DEATH.

Mills —At Edinburgh, on .June 17, Th >mah Mills, gun arid line maker, eldest son of the late William Mills, Wnitfham, Essex, and brother of Mrs George; Bisset, Ash burton, N.Z., aged 42years. l)<:;~ ■■.'■:■■,

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, JULY 30. 1891. THE CONDITION OF VICTORIA.

The finances of the colony of Victoria are m a most deplorable state. It is evident that the real state of affairs has been concealed for years past by the' " bolstering-up " of successive Trea surers, by which means fictitious sur pluses were shown m the annual budgets. This year, under a new diinistry, the bubble has burst. The extrayagant estimates of revenue formed by his predecessor have been nowhere approached, and a deficit of nearly £800,000 has to be met, while the ensuing year's estimates show a prospective further deficit of .£163,000, with a further deficiency of over half a million on the railways account. The recently published quar terly banking returns showed a great shrinkage m business, and commenting on ■-thorn a correspondent writes :— "The colony is passing through one of those seasons of depression which all countries have occasionally to face. The depression is rather widely spread, but this is clv: to the great area of the outbreak of speculation m 1887 and 1888, and ihe magnitude of the liabili ties carelessly assumed. The liquida tion of the difficulties resulting from the collapse progresses slowly, but until it has reached ano her stage or two, we cannot see what ground there is for expecting a real recovery. The colony is not only paying the penalty of a boom which for the time rose to a far higher 1 point than was justified by even an extraordinarily large influx of borrowed money, but it is suffering tYoin a singular want of vitality m its ex port trade. The position of that trade is roughly indicate I by the statement that svhilefor the the.ti veyear^ .1881 to 1885, Jie exports amolmted to ■£80,446,009 ; m the succeeding five years, 1886 to 1890, they amounted to only £63,001,000, the very large decrease of £17,445,000 being shown. This pronounced tendency to a decrease m exportation has to be fairly met. It must, of course, be admitted on the other hand that the volume of the internal trade of the colony has greatly expanded. The character of the re turns will be seen from the principal movements for the quaitei'—viz.. a decrease of £282,945 m advances, a decrease of £801,291 m deposits, and a decrease of £81,710 m the note circulation." The only veinerly is strict economy for the present and future, to atone for the very ex travagant past, and though this will be ; •i very distasteful policy to the vast horde of unnecessary employees m the Government service, the Ministry appears to have strength and courage to carry it out. We wish our neigh bor—who has al>vays been ready to ijive us good advice m our financial troubles--well out of her sad state of embarrassment.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Froniautle is to lie made a post of call for the Orient line of steamer.s The winning number? of Mr J. L. Hi:g's Art Union will be found m our advertising columns. Widespread destitution prevails m Bm ba le among the unemployed, who number several thousiuids. . The inquest m connection with the alle^ ed m.vi ici.n; case against Mary Jane Aiiios vas •j.djfiurnetl tiil August 7, as the woman '.s still unable to appear. The Oamaru Licensing (^tninittec have drawn attention to the fact that there is no provision for filling the place of a chairman of a Licensing Committee if he die or resign. During the past twelve months there have bejn many deaths m and around Palmerston North from cancer. From all accounts the cause may be traced to imperfect supervision m the matter of diseased meat and bid milk.

One-third of the students m Europe, it is said, die prematurely from the effect of bad habits acquired at college, one-third die pre maturely from the effects of close confine ment at their stHclies t _a!Hl-the""oFKet: tliird goveni,Jßi}rop"e; The Right Reverend the Bishop of Ciiristchurch will preach m St. Stephen's Church ou Sunday next, August 2, at both the morning and evening services. He will also administer the riie of confirmation at three o'clock m the afternoon. Men only will be admitted to the confirmation service. The opening performance of the William sons Juvenile Opera Troupe at the Piincef-s Theatre, Dunedin, on Wednesday evening w.is an unqualified success, and the repie:° sentation of the Mikado compared favor ably with any adult performance witnessed hi New Zealand. The " Picturesque Atlas" agents are having a bad time of it m Southland. Quite recently they had to pay for a hired bugoy which disappeared at Wir.ton. At Lumsden the driver they engaged took them all over the country, but failed to point out the house of a single victim. At Balfour the harness ofj the hired horse and buggy has disap peared. The "Mauawatu Standard" says the system adopted by the Railway Department iv lettyig the supply of sleepers m small contracts, is largelj benefiting the settj.:r< m the Manganne district, who are obtaining profitable employment, m splitting and cart ing sleepers for the railway, and clearing their land at the same time. lijl the Supreme Court, Ciiristchurch, yesterday, Mr Justjcp Denniston refused tie motion for judgment fop plaintiff or a new trial m the case of Bank of Australasia v. Rcyncll, an action m which the bank sought to recover IMOOO from Reynell, on °ii» guarantee of the late J. 11.(,* reason's over, draft, which Reynell resisted on the ground that he intended to sign a guarantee for £500 only, and that (jiressou fraudulently misrepresented the guarantee as beiu" for that amount. Don CHaijidjo Vicuna, the President elect of Chiji, J3 a* n%» #f vast wealth, who lias lived bis whole life iv f^ll yiew of tlie Chilian people, wlio has ably and honorably held many successsive . portfoljios, and against whom those opposed to President Ralmaocda have nothing stronger to urge than that he is not one of themselves. "The TiuiQs'j}" Santiago correspondent says that Senor ;s one of the ablest men m the Republic. Whilst at Palmerston t^e otlijei' dq.y we (M&l'tQn "Mercury") had a look through Sj rG. (Jfub>/rf hlsowib factory, and found a iuui,iber of hands busily engaged m tJjie manufacture of biscuits of' various kujcls, ))*e \vere rather surprised to find such j#acianciy erected m such a iieu'ly«3stnbUsh@'d town as Palmerston North. Mr d'rubb has all pllO latest iniprovenieuts m machinery for -$M?«VsP*d oxecutioi) of his work, ami he has the repirtttfQn of turning out first-dags articles.

With reference to the cable messago from .Sydney that a new shipping Company was being formed there to trade with New Zealand, commercial men m Ciiristchurch scout the idea, as there is no single shipper m Canterbury associated with the movement. Robert Shilling, who a few days "ago sued Mr Grant, of Hawke's Bay, for £16, the amount of a dishonored cheque, alleged to have been signed by the latter, ■ has been arrested on a charge of forging the instru ment. At a meeting of the Wellington Phib sophicnl Society on Wednesday evening tho following resolution, v liioh is to ba forwarded to tlie Government, was passed :—That, m the opinion of the Society, the establishment of a. well-equipped expert Agricultural Department is of urgent necessity to New Zealand. The man William Davey, who has been victimising tradesmen by means of forged and valueless cheques was brought up nt Sheffield on Welnesday, before Mr George Rutherford and Dr Meadows, J.P.s, charge 1 with fivejcases of forgery, aurl was sentenced ,to two months imprisonment on each of three charges, and three months each on the other two, or twelve months m all. After the lap3e of many years public interest m the famous Tichborne case has been revived by a new minor as to the whereabouts of Sir Roger Tichborne. It is i statec now that he is now an inmate ot a lunatic asylum at Parramatto, near Sydney, and the rumor is so far credited that Warder Carroll of the Ballarat Gaol, left the other day for Sydney for the purpose of determining the identity of the suppositions Tichborne. Warder Carroll formerly served m the regiment of which Sir Robert was an officer, and at tho time of the original trial was one of the principal witnesses, his evidence being taken on commission. The correspondent of a contemporary is responsible for the following :—" The irony of fate could not much further go than that which, overtook a Queeus'and unionist shearer. He was the leader of the gang which insisted on a hotelke'eper discharging his Chinese cook. The cook was an uncom monly good one, and the Barcaldine police had their eye on his services. As soon as John found himself without a billet the police engaged him. In the meantime the unionist had"delivered an harangue of a seditious character, for which the police arrested him. And the first thing that unionist, knew when he got into gaol was that he had to chop firewood for that Chinese cook." The '' Bruce Herald " says :—The Glasgow " Weekly Herald " has been m receipt of the Bruce " Herald " as an exchange from time almost immemorial. We have profited much by .the exchange and most sincerely express our gratitude. The extent to which our contemporary Ins profited by the constant receipt of the " Herald " and no doubts many other colonial journals, is illustrated by the following, ''which appeared m a recent issue :--"There arc two prosperous irrigation settlements on the banks of the Riv«r Murray, NW Zealand—Mildura m Victoria and Renmark m South Australia." - - Last, night, at a general meeting of the Chriftchnrch Chamber of Commerce, at- ] tended by thirty-one members, a resolution was unanimously passed—" That m the Chamber's opinion, the Government's taxa tion policy will check tho progress of the colony by destroying trade through lack of confidence, discouraging the introduction of fresh capital; by compelling the banks, through the crushing nature of the graduated scale to withdraw capital from the colony ; by discouraging tho establishment of such factories as cannot be successfully carried on except on a large scale ; that the result will be most disastrous to all classes of the community, especially to wage earueis, through the rapid shrinkage of the fields of employment; that the Chamber urge Government to modify their proposals m the direction of withdrawing the contemplated restriction on the agricultural and com mercial industries of the conniry."

THE MARKETS.

[per press association.] (Received July 29, 11 a.m.) Sydney, July 29. Wheat, chick 3s .(id to 3s 10J ; milling JfuJd-to- - osr - -Ffeiu-r stone --£W -40^ I roller, £12 12s (kl. Oats, feeding, Is 9d to 2s ; seed Is lid to 2.5; Potatoes, NdW Zealand, £110s to £1 15s; Circular Heads, £3. Mkluouune, -July 29. . Grain market unsettled. Wheat, medium, 4s 5d ; good, 4s lOd to 4s 10^d. Flour, stone, £10 10.s ; roller, £11 10*. Uafcs, 2s 0U to 2s 2id. Barley, feed, 2s ; malting 3i. Adelaide, July 29. Business flat. Wheat 4s to 4s 10l Flour, stone, £9 5s to £9 los : roller, £10 5s to £10 15s. Oats, .New Zealand, m bond 2s 2d to 2s 4d. Barley, Cape 2s 4d to 2s 7d ; English malting 2s 9d to 4s. Bran Is. Pollard Is Id to is 2d. London, July 28. The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United King Join is 2,224,000 quarters, for the Continent 5,188,000 qu irters. Share quotations—New Zealamd Loan and Meicantile Agency Company £2 10s ; New Zealand Trust and Loan £7 10s ; Australian and New Zealand Mortgage C,q.lss.

Addington Stock Market

Ohbistchuuch, July 29. Store Shbbp.— A bout 1200 were yarded. A very good demand existed for forward conditioned sorts, two-tooth crossbreds bringing 13s to 13s 9d ; hoggets, 10s to 13s, and one exceptionally good pen 14s. Crossbred, ewes brought 12s 2d to 14s 2d, and a, line of forwarir conditioned, merino wethers 8s 24, Fat Shkep.—The market was very heavy, over (>503 being yarded. Prices were nob, as a rule, firm. Best crossbred wethers sold at 17s 4d to 23s ; wethers and maiden ewes from 15s 3d to 19s 63. Crossbred ewes varied greatly, bein^ sold from 10s fid to J9s, according to weight and condition. There were compara tively few merino wethers-, the best of whig.} Thought l(ss. Inferior sorts sold as low as jss, Fat Cattlb.- Nearly 2(>o Ijead were yarded, the majority being excellent, One or two lines of heavyweight bullocks sold from £7 5.s to £8 7s Gd ; heifers from £6 to £fi 2s 6d. Cows sold at all prbes | from m to ~SX. ! »^Top Cattle.—^ ( ith t])e exception of a lii^e '(}( yearlings of mixed sekes, w^lich j brought 18s, an(|[ one' of ye-ir-and-a-half ftlds %ab'sojj4 /Jt the enby" contained nothing bjft ,cQ\y,= o^ far^cf ages and quality, for whjch demand jj'as jy'eajii. Pigs. - Bfearly 30 pigsj were yarded. Prices for baconers ranged from §2s 6d to 42,5, r and fi Jom 12s to 21s for! porkew. TJiere was a fair demand for weaners antl ]

PARLIAMENTARY.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

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Wellington, .1 uly 29. The Council met at 2.30 p.m. QUESTION. Mr Buckley, m reply to Mr Stevens, said it was not the intention of the Government to exempt annuities or pen sions from taxation under the Income Tax proposals. TnR'*TKU.STKK!S AMKNJ>MRNT J511J,. The Trustees Amendment Bill was considered iv Committee find reported, with slight, amcndmc'its ; but Mr Buckley gave notice to move f>r a recommittal of j the measure to reconsider certain clauses.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

The House met at 2.30 p m. The House met at 2.30 p.m. OHBLSTCHUBCH ELBCTKHJ LIGHTING BILt/. The Christchurch Electric Lighting Bill was read a thud time by 26 to 15. FEDKHATION. Replying to Mr George Hutchison, Mr Reeves said the Premier intended asking the House to meet on Monday next at 7.30 p.m. for the purpose of dis : cussing the Federation question. A DKNIAL. Replying to Mr Bryce, Mr Reeves said Government were not negotiating for the sale of the New Zealand Railways. KMPLOV'KKS' lIABILITY BILL. The Employers' Liability Bill was read a thi*d time and passed. TRUCK BILL. On the motion, for the-third reaving of the Truck Bill, Mr Rolleston deprecated the discussion of those important measures at three o'clock m the evening. There wa.f no reason vhy they should "not have had more . time for discussing the Lnbcr Bills especially, as they had *o little expla nation of them from the Government Benches Ilis'opinion was that the ten dency of those Bills would be to promote a period of unrest and disquitt amongst the people, and to postpone a reconcilia tion, of the interests of labor aud capital. The Truck Bill was a clumsy attempt to effect the object m view, and it would prevent the free exercise of competition, aud would re .luce the amount of work even.to workmen themselves. As to the shop Hours Bill, he had heard it stated that its effect would be to create a strong and violent revolution amongst the work ing classes.... Mr Reeves denied that the Bills were the creation of a few agitators. They were introduced by the late Government last session, and received large support from the present Government party. He differed- from the prediction uttered by Mr Rolleston as to the d reful results that ,would ensue from those Bil's be coming Ltw. If the Truck Bill was likely to injure the manufacturing industry why had it not doae so m England, where a similar measure had been m force for sixty years. If any panic resulted from these Bills, it would be solely due to the action <>f certain politicians and news papers.™ The Bill was chen real a third time and pisse.l. .SHOP HOCJHS' BILL. 0 i the motion for the third reading of (he Shop Hours Bill, Sir John Hall said it was a great mistake for the House to limit the hours of labor by legislation. Hefelt .that before long the Bill would be regarded as an intolerable'hardship by the people of the colony. Mr Scobie McKenzie di 1 not think the Bill had been brought forward m the I true; interests of the working men. Mr McKenzie (Clutha) looked upon the Bill as a step m the right direction. : Messrs Shera and Saunders also spoke. I Mr Reeves wished to tbanjk the leading members of the Opposition ;jfor the afcti ■tude they had adopted towards the labor Bills, saving thab tho criticisms of tbe,nytjo,nty of the hon.,,gontle'men of the' Opposition had been eminently fair. I Tho Bill was read a third time and passed. The Adulteration- Act Prevention Amendment Bill and Companies (Memor andum of Ass'jciiitijn) Bill passed through Committee without amendment. . The House rose at 5.30. ■ The House resumed at 7.30. AUCTIONEERS B LL. The Auctioneers Bi 1 was committed. O;i Clause B—licenseß—license and other fees to be paid to local authorities—a lengthy discussion took place, several members contending that the private residence of an auctioneer should not be considered m the matter, and others expressing the opinion that license fees should be paid iv tlie district where' the auctioneer re sided. The clause was eventually added to the Bill on the voices. To Clause 10—licensed auctioneers may appoint substitutes m case of illness or intended absence—several members took strong exception, saying that it was likely to be abused m many cases, but all "eßtirfe-fco-effeet-altefa-tioiT was 'unsucces'^" (uj an .1 the clause was retained as printed. Clause 12 - auctioneer not to sell after appointing substitute—was altered so as to provide that a licensed auctioneer should not be entitled to sell until ten days after his substitute v»as appointed. Clause 15—night auctions prohibited, e \cept cattle sales. On the motion of Mr Mills (Port Chal mers) it was decided that auctioneers should be allowed to sell landed property only up to six o'clock m the evening instead of ssven as proposed. Sir John Hall moved a proviso to the clause to the? effect that sales of land, wool, tallow, and books be allowed at night. The clau.st. was agreed to and added to the Bill. Clause 10 — accojnt sales to hi ren dered within one month—was altered, so as-to provide that account sales must bo rendered by the auctioneer, mid paid over within fourteen days after receiving a demand from the vendor of the property. The remaining clauses passed with slight alteration. A new clause was inserted to tho effect that no person holding a pawnbroker's license shall hold an auctioneer's license, The Bill was reported as amended. '' THfRD READINGS. The House went into Committee on the Partnerships Bill, which passed through without amendment, and was reported, read a third time, and passed. The Repeals Bill was considered m Conumttee. No alteration being made, • the Bill was read a p\nv& time and passed. Tho House rase at Jl p.m. ;'

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CHOLERA.

London, July 28. The cholera, which has been very prevalent m Mecca, has spread to i Syria, and fears are entertained that Turkish negligence will allow it to spread into Europe. H. M. STANLEY. H. M. .Stanley was m Switzerland at the'time he fractured his ankle and eon fined to his room for several weeks. CRICKET. Lord Sheffield has now engaged Abel ar.tl Bean to accompany his cricketing team. ■ " THE «GOLDMAKER." Edward Pinter, described as a mer chant, charged with attempting to j. obtain the sum of £40,000 by means of a trick (the Philospher's stone) with intent to defraud Edward William \ Streeter, a jeweller, was sentenced to! three months' imprisonment. DEATH OF A MILLIONAIRE. Mrs Searl, formerly Miss Hopkins, of San Francisco, has* died from in fluenza, leaving tlie immense sum of £8,000,0u0. THEATRICAL^ It is announced that" "Chums," written.by Mr David Christie Murray, will be produced at the Globe Theatre on August 27th, with Mr Murray m the principal character. THE GRENADIER GUARDS. The Grenadier Guards have arrived at Dover from Bermuda. MR PARNELL. The Bankruptcy Court m camera to-day decided that Mr Parnell was domiciled m England, and consequently would be declared a bankrupt unless he forthwith paid the costs of Captain O'Shea iv the divorce proceedings. PERSONAL. Lsrd Dartmouth is seriously ill.

SUNDAY OBSERVANCE BILL.

Ott.\w\. July 28. The Dominion Parliament have re jected a .Bill prohibiting newspapers publishing and trains running on Sun day.

GOVERNMENT FACTORIES.

Berlin, July 28. The Government have decided to erect extensive clothing and dynamite factories at Spandau, m Brandenburg, the object being to place additional workmen under State control.

RUSSIA AND FRANCE.

Paris, July 28. The Czav and President Carnot have exchanged messages of friendship,

THE JEWS.

. Nt. Peteiisuukcs, -1 uly 28. Yielding to a personal massage from President Harrison of the United States, the Czar has ordered a tem porary respite to the Jews.

A NEW SAN FRANCISCO MAIL SERVICE.

Washington, .luly 28. J Mr Wananiaker, Postmaster-General, is endeavoring to commence a fast fortnightly service between San Fran cisco and tlie Australian colonies, the steamers calling alternately at Auck land and Wellington. A BTG KING. An extensive railway pool is form ing, composed of directors of the Boston and Maine, Vanderbilt's Grand runk, and the Canadian Pacific Com panies. It will be the greatest comb ".nation of capital ever known m tie United States.

THE FOO CHOW RIOTS,

AUSTRALIAN.

Sydney, July 29. News from China shows that the rioting at Foo Chow was very serious, and for a time it seemed as if the j warships would have to intervene for Ltbe.^H >p_tecfei()»--of-4ife-' and-property. The crews of the British merchantmen were armed m readiness to repel any I attack on the shipping. .The rioting spread westwards. At Wanchow, on the Yang-tsi-kiang, the people took shelter m some old forts, and at the date of til's mail leaving the male in habitants were preparing to resist an attack. Several leaders of secret societies have been captured by the authorities and beheaded. Large re- I waids are offered for others. i At Wanchow, a few wnk? ago, a desperate band of pirates landed and were speedily swelled to a foi-ce of five hundred cut throats, who marched through the country committing ah sorts of atrocities; They seized a monastery, and beheaded four of the monks because they refused them per mission to cook food. The chief object of the desperadoes is the capture of in fluential people for the sake of ransom. One method of enforcing their demands is by occasionally sending anatomical specimens of the captives to their rela tives. SHEARERS' STRIKE. ENDED. Sydney, July 29. Three shearers have been arrested f<H- intimidation of free laborers at Dunlop station! ' r At the conference with ]the pas toralis.ts the -union shearers unani mortsly signed an agreement, under taking to. work with non-unionists,' the pastoral is, ts on their, part a^ree.ing to prevent the employment of' aliens. This amicable settlement of the diffi culty has given great public satisfaction. AQUATICS. Sullivan has challenged Shansbury to row him for the championship of the world and £200 a side. Sullivan pre fers that the race should be rowed about November next. TIfE AUXILIARY SQUADRON The remainder of the auxiliary squadron left Batayia on Monday last for Adelaide. . ■ ; •

INTERPROVINCIAL.

AitasxANi), July 29. At a meeting of; tlie ' Aucfckud Gas Company to-day a'dividend of 7s 6d was declared on paid up shares and 3.* 9d on £2 lO.s shares', };he balance £'2270 13s ldcl Wm cau-jecl foFiyardj The receipts from

a&s for the La'f year was £16,209 lO.s SJ. A special mo.ting of the Chamber of Commerce lias boen convened to con sider the Government taxation proposals. One of the largest sailing vessels yet. placed on the loading berth for the ■United States is the .ship Piako, which the New Zealand Shipping Company an noui.ee to load here for New York with flax and gum. The Torres Straits pearling fleet is lo he reinforced by eight luggers, the orders y>v which have: been placed with the ship buiMvr-s at Kaipara and Wangaroa.. More orders are following. The approaching, collapse of the Kaika walvn ooal naihe has induced the settler**'to offer io raised £3000 for further explora tion, i;he company to contribute a like amount, and the Government £600. 4 Gisborne, July 29. F. J. Piesse, Secretary of the Gisborno Building Society, It ft for Auckland on 12th inst,, add did not return when ex pected. An examination of his accounts showed a. deficiency of £310. It is thought Piesse proceeded to San Francisco last boat He was seen on board the .-toanier at Auckland. Steps are being taken to bring him back. He was also ageuc for the Australian Mutual and Nor wic'i Union, and Secretary to the Park Club and the local school committee. Wellington, July 29. The Rev J. Still, incumbent of St. Paul's, has resigned and leaves m October for England, where he has been offered a cure by the Bishop of S dishury. The Governor has written to the Secre tary to the Hunt Oiub aski-ig for a full explanation of Saturday's hunt, and it is expected the whole matter will now Le cleared up. Dunedjn, July 29. The case of the Robinson family came before the Benevolent Trustees to-day. The woman, who had been charged with larceny, had asserted that she stole the articles to procure food for her children. The chairman said that the family had received some assistance some time ago, and when the woman had approached him he had sent her to the secretary to get an order for relief, hut she never went. It was shown that both the husband and wife were given to drink, and quarrelled and fought. Robinson, who was present, pleaded fer one more chance before the children were taken away, and as the matter ha t been taken up by some out siders, who were providingfurniture, food, and clothing, the case was adjourned for two weekly, to see how they behaved. Robinson ackel that a prohibition order be taken out against him, but he was re commended to act like a man. Invercakgill, July 29. At the Magistrate's Court to-day Lind ley Bowerman sued Thomas Lambert, hotelkeeper, for £2o l(ss, damages sus tained m consequence of the loss, on the 13th of May, of a buggy.from defendant's premises while plaintiff was a lodger m the hotel. The bugtry was m defend mt's custody, and lie negligently suffered it to be stolen. Bowerman was engaged m ce livering the " Picturesque Atlas" m the district at the time, and it was supposed some irate subscribers made away with the trap, t>o trace of which has since been found. Mr Moore, owner of the buggy, reeovi red the amount now sued for from Bowerman. Or the application of defend ant the case was adjourned to the 12th of August.

MAGISTERIAL.

AS HB URTON- THURSDAY

(Before Mr C. A. Wray, 11.M.) Civil cases,— Thotras Brings v. John £1 6^l for rent and damage for broken windows. '-'Judgment for plaintiff' by default.—James llesel me v. Blagg Hanks, £5 for two tons chaff. In this case one Daly had given a lien over an oat cr*on to plaintiff. Duly owed an account t ) Heseltino, and the latter after taking posso.-,si<m of "the oats supplied Hanks with two tons chaff on the under standing that if the crop realised enough to satisfy the lien the account due by Dily to Hanks would .be paid, if not Hanks would have to pay for the chaff. This was the plaintiffs side of the case, who also denied having any dealings with Daly, senr., and further said he had advised Hanks to get an order on Daly for the amount. The crop only yielded £5 tons chaff, as against 100 tons animated. His order was written by Heseltine hi Hessltine's own shop. Defendant, who hal paid £2 into Court, held ■■that Hesel tine had undertaken to pay defendant's claim without any reserve, and the chaft was only taken as x>art payment of what Daly owed him. Could have quite easily realised his account Ivy seizing hors'Js belonging to Daly, which were running on Hanks' land. Defendant denied that there had been any reservation on the part of Heseltine as to the account being paid subject to there being enough m the chaff to meet the lien and leave a balance. A witness-called by defendant could not -remember hearing the qualification as to die satisfaction of the lien. Defendant had owed plaintiff an account tor harness, ana the order for chaff was for £3—the £2 paid into Court representing the bal ance. His Worship, as no proof of acceptance of the order had been ad duced, gave verdict; for plain biff with costs. For plaintiff- Mr Cuthbertson ; for defendant—Mr Wilding.—H. Zander v. F. Makeig, £2 11s 6d ;' J. G. Restell v. J. Jessop, £3 ss. Judgment for plain tiff m each case by default.

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OBSERVATORY ON MONT BLANC.

(Received July 30, 10.15 a.m.)

Patus, July 29. M. Alphonse Rothschild arid Eiffel are assisting M. Janssen to erect an observatory on Mont Blanc.

THE CHILIAN WAR.

Lisbon, July 28. An armed boat's crew belonging to the President Errazuriz, the Chilian cruiser which has just been released by the French Government, pursued the Portuguese police here for preventing the men embarking, and a fight was narrowly averted. Tlie Cliilian Com mander afterwards apologised, bu^b not till all the Portuguese warsliips m jbhe harbor had. cleared for action. "Several of the, ioreign Consuls are likely to take forcible means to prevent the. Erra«uriz kidnapping suJijeqts of th^ir 'natiqnsf It is believed she lias already many concealed on board.

THE ST MAUDE CATASTROPHE.

Paris, ,)uly 28. . The driver of one of the trains which came into collision near St. Maude has been arrested for disobeying the signals. The under stationinaster at Yinceijnes has also been arrested.

RUSSIA AND FRANCE.

St. PKTBteSBUKf!, July 28. The Ozar tfnd Gzairiiui gave a State banquet fo the otiicersof the French fleet' at ' : ' ' '

OUTRAGES ON JEWS.

At mjdnighjb a bind' of' Russian so}diejs wai>tQo}y ijredV J ewislj hamlet

at Kie!e. Fourteen of the inhabitants were burned to death an..l twenty badly injured. The Jews m their desperation attacked the soldiers and killed several of them.

THE KHURDISH ABDUCTION.

Teheran, July 28. Tlif girl Greenfield assured the British Consul she had been converted to Tsl.nmism and followed her husband. She refused to return of her own free will.

BUDDHISM.

Colombo, J illy 28. Mrs Pickett, an Australian lady who was converted to Buddhism, has committed suicM \ In accordance with her will her remains were pub licly cremated m presence of seven thousand Buddhists.

POLITICAL.

(from our parliamentary corres pondent). Wellington, July 29. FEDERATION. This afternoon Mr G. Hutchison, asking a question on federation, said he was led to this by Lord Onslow's despatch to the Colonial Office, m which his Excellency wrote that the colony was not prepared or disposed to federate. He wondered why Government did not give the Hcuse an opportunity to discuss the question. The Minister'for .Justice said the Premier intended, with the leave of the House, to have the subject debated on Monday i night. BAD VENTILATION. The Premier was indisposed and did not appear iit the House m the after noon. Mr Seddon was also unavoidably absent. The late hours also begin to tell on members. The Premier is suffering from diarrhoea and a generally low state of health brought on, it is said, by the foul air and defective ventillation of the House, of which members generally are loudly c«m plaining. THE LABOR BILLS. On the motion to read the Labor Bilis a third time, Mr Rolleston entered a pro test against the haste with which the Bills was got through Committee at a very late hour. He feared the legislation, if carried out, would not be satisfactory to the colony, and reviewed the Truck Bill dis mally. PARTIES. The state of parties remains unaltered, except that a hardening process is going on, and the line of demarcation is more rigidly defined than ever. The fight over the Land Bill is expected to be severe, and the'rejection of the Labor Bills by the Upper House is looked upon as certain. THE FACTORIES ACT. The Select Committee finished consi deration of the Factories A«t to-day, mak ing one or two trifling amendments, the most important being that no person under sixteen years of age should work, more than forty ei<?ht hours per week. ' , THE AGENT-GENERALSUIP. Many eyes are turned on the Agent- Generakhip, and Mr Bryce asked to-day, without notice, whether the Agent- Generalship was to be filled. Mr Reeves requested him to give notice of the ques tion. THE LAND BILL. The Waste Lands Committee reviewed another section of the Land Bill and ap proved the one-man-one-run clause and considerably reduced the punishments for evasion. It is understood Ministers will agree to the proposal that the period of years over which instalments under the deferred payment, system are. payable - shall be extended.Clause 84, which debars a person from purchu&ingin trust/, whether for children or others, was passed ; Mr Richardson called for a division, and found himself the only opponent of this as well as the one man-one-ruu clause. The reduction m the term of imprison ment for breach of the Land Act was " from five years to two years Consideration of the much-debated clause 85, -which pre vents any person from holding more than 2,000 acres of land, was postponed. TAXATION. It was expected that the Property Tax Assessment Bill would have been brought down to-day, but owing to the illness of the Premier it was postponed. , BEWARE. Mr O'Conor raised a laugh m the House this evening by observing that the auctioneer? were a set of men of whom xh® community should beware. "Yes, sir," pursued the hon. member when the House laughed, 'M know. I've been an auctioneer mysslf." At this the laughter was redoubled,- and more so when the Buller lion extended his hand towards Mr T. K. McDonald who was conversing with the Minister m charge of the Bill. "He is an interested party, sir, let the hon. gentlemen beware."

Fish and Whiskey.

Tn a letter to the " Field," Mr R. J. Lloyd Price says :- "Since last spring the Welsh Whisky Company, Limited, have erected their distillery upon the River TreAveryn, about a mile and a half above my house, and having heard varied rumors as to the probaole effect of the re fuse from the same factory upon the finny denizens of the rocky stream. I took ad vantage recently of a spare afternoon and a light trout rod to satisfy myself upon the point; The weather could hardly be called propitious for the purpose, a cold north-east wind and- showers alternating pretty frequently with gimpses of bright sun. However, the trout were m a better humour than I had expected, ani an hour's stroll, assisted by a couple of duns and a March brown, soon showed me that ttie '•wash,' or mixture of barley-meal and hot water, which the distillery dis gorges at pretty regular intervals into the stream, has decidedly improved the quality and size of the fish, and con tinuous and punctual serving up of hot dinners seems to have imbued them jvith new life and vigour, for the very character of the rise of the trout appeared to me to be altered since last season. Every fish came up with a short, very sharp, and decided rush, more like a sea trout's flash at the fly than the ordinary effort of the brook trout, and very qubk striking seemed to be necessary to success. The character of the trout has decidedly altered, and-very much for the betted; whereas formerly. thi inhabitants o f t ne Ireweryri w^re father Jong, black, and, compared with othdr streams In the neighbourhood, of decidedly tafer&ii quality, both as regards- appearance ftiid merit for the table, now the fish are bright, clean, firm, fat and square, and, njorcoyer, iijost 'excellent dating, and vastly improved m average s«e, '{1^ been-told that on the Dee and Don, and other rivers m Scotland, where distilierios <Jo abound, the same improvement is noticeable m the salmon." Another Cor respondent says :—" It is certainly a fact that at the time when salmon disease w« playing havoc m ihe Tweod, the fish of the !>pey, the Dee, the Don. and the Deveron were free from the evil. These four rivers are all within the whisky country." J

THE ASHBUBTON GUARDIAN, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1891.



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