The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, MAY 25, 1891. THE KTNDERGARTEN SYSTEM.

The second annual ineeting of the Dunedin Kindergarten Association, last weekj was made the occasion oi general congratulation upon the success that had attended the institution dur ing the short period of its existence. The Association's system of infant schools is copied from that of Ger many, and its objects arc well explained m the " words of the report," namely : —" Our plea for the establishment and support of the Kindergarten- Associa tion is that the State leaves unclaimed the most valuable years of childhood, and wo call on the citizens of Dunedin to arise and gather the little ones into sheltered valleys, where ' the vine may bud and the pomegranate may flower.' Let us bring these children more and more into touch with Nature, and teach them to listen to the songs of the birds and to 'win the secrets of a weed's plain heart.' Thus will they gain .satisfaction with the many cost less pleasures that lie around them, and we shall be content to trus>t the future with the harvest) of this well used springtime." In a word instruc tion and entertainment are combined. There can be no doubt that children requirfe early training—education of a sort that i< not provided by the State, but which every good mother strives to give her children, and which tends to make the children grow up to be men and women of good moral character and free from selfishness and the other defects which are the conse quences of a neglected childhood. The Kindergarten Association takes hold of children too young for the State schools, but whose minds are plastic and capable of receiving impressions which will determine the bent and purpose of their whole lives. The self suppo'ting Kindergartens are fulfill ing this duty to the children of those m independent circumstances, and to these our remarks are not directed ; but the Dunedin Association has planted its school m one of the poorest parts of the city, and gives its advantages freely to the children of those who are less fortunately situated. It is a work deserving of the heartiest sympathy of all earnest people who have the wel fare of the community at heart. The results of the teaching given there cannot fail to be of lasting good m moulding and elevat ing the minds of children who might otherwise drift lower and lower until they became numbered among the lapsed masses. That the system is a most effectual safeguard against such a danger is proved by the fact that of seven 'thousand children who hays passed through the free kindergartens of San Francisco not one has yet had its iiame placed upon the police records. It is the desire of the Dunedin Associa tion to seethe system extended so as to embrace every town, and with this object m view teachers are being trained m the special methods of the system, and the active sympathy of well-wishers is appealed for. The Association should have no cause to complain of the apathy of those who are willing to help a well-directed effort towards improving the future state of society.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Readers are finally reminded of the Druids* Social, which takes place m the O.ldfellowc' Hall this evening. Property is moving off m Southland. The " Mataura Ensign reports o/nuinhor of sales of farms, from 100 to 400 acre*, at good prices. Mushrooms generally consist of 90percent of water ; but m spite o; this, the balance of 10 per ceut is said to be more nutritious than bread. On Sunday, being Her Majesty's birthdap the congregation of St Stephen's Church sang a verse of the National Anthem before com mencing the usual order of service. A foreign watchmaker has patented a device by which, an hour or two before a clock runs down, the word "wind" will appear at an opening m the dial. Wauganui is projecting a fishing company with a capital of £2500 m £1 shares. It is proposed to employ a small steamer and a couple of smacks m the trade. The total shipment of wool from New Zea land for the four months ending on April 30, was 289,841 bale 3, being an increase of 29,787 balea on the corresponding period of last year.

A Scenery Preservation Society has been inaugurated m New Plymouth for the pur pose of preserving local scenery from the pepredations of nineteenth century vandals. A bow-legged man was standing before the stove warming himself, A small boy watched him intently for a whilOi and then he broke out: "say, mister, you're standing toQ near the fire; you're a warping. The Swiss people are alarmed by the decadence of the watcli industry, which is one of the leading sources of revenue of the country. American and English competi tion is becoming more pronounced and the demand for Swiss watches is falling off. According to a Sydney i&fst the tarift for Sara Bernhardt's season there is to be as follows :—Dress circle, 15s ; front stalls, 12s; centre portion, 10s; rear portion, 7s 6d j and gallery, 2s (3d, These figures ate liable to be varied, but at present is the tariff fixed. Her Majesty's reign has exceeded Queen Elizabeth's by two years. George lIJ. died at the age of eighty-two, George 11. at seventy-seven, William IV, reached seventy two, and Quef.n Y^m^> whom God pre serve, attained the ag« of seventy-two yes terday. Some sneak thief went out to Newtown Patk, Wellington, the other day, and picked the pocketi of several of the members of the j teams engaged m the match Banks v Fire Insurance Companies. A number of articles of jewellery, as well as a quantity of looe# silver, were appropriated.

The Government Geologi.it of South Aus tralia has forwarded a report to the Com missioner of Crown Lands on the alleged discovery of mercury about eight miles from Willunga. Two localities were examined, and samples of rock yielded small globules of mercury, bit nothing has been iound to warrant mining operations anything more than prospecting. The Queen is among the subscribers towards the cost of excavating at Quarr Abbey, near Ryde, with a view to discovering and recon structing the ground plan of the building. The position of thg cloisters has been dis covered, ans also '{she ch»pter : house and three steps leading to ths latter. The beauti ful bascgof the columns m the chapter-house ha»'n also been unearthed. Jn addition t9 the particulars given m our i obituary notice we may s^ite that the late Hon W. S, Peter was qallpd to the Legisla tive Council by the Stafford Government m 1863. It is mentioned by the Ppeas that about thirty-five years ago Uo did ft.large amount of exploring m the notfhvweitoitt part of Australia, and wan alii over .the district which is now known as the Kimber l«y goldfields. Teas free from any excess of astnn seney. South British Tea Company s pure $*?!*?'. AH Beekeepers, , I

The excursion train from Christchurch |to Timaru to-day was unusually well freighted | with passengers over 300 being on board when the train landed at Ashburton, where 113 more embarked. The train waa twelve cars long, and as stoppages were to hp made all along the line, the oars would doubtless be well filled before reaching their final destination. The " Star "v is informed that a lupus patient m the Ihuiedin Ho3pUnl, who has been treated with Koch's tuberculine, ia making most satisfactory progress towards convalescence. Dr Reimer, who saw the woman when she wns first treated by Dr Gordon Macdonald, saw her again on Friday, when she had so far recovered as to be able to use one of her eyoe, which was previously stone blind. 1 he Queen's Birthday holiday was largely taken advantage of by the townspeople. The 'weather was excellent; bright sumihinc, a .mild .atmosphere, anil a total absence of Wind, making the day all that could be desired for ah outing; Many parties were made up for drives m the country, and the railway trains both north and south were largely patronised. In Wellington unemployed tradesman are I (Sailing upon the Government to find then work. In Wanganui (says the " Chronicle") the local educational authorities cannot get tradesmen to perform the work they waut done m certain portions of the district. On two separate occasions tenders hivo been called |for publicly for : the erection |of schoolhouses at Pemberton and Apita, but not a solitary tender has.,leei received. The work is consequently hung up. A lad named Thomas Galvin, aged thirteen yeir.» 'met with a peculiar accident at Oberne, near Wagga Wagga (New South Wales). He was playing with an iron ram rod of an Enfield rifle by throwing it up m the air and catching it. He failed, to catch it on one occasion, and it fell perpen dicularly, striking him on the back of the head, the thin end of the rod penetrating the skull to a depth of several inches. The lad was . taken to the hospital, where the operation of trephining was successfully per formed. He is m a critical state, but hopes are entertained of his recovery. ;

Vt ither Anselir, flight porter at the Grande Chartreuse Monastery, has just died. It was under this humble name that M. de Brecourfc, who once played such a brilliant part m the highest Parisian society, finished his daya. M. de Brecourt was married three times, and by his third wife he had a daughter. One day, on coming home from shooting, he discharged his gun into a thicket behind whicli his daughter happened to be standing. She fell, shot dead. In despair M. de Brecourt entered as a simple friar the Monastery of Grande Chartreuse m the most humble and trying of functions. TheHon R. Oliver M.L.C., has act an example which we hope will be followed by other wealthy colonists, having just sent ott as a present to the picture gallery of the Dunedin Art Society the following works of Well-known artists viz ; —"Peace and War," by J. R. Herbert, R.A.; >CA Landscape," by Mark Fisher ; " Pur la Terrasse," by R, Ambros; " Poultry," by R. Beavis ; "On the Common," by t)an Fisher ; "On Loch Lomond,' by A. Fraser, R.S.A. } "Pour le dessert," by G. Doj en ; "By the Sad Sea Waves," by H. J. l)urv*Se. Every one of these pictures has been exhibited m either the French Gallery, Pall Mall, the Grosvenor Gallery, or the Royal Academy. Mr Glover, organising agent of the New Zealand Alliance, addressed the people m the Schoolroom f\ Mount Homers, on Thursday evening last. Owing to the boisterous state of the weather the attendance was not large. The chair was taken by the Rev W. Finlay* son, who, m a few well chosen remarks, introduced the speaker. Mr G'ovcr on rising was received with applause, and for an hour dilated on prohibition and various phases of the temperance question, and at the close ot the address several enlisted themselves as members of the New Zealand Alliance. On the motion of Mr James Price, seconded by Mr R. Stewart, a hearty vote, of thanks was accorded to Mr Glover for his address, and the meeting closed by sing ing the Doxology. The members of the -Ashhurton Band held a meeting la3t we?k, the object of which was to reorganise the band, with v view to im proving the unsatisfactory position m which it has been for some time. After dousiderr able discussion on the subject, a resolution was passed appointing Mr George Hoskin bandmaster ai a yearly salary, Mr Hoskin accepted the position for twelve months, but only on the understanding that the members not only attend the practices, but, practice hard, and Avork themselves up for the summer. It was resolved to make an effort to procure a little outside support as the band is sadly m want of new instruments and a refit m this direction would cost £100., Few places of its size have i>o many brass players as Ashburton, and only a [little tact, gome energy, and a kindly feeling, with iv 1 little more love for music itself than for what it may bring m a pecuniary sense, are washed to provide a band for the town inferior to few m the colony.

To-Day's Holiday.

[rjER PRESS ASSOCIATION,] Dunbdin, May 25. There is grand weather for the holi day. The principal attritions are the races, and Volunteer review, both of which are well attended. Auckland, May 25. There is Queen's weather for the holi day, not a cloud m the sky. A sham tight is propeeding at the forts, The attacking force is under Major. Aforrow, and consists of a battery of Artjllery, the City Guards, Newton Rifles, Irish Rifles, and Victoria Rifles. They embarked on the ferry steamer this morning. The •defending force, under Major Skinner, is now m possession of the forts, It comprises the Auckland and Ponsonby Navals at Fort Cautley, Engineers at Mount Victoria, and the 0. Battery of Artillery at Fort Takapuna. Two men of the Permanent force were detailed off to each of the boats. A number of picnics are proceeding and the Takapuna racps take place this after noop. The Huntley Disaster Fund Tro':ting and Pony Meeting was held at Potter's paddock on Saturday, and was fairly well attended. During the afternoon a sensa tional dividend of £130 16s was paid over the Selling Trot which was won by a horse named Disappointment. The soli tary ten-shilling ticket was conjointly held by Mr E. W. Alison (Mayor of Devonport), and Mr Charles Bailey, the wellsknown boat builder. There was a disagreeable incident m connection with the Celling Trot. A horse named Sailor Boy carried the wrong saddle-cloth and finished first. There was a great howl amongst the, public and the outcome w*is that tjhe Stewards deolared the contest null and void, and JUsappointment won the second time, paying the monster dividend. The Handicap Trot, of f»Q soys, was won by NeJlie j CJiili, segarid j s!ao hariah, third, '

FARM ITEMS.

It has been urged againat geese-breed ing or keeping that they injure meadow land ; but from our own experience we have found quite the reverse, the grass having wonderfully improved m a field m which a flock has been running all the winter. We have found geese most profitable. They live to a^great age, an I their prolincness seems to increase rather than diminish with age.- Their eggs are very rich, and most useful m the culinary department; their feathers are always readily bought by upholsterers ; their bodies will always sell at the lowest at 6i per lb, and what is more toothsome than a roast goose ?—•' Fanciers' Gazette."

The recent «««vcre weather has done serious damage to the French winter wheat crop, and the Government have agreed, owing to the loss thus sustained by farmers, to remit them one-half of the year's land tax on the acreage under wheat. M. Meline, formerly Minister of Agriculture, m proposing the remission m the Chamber, declared that 5,000,000 out of 17,500,000 acres of wlysat had been de stroyed by the soyere winter, and the pre sent Minister, • M. Devillee, agreed m the estimate. The loss to the farmers was put at 80,000,000fr to 100,000,000^. Patagonia isjthe rnqst repent addition to the ranks of the frozen meat exporting countries—a result of course attributable to the employment of British capital. The country is said to be well adapted to the breeding of the hardier description of English mutton »h«^p.

There is one fnct (writes an American paper) that cunnol be obliterated. It is that the trotting-bred horse is to b« the future roadster. Four minutes to the mile plugs are no longer m demand. Men don't want them and women won't have them. They wane to travel at a more rapid rate, or at least to be able to, if they dosiro at any time to do so. The horse has been given speed for mail's pleasure, and it can be wisely used for his health and comfort. Men m cities, towns, and villages will be buying more largely every year trottina-brtfd horses for their buggies, phaeons, barouches, etc. This is encouraging to the breeder of trotting horses, and !o the farmer who is patronising trotting stallions, as he will be sure to got more than double for such produce than he would for ordinary farm horses. The outlook for high-bred trot ting stock is growing brighter all the time. At the late annual Birmingham short horn show and sale, of 633 shorthorns forward, 576 were sold, realising an average of £30 0t 7d, the highest price being £220. Only- five animals reached three figures, which makes the general average all the more notable. In no other sale of equal or even half the same pro portions has the average m any other breed come up to anything like the above figui'e. Dairy farmers m this colony will (says the " New Zealand Times"; bo gratified to lean the fact that firms of German mer chants are beginning to advertise here for agents willing to supply them with New Zealand butter. The prices obtained by Mr Cox, the agent of the Middle Island Dairying Association, for the shipment he took Home weve Is Id to Is 2d per pound. Surely this should be an m entive to t;ir mers to prepare and present a good article which they can do. and which will always command a market. In connection with .tba .shipment of butter from Victoria during the season which has just terminated, claims have been made for bonuses amounting to £10,000. Of this sum £2660 will go to one firm, £2520 to another, and £500 to a third, New regulations will be framed with the object of recognising the claims of dairymen and factories, but nfttany made by middlemen. It has been definitely decided to discontinue the bucter bonuses.

The " Australasian " says :—" The total sum voted by Parliament for bonuses for buiter factories, fruit canning, fruit dryit.g. raii-in and currant making, the manufacture of vegetable oil, the pre paraticn of flax, hemp, etc, was £37,000. Of this amount £5300 has been expended m connection with butter factories and creameries, and the Minister of Agri culture has decide! that a further sum of £13,140 shall be devoted to the en couragement of the dairying industry. The factories and creameries are to be classified according tq the amount of money spent on them. Factories erected and fitted at a cost of not less than £1000 are to he placed m the first class, and those costing not less than £700 m the second. For the first class of creameries there must be an expenditure of not less than £500, and for the second not less than £300. For second class factories and creameries only half the rates named m the regulations will be paid." By the Js.s, Ruapehu there was shipped to Rio a consignment; of purebred South down sheep from the flock of Mr S, Gar forth, of Spreydon. The consignment comprised two two-tooth rams, one two tooth ewe, and two four-tooth ewes. • The two rams are grandsons of Mr John Dean's well-known imported ram Streetly. The ewes are by Duke, an imported ram from the Prince of Wales' flock, Sandring , ham. It is understood that the ultimate designation of thene sheep is Buenos Ayres, whither some New Zealand South downs were sent some years ago. The South American fi,ock=ownera evidently mean to leave no stone unturned m their 1 efforts to rai»9 their sheep to the New Zealand standard.

THE MARKETS.

(TKK IJKKSB1 JKKSB ASSOCIATION.] London, May 23. Frequent conferences have taken place lately between the Directors of the Bank of England and the Joint-Stock Banks, With respect to strengthening the cash reserve of the Bank of England. It is understood the Banks are preparing for dangers which are looming ahead m the .financial market, hence the desire to have the reserves increased, The New Zealand Loan and Mercan tile Agency Company. Limited, hare received the following cable message, dated London, 22nd May, 1891 :— = Tallow — There is a fair demand. Good beef tallow has advanced 6d per ewt. since last report. Frozen Meat—Market firmer, Prime New Zealand lambs are worth per carcase s|d per lb. New Zealand beef, fore quarters and hindquarters are worth 3|d and 5d respectively per lb. Other quotations unchanged since last telegram.

Grain and Produce.

The following is the Corn Exchange report for the week ending Friday, May 22:— Since our last report we have to note a better, tone in ,-^he English a^id Continental Wheat, market, and locally our last week's quota tions tare been fully maintained. Oats Memain quiet with only a local enquiry ; and the same remark applies to Barley. Beaks and Peas a are steady at our quotations, but Grass Seeds are easy, it being out of seast ■• BoTAtpOES hare thoroughly collapsed, and aye difficult to place at any figure. This is chiefly on account of the sudden fall m, Sydney prices, which have gone down to the unpr§ce»dcntcclly low figure of £2. This we think, however, will only be momentary, and we hope to be able within the next few weeks to report more favorably with respect t (potatoes. Dairy Pjkoduck remains firm, with an active enquiry for good i»»ke»» Quotations wt w follow*;«~

The Midland Railway.

The Wellington correspondent of the " Press " telegraphs : —It is .understood that an early settlement of the Midland Railway difficulty will now be arrived at. The question has been caie:ully considered m Cabinet during the last day or two, and it is hoped that the few remaining points of difference between the Government and the Company will be arranged. The Government, however, will insist strenuously upon immediate and rapid progress being made with the con struction of tlit line, which is considered to have hung fire much to long.

The Public Trust Office.

[FEB. PKKS3 ASSOCIATION. | WB^mfOTON, May 23. The report of the Public Trust Omce Commissioners will not be ready for some weeks, as they; ar^j waiting for returns which cannot lie provided under a fort night at leabt. The Commissioners are much disappointed at not getting the ex tension of time asked for and have for warded a remonstrance to the Govern ment. Ib is said that the cost of the Commission will be £3000 or £4000. This amount has been spent chiefly on the extra assistance required to extract in formation which the Commissioners thought would have been m readiness for them. ,

The Shearers' Agitation

Mr Arthur Rao, organiser of the General Labourers' Union and delegate of,the Amalgamated Shearers' Unjouj speaking atAlbury the other flay, said that if the Unionists fail m Queensland it will be only through starvatidn, but inasmuch as funds are coming forward freely this is improbable. Already the Shearers' Union has sent £2000, and £1300 has b@en sent from Sydney alone, Questioned as; to the probability of .the = struggle being carried on to the Southern Colonies, Rae said that a great deal will depend on the result of the struggle in] Queensland. If die strike be declared off, much will be left to individual effort, and Mr Bae predicts fchat a very much worse state of affairs will result, inasmuch as the rowdy and in temperate characters among Unionists, nqw held under control by 'their leaders, wjU he quite unchecked, and the country will experience a state of things little short of anarchy. He anticipates that the influence of the Pastoraliscs' Union m New South Wales wiU ha,ve had the effect of establishing the pastoralists' agreement m sheds that formerly shore under Union rules, but he thinks the ntimber will not be great, as many owners had refused to join the Pastoralists' Union. He saysf 1 that a determined resistance to the free dom of contract principle will be carried out rigat through New Soutli Wales.

State Socialistic Book- Keeping.

A book has just boeri published under the following title :— •* A Plea for Liberty. An .Argument against Socialism and Socialistic Legislation. . Consisting of an introduetioa by Herbert. Spencer, and Essays by various Writers. Edited by Thomas Mackay, author of ' The English Poor.' " Wo quote the following from a foot-note dealing with the finance* of the different Australian colonies and the phenomenon of the " bogus surplus " : - Chaqtic as is the condition of Victorian "book-keeping," matters are still more| confused m New South Wales, From I February, 18&G, to January,. 1887, an., Irish 'gentleman", wlib m the romantic garb of a disguised troubadour had won the heart of a rharming colonial heiress, and thus laid the foundation of political eminence, was Premier of the colony. He managed before stumbling out of office to associate himself with a deficit of £2,0Q0,000, which has since been stated m the local Parliament, February, 1889, to have grown to £4,064,844. The tiuth is that no ono m the colony, knows how the matter" stands. In South Australia and Queensland the ''system of book keeping," and "the objects on which their debts are spent," are, as Mr Herbert Spencer would say, "unthinkable." New Zealand, the colony whose credit has etood lowest of recent years, alone has what may perhaps be called a sinking fund, and managed, at least on paper, to reduce her debt by £1,383,432 m 1889-90. Irregularities and bad management m the public accounts of Victoria and New South Wales might, no doubt, be remedied m time were it not that the prosperity of the dominant class and their dependents is now inextricably bound up with the continuance and extension of reckless financing. J n order to appreciate the State Socialistic "system of bookkeeping" m Victoria, we ought to imagine Mr Goschen dimly suspecting a deficit, drawing freely on funds m the hands of the Receiver-General of the Court of Chancery m order to pay off incoherent issues of Exchequer bills, and squaring one year's public accounts by council drafts on India—in the following year : meantime distributing "surpluses" thus obtained m bribes to various political groups, suggested by the Social Demo cratic Federation.

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN

[frUJI PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

THE INFLUENZA.

: LoKOpiN, May 23 V ~:- The influenza epidemic is abating.

EXPORT OF AMERICAN GOLD*.

Ten millions sterling m gold has been exported to Europe from New York this year. The exportation is now ceasing.

THE TAILORS' STRIKE.

The tailors' strike is extending. One-third of .the masters have conceded the demands made by the men for shorter hours and better sanitation of workshops.

MR STANLEY,

11. 31. Stanley leaves for Australia and Zealand m September. His lecturing tour, which will occupy four months, will be under the manage ment of Mr R. S. Smythe. Mrs Stanley will accompany her husband.

UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

It is reported m shipping circles that the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand are making arrangements for running some of their steamers between Vancouver Island and Hono lulu m connection with the San Fran cisco service.

THE QUEENSLAND LOAN.

Westgarth's circular states that the present time is Very inopportune for attempting to float a Queensland loan, and declares that the Australian colo nies must put a stop to their constant borrowing, or further heavy deprecia tion m stocks is certain to take place. The circular also asserts that New Wales is only waiting a favor ble chance to place a loan on the English market. That the Government is m need of funds, the circular goes on to sayi is; evident from the fact that it is giving 4 per cent, interest on Savings Bank advances, "

IRISH QUESTIONS.

The Irish Land Purchase Bill has passed through Committee. i Mr ParrieU admits that the Plan of Campaign will collapse shortly. New York, May 23. , The sum of fifteen thousand dollars, being the balance of the Ainericau Irish fund, has been remitted to Arch bishop Croke and Mr Justin McCarthy to be devoted to the relief of evicted tenants m Ireland.

BLACKMAILING JEWS.

St. Petersburg, May 23. The Russian police are levying heavy blackmail on rich Jews.

MR BLAINE.

„ T Washington, May 23. Mr J. (*. Blame's family and medical men who are, attending him deny the statement made by the "New York Herald " that the Secretary of State is ah imbecile. -. ■..■-.'

NEWFOUNDLAND FISHERIES.

; St John's, May 23. Both Houses of Parliament have approved of the measure enforcing the modus vivendi with France m connec tion with the fisheries. The operation of the Bill, however, is restricted to the, present year.

THE CHILIAN INSURRECTION.

Valparaiso, May 23. President Balmaceda's navy have captured Port Taital m the north. The Commercial Steam Navigation Company claim the ownership qf the steamer Itata, which they state the rebels unlawfully seised, and they con tend that under the circumstances the TJnfted States had no right to attempt to detain her at San Diego.

AUSTRALIAN.

FATAL GUNPOWDER EX< PLOSION. Sydnky, May 2L '■ A fearful accident occurred at Palmer's Island, a township on the Clarence river. Yesterday afternoon, three youths -were handling fireworks m a store, when a specimen, known as a "Jumping Jack, "fired off, and flew into an open barrel of gunpowder, which was standing close at hand. A terrific explosion followed, the store being shattered to pieces, while the I young fellows received fearful injuries, I

One of them named Bl ick Las sin c died.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Auckland, May 23. Inreplj to a " New Zealand Herald" interviewer, Madame K. Patey said th.it the voices m Australia are wonderful. There are as good voices as anywhere m the world, but the art could not progress while the prices for concerts were so low, as it would not pay art^ts^ta^^^lrom England to Australia.- There were singers m Australia" with ftpleudid voices, bub wanting training, arid*they could n->t -afford ■<*>,■. go -Ham*?. mhto»*fr*mm\d not pay people to come out;who would teach them. WFmNOTON,'May 23. Contrary to expectation the judgment m the Edwards case was not delivered this morning. The Chief Justice said it might be given on Monday, bu^l they could not promise. . '•

Commited for Trial.

[per pkess association.]

Dcnkdix, May 25. At Nasoby a lad named Siblin fanTbeen committed for trial for shooting the racing mate Disappointment.

A Lady Acrobat.

A number of medical men assembled by invitation recently at the Midland Ho fee J, Liverpool, to witness an exhibition or muscular skill and strength on the part of a young f tounnnian lady named Eugenic Pct restu, who has introduced an acrobatio novelty m the shape of dancing on the hands. Mdlle. Perrescu, who is but 17 years of age, is the daughter of a Bucharest professor «f gymnastics, and is certainly an accomplished contortionist. She not only dances, a polka, a mazurka* « waltz, or a galop upside down, but surpasses m ths fmish .and «ffccbiveaeß» of her other tricks most of thbsb acrobats whose principal qualification is pliability q[ the dorsal column and strength of the dorsal muscles. But her most remarkable feat is performed by the agency of the pectoral muscles. It consisted m standing upon her hands, on the back of two chairs, which are drawn apart to the full, extent of her arms.

The Oarrery and Tellurian

Those of our readers who wish to ob tain m a h'.w minutes a comprehension of some of i;he wonders of astromony Buch a« could mob be acquired by months of 'treading, nnd those who desire that their children, should have .an acquaintance with thb interesting subject should nob fail to, take advantage of the, opportaaity afforded by the exhibition of the Orrery and Tellurian. The fact of a show .of this description being Me to travel successfully through the colonies indeed speaks volumes for the improvement of the intellectual tastes of the people and goes to demonstrate that even the show business like everything, else m this pro gressive age, is itself progressive m its character, No one can regret this change for the better. We are informed that when the project of travelling with an ex hibition of: 1 the kind under notice was first mooted i': was laughed at, the derisive critics declaring that scarcely anybody m the colonies either knew.or cared to.know anything about the solar system or Iho earth and its movements through space. Time was, no doubt, when the public pre ferred such shows as thoao of two-headed calves, or (so-called) educated pigs, but the succosis which has attended the exhi bition of che Orrery and Tellurian, which m Danedin, Timaru and elsewhere has drawn crowds of visitors, proves that a change for the better has taken place m the public taste, a, proof. am >ng others, i* the advantages resultant from o? r free educational system. We are also glad, for the like reason, to be able to congra tulate the proprietor* upon the success they have already achieved m Ashburton s

A Pig Story.

The following pig story, taken from a newspaper published m. Ireland is not so bad:—At Miltown May fair pigs, were m great demand j: and sold at extraordinary prices. A man from Killarney bought a pig for 19s fid, and paid for it; the buyer and seller parting equally, pleased. The buyer was also m want of a cow j and whilst looking about to suit himself put his new purchase m the inn yard for safe keep ing. Having found what he wanted, he prepared to pay for her also; and found to his horror that he had parted with his £5 note, whilst the.l note— which he supposed himself to have paid for the pig—was still m hia pocket. He went m search o! the vendor of the pig—beic a; sure that to him, by mistake, the £5 note had been transferred ; but he was not m the fair, and no one could tell his address, or even his name. The Killarney man was at a non-plus; but a happy thought striking him,: he loosed the pig from the inn yard iv order to see which way she would go. She started slowly at first; «ni h«f new owner was too wise to press, her; at last, however, she broke into a long gallop; and.it was -all he could do? to keep up with her.,/ She led him nine miles intoCroroanej stopped before* cabin^ which she presently entered with the air of bsing at home. The pro prietor catne out, and, recognising his. customer, asked what he wanted, " Show me that note " was the response j and if was doge i reelyi The Cronmde man, not bjling a scholar, had ;<no% detected the error. Mutual apologies were exchanged, and the pig was sent 'home to her new owner.

COURSING.

[Pliß PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Christchurch, May 23 Following are. additional Results of coursing at Sockburn on Saturday :— , JUVENILK SJAKES.-.SkgQjND RoUHJk Arawa beac St. Patrick, Ringlet beat | Accident, Avonside beat Volunteer, East Lynn boat Tainui, Prohibition '» bye. Third Round.—Arawa beat Ringlet, Avonside beat Prohibition, Kitist Lynn * ;bye. '-. Tkial Stakes.—Bese Morley brat Strike-a-light. Bnowdon beat Blue°-own, Stormy Ni«ht beat Pfcto If, CaaUe Hill (lata Yogel) beat Ivanhoe. Aimee beat S^hern, Waihaha beat Kwore, last Chance beat Waihora, Brilliant a bye. Second RouNo.-.&nawdon heal; Be« Stcrnvy Nighfc beat Castle Hill, Aimce beat; Wailiaha, Brilliaul beat Last Chanoe % i TJie remaining courses were not com pleted, and work was to be resumed to-day.

The Sweet Influences of Pleiades.

'It is found that this " solar system '.' is distinctly moving onwards through space; ' $md, as every known motion m Mature is. 6f a circular or spiral character, there i*. little reason to doubt that the sun, withu •11 its planeta (our q^ myt h being imo of theui), is describing a revolution bo. prodigious that it defies our powers o£ conception. Let me pit it iv this way to t»&U&

TOT? ASHBUBTOK GUABDIAN, MONDAY, MAI 25. 1891



\ VTo are informed that the South British Tea Company have introduced their pure teas into Aeliburton,



Wheat, Tuscan, 4s to 4s Id ; Pearl, 3s lid I to 4s; Hunter's white, 3s lOd to 3s lid ; second quality, milling, 3s 6d ; broken, 2s 9d to 3s. Oats, milling, Is 8d to Is 9d; stout feed, Is7d; long and inferior, Is 4d ols 6d, Barley, prime malting, 3s; second quality, 2a Gd to 2s 9d ; feed, Is 8d to Is 9d. Peas, blue, 2s lOd to 3s; feed, 2.3 Gd to 2s 9d. Grass, .machine dressed, 5s to 5s 3d; farmers', SafJd to 4s; cocksfoot, sd. Pota toes, nominally, 20s at country stations. Dairy Produce—butter, factory makp, 9d to 10d; farmers' keg, 7d to 8d ; cheese, loaf, 4Jd; large, 3fd to 4d. The above prices are those paid to farmers for delivery, f.0.b., Lykelton.



Ashburton Markets.



MB D. THOMAS. Mr D. Thomas report*upou the live stock market for the week ending 20th May as follows, viz. :— At the Ashburton Yards last Tuesday the usual weekly of live stock was held. The attendance of the public was fully up to the average; biddings were spirited, and a clearance was effected of all the sheep at values higher than those ruling last week. The sheep oft'ered were as a whole of a very much better class than is usual to see at this tinie of the year m the saleyards, and being suitable for trade requirements were aIL-the more easily sold, i The catalogues for the- day were again large, consisting of 6791 sheep, 15 head of cattle, and 35 pigs, of which my entry comprised 2000 sheep, 7 head of cattle, and 34 pigs. My principal sales m sheep were 449 fouf tocth merino wethers, half fat, at 9s 4d and 147 four-tooth cull merinoVethers, 8a \d". These sheep were sent m by-Mr,Herring; of. the Alford Estate, and the price* realised will show how much their ..quality was appreciated by the public. On account of Mr D. McKendry 213 fat two-tooth crossbreds, 14s 7d ; account Mr E. Tho nas 125 fat cross bred two-tooths at 14s lOd; account Mr Mahoney 23 fat crossbred ewes, 9s Id: account Mr W. F. Allen 41 fat merino wethers, 10s 6d; account Mr Bonnington 71 merino ewes at 4s 3A; account Mr H. Smith 396 crossbred ewes iv lamb, 7s lOd, and 243 crossbred ewes m lamb, 7s 9cl; account Mr Hard wick 280 merino ewes, m lamb, etc. In cattle I sold 3 Jhead light weight fat heifeis at £4; 2 steers, £4 15s; etc. In pigs I sold suckers at Is 6a each; baeonere, 30s and 32s 6d each ; porkers, 5 at 16s 6d ; 10 at 18s ; 3 at 12s ; and 1 at 20s. Taken all round the sale was the most regular and satisfactory that has been held m the district for some weeks. Last Friday I held my usual fortnightly sale of sheepskins, hides, fat, and tallow. There was a good attendance of fellmongers, and a considerable rise m values took place. -My catalogue consisted of 754 sheepskins, 2 bags fat, and 11 hides. Butchers' bnst crossbred eking made 4s, 4s Id, to 4s SA; second quality, 2s lOd, 3s 3d, 3s Gd, to 33 lid each ; best merino, 3s, 3s 3d, to 3s 9<l; second quality, 2s to 2s lid ; smaller skins, both orosabreds and merinos, Is 3d to Is 10d; pelts, 2d to 8d each j rough fat, l£d ; hides, I^l per lb.



MILES AND CO,



Messrs Miles and Co. (per Mr George Jameson) report on the Ashburton livestock market under date Tuesday, May 19:—We have again the pleasure of recording a very full entry of sheep for this market, probably 8000, Buyers were m force from the North and South, also from; rile Botfqunding 'districts,' and the result a brisk sale for any thing fat or m forward condition, or possess' ing an aptitude to fatten. Crossbred lambs, crofebred ewes, and merino ewes m Umbare also enquired for, and sell readily if ?oui:d mouthed. Merino wethers are also bringing full rates for fattening on turnips. Of cattle and pigs the entry was. very limited. We penned 3800 sheep, 4 cattle, and 4 pigs, and our sales wore as follows: -750 crossbred wethers, good stores, 12s 3d, 12s lid, 13a; to 14s 3d ; 400 full-mouthed merino wcthersj good stores, 7s Id each ; crossbred wethers at 10s 8d; and merino wethers, 8a lOd, 75,: to 7s Id ; cull ditto, 3s lid each; fat ewes at lls ; crossbred Jambs at 7s 9d ; and olej cull merino wethers at 2g, 'is 9vl ; ewes at 3a Id. Fat cows and heifers, £3 7s 6;1, £i ss, to £7 lls Gd. Pigs, 3at 33s ; lat 30. During the week we have sold privately 230 tworfootli crossbreds at l*2s: 209 ditto at 12s 6d, Mr George Jameson .reports having sold privately the farm recently occupied by Mr William Gray, at Elgin, containing 374 acres with buildings thereon, at a satisfac tory figme. ;



Keatijtg's Cough Lq^knges cucos Cough Asthma, Bronchitis, Medical testimony states that no other medicine is so effiectual ! m the cure of these dangerous maladitSs One Lozenge aloue gives ease, oue or two at bedtime ensuaes rest. For relieving diflioulty of breathing they aie invaluable. They con tain no opium nor any violent drug. Sold by all Chemists, m tins, Is IJd and 2s 9d each '■ .„ ■ Thb Best Bkmedy for li^dioestion— Norton's Camomile Pill§ are <ganfidenl;y recommended as a simple remedy for Indigestion, whiph ia the cause of nearly all the diseases to whicn we are subjects Norton's Piuls, with justice called the •Natural Streugthener of t'w Human Stomach," act as «v powerful tonio and gentle perient, are mild m their operation, and afa under any circumstances, • Sold m hbttles, at Is lsd, 2s 9d, lls,byalloi e digiue vtatort throughout the wo W'



Certainly the Moat Effective MEDICINE m the world is SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Test its eminent powerful effects m Coughs, Colds, Influenza* etc.; the relief is instantaneous. Thousands gave the most gratifying testimony. Read this certificate:—" 24th April, 1885 — Messrs Sander and Sons, —It is with the greatest of pleasure that I testify to the excellence of your Eucalypti Extract. Having had inflammation of the bone of the leg, which came on after a severe attack of low fever, I was attended by Dr J. Boyd, who had made strenuous efforts to save my leg, but without smqcqas. He found it necessary to amputate my limb. Having heard m the meantime of the wonderful cures worked by the Eucalypti Extract, I obtained a bottle, and the extract had not been applied more than an hour when I began to feol greatly relieved. After applying tha extract every four hours for nine or ten days it was out of all danger. I would persuade all who may be effected with any such disease to give the Eucalypti Extract a trial, and I am convinced that they will find it the most wonderful of medicines.—Youjs, etc., E. J. Curnow, Wattle street, Saud h«»?st ( —(Advt 5



Public Notices NEAR TINWALD SALEYARDS. WANTED to Rent or Purchase within three miles of Tinwald Suleyards, from 20 to 100 Acrea of fair land. Apply 5 183 D. THOMAS?. __ ___^_______ OYE CORN, CAPE BARLEY, TARES, j RAPE i This is the time for sowing. WANTED TO PURCHASE— "Lsst Season's Heavy Canadian OATS. [JOHN G. RESTELL. CIGAR DIVAN AND FANCY GOODS EMPORIUM. HARRY FRIEDLAtfDER has re ceived a large consignment of New Goods m all Departments, and while thanking both old and new patrons for the hearty support accorded to him since recommencing Business, would take this opportunity to MXyXXB IfUPECTIOV Every kind of Tobacco known to users of the weed of the very best quality pro-1 curable m the American Markets. A full Stock of Pipes to suit ©very taste, and an abundant supply of Smokers' Requisites. CIGARS of the very best Brands j also CIGARETTES of every description, in cluding the latest " Temple Bar." lEAIIt»REBg[*«» Is Practised m our Saloon as an Art, and Ladies and Gentlemen will find that the taste and skill of an able Professor are at their service. Examination of our samples of Hair work will bear out this statement. Licensed to Sell STAMPS. SALONS BU COIFBURE. EAST STREET. NEW BUSINESS, NEW MANAGEMENT, NEW GOODS, A LONG FELT WANT SUPPLIED. J AMES JMcGREGOR, Has Opened a Tobacconist's Shop m i Okr's Buildings, East Street, ! with a LARGE and VARIED ASSORT MENT of NEW GOODS, comprising Pipes, Tobaccos, Cigars, Cigarettes, i and Smokers' requisites generally. Notb,—This is not a Ten or Twelve years' collection of antiquated odds and ends, the balance of an old stock. The HAIR-DRESSING SALOON is without doubt the best appointed m South Canterbury. YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED. James McGregor, 5U27 Orr's Buildings, East Street. JAMES BAKER TIMBER MERCHANT, AND GENERAL FURNITURE AKD V4NCY GOODS WAREHOUSE, HAVELOCK STREET, Opposite Haerisows Auction Mart, TnURNITURE and Picture Frames JO nr.de to order m any design at shortest notice. ■ Sole Agent m Aahi>uFton fpr Olegg erambuktors. AW ,



Wanted t^ASH Advertisement under this not eXotf edu lf . SIXTEEN WORDS 1/-. Addresses may be 'Wat his Office. Wf ANTED Known—The" 7' .Strong wear" Boot is the best for Mens \<adies and Children.—W. H. Collibk. TCE Cream off. Cough drops on. Un- X doubtedly the best. H.G. Flowkr, Confectioner, East Street. WANTED Known —Some special lines m choice Dress Goods at very low pricoa showing at " The Corner." ANTED Known-Old SpoonTand Forks Electro-plated and made equal to new at 15s per dozen all round. A. BtACK, Jeweller, E-Vst Street, 4 150 WANTED Known.—Mas J. BtJoiT asak has opened as Fruiterer and Confectioner, next Messrs John Orr and Co., East Street. WANTED Known.—lt you want good value for your money go to Melford House. Cheapest first-class Drapery ,m town.—H. C. SfioERS. Melford Houst'. WANTED Known.—Mrs J. Buch anan, Fruiterer and Confectioner. Tea and coffee nt all hours ; hot luncheon on Saturdays, 12 to 2. Next Messrs J. Orr and Co'e, East Street. TUST opened a choice lot of Ladie. t) Plush Jackets, newest shapes. Also a new lot of Ladies' Pelerines and Boas —H. 0. SuGßhs, Melford House. "TIT ANTED Known.— We are now VV opening all our new Winter Goods m Drapery, Millinery, Clothing, Boots, &c—H. 0. Seobks, Melford House. a LASS, Earthenware, and China, direct from the Manufacturers.— Robert Alcobx, Tea Warehouse and Ashburton Clothing Mart, Saunders Buildings. WANTED every man m the County to have a suit of the Ashburton Tweeds.—Robert Alcorn, Ashburton Clothing Mart, Saunder's Buildings. TZTANOSOME Presents given away AOL m. June. Now giving" tickets to every purchaser of 5s and upwards of Drapery, Millinery, Clothing, Boots, etc. —H_jn Seoers, Melford House in^ANTED'KNOTVN^OTIirBKoaiB VV is now m personal attendance at the Dispensary. The doctors' prescrip tions accurately made up. Largest stcck m New Zealand of disinfectants on hand. 5§157 "VTEW GAMES - Tiddledy Winks, _I_\ Reversi, Snicketn, and others, Fresh Supplies of The Minors' Right. The Squatter's Dream, Robbery Under Arms. A Colonial Reformer, Told after Supper, Three Men m a Boat, and hundreds of others. NEW MUSIC— Vocal and Instrumental.—L. F. Andhewes AND CO.



WiTtt-\«T« yv'.THOUTTIELTH CHRISrCHCROH DENTAL SURGERY, Corner of Oashel and Higli streets S. M™ AND 08-' SURGEON DENTIST And at Dunedin -ml Westport CTTE have gained the FIRST AWARD YV at the Dunedin Exhibition for Artificial Dentures and Mechanical Appli ances for the Mouth, and it is with the greatest confidence that re guarantee the highest class work and perfect fit at the most moderate cost A Single Artificial Tooth, 10s. Complete Set — Upper and Lower temporary and permanent, £10 10s. Natural, Durable, Comfortable Artificial Teeth Replaced Tempoiarily al most immediately after the extraction of decayed teeth or stumps without extra | fee or charge. Arrangements can be made for part or monthly payments. ADMINISTERING NITROUS OXIDE &AS several times daily for the past ten years, we fearlessly assert that extraction of teeth under its influence is perfectly pMnleas and positively safe. Fee for Administration ss. Extraction, 2a (id. Artificial Teeth and Dentures made by other dentists repaired or remodelled at •mall cos^ Oentlemen's WATERPROOF*, A N immense STOCK to select from. ALL OUR OWN MAKE, SEWN THROUGHOUT AND IVERY GARMENT WARRANTED ALSO GABMENTS OF BVEEY DESCRIPTION MADE TO ORDER. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY GENTLEMEN'S HATS, HOSIERY. SCARFS, etc., NEW GOODS, , LATEST FASHIONS, JUST OPENED. XT ATS, CAPS, SHIRTS, PYJAMAS MADE TO ORDER. New Tweeds and Coatings for Measure Suits to hand. Infection Respectfully Solicited. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY?



LONGBEACH COACH. ON and after MONDAY, 6th April, the Longbeach Coach will leave the Ashburton Post Office at 4 p.m. ; instead of at 5 p.m. as formerly. , R. R. BROWNE ' 4 28 Coachman. "THE CORNER," | W. H. Collier Is Showing a Very fine ashortment of Ladies', Gentlemen's, and Children's Clothing, suitable for present wear. MILLiNEItY— All the Choicest Novelties DRESS GOODS— A Special Line of Heavy Dress Cloth 10JM per yard PLUSHES- For Millinery and Dress Trimmings from 2s lid per yam FUR PELERINES—In various Furs from 2« lid FUR MUFFS— From 4s 6d each PINAFORES- A quantity at 6d, worth Is 6d CORSETS— A Special Line at 3«6d f LANNELS-^ From B|d per y*r BLANKETS— From 10s 6d p«r pair MANTLES and , ULSTEKS— Newest styles for Ladies and Children REAL SEALETTE JACKETS- From 32s 6d BOYS' SUITS— In great variety MEN'S SUITS— Special Value, from 25s ' ; ■ MEN'S TROUBERS— English Saddle Twned 9a M MEN'S OVERCOATS- Heavy Pilot Cloth with Capes 355, worth 55s AMo,— The Balance of an Assigned Wholesale Warehouse Stock at Astonishingly Low Prices. w. h. "collier |^ "THECORNFR." *d MONEY_TO LEND "IyrONET to Lend at LOW RATES OF INTEREST, on Mortgage of FREK HOLD PROPERTY, m sums of MIOO To_£sooo For further particulars apply to the Postmaster, Ashburton, or to J. C. PRUDHOE, District Agent. Government Insurance Office, ChristchUrch.