MARRIAGE.

Hbsseli. —Pbrmain— At Christ's Church, Wan^anui, November 19, by the Kovd. J. W. Chapman, William Ivory, you ri<rer son of the late George Lazonby Hessell, of Rangiora, to Sophy, youngest daughter of the late George Thomas Permain, of Ashburton.

The Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1891. CURRENT TOPICS.

A very unassuming little c^ble message the other day brought what appears to us to be au important piece of news. It.was to the effect that before concludingtheannual contract for hosiery, the British Government inten ded to make enquiry as to the wages paid m the hosiery trade. It will be re* membered that the present New Zea land Government laid down the rule that no Government contracts would be given to any firm, company, or individual who did not pay his em ployees the current rate of wages m the particular trade concerned. The Imperial Government appear to have taken a similar stand, and to have determined, like the !S.ew Zealand Government, that there shall be no 11 sweating " m Government contracts.

The Legislative Council of Victoria has passed a Bill which will put a *tcp to those " schemes " which their pro moters euphoniously designate as "consultations," but which are col loquially known as" "sweePs-" ie measure provides that nd letter shall be delivered by the Post Office to any sweep promoter, and no money-ord©r shall be issued m his favor—that v, practically, that the Post Office shall m no way be used for the purposes of the sweep, or consultation, business, There are some m New Zealand who wish our Act prohibiting consultations to be repealed ; even the Postmaster- General was so struck by the revenue derived by the Sydney Post Office from (hem, and the quantity of money that #as sent from New Zealand to Sydney iiit ;tickets, that he was m favsr of re legalising them under responsible supervision. However, public opinion ->vas strongly against meU a retrograde *tcp, and probably nothing wore will be h*ard of such a suggestion, Th« pr©fit3 of ths sweep business are &Q large, even when carried on fairly— which m not always the case—that attempts will doubbfma h® made to con tinue it m spile of hgni. prohibition, but the ultimate total mppremim of th« evil is only a matter ooff f &t i'Ue most, a year ov two. ,

, Whatever shortcomings the Ash bur ton Borough Council may have, it can not be said that they do not do all Ui their power to foster athletic sportl, j There is not m New Zealand so excel- : lent a public running awl cycling track as that m our Domain will be when ii)e works recently authorised ape'

carried outi. Sonic complaints are made that the work is being done m the interests o£ one or two societies, but this is too narrow a view to take of it. Those who daily use the tracks for training or exercise are numbered by scores, and nobody should complain of their being given facilities for health ful recreation. With cricket and foot ball ground, swimming bath t %^ and running and cycling tracks them ate now means of recreation for all m the beautiful Domain, and the Borough Council should be thanked for their part m providing them.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The crops m the Waikouaiti, district arc reported to be coming on splendidly. A drunken man at Niagara fell head long into the water 150 ft below, and was rescued uninjured. On the cloud piercing peaks of Teiri del Fuego the average annual rainfall is 1368 inches or 114 feet! • The capacity of a-'European cranium is 91 cubic inches. An Australian native's is 79. This last is double that of the gorilla. The Hon Mr Seddon is credited with the prediction that within twelve months trains will be running from Greymouth to Hokitika and back. The following is a four days' record made by a well-known Tetnuka angler :—Nineteen fish, 128Mb; twenty-eight fish,.'; 198£lb; twenty fish, 1281 b ; four fish, 38£lb. Plans showing the subdivision into |fc|nns of from 205 to 429 acres, of the part of the Alford Estate which is to be sold by Messrs Miles and Co. (Mr George Jameson, local agent) on December 12, can now be obtained as per advertisement. The installation meeting of the Thistle Lodge of Freemasons takes place on Monday evening. The R. W. District Grand Master for Canterbury, 5.0., will perform the cere mony, and a number of distinguished visitors will be present. The gross value of the whole dairy pro duce of Scotland for one year is a little under £4,000,000, the cereal crops above £8,500,000, the green crops £5,500,000, and hay about £3,500,000. I {The great vine at Hampton Court has borne well this year. The number of bunches of grapes was 1500. ami the fruit quite up to the iverage. About a hundred bunches were cut recently and eenfc to the Queen. "Talk about absent-mindedness," said a citizen. " Why, when I was a boy I worked at. Yonkers for a man who Was so absent-minded that he discharged me three times m one week, and paid me a week's wages each time." A gentleman who has just returned to Waipawa from England states that the steamer he sailed m took from Hobart 30,000 cases of apples, which were purchased at I<i per Ib. In London they were sold at from 12s to 14s per case, and were finally retailed at 2d and 3d apiece. An interesting concert will be given m the Seafield Schoolroom on Monday evening (St. Andrew's Day) for the Library Fund. The aid of Mr Hamilton Wilson, the well-known Scottish vocalist, has been secured, and the local talent, for the strength of which the district is famed, will assist. A dance will follow. Mr A. E. G. Rhodes, M.H.R. for Geral dine, addressed a meeting of his constituents at Tetmika, on Thursday evening. He touched lightly on the Bryce episode and other incidents of the past session, and devoted most of the time to the new taxa tion, the Land Bill, and the improper use made by the Ministry of their command of a great majority. Professor Liehtwark advertises that he or his son Theodof will give a class lesson, m the art of educating the horse, m Messrs Steel and Son's forge, next Wednesday evening. All who have to do with the handling of horses, and who ari not already acquainted with Professor Lichtwark's system, should make a point of attending the lesson. A team of cricketers of the Bxnk of New Zealand, Clmstchurch, will be here on Monday (Si. Andrew's Day) to play an eleven of the Ashburton Cricket Club. Tho Ashburton eleven will be selected from the following, namely, Messrs Denshire, A. Buchanan, A. Fooks, G. Andrews, Johnston, Rollitt, Bkck, H. Moore, Cuthbertson, Fox, . Simpson, L. F. Andrewes, and D, Thomas. Play to commence at 11 a.m. A goo'l game is anticipated. For some time past the sacrifice of child life m Melbourne has been shockingly great, scarcely a week having passed without the discovery of one or ir.ore parcels containing dead bodies of newly born infants who had been smothered and cast away m the reserve or into the Yarra. On November 3, a dis covery more than usually shocking was made on the banks of the Yarra,, near the Botani cal Gardens, where the dead bodies of two children, a male and a female, were found m m oue parcel. A cavalry magazine rifle has been invented by Captain Peel, of the First Life Guards, &nd successfully experimented with. The rifts is placed below ttie horse, the muzzle projecting a Ijttle beyond the breast. It is fired by the bridle hand of the rider from the satldle, and his fighfcign fist is thus left free for the use of the sword, Jance or revolver. He heads his horse straight for his opponent and pulls the string. A choral concert upas given m the Wesleyan Church last night by the Sunday scholars and the adult choir of the church, under the baton of Mr James Gamble, choir master. Owing to the wet weather last Monday evening many were prevented fronj attending the anniversary gathering who would have liked to be present, and the concert last night was given to enable the absences to hear the children sing. There was a faif agdjfmce, but it should have been far larger, for the programme was really an excellent one. In addition t,o the children's son«s, the choir sang an anthem or t^'q, and sokw and duets were sung by the ladies and gentlemen who sang at the Monday evening meeting. Rev. g, fcawrv presided, and also delivered a short addresi On Thursday eveniDg, November Jl9, op Kjrwee, Mr C> J. Deaby, for nearly three years station master at station, and recently removed to Hinds, w entertained at a supper at the JCirvvee Hotel, and pre sented with a well filled golql purse and a pretty album from the residents of the district, and an order for £5 from tho Midland Cycling Club, the recipient suitably aoknow* ißflgiog each present. The album bore the following inscription:—"To C. J. Den by, Esq., a marfe of esteem and regard from friends m the Courtenay disrict on his leav ing. Kirwee, 20-11-1891/' Tj^ new staging at the swimming l»a#hs was completed last evening. It comprises a! gang-way of |ou,r £eefc wide, laid on strong pile* sunk into thesjde ffi £he bank, and exteads fronj the north corner of .the embank- > mettt to t|»e fftajce, Reaving an available! starting space of tfriflty f^et, .and it js seldom indeed that any of tfoeswii»J#iugslttb's races | will be so largely entered fop a# t<? r^ujire : more than this. The gang-way is <#&?" i along flush with the decking of t»e sluice,' wh'cii ks3 als° been moved a little to face straight up steejam, and a vacancy ibetween itandthe bank ofabout#veorsixfeet has been Jf ft, so that no competitor vuj pssi-bly be cVqw«mkl upon by spectators, the belt oi (J&eo water foi'i(mig $ most effectual barrier. The work was done" by "Mr Phil Norman, Aisfcted h M,r. Jo^in £i!g<fti', sufficient gaurdflt^o lop *te permanency of both frmng a-id decking, ¥q MVM? tthe *F k > xf e I water was authorised id fee frit of front the bath, but this was only &«m to im ;-«£*(?# at a icw feet, and by dusk last evesing fh.e ftoti#si 4&i>Ph °f water m the bath k?A a£a*'* heen tteatiliejd. ff js understood that tne erecttoti ai a payjlia? is £hfj jjext work con- template by tlw &Wh a.))i ?£ Je'jjjbe put m hand as soon as iuUlls fiim ba yawed for t\w purpose. Subscriptions iv aid of this will be ylatjly received, and the sympathy of ilje ladies Sis soijght to be enlisted, a? the pivtlion will be of groat smrvfgg to them. , JS'iiiian UysJcp and Qo.'sj •'■* I^erM" | pure Ceylor iial Indian To;u; are tho ' eat m the market, -C^dvt.) • <

Piopcctus'BS of the Sydney Jockey Turf Club, which has so o:ten been denounced asa swindle, arc again abroad m the land. It is surprising that the concern so long cscape3 being suppi'essed. The " Marlborough Daily Times" says that Mr Buick has accepted the appointment of Organising Secretary of the National Liberal Federation at a salary of £250 a year with all ex peases paid. Two, fishermen meet. Dongal:' "Good morning,, Donald ; have you heard aboot the accident ?" Donald : No ; what is't ?" Dougal: "M'Phei\?on was droone.l last night." Donald : " What a peety ! (Sudden recollection —searching his pockets.) Got! he's away wi' ma knife !" The value of the Melbourne Cup, ex clusive of the trophy, was £9974, which, j with a third m the Royal Stakes, brought up Mr Redfearn's share or the V.R.C. disbursements to £10,014. Mr W. R. Wilson drew £4549; Mr E. Leys, £2100; Mr H. Power, £1393 ; and Mr S. H. Gollan, £1209. The total paid m stokes amounted to £28,307. The annual show of the Coiirtenay Agricultural and pastoral Association was held a Kiree yesterday. The weather was delightful and the attendance fairly good. The Hon J. G. Weird, the Postmaster- General, who arrived from south by steamer too late to catch the train to Kirwee, drove out to the show, and was accorded a most favourable reception by the farmers present.

A Schoolboy's Ideas about his Skeleton.

The following composition, says the "Popular Science News," was actually written for a school exercise. The writer is not a member of the Agassiz Associa tion, but he ought to be :— Bones are the framework of the body. If I had no bones m me I should not have so much motion. Bones give me motion btcause they are something hard for motion to cling to. If I had no bones, my brains, lungs, heart, and large blood vessels would be lyi'fg around m n.e and might get hurted, but now the bones get liurted, but not much unless it is a hard hiD;" If my bonfls were burned I should be brittle, because ie would take the animal out of me. If I was soaked m acid I should be limber. Teacher showed me ?. bone that had been soaked. I could bend it easily. I would rather be soaked than burned. Some of my bones don't grow close to my body, snug like the branches of a tree, and if they did I could not play leap frog and other games I know. The reason whj they don't grow that way is btcause they 'have joints. Joints is a good thing to have m bones. There are two kinds, The ball and socket, like my shoulder,, is the best. Teacher showed it to me, only it was the fchigh bone of an ox. One end was round, smooth, and whitish. That is the ball end. The other end was hollowed m deed. That is the socket, and it oils it self. It h the o.ily machine that oils itself. Another joint is the hinge joint, like my elbow. It swings back and forth, and it oils itself. It never creaks like a door. There is ai-other joint that don't seem like a joint. That is m the skull. It don't have no motion. All my bones pub together m their right places make a skeleton, If I leave any out, or put any m their wrong places, it ain't no skeleton, ('ripples and deformed people don't have no skeletons. Some animals have their skeletons on the outside.

Barking at the Moon.

In a leading article on the policy of the present Government of New Zealand,, the Melbourne "Herald ' says :— " There is a section of the Press, presumably repre senting somebody or something, which is never tired of finding fault with the way m which New Zealand manages its affairs. No doubt, the people of the island colony do nut worry themselves overmuch. They probably regard their critics very much as the moon m Judge Haliburton's story regarded the little dog who went out and barked afc her. The Judge used to go thus far :—'" There was a little d'>g that went out and barked at the moon "— and there he would stop. When asked to continue he used to say, " That's all the story, the m;>on took no notice." Bufc little dogs who bark at the moon disturb and annoy their owners very often, and that is what our Australian little dogs who bark at New Zealand ate doing. They have undertaken to pretend that New Zealand is particularly dishonest and un fair, because she has lately levied taxe* which include not only the capital in vested by her own citizens, but also that of foreign investors. We are tola that to tax foreign investors will mean the im mediate withdrawal of th-ir capital, that it is confiscation, repudiation, and heaven only knows what. It is easily to be seen that if New Zealand is to tax capital or its products at all she can make nc difference between one capitalist and another, and easier still to show that such denunciations will recoil on our own heads m the swiftly coming day when direct taxation will be necessary 10 us, as it is to every country m the world outside Aus fcralia. Bufc the most contemptibly ludi crous side of the case is seen m the fact that all these arguments were ex ploded long ago, when Great Britain first; made Government funds and bank fiivu dends liable to income (ax, It is not open to any human being, native or foreign, to invest any money m Greofc Britain and receive his money free of taxation, and yet no one impugns the houesty of Great Britain. Why should we impugn that of the Britain of the South 1 Every year it becomes more and more patent to the world that property requires special protection which casts extra burden§ on the taxpayer, and all over the world the property owners have to pay for it, and do not mind dQRg 3°« Up to the present time we have not- asked them to bear their share, bufc we may be com pelled to (Jo 3° shortly, and should re frain from bullying our neighbors, to whom the necessity has made itself mani fest.

A Glasgow Bailie.

The Glasgow folks haye a magistrate just now who for eccentric ideas of justice would take first-class honors anywhere. Bailie James Martin, as represented under the name of " Jeems Kaye" m a series of popular humorous works, has bee;? known bo fame for many years past, but'in hi« 'ijew capacity he is rapidly earn ing additional extinctions. The.other day he told a female primmer, arraigned before h.hn on a charge of having been t druiik an 4 -incapable, that if she pleaded ■ not guilty a««i *"#s. found to have ' com-; mitted 'tIV offence, thus -V wasting the $me of the ,co,urfc," it ;woU;ld be '/■\vpi-se \ icy feey j- 1' &ss■ \vhen evidence had been heard on OG<iouns) "of her plea' of "not wiiilty," his det?iar*tion was, .'-( W^el, well Just double your fine -5s or four days/ In the case of a second prisoner fcde <*mo#nb of the fine was regulated by quite ft different consideration. The culprit— another female .'rdpynfc •"-«' c«; 1 ta 4 k T e m to the police station ill a baft'oW, t • # c we're -l.roolit- here m a carriage," said f the ma^isbrafce, (i lialfra-crbwn or three days' J .that'dl harSly p^y f^r fry? i^ftghine." But; rfj.e justice •(ind^yi.-idom d^syensed p»! dlki CH*& fi hf 'far tlie l^idst ,' ■'' •■'-* vef a m 4' fr«4°fi? er w^'ll.ma^ce beeiii o „ "- *.iiii iiiM)P4is§ Of wrce the sentenc ! twu .. days."

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN

[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.

MR CHAMBERLAIN AND LORD SALISBURY AT BIRMINGHAM.

London, November 26. During his speech at Birmingham, Lord Salisbury said that the foreign tariffs were lessening the amount of labor available in the country and driving laborers into the towns. The Government were desirous of remedy ing this state of things, but they shunned dangerous "wanderings in the regions of economic error. <; Mr Chamberlain said he would fight shoulder to shoulder with the Govern ment on the Irish policy to the, bitter end, with a view to defeating the vilest political conspiracy of the age. He expressed the opinion that Mr Glad stone's return to political power [would imperil the peace of Europe. At the conclusion of his speech Mr Chkmber lain was wildly cheered The "Chronicle," commenting on the speech, says that Mr Chamberlain has effaced himself as a political force. The " Morning" Post" statep. that the workmen's delegates present at the Conference favored protection. :

INFLUENZA,

Forty thousand cases of influenza have been recorded m Berlin during this month.

LABOR QUESTIONS

Several lock-outs of bootmakers are threatened m consequence of the men civilling at the awards made by the arbitrator m the recent disputes. Mr J. H. Wilson, Secretary of the Seamen's Union, m his evidence before the Labor Commission, said that the seamen, to the number of 50,000, went out during the late strikes, with the result that they received£3,ooo,oooin increased wages.

THE EUROPEAN SITUATION

The European press consider- the outlook pacific, and regard M. de Giers' tour as an indication that Russia does not intend any hostile act. Berlin, jN ovember 26. It is reported m Berlin that Yon Caprivi is weary of office and will pro bably retire. The rumor has, caused a sensation m financial and political circles. ■?•'■' St. Petersburg,. November*2s. The strength of the garrison oil the Russian frontier is tobAincreas^}.*

FATAL RAILWA^CeiDENT.

A train was thrown off thd rails at Orel, m Eastern Russia. Twenty per sons were killed.

THE RUSSIAN FAMINE FUND

St. Petersburg, November 26. The Czar gives seven and a half million rouble? out of the revenue from his private estates tothe famine fund.

MRS LANGTRY.

London, November 27. Sirs Largtry states she has no intention of making a visit to Aus tralia. ;

THE MANCHESTER CANAL

A difficulty has arisen Avith the Engineer of the Manchester Canal, regarding the cost, which is £800,000 above last January's estimate.

SIR J. GO a ST.

Sir J. Gorst contests Cambridge at the general election. THE DUKE OF CLEVELAND'S

ESTATE.

In the personal estate of the late Duke of Cleveland duty was paid on one and a half millions.

PRINCE GEORGE

Prince George is slowly progressing, though he suiters from severe nervous depression.

THE ARCHBISHOP OF AIX.

Paris, November 26. The fine inflicted on the Archbishop of Aix has been over subscribed.

THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.

Washington, November 26. Mr Blame is considered certain to be elected President if President Harrison declines to be nominated.

DEFEAT OF DERVISHES.

Cairo, November 25, The Shillhooks have inflicted severe defeat on the Dervishes at Fashoda.

THE PORTUGUESE IN AFRICA.

Lisbon, November 27. Information has been received that! the Maffci tribe has attacked and captured a number of Portuguese stations m Mozambique.

CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES.

Ottawa, November 27. The Premier of Ontario declares that Canada will not accept annexation to the United States for any commercial advantage.

CHILIAN AFFAIRS.

Valparaiso, November 27. Congress is likely to impeach seventy of the late President Bahnaceda's Mm-( isfcers and high officials on charges of malversation.

THE RUSSIAN JEWS.

Bjsrljn, November 27. Since June a German agency hag, sent 40,000 Russian Jews to Jforfch; and South America, and the same to Australia, It is alleged here that Jews are for bidden to buy corn m Russia,

THE BERLIN BANKING CRISIS.

Messrs Hugo Loewy and Co., bankers m Berlin, have failed with no assets. The [failure lias created enormous sen sation m financial circles m the city, and Loewy and another of the Dirett iois haiVe bwn arreatecl

AUSTRALIAN.

I ' CRIGKET. h MiSLBQURjiipI November 27.' In the prj..cket match, Victoria v. the English Eleven, fche lofyl tfi^nj tyatted first, and were all disposed of for fcfte small score of 73. The visitors have three wickets down for 165, Mr W. Gr. iVfaoe being n^s out with 102. i

INTERPROVINCIAL.

WijxjtfNGTQsr, No#"em.ber'27.: : jtu the Piyorge Court, p the cape .fane i Eiiew JJfcKen^ie),' 'for ••''--*■«,■,„ o * | t gj,. mapfip&e wjjtty <7ohn. dissoiuv,..... "r —«»»«■. .'jKiyio^ qjj Taylor, son of v»a^ , * -W^es grounds of adultery and desertion, \.._ nisi was granted. Respondent, who, it was stated, is billiard marking m Sydney, did not appear. The despatch notifying the adherence

of New.Zealand ro the International Con vention for the Protection of Industrial Property appears m a supplementary " Gazette," published 10-day.

MR RUDYARD KIPLING.

J^Within the last few months—for his fame cannot yet be counted by years—a new star has arisen m the person of Mr Rudyard Kipling. Rafcher, we should say, a comet, for lie has blazed out as suddenly as those erratic visitants, and will, m all pro bability, as suddenly disappear. Like them, too, he is vaporous, and wanting m substance, and j ike them'has made a sensation by virtue of the contrast he presents to the fixed stars-~the well known writers—of the literary firma nent. His literary methods are, in deed, so startlingly dissimilar to those of the latter as to render them for the moment' specially attractive to modern Athenianism—ever seeking for some thing new-—precisely because outre and bizarre. His writings have no depth, no exactness, no high motive—m rv word none of the characteristics neces sary to permanence, to the attainment of, classic status, and they owe the passing, favor accorded them to tricks of expression, to the grotesque twisting of words* to novel uses, to the clothing of the idea or thought expressed m garments of spangles and motley. In a word he is of the same- school as Artemus Ward, and josh' Billings, but with;something more of glitter, and a good "deal less of solidity. His Niagara of words is spanned by a brilliant rainbow of temporary popularity, de stined to appear m a not distant here after m its true character of very common-place vapour so soon as the sunshine of that popularity is deflected upon a new and equally ephemeral favorite. Of course this Anglo-Indian celebrity has paid New Zealand a visit, fpr'in these days of the annihilation of time and spacej m which the ends of theawbrld have been brought together; everybody who is anybody goes every where ; nay not only everybody but everything, la grippe included. And having paid us a visit, equally of course,; he has forthwith proceeded to enlighten us and all the world as to what ( we are, what we ought to be, what ive do, and what we ought and ought not to do. True, he has only devoted a few hours to New Zealand, and admits that to enable the pro nouncement of sound opinions, it would be necessary.even for the genius of a Rudyard Kipling to devote a little more time to the ascertainment of correct data for those opinions, and then—forthwith proceeds to dogmatise about us with an air of authority that is admirable only for its phenomenal impudence^ The word is pretty strong, but it is the right one. Mr Kipling announces that he is amused by the " precipitious " yarns of New Zealand .and Australian colonists, and they may well retort by acquainting Mr Kipling that the most "precipitous," as well as precipitate thing that has ever been seen m these seas, is'the self-conceit which has impelled him to descant upon them and their affairs with such an air of infallible wisdom m words of slich egregious foolishness. There is a 'Isteep" greater than that of any Colonial "yarn," higher thin the sum mit of our highest Alps, and that is the dizzy height of his own self-com placency, from which, unless he take (Jare^'hei? destined'to fall into an un fathomable abyss of contempt. Out tfi his own mouth lefc him be judged. He talks of New Zealand as " playing at representative Government," and wants to know why we want a Parlia ment at all. He suggests that because its area m acres is small as compared with the area of India, that, .therefore, we need a proportionately less number of public institutions and conveniences, forgetting altogether that matters of this sort cannot-be adjusted by a surveyor's chainl What if his argu ment were applied to Great Britain 1 ilt is of less acreage than New Zealand "(that is to say England and Scotland together are), and therefore, on the average rule, ifr*:«o many acres m New Zealand are over-represented by seventy members, much more so must Great Britain be by over six hundred. "Oh ! but it's a question of population ?" Is it ? Not quite, or it would follow, of course, that there must be precisely so many post offices, so many telegraph offices, so many railway stations,' -and so many court houses, to so rbany. thousands of people— no more and no less. The fact is that all these matters are determinable by no fixed rule, either of acreage, or population, or anything else, and shallow-pated critics like Mr Rudyard Kipling only demonstrate their own incapacity to treat of such things by making hasty generalisations and deductions from the few distorted facts which they are able to gather together m a flying visit. But they are heed less of all this, and putting together the scraps of information;' false and true, which they pick up by the road side, they stir them together, with a mass of their own theories and mis conceptions, into a sort of hotchpotch which they serve up as pabulum to an unsuspecting public, who are induced to swallow the unwholesome mess by the appetising flavoring which a certain literary skill enables them to impart to it. Let the dish be known for what it is, namely, a concoction of fact and fiction—-mostly fiction ; let it be pur veyed openly as an adulterated article, and we have no objection j bufc we protest; against the mischief "which is only too often done by the Rudyard Kiplings, Christie Murrays, Froudes, et id genus omrie by issuing to the world what purport to be true pictures of the colonies and tilings colonial, but are really and truly nothing but -•arieatures ot the grossest and most I misleading sort. .

Ashburton Markets.

MESSRS FRIEDLANDER BROS.

Messrs Friedlander Bros, report upon the live stock market for the week ending November 27: —At the Tinwald Yards a catalogue of about 4000 sheep was submitted to an average attendance, and prices realised w.'.rc oa a par with those.ruling at previous sales. A clearance of nearly all was affected. The principal entries were m stores, of which hoggets m wool sold at from lls to 12s 6d ; a nice line of well-grown shorn hoggets made lls to lls 3d ; merino ewes and lambs sold up to lls 6d, and crossbreds;to 153 6d, according to percentage of lambs and quality of ewes. In fat sheep prices were quite up to last week's report. Cattle, of which there was a good entry, sold fairly well, with a strong demand for young cattle.

MESSRS MILES AND CO.

.Messrs Miles and Co., per Mr George Jameson report —At the Tinwald yards on Tuesday, November 22, there was a good attendance of farmers and others, and a large entry of sheep and cattle, and all lots offered found buyers at prices quite equal to those ruling afc the^last, sales. The total entry, comprised 5932 sheep, 45 head cattle and 15 rams of which we sold 3599 sheep, 1 head cattle and 15 rams as- follows :— 20 fat merino wethers afc 7s 6d; 102 fat merino wethers, 7s 7d'; 274 hoggets, at 103 ; 78 hbjgets, afc 6s Id; 167 hoggets, at 12s 6d; 66 hoggets, at lls 7cl ;299 hoggets at 10s 6d; 166 hoggets, at 12s 2d ; 330 hoggets, at 12s lv ; 25 shorn crossbred ewes With 24 lambs afc foot, afc 13s 8d ;450shorii hoggets, lls 3d ; 1314' hoggets^ at lls j 324 y cross bred ewes with 100 per cenV lambs, afc 15s 3d.

During the week we have sold privately 221 crossbred ewes with lambs, afc 15s 6d ; 20 merino crossbred ewes with lambs, ac lls.

On Friday, November 20, we held our regular fortnightly skin sale. Our entry of skins, hides, and fat was a large one, which we cleared at full market rates as follows :-—Butchers' m erinos, 3s 3d, 3s Bd, 4s Id, 4s 4d ; butchers' crossbreds, 4s, 4s 4d, 4s 8d ; farmers' merinos, 2s, 2s 6d, 3a, 3s 4d, 3s 6d, 3? 9d ; farmers' crossbreds, 2s, 2s 6d, 2s 9J, '3s, 3s 6d, 3.s 9d, 4s 6d ; hides and fat afc scale rates.

On Thursday, November 26, we held a clearing sale at Rakaia, on account of Mr Joseph Turner, of mill and house pro perty, and household furniture, etc. The properties were both passed m unsold, but Hie furniture-and sundries sold well.

MR D. THOMAS.

Mr D. Thomas reports on ths live stock market for the week ending Tuesday, November 24:—The usual weekly stock "sate*" was held at the Tinwald Yards, A large entry was penned. The attendance was good. The sale throughout was dull, and, with few exceptions, the prices obtained were a shade less than those obtained at the previous week's sale. The total entry was 5912 sheep and 45 cattle, of which my entry comprised 1714 sheep and 43 cattle. The following quotations were my priucipal sales :— 50 fat merino wethers, 10s 6cl; 20 fat four-tooth crossbred ewes, 163; 9 fat crossbreds, 9s; 6 fat sheep, 19s 9d;-110 merino ewes with 60 lambs, 7s lid ; 48 merino ewes, 100 per cent lambs, 11s 2d; 93 merino ewes, 11s 3d ; 95 merino ewe 3, 80 per cent lambs, lls Id; 316 merino ewes with 195 lambs, 8s 6d ; 179 merino ewes with 120 lambs, 10s 3d; 743 crossbred hoggets, 12s. Cattle—3 fat heifers, £4 ; 1, £2 15s ; 1 fat heifer, £5 ; 2 fat steers, £3 2s ; 3 heifers, £4 6s ; 1 fat heifer, £3 7s 6d : 2 cows, £5 9s ; 3 heifers,: £4 10s; 1 fat cow, £4 ss; 1 fat heifer, £.* 5s ; 2 fat heifers, £6 14s ; 4 cows from £1 10s to £3 17s 6d ; 2 fat heifers, £4 15s ; 1 vealer, 12s 6d ; 3 fat cattle, 1 6 ; 3 store heifers, £1 19s; 2 yearlings, £1 17s; springers from £2 10s to £.4 ; yearlings, 10s to £1 10s.

I held my usual weekly horse sale at Bullock's Arcade on Saturday, November 21, when about (32 were entered for sale. I sold about half the entry at fairly satisfac tory prices. The demand is very uncertain for all .classes at prnsorf, h;i r. I hope before ths e»ul 61 next month to see more regular prices obtained. Really good draughts sold from £10 to £16 ;. inferior, £5 10s to i 9 15s ; first-class hacks from £10 to £15 ; inferior, £2 103 to £8 12s Gd ; unbroken hacks from £4 to £8 15s/" - • '<

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

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The Influenza.

Wellington, November 28. The influenza has fastened upon the police force. Eight men are incapacitated m Wellington, and drafts have had to be made from here to fill up gaps m the country districts. Mastekton, November 28. The influenza is still very prevalent m this district. Several deaths have occurred within the past few days.

Suicide.

Dunediu, November 23.

Mrs McKinley, whose husbard keeps a bootfactory at-Hillside, near the southern cemetery, coir-mitfced suicide by hanging herself, m her house afc Leifch street, this morning.

Sudden death.

James Cramniond, one of the represen tatives for Leith Ward m the City Coun cil, was found dead this morning m a closet, it is supposed from heart disease. He was one of the earliest settlei's.

Hariielorn of HK«ilfciiii<.

Messrs Kewall,. Hendry, Menziesj Griffcn and K. Boberts passed the final examinations for Bachelors of Medicine.

Peerages Founded on Trade.

In olden times, the wealth and com merce of London, conducted as it was by energetic and enterprising men. was a prolific source of peerages, Thus the earldom of Lord Cornwallis was founded by Thomas Cornwallis, the Cheapside merchant; that of Essex by William Capel the draper; and that of Craven,- by William Craven, the merchant tailor. The modern Earl of Warwick is not de scended from "The Kingmakers," but from William Greville, the wool stapler ; whilst the modern Earls of Northumbecr land find their head, not m the Perciey, but m IJugh Smithson, a respectable London apothecary; Tho founders of. the families of Dartmouth, I^adnor, Efucie, and Pomfrpt were respectively a skinner, a silk manufactured, a merchant tai}or, and a Oalais merchant; whilst the founders of the peerages of Tankerville, Dormejy and Coventry weremercars. Theancestors of Earl Romney and Lord Dudley and Ward were goldsmiths and jewellers j and Lord Dacves was a banker m the reign of Charles 1., ab Lord Oyerstone is m that of Yictoiii." Edward Osborne, the founder of the dukedom of Leeds, was apprenticed to William Hewefc, a rich cloth worker on London Bridge, whose only daughter he courageously rescued from cYjwning by leaping into the Thames after her, and eventually married. Among other peer ages founded by trade are those of Fifcz william, Leigh, Pefcre, Cowper, Bamley, 5>U. and..Qarrington.

THE MARKETS.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION ) i London, November..26, The weekly returns of the panic of England, published to-day, show the total reserve to be £15,256,000, being an increase of' £882,000, as compared with the previous week. The propor tion of reserve to liabilities is 45*30 per cent,. Consoles 05. The discount rate" for' three.,.months bills is 3$ per cent. New Zealand 4 per cent inscribed *=tock 101£ ; 39' per cent inscribed stock 92*. New Zealand long-berried wheat is firm at 465. South Australian wheat is steady at 45s 9rl. Canterbury frozci inuW-on 4d per lb. Beef, foreign, 2|d per lb ; hind-quarters 3sd. New Zealand hemp is m poor demand. Fair quality brought up to £19 10s per ton. . . The wool sales are spirited, and foreign buyers aro purchasing-freely at opening rates. Greasy of the new clip is m best demand, * Danish butter 133s per cwt. No 1 best Scotch pig iron, f.o.b. m Clyde, 475. .

The All-Round Fow!

What . special breed the farmer's hen be :still remains a deba table question. ■' As one of your contributors remarks, the general purpose fowl is yet to be discovered, or rather invented, Her exact qualifications being m fact difficult to settle upon. I am afraid that what we dcpnand is an ideally perfect creation which the world is not yet old enough to evolve, and m lieu of all the desirable qualities combined into one, we are obliged to do the next best thing—keep two distinct breeds. In ' the spring we want a hen that will hatch and rear her own brood, and, fortunately,. a good winter layer like the black Lang shau will do this, for, after her spring work of bringing up one or more families is done, then she takes a summer vacation and gets herself m good fix for late fall and winter laying. While the serious-minded Langshans and Plymouth* are thus engaged m caring for posterity, the more flighty non sitters are busy fill ing the egg basket; the care for no summer rest, but prefer taking their holiday m winter, utilising all spare vitality then m keeping themselves warm. It seems to 1)6 a sort of a tie between the Leghorns and Minorcas as to which is the besc non sitter, or rather the best " ever-lasting " layer. The. Minorca certainly has the preference m point of size,, and itc admirers declare it to be less nervous and ' meddleson.e. tfach rejoices m tall red combs and snow-white '" earlocks," as" my coloured assistant expresses it, and so equally matched are they m other respects that both are likely to remain popular.— " Farmer's Daughter " m " Country Gen tleman."

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

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EMPEROR WILLIAM'S SPEECHES.

November 28, 10.30 a^m.)

':■ ' Berlin, November 27;. The Empevor has given orders to publish the addresses delivered by him on board the Imperial yacht during her cruise along' the coast b£ Norway.

OPERATIC.

London, November 27. . Mr George Musgrove, of Australia,, has arr.anged-with.Sir Augustus Harris for a visit of an Opera Company to Australia, after the London season is over. The repertoire will include Wagner's opera and Gounod's " Romeo and Juliet." A conductor of note will accompany them.

EARL OF DERBY.

The Earl of Derby has recovered from his attack of illness.

DANGEROUS BIG GUN PRAC TICE.

Lieutenant Freemantle, of H.M.S. Sabriua, who is being tried by Court martial for sinking two fishing smacks at Portsmouth, while engaged^ m big gun practice, attributes the accident to a mirage deoeiving him as to the dis tance of the smack.

LYTTELTON HARBOR BONDS.

(Received November 28, 11.13 a.m,)

London* November 27. Lyttelton Harbor Board debentures have risen 1 peroent.

THE MAYBRICK CASE.

SirC. RussellandMrSmithQ.C.,have been retained to re-open the Maybrick case.

LANDSLIP IN CALIFORNIA.

Washington, November 27 .^ By a landslip at Tacoma, California, twelve persons lost their lives,

AUSTRALIAN.

(Received November 28, 11,13 a.m.)

THE VICTORIAN LOAN.

Melbourne, November 28. Although exery preparation has been made for floating the six million loan it-is unlikely it will be offe-ed for some time, as the condition of the London montejf market is anything but assuring,

POLITICAL.

•■fsH TANNER AT WOOLSTON. . PEJK PKfiSS ASSOCIATION. Chbistchuroh, November 27. Mr \V. W. Tanner, M.H.R. for Heath* cofce, addressed his constituents to-night. He reviewed the session at length, chiefly dealing with the Labor Bills and the action of the Legislative Council, and re ferred to the action of the late Govern ment m making new appointments to the Councils. He considered the present Government fully justified m filling the vacancies m the Council now, aa the num ber of members was equal to what it was when the Atkinson Government made their appointments. He held "that tha Gov<>rf™2" h should §upplj v ho Council from the industrial classes, and advisea i aH iy,\i9 Reveals to be patient, not to urge fh.e abolition o^ thje Counpi}, but rather its reform. He defended |the go vernment '}n their financial and their taxai jon' measures j gmngj-tihen} credjtfpr establishing a principle of tasatbn which was calculated to benefit the small farmers, whp were now awaking to the fact that these measures were m their favor. A unanimous vote of thanks and confidence whs {jcpordgcL

SPORTING.

DUNEDIN JOCKEY CLUB.

SPRING MEETING. Second Day. Racecourse Forbury, November ?8. The following are results : — Tally-Ho Handicap, of i OO soys : one mile ;»nd a haJf.—Waitangi, 9st 91b (Poolc) 1; Captain Abr&m, list 21b (Cochrane)2 ; Norton, 12st 31b (Clark) 8. Five started,, Time—3rnin ljsec. Dividends—£4 10s 6d and £'4 17s. President's Handicap of 300 iovs ; om> mile and a quarter. Eoulanger, Bst BJb, 1 Cynisca, Bst 101 b, ..." ... 2 Occident,Bst,... ... ... 3 Won by three-quarters of a length, a length separating second and third. Time—2min 12sec. Dividends—£3 Is fid and £2 16s.

WELLINGTON RACING CLUB.

SPRING MEETING.

Hutt Racecourse, November 28. The weather is fine, but a high wind blowing. There is a fair attendance. Results :— Grand Stand Handicap; of 60 soys ; one mile.—She, 6st 12lb, 1; Prestige, Bst 31b, 2 j Rebellion, 7st 91b, 3. Liquida tion, JVfartha and Wanderer siso ran. Good race, won by half a length. Time -r-lmin 48^secs. Dividend—£6 Is 6s.

THE GOVERNOR ON THE COLONY.

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Dujnkvqv November 27. At the Show luncheon to-day, Lord Onslow, replying to the toast of his health, spoke at considerable length. He re* f erred to the resources of the Colony, and said that an insignificant portion of the , Colony's possessions would defray' the national debt. Fie referred to the growth of the dairy industry, and said that, with care, the fears he had seen expressed that New Zealand would be Denmark's greatest competitor would be justified. Some attention should be paid to removing the prejudice against frozen mutton and sweeping away the middlemen. He re gretted the Colony had lost an oppor tunity of a good advertisement by keeping out of the labour struggle and strikes. After speaking <>f the; exodus, which appeared to have ceased, be said:— "I have noticed m New Zealand a strong antipathy to plurality,: either m nature or m politics. I am told that m the islands to the south there are albatrosses that have one egz, sea lions that have one whelp ; here ouo.. man has on» vote,' and I am tebi that<«sa man is to have one. run ; but I hope the day is far distant .'when. m New Zealand cne woman will have one baby. (Laughter and applause.) bapclecn told Mdme. do Stael that he considered. the greatest woman m the world the one-who had borne most children. New Zealand has been blessed by God with a genial climate, a fertile soil and the Ax.glo-Sax»n race. To become a great nation she must rely on the strong arms of her sons, .and leave the rest to her daughters. But whether colonisation is fed by a torrent, ef immi gration or by the gently-flowing stream of increasing families, we must not. tolerate a leak at the other end of the cask. It ia the business of statesmen, to make the colony attractive to those who are m it. To me it seems already a happy hunting ground for the poor man, but wise states manship may make it a paradise. The matter is entirely m your own hands, for no Government approaches more closely the ideal of President Lincoln's Govern ment of the people by the people for the people, No Governments have committed greater errors than those committed by an iU-educafced democracy, with lowminded and fanatical rulers, such as France had at the time of her revolution ; while, on the other hand, no Government is so cap able of doing great things as a well-edu cated democracy, with high-minded and 1 unseliish leaders. Gentlemen, when the | time comes forme to leave your shores, there will be no period of my life more pleasant m the retrospect than those years which I shall, have spent as her Majesty's representative m New Zealand —brightened as they hare been with every mark of loyalty, and with a thousand ajss of kindness and courtesy; and m the future there will be to me no more pleat ing task, no greater ambition, than m a different sphere of action, m our Mother Country, to proclaim the wealth of your resources, the beauty of "your islands, and the geniality of your people ; to promote, however humbly the flow of capital and of population, of both of which England has so boundless a store, into this Britain of the South; that the community of our interests may be still more closely inter laced and intertwined, and that we may thereby conduce to the prosperity of New Zealand, and of all associations bound up m that prosperity such as the Agricultural and Pastoral Association of Otago."

The annual Hampstead school concert ia to be held on Friday, December 11. The programme comprises sortie futures which are new to Ashburton, chiefly the " chil dren's play " " The Flowers of the Forest." Several of our leading amateurs will take part m the concert, and the Orchestral Society will supply the accompaniments and incidental music.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1891.



mail NQX^piqi, WEDNESDAY, »JSO^WR3. For United Jvingdom, Continents of Europe and America, and West Indies (via Francisco), Sandwich Islands,.eto.. «|d also for Northern Ports of New Zealand,'£er Takapuna, as follows ;—Ordinary letters, books, and newspapers at O.IS p.m. ; registered letters, 5 p.m.» money orders, 3 p.m. This mail will be due m London on January 6, 189& ADDFELLO WB" HALL. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11. HAMPSTEAD SCHOOL CONCERT. Part I. Vocal Waltz, "See-Saw," ... Children Action Song, "Japanese Fan," Children Songs by Mesdames Brooke and Gamble, luessrs xj^cti, cuevenson, and Millar. Violin 501q... Mr Wood !' - Pab* IL- '■ v " Kinderspiel, "HoVrirs of the forest/, 1 ;" :CJuldrp». Impersonation.B! of His^rjpal and 1 Qtfiec Characters* Old Songs, Rustic Scenery. I Music by Ashburton Orchestral Society. i ""' ' Leader Mr Wood, Conductor..: .;; Mit GAWiiK. ■iT-i ... t _ ;, A ,j Admission: 2:s, and Is. Doors open at 7.5). "^ Commence at *$. 11 ' '" 'goiicjudeat JQ ' ' \ .7;',.,,; *■' *'*V- t



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Wanted '■ CASH Advertisements under this heading: not exceeding SIXTEEN WORDS 1/-. Addresses may be Wt afc this Office. ICE Cream ready at all hours, during the summer months at Flower's. Cough Drops as usual— H. G. Flowbk, East street. LOST, between Post office and Ashton school, two brass mail Axle Caps, Nos. 70 and 20. Finder please leave with Mb MrrcHftLL afc Ashton school, or BAker & Known, Coach Factory. 11 174 /CAMERON Street Weshyan Church. Preachers, for To-morrow, 11 a.m, Mr G. W. LeUdley j 6.30 p.m, Rev. J. H. Gray. Welcome to all. 11 175 BTRAYED.—Bay Hack Mare, no braid, white blaze down face, splint on n«jar hind leg, cover on. Reward "Mail" Office. 11 176 #t ' _ "■ . . "** WANTED Known—A special line of Cashmeres, all shades, now a j lling afc Is per yard. White Blankets 5s lid per pair.—H. C. Skgjjrs, Melford House. WANTED Known.—Afc "The Corner* now selling Ladies' French Shof s. 6s lid. See them.—W. H. Cotum. -tnrr JANTED Known—A Beautiful Line '. » » f\ of French Dress Goods, double '■ widthi Is lOid ; original value, 4»; -H. C. Sbgehs, Melfoni House. ANTED KNOWN, a special lot of Hearth Rugs afc Is lid, 2s 6d and 2b lid; worth about doable. W. H. Collier. "ANTED Known, on account of in clement weather yesterday, Choval Concert and Coffee Supper, Wesleyan Church, Friday night. 11 14» ONEY TO LEND, upon Freehold security, m sums to suit bor rowers. Simall amounts can be repaid by instalments, if so desired. Apply to Mr C. W. Pcknsll, Solicitor, Mont gomery's Buildings. 9 130 ALL Wool Colonial Tweed Suits to measure; fit and workmanship guaranteed; from 60s cash. Robert AIiCORN, Ashburton Clothing Marl-, Saunders' Buildings* HEEP SHEARS. Having secured a Stock of the celebrated 8.8.A,, and as there are very few m the Colony, Shearers are requested to call early.— Robert Alcobn, Saunders' Buildings. WANTED Known —Being over stocked m Corsets, we have re cticed every pair. Ladies from Is 6d Cheapest house m town.—H. C. Swoers, Melford House. TITANTED KNOWN genuine Clearing »». Sale is going on and the Boots are going out;. Besb value yefc offered, ten per cent for cash, the very best work and repairing done at once at J. M. Moison's lown Hall, East Street. •TITANTED Known.—l have a large VV stock of Tin and Ironware Goods to jselocfc from. Register Grates, Stoves, Portable Boilers, Spouting and Ridging kept; m stock.—J. W. Hakdley, East .treet. 6J202 TO Meet the Times.—l am supplying Galvanised Iron Tanks from 30j upwards, warranted for twenfcy years, Force pumps, deep well cylinders of all descriptions. Inspacticn invited.— J. W. Haut>ley, Ens street. 6J201 WANTED Known.- -H. Bairstow has opened those premises m Basfc street, nexfcJ. Orr and Co., as a Furniture Warehouse. Latest designs m Vienna Chairs, and Iron Bedsteads on visw. Having a good stock of well seasoned figured Riniu and Kauri, he is prepared to take orders for Furniture to any design. Inspection invited. Ilt6l