MAIL NOTICES.

Mils cl'Se for thf following p!aces as under, übj c; to the necessary alterations : — SATURDAY, March 19. For Kukoura, per Jane Douglas, at O. So p m. For Northern Ports, per Rotorua, at e.sso p.m. MONDAY, March 21. '■ For Northern Ports and Westport, per Omapere, at O. J*O a. in. WEDNESDAY, March 23. For United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, (specially addressed per " Orient steamer only"), and also for Australian Colonies, per express (to connect with s.s. Tekapo at Port Chalmers), at 1&. ;*O ft.m., guard's van express I?^.«>£> J>.m. For United Kingdom, Continent of Europe and America, and West Indies (via San Francisco), Sandwich Islands, &c, &c, and also for Northern Ports of New Zealand, per Takapuna, as follows :—Ordinary letters, books and newspapers, at O. 15 }>.iti. registered letters, 5 p.m. ; money orders, 3 p.m. ; mail van, express, O. £>*"> i^.ni. This mail is due in London on April 27. ENGLISH MAILS. HOMEWARD —DIRECT MAILS. Kaikoura, leaving March 19, due London April 28. Doric, leaving April 2, due London May SAN FRANCISCO MAILS, Monowai, leaving on February 27, due London March 30. Alameda, leaving on March 26, due London April 27. OUTWARD—DIRECT MAILS Ruahine, due colony March 21. Tongariro, due Port Chalmers March 22 SAN FRANCISCO MAILS. Mariposa, due colony March 23

MARRIAGE.

Joxks-Wallak.—On March 15,. at St. Stephen's Church, Ashburton, by the Rev. E. A. Scott, Rees Jones, of Wakanui Road, Asliburton, to Annie Emma, eldest daughter of Henry Wal la r, Farmer, of South Rangitata.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1892 CURRENT TOPICS.

The return of the land under culti vation and of tha produce thereof, for the County of Ashburton, is not so satisfactory as was anticipated. The produce of 96,841 acres of wheat amounts to 2,287,263 bushels, an average of only 23.62 bushel^, to the acre, which is very disappointing when it is remembered that this was ex pected to be the most prolific harvest yet reaped in the County. Oats, 30,888 acres, yielded 912,576 bushels, a fraction under 30 bushels to the acre, and barley, 1699 acres, produced 45,581 bushels, being at the rate of nearly 27 bushels to the acre. We are afraid that the bad weather that pre vailed while the statistics were being collected has led farmers to understate their yields of grain ; indeed, we have heard of instances in which crops that were thought to be ruined, after all pi*oduced a heavy yield of grain. As we have always contended, a change in the system of collecting the infor mation must be made if the return is to be accurate.

The discovery of the body of a mur dered woman in the house at Windsor, a densely-populated suburb of Mel bourne, the other day, has laid bare one of the most sensational series of crimes that has ever been recorded. Such a career of fraud, bigamy, and murder as that which is charged against the man of many aliases, whose latest name for himself is William's, was thought im possible in these days of civilisation, police and electricity. To the last of these three powefts we owe the fact that within a fortnight from the first discovery that a murder had been com mitted the horrible story that we now read has been built up by intelligence from the most distant parts of the earth. The strange part of the history is that Williams has so long escaped suspicion of murder, considering the number of his victims and his own questionable reputation.

What is the Guelph Fund ? is a, question that is frequently being asked just now. To answer it we must go back to the time when " ex tensive alterations" were being made in the map of Europe by the King of Prussia. On the death of King William the Fourth of England, who was also King of Hanover, the succes sion to the latter throne passed to his brother, the Duke of Cumberland, Queen Victoria being ineligible owing to the Salic law being in force in Hanover. The Duke of Cumberland was succeeded by his son, George V. of Hanover, who took up an attitude of hostility towards Prussia, which ended, in 1866, in his Kingdom be coming a Prussian province and him self an exile. Subsequently an agree ment was made between him and the King of Prussia by which he was to receive £2,400,0u0 in extinction of his claims to the Kingdom of Hanover. Before the money was paid, however, he renewed his pretensions to the throne, and the money was retained and is represented by the " Guelph fund " referred to in recent telegrams. We are left to assume that the Duke of Cumberlandhas made some approach to pledging his loyalty to the Kaiser.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

j Some interesting reading matter will be \ found on page 4. j At Norwood sheep yards next Monday, ; Messrs Todlmuter aud Jennings will have i r'nr saiti upwards of sixteen thousand store I sheep of various descriptions, particulars of ', which ate adveitised. j At a meeting of the Chertsey Sports Com mittee held on Thursday evening, the regulations of the Trot were altered. The words:—" n this event and in No. 3, all horses at breaking must pull and go within one chain," were ordered to be deleted. The ''North Otago Times" says that a few crops in that district are not yet in j stack. They were late in ripening, and this | too, was delayed by the spell ot wet weather. It is many years since crops were cut so late in the Oamaru district. The Australian cricket record was broken on March 7, when the Melbourne Club, in their match against Essendon, made the re markable total of 828, which exceeds the previous best Australian performance by twenty-five runs. R. M'Leocl contributed 324, Carr 99, Bruce 92, and Grumble 63, while the sundries numbered no less then 68. The " Wanganui Herald " says that if the Earl of Glasgow decliues to make all the ap pointments to the Council asked by the Government it does not follow that a disso lution will follow. The Government have nothing to do with impatient aspirants for political honors who clamour for a dissolu tion in the vain hope that it may bring them a tardy r.-cognition of their self estimated merits. "Its duty is to administer the affairs of the colony wisely and economically and to frame such laws as are necessary, for the wellbeing of the people. It is no part of its duty to carry on a running fight with the Opposition, or to play into its hands. What the country wants is political rest and not turmoil, r#<H*e work and less wrang ling." Mr Pyne, an English engineer resident at Cabui, in the service of the Ameer, tells a good story about his Highness and the Russians. Mr Pyne is stated to have been told it by the Ameer himself. Tlie Russian Governor of Turkistan sent to the Ameer saying that it was proposed to exercise some 500 artillery and cavalry on the Afghan frontier, and expressing the hope that it would not give rise to apprehensions on the part of his Highness. To this hj.s Highness replied that he had no objection, because a^ it happened he was about to exercise 5000 cavalry, artillery, and infantry on his side of the frontier „fc the same place, and there was plenty of room for both. The reply to this, after thanking his Highness, was that another more convenient site had been found for the proposed maiucuvrcs, Holloway's Fills asi» Oistsiknt.— Some occupitions tend to the development of certain diseases, and those who toil as miners arc peculiarly liable to rheumatism, lumbago, and other allied complaints. In the gold fields and copper mines Holloway's remedies have been largely patronised by the workers to their very great advantage, and they can b; confidently recommended as invaluable r -medics for inward congestion, spasms, and cramp in the bowefa, and those conditions of IhehuiLiS and liver to which tho-^e who work underground or in impure atmospheres are .<o peculiarly liable. For cuts, bruises, sprains, ar.d stiff joint?, tho action of Holloway's Ointment is eminently healing and soothing, and a supply should always be at band, in case of need

Robert B.^tes, woo liad been found drunk < ou a verandah on Wakanni road the even ing before was thi3 morning fh)'">d 10s and costs by Mr Robert Alcor.i J.P., or in de fault forty-eight hours' imprisonment. A special meeting of the Committee of the Horticultural Society for the purpose of discussing the proposal for a Chrysanthemum Show is appointe 1 for Monday evening at S o'clock at the Arcade Chambers. Evidence of the strong hold that the passion for horse-racing has obtained upon New Zealauders, especially in the North Island, is supplied by Tuesday's issue of the " Wan gair.u Herald " which contain 3 the pro grammes of no less than eleven race meet ings to come off in March, April, and May, occupying nearly seven columns of advertis ing spacj. An old soldier, named George Coysh, has died in the Wellington Hospital at the age of eighty-three. He joined the Royal | Marines, Plymouth divisbn, during the latter part of the reiga of George IV., and was stationed at Lisbon when that monarch died. He served under William IV. and her present Majesty, and came to the cjlony with the Gsth Regiment. Several instances of larrikinism have re cently been reported to the police, and some were reported to-day as the result of last night's work. These have been such pieces of wantonness as tearing gates off their hinges, smashing flower pots, and tearing down fences. The police have a suspicion of the guilty parties, and doubtless the young idiots who amuse themselves in this silly way will not relish an interview with the Resident Magistrate. " Woomera " thus discourses in the "Aus tralasian " —On the occasion of the last Aus tralian eleven visiting England, one of the team had, in addition to a lisp, a profound contempt for everything that was not strictly material, and those of the team who liked fun cultivated his company. He was sur prised at nothing. After hearing the finest cornet player iv England, he would remark, I " Thertha man in the thity band 'ud blow i that ehapth head off. " On a visit to the Dorc Gallery, he considered, "It wathn't bad for paintain, but for real thenery you want to go to Tathmania, " At the British Museum his ' want of veneration for the antique was a | source of wonder. Finally they showed him I an Egyptian mummy, and gave him some astounding particulars. He looked at it for a long time. At last the team thought i something in England had made an impres sion upon him, but he only wished to make sure before he spoke, and then blurted out, " Why, thelp me bob, 'c ith only a thuffed man ! They been ihold with that thing. " A sad disaster occurred at Greenstone, on the West Coast, last Sunday, when two children, named Kate and John Ryan, aged respectively six and four years, were killed by a landslip at 12.30 a.m., the father, mother, and two other children escaping as by a miracle. The house was built at the foot of a high terrace, and the heavy rain of Saturday caused a landslip, which com pletely smashed up the house in such a manner that it is a wonder any of the in mates escaped. The mother of the children is very much hurt in the side, and it is sup posed internally, and was lying in a dazed state when visited by the doctor. Michael Ryan, father, is hurt about the arms. The children killed were sleeping in the back part of the house nearest the terrace, and must have received the full force of the slip. The house was forced about fifty feet forward, and furniture and all were com pletely smashed up. The family retired to rest at 10.30 p.m, and at the time there was no sign of the hill slipping. The "Age" reports than an amusing comedy was enacted the other day in the Melbourne public offices. As many of the departments are overmanned to such an extent that nearly half the officers can be granted a holiday at any time without impairing tiie efficicii°y of the office work, it is customary when important races take place—-such, for instance, as the autumn meeting of the V.R.C.—for the heads ol the departments to grant a half holidaj' to some of their staff' on one day, a similar privilege being accorded to the remainder on the day following. Such an arrangement was made for yesterday, but just as the hands of the clouk pointed to noon it suddenly oc curred to the departmental heads that allow ing ofiicsrs to leave would be testimony to the accuracy of the contention of the "Age" that many of the departments are over manned. An order was issued cancelling the half holiday ; messengers, acting under instructions, rushed from room to room with the order. Although the dock had just struck 12, the officers in one department, singular to relate, had not departed, bu». in several others, true to the traditions of the service, they had disappeared down Collins-street at least five minutes before. On the evening of March 5. at the General Post Odice, Sydney, the detectives arrested a stylishly dressed young man in the act of posting a large number of circulars to Queensland. He gave the name of William Smith, and two days later ho was charged at the Central Police Court under the aliases of I>aae Isaacson, George Adams, and J. Brown with having committed a breach of the Printers and Publishers Act. Ho was accused of offering to deliver twenty-five printed circulars relating to the Sydney Gold Cup without having the printer s name and address thereon. There was a similar charge in connection with the Birthday Cup. The detectives state that the accused h;is been carrying on a bogus sweep under the sty!e of " Tattcrsall, care of G. Adams, box 591, G. I*. 0. " The circulars upon which the | prosecution are founded invited J 00,000 subscribers at 10s for the Birthday Cup, and 50,000 subscribers at £ 1 each for the Sydney Gold Cup, the first prize in each case being £25,000. Some of the genuine Tattersall's circulars were found in prisoner's house; also a quantity of letters from Victoria, each containing f 1 worth of stamps, and a cheque for £12 10j from New Zealand. A remand was granted on heavy bail. A singular feat in '? cartracing" was accomplished recently by a car-tracer of the New York Central Railway. That road had lost a ear, and sent out the tracer to look it up. He followed it west to P-ittsburg, then to Cincinnati, then to Chicago, and from there to St Louis. Here he lost track of it, but after some search found it had been in an accident and had been repainted, By some oversight the number had been changed, but taking thenewnumber, hechased th ; c r to Kansas City, where he found it had bjen loaded and sent on to Galveston. To Galveston he went, and there found that, after taking a fresh 10/ id, the car had gone to San Francisco, He woufc after it, but or reaching San Francisco found that the can had gone back to Galveston. So he went back to Galveston, and followed that car to New Orleans, to Mobile, to Atalanta, to halt a dozen places in Florida, then back to New Orleans, to Galveston again, and thence to Kansas City, and from there to Chicago. He had been on the hunt for over three months, but had got so close to the runaway that just as he had came into Chicago by one road the car left it over another on its way to Buffalo. At Buffalo he came up with the car and caught his fjrsfc sight of it. He had travelled almost continually for over thirteen weeks, traver-

THE MARKETS.

Grain and Produce.

The following is the Christchurch Corn Exchange repor; for the week ending March 19 :-- Wheat—All the reports from England inform us of less values, and the utmost price on f.a.q. cargoes, f.o.b. Lyttelfcon is 3s 7d, but we think a shade over this may be paid, as there arc twelve ships on tiie berth in Lyttelton, and little freight offeiing. We make this remark so as to be impartial. Oats—-Prices are a little lowf-.r, and we regret a large quantity of discoloted is offering. Baulky—Lots of G;ipe offering from Is lid to 2< 61; good malting very scarce. Cocksfoot—Good samples of heavy are wanted ; discolored is very sick. Rye crass—Plenty offering and few buyers; prices have droppe.l. Quotations below arc f.0.b., packages extra. Wheat—Hunters, 3s 6d ; I'earl, 3s 7d ; Tuscan, 'Ai 8d ; faulty ■: "•o-ding to quality, 2s 3d to 3*. Barley— Cape, Is lid to 2s (id. Oils —Good feed, Is (id to Is 7d ; milling. Is Bd. Ryegrass— Farmers, Is Gd to 2-s 3.1 ; dressed, 3$ 3-1 to I3s Gd. Cocksfoot, discolored, nominal, bright heavy to 4£d per Ib. Beans and Peas, none offering. Potatoes, 22s 6d at country stations. Butter, 7d to 9d per Ib. j Cheese, 3.Jd to 4d per lb.

Ashburton Markets.

MX .TOriN G. KESTELL Mr J. G. Rest 11 reports on Tuesday's sale, at Tinwald y irds, as follows :—The yards as at last week, were again full, over 19,000 sheep being yarded. My sales were as follows :—62 merino ewes and lambs (a poor lot), at 3s, all counted ; 244 crossbred lambs at 3.25, 170 merino ewes at 6s 9J. Daring the week I have placed 353 old merino ewes at 3s 9d, 1000 sound mouth merino ewes at 7s 10d, 700 sound mouth merino ewes at 7s 9d, also a lii.c of 700 half bred lambs at 10s 6d.

MESSRS MILES AND CO.

Messrs Miles and Co. (per Mr George Jameson) report for the week ending March 18: — ; Live Stock —At the Tinvvald Yards on I Tuesday there was a very large entry of stock, and a good attendance of farmers and buyers from North and South Canterbury ; and notwithstanding the very large entry nearly every lot was cleared at satisfactory prices. The total number yaided comprised 19,225 sheep, 33 head of cattle and 126 pigs, of which we sold 8759 sheep, 5 head oT cattle, and 31 pigs, as follows: —119 fat crossbred ewes at lCs 9d ; 47 crossbred two tooths at 12s 9d ; 94 crossbred ewes at lls ; 104 crossbred ewes at 10s Id ; 344 merino ewes at 8s; 272 four, six, and eight-tooth crossbred ewes at 14s 3d ; 1240 merino wethers at 5s 10.1; 166 crossbred wethers at 14s ; 91 merino wethers at 9s ; 140 cross bred ewes at 9s 9d ; 355 merino ewes at 4s 4d ; 337 crossbred lambs at JOs 7d; 521 crossbred ewes at 13s; 631 merino wethers at 7s 6d ; 289 crossbred lambs at 10s lOd ; 1160 merino ewes at (is 3d to 6? 4d; 306 merino esves at 4s 7d ; 165 fat lambs at lls 3I; 300 two-tooth crossbreds at 12s 6:1; 211 crossbred ewes at 13* 4d; 161 two-tooth crossbreds at 13s ; 40 fat crossbred ewes at 133; 898 merino ewes at Qs ; 20 merino ewes at 4a ; 23 crossbred ewes at 9s Id ; 3 fat heifers for £14 10s ; 2 fat cows at £4 17s 6,1. Private Sales—During the week we have sold 300 two-tooth crossbreds at 13s 9J ; 84 two-tooth crossbreds at 9s 9d; 340 crossbred lambs at 10s ; 400 merino ewes at 4s ; and a line of crossbred two-tooths at 12s. Clearance Sale—On Tuesday morning at the Tinwalcl Yards, before the sheep sale, I we held a clearing sale of draught horses ' and farm plant on account of Mr E. Austee, who is leaving the district. The following are the prices reaVsed : —1 bay mare, £25 ; 1 grey gelding, £25 ; 1 superior bay gelding, A2B 10s; an aged gelding, £15; double furrow plough, £18; dray, £9 10s; collar, hames, and winkers, 27s 6>l, 30s, 32s 6d, 32s 6d ; cart saddle and breeching, £2 7s 6.1 ; i horse covers, 9s, 12s ; and a quantity of sundries at full market value. MR DAVID THOMAS. Mr David Thomas reports on the live stock markets in the Ashbuiton district for the week ending March 18, ns follows: — Live Stock —On Tuesday at the Tinwald Yards the usual weekly sale of live stock was held. There was again a very heavy entry of sheep, close upon 20,000 being placed on offer by Mie various auctioneers. The attendance of the public was very large, and judging by the apathy displayed when the fat shesp were being offered, a very con siderable drop in values might have been j pxpected. No sooner, however, were the store pans reached than quite a different aspect was placed on the mitter. Farmers came to the front, and although the biddings were not quite so fast and furious as of la'e, still it may be safely said that the sheep last sold brought as good values as any of those sold earlier in the day. Good, young, sound breeding and turnip sheep were al most conspicuous by their absence, the majority of the entry being made up of crossbred and merino ewes of doubtful ages, large numbers of lambs of various qualities, and two large lines of good merino wethers. The totals yarded for the day comprised 19,253 sheep, 35 head of cattle, and 126 pigs, of which my entry consisted of 9893 sheep, 28 head of cattle, and 95 pigs, my principal sales being as follows :—56 fat merino ewes, 7s ; 62 do do, 6s 3d ; 53 crossbred ewes and wethers, llsGd; 76 merino ewes, 4s lid; 50 fat merino ewes, 7s 3d ; 8 crossbred wethers, 12s 6d ; 06 merino ewes, 5s 2d and 5s 3d ; 65 fat meriao ewes, 6s 6d ; 39 cull merino ewes, 33 ; 97 merino wethers, fat, 9s ; 47 crossbred lambs, 9s 6d; 61 crossbred lambs, 10s 9d ; 183 cull merino wethers, 3s 7cl; 152 crossbred two-tooths, lls lOd ; 164 merino ewes, 6s ; 200 crossbred ewes, mixed ages, 10s 9d ; 238 crossbred lambs, 10s 7d ; 90 cull crossbred lambs, 7s 7d ; 140 merino ewes, 6s 6d ; 80 crossbred lambs 9s 7d ; 200 crossbred lambs, 9s 2d ; 458 crossbred lambs, 9.3 9d ; 430 merino ewes, 63 7d; 30 merino ewes, 4s lid; 2 crossbred fat sheep, 14s; 350 crossbred ewes, lls ; 200 crossbred two tooths, 13s 2d ; 200 full-mouth merino wethers, 6s; 1518 do do 5s lOd ; 364 cross bred lambs, 8.3 \d ', 237 crossbred ewes, 9s 5d ; 520 merino ewes, 5s lOd j 167 merino ewes, 6s 7d ; 216 crossbred ewes, lls ; 293 merino cull ewes, 3s 6d ; 27 crossbred ewes, culls, 63 6d; 111 merino wethers, 4s 7d j 652 merino ewes, 5s ; 34 fat merino wethers, 9s ; 100 merino ewes, 5s 6d ; 400 merino ewes, 4s 31; 223 cull merino ewes, 2s 3d ; 63 crossbred ewes, 7s 9d; 156 fat crossbred lambs, Zls sd. Of all the large entry very few sheep were passed out unsold. Cattle—The sale of catfe was so late hat most of the lots of beef wero sold privaioly. I sold 2 head at £5 5s ; I an £5 2s 6d ; 1 at £3 10s; 2 at £3 ss; I at £5 10s ; 1 at £2 15s ; 2at £5 ; 9yeatiL:gsat£l 19s ; yearling heifers, 17s to £1 5s ; old cows, £1 7s (id ; etc. Pk.'s—l clearei my entry as follows :•—27 stubblers, 17s; 14 baconers, ±1 3s 6d ; 11 slips, lls; 7 baconers, 26s 6d ; 7 baconers, 24s ; 17 stubblers, 13s, 12 stubblers, 9s 6d. Private Salks—Dining the week I have sold 274 fat merino wethers, 12s ; 200 cross bred lambs, 10.3; 64 four-tooth crossbred ewes, 15s ; 399 crossbred lambs, 9s 6d ; and 200 crossbred lambs at 10s. There are several lir.es now under inspection which may lead to business. Horse Market— On Saturday at the Arcade I held my usual weekly sale of horses, drays, traps, harness, and sundries, anil I have to report that it was the most lively and satisfactory sale I have held since taking over the business. There was a very large attendance of farmers and others, and biddings reminded one very forcibly of what they used to be some 'ten years ago. Forty five horses and a large quantity of con- , tractor's plant was brought forward for sale, j The horses, although (e\v of them were I heavy draughts and still fewer young, brought good values ;those belonging to Mr Hanson realising as follows ; —£lo, £14 10s, £20 10s, £23, £16, £15, £4' ss; drays, £10 to £12; harness, £2 to £3 10s; drill, £23 10s ; three-furrow plough, £i 5 ; D.F. plough j Jt's 5s ; disc harrows, £8 ss; swingletrecs, £4; etc. Other entries made for draughts, five Vinci six years old, £19 to £23; aged draughts, £9, £12, to £17 10s, as per descrip tion ; light harness horses, £7 to £}3; hacks, to £() 10s ; screws, £1 to £2. Land- inquiries are now becoming more numerous although so far very Httle business has resulted. I have several desirable farms on my books for sale. Farms to let cannot be got, although there is a great demand for them.

CANTERBURY RAM FAIR.

(PER PitESS ASSOCIATION.^

CiiiusTOiuißcir, March 18. The Canterbury ram fdir was held at Aldington show ground-; to-day. A heavy north east rain-fell all d;ty. There were 2000 entries, and nearly all were quitted at satisfactory prices. The highest prices were got for Jiordor and English fieice^ters, up to 3L guineas fur Borders, and i>9 guinea -i for English, beingobtained. Thoi-e Wiis a small entry for downs, for which there was a keen competition. Piie merinos were few and not much sought after. The following were the fales made on account of Ashburton owners :-— For Mr John Grigg, Longbeach, 60 English Leicester*, at from sis to 22gs ; 16 Linooln-Leieesters at from 3|gs to sigs ; GO Shropshire Downs, at 2fgs to 4igs. For Mr Max Friedlanrier, 0 pure bred Hampshire Downs, at- 4|«rs to sgs ; 20 _ Luicolns at 4gs to 4^gs f 9 English Leicestors ac sigs to 6gs. " For Mr F. M. Rickman, 90 Shropshire Downs at lg to (if us ; 10 Lincoln ram lambs at Ijgs; 10 English Leicesters at 3^gs. For Mr P. Cunningham, Brown's Farm, 25 Shrop shire Downs ao 2gs to 3gs. For Mr W. Lyttelton, Rokeby, Kakaia, 58 merinos a* |g to lg, 1 Shropshire Down at 3gs. For the Lowcliffe estate, 40 Lincolns at from 4|gs to 10gs.

Parliamentary Resigna tion.

(I SB J?IvES» ASSOCIATION.)

Dunedin, March 18, Mr J. YV. Thompson, member for Bruce, lias resigned his seat iv Pailiament.

N. Z. Rifle Association.

[per press association.]

Trentham, March 18. It has been discovered there waa no tie between Purnell and Doughty for the championship, as the former had been credited with 27 instead of 26 at the 700 yards range in the Grand Aggregate Match, which g-ive him a total" grand aggregate of 508, or a point behind Doughty. In firms off the tie for tenth place in the Championship, Sontag made 14 to •Sedgwick's 9 and takes the position, though before firing they agreed to divide the money. The Union Company's Cup was decided this morning, ten shots at 700 yds being added to the aggregate in the Nelson^ Christchurch, and Otago matches. This event is second in importance to the 'Championship, and Doughty was again top scorer with a total of 243, having made 36 in the anal stage. Jonest Wakari, made 43 and finished with 242 ; Spiers be;ng third with 239. Only ten of the twenty qualified took part in the ma toll. A. .). Cameron, Tenui, won the tie in the District, Representation Match for the Martini-Henry rifle presented by Hon. Mr t.-'odd on. The total number of rounds of Martini ammunition fired during the meeting was 43.239. " & The amount of money taken for sighting sh_ots is £193 4s, being an increase of £55 Is 3d over the Napier meeting. The following are winners of £20 and over :—Doughty, Auckland, £55 ; Pur nell, Wanganui, £45 ; T. Jones, Wakari, £31 : Kpier.s, Oamaiu, £28 ; Ro.ss, Napier, £21 ; W. Dallicigar, Wellington, £21.

CRICKET.

ENGLAND V. VICTORIA.

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M.KLi;ori:>fK, March 18. The Englishmen made 184 in their first innings; Grace 44, Stoddart 32. The Victorians only in-ido 100 in their second essay (Bruce 50) leaving the visitors 53 to make to win.

THE Windsor Murder.

[per press association

SENSATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS

London, March 17.H The enquiries prosecuted by the police show that Frederick Deeming, alias Williams, was born near London. He served as a steward in various sailing ships during the early part of his iife, and in 1881 married a woman named Mary James, at Birkenhead. They had two children—Bertha Mary, born in Sydney, and a boy named Sydney, born at sea. Williams re turned to England in 1890, and a boy named Dila was born at Birkenhead. The bodies found at Rainhill are those of the wife and children. A copy-book found in the house bears the name of Bertha Deeming. It has been ascer tained that another woman is missing, who was last seen in Williams' com pany in 1890. Deeming, under the name of Harry lawson, and describ ing himself as an Australian farmer, lodged with Mrs Matheson, of Bever ley, and married her daughter in May of that year. He gave her a large quantity of jewellery, but afterwards decamped, and eventually deserted her at Hull at the end of the honeymoon, taking away with him the jewellery lie had given her. The articles had been obtained from local tradesmen under false pretences, and a warrant was issued against Lawson, who was ar rested in Uruguay and extradited to Hull, where he was imprisoned on the charge for nine months. During the proceedings it came out that he had already been married at Birkenhead. Williams was released last July. Many robberies occurred in the vicinity of Itainhill and St. Helen's last year. From the position in which the bodies were found it is supposed cement was poured on them wet. The police are now digging in the pantry which also bears the traces of being neat.ly cemented. It is believed the heavy luggage which Williams is known to h/ive sent away contained the blood stained clothes of his victims. It is supposed the murders were committed on August 10, a few days after the villa was rented. On examining the bodies disinterred at Rainhill it was found that the baby's brains had been dashed out. Although the police are making a minute search they do not expect to find any more bodies. The press ridicule the idea that Wil liams is Jack the Ripper. The residents of Rainhill frequently had their suspicions aroused by Wil liams' behaviour, The postman always Used to find the doors bolted. Williams visited London on Saturdays and Mon days, and made a great display of dia mond rings and nuggets. He was once known to flourish notes to the value of £1000. Mklijouune, March 18. Williams is now known to the police glider the names of Deeiningj Lawson >

Drew or Droiun, and Bailey. He fiist disappeared from Sydney in October, 1887, and is then supposed to have gone to England. lie returned to Sydney between that and the present dates. He alleges his wife and chil dren died in South Africa of inter mittent fever. After the murder of his wife and four children at Denhatn Villa, Rain hill, he visited his sister-in-law, and on her enquiring for his wife and family he stated that they were at Brighton, and, according to the last letter he had received, were well and happy. Before leaving Rainhill for Australia, Williams sent the hsavy box by rail to Plymouth. He gave the railway officials the name of Wilson, stating that his address was Prescott, a town eight miles from Liverpool. Some question arose with regard to the carriage of the box, and tho railway de partment wrote to Wilson, but the letter, which had been addressed to Prescott, was returned to the Dead Letter Office. The police are now trying to trace the box. The inquest on the remains of the woman and children opens at Rainhill to-morrow. In the course of their enquiries, the police have found out that a passer-by heard screams issuing from Denham Villa on the 10th of August, and it is now thought that was the date on which the murder was committed. The police dug up the floor of the pantry to-day, and also ex plored other rooms in the house, but no other bodies were discovered. Deeming has eight brothers and two sisters. On his way home from Aus tralia in 1890, he stopped for some time at the Cape, and purchased a lion, which he brought on to Liverpool. His wedding with Miss May Matheson was celebrated with considerable dis play, but many of the girl's neighbors and friends did not like the look of the man, and were inclined to regard him as a pretender and fraud. The honeymoon was spent at the Station Hotel, in Hull. He obtained a large quantity of jewellery from Reynoldson, a jeweller in Hull, but did not pay for it immediately. As soon as Reynoldson learnt that Williams (or Lawson as he was then j called) had decamped after his honey ' moon, he issued a warrant for his J arrest. The trial took place in Hull ; in. October, 1890. While he was ! serving his sentence the police were J communicated with regarding his past career, with the result that it was discovered he had married a woman named Mary James, at Birkenhead, in February, 1880, and that the issue of the marriage was four children. It was at first the intention of Miss Matheson's friends to proceed against Lawson for bigamy as soon as he gained his freedom, but the action bad to be abandoned owing to some legal difficulty that barred the way. Lawson was released from Hull gaol on Ju'y 13. Failing to re-establish his relations with the girl he had duped into an illegal marriage, he went to Rainhill. Deeming's brother viewed the bodies of the murdered woman and children at Rainhill, and identified them as the remains of his brother's wife and family. The woman's sister has also identified the remains. The landlord of the Commercial Hotel in Rainhill says that he saw Williams after he had spent two nights at Denham Villa, and he noticed that his coat was bespattered with blood. This was about the time Williams is supposed to have com mitted the deed. (Received March 19, 10.15 a.m.) London, March 18. It is supposed that Williams' first wife, wishing to stop his relations with another woman, insisted on leaving Birkenhead for Rainhill, and there upon was murdered in order to leave him free to continue his courtship of Miss Mather. It appears the pantry in Denham Villa has been cemented since the murder to avoid a smell which had been noticed. Deeming inspected several houses at Rainhill which included a clause in the agreement giving permission to' cement floors. It is believed the boxes sent to Plymouth contained clothes and the earth which was removed from under the floor. A box of clothes has been found at Falmouth, some of the gar ments in which are stained with blood. The inquest on the remains has been adjourned. Received March 19, 12.40 p.m.) Perth, March 19. Williams arrived at Perth in custody yesterday. When arrested he declared his innocence,. iraintaining that his name was Swanson, not Williams. The police, however, have secured large quantities of his effects, including photographs and correspondence, which, it is understood, established his identity, During the joarney to York Williams ate and slept little, and fainted twice, but maintained a cheerful appearance, and spoke confidently of his ability to !| prove his innocence. At York railway j station he addressed the crowd, telling them he was innocent, but had been victimised by women. At Perth thou sands of people were in waiting for his arrival. The prisoner looked travel worn and anxious, but put on an air of bravado.

Wellington, March 17. A man, believed to be Williams, the Windsor murderer, was in Wellington during 1888, when he was a clothes hawker and swindled a Cuba street shop keeper out of £80. He is believed to have gone from New Zealand to South Africa. New Plymouth. March 19. With reference to the Windsor murder, ! many here say that a man named Arthur Williams, who on December 28, 189Q', was charged with assaulting a girl at Ingle wood, is the same man who is now under arrest. He got off with a fine of £15. or a month's imprisonment. Williams, paid the fine and costs, coming to nearly £2Q. Williams was hawking cloth about. He had a great deal of jewellery, and'from the description of the man charged with murder, many here think he was the same man,

Canterbury A. and P. Association.

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Ohhistchurch, March 18. The annual meeting of the Canterbury A- and P. Association was held to-night when the report showed ie to bo in a good position. Mr Henry Over ton was elected president; Mr John Oriug, vice pre sident ; and Mr David Craig, re-elected treasurer foi the ensuing yuir. Dr Frankish gave an interesting resume of his visit Home, crediting Nelson Bros. with doing their utmost in England to maintain the position and .secure a good sale for New Zealand mutton. The motion to name the new show grounds " Onslovv Park," was rejected, Mr .John Grisrg strongly resenting the proposal on the ground that Bis Excellency had displayed political lean in? towards the present Government's taxation measures when being entertained by the citizens of Chriutchurch before leaving. Therefore the Association should not pay him such a compliment. Sir John Hall regretted Lord Onslow's remarks, but wished it noted that during his term of office he had been scrupu i lously attentive to the farming interests, and had kept aloof from politics, pointing out that hia last act with respect to the nominations for the Upper Hou.se counter balanced this. Mr Reginald Foster laid before the meeting hia proposal for a better system of ear-marking than now existed. He proposed that tho New Zealand tar-mark should be on the ewe lamb on the near side and the ram on the off. There should be a heavy penalty for altering the brand:?, and then they would have one ear free for stfcd brand, &c. By this means (he stealing of sheep would be checked because owners would have a means of tracing their sheep which now did not exist. Mr Foster explained that he had devised an alphabetical system of earmarks by which 400 different com binations could be got.

SPORTING.

HAWKE'S BAY AUTUMN MEETING.

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Hastings, Marsh 18. The weather opened gloriously for the second day, bufc heavy rain fell late in the afternoon. The attendance was large, and £5908 was put through the machine. The following are the. results :— March Handicap, of 75 soys ; one mile.—Merganser, 6sfc, 1 ; Bay Bell, 6st 71b, 2 ; Torpedo, 6st, 3. Nine ran. Won comfortably by a length. Time—lmin 44sec. Dividend—£s" 18s. •Second Handicap Hurdles, of 100 soys ; one and three-quarter mile,— Whalebone, 9st 101b, 1; Oouranto, list 121b, 2; General Gordon, 10sfc3. Nine ran. Won by two lengths. Time—3min 24 2-sth sec. Dividend—£ls 9s. Juvenile Handicap, of 75 soys; six furlongs. —Wakawatea, 9st 121b, 1 ; Variety, 7st 101b, 2 ; St. Kafcherine, &jt 51b, 3. Si\ ran. Won easily by a length. Time—lmin 16 4-sth sec. Dividend — .£2 3s. Burke Memorial Stakes, of 200 sov^ ; one mile and a half.—Crown Jewel, Bsfc 21b, 1 ; The Dreamer, 7st 21b, 2 ; Pearl Powder, 6st 101b, 3. Nine stared. Won by half a length after a slashing race. Time—2min 38 4-sfch sec. Dividend— £3 2s. ! Pacific Handicap, of 30 soys ; once round.— Oomo, 7st 101b, 1 : Prairie Grass, 6st7lb, 2 ; Silverinine, 7st 91b, 3, Five ran. Won by a length. Time—lmin 54 l-sth sec. Dividend—£2 14s. j Post Stakes, of 30 soys; once round. ! —Link, Bst, 1 ; Liquidator, Bsb, 2; Memorates, 7st 31b, 3. Won easily. Time—lmin 55 4-sbh sec. Dividend—£l 17s. Place Handicap, of 70 soys ; one mile. —Lochness, Bs>t 21b. 1 ; Dreamer, Bsb, I 2; Dreamland, Bst 121b, 3. Retina also ran. Won by a length. Time—lmin 49sec. Dividend—£s Bs. i

CANTERBURY JOCKEY CLUB.

AUTUMN MEETING,

Napier, March 18. The following weights have been de clared for the Canterbury Jockey Club's Autumn Meeting :— The Gbbat Eastek, Handicap, of 500 sows. ; penalties for winners. Seven furlongs. st lb sfc lb Clanranald ... 9 5 Carronade ... 7 6 Boulanger ... 9 2 Galtee ... 7 6 M. England 9 2 Lady Zealand 7 6 Morpheus ... 812 Breadalbane 7 5 Quadrant ... 8 12 Begina (dead) 7 5 Cruchtield ... 812 Conjurer ... 7 4 Prime Wardenß 6 Ilium ... 7 * Fraternite ... 8 5 Adieu ... 7 4 Blizzard ..,8 3 Merganser ... 7 3 Retina ...8 3 Itanee Nuna 7 1 Kulnine ... 8 2 Diadem ... 7 0 Recluse ... 8 2 Pique ... 612 Huguenot ... 8 1 Young Cheviot 611 Dreamland ... 8 1 May fi 10 Palliser ... 8 0 Tassy ... 6 7 Flinders ... 8 0 Tom Field ... 6 7 Freelance ... 711 Dormeur ... 6 7 Hipuomenes 711 Dialetera ... 6 7 Thame ... 7 10 Q. of Hearts 6 7 Heather Bell 7 9 Wanganui ... 6 7 Tempest ... 7 8 Patience ... 6 7 Johnny F^a 7 7 The Great Autumn Handicap, uf 500 sovp ; penalties for winners, One mile and a half, sfc. lb. St. lb. Dudu ... 9 0 Hippomenes 7 3 M. England... 8 13 Heather Bell 7 2 Boulangpr ... 810 Tempest .7 i Cruchtield ... 8 10 Merganser ... 7 0 Occident .., 8 9 Diadem , 613 Crackshofc ...8 9 Ranee Kuna 6 12 Clanranald ... 8 5 Johnny Faa 612 Morion ... 8 4 Galtee ... 6 11 Prime Warden 8 2 Dilemma ...6 10 Fraternite ... 8 0 Fairchild ... 610 Blizzard ... 713 Ilium ... 6 9 Morpheus ... 7 12 Breadalbane 6 8 Flinders ... 711 Awarua Rose 6 8 Recluse ... 711 May ... 6 7 Retina ... 7 11 Tom Field ... 6 7 Palliser ... 710 Coinage ... 6 7 Kulnine ... 7 9 Don Pedro ... 6 7 Free Lance... 7 5 Patience ... 6 7 The Dreamer 7 5 Wanganui 6 7 Thame ... 7 5

WALKING TOTALISATORS.

I Dunedin, March 18. The Dunedin Jockey Club have endorsed the Wanganui Club's disqualifi cation of the bookmakers Yuille, Nathan, and May, for laying totalisator odds. They also resolved to offer ten pounds reward for the conviction of any person laying or accepting totalisafcor odds on the Forbury raceqoursp, and to absolutely prohibit cash betting.

The Fire Brigades' Demonstration.

(PER PBESS ASSOCIATION,)

Christchukch, March 18. The Manual Engine event, five men, resulted as follows :■-- Christchurch City, 4Ssec.s ... 1 Ashburfon, 48 4-sth sees (includ ing 4sccs p. n-iliy) ... 2 Itangiora, 49secs 3

TELEGRAPHIC. HOME AND FOREIGN.

PER i'KKSS ASSOCIATION

RUSSIA IN POLAND.

St. PETirKSBUBO. March 17. One hundred and fifty thousand men are employed on the construction of forts and military railways in Poland.

THE ANARCHISTS.

Paris, March 17. A timely discovery of guncotton by an official prevented an explosion in a house in Paris. The police seized a chemical apparatus and electric coils in the houses of the anarchists arreuted this week, but no dynamite. Five arrests have been made in all.

OBITUARY

London, March 17. News has been received of the death of Professor Freeman, the well-known historian, who succumbed to the small pox at Alicante, in Spain. CHARITABLE BEQUEST. By the death of a lady named Miss Stevens, the local charities of Glasgow will benefit to the extent of £500,000. EXECUTION OF POACHERS. The poachers, for whose reprieve an outcry was raised, have been executed. A. discussion was raised on the subject in the House of Commons. Mr Mat thews declared that the murders were deliberately done, and of a frightful character. The (t Daily Chronicle" refers to Mr Matthews as '' the hanging Home Sec retary," and condemns the mad policy of his refusal to commute the sentence. It regards the men as victims of the game laws. THE BANK OF ENGLAND. At a meeting of the Bank of Eng land shareholders Mr Lidderdale, the governor, said that the dividend would be 5 per cent. The total amount of Baring's liabilities had proved to be £30,000,000. Eight millions worth of assets had been realised so far, and there would apparently be a surplus of £3,000,000. He did not believe that the guarantee would suffer. The out look in the Argentine was favourable, and he advised them to continue to realise slowly.

AUSTRALIAN.

VICTORIAN RAILWAY AFFAIRS. Melbourne, March 18. The Governor upon the advice of the Cabinet has suspended the Rail way Commissioners, on. the ground of inefficiency and mismanagement. Messrs Francis, General Traffic Manager, Renwick, Engineer-in Chief, and Keeble, recently Assistant Traffic Manager, will be gazetted to the racancies.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Auckland, March 36. Rain fell during the day, and spoiled the holiday. The annual fete of the Ca'holic school children in the domain, as well as all other events, had to be postponed, with the exception of some swimming sports. A very successful agricultural show was held at Franklyn. Miss Maning, eldest daughter of the late .Judge Maning is dead. She was bom in the Hokianga district about 1843, and was educated at Hobart. For many years she lived in this city, and it was here she died. The celebrated chief Hauraki, who fell in Heke's war, was her uncle, and the later years of Miss Mailing's life have been devoted to writing reminiscences of early New Zea land, compiled from her own experiences and the manuscripts of her father. Auckland, March 18. To-night Messrs F, Lawry, M.H.R, and H. M. Wilson, who went, to inspect the proposed route of the trunk railway, returned to Auckland. They consider the route is greatly inferior to the alter native course via Stratford, so far as the area and quality of the land opened up ia concerned. The libel action brought by Mr Brigham, Secretary of the Harbor "Board, against Messrs Kelly and Barlf, proprietors of the " Observer," in which plaintiff claims £200 damages, occupied the Court all day. Defendants plead justification. Wellington, March 17. Mr T. Kennedy Macdonald has been re-elected to the directorate of the Wellington Woollen Company. Ministers some time ago decided that they Avould, out of "unauthorised," expenditure redeem the land scrip issued to old soldiers who were incapacitated by age or infirmity from taking up or occupying land. The concession was afc first intended for services in the Imperial Army, but Ministers have now deter^ mined to place the old members of tfee local forces on a par with those of the regular troops. Wellington, March 18. The Chief Justice has ordered the libel case of George Hutchison v Ballance and Boyle to be heard at Wanganui, before a special jury of twelve, on April 6. A young man of eighteen named Joe Perkins, is supposed to have been drowned in the Kuamahanga River, near Greytown. He went to cross at 8 a.m., and his horse was found with the bridle broken, on the opposite side. After an unusually long spell of dry weather, heavy rain set in yesterday, and it is pouring to-day, Dunebin, March 15. At the meeting of the Charitable Aid Board it was stated that the requisition for next year by the Industrial School was £793 more than that for lasc year, and by the Benevolent Trustees £500 more. This would require a vote of £124(3 from the local bodies more than last year, of which Dunedin would have to pay £416. Platinum in minute steel-grey giains is found on the Waipapa and Six Mile Bsaches, where the gold dredges are afc work, and efforts are now being made to save it. Dunkdin, March 18. Two attached shops with dwelling rooms above, at North-east y alley, wefe burned down this morning. The build ings was insured in the National office for £35,0 ; Nichols' stock and furniture in the South British for £150 : and Leckie, the other tenant, was uninsured.

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