BIRTH.

W\lton.—On June 20, 1892, afc Ash burton, the wife of T. E. Walton, of a son. »__-

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1892. THE NEW PORTFOLIO.

The creation of a Department of Labor, with a Minister in charge, has already excited considerable comment and a good deal of question in the country, and will assuredly have to confront both in the House. The comment is generally favourable ; the question is whether the Government have exceeded their constitutional power in creating a new portfolio —so far there has been no expression of doubt of the usefulness of a Labor De partment. In making the new de parture the Ministers have no doubt had in view the importance and success of the Labor Department of the United States Government, as well as its sys tem of working. The functions of that Department include the collection, collation and publication of statistics, bearing upon the general condition of labor, the rates of wages, and hours of labor in different localities and different trades, the effect of certain occupations on the health of the workers, the causes |and results of strikes, and, in general, | recording all matters connected with or having an influence upon labor. Bulletins are issued from time to time for the information of employed and employers, and the annual returns, which are voluminous, are found of great value when legislation in the interests of labor and production is in progress—in fact these reports form the base of what we hece call labor legisla tion. In order that the New Zealand Labor Department may be able to exercise similar functions it will be necessary to pass an act empowering its officers to obtain compulsorily, if necessary, the re quired information. It is scarcely probable that without this authority the ', information will be obtainable. There is a prejudice against giving a Government any trustworthy informa tion on any subject, and this appears to be particularly strong iv the case of labor matters. The success of the Labor Bureau has, doubtless, en couraged the Government to take this further step ; an institution which has in one year found employment for three thousand persons has given good reason for its existence and justifies an extension of its operations. Authentic information of the state of the labor market in one place is not easily obtainable in another under present conditions, but under a Government Department any demand for or superabundance of labor in one locality will at once be made known throughout the colony, to the great advantage of both employers and workers. There will be less of that most melancholy of spectacles—men willing to work wasting their generally scanty means in fruitless wanderings through districts where there is not enough work for those on the spot, or rushing in scores to localities where there is only work for two or three. Employers,"also, will learn where to obtain workers with the least possible delay ; so that the economic benefits of the department will be very great. We have no doubt the creation ot the Labor Department will receive thjQ cordial approval of Parliament, and that the powers asked for will be granted. The portfolio of labor will be no sinecure.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

MrO. R. Wiae's famous greyhound labur num died last week from the effects of an in ternal injury. Aluminium water-bottles in the German Army have failed on account of corrosion. They would stand water but not brandy. Steps are to be taken to work some seams of brown coal at Motupipi, Golden Bay, JVelson. The proximity of the outcrop to the Para Para iron deposits should make the property a valuable one. The Christchurch Qity Council last night, by eight votes to four, decided that it is inadvisable to take steps to erect public baths in Market Square under the present circumstances. j The "New Zealand Times" hears on good authority that the father of the Uew Zea land turf, Mr H. Redwood, is about to take unto himself a wife, the intended being a Blenheim lady. Bachelors beware ! A Judge at the Leeds Assizes laid it down that a breach of promise might be made by other ways than by words—by a shako of the hands, for example, or a wink of the eye, or a thousand other modes. The Sydenham Borough Council last even ing passed a resolution protesting against the proposed amendment to the Adulteration Prevention Act, in the direction of abolishing the provisions guatanteeing the weight of fancy bread.. There is a rumour afloat that JVJr John Dillon, the weH-known Home Ruler, has j.t in contemplation to retire from political life, and jt is also stated in this connection that he proposes going to Sydney (N.S.W.).to practice at the bar. The Sons of St. Patrick will hold a social on Friday eveoine in the Oddfellows' Hall, where an attractive programme will be pro vided, and jtite '.committee'? *P.ergy will, as usual, prove successful in giving .everyone present an enjoyable evening. Acloyei' shelter belonging to Mr James McKeogh, and two stacks of clover belong ing to Mr H. Peryman, at Taj. Tapu, were burned on Saturday nigut. Tjie sheller was insured for £170, and the stacks for £265 in the Standard office. lueeO'iiajfißW issusDected. Mr Robt. Allan, an old Colonist, died in Tfuvu'tt «Jfl Monc*a y niorning, aged 63. He was a Wrtiiev iv thfi late firms of Allan and Stumbles/railway and toJ-our works con tewtow/wul Wildie, Allan and auetbnew B#4 Btpctygents, and was pr* yiouslylia bu«H»«SS & $?ason' and quarryhmn in Dunedin, • At the Borough Council last night, it w&s decided to put the firewood, fencing, posts, aud itek®> -^ c-» now stocke(iill tlie domain, —the outcome vf.fc.he foresting work that has been going on I :ov sonje v/eeks—up to s-4e by auction. There are five auctioneering firms in town, and two of them are represent ed o*i the Council. It was decided to put all five names in a hat, and to give the 'Mob" to the fesib name d>ra.»#, The lob fell on Mr Bullock. Yesterday afternoon the coiumitt.ee ap pointed at the recent public meeting m Christchurch on the museum question met | several Canterbury M.H.R.'s, and submitted a proposal that the Board of Governors of i Canterbury College should consist of twenty. four members, .one-third elected by the graduates, ouo-thirdby tfeo bounty Councils, and one-third by the municipalities *v tljis nroviucial district; the members to retire every three years. This suggestion is to be embodied in a Bill to be submitted to all the Canterbury members.

In Christchui-ch yesterday a respectable male woman, named Elizabeth Harvey, tied of exhaustion, produced by want, at the ottage of a. poor woman named Mrs Andcr -011 who took her iv. She had been in bad lealth, and unable to do much work for over welve months, but fche would not si-ok •haritable aid till lately, when she stanod ,o 20 to the office, but was unable to get ;here. Mrs Anderson couununicated with ;he authorities on Friday, and called in Dr Moorhouae, who attended the woman til she died, and certified that death resulted xom exhaustion, combined with lung disorder and bronchitis. In some recollections of Carlyle that have recently been published is revived (he philospher's sarcastic comparison between Disraeli and Gladstone. "1 have often been amused," said Carlyle, " %t thinking oi the contrast between the two men. ihere is Beaconsfield—he hasn't got a conscience, it all, and he knows he hasn't got a conscienoe, and very well pleased he is -that it should be so ; but as for that other one— that Gladstone—eh, mon, what a conscience he has ! There was never such a conscience as his. He bows clown to it, and obeys it as if it were the very voice of God Himself. But, eh,sir, he has the most mayellous faculty in the world for making that conscience say exactly what lie wants."- ' Ashburton horses were well to the fore at the Plumpton Trotting Meeting on Saturday. Mr Jv Sleigh tholriie's Diana was favorite for the Plumpton Class Harness Handicap, but only ran second ; Mr J. J. Lewis Steadfast also trotted Well. Mr J.Butler's Humbug won the Pony Saddle Handicap, dividend £5 Is 6d. = Mr M. Friedlander's Duncan AbdaUah ran second in the Breeders Handicap to Berlin AbdaUah; who also is a son of Blackwood Abdallah. Steadfast carried off the Winter Oats Saddle Handi cap, paying a dividend of £3 8s 6d ; Diana was favorite but was unplaced, and Humbug was also an unplaced competitor. General Tracy, Commodore, and Tikaro also com peted at the meeting but without success. Foot-rot being very prevalent just now Mr C. M. Brooke announeos that he will give sheep owners, free, a sample of Rickman's Foot-rot Paint to try and report the result. It has been found thoroughly effective by Mr Rickman himself and by farmers in the YVaimate district who have tried it, and Mr^Brooke wishes Ashburton farmers to give it a fair trial before com mitting themselves''■to .its general use. The paint is compounded so that its effect is more permanent than specifics hitherto in use, which gives it a great advantage in pre venting the spread of infection. There has been great question whether foot-rot is infectious or not; but. the-experiments recently concluded by the Royal Agriculture Society of England proved conclusively that the disease is infectious. Apropos of the Oroya small-pox cases and the efforts that are being made to find and isolate those infected we may quote a striking? example of tlie suffering entailed upon the many by the negligence of the few which is given in the Consular Report for 1890 on thejtrade of Philadelphia. The report tells us that in the early part of the year 1872, there not being a single case of smallpox in the city, an immigrant landed from shipboard having the incipient gerriis of the disease in his system, and he escaped the medical examination. Proceeding at once to the residence of an acquaintance, 1 and sleeping two nights, he left for another section of the city. In the family of the first house visited he left the disease, as also in the adjacent neighbourhood. He changed from district to district, remainiug but a short time in one place, and his trail was followed by the march of the disease. Eventually "all trace of him was lost, but no fewer £han 2,585 deaths of smallpox resulted from his visit f;o Philadelphia. At the Ashburton Wesleyan Church on Sunday morning Rev S, Lawry referred to the proclamation lately published in the " New Zealand Gazette " by which one acre has been exempted from the operation of the prohibitory clauses of the Licensing Act, in virtue of which the Maori territory known as the '-'King Country" was in 1884 pro claimed a prohibition distriot, He pointed out that a s-pecial Licensing District of one acre meant that it could not be brought under popular control by either the Local Option vote or the election of a Licensing Committee, and that while ouly a few ! Natives would be interested in the owner ship of one acre, the sale of intoxicating liquors would be a source of danger and degradation to a very large number. He then asked the congregation to adopt tho following resolutions :—" This congregation desires to express its strong disapproval of the action of the Government in exempting apportion qf whaj is known as the 'King Country' from the prohibitory clauses qf the Licensing Act, 1881.' This congregation further expresses its conviction that the convenience of a few European settlers or travellers who may desire to sell or to obtain intoxicating liquors cannot be regarded as an adequate set-off to the evil effects which will inevitably follow the establishment of a licensed house among the Natives of tlut parfc of the country. The Government is therefore requested to ojice cancel the pro clamation which' appeared in the,' New Zealand .Gazette ' of April }4, 1892, and to include within the prohibited district thfc one acre now excepted." This was unani mously adopted, and Rev S. Lawry intimated that he would' siend 'i copy to the Premiei and another to the member of this district

POLITICAL.

[Pliß PKESS ASSOCIATION.]

Nelson, June 50. ADDRESS, Mr Harkness, 1^1.H.R,, addressed the city electors this evening, there basing about eighty present. lie spoke through put against the Government, ? ni[\?"'^'~t Z . L*~ 4 oina^s ana cpundencje, inapy »ot yoting. _________

Imperial Politics.

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(Received June 21, 10.40 a.m.) London, June 90. Two members ol the Bight Hours Reputation who waited on M"r Glad stone, issla^' that" ~LM Salisbury is an honourable en«*y» b^, de^ou.nco Mr Gladstones attitude. They insist it will be essential to elect labor members at the coming genera, election. In response to Mr Gladstone's, clenial that "tho- Irish Nonconformist were averse"to -Home Rule a list is published containing eight hundred and sixty-four signatures of these who are opposed to the scheme, ______

Property Sales.

Mil T. BULLOCK. Mi 1 T. Bullock reports having held a sale by auction at. the Arcade on Saturday, June 18, of a number of suburban and town pro perties, rural land, etc., when t;he following were sold, viz, :— In the estate of Moses Hamilton, deceased, four allotments fronting the Alfoul Forest, Road, Allenton Suburban District, as follovys: — Lob A.'t, containing 1 acre 35 perches, with two cottages thereon, £170 ; part of lot 44, containing 2 roods 16 perches, with cottage, £100; part of same lot, containing 2 roods 16 perches, also with cottage, £100; lob 46, 1 acre I rood 1 perch, £32 10s. In the estate of William Dalgety, part of RA 27312, containing 92 acres 2 roods 21 perches, near Dromore Railway Station £3, 11s per acre; lot 126, containing | acre, Thompson street, Tmwald, £11 10s. Privately and by auction, R.S.s 33182 and 33186, (containing 164 acres 1 rood and 37 acres I rood 15 perches repectively, Wester field Survey District, unimproved light land, 24s per acre; part of R.S. 30312, contain ing 304 acres 15 perches, near Methven, at £7 5s per acre ; lots 25 and 26, containing 25 acres, adjoining Hinds Township, at £4 per acre ; lots 4, 5, and 6, each containing 1 acre, Mount 'Somers Township, £15 a piece ; lot 43, containing \ acre, Winter's Road, Allenton, £13; R.S. 22901, containing 50 acres, Wakatiui Plains, at £3 10s per acre; 3 acres 3 roods 20 perches, Alford Forest Road, Allenton, £181 ; R.S. 28537. contain ing 17 acres 2 roods 15 perches, near Winslow Railway Station, unimproved, at £1 17s 6d per acre ; T.S. 68, containing £ acre, Moore street West, £14 ; T.S.s 80 and 81, Kermode street, with house thereon, £164; twenty allotments, Methven Township, being lots 83 to 96, containing 3 acres 1 rood, lots 137, 139, 141, 143, 145, 147, 149, containing 1 acre 1 roo-i 24 perches, total 4 acres 2 roods 24 perches, at £20 per acre ; lots 12, 14, 16, containing I acres 2 roods 21 perche3, 4 acres 36 perches, and 4 acres 36 perches respec tively, Racecourse Road, with buildings thereon, £360; 84 acres 1 rood 5 perches, Maronan Road, near Tinwald, at £8 7s 6d per acre; 20 acres, near the above, at £12 10s per acre.

NOTES.

The alleged impossibility of getting a jury in Canterbury to bring in a con viction on a charge of sheep-stealing does not, evidently, extend to South land. An offender has been found guilty at Invercargill on evidence much slenderer than has been found insuffi cient to satisfy a Canterbury jury. Not only has a jury been found to con vict, but a judge to inflict an exemplary punishment —- four years' penal servitude; and his Honor, Mr Justice Williams, accompanied his delivery of the sentence by remarking that the offence was a common one : that it is difficult to sheet the offence home to even notorious sheep-stealers —it b<}ing exceedingly propable that there had previously been failures of justice; and that it was therefore necessary in the interests of honest farmers that the crime should be put down, There are few farmers who will not coincide with his Honor's remarks. It would be well if Judges would do as was some years ago done by their confreres of an Australian colony with regavd to horse-stealing. This offence became very pi-evalent, and the ordinary terras of punishment had no deterrent effect. The Judges, accordingly, consulted with each other, and a sentence of seven years penal servitude was inflicted on everybody convicted of the offence, the result being that those who made a business of horse-stealing very quickly aban doned it. Horse-stealing is not un known in New Zealand, but it does not prevail to any great extent ; sheep stealing, however, is suffered from by farmers in almost every part of the country, and many a farmer sits still, though having suspicion of the offender amounting almost to proof, rather than incur the expense and odium of instituting futile prosecution. It is to be hoped that the recommendations of the Agricultural C9nferen.ce: qn the subject will lead to legislation that will be effective in preventing this crying evil. ,

So MUCH for getting live animals mixed. Another case with which New Zealand is ringing, and which will no doubt be published at Home to the detriment of the Colony, is that at Dunedin in which tshe largest dealer in his particular line in the Colony is accused of having systematically and fraudulently mixed the skins of dead | animals. Great pains were taken to have a full report of! the evidence taken, and successfully, for the report in the leading Dunedin paper is! apparently verbatim, and extends to seven columns of the smallest news paper type. If the allegations on oath of some of the witnesses—men in the bankrupt's employe—are true, it is a very, serious matter. They must, how ever, be accepted witli some reserve. The bankrupt for years pxcited the [jealousy of his cqmpetitors in trade by being able to outbid them at all points in the purchase of rabbit skins—the branch of business to \Fhich he first directed his efforts, Subsequently, the same happened in regard to wool, ho paying such prices throughout Canter bury, Otago, and Southland as could Duly be wondered at by men of longer Bxperience and greater knowledge. His opponents in trade are, therefore, probably not unwilling that the worst 'ace may be put upon the matter. It ;s, however., one thajb affects f,q a great i^fcej^t th|3 reputation of the colony, md the suggestion ©fa Dunedin con r temporary that the Chamber of Com nerco should investigate the whole iflair, or at any rate watch the pro ceedings which are sure to ensue, with a view of aseprt*»«»s ™ wnat extent the allege^ practices prevailed—the accused person has admitted having mixed certain goods in the packing, though he disclaims any intention of fraud—so that any'repetition of the praptice may b,e prevented.

Ashburton Hunt Club.

The meet on Saturday was afc Mr D. Brick's farm, Gurrane, near Scotsdean. There was not a large gathering, only about $ spore in the field, the majority of whom were qualifiers. Mr Buckley rode iiia MAyy- purcjhase bardale,'which displayed grand jutu^iihjY'jpow^s. The throw-off took place in'a paddock neiar tlie lipme stetd, and puss being soon 'afoot"a rattling run followed, iy]]ich encM in a Ifill-* The paddocks were very hven cio that'iji thp run not more tli£>r> perhaps halt-ftdozen |umpg ha^ js? A"c taken, but those were all 'negotiated in fair style, The ■yjatlier was very frosty, perhaps the coldei day Of the hunting season. A few potteng runs were obtained after the first, ud sport was continued until dusk reserved the view to as much aa enabled the Inters to see their wa> borne.

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The fortnightly meeting of the Aah jurton Borough Council was held last jvening. Present—The Mayor, Mr Hugo ?riedlander, presiding, and Crs Thomas, ) LVeed, Scaly, Paul," Bird, Flower and fones. An apology was tendered for Mr Outh ocrtson's absence, MNANUK. The Mayor reported that the debit bank balance was .standing at £629.85.8 d, md the income from all sources received since last meeting had been £107 Us 6d, of which £90 had come in the shape of publicans' licenses, £57 8s as rates, and £18 12s 6d as rents of reserves, the rest a dug license and seal fee. THE MUNICIPAL CONFERENCE: The Municipal Association wrote statins that railway passes wouid be issued by the Railway Commissioners to delegates attending the Municipal Conference. The pass for the Council's delegate would be forwarded as soon as received. BANK ACCOUNT. The Union Bank forwarded copy of legal authority form for operating on the Borough's account;. The seal of the ■Borough was ordered to be affixed to the document. HEALTH COMMITTEE. The Health Committee reported as fol lows :—The Committee appointed by the Council to report on the ad visableness of putting the Public Health Act into opera tion, and of appointing a medical officer for the Borough, beg to report that a meeting was held on the lOthlnst., when the matter was fully considered, and the Committee decided that it could not see its way to recommend the Council to take any action in the direction proposed for the present, seeing that to carry out the Health Act it would be necessary to ap point a medical officer and inspector which would entail the expeediture of money unprovided for in the Estimates of the current year. Your Committee is also of opinion that any benefit which may be expected to ensue from the putting into operation of the Act would be consider ably nullified owing to the refusal of the Hampstead Town Board to iom the other local bodies interested in forming a United Board of Health for the Borough and suburbs.—Hugo Friedlander, Chairman. In moving the adoption of the report the Mayor said the Committee had only come to the same conclusion as the pre vious committee had done, the action of the Hampstead Town Board having mullified any action that might be taken by the Council. He found that Christ church was in a somewhat similar posi tion, and had to content itself with asking its Inspector of Nuisances to report on any cases brought under his no 1 ice. Cr Thomas said they would not be able to do anything until an epidemic broke out, and then the outsiders would be only too happy to fall in with the Council. engineer's refort. The Engineer reported as follows :— The Planting Committee have inspected Baring Square as instructed by the I Council, and recommend with respect to the South East portion of the square, that all the pinus insignis trees be removed, and also many of the macrocarpa, more especially on the East street frontage, and where they interfere with the growth of the spruce and deciduous trees, and that they be replaced with deciduous tre?s, such as oak, birch, etc. Also that the fence be painted. On the north west portion of the square your Committee recommend that the pinus insignis be cut down, and the macrocarpa thinned where necessary for the proper growth of the oaks and other deciduous trees. Alsc that the inner space of ground be levelled and sown down with English grass, and that the present fence be removed and replaced with a. fence gimilul to that on the south east part of the square. The plantation on the N.W. Town Bell requires to he thinned in some places as the pinus insignis are crowding the better trees. In the smaller plantations wt have had the trees trimmed up two to fpui feet from the ground, according to situa tion and size. : The plantation on the Alford Forest road above the Old Men's Home was in a very dirty state, with s j considerable growth of broom, which We have had grubb,ec}. The labor gang have been engaged in maintenance work op the streets, shingling and ploughing of] grass, repairing traffic bridge, culverts, etc, carting logn, firewood, etc, in the Domain, attending to the water supply etc. The painting of Baring Square East fence w«s deferred for the present, and the erection of a new fence round Baring Square West was negatived; otherwise the report was adopted. Th.c Engineers were authorised to. inyite tenders for road shingle. STAND PIPE. The Engineers reported that the stand pipe had been tested by the Fire Brigade with a coupling specially made for it The trial had been very su,cc3ssful, inspector's report. The Inspector of Nuisances reported satisfactorily on the premises in which it had been reported at last meeting scarlatina had broken out. Cr Tweed asked if any steps had been taken by the Board of Health to prevent the spread of scarlatina in the borough. The Mayor replied that no steps had been taken. tjy {.A-vys. The clerk rea& the resolution adopting the new by laws, Mid the special order in regard to thetn,wh>h was. confirmed, and the Mayor was authorised to. affix the borough's seal to the bj-laws, :'■ JNJIIIEAN&a, Cr Jones moved tor a cunmittoo com, posed of the Mayor and Crs On? and the mover to crllecc all av^i a bf e in formation as to the advisablei fISS ailt j practicability of inaugurating a schy me o f fire insurance for the borough of \h- s burton, to report within a month to «h e Council, and if necessary and admissib^ to get the co-operation of other boroughs^ county councils, and town boards, who tijay be willing to join in some such, scheme. The motion was carried. ACCOUNTS. Accounts to the amount of £77 0s 5d were psssed for payment and the Council sac as a DOMAIN BOARD. WORKS COMMITTEE. The Domain Works p<m W utfcpi3 re ported as follows : —The Domain/ Com lnittee have made a further inspection oi the plantations, and ' find that on the N.W". and N.E. Belts, the trees are too near th_'e fence, and many of them toe qrowded., and require jihjnhjng ojjt." The saiip recommendation as that made in reference J3Q the 3?eter Street boundary applies to the boundary fences along the Belts and part of West Street j but as tjje trees are much younger*, there Is no immediate necessity for the work of renewal avd thinning, which may be postponed for a season. The broken Js.oste, however, ought to be repaired with stakes 'for the present. A few irjore trees haye ftgen'm&flie'jj. by the pomm'ittpe for renewal in the detached'plantations, and pear the Custodian's .Cottage,' The plantation on th? island, in the lower reservoir also requires thinning ariu trimming, but the work in this direction m the domain jr^y be: considered to be near ifs completion. Tue wosefc qi pre paring the timber for the market or the Board's own use lias been going on at the same time as the tree-felling. There is }oy about 2!) loads of good firewoocl 'oacly stacked, and about SBQ fencing Josts cut, representing about' two-thirds if the whole amount that be avail able. There will' be a considerable! quantity of refuse,-rsmall branches, etcJ,

and that might be given, away for the sake of its removal, otherwise it will have to be burnt. The report was adopted, and Mr Bullock was entrusted with the duty of putting the timber, etc., in the Domain up to auction. After some mimor business whs trans acted the Board adjourned.

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

(I KB, MxES» ASSOCIATION. ) THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE. London June 19. Two hundred representatives of the press have inspected the Imperi&f Institute buildings, and are loud in their praise. THE KHEDIVE. The Grand Cross of the Bath has been bestowed on the Khedive. ; : MR DIBBS' MISSION. \ The Rothschilds told Mr Dibbs that the conversion of Australian loans would be practicable in the near future. They condemned the frequent issue of small loans, believing that an occasional ten million loan would be preferable. THE DURHAM MINERS. The Durham miners have joined the Federation. CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIPS. _ At the Cycling Championship meeting on Saturday, jthe one mile ordinary bicycle fell to J. H. Adams, of the Speedwbll Club ; the one mile tricycle was won by Tichstein, of Halleshead; the twenty-five mile safety bicycle by R. L. Kde, of Stoke Newington; the ten mile tricycle by W. G. F. Bramson, London County.

OBITUARY. . Mr Lewis L. Dillwyn, M.P. for Swan sea town is dead.

GLADSTONE'S INFLUENCE.

Berlin, June 20. Ihe "Vossiche Zeitung" asserts that Mr Gladstone's return to power will introduce a disturbing element, in Europe. GERMAN DEFEAT IN AFRICA. Intelligence to hand states that the Germans undar Captain Eulow have been defeated in Masshi territory, and that one gun was lost. Two-thirds of the German forces are reported to have been killed, and Captain Bulow himself was wounded.

THE HAZARA RISING.

Constantinople, June 20. The Hazara rising is spreading and it is reported that they have obtained the aid of the Cossacks. Russia dis claims any connection with the matter.

THE ANARCHISTS.

Paris, June 19. An artisan has been arrested on suspicion of dynamiting Very's restau rant.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

Washington, June 19. The Cleveland party are confident that he will obtain nomination as the Democratic candidate for Presidency. HONOLULU AGITATORS. Fourteen Honolulu agitators have been committed for trial.

THE VENEZUELAN WAR.

New York, June 19. Telegrams from Venezuela state that there have been two days' fight ing at the fort of Barcelona with great slaughter, The insurgents have reached Bolivar and are sanguine of ultimate success. A Federal Council controls the State pending the election of a successor to Palacio.

THE LYNCHING OF ITALIANS.

The Lynching of Italians at Seattle occurred in tho presence of their countrymen.

AUSTRALIAN.

THE SMALLPOX.

Sydney, June 20. One person suffering from smallpox left the Oroyo at Melbourne. The disease was then in the first stage. The patient was staying at the Vic toria Coffee Palace when the nature of the disease was discovered, and the building has been quarantined. A girl who was nearly convalescent when the ■ steamer reached Australia, also landed i at Melbourne, where it was found she ■ had been suffering from the disease. The house has been isolated. A rigorous search is being madr at the various parts where th.c ship touched for passengers who have landed. It is alleged the ship's doctor treated those who were ill for eczema, sin.s priokly heat,

MEAT CONTRACTS.

Brisbane, June 20, The Graziers' and Butchers' Com pany has secured an extension of the contract for the supply of the Nether lands-India troops with meat for three years. They have also secured the contract for the supply of meat to the French troops at Haif hong, in Tonquin.

INTERPROVICIAL.

WbijWngtos, June 20. Theßaggetfc case was again adjourned till Tuesday, when the conspiracy charge will be nsumed. A largeieputation, embracing M,H.R'a,, clergymen, city councillors, tuid temper ance advoo* fiß) waited on thb Premier this morning u ,d asked that the proclama tion of a lice'nSug district at Ot'orohanga be withdrawn. One speaker alleged \t to be illegal. Mr L^ance pointed out that the district wag proclaimed at the request of tho is ratives, induding Wahanui and TaonuJ, and there would he ■ a large European population there who had to be , considered. He siegeated. that the deputation qhoujd i^uenge juip Maoris' tq wiuhdrn,w their requist themselves, and promised to brinrr the matter before th§ Cabinet for further discussion,

HINDS.

[FROM OUR UORRKSPOJTDENT.I

June 20. The fencing in of the railway line and railway reserve, to which 1 referred in -4 my ]ast communication, is progressing satisfactorily. Where the fence abuts on eush side of the line, cattle slops will be placed on the line—one at the Hinds end of the reserve, the other at the Ealing end. When the fencing has been finished, the ploughing and planting of the reserve with young trcea will be commenced. Last year the County Council had a reserve at Ealing ploughed and sown with blue gum seed. Part of the plantation reserve at Hinds wae similarly treated. Last week I visited the latter reserve. Very few blue gun oould be seen. I found instead a couple <A men engaged in planting eight thousand pines there; and learned that they had finished the planting of eighteen thousand trees — pines, spruce, larch, silver birch, and oaks—on the reserve at Baling, This being a good year for tree planting, it is to be hoped that the County Council will saon have the remaining untouched portion of the reserve at Hinds planted with different varieties of trees. Since I wrote last, the water has been turned into the new race to which I then referred. Since then the painting and other improvements at the school have been completed. The railway authorities are having the reserve round the station master's house fenced in, and in addition are having improvements to the drainage effected. Incidentally, I have learnt that this has been the heaviest grain season at the Hinds station for many years. Large numbers of sheep and pigs have also been trucked. With all these improvements and signs of progress, one want is still felt by many at Hinds. That want is the absence of a good boot and shoemaker, for whom' a very good opening exists. There are over seventy names on the roll of the school, and a good number of fresh families will soon be settled in the dis trict. Probably a good tradesman would get the shoeraaking work of fifty or sixty families, and a suitable house could be found at once, if necessary, for a family. A ball was held in the Hinds school on Friday night. The entertainment was provided by (he bachelors of the district. Although several counter attractions existed, the attendance was good. Numer ous visitors came from Ashburton and other parts of the district. The ball room presented a very pleasing appear ance, and all seemed to enjoy themselves very much. The musician was Mr Figoni, of Ashburton, who supplied good music d bring the night. Mr and Mrs Ranger, of Ashburton, supplied excellent refreshments, and various friends sang songs. T understand that the bachelors intend to hand the surplus—which is likely to be a good sum—after the pay ment of ball expenses, over to the school committee. The progress which characterises Hinds can also be seen in the outlying districts. A new school has recently been completed at Ealing to accommodate the children of the settlers in that district. There are between twenty and thirty children in attendance. Numerous homes have lately been formed iii the neighborhood of the Upper Rangitata Bridge. At Lowcliff, in answer to a petition, the residents have been informed that they may have an aided school. An entertainment in the shape of a tea meeting was held in the new school at Ealing on Friday evening, last. Pre viously Miss Dow, the lady teacher in charge, had collected subscriptions, and every arrangement was made to enable the school children and their friends to enjoy themselves. Various friends gave willing assistance in that direction. Visitors were present from Christchurch, Geraldine, and Timaru, In your issue of Saturday last I notice a letter signed "I. R. Cunninghame- Grahame," in which Mr Grahame says "The new inventions in all sorts of mechanical locomotion are also so great and so frequent now-a-days that possibly soon an electric tramway will be invented, connecting the Longbeach estate with the main railway, which will he equippedand worked at one-half the cost of existing railways, which will give another increas ing value to that estate." The electric tramway has not to lie invented. 1$ is already a fact; the first electric tramway, that between Portrush and the Giant's Causeway, in the north of Ireland, a distance of nine miles, having been con* structed eight or nine years ago by a London firm, the engineer being a brother of the celebrated Professor Anthony Traill. *

MAGISTERIAL.

ASHBURION-TUESDAY.

(Before Mr H. Friedlander, J.P.) Drunkenness.—Win. Henry Bennett, charged with having used abusive languaga in the right of way of the Royal Hotel, on Monday afternoon, to Henry Davis, landlord of the hotel, pleaded not guilty. He was also charged with having been drunk on the occasion, Henry pavis gave evidence as to the abusive language. The accused said the hotel keeper pulled him about very severely. This witness denied. The Sergeant said Davis had been much vexed with accused, who had not behaved well, and perhaps more rough usage had been shown than the circumstances warranted. The man was very drunk when brought to the station by Davis, and he was detained at the station simply because he appeared to be bordering on delirium tremeus.: He seemed sober now. Accused, sworn, said the whole trouble had arisen out of a little fight between Davis' bull dog '' Pincher," and witness' own dog. Davis acted very roughly to witness, and wit ness called him a coward and a fraud. Denied using any other language that gould be galled abusive, The Bench held that the charge of using abusive language had no,t been proved, ax ttufiicient evidence had not been adduced. On the second charge acsused was found guilty and fined 10s.—John O'Brien, better known perhaps as " Soldier Jack," with twenty four previous convictions against him, extending as far back as 1876, waa fined £8j or fourteen days in gaol,

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XINDEBGARTEH SCHOOL WILL BE OPENED BY MRS QUINN, THE MISSES CUSSEN & GRAY, At their Rooms, East Street, "on" MONDAY, JUNE 27 Pupils taken from the age of three years One of the teachers has been trained by Mrs Bendeley, of Christchurch. whose KINDERGARTEN SCHOOL has such a wide spread reputation; she having studied the system in Germany, EXTRAS TAUGHT- Music, Singing, Painting, Drawing, and Art Needlework. DANCING FOR YOUNG CHILDREN ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON i From two to four o'clock. Also— A DANCING CLASS Will be Formed for Bays and Girls ON TUESDAYS, From half-past seven to ten o'clock p.m. Calisthenic Exercises made a special feature. TERMS on application at Mrs Quinn'b residence Havelock street, between the hours of two and five o'clock, until MONDAY, the 27st inst. 6J>B NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. ("1 OOD News for the Winter-Best 1 T Makes in English and Colonial BLANKETS at reduced prices.—New Zealand Clothing Factory. KUGS— Opossum, Roslyn, Mosgiel, &c> in endless variety.—Nbw Zealand Clothing Factory. /SIOTHING—You will find it to your \J advantage to buy your Men's and Boys' CLOTHING from us. Capital assortment and prices right.—New Zea tand Clothing Factory. ___ _ QAA Pairs Men's Tweed TROUSERS &\) \J at Bs, just opened, good value. New Zealand Clothing Factory. /-RENTS' HATS—If you wish to look VJT welU buy your HATS from the New Zealand Clothing Fjctory. The lastest shapes and colours to hand. VT"ALUE Unequalled in Overcoats, V Waterproofs, Waterproof Riding Aprons, Waterproof Ponchos, Bicycle Capes and Leggings, Waterproofs made to measure.—New Zealand CLOiHiura Factory, Waterproof Manufacturers. (~~\ .EfITLEMEN'S Natural Wool Under- VJT cioihing, "recommended by the faculty." Winter shipments to hand. Inspection Invited. — New Zealand Clothing Factory. NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY. W. H. Webber, Manage, Agents for WerfcheinaCe ebratedSewing Machine. — I CX A DVEETISEMENTS for the First (Country) edition of sfcUft Guardian must reach this office l>y 2 p.m.. l Advertisements for the Seeoid (Tow^i' .edition will be recsived up to 3 p.m. ! ASHBfJfiTDN PUBLISHING CO. ! 1 May 23, 1892. | | ~T" c T I 0 B. i Communications on matters connected wiLh any Department of the Paper,' SHOULD NOT be ad4ress&<l to any member of the staff by name, Letters relating to Advertisements os? £>ther Business, to be addressed to THE MANAGER. Literary communieafcion* to THE EDITOR.



Wanted. CASH AdvwtiseniciU* unaer this beading not exceeding bIXTEEN ■ WORDS I/- Addresses maybe left at thiaOflftoe^^^_ _____ -_TIT\NTED Known-For Sale, in any W ?iSSw finest Virgin Hcney.- Stephens BRo". l^etHousel _JjL24 About 20tt>s cleftn 6JU9^_ : -— ■ -VIY ANTED, about forty chains of W dich cleaned and fort*^chains of hedge cut and grubbed. Apply Tasto Bros., East street. •_/ fnt , one or two constant Boarders , ■■H,X T*»* *** t0 MBS Cash Store. ___... — W-™~^N_iD-GeiiUenmrb7fore buyina their Suits and Clothing ofall descriptions to inspect ourstoek. £IWU worth Wbe sold regardless of cost.- H. 0. Segebs, Melford H^_______.^ , itfANTED Known—ln consequence of j W slowness of trade this-season we have reduced almost everything of om etc.—H. 0. Segeks, Melford Bouse. WANTED Known—lf you want good value in first-class Drapery and rinbhine for your money go to M. v>. SS£? Melford House. Great reduc tionsnowoh. __— W~ ANTED Known—Just arrived, per s.e. lonic, direct from the maun focturers, a large shipment of Black and ' jgbSSd Pipe and < Fittings for wa^er supplies and wells. Speod to my order. Prices on application—.T. W. Hahmey, East Street.: __________-—- r-— "A FEW very pretty Wall Fans ust jflL-- opened. Also,-new Lines in itrnaraenti and Fancy Goods,-H. M. JOSBS. ; ■— SOMERSET Meat Mart. The oldest, the larger the best, and the cheap- W fc. Small Goods a specialty. Full weights guaranteed. A trial elicited —W. J. SULCOCK. JT_ W" ANTED Known.- The nicest stock of NeW Winter Dress Goods, Mantles, Millinery, &c, U at S. W. A.ICQRX AND Co •!______■__-— —-H-^ WASTED TO SELL, a Comfortable Five-roomed House with Scullery and JWaih-hxHiae, half-acre of land wel improved, and, stocked with fruit trees; iTJeVlity. Apply M« Dioby, Cameron i*S*w ¥ t 1 _____^_____^^ Tb A NSW Volumes just idded to my JOU Circulating Library. Subscrip tion 3s 6d quarter ; 10s 6d per annum. -H. M :J Jw^________ J . /CHOICEST new season's Figs and XJ Cartoon Table Dates in 81b Boxes, 2se*ch.—H. G. Flower, Confectioner, East street. : WAJNTEi) Known-tDr Scott's cele brated Electric Corsets can only be obtained in Ashburton afc W. H rWjH^£ ! __Tj)e_Corner." A i,L Wool Colonial Tweed Suits to :__V mea»ure; fit and workmanship Ruamiteed; from 60a cash; Rober* Amx»RN, Ashburton Clothing Mart, SaundjjreM^^ WANTED, purchasers of Blankets, Flannola. and General Drapery 0 wmember that Best V&lue in the trade sat?. W. AicoßN and Co.'s 5 51 WANTED Known.—l have a large ftock of Tin and Ironware Goods to eekcVfroni. B^wter Grates, Stoves, f ortable Boilers, Spoutittg and Bidgmg kepTin «tock.-J. V. m*»wr, Bast street. „££*_. WANTED KNOWN, Grand display of new Millinery, Ulsters, and Jackets, at most reasonable puces at ''.-' The €o*yjiK. _______™.««_ WAFTED Known—Thac you will make no wiKtake for quality and variety in English and Colonial Boots, ana his highly reputed make by calling at J. Moison's. During coming hahdays dis count for Cash. B«pairs done ■■** once. A staft of men always kept apcl Jjfi«t material and workmanship guaranteed. /GENUINE SALE, to reduce Stock 1 yjC previous to Stock-taking. Book«, Stationery for o«fce and private use, ■MUsic, Account Books *» swes, Parlor Games, and a variety of otiw #o f xls too numerous to particularise. Ml r gooda Reduced in Price for Cash during ijbii nupUi.-L. F. Andkewes a«i> Co. Stationer's Hull, Ashburton. ttreCeyLn and Indian 'i'.ia »rathe bsUn tbvmarket -{A Jv )



IMMEDIATE REALISATION LEAVING THE COLONY. GIVING UP BUSINESS. t. W. SPFJCEE & COY.'S Monster Clearance. IIfIfIJBWSE CROWDS VISITED OUR ESTABLISHMENT YESTERDAY AND TO-DAY. EVERYONE PLEASED. EVERYONE SATISFIED AT THE Genuine Bargains Offered. Hour ß ofßu ß tneß3-.loa.m.to6p.ni, Saturday to 9.30 p.m. , v ,. PARCEL DELIVERS© DAY FOLLOWING PURCHASE. NO GOODS EXCHANGED OR ALLOWED ON APPROBATION.