The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1892. THE TRUCK ACT.

The operation of the Truck Act of last session, which came into force on the Ist of November, is giving rise to considerable discussion. Hitherto there has been no statutory prohibition of truck in New Zealand ; indeed, it has scarcely been necessary, as the system has not prevailed to any great extent, and where it has been practiced the transactions have generally been bona jfde, and the evils which have attended the system in older countries have not been conspicuous except in very rare instances. The Act is therefore to a great extent preventive, the object being to prevent the system taking root here. We have already given an out line of the provisions of the Act, fi.net need not do more than repeat that no payment shall be made to a workman forlsbour otherwise than in money, and that the workman shall not spend his wages at any store or other trading establishment carried on by his em ployer. The only exceptions from the operation of the Act are seamen and persons engaged in agricultural and pastoral pursuits. The Act permits wages to be paid by cheque a? order, and this ia one of th • points with which fault is found by some of the corres pondents. They dematul that wages should be paid in actual ban};: notes or coin of tha realm. A l^ttl/* thought will show the impracticability of auch aa idea. To pay the shearing bill at a »4tit;w iikt! iNieso^otuuiia, for

instance, between £300 and £400 would have to be conveyed over some five and thirty miles of unpopu lated country to the station, and the workers aft^r their dispersal would have a similar amount of cash about them, liable to all the risks of-travel. There have, no doubt, been cases of inconvenience caused by the cheque system, but they have been trifling compared with the risk that would be run by all parties were a hard cash system enforced. Then, again, it has been suggested that employers should ; op«n a credit at .1 post office on which orders would be given to workmen for the amount of their wages. This would be eqnrJly impracticable, as I very many country workers, shearers especially, are entirely guided by the circumstances of the day as to the direction they will take when they leave one job to seek another, and very rarely all go in one direction. The payment of wages is fenced about with every practicable safeguard, even to entitling the workman to recover any damages that he may have sustained through..a cheque or order given him for wages being dishonored. The Truck Act is reasonable and practic able, and has so far worked well, though, as we have already premised, it is less a, repressive than a precau tionary measure.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mr W. H. Collier, "The Corner,' advertises particulars of his cheap sale of drapery etc., commencing to-morrow. Next Sunday the Very Rev Father Chast agnonwiU celebratemassatßakaia; Vespers at Ashburton at the usual hour. Before Mr Thomas Bullock, J.R, this morning, a man named Michael Shea was fined 103 with the alternative of twenty four hours' imprisonment, for having been drunk in the public streets the previous evening. Mr Joseph Newman, the great temperance advocate, diedat his residence atßer.iuera on Monday last. ' Drink did it,' for it is gener ally admitted that his death was due to a knock on the head he got over a year ago from a whisky advertising board near the railway station.—"Auckland Observor. " Mr William Deanc, late of Enmon.' Sydney, has left something more than £9,000 to the British and Foreign Bible Society. A sum of £28,000 is to be equally divided between it, the Church Missionary Society, and the Church Pastoral Aid Society. The "Woodville Examiner" states that in order to revive the New Zealand mutton trade at Home, Messrs Nelson Bros have decided to ship no carcases over 751b weight, and intend to confine their export to first class sheep from 551b to 651b. All sheep over "slb are now being boiled down. The lecture on "Palestine as I saw it" will be delivered in the Wesleyan Church this evening. The Rev Mr Stnalley has recently visited the " Holy Land " and can therefore speak from experience. The lecture will be illustrated with lantern views, and should therefore be instructive as well as . entertaining to both old and young. The strength of the New Zealand police force 13 500 men—of these 190 are Irishmen, 81 are English, 79 are Scotch, and li arc Welsh. New South Wales also contributes 31, Queensland 15, South Australia 7, Western Australia 4, Victoria 5, and Tas mania 9; whilst 5 hail from Germany, 2 from France, and 52 are New Zealanders. The '' New Zealand Herald " f>f January 8 slated the Agent-General, Mr W. B. Percival, for not raplying to the attacks made on the New Zealand Government by some of the London newspapers. The Christchurch " Press " of January 14 slates him for doiug to. Both the " Herald" and the "Press" introduce some of their usual vituperative abuse of the Ministry, so they are agreed on one point. The gales on the South coast of England during the last three days of November wei * the worst, it is said, since the famous storm of January, 1877. For thirty-six hours the Channel service was entirely suspended. At Dover great fears were expressed for the Admiralty pier, against which the seas thundered with terrific force, and tons of seaweed were washed on the parade and against the Lord Warden Hotel When the new Lord Mayor of London, Mr Alderman Evans, was elected an alder man, his grandfather, in view of his grand son one day occupying the civic chair, put aside £10,000 in order that the office might be fi'led with hopor to the family name. This sum, with the subsequent accumula tions, and the £10,000 voted by the corpora tion, to say nothing of the resources of a large private fortune, ought to make the civic year memorable. The immigration and emigration returns for December show the arrivals to have been 2022 persons, and departures 949, leaving a balance in favour of the colony of 1083. The arrivals were—From the United Kingdom 389, New South Wales 1012, Victoria 431, Tasmania 104, other places 86 ; total 2022. The departures were—To the United Kingdom 63, New South Wales 498, Victoria 254, Tasmania 83, other places 51; total 949. Chinese arrivals are giveu as nil, and departures 23. A very successful trial of the new ammonia meat-freezing process, the ma cl inery for which has been erected in tie cool chamber recently constructed by the Lyfctelton Harbour, took place yesterday in Lytfcelton. There were a number of gentle men present who were interested in the matter. The sheep after the process looked exactly as if they had jusb been brought in fresh from the slaughterhouse. There was no moisture at all upon them, and a piece cut from the thickest part of the carcase wa,B frpsen hard. An information was fftul a few days ago before one of " the great unpaid " jn Auck land, but when the document cams r.to the hands of the police authorities not a soul (says the " Herald ") could decipher the signature of the justice before whom it was laid ! After the force had wrestled with it it was handed over to the " blind man, " but even he could make nothing of it, and gave upthe conundrum. In England now illegibil ity i» writing a signature constitutes a black mark agfcinsf a candidate for the Civil Service. It is curfcfts to note how some people take a fiendish delight j# appending their signature to communications in eljar- ; actcrs which are simply undecipherable.' The annual session of the Conference of the Primitive Methodist Church of New Zealand was begun at Cltrisitehurh pn Thurs day afternoon, when the Preparatory Phut-oh Committee met to consider the state of the trust properties. The report showed these to be in a highly satisfactory condition. During the year churches had been erected at Deuniiitou and Abbotsford (Dunedin); schoolrooms bad bgcn built at the Thames and Newton (Auckland) j a parsonage at Manawatu : and the churches at Ashfjurtou and Eden Terrace (Auckland) had been enlai'ged. The debts had been reduced throughout the colony by the amount of £517. The value of the church property, viz., forty-three churches and fourteen par sonages, shunted, to £28,000. Service? had been conducted fct fafrty-tonr other places, including schoolrooms, etj,. 'f'hp number of attendants at public worship was five and six thousand.

As showing the value of London criticism of colonial finance, a London co'-i-.-.snondent says :—I have it on the best aui^-vity that the article on the Land Tax Bill which appeared in the "Times" was writtenby a lady who had never been in the colony. The members of the North Island Land Association formed a«; Christchurch have decided to take up 20,000 acres on fie Whakatane Swamp, Bay of Plenty district,! on thirty years lease at Is an acre. The, area each member will receive is 500 acres The members of the Mutual Improvement Society in connection with the Wesleyan Church, having secured the use of a section adjoining the church for the purpose, set about laying it out as a lawn tennis court. The work lias now been completed, and a very presentable court is the result, on which the first game was played on Thurs day evening. A meeting of owners and trainers of trotting horses was held at Christchurch on Thursday evening, fifty being present. It was decided to form an association for look ingafterthe interests of owners. The resolu tion stated that the movempnt had been caused by the feeling that owners were not fairly treated by the suburban clubs; that owners were dissatisfied with the inadequacy of the stakes offered, and the general conduct of meetings. In th« early days of the Home Rule movement, when Mr Butt was leader, there was iu the Irish party more than one member claiming to use the distinguished appellation "The," as indicating headship of a clan. Sometimes the title was as sumed without much justification ; and one evening, during a debate on Irish matters, the O'Gorman Mahon slowly and majesti cally raised his massive figure from the bench, and denounced to a delighted House that there were only three personages whe had beyond *ll doubt a title to the " The,' end they were "The Pope, The Devil, and The O'Gorman Mahon." The eccentric behaviour of one of the male passengers of the Manapouri on the Welling ton wharf on Monday evening a few minutes before the vessel sailed led to his being arrested by the police on suspicion of lunacy. The man, whose name is William M. Blake, went up to several people, and tapping them on the shoulder, asked excitedly if they knew where the " magnetic point" was. On being searched at the Central Police Station a sum of nearly £200 was found upon him, including a bank draft for £130. After being taken into custody he had lucid inter vals. He will be medic illy examined. "A. Tramp, Esq.," writes thus of the horse provided for the Native Minister in his recent journey over the route of the Main Trunk line. "The charger was such a screw ! Such a terrible screw ! I wouldn't have taken a Minister's salary and been seen astride the scrubber." Small wonder that Mr Cadman came to grief. Mr Tramp goes on to say :—" When the late Minister (the Hon Mr Fergus) and his party ' did' this journey, a dozen pack-horses were required to carry their baggage and pro visions—they had tents and ' tucker,' and Hquor enough to start a country store and grog shanty. Our transport corps carried a blanket, valise, a few biscuits, a tin of pre served meat—' Gear Company's ' —and ditto of sardines, in the way of luxuries. We had a bottle of Scotch mist, three ha'porth of salt, and a sperm candle. Cadman's journey will cost the country as many pence as Fergus' cost pounds. That Minister be-J longed to a Conservative Government, this to a Democratic. lam a Democratic to the' | hilt. Should prefer, however, to travel with. Fergus and fizz than Cadman and cold water." Prince Bismarck, through an interviewer, 1 lias been endeavouring to account for the' existence in Russia of so many revolutionists of a desperate type. He said :—"ln Russia ton times as many young people are edu cated for the higher walk? of life as there are places to give them, or opportunities for [ them, in the liberal profession?, to earn a dc'eit living, far less wealth ami dis tinction. Tiiera are ten ruiny frc>. scholar ships and presentations by half, by ap pointment to which poor people's children are taught to be unhappy and useless. What good docs it do them? When they have gone through it, in nine cases out of ten, there is nothing for them to do, and their living is worse than a superfluity to them, for it makes theiii discontented — nay, miserable. They have been painfully prepared to cjmpete for greater prizes tlwn life really otters, save to a very few, who rarely spring from their class. Such people, filled' with envy and hatred of all that is prosperous and high place 1, readily take to conspiracy and crime. They are not fit to construct, but know just enough to qualify! them for destroying. It is much easier to damage than to redeem ; so they do evil and call it redemption." j SANDER AND SONS EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.—In protection of the world wide fame our manufacture has acquired all over the globe, we publish t!ie following :—j Hazard, M.D., Professor of General Patho-1 logy and Diseases of the Mind and Nervous System, says in an editorial published in trie " Clinical Record " :—" We have examined half-a-dozen specimens of different manufac-; tures; the preparation of Sander and Sons! was the only one that proved to be reliable' and corresponding to scientific tests."; Another concoction called "Refined Extract! of Eucalyptus" has made its appearance 1 since. This product stands, according to Dr! Owen, foremost in causing injurious effects.] That gentleman communicates, at a meeting of the Medical Society of Victoria, that a 1 child living at Fitjcroy became most seriously] indisposed through its use. In another ease] a lady states on the strength of statutory, declaration that sho suffered cruelly from! the effects of the same concoction. To guard the high reputation of our manufacture we feel warranted in expo ing the above facts,' and desires the public to exercise care and; precaution when buying, SANDER andj SONS (Advt.) 7

Death of Cardinal Mauning.

London, January 14. Cardinal Manning died at eight o'clock this morning. (■Received January 15, 10.45 a in.) London. January 14. The Archbishop of York, Archdeacon Sinclair, and the Chief Rabbi called on Cardinal Manning yesterday. The Pope sent his blessing by telegraph. The Cardinal died peacefully in the arms of the Ttev. W. Vaughan, Roman Catholic Bishop of Plymouth.

[His Eminence Henry Edward, Cardinal Priest of the Holy Roman Church and Archbishop of Westminster, son of the lafe William Manning, Esq., M.P., njerchant, of I^ondon, born at Totteridge, Hertfordshire, July |5, 1808, was educated at Harrow and Balliol College, Oxford, where he graduated B,A. jn ftrst.class honours in 1830, and became Fellow of Mertqn College He was for some time one of the select preachers in the University of Oxford, was appointed Rector of Lavington and Graffham, Sussex, 1834, and Archdeacon of Chiehes ter in 1840. These preferments he resigned in 1851 on joining the Roman Catholic Church, in which he entered the piiesth'ood, arid' if} 1857 founded an ecclesiastical congregation at Bays water, entitled the OHates of St Charles Borromeo. The degree of D.D. was conferred upon him at Rome, and the office of Provost of the Catholic Arch diocese of Westminster, Protonotary Xp.o.stolic, and Domestic Prelate to the Pope. &tner the death of his Eminence Cardinal Wiseman, Consignor Maiming w«s consecrated Archbishop of West minster, June 8, 1865. Pope Pius IX. created him a Cardinal Priest, March 10, UW'tlie title assigned to him being that of'SS. Ap<?J.wana Gregory on the Cißlian Hill ' Ttie same Fontift invested him with tho Cardinal's Hat in » con r sistory held at the Vatican, December 3f, 1877. Dr Manning wrote four volumes of sei-moi-s and other works before 1850, U i snbseauently contributed largely to Divinity literature, Cardinal Manning was well known, not only for his work as * HomAp XJfttfeoli? P^l^tQ Wd V^»«» fc

also for his exertions in the cause of j temperance and other modes of social ■ reform.] '

THE DEATH OF THE Duke of Clarence AND AVONDALE.

(FEU PRESS ASSOCIATION.,) London, January 13, 6.20 p.m. The Duke of Clarence caught cold at Count Gleichen's funeral and subse quently went out shooting at Sandring ham. He was too ill to be present at the dinner given to celebrate his birth day on January 8, and since then he has gradually become worse. There is intense excitement throughout the country at his serious condition. Large crowds daily visit Marlborough House and the Mansion House to enquire after his health, while the City Clubs are thronged with members awaiting the issue of the medical bulletins. Medical opinion considers that the Duke passed a bad morning. The bul letin issued by the physicians is tenta tive, but the most favorable reading is given to it. The patient holds his own, but tbe attack, which is severe, con tinues unabated. Much sympathy is expressed for the family of the Duke of Teck, who are preparing for the marri age. The illness of the Duke of Clarence has checked the arrival of wedding presents. London, January 14, 12.20 a.m. In the illness of the Ddke of Clarence and Avondale severe synjptoms have reappeared. 2.10 a.m. At one o'clock this morning the Duke of Clarence was, if anything, better. 6 a.m. Only one lung of the Duke of Clarence and A.vonclale is affected, but it is unknown whether the other is touched. Great crowds, including many ladies, await the medical bulletins from Marlborough House. The family have been at the Duke's bedside throughout the night. There m intense public solicitude, and great sympathy is shown by foreign Courts and European capitals. 10.15 a.m. The Duke of Clarence and Avondale died this morning at nine o'clock. (Received January 15, 10.20 a.m.) London, January 14. The official account of the death of j the Duke of Clarence and Avondale Istatss that after a marked improvement in the early part of the night, .the' Prince's strength suddenly failed about 2 a.m. After that he gradually sank, and died at 9.15 a.m. Pie was nursed throughout his illness by his mother j and Princess Mary to whom he was; betrothed, assisted by two nursingl sisters. There was general consterna tion when the news of his death be .™ came known. Hundreds of people are J| signing thecallers'book at Marlborough |& House. The bells in London are 'Ja muffled, and all flags are at half-mast. P Profound grief is universally expressed If? at the untimely death of the young $& Prince. The Lord Mayor upon hearing H the news immediately directed the || bells of St. Paul to be tolled, and sum -11 moned a meeting of the Corporation, fAU social gatherings are cancelled and the theatres closed, M The Lord Mayor, replying to the || Prince of Wales' official telegram an |f nouncing the sad event, expressed the II sympathy of the citizens of London M with the Royal family. The foreign j| Embassies have also been officially in ■j| formed. Cablegrams are already arriv- H ing from all parts of the world. The I! Queen is prostrated, and the Prince of P Wales appears terribly crushed by the H blow. The Judges in the Law Courts fij took occasion to express their sym i| pathy. || To-day shutters are closed and blinds Jg down in all public buildings. The M whole country is deeply moved by the H sudden death of the young Duke under 1 such painful circumstances. . j | (Received January 15, 11.45 a.m.) § Sydney, January 15. 1 The news of the death of the Duke I of Clarence was received with marked i regret throughout Australia. The 1 New South Wales Parliament has ad pjourned on account of the sad event. |l Muffled peals were rung in. Adelaide.

Wellington, January 15. The flags of all shipping and town buildings are at half-mast in consequence of the Duke of Clarence's death. The topic would be the only one talked of but j that it is overshadowed by the election, I which engrosses all interest. I The Government have sent the follow-1 !ing cable to the Agent-General—"Ask iLord Knursford to convey to the Prince and Princess of Wales the deep sympathy [of the colony in their bereavement." A copy of the message was also sent to the Governor.

Samoan News.

j! (PER PItESS ASSOCIATION.) 1 Sydnky. January 14. 9 Thes.s. Lubeck has arrived from Apia awith Samoan news to sth inst. A Govern iment party, 200 strong, haa been sent to Idisarm the rebels. They reached Suimu ■without opposition, and then proceeded Ito Admu, a short distance, from Mataafa's Scamp, where the latter is erecting forts to aprevent further advance. Mataafa's force jis reported to be larger than chat of the (Government yet sent out, therefore nothing has boon done for a few d-iys. [Mutaafa is willing to submit to the King provided that the proclamation proclaim ing him a rebel is withdrawn. There was at the time of the Lubeck leaving no sign of the missing schooner [Margaret. JNews is anxiously looked for from Berlin as to how the Treaty Powers intend to deal with the resignation of Baron Von Pilsach, President of tho Municipal Council at Samoa. The " Samoan Times " states that it is satisfied that Baron Jfilsach's resignation will not be accepted until June, when Samoan iffairs will again be dealt with by the Powers interested.

THE MARKETS

I PEK, PRESS ASSOCIATION. J

London, January 13, The total quantity of wheat and flour •tfloat for the United Kingdom is 2,580,000 quarters, and for the Continent 11,268,000 quarters. Butter —Prime dairy made is selling at 108s to 112s per owt, medium factory 112s to 118s, choice lots 118s to 1225. The consignment of inferior quality brought by s.s. Valetta is affecting the market. Trengrouse and Co. are enquiring into the cause of the damage sustained by recent shipments of butter. The American visible supply of wheat is estimated at 69,000,000 bushels. A portion of the factory-made butter by the Orient steamer realised 120s to 124s per cwt. The quality of the article was pronounced satisfactory. Dairy-made brought. 108s.

The Wellington Election.

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Wellington, January 14. To-morrow's election is the only matter discussed in town. Both sides are working with great zeal. Mr Bell addressed a crowded meeti'ig at the Opera House to-night, and Mr McLean held forth to a very large gathering in the open air on the reclaimed land. At the latter's meeting several of his supporters, including Mr Hogg, M.H.li. for Waira rapa, addressed the gathering. Each side appears to be very sanguine, and a keen contest is expected. It is expected that the result of the election will be declared about nine o'clock.

CORRESPONDENCE.

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

LEON-DRIVER'S ENTERTAIN MENT.

TO THE EDITOR, Sir,—ln reading "Paterfamilias'" letter I fuel compelled, being a lover of nigh class music, to take up my pen in support of that gentleman's rem.irks, ;mtl wish that I iriglifc help him to teach the Ashburton larrikin fhit desirable lesson when to speak and when not to speak, jui'l that music and noiso cfin never blend. I should be sorry, being one of the 2,000,001), if the prices were m*ido prohibitive at future high class concerts, for I should like all classes of hhe community to acquire a knowledge of the works of the best masters, I think the difficulty can be remedied by putting bhe law we have already at our command into full force. I hope and trust that all will move in this desirable effort to remedy that which has been unbearable in the past. Then I think all will be leading citizens. Hoping you will find space for this.—lam etc. Another of the 2,000,000.

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREING

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COMMISSIONS TO COLONIAL OFFICERS.

London, January 13. The new army regulations allot two annual commissions each to New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, and New Zealand, and one biennially to Tasmania. Under the new array regulations the Governments of the several colo nies nominate colonial officers, who must be between the ages of eighteen and twenty-two. EDUCATION OF WOMEN. Madame Bodichon has bequeathed £10,000 to Girton College, Cambridge. THE COLONIES AND HOME RULE. Speaking at Petchorth, Lord Knuts ford declared that the colonies were watching the course of events in con nection with Home Rule for Ireland, and if England conceded the demands of the Irish for self-government, the colonies would ask themselves whether it was to their interest to remain united to Great Britain, POLITICS IN LOCAL GOVERN MENT. ij Lord Rosebery declines to seek re jelectioa to the London County Council [on the ground that the elections are fought on political lines. ! COLONIAL UNIVERSITIES. In the discussion on Professor Stuart's paper, Sir Crichton Browne said ho regretted the expansion of Colonial Universities, as it would tend to lessen the number of colonial students at Oxford and Cambridge | Universities, pointing out that after fattending these universities the students | returned to Australia tilled with love jjfor England. He expressed the hope I that new centres of art and science I would be established. 1 THE ANARCHISTS, j A bomb has been found in a bush lat Hampstead Heath. The general ftopinion is that it was placed there by Ithe anarchists, who wished to test its [strength. The police have apprehended another person in connection with the discovery of bombs at Walsall. Two Jews have been arrested at Altrinpham, in Cheshire^ for having some anarchist papers in their posses sion. An anarchist has been arrested at .Splio, in London, on a charge of being !ponee-cnßd ii} the Walsall affair. LOCOMOTIVE EXPLOSION. A locomotive exploded in Merthyr jTydyil, South Wales, resulting in the, .death of several workmen,

NELSON BROTHERS. j ' Nelson Brothers have declared a • dividend of 10 per cent and carried i ' forward £16,000. GREAT FIRES IN ENGLAND. A serious fire has occurred afc' Watson's soap wo(iks, Leeds, which j are situated beneath the railway. The damage is estimated at £300,000. The fire caused considerable injury to the Midland Railway Station and the | permanent way of the North-Western I line. An immense fire is raging at Seth Taylor's flour mills in Tooley street. Five blocks and eight floors have already been destroyed. While making for the scene of the fire several fire men narrowly escaped being drowned in the Thames. LABOR QUESTIONS. London, January 14. The Miners' Federation has resolved to resist the reduction in wages. MR CHAMBERLAIN'S PENSION SCHEME. A Commission will probably be set up to consider Mr Chamberlain's Pen sion Scheme. WOMEN'S FRANCHISE. Sir A. Borthwick, M.P. for Kensing ton South, is preparing a Bill which he proposes to introduce into the House of Commons, providing for extending the franchise to women. THE BARINGS' ESTATE. Mr Lidderdale, Governor of the 1 Bank of England, states that it is un -1 likely that the Barings' estate will make a claim on the guarantors.

AMERICAN FORTIFICATIONS

Washington, January 14. The Committee of Congress recom mends the expending of £2,000,000 annually for ten years in fortifying the seaports of the United States.

FRANCE AND BULGARIA.

Paris, January 13. It is believed the Bulgarian Govern ment will admit having committed a technical error in connection with the expulsion of the French journalists, and apologise for the mistake. THE "VICTUALLING OF PARIS. The Technical Committee which was appointed to study the best means of victualling Paris in case of siege ad vise the construction of freezing chambers and abbatoirs at La Villette sufficiently large to enable an enor mous quantity of frozen meat to be stored. They express preference for this plan on the ground that the neces sity of providing fodder for animals will be saved by it. DESTRUCTION OF WINE. Two hundred thousand bottles of Benedictine were destroyed by the fire at Fe"camp Abbey. AN IMMORAL PLAY. Paeis, January 14. The manager and actresses at the Realism Theatre have been con victed of having taken part in a grossly immoral play, aad sentenced to various terms of imprisonment.

THE KHEDIVE.

Cairo, January 13. The British Army or Occupation will parade in front of the Abdin Palace at Cairo for the purpose of saluting Khedive Abbas on his arrival.

THE JEWS IN RUSSIA.

St. Petersburg, January 13. One hundred Jews were wounded in the riots at Sartov, and two thousand families reduced to beggary. RUSSIA AND GERMANY. The retirement of General Gourko from the Governorship of Warsaw is considered an indication of pacific in tentions towards Germany. RUSSIAN FINANCES. St. Petersburg, January 14. Russia, it is stated, does not require fresh taxation or a new lo&n. THE FAMINE IN RUSSIA. It is reported in Odessa that the prohibition of the export of wheat will be rescinded in April.

LOSS OF THE MAINCHOW AND 400 LIVES.

Hong Kong, January 12. The steamer Mainchow sank in the China Sea, four hundred of those on board being drowned.

CANADA AND ENGLAND.

Uttawa, January 13. In the course of a speech, the Hon. ! Wilfred Laurier said that the people of Ontario ridiculed the fear expressed by the Tories that annexation would follow the formation of a reciprocal treaty with the United States. He declared that the Liberals were loyal to England. ARGENTINA. Buenos Ayk.es, January 13. The authorities give a denial to the report that two regiments have re volted.

AUSTRALIAN.

A POOR HARVEST. Sidney. January 14. The harvest in the Gundagai dis trict is very poor, and the yield is the worst for years. DISTINGUISHED VISITORS. Countesses Jersey and Galloway leave for New Zealand, on Monday, via Melbourne. THE MINERS' DISPUTE. The final ballot of the Newcastle miners gives G2l for and 3352 against a reduction in the hewing rates. The delegates of the Board decided that in the collieries wheie a reduction has beea made, fourteen days' notice should be given, dating from the 25th of the present month, of the intention of the miners to cease work. The Secretary of the Miners' Asso ciation has been dismissed for • ticking to what is known as the general agree ment. THE ELDER EXPEDITION. Adelaide, January 14. The principal members of Sir Thos. Elder's Central Australia expedition have resigned, and the Geographical Society have directed Mr David Lindsay, the leader, to accept the resignations and return to Germanton to consult Avith the members of the Society. The cause of the disaffection has not yet been divulged,. MR BALLANCE. Brisbane, January 14. The new Commission of the Peace includes Mr John Ballar.ce, Premier of New Zealand.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Auckland. January 14. A boy of ny.i6 years, George Lipaejf,

while beating on ths Waihou river, Te ! Aroh<, fell into the water and was \ drowned. ; At fclio first meeting of lh« South Pacific Trading Company to-day, it was announced by the chairman, Mr 0. Kohn, that the business was most promising, and that the Company's affairs were in a very satisfactory condition. Njbw'Plymouth. .January 14. The "Taranaki Herald ".says it is re ported that the mate of the Tak.tpuna has been called on by the Union Company for an explanation with reference to some alleged remark he made to the Minister of Lands when the surf boat was tender ing the Kteauier here for passengers on Dt comber 22. The alleged remark passed ia about a bo.it being overcrowded with passengers. Nai'lKß, January 14. The medical officer under the Public j Health Act has informed the Under': Secretary that under no circumstances will he grant pratique to the barque Inverurie. Master-ton, January 14. The " Wairarapa Daily," which re cently forwarded a specimen of a grub which is causing damage to the crops of wheat in this district for analysis, re- ; ceived the following telegram from Sir Jas. Hector yesterday :—" The grub you now send with wheat is the larva con dition of the Hessian fly (cicklomyia des tructor). It is the same pest which appeared near Marton in 1888, and was successfully suppressed. It is much to be regretted that it has reappeared, as it is a frightful pest. I have referred the matter to the Minister of Agriculture." Wellington, January 14. The police authorities are much annoyed at the statements about the Pahiatua poisoning case which have found their way into print, and complain that they are not only exaggerated but calculated to thwart searches into the matter by giving warning to the criminals, if any. The Working Men's Club have decided to erect new premises, and have secured ' a site on the reclaimed land. A man named James Madden, an ex publican, was apprehended to-day on a charge of attempting to stab the Hon Dr Grace with a knife on Monday last. The North Wairarapa Rabbit Board has decided to expend the surplus at its disposal, £1000, in the importation of ferrets. The establishment of r. rabbit freezing factory in the Masterton district is spoken of. Mr W. H. Hardwick, organist and choir-master of St Mark's Church, died last night. He also tilled the position of organist to the Grand Lodge of Free masons of New Zealand. The cause of death was creeping paralysis, v/liich attacked him about ten months ago. Dunedin, January 14. The Chairman of the Benevolent Insti tution at a meeting to-day referred to the complaints made respecting this colony's legislation re charitable aid. Great com plaints he admitted were made against the Act, but he remarked that a Royal Com mission in Victoria which had been investi gating the question for two years there, lately recommended the Government to initiate legislation in the direction of our present Charitable Aid Act. Ale*. M'Donald, one of the crew of the Manapouri, fell overboard as the steamer was going d>iwn the harbour, this after ucon and was drowned. The body has not been recovered. Jonathan Richardson, a child, was found drowned at Catlin's river yesterday af term; on. Invebcargill. January 14. Alfred Selby, son of a teacher at Lums den, was drowned there this morning while bathing. He was learning to swim and had successfully crossed the lagoon, but in returning he sank. The body was recovered, but long-continued efforts at resuscitation failed. The lad was a pupil at the Normal School, Duuedin, agtd fourteen, and had just gained a scholar ship.

Auckland Harbor Board.

(LTR PRRS3 ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, January 14. The cablegram from London stating that the Auckland Harbor Board bonds had fallen three per cent, is based on a misapprehension. As a matter of fuct, the interest on the six per cent, bonds of 1874 was paid in London on the 10th inst., and, naturally, on the payment of the interest for the half-year the bonds would recede in price to the extent of the three per cent. paid. This occurs every half-year upon all bonds upon which interest is paid periodically. Prices increase till the interest is paid, and then drops by the amount of the interest.

The Gorernorship.

(ISK PKESS ASSOCIATION.)

Wellington, January 13. The Government have asked Lord Knutsford, Secretary of State for the colonies, that the names of possible appointees to the Governorship of New Zealand shall be submitted to them before the final selection is made.

Capital and Taxation.

In an interview last week with the Wellington correspondent of the " Otago Daily Times," the Premier stoutly denied the truth of the reported allegation that capital is being driven away by his taxation. He ridiculed the statements which have been made, and declared that those put forth in the English papers (notably the "British Australasian") were strongly inspired by New Zealand capitalists, who got their alarmist reports published in England in order that they might be cabled to the colony, and afford a text for Conservative speeches and articles denouncing the new taxation, because it made land and capital pay their fair share of taxation. The Premier sa itl _ " Withdrawals of Capital —Of course, there have been some withdrawals, there alwayo are withdrawals now and chen for various reasons. People choose to alter their investments, and cases are constantly happening of expiring mortgages not being renewed. That is happening now and always happened, but it is not on account of the taxa tion. There is abundance of! money in the polony waiting investment. If some is being called in there is plenty more coming. There are four millions in the Batiks "ready for investment when opportunity offers. If capital were being withdrawn wholesale the rates of interest would rife, but on the contrary they are going down. Shall I tell you haw all this report arote ahau.t the Home Financial Company ordering all investments in New Zealand to cease 1 The whole thing grew ouo of the Directors of the Scottish Widows' Fund sending our, orders that no more investments were to be made in Australia for the present. This applies equally to New Zealand as to Australia, so it is clear that it could not be caused by our taxation, for how could it effect the Australian colonies ? No, the \vhp|e cry about our taxation driving away capital is utter hqmbug, as the event will prove, iu due timo."

Max O'Rell in America.

11l his new book on America TVIaxJ O'Rell tells an amusing anecdote about the American genius for advertising. A day or two after lecturing; in Boston he received a letter, to which he thus refers '. —"I made the following remaik in my lecture :— '' The American is, I believe, on the road to the possession of all that can contribute to the well-being and success of a nation, hut he seems to me to have missed the path that leads to real happi ness. To live in a whirl in not toiive well. The little French shop-keeper who locks his'shop-door from In If-past twelve to half-past one, so as not to he disturbed while he is having lvs dinner with his wife and family, has come hearer to solving the great problem of life, ' H-nv to be happy,' than the American who sticks "on ' his door: 'Gone to dinner, shall be back in five minutes.' You eat too fast, and I undrrbtand why your anti-dyspeptic pill-makers cover your walls, your forests even, with their adver tisements—And I named the firm of pill makers. The letter i3 from them. They otter me 1000 dollars if I v/ill repeat the phrase at every lecture I give during my tour in the United States." Some of the developments of democracy amused the author a good deal—when they did not irritate him. For instance : —"In a hotel I asked the porter if my trunk had arrived from the station, and had bean taken to ray room. ' I don't know,' he sail majestically; 'you ask that gentleman.' The gentleman pointed out to me was the| negro who looks after the luggago in the establishment. In the papers you may read in the advertisement columns— 4 Washing wanted by a lady, at such and such address.' " Almost the only thing, indeed, which Mr O'Rell seems really to dislike in the United States is che insolent independence of persons paid by the public to do cer tain things or to minister to the pay master's comfort. Here are a little string of instances:~" In Europe the keepers—that is to say, the servants of the public—have cautions posted in the museums, in which the ' public are re quested nob to touch.' In France they are ' begged ' —which is perhaps a more suitable expression, as the museums, after all, belong to the public. In America the notice is ' Hands off!' Tina is short and to the point. The servants; of the public allow you to pnter the-, museums, charge you twenty-five cents* and warn you to behave well. ' Hands, off!' struck me as rather off-handed. I really admire the independence of all the ' servants in this country. You may give them a tip ; you will not run the risk of making them servile, or even polite. The railway conductor says * Ticket-! 1 The word ' please' does not belong to his vocabulary any more than the words 'thank you.' He says 'ticket,' and frowns. You show it to him. He looks at it suspiciously, and gives it back to you with a haughty air that seems to say. ' I hope you will behave properly while you are in my car.' " Even " on the cars " the rules made by thp. servants for their masters are »f iron rigidity. Mr O'Rell tells of his endea vours to obtain a cup of tea on a " vesti bule " train : " • Will you please give me a cup of tea V I said to one "of the coloured waiters. ' I can't do that, sah/ said negro. 'You can have dinnah.' ' But I don't want dinnah,' I replied ; ' I want a cup of tea.' * Den you must ask that gem'man if you can have it,' said he. I went to him. lExcuse me,' said I, ' are you the nobleman that tuns this bhow V He frowned. .' I don't want to dine ; I should like to have a cup of tea.' He frowned a little more, and deigned to hear my request to the end. * (Ln I? I repeated. He spoke not; he brought his eyebrows still lower down, and solemnly shook his head, * Can't I really ?' I con tinued. At last he spoke. ' You can,' quoth ho, ' for a dollar.' And, taking the bill of fare in his hands, without wasting any more of his precious utterances, he pointed out to me: 'Each meal one. dollar.' The argument was .unanswerable,. In America the man who pays does ttok command the paid. In America $«k paidi servant rules."

The British Monarchy.

That uncompromising Radical, Mr H« Labouchere, in an article in the "New York Forum," on the British monarchial system, says :—A monarchy such as ours is not without its advantages. When the first place in a State is vacant, many seek to occupy it. In order to succeed, a per son must be endowed with intelligence above the average, with great pertinacity, and with much ambitious energy. These qualities do not disappear when his aim is achieved. Ho is not prepared to become a mere puppet, and to limit; himself to ceremonial duties. He has views that he desires should prevail, and he is impatient of control. If he be elected for life, or for a fixed number of years, he may find him self in conflict with the sense »f the majority; and this conflict between the actual opinion of the moment as repre sented by the majority and a past phase of opinion as represented by himself, may lead to friction. The question between a President elected for a term of years, as in America, and a puppet Sovereign such as ours, is—whether it is better that the. Executive should be independent of the* Legislature, or whether it should emanate directly from the Legislature, and be a part and parcel of it. With us all laws and proclamations run in the name of the Queen, but this is nothing beyond an empty form. Power resides with the Prime Minister. He becomes Minister, beoause he is leader of^the party that l»a& a majority in the House of Cbmmona, So. soon as he loses that majority, he vacates, his office. He is termed the '4 servant of the Queen;" but in realty he is the; "servant of the people*" Holding office j»fc their good pleasure. When appointed it is officially announced that the Sovereign has " been pleased to appoint j w whereas it most frequently happens that the monarch never did a thing more person ally displeasing. Ife will perhaps be saidi that the experience of America shows that an elected President does not neces sarily lead to complications. Bub is not* this to, a great extent due to the fact that the Government of Washington is tempered by the Goyernsaenfes of the States forming the American Unions ? If there were no Stat* (xovernments, diffi, culties would probably have arisen before; now, notwithstanding the efforts of the framers of the American Constitution to avoid them. If the people of a. Nation are really to be their own masters, a puppet Sovereign is unquestionably more conducive to this result than an elected Presidentpossessedof active individuality, even when the executive functions, as in America, are divided between the President and a Senate. The British Empire is made up of the parent state and a nun&bdr of colonies, most of which are poetically independent of the Mother Country. The tie that unites all these component parts is very slight: it is little more than that all are nominal subjects of the same sovereign. It is an abstraction, but a useful abstrac tion, and it is difficult to see how it could be replaced, with advantage, although, like a,\\ other institutions, it has its disad vantages. The monarchy is consequently accepted by the vast majority of English men without any strong enthusiasm for it bat without any desire to put an end to it. The onward march of democracy will sweep away the House of Lords and the Established Church ; it will concentrate power, even more than is now the case, in the House of Commons ; whilst, by the payment of the members of that House it will convert it from an assembly of plutocrats iuto oue nwrs

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