MAIL NOTICES.

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MAILS.

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The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Paævalebit. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1892. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

August 4 was the foptj^ anniversary of thY fjrst appearance of tie/'fT^ranaki Herald.'" The many friends of Mrs ?;t«getaW (net Bntlcr) will learn with Interes; that she and her husband have taken the Impire Hotel, Palmerstone North. The hop beer sold m Wellington is said to contain from three.to aevm per cent of alcohol, and m Auckland as much as ten per cent. It therefore comes under the Licensing Act. Mrs Annie Chemis, wife of tie convict unfer sentence for life for the KaiWara Sr, g a&iV( Wo ß iog ft) fquse to reopen bar hws^d's case w>th»Vewto exercise of the Governor's lemene> Captain Owen, who rode Fathe O'Flyna m tliia year's English Gnind Rational s Steeplechase, was wounded thr.e tunes ■ i. r '««.din« the attack against tie Jebus. The^unTare 2* WB^ered paticularly BMfious. ■ ■ ' , i:.■■■ _ ; | ' There has been > great deal of rsin m the applicants for waste land lectms Awiroa swamp, Wainuku, wentup there the other day to see their futus homes. According to the « Wanganui Grpnicle» they bailed over their sections i a boat. There we ktmdreds of »cresof Awroaunder Water 'just now. . , . At Liverpool on June, 22, Frtol Wilson, mataj&r js' the Ad^hi Thetre, was i or. J^oo^ed at W» mphout the permission of Utd thm berlam It was stated for defendant th»playh»d been withdrawn, and the case was ad j-»rued. The ««Tapanui GoMiet" iß; Mttc?l by landowners & several portions of^tagfrthat C°pannot R et sufficient laWerk to Sorm wdiuary winter wort of h«dge Grille high, Rabbit^s 4§o a^ne PnUerouX «tatpn w^hispasqnl In hard times like these (says theßeefton ../f" ■-si.lt. "\ \t is weJL-known tat our half to ?Ud glvU 9Vf weight. Wj, however, we are i«»for«»«d, W/W.the S -lav at one of the stores u» t»». As Evidence of a thrifty nature tbtarnS be hard to beat. It is stated on authority that therare no for the statements made ii the * O r«yA(lcnt recently to the effect tbt the Lora Gorge murc(e,r was ihot ha been lft.%« SW S- beenexhfbited to| S&ham apd flow, bat an owner fa, not yet^ ■ -««!«, members 01 making diligent 1n^.... .; .^ At a meeting of the newlyrfamt.' * Zealand Poultry, Pigeon, and Csuan Asso elation, held at. Wellington on Studay, it was decided that the Welling^ society should have three representatiss with a secretary and treasurer, the t« Jatter to have no voting power; that ich other society should furnish two niebers; that the annual subscription should b£3 3s each society; that Mr F. Rogan shod when m Encland purchase books on flging by standards, and that *te*^*™*™sng of the association should be held Welling ton m Detember next. Swito** Local Industi. —The Lozenees, Jujubes, Comfits an< London Mixtures manufactured by Atsebrook iKD Co. are equal to b«Bt »«ptwn

i We regret to learn that the Fire Brigade I are to lose a good officer by the resignation J of his position as lieutenant by Mr J. J- 0. | Quane, whose business engagements are now I such as to prevent him devoting as much I time to the Brigade's work as the position I requires and he would wish. A special I meeting of the brigade is called for on I Thursday evening to elect a successor to Mr I Quanc. I The monthy meeting of the Presbyterian I Band of Hope was held m the church on I Monday evening. There was a fair attend - j ance. The Rev A. M. Beattie presided. I Recitations and readings were contributed I by Misses Maddens, Brown, Beattie, and I MrsMaddene, Mastrra G. and H. Howes, W. I; Bright, iiMr Williams,' and the Secretary. I Sanirey's hymns were sung during the even- I ing. Nine new members were enrolled. I A curious discovery was made m the I grounds of a certain suburban school (says j the Wellington "Press ) when planting trees lon Arbor Day. At the root of one tree, I planted the previous year, a full bottle of I Old Tom gin was turned up by the spade. I How it got there, or why it was put there, I is a mystery, but it may be satisfactory to ] I Prohibitionists to know that the tree was I dead ! On the other hand, opponents of that j I party may declare that the tree broke its I heart because the bottle was too well corked! I A curious old custon is that by which the i I Duke of Wellington sustains his right to the I lands of Apsley Honse. On the anniversary I of the battle of Waterloo the Duke is bound I to appear at Windsor Castle, and there pre-. sent her Majesty with a small English standard. Technically speaking, if the duke fails to present his flag on the right day, his lands are estreat to the Crown. The I flag itself is hung m the guard room of the State apartment of Windsor Castle, and near it hangs the little French standard which the Duke of Marlboroiigh is similarly obliged to present on the anniversary of the battle of Blenheim. We have already mentioned the enterprise of the " Daily Graphic " m connection with publishing an illustrated report of the I Universities boat race. Th« achievement of the Press Association was scarcely less marvellous. The pre>s boat as it sailed up I the Thames paid out a cable over the whole > length of the course, at each important part I of the race a telegraphic message was des patched by the Press Association. The 1 result was that within a minute of the boats passing any well-known landmark the club* m London were informed of their positions. Further, papers were to be bought m Trafal gar square giving full details of the race at 12.41, within six minutes of the arrival of the Oxford crew at the winning post. The " Sydney Morning Herald " Btates '— "It is not fully recognised that wool re presents the backbone of Australia. Its 4,000,000 of inhabitants furnish about 24 per cent of the wool required by 1,600,000,000 throughout the world. This colony stands out prominently, since its population, numbering little more than a million, are engaged m tending; sheep, which yield nearly 12 per cent of the world's . supplies. The reports now pub lished seem to show that there is not only no abatement, but a large increase m the yield. For the year, just ended last month the export from Australasia was 1,771,605 bales, showing Jan increase of 155,400 bales, or about 10 per cent. In the preceding year the clip yielded 1,616,205 bales, being 157,958 bales, or about 11 per cent more than m 1889-90.

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

'!*& PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

RUSSIA AND ASSASSINATION. London, August 8. The " Standard's " Bulgarian corres pondent telegraphs thatStambouloff did pot purchase paptra from the Russian, Jacobsen, which implicated Russia m attempted assassination of Prince Ferdinand, but privately seized them. The " Neu Frei Press, 1' a Vienna news paper, states if documents are true it will be simply impossible to associate Russia with civilised powers, but she umat be regarded as a savage nation.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

WBIiINQTON, AU^'Ust 8. In if une, 1887, two Maoris were sen} tenced to death for killing two old natives at Tologa Bay, who were accused of witchcraft. Their sentences were, subse quently commuted to, irapmonm,«nt for life, tfnd/jihe. fleath, sentence' w^s not carried out. Lqrd Qlasgow has considered the case and having come to the con clusion thafc the <sndß~of justioe, under all the circumstances, have been vindicated by the five years of the sentence already nerved, has exercised the clemency of the Crown and sent the 'prisoners back to their people. Dcnbdin, August 8. Four of the^city councillors are likely to contest the mayoralty this year, and the present mayor will probably seek a' second term. Councillorsi H_ardy and Cohen again come forward, and w^U be 1 oppQ^e4 by.-^iffi^Ql^ ,';Bfa|>be4 »»d Toomey- ••■■•'

Carnegie and his Workers

In the course of an interview with a representative of the Aackland " Herald," Major Culhoun said with reference to the sinks ?.$ Mr Carnegie's works:—l am not at all surprised at what has occurred at Pittsburg, Mr Oamesrie came there poor, and although nofc nearly si^fcy yet, has pilled up 'forty millions out of'wbor, But Mr Carnegie still wants • protection' and cheap labor. There are bthers asso ciated with him, and about a dozen trusts practically control the whole mineral region. He and those associated made a pi-eatddeaf] f of their ir^W % im,p.p,Btir.g Folks, ljungamns, ajjd Jfews, till the American 'Irorfemeh' rose m arms, and the Legislature passed"'a few tha^;/ gohtfaptii for importing foreign. X*mr ief.e illegal, and declared null and void. The Carne^ gie halls and Carnegie libraries, we>e very good ad^erteisementi. bijt the workmen would not patronise them. In fact, they were not f»e P«blio libraries, m the sense and under the conditions m which hundreds of American cijtizenfj had en dowed thp ffifcies m which they had made their fortitt. *he truit^ wif;h, w))}pj h,». was associated would give no freehold on their estates'to the workman on which he could build a home, and he would have to po so tiraway that he could not keep bis W. Hg^d to buy everything at the trusi stores; ffrf-MfipW: Ifc wassimplyinci^darslay^ry. %ft mm had pleadfed to get a free Home, Ifand' to c#tftblisji co-opelatjye stores, but m vairi, Still h# fJM Utterly opposed to the violence and oufragps committed,, an^ which the State authorities wonH severely punish. Mob tyranny gay© ft tho H sap4 tvranta to the one of capital. He pre, ferred organised labor to. diforganlsed labor. The men were taught to discues macters, to think and reflect,; though after Tieem I»*\Wtn'r T|ie outrages were the wild despairing efforts pi blind giant who one;dayjwould see, Camtal ha^ left but ©ne lesso^dn the kpd of )abor—that it youid never improve its conditions or in taam w» PW'W«"'f!roffil haymS th«?e **^Zgm> woflm tft £h 0 the gre... ' -*■* Wl jflgFL® laborer at the eu« °l tOK*?W will see to you to the ena, .. n« you do, but what you have done m .. past, and what we have made out of you m. the days of your prime, they would hear no more of strikes. It might be done by life insurance, or by annuity, a deduction being made from the wages and supplemented.'*

CO-OPERATION.

The adjourned quarterly meeting of the Ashburton Working Men's Co-operative, Society, Limited, was held last evening m the Arcade Chambers. There was a ; fair attendance of members and Mr T. M. Jones. President of the Society, was chairman. KBPORT AND BALANCE-SHEET. The following report was read :— "Sour Committee have much pleasure m j presenting to you the third quarterly re port and balance-sheet, and m doing so, we feel satisfied that the success of the Society m assured. We have had an in crease of thirteen shareholders during the quarter, our present membership being 144, total shares 346. Ycur Committee, acting on .the motion passed at the last general meeting, re the bread question, wish to state that they have collected a large quantity of useful information, particulars of which will be brought up m a separate report to be read tJn th<» general meeting. Your Committee have had under consideration the question of holding a social,, do tails of which will be laid before you for approval. ■ An you will gee by referring to the balance-sheet, the divisable profit amounts to £20 19s lid, which your Committee recommend to be divided as follows :— Bonus on paid-up capital at 5 per cent per annum, £3 15s ; bonus on members' purchases, at one shilling m the £, £11 16s; bonus on non-members' purchases, at sixpence m the £; £1 6e 6d ; bonus on wages at one shilling m the £, £1 10» ; depreciation of -fixed stock, £6 3s 3d ;' reserve fund,. £3,; carried forward, £3 10s 3d. The balance-sheet, summarised m the report, was held as read. ' The Chairman moved the adoption of the report, congratulating the members i on the Society's success. He said the Committee purposed starting business m bread, and suggested that the bonus of £1116s (members' purchases, at Is m the £) be left by members m the hands of the Committee, with a view to aiding m the starting of the bread business. The adoption of the report was seconded by Mr J, Marnden, and carried. The Chairman then read, the Com mittee's report on the proposal to go into a bakery business. It stated that m response to circulars issued to members, replies equal to 330 4lb loaves per week, favorable to the starting; oi a bakery, had been received; Inquiries about a bakehouse had not been very suc cessful, but a member had offered to build an oven, with bakehouse and htable at tached, for only a nominal rental. Since the receipt of that offer another of a bake house and oven, with use of stable and paddock, had been received, the rental of which was also nominal. Large things m the beginning were not to be expected, as something like 700 4lb loaves per week would require to be the outpaL to make a fair profit. The Chairman m speaking of the ad visa blenees of the society going into the baking busines, pointed out that by the use of the horse and cart that would be necessary for running $he bakery, facili ties would be given for verygreatly ex tending the business of the grocery stofce, and the extension of the latter, even if the bakery were not actually a paying enter prise to begin with, would recoup the loss on the bakery. Mr A. Patterson moved that the Conn mittee be instructed to institute a bakery at their earliest opportunity. Mr Marsden seconded, and after a short discuss'on the motion was carried. Mr T. Snr.th moved that the Society hold a social on an early date. Mr Mcßae seconded, and the motion was carried, after a short discussion. Various matters of detail were then dealt with, and the meeting closed with the usual vote of thanks to the Chairman,

"Review of Reviews."

THK AUSTRALIAN EDITION.

We have" received from the publishers, .Messrs Robert A. Thompson and Co., Melbourne, the first issue of the Aus tralian edition »f the " Review? of Reviews," the famous English magazine founded by Mr W. T. Stead. The new issue comprises the ordinary English edition o^ th^, "Review. o{ JReviews," supplemented by fqrly pages, of specially c ■ ited matter relating to political and social matters m Australia. The Aus tralian ponion of the "Review" is edited by Rev W. H. Fitchett, formerly of Dunedin, and consequently New Zealand has its fair share of notice. Our financial position is written of m very glowing terms, and reference is made to the Legislative Council—which the author considers " in' so democratic a colony as New Zealand is both an anachronism and a perpetual source of exasperation." A review nf books relating to Australia, a diary of events, obituary notices portraits), poetry/, caricatures, and litera turft'qf we month, notioeg of the Australian Weekly papers, and an address by Mr Stead to the English speaking folk under the Southern Cross make up the Australian portion of the"Review— a complete and excellent magdzine'of, itself. The English portion is on Bijaoi!*r lines, and gives extracts from the best articles m contemporary reviews and tnagazines, by the best writers ol the day. The fho|o % illbstrated, and h v48 for a, frojittspieQe the portraits of the delegates to the Federation Convention of' 1891. No monthly journal yet published has approached the "Review of Reviews" m puitableneaa for colonial reader^ htfh m variety and character «| uiwtente. It is compreh.e^iy!6, brief, well written, well pointed, and cheap, and bhouldbe read by everybody who desires to know how the world wags,

COURSING.

THE WATERLOO MEETING.

(?BR PRESS W>CUTION)

Chbistchurch, August 9. The Waterloo meeting began at Plump ton to day. Ihe attendance was above the average, andthere was excellent sport. The foljpwitig are the resu,lfcs ; - 1 gedond dog £25"j tfi'rd andr fourth 1 dogs jET 10* each. ' ' First Round,—Lancashire Lad beat; Lady Carbine, Tickle accidental bye, Klorri© withdrawn, Mizpah beat Syden- Water beat Dayib, beat Ctalyle, Jlyoris^ beat Aosence^ Pifte Picture'beat Lady Ringer, Admiral beat Nelson, Heart of (Jrace beat Pine Hut, Bess Mflrjay beat Dan r ßeadonwe^l beat; WilJ'ftqse, Bit fl'fa^hiqn beat Raffing-' ton. Tainui beat WaUti, East Lynn, a bye, Reooiid Rottnd.^La^cwihirevLad beat Tickle after an undecided, Mizpah beat Ringlet, Hazejwpod beat Avon W^ter, Avonsid* beftt Pine Picture, Heart of fraco beat Admiral, Bess Mqrleysbeat eadonwep. &t (/fashion ' b,?^; $ja|fc Lynn, Taintyi a b,y.o. ;

SPORTING.

GRAND NATIONAL MEETING.

[By Whits Choker.] The Grand National Meeting of the Canterbury Jockey CJub % ill commence to-mnrrov (Thursday) find promises to be one of the roost successful steeplechase meetings yet held at Riccarton. Judging from the acceptances, owners appear to be well satisfied with Mr Henry's adjust ments, and an the Hunt Club events will be run under the Jockey Club's super vision on Saturday, owners are given a chance of competing m both big races—• the National Hurdles being fixed for the second day—instead as of yore, both on the same day. Train arrangements are satisfactory, as will be seen from our advertising columns, and all that is now required is fine weather. The programme will commence with the Firot Hunters' Hurdles, for >. hich eleven are on the card, and those to finish m the places should tn» Qui Vive, Ranglojra, and Scamp. The Maiden Handicap Hurdles then claim attention,' and I shall plump for Mrs Muiaanby, with Cajolery and Kilmarnock close up/ After, lunch, the bell will ring for the Grand National Steeplechase.' No less than fifteen are probable starters,. and it is no easytpsk to reduce the field to three. Whalebone* the top weight, brings with him a first elans reputation a* a fencer ; m fact hit performance at Napier Park stamps him aa the best of the season, and as his owner has been credited with saying hs could win with another eight pounds, the recommendation should be good enough. Old Ahua ft bounding over his fences with the energy of one naif his age, and will be handy at the finish, but Norton, his stable mate, is a hoi«e from which I expect greater things. Up to any weight, and fairly fast over a distance, he. should give a good account of himself. Couranto claims no respect, as he is taking to the big fences unkindly, and the same applies to Commotion—recollecting thatDarnley gersistently refused until convincing day. ir Garnet jumps well, but I fear will not stay with the field. Booties, Galoola, Worth, and Kaimanawa do not strike me as having a chance, as Flintstone defeated them very easily at Wellington. Magpie may upset the boat, as little is known about him. Old Waitantji and Morok should be travelling while others are m trouble, and the last-named will not.be far away at the finish. Flintstone is a well-bred horse, and jumped perfectly m Wellington, but I think his speed will stop him. To sum up, they should finish Whalebone 1, Norion 2, Ahca tor Morok 3. For the Tally-Ho Plate,? I fancy Torch, with Marangai and Launceiot m the places. The Ladies Bracelet should fall to Captain Wbbb, Calm and Chatfield next m order; the Maiden Steeplechase to Torch or Norton, witjh Worth handy j and Winter Handi cap to Crackshot, with Retina, and Aquarius next m order.

SUPREME COURTS.

PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. J CHBBTCHUKCH, August 9. Lewis Speddinn and Henry Campbell, who yesterday pleaded guilty to Btealmg bicycles, came up for sentence. The former received three months impnson ment; the latter was admitted to six : months' probation.

Parliamentary.

HOCSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

[tKR FBEBS ASSOCIATION.]

Wellington, August 9. . The House met at 2.30 p.m. P.EM.V TO A QUESTION. "Replying to Mr McGuire, the Premier raid that he was willing to refer to the Public Accounts Committee the claim of settlers within the New Plymouth harbor rating area against the colony, and if hou. gentlemen were satisfied with that reply he would move.to that effect. Mr McGuire moved the adjournment of the House, and said that the Premier's reply was very unsatisfactory. He sug gested that a Rqy.il Commission be .ap pointed to go into the whole question. The Premier said that the. Government had never admitted, nor would they ad mit now, that the bondholders h.w any claim on the colony. After a long dissuasion the subject dropped. &&PUNGUIG VOTES OF CENSURE. The interrupted debate on the motion for the recision of the vote of censure passed on Mr Bryce was resumed. Mr W. P. Reeves movedtttft an, amend ment :—" That m view. o$ 'the eminent services r,enderes to. the colony by the undermentioned gentlemen, new no longer members of the House,, it is not expedient to retain a . permanent record of Votes of regret or censure passed at various times with respect to eaoh of them for unparliamentary language used m the heat of debate, or for dispbediejnw to the Chair, and s this House therefore directs that the entries m, the Journals &gainßL Mr H. E,, fwtis,, Jllr Vincent Pyke, the. H;on. J. D. Ormovd, the Hon. Y£, (Jjsborne, Sir Juliua Yogel, andthe Hon. John Bryce, be expunged.". The debate was interrupted,. by the 5.30 p.nu adjournment, The House resumed at 7.40 p.m. The deba£s with reference to the vote of caofiure on Mr Bryce was continued, aiict Mr Reeves' amendment was even tually agreed to on the voices. THE LAND BILL, The Hon. Mr McKenafe moved the second reading o| the Land Bill. In the oj^so ofnia remarks he said that the area of Una available was getting less year by lyeav, and therefore it was necessary that i they should be careful of what was left ' and make the best passible U3e of it. The, Government had approached the subject with a ilosire to pass the best land law for the colony as a whole, but he thought that every person ,m the colony, had a perfect right to say under what Jaws., the land should bb administered, and no par -1 ticular class should haye any right m that ; rfwwftci Xt had been assert $4 that' He .was, i going to do away with freehold tenure, but, all that he asked for m the present Bill was that everyone should choose they" I own tenure. Ho had more th/w once 3tated publicly Jthat he be the last man to interfere. wsth the Qrown grant when on©c issued, but he contended that he had a right to. propose the terms" on which land should be taken up jn future., The Bill allowed a cash system of pur chase, occtpation V'th th^ right to pur ' chase between 80, years, and the pWpetUH 'W- 6 ' an 4h a in^enpled moving m Ooraroittee, that the lease should be < perpetual instead of 50 years only, aIIQW« I ing the Crown the right to say that they > Bhbuld ftoh dispose of it to any* person who. 1 already possessed \oa much land. A | great faffi M^ heen made of the fact, that j ftvery farmer m the country wanted to- he ' his own freeholder, but that was great nonsense, as, half of the tenants m the colony possessed no freehold ajfc all. The Bill was y«ry near w.hat the Bill oi last session was, bu,t one alteration was: that they were going ta d*al with, the Land Boards of the 9plony t and make tb#v\ As to the " one man one run " system, he had provided thftt this, could be done so long *£ small run& should not 'i^ed s^) acrei, &wi for »Onßtfcey not emsft mrd°& capacity of I^^^^ aliM setfcloinent! °fMr B&on congratulated Mr Me

Kelteie m some respects, especially as he had considerably modified some of the 'provisions of the Bill. In his opinion the JUMid question should not bo made a party qie«(ion at all. He did not regard the present measure as providing a liberal I land law. It could not be to the advan '. Cage of settlement that speculators and [monopolists were brought into competi tion with bona fide settlers, and the ' optional choice of tenure proposed by the Minister was to his mind very mis -1 chievous. He had not much faith mMr McKenzie's profession** about freehold, as the Premier had frequently advocated the nationalisation of the land, And Minis i terial utterances had been decidedly op -1 posed to granting the freehold to per \ petual leaseholders, which was altogether different from the perpetual lease system which he (Mr Kolleston) had instituted. 1 He would be no party to supporting the 1 Premier ie his sclio-ne for nationalising ! the land, and ho contended that the louse should, be informed whether or not it was proposed to abolish freehold tenure. In his opinion they could not do away with the freehold, and he hoped that the House would not rent satisfied till a clear declaration had been made on this ques tion. . ; Mr Hutchison (Waitotan) said that the Bill was a worse one than that of tot year, and although the Minister of Lands professed to be sound on the freehold, the opinion of the country would be that the Government were very unsound on the question. They were told that the cash system was retained m this Bill, but what kindle! cash system, namely, that a m»a must pay the whole price of the land and get a receipt, but could not get a Crown grant for seven years.. He. referred to several public utterances of the Premier m the recess, to the effect that the next Land Bill would contain nothing but the perpetual lease, and that the Legislative Council would be awed into passing it, so that.the present Land Bill could be regarded merely as temporising with what the Government would call the prejudices of the people. Referring to General Booth's over-sea scheme, he said that the House had a right to know definitely what promise was made by the Premier m regard to the grant ot a tract of land. Mr Seddon pointed out that when, Mr Hutchison contested the Waitotara seat he watt a supporter of Mr Ballance, and knew that the policy of the latter, m ad vocating land for settlement purposes, was to award fair compensation for- land obtained. He denied that the Bill con* tamed any reference to, land nationalisa tion, and also that it proposed to abolish freeholds. He challenged Mr Hutchison on his political reputation to prove. that «»ny of the Ministers advocated the doing away with the freehold, or that they/ would interfere with freeholds that already existed m the country. On the question of large estates he instanced the case of Canterbury where he said stalwart eons of settlers were driven from the country because th«y could not obtain land owing to these large estates, 'and Government were determined not to allow this state of things to continue. He defended 'the proposal m the Bill for making the perpetual lease m perpetuity, and said that exacting that 4 per. pent, ot the value of land be paid to Government made; the security all the better. Mr Bruce was heartily at one with Mr McKensie m desiring to prevent«the accumulation of large estates and present ing speculation m land. The BUlj how ever, did not make sufficient proswk>n for obtaining freehold, and; it would greatly injure small farm associations, ! which Mr Seddon so strongly approved , of, and the members of which had^been denied the right of acquiring the fee. simple of their land. He moved as an amendment r " That this House considers that the extent to which the .Bill aim at restricting freehold tenure is unsatis factory, and calculated to be injurious to the best interests of sattlemenfc. The Premier asked whether Mr .Rol leston approved of the amendment, and whether it had bin sanction. Mr Roiloston said that he ooncuneft m the amendment entirely. j :: The Premier said that m that ease he accepted the amendment m the spirit it was given, aud an a motion traversing the policy of the Government, they c6#s not possibly accept a. notion of this kind m any other smt it. The Government vere not thrwed by it at all, and it mon\A c\e«r the atmosphere. It was, hewever,. m opposition to the Bentimenta expressed by Mr Rolleston, who had said that the Bill should not be made » party question. bub that it should b» allowed to goto the Waste Lands Ctajamijttee* : The debate xr.w adjourned oh 1 the mo^n,6f j Mr Rinhardson, and the House, roseat 1 a.n>.

Imperial Politics.

OPENING OP PARLIAMENT.

IPBE PR*^. ASSOCIATION.]

London, August 9. In the- debate on Mr Asquith's motion of want of confidence m Lord Salisbury's Government* Mr Justin McCarthy demanded a speedy state ment of Mr Gladstone's proposals, also a pledge- that the question of Home R»)e would precede everything. He warned the. Liberals that Ireland would refuse half uMtmires, and he urged the instant rehousing of evicted tenants m Ireland. He also urged suspension of coercion m Ireland* and granting of an amnesty to political prisoners, including those convicted on charges of being concerned ia dynamite outrages. Mr John Redmond declared that unless Mr Gladstone fulfilled 1 his pledges, the Irish members would oast him. .-■.--■ The House of Lord* agreed to the Address m Reply -without amendment. The Marquis of Salisbury delivered merely a formal speech. The Duke of Devonshire.taunted the liberals with ; continued' silence witk fegsire*. to Irish) and, Egyptian affairs. Inthe HcwseofObmaiops J|r John Redmond demanded that if autonomy w«re granted to ' Ireland the vsto of the Crown should be exemsed only on the advice of the Ifisfc Execative, and that the question of dealing with lands, poiie* and judiciary, should be left ta the Irish Parliaueot. i .-.■■■,.,. A«g«st 9. ! In the House of Commons, m moving the Address, m Reply to the Speech from the Throne^ Mr Barton asserted that the Libeiafe had not a , workable majority, and they were afraid to declare their policy.

THE AgfffflnrKMT GUARDIANj_WEDNESDA^^ATTGUaT 10, 1892.



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F. Clark, HAIRDRESSER and TOBACCONIST, HAS re-opened m Shop hitherto occupied by PjJ.ofes«or Robottom, feast Street, Ashburton, with * complete stock of Tobacconist*! Goods. The HAIRDRESSINO D EPAHTMENT s under the supervibion of Mr James Purchase so well and U*mWy known m the trade. 7 ** PHOTOGRAPHY. GREAT SUCCESS. GREAT SUCCESS^ THE Public delighted with the Professor's work. The first lot of proofs nre now ready for distribution, and are on view at the Studio, Moore street, where the Public are requested to inspect the woik, which will compare foyorably with any m the colony. Come AarW, business booming. Customers fetfgfctol. J&udio hours from 9.30 t* *?'*' A. T, »O»QTTPM, nun» **n»P hhr»er» Moore street, Photon r «^ |? w i HptoJ). 1H (Opposiv • THE FIRE.^ James McGregor Will leturn to his former premises, which are being completely refitted, IN A FEW DAIS. EAST STREET. TOBACCONIST, HAIRDRESSER, ETC SPECIAL NOTICE—The Damaged part of the Stock, consisting of Hpes, Tobacco, Cigars, Brurbes, Toilet-Ke quisites, Walking-Sticks, Pocker-Cutlery, etc., FOR SALE AT ANY PRICE THAT CAN BE OBTAINED, as no damaged stock will be removed to the reconstructed premises.



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