MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close for the following places as under, subject to the necessary altera tions :— SATURDAY February 27. For Northern Ports, per Penguin, at 6.20 p.m.

ENGLISH MAILS.

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The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1892. THE FLOWER SHOW.

The most recent addition to the roll of local institutions, the Horticultural Society, makes its second demand upon the public of the district to-night. The first call was for membership, and was handsomely responded to ; the demand now made is for exhibits for the Show to-morrow, and we hope it will meet with an equally satisfactory response, and give the Society a really good start. This has been an exceptional season for all sorts of vegetation. Some plants and fruits have benefitted by the frequent rains and the warm weather intervening, while others have suffered, but on the whole the quality and growth of fruits, flowers, veget ables and roots are above the average. Still growers of garden produce that ih not of extraordinary character mnst not be discouraged. Size is not the only point that has to be taken into consideration by the judges, and before now many an exhibit that was not thought much of at home has proved to be the best m the eyes of the judges. There is another aspect which should not be lost sight of, especially by the members of the Society, and that is the import ance of making as large a display as possible at this the first show. Upon this will depend much of the future success of the Society, and from the great interest that has been shown m it so far we feel sure that this has only to be mentioned m order to ensure numerous entries and a splendid dis play of the products of the district. Among those who do not know Ash burton there is an impression that it is only the centreofa barren, miserable ex panse of shingle arid tussocks. Let to morrow's Show open the eyes of the visitors—no doubt they will be many so that they may see that there are few if any places m Canterbury that are so fertile, and where fruits, flowers, and vegetables requiringgenial climatic conditions can be better reared, There is no reason why the Ashburton Horti cultural Show should not be the best m Canterbury out of Christuhurch, and we trust all will units and make it so.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Entries for the Horticultural Show clo3e this evening at eight o'clock- The Secretary, Mr Quane, will be m attendance at the Old Town Ha!!, East street, all the evening. Unless last night's rain was heavy enough there to stop carting, harvesting at Spring field will be finished to-day. Eighty-nine drays have been engaged m the work. Trie floods, which had devastated large areas of country m Somersetshire, were, on Dacember 9, gradually subsiding. The mayor of Bridgewater had instituted exhaustive inquiries relative to the losses sustained, and estimated them at between £50,000 and £60,000. The submerged aiea was from 70,000 to 100.000 acres m extent, and even with favourable weather it would be April or May before the lands would be again fit for pasture or cultivation. The losses would fall wit.h crushing effect on irany tenant farmers with holdings of 60 acres or less, and without help many of tUeae men will be ruined. The Hon Mr Reeve 3, Minister of Educa tion aud Justice, addressed a crowded meeting at Uhristchurch last night. He was enthusiastically received, and defended the Government against the charges of class legislation and Socialism, pointing out that much legislation of a useful character was, strickly speaking, Socialistic. He said that the labour bureau had sent out 2215 men, 700 of the-n to co-operative contracts on the Government railways. In twelve j months 85 runs of an aggregate of 419,/22 acres would be opened fjr settlement. Thirty-four of the.6<? were m Southland, forty-three m Otago, and eight m Canter bury. The Government awaited with con fidence the end of the financial year, and the result of the Land and Income tax. A vote of thanks and confidence m Mr Beeves and the Government was ca>red unanimously. Cheers were given foe Mi- Reeves and the Government. At Christchurch yesterday a deputation from the unemployed boilermakers, intro duced by Messrs Joyce and Sandford, waited on Mr Beeves, and brought under his notice the fact t-hat while the Railway Commis sioners were imposing boilers and other manufactured ironwork Mo, thp colony, a large number of the mechanics were idle. , The deputation also stated that unskilled labour was being employed at the railway workshops m carrying out work which else where was executed'by mechanics, outside employers bei»g thus placed at a serious disadvantage; also jthat under existing arrangements apprentices wepe not getting a fair chance of learning their trades, i»or was there any prospect of work for them m the j colony after completing their apprenticeship if the present system of importation was persisted m. The Mjujwfir promised to brine the matters complained of »nder the notice of the Commissioners and the funs ter of J*ublic Works.

1 here is a good demand for Tasinanian baking apples m London. The oat crop at Sandfonl n\s.) went 100 bushels per acre. The tanners say even that does not pay on account of high wages and a bad market. It is stated that the Flour Millers' Asso ciation met at Timaru on February 18 and decided that the price of flour should not be reduced, and it still remains at £12 f.o.b. Before Mr David Thomas, J.P., this morn ing, Mary Petty, an old offender, was scut seven days to gaol for having, while drnnV., used obscene language on the public street. The following is the rainfall at the principal centres for the month of January : —Auckland, 3.41; Wellington, 7.07 ; Christ church, 2.03; Dunedin, 3.87. Footballers and others interested m the game are reminclel oE the meeting to form a club, to be held at Mr Thomas' office, m the arcade, this evening at half past seven. A movement is on foot m Melbourne fiv the formation of an assets company on a large scale, to arrange with the various pro perty companies now m difficulties to take over their assets. A Hastings settler went out during a recent thunderstorm to shut a window. He was pushing it up with a pitchfork, when the lightning struck the implement and burned the back of the man's hands. At the last quarterly meeting of the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce, a motion was carried " That, m the opinion of the Chamber, the abolition of South Sea Island labour on sugar plantations had discouraged enterprise, aud driven usefully employed labour and capit.il from our own land. The owners of Chinese gardens around Forbury, Dunedin, will combine and sue the Caversham Borough Council for dam ages sustained to their gardens during the late rains. They allege that the cause of their loss was the neglect of the Council to keep the ditches m a clean condition, as requested on several occasions by the ag grieved Chinese. The South Australian Surveyor-General has sent to the Adelaide Museum a remark able egg. At one end, where the shell is soft and depressed, is the raised figure of a snake, and so admirably has the reptile be3n photographed m the fear of the hen, that by the use of the microscope, the counterfeit of the eye can be clearly seen. The Queensland Government Geologist has published a report on the recent find of precious stones at Withersfield, on the Central Railway. Among a large number of precious stones found was a waterwom sapphire weighing seven ounces, aud from two small loads of washdirt were taken 258 sapphires, varying f ron three to 179 carats, and 20 zircons, besides several thousand smaller stones. Major Somerville is of opinion that the permanent range of the New Zealand Rifle Association at Trent ham is, without doubt, the finest range South of the line. Any distance up to two thousand three hun dred yards can be obtained, while, if big gun shooting was desired, three.or four miles could be had. Thirty targets will be used at the approaching meeting. It is^ ex pected that the championships will be fired on the sixth day, and thxt the meeting will be brought to a close within the week. The following was the form adopted by an applicant for employment m his appeal to the Westport Harbor Board last week :— " To the Honorable. Harbor Board of West port. Gentleman. — That your humble petitioner is induced to present himself to your honorable Board's notice, from the recommendations he can produce for general propriety of conduct, and his belief that he is eligible for the situation 'he humbly and respectfully aspires to. And under this impression your petitioner ventures to solicit an employment. Yrtur humble petitioner is by trade a master shipwright and mariner, having resided m We-stport thirty-one years. Any employment would be thankfully re csived, Your humble petitioner, as m duty bound, willevei pray."—" Westport Star." To shareholders m Zeehan Silver Mines the following will be of interest:—The Zealandia Silver Mining Company report fpr the fortnight endiug February 13, 1892 :— No. 2 adic level has been extended a distance of ten feet, making fifty-five feet. There is no change to report m this level. In pre paring a site for the shaft, I found it necessary to put a shot m the capping of the lode, with the result that we hays a well defined lode between two clean walls, three feet m width. On the hanging wall, we have a solid vein of galena, showing car bon.ite of lead. We are twelve feet abov« the level of the creek, and the lode is show ing six feet above the site for the shaft. This means that we have a splendid vein of galena, eighteen feet above the level of the new find m the creek. The following is the result of the assays:—No. 1, sOoz 12dwt silver, 80 per cent lead. No. 2, 50oz I'ichyt silver, 73 per cent lead. No. 3, 48oz 13dwt silver, 73 per cent lead. At the interview of the Hon Mr Reeves, Minister for Education, with the Board of Education at Christchurch, an informal and semi-confidental discussion took place upon several subjects of great interest and importance to all who are concerned m the work of primary education. The principal topics were:—The adoption of means tor securing greater regularity of attendance at the schools; the establishment and main tenance of training colleges j the grants for school buildings; the resolution of the House of Representatives respecting the supply of school books; the improvement of the syllabus; the proposal to hold an educational conference, and the principles upon which such a conference should be constituted. The Minister's attention was j very strongly drawn to the inadequacy of the present buildings grant, and m reply he requested to be furnished with full informa tion as ti any cases m which new schools or enlargements were necessary. After about an hour's conversation the meeting terminated, the members of the Board expressing themselves much gratified with the interest displayed by the Minister m the subjects discussed, and the pleasant relations such meetings were calculated to maintain between the Board and the central department. In a farewell address to Lord Onslow the Auoklau.l Orangemen stated :—" When you arrived on our shores New Zealand was m the throes of depression, which since then we are proud to say has almost entirely vanished. This we attribute to you and your benign Government," Lord Qmlow replied as follows :—•" J rejoice to be able to confirm from personal observation the truth of your remark respecting the improvement m business affairs m this part of the colony since my arrival m 1889. Then there was a feeling of despondency and depression m the air. Last year and now I have found that thaj. feeling has been supplanted by one of hopefulness and ponfidfmce, due to the im proved position of your industries. I fear that 1 can only lay claim to a share m the promotion of that sfcato of affairs; that it has been coincident with, and not consequent upon my tenure of office. It is more reason able to attribute it to those who have the conduct of the country's affairs, my Govern ment, which you are pleased to describe as 1 benign,' I regiet that owing to the indis position of the Colonial Secretary no member of itisp-«sjut to-day to hear these words. Such expressions fall all the more pleasantly the less accustomed the ears they are intended for a,re to hear them."

Imperial Parliament.

|eKU PRLS3 ASSOCIATION]

Lgnoos. February 24. The motion tabled m the House of Commons by Mr Samuel Smith, M.P. for Flintshire, providing for the dis establishment of the Welsh Church, was rejected by a majority of forty seven,

Lord Onslow's Departure.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.^

Rus-skix, February 25. Tho Mararoa, wiih Lord and L-idy Onslow and ptrty on board, sailed for Sydney at 3.40 p.m. The Maori canoes, Omapere and Tawatawa, escorted the party as a guard of honour. Lady Jet Key and the Countess of Galloway were placud m the firmer cunoe as passengers, and were delighted with their first exporie'iaj of Native'craft. The Hon. Huiaand his sister occupied seats of honour m tlu. Tawatawa canoe. A handsome m;it and greenstone were presented to the Hon. Huia by the Nsrapuahi tribe. Capt-iin Bourke of the Ringarooma entertained the Governor and party at lunch, and a^s the Mararoa left Russell the Ringarooma saluted Lor.l Onslow, the Mararoa doing the same.

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.

LORD CARRINGTON.

London, February 24. In the course of his address to the ratepayers at Slough, Lord Carrington made no reference to colonial subjects. THE LATE DUKE OF CLARENCE. Her Majesty the Queen has paid a visit to the Dtike of Clarence's coffin, LABOUR QUESTIONS. London, February 25. The owners of the majority of col lieries m Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Cumberland, Lancashire, and North Wales have arranged for a cessation of operations, and the owners of pits m Staffordshire, Durham and Northumberland are expected to join m the arrangements. The men have been given a fortnight's notice. Evidence was given before the Labor Commission showing that the Poles were ousting English bootmakers, and were working for 6s to 8s per week of one hundred hours, The men had protested against the injustice, but had received no satisfaction. THE COLORED LABOR QUESTION. " Truth " says that if the Queensland Government is sincere m its intention to re-establish a system of slavery m the colony it had belter sever the connection with (Jreat Britain and the British navy. PERSONAL. The Baroness Burdett Coutts has completely recovered from her severe illness. ATTEMPTED INCENDIARISM. An incendiary attempt was made to burn down the Shipping Federation office at Dundee. HOURS OF SHOPWOV[EN. A Bill limiting the hours of shop women to seventy-four per week has been read a second time. COLONIAL BORROWING. All the Tasmanian Treasury Bills have been disposed of. The announcement that the Mel bourne Metropolitan Board of Works had decided to borrow locally has been received with approval m financial circles m tho city. Colonial stocks are improving.

IRISH AFFAIRS.

New York, February 23. The Irish National League m America offers to appeal for funds to assist the Irish party m the forthcoming general elections m England on condi tion that neither the Macarthyites nor Parnellites apply the money m fighting each other.

THE CRISIS IN FRANCE.

Paris, February 24. M. de Preycinet having declined the responsibility of forming a new Cabi net, M. Rouvier, Minister of Finance, lias been summoned. It is expected that M. M. de Freycinet, Minister of War, Ribot, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Constans, Minister for the Interior, and Develle, Minister of Agriculture, will all retain their port folios. ANARCHISTS AND DYNAMITE. A dynamite plothas been discovered here, having for its purpose the des truction of the Spanish Embassy m revenge for the execution of the Xeres Anarchists. One arresc, of a ring leader, has been made.

THE RISING IN BURMAH.

Calcutta, February 24. News from Burrnah states that the British column has relieved Sodon after shavp fighting with the Kacchyiens, whom they drove out of a strongly in trenched position, The British loss was five killed and twenty-six wounded, while that of the enemy is estimated at rather more.

AUSTRALIAN.

NEW SOUTH WALES FINANCE.

Syt>ney, February 25. The Government deny the truth of the statement jn a L;on4qn cablegram that they are preparing another issue of treasury bills. DISSOLUTION EXPECTED. Mr Reid, leader of the Opposition, forecasts a dissolution of Parliament m three months.

CYCLONE.

Bkisranb, February 25, Port Douglas, situated about the centre of the coast of Trinity Bay, has been visited by a cyclone. Several buildings were wrecked and many others injured.

WRECK AT MACQUAR IE.

TTojurt, February 25. The Circe, from Greymouth, was totally wrecked at Macquarie Harbor on Sunday. She struck the bar and the heavy rollers toppled her over the crew having barely time to escape. The crew lost all their effects. Owinf to the numerous wrecks at Macquarie the Marine Department has no\y decided to station a pilot there.

MELBOURNE LOAN.

Melbourne, February 25. Thp Metropolitan Bqard of Works loan of £300,00(j» at E| per qenj; at par, will be issued to-morrow. THE GAMBIER-EASBY COLLISION, The application of Captain iate of s»s/(Jamfe, foe i* w4* of oertiorari to quash the decision of thp Marine Court m reference to the cok lision between his vessel and the s.s. Easby >yas refused,

PROPOSED NEW CABLE.

Brisbane, February 25. Government have acquiesced m the proposals for laying a cable from Queensland to California or Canada. The promoter of the scheme, who is believed to represent a Cork syndicate, is only awaiting New South Wales' agreement to the proposals preparatory to commencing work.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Auckland. February 25. A well-knowii minister of the Primitive Method Ist body, the Rev. Joseph Long, died to-day of apoplexy. The "Star" states that. Auckland has been chosen as the head charters of the Australian Auxiliary Squadron m New Zealand waters and that it is tho intension of tho Admiralty to build upon the three •icros of land given to them by the Hnrbour Board near tho Calliope dock at. Dovonport. The .-innual meeting of the New Zea land District Board of the Hibernian Society concluded to-night, when Mr D. Flynn was unanimously elected President for the coming year. The half yearly ba'ance-sheet showed that the Society ha:l £2517 to the credit of the funeral fund, an increase of about £195 for the six months. The dead body of a child was found near Whangarei this morning, and the case is supposed to be one of infanticide. The disbandment of the Engineer Company of Volunteers is threatened) as their uniforms ordered from Home have been detained by the Cu.stonr.s authorities for tho payment of £52 duty. Mr Jackson Palmer, M. H.R., lias been applying to the Government for the remission of the duty, and as no satisfactory arrangement has been come to, he has resigned his position as lieutenant of the company. Mapikk, February 25. Mark Green, a tnvelling tinker, died m the Hospital to-day. The deceased was suffering from a broken leg and internal diseases brought onfrom excessive drinking. Wellington, February 25. A public meeting under the auspices of the Wellington branch of the Knights of Labor was held to-night, when Sir R. Stout delivered an address on " The Stale and the Individual." Mr W. Me Lean, M. U.R., gave an account of the aims and objects of the organisation, and stated that Hie membership throughout the colony exceeded 4000. The Railway Commissioners expect that their estimate ot the receipts on the various lines during the financial year ending next month will be realised. A meeting of A. W. Brown' 3 creditors was held this afternoon. A statement based on letters sent by the debtor after his departure, showed assets valued at £3519, and liabilities amounting to £2800. It was resolved—-" That an information be laid against the debtor and a warrant for his apprehension applied for, the necessary expense to be borne by the estate." Mr Allen, Warden for the Marlborough district, has forwarded a report on the recent gold find m Duncan's Valley. He says that the country appears to be of the samo description as Cullen'.s Valley, and he thinks it may prove equally rich. Water m the summer will be very scarce. At present there is nothing to warrant a rush, and if all the ground shunikl prove payable there is not room for more than 400 or 500 men. Many claims are pegged out, and to get claims on Orown lands miners would have to go far up the range. Mr Duncan, owner of the ground, will allow claims to be taken up on reasonable terms abd access to Crown lands until a road is made. Nelson, February 25. A man giving the name of Joseph Rhodes called at the police si- tioi and asked to be taken m on a charge for forging a cheque and obtaining goods at Blenheim. As he was suffering from the effrfcts of drink he was sent to gaol for curative treatment, and the Blenheim police were communicated with, when it was learned that a warrant had been issued for the arrest of Rhodes, on a charge of obtaining goods and money by false pretences. Vhc weather has been unusually warm, and rain now threatens. C. Remnant and party, after a tramp of twelve hours, reached Motueka from the river Crow, a tributary of the Earamea bpyond the Baton, and showed gold they had obtained, including a piece of 9oa 7dwt. Thoy compla-in of want of tracks, stating that they had to tramp over snow ranges, each man carrying eighty pounds. Gold has previously been found m the! Crow, but the inaccessibility of the country has prevented operations. There is great excitement among the miners at Nelson Creek m consequence of Orennan Bros., farmers, at, Bottom Creek, bringing an action against certain parcies, miners, for polluting the water of the creek. A monster meeting will be held to-morrow night, The Drennans have been farming there for the last twenty years. Greymouth, February 25. A gold miner named Prior, while sluic ing at Orwell Creek this morning, met with an accident by which both of his legs were broken. He was brought into the hospital to-night by rail and express. Dunedin, February 25. An inquest was h«ld to-day on the body of the child, four months old, of Hannah O'Brien, a married woman. The mother who is a domestic servant, gave the child out to nurse, paying 7s 6d per week, but not satisfied with its appearance at either of the two places she took it away. Me lical evidence was to the effect that tho child died from exhaustion of vital powers, owing to some form of gastro intestinal catarrh probably induced by defective food. The jury returned a verdict-—" That the child wag m a sickly condition when given out to be nursed, and that by the mismanagement and inex perience of the nurses it finally died from the causes stated, which are, however, not of a culpable nature." The smallpox patients from the crew of the barque Umvoti at present on Quaran tine Island are progressing satisfactorily, but the boatswain, who up to the present has been m good health, is down with Mauritius fever. Rain has fallen steadily the whole even ing.

THE CENSUS.

j (per pbess association,) Wellington, February 25. The last census returns with regard to the conjugal condition of the people show that their are 229,437 single males m the colony, 90,487 married men, 7/777 ! widowers, and 750 whose condition is nob I stated, making a total of 328,451. There I are 190,658 females who are not married, 90,870 married, 12,098 widows, and 137 whose condition is not mentioned, mak ing a total of 293i763. As to the education of the people, the returns show that there are '478,,438 qf both sexes 'whq can read and write, 24,606 who can read only, 116,159 who I cannot read, and 3011 who have not stated what amount of education they possess. Thp rc^unis with reference to the birth places of people show that 612,0.64 of the population of the colony are British sub jects and 14,594 foreign subjects. In the former sexes are pretty evenly divided, but of the latter 12,044 are males and 251(0 females,.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

[press association telegram.]

Wellington, February 26. J At the annual meet ins; of the Philo sophical In-titute, Sir James Bullev was elected President. In accepting the office he stated he was nos certain whether he would remain m the colony. Am ition expressive of appreciation of the Maori- Knitlish lexicon by Mr Tregear, the retiring Presdent, was passed. 'JTli«* A«-tinjr ttovrrnwr. Chief Justice Preudergfut was sworn m Acting Governor before the lix»cutive Council this mominir. JLullor iitK'ntion*. The Trades and Labor Council have resolved that it is of the utmost import ance that Unionists should jealously guard and preserve the influence gained by the years of labor spent m building up their "unions, but at the same time it is highly desirable that trades unions should co operate with political organisations having for their object the advancement of the interests of the working classes. In a letter from the Ballarat Trade 3 Council, lalw and politics m Victoria are "described as being m a horrible plight. Orvat I'ire at J»ii»«iltii Dunedin, February 26. The fine residence of Mr E. B, Cargill, at the Cliffs, was destroyed by fire this morning. At five a.m. fire was detected m an attached building at the back, which was used as a laundery. The only one awake at the time was a grandson of Mr Cargill, who gave the alarm, but the fire had then obtained such a hold that the family and guests, including Miss Reid, of Elderslie, had only time to escape m their night clothes. The Salvage Corps and some members of the City Fire Brigade went to the scene, but owing to the absence of a water supply could do practically nothing to check the flames. Some carpets and a few articles of furniture were the only goods saved. The house cost £8000 to build, and the furri ture £1500, and Mr Cargill estimates his loss at £8000 above the insurances which were smaller than they were supposed to be.

THE MARKETS.

Orain. antl ProcltKie.

The following is the Corn Exchange re port for the wee.* ending February 24 : - The lines cf grain offering this week hfve been very limited m consequence of far mers stacking instead of threshing from the stook. tn this we think they have acted wisely but at the same time we fear a large quantity will be discolored if not sprouted, and the price all round not so high as was hoped for. We have a few enquiries for prime wheat and find diffi cult; to fill orders. Cocksfoot. r-Our Pen insular friends will have to look to their laurels, as Taranaki is already m the market quoting first-olass seed, of good cokur, weighing 16!bs, at a much lower price than our local producers. We f«ar if we don't keep our eyes open Taranaki will whip us m cocksfoot, the same as they have done m butter—time will show. Prices quoted below are f.o.b. Packages extra. Wheat- 3s 6d to s 91. Oatm—ls 5d to Is 8.1. Barley—No prime offering. First class malting will be high. Ryfgrass—Farmers', 2s to 33; machine dressed, 3s 6d to 3s M. Bbaxs—wanted ; 2s 8d to 2s 10J. Peas—wanted; 2s 6d to 2s 91. ButrEß—Factory, 7d to 8,1 ; farmers', 6dto7d, Cheese —3d to 4|d, according to size and quality, Potatoes —Kidneys, 30s at stations.

Congregational Union.

[per press association.]

Wellington, February 25. At the Congregational Union, the Rev. Bradley, m discussing his paper on 4i Our Church m Relation to the Masses," said that the fact could neither be denied nor longer ignored that the masses are alie nated from the Churches, but not neces sarily, therefore, from Jesus Christ, so the working classes felt that the Churches neither understood nor cared for their special interests. As a fact, the Protes-. taut Churches had not so lofty and com- | pr-shensible an ideal as the Roman Church. Individual conception of the purposes of the Gospel must now yield to the broader view embeacing the reconciliation of man with man m all relations as well as the reconciliation with God. A deputation from the Baptists' Union waited on the Union when the President of the former point d out numerous points of agreement between the two sister denominations. A deputation from the Ministers' Association also attended. The members of both deputations were welcomed m the name of the United Congregational Union of Australasia.

SPORTING.

DUNEDIN AUTUMN MEETING.

SECOND DAY.

[per press association. 1

Forbttry Racecourse, February 25. The following events were decided after we wenfc to press :— Dunedin Jockey Club Handisap, of 400 soys, with a sweepstakes of 5 soys each ; the second horse to receive 50 soys, and the third 20 soys from the stakes. One mile and a half. Oruchfield, Bst (Clifford) 1 Occident, Bst 111 b, ... (Sharpe) 2 Galtee, 7st 71b . (Buddicombe) 3 Kulnine 7st 121h and Rosefeldt 7st 51b also started. At the fall of the fUg Cruehfield led, while Kulnine was left at the post. Pass ing the stand Occident got m front, by which time Derrett had brought Kulnine up to the third position, Oruchfield mean while being steadied. Occident main tained a commanding lead to the people's stand, where Clifford brought up Cruch field m great style, winning a splendidly contested race by half a length, Galtee a couple of lengths away. Time —2min 42sec. Dividend £2 15s and £2 16s. Novel Rack, of 80 soys ; one mile.— Tnchkeith, 7st 121 b, 1; Melton, 7st 71b, 2 ; Jacob Faithful, Bsb 51b, 3. Five others ran. Won very comfortably. Time— lmin 49sec. Dividends—£6 7s and £12 2s. The winner was sold for 85 SOV9. Domain I-lahdioap, of 100 soys ; six furlongs.—Flinders, 7st 41b. 1 ; Conjurer, 7st 21b, 2 ; Heather Bell, 7st 61b, 3. Ten started. Flinders won "^y a length, Ilium, the favourite, being fourth. Time —lmin I7isec. Dividends—£23 3s and £17 Bs. " Railway Plate, of 100 soya; four furlongs.—Wakawatea, 6st 111 b, 1 ; Day Dream, 6st 111 b, 2 ; Saracen, 7st, 3. Five started. Wakawatea got two lengths advantage of a bad start, was never headed, and won easily by a length, Time—49sec. A protest was entered on the ground that Wakawatea started m front of the post, but it was dismissed. Dividends—£3 4s and £3 13s. Suburban Welter Handicap, of 12Q soys. One mile and a furlong,—Tempest, 9st, 1; Tom Field, Bst olb, 2; Lady Mab, Bst, 3. Eleven ran. Won by a n.ose after a desperate finish. Time— 2min 2sec. Dividends—£2B 3s and £18 4s, Pqst Stakes, of 20 soys. Six furlongs. I, Cinnabar 2, The Wolf 3,

Eight others started. Time—lmin 20 cc. Dividends -£2 17s and £2 11s. The winner \vas sold for ?6 soys. The stewards of the Dunedin Jockey Club, of their own motiw.i, to-day commenced an inquiiy into the running of the horre Jacob Faithful m the Novel Racs. The inquiry wa3 adjourned to Siitu relay.

THIRD DAY.

Dunedin, February 26. The following are the handicaps for to morrovv'h races :— Hitrdlb Handicap, of 100 s"vs ; two miles and a quarter. —Norton 12st I lib, Little Arthur list 31b, The Idler list 31b, Waterfall list. Erin-go-Braah 10st-71b, Magpie 10st 4ib, Captain Abf*m lOst 21b, Wacerbury lO.sl;, VVaitangi 9-st 41b, Inch keith 9st 21b, The Chief 9sb, Rotlmn stead 9st. Hopeful Stakes, of 150 soys; six furlongs. —Morpheus 9sfc, Huguenot Bst 111 b, Wakawatea Bst lUb, Flinde's Bst 91b, Day Dream Bst 7lb, Stepniak Bat, Vogengang Bst, Conjurer 7-st 101 b, May 7st 71b, ilium 7st 71b, Saracen 7st 71b, Tom Field 7st 51b, Free Lance 7st 51b, Hippomenes 7st: 31b, Lustre 7st 31b, Dialetera 7st 21b. Foebury Handicap, of 300 soys ; one mile and a quarter. —Merrie England 9st 31b, Crackshot Bstl3lb, Occident Bst 121 b, Cruchfield Bst 101 b, Prime Warden Bst 71b, Kulnine 7st 101 b, Cajolery 7st 81b, La Rose 7st 81b, Huguenot'7st 41b, Tempest 7«t 41b, Lady Zetland 7st 21b, Heather Bell 7st 21b, Rosefeldt 7»t, Coinage 7st, May 6.sb 121 b, Conjurer 6dt 91b, Dom Pedro 6st 9H>, Dialetera 6st9lb, Hippomenes 6st 91b. Flying Handicap, of 100 sors ; one mile.—Prime Warden 9st 71b, La Rose Bst, Cajolery Bst, Derby 7st 121 b, Bread albane 7st 121 b, The Dreamer 7st 101 b, Galtee 7st I.olb, Huguenot 7st 101 b, Tempest 7st 101 b, Heather Bell 7st 81b, Carronade 7st 81b, Lady Zetland 7st 81b, Regina 7sc 61b, Leinster7st 61b, Ilium 7st 41b, May 7st 41b, Tern Field 7st 21b, Free Lance 7st 21b, Kilmarnock 7st, Hippomenes 6st 91b, Pique 6st 91b, Dor meur 6st 71b, Dialetera 6st 71b, Lady Mab 6st 71b.

ASHBURTON TROTTING CLUB.

Nominations for the Autumn Meeting of the Ashburton Trotting Club, which takes place on March 9, close to-morrow evening at nine o'clock, at the Central Hotel.

COURSING.

THE WATERLOO CUP.

(Received February 26, 10.35 a.m.) London, February 25. For the third successive year Col. North's Fullerton won the Waterloo Cup. His dog started favorite at 7 to 4 against.

NATIONAL COURSING CLUE.

The annual meeting of the National Gout-sina; Club was held to-night. The halauce-sheet showed a small balance to credit. It was resolved fco appoint Mr D. M. Ross, of Timaru, as judge. Jas. Forward, of Christchurch, forwarded a petition signed by the leading coursing and spcrting men of the colony, request ing that the disqualification placed on him m connection with a case of " ringing m," should be removed. The disqualification was removed by 12 to 3 The Plumpton Park Coursing Club, Chiistchurch, agreed io affiliate, allowing Dunedin to be the central registration office for dogs, if the Waterloo Cup is held alternately m Dunedin and Chiistchurch. It was then resolved to hold the Waterloo Cup Meeting m Christchurch m the Grand National week. Mr Hugh Gourley was re-elected President.

The Rifle Meeting.

POSTPONEMENT OF THE DATE OF OPENING.

(PER PKKSS ASSOCIATION.)

Wellington, February 25. In consequence of the Hinemoa being urgently required by the Defence Minis ter to visit the prison at Milford Sound and, m order that the members of the New Zealand Rifle Association might not be delayed at Lyttelton should the Hinemoa be detained by bad weather, it has been decided to postpone the opening of the Rifle Association Mseting until Friday, the 11th. March. The Hinemoa will be ready to leave Lyttelton on the night of Wednesday, the 9th, arriving here the following morning, bat as she is unable to take the competitors back, Major ?omerviUe has arranged with the Union Company to take all competitors back at twenty shillings each.

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

[per press association.] Received 26, 10.20 a.m.)

THE GERMAN UNEMPLOYED

Berlin, February 25. Riots among the unemployed are taking place m Brunswick.

THE CANADIAN SCANDALS.

Ottawa. February 25. Startling evidence has been given before the Royal Commission, impli cating M. Mercier and Pacaud, his financial secretary. It is alleged that the expenses of Mercier's country seat and household were defrayed from the Baie Ohaileur railway subsidy.

FATAL FALL OF A CHIMNEY.

ITlpomvpA Tfilirnarv i?fi. 10.35 a.m.}

London, February 26. A chimney sixty yards high fell at Barraclough's flannel factory m Brad ford, Yorkshire, killing'nine women. There were eighty people working m the factory at the time.

THE MISSING LIDDERDALE.

Lidderdale has turned up safely, and explains that his absence from the city was voluntary.

THE STATE OF THE ARMY.

Lord Wantage's Committee on the Army declares that with the exception of the Guards there is not a single battalion of infantry effective for short service if necessity arose, and it re commends &n increase of pay and the granting of other privileges.

THE ANARCHISTS.

Paris, Febmry 25. The anarchists m France are dis tributing dynamite throughout Europe,, with the intention oi using it during the celebration of May day.

AUSTRALIAN.

(Received February 23, 10.20 a.m.)

BANKRUPT BANK.

Svdnkv. Felnuary 26;. The Sydney Deposit Bank, which recently suspended payment, has been declared bankrupt., NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIA MENT. The Legislative Assembly sat all

night and completed the estimates. In theearly hours ascenetook piacp,anrl Mr Toohey, member for South Sydney, was removed for disobeying the ruling of the chairman.

THE AMATEUR DEFINITION.

The Rowing Association by one vote declined to admit manual laborers as bona fide amateurs.

THE VICTORIAN MINISTRY.

MELBorHXK, February 26. The ministry are embarrassed by their difficulty m obtaining repre sentatives m the Legislative Council. Mr Agar Wynne has declined to accept office.

LABOR CANDIDATES.

Adelaide. February 26. The labor party have selected fifteen candidates to contest seats at the next general election.

England's Customers.

Is it any wonder, says the " Jantorbury Times," that both sides of the political world are vicing for the title of friend of the calonies ? Not when we reflect upon the value of the colonies to the Mother Country. That is set out m the last publication issued by the Statistical De partment —the best by the way, ife has ever issued—exactly on the model of Hayter's celebrated " Year Book." Here it is :— Exports of Home production from the United Kingdom m 1890 to — British India and Ceylon ... £34,562,616 United States 32,068,128 Australasia .„ 23,006,004 Germany ... 19,000,000 France 16,000,000 Holland 10,000,000 China 9,000,000 South Africa ... .. ... 9,000,000 Canada... ... „ ... 6,827,000 Egypt 3,381,000 From which it is manifest that the trade of Australasia, which fifty years ago was not appreciable, has risen to the third place on the list of British merchants' customers. Uncle Sam can give us points, but he has sixty millions lo our four, and so can the "Mild Hindoo," who has two hundred and fifty millions of people enjoying the Pax Briiannica. But we beat every other customer heavily. As for the French Republic, we can afford to throw Canada into the balance, and still come out on the right side. As for South Africa and Canada together, they are no where m comparison with Australasia as customers of the British merchant.

A Luxury!

Hie following appears m a description of a journey to Washington and back, contributed to the " Otago Witness " : — '.' The tobacco factories, on the other hand, are worked by colored labor. I visited one of these, and saw something of the entire process by which plugs of chewinp tobacco are manufactured, from the sorting of the leaves to the labelling and packing of these plugs m boxes. I wish that every man who chews tobacco could just see their dainty morsel m the process of preparation for their palate. They would never take a quid between their teeth again ! Every plug passes ohrough at least twenty pairs of black sweaty hands during the process of manufacture, and that m a warm climate and an artificially heated building. They sort, and rub, and roll, and squeeze, and thumb, and label all by hand. <l How much do you allow for additional weight to each ulug from nigger sweat V I asked the proprietor. He did not answer my question, but he did confess that he never chewed himself ! I saw a dirty,,, dumsy-looki'ig machine which is used for mixing the treacle and other mess which is used for flavoring, I suppose I must have made a face at. the machine when the proprietor showed me apart of the concern m which, before this machine came into use, they used to tread the treacle mix ture m with nnked nigger feet. Tobacco chewing is still very general m this country. Itwas curiousin the Ecumenica Conference to watch the jaws of grave and godly men m almost perpetual motion. No wonder that there are spittoons everywhere, m pulpits and, parlors and marble corridors, close to the judge on the bench and the prisoner at the bar. They are all needed. Ladies, and children, whose stomachs are not strong enough to bear tobaooo, chew gum, just to keep the gentlemen m countenance, I suppose. Those who are supposed to be m search of the secret of perpetual motion should turn their attention to Yankee jaws. If I were writing for an American paper I should suggest that Sunday school trips should be given to tho tobacco factories m the south, and that every child should see the process, and should be compelled to take a quid from a sweaty pair of black hands and chew it. That would bring tobacco-chew ing to an end m one generation, or the case is hopeless !"

Auckland Chamber of Commerce.

(IKS PlvESs ASSOCIATION.)

Auckland, February 25. The annual meeting of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce was held to-day. The President, Mr Adam Porter, de livered an address, m which he said that the business of the city had been sounder during the past year than for some time previously. This, mo doubt, was owing partly to the determination of merchants and traders to do business on a firmer basis than formerly, by limiting credit and formulating such trade terms as should lead to a more legitimate mode of conducting business. As a further proof . of the healthy state of business, the bank ruptcies for the ye*r were fewer m number and value than for the previous eight years, while the assets had been greater that at any time during the same period. The increase of imports m the Auckland district had been one-half of the total amount for the whole colony, while the exports had showu a comparatively slight decrease. The prices realised for wool had been higher, and the gum trade had shown an advance ia prices. Mr Porter was re«eleetied President. An address was given by Mr Wallace, Consul -General m Austialasia for the United States, urging the representation of the colony at the Chicago Exhibition. In reply to the objection that foreign products are subject to a prohibitive tax m the United Stafees, Mr Wallace said that since the McKinley tariff was im posed the importation of wool into America had increased.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN: FKIDA¥, ffEHRUARt 36, 1892.



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