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Mails close for the following places as under, subject to the necessary alterations :— FRIDAY, April 1. For Chatham Islands, per Kahu, at 0.J30 p.m. ENGLISH MAILS. HOMEWARD—-DIRECT MAILS. Kaikoura, leaving March 19, due London April 28. L , ,r Doric, leaving April 2, due London May '.2. SAN FRANCISCO MAILS. Monowai, leaving on February 27, due London March 30. Alameda, leaving on March 26, due London April 27. SAN FRAXCISCO MAILS. Mariposa, due colony March 23

BIRTH

Wroughton.— On March 24, at Tancred street, Ashburton, the wife Cecil F M. Wroughton, of a daughter.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna Est Veritas Et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1892 RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS.

The experiment of removing the management of the State railways from a Government Department and placing it m the hands of non-political Commissioners, 1 a? not been entirely satisfactory m New Zealand, but our triumvirate have not acquitted them selves so badly as to give the Govern ment the opportunity to dismiss them on the grounds of inefficiency and rris management —as has just been the fate of the Victorian Commissioners —«r to make such charges against them as to cause them to claim a Parliamen tary enquiry into their conduct —us is the case m New South Wales. The position of railway affairs m Victoria i> (.'gpfcially instructive. The Govern ment. -I'curi'd at gn-at expense one of. the ablest railway managers m Great Britain, and for some time no praise w»s ton high for the manner m which Jie discharged, his duties. Useful re

forms m service and rates were effected, the revenue improved, not only m the gross but also m the proportion of receipts to cost of railways and ex penses of management, and all was well. But another body besides the Commissioners had arisen out of the former Ministerial Department of Railways, namely the Hail way Con struction Board, which, appointed by . the majority m Parliament, exorcised almost absolute power m the matter of constructing new railways, then greatest difficulty being so to plan as to give every Member of Parliament j who snpported them a line through some part of his constituency. Con sequently the country was cob webbed with non-paying railways, and the remonstrances of the Commissioners against this policy were disregarded. Extravagance begets extravagance, and the Commissioner began to in crease the salaries of his officers until from an average of £109 a year, at which they stood when he took office, the average had risen to £136 a year. Besides this, Parliament increased fie pay of the permanent way men—with which the railways were declared to be greatly overmanned —sixpence per day. Of course when the depression that followed the boom got deeper the rail way revenue fell off. Somebody must be blamed for it, and the Commis sioners were selected as the scapegoats, with the result we have stated. The Commissioners are not without de fenders, who throw the whole blame of the deficit m the railway revenue upon the various Governments that have been m power for the last five years; indeed, the "Argus" declares that the management of the railways has been sound, and that Mr Speight and his colleagues arc dismissed as a bid for popularity on the part of the Shiels' Ministry. The " Age," on the other hand, has criticised Mr Speight so trenchantly that he has begun an action for libel against it. It appears to us that when Mr Speight's remonstrances against the continued construction of political railways were disregarded his proper course was to resign. Now that the persistence of the Government m that extravagant and corrupt policy has produced its inevitable result, they seek to evade their responsibility by dismissing m disgrace the man whom they should have regarded as their trusted adviser. Fortunately for the New Zealand Commissioners they have not had to struggle against the incubus of a policy of political—or any other — railway construction, and having taken over the management of the railways when affairs were at a low ebb, have been able to show a steady improve ment since.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Sly groe celling is said to be very prevalei t m Wanganui. Captain Fox, the Commandant of the New Zealand forces, sailed for Melbourne on March 8. It is said that m Germany no habitna smoker will puss the army doctors, as the evil effect of the drug is too apparent when the heart comes to be examined. Up to Mirch 24 £357,500 of property, tax has been collected. The estimate was £355,000. There is £65,000 to collect, which will probably have to be sued for. A phenomenal trial crushing of 2W 2 tons of stone from the brilliant reef which has been intersected m the Victory mine at Charters Towers, Queensland, ha? yielded upwards nf 14920z of gold. Mr J. H. Baker, who was formerly Commissioner of Crown Lands at Christ church, aud now holds a similar position at Wellington, has been gazetted Assistant Surveyor-General. A missionary says that Japanese Christians are so eager for religious instruction that the same audience will often listeti to seven ser mons m succession, each one nearly an hour long, with only an intermission for tea after the third. It is stated that when funds were needed to carry the Sydenham case to the Appeal Court, the wife of the Rev Mr Isitt dis posed of her pianoforte and devoted the proceeds to the purpose. Mr Alexander Rose, Collector of Cus toms at Christchurch for seventeen years, lett for Auckland yesterday. He was enter tained at a farewell gathering by the Cham ber of Commerce, and received a presenta tion from the Customs staff at Lyttelton and Christchurch. It is. stated that the Duke of Cambridge has written to Captain O3borne (who wanted to resign his commission owing to the'reflec tion cast upon him by his wife's crime m the Spink pearl case) to the effect that Her Majesty " couM not afford to part with the finest representative of chivalry of the cen tury. " A party of Maoris, men and women,^ are having a great sport just now on the Wash dyke lagoon " eeling. " Up to date the takes have been very large, and the eels are m fine condition. Asked what they do with such a large quantity, the answer is " swap them for mutton birds, " and for other dain ties peculiar to the Maori larder, During the progress of a "rescue com petition " for the Royal Humane Socie y'ft medal by the Wanganui College boys at Fordell last week, one of the boys got out of his depth and was m imminent danger of drowning. Another of the boys plunged n to the rescue, and after severe exertions succeeded m bringing the imperilled one to land m an unconscious state. A young man m Fitzroy who applied to the registrar for a marriage certificate gave his agp as twenty Vi&aj-s, and was informed that on account of his youthfulnpss he would have to secure his parents' written consent before a certificate could be issued. He went and soon returned with a brief but »<?mted' document:—" This is to certify that my son John——has my consent to marry Ann ——, or any other woman. He is young m years, but old m devilment, " An extraordinary scene occurred at the Colonial Secretary's office at Brisbane on the morning of March 16, when a crowd of women, many bearing infants and most of them accompanied by children, invaded the premises, demanding to see the Colonial Secretary. He was absent but the women i collared his secretary. It appears the Govern ment had transferred administration .of relief I from the hands of the Relief Board to the Labor Bureau, but the latter had proved unequal to the gi'eat amount of extra work, and hence the commotion. The Under secretary to relieve distress gave instruc tions that m future relief should be dis tributed at the Immigration Bureau, The Government analyst reports as follows on the v»no'4» specimens forwarded by Captain Jackson JJarry, who states the locality where he found tljein was Iviwhia, King Country:-(I) Stibnite (wlphide of antimony), contains 69.42 pop cent ot antimony; no gold or silver found (2) (ialena; this averaged 81.20 per centot lead, andsooz i2dwt «gr of silver per ton, with minute traces of gold, which most galenas contain. Both th«ne (|. and 2) fire valuable ores. (3) Quartz, etc., too small lor a thorough test; no gold or silver found. (4) Hematite, containing G1.2-1 per cent of iron. (?A .Granular and vesicular rock ;no gold or silver to^nd. The world is ever Diving on towards perfection., h.utseldo.ni attains }£, Cunstai. mprovfimeiit is being umd> m every branch of industry, but m Baking Powders Perfection ha.s be,en reached m W&rlmrtuu's Caif t Be Beat,

The annual mealing of ilie. Canterbury, Frozen Ment and Dairy Produce Export Company was held on Thursday. lne directors' report was adopt ,-,,\ and the retir ing directors, Messrs S. Gariortu anrl d i. . Ford, were re-elected unopposed. Hie Chairman, Mr Johu Grigg, said that he attributed the falling off m the numoer of sheep exported by the company last year to the competition of the shipping companies. The tallow-boiling business had been very successful, resulting m a direct profit of £1200. It was resolved :— " That the question of appointing a supervisor m London to superintend the work of unload ing and storing be referred to the favorable consideration of the directors. A private letter received m Wellington frovr Geraldtowu, m Western Australia, gives doleful accounts of affairs m that colony. The writer states that there is no prospect there for a man with small capital. All desirable land has been taken up by syndicates, present or past, and former members of the Government or their friends. Regarding the Murchison Goiu tields he says that a more inhospitable country he had never trod. Bain had not fallen 'for three and a half years on the field, and all vegetation was dead or dying, while all animal life was almost extinct. He declares the field to be a fnuid, and says that all hands will have to leave unless rain falls, as the wells are drying up. A pleasant afternoon was sper.t on Friday, the 11th instant, by the scholars of the Winchmore School. " About two o'clock the boys and girls, with their parents, assembled m a paddock which Mr R. Miller had kindly lent for the occasion. After a few hours, hearty enjoyment m the way of games, running, and jumping, the children were assembled and prizes given as follows:— Standard IV., Kate Rooney, 1; Robina Miller, 2; James Rooney, 3. Standard 111., James Bland, 1 ; Ellen O'Grady, 2; Willie Robertson, 3. Standard 11., .lames John ston, 1 ; Sam Green, 2; Kate Robertson, 3. Standard 1., Tom Sutton, 1; Harriet Green, 2 ; Willie Sutton, 3. Infants, Emma Sutton, 1; Willie Knox, 2; John Corbett, 3. The Chairman of the Committee, Mr Miller, sp >ke a few words, impressing on all the necessity for regular attendance. After cheers for the Committee and its Chairman the children dispersed to their homes. We have received from the Government printer "a Compilation of the Acts and Instruments relating to the Constitution and Government of New Zealand and the Office of Governor of the Colony" with appendices consisting of Patliamentary papers on various constitutional questions. It is the work of the Solicitor-General and the Crown Law Offici r ,an 1 is edited by Mr W. S. Reid who m his preface says that he had intended to include the electoral law proposed "last session had it been passed, but i; is probable the Bill consolidating the electoral law will be again introduced next, session. If passed it will be included, but the present work is complete m itself. It comprises matters deemed useful to mem bers of the General Assembly, including disqualification Acts, Acts relating to Parliamentary honorarium, costs of local and private Bills, civil list Acts fixing i salary of Governor, Ministers, etc.

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

[per press association.] (Received March 25, 10.30 a.m.)

THE MELBOURNE FAILURES.

London, March 24. Scotch depositors are becoming greatly alarmed at the repeated failures of financial institutions m Melbourne.

COLONIAL INFLUENCE.

Lord Rosebery, addressing a meet ing of the City Liberal Club, Wal brook, declared that England's foreign policy had become a colonial policy, and she was much more dictated to by the extremities of the empire than from London, Australia and Canada, a; the colonial empire, had governed the foreign office completely m a new direction, and the Agents-Generals of the colonies now visited the Colonial Office m the character of Ambassadors.

THE CRISIS IN GERMANY.

Berlin, March 24. Count de Ulenburg has accepted the Premiership of Prussia.

AUSTRALIAN.

(Reoeiyed March 25, 11.35 p.m.)

SERIOUS MENACES BY SHEARERS.

Sydney, March 25. Mr Twomey, Secretary of the local branch of the Shearers' Union, has made some extraordinary remarks before a meeting of the Trades and Labor Council. He stated that m the Young district some labor trouble had recently occurred, and the men had £orr»}ed themselves into prospecting parties, ai^d had struck good gold on private property. Tljey intend, he mentioned, to organise a new union,, and form parties three or four thousand and simply take gold, Also, that it w&s the shearers' determination that they might as v/e!J be well fed m gaol m starved outside. They determined to have gold, and if tljoy could not get it by Mr means they would steal it.

THE COAL TRUST.

NuwriAS'l'LH, March 2:3. The Goal Trust propose tp build large cargo steamers, and ke.ep coal constantly pouring into such markets as San Fpancjlseo, &W Piego, Val paraiso, liong Bong, Calcutta, and Ceylon.

THE MARKETS.

(per press association.). y London, March 23 Two hundred, cases of apples by R.M.P. Tonic marked S. \.C, brought from 5d 3d to Us G;l. fhore wore.'landed m fair condition, bus their quality was poor. Despite a general fall m the market a ] portion of a shipment of Victorian Factory j made butter brought 11 •'Js to 116s ; a few civ:ice parcels realised 1.1.85. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for '-he United Kingdom is 3,324,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,428,000 qua-ters.

LADIES' COLUMN.

■ - ■•- - - Dr A.ll. Post, the well-known anthro pologist, desciibing m the "Globe" various marriage customs, refers to a .-arange sort of .symbolical marriage whir-h is supposed to have originated m India. It is a marriage with* trees, plants, and animals, or inanimate objects, Jf anyone proposes to enter on a union which is not m accordance with traditional ideas, it is believed that the ill-luck which is sure to follow may be averted by a marriage, of this kind, the evil consequences being borne by the object chosen, yln various regions i i>,irl must not marry before her elder siitera, but m some parts of Southern India the difficulty is overcome by the eldest daughter marrying the branch ot a tree. Then the wedding of the second daughter may be safely celebrated. 1 >r. Post gives several other instances which are likely to be new to many students of anthropology. One would have thought that if there be an author whose works could be put into the hands of the British Young Person without a qualm, that author is Mr Walter Besant. Indeed, m a recent discussio.3 on the censorship of the Young Person, which some were inclined to treat as a thing hostile to literature, Mr Bet-ant, if we mistake not, was warm m the defence of the institution as something tending to keep books healthy, and not to enfeeble them 9t all, However, from the confes sion m a recent number of "The Author," it seems that not even Mr Besant is above reproach. He says — " There is an Eye—a watchful Eye—upon the morals of the novelist. In iry own humble way, I have received remon strances which revealed the existence of that Eye. Onee —only once—l suffered— nay, encouraged,—a sailor to kiss a girl m a summer-house —only a kiss, nothing more, but it was wrong-it was sinful and I heard of it. ' I thought,' wrote the in dignant moralist, ' that your books w ere safe reading for my daughter. Most providentially I looked into that one called 'The World Went Very Well Then' before placing it m my child's hands. I can only say may God grant you repentance and forgive you !' " A charitable wish, which not the severest of Mr Besant's critics could well decline to echo. The nweuline girl makes the common error of confounding notoriety with popularity. She does not see that though men are amused by her slangy manner they are not made more respectful and courteous thereby, »(3he only sees that she is a favorite with men, that she always has partners snd escorts, and is invited everywhere. Men are at their ease with her ; but, be assured, there is a mighty difference between the girl one loafs and smokes with, and the girl one prefers for a wife or a mother. The very fashion that m moderation was charming, m excess is disagreeable.,,' The slangy, lolling, spiv, .vling meri-hunters ■— and .some trirls of the period are little more than that—have spoiled the liberty which it was delighted to see women accenting iv moderation. There is a liberty that makes us free, and a liberty that makes us slaves, and the girls who take libprties with modesty of speech and mariner, and. who cross well over the boundary into masculine territory, are not more free, but more slavish than before. And the approbation of men, which is the end m view, is lost by the very means taken to gain it. There is one young woman who has been a belle for two winters. One day she remarked to the writer that now she was obliged to do the marketing ; that he.r mother had always aone it, but "at last ma kicked." When the .rater said to a friend of that young woman, that she would not get married for several years unless she changed her manners, she was told that she received more attention than any girl m her set. Nevertheless, that young woman has had two seasons and is still disengaged. She is a type of the shortsightedness ot some of her sax. She has men about her m plenty, and " she shall have music wherever she goes," but men are bttter than they ap pear. At bottom men love kindliness, gentleness, modesty, purity m act and thought m women.

PARISIAN FASHIONS.

(FROM OUR. PARIS CORRESPONDENT.) Flowers will be somewhat neglected for the hair this winter, and ornamental pins and fancy diadems will be most fashion able, together with circlets of velvet, ribbon, or gausje en torsade, supporting an upstanding spray of flowers, a bow with pointed ends darting towards the sky, or a couple of twin tips. Some of i these circlets are made of jewellery, m twisted gold powdered with diamonds ; others m baser metal, and are fixed on the head by a longskewer-likepin that runs through the hair, from front to back, form ing a pretty ornament; others are m enamel imitating a moire ribbon tied m a Louis XV r. bow m front. In pale pink, blue, green, or mauve, they are very dainty for young girls. The very newest creation has been suggested by Hie eastern head gear, and the tiny golden Circassian cap about the size of a woman's hand, festooned with white pearl or gold pearl beads, and orna mented by a dashing aigrette m white or black, is the latest freak of fashion. This little cap, m black, covered with spangles and festooned with jet or gold, may have the panache of any colour, to suit the taste of the wuarer. In the jewellery lino pins mounted with arrowheads m diamonds are a novelty. Another favorite form is Mercury's caduuens, Yet another imitates a bird's head and wing en aigrette, while a whole diadem is formed by an archer's bow, bent to the form of the head, and from the caiitre of which dart three arrows m diamonds. "Enamelled orchids hold a tiiirror. to nature pi their admirably imi tated tints, and powdered with/ dianjoricjjs, are simply fairy-like. Other blossoms m Iraikslucid enamels aro of a more ordinary sort, but none die less beautiful. In fur, sableskins, or the entire animal, s^ifch head, tail, andpaiv\°, still continue to lie very fashionable, although the first of their kind was worn, two winters ago. i&oas are decidedly losing ground, and /{at collars to the waist only of fur with a liigh Valojis arrangement at the back are considered more noyel.

The Murder by Poachers.

I An English exchange contains some particulars of the murder by poachers for which two men have just been executed. At Ayleslmry Chirl'es Rayner, Waller Smith, and Frederick Eggleton were 1 chanred with the murder of William J Puddephat and Joseph Crawley, of Pit stone, near Aylesbury, on December 12. A statement by Rayner"was read, mi, which, after describing visiting some j public houses with the other prisoners he I say.i they went to a wood where they saw two pheasants up m the trees. "I, Charles Rjiyner, shot at one, and missed it. Frederick Eggleton shot at one, and missud it. Frederick Raynor shot at one, and killed it, and as soon as his gun went off a keeoer showed hisself. But he never spoke. He began to knock us about with his sticks and c;.lled out for *JV»e,' and he came, and there was a fight very quick. I, Charles Rayner, was a loading my gun when I received a blow on my right harm which liyvdc me drop my gun, and then I had a' cut on tha head, another on ihe loft which made me uficicuH [unconscious] for a little while. When I got round I heard them down the field, and I went to go down to them, and I kept falling c'owu. I soon got a little better and got down to them, and there was a word or two because 1 had lost the gun. Ei'gletonsays 'I have broken my [mine] all to pieces, but I have got a piece of the barrel left about 18 inches long and we all went back up to the wood again j to find our hats and my gun, but we could not get neither for it was so dark we could not sc 1, and the next time I seen Eggleton he was caning from the rough of trees below the wood, and he .■laid, ' I have done for one, Charley, and I will do it for the other, for I. know I shall be hung. So Smith never heard him say that, for he was running away, j and we after him, but I could not catch him. So I lost sight of him and I made my nearest way to th ? road, ard Eggle ton caught me before T got out of the field, and he said, 'I have killed the J other, [ know, for I could put my fingers right into his brains,' and he said, ' I shall be hung, and you and VValt (Smith) will get five years each.' So we went on till we got to the bridge at Boul hone, where the gun was chucked m, the stock on Tring station side, and the barrel is-on the other side opposite the public house. But I think this is all that occurred that night on the 12th Pecember, 1891 ; but I am quite sure that I, Charles Raynor, and Walt. Smith is gaits inno cent of that horrid crime.—Yours truly (Signed) Charles Rawer."

The Queen and the Kaiser.

_: * — London, February 29. The "World" says:—The relations bet-ween the Royal Family and the Emperor William are likely to be con siderably strained for a long period to come, and thG Quepn is so angry with her Imperial grandson, that she will probably abandon her projected visit to Germany m order to avoid meeting him. The Emperor undoubtedly conspicuously lacks both tact and good feeling, and the absence of those qualities m his character has been grievously apparent during ihe last fortnight. The hmperor received an intimation that the Luke of Clarence was m a practically hopeless state while he was shooting at Buckeburg. His Majesty, however, proceeded with his sport, and even on the following morning, when he received a telegram from Berlin, convey ing the news of the Duke's death, he did not return to his capital, but had another day's shooting, arid did not reach Berlin until the afternoon of Friday, the 15th. Then, instead of driving direct; to tho f alace of the Empress Frederick, the Emperor went home, and twenty-four hours lapsed before he visited Lis mother, while he did not present himself at the British Embassy until Sunday afternoon. Then a Court mourning of only ten days was commanded by the ftmperor, instead of three weeks as had been expected. It was observed, more over, that the 11-ig at the Schloss was not lowered to h.ilf-mast, and when his cousin was being buried, the Emperor, instead of attending the memorial service at Berlin, m accordance with his mother's earnest request, was holding an in spection of recruits at Kiel, a function which could perfectly well have been postponed. La,stly, the Emperor, ap parently out of pure " cussedness," would not allow his brother., Prince Henry, to come to England to attend the funeral, although his presence at the ceremony was particularly desired by the Em press Frederick and by the Queen and Royal Family, and H.R.H. was himself anxious to attend. The fact is that tho Emperor, whose sentiments spin round like a weathercock m a whirlwind, is just now m a state of rabid hostility towards Kngland. PTis relations with the Royal Family have never been really cordial, and his enthusiasm for, and pride m his con nection with,- tjiis country.were sentiments which cooled as rapidly as they arose. They came like a shadow, and so de parted. His Majesty has succeeded m exasperating and greatly paining his mother and relatives, and he has pro foundly scandalised public feeling m Ger many, especially among the upper and middle classes, who, as a rule, are rigid martinets m such matters as family mourning.

BRITISH JAM.

-♦ Some further light has lately been thrown on the jam-making industry m the old country, as carried on by parties who are nob very particular about the ingredients made use of, so long as they <iet the taste and appearance of preserves, Tiiid lime the " British Medical Journal " lias taken up the subject. And it relates how an enquiring 'stranger, who was being shown over a British wine manu factory, had been rather struck by a serious of high mounds of crimson dust which met his gaze. On asking what they were, he was informed that they c moisted of the refuse of the wine ! presses, m which the juice of raspberries, currants, and other fruits used m the business was extracted for making the wine. As it is seldom that anything is wasted m an Hnglish factory, ;in inquiry was made as to the form m which these mounds of dust would re-enter the market; the visitor was promptly told that it was disposed of to jam-makers to give the appearance of fruit to the pulp of turnip, vegetable, apple, or what not, which for ins the basis of the con fection. It would seem that almost anything will do to make jam of, as the chemists con pioduce a 'flavor to' imitate every kind of fruit. It is commonly sup posed that orange peel is picked up m the streets wherewith to make marmalade. Probably this is a slander on the preserve maker ; but, according to the report of a Ciise heard recently m a metropolitan police court, rotten oranges m the con dition of a '' black pujpy substance," and "quite unfit to eat,"'as the inspector very sapiently rein ark ed, are considered by the owners of the fruit as goqd enough pq be -'chopped for marmalade." Oranges for this 'f excellent substitute for butter at breakfast," only cost 4s a box, whereas fruit for eating costs 12s. It would be interesting to know whether m these colonies the same sort of mysteries are carried on m the production of jam, and to what extent turnips, pumpkins, | etc., are utilised by polpnial preserve manufacturers.

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

PER PRESS ASSOCIATION

THE MELBA DIVORCE CASE.

ALONDO

ITALIAN RETRENCHMENT.

Rome, March 23. It is stated that the Italian Govern ment will dispense with 17,000 .sol diers.

A POLISH SPY.

Sofia, March 23. A Polish spy captured m Bulgaria has been sentenced to eight months' imprisonment and fined £600.

FIRE IN THE CAPITOL.

Washington. March 18. A fire took place m the Capitol while Congress was sitting. Several docu ments of no great importance were destroyed before it was put out.

CHINESE IMMIGRATION.

Ottawa, Maich 23. The Chinese are swaggiug into the Pacific Coast from the United States. It is proposed to bring m a Bill to re stxuot them.

RUSSIAN TYRANNY.

FDF

THE ANARCHISTS.

FGGE

THE KAISER.

OEHRER

THE RISING IN INDIA.

Calcutta, March 22. The Lushicts sharply attacked a sm^H

British expedition which was sent to punish the rebels and arrest their chief, and for some time held them m a very dangerous position. A much larger force is preparing to inarch against the rebels,

BEHRING SEA.

OTHER

FIGHTING AT PAHANG.

Singapore, March 24. It is reported that the rebels at Pahang have captured a station and killed a number of Sikhs and police men.

AUSTRALIAN.

NAVAL MOVEMENTS.

Sydney, March 24. Sailed H.M.S. Goldfinch, for Auck land.

VICTORIAN AFFAIRS.

PPWER

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Wellington, March 24. The hides of soma porpoises obtained on the West Coast, after being steeped m brine for four months, have been tanned at a local fellraongery, the result being the production of excellent leather, light and pliable as kid. A. boot manufac turer has offered the tanners a high price for a ton of such leather, and is awaiting their estimate to determine whether he will 20 extensively into the trade. With reforer.ee to the statement that the New Ze iland and River Plate Mori gage Company have withdrawn from the colony for the purpose of confining their operations fco the Argentine, the "New Zealand Times " says that the determina tion was arrived at before the ne-f taxa tion scheme was heard of, and that the sole reason was that much higher rates of interest could be obtained m the Argen tine than m New Zealand, At a meeting of the Harbor Board Mr Heat oh moved—"That every man able and of good character have an equal chance of employment on the wharves." He explained that those who had lost their billets through going out op strike had been sufficiently punished. The chairman said that the Board were bound to carry out their promise to find employ ment for men who c-ime to their assist ance during the strike. The motion lapsed for want of a seconder. Tne New Zealand Rifle Association came out with a small credit balance over the recent meeting. Negotiations are going on for the purchase of 1000 acres at Waikanae for an industrial farm. The establishment would provide work m emergency /or 100 men. Full wages, however, will not be paid to the unemployed who may be sent there for temporary work. Nelson, March 24. The work of removing the rocks afc the entrance to the harbor, carried on by j Captain Falconer, is progressing satis factorily. A large ledge is already finished, giving a depth of water of eight feet six inches, where previously there was only five feet of a channel. This has been widened about thirty feet. Oamabu, March 24. The Oamaru Amateur Athletic Club held their third annual meeting to-day. Oood weather prevailed, and the events were well contested. On account of the postponement from last week the at tendance was not large. Dunedin, March 24. The Sew Hoy Big Dredge Company, returns sixty-nine ounces retorted gold for three day/ crushing, William James Recce, eighty years of age, was found dead m his bed this morn ing. He had been suffering for some time from bronchitis. Recce came to Dunedin from Christchurch some time ago.

CRICKET.

ENGLAND V. AUSTRALIA.

[per press association. Adelaide, March 24. The third match between Lord Shef field's team and an Australian eleven began to-diy. The weathei was fine, and the wicket m. splendid condition. At the clo&e of the day the Englishmen had lost 4 wickets for 314. The following is the score:—Abel 24, Grace 58. Read 57, Bean 16, Stoddart (not out) 130, Peel (not out) 24, extras 4.

SPORTING.

NAPIER PARK AUTUMN MEETING. [per pkehs association, i Napiek. March 24. Though the weather was cold and showery, the ftttomlance on the second <Iny of the Napier Park Club's races was large. £7271 was put through tho 'machines. The following.are the results of the racing : — Second Trial Hurdles ; 40 soys; one and a half mile.—Worth list, 1 ; Kaimanawa lOst, 2 ; Caloola 9st lib, 3. Eleven ran. Won with ease. Time— 3min 5 3-sth sec. Dividend—£4 Is. Novel Race ; 75 soys ; seven furlongs. —Vision 7sc, J ; Brown Duke 7st 71b, 2 ; Lopez 6st 91b, 3. Seven ran. A good race, won by a length, Time—linin 39 3-sfch sec. Dividend—£7 Is. City Stakes ; 200 soys ; one mile and a qiwrber,—Bay Bell, 7st, 1 ; Huerfana, bst ldlb, 2 ; Queen of Trumps, 7st 71b, 3. Strephon Bst 4lb, Ketina 7st 51b, Kokutu Ist 21b, Torpedo 7st-,21b, The E reamer 7st, ceraph 6st 13lb, Kupenga 6st 121 b, Pmh 6sfc 101 b, and Fleto 6*t 9lb also ran. ir7 I Wfls kept.in the front division all the way, and won after a rattling finish by a length and a quarter. Time— 2min 17sec. Dividend - £16 2s. Two-Year-OldJHandicap ; 75 soys; six furlongs.—Variety, B*t 31b. 1; Ua, 7sfc, 2 ; TViontmartre, Cist 101 b, 3. Mystic 7st 121 b also ran. Time—lmin 23 1-sth sec Dividend—£l 16s. Second Handicap Hurdles ; 100 soys ; one mile and three quarters;—Couranfro, 12sfc, 1 ; Whalebone, list 41b, 2 ; Water bury, list 101 b, 3. I\ine ran. Won after a splendid race by a length. Time— 3min 35 sec. Dividend—£s 2s. Hurry Scurry, of 40 soys ; seven fur- longs.-Zacco, 6s t 121 b, 1; Silver Mine, 7st 121 b, 2 ; Musketeer, Bsb lib, 3. Tea started. Won by a head. Time—lmin 39sec. Dividend—£lo Is. # Wavbbley Stakes ; 100 soys ; six fur longs.— Krina, 7st 71b, 1 ; Torpedo, 83ft 51b, 2 ; Heather Bell, Bst, 3. Six started. Won by a head. Time—lmin 23 l-sth sec. Dividend—£2 18s.

DUNEDIN ANNIVERSARY MEETING.

SECOND DAY,

Dunedin, March 24. lhe following are concluding results :— Novel Race ; 60 soys ; one mile.— Melton. 7st 91b, 1; Emperor, 7st 51b, 2 ; Satyr, 6st 91b, 3. Three others ran. Won very easily. Time—lrani 52sec. Dividends—£7 and £8 6s. Electric Stakes ; 70 soys ; five fur longs. -Conjurer, B*t 21b, 1 ; Mistral, 6sb 101 b, 2; Huguenot, 9st 31b, 3. Five others ran. Won by half a length. Time —•lmm 6dec. Dividends—£3 13s and £3 9s. Pony Tkot of 30 soys ; two miles.— , Daffodil, (scratch) 1. Nine others started. Dividend—£2 17s. Himry Scurry ; 15 soys ; five furlongs, -Emperor, 1 ; Old Judge, 2 ; Collins wood, 3. Sweetbriar and Glenlora also ran. Won by a length. Dividends—£lO 12s and £7 9s. Consolation Handicap ; 40 aovs : one mile. -- Miss Mack, Bst 131 b, 1; Lady Mab, 6sfe 121 b, 2 ; Leinster, Bst 31b, 3. lhree others ran. Won by a length Time—lmin 52sec. Dividends -£2 12s and £2 3s. The sum of £3948 went nlnr?, lhe machines» making a fcotalj of £8254 for the two days.

THE Williams Murders.

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London, March 22. London, March 23. Amongst other r6les which Deeming played he claimed at Birkehhead to be a doctor practising m Manchester. He gave five sovereigns} to a man who watched him cementing the grave of his wife and children. The barman identified the photograph of Mrs Deeming as that of the woman who used to visit him. Deeming was m the habit of. carrying a number of. precious stones m his pockets carelessly screwed up m paper. He consulted a Rainhill doctor on the Wednesday o f the week m which the murders were committed. He appeared anxious that he should visit the villa. The doctor told him that he was onlj pretending illness. (Received March 25, 11,35 a.m.) Sydney, March 25. Williams, formerly steward of the steamer Iberia, is not the man m cus tody for the Windsor murder, and the leading newspapers apologise for con necting his name with it. Perth, March 25. Detective Cawsey, of Melbourne, has been informed through a private channel that Williams aJmits having committed the Rainhill murders, and that he was the perpetrator of the late "Jack the Ripper" murders m Eng land.

Dunedin, March 24. wr- evldence thafc Williams, the alleged Windsor murderer, is identical with a man known m various parts of the colony, appears to accumulate. Portraits of Williams published m the Australian papers are very like the man who was here, the essential difference being that the New Zealand Williams was dark while the supposed murderer is fair. Ib is stated, however, that the man when here was known to dye his hair. The police, it appears, have be<m on the wrong scent altogether, the Williams they have been making inquiries about bein<* quite a different man.

Arrival of the San Francisco Mail.

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Auckland, March 25. Arrived — Mariposa, from San Fran cisco, at 9.30 a.m. The passage occupied 19 days 16 hours. She had variable weather. Passengers for New Zealand Mr P. McHardy, Mrs L. Murphy, and thirty-eight saloon for Sydney and thirty one m the steerage.

MISSIONS.

LECTURE BY REV. DR LIMB,

Last eyenjng, the Rev. Dr Lamb, medical missionary to the New Hebrides, delivered a shoi-fc lecture m the Fresby? terian Church. There was not a very large attendance —about seventy only, m a church seated for over three hundred. The rjv. lecturer was introduced by Rev. A. M. Beattio, M.A., who gave a resume* of the life history of Dr Lamb, who, devoiing himself to God's work m early youth, studied for the ministry, taking a degree at Canterbury College, degrees m medicine at Edinburgh, m Scotland, as well as going through his divinity course there, and finally, returning to New Zea land, was ordained a minister of the Gospel by the New Zealand Presbyterian Assembly at its last meeting m Auckland, and was now, with Mrs L-unb, preoaring' to depart to the ]Slew Hebrides, among which islands his work as a missionary was about to begin. Dr Lamb began his lecture by pointing out that the whole of Christ's life was a mission of healing. That He went about continually doing

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