The Ashburton Guardian. MAGNA EST VERITAS ET PRÆVALEBIT. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1892. SUBURBAN FIRES.

The alarm of fire at Tinwald on Saturday set a good many residents of that weil-ordered township thinking of what would be the consequences should fire break out in some more closely built part of the town. The Ashbur ton fire prevention and extinction plant is the property of the borough, and is not allowed to be taken outside the borough unless a guarantee is first received for the cost of the service and against any damage,that the plant might sustain while called out. This regulation, we believe, applies to Allenton and Hampstead as well as Tinwald. The suburban districts as wellastha Borough have enjoyed a general immunity from fires which cannot be expected to continue for ever, and it is of little us» waiting until a fire has taken place before making provisions for extinguishing if-. As regards Hampatead and Allenton we hold the opinion that their proper course lies in incorporation ,with the Borough. We believe that the ex tremely liberal offer which the Borough made to Hampstead a couple of years ago is still open, and no doubt Allen ton would be admitted on similarly I liberal conditions, and thus the ad vantages of the Borough's water supply, fire brigade, reserves, etc., would be obtained over the whole of the populous district on the north side of the river. Tinwald, however, is a long way off, and local arrangements for fire prevention should be made there. The cost would not be heavy. A curricle engine with hose ! and all necessary appliances could be obtained for £100, and water is now available at nearly every point in the town district where it would be re quired. The insurance companies would probably contribute towards the cost and also reduce the insurance 1 rates, so that the expenditure would be indirectly repaid to the ratepayers. We recommend the matter to the con sideration of the Town Board, and are sure that any information that they may require will be gladly supplied by the Engineer of the Ashburton Bri gade. -

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr Edward Gates, Grove Farm, returned on Tuesday evening from his trip Home, looking remarkably well. At the annual meeting of the Charitable Aid Board, at Chris*ctiurch to-day, Mr R. Westenra was elected chairman for the si^th time. At Christohurch on Monday th§ Eon Mr Seddon received a deputation from the un employed, who stated that eighty-eight men had already put down their names at the Labor Bureau. Mr Seddon agreed to send aa many men as were willing to work to the North Island. Mr Alfred Smith, formerly manager of the Bank of New Zealand here, from whence he was transferred to Wanganui, has now been pr<im<»Ud tQ Gisborne. Before leaving Wanganui Mr Smith W entrained by the business people and resident, and a ftapd; some souvenir of his present stay in Wan : giintti—of whiflh \gm he is, a native—will follow him to Gisbgroe, The **' Timaru Herald " reports that at the 'Rangitata, on Friday evening, in five hours' fishitt!?, Mrs Hayhurst landed seven fish scaling 601bs, among them being one of loilbs and another of lOlbs. Mrs Ashwell the same evening took four, weighing 36tbs, mcluding «na ol lUbs and one of lOlbs. Their guide, Mr Kicp^s, landed six that Doaled 41|lbs, Thp river i.S »o Bolend|a qrdev. The *' Southlana Timeß " says tl»afc a tooa| entomologist has come to the concision that the beetle which is swarming in tye district and to which reference was made the other day, is the Encolapsis Brunnea or bronge beetle, an insect peculiar to New Zealand. It is destcuctive to fruit trees by eating their forage, and later in fche year attacks grass rpota, &<»,, At the monthly meeting of the Ashburton Lodge of Freemasons to-morrow evening the Depufcy-Disfrjct Grand-Master for Canter bury, E,C, Bro K> D, Thomas, and his officers will be present. The proceedings will be of more than usual interest, and visitors are cordially invited, The District Gr*nd,M*ster, Bro F. Cunningham, was expected to be present, but hw been called away to the Noith Island, . ; The Christchurch City Council have dis cussed the question of lighting. The Electric Light Company tendered to light the City for £2100 per anuum f«r aeyen years, £2000 per annum for the neyc seven years, and £1900 a year for the following six years. The Gas Company offered to light the City for three years at £1.57^ per year, five years for £1379 per yeat, or soven years for jt'llß2 per year. The lighting committee recommended the acceptance of the Qaa Qonipany's tender for either five or seven years, "built, the matter was deferred to a special meeting to be held neyt Monday. At the TißwaJd saleyards oj^ Tuesday* Mr Leicester Matsen, who for some tin>e was assistant auctioceoi? tn Mr David Thomas, but who has now, in conseq^enoa of tho lamented death of his eldest brother, removed to (ifhristGlvupch, saul a few words of farewell to the farmers, dealers, butchers, and others attending the yards. Mr I^eioes|E6i? AJateon was very much Uked by everybody whom he met i» business, in athletics, and in private life, ar,d he will be a. good deal missed from Ashburton.. We wish him every success in his new Bphere of laljor— he takes up his late brother, Mr J. T. Wat son, junr's, department as general assistant and aucitanogr to hia father in the business of Messrs H. M'ata&# apd Co., associated with' tl?e National Mortgage Agency !Co., Lliniped',' Christchurch. Mr Leic^st^p Matson's b^otbep David has joined Mr D. | Ihomas" staf in Ashbupton, Meners Colemane and Sons' Eucalypti Extract (manufactured at Mittagong and Cootamnnrtra, New South Wales) has attained a reputation as a specific lor flec tions of the chest, lungs, consumptions asthma, diphtheria,'and. a yanety of other complaints. It numbers among its patron, E»irl Jersey, th<j present, and Lord Uarrlng ton, late, Governor of Now {south Wales, while In Great Britain during the influenza epedimic scarcely a house or oiiice was with, out it. Messrs Colemane and kpns whole, sale depot is in ChrUteburoh. Sharland mi. Co. are wholesale agents fop the Hon | Jela.P'l

There was on exhibition at the Tinwald Paleyards on Tuesday a stone-gatherer and rut-filling machine shown by Mr J. Ander son, of Rangiora, the inventor and patentee. A large number of practical farmers were present while it was being worked, and expressed their thorough satisfaction at its capabilities. The machine is useful for col lecting surface stonea and also for filling up ruts on the roadway. It can also be used for collecting turnips sown broadcast, for clean ing water races, and sluggish or muddy rivers. It is a local invention, and is the sole property of the inventor. It is a machine so far as is known in the colony that has never been exhibited on our planet before. Its parts are extremely simple, and on this account there is very little chance of the machine easily getting out of order. The draught is light, two ordinary horses being sufficient to work it. Your readers vv ill remember (writes the Melbourne correspondent of the " Otago Daily Times'") that the Acting Railway Commissioners of this colony are on terms of decided disagreement with Mr Allison Smith, the locomotive superintendent. It was stated in the newspapers some time ago that during an interview Mr Kibble, one of the Commissioners, had used very ungentle manly language to Mr Smith. Correspon dence has now been laid before Parliament in which the \ctual language used is given to the world for the first time. This is Mr Smith's version:—" Mr Kibble called me a liar, a disloyal scoundrel, a dirty black guard, a hound, and other epithets which I will not recall, besideß declaring with emphasis that he could and would, work me ont of the Government service." The Commissioners on their part admit that Me Kibble used the words—" You are a miser able, disloyal, treacherous hound." There was a fairly good attendance at th c Presbyterian Church on Tuesday evening on the occasion cf the service of song—" Uncle Tom." The service comprised the reading of a very much abridged and condensed version of Harriet Beechsr Stowe's cele brated story, with choral illustration. The part songs and solos introduced are selected from iba various Sunday School hymnals, Sankey's collection, Philip Phillips', the American Songster, etc., and have been fitted in very appropriately throughout the story. There is nothing original in- the music of the service, the whole having been selected by the editor, the now well-known Tipton, who has compiled a large number of services of this kind for the use of Sunday Schools. Mr Fiizzell, of Hampstead School, was the reader, and Mr J. C. Lane, the con ductor of psalmody for the churph, con ducted the choir, Miss Grubb being organist. The sacred pieces were sung by a chorus of girls from the Sunday School classes, aided by the choir, the male voices of which did very good woik throughout. The choruses went with steadiness from beginning to end, and the simple little songs which comprise the service were sung very sweetly by the mixed choir. With a trifling exception, the solos, which were of necessity short, could not have been much improved upon. The Rev A. M. Beattie, M.A., returned the thanks of the Sunday School to the audience for their attendance at the service, the proceeds of which go the funds of the school library.

WEDDING.

, RAYNER—LANE.

The marriage of Mr George Lucas Rayner, eldest son of Mr Henry Rayner, of Christchurch, with Miss Lizzie Lane, only daughter of Mr James Lane, Somerset Hotel, Ashburton, was cele brated yesterday, at St. Stephen's Church, Ashburcon. The wedding party arrived at the church at half-past two, being, preceded and followed by a large number of the friends of both families, including many from Christchurch and Lyttelton, who well filled the church. The bride, who was led to the altar by her father, wore a lovely dress of prim rose Surah silk; train with ruching, trimmed with orange blossom, bodice trimmed with chiffon, Medici collar edged with pearls ; veil and orange blossoms ; gold bracelet —the ijift of the bridegroom ; bouquet of yellow roses and maiden hair fern with yellow streamers. Few, if any, more charming brides have stood before the altar of St. Stephen's. The chief bridesmaid, Miss Rayner, sister of the bridegroom, wore a dress of cream pongee with ruching, larg<* cream, picture hat with' plumes. The other bridesmaids were Missts Moynihan and O'Brien. The former wore flowered delaine with pale green ribbons, gold brooch set with pearls, large hat en suite ; the latter, flowered delaine with old gold ribbons, hat en suite. The bridesmaids wore brooches of gold set with pearls—the gifts of the bridegroom—and carried beautiful bouquets with cream streamers, Mrs Lane, tha bride's mother, wore a hand some dress of black merveilleux, mantle ' trimmed with plush and jet, grey bonnet; trimmed with chiffon and tips to match. Mrs Rayp.er, mother of the bridegroom, navy blue merveilleux, black lace mantle, : lace bonnet with salmon pink. Mrs A. W. Lane, sister-in-law of che bride, bispuit embroidered robe, pink pongee vest, shot ribbons, chiffon hat with plumes to match. Mrs H. D. Rayner, sister-in-law of the bridegroom, fawn cos tume trimmed wi«h moss green ; large cream hat with feathers, Among the guests were Mrs Shearman, black mer veilleux ; Miss Shearman, fawn costume Wf£h green \ Mrs Milsom, black lace with wl^ite sillf panel embroidered with blapk, bonnet tp match ; and many others ; Mr Henry Raynev, father, and Mr H. D,. Rayner, brother, of the bridegroom were present, The marriage service was conducted by the Rev. E. A. Scott, incumbent of St. Stephen's, in a very impressive manner. (It may be mentioned that Mrs Scott and A|r I^ane, father of the brid.e, were Sunday school teachers togetfcerin tty'eold country, at Northampton, years ago). After the nuptial knot had been tied, the rev. ircumbent addressed an eloquent and earnest exhortation tP the newly-wedded pair, in the course of whioh he expressed the great pleasure it gave him that a marriage was one of nearly the last of his duties in St Stephen's parish. The wed dlnghymtiß, numbers 350 and 195, Hymng Ancient and Modern, were aung, and the church organist, Mr H. A. Gatos, played march from Judas Maccabeus (Handel) and Mendelssohn's wedding march, As the bride and biiclegroom left the Church their path was strewn with roses, and the bells rang ou(; a merry peal, Aire? the ceremony, thg bride's parents entertained a large party to breakfast; at their residence, Somerset Hotel. The table was garknded with a profusion of flowers and wheu. the bridal party and guests wepo ssated the spectacle was a yery pretty one. Of th.c br-iakfasfc it c? r n b,e said it was a credit to those in charge of the emlinary department of the hotei. Time was shop!-, so tJiat the health of Mr and Mrs Q. L. Rayner was propqsed in a few words by Mr A. H. Shury, manager of the Union Bank, and pasp'o'vied to in fy bvjef, manly speech by the bridegroom. The. happy pair then hurried off tq catch the (i.45 p.m. train for tlje South, on their honeymoon trip, St Stephen's \)e\\s again chiming. The bride's travelling $vqsh eonsisfied. of a navy blue embroidered robe, yellow silk vest, hat with yellow plumes, shot silk cloak. The whole of the bride's dresses were msyie }p r Ashburton, by Mrs Meech, and were in excellent ta^fco and much admired. The other usual t oasts were proposed and aeknowledaed in very happy speeches, Ifl responding bo the toast of Bride's; Parents,' 1 Mr Lane spoke of the long and close friendship that had existed between his family and that of the bride? groSm, and also of the many friendships made and kindnesses received by him and his family siaoe they came to Ashburton., The wedding presents werg numerous and very useful and valuable, Among them were a cheque {or &IQO and a trtnd> some piano.

SUPREME COURT.

[PKR FRESH ASSOCIATION.]

Welijngton, December 6. In the Supreme Court, Follas and Palmer, the cab me v who pleaded guilty to robbing Duhig, a Marlborough school master, and were remanded for the Probation Officer's report, were sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment each.

ANGLO-COLONIAL.

fPKR PKBSS ASSOCIATION.]

London, December 6. The " Times " has published a long ' article on Australian produce in the; English markets, giving the history and present dimensions of the butter, fruit, and mutton trade, which, it says, is doing more to bind the colonies to Britain than any Imperial Federation j scheme yet projected.

£80,000 per mile.

Whatever other elements may be denied to Queensland that of bigness will be readily allowed. Thus writes the Bris bane correspondent of the " Argus " :— We have a big territory, we have big law cases, and we have big railway disputes. Just now we have one of the last on hand. This is a claim by Mr John Kobb of over £262,000 as payment for extras in con nection with a contract for the second section of the Cairns-Herberton Railway. The line to be made was only fifteen miles in length, the contract price being a trifle undei £291,000. Already certificates for payment have been given amounting to the modest sum of £874,000—three times the amount of the original contract, and now Mr Etobb is claiming the further sum of £262,311. Assuming for the moment that he is successful in getting this amount, he will receive instead of the £21*1,000, the amount of original contract, more than £1,000,000; and before the line is finished this section of fifteen miles will cost the country about £1,200,000. The construction of the railway has been most difficult, and the work was expected to be costly ; but no one dreamt that it would be so expensive as it has proved. The dispute between the contractor and the Government has been re ferred to arbitration. A. strong bar has been engaged on both sides, and Mr , Rutledge for some days past has been I opening up the case on behalf of the ! claimant. Hie description of the work done, after a personal inspection of the line, may be accepted as tolerably correct. In his introductory speech Mr Rutledge spoke of the nature of the country as follows;—" During his visit he was struck with wonder and admiration at the courage and skill which must have been displayed in carrying out the work in the face of difficulties which have never been met with in any other railway work in 'Australia. Some p«rts of the line were situated 1000 ft above the bed of the Barron River, and the work had to be carried on frequently by slinging men over the sides of the mountain by means of ropes. Again, thocontractor had to hew his way through dense jungles where there was almost impenetrable undergrowth. There were also difficulties which had to be grappled with, and these of a more formidable character. The con tractor found it impossible to transpoit his materials. As a preliminary he had to hew tracks out of the sides of the mountain, along which horses and mules could be taken. As an instance of how this increased the cost of construction he instanced the fact that the sand which, was used for the concrete had to be packed on the backs of mules and taken to the top of the mountain." The allegation is " that the increased expense of the line had bean in consequence of the ignorance and recklessness displayed in connection wiih the original survey," an<l that altera tions were uuntiuuaily being made in the working plana. In support of his state ment "that chere was no actual line of railway decided on, and that the engineer in charge of the works went on at his own sweet will from day to day," Mr Rutledge quoted figures to show how his estimates differed from actual requirements. The case is likely to last a long time.

ROAD BOARDS.

WAKANUI.

The monthly meeting of the Wakanui Road Board was held on Saturday December 3, at the Board's Office. Ash burton. Present — Messrs M. Bruce (Chairman), G. Coe< D. Johnston, G. W. Leadley and J. Quigley. ■» CORRESPONDENCE. From Mr C. W. Purnell, respecting the dedioaiion of the roads through the Fasrfleld Estate. —Received. From Mr A. M. Clark, Temuka, re questing thai a statement of the amount of rates standing against the Bank of New Zealand be forwarded to him for payment.—Attended to. From New Zealand Loan and Mer cantile Agency Company, Christohurch. requesting that the demand for rates owing on. their property Bellevue.Estate, be passed on to Mr £. Gt. Restell, the lessee, for payment. —Attended to. From the Registrar, Canterbury College, Christchurch, asking to be in formed what is the amount of the rates owing by Mrs M. Gibson, on reserve 739.—Replied re. qv:EK9KER*S BKEORT. The Overseer's report was read and adopted, MILL KO4P. It was v esolved that the reforming o,f part of this road be deferred until after harvest. NORTH TBKRACB ROAD. It was decided that Messrs Ooe and Johnston, as members of No 2 Ward, inspect th,e North Terrace Road, and take such action as may' be necessary to give a passage to the baaoh and to the mouth of the River Ashburton j and, if it can be done at a reasonable expensb, to endeavor to make arrangements for making outtings on thft line of road for this purpose. IJIJTTERICK ANH LHaDLEY's ROAD DRAIN The clearing of Bubterick ant| Leadley's road drain was allowed to he left over until next meeting. The Clerk was instructed to send gorse notices to the i occupier of land fronting the same. BOARu'S COTTAGES*. The C|erk Waa instructed to forward imperative letters to thos,e tenants whose rents are in arrea.ru, a.nd to reque^ 1; a speedy sottleraeut. LBAVE OK ABSENCE. Leaye of absence was granted fc.-> fche Olerk from Saturday, December 24 until Tuesday, December 27. }jMALL IiIRD.S Ifo^s^irpH, The Clerk reported that several gentlemen in the district had kindly consented tq receive eggs and heads of sma^l bj'rcig for the seasgn. ACOOUift'3. Accounts to the amount of £224 8s 8d were passed for payment and the Board adjourned.

TELEGRAPHIC. HOME AND FOREIGN.

(WSR PUESS ASSOCIATION,)

THE THIRSK CATASTROPHE.

London, December 5. The signalman by whose neglect, in duced by want of sleep, the fatal rail way accident at Thirsk was caused, was convicted of manslaughter. The Judge merely directed that he should come up for sentence when called upon.

THE ATLANTIC LINER SPREE.

The Spree, which was bound from' Bremen to New York, broke her pro peller 700 miles off the coast, and drifted about in a helpless state for two days. The passengers, among whom was Mr Moody, the evangelist, were rescued by passing vessels.

THE SALVATION ARMY.

London, December 6. It is stated that the report of Lord Onslow's committee will be favourable to General Booth. Members find that there has been no wrongful use of money entrusted to the Salvation Army.

THE PANAMA CANAL ENQUIRY.

Paris, Decembers. All recipients of cheques from Baron Reinach deny they were bribed. It is believed that in several instances the names of real recipients were not dis closed and fictitious names substituted. M. Charles de Lesseps denied the statement that he had sent an emissary to members of the committee on the Panama Lottery* Loan Bill, offering them large sums of money to support I the measure. The Radicals wifih to suspend the work of the Committee until the trial of the directors of the Company i* con cluded. . ■ , In the absence of the Government, the Chamber voted " urgency " for a Bill granting the Panama Canal Com mittee extensive judicial powers. THE FRENCH CABINET. M. Ribot has succeeded in forming a Ministry. He will beMinisler of Foreign Affairs- M. Loubet, minister of the Interior; M. Bourgeois, Justice. The Cabinet is otherwise the same as M. Loubet's, except that M. Ricard, for merly Minister of Justice, and M. Roche, Minister of Commerce, and Colonies, are excluded. THE EASTERN QUESTION. The " Figaro " has reported that the Grand Duke Sergius has given Mr Gladstone most pacific assurances that the Czar has vo intention of settling the Eastern question with French assistance. St. Petersburg, December 6. Russia is opposing the demand of Roumania and Bulgaria for permission for their warships to pass through the Dardanelles. Sovia, December 6. Montenegro has quarrelled with Russia, and is making overtures to Bulgaria.

THE CHOLERA RIOTS.

St. Petersburg, December 5. Twenty-three of those taking part in the cholera riots in Saratov have been sentenced to death.

TERRIBLE OUTRAGE BY PIRATES.

Hong Kong, December 6. A fearful outrage has been com mitted by the Tonquin pirates. They captured eighty women and children, and imprisoned them in a cave, an nouncing that they would be set at liberty on the payment of a ransom by their friends. The police were sent in in pursuit, and on the pirates learning this they suffocated the whole of the captives by burning charcoal in the cave, the entrance to which was securely closed.

RAIN-MAKING.

Washington, December 5. Congress has voted funds for further rain-making experiments in Texas.

AUSTRALIAN.

MILITARY RETRENCHMENT.

Sydney, Decembers. The Government intend to make large reductions in the military esti mates, in which they will he guided to a considerable extent by the report of the recent Commission.

THE BROKEN Klhh UNEM PLOYED.

The Premier has requested the South Australian Government to convey the Broken Hill unemployed at reduced rates to places where they are likely to obtain employment at harvesting. Sir 3. W. Downer declined to do so, and Sir G. R. Dibbs has. sent an offisial to deal with the question, and send the unemployed at Government expense to any pla.ce where they can get employ ment, whether in South Australia or Viotoria. Sydney, December 6. A deputation, including thirty-one members of Parliament, presented a petition to the Minister of Justice to day, asking for a remission of the sen tence passed on the leaders of the Broken Hill strike. The - Minister made a vigorous reply, saying that he did not consider the sentences exces sive, The men had taken the law into their own hands, and he declined to treat them differently from others who had broken the Jaw. It would be a farce to release them after serving five weeks only, Their offence demanded something more than merely nominal punishment There has been a heavy fall in silver shares. The Proprietary dropped 15s, and Biock 10, 12s 6d.

THE HARVEST,

The wheat harvest i» expected to reaph 7,17 6,000 bushels with an aver age of 16| bushels to the acre, the highest on record. It is estimated that 7,250,Q0Q bushels will be required for consumption, and 620,000 bushels for seed purposes,

VICTORIAN FINANCE.

Melbourne, December 5. The rovenue for the first five months of the financial year shows a decrease tf j£l 89,000, as compared with the cqrrespqndmg period of the previous year..

INTERPROVIANCIAL.

Auckland, December Q. At a meeting of the Board of Eduoa. tion to-day Mr Cooper proposed a motion to tho effect that it would conduce to the

better administration of education through out the Colony if the inspectors of public schools were appointed by the.department, and were subject to its control, instead of that of the Boards. Consideration was deferred. It is reported that Mount Tongariro is again becoming active, sending forth. steam, mud, and boulderi in large quanti ties. Haweka, November 6. On Saturday, W. J. Roakruge and William Page ware drowned in a farm dam. Page went in for a swim, and cried for help, Roskruge went to his assistance, but Page pulled him under and both were drowned. Wklurgtof, December 6. •John Goldridaje, who arrived from Sydney by the tfar&roa, on Sunday, was to-day sentenced to Bix months hard labor, for stealing a fellow-passenger's portmanteau. At the Magistrate's Court,. James and William Buckley, wharf lumpers, formerly of Lytteltou, were charged with assault* ing constable** in plain clothes in a hotel last night. The former was fined, includ ing costs, £4 13a 6d or seven days ; the latter was sentenced to four days without the option, of a fine for assault on me constable, and fined 10s or twenty-four hours for assaulting the second. Accused were members of thecrewof theLyttelUa yacht Mascott, which won the champion ship here on Anniveraary Day. Mr W. B. Perceval has written to the Chief Inspector of Dairy Factories that he is looking forward to a very successful season for New Zealand butter^ The Agent-General adds:—"Thearticle has now got a footing in the London marker,! and it will be the fault of producers if they do not take advantage of their opportunity. The more that is sent, if the quality is good, the better the prices that will be got." News has been reoei7ed of the sudden death of Taonui Hikaka, a well-known chief of the Ngatimaniapoto. He was 'a very large land-owner, dwelling upon his ancestral lands in the Upper Mokau, and possessed of a great mana. His defection completed the breaking down of the iso lation which had been created in. the King Country. He was about fifty yean of age, and was descended in a direct line from Horotbria, captain of the Tainui canoe. -' Oamirc, December 5. News has been received from Home that the holders of municipal bonds are willing to accept fresh bonds for the borough leans at five per oent instead of seven per cent. • This means a saving of two per cent annually to the borough on ■ £146,000. '

Additional Mail News.

GENERAL SUMMARY. LX CAROM'S BOOK. The reminiscence* of Dr. Le Caron, otherwise Thos. Phillip Beech; spy for the British Government, and who sained such unenviable notoriety in 1889 by his disclosuies on behalf of "The Times" before the Parnell Commission, were made public on October IS. He calk himself a fatalist, and says, "I never sought Fenianism; Femanistn rather came to me." He declared that when he and General O'Neill were received at the White House in Washington by President Johnson, then President, that magnate, told them he sympathised with. Fenians, and was willing to do all in his power to assist the Fenian movement. against Canada, The Irish part of the memoir* was all revealed before die Parntll Commission. Le Jaron nays '" the Clan-Na-Gael's wild plans, included a treaty with Russia, the manufacture of a submarine torpedo boat to inflict terrible damage on the British navy, plots to assassinate the Queen, kidnap, the Prince of Wales, and rescue Michael Davitt from prison. Le Oaron fives the text of a secret circular prepared {or the dynamite campaign in the event of Mir Gladstone's Home Rule measure being ! inadequate. Le Caron further says that jDr Gallagher, who controlled the dyna i mite campaign, afterwards got into Par Ha* ment, and he heard had been introduned to Mr Gladjtone. One plan devised was to blow up Parliament by throwing bombs on the table in front of the opteskar. Another project was to steal the Stone of Scone, which serves as the seat of the coronation chair in Westminster Abbey, on which the Irish Kings are believed to have been cromed for centuries on the Sacred Hill oi Tara. MONIB CARLO. The Monte Carlo Gambling Company at its semi-annual meeting on October 30. reported that gambling was paying better and better every year. The total revenue last year was over 20,000,000 franca, an. increase of 1,000,000 francs over the year before. The expenses of running the thing are 1,250,000 francs to the Prince of Monaco for the privilege of gambling. ~ A great deal-of money goes in the muni cipal expenses, bribes to European news* papers and correspondents, and pensions to men who were formerly rich men, but who have lost their fortunes at the tables, and amounts lent to plungers mho a weat broke, and had not money sufficient to get back home. 800,000 francs are spent yearly in bribing newspapers, one re ceiving 50(1,000 francs for keeping quiet. This is all that is required;of then.; An . Englishman who lost 2.000,080: fitaos gets a regular income of 250 francs per 5 . week. The, municipal expenses are; salaries for Governor-General, Judges of Courts and municipal officers. An army of 120 is fed «avd clothed and a police of 80 maintained. The. Company repairs roads, waters and lights the streets, and acts as general scavenger. People have free education, pay no rates or taxes, and have no voice in civil affairs. In addition the Society has the cost of self •maintenance. It pays £10,900 to the manager of the theatre, the seats in which are for the mostpert free, and the orchestra oosts £10,600 per annum. ' There are over 100 crotipiers and many more employees of one sorter another in the rooms; 100 are in the offices, and de teotives are kept. This, oosts in all £60,000 per annum. A despatch from Monte Carlo of November 1 says among the well-known - persons who nave made money at the ' tables during the past week were the Earl of Chncarty and his wife, formerly ■■■ . Belle Bilton. The couple were seen a great deal at the casino, where they played with varying success. It is stated that the Countess had £1503 stowed away ' in her purse when she left for London.

We clip the following important tettimo nial from the "Illawarra Mercury "(NS W). of the 30th March, It needs no comment — ; Mr John Loveday, of the Bulli Mountain, writes to us that after suffering for four yean with acute gravel, he has experienced almost s complete relief by using Sander and 'Sana' Guoalyptic Extract. He says:—" Seeing the said Extract advertised in the * Hkwarra Mercury,' his intense suffering induced bun to obtain a bottle of the medicine from . . Mr Hacking, chemist", of this town, and that the use of it gave him great relief at once. He states that between 10th March in at., when he obtained the first bottle of the extract, and the 19th, the use of that medicine continued to afford him relief, to which he had been a stranger for four years. Mr Loveday writes also that he has found the Eucalypti Extract \ cure for rheumatism as well as gravel He requests us to publish this information through the' Mercury.' We have miich pleasure, in complying with M^r Lavedays request, whose Word cannot bt doubted, and Who can have no obiectiq view other than a pure desire to benefit suffering '• hu anitv. M —(Advt.) 6 ; \ Cracknkix and Digestive Biscuits for. Invalids are unsurpassed »bde bf -

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN: OTpyEESDAY, DtKJfIMtiER », 1893.



FOR THE HOLIDAYS. G. J. NEILL and GO'S SPECIAL PRICES FOR THIS MONTH. Ladies' Cashmerette Hose, double knee, lO^d Ladies' Cashmere Hose, Is New Fashionable Dress Oooda, 3a lid a dozen Wonderful Value in Summer Dress Tweed, bsd .v , - ,4d Black Cashmeres and French Merinos, all prices. Wonderful Value fiom is *a to 53 6d per yard All Wool Flannel, 7£d p«r yard Flannelettes at 3s 6d per dozen Good Heavy Twilled at sfcd Leather Shirting, Swansdown Back, at 7fa per yard Washing Prints, 3s lid per dozen A special line of White Muslin, 4sd Pongee Cloths and Delaineß in most beautiful patterns. CLOTHING. Men's Colonial Tweed Suits, 23s 6d, Men's Serge Suits, 22a 6d Men's Tweed Trousers from 5a lid • Boys' Tweed Suits in endless variety Men's Ribbwl Cotton Pants, la 6d Men's Colonial Knit Wool Socks, ll£d per pair ' Men's Regatta Shirts, 2s lid Men's Strong Braces, 9d per pair Boys' Strong Br»ces, 4d per pair. BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. UNMISTAK.EABLE VALUE. Ladies* and Children's Tan Shoes, a specialty Brown Canvas Shoes, all Bizes Men's Bluchers, 5s 3d tizes at very low prices. G. J. NEILL and CO: FRIEDLANDER'S BUILDINGS, CORNER OF EAST * MOOBB STFEETS. HARDLEY BROS. WILL .HOLD A GENUINE OLE AEING SALE OF ' "Drapery, Clothing, & Boots, COMMENCING SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3. O" ""■" FOR PARTICULAR AND REDUCTIONS SEE HAND-BILLS. HARDLEY BROS., BURNETT STREET. " ~~~~ NEW ANNOUNCEMENT. New Zealand Clothing Factory, NEW PREMISES, RPFPTAL-N Z. Tweed Trousers, 9a 6ii. New 1» wo, gHOT dbpab tmekt. oT . „„,. _;.ji \,g. convinced as to CheapneMS and Quality. »>e haPd on the Time Payment SystemWew Zealand Clotolngr Factory. HALLBNSTEIN BROS. ALEjI HENDRY, Manager. ~~ ~~~S. SALEK'S KBW JEWELLERY ESPABLISHMENT. .8. SAS»pKhJ"ign- -^' ZZ&S&XS&2&S. , ouality. price, and newebt des^g l requiremente of the Ashburton District in W^ tSetwellß^ Trade, nnd ii showing a Larger Stock than has ever before been seen in this ™^ ricfc; a j ue Stcc k specially suitable for presents, Wthday presents, and XMAS PRESENTS, J ' TESTIMONIALS. /-< v Qilvpr Jewellery ot every description. THE WAT GoKIi«NP WLLKKT KEPAIEtNO , , • -,„ a rr»n«ements, and add'tional assistance having been s now complete in ita «MVm^ ' having their work done promptly and obtained, customers may reiy *>» » aatisfactorily ,_ V S.■:. 8.AL8.K,. WATOHMAKDR AND JEWELLER. =FTi i^rff^T^"" MOOUSKAHB AND So M i?UCALYPTE EX The JjeSt ICd I tract is the ooly.genu.ne in the market, IN THE WORLD Sydney, Melbourne,and Adelaide, beating -— _, - all competitors. For all affectious of the II TSIOPn CeyaOll. Chest and Lungs Consumption, Asthma, mSIAK HWLUP. «» CO., Xt' T^"»»'^ Kid"^-



Warned ' %IT ANTED at once, good Lapper-up *▼ forFlaxmill. Good wages. Apply Tinwald Milk. 12 J 4 WANTED, Apprentices to the Dress making, Apply, Misses Gates, Peter Street, ___I^- 43 A SHBURTCN Amateur Swimming XX. Club. Monthly Meeting of Club postponed from this evening till December 21.— J. C. Lane, Hon. Se^^ ___1 2 _46 L~OST, by a poor working man, between Union Bank and Somerset Hotel, roll of notes, sixtten singles. Findfir will be handsomely rewarded. Apply Mail Office, or Central Hotel. December 6, 1892. 1?§45 riHRISTMAS and New Year Cards, V>» Hand Painted, Jewell*'* Patent Irradiant Sards, Chaste and Pretty Book lets, Packets Cards fromßd upwards.— H. M. Jones. ld ™ OOKS, Books, now landing from London, excellent selection and valae. School Committees very liberally dealt.~H. M.Jones. .12JO ::\^~MAS Graphic and London News, _Z\- Jockey Jack, A Nineteenth Century Gladiator (Sullivan), The Nun's Curse «nd Idle Tales (Mrs Riddle), A Prodigal's Progress, and other New Booke.—L. F. Anprewbs & Co. 12 41 W~ " ANTED Known—lee Creams^ Ice Creams, for the hot weather, always ready at H. G. Flower's, Confec tioner, East street. WXN TED Known. — Circulating Library, Christmas Cards, Latest New Books. Good second-hand Books bought; and sold.—Book Stall, Ashburton. 12 1(J SOMERSET Meat Mart. The oldest, the largest, tha best, and the cheap est. Small Goods a specialty. Full weights guaranteed. A trial solicited. —W. J. Siloock. 4t182 WANTED Known-Just purchased a line of High-class Dress Goods at v Great Discount. Will be sold cheap, See windows.—H. C. Segebs, Melford House. WHY not Bake your own Bread whet you can get 501bs of the Best Roller Flour for five shillings cash or five shillings and sixpence booked at Robert alcorn's, Saunders' Buildings. , I 11 31 WANT it D Known—Great Reduction!: in Dress Goods. Beautiful assort ment to choose from. A line at 5s lid ; usual price 12s.—H. 0, Segerh, Melford House. SHEARERS can rely on getting the celebrated 8.8.A. brand of Sheep Shears at Robert Alcorn's, Saunders Buildings. WANTED Known—New Flannelettw at extraordinary prices; 3s 11<3 and 4s lid doz. Thirty per cent undei price.—W. H. Collier. WANTED Known that S. Salek, Watchmaker and Jewsller, has removed to new shop near New Zealand Clothing Factory. 10 215 DON'T Jet the «am water destroy youi buildings. Get Spouting fixed at 4d per foot and buy a tank, complex with tap, tested before leaving workshop, for 30s, at J. W. Hardley's. WANTED Known—Grand Displaj of all the newest shapes in Ladies Summer Hats. Special sample shipment. One of each shape ; at S. W. Alcorn & Co's, WANTED— Ladies to inspect oui new and beautiful etock of Sum mer Dress* Materials, Delaines, Pongee Cloths, Prints, etc, now open at S. W. Alcorn & Cos. TTTaNTED Know n—Dr Scott's cele ■» » brated Electric Corsets can only be obtained in Ashburton at W. H, Oollibr's, "The Corner." ANTED Known—We are now giving away Beautiful Presents to every purchaser of 5s and upwards. Uome anc see xmr bargains in Drapery, &c. —H. C, Segbrs, Meljfvrd House. EAR in mind that'''~J« W. HARpLEy, Plumber and Gasfitter, East Street, has the largest Stock in town of Pumps, Pipes, and Fittings, and that he is selling them cheaper than ever at prices hithertc unheard of in Ashburton, Now h the chance for a cheap Pump ; improved No. 4, Price, 16s. Larger sir.es in proportion. REBUILDING S»le.—Men's No. I Vests Is, Men's bast Colonial Tweed 7>ousers 7s lid, Men's best Colonial tweed Trou9«rs and Vests 12s 6d, Boys and Youth's Tweed Trousers 2s lid. Men'g Leather Shirts 2s Sd, worth 4s 6d. The whole stock will be slaughtered as the premise* are to be pulled down in February.— AndrewOrr. U H>« WANTED Known—Rebuilding Sale, Real French Merinos, guaranteed, Is, Is 4d, and Is 6d, all colors. Print* 2s per dozen, Silk Lace Is per f'ossen, Double Width French Dress Goods Is 6d, former price 3a 6d, Lace Curtains 2s lid, Towels 3d each, lot Umbrellas Is 81, Sunshades U 111 and 2s 6d, halt price, Muslin Embroideries 4d, woith Ib.- Andrew Orr. __ DON'T Forget the Borough Bye-Lawa re Carriage Lamps, and that Hardlby has a large Stock on hand, also a large assortment of Tinware and Iron mongery, Scythes, Reaping Hooks, Hay Knives, Forks, etc.,.of best quality, and all at lowest possible prices. J. W. Hardley, Ehst Street, Ashburton, 11TANTED K:iown-~That J. Moxson W keeps the best stock of Boots in Ashburton, for this reason that he pays cash and is not under or bound to any one firm like many in the trade, wh.ush enables him to procure »nd supply the public with the Best Colonial and English makes ; and his well-known make needs no recommendation. Always on hand Best Sole Leather, used for repairs and done at once.—J. Moison, Impermeable Bootmaker, Town Hal), East Street, next Hourt House. . hri7t m a s -81. Splendid spsortmenx nf Cards, Booklets, and Souvenirs for season 1892-3 New Games in great variety. BeauUtul lot of Vases, Fancy Glassware, and *airy Lamps. Boys' and Oirla' Annuals, and «,ther new Volumes. jPri.?e Books at reduced prices. New Birthday Reward and Wedding Carda.-L. F. ANPREWES $ CO., Stationers Hall.



Holloway's Pills and Ointment exert a rapidly favorable effect in all those diseases which"are induced by exposure to damp or by great changes in temperature. They will therefore be found eminently serviceable to those who work in iron foundries, copper mines," and collieries. These well-known I r emeclie3 present manifest advantages in respect of use and effectiveness, are entirely compounded of vegetable drugs selected with the greatest care and regardless of price. I When used in accordance with the ample printed directions which accompany them, they act surely but mildly, and do not interfere with the daily work. There are but few diseases which are not capable of cure —or, at all events, of great relief—if Hollowaj 's remedies are peraeveripgly nwi.



JMLAII^ NOTICES. Mails close for the following places as under.subicct to the necassary alterations :— THURSDAY, December 8. For Northern Porte, per Takapuna, at 6.30 a.m. ENGLISH MAILS. HOMKWARD —DIRECT MAIM. Rimutaka, sailed October 27, due London December 7. . , r Ann lonic, sailed November 12, due London December 23. , , . _ ,' Ruapehu sailed November 24, due London January 4. OUTWARD—DIRECT MAILS. Tongariro, sailed November 14, clue December 30. HOMEWARD—SAN FRANCISCO MAILS. Monowai, left Auckland November 5, due London December 7. OUTWARD-SAN* 8 FRANCISCO MATLS. . Next mail leaves London November 2b, due colony D.ecembei 28.^ •



The Onsjlow Biscuit. The latest and. most delicate biscuit nannufaotured by Aulseb'qok and po The Heat Tea [N CANTERBURY for the money, and fpee from any excess of astringency, COUNTESS 2s. ASK YOUft QROCBHS.