The Ashburton Guardian. MAGNA EST VERITAS ET PRÆVALEIT. WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1892. THE MAYOR'S FAREWELL.

It gives us pleasure to echo the expressions of congratulation which were addressed to his Worship the Mayor, by the members of the Borough Council, on his announcing his resign i tion. Mr Hugo Friedlander has been an able administrator of the Borough atiairs and has presided over the Council with firmness, fairness, and geniality, never sparing himself when municipal business required attention, though t!>e claims of his own business would have been more than sufficient to occupy the whole time and strength of a less active and able man. We, trust that hia visit to Europe will be pleasant and profitable, and that in due time he will again occupy a seat at the Council table, and live long enough to hold again and again the office which he has so well filled in the past. One thing is certain —Mr Friedlander j will always have the prosperity of the Borough and district at heart. W« are sorry chat the trend of the remarks of several of the speakers on the occasion in question were towards a subject on which there is great differ ence of opinion, and regarding which the majority of the residents differ from the ex-Mayor's policy—we allude to the rapid reduction of the overdraft. We are with those who think the ob ject has been kept in the foreground to the detriment of the town. The state of many of the streets is not creditable to the town —the Wakanui Road, from Baring Square to the East Belt, for instance, having been for more than a year in need of thorough repair—and we see that at Monday night's Council meeting street repairs to a substantial ! cost were authorised. The town, too, even in some central parts, is very insufficiently lighted, and this together with t'ue bad state of the roads aDd footpaths often leads passengers at ' night into quagmires and waterholes. The reduction of the overdraft, from £1400 to £200 in two years, has been effected in an altogether too heroic manner, and the finance of the next Mayor will suffer a very invidi ous comparison with that of his pre decessor. We trust, however, that this disadvantageous circumstances will not prevent Mr Friedlander's successor from doing his duty to the present generation. The bridge, the fire engine, the water supply, and other works will benefit posterity as mv h as ourselves, and it is too much to im pose upon us the whole cost of per manent works, for no batter reason than the wiping off of a very small debt.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Chriatchnrch City Council have decided to call for tenders for lighting the city by gas or electricity for three, five, or seven years. Public meetings were held on Monday at Blenheim, Thames, Wanganui, Brnnnerton, North East Valley (Dunedin), and other places, at which resolutions protestingagainst compensation to publicans for the loss of license were carried. There was a phenomenal sale at Christ church of reserved seat ticket* in connection with the Musin Concert Company. Ten minutes after the office opened every seat was taken. Sir Patrick Buckley has abandoned the idea of contesting an Irish constituency, but stat<)3 that he learns from cable messages and letters which he has received from the whip of the Irish party, they are still determined to nominate him. The final act in connection with the dis posal of the business of the Union Insurance Company of New Zealand to the Alliance Company of London, took place yesterday, at Christeburch, at an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, which confirmed the special resolution of June 7. The company is therefore now absorbed by the Alliance Company; The " North Otago Times" reports that at a meeting of the committee of management for the North Otago district football match it was decided that the admission to the ground be a shilling to both sexes, th* arguments being that the ladies would not object to pay to see the match, seeing that the expenses are likely to be heavy, and also that it would be infra dig to make any difference now that the franchise is to be granted to them, and they consider them ;elves as being equal to man. This is what the committee of management think. The Minister for F4ucatlon informs the correspondent of the "Lyttelton Times" that he has received replies from nearly &\\ fcfce education boards to his circular inviting sug gestions on the draft Manual Technical In struction Bill. A number of suggestions have been made, some of which are considered useful modifications of the original proposals and the bill will be altered accordingly, One alteration it is believed the Minister has re solved upon is to increase the amount of sub sidy in the case of manual or technical classes in country districts. The Lancashire County Council is de termined to give agricultural education a fair trial. The grants recommended by the Technical Education Committee include £1500 for three migratory dairy schools; a similar nwn for the cheese schools and peripatetic teachers; while £1080 has been granted for thirty-six gfijjolarships and £10 apiece for proficiency in agriculture and horticulture. Three county councils— Cumberland, Westmoreland* and Hampshire —-have applied to the Board of Agriculture o «* ftu advisory ■«perintendenc« over their themes' 0* agricultural education, and nfaTi prll-Wty their «*a«,pl* W -ill be followed by many Other*; A brilliant idea of dealing wiiJi tlie unem ployed tramp has occurred to a eorre&J 1011 * dent of " Truth." It is an adaptation of the penny in the slot principle to the problem of labour tests for casuals, but instead of putting a penny in, the tramp will turn a handle to get a penny out. The scheme in cludes a method of utilising the power thus expended, and it'is suggested that in these days of electrical science it will be no very difficult problem to enable the ratepayer in this way to get much better value for his money than he does from stone-breaking and oakum-picking. The love of nature and travel characteristic of the tramp would not be interfered with. Our contemporary is so fascinated with the notion that he asks why, if this plan were adopted, everybody should not join the " unemployed."

At the police court this morning Mr D. Thomas, J. P., convicted and discharged a first offender for drunkenness. We are requested by the management of Rink de Paris to state, that to encourage the art of skating, ladies will be admitted free to the rink on Monday evenings. An incapable architect or a jerry builder is responsible for the fall into the street of the 60ft parapet of the Auckland Working Men's Club the other night. Luckily there was no one to stand from under. Dr. Tweed and family, owing to a change iv the time of the steamer's leaving Lyttel ton, had to go yesterday afternoon by special train to be in time to secure a piss ige, and enable the Doctor to be present at the open ing of the Municipal Conference in Welling ton to-day. Public meetings at which resolutions were carried protesting against compensation were held last night at Timaru, Dunedin and Invercargill. The Dunedin meeting, at which the Mayor presided and both sides were strongly represented, was very rowdy, and many claimed that an amendment in favor of compensation was carried against the resolution. Mr Alex. Humphrey wrtUs to the " Timaru Herald " as follows. : -"As you are doubtless aware the Government Agricultural Department (live stock branch) have lately distributed very liberally a pamphlet on the treatment of sheep for worms, etc. It will be sufficient for aiy purpose to say that in my humble opinion the doses prescribed are far ;too large by about one-half at least, and would kill the sheep. This has, it is said, already taken place in Otago. I refer to the dose of one to three tablespoonfuls of milk and spirits of turpentine for a lamb. lam strongly im pressed with the belief that the Government dose for lung worm is much more liberal than their so-called Libetal policy, but will leave the subject to abler hands, whose names are legion in thia district." I At the Christchurch Resident Magistrates} Court yesterday, six boys were charged with breaking into various shops and the Normal school, and stealing therefrom various articles. One was sentenced to a week's imprisonment and twelve strokes of the birch, three others to nix strokes of the birch, and the rest were discharged on ac count of their tedder age. Mr Wilson, master of the Normal School, complaiue i bitterly in court of the apathy of school committees in not putting the compulsory clauses of the Education Act into force, and said such crimes were the result of ir regularity in attendance at school. The magistrate endorsed this opinion, and said as a matter of fact more children now fljMne bif ore the courts than adults and the»oo:ier the compulsory clauses were pub in force by all committees the better for the children. Sheep stealing is bsing carried out t) sucli an extent in the Awahuri district, says the " Manawatu Times," that it his jbte* found nectary to station a police ! constable at Awahuri with the object of i protecting flock-ownera, and if possible bringing the offenders to jus'ice. Mr Joseph Saunders has lost no less than 200 sheep within the past few months, and other farmers have had their flocks reduced in number by f.om 20 to 100. As an instance of the barefaced manner in which the offenders carry out their depreciations it may be mentioned that Mr Hunter, who had a number of fa<s wethers peuned in his yards overnight on going to inspect them in the morning discovered that seven were missing. An examination of the surround ing locality showed that the sheep stealers had backed a cart up against the fence—the whereabouts being clearly visible—filled it with sheep and made off with their plunder. A recent visitor to Ireland states that the farmers there are doing much better than those of England or Scotland. Implement makers and dealers are doing a great trade in Ireland, and there are other signs of prosperity. It is not surprising that the case should be as thus represented, for Ireland has had excellent harvests, as a rule, for many years past, and renta have bfen reduced enormously. The small farmers had their arrears of rent wiped off some time ago, and their rents reduced at the saene time or afterwards. Nearly all the farmers, too, are ia the position of possible owners. Only a few as yet have purchased under the Lind Purchase Act; .but the credit of all has been improved by the great sum of national money held out on offer to all who can arrange with their landlords for the purchase of their holdings. Besides, as tenants, the Irish farmers now hold under law more favourable to them than those per taining to tenants in any other country in the work]. A contract has been signed for an attempt to salvage the itiginshire, between Captain Milbank, representing the underwriters, on the one part, and an association of about 20 engineers and shipwrights of Port Chalmers on the other part. The association will en deavour to deliver the vessel in Lyttelton dry dock, for fifty per cent of the value so de livered—" No cure no pay." Mr Ktiews tub je in Timaru representing the associa tion, and he informs the " Herald" that they hope to get together the plant required iv about a fortnight. I'heir fh&t work is to try and pump toe vessel dry, and for this purpose they will procure large centrifugal pumps, of which there are plenty lying idle in Otagtt, which have been uued and dis carded as mining dpedges. If the vessel cannot be pumped out, or will not float off when pumped, further measures will be taken, the exact nature of which is not yet dedetmined upon. Captain Milbank aho states that he has been made acquainted, with the methodß proposed to be adopted for saving the ves»ef, and lje considers them the most feasible under the circumstances and certain to sue ged if properly applied. A- YfiW§i stranded i» e»gh a position on the English coast, he aay«, would be floated in ■even days. Mr Knewstub, wfaue peaogftis ingthe great risk to be run, speaks hopefully of the undertaking. The first meeting for the season of the Tinwaid fiospel Temperance Society and Bind of Hope was he'd on Monday evening in the Presbyterian Church. Tljere was a large attendance. It was a feature Gf the meeting that the Bands of Hope having agiesd t> unite, the members of each society took part in the programme. The Rev A. Blake presided $»d gave an address. Very pleasing ipeina of reading, recitation, and saored »ong» were given by youijg and old. At the close of the meeting the following resolutions were put to the meeting an>l carried. (It was agreed to put them to the meeting separately as one gentlemen could j&t see I"8 wav fco BUPPorfc tlie third.)—(l) This 'mcetigg strongly disapproves of any change in the ad isiwjf Ration of the licensing laws that would weaken the control oft'io people over the traffic in strong drink. '[2) [tyis meeting urges the Government to pu it fa £hfi power of the people to decide tin question Of tii« continuance of houses [censed to sell injtQxioatfifp: drink by a ,17,.-«ti TOti. (3) Thi3 mating singly, 1 nhWhi to ««npeßßating dealers in strong dffin'the case « license. Mr Hawkins mS?*&, ,ft»4 M Robert Anderson seconded the adop^. v m , I these resolutions. The first two were | carried unanimously. Some discussion then took place on the subject of compensation, one gentleman stating that he thought it was due after expensive houses had been built, with the understanding that the license be continued. The chairman approved of the expression of opinion and pointed out that no injury was done to the buildings ; the rooms built for .accommoda tion were not interfered with ; the only objection was to the drinking bar, the tride of which was so dangerous it had to be guarded by legislative enactments, and so much mischief was done there, it had been pointed out that it would be better for the country if the money so spent had been sunk in the bottom of the sea. It was agreed that at the next meeting the subject of compensation be more fully discussed. The third resolution was then put and carried, three hands being held up against it. A very enjoyable meeting was then brought to a c'.ose.

Parliamentary.

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Wellington, July. 5.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

The Council met at 2.30 p.m. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time :—Registration of Births and Deaths Amendment Bill, Settled Land Act Amendment 3ill, Provincial Ordinance Bill, Adulteration Act Amendment Bill. Testamentary Trust Restriction Bill, Courts of Justice Oefecfcs Removal Bill. The Council adjourned at 3.25 p.m.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

The House met ac 2.30 p.m. REPLIES TO QUESTIONS. Replying to questions it wan stated that the Government h >ped to he able to bring down tho Land and Income Assess ment ,Acfc Amendimnt BUI in about a fortnight. The Bill contained a great many amendments, which were being very carefully supervised. The Government proposed to intro duce legislation dealing with properties ir. the colony, the ownership of which waa unknown or doubtful. The Government did nob intend to take any steps with respect to the proposals of the New Zealand Midland Railway Company. The Government gave no instructions to the Agent-General to the effect that duplicate taxation on deben tures and mortgages would not be en foiced. When the Land and Income Tax Bill was brought down the intention of the Government would be declared in that resoect. The Government did not intend this session to introduoa a Bill dealing with the licensing laws. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr Reeves gave notice to move that there be erased fron, the Journals of the House the motions of censure passed from time to time on the following gentlemen, none of whom held seats in the House at present:—Me srs Curtis, Pyke, Ormond, Gisborne, Vogel, and Bryce. i The Premier gave notice to move on Friday that the House express its dis approval at the introduction of Kanaka labor into Australia as being a most retrograde step, and that the House authorise Sir George Grey to represent this colony in Australia in reference to this question. QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE. Mr Fisher called attention to the speech made on the previous evening on a Wellington platform by the Minister of Education, which he (Mr Fisher) regarded hs a breach of the privileges of the House. In that speech Mr Reeves had stated that the Government had no wish to force a dissolution, but they were determined not to allow their measures and their useful ness as a Government to be interfered with without appealing directly to the people. He thought, that that was a deliberate intimation to overawe the representatives of the people while Parliament was in session. He moved that the words used by Mr Reeves be read by the Clerk of the House. The motion was lost on the voices. SESSIONAL COMMITTEES. The various Sessional Committees were set up. MINES BILL. Mr Saddon moved the second reading of the Mining Act, 1891, Amendment [ Bill. It contained, he said, several technical amendments and some new clauses. The motion was asrreed to, BANKKUPTOY BILL, Mr Reeves iroyod the second reading of the Bankruptcy Bill, explaining that the measure was the same as that of last session with a few amendments. The motion was agreed to. The House rose at 5 30 p.m. The House resumed at 7.30 p.m. CIVIL SERVICE BILL, The Premier moved the second redding of the Civil Service Bill, to organise and regulate the Civil Seivice. The measure provided for a Board of five members, to be selected from the heads of Depart ments residing at the seat of the Govern ment. The Board were to be appointed for three years and nominated by the Go vernment. The most important portion of the Bill was the pension scheme. When members of the Civil Service became sixty years of age they were to be entitled to an annuity for life. The Pill also provided that every officer to be appointed to the Civil Service should be required to effect a policy on his life with the Government Insurance Depirtment, a monthly deduc tion from salary being made to secure the benefits of insurance. Classification ©n a more complete scale than formerly w»s *lso provided fqr. Under the Bill the control of the Civil Service would not, however, be taken from the House, and amounts received by officers would be placed before the House every session. Officers of the Post and Telegraph Depart ment were to be brought under this Bill, so far as not to conflict with the operation of the Post and Telegraph Classification Act, 1890. There had previously been no insurance scheme of that kind that had not entailed heavy liabilities on the dolotiy, b,ufc this Bjll involved none. Power was given by the measure to bring within the seryice the police fgrce, school te.aahe.rs, railway servants^ printers, messengers, warders, of prisons, and other persons in the permanent employ of the Government. Mr Rolleston approved of the Bill. There was no doubt that the Civil Service was now in an exceedingly unsatisfactory position, but he thought Miab the Bill would remedy that to a great extent. He should do his best to as"si»t the govern ment in passing the Bill with its main features. The- spotion was debated at great length. fue Premier in Replying agreed to| postpone tho committa} cf the Bity for g ortnight in order that it might be circu -1 ited throughout the colony. As to the admission of the police force, teachers, and railway servants, he said that the j Government would confer with those bo'Hes before any change was made. The second readfng was agreed to on I the voices. THE ELECTORAL itfkt. On the motion for the commital of t & Electoral Jjill, a lengthy debate took place, The clause conferring the fran ehis§ on women gave rise to long -•••<wh.es, The motioii W»S eventually agreed to on tha voices, pt ogress" and the House rose at 1.35 a.m.

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FIRE.

SEVEN SHOPS BIIRNED.

DAMAGE £10,000

Few towns have enjoyed the immunity from fires that has been the good fortune of Ash burton ainca it became a muni cipality in 1878. A few small buildings have at long intervals been destroyed by fire, and some yes»rs ago the stables of Mr Edward Cookson were the theaUe >»f a couflagi afcion of considerable extent, b-it beyond these th^ fire experience of Ash burton has been small indeed. On the last mentioned occasion the lajze block of buildings known as Sauinters' Buildings was in immin :nt danger, being only separated from the burning wooden tene ment by a narrow right-of-way, out thank* to the splendid efforts of the then Fire Brigade the larger block wa« saved. And j although Mr Oookson suffered great loss by the fire, his loss was the stain of the | town, for he reared upon the old site a! livery stable in brick which is a credit to himself and the borough. The wooden block so near to the stables has been two or three times in danger of destruction by: fire, but on each occasion the danger has been discovered while in its incipient state, and averted. The town, ad is well Inown, rose up hurriedly. In fact,, v was all built in about tfhree:years—that is, all the central or business part of it; j and consequent upon the hasty way in which houses had to be erected, and the costliness of more (■ubstantial building material at the time, as well as the | cost and difficulty of obtaining the skilled labour required, most of the build ings were erect ti in timber. Specially so was this the fact with East street from the Town Hall to the Union Bank, the only exception being in the case of the tfew Zealand Clothing Factory's shop^ which was ol brick. There has always been a fear in the minds of residents that someday a serious fire would occur in Bait street, and that it would only be by piece of good luck and very great efficiency on the part of the Fire Brigade that the whole block could be saved. For years the district had a bad reputation for north-west gales, and their frequency was ever quoted as a- menace to East Street should a fire aris*. It was looked upon as a foregone conclusion that the East street block would be burned to the ground should a fire arise in any part of it while one of our especially strong nor westers was at work, but fortunately all thest years elapse and the buildings still stood. As structural changes became necessary fchey were made, but under the building by-laws of the muni cipality which required that the dividing wails at least should be of brick. The wisdom of this provision was seen iw the fire that occurred last night. About eight o'clock, Mr Robert Clark, cooch painter ; while passing down Burnett street noticed an unwonted fhire in the right of way on the western side of Scott's stables in Burnett street. Mr John Mullaney was in company with Mr Clark, ahd on proceeding up the Stephens' right of way they discovered that the whole of the rear part of the Clothing F ictory's premises was in flames, Mr Clark at once made for the fire bell and rang the alarm. The Fire Brigade lose but "little time in getting on the scene, but there some delay before steam was got up in the engine, the engineer being on duty with the volunteers at the dri'l fhed at. the time of the alarm. By this time the fire had got complete hold of the C othjnj Fact »y's shop—in fact, the fire was mnster of that building before the alarm was given, and within ten minutes of the first stroke of the bell the flames had burnt throuarh the roof, and before water was applied the adjoin ing shops of Mr James MoOregor, tobacc miat, en onj side, and Mr C. M. Brooke, chemist;, on the other, had been seized by the fire. The vigorous appli cation of the water from two lines of hose from the steamer,, followed quickly after wards by a jet from the curricle upon th« back of the premises moderated tue force of the fire, but just as its further ex tension seemed likely to be prevented the supply of water at the stand-pipe gave out, and before the engine could be moved to the sump at Mont gamery'a corner JVfr Brooke's shop was in fhmes. No further hitch occurred, and full streams of water were discharged upon the fire, ani also upon the "adjoining buildings, by both steam and manual en gines. The night was still so far as the atmosphere was concerned, and scarcely a breath of wind could be felt, so that no danger menaced any of the more distant properties from flying sparks ; and in this stillness of the weather the firemen found a great auxiliary to their efforts. Hope less of saving the Factory, and hopeless also of saving the shop of Mr C, M. Brooke, chemist, which waa next to it on the northern side, although divided from it by a brick wall, the Brigade turned their attention to saving Mr James McGregor's shop on the southern side which was also divided by a brick wall, and again by a brick wall from Mr John Oir's ironmongery storp. While one detachment of the Brigade struggled with the fire on the south side, and partially succeede ', another were doing their ut most to prevent its. extension along the whole of the Prospect Buildings to the large block at r the copier, known originally as Montgomery's Buildings, but now the property of Messrs Fried - lander Brog, " This large block is divided from Prospect Buildings by a Wick wall eighteen inches thick, which would doubtless in itsulf prove a considerable defence to the building, but fortunately its defensive usefulness was not tested, as.the three engines, splendidly Vorked by the Brigade, were able to master the flames, and by ten o'clock all danger to either Mr John Orr's property on the .soutij, or Messrs Friedlander's on the north side had been removed. The Brigade deserve great credit for their success in extinguishing what, a'g it was, was a large fire,"but which' without them I would on dpubt have spread all over the central blocks of the town. At one time it certainly did look as if the fire was likely to cover a very considerably larger area than the firemen were able to confine it to, and the business people from Mont gomery «o*'nep fco. the Union Bank began co rfmyy© their more valuable belongings to safer'quarters'.'' Y e*¥ fortunately the alarm was given" in time to allow Mr Salek, watchmaker 5 Mr Nicholar, boot maker j Mr Cjark, tobacconist ; and Blr- J. ,W, Hardley, tinsmith.—ail te.iu.nt9 of Prospect Buildings -:-to remove tjje greater portion of their stocks beyons? the reach or til* fir<o It is satisfactory also fco learn that Mr Mc&(s *W MIS able to save a con siderable portion of his stock, but to all concerned there cannot fail to result a very serious loss. In Mr Brooke's case more especially will the loss be severe, as, from the nature of his stock any attempt at salvage in his shop w#s of course attended'with {.'reat danger, so that no- J thing was saved there.i Unfortunately too J he had with some degree of pleasure un- \ packed that evening before closing a large consignment of new stock, all of which perished. This consignment was worth about £100, It is f0 seldom, as has been said, that a fire of any dimensions occurs in Ashbur ton, and the sight is so unusual, that an immense crowd of people is bound to assemble, and last night all along 1 the railway line the crowd was to be seen, as that was perhaps the best point | from which the fight between the firemen and the flames could be witnessed, but the poop'e also surged along the street where the men were at work, and jn whichever way the flaring light from the

burning building turned, hundreds of human faces were shown in the lurid glare. In addition to. the ordinary members of the Brigade, who worked their hardest, there were to be Been lending their experienced aid old members, who, ' recognising the seriousness of theocoasion, donned their badges and worked like Trojans. Two or three amateurs also did good snrvice. In *:ht darkness of Burnett street it was difficult to identify the men who were toiling so gallartly at the pumps, but at; one of the engines the Rev B. A. Scott was work ng with all his i might, airl at " sp*;ll oh," doing good recruiting work to keep the pumps going. The police were very useful at i.he fire, and under Sergeant M6;ler kept rhe space clear between the temporary rope barricades that had been erected to afford working room for the Brigade. They also did good service over the salvage property that was carried out of the shops and deposited on the grass in the railway reserve opposite. In regard ta the origin of the fire nothing is known. The manager of the Clothing Factory, Mr VV. H. Webber, with his assistant, Mr Hefford, locked up at the usual hour in the evening, leaving all safe, and no trace of fire apparent. Tneire had been a fire in the office grate, but that had been allowed to burn ouc in the afternoon, but ftom the appearance of the building when the fire wa-t discovered, it waa evident that it was in that part of it that the fire must have begun. Inci dentally it may be here mentioned that although the first alarm was given by Mr Clark and Mr Mullaney, Mr Fred Clark, tobaoconist, and Mr Purchase, were both aware a few minutes before that tha fire had broken out, and had attacked it with buckets, but the fire had at that tune had perhaps two hours' start of its discovery. There was about £3000 worth of stock in the Clothing. Factory's shop, but as the insurances were made in Christ church the amount cannot be ascertained—just at once. The insurances were—Mr James McGregor, hairdresser and tobacconist, £200 with the Sun office on the stock, and £100 on the stock in the South British ; with £50 on the fittings in the South British. Mr McGregor's loss over and above the insurances will be about £900. Mr Fred Clark's insurance was nil, and although he was able to remove most of his stock from the shop before the fire reached it, he will still be a severe sufferer, as much of if has been more or less damaged by water and in removal. Mr J. W. Hardley, tinsmith, had £320 on his stock and plant with the London and Lancashire and Globe office, and his loss in damage sustained in re moval will also be considerable. Mr C. M. Brooke, from .whose shop little or no salvage was effected, loses about £400 over find above the £350 he 1 was insured for in the Union. Mr Salek was insured for £550 in all in the Victoria, and thinks to the excellent safe he had on his premises, built in English fire bricks and cemented, he waa »ble to save a large portion of his valuable stock, in addition to the contents of show cases removed to places beyond the reach •c the fire. But over and above the insurance his loss will reach about £40J. Mr James McGregor's shop was the property of Mr John Orr, and was in insuredinthe Union office (part reinsured) for£lOOO. Mr S, W. Alcorn's stock was insured for £300 in each of the Liverpool and London and Globe, Imperial, and .North British and Mercantile offices, and the damage of the stock by removal will reach £150 to £200. Altogether the lcs by the fire will represent about £8000. This morning Mr Webber opened his safe which had been in the centre of the fireball the night, He found that the books in it wore all me c or less destroyed?" but the notes, cheques, &c, in the drawers at the bottom of the safe were not injured. The safe was not protected in any way and sustained the full brunt of the fire. It appears that,, in .the matter of the standpipe faupply, some one, with a desire to help, but withuut any knowledge of what he was doing, shut down the di» tributing sluice, in the belief no doubt that he was increasing the supply. Thia happened twice while the steamer was at work at the standpipe. After the steamer had removed to Montgomery's corner, it was found that there was abundance of water for all three engines in the channels, but it was quite a labor to the Brigade to keep excited people from tampering with the channel gates. The experience of last night has taught us this lesson—rthat the channel gates along East street must be so constructed, and so maintained in an effective condition, that when a fire occurs they can be locked down in the position the firemen want them to be in. Unless full control of these gates is in the hands of the Brigade, and the gates themselves effective, there can be no guarantee that the supply in the channels, abundant though it is, can be kept available where it is wanted. Mr Bullock, who is proprietor of Pros pect Buildings, purposes rebuilding in brick and stpne. It is his intention and that of Mr John Orr, who will also rebuild in brick and stone, to follow the style of architecture of Mr John Orr's iron mongery and grocery store; and if the Clothing Factory, when they rebuild, will be good enoqgh to, build in uniformity with thejr neighbors' style, a very hand-, some row of shbps-r-from Montgomery's Buildings to. Mr^ Andrew Qrrj—wiU be the result.

The General Election at Home.

(l?BR PKES.I ASSOCIATION)

Londok, July 4 Sir J. Mowbray and Mr J. G. (Conservatives) have been icdecced mnopposed for Oxford University, Mr Baldwin (Conservative) for Worcester shire West, Mr Broad (Liberal) for Derbyshire southern divisionunoppbsed, Mr W. F. Smith (Conservative) for Gqwer jre-eleg^ed unopposed, Marquis of Granby (Conservaij.ve) for Melton, Mr J. A. Campbell for Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities, and Mr R. C. Tebb for Cambridge University. Mr George H. Finch, member r Rutland, and Sir C J. Pearson, inem liar for Edinburgh and St. Andrew's Universities, have been returned un opposed. Mr Grove, a Liberal, gained the Westham seat by a majority 6f 29,. t^utenant-dolonel Charles Seeiye, who unsuccessfully gQntesfed $ ottingh4m in the Unionist interest ai; t|)e last General Election against the Gladstone-Liberal representative, Mr JJenry Ifroadhurst, turned the tables to-day, and gained^ the seat by a majority of 309. For the City of York, Mr Butcher, a Conservative, defeated Mr A. E. Pearse, the Gladstone candidate. Vis count Bu?y> » Conservative, has been returned for Birkenhead. The former members of the following constituencies. have also been returned .'—Hastings, Bolton, Crpydon, Preston,, Maidstonei Carlisle, Hartlepool, Bedford, Giates head, Worcester, Peterborough. -Mr Leybland a Gonservativej has been returned for Colchester. Messrs Joseph Leigh (Gladstone Liberal) and L. J. Jennings (Conservative) have been returned for Stockport. Mr H. Champion (labor advocate) defeated for Ua^lewood. He polled 909 votes. The Liberals gain the following seati;—.Boston (W. J, Ingram), Here?

ford L (Grenfel]) r Stafford (Shaw)J Greenock (J. Burn*, by a majority of , 1000 over Sir T. Sutherland), Durham I (M. A. Fowler) and Dudley (Cain). ! The Unionists gain Rochester, for which seat Alderman H. Davies was i returned. TJie former members of the follow ing constituencies have been re-elected: — Bury St Edmunds, Dover, Burnley, Pontefract, Ashton, Tynemouth, Roch dale, Exfcer North, Aberdeen, Bradford West, Gloucester, 'Cheltenham, Hud derafield, South Nottingham, Derby^ Cambridge, Blackburn, fttalybridge, Bradford^ Northampton, Kiddormni •ter. Mr Miles, a Tory, has been elected for Winchester ; Mr Bowles, a Tory, for Lyme Regis; Mr Lloyd, a Tory, for Chatham, defeating General Sir Andrew Clarjk by a majority of 377. Mr Ben '1 illett was defeated for Brad ford West, and tfhe Marquis of Lome for Bradford. The " Times" says that Mr Glad stone's view that the peace of Ireland rests on the hope of his return to power, would send an inmate of Bed lam into convulsions. The "Daily News," on the other hand, contends that the Edinburgh speech has bunt the Ulster bubble. Sir John Lubbock says that this is the last desperate struggle of the Home Rulers, conscious of coming defeat. The Archbishop oi Galway is expel ling $arnellites, A rail was displaced with a view to upset three hundred supporters of Dr. O'Connor (McCarthyite), near Kildare, and a serious accident was narrowly escaped. „ So far the Tories have won 20 seats, the Liberal 3, and the Unionists 5. Mr Gladstone believes that if the miners are unanimous nothing will prevent them from obtaining the eight hours' limit, but that universal reduc tion in the hours of labour is still remote.

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

fI *,% PKBSs ASSOCIATION.)

AFGHANISTAN.

Calcutta, July 4. Increasing anxiety is felt about the attitude of the Ameer, and troubles appear to be looming ahead from several directions. The British have warned him ;«not to interfere in the Bajaur, a mountainous district on the North Western frontier of India. It is believed to be beyond doubt that Russia assisted the recent revolt of Hazaaras. Political intriguers in Cabul inspired two parties of tribesmen to raid the British frontier.

THE RIVAL EXHIBITIONS.

, Paris, July 4. It has been decided to hold an exhi bition in Paris in 1900. Berlin, July 4. The German press desire the pro jected Berlin exhibition, in 1900, to be i abandoned.

LOSS UPON LOSS.

London, July 4. Sir Matthew Davies, ex Speaker of Victoria, has reached London. He was a passenger by the City of. Chi cago, which went ashore en the Head of Kinsale, and lost everything.

THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

Lonwon, July 5. It was through the coolness dis played by Captain Redfern that the passengers on board thes City of Chicago were saved. A panic oc curred among the passengers after the vessel struck, and the captain ordered the lifebuats to be launched, and in them two hundred persons were landed. The cliffs were scaled in the darkness by means of a rope ladder.

NATAL.

It is reported that Lord Knutsford has promised a delegate from Natal that separation from the Cape will be granted conditionally on the Govern ment providing safeguards for the welfare of the natives.

INSULTING THE AMERICAN FLAG.

Ottawa, July 4. During the celebration of the Anniversary of the Constitution of the JDoirinion in Toronto, the Ameri can fUg was torn to shreds, while bands played national airs.

AUSTRALIAN.

THE BROKEN HILL STRIKE. Sviwey, July §. There is intense excitement at Brpfcen Hill over the strike, and it is believed the struggle will be a bitter one. The mines are carefully picketed.; A trolly laden with goods for the mine officials was stopped by a gang of men who destroyed the contents. Notice ha<s been posted giving the managers of the Proprietary and Block 14 mines twenty-four hours to quit th 9 ttwn. THE TELEPHONE. Successful telephonic communication hetvyeen here and IMpelbourne has been established A. copper wire 6QQ miles long was iis#d with remarkable induc tive effects between Sydney and Strath field. Conversation was heard at Tamworth, 280 miles north of Sydney.

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PARLIA MENT.

Ade:pak>e, .July g. Parliament has resumed its sittings. The Ministerial programme contain no violent changes, as the Ministry are desirous of preventing an increase of commercial unrest, It is proposed to js|fer the qugstiqn of pqlqred labour to the constituencies, and the same oourse will be pursued with reference to the incidence of taxation. The Constitution of the Legislative Council will be amended, so as to reduce the term of office of Councillors from nine to six years. The Federal Council Bill wiJl be revived, with a view to allow ing the colony to take part in the due. unions of the Council, The Com monwealth Bill will be advance^ \n die Legislative Council to the stage reached in the ilouse last ygar, but nojfc be taken further until there is greater ppobility of joint section between the colcmies. The year's accqunts styq^ a surplus qf £§0,000 due not so much to the ex pansion of revenue as to the non-ex penditure of money vofsed for carrying put pu.^iip wqrks. The statement men tioned that the surplus would, carry on.

tli« Treasurer for some time, but the Government would have to go to the ma ket for £600,000, the balance of the last laan. VHinge settlements, on the brsis of the report of the ex Minis ter of Linds, the Hon William Copley (who visited New Zealand to enquire into the system in operation in the latter colony) will be tried, and an In dustrial Department on similiar lines 1 to that in existence in New Zealand will be instituted.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Welunotow, July 5. The iiwu>ur il meeting of tho Libernl Association V«s held la^fc night. Hon Mr Reeves and Messrs Ssnrftnrd, Piskerton, McLean, Saunters, Hogg nnd Joyces Vf.H.lv'.s. yave fi''i-Mses. Resolution* were passed emplii».,winK the principles and objects of the Association, and endor sing the land, financial, and labor policies of the Government. Mr Reeves said it was not the wish of the Government to force a dissolution wantonly, but they would not bo content to cling to office, sitting hopelessly on Treasury benches, and if they found their power for good was gone the Government would fearlessly appeal to the people. The excess of arrivals over departure! in June was about fifty or sixty, but th« figures will probably be slightly reduced when checked by the pursers' returns.

THE MARKETS.

PBB PIBBB 4B800IAT10»,

London, July 4. A. cargo of Victorian wheat has been sold at 32s 9d. The cargo of the barque Samoa, froth New Zealand, realised 365.

MAIL NOTICES.

Mails ologe for the following places as under, subject to the necessary alterations: THURSDAY, July 7. For South America, United Kingdom, and Continent of Europe (specially addressed correspondence only), per s.s. Ruapehu at 0.30 a.m. For Northern Ports and Westport per Penguin, at (}.H<? a.m. For Northern Ports and Australian Colonies (except,, Tasmania) per Hauroto, fttQ.3Oa.rn. FRIDAY, July 8. * For Australian Colonies, and also for United Kingdom and Continent of Europe (specially addressed "per Orient steamer" only), Point de Galle, India; China, Japan, &c , and also for France, Algeria, Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, etc., (specially marked per Frenoh packet only), per express (to connect with s.s. Waihora at Port Chalmers), at 19.30 p.m.; late fee letters, guard's van, express, 12.53 p.m. For Northern Ports and Greymouth, per Herald, at 0.30 a.m. WEDNESDAY, July 18. For the United Kingdom and Continent of Europe and America and West Indies (via San Francisco), Sandwich Islands, <fee, and also for Northern Porte of New Zealand,:V per Takapuna, as follows:—Ordinary 1 letters 0.1£5 p.m., late fee letters, express van, 9.55 p.m.; registered letters, 5 p.m.; money orders, 3 p.m. This mail will be due in Londoa on August 17, 1892. Note.—Mount Somers has been con stituted a Money Order and Savings Bank Office from July 1. ENGLISH MAILS. HOMEWARD—DIRECT MAIM. Rimutaka, Teft June 9, due London July 20. lonic, left June 23, due London August 3. Ruapehu, leaving July 9, due London August 17. OUTWARD—SAN FRANOISOO MAILS, . Alameda, left Juue 18, due London July 30, Mariposa, leaves Auckland July 16, mail due London August 17. INWARD—DIRECT SUILS. Tainui, due Colony June 27. INVVABP—BAN FRAKCISOO MAILS. Monawai due Auckland July 15.

THE ASHBTTRTON GUARDIAN: WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1892.



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