MAIL NOTICE.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY, 12. For Akaroa, per Rotorua, at G. 30 a.m. For northern ports and Greymouth, per Herald, at 6.30 a.to. For northern ports and Australian colo nies (except Tasmania) per Wairarapa, at 6.30 a.m. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13. For northern ports, per Penguin, at o.«o p.m.

ENGLISH MAILS.

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The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Vertas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1892. POINTS OF LAW.

During the sitting of the Supreme Court at Tiraaru this week Mr Justice Denniston has had sprung upon him a couple of legal points that are of general interest. The first of these issues is, indeed, of extreme importance to the large number of financial agents and companies who are m the habit of inserting a stipulation m their mortgages that m addition to principal and interest a sum shall be periodically payable by the mortgagor by way of commission. Such a stipulation was stated by Mr Justice Kay, who is now one of the Lord Justices of Appeal m England, to be illegal and void. This decision was given m the year. 1890, and Mr Justice Kay stated that it had been decided many years ago m the same way by Lord Romilly on ths principle that Courts of Equity relieved against oppressive bargain as between mortgagor and mortgagee. The prin ciple only applies to mortgage law, and has no relation to any other class of transactions. Many borrowers al though having agreed to pay a moderate rate of interest on loans find that by charges for commission on obtaining the loan and commissions on renewals,they actually have to pay for the use of the money double or more than double the nominal rate of interest, and it will be a relief to them to know that this charge is illegal. Mr Justice Denniston was somewhat surprised by the point being raised, but the authorities which were cited were confirmation too strong to be disputed. The other point was the contention—m connection with an application for accounts between two farmers—that unless specially stated m the conditions of sale growing crops do not pass with a sale of land—this | proposition being based on that ponderous work " Benjamin on Sales," His Honor said if that was so it should be thoroughly known and re alised about harvest time, so that a man should know what he was not buying, and asked at what stage a crop became independent of the ian<?, receiving the answer that it was from the sowing. (Jrass, timber, and fruit

on trees passed with the land, but crops depending upon labour and expense were chattels which did not pass with the land, unless mentioned m the sale. A case cited by Benjamin was a case m which a sale of potatoes did not sell with the land ; and the Counsel who raised the point de ducted the converse proposition that a sale of land does not sell a growing crop. Another solicitor produced an authority direct, instead of oblique, to the contrary. His Honor said the question whether crops pass with land had been settled for ages, and wai not to be settled afresh by ingenious ab stract reasoning by deductions such as were now being made. When a man sells a freehold he sells all his interest m it; that he did not sell any growing crops was not arguable. Those who s^ld land m the spring, consequently, need not think they have now, at har vest, any claim on the crop that they had sown.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A rain-making company has been formed i m Kansas, and will enter into contracts to provide rain iv parched districts. The departures from New Zealand during January were 952, and the arrivals m the colony 1708. A Wellington telegram announces the death of the wife ot the Hon. Jokn Martin, aged seventy three. Mrs Martin was mother of Mrs Dr Tweed of Ashburtou. The cost of keeping alive a Russian peasant owing to his small wants is estima ted by Count Tolstoi, who has organised a * system of relief m one of the famine districts, at 5 copecks, or about Id a day. Several socialists have been prosecuted tor attempting to speak at prohibited meetings at the World's End, Chelsea. Delegates from twenty trades unions and twenty-four political organisations met, and not only denounced the police brutality, but resolved to stand by the Docratic League m their : attempts to assept the right of public meet ing .at thisrecognised mesting-place. Mr Battley, of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, who recently visited Cape Town, is of opinion that if the direct utea-ners adopt the Cape of Good Fope route on the voyage Home a good trade can be done between the colony and the Cape ia butter and cheese, and even m wheat. Last year &75.Q0Q worth of the first-named articles were imported, chiefly from England, and wheat to the value of £133,000 was also received at the Cape. He met a miller who informed him that he had actually been using some New Zealand j wheat which had been sent to the Cape from England. The following Yankee description of the average f ootb^llpr is interesting if not strictly correct. Eraiafelfcd man can tell a footballer at first sight. He nevt* spears more than one ear, and about the same number, of eyes. ffia nose looks like a piece of liver sketched across a thimble; one arm is bent feck wards * ha appears to have two left legs, and he carries as much scalp to the square inch as a cattfeh. The principal part of the came-seems to i?f for one player to run till he falls. If he foils pn a broken bottle 30 much the better, he jgets more honor and nearly all the bottK ilttrty eeven player* then fall on the top of lunji, punch his rihs, daw of »is ear?> gW °* lb his eyes, «od kicks plugs off his cheeks, as bi» a 8 Hobait potatoes, t'hej* they pt lnm up, atiek him together sykh am*- «««»s*, and cart him to ifo »iefl,res+. duly ciuab#ed circular sawyer. Tftkfog it altogetber it jis a,n extremely healthy game—fop tk& spectators behiuid the fence. It is mostly tfwm *>/ Worried men wbo are tired of their CWW*

Mr Theodor Lichtwark gives an exhibition } of horse education at the East street Horse Bazaar this evening at eig'it o'clock. The amount, clear of all expensps, tha the Rev W. J. Mayer obtained as the result of the lecture and entertainment for I>r Barnardo's Homes, was £50. At the District Court this morning Judge Ward sat for only a few minutes. The business consisted of the granting of releases to the Deputy -Official Assignee m several bankrupt estates, a list of which had been advertised. A young man named Albert'Atherton Jordan, twenty years old, called at the Christchurch hospital on Wednesday night and stated that he was m great, pain from eating green apples. He was treated for irritant poisoning, but died at 3 o'clock next morning. An inquest was held on Thursday afternoon and adjourned till Monday next for the purpose of allowing the stomach to be | analysed. j There were no fewer than 730 distinct I shocks of earthquake during the recent dis- 1 aster m Japan. The earthquake is thought to have been caused by a mountain, which has disappeared, falling into one of the underground oavities which were known to exist, and to which no bottom could be found. The Japanese Government voted forty millions sterling to alleviate the distress. Io addition to many thousands of deaths and the destruction of whole towns, 400,000 people are homeless.

The weather on Thursday and to-day could scarcely have been more favorable for the damaged crops. Farmers have been busy turning the stooks, and reaping has been resumed. The damage, taking the district as a whole, is less disastrous than was feared, and though a great deal of grain is sprouted a large quantity has been secured m good order. In the Wakanui district most of the farmers have the whole or the greater part of their grain stacked. In Otago the flsada are rapidly subsiding, and the railways are being repaired. A bridge on the Kingston line was partly washed away, and it will probably be a week before traffic can be resumed there. One of Professor Lichtwark's pupils at Temuka, who had thought he had thoroughly mastered the art of horse-taming, essayed to proceed to his work with a billy of hot tea slung to his horse's neck. The horse, a young one, objected, and m trying to get rid of the oilly got rid of his rider, who, m addition to receiving a considerable jar to his self-confidence, got a crack on his pate that must have reminded him of old Tipper ary or Donnybrook. The horse cavorted around until all the tea was spilt, after which he submitted to be caught, His tamer was attended toby Dr Hayes, and intends to give up equine experiments.—"Herald" Mr N. Lazarus, oculist optician, of London, Melbourne, and Calcutta, was m Ashburton on Thursday establishing an agency for his business. He has appointed Mr Saiek, watchmaker, East street, his agent for the Ashburton district. At Mr Henry's, Commercial Hotel-, on Thursday afternoon Mr Lazarus afforded our reporter an oppor tunity of inspecting his very ingenious apparatus for testing the human eyesight, and determining the nature of any defect that may be discovered. It is the invention of Mr N. Lazarus himself. With this contrivance, which is simplicity itself, Mr Lazarus, or for that matter, anyone possess sd of the necessary appliances, can, m a few minutes, decide to a nicety the strength of the spectacle lenses requisite to bring the sight back to its normal conditions. It is almost invariably found that persons see more distinctly with one eye than with the other. Eighty per cent of humanity do so. The exact amount of this difference is by Mr Lazarus' method readily discovered and lenses are fitted which compensate for this difference, however slight it may be. The lenses are all made m grades and numbered, so that if either or both of the glasses are broken theyc an easily be replaced. In addition, the firm of which the gentleman mentioned is the head makes the spectacles and pince-nez to fit so that they are neither uncomfortable to wear nor do they disfigure the appearance of those who use them.

The fire last night discovered two very marked weaknesses, the remedying of which is worth consideration by the Borough Council. That the bell was rung with plenty of vigor will be allowed when it is mentioned that a young athlete like Mr Harry Paget was aft work upon it. But the sound was not sufficient to reach over the railway line ia the teeth of the wind that was blowing, so that nobody belonging to the brigade over there was awakened by it and as all the officers live there, the brigade wa3 under the command of foreman Nokes. The Western Brigade bell was not rung for the reason that the alarm did not reach any of the residents there. When the main bell hung m the tower at the old station its peal was heard all over the town, and m any weather. Then, thanks to the early discovery of the fire and the haudincss to the building of the borough's water channel, a terrible clanger that threatened the most valuable business block m the town was averted ; but the imperative necessity for establishing a water tank opposite Mont gomery's corner was abundantly proved.

A fire that might have meant the complete destruction of the largest block of buildings m the town—that extending from Mont gomery's Buildings to the Union Bank— took place this morning. Constable Hunt, on his round shortly after midnight, heard a crackling, and saw a glare from the window of the shop of Mr Andrew Black, watchmaker, East street. A fierce northerly gale was blowing at the time, and there was not a living soul to be seen upon the street-. The constable awoke foreman Nokes, j of the fire brigade, and the ran at full speed ! to the brigade station and rang the bell. The alarm brought out the engineer, and Mr Henry Paget, the latter of whom relieved the constable at the bell, and he at once returned to the fire. In a few minutes a dozen or so people were on the ground, but it was soon too evident that the noise of the gale had drowned the sound of the alarm, and not more than fifty people were at anytime present. Buckets' were procured from Scott's stables, thacks! to the foresight of constable Hunt, who! brought them with him. on his return from giving the alarm, and also from Mr McGregor's shop. The use of these vessels by willing hands, and the closeness to the building of the channel—into which constable Hunth'ad turtedafullflowof water—saved the block t and inn few minutes all danger was over. The tire engine had steam up by the time, it arrived upon the gronntj, but it was not? required to play. Mr Black cannot account for the fire. He was m the shop at aij quarter pa«t eleven looking alter some 1 electro-plating work that was m the silveri bath, and there was no sign ot fire at all; then. The fire appears to have originated! m the front shop under the counter among: some waste paper, but how the latter came to catch fire is of course only a matter of speculation. The damage done can hardly be computed as yet, but it is pretty, extensive, and there is only £500 of insurance upon the whole stock.

SPORTING.

(PKH PKKSS ASSOCIATION.) Wellington, February 11. The stewards of the Rwing Club held a meeting to-night at which ifc was de cided to charge the public only 10 per cent, on the totalisafcor m future, but as this year's programme is based on the 1H per cent, 'the alteration can only come into force after tha steeplechase meeting.

THE GOVERNORSHIP

'■f:* i'KKH.i ASSOCIATION.) Wellington, February 12. The Premier has r ceivod a cable mes aa^e confirming the appointment of Lord GH-sgow as Governor of Now Zealand.

School Examinations.

WAKANUI.

The following is the Inspector's report on the Wakanui schools, examined No vember 26, 1891 :—

MAIN SCHOOL.

Staff and Distribution—Stds VI, V, IV, 111., Mr William Dickie, master; Stds 11., 1., and P., Miss F. Bourke, assistant. General Remarks. —The unsatisfactory condition ot the upper standards m this school is no doubt attributable m great measure to the difficulties under which the hchool has been working during the ten months since last examination. There has 'apparently been a great deal of sick ness among the children, and the domestic bereavement which has for some time been threatening the master, must have interfered with his capacity for performing his duties as thoroughly as be might otherwise have clone. The standards under the master's charge have suffered m those subjects requiring the most intelligent teaching and careful preparation ; this is particularly the case with Standard 111. Standards I. and 11., taught by the assistant, are m a very satisfactory condition. If more attention had been given to the reading and recita tion these classes might be styled very good. The needlework is excellent. J. G. Lawrence Scott, Acting Inspector.

SIDE SCHOOL.

Examined November 27, 1891. I. Pass Subjects.

Master—Samuel Baird. General remarks.—This school is mak ing satisfactory progress under the recently appointed master. Somo of the subjects of the syllabus have not been taken up owing to the shortness of time since the last examination ; for example, S. 3. have received no instruction m His tory, and the tables required from S. 2 have not been learned, but m other respects the results of the examination shew that the children have been carefully and intelligently taught. 3, G. Lawrence Scott, Acting Inspector.

That Clutha Banquet.

HOW IT FINISHED,

(Sydney "Bulletin.") William Rolle.ston, member for Christ church (New Zealand), is an individual who never knows when to stop talking- There was a political banquet the other day, m that town of howling desolation called Balclutlm, and one politician after another jawed m solemn cadence till midnight. Then when the guests were partially drunk, and m the last stage of weariness, Rolleston got up, and from 12 o'clock to 2 he snuffled along m a grievous voice about the policy of the Government, and the Bill for the recovery of lost tailings, and the scheme for compensating miners whose crushing-plant had been struck by lightning. Most of the guests fell asleep and bobbed their heads dejectedly up and down \ the bass iron bells of Balclutha struck two with a hollow boom ; and Vincent Pyke, who wasn't asleep, snored with a hideous " wuff " and a " gwook " and a sound like " howpff." m the hope that Rolleston would take the hiis; but he didn't. I'lien Pyke tossed up with his next neigh: iWrui- which would fall with a crash the t|our, i*u4 t'iiut, ipl;u * 4iwon, fttd tiif

next man lost, and Pyke kicked his chair from under him, so that he came down with a roar. He hit his head against something, and got up howling- "You old ruffian !" he said briefly to Pyke, " what did you do that for ?" " Time to go to bed old man," responded Pyke blandly; "I fi3«l that way myself." "You feel," said the victim, holding his damaged head'; "I'll make you feel, you miserable old sinner, you " Their friends woke at this .stage and wrenched the combatants apart, bub Rolleston had lost the thread of his discourse, and as ho couldn't recover it', the meeting broke up and stumbled through the deserted streets on its way home.

The Bouncing Besty.

A flower, m the long aero I knew, ! That by the dusty roadside grew, Twas of a purplish, pinkish hue, And called the Bouncing Betsy. How often when a littfe child, Where garden flowers around me smiled I've left them all to pluck the wild, I Sweet, laughing Bouncing Betsy. Some say 'tis called the Mountain Pink, A fitter name by far they think ; But deep into my heart will sink No name like Bouncing Betsy. Full often when on country ground I've wandered far, but nowhere found— Aye, though I've looked for miles around— The fragrant Bouncing Betsy. And so, for year?, I've thus repined ; " In vain my search, I cannot find ; 'Tis like my childhood, left behind, The friendly Bouncing Betsy. * Till, m the summer-time now passed, Within a country fair and vast, I met my old-time friend at last, The glowing Bouncing Betsy. The years grew back with sudden flight, No clouds, aye all was sunshine bright— I laughed a gleeful child that night; i found the Bouncing Betsy. I stooped and kissed her perfumed head ; My friend I'd thought forever dead ; She spoke -I'll tell you what she said, The dear old Bouncing Betsy.— " When'er you have an end m view Keep bravely on, nor pause to rue ; When least you think, twill come to you, As came the Bouncing Betsy." Then poets praise the pansy's glow, The lily, violet, japueminot, But I, of all the flowers that grow, Will sing the Bouncing Betsy. Nellie F. O'Neil.

THE GOVERNOR'S DEPARTURE.

THE CHRISTCHURCH FAREWELL,

Chfistohurch, February 11. The citizens' luncheon to the Governor and the Countess of Onslcw took place to-day at the Tuam street hall. Aboat 200 were present, and the Mayor of Christchurch occupied the chair, sup ported on his right by the Governor and on his left by the Countess of Onslow. The chairman proposed the toast of the Governor, and m doing so said that the Governor was regarded here as something j more than a mere inanimate object. We hud had many Governors, none of whom j had advanced the position more than the Earl of Onslow, who had made himself familiar with all our institutions and in dustries, and had governed the colony withmarked ability and impartiality. Ho alluded m graceful teims to the Countess of Onslow, who had endeared herself to ! all m the colony, and baiPe them and theii family God-speed, with a special regard for their future happiness. The Governor was received with loud and continued applause. He said that his first duty was to offer an apology. When the citizens were good enough to extend to them an invitation he never contemplated the possibility of breaking it. It was a lesson on humility that it was possible from time to time to be unable to fulfil our engagements. He did his best to combat with the elements, but they were one too many for him. He fully appreciated the kindness shown to him and the Countess, and which had been carried out so excellently. The form of the invitation led him to think that the people of Christchurch agreed with him—as he had said elsewhere—that when a new Governor is appointed they are not curious to know his antecedents, but they wanted to know what his wife was like. (Loud applause). The dutiet, of the Governor carried great responsi bilities. He represented the Queen and the Imperial Government, and he was the Ambassador, he was the envoy, of the whole of tliß British Parliament and people, the interpreter of thought and action, and the guest of one of the branches of the Imperial tree. Speaking of the founder of Canterbury he said that Mr Godley was one of the pioneers q£ whom few remain. A debt of gratitude was owed to them for every step taken m their interests. AH honour to those wh had made it clear that to render the lands of this colony productive is not meie wealth, £.s.d., to capitalists. Here was a flourishing community, ex porting meat and so forth, and importing , from England, merely taking the liberty to impose duties which were perhaps; heary, but were necessary, to meet the expenses of the colony. Speak ing of the relations between the Old Country and the colonies, he said that the Home Government made a failure when they wanted to place a duty on sugar equivalent to the Continental bounties, and it was found necessary to abandon it. Of the success of the Govern ment nothing was more auspicious than the colonial conference at which no pro posal attracted greater attention than that of Mr Hoffmeyer to apply for the common purposes of defence duties imposed for the purpose, but that was not discussed and the other side had yet to be heard. He believed that a reciprocal tariff with the colonies would no doubt do good, but looking at the position of the imports and exports it meant fchat if England was not to sutler, the exports and imports from the colony must materially increase. He said that there was a necessary desire on the part of the English people • tmake a sacrifice for the colonies, and were it- noc that it would be the duty of one party to propose ifc and the other to criticise it, he would have more faith m the con summation of that desire, but if that were not possible he had hopes that something would be done m other ways, and an op portunity was about to arise when the voice of the colonies should be heard m making a wise, equitable basis. In respect of the foreign treaties they had reason to feel.proud that there was such a sagacious politician at the head of the Foreign Office as Lord Salisbury, m whose hands the welfare of the colonies and the Old Country might Avell be left. Much had been heard of the detrac tors of Australia, but when all had been i said and done, was much said against New Zealand ? Who, then were these detrac tors who had to be answered ? Thoy were found among the antipodeans themselves. He received a large number of letters m which he said there was an expression of doubt »s to the colony. He would be misleading them if this uneasiness waa ex plained by the fact that the people had J not much time to carefully read the colonial papers, and the doubts were raised by o»e or another saying that they had received letters stating so and so.' It wm uut only paging to » country but

it was damaging to their own individual') intei'df-ts. To the correspondence he had always answered that the people of New Zealand had nob the slightest desire to drive away capital, and they had made it pretty clear that the land of New Zealand should belong to the people of New Zea land. The people were justified m dis couraging the accumulation of large areas. With the future all that was necessary to reassure capit tl was to show that ib was i intended to throw the burdens on the shoulders bast able to bear it, that there .should be no accumulation of areas, md leaving internal cau.scs to wprk out the cures of the present diseases. Referring to his departure he said that a farewell was always hard to .say, and more especi ally after three years of pleasant security. (Loud applause,. But there was one con solation, that if it pleased God that trouble should befall them, they would remember that they had sympathetic friends m the colony, and on their part they would always wish the colonies success, and that never rniwht be snapped the stout cable which joined New Zea- I land to the great and glorious British Empire. Councillor Bonnington proposed the toast of " His Excellency's Advisers," which was responded to by The Postmaster-General, who expressed regret on his.own part and on behalf of the Government at the departure of a Governor and his wife than whom none had endeared themselves more to the colony and the people. Mr Charles Louisson, ex-mayor of Christchurch, proposed the toast of the 11 Countess of Onslow." None thought that ho would be accused of flattery if he said that from her arrival m the colony her name had been a household word. She had endeared herself to the hearts of the people of New Zealand. Her hospitality had been unbounded, and so many present had enjoyed it that he had ! no need to enlarge upon it. Hers had also been the open and ready hand and kind heart to assist distress. They all knew Lord Onslow's successes, and he asked whether they had not been enhanced by the attention of his wife and , by her presence on social occasions. (Very loud applause.) He concluded by wishing Lady and Lord Onslow and. family every happiness, a speedy voyage, and he hoped that they had spent a pleasant three years m the colony. (Applause.) His Excellency the Governor responded on behalf of the Countess of Onslow. He paid that the wife of a Governor was no mean help m the discharge of his duties, which were mostly social, and it had been Lady Onslow's endeavor to treat all those with whom she came m contact as equal subjects of Her Majesty the Queen. Even could shel forget the name of the place where she spont three happy years, she would have someone to remind her of it and its beau ties m the one who was born to her m the colony, It would be their pleasure to bring that son up so that when he arrived at years of discretion, he would wish, as they expected he would wish, t» visit the land of his birth associated with so much happiness. (Loud applause.) The toast of "The Ladies "was pro posed and honoured, after which the proceedings closed.

The public demonstration m Latimer Square to bid farewell to the Governor was a great, success. Seven thousand persons congregated, and the proceedings were, marked xvith nvich enthusiasm. The Mayor, who presided, expressed the sincere regret felt by the citizens at Hi.s Excellency's approaching departure. Mr Gr. W. Russell presented an address on behalf of the people and Provincial district, and Mr Douglas one from the Knights of Labour. Larly Onslow was made the recipient of an albiuii of views »[ <cuitc:y m and about Ghristohurch. The. Ladies Gwendoline and Dorothy were presented with hand kerchief boxes made of New Zealand woods, a third box being given to the Countess for her latest born. The Hon. .T. G. Ward, on behalf oP the Government, joined with the people of Canterbury m regret at the departure of the Governor.

His Excellency on rising to respond \va3 warmly received. He said that a formal acknowledgement was not com mensurate with the manner m which Lady Onslow and himself had been re ceived. They were never likely to forget the kindness and hospitality with which j they had been received m Christchurch, i and he had to heartily thank them for the most appropriate presents given to his children. He felt that if the progress of the colony for the last fifty years was a criterion of the progress which it would make m the future, no man living could tell how great and glorious New Zealand would become m another half century, and when he looked round on the assem* blage before him, he could not help think ing that there wa3 a large representation of labour and of the party at present pre dominant m the State. The majority of them present were associated with the advance party. When m political life he was associated with the other party, and the flattering reception which he had met with went to show that they approved of his actions and gave him credit for impartially holding the hcale be tween parties, and his last sentences to them would be to express his firm con viction that progress can be assured only by union between capital and labor, one regarding the rights of the other. He would suggest to those now m possession of power to exercise it with justice and fairness to all. He would always look with interest on the colony, and hope and pray for its prosperity, and he would consider it a privilege to speak well of ir. m the Old Country. As His Excellency and Lady Onslow were driven away, three ringing cheers were given. The large crowd assembled at the railway station to see them off cheered heartily.

The Tauranga Tragedy.

(PEK PRESS ASSOCIATION.^

Wellington, February 11. Dr Macgregor, Inspector of Asylumny, has been searching the records m regard to the confinement of Munro. He finds that he was admitted to the Auckland Asylum on 10th June, 1889, when suffering from an attack of epihptic mania, the second he had had within about six years. He was discharged m December of th,e same year on the magistrates' order given on the medical officer's certificate. Great pressure was brought to bear by his friends to secure his release, and he was liberated under th,e clause of the Act, providing that a person oan be released for twelve months on probation on con dition that his friends undertake to look after him and chis Munro'o mother and sisters promised to do. The Act provides that if a person released under this clause is not returned to the asylum within fourteen days after the twelve months' has expired he must be formally dis charged, which was done inMunro's case.

DR. BARNARDO'S HOMES.

LECTURE-ENTERTAINMENT.

La^fc night (;h6 Oddfellows' Hall was crowded to the door! by fin audience sympathetic to a degree with the woik ■ carried on m the Homes for destitute chil dren, established and superintended, by ! Dr Baruavdo, and which audience came to listen to a lecture on the subject of the Dr's work by the Rev W. J. Mayer, and to instrumental music given by eight of the lads from the Humes, whom' the rev gentleman had brought with him. The meeting was opened by the singing of three verses, or the well-known hymn from Sankey's collection, "Rescue the perishing." Mr Mayer, who is a good pianist, played that instrument, while the voices were Jed by one of the lada who played the cornet admirably, and the young bandmaster who played the violin. The verses sung were particularly appropriate to the ocoasion, viz. ;— Rescue the perishing, Care for the dying, Snatch them m pity from sin and the grave ; Weep o'er the erring one, Lift up the fallen, Tell them of Jesus, the mighty to save. Down m the human heart Crushed by the tempter, Feelings lie buried thaD grace can restore. Touched by a loving heart Wakened by kindness, Chords thatare broken will vibrateonce more. Rescue the perishing; Duty demands it; Strength for the labor the Lord will provide. Back to the narrow way Patiently win them; Tell the poor wanderers a Saviour has died. Prayer having been offered by the Rev E. A. Scott, Major Steward, who was Chairman, after expressing his pleasure and his pride at being Chairman of such a meeting for such an object, said the work of Dr Barnardo was not unknown to many of the colonists of New Zealand, but they could not know too much about it, and he took the liberty of drawing a picture m illustration. Not many days ago they had witnessed from the railway platform at Ashburton the departure of two trains, laden with 2000 children and adults, for a day's enjoyment m the bush. That was perhaps as pleasant a picture as they had seen for many a day. (Applause ) But to form an idea of the number of children who had passed through the Homes of Dr Barnardo, they would have to imagine those two trains eight times multiplied, and filled wholly with children. Or let them take the popula tion of Ashburton, Timaru, Oamaru, and another town of the same size, and add i the populations of all four together, and the result would give figures about equalling the number of children that th'j life's work of Dr. Barnardo had provided for. He knew that there were a. good many families m the county who not only ! knew of Dr. Barnardo's Homes, but did ' not forget to send now and again a con tribution m the shape of a keg of butter or a frozen lamb, with here and there a donation of money. He trusted the ranks of these supporters of the cause would be largely increased. He knew also that there was a committee of ladies m the district who collected funds and irade useful articles of clothing for the Homes, but he hoped that the result of that night's meeting would be a large increase m the number of active helpers of Dr. Barnardo. At the recent Federation Conference m Australia, a phrase had been coined by Sir Henry Parkes that would live down all the ages through which the English language might endure. Sir Henry had spoken of " the crims>on thread of human brotherhood," and while they rejoiced m the existence of this crimson thread which bound the entire Anglo-Saxon people together m the common sympathy of race, and impelled { them to acts of kitidness towards each ! other, he trusted that that brighter ana better and holier bond of union, the golden cord which reached from the Great Father to the hearts of men of all races the wide world over, and of which the three-fold strands were faith, hope, and charity, would vibrate m response to the appeal of Dr. Barnardo and his assistants, whose great and noble work was among those of whom their Saviour said " Suffer little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not." He wished the cause God-speed.

The Chairman then introduced the Rev. Mr Mayer, who asked the five boys who manipulate the hand bells to play a selection. The lads gave some cleverly executed examples of handbell change ringing, and then introduced one or two hymn melodies, which were given m perfect time and tune. The devotional character of the execution of Professor Monk's sweet music, commonly stung to Lyte's divine poem, T,Abide with me," was especially marked, as was also J. J. Rosseau's melcdy which has now been indissolubly wedded to Martha Evans Shelly's children's hymn "Lord, a litsle band and lowly." The item closed with some fast change ringing, m which the boys showed how close had been their practice and how fine their training both m hand and ear, as they passed the bells as they used them up and down the table to each other, so that m the course of the ringing each player had handled nearly every bell on the table from the shrill treble to the lowest bass. At intervals m the course of the lecture the boys contributed other hand' bell items, and some clever playing on the dulcimer, with violin and piano ; and three pipers m Royal Stuart tartan, playing on what are known as drawing room pipes (the smallest size made) paraded up and down as much of the passage way m the hall as was left vacant, and finally came on the platform finishing with the well-known lilt, " Mony muak." The pipes might have been a little better m tune with each other perhaps, but doubtless this would not matter to a great many people m the hall who always fail to discover any tunef\jjr ness at all m the bagpipes, ar\d would certainly fail to realise that the instru ments used by ths sturdy young pipers were specially made for indoor playing. After the pipe playing, Mr Mayer said they had listened to three instruments mentioned m Scripture—the cornet, the dulcimer and tkt sackbut;.

The Rev. Mr Mayers,, who is an excellent speaker, and has a- happy, cheery waj with him and a bright'vein of humqr, began 14s lecture by saying that the Homes bad many subscribers m the colony of New2ealand,and their numbers and the amount they gave compared favorably with those of any of the colonies. He was glad to be able to add that the interest taken m the cause was deepening. The history and details of the work were known pretty well m the colony, for they had not been sparing m casting their bread upon the waters, bu.i he thought he would risk the repetition of that history and some oi fcfoe details. The sphere of their work.- was world"wide. It might be ga\4 by colonists that there was n,Q reason why they should send their money out of the country—why should, the rich people of London not spend i^eir riches to rescue the London boy^ and the. London girls ? But thei,^ work'was. nob confined to London fhejr gates we^ like the ga^wa o& tjhe Now., J:en\sa.\e«H wMc,^ wer£ °pe»,foV^c. liortn, \h& south, the' east, and| thp wti;;^ ana admitted every creed and ©veiy nationality pro [ v/ded they, were dostitufco. They had even taken m colonial children—thai is, children^ of colonial parents, who, by.sotqe atnuage.' and unaccountable n^eanis ', beconj.e destitute m London. There, was no suph.

London, and perhaps the colonists covs'd spare just a Jittle to help the tens of thousands of children who were destitute m England. The chairman had given a graphic picture of tho work done, but tho \vm-k still to do was a far larger picture riiei"{ were three-quarters of a million of homeless and practically destitute children m England, and if they took these child lvn and put one down at the side of every wlonist of New Zealand, there would still be more than a hundred thousand destitute children than there are people m New Zealand. In view of such a pic ture as that, surely they would not say that no money should oe sent to help those who were laboring tupull out some of the children fr.»m this mass of misery and destitution. They must not imagine that every child was taken from the same depth of misery, but all were poor, and the passport unto these Homes was — poverty. The lecturer then pointed to a group of pictures displayed on the. stage, ■of street waifs m various conditions of destitution, an J told a touching tale of the misery arid want of «ach, He then went on to say that Dr Barnardo had begun his mission as a very young man—in fact he ; was only twenty-five years old. He started with one little boy'who, staying behind one night at the Dr's ragged school, expressed an anxious wish to" be allowed to remain all night by the fire, promising to touch toothing if only the liberty to be near its warmth were granted. This led the Dr to ask him a few questions, and the replies to these gave him the information that the poor lad had neither father, nor niother, home nor friends; that he had siept the previous night on some hay m White chapel, and the night before on the roof of a building m Petticoat Lane. Dr Barnardo took the boy homo and ted him, and the lad promised to go with the Dr and to show him this roof. They went, and when the Dr had climbed up and looked over the parapet, there met his gaze a scene that determined him upon, the mission on which he embarked. There were eleven destitute and homeless lads lying asleep on that dreary rpof on that cold winter night. The Dr did nofc wake up the other boys, but he took away the little fellow who had led him to the spot, and he was the first of the long list that had been cared for by the Barnardo mission, for 20,000 had been gathered m during the quarter of a century Dr Bar nardo had been at work. Mr Mayer then displayed a picture of the Home in' Stephney, Causeway where 400 boys —one tenth of the whole number where housed , under their care, for there were 4000 children m, all at present. In this home, most of their industries were carried on, and m the front of the buildings there was an in firmary for sick children. Recently there had been established a Young Helpers' League, which was intended to induce young people to band together to help m the good work, and the lecturer told the story of how a young contributor had earned lOd from his ft'ther for collecting snails m the garden at a halfpenny per dozen, and handed the sum over to the mission. The Young Helpers' League would be divided into what were called " habitations," and they would try to in duce each habitation of the League to support at least one child m tho Home or the Infirmary for sick children. This cost £16, and if, say, the Ashburton habitation raised that amount, the cot would be called the Ashburton cot. The Village Home for little girls, m which were fifty cottages was then shown and described, and the lecturer went on to the Home for babies. In this there were 130 infants whom they did iheir best to bring up m a sweet and tender way. They flattered themselves that, with the ex~ perience they had gained m this Home,. they knew as much about babiesand their little ways as most mothers and fathers did. There was one great advantage to be gained to taking charge of them when infants—they had no memories, no re collections 6f the depths of misery from which they had been taken, and so no temptation to drift hack to earlier associations. As they advanced m years they were drafted off to other Homes till they were fourteen years of age and then they were sent out to earn their living honestly. It was no disgrace to belong to Dr Barnardo's Homes, but instead the young people had found it to be a stron" recommendation. Mr Mayer then showed seyeral pictures illustrating . the kind of children, the condition they were m and the circumstances surrounding then/ that were brought m by the emissaries of the Hames. Sometimes they were found m the dark corners of streets, under the arches of the bridges, anywhere m fact where they could find somewhere to crouch down and seek shelter from the weather, and eludo for the night the eye of the police. In speaking of one of the boys Mr Mayer said he had shown great anxiety to be sent to Canada; but every boy who wanted to go there was not sent. A long and careful test was nude of the lads before they were sent to any place out of England, and the result had been that out the many sent to the Dominion as emigrants, not two per cent, had turned, out failures. On one occasion the Ifcv. found on his own doorstep a womaQ had a suffering boy by her aide. He gott her into his owa house, and. offered * take the boy to one of hi* JJomes. She was wilting that he should go, bufc she, wanted two shillings and sixpence for him! The Dr, then found that the bundle on heir back contained an infant. For this also she wanted to be paid, as she made her living as a professional beggar by trading upon the misery of these pcor children, and Mr Mayer waa afraid that many little ones were thus used m the great city, and passed r, u t o f life m consequence. Many touching in stances of suffering childhood vere <*iven by the lecturer, who said thni were all the destitute children marshalled m a procession fouj deep, wu% * yard between each section of four ? the procession would be 100 miles long, - aud take thirty-six hours to passagi,v- cn p C i nfc) and if auyone were 1& stand at that given point while suoh a procession passed^ he would nob even then be able to see one-thirtieth part of what those poor children suffer. They were directing their efforts to the teaching and training of blind children who were destitute, and had started basket-making as an industry m which it was possible for the blind ones to become proficient. They did what they could for cripples as well, hut many of these were m even worse plight than the blind children. In the Homes they gave the,, children an educational religious (unr,ec tarian), industrial, and domestic training, teaching the girls how to cook $md do» household duties, so that when they went out from the Hornet they wouldi make capable domestic servants. Ik beginning with the Wjkes, he thought they were beginning at the right end. Thejf' had sorcufetnes to deal with infants*int a terrible condition froni sores and from filth, bub the brave nurses never flinched, because they knew that they had the future of those infants m their hands. General Booth and his followers wctffc good m<ai, but they were like an. {unbalance brigade at the bottou* of a^ eltff over which thousands had fallen or been forced, and had received wounoTs, m the descent,. Tho Babies' Honae> was a fence asjd barrier erected at,the the pracipico to prevent the falKng of the GJitfdjren, and so be beyond, the need of • those good people's kind, offices. Before closing Mr Mayer tendered his thanks to Major Steward; for presiding, and for the many, helps ho had given, the cause, both, as a journalist and otherwise ; to the representatives of the press everywhere > fpc the kindly assistance they had given ia noticing the meetings; to the gentle man whose host he himself was during tfei; vjsit ,• and to the Jadtts whjq b, '

THE irStttitETON GUARDiAN • FRIDAY, S^pttJAßt 12, 189&



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