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The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1892. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The value of the prizes given at the Ellesmere show this year amounted to £287 103 6d, being nearly £60 more than the amount paid away last year. A full rehearsal of " The Messiah," with orchestra, will take place at the School of Music to-morrow evening at eight. All taking a part in the production should make it a point to be present. We remind the public of the anniversary services to be held on Sunday next in the Newlands Primitive Methodist Church. The Rev J. Cocker will be the preacher. A public tea will take place on the following Monday, for which a good programme has been provided. The friends are expecting to have a good attendance. The North Canterbury Board of Edu cation yesterday held a special meeting to consider the appointment of head master to the boys' department of the Normal School. A motion by Mr A. Saunders—to the effect that in face of the strong protest contained in a petition from the parents, the Board would not be justified in removing the present head master, Mr Wilton—w&s negatived by five to four. Mr Adams, head master of the Waimate High School, was appointed head master. * At a special meeting of the New Zealand Rugby Football Union held at Wellington on Wednesday it waa decided to send a New Zealand Union team to Australia early next season, playing matches in Queensland and New South Wales. It was also decided to postpone the English tour until 1894. Mr F. Palliser, of the Agent-General's office, London, was appointed to represent the New Zealand Union on the English Union. A peculiar circumstance occured at the encampment of the Heretaunga Mounted Rifles on the Agricultural Show Ground at Petonelast week. The men were being drilled in the building used the previous week for the display of the produce ex hibits, when five of them went into a dead faint, and seven others also fell ill. All recovered on being taken into the open air. The cause of their indisposition is unac countable. The new mauager of the Ashburtori warehouse of the New Zealand Clothing Factory, Mr Alexander Hendry, from the firm's Nelson- establishment, has not been long in finding the ins and outs of his new location, and is already getting well ac quainted with the customers and the public. We have no doabt that he will prove as successful as Mr Webber was before him and as he himself was in Nelson. We remind our readers of the sale of work and cake competition which »re to be held on Friday and Saturday in aid of the building fund of the Wcsleyan Church, recently removed to Baring Square, A large expenditure has been incurred in re moving, renovating and adding to the church premises, and the ladies of the con gregation have been busy for some time past with various kinds of work which they offer for sale in the Old Town HaH on Friday at 2 p.m. and on Saturday from 10 a.m. The Christchurch Resident Magistrate's Court was occupied the greater psyrt of Wednesday hearing a number of charges preferred against geveral Christchurch publicans for infringement of section 19 of the Beer Duty Act. Several of the de fendants were each fined a 5 and costs, and in other cases the informations were dis» missed. For failing to cancel stamps on certain beer casks William Scarlett, brewer, was fined 20s and costs on two #h#rges. The Auckland "Observer " tells of a mean man. He employs a number of girls to help him in his business, lyast pay day one of these girls asked leay/e of absence for a few minutes, in order tij*t she migh£ "g<j aiid get a tooth drawn. She was in muc'rpain and was allowed to go. But when she came back she was informed that threepence would be deducted trom the not too ex tpayagant sum she received as weekly wage?, as this may appear it is nevertheless a fact, ft isromputed that Auckland contains more mgan regn to the square inch than any other eifcy in the colony, In our report of a case recently .heard before the Christehureh Supreme Court, w# gave currency to the common report ant} general belief in the district, fchafc the Robert Stewart, mess steward of the j Pufcaki, found guilty of the theft of £18 ipgm the mate of the steamer, was Robert Stewath foe some time a clerk at the AshW/oS jt^lway station. Having beard the statement questfoj^jd, we at once wrote to Inspector fender/ who informs us that the two men are no]b indfcntical, ff.no tj?at the Robert Stewart G©ny«?ted had be^n for several years in the Shipping Company's service. We hasten to correct the state ment we made, and to express our regret at fraying 4onp Mr Stewart a great but un intentional injustice, Mr 0, E. Hug© tyad $ fajr audience at the Orange Hall la3t night, in spijfce of £ hg bad weather, a»d hjs entertaining an.d instruc tive lecture en " physiognomy " waa[much appreciated, as well a§ jthe delineations of character which he g»ye afterwwd.*.. fhe walls of the hall are hung with sketches aijd drawings of celebrities from all ages and #UJon«i the study of which in itself is welt worfcij ifch# ojrice of admission. Mr Hugo is evidently a tfwougb master of the poncil. He draYs face-i a#<i Oil the black board as he piTfie^ds v \v^h h/s Jecture. To-morrow night Mr Hugo wjM J ■&#?s ## the hwid. Mr Hugo stays in town (ov q. few days, and charts of character can be obtaift&dfrom hint by patrors at the Orange Hall, duriug hours advertised by him. ' The Napier .*• yeljSgranh " learns that the brown beetle is playing ii^vftti jy .some of the crchards in the Hawke'a B.ay dis^riwt, and tija*-. unless united action is taken by th,e garden^ tfe# pest will prove eveji a gr,ea,ter nuisance than tfe« t^rljin moth. In one orchard at the Greetftnpdoys the beetles have made a sorry exhibition of so«#£ o£ ttye ; fruit trees. Of late tfrey hay« settled in that locality in millions j iv fact, on occasions the air is fcimply g^arming with the pest. Spraying, wo are told, to #ugh ii,stances is useless, for once the treeg *»d ground have been infected nothing will giio-vv- V. Te might state that anyone desir ing fDP^h^ if%fpn«ation on the subject should &cc Mr ife^bmk f of the Green meadows. The bgeses/ are not confined to the C»reewu)e.adoivp/ j,G£ ttyiy i have even got so far as Ifapier, ml pf the private gardens on the lulls feaye 1 alrfiaAy .experienced their invasion. There appealed a kfg Ploud oi tnsm iv the air» And th,c iaseot>»"ji[FtHfaiil }y settled on the trees, HOLU»WMr'# PW^S 4»p QumfXMl $&$ I rapidly favorable effect in alj tljose .diseases which are induced by exposure to damp ,pr by great changes in temperature. They will therefore be found '.eminently serviceable to £feose who work in iron foundries, copper mines, and collitries. These well-known remedies eres/ant manifest advantages in respect of use and p^e/jtiveness, are entirely compounded of v«gst»bl9 dr«^ fitted with the greatest care ai»rl regirdtew o* pijfto. When used in accordance with we amplg I printed directions which accompany tltem? they act surely but mildly, »nd r ,,do not Afturfere with the daily work, lhere are I fastfeap diseasos which are not capab c of ! ti^re -«f., &p «Jf events, of great relief-if Hol[owa> 'b r«w«i^s ## pgrswvCTiogiy used.

NATIVE LAND LEGISLATION

There is a great deal of truth in the assertion made in a recent telegram referring to the Native land question, that if only some means could be found of opening up to European settlement the millions of acres now in the hands of the Maori tribes, arid which the owners turn to little or no practical account, it would give New Zealand a boom greater than that produced by the initiation of the public work* pblicy, and, better still, a boom which would bo permanent and followed by no after-clap of depression, Mr W. L. Bees, one of the members'for Auok : land City, during last session, and also [ since the House rose, was, has been, and is still urging upon the Govern ment the prime importance, in the interesi of the Colony at large—in the interest of the Maoris themselves, as well as of the white population—of the passing at the earliest possible moment of legislation such as will remove the difficulties which havo hitherto prevented settlement upon these valuable lands—foremost among which is that of the communal title under which thsy are held. The work of individualisation of title is so enormous that the Native Land Court has proved utterly unequal to the task, and if settlement is to be post poned until that work is accomplished a generation will have passed away before the vast areas of land which belong to the Maori tribes and hapus will be available for occupation by pakeha settlers. Under these circum. stances we have perused with much interest aieport, given in the "New Zealand Times" (Wellington) of a day or two ago, of an interview between a representative of that journal and Mr Bees, in the course of which the latter urged that the way to meet the difficulty was to treat the Natives exactly as we treat Europeans in rela tion to the management of business affairs in which there is a large num ber of partners. Said that gentleman : —"We compel, practically, all part ners, when there are more than seven, to become a corporate body, and to conduct their business through a repre sentative Board. Apply that principle to the Native tribal owners of land, and no matter how many there may be in each block, the lands can be dealt with just as safely, easily? and cheap'y and beneficially to buyers and sellers as the lands of the public bodies, or joint stock companies, or the Crown itself." Mr Rees, continuing, assured his interviewer that such a plan had not only already been devised, but had been embodied in a Bill to which the Hon. Mr Carcoll, the Native members, himself (Mr Rees), and the Native chiefs at the Maori Parliament at Waipatu, just before last session opened, gave much attention; and went on to say that he believed it to repre* sent the general wish of the Native people, providing a just, simple, and cheap management of the Maori lands and their transfer for settlement pur? poses. The Bill referred to is, it appears, that which the Hon, Mr Carroll obtained leave to introduce towards the close of last session, but which, we believe, was never distri buted. We are therefore glad to be able to give the text of its proposals as supplied to our contemporary by Mr Rees, It is short, simple, and re quires no explanation. The following is the Bill in question ;— AN ACT TO PROVIDE JFOR THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, AND TRANSFER OF NATIVE 09M»fJJljrAL LANDg. Clause I, Wherever the number of owners in any block of land owned by Natives shall exceed seven, the Registrar pf the Native Land Court for the district in which such land is situated, shall convene a meeting of the Native owners afc cheir principal kainga, for the purpose of electing a committee of management. Every com mittee shall consist of not less than three nor more than vine member. glause 2. Upon the day appointed for the meeting itye Commissioner for the district shall attend at £he h.o.ur and place, appointed, and shall there take a poll fo> jt'fce election of Buch committee, being owners in the block. If no number be fixed by the Native ownew of the blook the committee shall consist of seven persons. Those who receive the highest number of votes shall be the persons returned t# serve on the said committee. .Clause §. Q wners of the block not present at $he meetjng aha}! be entitled to vote by proxy ; but every proxy must be |n writing and signed before and attested by a Justice ojf the Peace, 411 proxies shall be lodged with the BsgUtrftr prior $9 the election taking place, Clause 4. Upon the formation of such committee the owners of the block shall become a body corporate, with succession and a common seal, having the name of the block; and the block shall be the property of the corporate body, which body shall have $U p\io powers and privileges attached to a £orporajiion jbv flctmmon law or by statute, M>yg on\y »§ '$ffl ## limited pr controlled by thig &et, * ' ><*>-. Clause 5. Every lease, mortgage, transfer, or other document affecting land shall be valid and effectual if signed hy a majority of the committee and sealed with the seal, any restrictions or limitations of p,ow'er $ $0 epjjtnry notwithstanding, but tfre signatures must b§ afctoj»chgd thereto and th,e seal placed thereon ip the presence $1 jbhe Oommissfoner of tlje" district/ 'the jjTatiye kaod Oourfc .fudge pf the (iistri^fc, or a Resident $ag*stra£,e withja the district; and no dealing wjtty such la^d qp any yarfc thereof, or my interest tfjergto., B l } al7 be legal or valid other than &s j>i?evided m this section. Clause 6. No committee shall have power to "ivH-,v to grant leases, to execute conveyance* t yjy oi sale or mortgage, or to perform other aeries i/i connection with any land until they haye been U^Q^cd zo to do by the owners la public meeting 1 assembled, which public meeting ahall be ' called and held under regulations to be pvo^d^d, and at which public meeting the' .CoiMtyi&slene^ f^r tbe district shall be present and shall jre&iijiG, I Clause 7. The Governor Jn t'&iuicyl slall l^ave ppiver and authority to proclaim. <jlistrictß within New witliiu' wliicli thjfa A,ct g^ll Jig j n'force, and'to alter or amend ttye sajpe a^d ftqti\ tjime to time ;)f?dke ; al,ter, and apnuji regulatS^iiß fqr the rntfjtbqi 'W wpicli comujittecs shall be appoin^d {j,ad jjerf^rnj thpir lop tn'e mann«i- in H'hM» f*«4s bjs^J^sed, spld, or mortgaged, for the a«djtjngftt and for (he supervision of liie f mi&itii* awi I distribution of moneys by the Commissioned or otherwise, and generally to perform and I % all ajstjfj matters, and things necessary to enable'|h# j^aori pwners of land to deal wit-fa 1 Ettci? l^ind' 'a£"c,GrDOjfa£d bodies usually deal wjfcii propgity and jtQ§ar/y inhG effooj; the true meaning and purpose iof tiles' 1 Clauses. There shall be appointed for )if'*ry district within which this Aefc is hjco\i'ghf- into operation a Native Commis sioned, vvjio' BJiaif. hg appointed by the /fo'ver^or in .CJbuncit,*aH^:';wiioßy SfUt/es and powers ghftll be prescribed by Vegulatjons to be framed for't#a£ piijrpose,' '-•,••'.*■

COMMERCIAL.

(PJSK PRESS ASSOCIATION)

London, November 29. Owing to the mild weather the butter market has fallen 4s. Ac the wool sales to-day, there was strong competition for the new clip at current rates, but old wools were neglected. Sydney, November 30. Wheat, chick, 2s lOd to 3s ; milling, i4s 6.1 to 4s Bd, nominal. Flour, New Zealand, £8 10s to £9, Oats, prime bright feeding, 2s 4d to 2s 6d. Maize, 4s to 4s 3d. tiarley, 3s 3.1 to 3s lOd ; Eng lish, 4i 2d to 4s 10J, nominal. Bran, quiet, 9£d. Pollard, IOJd. Peas, Prus sian blue, 4s to 4s 3d. Pocatoes, New Zd<Uiid, £3 to £3 10s, nominal, the market being nearly bare. Onions, £5 10i to £6. Butter, dairy m-vde, 7d to 8d ; f.ictory, 8d to 9d. Cheese, prime, sd. BdCon, New Zealand, prime, B|d. H*ms, ll^d. The market is well sup plied, and there is a fair demand. Melbourne, November 30. Wheat, 3s 6d ; buyers are shy, and lower prices are inevitable. Flour is dull in sympathy ; l-he nominal prices are — Stone makes, £7 10s to £8 ; roller brands £9. Oats, Algerian, rather scarce at Is j JOd to 2s ; for fair to prime feeding, Is | lid; Danish, 2a. Maize, arriving spar ingly, 3s to 3s Id. Barley, slow of sale, 2ii 9d to 3s 4d for ordinary to prime malting. Bran, 8&d. Pollard, 9id to lOd. Onions, £3 10<* to £4, Potatoes, New Zealand, in bond, are worth about £2. Chetse, tfew Zealand factory-made, sd. But'er ranges from lid for prime sorts downward*. Flax has a small enquiry, and it is difficult to get New Zealand equivalents, owing to cutting amongst manufacturers. Good to prime quality is worth £20 to £22 per ton. The reports of the wheat crops are most encouraging, and the yield will probably be the largest the Colony ever produced. Adelaide, November 30. Wheat is quiet at 3s sd. Flour, roller brands, £9 to £9 ss. Oats, 3s 2d to 3s 4d. Bran, Bd. Pollard, Bd.

Addington Stock Market.

Chjpistchubch, November 30. There was a large attendance and business in all departments was brisk. Store Sheep.—Oily a small entry created a good demand for good sorts of young crossbreds, as well as for ewes with cross bred lambs. Of the 1030 entered the follow ing sales were effected—Aged shorn cross bred ewes and la.nbs, 13s 9d the pair; four tooth shorn ewes, of extra quality, with 120 per cent of lambs, 2ls 9d the pair; merino ewes, in wool, with fair percentage of lambs, 14s 3d; two-tooth mixed crossbreds, shorn, lls to 13s ; four-tooths, 13j 10J; merino wether 3, in wool, 8s 7d. Fat Sheep.— A smaller entry than last week's created very keen competition. There were no '< buyers for freezing, though it is stated Belfast factory is to resume operations in a day or two. Best crossbred wethers sold at 14s 9d to 16a 6d. Some ve/y prime dry ewes brought nearly up to this value. Th-5 gceater proportion of the entry consisted of good mutton sheep, and as the demand tor light weights for finishing was good the prices of all classes remained firm. Merino wethers sold freely at lls to 14a 9d. Fat Lambs.—Only 170 were yarded, and met with a ready sale. Some of the best pens were secured for freezing at 12s to 14s 3d. lighter sorts sold treely at 9s 6d-to Fat Cattle.-—There was a fairly large entry ot good quality steers and heifers, for which the demand showed an advance on last week's values. Best steers Hold at £7 10* to £9 5s i heifers at £6 7s 6d to £7 10s. Ihe sale of cowa was active, every head being sold at improved rates St-qip; CJattle.—4 small entry met with a very ready market, all kinds being rapidly disposed of at an advance. The piincipal sales were--'Yearlings at 35s to 655; eighteen-months to two-year-old steers at 53j to ;3 8* 61 ; two-yeir-old boilers at £3 to f 3 6s; three-year-olds at £5 6* to £5 15s; dry cows at £2 19a to £4 sa. Pigs.— About 180 were yarded, most of which were porkera and sold freely at 18s to 275. Forty bacocers, of handy weights, brought 30s to £1 18s; weaners realising from 9s upwards.

Ashburton Markets.

MK9SBS MILKS ANP CO, Messrs Miles and Co. report on the live stock sale held at the Ashbuiton yards on Tuesday, November 29, as follows:—The entry of sheep at ihe above yards on Tuesday was exceptionally small, the totals yarded being 1065 sheep, 9 head ca 1 tie, and 3 pigs. The whole of the market was comprised in a few lines of forward shorn crossbred ewes and wethers, with an odd line of crossbred j aji'ci merino etores with lambs at foot. Three iourfchs pt the sheep offered were, shorn, and for all entries there was keen demand';' and from the numerous enquiries made for stock we have no doubt values would have been quite sustained even had entries been much more extensive. The heavy downfall of rain on Monday will no doubt promote still farther growth in the pastures', and conse quent requjreingijta'qf 'stock,' In shorn descriptions four-tqoth crossbred wethers realised lss 3,d 'aftej? brigk bidding. ¥aB grqssbre4 ewes rule 4 fpqm JOe jOd to }3s3d| »n(| diy merino ewes iv gouj] condition mad.c fs 9d, Ttyq en|ries of orossfered ewes and lamb? i-ealised gs in f,^c^ gage, both ewes and lambs being counted, A small line of crossbred hoggets changed hands at 11s 6d. In woolly sheep we sold 93 merino ewes and lambs, well conditioned, at 13s Bd, after spirited competition. HINDS SALE. A large gathering of the public attended fe* opening sale at the new yards erected at c Hindsij and baing the initial auction entries were collected Tar'Wd" neap tq make the inauguration a success, the result* beifig an entry of upwards of 3000 sheep together with a number of horses and cattle. Com petition throughout the sale was animated, pd good prices were realised. Four-tooth crosßßr«ds shfirn reached 13.8 lOd and lss 5d ;'cr<Sssbre(J'e^es >^ith lambs, all qqunted. Bs2dand Bs"4d jmenno^wi^a^d lambs, I^4 |d ? in the wool; Hjering wetners, 6s i^d.'

HE JQHV ft. ftffWfe Mr John G, Eestcll, in conjunct jpn with, the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited (per Mr J. R. Bland, auctioneer) reports on the live stock market for the week ending November 30 : --At the Ashburton saleyards on Tuesday, Ijloykijiber 20, theie was a much smaller I entpy tftaft sply about 1000 sheep I oomfug forward, and aa tJiejre s^ w % gcp(< num'jer of buyers prosent, prices rated very high. A small line of merino ewes; With "0 per cent of lambs, brought 13s lOd ) small 1 Bhorn lionets sold up'to lls:6d ;"fafc cross bred «iw»,s realised up to'J.3s;4d; old store j merino e'wes'in the wt»ol sold at Js JJ. Our 1 entry ccmprieed '300' sheep, whroh 1 we kold as iollows 1:—Eat merino wet heirs (sliofnj afc 6d; fat mer,ino ewes in the wobl, 10s; nierja^ cyS3 with fat lambs at foot, iss; J[y4'four-.fcooth cfossUpd^ 1, Hs 3d. ' ' ' Inuring tr.c week' Ipe have' Sold seve^i l^fge jiine3 of sheep as follows :- '25QQ shorn jbvs, f Qfljf-*^ *£ flwpV'B reserve; SOy cross bred hoggets, \m • $($ p*o§sbtQs hoggets", 14s; dm shorn fom-.-toochs, I^B -jla f"" fi0«) shorn hoggets, lls fld j JJQO lambs fop forward delivery at a satisfactory figure, OPENING OK HIKDS SAIiKVABDS. On Monday, November 28, we held our ,opeiiui.g tab at the Hinds saleyards. There jyas '£ f6ifr iargo afcttnejence of farmers, dhsaWs, aiid others. 'Aftej-'^'veiygj^bsiant.'al lunch had besen ddiiG fu}J jus^jpe Vp ; William Chisnall, Chairman of thfe SalpyivfcU Company, addressed those present, saying /eke progress of the district had ren \red 'saleyards & ter/jsa'ty, and that if the farmers VoiJldT give' the 'yarda their support ■ the Rectors bn their parfc-Vould; do ttjlin fcaeir power to mate the"yftjn^B sa^sfa,ctt^;y!tC'&^ concerned. The various salesmen cog ; gratulated the directors upon the complete arrangements of t he shearing shed and yards. The entry of stock was large, comprising about 3300 sheep, 20 horses, and a few head H cVtrC\c. Competition throughout the sale \£as'}Je£n, iin^'we cleaned the whole of our f&-y\ sj'hic'h comprised ?(ty)Bbee)j f wi^ t^.e

exception of one Hue of merino wethers, as follows: 600 crossbred hoggets fhour, 12s; 400 four-tooth crensbreda, 14« 5d ; 400 crossbred four-tooths, 13s lOd ; 100 old crossbred and merino ewes in good condition, 8a 2d ; 200 merino ewes and lambs, 12s 10d ; JO fat crossbred ewes, 9a 9J; 20 thorn merino wethere, 9s.

WEDDING.

FOSTER—LEGGFjTT.

A marriage was celebrated in the Ash barton Presbyterian. Church yesterday afternoon which was interesting in a dual *ense, inasmuch as the bridegroom was Me Frederick Foster, engineer, Ohrist church, well known in amateur athletic circles as an oarsman, and who has held r.he amateur championship in single sculls until lat-.ly. On the other hand, the bride, Miss Ruth, a daughter of Mr Jo seph Leggett, one of the oldest and most respected of our Ash burton settlers, was for years, with her sister, Miss Kate, the mainstay of the treble part in the Preaby 'erian choir. The best man was Mr F. J. Leggett, a name not without honors won on the amateur running track. In honor of their old and valued co-worker, the choir mustered in full iorce, and as the bridal parry alighted at the church door, Mr J. 0. Lane pealed out from the pipe organ the " Marche aux Flambeaux.' at the conclusion of which the choir sang one of the only two bridal songs in ** Church Praise"—a really poetic hymn by Sir H. W. Baker. The Rev. A. M. Beattie, M.A., performed the simple yet impres sive ceremony, after which EUerlie's fine marriage hymn was sung, followed by Mendelssohn's " Wedding March" on the organ as the bridal party passed from the vestry down the aisle. As th«y passed the choii the young people gave them an unexpected oblation in the shape of rice showers. The fair bride looked charming .in a dress of white beige, satin striped, trimmed with point lace, and Watteau bowed behind. Her veil and wreath were of the customary material and blossoms, and a handsome gold brooch secured a pure white spray at the throat. The two bridesmaids Miss Winifred and Miss Matilda Leggett--were dressed in helio trope delaine, plain, with cream streamers and lace hats with rosettes of heliotrope ribbon. The church was well filled during the ceremony, after which a large number of wedding guests were entertained to a sumptuous repast at Mr Joseph Leggett's residence in Peter Street, at which Mr Leggett and Rev. J. W. Sawle presided, and the sisters of the bride—Misses Kate, Nellie, Winnie, and Tilly—did the honors of the table. The table was laid in one of Mr Patching'sl*rge marquees on the lawn, and flags and flowers supplied graceful decorations. The usual toasts were given wich compliments and expressions of good will and wishes, and with a whole choir present there was no want of music. The presents were numerous and costly, one being of special interest—a double set of carvers in morocco case, lined with old gold satin—the present, as the inscription on a silver plate told, of the " old boys" of the Christchurch Union Rowing Club to their comrade on his marriage. The Club paid him a further compliment by sending another comrade, the stalwart and genial rower and all-round athlete Mr George Hobbs, to present it. The happy couple left foe their home in Chribtchursh by the express.

The Kirkbride Outrage.

[I'KB. PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Wtsmjxgton, November SO. Albart Thomas, aged about twenty years, a French polisher by trade, was arrested to-night by Detective Campbell, on a gharaje of having attempted to mur der Mr J, L. Kirk bride. During the day, the hammer found on the verandah was identified by three or four people, who said they had seen it in use, and after further enquiries had been made by the police, Thomas was apprehended. Evidence will be sailed to show that the accused knew the way to the key under the mat. The idea is that robbery was the motive for the outrage, and Thomas is known to have been in slraitene. circumstances lately. The suit worn by Thomas when arrested exactly corre sponds with tlje description given by Mi Kirk bride to the tjolige on the morning of ihe outrage. Thomas will be brought up ar. the Police Court to-morrow morn ing and remanded. Wbuumgtof, December 1. The man Thomas was remanded. The i hammer which he left behind was the clue (hat led to his arrest; but for that there would have been little chance of Anding out the perpetrator of the assault.

Christchurch Mayoral Election,

[I'SR, PKRSS ASSOCIATION.]

CifRjsTCHUKCH, November 30. . The polling for the ejection of Mayor took place to : day, and resulted as follows : —Ijden George, 403 ; William Thomson, 390; John Tippett Smith, 329. Mr George addressed the crowd outside the polling plape, btatfng that he intended to thoroughly reorganise the work of the Council, but would require five oi six months to perfect his scheme.

CRICKET.

A team from the Ashburton Cricket Club journeyed to Prebble ton yesterday to pjay a match with the latter club. The day wai' beiu^if ully fine and the trip a most enjoyable one. The" game fab played on a cocoa-nut matting pitch, and the Ashhurton batsmen were at first quite at sea on it, their firs? innings closing for the small total of 5f4. In the second at tempt, however, Dixon and Andrews got we)} set, and gave jtho local team some leather hunting*. Th<& result pf jibe match Was decidedly in fayor of Prebbleton, but had th.ere been sufficient tijne to play it out the Ashburton tgam would no doubt have given a good account of themselves. Appended are the scores. :> Ashburton, first innings.—G. \ndrnws, candbH. Prebble, 0; W. Mitchell, b C. Prebble, 2 ; A. W. lane, c »nd b H. Prebble, 0 ; W. B. Denshire, b H. Prebble, o,l}. T, b H. Prebble, 5; A. Dison 1, not out, 8; X|>. M. Cuthbertson, not out, 3 ; i).' Sawle. 'b C. Prebble, 0 ; T. iFox; 1 b C: Prebble, 0; fc.- Stiilweli;' run out; 1 ; MAskrey (sub), c J. Gf. Prebble, b 0. P>eftble\ 0 ; extras. |6 ; total, 34, PiifejfjjijE^if, Hrs^inninoja.—H. Prebble. b ISJiWlielVgc?; F. P.rebb>, b AWrews, 16 ; P f r6ece,"bLahe, 2 ; .}7"<;. Prebbie,' b Todd, 6; C. Probble, b Todd, 4; "R. Prebble; c autjibertson, b Todd, 31 6; ThomVon, not oht, 28 ;'J/'McGill, c and b'Mitohen,?';!!'. pledge, P CutHbert son jE? Andrews", {J 1; iJ.^Asli, c' and!) Andrews, f: R, Thohison. c" Cuthberlson b Jfc.nctoev'', 9 J estr*s, 1§ j tot^'t, H4, AsSfirft'rosr, second innings.—A. Djicin, 6 FJ. Prebble, b J, G, Prebble, IS ; G. Andrews, 0 Thomson, b .J, Q, Prebble, 22 ; Mitchell, c and b 0. Prebble, 1; Todd, bC. Prebhle, 1; extras, 4; total for four wickets, 43.

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

THE MERCANTILE BANK.

London, November 29. Sir E. Guinness and Mr Mahon, of Dublin, deny the report that they will guarantee the costs to prosecute the Australian management of the Mer cantile Uank, and assert that it is the duty of the Victorian Government to do so.

DARKEST ENGLAND.

In his article in the "Nineteenth Century," Mr John Burns, M.P,, de nounces General Booth and Mr Arnold White for drawing all the loafers and tramps in England into London. Lord Mayor Knili suggests that the Agents-General should form a Com mittee to consider a scheme for the emigration of the cream of the unem ployed in England to Australia and Canada.

TRANS AFRICAN TELEGRAPH.

Mr Cecil Rhodes, Premier of Cape Colony, has made an offer to the Im perial Government to build an over land telegraph line from Zambesi to Uganda, and afterwards extend it to Egypt.

DISAFFECTED CANADIANS.

A.meeting has been held at Montreal to discuss the future of Canada, The attendance numbered about five thousand.the majority of those present being being supporters of the Hon. H. Mercier, ex-Premier of Quebec. On a vote being taken 1600 were found to be in favor of the independence of the Dominion, 100 preferred annexation to the Ucited States of America, 364 desired that the matter should remain in statu quo, and twenty-five expressed themselves in favor of imperial federation. The remainder abstained from voting. As an outcome of the meeting, *M. Mercier's friends are initiating a crusade to secure the independence of the Dominion.

CONCILIATION,

London, November 30. Giving evidence before the Royal Commission on L*bor the chairman of the London Conciliation .Board stated that sixty unions were now affiliated to the board, which was extending its field of operations and should have the power to summon witnesses. Public opinion, he said was, the best means of enforcing awards.

THE PANAMA CANAL.

Paris, November 29. In consequence of the French Ministry having declined to order a post mortem on Baron Reinasch's body, a vote of no-confidence was brought down in the Chamber of Deputies, ani was carried by a majority of eighty three. It is believed that President Carnot has invited M. Britton, Chair man of the Panama Canal Enquiry Committee, to succeed M. Loubet as Premier. It is reported that Baron Rein&sch's coffin was fillad with stones, and that seoret papers relating to bribery in connection with the Panama Canal nave been hidden. London, November 29. The Bans correspondent of the "Times" wires that the French Chamber of Deputies is digging the grave of the Republic, and that the defeat of the Government was owing to their indecision and weakness.

IRELAND.

The Hon. A. J. Balfour, in an article in the "North American Review," says that the movement for the autonomy of Ireland is not based on history, and contend* that the memories of the reverses sustained during the recent rebellions will only aggravate the disease which it is in tended to cure.

INDIA.

In an article in the '* Fortnightly Review," Sir Charles Dilke says that India should be England's first care, and thinks it advisable that ttyere should be a large increase in the powers of the local council which should be allowed to $ea\ with every thing except finances; and military matters. He Relieves that a proper concession to native sentiment does not endanger British power,

THE MONETARY CONFERENCE.

Brussels, November 29. At the Monetary Conference Baron ' Rothschild will bring forward a pro posal to raise the legal tender of silver to £5. New York, November 90. The United States financiers art opposed to Baron Rothschild's sug gestion that the United States should continue the purchase of silver.

THE LOSS OF THE BOKHARA.

' Hong Kong, November 30. The Court exonerated the paptain of the $6)shara pj careless navigation, and expressed the belief that the loss, of the vessel was due \q an error of judgment,

AUSTRALIAN.

THE PORT GLASGOW MUTINEERS. Sydmsy, November 20. The Beanaen of the ship Port Glasgow, who were sentenced to a month's, imprisonment for disobeying the orders of the captain, have been released from gaol under the section of the Act which permits the captain of a vessel to demand that his men shall be sent back to their ship.' ": l! : " 1 fctfOKEN HIL& An important discovery of* s^ver, ha§ bepninaldg in ''thi Austrian Cpnsoljj mine $ Broken B\\\. b^t jt |s, nos known at pre.sept whether ij; will e^cp| in rjphness the. find made las.t year. fttE BUTtEft INPUSTRY. M^jtgoyß^, November 2fl A qua^tjty qf jfoqish gutter, wiii^ \yas spi>t gus th'p jngta^npe of the, government, fiag ftrrived in excellent condition, THE MUTILATED REMAINS. Melbourne, November 30. Two arms which had been cut oft below the elbow have been found in oqe pf the public parks wrapped in hewpapera. They evidently belong to the same 'body from which the iege recently found wertt remoVed. •' Th%y I present the appearance df Having beeii unscientifically' hacked ofF; ' and are CQnsjderably wounded,' giving the ilia pression that % weapon of son^e' kind .. had been forcibly 'torn' frodi th^! The state of the hauds shows that tn'e victim belonged to the labouring clasi' The polios we stall without»'stye, '

TttE ASSBTJRTON GTTAIiDIAtf: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1893.



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NEW ANNOUNCEMENT. [New Zealand Clothing: Factory, NEW PREMISES, I E4ST STREET. ll^E are adding daily to our well-assorted Stock of serviceable Goods for the if - present season, A few Special Lines will show the Puolic that our Goods tot only cheap, bufc they are of the very best quality. SPECIAL—Gents' All Wool Sac Suit, 30s. SPECIAL—N.Z. Tweed Trousers, 9s 6J. BPECIAL-Boys' Colonial Tweed Suits, l(h 6d. BW Ties 9a, Tennis Hats Is lid, New Hard and Soft Felt Hats. BOOT AND SHOfc DEPARTMENT. f inspecting our Stock you will be convinced as 10 Cheapness and Quality. [c Celebrated Wertheim Sewing Machines to be had on the lime Payment Bm_¥cw Zealand ClaUiing* Factory. HALLENSTEIN BROS. ALEX, HENDRY, Manager. " S. SALEK'S NEW JEWELLERY ESI 1 ABLISHMENT. HIE MAGNIFICENT HTGH-OLASI STOCK IS NOW OPENED UP. SALEK beus to draw the atten ion of the Publ:c to the fact that having fitted up "his Shop in first class style, he is showins: a Stock which for ty price, and newet-t designs compares favorably with any in Christohurch. /"now in a posit on to meet the requirements of the Ashburton District in r branch of the J ewe lery Trade, an! is showing a Larger Stock than has ever « been seen in this District. • « ' •■ 11 _ I A very ch»ice and unique Strck sjMciaUy suitable for -AS PRTSBNTS, WiCDDJN'O PRESENTS, BIKTECD.AY PKKSENTS, AND f 4B^ ' PRESENTATION TESTIMONIALS. Gold and Silver Jewellery ot every description. THE WATCHMAKING AND JEWELLERY REPAIRING DEPART-IEST iw complete in iti arrinterne, nu, and additional assistance having been _ed, customers may rly on hiviug their work done promptly and Rctorily. _________ S, SALEK, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER.  -



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