Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1892. CURRENT TOPICS.

A piece of red-tapeism worthy of the most formal days of the circumlocution office has been brought under our notice by Mr Quane, Secretary of the Ashburton Agricultural and Pastoral Association. Mr John Small and Messrs Mawson Brothers were exhibi tors at the last Christchurch show. According to the railway regulations stock exhibited at a show is, on being returned unsold, carried free on the return journey, and on presentation of tike certificate of the Association at whose show it -was exhibited one half of the carriage to the show is refunded. Mr Small despatched his horses to the Christchurch show from Tinwald, and Messrs Mawson trucked theirs at \ WesterfieJd. On the return journey, j however, both exhibitors consigned their stock from Addington to Ash burton—Mr Small having in mind the fact that the regular evening train goes no further, and Mr Mawson be cause his stock required feeding, and could not be allowed to stand in the track at Ashburton until the next train to Westerfield the following afternoon. It would naturally be thought that the railway department could take no ex ception to this very reasonable pro ceeding on the part of the exhibitors but on their applying for the rebate of half the carriage to the show they were met with a refusal on the ground that the stock was not returned to the identical station from which it had been originally forwarded. After con siderable correspondence with the de partment, in which the Secretary of the Christchurch Show has done his best to obtain fair treatment for the exhibitors, the refusal to pay the rebate lias been confirmed. It will be agreed that a grosser piece of red-tapeism has seldom been Umrd of, even in the rail way department. We are glad to learn that the matter is not to be allowed to rest in its present position.

A very sharp controversey is raging in one oi tbe Dunedin papers as to the accuracy of Mr Whitely King's state ment that the life vv Zealand shearers who went to Queensland last year under engagement to iim Pastoralists' Association, earned among tWm from £30,000 to £40,000. There we about fiv« hundred of these shearers, mid ou $h« m* 'in^i we have the

assurance of the pastoralists that they wore well conducted men and good shearers,and on the part of the Union the statement that they were neither. Then Mr King's statement respecting their earnings is said by a Mr Allan t» be " a lie." When a dispute comes to .such a point as this it is generally safest to let the parties fight it out be tween themselves, but this question is of interest to a great many men in this district, and it is only right that the merits of the case should be placed be fore them. So far neither side has supported his case with evidence. It should be easy enough for Mr King to ascertain and publish the exact earn ings of each man; and as easy for the other disputant to give names and figures in support of his assertions; the question is of sufficient importance for both to be done. Meanwhile, we have the facts that the employers were so satisfied with the men that they are engaging them again, and the men are so satisfied with their last year's experience that they are already preparing to go over again. In the absence of positive evidence Mr Allan makes the state ment that the men's working time in Queensland did not exceed an average of three days a week, which is so ridiculous as to considerably discount his other allegations. It is matter for regret that°the unfortunate dispute between pastoralists and shearers in Australia is so long in being settled, but there is ample evidence to show that last season the squatters who employed New Zealand shearers got their sheep well shorn and the shearers wer« well paid.

As #E have already (in our issue of November 10 last) given a very full precis of the provisions of this Act, it is not necessary that we should again explain them in detail; but as the Act is now in operation and neglect of its requirements involves liability to heavy penalties, we return to the subject in order that those of our readers, who are within its scope, may be warned of the matters in which compliance with those requirements is necessary. First, then, be it re membered that the term " factory " embraces every office, building, or place in which three or more persons are engaged, directly or indirectly, in preparing or manufacturing articles for trade or sale, as well as all estab lishments in which steam or other mechanical power is used for purposes of manufacture. Every employer hav ing a " factory " within the above defi nition must, on or before the 21st inst., serve on the Inspector of Factories for the district the required notice describ ing the building and its appointments, the nature of the work carried on, and give particulars as to the number of persons employed, their ages, sex, hours of work and earnings. He must also pay the required registration fee, failure to comply rendering him liable to a penalty of £10. The regulations issued under the Act will be found in the " Gazette " of December 31, and the fees appointed are— (a.) For every factory or work-room in which more than thirty persons are employed, £2 2s; (6.) For every factory or work room in which more than ten, and not more than thirty, persons are employed, £1 Is ; (<?.) For every factory or work room in which more than thre^, and and not more than ten, persons are employed, ss. Ashburton is in the district of Mr Hubert Ferguson, of] Christchurch, to whom, until a local officer has been appointed, fees should be paid and returns made, and; from whom, we presume, the necessary forms can be obtained. But for the convenience of the public the Govern ment ought forthwith to appoint a local officer, so that all information could be obtained on the spot without the trouble of having to send to Christchurch for it. Plenty of time has indeed elapsed since the session for all these appointments to have been made, and they ought to have been made weeks ago. As that has not been done, certainly not a day should be lost by the officer at the head of the department in getting his local staff properly arranged, as otherwise great inconvenience, and not improbably some hardship, may result.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mr W. Curry lost a horse and cart, together with a load of cheese, off the wharf at Akaroa yesterday. The horse shi«d at something on the wharf and fell over into th« sea before Mr Curry could stop it.

An English chaplain has be«H licensed by the Bishop of Gibraltar for a church at Monte Carlo-—much to the delight, it is said of the lady gamblers. As none but a Ronwn Catholic church is allowed in the principality of Monaco the English church is situated just ov#r the French boundary.

The Wyndham shearers intend trying the Queensland sheds again. Shearing there begins in M&rch, and the men require to be on the spot about the middle Of February. The local correspondent ©f a Southern paper says that the men are cousetjaeftthy leaving their employment in the neighbourhood of Wyndjttun in order to be in time.

The new Orient liner Opbir, which arrived at Sydney last month had 1000 passengers on board wfeee she left Gravesend. The Ophir is a tin-screw steame*' pi 9500 ---horse power, and she is built in so inauy water.-tijght compartments that her .owners regard he? as jfcbo safest steamer afloat and practically jjnsi#kabjlie.

The New Zealand Chess Gongfress, yhhih has been carried on daily in Awekjand .dur ing the past fortnight, ended yesterday, Vhen Mr F, Sicdeberg, of Dunedin, won the <Jkess Championship of New Zealand, with Messre A.. Littlejobn and T. H. Bake well, both of the Wellington Chess Club, second and third respectively..

The ways of those who go down to the ?ea in ships, says the" Hawkes Bay Herald ", are hard to understand. The skipper of a schooner got married at £be.§pit on Saturday, and his seafaring friends celebrated the occasion by hanging the newly-made Benedict in effigy at the yardarm of his vessel, decorated with bunting. They also consumed nmcfe j^qrtimer Granville.

The triennial meeting of the Australasian Conference of the'6'ojfgwgational Church opens at Wellington on February $2. This is the first time the Conference has W* in M'&W Zealand, and it meets here this time to celebrate ihg Jubilee of the establishment of Congiegatjonalisu* in the colony. About eighty clerical and lay i'*pf.esentatives are expected to attend. The names of. th/rty sjx Australian members who will be present jfya ]c .already been sent in.

The JJev. \y*. Mayers, the deputation ueerctaiy of Dr Jjarnardo's Homes gave his first address at Auckland on Decenibpr 29 ---on behalf of the Home. A corps of .eight boys from the Homes gaf c a musical enter tainment, euiy&sfcißg of parfow^ances with a carillon of 75 sllvertoaed bejls. They glso played on bugles and the Scottish bagppines Sir William Fox presided, and there' was a iarga and enthusiastic audience. Mr Mayers is Koi^e.li a singer of more than average mefjt &$$ * J*Wgj#au °f "^sidepAble culture,

The Inspector of Factories,at Christchurch, notifies that .he-will advertise the schedules to the Act so soon as he re::dv:;-s them from the Government.

The very J?e\\ Dr Walters, Rector of St. Patrick's College, Wellington, will preach at the Church of the.Holy Name of Jesus, to-morrow o,t eleven o'clock, and in the evening. The visiting delegates who have been attending the Council ot the New Zealand Educational Institute at Christchurch were the guests of the North Canterbury branch of the Institute at a very pleasant picnic held at Diamond Harbour yesterday.

While the Dunedin Salvage Corps was driving in hot haste on Thursday morniug in the direction of Russell street, on an alarm of fire having been given, one of the horses drawing the conveyance dropped down at the corner of Moray place, opposite »be Trinity Wesleyan Church, and expired alinast instantaneously.

Mr F. W. Pennefather, who will be remembered by many as private secretary to Sir William Jervois, is now in the colony, and will remain for some months. He is engaged in the compilation ol a guide book to New Zealand for Mr John Murray, the well-known London publisher. The work when completed will form one of the series

of "Murray's Handbooks." Mr Pennefather is now professor of Law at the Adelaide University.—" Public Service Journal."

At the fortnightly meeting of the Canter bury Land Board on Thursday, the follow ing lands were disposed of for cash :— Sec tion 31040 in the Spaxton district, contain ing 10 acres, to Donald McKenzie ; section 5, Reserve 1650 in the Rangitata district, containing 58 acres 28 perches, to M. B. Baxter; section 3, Reserve 1650 in the Ran fritata district, containing 265 acres 2 roods 25 perches, to F. B. Standish. The total railway revenue for the four weekly period ending December 5, was £81,336 16s 2d, expenditure for the same period being £54,273 9s lid, or 66.28 per cent of the revenue, The revenue for the North Island lines was £30,234 and the ex penditure £20,165 17s lid or 67.78 per cent of the revenue. The revenue from the South Island lines was £51,102 9s Bd, and the ex penditure £34,107 12s, or 67.03 per cent. The Hurunui-Bluff line earned £45,927 5s Id on an expenditure of £30,813 16s lOd, or 68 per cent of the revenue. Commenting on th« disclosures recently made in Victoria as to the abuse of the free pass system, the New Zealand "P*bl» Service Journal" suggests to the Victorian Railway Commissioner the advisableness of imitating the example of the American rail road superintendent, who plastered the en trance doors of bis official sanctum with the following Scriptural quotations :—" No passes given to deadheads. Do not take the trouble to ask for them. In those days there were no passes given. Search the Scriptures. ' Thou shalt not pass ' (Numbers xx. 18). 'Suffer not a man to pass' (Judges in. 28). * None shall pass' (Isaiah xxxiv. 10). ' This generation shall not pass' (Mark xiii. 30). 'Though they roar, yet can they not pass' (Jeremiah v. 22). 'So he paid the fare thereof and went' (Jonah I. 3)." Having had the pleasure of hearing M. Leon-Driver give a taste of his quality as a pianiste, we are bound to say that he more than fulfils anticipation, being indeed with out exception the ablest performer on the pianoforte whom we have heard in New Zealand. Hia command over the instrument is simply marvellous, his rapidity of mani pulation almost incredible, and he evolves at will the most delicate harmonies, soft as the music of fairy bells, or volumes of sound that rival the crash of the thunder or the roar of the angry ocean. His interpre tation of the Marseillaise, for example, is enough to drive a Frenchman wild with enthusiasm, and his splendid rendering, with the left hand only, of an exquisite elabora tiun of the theme of Auld Robin Grey would carry not only a Scotchman but any lover of music of whatever nationality inco the seventh heaven. Another exceedingly choice item in his almost inexhaustible repertoire is his " Souvenir Amnrica'm 0," a 'series of variations upon the well-known air '"Way down upon the awaunee River," which, we understand, will form part of Monday's programme. We heartily advise those who have ears to hear to visit the Oddfellows' Hall on that occasion, as M. Driver gives only one evening's perforance in Ashburton. M, LeoijrDriver has secured the assistance of three of the leading artists of Christ church for his concert, namely, Mr A. Millar (basso), Mr T. Acland (tenor), and Mr 3 Edgar (soprano), each of whom will be well-known to many of our readers as a popular and talented singer. 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TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

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New f'LY&iouTH, January 0,

A picnic party of Catholic bo^s wejit on Thursday with throe Maiist Brothers to the ranges at the foot of Mount Egrrjont. In rambling about the bush one of the M^rist Brothers and two little boys got separated from the party and lost. The party after wai.tjng till darj£ came into town without then?. A search party >v;is out all yesterday. Last nighfc "the Pjr >ther who was logt rode into town from Koru, He sjba,tes £hat wljen it was getting ; dark he made a fern bes tor fchp boypj, whc? slept soundly, and in the morning' .they picked up the river and tramped along its j banks till they came out at the settlement o£ I£oru about four o'clock in the after noon, aftei- a tpmp from daylight. Be yond fatigue the little ijoys were none the worse for the adventure, 'j>he i|rotjjer left the boys at a settler's house, and. ji#de into town last nighfc to bring in the news, Hevr *"lr«y«njt!i Harbor. WjGi^jNGTOjtf, January 9. The Government has arranged ,to fchar psr the Oamaru dredge for six montJis jbo <^ufc tlje dredging in New Plytno.utji Jjarbor, fpr which £$Q9Q was voted last session. nnxmlll Biirn«ii. IV^asteuton, January 9. , Wayl#n(jl's flaytnill on the Waipoua ; river was destroyed b> ijre yes;terday ; l no iui>uv»r.cß j lm estimjttpd at

The Clutterbuck Frands.

The case of John Caspar Clutterbuck, a well-known clergyman in the district where he was one A her Majesty's inspectors of womhouso schools, is pro bably the mosi. remarkable of its kind which have been recorded in modern times. Dr Todd, who in 1777 was hanged at Tyburn for forging a bond for £420 C, gained little by his act compared with the aggregate which Dr Clutterbuck has in the course of his reckless career of fraud, managed to appropriate. The sums he was charged with fraudulently ob tlining (as we heard by cable) amounted to £15,000, but in reality, as was stated at thp Somerset Assizes on Saturday, his plunder has fully amounted to £35,000. For a series of offences, invojjjng in one Case at least, the utter ruin oT the person robbed, a sentence of four years' penal servitude has been pronounced, and that punishment cannot certainly be con sidered severe. It may be argued that to him the degradation of even a few years of prison life will have a crushing effect Bub, as a matter of fact, it will not be felt more keenly by him than by any other well educated man who has occupied a good social position. We look in vain for any extenuating circumstances in his case. He was not a young man, for he has been in orders for nearly thirty years, and he held a much more valuable appointment than the great majority of his clerical brethren. His pay, in fact, for his duties was £600 a year, and he had an annual allowance for travelling of £250. Whether he had also atone time some private means does not appear, but with the income we have indicated he was far removed from the temptation to be dis honest if he had been content to live in a manner becoming his position. Like Dr Dodd, however, the man who on Saturday last exchanged his clerical dress for that of a convict was extravagant, and fond of in his mode of living. What his first step was in that proverbially easy descent to Avernus we are not told". He appears to have spared no one at all events, whom he could get unconsciously to administer to his wants, and his im pudent mendacity must of itself have put many people completely off their guard. He told people that he was authorised to rais*» a Government loan at a rate of interest so high that it is amusing he should have found so many people as he did to give credence to his story. It seems, however, that the offer of ten per cent for the loan of money the return of i which was to be secured by Government excited no suspicion, and when this reverend gentleman had secured his plunder besought to add to his means, or perhaps to recover from his pecuniary embarrassments, by what the counsel for the prosecution on Saturday stigmatised as reckless speculation on the Stock Exchange. The turf, too, was tried in the hope of getting money easily and quickly by that means, and £2000 of other people's money was squandered in back ing racehorses. No less a sum than £5000 was obtained on some pretence or other from an official of the Local Government Board, and the Master of Dorchester workhouse has suffered cruelly by the deceptions of a swindler who appears to have been utterly without moral com punction.

SPORTING.

HORORATA RACING CLUB.

AiNNUAL MEETING,

Tlororata, January 8,

There was a fair attendance at the races, which were run in excellent weather, and the arrangements were most satisfactory. Following are results :—

Bangok Plate, of 35 soys ; one mile.—- Ilium, Bst 61b, 1 ; Erin-go-bragh, 7st 111b, 2 ; Silver Pine, 7st 91b, 3. Young Cheviot 7st 91b, and Corn Rose 6st 71b, also ran. Won by a neck. Youns? Cheviot fell. Time, Lnin 46|sec. Dividend, £2 15s. Farmers' Plate, of 25 soys; six furlongs.—Cocksfoot, 7st 81b, 1 j Maria Martin, 6sfc 121b, 2 ; Chester Lad, Bst 101b, 3. Eeau Nash Bdt 71b,, Diver 7st 101b, Trojan 7st 81b, Cassie 7st 31b, Lady May 7st, Bess 6.st 101b also ran. ' Good race, Avon by a neck. Dividend, £7 Is, Hoeorata Cup, of 55 soys ; 1| mile.— Coinage, Bst 71b, 1 j Quibble, Bsfc 21b, 2 ; Bay King, Bst 131b, 3. Regina Bst 61b, Crown Jewel Bst lib, Ilium 7st 71b, Inez 7st 61b, and May 6st 71b, also ran. Quibble led till entering the straight, when Coinage came with a well timed run and won by half a length. Time, 2min 43fsecs. Dividend, £11 4s.

Trot, of 25 soys ; two miles.—Medji die, J ; Rocket 2. Eleven others ran Dividend—£l2 13s.

Welter. Handicap, of 30 soys; one mile and a quarter.—Bay King, 12st 101b, 1; Beau Nash, lOst 91b, 2 ; Chester Lad, list; 3. Aquarius list 21b, Gillie lOst 71b, Lady May lOst also ran. Dividend —£3. Won easily.

Novel Race, of 20 soys.—Won by Mr A. J. Kelly's Glenlora, beating seven others. Dividend—£l 16s.

New Year's Gift, of 40 sov6; six furlongs.—Young Cheviot, 7st 121b, 1 ; Lady Zetland, Bst 131b, 2; Missile, 7st 101b, 3. Regina 9st 31b, Inez Bst 61b, Gocksfoot 6st IQlb also ran. Dividend— £12145. L "' n' ■■•■■' '

Consolation Handicap, of 20 soys; one mile.—Silver Pine Bst 41b, May Bst, daad heat, 1 ; Diver 6st 71b ; 3. Inez Bst 51b, Gillie 7st 41b, Corn Rose q'st 121b also ran. Dividends—May,£l %i: Silver Pino, £5 8.3, *' '' ' '

Pauperism In Denmark.

The new pauper law of Denmark is a model of paternal Government philan thropny. 3Jy its provisions a man, if he accepts either for himself or his family support as a pauper, loses'''hp political rights and privileges. If persons, "after having been paupers, became able to do so, they are obliged to pay back the money paid by the municipal authorities for their support while paupers. Husband and wife must; not be separated if they conduct themselves properly, Aged and feeble'persons must not be placed where they will be disturbed or annoyed, and children must not be placed ' under immoral influences. And, most wonder-' futf of all, penspns are hereafter provided for the aged native 'and naturalised citi zens, men and women who" have, com pleted their sixtieth year, and are of good character, not having been convicted of crime, and who have not, for the benefit of their children or by improvidentfliving, impoverished themselves, and who have lived for the ten years immediately pre ceding without 'haying received relief. All such persons are supported and pro vided for during their declining years, not as paupers, bujt as pensioners, losing none of their political rights. And, finally, throught the Danish kingdom, w'hpeyer cannot maintain himself is given the necessaries of life by the parish authori ties, and none is permitted to go naked, or e.tar-v e f $% be without shelter.

The Political Situation in Victoria.

[FROM OUR CORRESVOXDENT)] December 29,

To-day Lord Hopetoun will put an end to the existence of our fourteenth Parlia ment, and no one will regret its demise. Indeed had it died a year ago it would have been better for its own reputation and far better for the State. For so. far as the Assembly is concerned its life has manifestly been prolonged by ignoble means for dangerous, purposes. Had political motives only decided the actions of members the dissolution would have taken place at or soon after the fall of the Gillie&-Peakin Government, but all those members, and they are many, who feared that their seats were in danger, went for anything and everything that could enable! them to postpone tho day of reckoning, and so it comes about that a protracted and weary session, productive of little but evil, has dragged its length along since the day when this Parliament ceased to have any real reason for exist ence.

Of course a weakened Assembly lika a weakened animal easily becomes the prey of a powerful neighbour, and so ib comes about that the Council has marked the closing session by an unprecedented series of encroachments! and assaults upon the representative chamber. It is quite evident that the Legislative Council is aiming at two points wholly irreconcilable with the system of representative Govern ment. The first is the establishment of ministerial responsibility with regard to the Upper House, and the second is the right to review money bills. In short the Council claims not only equal power with the Assembly, but in right of its repre senting the propertied classes superior authority. Its claim is thus openly stated. " We represent the classes who pay the taxes, and the Assembly represents a poorer class which outvotes the richer people. Therefore in the last resource the Assembly should give way." The "Argus " states these claims in so many words and never ceases to degrade and insult the Assembly and to do its best to exalt the Council.

None of them have the wit to see that [if the Council's claims were admitted an immediate agitation would arise for making the Council really representative, which it certainly is not at present. Its c©nstituer.cies are too large to be can vassed by any one, and it is not subject to dissolution ; consequently it never reflects popular opinion for more than a day or two at a time, and the inevitable result of its supremacy would be the popularis ing of its basis until it was very closely assimilated to tha Assembly, whereby we should lose the power of check entirely. In spite of the assertions to the con trary it is held that Mr Munro will accept the Agent-Generalship, but it is strongly suspected that nothing definite will be done in the matter until Sir Graham Berry returns. Berry may prove to be quite out of touch with the radical party, in which case there would be a chance for the continued supremacy of Munro. On the other hand a coalition between Berry and Deakin would leave Munro, who is personally unpopular, out in the cold. In such a case the Agent-Generalship would afford Munro a safe, dignified and lucra-

tive retreat, with the good chance of a knighthood. Munro and Berryareoldallies. Berry engineered the outer circle here by which Munro made his fortune, and Munro in return steered Berry into good things. Bub Berry lost the money with which the genius of his colleagues had endowed him, and then Munro's scornful asseveration "that the country should entrust its affairs to men who know how to conduqb their own business .success fully " crt Berry very deeply. Indeed when Munro made his speech at a Geelong' banquet with the Marquis of Normanby present, the then Premier left the room and waited in the passages of th j Goolong Town Hall until the special train's depar ture.

ROAD BOARD.

—: _^ _ WAKANUI.

The monthly meeting, of the Wakanui Road Board was held on Saturday. Pfe.se.nt—Messrs Bruce, Coe, Johnston, and Megson. CORRESPONDENCE. Water Supply.—From Mr W. Candy, Village Settlement, Dromore, applying to, the Jjoard to. make a race to supply his section with water. —The Board decided that it. could not interfere. ''Badger's Statutes."—From Mr Wil fred Badger forwarding circular re his proposal to issue a third edition of che whole law of New Zealand, and request ing the Board to subscribe. - The Clerks were instructed to make further enquiries as to the compilation of the work, and, if found suitable, to order six volumes of the Acts passed since JBB6. Valuation Roll.—From Mr G. Loader asking the Board to transfer his name on th« valuation roll to that of Mr 0. L. Hart. —Agreed to. VILLAGE SETTLEMENTS. A discussion took place with reference to the part payment of the culvert across the railway line, and the ford made to ■■pply the village settlers on reserve 264, Dromore, with water, and it was resolved that the Land Board be written to that the Board has voted a sum of £1(5 to the Ash^urton County Council for the purpose pi a supply of water to the reserve mentioned, and as soon as the Land Board pays the " thirds " due, this Board will pay part of the cost of works already carried out ; and further to inform the Board that t^e road fronting the reserve requires fqrrning. S^IALL BIRDS' NUJSAKCE. It having been brought under the Board's notice that a number of town boys have been paid for the eggs and heads of small birds collected by them, out of the funds of this Board, it was resolved that the practice be discontinued, as it was unfair that the ratepayers should be taxed for the same. thistltcs. The Surveyors were "instructed'to haye tha thistles Gut along the sidesi of the River, Sealield, Gibson's, and Ohertsey roads board's plakt. It was resolved that the remainder of

the Board's plant, consisting of a number of useful tools, bags, etc., be sold by aucton on Saturday, January 9. STABLE AND YARD. A complaint Was made of the way in which the Board's stable and yard are used for horses and traps, and the Sur veyors \jrere instructed to, talfe §teRS to stop the same. ' ' ....■■ ACCOUNTS. The usual monthly accounts were passed for payment. AD.TOTJBNMENT. i Jfc v?s,3 resolved that the next meeting be held on Saturday. March fi and tfyat any contracts in hand should be allowed to stand, over for two months, and the Board adjourned.

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN

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THE COLONIAL OFFICE.

London, January 7,

The Agents-General and the Colonial Institute propose to tender a banquet to Sir Robert Herbett on his retire ment from the position of Permanent Secretary to the Colonial Office.

COLONIAL BORROWING,

Financial experts consider there is no prospect of raising any Australian loan within the next twelve months, except at a high rate of interest. The general opinion is that it would be a mistake to reduce the interest on treasury bills to four per cent after the suggestion that the rate should be fixed at four and a half per cent. THE NATIONAL BANK.

Mr Maxwell, Secretary of the National Bank of New Zealand, leaves by the Orizaba for the colony, to in spect the branches of the Institution. THE BILL OF LADING QUES-

TION.

There is every prospect of a con ference being held between shipowners and shippers regarding the adoption of a special Australian bill of lading. EMIGRATION RETURNS.

The emigration returns for the year have been published. They shew that the British immigrants to the United States were 156,000; to Canada, 22,000; to Australasia, 19,000; to South Africa, 9000; to other places, 11,000. The Irish immigration to the United States was 53,000; to Canada, 13,000 ; and to other places, 4000. HUDDART, PARKER AND CO.'S NEW STEAMERS. The steamers which Messrs Hud dart, Parker and Co. are building for the New Zealand trade, have been named the Warrinaoo and Towhera. The former vessel will be launched next month, and will run trips to Norway in July and August, prior to leaving for the Antipodes. DINNER TO THE POOR. The Duke of Edinburgh will give a dinner to 6000 of the poor of London on the occasion of the marriage of the Duke of Clarence and Avondale. LONDON BANKING. The London and Westminster Bank has reduced its dividend 1A per cent. BRfTISH TRADE. The returns for the month of Decem ber shows a decrease of £1,500,000 in the exports and an increase of £3,800,000 in the imports. QUEENSLAND AND THE BANK

OF ENGLAND

" The Times" considers that the reply of the Premier of Queensland to the complaint of the Governor of the Bank of England is extremely feeble, and that the debenture danger is not real. The Eank, it says, has also been loyal to Queensland, and that the Banks will soon be compelled to discuss methods of issuing Colonial loans.

IRISH AFFAIRS

Mr M. Davitt has issued a Avrit against the Dublin " Independent" claiming £5000 for alleged libel.

A secret official enquiry is being held into the cxpbsljn at Dublin Castle.

CENTRAL AFRICA.

Paris, January 7. The French Government are sending a military expedition to Tonat, an oasis of Central Africa, The expedi tion will be under the command of General Thomassin. AN INSANE AUTHOR. M. de Maupassant, who was removed to the asylum after his second attempt oh h,is life at Cannes, is hopelessly in sane,

GENERAL GORDON'S DEATH.

Cairo. January 7. The escapees from Khartoum con firm the manner of General Gordon's death. Osman Digna ordered the mutilation of the body, and exposed the head for twenty days,

Madrid, January 7. A Spanish warship has been des patch to Tangiers, where the Hill tribes are in revolt. Paris, January 7, Le Siecle, a Republican journal, de mands that France should take steps to prevent England seizing Tangiers, and dealing a death-blow to Algeria,

THE DISTRESS IN RUSSIA.

St. Petersburg, January 7. It is expected that the Czar will dismiss the Minister of the Interior owing to his alleged blundering in con nection with the. famine. The. Czar, too, is very much enraged at the con tinued disclosures of the nia^adminisr tration of the, relief fqr the peasants. £EA.THS ERQiM. TRICHINOSIS,

Fifteen deaths have occurred at Lodz, in Poland, from trichinosis; and forty others are dangerously ill.

THE TARIFF TREATIES.

Rome, January 7

In the Chamber of Deputies the members of the Protectionist party are. opposing the tariff treaties.

FIGHTING IN BURMAH.

Calcutta, January 7. The British have captured Sadou, in Burmah, in a fight. Kachin lost four teen killed and the tatter was taken prisoner. Two of the British force were killed.

YELLOW FEVER RAGING.

Kxo de Janeiro, January %. Yellow fever continues with un abated fury. One hundred deaths daily are reported here, and at Bahia and Santos.

AUSTRALIAN.

CUSTOMS LAW.

Sydney, January "7. A motion for a writ of mandamus ordering the Collector of Customs tq permit the free passage o| goods into New South Wales until the Bill im posing the new'duties has been passed by Parliament, was argued to-day, j The Court refused, the motion on technical grounds. COAL-MINING. At a meeting of representatives from associated and non-associatet} collieries an agreement was adopted limiting the output of coal this year tq 885,000 tons. Tfye output last year at the satqe cgllienea exceed 1,200,000 tous,

RAIN-MAKING.

The Government intend to imme diately carry out rain-making experi ments at Broken Hill.

WRECK AND LOSS OF LIFE.

J J-,lblbournk, January 7. The schooner Templar has foundered off Cape Patersun. The captain and crew of two men are believed to have perished.

INTERPROVINCIAL

: Auckland, January 8. The man William Finlay, who was thrown from his horse in Symond street, has died at the hospital.

Thames, January 8. A young lad named R. Landry met with a shocking accident at the Kauri Timber Company's mill this afternoon, his left hard being completely cut off by a circular saw. He is the only support of his widowed mother.

Napier, January 8. The barque Inverurie, from toantos, arrived in the roadstead last night at 5.30 p.m. The Haalth Officar after visiting the vessel reports to the Under-Secretary that to admit the Inverurie to partique would endanger the health of the town, and recommends that the vessel go to Wellington, as this is an open roadstsad and the ship requires fumigation, to gether with the removal of the ballast which was put bn board at Santos.

Wellington, January 9. The central Board of Health declares it has no powerto order the barque Inverurie from Napier, to quarantine in Wel lington.

Pahiatua, January 8. All the sufferers in the poisoning case are getting on splendidly, ai.d hopes are entertained that they will soon be out of danger.

Dunedist, January 8. A Mrs Sexton living at Port; Chalmers died very suddenly after being delivered of a stillborn child. A nurse was in attendance, but no medical man.

For the first of the larawera's excur cursions to the Sounds the passenger list is full.

A party of seven gentlemen and seven ladies have just completed a trip to the Sutherland Falls. Rain fell on four out of the six days.

Death of the Khedive.

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Cairo, January 7. The Khedive of Egypt (Mohammed Tewfik), died to-day of influenza.

(Received January 9, 10.25 a.m.)

Cairo, January 8. In connection with the death of the Khedive, it is mentioned that seven days' suffering from influenza affected his lungs and heart. He was for some considerable time unconscious, and his illness was kept secret. The funeral will take place in Cairo to-day. Prince Abba* Bey, the heir apparent, has been summoned from Vienna.

No regency has as yet been, ap pointed, the Egyptians scarcely realising that the Khedive is dead.

London, January 8. "The Times" referring to the Khedive's death, states it completely changes the condition of the Egyptian problem 'and strengthens the necessity of England remaining there. .The 'Daily News" considers the death a serious blow to England in Egypt. "La Siecle," a French journal, urges a combination of the Powers to prevent Prince Abbas being placed under the tutelage of the British.

Tinwald School Com mittee.

A meeting of the Tinwakl School Com mittee was held on Wednesday. Present Messrs Hickman (chairman), T. S. Shearer, W. H. Smith, M. Redmayne and J. A. Clothier.

The head master reported the present roll number-^hoys 70, girls 63, total 133. Average attendance for the last quarter, —boys 54, girls 48, total 102, Correspondence was received from the Board of Education, notifying that the clerk of works had been instructed to have a trough put under the basins, so as to prevent the wet state of the floor in the lavatory; also covering examination report. Theeommittee expressed pleasure at th 9 satisfactory result of the Inspector's examination, and it was resolved to com pliment the teaching Btaff on the excellent report received from the Board.

Messrs Shearer and Smith were ap pointed a visiting committee for the month, and were authorised to have certain repairs executed during the holidays.

After passing several accounts for pay ment the mepting adjourned, The following ia the examination report, da^ed November 18 :~ Pass Subjects.

Staff and distribution,—Ss, 6, 5, 4, 8, Mr G. Gulverhouse, master ; SK 2 and assisting in St. 3, John F. Lewis, P.T. 1; St. 1 and P., Miss L. Bishop, assistant; General remarks.—The results of the examination of the school are very satis factory. All the teachers appear to have worked with enthusiasm, and there is a corresponding earnestness on the part of the pupils. Not only are the pass sub jects thoroughly mastered, but the class subjects also have received their due share of attention. The reading was excellent, from the preparatory classes upwards, being well phrased, fluent, and given with good expression. We were also impressed with the complete and accurate answering given during tho progress of the oral ex animations in science and history, show ing, as it did, not only a good knowledge of the subjects, but also a oareful training j in the art of expressing their ideas. I J. G. LaVTRENCE SCOTT, I F. 8. Fosmb, A^tfog Jnspectore,

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THE INFLUENZA,

London, January 8. The influenza is severe in Liverpool and Essex ; 6000 cases are reported at Guernseys and 25,000 in Venice. The Grenadier and Coldstream Guards and the London pos,tmen are suffering from the disease; •- ■•«

Berlin, January 8. Professor Pfeiffer has injected bacil lus into monkeys and rabbits thus causing influenza. Dr Koch confirms the discovery of the influenza bacillus. (Received January 9, 10 40 a.m.) THE FRENCH TARIFF.

Paris, January 8, The French Chamber of deputies has finally passed the new tariff bill by 394 to 114. It cornea into operation* next month. [ THE GERMAN PRINTERS' STRIKE. Bbrmn, January 8. The master printers refuse to re employ the printers who went out on strike until the strike has ended every where.

THE SANITARY CONFERENCE. Rome, January 8. The Italian delegates to the Sanitary Conference in Venice will raosft likely second the sanitary pro posals put forth by the British Repre sentatives.

THE PAHANG RISING. Singapoee, January 8. Qne hundred and fifty Sikhs and ninety friendly Malays are advancing to suppress the rising in Pahane THE REVOLT IN TANGIERS. Tangiers, January 8. The British Minister has left here for Gibraltar in H.M.S. Goshawk. RETALIATORY DUTIES

Washington, January 8. President Harrison has warned all nations that the United States will levy duties after March loth on sugar, molasses, coffee, tea and hides im ported from countries taxing.American products.

THE WORLDS PAIR. It is expected that the Chicago ex hibition be ready to receive exhibits in October next, Congress is be aaked vote a sum of five million dollars for the exhibition. LYNCHING OUTLAWS. Five more Alabama outlaws, in cluding two women, have been lynched . (Received January 9, 11 a.m ) THE DYNAMITE POLICY, London, January 8. Three persons have been arrested in "Warsaw and one in London on a charge of making bombs for anarchial purposes. THE SALVATION ARMY. It is rumored that General Booth has nominated his eldest daughter to succeed him as chief of the Salvation Army. THE LATE CARDINAL NEWMAN. The Duke of Norfolk, Lord Coleridge, Lord Itosebery, Dr Dale, Dr Allen, and others oi all shades of opinion have requested that a site be granted in Oxford to erect a memorial to tho late Cardinal Newman

AUSTRALIAN.

THE NEW SYDNEY TARIFF (Received January 9, 11.20 a.m.) A * , , . Stokey, January 9. A fresh rule nisi was granted in th« Customg Duty case. THE TAILORS' STRIKE. Ihe jailors' strike has ended, the dispute having been referred to a con terence.

Ashburton Markets.

MESSRS MILES AND CO. Messrs Miles and Co. (per Mr George Jameson) report for the week endine Friday January 8, as follows:— h 7> Live SiocK-At the Tinwald S^leyards on Tuesday, owing to the very heavy rain which fell during the morning, only two small lines of sheep came for sale. We sold a line of fat two-tooths at 12a 9d ♦h? fS? g ",e 7- eek Wr 6 £ aye "W Privately the following lines of sheep at sattsfactorw prices j-lOOOhalfbred two-tooths, gffthrS quMterbred two-tooths, and 3000 half bred two-tooths.

Land—During the month we have sold privately three blocks of the Alford Estate containing 640 acres. ™»w, w t K£ A MONTH^ Sam-Od Thursday we held our regular monthly sale a t our Yard-, Rakaia v There wasalarge entWof U^^ ld M fou°ws !-On account of a client 300 twctooths and crossbredsat lis* i on account ef Mr George Sandry, a line of good draught horses, which realised the following prices:—Five year old drauehi hack, £10 ssj horse, trap, and harness, £12 10s. Cows, £4, £2, 375, 15s: Twenty store pigs at *6d to lis M. Harness, ißffij and sundries sold well. *

Captam Bourke and the officers of the Rmgarooma, at Tmiaru, were taken for a drive to Clareinont yesterday. They were entertamedat a citizens' luncheon In th 9 afterßwnattheGrQsveßor, and were at I ball last night the latter at the apeeia? myitation of the ladies of Timam The vessel has been visited by thousands of people. She left for Oamaru at six o'clock this morning, and arrived this afternoon and was heartily welcomed. The "Akaroa Mail" .ays: The cocksfoot i harvest is just commencing, and already 1 «- c and there in rocky points and dry corners the little sheaves, that have brought bo many thousands to the Peninsula, may be seen lying on the stubble. Next Aveek the cutting will become general, aud we do not think there will be any labour to spare, for we hear of considerable areas not yet let and there seem to he fewer men from the plains than usual. We do not think that so many men are out of work this year and indeed labour is tcarce in several localities, and some settlers from Le Bon's have gone to Christchnrch to procure men. This is in spit© of the foot that all the North Island absentee bushfellers have returned to taka part in the Peninsular work.

A meeting of the Tinwald Domain Board was held yesterday at the County Council Chambers, Ashburton. Present: Messrs W C, Walker, E, G, Wright, and J. Grigg.' , Mr Gates sent an, apology for his unavoidable 1 absence. The balance-sheet for the y ear was submitted, considered highly satisfactory, and ordered to be forwarded to the Govern ment auditor with the necessary books and vouchers. The accounts showed receipts for the year £105 15s 2d, and expenditure £124, principally on permanent improve meuts. There was a balance in the bank of £22 0s 7d, and outstamliog assets of £53 15s Id, against liabilities of £86 11a Bd. Mr Crisp, solicitor to the Board, reported hav»> ing written to parties who were in arrears' qf font, anq early' settlements might be ex pected. Mr Crisp also submitted revised by-laws, which were ordered to be printed and a copy posted at the entrauce to the Domain. The election of chairman was de ferred to next meeting. Several accounts were passed for payment, which oompl«tfd thebvwiwess, *y

THE ASHBURTON GITABDIAN : SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1892.





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