The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, MAY 2, 1892. EXTENUATING CIRCUM STANCES.

It is not surprising that the result of the trial of the murderer Ravachal and his accomplice Simon, in Paris, should have been hailed by their fellow-Anarchists as a victory. Whether many of the outrages in Spain have been shams or not there is no doubt those committed in France have been fatally real, so much so that the resi dents are described as being in a state of terror, fearing what may happen next. The judge, jury, prosecutor and witnesses who took part in a trial held about a month ago, whereat several Anarchists were con victedand sentenced for complicity in various outrages, mostly committed with the aid of dynamite, were made the victims of similar outrages at the hands of the friends of the incarcerated Anarchists, and therefore there was considerable difficulty in obtaining a judge and jury to try Kavachal and Simon. When a court was at last formed the most out rageous threats were made with the intention of terrorising the judge, jury, and prosecutor in this case, and the panic which the continued outrages caused seems to have been so great that both judge and jury were completely intimidated. The prose cutor discharged his duty fearlessly, but the fervid appeal and repeated threats to the jury of the advocate for the defence, acting upon the terror stricken condition of those to whom they were made, had their effect, and " extenuating circumstances" were found in the case of one of the most dangerous men that ever stood in a dock—a man self-confessed of having committed six murders at least, and who gloried in having done so, and threatened still greater atrocities. (We refer particularly to Ravachal, who took the most prominent part in the outrages.) The judge then, in the discretion—it has generally been branded as cowardice—which the re commendation of the jury gave him, passed the sentence of imprisonment for life, instead of the death which the heinousness of t!»e crimes oi the convicted prisoners richly deserved, The threats with which the judge and jury were menaced should have rathei nerved them to discharge their duties fearlessly, and even the murder of the restaurant-keeper through whose in strumentality Ravachal was arrested should have made them firmer instead of completing their demoralisation. No wonder that the jury were assailed with cries of " Cowards," and that the Whole of Europe joins in the indigna tion and derision with which their con duct is condemned. An extraordinary feature is the spiritless attitude of the French Government throughout the panic in and out of the Court. Al most any other Government wou'd have replied to the menaces of the prisoners' advocate by assuring the threatened men of protection, but this was not done, and even the restaurant, the proprietor of which the Anarchists 1 had disclosed their intention of mur dering, was guarded by but a single policeman ! Martial law has often been proclaimed upon less occasion, but the boldest move in this direction that the French Government has been capable of making is the introduction of a Bill making the unlawful possession of ex plosives a capital offence. Few will deny that such a law is demanded by the general adoption of the " dynamite policy " by the discontents of almost all nations, and we shall probably hear betore longof international action being taken for the suppression of this most terrible system of outrage and murder. Meantime the Government of France has sustained a blow from which it can scarcely recover.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ifc is rumoured that Mr Tanner will run the Hawke's Bay constituency on the first opportunity on the Liberal ticket, against Captain Russell. According to the Auckland " Observer " the Hon Mr Mitchelaon does not intend to seek re-election at the nex'> general election, He has determined to retire from political life. A horse ridden by a boy taking round hot cross buns dropped down dead in Welling' ton on Good Friday. It is presumed that the poor animal had accidentally eaten one of the buns At the half-yearly meeting of the Bank of New South Wales, held on Saturday, in Sydney, the usual dividend ot 15 per cent., with 2£ per cent, bonus, was declared, and £10,000 was carried forward to the reserve fund, which now amounts to £990,000. An Oamaru paper says that Mr Emmerson, station master at Waiareka Junction, has devised a scheme for exterminating rabbits, by which he anticipates he will be able to clear New Zealand of the pesfc in five years. No detail* are yet forthcoming as to theprc cess. A meeting of Volunteers, members of Rifle Clubs, and others interested in Rifle sfaooifcing, will be held in Christehurch early next week for the purpose of considering the question of forming a Rifle Association for the South Island. The proposal is generally regarded with favour. The following advertisement appeared recently hi a Melbourne paper?—" Marriages celebrated by ordained clergyman ajt Holt's Matrimonial Agency, 354, Swanston-street, opposite Public Library, Melbourne ; Hours —Mornings, 10 to 4; evenings, 7to 9. Saturdays, 10 to 12 noon." There is not much trouble in getting married in mn.rvpiloiiK Mfilhrnirne.

An incident isrepor ted (says the "Taranaki 1 Herald") which shows that the old Maori customs have not altogether died out. Some three weeks ago an old Maori chief named Solomon died at the Puketotara settlement. Since his deabh his aged wife, believing that food was tapu to her, refused to eat, and succumbed the other clay to her prolonged f.ist. The half-yearly report of the directors of the Sefcon Dairy Factory Company shows that the company made satisfactory progress during the past six months. The milk suppliers had increased from 22 to 25, and the increase in the quantity of butter made was about 10,000!b over that turned out during the corresponding period last year. The butter had b?en sold at 9Jd per lb, f.o.b. Lyttelton, while the charges for making amounted to 2|d per lb. The recent circular to the police having failed to bring about the suppression of larrikinism, Commissioner Hume has just issued a memorandum in which he says that as it has been found that the nuisance still exists to a considerable extent in aomo districts, any non-commissioned officer or constable who fails to grapple with this class of offence will be at once removed to another station. The Commissioner hopes that thia warning will stimulate the force to use their utmost exertions to at once stamp out thia growing evil. A curious incident happened on the Otaki course during the races on Easter Monday. A horse, which was tethered to a fence, broke away, and was rollicking in his newly-found freedom, when a large dog set off in chase, and on coming up to him took the end of the reins in his mouth, and sturdily hung on, as if to try to stop the runaway. The sensible canine was soon assisted in his efforts by a. man, who succeeded in stopping the horse and restoring him to his owner. The dog wagged his tail and appeared quite satisfied with his part in the transaction. Mr Hanlon, the Government fruit expert, recently visited a number fef the orchards in the Nelson district, and informs the Wel lington "Post" that he waa well pleased with the appearance of many of them. The codlin moth and the mussel blight are still proving troublesome to many of the orchardists, but in several cases the reme dies used have been effectual, and there is every reason to believe that if the owners will only persevere in their efforts the pests will soon be eradicated from the dis trict. Many growers complained to him that there was not a profitable market for their fruit, and he was assured that about the middle of the summer large quantities of fine plums were actually thrown away, because there was no sale for them. The " Woodville Examiner" has the fol lowing :—The community will be pleased to sea that the police have not abandoned the Pahiatua poisoning case. Since the inquest a great deal of information has come to light, and had this been available at the inquest the matter would have presented a much more defined aspect. Should Detea tive Herbert be again iuvestigating the case we trust all who can give evidence to throw any light on it will do so. It is their duty to themselves and society. They can depend upon it that they will be absolutely pro tected—that in giving truthful information they are rendering a good service, and one in which they will be upheld by their fellows, The whole community will wish Detective Herbert success in getting at the bottom of the dreadful affair, and even if what is now known was made public no one could have a shadow of a doubt as to how it was carried out. Mr S. Griffith, the Premier of Queensland, in defending the attitude of the Government onthe Kanaka labor question, said : —The country was in a very serious state of depres sion, and what was to be the remedy for it ? People were asking for work and for food. How were they to get it ? The work of mechanics was not required because the settled population was already too great. The true remedy of the existing state of affairs lay in increasing the number of those who would live upon the land, and increasing agricultural development in the colony. There were large areas of the richest lands in the colony capable of growing sugar, but it was the tixed intention of the owners of these lands to withdraw from the industry, and if that occurred there was nothing to take their place. He had been striving for years to induce white people to go upon the lands and take the place of Kanakas, but not a single man would do so. The man who would let an industry die was a traitor to his country, and provided the means that could be taken to prevent that were not morally wrong they should be taken. That was a qualification he had always put forward. He believed that the only chance of saving the sugar industry was by relaxing the pre sent prohibition on Polynesian labor. Some information upon a very interesting question connected with sealing is contained in the report of a visit of H.M.S. Pheasant to Behring Sea. During the suckling season several female seals were killed by the com missioners, and their stomachs were found to contain nothing but a little seaweed and pebbles. This is an important point, and one on whicli the commissioners received special instructions. During the last con ference at Washington Secretary Blame held the most serious reason for stringent restrictions on taking seals in the Behring Sea was, that the mother seals, which during the suckling season swam 50 miles every day to the feeding grounds, would be taken in great numbers, and the young seals which they left on shore on the Island would perish unless the mother seals were protected. He said the race of seals would thus soon be exterminated. Sir Charles Tupper argued against this, that as a matter of fact the mother seals never left their young in the suckling reason, during which time the mothers took no feed at all. Secretary Blame ridiculed this idea as one unheard of in natural history, but Sir Charles pointed out that the seal, as a hibernating animal, had a store of fat on which it could well subsist for a long time. The report that the stomachs of the mother seals were found empty bears out Sir Charles Tupper's state ment.

Ha)f-holiday3 on Wednesday and Thursday (Race Days) are proclaimed by hia Worship the Mayor. Thursday ia to be also a bank holiday. ! Mr WooldrWge, piano tuner, is now in Ashburton. Orders for him may be left at Mr Harry Fried lander's Tobacconist, East Street. Mr J. A. Poole has been appointed Clerk and Overseer to the Wakanui Road Board, as from May 7 next, and in iuture the office in Moore Street will be open to the public on Tuesdays and Saturdays only, A correspondant to the ''Lyttelton Timss' points out several peifjivnances at the, Walfcham School Committee election, to whichj he thinks, the epithet informal seems scarcely appropriate, The fourth of them is funny :-—" A slop-pail (fortunately empty) did duty as a ballot-box at the public meet ing. Said slop-pail, so far as I know, was not duly unlocked and rriocked by the Chairman at this meeting. " The Waimate-Timaru Hospital dispute vvus settled to-day. The South Canterbury Board declared "to provide funds for the Waimate Hospital—a "separate institution" —on the ground that £100 was nob sub scribed locally as provided by the Act. Alegal opinion taken was that no penalty attached to the failure to subscribe the full amount, and the Board therefore passed the estimates. A strong feeling was aroused at Waimate by the threat to discontinue the contribution. The international tug of warcontesta which have been going on in Christchurch for some time past were finally pulled off on Saturday, beforeaveryfullcircus. Theteams left in were, the Maoris (with an undefeated record, and therefore first honors), the Australians, the Irish, the English, the Germans, and the Chinese. The places to be decided were those of second and third place, and the first in this was between Ireland and Australia, the former winning in 35 seconds. This finished the international contest proper, which stood—Maoris, 1; Irish, 2; Austra lians, 3. The first consolation prize of £10 was won by the Germans, the second of £2 103 by the English, neither the New Zealanders nor the Chinese entering. In the wrestling that followed Urn won the £10 prize. We are informed of what we believe to be the champion record for potato production. Mr Fred Bonnington, the well-known cattle dealer, when on one of his visits to Christ church last year, saw in a saleroom a very large potato, kidney-shaped, seventeen inches long. He obtained it, took it home to Tinwald, and cut it into fourteen sets which he planted in his garden. One root was dug and cooked as new potatoes, proving excellent in every respect. The other tuirteen sets were dug last week, and the produce was found to weigh no less than 139 lbs (a hundredweight and a qnarter less one pound). Taking the root previously dug to have weighed the average of the others if it had been left to mature, the total production would have been 150 lb. The ripe potatoes are also of excellent quality, and there are some very large ones among them. At the R.M. Court Rakaia on Friday— before Captain Wray R.M.— J. Leddy was fined Is and costs for allowing a cow to wander at large. In the case of the Walter A. Wood Company v T. Cronin, judgment was given by default for the amount claimed, £25, with costs, Mr Fuller appearing for the plaintiff company. The same company sued Mrs Margaret Cronin for £50, being for a promissory note drawn by her for L 25 and another for a similar amount drawn by her husband and endorsed by her. Mr Fuller appeared for the plaintitfs and Mr Cuthbertson for the defendant. At the close of the plaintiffs case Mr Cuthbertson appealed for a nonsuit on the ground that his client being a married woman it was necessary for the plaintiffs to show tha,t at the time of the contract being entered into Mrs Cronin had separate property sufficient to satisfy'the claim, and quoted numerous authorities in support of his contention. Mr Fuller having replied, the magistrate said he must nonsuit the plaintiff on the point raised by Mr Cuthbertson. ; A beautiful display of the Aurora Aus&rali was seen on Sunday night. The sky iri the south' had a luminous appearance from the time the moon set, and about nine o'clock the lights became very brilliant, continuing so for some time. On Saturday evening also the heavens presented a very interesting appearance, which an astronomical con tributor to the "Titnaru Hprald " describes as follows :■—" The new moon ' with the old one in her arms' is no great novelty ; neither is the planet Venus, now the brilliant; even ing star ; but is is something of a novelty to see them both so close together as they were on Saturday evening, and both shining their very best. Venus, however, outshone Luna in brilliancy, which is mythologically as well as astronomically correct, but: Luna won the palm of utility. It is a curious observation that there were three degrees of sunlight received from one quarter of the heavens (disregarding the faint remainder of twilight). There was a direct reflection from Venus, a direct reflection from the new moon, and a second reflection (earth-light) from the rest of the moon's disc. It is a nice little problem fr those who have a suitable almanac to get the place of Venus from ; which of those three lights travelled furthest? Which the least distance is easily found. At the Police Court this morning, a young fellow, named John Crowe, was charged with having on April 30, set fire to and a gorse fence at Tinwald. He pleaded not guilty and was defended by Mr Cuthbertson. Mr Lee, a farmer at i Tinwald said that on the morning in ques tion, about eight o'clock he saw Crowe setting fire to the boundary fence on his farm. Witness put the fire out. Crowe lit the fence ia two plac2S, and when ques tioned by witness about why he did so, said he supposed the fence had to be lit. He did not seen to know what he was doing, and talked of having had his breakfast at Cairnbrae. He appeared to think he was at Methven, The man was on foot. The damage done was about 10s. Mrs Stalker, wife of John Stalker, whose farm bounds that of Henry Lee's, and a man living at Lee's farm, also gave evidence corroborative of that of the first witness. Constable Hunt said he arrested the accused in the Royal Hotel on Sunday. Accused said he knew knothing at all about the matter as he was drunk. The Sergeant said that accused made the same statement at the station,' adding that he had bean on the spree since Friday. Mr Cuthbertson denied that there was any malice in the man's act. He was in an advanced stage of intoxication, and fancied that he was doijig his proper work at Methven. Evidence was given for the defence to the effect that accused and two female relations had been at a ball at Winslow on Friday night, that he was very much intoxicated, and that he drove the ladies to Ford's road, where they left him, and he iipp^rqntly ijpove bapk to Winslow, The ladies reached home about seven o'clock. Accused said he took the buggy to Neman's afcables at eight o'clock. The hostler at the stables said the buggy was brought home at ten o'clock. The bench found Crowe guilty, and taking a lenient view of the ease, fined him 10s and ordered him to make good the damage and pay costs, or go to prison for seven days, with hard labor. SANDER AND SONS EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.—In protection of the world wide fame our manufacture has acquired all over the globe, we publish the following ; — Hazard, M.D., Professor of General.Patho logy and Diseases of thg Mind, and Nervous system, says in an editorial published in tne "Clinical Record":—" Wo have examined half-a-dozen specimens of different inanufac tures; the preparation of Sauder and Sons was the only one that proved to be reliable and cp.r.fKJsnqnding to,, scientific tests." Another eoncqctiqii callgd 't Refined Extract of Eucalyptus" has mad.c its appearance sinco, This ppoduot stands, agoording to Dr Owen, foremost in causing injurious effects. That gentleman communicates, at a meeting of the Medical Society of Victoria, that a child living at Fitzroy became most seriously indisposed through its use. In another case a' Jady atatqs qn the strength of statutory declaration that she suffered cpuelly from the effects of the same concoction. To guard iko high reputation of our manufacture we feel warranted in expo ing the above facts, and desires the public to exercise care ejil precaution when buying, SANDER and SONS._(Advt.) ' 1 -Nin ian Hyslop and Oo'sMrxjperiil. f-en Oeylon and fndian Teapjarethpj btV ill tha nrlrftJ- — (A v\ ' I

Alleged Dummying.

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Wellington, April 29. The Land Board held an enquiry to day into the circumstances under which certain sections in the Dry River and Makara blocks, Wairarapa, were taken up by Messrs Chaples, Pharazyn, El gar and others. The enquiry had been ordered in consequence of a statement contained in a report of the ranger leading the Board tr> suppose that the selections had not been bnna fide. In the course of the examination of selectors interested, it was stated that the land was taken up for Mr Pharazyn's children, Mr Pharazyn finding the money. Stock was put on the land within a year, and whatever profit had been made out of the sections had been spent on improvements. The sections were still being worked. The ranker, in his evidence, said the improvements were largely in excess of what the Act required, but as the sections were not worked separately he thought the Land Board should know that they wer<; worked from one homestead. Decision was reserved. Wellington, April 30. The Land Board passed a lengthy resolu tion this morning, the effect of which is to exculpate Mr Pharazyn from the charge of dummyism, but drawing the attention of the Minister of Lands to the fact that it appears that without contravening the land regulations five members of one family can take up 82t>6 acres of pastoral land in one block.

The Horse Bot Fly.

SCIENTIFIC OPINION.

Two very interesting communications oh ihe subject of the bot fly appear in the **; Witness." The first is from '■' Farmer," who writes :—" The uneasiness prevailing aotne time ago in the northern districts as to the probable or possible amount of injury that may be expected from the establishment of this fly equii) in the colony has been renewed by the publication of several cases in Canterbury, where valuable horses are said to have died from attacks of the fly, and where it is stated that the cause of the death was ascertained by examination to be from the larvae perforating the stomach. As most farmers, and it is to be supposed all farriers, are aaquainted with the life history of the horse fly, it may be need less to say that the normal habit of the larvee of the bot fly in the horse's stomach is to hold on to that side of the stomach in which mucous is secreted, and live upon that secretion. For this special purpose they are furnished with hooks attached to the head, and their respira tory organs are specially and wonderfully adapted to enable them to live in the stomach. To perforate the walls of the stomach would be to adopt a quite abnormal habit, and to gain access to the cavity of the abdomen would simply be to ensure their own destruction by a de parture from the course Nature intended and specially fitted them to pursue. That such has been the course adopted in one at least of the Canterbury cases it would require very good evidence to prove and the authority of son<e expert on I entomology who was present at the examination; because, on the other hand, we have the example of Cape Colony, whose Government veterinary surgeon (a man of great experience) in his report to the Government states that out of over 2090 careful ex m'nations of infected horses, many of them stated to have died of fly attack, he never succeeded in dis covering a single instance of the fly ' having anything whatever to do with the death of the animal.' It is possible— possible than probable—that the Canterbury horses may have been killed by bot fly larvse, but if so they are very ■rare-cases, and need not form any grounds for uneasiness on the part of our farmers and other horse owners. The preventive, however, is very simple. Rub the places where the eggs are laid occasionally with a cloth, smeared with a little mixture of kerosene and fat or other oily substance." The other contribution is from Mr Neil Marquis, M R.C.V.S., Tiinaru, and is as follows:—"The bot fly is causing some trouble up North, here as well, and in course of time will find its way South to Otago. Can Ibe allowed to express an opinion, from observation of the parasite in Norway, the Old Country, and here 1 — Tn the higher latitudes, and indeed up to the ' Jand of the midnight sun ' it prevails, with this exception to its influence in New Zealand, that there it is not deadly to its host, here it is. From the provinces bordering the lower Baltic, mobs of sturdy little herses were sent for sale peiiodically to the yards of the Glasgow Veterinary College, and in almost all cases were seen hanging about the anus the ova of the bot fly. Still all seemed healthy. This was in 1873. My experi ence of this pest here is limited to one case : A mare was found dead. I mide a careful post mortem, and found all internal organs right. On opening into the stomach 1 found about five square inches literally covered by the larvsg. That was the cause of death—a case of pure gastritis, entirely due to parasitic influences. Now we have many pseudo ' comparative physiologists ' in New Zealand, each one knowing more chan his fellow. May Ibe so bold as to inquire why it is that the bot fly thrives so well in pine forests when the particular product of che pine is so deadly to its larvse ? I simply inquire ; I don't presume. The symptoms caused by the presence of the parasites cannot be described in this short note. One important one is a reddening of the edges of the tongue, which should be examined when suspicion is aroused, I hope some ' older hand,' well versed in colonial helminthology, will lend an approving hand, and help to deal with the pest." Mr William Pringle, of Koxbrook farm, informs the '* Timaru Herald " that the bot fly has appeared on his farm, and from the description of the insect and its habit, it is the fly figured and described in Stephens' " Book of the Farm" under the name of Gasterophilus cqui; as it deposits its eggs on the horse's fore qinrters. Stephens describe^ another kind, (?, havwvrliQidaiU, only one-half the sise of the other, which lays its esj»s on the lips of tbe horse. A writer lira Christohuroh paper says the latter is the fly which is becoming too common in North Canterbury, There is an apparent confusion in the account*. Mr'Pringle says the fly he has observed lays its eggs on the horse's shoulders or other places within reach of his teeth, and that the horseshows greatfear of the fly. Stephens, and also Chambers' "Encyclopedia," allege this distress in the horse only in the presence of the bot fly which deposits its eggs on %\\q Jjpa, "an operation attended with so much pain, that no sooner does it make him aware of the presence of the fly, than he tosses his head and gallops off to a different part of the field, or if he has the opportunity betakes hintself to waiter," ]\| r Pyinglt believes the female fly he captured had a sting, but the descriptions we have re ferred to say nothing of a, sfcinsr, and it seems improbable, as the bet fly is related to the blowfly. It is a curious question why the deposition of the eggs on the hairs, or on the lips, irritates the horse so much, vhen the f^ies do nqt sting. An" active fmt^nt of th,G nature of a ' srjng must be necessary to cause the horso to use his taeth in the way caused by the bot.

Support Local Industry.—The Lq zenges, Jujubes, Comfits, and London Mixtures manufactured by Au&serkqok 4JTC Co. are ecjual fco best imported.

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

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DETITUTE ALIENS.

London, April 29, The Conservative members of the London County Council intend to petition the Government to prohibit destitute aliens from coming to the country. COLONIAL BORROWING, London, April 30. Mr Wilson, of the " Standard," in aa article in the " Investors' Review," declares that the entire fabric of Australian civilisation is built upon debt, and that the spectacle is not equalled 'anywhere, 'ihe dangers of the near future are not so much what has been borrowed as what they here after may borrow. The London market, he says, will only help the colonies in fair weather, and the banks are regarding the situation, from a sel fish point of view and not in colonial interests, He admits that the colo nies have not made a bad. use of their money, but thinks that they were able to use it advantageously. He severely censures loan-mongering syndicates, which influenced the unscrupulous lust for sudden gain, and he considers it doubtful if one in ten of colonial farmers or merchants would be unen cumbered if loans were stopped. He asserts that all the colonies find rail way capital unbearable, and says that the loan position is a grave peril. The colonies must introduce borrowing for increased production under pain of early bankruptcy. They must, how ever, borrow only a moderate amoant, or become unable to pull up in their mad career, and pay very different terms than formerly. He concludes by expressing the opinion that if the colonies adopt protection, they will soon be unable to borrow or pay. IMPERIAL POLITICS. In the House of Commons, Dr Clarke moved that England, Ireland, Wales and Scotland, should be allowed to legislate in domestic affairs, leaving Imperial questions to the House of Commons. The motion was defeated by 20 in a small House. Mr Justin McCarthy gave notice to move for the rejection of the Irish Local Government Bill. LABOR MATTERS. The Durham miners return to work in the non-associated collieries, at the former rate of wages. MRS OSBORNE. London, May 1. It is reported that Mrs Osborne was released from gaol on Friday, and that her condition is critical. GOVERNOR OF TASMANIA. The "Observer" states that Vis count Gormanston, Governor of British Guinea, will probably be appointed to succeed Sir George C. Hamilton as Governor of Tasmania. SIR HENRY PARKEB. It is announced that an autobio graphy of Sir Henry Parkes will shortly be published.

BEHRING SEA.

Ottawa, April 29. 1 hfl Behnng Sea arbitration will be ratified by both parties in London next week. THE CANADIAN SCANDALS. The hearing of the charge of con spiracy against the Hons. H. Merrier and H ; Langelier, and M. Pacaad has begun, and been adjourned to May 3rd. Ottawa, May 1. The " Toronto Globe " asserts that Mr Thomas McGreevy paid the Quebec Tory Ministers and their friends nearly £100,000 in excess of contracts, and states that in the event of the Govern ment of the Dominion shirking an enquiry, it will publish the whole of the story in the hopes that it will re sult in a trial before the Court.

WILLIAM ASTOR'S ESTATE

m,  .New York< April 29 The widow of the late Mr W, Astor has been left an annuity of £lOQ,QQQ. The daughters are left £400,000 each' and the son £12,000,000. THE THEATRE FIRE. The fire in the Central Theatre at Philadelphia, was caused by the clumsi ness of the scene shifters. Six persons are reported to be missing, and of those injured six are dying. THE VENEZUELAN REVOLT. The President of Venezuela has issued a proclamation asserting that the revolc is suppressed.

THE PRESIDENCY.

Washington, April 29. The Republican State Convention has nominated President Harrison for the Presidency,

COMMERCIAL TREATIES.

m , _, Bkblin, April 29. lhe Government consider that the British colonies have the right to the benefits of the favoured nation clause in commercial treaties.

EMO PAMIA.

Zanzibar, April 2& Jiitnin Pasha is ill, a^nd is returning to the coast, -His expedition has been decimated by famine and disease.

AN AFGHAN RISING.

Heiut, April 29. Ine villagers around Herat and Baniiau, irritated at the outrages committed by the Ameer's soldiers, attacked and severely defeated them! wounding the Commander.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

«r tt r, , A(jokmni), April 30. W H. Candy, mate of the baique Northern Chief, died suddenly at his residence last night. An inquest will be held. «n?i iri^?i U? m Fr? t- lis y«ar celebrates his 80th birthday, his jubilee a,s a onloniat and lus golden weeding. He declined a pubjio demonstration, but an address numerously signed will be presented al his residence on Tuesday. Mr Moss returns to, Raratonga next week m the Richmond. Nothing has been settled by the New Zealand Govern ment regarding Mr Moss's, permanent salary as British Resident of Raraton^a. A Napier, April 30," A five-roomed cottage in C.irlyle street was destroyed by n>e early this inorriing. The inmates escaped in theirnight clothes. The building is insured in the New Zealand office for £150, and the furniture for £180 in the railway servants' fire fuMs, I

POLITICAL

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Wellington, April 30. OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. The Cabinet has decided to summon Parliament not later than June 30. Pos sibly, If the new taxation returns are ready in time, the session may begin earlier. THE PREMTERjS MOVEMENT. The Premier gees south to-day to at tend the banquet to Mr Waid at Winfcon, and will address a public meeting at Invercargil) on Saturday.

THE Deeming Murders.

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Melbourne, May 1. Williams in his defence lias adopted a new line. He will as.<sert through his counsel that Miss Mather, whom he married in England, is still alive, and that she cleared out; that the body found at Windsor was that of another woman, who might have been murdered six months ago ; and further that the body was so decomposed that it was impossible to identify it. Counsel, though not bringing evidence to support these contentions, submits them to the jury for consideration. Themedicalevidence has strengthened the belief of the detectives that Williams is identical with "Jack the Ripper." Melbourne, May 2. Medical experts decline to pronounce Williams insane. One medical wit ness stated that prisoner's actions were not like those of an insane person ; and another described him as an instinctive criminal, but not insane. The case for the defence opens this morning.

THE MARKETS.

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London, April. 30. The apples ex s.s. Duke of Westminster are selling at from 6s to 11s per case. Auckland evaporated apples are selling at from 36s to 40s per cwt. Best American, from 32s to 36s per cwt. The wool market is rather weak. The Canterbury Frozen Meat and Dairy Produce Export Company, Limited, have received cable advice from London, quoting it» brand as follows :—4§d for mutton, 6£d for lamb.

THE ANARCHISTS.

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Sofia, April 29. The Rustchuk bombs were furnished with electrical appliances. They arrived from Russia by steamer. Paris, April 30. The city is virtually in a st"ite of siege, and the shops will universally be closed on May Day. A great force of cavalry and infantry ' have been supplied with ball cartridges, and are quartered in barracks, and at the police stations. Squads of police are stationed throughout the city. No crowds are to be allowed to collect. In Marseilles great military pre cautions have been taken to prevent outrage. Two squibs were exploded in the Town Hall at Dijon. The police hurrying to the spot found a box of explosives with two burning fuses attached. The object of the Anar chists apparently was to attract a large crowd to the hall by the explosion of the squibs, and then destroy them by means of dynamite. Daily reports are received of abortive attempts in other towns, Owing to the threats of the Anar chists the Paris Bourse and upper galleries are closed. Sherot, who gave testimony against Ravachal, has fled from Paris, The American and English cafes in Paris are threatened by the Anar chists. Five anarchists have been expelled from Nice. Two petards have been found in the Church of St Denis. Many fires re ported in St E^ienne were caused by infernal machines. Rome, April 30. Fifty Anarchists have been arrested in this city, and a similar number at each of the cities of Carra, Ravenna, and Bologna, At Florence forty were taken into custody. Brussels, May 1. An unsuccessful attempt has been made to dynamite the National Bank of Belgium.

Wellington, April 30. Other principal races resulted as under;— Stewards' Handicap, of 60 soys ; nine furlongs.—Revolution, 7st 31b, 1; St. Malo, 6st 101b, 2; Torpedo. 7st 51b, 3. Won by four lengths. Time~2min 6 3-sth sea. Dividend—£4 16s. Railway Handicap, of 60 soys ; six furlongs.—Krina, 7st 71b, 1; Resolution, 7st 131b, including lOibs penalty, 2; Ahaura, 7st 81b, 3. Won by half a length. Time—l mm 23sec. Dividend—£2 13s. £5802 passed through the totalkator.

The principal events of the second day resulted as under ;— Waiwjetu Handicap, of 60 soys ; one mile.—Cretonne, 7st 51b, 1 ; Torpedo, 7t,t 21b, 2; Revolution, Bst 31b, 3. Six others ran. Won by half a length. Time— lmin 50secs. Dividend—£3 9s. Hukdlk Handicap, of 60 soys; one and a half mile.—Lone Hand, 9sr ; , 1 ; General Gordon, lOst 91b, 2; Clauds, lOst 61b, 3. All started. Lone Hand won by half a length. Time -2min 59 l-sth sees. Divi dend—£3 Bs.

THE DERBY FAVORITE POISONED.

, London, April 29. Ine Duke of Westminster writes to the papers that he hopes that Orme will be able to run in the Derby. He hints that the horse has been drugged. London, April 30. Orme is still suffering from the effects of an irritant mineral poison. Ihe Duke of Westminster states the colt nearly died on Sunday last. The incident has caused an immense sensation. Four to one now offered against Orme. The Duke offers a reward of £5000 for infor mation that will lead to the arrest of the person who committed the dastardly act.

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JVurrow K«caiie of *'sij»*. Wtfacc. New Plymoctti. May 2, Cape. Mace, when proceeding from Middleton's Hotel, .Opunake,'to Major 'hike's residence, on Saturday ni»*hc, jumped over a wrong fence and fell over a cliff forty feet on to the rocks in Opunake bay Capt. Mage. ■••■"** stunned by the fall,

but on lecovering managed to find the way back to the hotel. He was tiiu.n cub kbout the face, buO no bones were broken, Wativ** and «h« U«*g- "Tux. A large number of Natives were fined this morning for having unregistered dogs in their possession. Xli« ]Yew Wellington, May 2 Among the passengers by the Hauroto, from Sydney, this morning, was Lieut.- Oolonel Fox, the new commandant; of the New Zealand forces. He was formally received by Lieut.-Oolonel Hume. Mr Cuthbert has finished the inspec tion of the Government House sanitary ' appliances, and forwards his report; to-dny. It is understood he recommends some alterations, but not expensive or extensive.

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SUCCESSFUL INDIAN LOAN.

(Received May 2, 10.25 a.m.)

rru ri- , IrfWDOK, April 80. The Indian loan of £1,300,000 was subscribed over threefold. The aver age was £96 18s id.

IMPERIAL COMMERCIAL TREATIES.

In a pamphlet which he has pub lished, Earl Jersey argues that the United Empire Trade League scheme will not draw closer the bonds of union between the mother country and the colonies, and he thinks a better way would be to induce the colonies again to adopt a free trade policy.

AUSTRALIAN.

(Received May 2, 11.30 a.m.)

MR DIBBS' MISSION.

Melbourne, May 2. Mr Dibbs will interview the Pre miers of Victoria and South Australia, and ask their co-operation in his mission to London. He states that his visit is mainly intended to strengthen the credit of the Australian colonies in London.

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