Board of Health

Mail Notices.

Maila close for the following placeß as under, subject to the necessary alterations" :— FRIDAY, May 27. For Northern Ports and Australian Colonier (except Tasmania), per Wakaputa, at 0.30 a.m. ' SATURDAY, May 2U. For Northern Ports, par Rotorua, at c.SO p.m. ; Ute fee letters, guard's van, 6.53 p.m. ENGLISH MAILS. ftOMKWAKD—DIRECT MAILS. Tongariro, left April 16, due London May 27. , T Ruahine left April 21, clue London June Arawa, left April 30, due London, June 10. , Aorangi, left May 14, due London June 24. SAN FRANCISCO MAILS. Monowai, left Auckland May 21, due London June 22.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1892. THE SYDENHAM LICENSING APPEAL.

The Prohibition party have scored a strong point m their appeal against Mr I Justice Denniston's decision on the Sydenham Licensing petition, the Court of Appeal,, m addition to confirming Justice Denniston's decision that the Prohibition members of the Licensing Committee perfectly qualified to sit and act although they had previous to their election declared their inten tion of closing all the licensed houses in their Licensing district, re moved the order which His Honor imposed upon the Committee restrain ing them from refusing the licenses of the premises of the plaintiffs (< on such ground only that the licensing of such premises is not required by the majority of the ratepayers and adult male and female residents of the Sydenham licensing district," and directing the defendants that "m considering whether the licensing of such premises is required m the neighbourhood of such premises," they were to consider whether such premises are required ac cording to the reasonab[e wants of such of the residents as may desire to pur chase liquor. It was this order that the Prohibitionists appealed against, whilst m the cross-appeal the plaintiff's, Taylor and others, repeated their ap pliciation to the Supreme Court for the following orders :—(1) That the Committee be prohibited by the Supreme Court from exercising any jurisdiction with reference to applica tions for licenses ; (2) For an injunc tion restraining the Committee from sitting; and (3) That applications for licenses be removed by certiorviri into the Supreme Court and determined by that Court or some person appointed by it, to the end that the plaintiffs might have more sure and speedy justice. Mr Justice Denniston's decision dp holding the election was not appealed against. The order of Mr Justice Denniston was disallowed op. the ground that there was no poweriin the Supreme Court to lay down a rule of law and to grant an injunction to a Committee or a lower Court against deciding otherwise than m accordance with such rule of law. The Court held that the interpretation put on the Licensing Act by Mr Justice Dennis ton was m the main sound, but the Committee was entitled to consider the wishes of objectors as well as the wants of those who desire to purchase liquor, m deciding whether a public house was required m the neighbour hood. The Chief Justice remarked that the members of a popularly elected tribunal must necessarily be allowe 1! certain liberty as to the expression of their views prior to election, but he did not go the length of affirming that cornmitteemen could rightly pledge themselves beforehand to grant no licenses ; indeed, the terms ofthe judg ment strongly imply the contrary. Mr Justice Williams went further. He held that if the Committee pledged themselves beforehand to secure prohi bition for the whole district, without considering the individual cases on their merits, their action would amount to evasion and an attempted repeal of the law as it existed. If a number of persons m the neighbourhood of any licensed house required its mainten ance for the purpose of procuring alcoholic liquor their convenience should be considered and the Com mittee should come to a just conclu sion. If they made up their minds merely to refuse all licenses with a view to destroying the liquor '' traffic then they were evading the law. Mr Justice Conolly held the same view, and indicated the weak point of the petitioners 3 case; there was no doubt that where bias could be shown a Committee might be prohibited from action, but; events subsequent to the order of the Gourt below had shown that; the Committee had no such bias a« would prevent them acting. They had merely misinterpreted the law, and on this being shown to them by the lower Court they had renewed three licenaea. Had a mandamus been asked for to make them consider the cases according to law it might have been granted, but the injunction could not be maintained. So the case stands at present. The decision of the Privy Council will fortunately be ob tained befere the next licensing Com mittee elections. Me&ufcime declared prohibitionist Committees are free to. deal with licenses so long as each individual case is considered on its merits, and without bias,

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The lonic arrived at Hobirb at 2.30 yesterday morning, and sails this afternoon for Wellington. She brings twenty-six passengers for Australia and eighty-six for New Zealand. Miss Hooker cleared 5 feet 3 inches m Hie hi^h jump competition at the Calisthenic ami Gymnastic Hall, Paddingcon, London which 'is stated to be the best on record for a lady. Messrs D. Thomas (President) and J. .1 Quane (secretary) of the A'shburton A. and P. Association left for Christchurch last niwht to represent the Association at the Conference of delegates of A. and P. associa tions which opened to-day. On Tuesday, a party of sportsmen, bent on a day's shooting, hired a horse and buggy from Mrs Scott's stables, and proceeded along the Alford Forest Road. After getting about two miles out of town the horse suddenly dropped down dead, and the day's sport was considerably interfered with. The I cause of the sudden death did not transpire. The collapse of credit m Melbourne, con sequent oa the failure of so many banks and building societies, is well hit off m a picture m Melbourne " Punch " of a recent date. An elderly gentleman has purchased a paper from a newsboy. " W hat!" he exclaims, " let you tak'i threepence away to get change. Can 1 trust you ?" The indiguant youngster retorts: " Can you trust me '! What do you take me for—a blooming building society or a bank ?" At Lyttelton yesterday, TT. A. Fretwur&t, master of the barque August Burchard, was charged, on the information of Sergeant O'Malley, with attempting to commit' sui cide at Lyttelton, by stabbing himself with a knife, on May llth. Captain Heinrieh Palmer, late chief officer o" the ship, who has jast been promoted to the position of cu.pt.iin, entered into recognisance of £50 for the safe keeping of the accused and to con vey kirn to Germany, and upon this being done he was discharged. A rather good-looking spaniel waa roaming about the town last week, masterless. It took the eye of a resident with a fancy for dogs, and he took it m charge. He went to the police for advicn as to how he should proceed to make it honestly his property, aud was advised to at anyrate register the dog, and if the owner turned up the fee might be recovered. The fancier went to the Borough Council offije half-soy m hand, but did not find the official, and made his wuy back to the centre of thi town. Here, uowever, the poor dog waa run over by a coal out, and so will never again help to reduce the borough's overdraft. We have ieceived from Messrs Raphael Tuck aud Sons, the well known fine art publishers, of London, fac-simile of the Queen's letter to the nation returning thanks for the numerous messages of con dolense received on the . occasion of the death of the Duke ofClareiree aud'Avondale. The fac-simile i 3 published by her Majesty's command, and the whole of the profits, we learn, will be devoted to " the Gordon Boys Home" au'l other charities selected by her Majesty, the services of Messrs Raphael Tuck and Sons and their staff being rendered entirely free m the production of this national memento. A beautiful emblemat ical border lias been designed by Mr E. J, Poynter, R.A., aud the whole work is admirably executed. The London correspondent of the Christ church " Press," referring to the demand for New Zealand bonds, says :■—" There is no other colonial stock upon the market m which the same number of transactions take Slace as m New Zealand, and this is mainly ue to the fact that brokers now recommend this stock to their clients m preference even to New South Wales. The whole tone of the colonial market is better, a renewal of coutidense seems to be setting m, and there can be very little doubt that we shall see better prices m the near future. The position of New Zealand on the Exchange here, and indeed with the general investing public, may without exaggeration be said to have considerably improved. It is now felt that, the colony having passed through its financial depression m a worthy manner, it is entitled to any support which may be required." An extiaordiuary story was told by a man named Martin Lane to the Aston (England) magistrates on April 6. He was charged with attempting to commit suicide by throw ing himself into the canal. He give himself up to the police, and told the magistrates that he hail been carefully studying the Rdnhili murders, the horrible details of which so preyed upon his mind that he felt if he did not destroy himself he should murder his wife and children, the same as Deeminj? had done. He continued, "This made nT3 mad, and it was either their life or mine, I could stand it no longer. I decided to drown myself, and accordingly went to the canal an \ jumped m. I sank twice, and on coming up for the third time I heard a voice bidding ms get out-. I (lid so, and went to the police station and gave myself up as stated by the constable. I hope the magistrate will punish me severely for what I hive done, an I not l;t me go home to my wife aud children, whom I dearly love, and whom lam afraid of injuring." The prisoner was remanded m custody for a week m order that he might be seen by a doctor m the mean time. Under the heading "More Cible Vagaries" the "War Cry" says;--" The individual who manipulates tho London cad of the Press Association cablegrams has been up to his pranks again, and we have been treated, within the last few day 3to some alarmist intelligence concerning the immediate con veyance of fifty thousand of the submerged tenth to New Zealand, with the additional information that they are coming out m batches of 5000 each. Our general is not a fool, whatever the cables may say, and lie is too old a hand to spoil the over-sea colony scheme, by taking any such rash steps as intimated m these cables. When iv New Zealand, he distinctly stated that he was too old a man to make experiments $ he could not afford to fail, and m his Social Scheme he must have success. We can only reiterate what we wrote last week, that the foundation plank of the Over-sea Colony is prepared" land for a prepared people ; and the General m his book, "In Darkest England," inveighs strongly against the system of indiscriminately dumping the people down on the laud. We write with the purpose of allaying, as far as possible, any apprehension that has been caused by the' publication of these sensational cablegrams; for, allowing for a certain amount of political capital which is sure to be made out of it all, wecaniiot help feeling £.hat there is some considerable uneasiness abroad on the subject. We pin our faith to the General's discretion and the well-kifown straightforwardness of Salvation Army operations, and we scout, as absurdly-exaggerated rumours, all idea of the immediate shipment of any section of the "submerged tenth" to New Zealand. Certainly the Most Effective MEDICINE m the world is SA.NDER and .SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Test its eminent powerful affects m Coughs, Colds, Influenza, etc. ; the relief is instantaneous. Thousands gave the most gratifying testimony. Road this certificate:—" 24th April, 1885 — Messrs Sander and Sons, —It is with the greatest of pleasure that I Jtcstify to the excellence <*f your Eucalypti Extract. Having had inflammation of the bone of the leg, which came on after a severe attack of low fever, I was attended by Dr J. Boyd jjfliq had made strenuous efforts ;to save my ie°-, l?ut \yithout 'success. He' found it necessary to' amputate my limb. Having Jwapd "Vthe iu.eahti.nje gf jthc wonderful cur.es worked by tha Eucalypti Extract, I obtained a bottle, and tho extimt had not Ijeeji applied more than an hour when I began to feel greatly relieved. After applying the extract every four hcurafor nine or ten days it was out of all danger. I would persuf.de al who may be effected with any such 'ligoase to give the Eucalypti Extract a trial, 9,jj<jl I iiijj convinced that they mil find is the most wonderful of medicines.—You js, et,c'., E J. 'Cubnow, Wattle street, Sand h'uf<i»fc.—(Adjrjb ' ■ 5 (3OMM4.NE ±KD SfINS EUCALYPXK Ex. mxu'P is the only genuine m the niarke^ and wan a warded medals and diplomas-! a{; Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide, beating all competitors. For »H affections of tftj* Ghest and Lungs, Consumption, Asthma, Coughs, Colds, Gravel, and Kidney Coni ulflkirjts, ifc has no equal. Agents—

The following is the report of the Board ) of Health submitted by the Mayor to the Borough Council mooting of Monday evtsiiing last: — Ata meeting of the Ashburton Borough , Council, sittimj'as a loral Board of Health, held on the 20th July, 1891, a resolution was passed affirming the desirabene.?s of constituting a United Board of Health for the borough of Ashburton and its suburbs, to include the local bodies, viz., the Ashburton Borough Council, thf Uamp stead Town Board, the Tinwald Town Board, and the Upper Ashburton Road Board, m respect of the Allenton sub district (part of No. 5 ward.) In accor dance with the terms of the said resolu tion; a representative meeting was called, and held on the 27th August, 1891, at which delegates from etch of the local bodies before mentioned, except the Upper Ashburton Road Board, were present. At this meeting it was resolved. 1. That the Cen ral Board of Health be asked to constitute the borough and suburbs, including the borough of As,h burton, the Hampstead and Tinwald Town Districts, and part of the Upper Ashburton Road District as described, a united district under " The Public Health Act, 1876." . 2. That the expenses for its administra tion be borne by the several local bodies m proportion to population. 3. That the United Board consist of. nine (9) members, of whom the Borough Council should nominate three (3) repre sentatives, and the other local bodies two (2) representatives each. A copy of the resolutions was for warded to each of rhe local bodies in terested for its consideration, and a prompt reply requested. A meeting of the delegates was then hold on the 25th September, 1891, all the local bodies being represented except the Hampstead Town Board, and the answers received from the Boards were read. Resolutions Nos. 1 and 3 were ac cepted by all tha local bodies, but the principle of levying contributions on the basis of population was obj acted to by the Hampstead Town Board and the Upper Ashburton Road Boord. After discussion, however, the representatives of the Upper Ashburlon Road. Board withdrew their objection and agreed to resolution No. 2as it stood. It wa-.s theft resolved that a sub-committee should wait on the Hunpstcad Town Board for the purpose of urging them to agrf.e to the proportional contribution being levied on the p filiation basis. Another meeting of the delegates was held on tho 13th Janu.iry , 1892, when a letter was read from the Hainps f.cad Town Board, maintaining their objection to the principle of contribution that bad been adopted by the other local bouies, but no further action was taken. ' An adjourned meeting was then held on the 18th February, 1892. A letter was read from the Ohairmrn.; of the Hampstpad Board, stating that his Board decided to taka no further action m forming a United Board of Health if contribution levied on each Board ware to be on a population basis. It was then resolved that the Central Board of Health, Wellington, be asked to constitute under elmse 24 of the Publio Health Act, 1870, the Ashburton Borounh, the Tinwald Town District, the. Hampstead Town District, and par*-, of No. 5 ward .of the Uppvr Ashburton Road District (aa described) a United H«alth District under the control of a United Board ot Health composed of representstives from each local body interested, the cost of ad ministration to be borne by each district according to its population. It was further resolved to inform the Central 80-ird of Health that all the local bodies interested had agreed to fall m with the exception cf the" Hampstead Town Board, which holy only objected to the mode of contribution on a population basis. A loaer, embodying the foregoing resolutions, was forwarded to the Central Board of Health, Wellington, and a reply was received from the Colonial SecreSary, dated March 4, 1892, m which he states that "he is advised that there is no power to grant the request. The 24th section of 'The Public Health Act, 1876.' under which the request is made is clearly not applicable to" such a case. It is only a provision to be used m emergencies of an urgent nature, and gives no power to set up such a permanent authority as the letter contemplates." A. final meeting of the delegates, all of the local bodies being represented, was held on May 19 inst., when the Colonial Secretary's letter was read, and it was resolved that no further action be taken for the present.

THE MARKETS.

[per press association.]

Sydnky, May 25. Wheat, 4s lOi to 4s 111. Flour, stone, £11; roller, £1110s to £1115s. Oats- Stocks have been further augmented by consignments from New Zealand. Feed is quoted at 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; seed, 2a 6J to 23 81. Maize, local dry, 2s 7d to 2s 9d. Bran easier at Is o|d to Is 31 Pollard, Is Id to Is 2d. Potatoes, New Zealand, £2 5s to £2 10s; Circular Heads, £3 7s to £3 10s. The onion market is quiet at £3 10s to £4 per ton. Butter is m good supply ; dairy made, Is to Is Id ; factory made, Is 2d to Is 3d. Cheese is also m good supply, 4cl to sd. Bacon, machine cured, 5d to 6d ; hand cured, 6kl to 7d ; special makes, 7|d ; hams, Colonial, 6d to 8d ; New Zealand, lid to Is ; English, Is Id. Melbourne, May 25. The wheat market is quiet ; sales m small lots are reported ac 4s 3d. The fl jur market is firm, and there is a fair demand for export; stones makes, £8 15s to £9 ; roller brands, £9 10s. Oats tirm, 2s2dto2s4d. Adelaide, May 25. Wheat, 4s 3d to 4s 4d at outports ; 4s 5d at Port Adelaide. Flour, stone, £9 4s to £9 12s. 3d ; roller, £9 15s to £10 ss. , Oata, 3s 3d to 3a 4d. Barley, Gape, 3s (id to 3s 9d; English malting, 4s sd. Bran, Is Id. Polford, Is 3d.

Addington Stock Market.

Qhrisichuuch, May 25. The weather was fine, bub th? attend ance was limited. The entry of stock was considerably less than last week. Stoke Shbbi'—About 2000 stores were offered, for which a fair competition existed. Two larae lines of crossbred lambs realised lls 2d and 11s 10kl respec tively. Crossbred aged ewes sold from lls 8d to 10s 6d, and halfbreds, aged, at ]Is lOd. A good line of young ewes m lamb realised 14s Gd. Some merino wethers were disposed of tit 7s 2d, and a line of 1000 was disposed of privately at 8s 3d and 8s 6d. Aged merino ewes, m lamb to Border' Leicester rama, brought 4s Bel. Fat Sheei.'. —About 4000 were yarded, and included f,ill descriptions, 'lhe de mand for export showed a disinclination to advance, Vt"4 $n ea^ie,c tqne prevailed all through the sale. Prime wethces brought from 16s 0.1 to 10s (jd ; wethers and medium ewes, from 15s 6d to 17s 3d; crossbred ewe.s, prime quality, 14s 6d to 16s 3d. There was but slight enquiry for merinos, except goo:l quality, which sold up to 13s 4d. Fat Cattle.—The entry was very mixed. The heavy sales of the past few weeks have lessened the demand. Best steers and. heifers were m less request at lowej? ratejss, £>»}d steeds sold up to £7 7s 6d, heifers to £§ 17s (J:l. A goqd fe>y cows were disposed of at a flight vecluptjon \\) values- Peo-md glass quality were dimcalt to dispose of, and many were withdrawn. Stohjj CAT.rLB.*»»-The sale was limited

to a small entry of odd lines of dry cows, for which there was lass euquiiy than recently. Pigs.—There was a heavy yard of porkers and bacon pigs. Best handy sized baconers sold jrom 27s to 45s according to weight, and porkers from 15s to 24s 6d. All lines were cleared.

SPORTING.

DUNEDIN BIRTHDA.Y MEETING

SECOND DAY.

I PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

Rack C'oukse Forbury, May 25. The following events were decided after we went to press yesterday :— Scurky.—Collingwood 1, Windsor 2, Gbnlora3. Dividend £10 Bs. Consolation.---Galtee 1, Tempest 2.

TROTTING.

At the Heathcote Trotting meeting on Wednesday, local horses showed up well. The Lagmhor horse Barney O' Hea, ridden by George Morrison, won the Birthday Handicap, of 55 toys, two miles, time 6min 7sec, dividend £17 7s 6d. Mr R* Skifington's* Anaconda won the Selling Handicap, two miles, time 6min. sO.sec, dividend £1 8s 6d, and was sold for £15 10.5. Mr W. Stubbs' Marigold won the Maiden Trot, of 20 soys, two miles, time Gmin. 45^ec, dividend £10 12s 6d.

THE BETTING HOUSE CASES.

Wellington. May 25. In the cisc against Martin, pork butcher, for illegal betting, Mr Robinson, R.M., said he must record a conviction against the defendant. Mr Jellicoe asked His Worship, before fixing the fine, to take into consideration m mitigation that the names of police officers, justices of the peace, and others occupied m the administration of justice, would be found recorded m Martin's books ; and he thought Martin might fairly have assumed that anything they did was not illegal. His Worship agreed there was consider able force m what had been said, and re marked that had his attention nps been called to it, his intention was to impose a fine of £50, but on further consideration he thought that justice would be met with a fine of £20, defendant also to pay costs. With regard to tho question of appeal, his Worship undertook to reserve the points raised by the defence for the Supreme Court, and also to state a case, and stay all proceedings pending the appeal. The Crown prosecutor also intends to appeal against the decision of Mr Robinson, R.M , m dismissing the gaming cases vi which Vuille and Nathan were defendants.

CORRESPONDENCE.

CWe do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.)

ASHBURTON TRAFFIC BRIDGE.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—The uneven surface of the traffic bridge seems, just now, to disturb the minds, if not the bodies, of a certain section of the community. Now, if this matter were put to the whole of die rate payers of the county, whose way to A.sh burtcn leads over the bridge, il would be seen how very few, m these days of much needed economy, would agree to have an}' expense laid out on the tiaflic bridge by way of adzing down or removing any of the decking, until it be seen that such work is necessary for tho safety of b\\3 bridge or the public. [f the siuf.iee of the bridge decking were perfectly smooth, it would be most dangerous to hor.se tiaflic on frosty morn ings, ruid m wet weather. And any one can understand that the more old suikes that are drawn out and fresh ones driven m, thu more decay of the timbers of the bridge will be accelerated. For this reason, and the paramount one of expense, it is to be hoped the bridge will not bn tampered with during the present con dition of the county finances, further than to put sound planks m where others he some, by tear and wear, unsafe for traffic. The old spike holes should be filled with hot pitch to prevent water lodging m them. The n°-w planks ought not to be reduced m strength further than having their uppsr sharp angles hewn down a i.t:e The remarks made by Messrs Grigg and Cameron, at the last meeting of the Council, on this subject, were manly and to the point. Mr Cameron's idea that the luxurious tendencies of the times had something to do with the complaints made about the decking of the bridge, were very near the mark. Would Wellington and Nelson, with their hardy comrades m arms, ever have achieved for Britain what they did,if they had beenhalf aa fastidious m matters affecting their own personal comfort as some of our Ashburton friends appear to be 1 If I understand the matter aright, it is rlie town residents and not the country settlers who are agitating • about the bridge. Well, as the town and country can net without injury to each other, do like Abram and Lot—one go to the right hand and the other to the left—they ought to try to get along amicably with each other ; and this can only be done by each party recognising the fact that we must, endeavour, for some time at least, to practice self-denial and economy m all matters where the county funds are con cerned. It must be gratifying to every right minded ratepayer within the county to see, by your report, that our indebtedness to the batik Ims been already reduced fiom £6365 4s to £3037 18s. It is an evidence that our representatives m the Council are acting m a prudent and care ful manner, and no one ought tc put any obstruction m the way of their carrying out their laudable work by clamouring for works to be done that are not absolutely necessary. One of the reasons given by your cor respondent, " Frequent Passenger " for smoothing the bridge is that it is a con tinuation of East Street. As the bridge ! is out of the borough, it is no more a con- \ tjwuation of Efist Street than the road at Winslow is. Another of his reasons is that the bridge ought to be made smooth out of consideration for delicate women and children. Now, I have no hesitation m saying that a lady m delicate health has double the pluck that a man has whea similarly circumstanced, and I am certain that if the ladies all knew, as they ought to do, that for financial reasons it is not easy, just at present, to make everything within the county as pleasant for them as we could wish, they would only laugh at the little troubles of the bridge, which' seem to upset, and nearly shake the teeth out of what they had always been taught to look upon as the sterner sex.— I am, etc., D. Oliver. ' Chejmsford, May 21, 1892.

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

(ESS. PKESH ASSOCIATION.)

MORE TROUBLE IN CHINA,

Pekin, May 24. Anti-Cliristian riots have broken out m ManchqqriE},.

FATAL PARISAN SCANDAL,

Paris, May 34. Madame Lapond fatally sliot and

stabbed Madame Lassione, whom she surprised with Monsieur Lauioud m the latWs apartments. They were Parisian society people. )

WRECK OF A MAN-OF-WAR.

Eio i/E Janeiro, May 24. The Brazilian man-of-war Bahia is reported to be lost. She had a number oi troops on board.

LABOR MATTERS.

London, May 24. The Miners' "Federation has issued a manifesto appealing for funds m aid of the Durham and other miner's on strike. The tailors m the city are going out on strike, their wages having been j reduced since alien labor was intro-«( duced m the trade. The starving miners of Cleveland have appealed to the Queen for help. HUMAN SACRIFICES. Telegrams to hand from the West Coast of Africa state that the King of Jeba'i killed two hundred of his followers, including a number of young girls, m order to propitiate the deity for his previous battle, m which he was defeated and taken prisoner. IftTSH AFFAIRS. Mr Gladstone insists that if the Irish accept Mr Balfour's Local Go vernment scheme they are unworthy of Home Rule, i The Bill passed the second reading m the House of Commons by 839 to 247. IMPERIAL COMMERCIAL UNION. Mi Howard Vincent read a paper at the Society of Arts (Mr Mnnro, Agent General of Victoria, presiding) on the expansion of colonial trade. He said the colonies deserved advantageous treatment, becaus3 they would never go to war with the Mother Land, whereas foreigners might. Commercial union between England and Australia would be impossible until the Austra ! lian colonies were federated. That movement was advancing slowly, and when federated Australia would main tain protection against the world, including Great Britain, unless Canada's preferential treatment, of the Mother Country proved a success. He complained of the unjust attack of finance process on Australian credit, and defended the colonies for abstain ing from assisted immigration. CAPTAIN OSBORNE. Captain Osborne has resigned his commission m the army.

THE VENEZUELA REBELLION.

New York, May 24. The latest despatch from Caracas states that the Vene/Aiela insurgents have captured Caro, and are inarching on Larmella.

THE CZAR ABROAD.

Copknhagen, May 24. The Czar and family have arrived here.

SAD BOATING FATALITY.

Berne. May 24. Fifteen young ladies were boating on Lake Zurich, when the boat uptet and seven were drowned.

AUSTRALIAN.

DISTRESS IN SYDNEY.

Sydney, May 25. The Government have decided to grant relief m special cases to the destitute and unemployed

VICTORIA'S TORPEDO BOAT.

Melbourne, May 25. The long expected torpedo boat has arrived safely.

A TALE OF THE SEA.

Brisbane. May 25. The barque Elizabeth, bound from Sydney to Rotterdam, with a cargo of shale, struck a rock six hundred miles north of Rockhampton. The captain and crew remained on-board for six teen days, when the vessel sank. They put to sea m a boat, and had drifted for fifteen clays before they were picked up by >\ passing steamer, near Clare mont Island.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Auckland. May 25. The dead body was found floating.in the harbor at Devonport of an old nmn, about sixty-five years. A bank book was found on the body showing; the name of deceased to be James Keily, a fireman, of Hamilton, Waikato. A five year old child of Mr Mark Brown , Hobson, has died of burns accidentally ' received at the parents' house. The body was fearfully burned, and from the right thigh to near the neck the skin peeled off. Afc a creditors^ meeting to-day it -was found that future book debts had been included man assignment. It was stated that very few knew this could be done, and it was characterised as a ;>• omium to dishonesty. New Plymouth, May 25. When getting from the Kimutaka to the frozen meat punfc off Waitara, tl-.h morning, a man named Shaw, an engineer of the freezing works, was drowned. Wellington, May 25. The net profits of the Druids' sports at the Basin Reserve on Easter Monday were nearly a thousand pounds. [Dunedin, May 25. The Postmaster General left for the north to-day. The Land Board to-day passed a resolu tion urging on the Government the necessity of having roads made .La the (latlins district, as owing to their absence the settlera are unable to cany on the required improvements, and m many \ cases find it difficult to get provisions for their families. If nothing is done they will have to abandon their holdings.

THE LAST OF DEEMING.

The curtain has at last fallen upon the closing scene iv the career of the most phenomenal criminal of modern times. Deeming has justly paid the penalty of outraged law, and, contrary to public expectation, had the grace—for the only time per haps m his history—to abstain from any attempt at creating a sensation. He made no list dying speech and con fession for thg gratification of those who revftl m such gruesome matters, and m his last hours of existence be sought the pardon of his Maker for the heinous sins he had committed m I sending his family to their last account without warning. He thus acknow ledged the Rainhill murders, as well as those for which his life was forfeited, and withdrew tho hideous accusation against his last victim, Emiiy Mather, of having her&elf perpetrated the former crimes. No one ever believed tjjat foul accusation against th,e dead woman, but it is. well that the unhappy man at the last elected to withdraw it ers his soul wu launched into eternity

blackened by perjury as well as i reddened by. bloodshed. That he was 1 1 not entirely sane we believe, but he ' was sane enough to be held responsible for his acts, and moreover, it was necessary for the safety r-i society that he should be put out of the way. And now that this has been done the sooner both the criminal and his crimes are forgotton the better. As to the auto biography which he is said to have written m the condemned eel), it is to be hoped that the Victorian Govern ment will have the wisdom either to otder its committal to the flames or direct that it be locked up among the private records of the police depart ments. Nothing, we are persuaded, could be more mischievous than its I publication, for this would result m its being greedily read by every larrikin and incipient criminal m the Colonies, with the possible and indeed probable result of Deeming and Deeming's crimes finding numerous imitators. Apropos of this matter —and it is the last reference we intend to make to it —is it not calculated to induce a belief that there is a large amount of truth m Carlyle's cynicism that " mankind consists mostly of fools," to read that hundreds cf persons of both sexes, but principally of the fair sex, have during his tenancy of the condemned cell inundated the Windsor murderer with letters dealing either with the question as to his sanity (albeit the writers m our opinion would have done batter first to enquire as to their own) or trying—to quote a Melbourne corres pondent—m some mysterious manner to influence the destiny of the felon's soul. The harebrained writers of these precious epistles, it seems, gener ally addressed the prisoner as " Dear Comrade m Christ," "My Beloved Brother," or "Fellow Sinner," while one correspondent, a lady, started with " My poor lost soul," going on to invite the culprit to " come to her arms and hear the Word." All the letters appear to have spoken with the utmost con fidence of a life beyond the grave, where even for Deeming all was to be brightand happy with full forgivenness, while one particular religious enthusiast —also a lady—is said to have sent to him what is correctly described as " the strangest gift of all." This was a small bag of earth from Mount Zion, on which the word "Presentation" was neatly worked. Accompanying this was a small bunch of flowers gathered on Mount Zion, the whole bearing the stamp of the Convent of Cedron, Jerusalem. The letter accom panying the gift directed how the articles were to be used to ensure the necessary result—certain genuflections to be gone through so many times a day, and certain prayers to be said. These letters and presentations were by no uieans wholly from Victorian correspondents, some of them coming from Adekide, Sydney, Brisbane, and even Tasmania. It is not stated that any of them came from New Zealand, and we are fain to hope that m. this case the people of this Colony have shown exceptionally good sense as compared with the population of the sister colonies, among which it is evident that there is a very consider able section of the class described m such contemptuous terms by the rugged old philosopher of Chelsea.

ASHBURTON RIFLES

ASNUAL CLASS FIRING AND IRADESMKN'S PRjZE SHOOTING.

On the Queen's Birthday, imitedUtely. after the Queen's parade, the Asliburton Rifles proceeded to the 'Range on the Island, to commence the annual class tfrincr, as well as to compete for tha : prizes'' offered by the tradesmen of the town. The day was enjoyable as regards weather for the outing, but the shooting was not the best that has been recorded by the Company at the range, as the sun was m the face of the marksman, and a rough, puffy wind blew across the range. After the shooting, the men fell m, and a list of the prize winners was read over to the competitors, who gave three times three m riuging cheers for the tradesmen who had contributed to the prize list. The value cf the prizes aggregated £5, and the donors were—Messrs John Orr, A. Orr, James Lane, 0, Grubb, H. M. Jones, R. Murray, Sparrow and Berrymau, W. J. Silcock, W. H. Collins, J. M. Cambridge, B, S. Bean, J. W. Hardley, C. M. Brooke, S. Salek, D. Thomas, L. F. Andiewes, T. Bullock, and J. Hefford. The follow ing are the scores.—Ten shots were allowed at the 100 yds, and five afc the 200 and 300 yds rangee :—

MAGISTERIAL.

ASHBURTQN-THURSDAY

(Before Mr C. A. Wray, 8.M.) Illegally On Pbemises.—The charges against W. Brock, adjourned from last Court day, were withdrawn wilh the con sent of parties. i)ru»krnness. — William Batley was tinec* 10s and costs, for having been drunk while m charge of a horse. Sheep Act. —James Quigley admitted having had a mob of 250 lambs m the Ashburton saleyards unbranded on May 17. He explained that he had bought the sheep from a dealer only three days before he put them into the yards, and parted with them n,ot thinking of the Branding Act. Mr Rees asked for the lowest penalty as he had brought the' case specially with the object of giving publicity to the fact that the Act \vas imperative m its requirements that all sheep over :o,ur months ojd had to be branded with a registered brand. His Worship fined accused one penny per head, without costs. Civil Cases. —The following ca^es were undefended, and judgments were given for plaintiffs by default :-•-A. Orr v. M, Moriarty, £2 12s 8J ; Wright, Hay mail, and 00. v. J. Njcholl, las ; same v. Free man, £4 ls.9d ; Orr and Co. v. H. Bui foot, £11 4s 2d ; same v. Patrick Fitz gerald, £7 7s 6d.-~Mary C. E. Sjnith ?. <John Humphries, £51 0s Qd. Mr Wilding i^ppeaifed io£ plaiiitift", who livew m Eng landi The claim was for payment of 1

balmoo ot morfcfffte-i on land. Itefendan suid th-t ?4r v\ ilding had given him an extension of time m wtiich to pay the money, which, however, was due nine months ago. Judgment in' plaintiff.— Edwin Gray v. W. H. Stephens, £2 13s 6d. This was a claim for balance of wages alleged to be clue on a threshing season. Plaintiff had been employed on defendant's threshing machine, the agree ment as regards pay having been 9s per 1000 for oats, and 10s per 1000 for wheat, for men who continued with the machine for the season, or Is per. 1000 less for men who left before the season was over. Plaintiff's contention was that the. season closed at Coldstreanv and that when the Coldstrearn threshing was over he was perfectly justified m declining to go to Isles worth, vhi Ji was boggy country, and the work only to last for a week. Bad weather would have extended that time t■> perhaps a month or more, and to go there plaintiff asked to be paid £1 a week or Is an hour. This was refused, and Stephens paid at the reduced rate for a broken season. The driver had said the machine was to go to Coldstreant to finish up. They had been at Cold stream twice. Defendant contended that the machine went to Coldstream to finish up the Coldstream threshing but not the threshing season, and when he asked the men to go to Islesworth lie was quite within their agreement, but as there would be some time lost m shifting, he offered them 5s per man as compensation. They refused thia, and declined to go to Islesworth unless at JEI per) week or Is an hour. He did not agree to this demand, and paid them on the reduced scale for a broken season. Sir Cuthbert son, who appeared tor plaintiff, elected to take a non-suit. Mr Wilding was for defendant. i ,=

Ashburton Markets.

MR DAVID THOMAS. Mr D. Thomas reports upon the live stock market m the Ashburton county fur the week ending May 26, as follows :— On Monday (instead of the usual Tues day—on account of the Queen's Birthday) at the Tinwald yards, I held ray uaual weekly sale of cattle, sheep and piga. In the morning the weather promised to be fine, but about 11 o'clock ft southerly buster of the old sort came up and spoiled what otherwise might have been a plea sant outing. The attendance of farmers, etc, was a very small one, and the sheep yarded, with but few exceptions, consisted of merino wethers, which could not be fattened off this season. These did not meet with a satisfactory sale, and a large portion of the entry had to be turned out unsold. The total yarded for the day consisi.ed of 5660 sheep, 19 head of cattle, and eleven pigs, of which my tntry com prised 1145 sheep, and eighteen head of cattle. My principal sales wore m sheep— 32 fat crossbred ewes 12s 6d, 23 fat cross bred ewes 12s 4d, 34 fat crossbreJs 10s 9d, 81 two-tooth crossbreds 14s BJ, 335 two-tooth crossbreds 15s 3d, 40.crossbieds 12s yd, eec, etc. In cattle I sold two head cows £4 Us, on<* heifer £4 18s b'd, three cows, old, at £3 18a, two cows, £3 10s, two heifers £4 16s, two steers £4 2s 6d, two heifers £6, one heifer £5 15s, two head £5, one cow £1 12s 6d, etc, etc. Pbivate Sales—During the week I hfive made several private sales of stock, amongst which the principal are as follows :—4OO sound mouth merino ewes Bs, 100 sound mouth merino ewes sa, five English Leicester rams £111s 6 \ fifty fat pigs 28s to £1 15$; also 700 crossbred two tooths at a satisfactory price. HOKSE MABKtT. On Saturday last I held my usual horse sale, when I was favorad with an entry of forty six head, all told, of [wlmh 1 sold twenty-three. On the Saturday before I had the most successful sale I have ever held m the Arcade, coiiJ-equently all those owning horses, lialt, bii-ul, or lame, rushed them m for vile last Saturday, expecting to sell them at the tame figures as were ruling the week before for good horses. The result was a collection such as I don't want to see again for som^ time. Owners having good draughts to sell U'ay have no fear but that they can do so at good values, and as a mitter of fact last Saturday I could have sold twenty or thirty if I had them. The demand is keen and so are the eyes of buyers. It is no rse therefore, to expect them to buy an unsound horse at the same price as a sound one.

Mr JOHN SMALL.

HIS OPINION OF NORTH ISLAND CLYDESDALES.

MORROW, BASSETT'S DIGGING PLOUGH.

Mr John. Small, of Graham's Road, has just returned from a six weeks' tour m the North Island, and we are pleased to observe that he looks all the better for what he calls his " little fly round m the north." Mr Small's fondness for draught horses is well known, as well as his suc cess m breeding and rearing stock of this description, and it was only to be expected that while on tour m the North Island, m those districts of it more especially where hoise breeding is affected, hu would, keep his eyes open m regard to Clydes dales. He says that m the Wairarapa, Master ton and Wanganui districts there are some very good draughts to be seen, but they all exhibit a leggiuess that would be very far from captivating to the judges m a Canterbury or Olago show rinar. The best horse district he visited was Wa nganui, and he is quite sure that with the excellent climate and pasture of the north, the farmers there could do with horses, as they have done with bullocks -beat Can terbury down to the giound, if they would only secure a few good sires and dc.ms to improve their stock with. He thinks of taking over a few of his own snares for sale there soon, and is sanguine of getting good prices for them. Mr Small was fortunate enough, at last Ohristchuroh Show, to win the special prize given by Messrs Morrow, Bassett, and Co. for the best four-horse team shown. The team exhibited was made up of a very handsome descendant of Mr J, Walls' "Pride of Scotland," a sire directly imported from the home of the Clydesdales: a son of Mr John McKellar'a (Southbridjc) " Glenroy," imported from Victoria ; and twn shapely sons of Mr John 'Gilmour's noble "Kelvin," a horse about as well-known about the district as his stalwart owner. It was creditable to Mr Small to score a win m this competi tion, for the ring contained representatives of farms long distances apart, and some 1 of the best blood strains m the colony. It is also creditable to his discernment as a judge of draught stock that, having found what ho considered to be as nearly as po&sihle perfection m certain sires, ho has stuck {o that strain for twenty year.", and his success m the ring has shown the soundness of his judgment. The prize he gained was a digging plough, made, by Messrs Rausomes, Head, and Jeflries, fcngland, and given by Messrs Morrow, Basset t and Co., of Christchurch, The donors, not only presented tkeplough, but paid all forward ing charges on it to the nearest railway station to Mr Small's farm, a compliment that added not a little to the pleasure the recipient felt m outing the plough home. He has now had ie well m work, aud he told us it had given him supreme satis faction. He considers' it is specially adapted for heavy clay soils, as it turns a clean furrow, burying the weeds and rubbish well down, leaving a thoroughly well tilled surface, aud enabling the young cereal plant to get a good etart of the weeds so prevalent m swampy land. Hie draught is a little heavier than the jrdmary double furfcw plough, ploughing

THE ASHBURTON mUftDlAlVf: flfltTftSDAY, MAY 26, 1892.



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