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The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY JANUARY 18, 1892. THE LOCAL INDUSTRIES CENSUS.

An interesting summary of them formation which has been elicited by the census, respecting the number of industrial establishments and persons employed therein, with a comparison with the returns of the 1886 census, m New Zealand, has been published. From this summary it appears that m 1886, when the previous census was taken, there were m the colony 2268: industrial establishments, employing 25,655 hands; m April, 1891, 2570 establishments with 29,880 hands—an increase of 17£ p°ir cent. The value of the goods turned out m 1886 and 1890 respectively was £7,436,949 and £9,4-23,146. The great bulk of the industries are, and have been, on a very small scale, for m 1886 twenty six establishments employed 19,895 hands, and m 1891, 23,025 hands out of the totals given above. The in creases m the number of hands em ployed have been almost entirely m the meat freezing and preserving industries, m flour mills, and m agricultural im plement works. Coachbuilding has advanced only two per cent since 1886, while furniture making, and iron and brass foundries have retrograded. Sixty-three other classes of industries are represented by 442 establishments, employing 6885 hands, against 5802 m 1886—an increase of about 14 per cent. Woollen mills, however, and boot fac tories account for 597 of the additional hands, leaving only 456 among the other 61 classes; and of these em ployees, 146 are m biscuit factories and 83 m a sugar refinery. The four in dustries named (meat freezing, preserv ing and boiling down, and flour mill ing) paid, m 1890, £256,644 m wages, leaving only £166,111 to divide among 95 other classes of manufactories m 364 establishments. The clothing fac tories have increased m number since 1886, but they only employ 21 more hands ; while the value of the output has slightly decreased. There were m 1886 20 fruit-preserving and jam fac tories, employing 216 hands, and a pro duct value at £38,292. In 1890, the number of factories was fifteen, em ploying 117 hands, with produce valued at £27,256. Confection ary works show a small increase m number, but employed considerably fewer hands, with a slight increase m the value of produce. The new indus tries started since the last census in clude 8 saddlery and harness factories, with 184 hands; paint and varnish factories, with 8 hands; 1 textile bag factory, with 14 hands; 5 woodenware factories, with 54 hands ; and a num ber of others, carried on on a very small scale, employ between theip 35 hands. On these figures, with what object is scarcely clear, certain writers have sought to show that the protection which the tariff gives to industries has failed to encourage or greatly extend them. The contention is ingenious, but ifc is unfair. The merits of the tariff'system must not be judged alone by a super- I ficial glance at the figures, though an increase of 302 factories and 4225 workers is no mean result, considering i the small increase that took place m the population during the five years. We must look also at the relative positions of the various industries now compared with five years ago. Since 1880 chairmen of woollen tranufacturing companies have declared that but for the tariff their continued existence would have been scarcely possible. Proprietors of boot, clothing, candle, and biscuit factories have made similar declarations, and all are now well known to be m a much more prosperous state than they were m 1886, and they are only a few of the largest among the many industries that have bene fited. Then, but for the tariff 1 the saddlery and harness-making j factories, employing 184 hands, could not have been established. There is also the further important considera tion, that mossfc of these factories are employed m the manufacture of goods from New Zealand raw material Woollens, boots, biscuits, candles, and many other articles are made either m great part or entirely from colonial produce, a large local market for which ig thus supplied. And beyond this there is the satisfactory fact that during the five years local manufac tures have steadily increased m quality, The last five years have not been favorable to the extension of local in dustries, but to blame the tarift for i having prevented a greater extension is simply to ignore facts.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On the 9th November last Prince Albert Kunuiakea, of Hawaii, was arrested as a nuisance for firing hie revolver off m the porch of the Royal Palace at'Palama. He was haled before a police judge, publicly repri manded, and got off on promising to behave m future. Ifc is said that if the present Land and Income Tax Act is carried out the Bell family, of which Mr H. D Bell, the defeated candidate for the Wellington seat, is a member, will have to pay £4500 a year land taxation, instead of £1600 as under the Property Tax. No wonder ihe B*lJg do not like the Land Tax. Steps are being taken m Melbourne to found an Institute of Journalists for Aus tralia, modelled on the lines of the successful Institute of Journalists iv England, The latter possesses a royal charter, and one of the efforts of fche Australian Institute will be to secure the extension of that charter to the colonies, with all (the privileges and benefits such a royal recognition confers. Yefc another strange insurance scheme is to be tried m France. In anticipation of the approaching winter a plan is being arranged to insure against damage done by frost. It is calculated that the annual loss during the inclement weather to agriculture and kindred industries amounts to £3,000,000, and for that reason b}}9 subject is being exhaustively discussed. The Methodist Free Church jji&n'ct meeting was continued at Raugiora o# Friday. The reply to the fraternal greetings of the Christchurch Ministers' Association was adopted. A deputation consisting of the Rev. Johjfci Hpsking and Mr.Lea.dly was appointed to convey the be."* wishes of the meeting to the Bible Cbristfan-f' district meeting to be held shortly m ChristchuFch. The station and finance committee was i ! appointed. Fraternal greetings from the Primitive Mefc'iodi.st Church were received and reciprocated. The Rev. A. Pejters gave a report of the chapel land and buiuj.ing funds, and was thanked for his services as a deputation to the <jhurche§ pf the district. A committee was appointed t© carry put jthe aijMpgemeuts for the ensuing ye^ " * ™ j

A cable message dated London, December 29, appears m the Sydney " Evening News" to the effect, that the Colin*- < of Clancarty, better known as " Belle Bile on " and Lady Dunlo, has given birth to twins. The Republican papers m the United States are displaying great enthusiasm at the present moment over the fact that President Harrison has beaten the record m shaking a given number of hands m a given time. It appears that President Harrison, m receiving the International Methodist delegation the other day, shook hands with no less than seven hundred reverend gentlemen within the space of three-and-twenty minutes. This feat of manual labour has prompted the Adminis tration organs to look up Mr Grover Cleve-1 land's record as a handshaker. The inves tigation has resulted m the discovery that when he was President he required twenty eight minutes for the same handiwork with an equal number of physicians. Of course the Republican press has availed itself of this to expatiate on the fact that Mr Cleve land "always was a little slow, "and that, anyway, he is " no great shakes. " At the Primitive Methodist Conference m Christchnrch on Saturday a trial sermon was preached at seven o'clock m the morn ing by the Rev J. Cocker, from the text Matthew vii., 10 and 11 verses. The Allocation Committee was appointed, con sisting of the Revs J. Clover, Laycock, and Guy, and Messrs J. Taylor, Froggart, and Gibson. It was decided that a letter should be sent to the English Conference asking them to appoint the Rev Joseph Fergusson, D.D., or the Rev Thomas Guttery, to visit the uulony during the year. From the report of the examiners the following of local interest is tuken : —Second} year—James Cocker—Theology 18, analogy 23, Biblical antiquities 10, homiletics 18, logic 12, English history 8 j total 89 The boundaries of the Ashburton district under the Factories Act are published m the "Gazette," but as the surveyor who deli neated them has used wholly the numbers of reserves and rural sections through which the boundary lines pass, the ordinary reader would be unable to intelligently follow them. We therefore give, the district iv another form making use, instead of these numbers, of such points as will be recognisable by most people. The district is bounded on the north west by a line extending from Ashbnrton river, via Farm road and Grange Farm House (Pilbrow's) to the first County water race. Northeast from the latter point by way of southern boundary of Village Settlement, 1496, and water race through Fairfield property to the western boundary of Tyson Hodgson's farm. South-east from the latter point by Messrs Joseph Hunt and Chalmers' houses to Ashburton river, South-west by Ashburton river and the north branch to the starting point. The "Southland News" of Wednesday says : — Pepperill, the man who was to-day sentenced to six months for larceny, and awaits trial for forgery, is a very aceor.iodat ing individual. The other day the police station was rung up by telephone from One Tree Point—six miles distant—and a voice said along the wire into the Sergeant's oar, "Pepperill is here." "The deuce; who's Pepperill ?" or something of that sort, said the sergeant, sotto voce, and then m stentorian tones *' Tell him to come to the instrument himself. " The voice at the other end explained that the mysterious gentleman was m an adjoining blacksmith's shop, and at the request of the sergeant he was called, and responded m a most will ing manner. " Pepperill's speaking," observed the erring brother with a business air, " I'll wait here till you send a detective out for me." The sergeant was more puzzled than ever, the forgery not hav ing been reported to the police, and he asked to be enlightened.* After a bit of playful sparring, Pepperill, who was under the impression that the authorities knew all about his exploits, briefly outlined the facts for the information of the sergeant, and, true to his word, waited till the detective arrived to take him m charge. New Zealand is held upas a'"shocking example " m spiritual matters by the Rev. H. Vere White, of All Saints' Rectory, Waterford, who was for some years clergy man at, Kaiapoi. Christianity," he fears, is at a low ebb amongst the many, and he cites the "New Zealand Church News "as confirming his belief. He dpplorcs the pitiful poverty of the country clergy, and hopes some wealthy churchman will assist those who are working with great dis couragemen*-. Finally, Mr White concludes his rejoiner to another correspondent m the following terms :—" There is not a diocese m the coloi.y that is not m sore need of help; there are hundreds of districts practically neglected by the Church from lack of means to pay the clergy ; and there are thousands of children growing up and attending State schools who are as ignorant of the main facts of Christianity as if they were born and living m mid China. To use the words m the article of the " Church News:" ' The bulk of the children of school age are moving m an environment which does not comprehend the Church nor its clergy nor religion.' If this be true, and I fully believe it is, is it not better to remind churchman at Home of the needs of their fellows m New Zealand and other colonies similarly situated, rather than to let them fancy that their aid and sympathy are not required."

The Old Sod.

(By Catherine Tynan.) Oyer the seas and far away, O swallow, do you remember at all, The nest m the Hchenod garden walL Where the sun looked through an ivy screen, And the leaves of the lilac were large and green 1 Here's many a mosque with its ring of towers, And pillared I err; pie arid stately town, And the Holy River goes slowiy dowi), The sun is seeking his saffron bowers, But my heart flies far to an abbey grey Where sleep the dead and the living pray. Here's yellow champak that Buddha loves, And JfftHS shedding her odorous breath ■ But the orange evening is lonely as death, With no sound save the proon qi flje mourning doves j In lovely Ireland this ovening I know How merrily homeward the mowers go. The daisied grass with the dew is pearled, And the cattle stand where the shades .qre long, The cuekfio-'g his measured song, The angelus rinas o'er a hawthorn world ; And eyes I know where iheloveHghJ^ he Are growing misty with thoughts of me, Q swallow, swallow, that land is far, And tUe hijinan body's a prisoned thing, But you will fyy aw&y j.n the spring, To our home where riseth the eyejifng star. The blackbird is singing m some green brake. And my heart is breaking for thih sojxg's

THE DEATH OF THE Duke of Clarence and avondale.

(PEK i'RESS ASSOCIATION.) London". January 16. The remains of the Duke of Clarence and Avondale will arrive at Windsor on Tuesday, and the funeral will take place on Wednesday with full military honors. The precedent of the death of the Duke of Albany (fourth son of the Queen), m 188&, is boing followed. The order of procession m London is not yet decided on. Masonic emblems have been placed on the coffin. Demonstrations of sympathy and mourning are universal throughout the Empire. ' The comments of the French press note the national loyalty displayed. The Princess Victoria, deceased's sister, has decorated his room with white flowers. "Princess Mary, who was to have married the Duke of Clarence, clings to the body, wringing her hands and calling out, " Oh Eddie, Eddie, speak to me." Her condition is causing some anxiety, and all efforts of the family to calm her have so far proved unavailing. The Princess of Wales is very ill, requiring the service of a physician. His Holiness the Pope sent a mes sage of condolence. The Miners' Federation rejected a motion that a message of condolence be sent to her Majesty. Colonel Cornwallis West suggests that the money intended to be spent on the purchase of wedding presents should be devoted as a national dower to deceased's betrothed. Two thousand called at Marlborough House on Thursday, expressing sym pathy with the Prince and Princess of Wales. A number of Foreign Princes, in cluding Prince Henry of Prussia, with a detachment of Blucher Hussars and the Grand Duke George (second son of the Czar) will attend the funeral. A memorial service will be held m St. Paul's Cathedral simultaneously with the funeral. Special prayers of the congregations m churches and chapels will be asked on Sunday for the Prince and Princess of Wales and Princess Mary of Teck. The Agents-General of Canada, Australasia, and Africa have forwarded to the Prince and Princess of Wales a message expressing sympathy, also a wreath suitably inscribed to be placed on the coffin. The Court will go into full mourn ing until February 5, and into half mourning from then until February 26. Public mourning will be for three weeks, army and navy six weeks, and foreign Courts for a fortnight. The Queen warmly acknowledged the sympathetic messages from the President o£ France and the Foreign Courts. She proceeds to Windsor on Tuesday. Mr Gladstone, who is absent at the Riviera, sent to tho Prince and Princess of Wales a long telegram expressing his sympathy. The shops are full of articles of mourning. Public engagements of all kinds have been cancelled and the Prince and Princess of Wales have cancelled theirs for six months. Theatres and public buildings will be closed on the day of the funeral, which day will be ons of national mourning. The Princess Mary announces that she is deeply touched at the tender sympathy expressed. London, January 17. The 10th Hussars, of which the late Duke of Clarence and Avondale was major, will escort the body on its re moval from Sandringham to Windsor. Her Majesty the Queen will attend the funeral if permitted by her medical advisers. Melbouknb, January 17. Throughout the whole of the colonies ' special services were held m the churches as a mark of respect to the late Duke of Clarence and Avondale, and a majority of the buildings were draped m black.

The Christchurch Cathedral was draped I m mourning for the Duke of Clarence. The funeral march was played m the afternoon and special anthems were sung. | At all the churches m Christchurch reference was made to the death of the young Prince. Auckland. January 18, References were made at all the Anglican and dissenting churches yester day to the deaths of the Duke of Clarence and Cardinal Manning. At the Roman Catholic churches the death of the Prince was not mentioned though lengthy illusions were made to the late Cardinal Manning. Wellington, January 18. At »J1 the churches yesterday the services and sermons bore the impress of mourning which the deaths of the Duke of Clarence and Cardinal Manning had evoked. There was a most solemn service at St. Marks, where during the week the congregation Ijad also to deplore the death of their organist, Mr Hardwick. The church was draped m black, and the organ was festooned with flowers. At all the churches, without distinction of creed, Cardinal Manning's death was deplored as the loi>t of % great Englishman. | JDiTUEDjif, January 16. ! Replying bo an address presented by'the. '■ Borough Council of Queenstown, Lord i Onslow said the sympathy which all felt for fehose suffering from bereavement was painful when the blow fell on the aged Sovereign Lady who was m full hope of contemplating m a few weeks the | happy marriage of hex' heir to one of the most amiable and gifted of Englkh~ Princesses. Though her Majesty was blessed with a large family the loss of a dearly loved grandchild m full promise of early manhood and on the threshold of married happiness would bring a thrill cf sympathetic sorrow to every maternal breast, The Masonic Lodges throughout Otago, under the Knglish, Irish, and Scottish j Constitutions, have been instructed to gp [ into mourning foj: three months, m con j sequence of the death of tjie Right Wor | sbipful Brother the Duke qf Clarence.

THE MARKETS

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London, January 17. New Zealand four per cent inscribed has risen h per cent. Auckland, ijb.rjsfccbijrc.fy Dunsdin, and Wellington municipal' afeo'ck, and Auck land, Lyttelton and Wellington Harbor Board stocks, have risen one per cenjb. Tallow, medium mutton, 26s ; beef 24s The English wheat »|.ark.ob # is declining, and shows signs of weakness." The American and Continental/ markets are ajso declining. ' " ' L

School Committees.

FLEMINGS PUBLIC SCHOOL.

Percentage of passes—6l '04. Percentage of failures—7*B4. Marks Class Subjects. (0 to 100) History 50 Geography 44 Elementary iSeience, Object Les sons, etc 50 Tota 144 Percentage on class subjects—4B. ]|Marks Additional Subjects. (0 to 20) Repetition and recitation 13 Drill and exercises . ]3 gngjng 15 Needlework 15 Subject-matter of reading lessons... 14 Additional marks ... ... 70 Standard V., IV., 111., Henry Hender' son, master ;. Standard I. and P., Andrina J. Stewart, mistress. Remarks.-—This school has parsed a good examination. The preparatory classes are making satisfactory progress, especially m reading, writing and spelling. Standards I. and 11. have been well taught, but more expression would add to the value of the reading ; and geography (S II.) lm received less attention than is required to me«t the requirements of this standard. In the classes taught by the master there is abundant evidence of sound and careful teaching;. Arithmetic (S. IV.) is the only subject that betrays any weakness worthy of comment. The grammar throughout the school has been very well taught. The class subjects, with the exceptionof thatnotedabove(S. 11. geography), have received a fair share of attention, and a good appearance has been made m the additional subjects. (Signed) T. S. Foster, Acting Inspector.

Examined November 24, 1891. Pass Subjects.

EIFFELTON.

The following is the examination report on Eiffelton public school, examined on November 27, 1891 :—

Percentage of passes—s6 o. Percentage of failures—s"S. Metrics Class Subjects. {(Ho 100) Drawing History ... . 60 Geography ... 70 Elementary science, object lessons, &c , ... 56 Total ... 186 Percentage on class subjects—62. Marks Additional Subjects. (0 to 20) Repetition and Recitation... ... ig Drill and exerciss __ Singing . . __ Needlework 15 Subject Matter, Reading Lessons... 13 Additional Marks ... , 43 John R. Sinclair, master. Remarks—This school has passed a very good examination. In the standard classes very even results were got m all subjects, and the preparatory classes have received a due share of the master's atten tion, Class P f 2 should make a strong S. I. next year, more especially as arithmetic m this elementary class is marked by rapidity and accuracy. Reading is a strong subject throughout the schoal. With iew exceptions the pupils read with expression and intelligence, and recitation m S. 5 is excellent. The school will score higher additional marks when more attention is given to drill. T. S. Foster, Acting-Inspector.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

[per press association.] Drowned In » JBnclcet. Pahiatua, January 18. John Summerfield, a sawmill hand, was found drowned m a bucket of water this morning. He had been drinking heavily for a few days, and had evidently gone" to the bucket for a drink. Canoeist Drowned. Timartt, January 18. Mr Bowles, innkeeper, Teniuka, while trying to navigate a canoe on die Qpihi lagooa, yesterday, capsiaed and was drowned, Tlio Harvest Harvest is becoming general on the drier lands. The yield promises to be good. Sparrows are causing great loss.

The Late Hon. W. Reeves.

A. marble headstone has been erected at the grave of the late Hon. Mr Reeves, ab the Church of England cemetery, Barbadoes Street, Christchurch. The stone bears the following inscription ' — " Steadfast to th,e end," %n memory of WILLIAM REEVES, Who was born at Olapbam, England, February 10, 1825, and died at Rising holme, near Christchurch, April 4, 1891. He became a New Zealand Colonist m the year 1856, and for more than thirty years took an active share m the public affairs of this country. In addition to his work as a journalist he was a member m turn of each House of the New Zealand Parliament and a Minister of the Crown. Who brokeno promise, served no private end; Wh.q gained no titl#, aj*d who loqt no friend; Erected by the' United Staff of the f> Lyttelton Times" Company, \

FARM NOTES.

11m month's New Zealand "Country Journal " contains a resume of the princi pal prize-takers afc the chief shows of the colony durine the past year; given m the order m which they are held, which should be of great interest to owners of prize animals. According to the '' Live Stocic Journal," the meat imported into Great Britain m 1875 represented a ratio of only lib to every family r.f five persons. Tha recant return of the Board of T'arle shows lhar, the annual imports, chiefly from America, Australia, and New Zealand, now amount to 40lb of " dead nv?,afc " for every family of five persons. The Marlborough Farmers' Co-operative •Association, which commenced business a year ago, has 137 shareholders holding 543 shares, and the list is steadily increasing. The sales of merchandise for the year amounted to £2982 9s lid, and 32,000 sacks of produce were sold on commission. The directors have succeeded m establish ing a direct shipping trade between Picton and the Australian ports, and it is calcu lated that thi3 has effected a saving to farmers m freight of at least £800. The maxim that he who plants forests will lose at least twenty years' profits, and yet find his recompense m the end. has been confirmed by the testimony of Mr Jowitt. m connection with the extensive planting; on the Healey estate. Speaking to the members of the English Arboricul tural Society, who had been making a sort of tour of observation of the growing timber m Durham and Northumberland, this gentleman stated that when the late Mr Ormiston bought the Healey estate there was little or .no wood upon it, bub he planted about half the land with trees, and before he died saw the first growth cut down and the land replanted. This is, of course, an enterprise only open to landlords who are absolute owners of the soil. The gross receipts for timber sold ] amounted to £56,000—certainly a very large amount to be taken off an estate which had originally cost only £22,000.

The export of cattle from Canada last year showed a decrease of 11,596 head, but there was a remarkable development m the egg trade, between thirty and forty millions of Canadian eggs having been landed at Liverpool, and met a ready sale at. such good prices that a great expansion of the trade may,be expected next season. Special trains will be arranged for on the Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk railway systems to collect the eggs and run m connection with the sailing of fast steamers to Liverpool. Of the 369,880 barrels of apples received at Liverpool, the principal portion was from Canada, the prices of which range from 15 to 20 per cent, higher than those from the United States. The Canadian Govern ment is making great efforts to encourage the making of fine qualities of butter for the British market. Contracts were made for the delivery m Liverpool on December 15 of some 300 or 400 tons choice Canadian, turkeys, to be despatched thence to the several markets. The past season has also seen an expansion of the trade m Canadian carriage horses. The last of these averaged nearly 100 guineas each when sold by auction m London.

The English agricultural correspondent of the "Witness" writes:—Although November has not been quite as wet as October was, rain has fallen often enough to keep the land almost constantly wet. There were about ten fine days together m the early part of the month, during which a good breadth of wheat was sown m tine order ; but for the rest of the season sow ing has done badly, and it has been im possible to drill some of the heavy lands plonpborl '< few wcr-lc« n,£f> rcn 1 cm verted into mud l.y i<uns ; or even m some cases by floods. Fiost is needed to make such land work, and we have had liardly any at present. Farmers do not like sowing as late as December, but may be tempted to finish their proper wheat acreage if the kncl gets into decent condition. Pro bably afc least one fourth of the land intended for wheat .is unsown. This is. a pity, as the price is moderately satisfac tory now, and is likely to be so next year. The famine m Russia has prevented thou sands of peasants from obtaining s-jed, so that ifc is certain that the wheat area m that country will be small next season. What has been sown, too, has not come up well as a rule, and wintry weather has come upon it before the plants were well established. Drought prevented a good deal of the seed from germinating, and this was the case also m Hungary and m the United States. The accounts from the last named country are very unfavour able. The condition of the crop is very weak, and there is not at all a good plant generally, while a large area is not yet got m, and will not now be planted with winter wheat at all. Again the Australian crop is a poor one, and India has had a bad sowing season. Therefore the outlook for next year's wheat crop is a very poor one, and as the stocks m the world must be extremely bare before the end of the cereal year, there is every reason to expect prices to be compara tively high next year,

A correspondent over the signature of " V.," writes to the Auckland " Herald " as follows :--'* It would be well, before any company or persons go m for making | potato staich, bo make other inquiries (articles upon the subject being of a most misleading character). As I helped some years since to start works for the above purpose m Christchurch, I think I may speak with some little authority. In the first place, to put through twenty tons a day would require an enormous plant; it should be more likely twenty tons a week. In the first place, the potacoes have to be. wpll washed to re move all particles of dirt, as upon this much of the future value/of the starch depends, as any black specks m the manu factured article affects its value. The potatoes are next put into a mill, and grated as fine as possible, to enable the starch fcq escape from the cells, a copious supply of water passing through the grater. The crushed pulp is then passed into troughs, and the staich allowed to settle. This starch has again to be well washed to remove every particle of pulp. It is then collected and dried m hot air ovens, and afterwards packed ay m,ay. be requited. IJo such average as 20 per cent, can be obtained.. The average of sfcareh m potatoes ia from 81b to 141 b per cwt—a fair sample would give 121 b —so that one ton of potatoes costing 20s would give, say, 2401 b starch, valued at works at about 255. To this has to be added the cost of packing, shipping charges, etc. After these are all paid, I cannot see where the profit is to come from,. The refuse pulp is of no Yaliie j cattie'will not eat it; it is not even good for manure. It was thought when the starch was tried it would be a substitute for corn flour, but it was found upon using tb,aj; \t \t<an top watery, and" could nqt be made at a price that would compete with it, Its only use is for starching one particular class of goods, and theye U very }\ttlo demand for it m England. Its only real use is as an adulterant for arrowroot."

According to tho "Ar£(us, " the year's experience m irrigation and intense cul ture has jjofc been at all satisfactory, more especially m the North-western Trusts of the colony. Not that irrigati m has m any way proved a failure, bub the present stage of its existence is undoubtedly a deli catebne. Thereactionalterlhe first forcing is being felt, and as yet there is no return from -it co counterbalance this feeling. The last two seasons have bees 90 favouip- j

able that where wheat was irrigated i damage rather thai good was done, and this untoward circantbtance has unsettled, p, great many people. While the money for irrigation works was being largely spent m the district, farmers chiefly doing the work and business men sharing m the profit, the prospect was entirely rose coloured. Mow'the works are finished the obligations which have been assuir.cl on account of them are filling dm\ and no preparation has been made for meeting them, have by such indiff r ent methods as the irrigation m a few cases of grass lands. The first uncer tainty as to a profitab'e market for pro duce'ha? gradually been allayed, but this bas been followed, more especially m the Loddon Trirls, by a feeling of insecurity as to a permanent supply of water fmm the sources now provided, and until this is assured there will be very little mi i ducement to intense culture. The pro blem should m a large measure be solved during the coming winter, however, as both the Kew Swamp works and the Laanecoorie Weir on the Loddon will have proved their value. The worst sign m connection with inigal inn is that those Trust 3 who pump from the Murray for a supply, and have their plants complete, have not made progress at all commen surate with their opportunities, seeing that their land is for the most part good, and the water supply pretty well assured. In the Couiburn Trusts things are altogefcherin a more satisfactory condition. Enterprising and intelligent men like Messrs Kavanagh, We^t, the Mason Brofch«rs, and others have given a plucky and at the same time profitable lead, which is being largely followed. Vine yards and orchards are being freely planted, and altogether the Goulburn Valley has taken a sound lead m the matter of agricultuial progress.

Is an example of the success that has attended the factory system of the dairying industry m New Zealand, it is stated that the Tai Tapu Dairy Company have had an offer from a London buyer of lOd per 1b for the whole of their next season's output, and he expressed the hope that the output would be trebled. The Company is now turning out between 600 and 7r6lb of butter daily, of which quite the half, at lOd per lb, is consumed locally, and l^d per lb covers the whole of the working expenses and other liabilities.

The Late Cardinal Manning.

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At the Ohristchurch Cathedral yester day morning the preacher, the Rev. Mr Garbett, paid a tribute to th« memory of the late Cardinal Manning, m speaking of whom Mr Garbett gave a brief, but in teresting outline of the Oxford movement m the course of which he said that we wanted amongst ourselves the same de votional fervour that distinguished its leaders, but without their leanings to Rome. Auckland. January 17. At the Catholic Churches to-day the prayers <>f the congregation were asked for the repose of the souls of Cardinals Man ning and Simeoni, and at St. Patrick's Cathedral ''The Dead March" from "Saul" waspUyed by the organist, Mr Hartwell, and the orchestra. Ib was an nounced that Masses would be offered at the Car-hedral for the deceased prelates— on Monday for Cardinal Manning, and on for Cardinal Simeoui.

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

HOME' AND FOREIGN.

(XSXI. PREJs ASSOCIATION.)

(Received January 18, noon.)

LABOR QUESTIONS.

London, January 17. A strike of compositors m the City is threatened, owing to a dispute with the proprietors of the " Sportsman " m regard to setting machines, which were wilfully damaged afber the mal contents received notice that their services would be dispensed with.

THE SPANISH MINISTRY.

Lisbon, January 17. Senhor Taterria has formed a new ministry.

The Alleged Murder in Wellington.

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Wellington, January 17. At the inquest medical testimony was given to show that Crawford had been suffering from an affection of the heart for some years, and b^e had also undergone, treatment for congestion of the liver and the after effects of drink. The day previous to the occurrence Crawford called at a chemist's shop for a tonic, and-he was at that time m a particularly low stats. The chemist advised him to g& home, as iv the weak condition of his heart the excitement m connection with the election might have had a bad effect on him. He appeared to have been \ drinking. He was taking keen interest m the election, The medical man who held the post mortem on the body stated that the scar on the forehead, which did not touch the scalp bone, was probably caused by a fall. He found most of the organs m an advanced state of disease. The cause of death was syncope, If he had been stunned by a blow he would hardly have lived with the heart he had, and even a heavy fall might have caused death. In hep evidence Mrs Crawford admitted that all the parties had been drinking during the evening. The witness and her husband took Mrs Raines home from I witness' house when Raines commenced thrashing the latter, and on deceased interfering Raines knocked him out of the, door on to the verandah, where he lay without moving. She was quite certain that the blow on the forehead was dealt by Raines and t?as. not caused by the fall. The witness stated that after Crawford was knocked down, a fight ensued between Raines and herself, Raines' counsel endeavored fco show that Crawford took his wife's part m this scrimmage, but he cuuld not shake the witness's testimony. Two of Raines' sons who were m the house when the row occurred swore to seeing Crawford walking about the yard after the timo the fatal blow was said to have been struck, The jury gave a verdict m accordance with the medical testimony, "ThatCraw ford died from natural causes," Raines, who was arrested m connection with the unfortunate affair, has been admitted to bail, himself m £200 and two sureties of £100 each. On Saturday next when Raines will re-appear before the Magis trate no evidence will be offered by the police and he will be discharged.

TELEGRAPHIC.

HOME AND FOREIGN

I PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.

THE LATE CARDINAL MANNING.

Lonoow. January 15. Cardinal Manning's teetot.-il princi ples rendered histreatment'-difficult. He was only ill three days. Ths Pope was profoundly affected by the death of the venerable Cardinal. Tfc is expected the Right Rev. Her bert Vaughan, Bishop of Salford, will succeed him. THE MINERS' DISPUTE. The Miners' Federation, at Stoke, re presenting 178,000 men, has decided to await the action of Parliament with respect to eight hours legislation before declaring an international strike. THE RUSSIAN FAMINE. London, January 16. English shippers are arranging to convey from New York to a Russian port a donation of 500 tons flour which is being sent to famine-stricken districts by residents m the United States. The Quakers who recently sent dele gates to Russia to investigate the famine are appealing for funds for those m distress, and undertake to personally distribute them. They state they|have verified the statement that millions of peasants are destitute, and one half of them are m actual danger of starvation. THE ANARCHIST CONSPIRACY. Six of those arrested at "Walsall m connection with the alleged Anarchist conspiracy were brought before the Court to-day. The police gave evidence that a widespread conspiracy m Eng* land and on the Continent had been discovered. Among the prisoners' pro perty were found bombs, fuses, seditious papers, and directions how to destroy public buildings and theatres when full of people. Prisoners were remanded. LABOR QUESTIONS. In the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice to-day Justice Sir Arthur Kekewich granted an in junction restraining Edwards, of the Trades' Council and Federated Trade and Labour Unions, from issuing a circular boycotting firms who dis charged members of Unions, as it was gross interference with the liberty of trade. The Miners' Federation proposes that a general ballot of members be | taken on the question to restrict the output of mines to five working days. Berlin, January 16. ! Leaders of the printers declare that the strike is at an end, owing to want of funds and desertions by members of. the Union.

OBITUARY.

London, J&nuarv 16. The death o£ the Rev. Lant Car penter, Unitarian minister, from pneu monia, is announced. ■ London, January 17. Lord Ah£r»gt;r ■ *s& Admiral Kelly are dead. Both we're victims of in fluenza.

EGYPT.

Cairo; January 15. The French pres3 m Cairo is con ducting (til Anglopltobist campaign, and insists ou Erance and Turkey joining Great Britain as guardians of Egypt. Cairo, January 17. Prince Abbas, the new Khedive, re viewed the garrison yesterday m the presence of large crowds and was ac corded an enthusiastic welcome.

THE INFLUENZA.

Vknice, January 15. The death rate m Venice baa in creased fivefold owing to influenza. Paris, January 15. The military college of St, Cyr is closed owing to influenza.

THE LATE NYASSA AFFAIR.

Delagoa, January 16. Notwithstanding the slight reverse met with at the hands of the slav» hunters, Major Johnston, leader of the South African Co.'s expedition, is pur - suing slavers m th« vicinity of Lake Nyassa.

AUSTRALIAN.

FINANCIAL SOCIETIES. Sydney. January 13. A meeting of depositors of thd Sydney and Suburban Building Society is being called to consider the position^ with a view of renewing deposits for a term. Several persons have been arrested on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the Australian Mercantile and Guaran i tee Society. This is the Society which ' Messrs Bell and Davis, who escaped to Honolulu with a large amount, were connected with. THE NEWCASTLE MINERS. Sydney. January 17. At a conference of miners and non associated colliery owners the miners proposed that the colliers should psy tlie old rate. The Strike Committe of associated miners, owners, and miners' representatives will lay the proposal before the directors of the various mines before arriving at n final decision, -.

INTERPROVINCIAL.

Dunedin, January 10, At the City Court* nominal penalties were imposed m eases of jumping on trains while m motion. . In one case it was proved that a young lady fell between the last carriage and th« guard's van, escaping death by little short of a miracle. DrsEWN, January 17. A considerable amount of damage was done m shops and warehouses by the heavy rain yesterday. The weather shows no sign of clearing up. Rain has fallen nearly all through to-day.

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN : MONDAY, J ANITA BY 18, 1892.



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