The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, JANUARY 1891. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mr F, Afkwright is the new proprietor o*' She " Rangitikel Alvocafce." A Dunedin telegram reports that Se,w Hoy, Big Beauh Company, lias obtained 9Gozs of retorted gold. Master CJutsam, ayoungDunedin/violinist lias had the honor of playing before the Queen afc Oaboriie. Sir Henry Parkes says he sees no necessity to take action respecting General' 'Booth*, scheme at present. He believes it is intended for Africa and not, for Australia. The " Wang.uHii Herald" says that Sir R. Stout's fee for defending the Chinese m the Hutt manslaughter case was 150 guineas and that it was paid by Mr Sew Hoy. A Wellington telegram says that it is understood that the lion T. W. Hislop has joiueel the local firm, of Brandon and Sona, solicitors. Bishop Blyth, of Jerusalem, says there are now m Palestine nearly 70,000 Jews, whereas m 1883 there were only 23,000, 1 and m 1841 only 8000. The splendid rain which we have had during the laat two or three daya seems to have been general throughout the Southern part of the colony. The JNew Year's sports at Tiniaru had to be postponed m conse quence. Our readers will be glad to learn that there is a probability of the Rev Charles Clark delivering one or more of his celebrated course of lectures m Ashburtoii at an early date. A traveller from Goombaigama, nearl Albury, writing of the locusts m that neigh borhood, says that m passing along a road one chain wide, with a hedge on both sides, the insects were so thick that the hedge was invisible from the centre of the road. The huge bungle .at New Plymouth—the breakwater-r—has about reached; its maximuir of mischief. A Taranaki paper reports that both Sir John Coode and Mr Blackett have advised the New Plymouth Harbor Board to stop works there. The full Court at Sydney refused to disturb the verdict of a jury who awarded a stonemason named Ackroyd £700 for the loss of an eye through the man coining m contact with a hedge that projected over a footpath m one of the streets of Bowral. News from Wairoa states that Constable Barry, while crossing the bar of the river m a punt, was drowned. A wavo capsized the punt, and Barry, :though', an excellent swimmer, was washed out to sea. A. boy who was with him scrambled to the shore. One of the largest, buildings m Northerp Germany is a new Hamburg hotel, just com pleted, arid built entirely of paper boards compressed to the hardness of wood. . One rather unexpected advantage 4 claimed on behalf of the new building material is the circumstance that, by being impregnated with certain chemical solutions, it can be made absolutely fire-proof. . A gentleman one« overheard two me chanics m Hyde Park having the most sensi ble conversation on baldness that he had ever listened to. They were talking of some advertisement of a balsam for the hair, and one of them said to the other : " Balsam, be hanged ! Do you suppose the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge would be both as bald as bell handles if money could save 'em." The following recipe for restoring scorched linen may be useful to some of our lady readers:—lngredients : Two onions, half ounce white soap, two ounces of fuller's earth, half a pint of vinegar. Mode: Extract the juice of the onions by pounding and pressing them ; cut up the soap and fuller's earth, and boil all together- When cool, cover the scorched linen with this mixture, and let it dry. Wash the linen and the scorches will disappear, if not so bad as to damage the texture. An amusing tale appears m a local paper about the West London Hospital. Some time since, says the " Hospital," the daily papers told of an accident to a small hoy who was run over m trying to save a cat. A tender-hearted lady sent a handsome sum for the humane little fellow who had been injured m the cause of a poor dumb animal. Imagine the feeliuga of the lady when the matron courteously acknowledged the money but stated that it was a tip-cat the boy had tried to save. The Otigo " Daily Times " says that on Saturday last a somewhat serious accident happened to the Rev George Barclay, late cf Geraldine, but now resident m Dunedin, As the Rev gentleman was inspecting the bookshelves m a well-known bookseller's shop, he fell down a trap-door m the floor, which had been carelessly opened behind him, and besides other bruises, he sustained a fractura of his leg just above the ankle. He was promptly removed .to his residence, where his injuries were attended to by Dr Hocken, and he is now progressing as favour ably as could be expected, considering the serious nature of his injuries. A contributor to the " Waimate Times " is responsible for the following " The general election has been productive of some strange results and some good stories. Up Christ church way, on the morning after, the house maid m a certain mansion, asked her mistress if she would give the cook a look at the newspaper, as her brother had been returned a member, and she wished to see the exact numbers of the poll. The mistress looked unutteraWe things, but laid aside her dignity and handed over the paper without a word of comment. Her feelings were per haps too big for utterance." A recent visitor to New Zealand says he was bo struck with the capabilities of the colony for making butter for export that he has writen for information for an Australian firm who are desirous of extending their operations fco New Zealand, and are prepared to go into the enterprise on an extensive scale. A Dalziel telegram, dated October 29, from Berlin, says:—Andreas Poch, a farmer at Papendorf, near Wandsbeck, found three masked burglars m his house on his return home on Wednesday. The robbers were trying to open his safe m a front room. Poch carried a revolver, which he discharged at ttie burglars through an open window, and so accurate was hia aim that he suc ceeded m disabling all of them. He then ran to a police, station, and when the police arrived at the scene they found one of the burglars dead and both of the others fatally wounded. It was then discovered that the dead robber waa Poch's own brother, and that the others were consins. It is only a year since New Zealand had a Salvation army of its own. Until 1889 it was merely a branch of the Australian force. Now it is governed by Colonel Taylor, whose head-cfuarters are m Christchurch, and he is responsible only to General Booth. The forces are divided into six divisions, which include the whole country, and each divisi^i has its corps, outposts, and officers. The chief officer of each division controls the working of the corps and the outposts ac fordiug to army regulations, and acts as auditor of the vouchers .which represeut the moneys expended and the moneys received. We notice, as showing the wonderful pro gress of the Army throught the world, that General Bootli lias just commissioned the ten thousandth oiscev. The " Wellington Times'" says: —We have just seen m that most excellent publi cation, ''Little Folks," a stpry of adventure m New Zealand which make,? some wonder ful misstaiements. A party of young people land m a kauri foiest icjose to Wellington ; they find snakes m tlie grass j they are attacked by blood-thirsty natives armed with " boomerangs " ; they are addressed as " Paheka," and tliey are threatened with tortures unme&tSouaJbie, They c flape only ' '■ *»ll into the hands of bushrangers, and to . - ~, r bring up safe within the sound finally tliL,, • >Vg and the roar of Cobb and of railway whisu "tittle Folks " has an Co.'s coaches. Now'jl,. '—'•s to have, enormous circulation, as it desei., ~A by reason of its excellent engravings aiu. varied attractiee material. Consequently a good many thousand young people will grow up with some very false ideas of New Zealand—ideas not unlike those imputed m friendly derision to the stranger arriving within our gate^f

Burgesses are reiimfded that Mr Andrews will address a public meeting m the Temper ance Hall at eight o'clock this evening. At Timaru on New Year's Eve " a frolic " was provided by the fireman who organised !i"Darktown Brigade" with a display of' fireworks. Saturday is settling day with the Tinwald Spacing Club, pay office being Scott's Motel, Tinwald, and the time nine p.m. Owing to the r.iin on New Year's Day the temperance gala / had. to be postponed. t To-morrow afternoon has been fixed for hold ing the sports, which commence at two p.m. at Mr J. C. Duncan's residence Beach road/ , Tenders for the completion of. St. Patrick's R C. Cathedral, Melbourne, with th«.excep tion ©f the tower, luive been accepted,: the' price being £40,300, and the successful tenderer Mr James Young, who lias been jonnected with the building since it was started. On the completion of this contract the cathedral will be completed with the exception of the three towers, the build ing of which it is roughly estimated will cost £30,000.

Sale of Blood Stock.

[PKR PRESS ASSOCIATION J Auckland, December 31. , The first of the yearling sales was held I to-day at Wellington ■ Park, Mr Thomas Morrin's stud farm. Ten of Mr Morrin's yearlings were offered,and one of these, a Cult by .Nordenfeldt from Frailfy, dam of Trenton, realised 2025g5, the highest price paid for a yearling m the colonies. The purchaser was Mr S. H. Gollan, of Napier. There was keen competition for the colt, who is a very handsome yearling with great hind quarters,, and amongst the bidders were Messrs D. O'Brien, W. R. Wilson (Australia)j and Day (Australia). A colt, by Nordenfeldt from Albatross, was sold to P. Butler for 330gs, and fora sister to Crackshob, a filly by Nordenfeldt from Pungawerewere. J; Marshall, Auckland, paid 200gs. Mr G. G. Stead bought a filly by Nordenfeldt, from Ouida, for 375g5. The total sum realised for the ten yearlings was 3700g5. Of the three Middle Park youngs'teis the only one sold was the two-year-old Eros, by St George—ldalia, bought by R. Mason for 120gs.

IRISH AFFAIRS.

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London, January 1. O'Brien will surrender himself to the authorities early m January. Parnell's friends m London declare ♦he basis of a compromise has been arranged. The Rev Henry Allon, Congrega tional minister, m a letter to the " Times," says the report of the Com mission showed Parnell was capable of treason and falsehood, and the divorce case has added to his delinquency, irrevocably destroying the confidence of the Nonconformists m him. Paris, December 31. A meeting between Messrs O'Brien and Parnell took place yesterday, and was marked by the greatest cordiality. After a brief interview |they lunched together, and subsequently had another conference. (Received January 2, 10.30 a.m,) THE LEAGUE FUNDS. London, January 1. Mr Parnell has refused to surrender the control of the Central League funds, and also declined Mr O'Brien's suggestion that Mr Dillon should be nominated as the leader of the party until such time as Mr Parnell is ready to resume it. Mr O'Brien considers that the party under the leadership of Mr Justin McCarthy have almost ruined the cause of Home Rule and jeopardised the American campaign.

New Year Honors.

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London January 1. The following New Year honors are gazetted :—Professor McCoy, of Mel bourne University ; Mr Thos. Suther land, Chairman of the P. and O. Com pany, General Edwards and Mr Brad don, Agent-General of Tasmania, to be Knight Commanders of St. Michael and St. George. Messrs Walter Kenna way, John Roberts (the President of the Dunedin Exhibition), and Jenkins, Clerk of the Victorian Parliament), to be Compandors of the same Order, Among other promotions, Sir Francis Sandford and Mr Edward Guinness are raised to the Peerage, and Sir Her cules Robinson and Sir Henry Raw linson become Baionets.

THE MARKETS.

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London, December, 31. Best mutton tallow, 275; beef, 25s to 25s 6d. [Received January 1 10.15 a.m.] London, January 1. The Queensland bondholders art enquiring, m the event of a triple division of that colony on what princij pie the bonds will be allotted. Ths Southern division is considered to te the best security. Consols, firm, 95f; New Zealand _ per cent inscribed stock, steady, 106 ; 31 per cent ditto, quiet, 94 The New Zealand Loan and Mer cantile Agency Company, Limited, have received the following cable message, dated London, 30th. Decem ber :— ' ; Wheat—Market is firm. New Zea land wheat, average and long-berried, is worth respectively 35s 9d and 37s 6d per 4961J^ ; i

SPORTING.

TINWALD RAOINTj CLUB.

NEW YEAR'S DAY MEETING.

President— DrTweed. Vice-presidents— Messi-iD. McLean, and C. M. Sfcrachey. Jcdok—ivlrM. HtitK Stewards—Messrs .T. Begg, G. Jutncs, M. Scott, I>. Thomas, M. Stilt, C. j\J. Strachey, H. H. Wright, E. Citites, nml Dr Tweed. Clkrk of tiik Couiisk—Mr V>. Tlanks. Clkuk of thk Scales—Mr A. J. Kelly. Staeteu—Mr 1) Thomas Thkasutikh—Mr M. Scotl. HA.N-mcAri'Kß--i\Tr J. Cross well. Twice m succession the Tinwald Racing Club has been unfortunate m getting a web-New Year's Day. At one time ifc was fey red, so heavy was the rain, that a post ponement would t*3 necessary; but ultimately although the downpour came intermittently, the weather cleared suffi ciently to allow the races to go on. There was a fair crowd of people on the ground m spite of the weather and much interest was takenin the several events. The going, however, was pretty heavy, and as a con sequence the time m most events was slower that it would have been m the ..bsence of a rain storm. Mr M. fcititt, the permanent judge of the Club's events; being absent on his wedding tour, his place was taken and ably filled by Mr E. G. Crisp. Mr E. J. Fookes> as Secretary, was ever on the spot, and indefatigable m the discharge of the onerous duties attaching to his officei Mr Thomas wielded the starter's flag satisfactorily, as he always does, and the Committee's arrangements for visitors accommodation were faultless. Mr Mark Scott, of tho Tinwald Hotel, had the booth under which he supplied creature comforts U) the weary and faint-hearted who had not "struck ile," and to the joyous and jolly who had " scooped the pools." Mr C. W. Davis provided the more solid refreshments always wantrd on a racecourse, and both establishments did well. During the day numerous coaches and expresses ran between the course and the town, carrying passengers at reasonable fares. • Following are details of the day's races:— Handicap Hurdle Rack, of 20 soy» ; second horse to receive 3 «ovs from the stake. Over six flights of hurdles. Ik mile. Mr F. N. Black's b g Clifton, aged Oat 71b (Ross) 1 Mr .7. M.Reid's b.g Cymaro, aged lOst'Jlbs (Dunn) 2 Mr N. J. Harrison's b g Marmion aged, lOst 7lb ... (J. Smith) 3 Mr It. Patterson's b m Inchlieith . syrs, 9st4lbs ... (Cochrane) dis. After a couple., of false starts m which Clifton was conspicuous, the flag fell to a moderate start of which Clifton got the best, and Inchkeith decidedly the wor«t, being left fully a chain behind. Clifton led over the hurdle m front of the stand, closely followed by Marmion, Inchkeith making up her lost ground fast, and a^ the three-quarter mile post shehad closed with the. Reader, but here unfortunately she jfan'round a hurdle. At the hill leading into the straight Cymaro fell back beaten. Clifton and Inchkeith led into the straight, with Marmion a couple of lengths behind, and after a desperate race, Inchkeith passed the post half a head m advance of Clifton, Cymaro two lengths away. A protest was entered against Inchkeith for having run round a hurdle, which was sustained, the stakes being awarded to Clifton. Totalisafcor, 142; 46 on.winner. Dividend—£3 2s. Maiden Plate, of 15 soys. second horse to receive 2 aovs from the stake. One mile. Mr N. Welsh's bra Corringa, 4yrs, Bsb lllbs ... ... ... (Walla) 1 Mr E. SauncJers' b g Portadown, syrs, Bsfc 131 b ... ... (Cochrane) 2 Mr A. J (lines' b m Rose of Cheviot, syrSj Bst 131 b ... (Mitchell) ,3 'Nav:cy7 Bst 131 b (carried lSlbs over weight), Canilft, Bst 131 b (carried lOlbs overweight), and Collina, Bst lllbs, also ran. Some little delay was .caused at tho post owing to a few false starts, but even tually a capital start was effected. Porta down was first away, closely followed by Corringa, the rest of the field m a bunch, a length m the rear. This order was maintained to the back of the course, where Corringa displaced Portadown. Corringa led into the straight a length m advance of Portadown, and tins order was maintained to the finish, Corrinsra winning as she liked. A bad third. Totalisator, 99, 34 on winner. Dividend —£2 12s. Tinwald Cup, of 45sovs, second horse to receive 5 soys, and third horse 3 soys from the stake. One and a half miles. Sfr W. Russell's br h Breadalbane, 4yrs, 9st ... ... (Holmes) 1 Mr F. Russell's b g Coinage^ syrs, 6st 131bs ... (Ray) 2 Mr J. J. Lewis' b g Kilmarnock, syrs, 6st7lbs (Holmes) 3 Don, Bst (McConochie), Corringa, 7sfe 31b, Zealot, 7st 91b, and Ben Bst 91 bs also ran. Liberator was scratched. Coinage got slightly the best of a capital start, i and led past the stand, Ben and Bread albane on his quarters. No material alteration took place till the back of the course was reached, where it became apparent that Breadalbane had a mortgage over the race, and asserted his right by closing with the leader, Don and Zealot falling back hopelessly beaten. At the distance Kilmarnock made hies effort to collar the leader, but without avail, Breadalbane leading right up the straight, and passing the winning post half a length m advance of Coinage, Kilmarnock close up, the rest of the field three lengths away. Dividend—L 2 Is. Handicap Time Trot, of 25 soys, second horse to receive 5 soys from tho stake. Three miles. Mr D. McKendry's b g Springfield, syrs, SOsecs ... ... (E. Price) 1 Mr G. Vesey's b g Jos»ph, aged, 50secs ... (Owner) 2 Mr C. Harrold's b m Wakanui, aged, 35secs ... ... (C. Harold) 3 Joe I. scr, Minnie 15secs, Home Rule and lolanthe 20secs, Biddy and Florrie 30secs, Belle, Victoria, Taipo, and Linda 35secs, Cascade, On Strike and Quail 4O.secs, Jess and Quicksilver 45secs, Long Sal and JSiancy 50secs also started. Springfield led for the first half mile, bub then breaking continuously, allowed Joseph to deprive him of the lead, but it was only momentary, as Springfield settling down to business m earnest soon wrested the lead from him. Linda, who had been running through her field rapidly, collared the leaders utthe mile and a half, but immediately broke, not alto gether spoiling her chance m the future, but evidently for that race. Passing the stand the second time Springfield led, Joseph still second, and m this order they trotted to the quarter mile post. Here Wakanui commenced to make a hot pursuit for the leaders, bub evidently too late as Springfield held his own to the finish, winning with the utmost ease from Joseph, Wakanui coming very fast, third. Dividend—£2 9s. Welter Handicap, of 25 soys, second horse to receive 5 boys from the stake. Mr J. M. Hampton's b g King of Ulster, 6yrs,Bst 111 b (McConochie) 1 Mr ?. Russell's br g Coinage, syrs, Bst 41b... ... ... ... (Ray) 2 Mt J. M. Reid's b g Cymaro, aged, §st ... ... ... ,(Kingan) 3 Ben, 9st J,2lb (carried s|lb over-weight), Mailboy, Bsc 101 b (cairied 2Jlb over weight), Tit Willow, Bst 41b, also ran. Coinage had the best ot the start, and Ben and Mailboy the worst, , Coinage led the field at a merry pace till the railway was reached, whore he. came back to the others. At the top of the straight Coinage and King of plater were, racing:neck and neck, Tit-i ] *'*— *nd Wfailboy falling to the rear'

rapidly. Coinage landed m the straight j with a quarter length lead, but King of ( Ulster, was ...iiot; to be ignored, and-; challenging him, soon obtained the lead, and, gradually wearing down his opponent, won very easily by a couple of lengths, Cymaro a poor tliird. Dividend—£6 2s. Novel Race, of 20 soys. Weight Bst. Six furlongs. Mr R. Patterson's bmlnchkeith, 6yrs (F. Holmes) 1 Mr T. Daly's b m Lady Darling, swjed (Thomas) 2 Mr F. N. Black's eh m Duchess of Albany, aged ... (McOonooluo) 3 Zest, Royalty, Camla, and Goldfinch also ran. Goldfinch jumped away with the lead, but soon gave way to Royalty, who. held the lend to the straight! "Goldfinch falling hack, her place being taken by Lady Darling. At the rails Inchkeith shot out from the rear, and won a good race by half a length. Dividend—£22 2s. The winner was bought m for £23. FtYisa Hanmcap, of 25 soys ; second horse 5 soys from the stake. Winner of the Cup or Welter Handicap to carry 71b extra.. Six furlongs. MrJ. J. Lewis' b g Kilmarnock, 6st ■■71b ... (Holmes) 1 Mr W. Russell's br g Breadalbane lOst (71b extra) ...' (F. Holmes) 2 Mr D. Zander's eh m Glenlora, 7st 121 b .... ... (F. Kingan) 3 Zealot Bst, Portadown 7st 131 b, Clifton 7st 71b, Corringa 7st 71b, Somonunu7st, Lady Darling 7st, and Nightingale 6st 71b, also ran. Glenlora rushed to the front at the fall of the flag, with Nightingale her nearest attendant, Breadalbane some four or five lengths m the rear of the leaders. The field raced almost m file to the top of the course, when Breadalbane ran across the course, catching the leaders, Glenlora and Kilmarnock, just - before the rails were reached, when the three fought out a good race, Kilmarnock, by good horseman ship on the part of Holmes* his jockey, winning by about a neck. Dividend—£lß. Consolation Handicap, of 15 soys, second horse 2 soys. Six furlongs. Mr A. Jamas' b m Rose of Cheviot, 6yra, 7stl2lb ... (F. Kingan) 1 Mr F. Russell's b g Coinage, Bst 51b (Ray) 2 Mr E. W. Osborne's brm Zealot, syrs, Bsfc 31b ... (Thomas) 3 Rose of Cheviot had a little the best of a good start, and-maintained it to the finish, winning easily by a length. Divi dend- £3 ss. A Hurry Scurry, of 10 soys, catch weights, was won by Nightingale, but on ftccountof herhaving run across a portion of the Course, the stakes were awarded to The Ganger, avlio came m second. Divi dend—£4 14s.

The Indian Rising.

THE WAR BECOME GENERAL,

ATTACK ON PINE RIDGE.

BURNING OF A MISSION ;•■ STATION. '

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Washington, December 31. In the encounter between the troops and Indians m Nebraska, 75 cavalry men and 2 officers were killed and wounded, and 110 Indian warriors and 250 women and children were slaughtered, the whole of those m camp being exterminated except six children. News has been received that 5000 Indians are encamped around the Pine Ridge agercy, which is crowded with settlers and their wives and faaulies, who, being m mortal dread of the Indians, have left their homes m the vicinity and have sought refuge m the agency. It is expected that the Indians will shortly make an attack on the agency. The Avar with the Indians has now become general. Other advices state that a provision train, whilst on its way to Pine Ridge, was attacked by a party of Indians. After severe fighting, the redskins were driven off, thirty of their number having been killed. Seven hundred Indians have been captured near Pine Ridge. [Received January 2, 10.30 a.m.] New York, ( January 1. Eighteen hundred Indian braves at tacked Pine Ridge,^and by theiratroci ties have placed that country and its vicinity m a state of terror. One regiment of cavalry had a narrow escape from destruction, being very nearly entrapped by the Indians. The latter continue their depredations, and have burnt the Catholic mission. It is expected that war will be declared against the Indians, and that their extermination will ensue.

The Weather in Europe.

THE THAMES FROZEN OVER,

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London, December 31. The Thames is frozen over ftt Twickenham. The extremely cold weather which has been experienced m England lately has been the cause of a large number of deaths. The intense frost which still continues m England »hd on the Continent is causing a great amount of damage. In some parts jof England railway lines have been in jured and stock is suffering severely from effects of the weather, and large numbers of deer have left the hills and forests, and are seeking food at farm houses. Hundreds of hares have been I frozen to death. Berlin, December 31; The severe frost which has prevailed during the last few weeks, has de stroyed scores of miles of wooden pavement m the city.

HOGMANY.

Wednesday was the last day of 1890, —the Hogmanay of out Scotch friends : the night sacred to feasts of haggis, "rye loaf," shortbread and Athole brose ; and first-footing excursions. The meaning of the word Hogmanay no writer of Scottish folk-lore has ever been; able to lay down ; it has been lost m the mists of antiquity ; but the "•first footing" customs of the country most readers of Scottish literature are familiar with. A change has. of late years come over the spirit of Scotland's dream m regard to her drinking habits. She no longer quaffs copiously of the "mountain dew," nor believes m the potency of " a wee drap usquebagh " as a cure for all the ills that flesh is heir to— from a "crying wife tae a broken leg." So that with the decadence of her love for the native wine of her country will thore also be a falling-off m the observance of the habits and customs of Hogmanay. No doubt the same dense crowds "will have collected m front of the town clocks of the old townships and burghs, and cities, and awaited with a hushed patience, till the last stroke of midnight of the dying year had been told. Then, too,, perhaps, there will have been the samg hearty handshakes as of yore, and the, same pairing-off of lovers homeward bound ; huh not m one pocket m ten will h»Y9 been found this Hogmanay, as <rf

yore was wont to he, tlio old-fastiionocl fat hor'i of whisky, tho wee " tappit hen " m atone or glass, also full of neat spirits, or the flut-sided quaich equally well supplied. Those irinking nr.sfc7tbo.Un!? habits are now more honored m tho breach than tho observance, and hut few honest old bur^hors now have any reason to fear bsiiig aw.-ikenod m the sninll hours to sib up m bod and drink neat whisky straight from the bottle or quaich to their own and their visitors' health, and tho luck that is hoped-for m the Isow Tow. Yet Hn« manay, arid sorau of its customs, are still observed m many parts of the world —m fact, wherever Scotchmen are, there will you hear of Hogmanay. In this colony the young people make much of the night, and sometimes take rough horse play liberties with the uroperly of staid residents,, but beyond these and a little noisy, if innocent mirth, no one has any reason ti complain of the exuberance of their youthful spirits. Wednesday night (New Year's Eve) w»i honored m much the same way as it has always been inAshburton. Tiie customary watch-night *ser vices were held, and the yourier people were about numerously until a late hour. In view of the holiday on the following day the bhops m Ea&t Street were open until the ordinary Saturday hour**, making a similar display :to that made on Christmas Eve. Among those mentioned m our Christmas notice we omitted to give the names of Messrs L. F. Andrewes and Co. who made a most attractive display of Christmas and New Year cards and booklets, and prize and reward books and stationery, besides a large collection of books and articles suitable for presents; and Mrs Adams, Saunders' Buildings, whose shop was quite m gala order with fancy goods, toys, and ladies' work.

Complimentary Dinner TO Mr E.G. Wright, M.H.R.

On Wednesday evening the Ashton, , Waterton, and Longbemch supporters m the recent election, contest of Mr E. G. Wright, M.H.R., entertained their mem ber to a dinner m the Waterton Hotel. The dining room of the hotel was very, comfortably filled, and a feature of the meeting was the large number of young men present m addition to the represen tative farmers of the district. After an excellent repast had been honored, Mr J. C. N. Grigu, who was Chairman, ; tendered apologies for Messrs John Orr, Andrew Orr, Hugo Friedlander, Rudolf Friedlander, and others, and read a letter from his father, John Grigg, Esq.. m which he expressed his hearty sympathy with the Committee who had taken this means of showing their appreciation 1 of the service Mr Wright had ren dered the district m coming forward to represent; it? interests at a critical time. The Chairman having given the usual loyal and patriotic toasts,  Mr George Gilmour gave the toast of the evening " Our Member, Mr E.-O. Wright," There was a great tendency on the part of many farmers to ignore the service^ of well known men, but he was pleased to be able that night to propose the health of Mr Wright as their member at a com plimentary meeting like the present. Mr Gilmour made commendatory reference to the work Mr Wright had done, both as a Road Board member and a member of the County Council. Without wishing! to deprive Mr Walker of the credit that belonged to him m connection with bringing ;the'Railway traffic bridge to a .successful completion, it was a well-known fact that to Mr Wright was due the credit of obtaining the first vote of £5000 that enabled the bridge to proceed. Mr Wright had been energetic as a member of the House, and had done much good work while he was there. He' would undoubtedly have beor m the Ministry which was m power when he was m the House, had he been butamereplaceliuntor. But Mr Wright was not a place hunter, and he declined to accept the portfolio of Postmaster-General and with it the emo luncnts If the office without giving a service m return that would at least leave him with the consciousness of having done his duty. Mr Wright knew that his abilities did not lie m the direction of managing the postal and telegraphic de tails of the colony. Had he been asked to take the portfolio, of Public Works he would have accepted the position and would have been an honor to the colony and df inestimable service m the position. , He hoped that m the next Parliament the Government would be able to retain a majority, and he was quite sure that sooner or later Mr Wright would be their Minister of Public Works. Mr Wright's services on the Harbor Board were anything but inconsiderable, and the farmers especially had reason to be thankful to him for hav ing initiated and carried to the last stage —the point of commencing to build—the proposal to provide cool storage at Lyttelton for dairy produce awaiting ship ment. He asked them to honor the toast with cheers and chimes. The toast was drunk with cheers and musical honors accordingly. Mr Wright, m acknowledging the toast, said he owed his thanks to the many farmers m the district who had worked to secure his election. H© had been very largely supported by the Ash burton farmers, but neither could he j overlook the fact that he had been sup ported by all. classes of the community, and more especially by the working men. He was pleased to say that there had noli been a workman m his own employ but had worked for him m the election and lent his whole energies to secure his return. The farming interest must for years be paramount m this colony, and while ho was thanking the farmers for the aid they had given him he must include with them the farm laborers, for m this colony the workman of to-day was the farmer of to-morrow. There were many of hi* old workmen who were now well-to do farmers. The farmer was essentially a liberal-minded man, and the fact had been made apparent of late years. He was not the greenhorn that many people elected to set him down as, and the day was gone by, when he was spoken of derisively as a Cockatoo, but he was spoken of respectfully now as a Farmer. It behoved the farmers to look after their own. interest and to keep themselves well posted up m the affairs of the day, so that no injury should be inflicted upon their interest by any other class of people. He mentioned . tliis because of the Land Tax agitation of ' which they had heard so much during the ' election. An Auckland publication called i " Justice," among other crudities, had, m one of its issues, said that all that was ' required as a substitute for the revenue I from Customs and from all other sources j was two-thirds of the unimproved rental i of the land. The writer ignored the mortgagee altogether m this estimate, I and the mortgagee m many cases required two-thirds of" the unimproved rental, so i that the owner would be left out m the cold altogether, and the tax collector and mortgagee left to solve the problem of 1 how to extract twice two-thirds from one whole. Yet, m spite of the absurdity of many such statements as these, there were ignorant people who "wallowed them wholesale, never questioning for a moment the truth of what they saw m the papers, bub taking everythingthey saw m them for gospel. Mr Wright went on to say that such questions as these would have to be foughfc out m Parlia ment, and it was the farmers' interest to keep an eye upon their progress. In the South, he noticed, an Association had been, formed po look after fanners' in terests, and he 'wo.ujd like to see a similar one formed here—a Society, with a Secretary to do its clerical, work,.. that would keep watch upon the market move wonts throughout the world, and keen

ifcs members an. fait with the fluctuations of supply and demand and Vfilne». The A. and P. Association could nob dis charge such an office, ai its functions wore of a totally different character; the Co-operative Societies did it to some extent, ;itid the newspapers did it only occasionally ; but were such a. Society an he had hinted at m active and permanent existence, it would guMe the farmers as fco when they should sell or hold cheir produce. He knew an instance m which oats that could have been sold two years ago at 2« 6d per bushel 1 were' held: over, and were recently sold at Is per bushel. Had a- full knowledge of the market prospects of the world been available to the owner of those rats they -would hare been sold when the higher price w*;B available, and he would nob have kept them for two years at such a sacrifice. Then farmers would have to take ad vantage m the future of every possibility of agriculture. They had iti their own neighborhood a gentleman who showed an example of how this could be done, m the person of Mr John jGrigg. Then there was a department of agriculture he re gretted to see very much neglected' m New Zealand—that of hops. He did not wish to say one word that.would offend the sensibilities of the. many temperance friends that he saw round thftt table, but he would say that he feared the time was a long way off yet when everybody, would believe and practice total abstinence. Until that time came, and while people, continued to ask for something to drink, it would be necessary for hops to be grown. It was far better, for th« people to drink their owri' good home-br<iwed ale than bad spirits. He had read only recently that m Derry, a class of . spirit was. consumed called ether. This liquor had come mas a tem perance drink, and was now Bold at a penny per small glass. It was very rapid m its intoxicating effects, but the effects did not last long, so that a man Might be able to get drunk two or three t;mes a day, but according to the medical authorities the effect upon the systems of those who indulged m this kind of in toxicant was very deleterious. He would certainly rather see the people drink ing good home-brewed ale than spirits like ether. In regard to the exodus of popu lation from the colony of which they had heard so much of late, he looked upon it as an excellent advertising medium, and die people who had gone away would sooner or later return. .After a reference to his 33 years'experience of thocolonyand the progress he had noted m, that time, and making a favorable comparison between, the times of to-day m the full bloom of civilisation and the pioneer and .primitive times of 33 years ago, he went oh to draw a favorable comparison between the climate of New Zealand and these of other places. There were no long seasons; of drought m New Zealand, no plagues of locusts, ho devasting fires that travelled m belts,twenty or'thirty miles wide and burned up all the vegetation on the face of nature ; no; arctic, clihiate at any season of the year as m Dakota and Canada, while the average yield of wheat per aero of New Zealand was. highe* by eight or ten bushels tjhan that of any. other Australasian Colony, and bur death rate the lowest, m the world,' Parties m New Zealand politics were* now so evenly balanced that there would probably be several changes before one side or the other settled down with a working majority. He felt well assured that if the Opposition could hold office for three years (which he thought highly improb able) they would at the end of that time, be more unpopular than the present Government had ever been. A ■ Ministry seldom lasted more than ehree years. After that time new blood began to he asked for. Ministries had been popular at a time when the Colony was borrowing money freely and spending it'lavishly, while high wagoa were earned, and there were piping times of plenty. Bub the colony was now paying for these times, and there was a strong feeling of antagon ism to all further borrowing of money. He had said that the farming interest was paramount m this colony and likely to remain so for Rome time to come ; but while he recognised this, and tie duty ° Parliament m connection with it, h looked forward to the time when ih manufacturing interest would be para mount m New Zealand, and their colony be the workshop of the Southern Hemis phere. A century ago, Great Britain held no very high place m the world of manu factures ; but thanks to her utilization of the mineral resources she had m such abundance and the energy and, enterprise of her people she had taken the first place among nations. New Zealand had the same resources available to her—both abundant and close to her hand. Then there was an abundance of unutilised power that would m time be turned to good account. There were large rivers with rapid fall running waste to the sea, and their power was at present lost, but the time would come when .this power would be used to drive machinery, and the electric motors would spread that power to drive looms and machines of every kind. Mr Wright, after thanking them for the compliment paid, him by that meeting, concluded by a > promise to omit no effort on his part . to deserve the confidence and trust that bad been reposed m him. (Loud applause.) Mr Alex. Protheroe briefly proposed the " Longbeach Road Board," speaking of the attention and painstaking of the members of the Board m discharging the business of the district. He coupled the name of Mr John Shearer with the toast, who briefly replied. '*' ' Mr Cobb, ih a r»cy and eloquent speech, proposed the "Edu ational Interests of ths colony," couplinsr with it the name of Mr Mitchell, the able master of the Ashtbn school. Mr Cobb took: occasion to pay a high compliment to the Ashton school, and referred to the recent gaatifying reports received by the Ashton School Committee. Mr Mitchell replied m a few words of modest acknowledgment. The Chairman proposed " The County Council." In doing so he found fault with the Bystcm of valuation pursued by the Property Assessment Department, and felt confident that the valuation ' would be more equitable and better for all parties if left ih the hands of the County Council. He coupled the toast with the name of Mr Wright. Mr Wright, m responding, spoke of the excellent work done oy the Council since it had been established, and said that tho question of irrigation had not yet been lost sight of. He knew the Council were sincerely desirous of doing what was best for tho county. He had been on the County Council since its commencement, and had for many years' been associated with Mr Crrigg m that body. In regard to plantation matters, these had been managed only for a few years by the Council, and previously to that they had been m the hands of a Board. When he became Chairman of the Board, and looked into the Board's properties, he found that; the reserves were only lot for £250, and it took lOper cent tocollect the re venue. He set about reforming this, and the result .was that they now brought ih £1500 at a cost for collection of 2£ percent. The plantations that had been established m the county had given quite a park-like appearance to the country. Other toasts were proposed, among others thtt healths of' the Chainnaii, and Mr Brotheroe, who Had doßenSuch work; m connection with the arrangements for the meeting, and rqf/ the host for his excellent spread/and the meeting closed after the usual parting ceremonies. Several excellent songs were sung during the evenimr. . ~

THE ASHBTTBTON GUARDIAN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1891



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