to-day. Brisbane, April 21. Heavy floods have been experienced in the northern district!?. The railway line is submerged, and in some places the line is washed away. Road traffic is also suspended. * Hobart, April 20. The celebration of the anniversary of the eight hours system to-day was marred by heavy rain. The founda tion-stone of a monument to be erected to commemorate the affair was, how ever, laid in the presence of a great assemblage. The estimated cost of the monument is £4000.

A. Very Ingenious Plough man.

Recently an incident occurred in the Waikato district, which shows how colonial lads adapt themselves to the circumstances in which they find them selves placed. What we refer to is an event that took place on the farm of Messrs Caley Bros., Pukerimu, Waikato. One of the brothers, Robert, was plough ing a large field with a double furrow plough. The other hands on the farm were all occupied, and apparently feeling it was needless to look for some extra help outside the regular help on the farm he felt vexed that there should be a team of horses unemployed while another plough, was available if human hands could be got to use it. The thought oacurred to him as to the possibility of using the two ploughs in the one field, and to take the general oversight of them at the end of the furrows, turn ing, etc. He thought the plan was feasible, and put it to the test. The irons of the plough were care fully adjusted, so that once properly entered in the ground, with a steady team, he thought they might walk the length of the furrow, about half a mile, without much attention, while he would attend to the other team. He found the plan succeed, and occupied himself in entering each plough at each end of the field, and devoted his attention to the working of the two ploughs. Thinking an improvement might be made by ploughing in a circle, taking in the whole held, he tried it, and once a furrow was opened the horses worked themselves in the furrow thus formed, and for four days one team of horses practically carried on the ploughing themselves with very little attention on Caley's part. This is one way of overcoming the labor difficulty. Che device thus resorted to may be a hint to agricultural implement manufacturers to try and construct them so that they will be as nearly self-acting as possible.— Nw*;fot this yarn is taken by

The Pot and the Kettle.

Senator Blackburn was out in the J Indian territory hunting. He went into I Shelbyville, Kentucky, a few dnys ago (says the "Kansas City Times") to tell the beys about it. He says that one of i tiie strangest 1 tilings to him was the Indian's love of whisky. He said : " You fellows ill think that you like a good dram, but you are nothing to an Icdian. I'll tell you what happened to me. I was riding al'>ng by irytelf when a great big Tndian overcook me. He could talk alirllo English and I could talk enough Indian to pass a tew remarks about the weather. He seemed to be such a pleasant old fellow that.l tool?.,o,Ut.j^y^isk,»Jftd*gß*e» himsitouch'hpi witn some old Kentucky whisky. Well that Indian brightened up like a new dollar, and in le>s than five | minutes wanted to trade for the whisky. At first he offered me a deer he had killed but I wouldn't take it. Then he threw me in a pair of moccasins, but I wouldn't trade. He offered me his rifle and I refused thai. And finally, gentlemen, that copper-colored inebriate offered me bis horse, saddle, nfle f moccasins, and a dead deer for that half-pint of whisky. Did you ever hear of a man that fond of whisky?" The crowd thought it was wonderful, but one fellow said: "Say., Joe, why didn't you accept his offer V " Good Heaven, man," said,the senator, " it was the last half-pint I had."

Writing a War Article.

General Mecklehatn decided upon writ ing a series of war articles. "fWhy shouldn't I, Mary?" he asked his wife, who belongs to a literary society, and who is considered an excellent critic. "I should just like to know why I ought not to gir« my experience. I went through three wars and served with distinction, and I know how to write. I understand the construction of sentences; I under stand the use of vigojrous*JKngHsh. What do you say, Mary 'I" " Why, by all means write your (ex perience. Ido not see. why you should keep anything'that might prove of interest to the public, and result in profit to your self." "That's it, Mary; that's ifc. While I was at college the students used to laugh at me for devoting so much attention to rhetoric. It will come in handy now, you see. I shall go to work at once." The next evening, when the lamp had been lighted, the general said : " Mary, are you ready to hear my war paper ?" He read it to her. " What do you think of it V ** It is good." " Don't you think it is first-class 1" "Yes, I do." "I have never said much about it, Maryj but lam a writer. Many a time, while visiting newspaper offices, I have said to myself, ' Ah, well: you fellows think that you are great writers, but you haven't learned your first lesson.' Now, I shall wad it up, and send it to a maga zine. I ought at least to get twenty pounds for it." , . "You are going to copy it, are you not ?" "Oh, no, not necessary ! It's as plain a3 print." "I don't know, but you might want to make a few corrections. Let me see the manuscript a minute. Listen to this para graph : ' General d'Ashat«m, seeing that the left wing was weakening, determined to reinforce them.' Don't you think that you should say ' it' instead of ' them '1 " ■'' Why. that refers to the soldiers." ; " No, it means wing," which shoull be 'it.'" " Well, go on, go on." " 'The general at one time,' continued the woman, ' was much moved to see a soldier dragging a gun with a broken leg.'" . " What's wrong with that 1 It's a faot, for I saw it myself." " Yes ; but how did he drag a gun with a broken leg 1" "Don't you see, the fellow's leg was broken, but so determined was he that he still stuck to the gun." " But he didn't drag it with his broken kg." " Hang it, the fellow's leg was broken " ; " I underssand that." '• Well, then—leg was broken, but un willing to retire from the field^ne crawled along, dragging his gun." " With his broken leg ?" " The statement is as plain as daylight. When you talk to a woman on military matters, she can't see two inches." "J understand it well enough. The man was dragging his gun with his broken leg, which, 1 should think, would differ very little from dragging a broken gun with hie leg." The general wheeled round in his chair, shoved both hands into his pockets, and in a calm voice, slightly trembling on the bosom of a struggle, said : " When I married I thought my wife was a sensible woman. I thought she was a woman of literary taste. Read that paragraph again." " ' The general at one time was much moved to see a soldier dragging a gun with a broken leg.'" " Ah, I see !" she exclaimed. " I am glad you do, Mary." '' The soldier was dragging a gun with a broken leg—the gun's leg was broken." " Hand me that paper !" he exclaimed. Then he folded the manuscript with mock precision and put it in the fire.

The Court of Dahomey.

M. de Courville, who paid a recent visit to the court of the King of Dahomey, has (says a correspondent of the " New York World ") brought much interesting information in regard to the daily life of that monarch :— De Courville was escorted into the court-yard of the palace, and there, he says, be met a sight the grotesqueness of which will haunt him as long as he lives. On a chair, or throne, covered with lion's skin and shaded by an umbrella of gold and silver, sat Bedazin, the chair being on a platform raised about 2ft above the level of the yard. On each side of the throne stood a powerful Amazon, carrying a short, heavy sword, with a, bright, keen edge. About the King were ranged a scoieormore of his chieftains. On the opposite side of the yard was another platform, raised at least 3ft. Along the edge of this platform were imitations of lamp shades or reflectors, as? if some one had tried to devise a theatrical stage aa closely as possible under the circumstances. On the stage 20 women were leaping and dancing the cancan. The women were handsome negresses, evidently from the royal harem. The King received De Courville as an old friend and caused a stool to be brought for him to sit down on. The French man had lurdly been seated when one pf the dancers made a mis-step. The King was swift to notice It. He said nothing; but with his right hand made a peculiar sign to the Amazons. The two guards strode swiftly to the stage. Seizing a young, fine-looking woman from among the danoers, they dragged her from the i platform, and before she could uiter a shriek she was beheaded, the head rolling almost to the feet of the King. The dancing went on just as if nothing had occurred, the remaining dancers not daring even to notice th« fate of their com panion. Bedazin was educated in France and spent two weeks in Paris just before his return to Dahomey. While there he visited almost nightly the Jardin Mabitle, and when not there he wfts at the opera. On his return to Dahomey he appears toi have forgotten everything he learned in civilisation except his French, the opera, and the Jardiri Mnt

School Committee Nominations.

The fallowing are the nominations made on Monday for election to the under mentioned School Committees : — WAKANUI. James Brown,. George Cole, Nicholas Fitzgerald, Charles Hill, Robert Max well, Honry Sinclair, George Taib. The nominations bf.ing seven iti number the above candidates are duly elected the School Committee for the ensuing year.

SOUTH RAKAIA.

W. Barcock, A. Clark. C. Dixon, T* Dowding, C. Hardy, J. Liddy, A. M»keig»» L. Oxiey, W. Shannon, W. H. Shephard, J. Turner.

CHERTSEY.

James Copland, Tom Childs; Joseph Cadman, John Downie, Richard Hudner, Thomas McDowell, Patrick Murphy, Frederick Page. '

SPRINGBURN.

A. W. Aldridge, R. Burgess, J Carney, W. Cook, W. Fergus, G. E. Goldsmith, P. Joli, U. Morrison, T. E. Mcßae, T. MoCalman, S. Mclntyre, N. Ohlseh, J. Plevenson, D. Stotfc.

Latest Cable News

Home and Foreign.

(fjsr press association. (Received April 22, 10 35 am.) A HEAVY FAILURE. London, April 21. ' The " Daily Telegraph " says that Collyns and Co., Australian merchants, have summoned a meeting of their creditors.,. The liabilities are esti? mated at about £50,000. .Collyns and. Co.'s insolvency .is due to heavy losses on shipments. Friends have advanced the capital to enable the firm to begin again.

PENNY OCEAN POSTAGE.

i Mr Raikes,.Postmaster-General, as serts that a penny postage to the colo nies and Tndia would involve an addi tional loss of £75,000 per annum.

THE AUSTRALIAN CRUISERS.

The trial trip of the cruiser Mildura was successful.

THE SCANDALS.

The Rt. Hon. W. H. Smith, in reply to a questkm said that unless Mr De Cobain, M.P., returned within a month to answer the charge against him he would move for his expulsion from the House. Dalziel's agency denies that two M.P.'s were among those arrested in Paiis.

OBITUARY.

Rev. George Osborne, a Wesleyan leader.

ANARCHY IN PENNSYLVANIA.

W 4SHINGTO N, A pril 21. Scotdale in Pennsylvania is in a state of anarchy. A desperate mob surrounded the works, firing guns and exploding bouibs. The sheriff is power less until troops arrive.

MUTINY AT CHELSEA.

(Received April 22, 10.50 a.m.)

Loxdon, April 21. A company of the third grenadiers at Chelsea refused to parade wh^n ordered.

COMMERCIAL NEWS.

Steam freights are at present dis organised. The P. and O. Co. are taking rough measurement at £l, and Tysei- at 17s 6d per ton.

AUSTRALIAN

[Received April 22, 12.45 p.m.] H.M.S. LIZARD. Sydney, April 22. Arrived—H.M.S. Lizard. '

THE IRISH EMBASSY.

The local branch of the Irish league declines to recognise Mr Cox's mission to Australia.

THE BIBLE IN SCHOOLS.

Adelaide,' April 22. The Minister of Education refused to receive a deputation of clergymen who wished him to consider the intro duction of the Bible into State schools.

SEALING AT THE MACQUARIES.

HtBART, April 22. A Gazette has been issued prohibi ting sealing at the Macquaries and adjoining islands under |heavy p«nal tie^.;: . . ■■'■..  ; ;v;

AN A.D.C. RUN OVER.

Melbourne, March 22. Captain Mansell, aide-de-camp to the Governor of South Australia, was run over by a train at Richmond and kilWd.

MINISTERIAL CHANGES.

The Cabinet has been re-organised. Mr McLean becomes Chief Secretary and Minister for Lands; Mr G. Turner, of St. Kilda, Commissioner of Oustbnis; Mr Graham, Minister of Agriculture; Mr A. R. Outtrim, Minister of Forests; Mr Frunk Stewart, at present a member of the Government without portfolio, has resigned on account of Mr Turner's appointment.

The Newfoundland Difficulty.

[PER FBB3B ASSOCIATION.]

London, April 21. The delegates from Newfoundland will on Thursday next present their petition to the House of Lords, pro testing against the passing of Lord | Knutsfo'rd's Bill for enforcing the 1 modus vivendi with France. St John's. N.F., April 21. The Newfoundland fishermen have attempted to evade the provisions of the Bait laws, but the vigilance of, the police prevented it, and a serious riot resulted. • [Received April 22, 10.35 a.m.] St. Johns, April 21. ".he police have arrested many fisher- M3P for trying to run the blockade with bait for French fishing ressels.

"TABLEAUX."

THE CRICKET CLUB'S " ENTER TAINMENT.

It is pleasing to he able to say that the Cricket Club was rewarded with a full house on the occasion of the entertain ment given in the Oddfellows' Hall on Tuesday evening to provide funds for the improvement and maintenance of the cricket ground ic the Domain. The

entertainment was of a kia<l rather new to Ashburton, and consisted of » series of living pictures, filled in by ladies and gentlemen of the district »nd interluded with soil} • and recitations. The tablea* x were well chosen,' and carefully mounted, and the promoters were par icularly happy in their selection of the first scene, which at once won the hearts of the audience. It was a pourtrayal of a gipsy fortune teller's levee, and there stood the "nut-brown maid," reading the lin b ofgdestiny on the hand of a beaut if u maiden while around the tantr^ lwteuing t« the prophecy of the gipwy girl, clustered the usual motley crowd of villagers. There was the languid .b»"ellj with a 'hilt' cynical smile on Uiscomifehancei 'smoking his cigarette while tke\ lady he whs squiring listened to the prrnni es o* wealth, happiness, and a good husband which the gipsy fraud was giving m return for the piece of silver with which the fair one she was deluding had crpsjed her palm. Every attention had been paid to the dressing of the picture,.and -fiom the tent to fie farthest background the scene was com^lofce. The figures in the picture were supplied by Mesdames Trevor and Rees, Misses Ferguson, Beswick, and I'ilbrow, Messrs Denshire, Merewether, Dixon, H. Curtis, and Master F.Williams. The next was a picture which, thanks to a celebrated soap-making firm, is now familiar «.o everybody—" The Dirty Boy " —and Mrs Rees made a most determined looking matron, while Master F. Williams looked all over the martyr of the original T>icturc ;is he submitted to tha imaginary vigorous scrubbing. This picture was introduced by Mr H. A. Gates' suitable song, "Awful Little Scrub." Mrs Denshire having sung "The Three Old Maids of Lee " in her^usual taking style, and responded to the encore which she always merits, her song was illustrated by the Misses Pilbrow (2) and Beswick; who presented to view first "three young maidens fair to see." By it sudden turn the statues went tound upon cheir pivots, I and then were seen the '• three old Maids of Lee,—ugly and cross as the gajlows tree.' This picture was loudly applauded. Mr Flower then sung Christabel'H setting of Byron's passionate soiig' "Maid of AtheiM," as an introduction to an admir able representation 1 of "Pymalibri and Galatea." The song was well sung, as Mr Flower's songs "usually are, and the more poetical of the audience were in a way prepared by it for the picture that followed. Mr R. Curtis represented the Greek «culptor, as he stood gazing with raptured eyes at his own creation. It would have been difficult to find a better figure for the beauteous statue than was supplied by Miss Rees, and the applause that followed the vanishing of the scene was both Joud and prolonged'. This wa» renewed when the curtain parted, and again showed the sculptor and his work. Now, however, the divine spark had animate! the marble and Ga'afcea was shown descending from her pedestal to the arms of him at whose hand she had taken form, and in answer to whose prayer the Gods had given he'r' life. After " Kissing Time "had been pleasantly sung by Mr J. Stevenson the curtain parted on a well arranged tableaux "The Sleeping Beauty," filled in'by Mrs ;Bell, Misses Rees, Beswick, Ferguson, Boucher, F. and L. Pilbrow, MessrsPilbrow, R. and H. Curtis, Masters W. and V. Steward. The "Weeping Beauty "had a musical illus tration in the well-known and ever popular " Come where my love lies dreaming " in which Mr G. P. Milsom's tenor, was agreeably prominent. ' :* A Shakspearian dialogue — " Brutus and Cassias " —was well given by Messrs Potter and M'Kay, and it may here be mentioned that the programme having been found to occupy less time than was calculated upoa, several very welcome items were added to it. Among these may be mentioned several excellent reci tations by Mr Potter. A song by Mr Milsom introduced' "CatchiWg and Caught ' in which Mr P. Williams pour tray ed the country bumpkin eagerly waiting with anxious eye and uplifted hand to catch what the Yankees. would cali a ' "sting bug," while Misses Beswick and Pilbrow looked on. The second parting of the curtain showed the bumpkin, not catching, but.caught by the bee, and the girls bursting with uncon trolled laughter. This was a very effective picture. A duet by Mr and Mm Flower " Very Improper indeed," iieatly sung and with the necessary accompany ing action, was followed by Mrs Denshire'* " At my window," and of this item it may be said that the fair singer has seldom been heard in that hall to better advan tage Tho tableau of "Lady Jane Grey's Execution" was then shown, the partici pants being Mrs Bell, Misses Boucher and F. Bell, Messrs Merewether and Rees. The curtain having closed .on this .scene Mr T. E. Upton sang, as only Mr Upton can sing, the grand old roystering song "D'ye ktn John Peel,". When the applause that followed the encore had hushed, the last scene opened, an alle gorical picture of " Britannia," showing the helmeted Queen enthroned, and surrounded by .doughty warriors from all branches of the imperial service. The figures were supplied by Mrs P, Williams, Messrs Rees, Denshire, R. Curtis, Dixon, and P. Williams. "God Save the Queen," sung by all the companjr, closed the programme, but not before Mr David Thomas had thanked those present on behalf of the Club for their patronage, and the performers on bfihalf of the audience for the excellent entertainment. To Mrs Mayne the singers were indebted for the well-played accompaniments, and the audience owe not a little to Mesdsines Denshire and Main waring, for the h«ppy idea of giving a " liring picture " entertainment, and to Mesdames Williams Rees and Ireyor, and the Misses Pilbrow, Rees and Beswick for the work they did in assisting the ladies mentioned fco carry that idea out. Messrs Denshire and Williams, top, de serve credit for the aid they lent in furthering the preparations, and it must be gratifying to all concerned to know tint a goodly sum will result to the Club's funds from the entertainment. . This notice would be incomplete without a.word of compliment to Mr R. Elston, under whose charge was placed tho " red fire" effects, and whose experience in this kind of work stood the Club in good stead, and contributed in no small degree to the effectiveness of the pictures.

Licensing Elections.

The election for Reslyn (Dunedin) re sulted in the return of five prohibitionists, who intend to close the three hotels in the district. The election for Avon (Christ-church) resulted in a severe defeac of the prohibi tionist candidates, the members of. the old committee being re-elected by large majo rities. At Greymouth the moderate candidates were returned. • The Local Option polls at Heathcote and Avon decided emphatically against any increase of licenses. » In Auckland City the temperance party have decided to contest thecity licensing elections on prohibition principles, and a Committee has been appointed to raise funds. . . ■

Over £124,000 is the annual cost of the ?«u^ of C? mmons ' after a deduction of £22,000 received from fees. The Speaker s salary, which is charged to the Consoli dated Fund, is £6000, and the pension of thelate Speaker is£4ooo. The other ..lanes and allowances in the Speaker's department mount up to between £8000.anU £9000. The Chairman of Ways and Means receives £2500. The Clerk of the House has £2000 and an official residenoe, and the salaries and allowances of his department make the figure mount up to nearly £24,000. Then the department of the Sergeant-at-Arms costs about £11,000, his own emolument being £1200, besides an official residenoe,

TBM ASHBUBTOy GUARDIAK, WEDNESDAY, APftlti 22, 18^1



>Vanteu I OASW. Advertisements »ni*r this lading ttofc exceeding SIXTEEN WORDS 1/-. Address** may be i left at this Offift« ANTED"6ffersl^7; chreT-quarter acre of oatn and tares, opposite Police Barracks. Can remain until Sept. 15.—Mrs Whittington. 4 176 Fowls can be had at Mrs JL VVhittington's. t.Jiree doors from Arcade, Tancred Street:, also Pickles, Sauce, &c. ,'f .. 4 175 /"POOLING and invigorating lee Crwm KJ as Made by H. G. Flowkk, Con fectioner, East Street. ,,. -, .. MILLINERY,~SpeciaiIy selected Paris styles in Hats and Bonnets. Mrs Gates has just returned from Sydney with all the latest ideas in Millinefy.— Andrew Orr. 4 154 \\/"ANTED, a good Cook, female, fc.r YY 'Hotel, Ohristchureh. Also, a good Needlewoman.—Apply with refer ences, Mrs Adams, Registry Office; Saunders' Buildings. 4 179 T 00AL INDUSTRY. -Gents' Suite JLJ made to order from £3 10s. Ladies Dress Tweeds, double-width Kaiapoi made, beautiful goods at 4s 6d. Six yards to the dress.—Andrew Orr. 4 155 TI» ANTED Known.—Mrs J. Buoh- W anan has opened as Fruiterer and Confectioner, next Messrs John'Orr and Co., East Street. ANTED Kiiown—That Andrew Orr is offering 80 Ladies Sealette Jackets, newest styles, at moderate prices. 4§fll AJSTED Known,—lt you want good value for your money go to Melford House. Cheapest first-class Drapery in to Wn . —H. C. Skgers, Melford House W! ANTED Known-Old Spoons and Forks Electro-plated and made equal to new at 15s per dozen all round. A. Black, Jeweller, East Street. 4 150 7 * ,' ANTED Known.—Mrs J. BtrcH VV anan, Fruiterer and Con fectiontr. Tea and coffee at all hours ; hot luncheon on Saturdays, 12 to 2. Next Messrs J. Orr and Co's, East Street. JUST opened a choice lot of Ladies' Plubli Jackets,, newest shapes. Also a new lot of Ladies' Pelerines and Boas. —H. C Skgers, Melford House. ANTED Known—That Andrew Orr is appointed agent for the cele brated Standard Boots. Every pair guaranteed. . 4*54 i i ANTED Known — Some special Vv lines in choice Dress Goods at very low prices showing at " The Corner." ANTED Known — That Andrew Orr is offering at a treat reduction 250 pairs of best Kaiapoi and Roslyn Blankets, contracted for when wool was at its lowest price. 4J52 "vI.'ANTfiD Known.—V/e are now W opening all our new Winter Goods in Drapery, Millinery, Clothing, Boots, &c.— EL. C. Segers, Melford House. ________ WANTED every man in the County to have a suit of the Ashburton Tweeds.—Robert Alcorn, Ashbur ton Clothing Mart, Saunder's Buildings. ANTED Kiiown—The " Stron^ wear " Boot is the best for Mens \i»dies and Children.—W. H. Collier. a LASS, Earthenware, and China, direct from the Manufacturers. Robert Aloorn, Tea Warehouse and Ashburton Clothing Mart, Sauuders' Buildings. HA N DSOME Presents given away in June. Now giving tickets to ever} 7 purchaser of 5s and upwards of Drapery, Millinery, Clothing, Boots, etc. —H. O. Segbrs, Melford House^ /^HtSAF"SALE of Surplus Stock will \ J be continued for this rconth only, Books, Stationery, Fancy Goods, Music j etc., at Wholesale Prices to effect a clear ance. Subscribers wanted for monthly parts of Leisure Hour, Quiver, Gar dener's Magazine, American Agriculturist, English Mechanic, and others.—L. F. Andrewes & Co.



F 1 s H. BISH. i TjpDWIN SENIOR begs to inform the Qi inhabitants of Ashburton and Dis trict, that he purposes opening in the above line in the premises lately occupied by the Ashburton Club, Tancred Street. Fresh fish and oysters daily. 4 127 EDWIN SENIOR. Stephens Bros., MARKET HOUSE. NOTICE TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND THE PUBLIC. OWING to the demand being greatly in excess of our supply last season for the Patent Double Refined KERO SENE, we have made special arrange ments this year with the shippers for regular consignments during the winter months. The first we have just landed, AND IS NOW IN STOCK. It has many advantages over the ordinary Kerosene, and has no rival for Household Purposes, being perfectly pure, gives a mellow brilliant light, will not dazzle or affect the eye, is almost odourless, much, more economical, absolutely safe, therefore dispenses with all risk in handling and danger in using where there are Children. We have also all kinds of ENGLISH CANDLES in stock including— STEARINE, SPERM, PARRAFIN, WAX, etc. Special quotations for Boxes, Casjss, and Labge Parcels. N.B.—All goods purchased from us can be returned if not satisfactory. Satisfac tion being our motto. STEPHENS BROS. MARKET HOUSE. THE HORSE'S FRIEND. PAGE'S NO. 1 HORSE OILS ar« found a SURE CURE for Bruises and Sprains of any kind in Stock. The NO. 2 OILS cure Open Wounds or Sores of any kind. TESTIMONIALS from. Stock owners can be seen on application'to the maker. Any parties who have used the .above OILS and are satisfied with them are re quested to notify same to the Proprietor, F. W. PAGE, CHERTSEY. AUTUMN, 1891. LATEST NOVELTIES IN ALL DEPARTMENTS _sro"w oisr view AT THE NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY EVERYTHING new. New Shirt?, J New Underclofcning, New Scarfs and Bows, New Hats, New Suits for Men, New Suits for Boys. Everything new and of the LATEST FASHIONS. New Tweeds and Coatings for Measure Suits to hand. Inspection Respectfully Solicited. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY W H. WEBBER, Manager WJTtt. T£ET« jVUHQJT TEETH CHRISrCHGRGH DENTAL SURGERY, Corner of Oashel and High Ktreets S. M YEIi AND Co SURGEON DENTIST And at Dunedin ani Westport fTTE have gained tlu FIRST AWARD VV " the Dunedin Exhibition for Artificial Dentures and Mechanical Appli winces for the Mouth, and it i.; with the greatest confidence that v:e guarantee the highest class work and perfect fit at the most moderate cos ■A Single Artificial Tooth, 10s. Complete Set — Upper and Lower— temporary and permanent, £10 10s. Natural, Durable, Comfortable Artificial Teeth Replaced Temporarily al most immediately after the extraction of decayed teeth or stumps without extra ee i»r charge. Arrangements can be made for part or monthly payments. ADMINISTERING NITROUS OXIDE ;AS severa. times daily for the past ten years, we fearlessly assert that extraction nf teeth under its influence is perfectly painless and positively safe^ Fee for Administration ss. Extraction, 2s fid. Artificial Teeth and Dentures made by o''her dentists repaired or at small r:nsf - , |l ,i,, > --» .ii^i i iwii^w^____—■■—ii~—^———l— Ml



Public Kotices, : Athe tmirror7~ HIGH-CLASS Weekly, Social Political, Litetrtry, and Dramatic papas, to be published every FRIDAY price 3d, by tiie Centennial Printing and Publishing Company, Limited, Melbourne Pub Terace, Rus?el) Street Melbourne. DYE CORN, CAPE BARLEY, TARES, RAPE. This is the time for sowing. WANTED TO PURCHASE— Last Season's Heavy Canadian OATS. JOHN G. RESTELL. N O f~"l~C~E. I HAVE much pleasure in informing the Public that I have disposed of my Tobacconist, and Fancy Goods Em- Erium, Haii-dressing Saloon, and Billiard >om to Mr Harry Friedlander. While thanking Clients for their liberal support accorded to me, I beg to ask con tinuance of the same for my successor. W. ZANDER. S~PECIAL NOTICE".,, WITH reference to the above I respect fully notify the Public of Ashbur ton and its vicinity, that I have taken over the old established business formerly in the occupation of Mb, Wilhelm Zander, and will henceforth carry it on under my direct supervision, and hope, by strict attention to the wants of my Customers, to meet with the continued patronage accorded to my predecessor. HARRY FRIEDLANDER 4 74 « THE COKNEE." W. H. Collier HAS opened up the New Winter Stock of Rugs, Blankets, Flannels, Quilts, Furs, Boots and Shoes, Dress Stuffs in all the newest colors. Hats and Bonnets in all the Latest Styles. Also shoAving a large purchase of ASSIGNED STOCK Of a Wholesale Warehouse, including Dent's 6-clasp "Orient" Kid Glove, usually 7s 6d, now 4s lid Turkey Twills, 4s 9d per doz, worth 6s 6d Holland Pinafores worth Is 6d, now 6d each Fancy Aprons formerly 2s 6d, now Is each Ladies Corsets 2s lid pair (the standard price of this line is 4s 6d) Black Ribbon 2d, 3d, and 4d per yard, worth about three times this price Heavy Dress Cloths 7|d per yard, worth Is to Is 3d per yard Imitation Moleskin 3d per yard (formerly xs per ymxi) Children's Strap Slippers Is 3d And manij other Special Lims. CALL AND SEE THEM. W. H.IOLLIER _ TTTTS c^OT?.TSHE3_3,. t , j< MuNEYJU .LEND TITONJfIY to Lend at LOW RATES OF INTERES f, on Mortgage of FRSt 40LD PROPERTY, in sums of £100 TO_J£sooo For further particulars apply to the ♦stmaster, Ashburton, or to J. C. PRUDHOE, District Agent. Government Insurance Office. Christchurch. PROYt- J\. DENT SOCIETY ESTABLISHED 1849. FOR LIFE ASSURANCE ON THE MUTUAL PRINCIPLE NEW ZEALAND BRANCH HEAD OFFICE-CUSTOM HOUSF, QUAY, WELLINGTON. LOCAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Hon. Morgan S. Grace, C.M.G., M.D., M.L.C. (Chairman). Hon. C. J. Johnston, M.L.C. (Deputy- Chairman). Alfred de Bathe Brandon, Esq. The Hon. _1 Iward Richardson, C.M.G. Nicholas Reid, Esq. ANNUAL INCOME EXCEEDS £1,625.000 STERLING. INVESTED FUNDS EXCEED £9,000,000 STERLING, REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD AS 3URE WITH THIS SOCIETY: IT is the only Colonial Life Office giving Annual Bonnsos, reducing the net cost of Assurance to the Lowest Possible Limit. It is the oldest, largest, wealthiest, and most prosperous Mutual Life Office in the Southern Hemisphere. ITS Bonuses are larger than those of any other Life Office of similar aye in ai*y other part of the world. The Society has distributed amongst its members upwards of £4,050,000 in Casr Bonuses, representing Reversionary Bonuses exceeding £8,006,000 sterling. AFTER making unusual ample reserves, the Cash Surplus for division for the year 1889 was £428,494, a larger amount of profit than has ever been realised or divided in one year by any other office of the British Empire. THE Society issued 11,664 New Policies during the year 1889, assurin £3,679,459, with new Premims amoun ng to £133, 000. The Society offers UNDOUBTED SECURITY LIBERALITY, PROFITS. ITS investments in New Zealand secur ties are £1,273;514. and all the .surpl Branch accumulations are invested in th Colony, thus making it essentially a 'THORO UGH L Y COLO NIAL INSTITUTION BK CAREFUL >OU SELECT THIS ■SOCIETY. AND DO NOT BE DECEIVED BY THE SIMILARITY OF NAME OF SOME OF THE YOUNGER AUSTRA LIAN OFFICES I EDWARD W LOWE Resident-. Secretary Clirlhtciiyreh District Office, W. H. DTCURY, Local llfokff, Dishricfc Secretary



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