The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1892. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The estate of the late Sir F. Whitaker \ ( only amounted to £2170 15s. ( The Queensland Government have declined j to accede to petitions for the release of union ists sentenced to se*-en years' imprisonment for burning grass during the shearers' strike. ' In the Wairareka Valley (according to ] the Oama.ru " Times ") owners of cows have ( cleared as much as £6 per head for the past eight months, ending May 31, when the j factory closed for the season. The "Maryborough Press" says that Picton is the "Liverpool of the south." This remark is called forth by the fact that one day last week there were four sailing vessels and a freezing hulk in port to gether. Thomas Grange, formerly marine engineer, j of Lyttelton, and afterwards proprietor of Bruce's Hotel, Akaroa, died suddenly yester \ day afternoon, it is supposed through the rupture of a blood vessel. He was 62 years old. A meeting of the Governors of Canter, bury College was held yesterday, when it was unanimously resolved that the explanation given by Mr H. 0. Forbes as to articles reported to be missing from the Museum should be accepted, as satisfactory, and that the Board desires to-affirm that it did not at any time intend to cast any doubt on Mr Forbes' integrity. A Press Association telegram states that a shipment of draught horses from Mr John Small, of Ashburfcon, said at Masterton last Saturday, realised as follows:—Chestnut mare, 6 years, by Kelvin—Beas byNupoleon, 72ga, to Dr Hosking; mare, 6 years, by Prince Royal, 30es; pair of two-year-old fillies, by Lord Salisbury and Vanquisher .'respectively, 60gs, to Dr Hosking. The following is from the "Sydney Mail": —,«« Many inquiries were made by strollers along the foreshore of Farm Cove and the Botanical Gardens on Sunday, as to name and business of a'loftily-sparred steam yacht whose fine lines and rakish rig marked her at onoe as a itranger in the waters of port Jackson. Her stately appearance, as she lies moored to one of the men-of-war buoys, off Fort Macquarie Point, was a theme of general remark amongst the passers-by. The stranger in question is the New Zealand Government steairer Hinemoa —the colony's handsome yacht." Mr J. "R. Steele, of the Victoria Steam Carriage Works, has just finished a buck board to the order of Mr W. A. Sheppard, of Christchurh. The vehicle is especially designed to ensure comfort in driving over rough or hilly country. The particular style and finish present a singularly light and graceful appearance, and the work in every part evidences care and ingenuity on the part of the workmen. The trimmings are of maroon leather, and all mountings silver plated. The painting, which is the work" of Mr It, Clark, displays good taste, is of dark wine, with carriage parts buff, picked out in vermilion. The vehicle, as a whole, presents a fine appearance, and does credit to the maker. . Sone weeks ago the Melbourne " Leader " announced that Captain Kemsley, from Kent, who has had large experience in fruit-growing in BnpJand and California, has secured a block of 9000 acre 3at Ngarara, on the VVaikanae River, New Zealand, where he intends to start fruit growing and canning on a large scale. The block is well watered by numerous creeks running into the Waikanae. It is intended to cut up the land into about 100 sections. One condition of tenure is that each settler shall plant five acres of fruit as a minimum. The company will be named the Wellington Co-operative Fruit-growers' Association (Limited), with a capital of £20,000. According to the " Cape Town Register ' the great fire in Giipe Town seems to have been a complete clean-out, and, putting aside a highly coloured and reportorial description, there can be no doubt that deep and substantial loss has been inflicted on Cape Town itself, while the loss to the Masonic Order in South Africa is practically irretrievable. The Masonic Temple was considered on« of the fincot of its class in the world, and contained priceless works of a bygone age and generation, which can never be replaced. The chief Masonic rites of South Africa have been transacted for over 100 years inside the halls of the Goedehoop. That the policies of the insurance were betweej £401)0 and £5000 hi the South British is but a detail, for, with the exception of the archives, the whole of the property, etc., were destroyed. The Exhibition Building, which was also des troyed utterly, was erected about a dozen years ago some £12,000 had been expended on it. The Ashburton Druids held their annual social gathering in the Oddfellows' Hall last night, at which some seventy-five couples were present, and spent a few pleasant hours in dancing *© the music of Messrs Pearson and Owen. The dance y/as opened by the singing of the Druids' opening ode by the male-voice choir of the order, the singers all wearing the jjuaint regalia of the, order, and when it is said that not a few of the best voices in the district are numbered in the Druids' ranks, it can be readily understood that the ode was well rendered. Add to this the scenic effect of colored lights and an appropriate stage scene, and the effective picture is easily realised. All the officers of the Lodge wore their official regalia, and many private members were in regalia as well, Co that the appearance of the hall was quite picturesque. M. Jean Moison was a most efficient, and not by any means ob trusive M.C., and conducted' the dansjng admirably. The catering was in the hands of Mr and Mrs G. H. Bryant, who held quite a levee at the south end of the hall. Dancing »'aj» kept up with spirit until an early hour. The great war fcetwefen Ohili &nd Peru is already ancient history, crowded out of mind by the mora recent civil war in Chili, but a traveller who has just returned from South America states that on the battlefield of Tarapaca, in the desert, the dead are still lying just as they fell. There were 4000 of them, and nearly 1000 horses are left unburied, for the £/hilisns, who were marching through a hor rible region ,<>f drought and death, had no time to dig sepulcftrls, B.ufc it never rains on Tarapaca, and the sim li&sj dried the corpses and the nitrate in' 1 'thai soil has preserved them, and upon the plateau 5000 mummies lie in ghastly confusion with their broken swords and bayonets i»jl %$ fresh looking as on the day of that memoraljte baftje, There is no bird or beast or ijisectin ttiat-horrible, deso lation and if nobody intpiferes wjft-h' thp relics they will remain the same. A case of some interest waß argued before his Honor Mr Justice Denniston in Banco oij Tuesday. Towards rn the end of last year the {3ov&rqment advertised that certain lands in Canterbury jvpujd be open for sale or selection on and after ©ecenjbpr £Q jast. At ten a.m. on that day Mr A." M'Farlaije', of Alford Forest, put in an application to purchase, for cash, a section of unsurveyed fandt in th& Spaxton Survey District. The xj*y before, .however, Mr T. Nolan had applied foi* a perpetual jlease of rfie same section, The Board decided to treat the two applications ag simultaneous, and ballotted to determine wiii<*h should be granted, with the result that Mr Nolan got the section. Mr M'Farlane now appealed against the Board's decision, On his behalf it was contended that section § of |"The Land Act Amendment Act, 1587," provides that priority of application on the same day for unsurveyed land shall determine thereto, and that the Land Board had no power to consider Mr Nolan's application at all, as it; h^d uofc been lodged on the day on which the land wa# .opened for selection, and that the Board had'"no po^ei: to decide between them by ballot, is" "tKe "sefttion .distinctly states that priority of appHcatib"it amat «tec4d» fhe right to' unsurveyed land. .^Section IS ol fcjie Act provides that simulta neous applications f ox the same land shall be determined by 'ballot,' tut. eouiisel*for the" appellant subrnifctedthai 'this musV be z>ead tbge.th.er .with s,ectio.n $." His Hdjibr reserved

Mr Gladstone on Female Suffrage.

lii view of the debate on the Women's Suffrage Bill, Mr Gladstone addressed to Mr S.~ Smith, M.P., "a letter, which i;s published by Mr John Murray, of Albe marle street, expressing a hope that the House will .reject the measure. He describes it as a narrow bill, as it cx v eludes from its operation married wotr.tm wlic, he says, are not loss reflective, intelligent and virtuous than their un married, sisters. He objects to the measure, also, because the change has not really been taken into view by the public mind at large, and, in the face of the coming election, he suggests that its promoters should be concert with a discussion of the bill, without carrying it to an issue. DO WOMEN" WANT THE VOTE ? Proceeding with his argument, Mr Gladstone puts to, himself the question, "Do women wanb to vote?" There has never within my knowledge been a casu in which the franchise^ has been extended to a large body of persons generally indifferent about receiving it But here in addition to a widespread indifference, there is on the part of large numbers of women who have considered the matter for themselves the-most positive objection and strong disapprobation. Is it not clear to every unbiassed mind, that before forcing on them What they conceive to be a fundamental change in their whole social ■ function is to say, in their providential calling—at least it should be ascertained that the womanly vnind of the country, ac present so largely strange to the subject, is in overwhelming proportion and with deli berate purpose set upon securing it ? WHAT WOULD FOLLOW ON THE VOTB. If a woman can vote and sit in the House of Commons, i 6 she, asks Mr Glad stone, to be excluded from, say, judicial office ? Capacity tositin the House of Commons now legally and practically draws in its train capacity to fill every office in 'the State. Can we alter this rule and determine to have two categories of members of Parliament, one of them, the established and the larger one, consisting of persons who can travel without check along all the lines of public duty and honor; the other, the novel and the, smaller one, stamped with disability for discharge of executive, administrative, judicial, or other public duty 1 such a stamp would, I apprehend, be a Lrand. There is nothing more odious, nothing more untenable, than an inequality in legal privilege which does not stand upon some principle in its nature broad and clear. THE'PROVINCES QF THE'SEXES. With regard to the analogy that there are doubtless persons under the age of 21 better fitted than their seniors todis charge the duties of citizenship, Mr Gladstone holds that in neither instance does the argument of the exceptional case justify the abolition of the general rule. Moreover, ".a permanent and vast difference of type has been impressed upon women and men respectively by the Maker of both." I for one am not prepared to say which of the two sexes has the higher and which has the lower province. But I recognise the subtle and profound character of the differences between them, and I must qgain and again deliberate before aiding in the issue of what seems an invi tation by public authority to the one to renounce as far as possible ifce own office in order to assume that of the other, I am not without the fear lest, beginning with the State, we should eventually be found to have intruded into what is yet more fundamental and more sacred, the precinct of the family, and should dislo cate or injuriously modify the relations of domestic life, .: The subject, in Mr Gladstone's view, is not a sex question, any more than it is a class ot- a party question. I have no fear, jlpt the woman should encroach upon the power of man. The fear I have is lest we should im'ito "her unwittingly to trespass upon the delicacy, the purity, the refinement, the elevation of her own nature, which are the present sources of its power' TAFE NO STEP IN ADVANCE TILL CON VINCED 01? ITS SAFETY. In conclusion, Mr Gladstone admits that in the universities, in the professions, in the secondary circles of public action, we have already gone so far as to give a shadow of plausibility to the present pro posals to go further. But it was a shadow only, for he holds that we have done nothing that plunges the woman, as such, into the turmoil of masculine life. His disposition is to do all for her which is free from that danger and reproach, but to take no step in advance until he ia con vinced of its safety.

Mr Dibbs' Mission.

INTERVIEW WITH THE COLONIAL SECRETARY.

[ t'Kli PXVfcSS AS3OCIATIONJ.

London, June 14. Mr Dibbs and Sir Saul Samuel had an interview with Lord Knutsford to day. He promised to write to. Lord Dufferin, the British Ambassador at Paris, to prepare ground for negotia tions with France regarding the stop page of transporting convicts to Neisv Caledonia. Mr Dibbs is sapguine that this will be the means of producing definite proposals from the French Go vernment for the cessation of the evil. Mr Dibbs told Lord Knutsford f;hat he held authority from all the colonies except Queensland arjd Western Australia, to negotiate the Imperial Government on the sub ject of empowering trustees to invest in colonial stocks. Lord Knutsford, while favourable to the idea, cited the objections already taken to the pro- poss]i Jsy Mr Goschen, including the j possible limitation <q£ the borrowing power, of recovery in the event $f default, and the nature of the loans to be included in the A.ct. Lord Kriuts &}rd himself thought the objections not in^urnj.Qun.teblp. Mr Pibbs recognised that they were' foVmiclal^, ai}4 fhat probably it would be oeces&ary tq legislate in the colonies a«j weli as in England. Lord Knutsford manifested the keenest interest and sympathy [throughout. Mr Goschen has invited Mr Dibbs at an earjy f|at© to discuss this question, and the coinage of silver in colonial mints. Mr Dibbs is in communication with cable authorities on the subject of cheaper rates to the colonies. Mr Dibb,s will probably pay a visit to the president of the Frenph Republic ko urge the desirableness of Sending no more prisoners to N<3w (Medonia. He expresses regret that Mr Mtsjgerald, of Sydney, who went Home as the delegate of the Labor party is making platform speeches on behalf of Mr John Burns, as he fears that interference by a member of an Aus tralian Parliament in English elections ma,j japepfere with the success of his mission. ' '

The MARKETS.

[run riiKss"Association.]'■. Sydney, June 15. Wheat, chick 3s 8d to 3s 9d, N.Z. milling 4s 7d to 4s 10. Oats, feeding 2* 4d to 2s 6d, seed 2s Bd. Maize 2s Bd. Barley, Cape 3s to ossd, English 3s lid nominal. j|Pea,s, blue Prussian, boiling 3s lid to 4s, Bran Is 3d. Pollard Is 4d. Potatoes, N.Z. £3 ss, Circular Heads £4 ss. Onions £3, to £3 10s. Butter, TM.Z. dairy made Is to Is Id, factory Is 4d to ■la 6d. Chease s|d. Bacon, N. Z. cured i :7£d to Bd, hams lOd to lid. Meibournk, June 15. Whbat is in moderate demand, prime quality 4s 2d. : (Mis, Algerian aud Danish" 2s 2d, stout h?avy 2s 4d. Adelaide, June 15. Wheat quiet al 4s 3d. O;ua 3s 3d to 3s '4.1, Barley, Capo 3s 6d to 3s 9d, English malting 4s s<l. Bran Is. Pol lard Is 2d

THE MELBOURNE WHEAT MARKET.

The*'Otago Daily Times" correspon dent, writing on June 6, reports :—During the past week the Melbourne wheat market has been in a somewhat agitated condition. At the beginning of the week prices were at 4s 4|d, and the " bulls " had it well under command and were at tempting to obtain complete control. They were trying to get hold of all the wheat iri the colony, but London advices frightened them, and on Thursday morn ing those who were operating for *he rise stopped buying and became sellers. By Friday afternoon the price had gone down to 4s 2d, and the week closed with buyers to a limited extent at 4s Id.

Addington Stock Market.

CiBLRiSTCHUROH, June 15. The weather was very wat and cold. Store Sheep.--A comparatively small entry Was soon disposed of. Crossbred lambs brought ftom 10s 9d to 13s 7d ; small sized hoggets, 103; four and six-tooth cross bred wethers,' 15s to 15s 4d; merino ewes in lamb, 6s 9d to 7s 5d ; merino wethers, 6s 6d. FatShkbp.—The entry was good, despite the weather, and there was a keen demand for best quality freezers. Values were irregular for second-class sheep, and for merinos except of prime quality. Best crossbred wethers sold at. 19s to 22a, and realised in most cases 3^d per lb gross. Lines of crossbred wethers and maiden ewes ranged from 17s to 21s 6d. Crossbred ewes sold from 11s 7d to 16s 9d, according to quality; merino wethers, prime quality, from 12s 9d to 14s 3d, some second quality going from 8s Id to 10s 2d. Fat Cattle.—The sale of beef was limited to a few pens of very nice steers, which were sold als. £6 17s 6d' to £7 10s, after which the demand fell off, and a large proportion of the entry was withdrawn. j Store Cattle.—The entry of ordinary; stores was very small, and, with the, exception of three-year-old heifers that realised £4, consisted of thirty to forty odd lots, Dairy Stock, —Fair quality dairy cows and springers were disposed of at from £6 to £8 2s 6d, and some of inferior quality £3 2s 6d to £4 ss. p os.—The entry was limited fco less than eighty head, and prices were firm. Good sorts of baconers sold freely at 30s to 465, accordius"to size, and porkers realised 18s to 265.

Ashburton Markets.

MESSRS MILKS AND CO. Messrs Miles and Co. report on the weekly stock sale held at the Ashburton yards on Tuesday, June 14:—The decline in prices recorded last week no doubt influenced sheep vendors, the result being a very much smaller yarding than was brought forward at Tinwald. The entries totallsd 7000, being over 3000 short of those submitted on the 7th inst. Buyers were \yell represented, and brisk competition met all good lines of fat sheep, which sold well to the freezing trade and others. Fora line of well-grown crossbred wethers 20s 6d was reached after spirited bidding, and from this price down to 16s was made for all good lines submitted. Crossbred and merino ewes in lamb were not much enquired for, and sold below owners' ideas of worth. For the latter we were paid 9s 3d, the highest figure obtained at the sale. A small pen of extra quality fat merino wethers met with free biddings, and changed hands at 13s lOd. Crossbred lambs continued to se.U w.e.U at prices up to 13s lOd. The following were our sales for the week :—■ 550 merino ewes in lamb 9s 3d, 29 merino ewes at 5s Id, 32 crossbreds at 9s 6d, 258 crossbreds, mostly wethers, at 16s 9d, 44 merino ewes at Ss 6d, 650 crossbreds at 17s 6d, 670 crossbred store ewes at 12s.

MR JOHN G. RESTELL.

Mr John G. Restell (in conjunction with the New Zealand* Loan and Mercantile Agency Uo., Limited) per Mr J. R. Bland, auctioneer, reports for the week ending June 15 :—At the Ashburton County Sale yards on Tuesday, June 14, there, was again a large entry of stock for this season of the year. The attendance of local and other buyers was good, and the prices quite recovered the drop reported last week ; in fact, the demand was quite as strong as at any saje. tljis season, $qme splendid lines pf fat sheep sold by Messrs Friedlander Bros.' and Thomas realised as high as 20s 2d and 20s 6d. The total entry for the day was about 8000 sheep and 20 head cattle, of which we sold 1200 sheep and 5 head cattle, as follows: —386 crossbred lambs at 12s 3d, 238 crossbred lambs at 12s 4d, 40 crossbred lambs at 10s, 30 half bred lambs at 11s 3d, 200 crossbred ewes in lamb at 11s 3d, 100 crossbred ewes at 11s 6d, 112 merino wethers at 7s 3d. Cattle. —1 springer at £5 3s, 1 cow in profit at £5, store heifers at £2 10s. X)uring the week we have sold privately 9QQ crossbred ewes in lamb and 300 merino ewes-111 lai'nb at owners' reserve, 300 merino lambs at 6s 6d, 558 half bred lambs at 12s 6d. Skin Sale.—On Friday, June 10, we held our regular fortnightly skin sale, when there was a good attendance of local and outside buyers, and the bidding was brisk. Our sales were as follows :—Bucchers' crossbreds 2s lid to 3s 6d, butchers' rr.erinqs Is }ld to 2s '6d, faifmers! '2s to' 3s' 6/I,' farmeps' merinos Is to 2s "3d, pelts Qd to Is 3d. Fat and hides at soate rates,

MESSRS FRIEDLANDER BROS.

Messrs Friedlander Bros, report upon the live stock market for the week ending June 15 •—The' Ashburton yards on Tuesday, al though not so heavily stocked as at the previous sale, contained some of the best sljccp yet yarded this season. It was a pleas; .i'fi to Wig r&und the, yards and see go many good lines of sheep pennq.d. We do not remember ever seeing at one yarding such a display of good crossbred freezing and turniping sheep. Noticeable among these lines were sheep sent forward by Messrs Chapman Bros!, James Cbohrane, John G.afrns; fteqrge Lamb; John Brown, D; Mcl^endry, oolliso.n x?rps., 'an' 4 others," afl of which seild at prices whigh made owners feel satisfied that it pays f}rst of all to secure <*ootl sheep, and then look after thorn well. & The attendance was rather below the average. However, two or three buyera for the export trade made things lively when once fairly started, and the sale all through must be classed as one of the best which wo have lately had. The fat pens were mostly filled with merino ewe mutton, which sold from 6s to 8s Gel. A pen of good merino wethers, which we sqld nil account of Mr James Cochrahe, of Wakan'ui, made 13,s iOd. Crossbred ewes in tljese pens so,ld at from 13s to 16s <jd, two tootli freezers at from 18s 6d to. 20s 6d, while the same class of shesp which still require some finishing realised from 16s to 17s 9d, and will prove a good nvestment. to the purchasers, provided they have suitabls pastures to finish them off. In crossbred lambs there were some good lines sent forward, but Mr Leatham's topped the market at 13s lOd. These were first cross well grown lambs. Others sold at from 10s 6d to 12s 6d, according to quality.. A good line of merino sixth-tooth wethers in fair * vjjndition sold at 9s There was nothing in I any: other lines of sheep which calls for special attention. In merino ewes in lamb the entries were small. Our {sates for the day were;—Ou account

J of Mr .fame's.Obchrane, 35 merino wethers at 13s JOd; 192 two-tooth freezers at, 20s 2d. •' On account .of Mr George L?.mb, a line of two-tooth first cross wethers in forward condition at 16s 6d. On account of Mr Denis McKendry, 302 crossbred two-tooths, mixed sexes, at 17s 9d. Tn cattle the emry was small and calls for no special mention. There were no entries in pigs.,

MR DAVID THOMAS.

Mr David Thomas reports upon the live j stock market for the week ending Wednes- j, day, June 15: — Stock Sale—The usual weekly stock sale was held at the Ashburton Yards. The totals yarded were 6953 sheep and 14 cattle, of which my entry comprised 4156 sheep and S cattle. Although the entry was moderate, compared with the entry of the previous week's sale, the bulk of the pens were utilised. The attendance was good, and moat of the stock changed'• "hands at values a shade in advance of last week's quotations. A large proportion of the entry consisted of prime crossbreds, and these sold readily at from 16s to 203 6d. The last 1 named price was obtained for a beautiful pen of prime freezers, turned off-by Messrs Chapman Bros., of Winslow. Merino wethers were fairly represented, and the demand was slightly better than last week j selling from 4s to 9s, Of merino ewes in lamb several lines came to hand, and were easily disposed of at prices ranging from 6s 6d to 9s 6d. My principal sales were as follow : — Fat Shkep and Lambs —28 crossbred ewes, 15s 4d ; 30 merino wethers, 8s 9d; 33 merino wethers, 8s ; 9 two-tooth crossbreds, 12s j 24 fat ewes, 8s 9cl; 24 fat ewes, 10s 9d ; 28 two-tooth crossbreds, 16s 8d; 111 crossbred wethers, iix and eight-tooth, lls 9d ; 88 two and four-tooth crossbreds, 17s; 135 two and four-tooth crossbreds, 17s 9d ; 216 two and four-tooth maiden ewes, 19a 9d ; 256 lambs, 13s lOd ; 103 crossbreds, 20s 6d. Store Sheep and Lambs—3ol two-tooth croasbreds, 16s 5d ; 223 merino ewes in lamb, 6s 6d; 140 crossbred lambs, 10s 7d; 114 merino ewes in lamb, 6s 6d; 60 lambs, lls 8d; 400 merino wetheVs, 4s 3d; 375 merino wethers, 7s 6d ; 81 lambs, lls 4d; 50 merino •wethers, 6a 6d j 450 merino wethers, 9s; 200 merino wethers, 6a 4d ; 150 merino ewes, 5s 6d. Cattle—3 fat heifers, £5 14s; 1 fat coWj £5; 1 fat Cow, Jt'4 17s 6d; 1 springer, £8 2a6d. Horse MARKET—On Saturday last I held my usual weekly horse sale. 59 came to hand, of which I sold 39. The entry was large, and buyers were not so anxious to satisfy their wants as usual, and hung off till the end, consequently many of the horses that were passed at the commencement of the sale were disposed of when reoffered. My principal sales were as fellow:—-Bay gelding, 6 years, any trial, £27 ; bay mare, 4 years, £25 ; grey gelding, 5 years,* broken to harness, £24; bay mare, 6 years, £2110s ; bay filly, 6 years, £22 10s ; black gelding, 7 years, £23; bay mare, 5 yeara, £20 10s; other draughts from £6 10s to £18 ; ponies, £7 5s to £11 15s; unbroken draughts, £11 5s and £10.

WONDERS OF THE PACIFIC.

There h no more striking proof of the mutability of human affairs than the fact that since man first set foot upon the earth nations many have sprung up, waxed and waned, and ihially passed out of existence altogether, leaving only the traces of what were once active, civilised, and, indeed, advanced peoples, to excite the curiosity of learned explorers in succeeding ages, Such remains of the greatness and grandeur of extinct peoples are to be found in America, in Asia, in Africa, and even among the islands of the Pacific, one of the most remarkable in stauces of this occurring in Easter Island, which far-off spot, says the writer of a very interesting article on the subject, which we find in a contemporary, " goes far to realise the description given by Rider Haggard cf the imaginary kingdom of Kor, once the residence of a numerous population, and afterwards an immense cemetery, its thousands of r"ocky caverns filled wim the bones of mouldering dead." An expedition was recently sent out by tho Smithsonian Institute to ex plore this island necropolis, and the re sult has been beyond all expectation interesting and marvellous. " Tablets of wood have been discovered, bearing in scriptions in an ancient language, which tell many surprising things, and these, together with numerous curiosities for .the National Museum, and a great amount of information, have been brought away. Although but a rock of lava thrown up from the depths of the sea, and having an area of only thirty-two square miles, Easter Island possessed a popula tion of more than 20,000. It is actually honeycombed with caves formed by bubbles of expanding gases during vol canic action, and these were used for dwelling places by the people while alive, their bones reposing in them after death. The entire island is one necropolis. Nob merely are the caVerns crowded with skeletons, bub everywhere are scattered the ruins of enormous tombs and cata combs. The huge quantities of human remains found, not less than the gigantic character of the ruinecl work^, prove the qccupancy of a large population for a period covering many hundreds of years. The most remarkable of the tombs are immense platforms built of rough and hewn stones, which were formerly sur mounted by colossal statues. Inside of a huge extinct crater is discovered one of these statue factories, where the effigies may be seen in all stages of incompletion, from the rude outline drawing on the rock to the finished work of art, ready' $o be cut loose and ta.k,en away, - The biggest of theni is $Oft in height, the head alone measuring 28ft, and it is in as perfect condition as when first completed. There are 93 such statues within the crater, of various sizes, and forty of them are finished and ready to be transported to the burial platforms which, they were designed to adorn. Outs 'Cm of tha crater, ori the west side of the mountain, is a bigger workshop, where 100 statues are to bo seen, including those -which stand at the foot of the volcano, ready for removal to the platforms. To form an estimate of the magnitude of the labor performed by the image makers, the expedition counted all the effigies on the island, which were found to number 55-5. It used to be supposed that these stone giants were gods, but it is now known that they represent persons of distinction, and were set up as monuments to perpetuate jheir n>eraorw. The smallest of them that lias been found measures 3ft in height. They are all very much alike, each being the upper half of a human figure cut off at the hips. The faces are of an unvarying type, with heavy hfoj/s, long noap, ?p4 s.h.ort un.per l^. In everjf case the head, is cut flat'on tap so as to hold the Grown. The image makers were a privileged class, and their profession descended from father to son., For some reason, which in all probability will for ever" remain a mystery, their work was suddenly discontinued, never to be resumed. The statu.es in all stages of completion ?tb the workshop, and filjqse abandoned on the roads to the pojst indicate that the labor was suddenly arrested, presumably by some extra ordinary palamity,'b.ut tradition" is silent as to the reason vhy," Here, then, is the story of a race of men which h,as passed suddenly out qf existence—how and why there is no record whatever—an eloquent testimony to the truth of the words of the psalmist—as well applied to nations as to individuals-—" As for man his clays are as grass ; as a flower of the. field, so he fiourisheth. J'or the wind passeth over it, and it is gond, and the place thereof shall know it no more," But Easter Island is by no means the only point in the Pacific at which are to be found the remains of ancient and extinct peoples for—again to quote from the account froni which the above-given extract is taken—" wonderful monuments

of antiquity are scattered all Hilj^itf^kl Polynesia, ami thcrsJ^bartftf -ftfMtiip''of islands on which the'explorer c»nnot ftiid great works, architectural and otherwise, of peoples which pas-md away ages ago; In the Friendly Inlands are the gtaves of the .Tui-Tongas — nineteen truncated pyramids, each I.ooft square,at the base, and risinjj to the height of. 25ft. The stones of "winch they are composed are Ini^e blocks of coral concrete, many of them 18ft l: sng and weighing twenty tons, j 1 They were cut three miles away, and it is a mystery how they could have been transported for such a distance. The construct'on of those pyramids extended over a period of 1250 years. They are overgrown by dense forests of banyan and other trees. The Tui Tongas were hereditary hi«h priests. According to law they could only marry the daughters of the king- Their sons became priests, while their daughters were brought up to the duties of vestal virgins. . The latter served in the temples, and were not permitted to marry. The last of the Tui-Tongas died hi 1863." The Pacific Islands furnish a field for archaeological enquiry, which we trust will before long be thoroughly explored.

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

(£TSR PKESH ASSOCIATION.)

THE EXPULLION FROM RUSSIA.

London, June 13. Mr Pulteny Bigelow, who was ex pelled from Russia, is a friend of the Kaiser, and the author of the book on the Emperor William and his eastern neighbour. THE NEW ZEALAND ATHLETES. The English Press consider Hemp ton and Batger showed first-class form. IRISH AFFAIRS. Rioting has taken place in Limerick between the Parnell and McCarthy factions. Many were injured, New York, June 14. Mr Redmond, addressing a public meeting in this city, said he desired to see a reunion of the Irish party brought about without the interference of English politicians. June 15. The Macarthy section of the Irish Party have invited Mr Edward Blake, Q.C., leader of the Canadian Liberal Party, to contest an Irish seat in the House of Commons.

THE ORIENTAL BANK FAILURE.

London, June 14. The " Daily Telegraph " states it is feared that depositors in the New Oriental Bank Corporation will only receive 10s in the pound, and that the winding up of the institution is likely to occupy years owing to the nature of its assets. COURT OF APPEAL. Justice Sir Archibald R. Smith succeeds Sir Edward Fry as judge of the Court of Appeal, ANOTHER NEWFOUNDLAND TROUBLE. The French authorities having de stroyed 300 lobster traps in New foundland, H.M.S. ships Pelican and Emerald, od the North American and West" Indian stations, have been ordered to proceed to St John'd to enquire into the matter. THE UGANDA TROUBLE. Captain Williams in his telegram to the Marquis of Salisbury expresses the hope of an easy settlement of the dis pute with King M'Wanga and his ad herents. " The Times "isglad that the Premier discourages the policy of leaving Uganda. The " Standard "assertsthat the East African Company has received £26,000 from the Church Missionary Society on condition that it remains in Uganda until the end of the present year; also that the native treaties leave Uganda within the British sphere, re gardless of any action which may be taken by the Company to withdraw, from the country. i FATAL RAILWAY COLLISION. I A collision occurred between two workmen's trains in. the Bishopsgate tunnel, on the metropolitan line. Three passengers were killed and forty injured. HOME RULE FOR SCOTLAND. Mr Gladstone has declined to include Home Rule for Scotland in the plat form of the Liberal party. PORTUGCJESE FINANCES. A committee of British, French,, Belgian, Dutch, and German holders of Portuguese, b,onds, have protested againss. ft reduction of interest. I PETROLEUM EXPLOSION. London, June 15. Lightning exploded the British petro leum steamer Petrolia, in the harbour of , and twenty-two persons a.re. reported to be killed. Adjjaceafe vessels were set on fire. The accident was caused by drunken sailors dropping lighted matches about. THE CANADIAN LOAN. The Canadian lqaQ was subscribed three #mes over, at an average of £92 0s 6d.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.

New York, June 14. A great fire broke out in Chicotta, in Pennyslvania, and hundreds of houses were destroyed.

THE SILVER QUESTION.

Calcutta, June 14. The Indian Government has appealed to the Marquis of Salisbury to consider the ineasuesr necessary to. be taken in order to avert a disastrous stop of the coinage of silver.

FATAL EXPLOSION.

San Francisco, June 14. By an explosion in the city, eleven persons were killed and many injured.

DEATH OF AN EXPLORER.

JjfANSSinAB, Jjuno 1&. Captain Stairs (who'was a member of Stanley's Emm Bey expedition) died at Chinide, ou the Zambesi, during l)is return, from an expedition, to !(£ata»ga. ; LtGHTNING CATASTROPHE. \ Madrid, Juno If).. Two churches hiivo been struck by lightning in Spain. Fifty persons were killed and forty injured, THE SILVER MINE. FIRE. Maiwd, June 14; Four men have been arrested and have confessed that they caused the recent fire in the silver mine, near Prague, by carelessly throwing candle wicks about. THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. Washington, June 14^ A cyclone haa destroyed the Penp

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(cratic Convention wigwam at Chicago, v*hero they were to meet- next week for the purpose of nominating a candi date for the Presidency. THE VENEZUELAN WAR. A despatch to a New York paper states that Palacio, President of Venezuela, has fled before the advance of the insurgents on the capital. New York. June 15. It is reported that Palacio has offered to retire on condition of peace being restored, pending the ballot for the Presidency of Venezuela. TERRIBLE FATALITY. - An officer dropped a shell in Mare Island arsenal, San Francisco ; sixteen persons were killed by the explosion which followed, and the building was blown to atoms.

THE KING OF ABYSSINIA.

Rome, Jane 15. Menelik, King of Abyssinia, has given notice of his intention to abro gate the treaties with Italy and the Tigi-e chiefs.

THE NICE HOMICIDE.

_ . . Paris, June 15. It is reported that the President will cause a pardon tc be extended to Mr Deacon, the American who shot Aberri.

THE CHOLERA.

Tehuun, Jane 14. The choleracontiriuesin Meshed with unbated severity, and four hundred deaths are recorded daily. HEROIC HYGIENE. The Ameer of Bokhara has given a week's notice to his subjects that every body neglecting to take precautions against cholera will be executed.

BARON HIRSCH'S SCHEME.

St. Petersburg, June 13. The Russian Government have approved of Baron Hirsch's proposal to assist three and a half million Jews to emigrate in twenty-five years.

AUSTRALIAN.

THE CHEAP CABLE RATES. Sydney, June 15. As the result of the year's working under the reduced cable rates this colony's quota to make up the deficit i% £11,000 to the cable company, and £4000 to South Australia.

MINING DISCOVERY.

Launceston. June 15. An immensely rich lode has been dis covered at Portland. THE BANK OF VAN DIEMAN'S LAND. The Bank of Van Diemen's Land pays another dividend of one per cent, reducing its liability to £420,000 VICTORIAN RAILWAY AFFAIRS. Melboubnb, June 14. The resignations of the Railway Commissioners have been accepted, and Messrs Franks, Kibble, and Ren wick have been appointed Acting- Commissioners for three months.

THE EIGHT HOURS SYSTEM.

Adelaide, June 14. The Government has decided to ex tend eight hours per day to all railway employees where the work is principally continuous. THE COLOURED LABOUR CON FERENCE. The Conference on the introduction of coloured labour will meet in July, and each colony i a to be permitted to send two delegates.

THE CHINESE.

T , n .. Bmsban*, June 14. .Lne Chinese are deserting the mining centres in the northern territory,' and hordes of them are making for; the Queensland border. The Government are taking steps to prevent an irirbad.

NO CONFIDENCE MOTION.

Adelaide, June 15. In the House of Assembly if r F. W. Holder moved an amendment to the Address expressing want of confi dence in the Government. If c charged members of the Government with in sincerity, blundering and meddling as administrators. The debata on the amendment is proceeding,.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Attckiand, June 15. 0. Rawkeswood, a well-known iron founder in business here, died this morn ing, . N£w Plymouth, J une 15 The demand for rural land in this district during the last twelve months has been large, and there are now only two sections available, both of which are second class* As fast as the Government put a, block into the market it is takon np, and settlers wanting land go away disap pointed. Welmngtoit, June 15 The Rev Father Devoy has been appointed Vicar-General of the Roman Catholic Church Diocese by Arch bishop Redwood. Mr Cadman has received word from Kaipara that certain persons from that district are about to start for Little Barrier Island, with tie intention of cutting timber upon it. Notio© has there fore been given to all concerned, warning them that rhe Government are negotiating for the purchase of the island, "and Mr Bishop RM. y who in representing the Native Department, has the whole matter in hand. . . 7 The Hon Randal Johnston., whfe has been absent frosi the colony for the last two years, has. resigned hit) aeat m the Legislative Council. The weafcher is again stormy, hail and! sleet having fallen all day. The Grafton from kelson had to put into Ohau Bay last night, and still remaining there, The Governor performed hfo first oiijcial act by opening the, $og»* Institute thw afternoon. Ha fctf au enthiwuwtio greeting. s • Dunedin, June 14. Arthur McDonald asks the public to suspend judgment till his side of the story is heard. He points out that out of 8000 bales of wool packed under the iar<\e instructions, only 164 bales were complained of t and out of 1200 bales of rabbit skins, value L55>000, ohly L4OO worth were, complained of.. He also says th? t t he was in London when these were being sold, and poiated. them.out, re peatedly as his goods, beiag rather proud of them, . - • .

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